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[269] records he had Benjamin, bap. 23 Dec. 1739 (Benjamin on record, but prob. should be Lydia, b. (27) Dec. 1739, m. Daniel Hill, 27 Aug. 1761); Deborah, b. 10, bap. 19 July, 1741, m. William Butterfield, 12 Jan. 1768; Mary, b. 22 Dec. 1742, bap. 2 Jan. 1743, d. 23 Oct. 1743, a. 10 mos.; Mary, b. 12, bap. 29 Jan. 1744, m. Nathaniel Cutter, of Woburn, 20 Nov. 1777 (par. 77); Elizabeth, b. 6, bap. 12 May, 1745, m. Jason Russell, Jr., 28 Oct. 1762; a dau. (Sarah ) b. 9 Sept., d. 23 Sept. 1746, a. 14 days; a dau., stillborn, 15 Dec. 1748, and Samuel, b. 15 (18), bap. 18 Dec. 1748; William, b. and bap. 20 May, 1750, d. 9 Mar. 1752, a. 20 (22) mos.; Jonathan (twin), b. 6, bap. 8 Dec. 1751, d. 31 Dec. 1751, a. 3 wks.; Ruth (twin), b. 6, bap. 8 Dec. 1751, m. Isaac Watson, of Medford, 26 Sept. 1771; Phebe, b. 30 Nov., bap. 3 Dec. 1753, m. Francis Locke, Jr., 1 Nov. 1772 (par. 8) —See Wyman, 623. Samuel the father ‘lived many years a tenant on the place at the south part of West Cambridge [now Belmont], afterward owned by his son Samuel; he died at small-pox house, 5 Aug. 1775, a. 61.’ 3. Francis, s. of Francis (1), had Francis (b.—1743), d. 31 Dec. 1752, a. 9 yrs.; Ruth (b. 27 Jan. 1746), d. 7 June, 1763, a. 18 yrs.; Sarah (b. 31 Mar. 1748, m. Aaron Fessenden of Townsend); Joseph, b. 14 Apr. 1750; Francis, b. 3 Mar. 1753; (Ruth, a. 9 yrs.—Sarah (privately), a. 7 yrs.—Joseph, a. 4 yrs., and Francis, a. 2 yrs., child. of Francis, Jr., all bap. Pct. ch. 31 Mar. 1754); Hannah, b. 30 Mar. 1755, m. Abraham Locke, of St. Georges (Me.), 20 June, 1776; Rebecca, b. 12 Apr. 1757, m. son of John Batts; Elizabeth (b. 27 Sept. 1759), d. 28 Jan. 1776, a. 18 yrs.; Benjamin (b. 11 Apr. 1765). Francis the father d. 19 Mar. 1778, a. 6 [0] (57). His wid. Ruth d. 8 Sept. 1807, a. 83. She was Ruth Fessenden (of Sandwich), and was m. at King's Chapel,--Boston, 13 Sept. 1743. Francis Locke of Camb. hired Joseph Winship's place, 1768. See Wyman, 622. ‘He lived in his father's house, and was afflicted with a lame shoulder, and died at the house (afterward his gr.—son Abel's).’ 4. John, s. of Francis (1), m. Mary Frost, Jr., 2 Jan. 1752—marriage fee 1/2 crown. Had John, b. 8 June, 1753; and Hephzibah Wheeler, b. 23 Feb. 1755. John the father d. 4 June, 1755, a. 30. Mary, wid. of John, was adm. Pct. ch. 26 Oct. 1755; and John, s. of wid. Mary, a. 3 yrs., and Hephzibah Wheeler, dau. of do., a. 8 mos., were both bap. 9 Dec. 1755. Mary (John's widow), m. Oliver Stone, of Harvard, 12 May, 1757. The dau. Hephzibah m. Frost. 5. Benjamin, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mary Peirce, of Charlestown, 2 Aug. 1757. (See Wyman, 623.) He o. c. Pct. ch. 30 Mar. 1760, and had Mary, b. 19, hap. 30 Mar. 1760, d. (13 July, 1790, never married); William, b. 27, bap. 29 Aug. 1762; Benjamin, b. 6, bap. 7 July, 1765; Deborah, b. 22, bap. 22 Jan. 1768, d. 28 Jan. 1768, a. 7 days; a son, stillborn, 18 June, 1770; a child, b. 21 Dec., d. 22 Dec. 1771, a. 1 day; a dau., stillborn, 7 June, 1775; a dau., b. 2 Sept., d. 7 Sept. 1776, a. 4 days; a child (of Capt. Benj.), stillborn, 8 Aug. 1778. Capt. Benjamin belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pct. 21 July, 1787. He was Pct. committeeman and assessor in 1775. His
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