The Covey Line

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|Joseph Covey AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR b. 1747 Acton VT d. resided Windham VT.

| Joseph on list of Revolutionary War Veterans living in Newfane VT.

| m. @1772 in Acton VT In the "History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH" by Oran E. Randall-1882: "Here in 1770." In the 1790 Census, they were listed in Johnson's Gore, Windham Co., VT, and we know he was there through 1800 (Johnson's Gore was between Windham and Acton. Acton became part of Townshend after Windham voted not to accept it.) The 1790 census entry reads: "Coovey, Joseph 2/males 16 & up 3/males 16 & under 3/females".

| |Joseph Hooker (Hacker) b. 1671 Eng d. 1753 Westford MA

| | m. 1692 Wenham MA

| |Anna or Hannah _?_ b. d.

| |Joseph Hooker b. 1694 d. 31 Dec 1777 Greenwich MA

| | m. 29 Mar 1726 Wenham, Essex, MA

| |Jeane (Jane) Rankins b. d.

| |John Hooker [aka Hacker] b.13 Nov 1726 Wenham MA d. A housewright (house builder) and lived near Sunderland bridge. John was a soldier under Captain Ebenezer Alexander in the Cape Breton expedition where he was "much burned with powder" from the effect of this he lay in the hospital at Boston from Oct, 1745 to Jan, 1746; -History of Deerfield Vol II

| | |Benjamin Scott I b. 1612 d. 1671 Rowley MA In Mar 1665, Benjamin was convicted of the crime of theft, for which he was "fined and admonished." However, six months later he took the Freeman's Oath, indicating he was both a householder and a church member, in short, an upstanding person. Died leaving an estate of 67 pounds and 17 shillings.

| | | m.28 May 1642

| | |Margaret Kinsey Stephenson b. 1616 d. 22 Sep 1692 Rowley MA Margaret Scott was hanged as a witch in the Salem Witch Hysteria - for more information, go HERE. I have a page for her here. Also, see Mark Rice's Spectors, Maleficium, and Margaret Scott, here.

| | |William Scott I b. 1655 Hatfield MA d.15 Feb 1717/18 Hatfield MA

| | | m.28 Jun 1670 Hatfield MA also, parents to Abigail Scott in The Comstock Line.

| | | | William Ellis (Allis) b. 1622 Of Earls Colne, Essex, Eng d. 6 Sep 1678 Hartford CT

| | | | m.

| | | | __?__ b. d.

| | |Hannah Allis b. 28 Jan 1653/54 Braintree MA d. 1718 Hatfield MA

| | |William Scott II b. 24 Nov 1676 Hatfield MA d.20 Nov 1759 Sunderland MA Brother to Abigail Scott in The Comstock Line.

| | | m.

| | |Mary _?_ b. 1680 Hatfield MA d. 7 Dec 1711

| | |John Scott b. 3 Jun 1704 Hatfield MA d.9 Jun 1793 Westmoreland NH

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| | | |Thomas Richardson b.@1610 d. possibly of WoburnMA

| | | | m.

| | | |Mary Jobo b.Bef 27 Jul 1607 Eng d. 26 Aug 1655 Woburn MA

| | | |Thomas Richardson b. 1649 Woodbury CT d.14 Nov 1712 Waterbury CT

| | | | m.abt 1667

| | | |Mary Senior b. @1651 Woodbury CT d. 1 Nov 1712 Waterbury CT

| | | |Israel Richardson b. 5 Dec 1677 Waterbury CT d.18 Dec 1712 Waterbury CT

| | | | m.5 Dec 1697

| | | | |Matthew Woodruff b.@1612 Eng d. 1682 Farmington CT

| | | | | m.

| | | | |John Woodruff b.1643 Farmington CT d.May 1692 Farmington CT

| | | | | m.

| | | | | |Robert Winchell b.@ 1608 Eng d.21 Jan 1667/68 Windsor CT

| | | | | | m.

| | | | | |__?__ b. d.

| | | | |Mary Winchell b. 5 Sep 1644 Windsor CT d.22 Nov 1712 Windsor CT

| | | |Hannah Woodruff b. 1671 Farmington CT d.12 Apr 1713 Waterbury CT

| | |Hannah Richardson b. 2 Apr 1705 Waterbury CT d.

| |Mary Scott b.5 Feb 1729 in Sunderland MA d.

|Thedoshea (Theodocia, Theodosia) Hooker b. 21 Nov 1751 Fallstown (Bernardston) MA d.

|Ransom Covey b.15 October 1793 Acton VT d. 16 June 1867 Brattleboro VT

| m.10 Apr 1827 Dummerston VT Ransom and Ruth came to Brattleboro about 1819 Subscribed to the Brattleboro East Society (religious association) in Brattleboro Village in 1834. (Annals of Brattleboro)

| |Nicholas Wilder

| |__?__

| |John Wilder

| | |Thomas Keats

| | |__?__

| |Alice Keats

| |Thomas Wilder

| |Martha Higgs

| |Thomas Wilder [see below]

| | |Anthony Eames

| | |Margery Pierce

| |Anna Eames [Hannah Eames] [see below]

| |Nathaniel Wilder KING PHILIP'S WAR b. 3 Nov 1650 Charlestown MA d. 3 Jul 1704 Lancaster MA [bro to Thomas & John] Nathaniel is also in the Pitcher line. Savage's Dict. says this: NATHANIEL, Lancaster, prob. youngest son of Thomas of Charlestown, was perhaps a soldier under sentence of d. in 1676, wh. had showed his hatred of some friend. Ind. in Philip's war, disch. by the Gen. Ct. with Daniel Hoar, his fellow offender, or paym. of cost, and some L10. ea. to the Ind. His youth might plead in extenuat. He had by the Ind. war in wh. L. was destroy. been driv. to Sudbury, and there by w. Mary had Ephraim, b. 16 Apr. 1677; Mary, 12 May 1679; Elizabeth 14 Feb. 1681; and went back to L. and prob. had more; but was k. by the Ind. July 1704.

| | m. 24 Jan 1673/4 Lancaster MA

| | |John Sawyer

| | |__?__

| | |Thomas Sawyer [see below]

| | |Mary Prescott [see below]

| |Mary Sawyer b. 4 Jan 1652/3 Lancaster MA d. @1741 Lancaster MA [sister to Caleb & Thomas (below) and Martha, Nathaniel's 2nd wife (Pitcher line)]

| |Nathaniel Wilder, Jr b.1688 Lancaster or Sudbury MA d. 9 June 1775 Petersham MA

| | [brother to James, half-brother to Dorothy, both in the Pitcher line.] Source - Book of The Wilders by Rev. Moses H. Wilder, pg. 77: Nathanael Wilder, son of Nathanael, a farmer, lived in what is now Sterling, married soon after the Indian War, and had twelve children. In the early settlement of Petersham, when he was about 60 years of age, he made a purchase of 700 acres of land, and removed to the new town. His name was first on the list of members of the Congrgational Church at its organization in 1745. He was a man of great force and character, never failing in an enterprise because of its difficulty, and did much to give strength and character to the new town. It is said of him as a kind of tradition in the family, that when over seventy-two years of age , he took a horseback journey, and put up for the night in a tavern where he was accustomed to stop. On retiring for the night, the landlord told him he must not go to the barn in the morning, as he was in the habit of doing, until he was with him, for there was a furious bull in the yard, and his life would be in danger. He had always cared for his horse, and he was not baffled. He took his whip and, booted and spurred, he went into the yard, when, true to his nature, the bull came after him. He stepped aside, and as he passed, he sprang upon the back of the enraged animal, and with spur and whip, he rode him around the yard until he was unable to go any further. Two of his sons went with him to Petersham, others settled in other towns, and have left a very large list of descendants".

| | m. 26 Dec 1707 Marlborough or Lancaster MA

| | |John Whitcomb b. 1588 Taunton Eng d. 24 Sep 1662 Lancaster MA

| | | m. 26 Nov 1623 Taunton Eng Rev. Fr.ederick L.ewis W.eis, 12th minister of First Church (the B.ulfinch Church) in Lancaster, and an ardent genealogist, he noted that, "John and Frances Whitcomb were buried in the Old Settlers Burial Ground, but their gravestones have not survived."

| | |Frances Coggin b. 24 Feb 1605 Taunton Eng d. 17 May 1671 Lancaster MA

| | |Josiah Whitcomb b.@1638 Dorcester MA d. 21 Mar 1717/18 Bolton MA

| | | m. 4 Jan 1664/5 Lancaster MA

| | | |Lawrence Waters b. @1602 Eng d. 9 Dec 1687 Charlestown MA A carpenter. Proprietor in Watertown 1636-7. An early proprietor of Lancaster (1653) where he resided on 13 Mar 1669-70.

| | | | m. @1632

| | | | |Richard Linton b. Eng d. 30 Mar 1665 Lancaster MA

| | | | | m.

| | | |Ann Linton b. Eng d. 6 Feb 1679/80 Charlestown MA

| | |Rebecca Waters b. Watertown MA or Lancaster MA d. @1726 Lancaster MA

| |Damaris Whitcomb b. 25 Feb 1686 Lancaster MA d. 3 Dec 1772 Petersham MA Sister to Josiah in the Warren line

| |Aholiab Wilder b.5 Feb 1717 Lancaster MA d. 1760 Roadtown MA

| | m. 1741

| |Elizabeth _?_ b. Abt. 1728 "of Petersham MA"d.

| |Joshua A. Wilder b.4 May 1759 Shutesbury (Franklin Co) MA d. 4 Mar 1849 Dummerston VT

| | m. (Intentions)16 Sep 1781 Petersham (Worcester Co) MA

| | |Edward Haws b.@1623 d. 28 Jun 1686 Dedham MA A mason by trade; he plastered the Dedham meeting house in 1648.

| | | m. 15 Apr 1648 Dedham MA

| | |Ellony Lombard [Eliony Lumber] b.@1630 d. 1688/1689 Dedham MA

| | |Daniel Haws b. 10 Dec 1652 Dedham MA d. 16 Mar 1738/39 Wrentham MA

| | | m. 23 Feb 1676/77 Dedham MA

| | | |John Gay b. 13 Jul 1615 Plymouth Eng d. 4 Mar 1687/88 Dedham MA, bur. Old Village Cemetery, Dedham MA Also parent of Judith in The Pitcher Line, Jonathan in The Gilman Line.

| | | | m. 4 Mar 1637/38 Dedham MA John Gay immigrated to America with Gov. Winthrop in the "Mary and John" May 30, 1630, settling at Watertown, Mass.

| | | |Joanna Borden b. 1612 Headcorn Kent Eng d. 14 Aug 1691 Dedham MA Also parent of Judith in The Pitcher Line, Jonathan in The Gilman Line.

| | |Abigail Gay [Abiel/Abial] b.23 Apr 1649 Dedham MA d. 17 Jun 1718 Wrentham MA Her twin sister Judith in The Pitcher Line; her brother Jonathan in The Gilman Line.

| | |Benjamin Hawes b. 14 Mar 1695/96 d. 1 Nov 1754 Wrentham MA

| | | m. 9 Dec 1724 Wrentham MA

| | | |Thomas Fisher b.1607 Winston Eng d. 10 Aug 1638 Dedham MA at age 31. According to the Dedham records, Thomas was in the process of building the Dedham meetinghouse when he met with untimely death. On 25 Mar 1639, "Agreed yt Forty shillings shalbe allowed vnto ye wedowe of Tho: Fisher toward yt bargayne yt he tooke in building ye Meetinghouse, wch or towne is to make good vnto her."

| | | | m. 21 Sep 1629 Saxlingham-juxta-Mare, England

| | | |Elizabeth Allen b. @1609 Eng d. 31 Jan 1651/52 Dedham MA

| | | |Samuel Fisher b.1634 Glen of Antrim Ireland d. 6 Jan 1703/04 Wrentham MA

| | | | m. 22 Mar 1658/59 Boston MA

| | | | |Thomas Snow b. 1600 Eng d. @1669 Boston MA

| | | | | m.

| | | | |Melethiah Kelway b.@1619 Essex Eng d. 28 Apr 1669 Boston MA

| | | |Meletiah Snow b. 30 Sep 1638 Cambridge Eng d. 15 Mar 1708/09 Wrentham MA

| | | |Eleazer Fisher b. 20 Dec 1670 Wrentham MA d. 28 Dec 1726 Dedham MA Bro to Abigail, below

| | | | m. 7 Feb 1694/95

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| | | |Abigail Ellice b. 5 Jul 1669 d. Sister to Mary and Joseph in the Pitcher line

| | |Abigail Fisher b.26 May 1697 d.

| | |Daniel Haws b. 19 Jun 1733 Wrentham MA d. 1815 Barre MA

| | | m. 6 Jan 1757 Wrentham MA

| | | |William Mann b.@1607 Cambridge Eng d. 7 Mar 1662 Cambridge MA

| | | | m. 19 May 1643 Cambridge MA

| | | |Mary Jared b.1607 Hatton Bradock, Kent, Eng d. 11 Jun 1657 Cambridge MA

| | | |Samuel Mann b. 6 Jul 1647 Cambridge MA d. 22 May 1719 Wrentham MA

| | | | m. 19 May 1673 Dedham MA

| | | | |Robert Ware b. 1615/1621 Eng d. 19 Apr 1699 Dedham MA

| | | | | |John Hunting chr. 24 Jan 1601/1602 Thrandeston Eng d. 12 Apr 1689 Dedham MA. According to Erastus Worthington in The History of Dedham, John Hunting was one of 10 to be nominated to be admitted to the church in Dedham at its formation in 1636 under the qualification "he makes a profession of his faith, and shows the work of grace in himself". He was one of 8 to meet to form the church covenant; he was chosen to be the ruling elder of the church, which was a formal office of the church.

| | | | | |Esther or Hester Seaborne b.@1611 Hingham Eng d. 4 May 1676 Dedham MA

| | | | |Margaret Hunting Chr. 21 Sep 1628 Hoxne Eng d. 26 Aug 1670 Dedham MA

| | | |Esther Ware b. 28 Sep 1655 Dedham MA d. 3 Sep 1734 Wrentham MA

| | | |Peletiah Mann b. 2 Apr 1689 Milton MA d. 16 Feb 1765 Prob. Wrentham MA

| | | | m. 18 Feb 1720 Wrentham MA

| | | | |Edmund Farrington b. 1588 Eng d. 20 Jan 1671 Lynn MA

| | | | |Elizabeth Martin b. 1586 Olney Eng d. 15 Dec 1678 Lynn MA

| | | | |John Farrington b.1624 Olney Eng d. 27 Apr 1676 Southampton, Long Island, NY

| | | | | |William Bullard b. 1594 Barnham Eng d. 24 Dec 1687 Dedham MA Father to Nathaniel in the Gilman line.

| | | | | | m.

| | | | |Mary Bullard b. @1628 Barnham Eng d. 12 May 1703 Branford CT Sister to Nathaniel in the Gilman line.

| | | | |Daniel Farrington b.10 Apr 1664 Dedham MA d. 7 Apr 1718 Wrentham MA

| | | | |Abigail Fisher b. 16 Feb 1674 Wrentham MA d. 18 Nov 1717 Wrentham MA Sister to Eleazer, above

| | | |Jemima Farrington b.11 May 1695 Wrentham MA d. 24 Jan 1757 Wrentham MA

| | |Lois Maine b.25 Dec 1734 Wrentham MA d.

| |Lois Haws b.23 May 1759 Barre (Worcester Co) MA d. 31 Aug 1829 Dummerston VT

|Ruth Wilder b.7 Mar 1795 Dummerston VT d.?

|Edson Azel Covey b.17 or 28 July 1839 Springfield VT d.8 June 1906 bur Springfield VT. A farmer. In the 1880 census, Edson and Abbie were living in Brattleboro VT with 3 of their children, Ransom, Bertha, and Gertrude. In the Gazeteer and Business Directory for Windham County, VT, 1724-1884, Edson is listed thus: "COVEY EDSON A., (Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 88." p. 379. On p. 381, C.lifton H.aynes, farmer, is listed as having "leases of E.A.Covey 88" See a picture of him and Abbie here; that's Edson over there on the right. ==>

| |Esdras Reed b.1595 d.27 Jul 1680 Boston buried in Copps Hill Burial ground [Also father to Rebeckah Reed in the Comstock line.]

| |Alice _?_ b.? d.?

| |Obadiah Reed (Reade) chr.13 Mar 1640 d.19 Feb 1721/2 [Half brother to Rebeckah Reed in the Comstock line.]

| | m.19 Aug 1664 resided Salem, Wenham, Chelmsford, Boston MA

| | |Thomas Swift b.@1581 Rotterham Eng d.? Dorchester MA

| | |__?__ b.? d.?

| | |Thomas Swift b.17 Jun 1635 Rotterham Eng d.30 May 1675 Dorchester MA

| | | |Bernard Capen b.1552/62 Dorchester Eng d.8 Nov 1638 Dorchester MA

| | | | Both buried: N Burying Ground, Dorchester MA

| | | |Joan Purchase b.25 Mar 1578 Dorchester Eng d.26 Mar 1653 Dorchester MA

| | |Elizabeth Capen b.28 Oct ???? Dorchester Eng d.26 Jan 1678 Dorchester MA Elizabeth Swift's stone of 1677 in Dorchester, Massachusetts has a minimal amount of precisely incised text on the smooth surface of a polished slate stone—just her name, age, and date of death.

| |Anna Swift b.14 Nov 1647 Dorchester MA d.13 Sep 1680

| |Thomas Reed b.Jul 1656 d.1736 resided Chelmsford MA A tailor

| | m. 1679 resided in Chelmsford

| | |Joseph Blanchard b. by 1600, France or England d.Dec 1637, Boston, Suffolk, MA

| | | m. by 1620 Their descendants documented here.

| | |Ann _?_ b.by 1605 d. 24 Jun 1662, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA

| | |John Blanchard b. by 1622, England d.1693, Dunstable, Hillsborough, NH

| | | m. c1658

| | | |Joseph Hills b. ? d.?

| | | | m. ?

| | | |Rose Clark b.? d. ?

| | |Elizabeth Hills b.bap 21 Oct 1627, Great Burstead, Billerica Eng d. c1662, Malden, MA

| |Hannah Blanchard b.6 Feb 1659 Charlestown MA d. before 1717

| | After 1687, received land in Dunstable, with sister Elizabeth, from their grandfather, Joseph Hills.

| | Land sold 1717 by husband, Thomas Read

| | 1693: Father's Will--daughter Hannah Reed to receive 1/4 share of 200 ac on east side of Merrimack River

| |Thomas Reed b.1687 d.24 Dec 1773

| | |Robert Fletcher b.? Eng d.3 Apr 1677 Concord MA. Resided Yorkshire Eng, Concord MA

| | | m.? Settled Concord MA in 1630 of the 17 ships that arrived that year

| | |Sarah _?_ b.? d.?

| | |William Fletcher b.1622 Eng d.6 Nov 1677

| | | m. 7th (9) mo. 1645

| | | |Richard Fairbanks b.? d.? Arrived Boston by 1633

| | | |Elizabeth H. Daulton b.? d.?

| | |Lydia G. Fairbanks (Bates) b.1 Jul 1619 d.12 Oct 1704

| | |Joshua Fletcher b.30 Mar 1648 Concord MA d.21 Nov 1713 Chelmsford MA

| | | m. 18 Jul 1682 Chelmsford MA

| | | | John Wiley [Willey] b. Eng d. 3 Aug 1662 prob MA

| | | | m. 21 Jun 1644 Watertown MA

| | | | Elizabeth Clough b. Eng d.3 Aug 1662 Reading MA

| | |Sarah Wiley (Willy) b.4 Feb 1657/58 Reading or Chelmsford MA d.24 APR 1751 prob Westford MA

| |Sarah Fletcher b.21 Jan 1690 d.25 Dec 1774

| |Timothy Reed b.21 Mar 1714 d.26 Apr 1799 Dunstable MA buried at Meetinghouse Hill cemetary

| | m.10 Mov 1734 Westford MA removed too Chelmsford MA after living in Westford MA

| | |Isaac Cummings b.1600 Mistley Essex Eng d.@22 May 1677 Topsfield MA His will

| | | m.@1628 Eng Isacc emigrated 1636, appears in Watertown in 1636 and Ipswich in 1641

| | |Anne _?_ b.? d. bef 1677

| | |John Cummings b.9 May 1630 Mistley Essex Eng d.1 Dec 1700 Dunstable MA

| | | |Thomas Howlett (Sgt.) b. d.1668 at age 79 His Will Granted a house lot in Ipswich in 1636. Sailed as part of the Winthrop Fleet, 1630.

| | | | |Thomas French chr.11 Oct 1584 Bures St. Mary Eng d. bef 5 Nov 1639 [also father to Thomas French in the Hood line] [Direct ancestor of J.oseph S.mith, the M.ormon.]

| | | | | Susan & THomas and their children sailed as part of the Winthrop Fleet, 1630.

| | | | |Susan Riddlesdale chr.20 Apr 1584 Boxford Eng d.Aug 1658 Ipswich MA [also mother to Thomas French in the Hood line] [Direct ancestor of J.oseph S.mith, the M.ormon.]

| | | |Alice French b.1610 St. Edmunds Assignton England d.26 Jun 1666(?) Topsfield MA [sister to Thomas French in the Hood line] Sailed w her parents and siblings as part of the Winthrop Fleet, 1630.

| | |Sarah Howlett b.3 May 1633/4 Ipswich MA d.7 Dec 1700 Dunstable MA

| | |John Cummings b.1657 d.@1732 (John was wounded the day his wife was killed) From the Cummings Memorial: "It is usually stated that it was the garrison at his own house which was assaulted, July 3, 1706, by a party of two hundred Mohawk Indians. His house stood on the right hand of the road from Dunstable to the present town of Tyngsborough, about a half mile from the former place. The stories of the attack are not harmonious in all particulars. It seems to be agreed that there was a company of soldiers in the garrison at the time and that they were surprised. 'At sunset a Mr. Cummings and his wife went out to milk their cows and left the gate open. The Indians who had advanced undiscovered, started up, shot Mrs .Cummings dead ('Goody Cummings died July 3, 1706, at night.') upon the spot, and wounded her husband who had his arm broken, but was so fortunate as to reach the woods while the Indians were engaged in the house. That night he lay in a swamp in the northerly part of Tyngsborough, about a quarter of a mile west of the great road, and a few rods south of the state line. The next day he arrived at the garrison near Tyngsborough Village." He was a carpenter and helped build the meetinghouse in 1677 and a bridge over Salmon Creek, 1699. His house was one of seven garrisons in 1711."

| | | m.13 Sep 1680 Dunstable MA

| | | |Stephen Kinsley b.1596 d.4 Jun 1673 Milton MA

| | | | m.Bridgeport CT

| | | |Elizabeth _?_ b.@1600 d.10 Jan 1667/8 Milton MA

| | | |Samuel Kinsley/Kingsley b.@1630 d.22 May 1662 Billerica MA

| | | | m.@1654 Dorchester MA resided Billerica

| | | | |William Brackett b.@1515-1520 Sudbury Eng d. Made his will 4 May 1575 and buried 2 days later A butcher

| | | | |Richard Brackett b.@1550-1554 Sudbury Eng

| | | | |Peter Brackett b.@1580-1585 d. Made his will 18 Aug 1616 and died a week later. Buried 25 Aug 1616 at All Saints Church, Sudbury Eng His will provided in "Fifty Great Migration Colonists... "

| | | | |Rachel_?_ b.@1590 Sudbury Eng d. 15 Sep 1651 Braintree MA Lived in Braintree with 2nd husband when her son Richard moved there from Boston. She sailed with her 2nd husband, 7 minor children and other family members and 3 servants from London aboard the ship Planter, N.ichols T.rerice master, @10 April 1635, arriving in Boston 7 June.

| | | | |Richard Bracket (Captn.) bap.16 Sep 1610 St Gregory's Sudbury Eng chr.16 Sep 1610 d.5 Mar 1689/90 Braintree MA buried Hancock Cemetery Quincy MA At age 6 he was fatherless. In Boston 27 Aug 1630 as an organizer of the First Church of Boston. Returned to England to marry Alice Blower and returned to Boston almost immediately. On 12 Feb 1639 was granted permission to remove to Braintree where his mother and step father were living.

| | | | | m.6 Jan 1633/4 St Katherine by the Tower, London Eng

| | | | | |Alice Frost b.1 Dec 1594 Standstead Suffolk Eng d. aft 1665 Remarried a Mr Tilley following Thomas Blower's death. A midwife. [sis. to Thomasine, below] See the notes about "Mistriss Tilly" in my entry of March 7, 2012.

| | | | |Alice Blower b.30 Jun 1615 St. Gregory Sudbury Eng d.3 Nov 1689 Braintree MA

| | | |Hannah Bracket chr.4 Jan 1634 Boston MA d.3 July 1706 Dunstable MA (killed by Indians the same day as her daughter Elisabeth) Nason's History of Dunstable says: "On the night of the 3d of July, 1706, a party of two hundred and seventy Mohawk Indians suddenly assaulted a garrison house, in which Capt. Pearson, of Rowley, and twenty of his “troopers,” who had been ranging in the woods, were posted. The company was taken by surprise, for the door had been left open and no watch appointed. Mr. Cummings and his wife, it is said, had gone out at the close of the day for milking, when the Indians shot Mrs. Cummings dead, wounded her husband and took him captive. Rushing into the house, they were amazed to find it filled with soldiers, as these in turn were astonished to see themselves thus suddenly in the presence of the savages. After a bloody fight, during which several of Capt. Pearson’s men were either killed or wounded, the savages attacked and burned the house of Daniel Galusha, a Dutchman, living on Salmon Brook. Here one woman was killed, and another made her escape from the flames by loosening the stones around a small window, pressing herself through it, and concealing herself in the underbrush until the enemy had withdrawn. It appears, also, that a party of these Indians on the same fatal day entered the garrison house of Nathaniel Blanchard, and murdered himself, his wife Lydia, his daughter Susannah, and also Mrs. Hannah Blanchard."

| | |Elisabeth Kinsley b.22 Nov 1657 Braintree MA d.3 Jul 1706 Dunstable MA (shot & killed by Indians)

| | |John Cummings (Jr., Deacon) b.7 Jul 1682 Boxford MA d.27 Apr 1759 Westford MA

| | | |Henry Adams (see the Pitcher line)

| | | |Edith Squire ( see the Pitcher line)

| | | |Thomas Adams (Lt.) b.25 Mar 1612 Barton St. David Somerset Eng interred 20 Jul 1688 Chelmsford MA Said to have owned the "Old Chelmsford Garrison House" still standing at 105 Garrison Road, Chelmsford, MA. Thomas Adams obtained the land as a grant from the town of Chelmsford and in 1683, 5 years before his death, he conveyed the land to his son Peletiah. In 1702, Peletiah deeded the land and house to his sons, Thomas and Peletiah, and the two families shared the house for a number of years. The "saltbox" addition in the rear dates from this period. To see pictures of it, go here and here.

| | | | [Brother of Joseph Adams, see the Pitcher line]

| | | | m. Mar 1642 Braintree MA resided in Chelmsford MA

| | | |Mary Blackmore (Blackstone) chr.3 Dec 1623 All Hallows London Eng d.23 Mar 1694 in Charlestown MA

| | | |Pelatiah Adams b.1 Jun 1646 Concord MA [a twin] d.29 Apr 1725 Chelmsford MA

| | | | m.1670 resided in Chelmsford MA

| | | | |Jacob Parker b. Marlborough Wiltshire Eng d.6 Aug 1669 Malden MA

| | | |Ruth Parker b.@1655 Chelmsford MA d.18 Sep 1719 Chelmsford MA

| | |Elizabeth Adams b.26 Apr 1680 Chelmsford MA d.30 Apr 1759 Westford MA

| |Mary Cummings b.5 Jul 1708 Chelmsford MA d.3 Nov 1778 Dunstable MA

| |Timothy Reed b.30 Aug 1736 Dunstable MA d.24 Dec 1804 Putney VT

| | m.5 Feb 1761 Dunstable MA resided (1) Westford MA (2) Putney VT

| | |William Taylor b.1618 or 1625 d.6 Dec 1696 Concord MA

| | | Came from Eng on the Truelove, 1635, to Marlborough,MA. 1639, to Lynn.

| | | | William Marriam

| | | | Sarah Burgess

| | | | Joseph Merriam [see the Warren line]

| | | | Sarah Goldstone [see the Warren line]

| | |Mary Merriam b.1630 Hadboro Kent Eng d.10 Dec 1699 Concord MA [Sister to Sarah in the Warren line.]

| | |Abraham Taylor b.14 Nov 1656 Concord MA d.19 Jun 1729 Concord MA [a blacksmith]

| | | m.16 or 18 Dec 1681

| | | |Nicholas Whittaker b.@1591 Halesowen, Worcester, Eng d.

| | | |Martha _?_ b.@1595 Halesowen Eng d. 25 Jun 1657 Belbroughton Eng

| | | |John Whittaker chr 9 Nov 1623 Halesowen, Worcester, Eng d.

| | | | m.@ 1655 Watertown MA

| | | |Elizabeth _?_ b.@1642 d.

| | |Mary Whitaker b.10 Mar 1661 Watertown MA d.16 Feb 1756 Concord MA

| | |Abraham Taylor b.11 Jan 1681/2 Concord MA d. aft 22 Aug 1754 [a yeoman]

| | | m.9 Dec 1706 Concord MA

| | | |Thomas Platt b. d.

| | | | m.

| | | |Mary _?_ b. d.

| | | |Thomas Pellet [Platt] b.18 Apr 1666 Concord MA d.1 Jan 1730 Glastonbury, CT Buried in Green Cemetery, Glastonbury

| | | | m. 5 Mar 1659 Concord MA

| | | | |__?__ b.? d.?

| | | |Mary Dane b.17 Aug 1662 Concord MA d.

| | |Sarah Pellet b.5 Sep 1685 Concord, MA d. @1710

| | |Samuel Taylor (Deacon) b.1 Oct 1708 d.23 Oct 1792 Dunstable, buried Central Cemetary

| | | m.Dec 1706 resided in Dunstable

| | | |John Perham b.1633 Eng d. 21 Jan 1721 in Chelmsford His gravestone in Chelmsford's Forefathers Burying Ground: "Here Lyes ye Body / of Mr. John / Perham who / Decd Janury. ye /21st 1721 / Aged 88 years" To see it, go here.

| | | | m. 15 Dec 1663 Chelmsford MA

| | | | | John Shipley [Shepley] b. d. 10 Sept 1678 Chelmsford MA

| | | | | m. 15 Dec 1633 Eng In 1637, living in the part that became Wenham. Removed with Rev. John Fiske to Chelmsford in 1655.

| | | | | Ann _?_ b. d. 11 Jul 1685 Chelmsford MA Admitted to the church at Wenham MA 15 Aug 1648

| | | |Lydia Shipley [Liddiah Shepley] b.1641 Salem MA d.26 Jun 1710 Her gravestone in Chelmsford's Forefathers Burying Ground: "Mrs. Lydia Perham wife of Mr. John / Perham Who deceased June 26, 1710" To see it, go here.

| | | |Joseph Perham b.22 Oct 1661 d.? see also in the Comstock line

| | | | |Alice Crompton b. @ 1595 Crompton Eng d.

| | | | |Jonathan Hyde b.1626 London Eng d.5 Oct 1711 Newton MA

| | | | | m. bef 1651 [2nd marriage for JH; 9 children by his 1st wife; 15 by Mary]

| | | | |Mary French b. Abt 1633 Eng d.27 May 1672 Newton MA

| | | | |Jonathan Hyde b. 1 Apr 1655 Cambridge MA d.

| | | | | |James Kidder b.1626 East Grinstead,Sussex,Eng d.16 Apr 1676 Lived in Cambridge MA - From "History of Billerica": "His ancestry has been traced in England, through six generations: James, his father; John; John; Richard; Richard; Richard... [He was an] Ensign in Capt. Danforth's military company, and his house was a garrison in 1675. He, himself, was placed in charge of the Indians at Wamesit, a position which indicates, in that critical period, the confidence reposed in his skill and courage."

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| | | | | |Anna Moore b. Eng d.1691 Billerica MA

| | | | |Dorothy Kidder b.29 Jan 1651/1652 Cambridge MA d.Bef 1724

| | | |Dorothy Hyde b.23 May 1675 d.? see also in the Comstock line

| | |Susanna (or Susan) Perham b.15 Apr 1713 d.14 Oct 1798 Dunstable MA, buried Central Cemetary Sister to Dorothy [in the Comstock line]

| |Susannah Taylor b.28 Nov 1737 Dunstable MA d.aft 1810 Putney VT

| |Isaac Reed b.23 Mar 1767 Dunstable MA d.23 Jun 1854 Dummerston VT

| | m.2 Sep 1796 Putney VT resided in Dummerston VT

| | |John McIlvaine b. 1570 Ayrshire Scotland d. 1637 Ayrshire Scotland

| | |Jane Annie Corrie b. 1580 Ayrshire Scotland d. 1632 Ayrshire Scotland

| | |John McIlvaine b. 1600 Ayrshire Scotland d. 1669 Ayrshire Scotland

| | |Julianna Schaw b. 1600 Ayrshire Scotland d. 1641 Ayrshire Scotland

| | |John McIlvaine b. 1640 Ayrshire Scotland d. 1700 Ayrshire Scotland

| | | |Robert Cunningham b. 1600 Ayrshire Scotland d. 1690 Ayrshire Scotland

| | | |Ann Scott b. 1600 Scotland d. 1660

| | |Anne Cunningham b. 1630 Kirkoswald Ayrshire Scotland d. 1700 Ayrshire Scotland

| | |John McIlvaine b. 1656 Ayrshire Scotland d. 7 Sep 1735 Ballykeel Antrim Ireland

| | | m.

| | | |Robert Clark b. 1630 Scotland d. 1690

| | | |Sarah Orr b. 1630 Scotland d. 1690

| | |Sarah Clark b. 8 Apr 1660 Ayrshire Scotland d. 3 May 1687 Antrim Ireland

| | |George McIlvaine b. 17 Sep 1695 Ballykeel Antrim Ireland d. 1748 Pennsylvania

| | |Mary Mickey b. d.

| | |Andrew McElwaine b. 1718 Bolton, MA d. 1756 Bolton, MA

| | | |John Moore b.1672 Henham Eng d. 7 Jan 1674 Sudbury MA

| | | |Elizabeth _?_ b.1604 Eng d. 1632 Eng

| | | |John Moore b.1629 Henham Eng d. 23 Sep 1702 Lancaster MA

| | | | m. 16 Nov 1654 Sudbury MA

| | | |Anne Smith b.1632 Eng d. 10 Mar 1671 Lancaster MA

| | | |John Moore b.7 Apr 1662 Lancaster MA d. 27 Jul 1740 Bolton MA

| | | | m. 1 Jan 1698 Concord MA

| | | | |Jonas Fairbank [Also, father to Jabez, below] [Brother to Mary Fairbanke (see Pitcher line)]

| | | | | |Mary Gawkroger Platts [Sister to Samuel Plats in the Warren Line]

| | | | |Lydia Prescott [Also, mother to Jabez, below] [sister to Mary Prescott below, and in the Pitcher line]

| | | |Hasadiah Fairbanks b. 28 Feb 1668 Lancaster MA d. 1740 Bolton MA [Sister to Jabez, below]

| | |Hazadiah Moore b. 1710 Bolton, MA d. 8 May 1786 Putney VT

| | |John McWaine or McElwain b.8 Sep 1739 d.10 Feb 1818

| | | m.2 Nov 1769 Bolton MA Joanna's 2nd marriage

| | | |Thomas Farley b. d. of Billerica MA

| | | | m.

| | | |Jane Hungerford b. d. of Billerica MA

| | | |George Farley b. 1615 Eng d. 27 Dec 1693 Billerica MA From the History of Billerica: He was a clothier, one of the early Baptists, and a member of the Church of Boston.

| | | | m. 9 Apr 1641 Woburn MA "resident of Roxbury MA in 1640, early settlers of Woburn"

| | | |Christian Births b. @1621 Woburn MA d. 27 Mar 1702 Billerica MA

| | | |Caleb Farley b.1 Apr 1645 Woburn MA d. 16 Mar 1712 Billerica MA

| | | | m.3 Nov 1669 Billerica Caleb's 2nd marriage

| | | |Lydia More b. 1645 Cambridge MA d.19 Nov 1715 Roxbury MA

| | | |Benjamin Farley b.8 Feb 1685 Billerica MA d.12 Mar 1718 Billerica MA

| | | | m.29 Oct 1707 Cambridge MA

| | | | | m. 1708 CAN'T BE THESE 2 -- THEY'RE TOO YOUNG

| | | |Anna Davis b. @ 1685 Cambridge MA d.

| | | | Anna's outlived Benj and remarried Samuel Dunton (NEGHS says Benj. married Anna Dunton of Cambridge MA

| | | |Benjamin Farley (Lt.) b.28 Aug 1708 Billerica MA d.23 Dec 1788 Hollis NH A solder in 1775 on the second roll of the Hollis Alarm list. Benj bought Christopher Page's farm 3 mos after the marriage but sold it 18 months later and moved to Hollis. The reason is likely found in an item in the Superior Court records showing that in 1634 Joanna was convicted of fornication. Makes you wonder who Joanna's dad is, huh?

| | | | m. 19 Jan 1732 Newbury MA

| | | | | m. 1635

| | | | | Nathaniel Page [Paige] b. 1645 Lavenham Suffolk Eng d.12 Apr 1692 Boston MA Gov. J.oseph D.udley appointed him Marshall of Suffolk County. Thought to have come to Roxbury with his wife and children in 1685. In 1686 he was a licensed innkeeper in Roxbury. One of the 8 original purchasers of Hardwick MA, territory that is now Leicester and Spencer.

| | | | | Christopher Page [Paige] b.6 Feb 1690/91 Billerica MA d.10 Mar 1774 Hardwick MA A farmer and joiner. At the time of his death the Massachusetts Gazette reported: he left a widow, 12 children, and 81 grandchildren.

| | | | | m.

| | | | | Joanna _?_ b.@1696 d.27 Oct 1719 Billerica MA

| | | |Joanna Page b.10 Aug 1717 Bedford MA d.20 May 1797 Hollis NH

| | |Joanna Farley (1st marr: Burger or Burge) b.22 Apr 1733 Bedford MA d.7 Mar 1797 Putney VT

| |Abigail McElwaine b.19 Jul 1772 d.26 Nov 1842

| |David Reed b.2 Oct 1798 VT d.9 July 1865 or 1869 in Dummerston VT

| | m. 1824 resided in Dummerston VT

1850 Census Dummerston, VT: "David Reed age 51 Farmer $1800 born VT -- Betsey Reed age 48 born VT -- George F. Reed age 18 Farmer Deaf and Dumb born VT -- Louisa P. Reed age 14 born VT -- Caroline Reed age 12 born VT -- Henry Reed age 9 born VT -- Abby Reed age 7 born VT -- Ada Reed age 3 born MA -- Isaac Reed age 83 born VT." [3 older children - Adin, Lucy, and Fannie-were not living at home in 1850. Adin, Lucy, George, and Ada were all deaf and went to Deaf Mute School in Hartford, CT]

| | |Jonathan Fairbanks b.1594/5 Sowerby Eng d. 5 Dec 1668

| | | m.20 May 1617 Waverly/Warley Halifax Eng Resided in Dedham MA Click here for more!

| | |Grace Lee (Smith) b.6 Jun 1599/00 d.either 28 Oct 1673 or 3 Mar 1676 Dedham MA

| | |Jonas Fairbank b.6 May 1624 Sowerby Halifax Eng d.10 Feb 1676 Lancaster MA [Also, father to Hasadiah, above] [Brother to Mary Fairbanke (see Pitcher line)] He was assessed a "Countrey Rate" in 1649 in Dedham of 2s 6d, when he was 25 years old. Jonas was killed in the King Philip war with his son Joshua on the same day that Pitcher-line ancestor John Divoll was killed and Hannah and William Divoll were kidnapped, in the same siege described by Hannah's sister Mary Rowlandson's famous account.

| | | |John Prescott b.@1604 Wigan Lancaster Eng d.Dec 1681 Proprietor of Watertown 1642. [line to Charlemagne] Buried in the Old Settlers Burial Yard in Lancaster MA. You can see his gravestone here at findagrave.com.

| | | | m.21 Jan 1629 Eng founded Lancaster MA

| | | |Mary Gawkroger Platts b.15 May 1607 Sowerby Halifax York Eng d.1674 Lancaster MA [Sister to Samuel Plats in the Warren Line]

| | |Lydia Prescott b.15 Aug 1641 Watertown MA d.1711 [Also, mother to Hasadiah, above] [sister to Mary Prescott below, and in the Pitcher line]

| | |Jabez Fairbank (Captn.) KING PHILIP'S WAR b.11 Aug 1670 d.2 Mar 1758 [Brother to Hasadiah, above] Buried in the Old Settlers Burial Yard in Lancaster, MA. You can see his gravestone here at findagrave.com. Officer in the Indian wars The Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts for the years 1723-1724 is yielding some neat facts for the family tree. On page 4, I found representing the town of Lancaster one "Mr. Jabez Fairbanks". 53-year-old Jabez Sr was wanted back home: "A Petition Sign'd by Thomas Houghton, and 12 Others, Inhabitants of the Town of Lancaster, Praying they may be heard to make their Objections against the Choice of Mr. Jabez Fairbanks, who is returned Representative for said Town. Read, And Ordered, That the Petitioners serve the Select-Men of the Town of Lancaster with a Copy of this Petition, that they may Appear before this House on Tuesday the Eleventh Day of June next, to make Answer to the Complaint set forth in said Petition. The Charge to be born by the Petititioners if they fail in making out their Complaint." I flipped ahead to find that the petitioners didn't show up on June 11th. I checked the index... nada. But on page 226 he was dismissed back to Lancaster -- this was November 12th: "A Motion being made by Mr. Jabez Fairbanks Representative of the Town of Lancaster, for a Dismission from this House, he being lately Commissionated by his Honour the Lieutenant Governour, to Command some part of the Forces Westward. Ordered, That the said Mr. Fairbanks be Dismissed from attending his Duty in the House, and that he be accordingly Discharged... " It seems the people of Lancaster needed him. By April he's leading a militia to defend the towns of Lancaster, Groton, Dunstable, and Turkey Hill (now Lunenburg). He finally agreed to return to the House in 1737.

| | | |Nicholas Wilder

| | | |__?__

| | | |John Wilder

| | | | |__?__

| | | |Alice Keats

| | | |Thomas Wilder

| | | |Martha Higgs

| | | |Thomas Wilder [see below]

| | | |Anna Eames [Hannah Eames] [see below]

| | | |Thomas Wilder b.14 Sep 1644 Charlestown MA d.7 Aug 1716 Lancaster MA [bro. to John & Nathaniel] Buried in the Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster MA. You can see his gravestone here at findagrave.com.

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| | | |Mary Houghton b. 4 Nov 1653 Lancaster MA d.? [sister to Sarah Houghton, below]

| | |Mary Wilder b.1675 d.21 Feb 1718 [sis. to Sarah Wilder. see Pitcher line.] Buried in the Old Settlers Burial Yard in Lancaster, MA. You can see her gravestone here at findagrave.com.

| | |Jabez Fairbank (Jr., Deacon) b.1695 Lancaster MA d.24 Apr 1782 Bolton MA Buried in Old South Burial Ground in Bolton, MA

| | | [also parents to Sarah Fairbanks, below]

| | | |John Sawyer b.? d.?

| | | |__?__ b.? d.?

| | | |Thomas Sawyer b.1616 Lincoln Eng d.12 Sep 1706 Lancaster MA Buried in the Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster MA. You can see his gravestone here at findagrave.com. Thomas sailed to the new world from his home in Lincolnshire, England in 1636 with his two brothers, William, and Edward. He first settled in Ipswich, and Rowley. In 1646 he moved west to what is now Lancaster, with 5 other families, thereby becoming the first settlers in that area. Not only a blacksmith, he was a builder as well, and, with his father-in-law, John Prescott, erected many saw mills and grist mills. Like most settlers, he was also a part-time soldier, and the Sawyer home was one of five garrison houses where town inhabitants took refuge during Indian raids. Thomas Sawyer lived most of his life in a house on a low-lying lot beside the Nashua River, bordering Narrow Lane in South Lancaster near the Atherton Bridge.

| | | | m. @1648 Lancaster MA

| | | | |John Prescott [see above] [line to Charlemagne]

| | | | |Mary Gawkroger Platts [see above] [Sister to Samuel Plats in the Warren Line]

| | | |Mary Prescott b.24 Feb 1630 Sowerby Eng d.Apr 1716 [sister to Lydia Prescott, above]

| | | |Caleb Sawyer b20 May 1659 Lancaster MA d.13 Feb 1755 Lancaster MA Buried in Harvard MA [bro to Mary & Thomas (Covey line), and Martha (Pitcher line)]

| | | | |_?_ b.? d.?

| | | | |Ralph Houghton b. 1623 Eng d.15 Apr 1705 Milton MA

| | | | | |__?__ b.? d.?

| | | | | |John Stowe bap.2 Jan 1539 Biddendon Kent Eng d.bet.1589-1608

| | | | | |John Stowe b.1581 Biddendon Kent Eng d.26 Oct 1643 Roxbury MA

| | | | | | | |__?__

| | | | | | |Richard Bigge b. @1475 Benenden Eng d. Made his will 4 Nov 1532; proved 5 Aug 1533 Wealthy cloth merchant in Cranbrook Kent

| | | | | | |Joan _?_ b. d. Make her will and died in 1550

| | | | | | |James Bigge b. @1530 Cranbook, Kent d. made his will 31 May 1562; proved 27 May 1563 Died early of age leaving 3 young sons. In the cloth trade. His will is provided in "Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins" by T.hrelfall.

| | | | | | | m.

| | | | | | |John Bigge b.1562 Kent Eng d. Aug 1605 Cranbrook Eng Buried 13 Aug / His infant son buried the next day Cloth merchant

| | | | | | | |James Martin b.@1542 Kent Eng d.1583 Lydd Kent Eng A merchant or trader. Her will is provided in "Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins" by T.hrelfall.

| | | | | | | |Joan Adam chr.10 Apr 1544 Lydd Kent Eng d.1582 Lydd

| | | | | | |Rachel Martin chr.17 Jun 1565 Lydd Kent England d. bef 30 Jun 1647 Dorchester MA Emigrated as a widow with her widowed dau. Mrs. P.atience F.oster and grandson H.opestill F.oster (age 14) on 17 April 1635 on the ship Elizabeth for New England; arrived Boston mid summer and settled in Dorchester where in 1637 she was a church member and proprietor. She made her will 17 Nov 1646; a woman of property and education. Her will is provided in "Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins" by T.hrelfall.

| | | | | |Elizabeth Bigge b.1590 Cranbrook Kent England d.Aug 1638 Roxbury MA Buried 24 Aug Emigrated to Roxbury a year before her mother.

| | | | |Jane Stowe b.@1626 England d.10 Jan 1700/1

| | | |Sarah Houghton b.17 Mar 1662 Lancaster MA d.15 Nov 1757 Buried in Harvard MA [sister to Mary Houghton, above]

| | |Hepsibah Sawyer b.1701 Lancaster MA d.26 Apr 1789 Bolton MA Buried in Old South Burial Ground in Bolton, MA

| | |Ephraim Fairbank(s) b.1724 Bolton MA d.18 Nov 1799 Berlin MA Responded to Lexington alarm from Bolton MA [Bro. to Sarah Fairbanks, below] Buried in Old South Burial Ground in Bolton, MA

| | | m.1745 resided in Bolton MA

| | | |John Houghton

| | | |Beatrix _Walker?_

| | | |John Houghton Bro to Jonas Houghton Pitcher line

| | | | |__?__

| | | |Mary Farrer (Farrar)

| | | |Jonathan Houghton b.20 Feb 1684/85 Lancaster MA d. [Brother to Hannah Houghton, below]

| | | | m. 6 Nov 1712 Lancaster MA

| | | | |John White [parents to Hannah White - in the Pitcher line]

| | | | | |Ann _?_

| | | | | |Magdeline (Maudlin) Staple alias Cook

| | | | |Josiah White [bro. to Hannah White, Pitcher line; and Joanna White, Comstock line] [bro. to Mary (White) Richardon who, along with Hannah White Divoll were taken captive 10 Feb 1765/6]

| | | | | |Edmund Rice (Deacon) [Also, parents to Edward Rice, Warren line; parents to Henry Rice, Pitcher line.]

| | | | | |Thomasine Frost [sister to Alice, above]

| | | | | |Thomas Rice [Brother to Edward Rice, Warren line; brother to Henry Rice, Pitcher line]

| | | |Thankful White b.27 Mar 1689 Lancaster MA d. [Sister to Sarah White, below]

| | |Achsah Houghton b.1724 Bolton MA d.@1809 Berlin MA In the October 2006 issue of NEHGR, "Achsah's identity as the daughter of Jonathan and Thankful (White) Houghton... was discovered by accident while researching Houghtons at the Worcester County Registry of Deeds." In addition to being granted a deed that was shared among all of Jonathan and Thankful's children, "The children are also all in Jonathan's will, dated 7 April 1737, in which Jonathan named his beloved wife Thankful, his eldest son Jonathan, his second son, Rufus, and his seven daughters, the five youngest being Kezian, Azubah, Axa [sic], Zerish, and Epha, and the two eldest being Thankful Whitcomb and Mary Sawyer." Not "Achsah Goethe", as reported in the Fairbanks family history.

| | |Ephraim Fairbank (Sgt.) AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR WAR OF 1812 b.28 Jun 1753 Bolton MA d.1831 Served in Revolutionary War, War of 1812

| | | m.21 Nov 1784 Bolton MA, resided Westminster VT, Newark VT

| | | |Nicholas Wilder b.? d.?

| | | |__?__ b.? d.?

| | | |John Wilder b.@1560 d.1588 Berkshire Eng

| | | | |__?__ b.? d.?

| | | |Alice Keats b.@1592 d.20 Apr 1652 Hingham MA

| | | |Thomas Wilder b.@1584 Shiplake Eng d. 1634 Shiplake Eng

| | | |Martha Higgs b.@1592 d.20 Apr 1652 Hingham MA

| | | |Thomas Wilder b.1618 Shiplake Oxfordshire Eng d.23 Oct 1667 Lancaster MA

| | | | |Anthony Eames b.1596 Fordington St. George Dorsetshire Eng d.?

| | | | | m.? emigrated between 1631-1634 to Charlestown MA

| | | |Anna Eames [Hannah Eames] b.1618 England d.10 Jun 1692 Lancaster MA

| | | |John Wilder b.1646 Hingham MA d. bef. 1723 [brother to Thomas & Nathaniel Wilder]

| | | | |James Atherton b.@1626 Wigan England d.6 Aug 1710 Sherborn MA

| | | | |Hannah _?_ b.@1630 England d.after 1713 MA

| | | |Hannah Atherton b.10 Feb 1658 Lancaster MA d.4 Jan 1737 Lancaster MA Hannah married 2nd John Houghton (1624-1684, below, married at Lancaster,MA on 27 Jan 1723/4) Buried in the Old Common Burial Ground in Lancaster MA. You can see her gravestone here at findagrave.com.

| | | |John Wilder chr.12 July 1673 d.7 Nov 1756 Bolton MA

| | | | m. 1698 resided in Lancaster MA

| | | | |Richard White b.@1519 Farrence Som Eng d.@1578 Hill Farrence

| | | | |Helen Kerton, Lady b.@1523 London Eng d.?

| | | | |John White b.2 Mar 1601/2 Patherton Somerset Eng d.? Mentioned in Lancaster MA records May 1653

| | | | | m. 28 May 1627; they settled at Salem, MA, and moved to Wenham, then Lancaster

| | | | | [parents to Hannah White - in the Pitcher line]

| | | | | |Nicholas West b.1551 Drayton, Som, Eng bur. 21 Oct 1601 Drayton

| | | | | | m.

| | | | | |Richard West b.1579 Drayton, Som, Eng chr.5 Feb d.1642/3 d. ?

| | | | | | m.19 Nov 1601 Magdeline and Richard were step siblings

| | | | | | | John Staple alias Cooke b. d. bef. 1588

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| | | | | | | Phillipa Hawker b.@1540 in or near Drayton, Eng d. will dated 2 Nov 1612 proved 28 July 1620

| | | | | |Magdeline (Maudlin) Staple alias Cook b.@1580 Drayton, Som, Eng d.23 Aug 1641 Magdeline's mother Phillipa was the 2nd wife of Richard West's father Nicholas.

| | | | |Joane West b.16 Apr 1606 Drayton Somerset Eng d.18 May 1654 Lancaster MA

| | | | |Josiah White chr.4 Jun 1643 Salem MA d.11 Nov 1714 [bro. to Hannah White. in Pitcher line, and Joanna White in Comstock line]

| | | | | [bro. to Mary (White) Richardon who, along with Hannah White Divoll were taken captive 10 Feb 1765/6]

| | | | | |William Rice b.@1522 Boemer Buckinghamshire Eng d.?

| | | | | |Edmund Rice (Deacon) b.@1595 Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire Eng d.3 May 1663 Marlborough MA (Bur in Sudbury MA) See the Edmund Rice Association page. He was a prominent man in Sudbury; was one of the selectmen, or townsmen, as they were frequently denominated, and was one of the Deacons of the Church. He was honored with several appointments by the General Court, and was denominated therein "Goodman Rice." He was appointed to solemnize marriages in Marlborough, and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow citizens in both towns. He was one of the petitioners for the grant which was afterwards made the town of Marlborough, and moved to the place after the death of his first wife Tamazine. Edmund Rice came to Marlborough soon after the grant of the township, and took up his abode on what is known as the "great road," on the northerly side of the Pond, not far from the W.illiams Tavern. His estate included a “framed table with two leaves”.

| | | | | | [Also, parents to Edward Rice, see the Warren line; parents to Henry Rice, see the Pitcher line.]

| | | | | | |William Frost b.Glemsford, Eng d. aft 5 Jul 1549 Glemsford

| | | | | | | m. 1625

| | | | | | |John Frost b.bef 8 Jan 1539/40 Sudbury Eng d.6 Feb 1609/10 Hartest, Eng

| | | | | | | m. 29 Jan 1558 or 60 Hartest, Suffolk, England

| | | | | | |Edward Frost b. bef 13 Mar 1560/1 Sudbury Eng d.Aug 1616 Glemsford Eng

| | | | | | |Thomasine Belgrave chr. 1 Feb 1561/2 d. aft 26 Jul 1616

| | | | | |Thomasine Frost chr. 11 Aug Stanstead Eng d. 13 June 1654 Sudbury MA [sister to Alice, above]

| | | | | |Thomas Rice chr.26 Jan 1625/6 Stanstead England d.16 Nov 1681 Sudbury MA [Brother to Edward Rice. See the Warren line.] [Brother to Henry Rice. See the Pitcher line.]

| | | | | | m. 1651

| | | | | | |Thomas King b.@1580 Dorset England d.@1652

| | | | | | |Thomas King b.@1605 Dorset England d.1676

| | | | | | |Ann Collins b.@1608 d.24 Nov 1642 (20 days aft birth of son)

| | | | | |Mary King b.22 Feb 1630 Shaston, Dorset, Eng d.22 May 1714/5 Sudbury MA

| | | | |Mary Rice b. 4 Sep 1656 Sudbury MA d.22 Aug 1733 She married 2nd Thomas Sawyer [1649-1736, below]

| | | |Sarah White b.21 Oct 1680 d. [Sister to Thankful White, above]

| | | |William Wilder b.4 Sep 1717 d.27 Sep 1807

| | | | m.1739 Lancaster MA

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| | | | |Thomas Sawyer b. 2 Aug 1649 Lancaster MA d. 12 Sep 1736 Worcester MA bur. Lancaster MA Buried in the Old Settlers Burial Yard in Lancaster MA. You can see his gravestone here at findagrave.com. He married 3rd wife Mary Rice White [1656-1733, above] Thomas was the first born of 14 children. He was a blacksmith, millwright, and builder. On Oct. 26, 1708, 59 yr. old Thomas, his son Elias, 21, and one John Biglo (Bigelow) were captured by the Indians and taken to Canada. When the party reached Montreal, Sawyer offered to erect a saw mill on the River Chambly on condition that the French governor obtain the release of the captives. Apperently there was little difficulty in arranging for the freedom of Young Elias and Mr.Biglo, but for some reason the Indians were determined to put Thomas to death by slow torture. This may have been their way of paying tribute to him, for he was reputed to be a very brave man. In any event, a seeming miracle, probably arranged by the french governor, saved Thomas. He had already been tied to the stake when a friar appeared before the Indians and annouced dramatically that he held the key to Purgatory in his hand. Unless they released their prisoner at once, he thundered, he would unlock the gate and throw them all in! The Indians, being superstitious, turned Thomas over to the French. He finished the saw mill as promised - reportedly the first built in Canada - before the year was out, and was sent home to Lancaster along with John Biglo. Elias remained for some time in order to teach the Canadians the art of "sawing and keeping the mill in order, and then was dismissed with rich presents." This story appears in published histories of Lancaster, as well as in many Sawyer family histories.

| | | | | [bro to Mary & Caleb (above) and Martha (Pitcher line)]

| | | | | |William Lewis b.1602 Stoke-by-Nayland Eng d.3 Dec 1671 Lancaster MA a weaver

| | | | | | m. BET. 1640 - 1641 MA [Wm's 2nd marriage]

William Lewis, according to "History of Lynn, MA," pg. 181, was of a Welch family and came to Boston in 1636. William and Amy were "of Roxbury" in 1640 where they were members of Rev. Eliot's church. William was made Freeman there May 18, 1642 and in May 1653 he sold his house lot to Stephen Hopkins and removed to Lancaster, Mass. with his family. He and his son JOHN signed the town covenant in Lancaster March 13, 1653/4. In 1671 secured land in Boston, and was preparing to build when he died. He was a friend and associate of Governor Bellingham."By 1640 Eliot, according to his church records, states that WILLIAM LEWIS and his wife Amy are permanently established near Eliot Square and are attendants on his preaching. Both John Eliot and WILLIAM LEWIS had lived in Boston before settling in Roxbury, and WILLIAM'S son Isaac Lewis, though born in Boston in 1644, was not baptized by Eliot until later in Roxbury." "In 1646 the Captain of the Town, Joseph Weld, died leaving our ancestor a legacy, and referring to him in his will as brother William Lewis, which has led to the inference that the wife Amy Lewis was originally a Weld." "Sold his 40 acre Roxbury estate and made it possible for him to join a hardy band about to found a border town to be named Lancaster. Both HE and his son JOHN signed the new town's compact, paid their share for the Indian purchase, and received their allotment of beautiful upland and meadow, the finest in the Colony. Here WILLIAM was rated third in point of wealth, and here he built his home buildings and stockade so soon to be laid waste by the fiendish savages. During the 18 years however which he lived here he served in the Train Band; and on the Grand Jury;" "Last will and testament of WILLIAM LEWIS dated Lancaster Nov. 21, 1671, mentions: wife Amy; son Isaac; son JOHN; three daughters Lydia, Mary, and Hannah."

| | | | | |Amy Wells [Weld] b. d. Aft 21 Nov 1671 Lancaster MA

| | | | |Hannah Lewis b.Bef 18 Mar 1649 Roxbury MA d. 18 Jul 1692 Lancaster MA

| | | | |William Sawyer b.2 Feb 1679 Bolton MA d. 3 Feb 1741 Bolton MA Buried in the Old South Burial Ground in Bolton MA. See his gravestone here at findagrave.com.

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| | | | | |John Houghton b.24 Dec 1624 Eaton Bray Eng d. 29 Apr 1684 Lancaster MA

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| | | | | |Beatrix _Walker?_ b. d. 8 Jan 1720 Lancaster MA

| | | | | |John Houghton b.1650 Dedham MA Eng d. 3 Feb 1737 Lancaster MA [Bro to Jonas Houghton Pitcher line] Buried in the Old Common Burial Ground in Lancaster MA. You can see his gravestone here at findagrave.com. Married 2nd Hannah Atherton Wilder (above) in at Lancaster MA on 27 Jan 1723/4

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| | | | | |Mary Farrer (Farrar) b.1649 Lancaster Eng d.7 Mar 1724 Lancaster MA Buried in the Old Common Burial Ground in Lancaster MA. You can see her gravestone here at findagrave.com.

| | | | |Hannah Houghton b. 7 Feb 1680 Woburn MA d. 1 Mar 1754 [Sister to Jonathan Houghton, above]

| | | | |Josiah Sawyer b. 13 Aug 1714 Berlin MA d. 3 Jul 1805

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| | | | | | |Mary Gawkroger Platts [Sister to Samuel Plats in the Warren Line]

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| | | | | | | |Mary Gawkroger Platts [Sister to Samuel Plats in the Warren Line]

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| | | | |Sarah Fairbanks b. d. [sister to Ephraim Fairbanks, above]

| | | |Sarah Sawyer b.26 Mar 1720 d.1817, age 96

| | |Prudence Wilder b.14 Mar 1754 MA d.5 May 1846, age 92

| |Betsey Fairbank(s) b.17 Aug 1800 VT d.20 May 1886 Dummerston VT [Covey family bible says 1887.] 1880 Census: Betsey was listing in Westmoreland, NH with her "spinster" daughter Louisa. -- Betsey REED Self W Female W 78 VT Keeping House -- Louisa REED Dau S Female W 43 VT Dressmaker.

|Abigail "Abbie" Gertrude Reed b.15 Feb 1843 VT d.2 Apr 1923 ("from Vermont") bur Springfield VT See her picture here and in Irene's Photos. That's Abbie over there on the right. ==>

Francis “Frank” Wilder Covey b.15 Jan 1863 Brattleboro VT d.13 Mar 1937 of cancer, buried in Lakeland, FL Roselawn cemetery A photographer. (See references to "Dad" in Irene's diaries. See his will, a letter and photographs at Frank Covey's Things.) Frank was not living at home with his parents at the time of the 1880 census. I find him "single" in the household of N.orman and L.ucy Cabot, in Brattleboro VT, as a "servant". The Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont says Norman was born in 1821 and settled in Brattleboro in 1857. He lived a life of leisure 1865-1872, when investment losses in insurance companies forced him back to work as the Treasurer of the Vermont State Bank (1872-1901), which was his position when Frank worked for him. There are 2 photos of Norman F. Cabot with his grandson at the Brattleboro Historical Society, and since Frank became a photographer I do wonder if those photos were taken by him. You can see them here and here.

Source: I found the more recent ancestral lines documented on hand-printed genealogy documents stuffed into tubes in Irene’s photographs. The rest is from the internet.