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[704] 8. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (5), m. Sarah, dau. of Andrew Wilson, 14 Nov. 1750, and had Jonathan, bap. 28 July 1751, non comp. and under guardianship 7 Ap. 1791, and d. unm. 16 May 1796; Joseph, twin, bap. 28 July 1751, m. and had children, was of Groton 1792, of Harvard 1796, and d. among the Shakers about 1840; Sarah, bap. 22 Feb. 1761, m. Ebenezer Smith; Hepzibah, twin, bap. 22 Feb. 1761, m. Samuel Brooks of Plymouth. Jonathan the f. inherited his father's homestead, and d. 26 Ap. 1767; his w. Sarah d. Ap. 1785, a. 62. 9. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (6), m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Winship, 5 Nov. 1751, and had Ebenezer, b. 17 Dec. 1752; Mary, b. 17 Sept. 1755, d. unm. 7 Oct. 1790; Jonas, b. 17 May 1757; Joshua, b. 6 or 22 Oct. 1758, rem. to the West, and some of his descendants reside in the vicinity of Cincinnati; William, b. 22 May 1760, d. 8 June 1776; Susanna, b. 14 May 1762, m. William Watson 6 Dec. 1779, and d. 29 Dec. 1788; Jacob, b. 29 Ap. 1764; Anna, b. 22 or 27 Feb. 1766, m. Benjamin Cutter 6 Mar. 1785; Gad, b. 27 July 1768, m. Polly Kendall 1 Dec. 1793, rem. to the West, and left descendants in Ohio; John, b. 31 Mar. 1770, settled in Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, b. 12 Feb. 1772, d. unm. 23 Feb. 1793. Ebenezer the f. was a farmer, Selectman seven years between 1781 and 1790. Either he or his father, in 1751, bought a farm adjoining the present line of Belmont, embracing the northwesterly portion of Mount Auburn, and extending to Fresh Pond. He d. 4 Aug. 1799; his w. Mary d. 9 Sept. 1798, a. 68. 10. Jonas, s. of Ebenezer (6), m. Hepzibah Tidd of Lex. 29 Mar. 1753, and had Lucy, b. 7 Feb. 1754, m. Thomas Coolidge of Wat., and removed to Livermore, Me., in June 1790, where she d. 16 Oct. 1850, a. 96 years and 8 months; Jonas, b. 13 Ap. 1762; Tapley, b. 11 May 1765. Jonas the f. res. on the old homestead on Garden Street, was Selectman 1777, 1778, and d. 15 Feb. 1813; his w. Hepzibah d. 25 May 1801, a. 71. 11. Noah, s. of Ebenezer (6), m. Betty (Elizabeth) Fitch of Bedford 12 Mar. 1763, and had Noah, b. 24 June 1763, d. before Aug. 1807, leaving chil.; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar. 1765, m. Andrew Newell 14 Feb. 1785; Lydia, b. 3 Feb. 1766, prob. m. Nathaniel Woodward of Wat. 26 Sept. 1804; Rhoda, b. 18 May 1768, living in 1807; Dorcas, b. 21 Nov. 1770, m. Samuel Hill, and d. Before Aug. 1807, leaving children; Isaac, b. 10 Feb. 1773, d. 6 Sept. 1779; Job, b. 14 June 1776. Noah the f. resided near the northwesterly end of Garden Street, on the estate afterwards the homestead of his son, Captain Job Wyeth. He d. 10 Sept. 1811; his w. Elizabeth or Betty d. 5 May 1823, a. 84. 12. John, s. of John (7), grad. H. C. 1760, was a clergyman at Gloucester from 5 Feb. 1766 to 1768, afterwards a lawyer here. He was very eccentric in his habits, a bachelor, and resided with his maiden sister Elizabeth, in a house owned by him, on the westerly side of North Avenue, southerly from Avon Street. After her death in 1804, he boarded in several families, and at length d. at the house of his cousin, Noah Wyeth, 2 Feb. 1811. One of the provisions in his will is somewhat illustrative of his character: ‘My body I commend to the dust, and order that no one shall see my dead body but only such as shall lay it out immediately after death.’ 13. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (9), m. wid. Elizabeth Green of Norwich, Conn., dau. of Captain Joseph Winship (pub. 3 May 1777), and had Ebenezer, bap. 17 May 1778; William, bap. 23 Jan. 1780; Joseph, bap. 29 July 1781; Elizabeth, b.—Mar. 1783; Stephen, b.——. Ebenezer the f. on the division of his father's estate, had the southeasterly portion, now owned by John C-Gray, Esq. 14. Jonas, s. of Ebenezer (9), m. Elizabeth Smith 8 Ap. 1792, and had Elizabeth, b. 22 July 1792; Jonas, b. 3 Sept. 1792; Nancy, b. 9 Sept. 1796, m. Richard C. Hastings of Boston 5 June 1823; Susan, b. 6 May 1798, m. Oren Willard of Ashburnham 11 Mar. 1828; Harriet, b. 30 Sept. 1800, m. Reuben Winslow of Roxbury 20 June 1824; Mary, b. 2 Dec. 1802; John, b. 17 Feb. 1805; Francis, b. 14 May 1807, d. 27 May 1862; Sarah, b. 29 Oct. 1809, d. 19 Aug. 1817; Joseph, b. 20 Jan. 1813, d. unm. at Guadaloupe
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