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wed to Mr. Wm. How £ 90, for boarding Mr. Kendall two weeks, and £ 55, per week, for boarding him four weeks, £ 220, being in the whole £ 310. It is too much, and the account was allowed by the selectmen for prudential reasons, but sorely against their wills. Dec. 18, 1780. Allowed Mr. Kendall's account (schoolmaster's) to this day, at £ 380, if paid within one week, otherwise to be £ 400. Soon afterwards a more stable currency was introduced, and the former was withdrawn. The electmen, May 9, 1781, allowed Master Whittemore's account of £ 1,000, in old emission, to be paid in new emission at one for forty. Under this new state of things Master Kendall's salary was fixed at thirty pounds and his board, as appears by a vote of the Selectmen, April 7, 1783, to engage with Mr. Asa Packard to keep the Grammar School in this town for three months, to commence on Thursday next, Mr. Samuel Kendall closed his three years service April 10, 1783, having taught the Grammar School more than
ion is certainly the more probable; but I have been unable to find absolute proof of its correctness. 22. Seth, s. of John (21), m. Hannah dau. of Thomas Soden 30 Dec. 1747, and had Mary, b. 9 Oct. 1750, m. Josiah Moore 19 Sept. 1768, and d. 9 May 1781; Thomas, b. 15 Nov. 1753, d. 4 Feb. 1823; John, b. 13 Sept. 1759; Seth, b. 5 Ap. 1762, grad. H. C. 1782, lawyer in Mendon, Senator 1810, 1811, Member of Congress 1801-1807, Judge C. C. P. 1819, and d. 1831 (his son William Soden, H. C. 1817, wwo of his daughters united with the Church, viz., Lydia, 1 Mar. 1767; Abigail, 7 Nov. 1773, perhaps the same who d. 4 Jan. 1803. Lydia, m. Joseph Russell of Boston Sept. 1795. 10. Josiah, m. Mary, dau. of Seth Hastings, 19 Sept. 1768; she d. 9 May 1781, a. 30, and he m. Nancy, dau. of Owen Warland, 22 Aug. 1782. His chil. were Jane, b. 14 Jan. 1769, m. Prescott Jones of Athol,--Jan. 1798; Hannah, bap. 14 Oct. 1770, d. young; Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1772, m. Samuel Sweetser of Athol 24 Oct. 1792;
ascertained. Dr. Bond conjectured that he was son of John (4) of Cambridge. (Hist. Wat., p. 293.) On further investigation, he assigned him a place along the grandchildren of Deac. Thomas Hastings of Watertown. (Ibid., P. 791.) The latter supposition is certainly the more probable; but I have been unable to find absolute proof of its correctness. 22. Seth, s. of John (21), m. Hannah dau. of Thomas Soden 30 Dec. 1747, and had Mary, b. 9 Oct. 1750, m. Josiah Moore 19 Sept. 1768, and d. 9 May 1781; Thomas, b. 15 Nov. 1753, d. 4 Feb. 1823; John, b. 13 Sept. 1759; Seth, b. 5 Ap. 1762, grad. H. C. 1782, lawyer in Mendon, Senator 1810, 1811, Member of Congress 1801-1807, Judge C. C. P. 1819, and d. 1831 (his son William Soden, H. C. 1817, was also Member of Congress, and d. 1842); William Soden, b. 6 Nov. 1764, d. unm. 24 Jan. 1792; Robert, b. 18 Mar. 1767, d. 5 Oct. 1775. Seth the f. res. on the homestead, and d. 15 Oct. 1775. His w. Hannah m. William How in 1779, and d. 28 Aug. 1
d's heirs. The estate was sold 25 May 1775 by widow Martha Moore to Joseph Russell, and by him 12 July 1784 to Lydia Moore, single woman. I find no record of Dr. Moore's family. He d. 27 Dec. 1783, a. 74; his w. Abigail d. May 1788, a. about 70. Two of his daughters united with the Church, viz., Lydia, 1 Mar. 1767; Abigail, 7 Nov. 1773, perhaps the same who d. 4 Jan. 1803. Lydia, m. Joseph Russell of Boston Sept. 1795. 10. Josiah, m. Mary, dau. of Seth Hastings, 19 Sept. 1768; she d. 9 May 1781, a. 30, and he m. Nancy, dau. of Owen Warland, 22 Aug. 1782. His chil. were Jane, b. 14 Jan. 1769, m. Prescott Jones of Athol,--Jan. 1798; Hannah, bap. 14 Oct. 1770, d. young; Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1772, m. Samuel Sweetser of Athol 24 Oct. 1792; Josiah, b. 8 Mar. 1774, entered H. C. but left home soon afterwards and never returned; Seth Hastings, m. and resided in Roxbury, where he died at the age of about 50, leaving a family; Artenatus, b. 15 Oct. 1777; Abel, b. 10 Ap. 1780, very eccentric