Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts History and Marriages ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Subject: Division of the Town of Groton, MA Source: History of Groton by Caleb Butler 1848 An important subject: for example, in this chapter I discovered that my ancestor Jonas Prescott b. at Lancaster, resided at Groton; his son Jonas Jr. petitioned for and became a citizen of Westford, MA thru a land division in 1730. Stoney Brook belonged to the Prescotts. (see p.47 Prescott Memorial) p.26 Capt. James Parker granted a 50 acre right as one of the original settlers of Groton. Chapter V p.58 The original grant of the plantation or township of Groton as stated in Chapter I, was a territory comprising sixty-four square miles or, 40,960 acres. By the incorporation of Shirley and Pepperell and by setting off parcels to other adjoining towns, Groton is now (in 1848) reduced to a territory of about thirty-six square miles, or a little more than a moiety of its original size. The first dismemberment took place in the year 1715 when Nashobah was incorporated a town by the name of Littleton and a large portion of Groton at the south-east part, was included within the bounds of the new town. The following proceedings of the proprietors or town of Groton, show the quantity of land thus set off, and other particulars in relation thereto. "At a legal town meeting, July 25, 1734, being assempled, etc. "Whereas the Great and General Court have been pleased to grant the contents of eight miles square in answer to the petition of Dean Win- throp and others for a township to be called Groton, a plan whereof was presented to the Court for confirmation, Anno Domini, 1717, which plan was accepted, excepting where the same joined to Littleton, and a line established there, which interfered with the said plan, so far as to take from the town of Groton about 2,788 acres and 40 perches; and whereas there were two farms containing about thirteen hundred acres of land laid out within the said plan before the grant of the town, not considered, nor any allowance made in the said plan, nor to the town or proprietors, for the same; wherefore, unamimously voted, that Benjamin Prescott, Esq., representative of this town, be desired and fully em- powered to prefer a petition to the General Court, of the town, for some of the unappropriated land of the province, as an equivalent for said farms and land taken off by the line established, dividing between Groton and Littleton; and use his best endeavors to obtain a grant thereof." p.59 By the following it appears, that the representative was sucessful in his application: "At a legal meeting of the proprietors of comman land belonging to the town of Groton, being assembled and met the 26th day of May, 1735, "Voted, that in consideration of the charge and expense that Benjamin Prescott, Esq., has been at in petitioning for, and recovering the grant of ten thousand eight hundred acres of land in the gore between Townsend and Dunstable, to the proprietors of Groton aforesaid, there be and there hereby is, granted and confirmed to the said Benjamin Prescott, his heirs and assigns forever, one thirteenth part of the said ten thousand eight hundred acres granted, as aforesaid," - "provided the said Prescott pay all the charges that has arisen about that affair, in surveying the land taken by Littleton, and taking the plan of the gore, and procuring the acceptance thereof."1 p.60 In February 1741, the long disputed line between the provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, in conformity to royal determination, was surveyed and marked by Richard Hazen. This line passed through Groton gore, leaving a large portion thereof, and a triagular piece of what was originally Groton, in the state of New Hampshire. Here again the proprietors of Groton sustained a loss of their lands; but after a long delay they petitioned the General Court and received com- pensation, as appears by the following records: "At a legal meeting of the proprietors of Groton, June 3d, 1771, "Voted, and chose a committee to petition the Great and General Court for a grant of land, in consideration of Groton gore, so called, that was lost by the late running of the line between this province and the province of New Hampshire." "July 8, 1771. At a legal meeting of the proprietors of Groton. "Whereas there is a grant of seven thousand eight hundred acres of the unappropriated lands lying in the westerly part of this province, made by the Great and General Court of said province, in June 1771, to the proprietors of Groton, voted that four hundred acres of said granted lands be given and granted by said proprietors to: Col. James Prescott Capt. Joseph Sheple Lieut. Josiah Sawtell "to them, their heirs and assigns," Etc. p.61 April 12, 1773 The committee appointed to lay out the grant of land made by the General Court to the said proprietors in June, 1771, in lieu of Groton gore, so called, reported to the proprietors of said grant, verbally, that about the one half of the grant was laid out, and the plan was accepted by the Court; that the other half was laid out, and a plan presented to the Court for acceptance, but was not accepted, but ordered to lie, till the line between this province and New York was settled, the land lying near the said line." Upon the incorporation of Harvard, taken principally from Lancaster and Stow, Groton gave up a considerable territory to that new town, comprising the "old mill" portion. A portion on the east line of Groton was about the same time annexed to Westford, originally a part of Chelmsford. The following votes of the town show pretty definitely what parts were so set off: "At a town meeting March 3d 1729/30. "Upon motion and application of Simon Stone Jr., Jonathan Farnsworth, Eleazer Robbins, Jonathan Farnsworth, Jr., Ephraim Farnsworth, Jeremiah Farnsworth and Eleazer Davis, voted, that the town is willing the persons aforenamed, with the land on the southerly part of the town, as far as to the brook about six rods southerly of James Stone's house, where the highway crosses said brook, so easterly and westerly on a parallel line with the south line of the township, to the towns of Littleton and Lunenburg, be annexed to some parts of the towns of Stow and Lancaster for a separate township, when the General Court pleases. The farm called "Cauicus," or Major (Simon) Willard's farm, or such part thereof as shall fall within the line aforesaid, excepted, the property of said lands, divided or undivided, remaining to the proprietors thereof." p.62 "Upon reading the petition of Capt. Jonas Prescott, Abner Kent, Ebenezer Prescott and Ebenezer Townsend, all of Groton, relating to their being annexed to the town of Westford; therefore voted that the town is willing that they be accordingly set off, according to their petition, and the land therein contained, viz., from the northwest corner of Stony-brook pond, to the north-westerly corner of the said Westford, commonly called "Tyng's Corner," south by the pond, in order to their being annexed to Westford aforesaid; the property of said land, divided or undivided, remaining to the proprietors thereof." *note Capt Jonas Prescott is buried at Groton Old Buring Grounds having died 1750 aged 71 yrs, son of Jonas and Mary (Loker) Prescott. The Prescott Memorial states (p.47) that he lived at Forge Village that since 1730 has been included in Westford, MA. He m. (1) Thankful Wheeler and m. (2) Mary Page. Mary Page died 1781 aged 94. By the insertion of the last clause in each of the preceding votes, the proprietors had no occasion to petition the General Court for remuneration. p.62 Dec. 16, 1730 A petition was presented to the Governor General and House of Repres- entatives, praying that a new township might be incorporated from parts of Lancaster, Stow and Groton, upon which an order of notice upon these towns issued. Aug 17, 1730 The town of Groton chose a committee to answer the petition, and end- eavor to prevent any land upon the west side of the river to be taken from Groton, or any more on the east side, than had been voted on the petition of Simon Stone and others. And it seems that this committee succeeded in such endeavors, for the line described in Stone's petition is the present one between Groton and Harvard, on the east side of Nashua River. Nov 29, 1738 A petition signed by certain inhabitants of Dunstable and Groton, to the number of twenty-one settlers and fifteen non-residents, was pre- sented to "His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief; and to the Honorable the Council and House of Repre- sentatives in General Court assembled," showing that those of the petitioners, who belonged to Dunstable were situated nine or ten miles from their meeting-house, and those in Groton, six miles, by reason of which they were deprived of the benefits of preaching; that there was a tract of good land about six miles square, well situated for a township, bounded thus, "beginning at Dunstable line at Nashua river, so running by the westerly side of said river southerly one mile in Groton land, thence running westerly a parallel line with Groton north line, till it comes to Townsend line, and then turning and running north to Groton north-west corner, then from Groton north-west corner, by Townsend line and by the line of Groton new grant, till it comes to be five miles and a half to the northward of Groton north line, from thence due east seven miles, thence south to Nashua river, and so by Nashua south-westerly to Groton line, the first mentioned bound." That there were already within these lines nearly forty families, and many more ready to come, were it not for their disadvantageous situation abovementioned, and praying that said territory might be incorporated into a distinct township. Upon this petition a particular order of notice issued, and James Minot and John Robeson, appointed by the House, and Thomas Barry, Esq., joined by the Council, were a viewing committee, but the prayer of the petition was not granted. The following petition resulted in the setting off of Pepperell, first as a precinct and afterwards as a district. "To his Excellency William Shirley, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New Englan; to the Honourable his Majesty's Council and House of Representatives in General Court assembled on the 26th day of May, A.D. 1742. The petition of us, the subscribers to your Excellency and Honors, humbly showeth, that we are the proprietors and inhabitants of the land lying on the westerly side of Nashua river, so called, in the north- west corner of the township of Groton, and such of us as are inhabitants thereon, live very remote from the public worship of God in said town, and at many times and seasons of the year are put to great difficulty to attend the same, and the lands bounded as followeth, viz., southerly on Townsend road, westerly on Townsend line, northerly on Dunstable west precinct and old town, and easterly on said river as it now runs, to the first mentioned bounds, being of the contents of about four miles square of good land, well situated as a precinct, and the town of Groton hath been petitioned to set off the lands bounded as aforesaid, to be a distinct and separate precinct, and at a town meeting of the inhabitants of said Groton, assembled on the 25th day of May last past, the town voted the prayer of the said petition and that the lands before described should be a separate precinct and that the inhabitants thereon and such others as hereafter shall settle on said lands, should have powers and privileges that other precincts in said province have, or do enjoy, as per a copy from Groton town book herewith exhibited may appear, Etc. and grant to your petitioners such other relief in the premises as your Excellency and Honors in your great wisdom shall think fit, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Benjamin Swallow William Spaulding Isaac Williams," and others. "The above petition was concurred in, in Council, June 26, 1742. T. Cushing, Speaker "William Shirley." p.65 Several other petitions of the inhabitants of the north part of Groton and west part of Dunstable were preferred to the General Court about the time of the presentation of the above, praying a township or district; but the last above was the sucessful one. The following petition commenced the separation of Shirley from Groton. "To the inhabitants of the town of Groton, assembled in town meeting on the first day of March 1747. The petition of us, the subscribers being all inhabitants of the town of Groton aforesaid, humbly showeth, that your petitioners all live in the extreme parts of the town, and by that means are incapacitated to attend the public worship constantly either themselves or families; and being sensible that our being set off in order for a precinct will be of great service to us, we desire that we may be set off by the bounds following, viz., beginning at the mouth of Squannacook river, and so run up said river till it comes to Townsend line and then by Townsend and Lunenburg lines till it cometh to Groton south-west corner, and so by the south line down until it cometh to Lancaster river, and then down said river till it cometh to Harvard corner, and then about a mile on Harvard north line, then turn north and run to the waste brook in Coicors (Cauicus or Nonacaicus) farm (Major Simon Willard's farm) where people generally pass over, and from thence to the mouth of Squannacook river where we first began, and your petitioners, as bound in duty, shall every pray, etc. John Whitney," and 32 others. "The above petition was read at the anniversary meeting in Groton, Mar 1, 1747 and the prayer thereof granted, except the land on the easterly side of Lancaster river, and recorded. Thomas Tarbell, Town Clerk. p.66 This precinct was incorporated a district by the name of Shirley, Jan. 6, 1753; and the first one set off was incorporated a district by the name of Pepperell, April 12, 1753. These two districts joined with Groton in the choice of a representative to the General Court, as appears by the records, till the year 1775. An Act of the Legislature passed in the year 1786, made all districts which had been incorporated previous to 1777, towns, without any special Acts for each, by which Act Shirley and Pepperell became towns. From and after 1775, Shirley and Pepperell each chose representatives to the General Court, separate from Groton, and made their records as towns; but by what authority I (the author) know not. I find no acts of incorporation. By an Act of Legislature, passed Reb 25, 1793, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of the north part of Groton, about twenty families with their estates were taken from Groton and annexed to Dunstable. By this the jurisdictional line between the two towns formed eighty six angles, and was attended with much inconvenience. It continued, however, to be the boundary line till Feb. 15, 1820, when by another Act a line was established, taking one family and a considerable territory from Groton, and annexing it to Dunstable, and forming but five angles. By an Act passed Feb 6, 1798, Moody Chase, Samuel Chase, and Simon Daby (or Darby) with their estates lying at the south-west corner of Groton on the easterly side of Nashua river, were taken from Groton and annexed to Shirley. Lastly, by an Act passed Feb 3, 1803, four acres and twenty rods of land on the west side of Nashua river near Fitch's bridge, wer taken from Pepperell and annexed to Groton. From Groton, therefore, as originally granted and surveyed by Jonathan Danforth, have been taken nearly the whole of Pepperell and Shirley, large portions of Littleton and Dunstable, and less portions of Harvard and Westford, leaving it in no place bounded as at first, except on Townsend and Tyngsborough. And instead of sixty-four, it now contains about thirty-six square miles. Footnotes 1 The descendants of the Hon. Benjamin Prescott still own a farm in Pepperelll which was part of the said gore. It was the late Hon. William Prescott's country seat. Subject: Capt. James Parker Source: History of Groton, Mass. by Caleb Butler, 1848 p.92 Captain James Parker's house lot lay on both sides of the county road, and is now (1848) owned by Dr. Bancroft. His garrison was probably near the brook (James's Brook) bearing his name. p.278 William Longley Sr., owned a thirty acre right at Groton. He died Nov. 29, 1680. John & William were his sons. William Longley, Jr. was town clerk six years and held that office when he and his family were slain by the Indians in 1694. John Longley, the son of William Longley Jr., who was carried away, a captive, was also town clerk six years, a deacon of the church from 1722 to the time of his death, 1750 and town treasurer and parish treasurer for many years. He represented the town in the General Court three years. He had nine sons and three daughters; five of them by his first wife, Sarah, one of the eight daughters of Capt Jonas Prescott and seven by his his last wife. His son Joseph was a soldier in the French War and died of a wound at Greenbush, New York, 1758. This Josephwas father of Col. Edmund Longley late of Hawleyand grandfather of Gen. Thomas Longley of the same place. Not less than fifteen of the name, in Groton and its vicinity were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. p.281 PARKER. There appear to have been more persons of this name born in Groton, than any other, and the name is and ever has been very common throughout New England. Two of the name, James and Joseph Parker, were original proprietors of Groton; James Parker had a fifty acre right and Joseph Parker a twenty-acre right. They were probably brothers; but of Joseph Parker very little is known. Some of the families in the Appendix to this book may have sprung from him. James Parker's house lot lay on both sides of the principal street near the centre, on the south side of the brook which bears his name, comprising the farm of Dr. Amos Bancroft. Being one of the largest prorietors, and also a purchaser when lands were sold, he had many lots in all parts of the town. James Parker was a very distinguished and extraordinary man. He was probably a petitioner as well as a large proprietor of Dunstable; and, as is believed, of Chelmsford and Billerica. Previous to his settling in Groton, he lived in Worburn, Chelmsford and probably Reading, Mass. He was one of the first board of Selectmen, chosen by the inhabitants of Groton in December, 1662. He is then called Deacon, next year Sergeant and sometimes afterwards during the remainder of his life, Captain James Parker. At a meeting of the proprietors of Dunstable, a little after this time, held at Woburn, he was chosen a Selectman of Dunstable, though an inhabitant of Groton. He was successively chosen a Selectman of Groton in most of the years from 1662 to 1699, when chosen for the last time. During this period he was moderator of most of the town meetings, a member and chairman of all important committees, chosen to locate highways, lay out lands, establish boundaries of the town, and in fine, to transact all business of a municipal p.282 parochial or public nature. He was a very active, noted and, as is presumed, a very brave officer, in the wars with the Indians. He was probably Town Clerk the year after the return of the inhabitants, when they had been driven off by the Indians; but no records appear to have been kept that year; one document only shows his signature as Town Clerk. His chirography was pecular, and very difficult to be read at this day. He was chosen, Oct. 30, 1693, to represent the town in the General Court in November of that year. Captain James Parker married Elizabeth Long, of Woburn, May 23, 1643, by whom he had eleven children, but neither John nor Joseph Parker, sons, are mentioned in his Will. Perhaps they had died and if they left children, these would be included in the devise to "grandchildren." In advanced life he married Eunice ____, a widow, by whom he had one daughter, Sarah Parker. His care of this child of his old age, being born when he was about four score years old, is seen in his Will. As that document may not be wholly uninteresting, especially to his descendants, it is here inserted entirely: THE WILL OF CAPTAIN JAMES PARKER "In the name of God, Amen. I, James Parker of Groton, in the county of Middlesex, province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, 25th of May, 1700, being weak of Body but of good and perfect memory and understanding, thanks be to God for it, having arrived at the age of fourscore and three years, or thereabouts, calling to remembrance the uncertainty of this life, and that all men must die when it shall please God, I make, constitute, ordain, and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, revoking and annulling by these presents, all testaments, will and wills heretofore by me made, either by word or writing, and this to be taken only for my last will and testament and no other. p.283 "First of all, I give and commit my soul to Almighty God, my Saviour, in whom I trust I shall be saved, and that my soul with my body shall rise again with joy, through the merits of Christ; and my body to be decently and Christianly buried, at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named and appointed. "And nextly, for the settling of my estate and goods, as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I do order, give and dispose of the same in manner and form following, that is to say, "First, I will that all the debts and liabilities to any person whatsoever, shall be well and truly contented and paid, within convenient time after my decease, by my executor hereinafter named, and all funeral charges. "I give and bequeath to my well-beloved wife, Eunice Parker 40 pounds in current money of New England, or equivalent to money, within the space of twelve months after my decease, or when she shall call for it; also to live in my house during my widow (footnote - means while she remains my widow) in the west end of the house, and all the household things now in that room, during my widow, except the bed and furniture belonging to it to continue there, and not to be made use of except it be upon special occasions; and also her own things, of her former husband's estate, to continue without interruption; also two acres of land and the orchard at the well-gate, to make use of upon as reasonable terms as any person, during my widow. "I bequeath and give the improvement of all my house and land o the west side of the highway for the bringing up of my daughter Sarah, till she is eighteen years of age or till marriage, and also half my deer-hedge lot, for a wood lot for the abovenamed house and land; and also the west end of Gibbet Hill, from the ten acres of land which I brought of the widow Lawrence. WILL OF CAPT. JAMES PARKER continued. p.284 "I will and bequeath to my daughter, Elizabeth Gary, 20 pounds in money or in money equivalent, to be paid within the space of twelve months from my decease. "I give and bequeath to my daughter, Hannah Blood, 5 pounds in money, to be paid in five months after my decease. "I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Parker, the daughter of my son Zachariah Parker, deceased, one ten-acre right of the land in the town of Groton in all divisions, or 30 pounds in money, which I promised in a writing to give, all to be at the discretion of my executor. "I give and bequeath unto Abiel Parker, the daughter of my son Joshua Parker, deceased, ten pounds in money or equivalent thereto, to be paid her at eighteen years old, or at marriage day. Also a grandchild's portion. "I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah, 40 pounds in or as money, to be paid her at eighteen years of age or at marriage, to be paid her out of my houses and lands on the west side of the highway by Broad meadow, if she desire it, and the meadow that belongs to a ten acre right of my meadow undisposed of. Also, I give unto my daughter half my deer-hedge lot on that side next James Nutting's land. "I give and bequeath to my grandchildren all the rest of my land and estate, in houses, moveables, and whatever else, equally, according to the discretion of my executor, the former debts and legacies being paid. "And also, whereas I have given to several of my sons, James, Josiah, Samuel, Zachariah, and Eleazer Parker, my own sons (*not son-inlaws) three several proportions in land and otherwise, I do ordain and Will, that the ten-acre right which I have given to them, be reckoned as their full portions, neither one of them to make any further demand or change for any part of my estate. "I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Parker, my best feather bed, and the end curtains and green rug, and all tackling for it. "Finally, I do, by these presents, intreat and request, authorize and appoint my son Josiah Parker of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, in New England, in the province of the Massachusetts, my sole executor, hoping and trusting he will honesly and equally see to it, that it be done according to my true intent and meaning, without partiality, and in special manner to have the oversight of my daughter Sarah Parker. James Parker and Seal." Subject: Captain Zechariah Fitch Source: Groton Historical Series by Dr. Samuel A. Green Vol IV 1899 p. 378 CAPTAIN ZECHARIAH FITCH'S NOTE BOOK - Revolution Some years ago I (Dr. Sam Green) bought at a second-hand shop in Boston a small notebook, which once had belonged to Captain Zechariah Fitch of Groton (MA) and been used by him while in command of a military company during the early part of the Revolution. It consists of only twenty pages of which three are blank, but it gives the names of the officers of the company and of many of the men, which, perhaps, are not found elsewhere. In these days of patriotic societies such facts have an interest and a value for the present generation. The note-book had also been used by him to record certain items in connection with a new township in Maine. The various entries throughout the pages have been made by Zechariah Fitch with little regard to any order; but in this printed copy I have brought such entries together and, after a fashion, have arranged them according to their subjects. This seemed to be the simplest way in which they might best be utilized. Capt. Zechariah Fitch was the oldest child of Zechariah and Elizabeth (Grimes) Fitch and born at Bedford on April 1, 1734. According to Brown's "History of the Town of Bedford," he was married (1) to Rebekah Davis, eldest daughter of Eleazer and Rebecca (Chandler) Davis, who was born on August 2, 1736; and they settled at Groton. By this marriage there were two daughters, of whom Abigail, probably the younger, was born in the year 1761. Neither the first wife nor the second lived a long time after the marriage, as it is entered in the church records, under date of August 4, 1763, "Zechariah Fitch of Groton m. (2) to Lydia Tuck of Bedford;" and again, under date of February 3, 1767, "Zechariah Fitch m. (3) Sibele Lakin both of Groton." By the second marriage there were two sons, Richard Fitch b. on October 25, 1763; and Joseph Fitch b. on February 13, 1766. His third wife, Sibyl (Lakin) Fitch, was a dau of John & Lydia (Parker) Lakin, b. on October 16, 1739; and she died October 11, 1806. Late in life, on May 11, 1809, Mr. Fitch was married at Pepperell (4) Betsey Tuttle of Littleton, as his fourth wife, who died on January 5, 1823. His own death had taken place previously on September 2, 1820. His father was a younger brother of John Fitch from whom the city of Fitchburg receives its name. p.379 Captain Zechariah Fitch's Note-Book 1775 An Acount of Officers Capt. Zechariah Fitch 1st Leut Nathan Stow 2d Leut Josiah Bowers Ensign Nemiah Blodget Sarget Abijah Meeds Sarg't Levi Fletcher Sarg't John Scott Sarg't Silas Foster Corp Zebediah Farrah Corp Isaac Coary Corp Joseph Lawrance Corp Zacheus Richardson Drummer Jonathan Hamblet Fifer Benjaman Hazen August ye 3d 1776 I rec'd my Comision ye 21st I Rec'd order to march as soon as Posable to Bennington ye 28 I marched from Groton to Leuningburg - 11 miles Westmester - 13 do Templetown Wright - 8 do Coock New Salem - 16 do Hadley Goodman - 19 do North Hamton Edwards - 8 do Chesterfield Hunt - 8 do Pateridgefield (Peru) Wilcocks - 12 miles New Providence (Adams) Staford - 9 do Williamstown Searls - 19 miles Benington Jewett - 10 do September ye 10 we marched From Benington. A Jornal of the way from Groton to Ticonderiga >From Groton to Leuningburg Haskels - 11 miles to Westamester Hoars - 13 do to Templeton Wrights - 8 do to Petersham Winslows - 8 do to Newsalem Cookes - 8 do to Shutesbery Dickesons - 5 do to Amerhast Adams - 9 do to Hadley Goodmans - 5 do Over the River to Hampton - 3 do Over the River to Edwards - 5 do Chesterfield Baileys - 5 do Chesterfield Hunts - 3 do Worthington Agers - 5 do Worthington Danielson - 3 do Patergefield Wilcaks - 4 do Gagesborough Dodges - 4 do NewProvidence Stafords - 5 do (more towns and mileage noted) November ye 28th 1776 We all Marched from Mount Hope to Fort Georg over the Lake from thence to Fort Edward (more towns and mileage noted) The names following the towns are of the persons undoubtedly the tavern keepers along the way. p.382 Oct 21. I hear that Daniel Billings was Dead; he died the 9 day of October. Oct 26. Sarg't Silas Foster, David Lakin, Ephraim Furbush were discharged. Nov 5th Sarg't Abijah Meads. Thadeus Garfield, Abner Kent. Samuel Kemp, Simon Hunt, Ebenezer Stone, John Right, Nathaniel Cutter were discharged. Nov 14th 1776. Zebediah Farrar; Daniel Howard, Zebulon Bootman, Aaron Wright, William Campbell, Joseph Lawrence, Peter Bitefield, Ephraim Brown, John Simonds, John Laughton, James Adams, Amos Adams, Bengaman Hazen, Timothy Baker, Job Page. Nov 22d, 1776. Ebenezer White, Elnathan Sharwine, Jonathan Bigford, John Scott - all went home. Nov 27. These went home: Jonathan Steavens, Samson Walker, John Pushe, Pristol Cummings, Elias Mackentire, Pason Eaton, John Eaton, John Center, Jonas Heseline, Thomas Heseltine, Oliver Green. Next noted were cash expenditures which I have omitted. p.384 [The following entries found in the book refer to a new township in Maine, perhaps Sebago. This itinerary would seem to lead to that neighborhood.] At Concord September 14th 1780 the Proprietors of a New township met to act on Bisness of the warent and I was Chosen and Capt Brown and William Whitemore as a Comittee to Lot out said township. ye 29 I sot out from home on said buisness and went to Boston to Get a Plan and other meteriels for said Jorney. Oct ye 2d I sot out from Bedford to Bilderica, Tuxbury, Andever, Bradford 26 miles, Haverl, Plasto, Kingtown, Exeter, Newmarket 26 miles; Durham, Dover, Sumersworth, Barwick over Quompeagen Bridge, Wells 33 + 8 miles, Kenebunck, Sacco, Dunston, Goromtown, 25 miles, Persontown, Newtownship 19 miles. September 21, 1781. then I went to Cambridge to get a Copy of the Proprietors Votes 22 miles to Boston to Provide Nesecerys and other Bisness 24 miles one Day to borow money 25 miles, I sot out my Jorney the 30th; I arived to Bridgetown Oct 20; I arive home. Groton June ye 4th 1782 - then I sot out to go to the Eastward to agree with the setlers and put them on in a township Latly Granted to Capt. Samuel Whitemore and others and to Let out mills to be built and roads to be made etc. Newmarket - Young Persontown [Portland, ME?] Setlers that are on the town ship Joshua Davis Lot No. 3 Range 2d Moses Lowel Lot No. 16 Range 1 Lazarus Row Lot No. 15 Range 2 Zebulon Leatherby Lot No. 1 Range 5 Bartholomy Thorn Lot No. 3 Range 1 John Harvy Lot No. 4 Range 1 John Stout Lot No. 7 Range 1 Benj'n Row Lot No. 8 Range 1 Richard Hine Lot No. 22 Range 1 Benj'n Ingels Joshua Davis 4 Lot 2 Range Samuel Batchelder 5 Lot 2 do Jonathan Lowel 7 2 Ephraim Bachelder 9 2 Gideon Lowel 15 1 Christepher Noble Joshue Leatherby James Leatherby 2 5 Range. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Appendix. p.421 James Parker and Elizabeth Long of Woburn, Married (2) Eunice, Widow. Married the 23 day, 3rd month, 1645. Children: 1. Elizabeth Parker b. April 12, 1645 at Woburn. 2. Anna Parker b. 5th day, 11th month, 1646. 3. Hannah Parker b. Jan 5, 1647 at Woburn m. Nathaniel Blood. 4. John Parker b. Feb 28, 1649. 5. Joseph Parker 1651. 6. James Parker, who m. Mary Parker. 7. Josiah Parker, who m. Elizabeth Saxon of Boston. 8. Samuel Parker, who m. Abigail Lakin. 9. Joshua Parker born Mar 13, 1658 at Chelmsford, m. Abigail Shattuck 10 Zachariah Parker b. Jan 14, 1659 at Chelmsford. 11 Eleazer Parker b. Nov 9, 1660 at Groton. 12. Sarah Parker b. Dec 12, 1697 daughter of wife Eunice; m. Jer. Shattuck. Subject: Groton, Massachusetts Marriages in Chronological Order Source: History of Groton by Caleb Butler 1848 p.440 1664, August 8 Rev. Samuel Willard & Abigail Shearman 1665, July 3 Jonathan Sawtell & Mary _____ Torrey p. 653 says Mary Tarbell 1666, June 30 Thomas Tarbell & Hannah ____ Torrey p. 728 says Hannah Longley 1666, August 11 Thomas Williams & Mary ____ Torrey p. 821 says Mary Holden 1667, January 16 James Robertson & Elizabeth ___Torrey p. 630 says Elizabeth Farnsworth 1669, September 7 James Blood & Elizabeth Longley 1670, June 4 Cornelius Church & Mary ____ Torrey p. 152 says Sarah Tarbell [same date of marriage] 1670, June 13 Nathaniel Blood & Hannah Parker 1672, May 15 William Longley & Lydia ____ Torrey p. 472 says William & Lydia ? 1674, May 18 Henry Willard & Mary ____ Torrey p. 817 says Mary Lakin 1674, October 11 John Nutting & Mary ____ Torrey p. 542 says Mary Lakin 1683, February 16 Samuel Willard of Killingly, CT & Elizabeth Philbrook 1686, December 1 Thomas Tarbell & Elizabeth Blood 1690, September 22 Joshua Parker & Abigail Morse 1690, December 9 James Dutton & Mary Robbins 1706, December 12 Samuel Farnsworth & [widow] Mary Willard of Lancaster 1706/7 January 3 John Nutting & Mary Parker p.450 1707, April 17 Ebenezer Farnsworth & Elizabeth Whitney 1707, April 24 Daniel Cady & Abigail Cady 1707/8, March 2 Abraham Byam of Chelmsford & Mary Fiske 1708, April 19 James Kittredge of Billerica & Mary Abbott of Andover 1708, September 28 Stephen Farr of Stow & Sarah Stone 1708/9, February 1 Isaac Williams of Newton & Martha Whitney 1709, Mary 17 Richard Warner & Sarah Gilson 1710/ll March 7 Samuel Chamberlin of Chelmsford & Sarah Gilson 1710/ll March 15 William Shattuck & Abigail Shattuck 1711, November 20 John Goss of Lancaster & Mary Woods 1711, December 13 Ebenezer Nutting & Ruth Shattuck 1712, July 13 John Blood & Joanna Nutting 1712/13, March 24 Jonathan Lakin & Widow Sarah Corey of Concord 1713, October 13 John Chamberlin & Abigail Woods 1713/14, February 16 Samuel Winter of Killingly & Elizabeth Philbrook 1713/14, February 26 Gershom Hobart & Lydia Nutting 1713/14, March 16 William Powars of Concord & Lydia Perham 1713/14, March 16 Thomas Farr & Elizabeth Powars 1713/14, March 16 Joseph Powars & Hannah Whitcomb, both of Nashobah 1715, November 29 John Parker & Mary Bradstreet 1715/16, January 24 Joseph Parker & Abigail Sawtell 1716, May 15 Jonathan Whitcomb & Deliverance Nutting 1716, November 22 John Holden & Sarah Davis 1716, December 20 William Lund of Dunstable & Rachel Holden 1716/17, January 1 Thomas Tarbell & Abigail Parker 1717, July 25 Benjamin Hazen & Elizabeth Blanchard 1717, November 21 Abraham Moors & Elizabeth Gilson 1717/18, January 14 Josiah Sawtell of Lancaster & widow Lydia Parker 1717/18, February 12 James Lakin & Elizabeth Williams 1718, April 30 Jonas Prescott, Jr. & Mary Page 1718, December 11 Benjamin Parker & Mary Sawtell 1718, December 11 Nathaniel Holden & Abigail Stone 1718/19, March 24 William Shattuck & Deliverance Pease 1719, May 6 Eleazer Gilson & Hannah Farwell 1719, May 22 John Parker & Joanna Ames 1719, June 25 Eleazer Nutting & Abigail Davis 1719, June 25 Jonathan Shattuck & Elizabeth Chamberlin 1719, August 11 Moses Bennett & Anna Blanchard 1719, September 2 Stephen Holden & Hannah Sawtell 1719, November 12 John Spencer & Bethiah Kemp 1719, December 9 Daniel Pierce & Eleanor Boynton 1719, December 21 William Banks & Hannah Wortsamog of Lancaster by Francis Fullum, Justice 1719, December 24 Joseph Farwell & Mary Gilson 1719/20, March __ Josiah Farnsworth & Mary Pierce 1720, October 27 Jonathan Parker & Sarah Pierce 1720, November 29 Samuel Woods & Patience Bigelow 1720/1, January 3 Robert Robbins of Littleton & widow Elizabeth Cummings 1721, May 22 Zachariah Maynard of Sudbury & Hannah Waters 1721, May 24 Ebenezer Precott & Hannah Farnsworth 1721, June 1 Daniel Boynton & Jemima Brown 1721, July 3 Nathaniel Woods & Sarah Brown of Stow 1721, October 30 Ephraim Pierce & Esther Shed 1721, November 16 Obadiah Sawtell & Rachel Parker 1721/2 February 1 Richard Rice & Sarah Corey 1721/2, February 7 Robert Dickson & widow Abigail Parker 1721/2, March 8 Eleazer Green & Anna Tarbell 1722, April 3 Jonathan Shed & Sarah Barron p.451 1722, May 2 Collins Mores of Oxford & Bathsheba Woods 1722, May 30 John Blanchard of Dunstable & Mary Sawtell 1722, June 27 William Lawrence & Susanna Prescott 1722, July 12 Joshua Hutchins & Sarah Shed 1722, September 22 Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable & Rebekah Hobart 1722, December 8 John Gilson & Mary Shattuck 1722, December 26 John Stone, Jr & Elizabeth Farwell 1723, March 27 Benjamin Bennett & Mary Lakin 1723, April 30 Thomas Woods & Abigail Chamberlin 1723, May 22 Isaac Williams & Lydia Shattuck 1723, December 24, Thomas Farwell & Elizabeth Pierce 1723, July 7 Jeremiah Shattuck & Sarah Parker 1724/5, February 25 Jonathan Green & Sarah Lakin 1725, April 27 John Farmer of Billerica & Hannah Woods 1725, June 3 John Woods & Sarah Longley 1725, June 15 David Pierce & Elizabeth Bowers 1725, September 14 Nathaniel Woods & widow Mary Derbyshire 1725, September 21 Isaac Woods & Abigail Stevens 1725, October 20 Daniel Farnsworth & widow Abigail Shed 1725, December 19 Samuel Tarbell & Lydia Farnsworth 1725/6, January 13 Timothy Barron & Hannah Fletcher of Chelmsford 1725/6, January 27 Samuel Shattuck, Jr. & Anna Williams 1725/6, January 27 Isaac Lakin & Elizabeth Shattuck 1725/6, February 16 John Sheple, Jr. & Elizabeth Boyden 1725/6, March 9 John Burt & Elizabeth Nutting 1726, April 26 Ezra Farnsworth & Elizabeth Lakin 1726, April 26 Michael Gilson & Hannah Sawtell 1726, May 31 Timothy Spaulding of Chelmsford & Thankful Prescott 1726, November 22 James Shattuck & Sarah Chamberlin 1726, December 28 James Stone & Mary Farwell 1726/7, January 12 Samuel Fiske & Elizabeth Parker 1726/7, March 9 William Green & Hannah Holden 1726/7, March 21 Daniel Davis & Lydia Ames 1727, April 20 Dudley Bradstreet & Abigail Lakin 1727, August 4 Ebenezer Hartwell of Concord & Rachel Farnsworth 1727, September 28 Samuel Cummings & Sarah Hastings 1727, September 28 Moses Willard & Hannah Hastings [later to Fort No. 4, N.H.] 1727, November 8 Jonas Gilson & Hannah Goodridge 1727, November 8 Jonathan Page & Mary Farnsworth [later of Fort No. 4, N.H.] 1727, November 14 Jacob Ames & Ruth Shattuck 1727, November 23 John Grout & Joanna Boynton, both of Turkey Hills (later Lunenburg) 1727, December 20 Eleazer Tarbell & Elizabeth Bowers 1727/8, February 27 Samuel Davis & Sarah Boynton both of Turkey Hills 1727/8, February 28 Daniel Sawtell & Esther Heald of Concord 1728, May 9 Joseph Stone & Mary Prescott 1728, June 20 Hezekiah Usher & Abigail Cleaveland, both of Charlestown 1728, September 26 Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable & Rebecca Hubbard 1728, October 11 John Stevens & Martha Farnsworth [he buried at Groton see p.35 Epitaphs] 1728, December 26 Jonathan Sheple & Lydia Lakin 1728/9, February 4 Nathaniel Lawrence Jr. & Dorothy Chamberlin 1728/9, March 24 Aaron Farnsworth & Hannah Barron of Dunstable 1729, May 17 Thomas Wartley & Mehitable Yarrow 1729, September 11 John Wheelock & Martha Woods both of Lancaster 1729, October 27 John Lakin & Lydia Parker 1729, December 18 Elias Elliot & Ruth Lawrence 1729, December 30 Ebenezer Jefts & Elizabeth Farnsworth 1729/30, Jan 7 Josiah Boyden & Eunice Parker 1729/30, Jan 13 Isaac Gilson & Dorothy Kemp 1729/30, Jan 28 Jacob Lakin & Eunice Lakin 1729/30, February 2 Nathan Barron & Abial Yarrow To be continued Part 2 page 452 p.452 1729/30, February 24 Matthias Farnsworth & Abigail Shed 1730, May 7 Nathan Whipple & Hannah Boynton 1730/1, January 12 Jonathan Gates of Stow & Elizabeth Farwell 1730/1, January 28 Jonas Varnum & Mary Sheple 1730/1, February 9 Jeremiah Norcross of Lunenburg & Faith Page 1730/1, February 11 Phinehas Parker, Jr & Mary Kemp 1731, March 26 Nathaniel Nutting & Elizabeth Page 1731, April 14 Stephen Ames & Jane Robbins 1731, April 22 John Fife & Jane Garvin 1731, April 27 David Russell & Mary Clark, both of Littleton 1731, May 13 Ephraim Nutting & Lydia Spaulding 1731, June 25 Eleazer Lawrence & Lucy Tuttle of Littleton 1731, November 4 John Kemp & Sarah Holden 1731, November 30 Samuel Randall of Stow & Priscilla Farnsworth 1731/2, January 5 Shadrach Whitney of Northtown & Prudence Lawrence 1731/2, January 6 William Spaulding & Hepzibah Blood 1731/2, January 13 Ebenezer Lakin & Lydia Lakin 1731/2, March 14 Phinehas Wait & Mary Hubbard 1732, April 4 James Hosley of Northtown & Eunice Jewett 1732, April 9 John Scott & Mary Chamberlin 1732, April 25 Jonathan Pratt & Mary Bowers Northtown 1732, July 12 Thomas Merrifield & Mary Anderson 1732, October 26 Solomon Prentice of Hassanamisco & Mrs [Miss?] Sarah Sawtell 1732, October 26 Ephraim Cady of Killingly & Abigail Barron 1732, November 2 David Farmer of Lunenburg & Elizabeth Woods 1732, November 14 John Shed & Elizabeth Shattuck 1732, November 23 Josiah Willard, Jr. of Lunenburg & Hannah Hubbard 1732/3, January 4 William Longley & Mary Parker 1732/3, January 18 Samuel Wright & Hannah Lawrence 1732/3, January 30 Samuel Cummings & Prudence Lawrence 1732/3, February 20 James Lawrence & Mary Martin 1733, June 21 John Goodridge of Lunenburg & Eunice Scripture 1733, July 5 Amos Woods & Hannah Nutting 1733, September 12 John Page & Mary Parker 1733, October 25 James Tufts of Medford & Phebe Woods 1733, November 1 Jonathan Lampson of Concord & Eleanor Blood 1733, November 22 Moses Woods & Esther Houghton 1733, December 6 Nathaniel Parker & Joanna Stevens 1733/4 January 23 Ebenezer Gilson & Anna Searl 1733/4, January 29 Enosh Lawrence & Sarah Stevens 1733/4, February 28 William Blanchard of Dunstable & Deliverance Parker 1734, September 18 Samuel Cummings of New Sherburn & Sarah Robbins 1734, November 7 Simon Lakin & Hannah Butler 1734, December 5 Zachariah Lawrence, Jr. & Sarah Lawrence 1734/5, February 12 Jonas Varnum & Lydia Boyden 1734/5, March 19 Samuel Bowers, Jr. & Deborah Farnsworth 1734/5, March 20 Amos Farnsworth & Lydia Longley 1735, April 17 Stephen Barron & Sybil Parker 1735, November 25 Ebenezer Procter of Dunstable & Elizabeth Blood 1735/6, January 21 Phineas Burt & Sarah Bush 1735/6, January 28 John Cummings & Sarah Lawrence of Littleton 1735/6, February 11 William Blood & Martha Lawrence 1735/6, February 25 David Shattuck & Dorothy Varnum 1736, March 30 William Parker & Susanna Kemp 1736, May 13 Benjamin Stone & Emma Parker 1736, June 23 John Fletcher & Lydia Patch 1736/7, January 13 Isaac Nutting & Lydia Nutting 1736/7, February 2 Samuel Kemp, 3d & Elizabeth Gilson 1736/7, March 22 Capt. Jonathan Boyden & widow Elizabeth Sheple p.453 1736/7, March 23 James Fiske & Lydia Bennett 1736/7, March 23 Jeremiah Lawrence & Elizabeth Chamberlin 1736/7, March 24 William Farnsworth & Ruth Hobart 1737, April 13 Josiah Blodget of Dunstable & Jemima Nutting 1737, May 26 Simon Pierce & Susanna Parker 1737, June 2 Joseph Saunderson & Ruth Parker (perhaps Rev. Saunderson of Fort 4 had Groton ancestors as he knew much about the genealogy of Fort 4 folks from Groton) 1737, June 9 Samuel Hartwell & Sarah Holden 1737, June 23 Samuel Farwell & Elizabeth Moors 1737, July 5 Joseph Priest of Harvard & Elizabeth Atkinson 1737, July 21 John Kelsey & Elizabeth Russell 1737, November 1 Nehemiah Gould & Esther Bowers 1737, November 23 Zerubbabel Kemp, Jr. & Abigail Lawrence 1737, December 6 Joseph Whitney & Abigail Nutting 1737, December 22 Benjamin Chandler of Suncook & Phebe Lakin 1737/8, January 18 William Nutting & Jane Boynton 1737/8, February 22 James Hartwell of Littleton & Jemima Frost 1737/8, March 23 Samuel Parker, Jr & Mary Lakin 1737/8, March 23 William Knox of Suncook & Lydia Irvine 1738, April 19 David Saunderson & Eunice Warner 1738, August 29 Nehemiah Jewett & Lydia Blood 1738, September 18 Caleb Trowbridge, Jr & Elizabeth Houghton 1738, September 28 Benjamin Wilson & Ruth Bush 1738, December 5 John Irving & Mary Gilson 1738/9 February 1 John Longley, Jr. & Mary Lawrence 1738/9, March 6 Robert Campbell of Roxbury & Elizabeth McDaniels 1739, April 1 Aaron Woods & Sarah Boynton 1739, April 26 James Green & Sarah Shattuck 1739, June 7 Shebuel Hobart, Jr. & Esther Parker 1739, June 26 Isaac Colburn of Dunstable & Abigail Shattuck 1739, October 11 James Park & Jane Riches 1739, November 21 Joseph Page & Abigail Shed 1739, December 11 John Shattuck & Sarah Hobart 1740, April 2 1740 the year the Farnsworth brothers Benjamin Hazen & Betty Nutting founded Fort 4, Charlestown, N.H. 1740, May 1 David Blood & Abigail Farnsworth 1740, July 23 Samuel Bason & widow Sarah Rice 1740, August 4 Daniel Douglas & Lydia Lakin 1740, September 17 Zachariah Lawrence & widow Lucy Lakin 1740, November 11 William Kemp & Patience Nutting 1740/1, March 5 John Burt & Barbara Farmer 1741, May 5 J. H. William & Elizabeth Cutter 1741, May 13 Uriah Sawtell & Sarah Martin 1741, May 25 Nathaniel Parker, Jr. & Eleanor Walker (he was the son of Isaac Parker Jr & his wife Mehitable; grandson of Lieut Isaac Parker son of Joseph & Elizabeth; he was the great grandson of Capt. Joseph Parker, brother of Capt James Parker of Groton. (see p. 501 - History of Charlestown, NH) 1741, June 11 Reuben Woods & widow Submit Whitney 1741, September 16 Isaac Phillips & Abigail Nutting 1741, October 6 Daniel Shed & Mary Tarbell 1741, November 11 Josiah Brown of Littleton & Anna Farwell 1741, November 12 Nathan Rugg of Lancaster & Zeruiah Frost 1741, November 12 John Mosier & Elizabeth Lawrence 1741, November 26 Elnathan Blood & Elizabeth Boynton 1741, December 8 John Blood, Jr & Abigail Parker 1741/2 January 14 Seth Walker, Jr. & Abigial Holden (see p. 591 of Hist of Fort 4) 1741/2 January 19 Thomas Tarbell Jr. & Esther Smith 1741/2, February 4 Ephraim Divol of Lancaster & Elizabeth Woods 1741/2, February 4 James Blood, Jr & Mary Gilson 1741/2, March 4 Peter Parker & Prudence Lawrence of Littleton 1741/2, March 11 Thomas Fisk & Mary Parker 1741/2, March 25 Thomas Patch & Anna Gilson 1742, May 6 William Saunderson & Sarah Russell 1742, July 15 John Farwell of Harvard & Sarah Sawtell 1742, July 22 Oliver Farwell & Rejoice Preston p.454 1742, September 9 Joseph Blood Jr. & Hannah Blood 1742, December 9 William Richardson of Townsend & Mary Hobart 1742, December 28 Primus a negro servant & Margaret Lew, a molatto 1742/3, January 27 Jonathan Shattuck, Jr & Kezia Farnsworth 1742/3, February 8 Nathaniel Bowers & Elizabeth Blood 1742/3, February 21 Joseph Dodge & widow Mary Irvine 1743, April 26 Jonathan Holden & Deborah Houghton 1743, April 26 Timothy Moors & Lydia Nutting 1743, July 12 Jonathan Parker & Eleanor Hunt 1743, July 27 Josiah Farnsworth & Hannah Buttrick 1743, November 10 Joseph Stevens of New Ipswich & Elizabeth Sawtell 1743, December 2 Samuel Phillips & Abigail Frost 1743, December 8 Samuel Flood of Andover & Tryphena Powars 1743, December 13 Josiah Nutting & Mary Blood 1743/4, January 5 David Kemp & Hannah Sawtell 1744, April 2 Thomas Jewett of Boxford & Martha Hale 1744, June 12 John Courtney & Dorcas Barney 1744, June 20 Benjamin Lawrence & Ruth Dodge 1744, July 3 Thomas Lawrence & Sarah Houghton 1744, November 22 William Williams & Mary Perkins 1744, December 4 Isaac Farnsworth & Anna Green 1744, December 6 Samuel Blodget of Westford & Sarah Spencer 1744, December 18 Ephraim Whitney & Esther Woods 1744/5, January 17 James Patterson & widow Elizabeth Bartlett 1744/5, January 17 Jedediah Jewett & Elizabeth Shattuck 1744/5, March 19 Phinehas Chamberlin & Lydia Williams 1745, April 2 Nathan Hubbard & Mary Patterson 1745, May 22 William Tarbell Jr. & Sarah Woods 1745, June 27 Moses Blood & Elizabeth Stone 1745/6, January 29 Thomas Williams & Mary Rolf 1745/6, February 5 John Pratt & Hannah Bowers 1746, April 15 Robinson Lakin & Hannah Dodge 1746, June 17 Simon Blood & Sarah Gilson 1746, September 17 Amos Sawtell & Elizabeth Fletcher 1746, October 9 Samuel Scripture, Jr. & Mary Green 1746, November 4 William Dalrymple & Elizabeth Shed 1746, November 5 John Russell & Mary Cranson (as spelled) 1746, November 20 Benjamin Swallow & widow Hannah Green 1746, December 3 John Chamberlin, Jr & Rachel Lawrence 1746, December 3 Josiah Lawrence & Elizabeth Lakin 1746/7, January 8 Benjamin Bennett, Jr. & Sarah Lakin 1746/7, February 17 Moses Bennett, Jr & Sarah Blood 1747, April 2 William Wallis of Townsend & Eunice Nutting 1747, April 20 John Darby of Harvard & Elizabeth Holden 1747, April 23 William Scott of Dunstable & Mary Dalrymple 1747, June 25 Hezekiah Sawtell & Margaret Dodge of Lunenburg 1747, July 7 John Stone, Jr & Anna Pratt 1747, September 1 David Nutting & Rachel Lakin 1747, November 10 William Holden & Annis Nutting 1747, November 25 Oliver Wheeler of Acton & Abigail Woods 1747, November 26 Benjamin Wilson & Sarah Whitney 1747, December 2 Abijah Willard of Lancaster & Elizabeth Prescott 1747, December 3 David Sawtell Jr & Rebekah Pratt 1747, December 14 Moses Wheeler & Elizabeth Holden 1747, December 30 Edmund Bancroft & Elizabeth Atherton 1747/8, January 8 William Blood & Lucy Fletcher 1747/8, February 3 Moses Wentworth & Mindwell Stone 1747/8, February 16 Ephraim Chandler of Westford & widow Abigail Blood 1747/8, March 3 Zachariah Shattuck & Elizabeth Fisk