Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct.

4. Ruth, prob. dau. of Joseph (2), d. 25 Jan. 1805, a. 24.

Joseph and Jason Belknap were private soldiers in the French War, and Joseph was a sergeant in the Revolutionary Army.—Paige.

bell or Ball, James, d. 22 Aug. 1823, a. 30.

Bellows, Samuel, of Camb. and Mary Wyeth of Charlestown (W. Camb. dist.), m. 27 Mar. 1809.

Bemis, Philip, and w. Lydia adm. to the ch. 6 Oct. 1751, had Lydia, b. 26 June, bap. 6 Oct. 1751; Samuel, b. 4, bap. 14 Apr. 1754. Philip, d. of ‘mortification and fever,’ 5 Sept. 1778, a. about 53. Lydia, prob. his wife, d. 6 Dec. 1825, a. 97. He was prob. s. of Philip of Camb. (see Paige, 487). See Tisdale. Philip Bemis was a Pct. committeeman and assessor 1773-75.

2. Samuel, prob. s. of Philip (1), m. Elizabeth Robinson of Lexington, 16 Nov. 1775.

3. Widow Bemis, d. 23 Mar. 1741,a. 70. Joseph—who hanged himself-d. 21 Aug. 1743. Merct, d. 13 Sept. 1774, a. 74. Eliza-Beth, d. 10 Oct. 1825, a. 98. Mary, d. 19 Oct. 1825, a. 52. Eliza-Beth, of Watertown, m. Samuel Butterfield, 14 July, 1774. Susan, m. William Mann, 24 Jan. 1813. Zaccheus, and Hannah Maria Garfield, of Camb. m. 5 May, 1839.

So far the record. Lydia, dau. of Philip (1), m. Nathaniel Fessenden, and was fatally shot, 30 May, 1770, a. 19.—See History of Precinct, under 1770. Betty (or Elizabeth), of Waltham, m. John Frost, and Abigail, of Waltham, m. Cooper Frost. Lydia, prob. of Waltham, m. Amos Frost. Eunice, of Waltham, m. Noah Russell. See Wyman, 76.

Benjamin, Jonathan, of Charlestown, and Anna Cutter of W. Camb. m. 8 Sept. 1811. Cutter (par. 24).

Bennett, Martha, of Charlestown, and Samuel Hill of Camb. m. 13 Oct. 1765.

Bent, Newell, and Betsey Kendall of Camb. m. 3 Oct. 1805. James M. and Martha T. Damon of Wayland, m. 3 June, 1838. [Newell Bent was a selectman of Cambridge, 1807, 1822-24, and representative, 1824-26.—--Paige. ]

Berry. See Barry.

Blackington, Israel, m. Abigail Russell, 13 Apr. 1755— marriage—fee one half dollar—had son, b. 16 May, 1755—perhaps Israel, who d. 27 Oct. 1809, a. 55; a dau. just born alive, 28 Oct. 1756; a son, b. 23 Dec. 1764—perhaps William, who d. 4 July, 1836, a. 72; a son, b. Oct. 1767—perhaps Edward, who d. 25 May, 1816, a. 48. Israel the father was of Wrentham—see Paige, 648.

2. Edward had child, d. July, 1796, a. 5 mos. Sarah, d. 20 Aug. 1821, a. 58. The widow of William (?), d. 21 Apr. 1837, a. about 70. Abigail, m. Caleb Winship, Jr., 28 Sept. 1802. Betsey, and Thomas Hutchinson of W. Camb. m. 26 June, 1823. [William