r 23 Nov. 1771, settled in Paris, Me.; Thomas Mellen, b. 29 Mar. 1773, d. in Lexington.
Ky.; Charles, b. 8 Oct. 1774, grad.
H. C. 1795, was a lawyer, editor, and poet, d. in Brimfield 19 Oct. 1820; Pamela, b. 21 Ap. 1776, m. Col. John Orne of Lynnfield; John, b. 21 Mar. 1778, the veteran printer and editor of the New Hampshire Sentinel at Keene, N. H., where he d. 6 June 1873; Henry, b. 10 Dec. 1779, d. in Paris, Me., 1845; Sophia, b. 5 Jan. 1782, known as a poetess, d. unm.
12 Oct. 1805; Clgrave Wellington of Cambridge——1772.
Thomas the f. was Selectman eighteen years between 1744 and 1764, Justice of the Peace, and d. 15 Aug. 1783, a. 77; his w. Mary survived.
8. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (4), grad.
H. C. 1715, ordained at Lynnfield 17 Aug. 1720, dismissed 1731, and d. 7 May 1732, a. 35.
He m. Elizabeth Perkins, who d. 12 May 1768, a. 68 years. He had four children: Elizabeth, b. 28 Dec. 1721; Nathaniel, b. 24 Sept. 1725, d. 11 Dec. 1728; Edward Perkins, b. 10 July 1728,
21 Mar. 1784; Fanny, bap. 4 June 1786; Joseph, bap. 15 Nov. 1789, d. 24 Sept. 1802.
38. Caleb, s. of Caleb (26), grad.
H. C. 1765, ordained in Reading Oct. 1769, m. Pamela, dau. of Rev. John Mellen of Sterling, 1 Jan. 1771, and had Caleb, b. 22 or 23 Nov. 1771, settled in Paris, Me.; Thomas Mellen, b. 29 Mar. 1773, d. in Lexington.
Ky.; Charles, b. 8 Oct. 1774, grad.
H. C. 1795, was a lawyer, editor, and poet, d. in Brimfield 19 Oct. 1820; Pamela, b. 21 Ap. 1776, m. Col. John Orne of Lynnfield; John, b. 21 Mar. 1778, the veteran printer and editor of the New Hampshire Sentinel at Keene, N. H., where he d. 6 June 1873; Henry, b. 10 Dec. 1779, d. in Paris, Me., 1845; Sophia, b. 5 Jan. 1782, known as a poetess, d. unm.
12 Oct. 1805; Clarissa, b. 4 Ap. 1784, m. Benjamin Johnson of Boston, Mar. 1805, d. in Camb.
1813; William, b. 20 Feb. 1786, d. 15 Mar. 1806; George, b. and d. 1787; Lydia, b. 11 April 1790, m. Rev. William Frothingham of Belfast, Me., 1821; George Washington, b. 2