256 Tower. 



26. iv. Thomas, July 26, 1725. 



v. Ltdia, bt. Jan. 4, 1729-30. 



vi. Bethia, bt. Aug. 2, 1730. d. 1 Dec., 1730. 



vii. Elijah, bt. July 22, 1733. 



13. Peter 3 (Benjamin 2 John ! ), b. in Hing. July 17, 1697. m. Feb. 

 1, 1727-28, Anna Tower, his cousin, dau. of Samuel and Deborah 

 (Howard) Tower (No. 6). She was b. ab. 1708, and d. 6 Sept. 1801, 

 aet. 94 yrs. He d. 19 Apr. 1781, aet. 84th yr. In his will of 19 Oct. 

 1769, proved 25 Apr. 1781, gives to s. Isaiah " the land where he 

 now lives to the eastward of the burying yard, except where the 

 apple trees stand." To s. Laban land at Ab'n or Han. ; and " to sister 

 Deborah Tower [his w.'s sister] a living in the old part of my house 

 during the widowhood of my wife." "Cooper." Resided on the 

 ancestral homestead, Main St., near Tower's Bridge. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Samttel, March 17, 1728-29. m. Feb. 12, 1761, Hannah Collamore of 

 Scit. Was constable 1761, and by occupation "cooper." He removed 

 to Worthington, Mass., where he d. 1811, aet. 82 yrs. Ch., Samuel, 

 1761, d. 1807; Anna, 1763; Jesse, Shubal, Hannah, Obadiah, and Peter. 



ii. Richard, Sept 2, 1730, d. next day. 



27. iii. Isaiah, Sept. 2, 1731. 



iv. Joshua, Apr. 25, 1733. m. Jan. 30, 1776, Lucy, dau. of Solomon Dun- 

 bar, and d. 30 Sept. 1810, set. 77 yrs. Joshua was constable 1766, and 

 captain of a military company in active service during the War of the 

 Revolution. 



v. Jeremiah, bt. March 26, 1738, d. soon. 



vi. Jesse, bt. Nov. 25, 1739, d. 20 Feb. 1744-45. 



vii Jesse, bt. Dec. 1, 1745, d. 30 Oct 1751. 

 viii. Stephen, bt Aug. 26, 1750. 



28. ix. Laban, Aug. 3, 1751. 



14. Samuel s (Samuel 8 John *), bt. in Hing. Dec. 15, 1689. m. 

 Nov. 26, 1719, Lydia Whiton, dau. of Matthew and Deborah (Pitts) 

 Whiton. She was b. in Hing. Apr. 2, 1693, and d. 3 Oct. 1727, set. 

 34 yrs. He m. secondly, Oct. 6, 1729, Elizabeth Tower, dau. of Jere- 

 miah and Hannah (Hobart) Tower (11). She was b. in Hing. Sept. 

 1, 1699, and d. 5 Sept. 1747, aet. 48 yrs. He d. 18 March, 1733-34, 

 aet. 44 yrs. May 1, 1734, Mrs. Elizabeth Tower and John Lewis 

 were appointed to adm. upon the est. of Samuel Tower, " cooper," 

 late of Hing., deceased. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Samuel, Oct. 11, 1720, d. 28 May, 1721. 



ii. Matthew, July 11, 1722. m. May 15, 1745, Lydia Wilder, dau. of 

 Ephraim and Mary (Lane) Wilder. She was b. Nov. 24, 1725. Matthew 

 went to Abn., and d. ab. 1749. His wid. m. Joseph Richards. 



Hi. Silence, Sept. 19, 1724. m. June 5, 1753, Israel 1-asell, Jr. 



iv. Lydia, Sept 26, 1727. 



v. Elijah, Feb. 26, 1729-30. 



15. Daniel 3 (Samuel 8 John *), b. in Hing. Nov. 22, 1704. m. Jan. 

 20, 1736-37, Silence, dau. of Edmund and Martha Groce. She was 

 b. in Hing. 1714, and d. 5 May, 1798, aet. 84 yrs. Daniel was by 

 occupation " set-work cooper." Resided on Main, near Hobart St. 



Ch., b. in Hing., were — 



i. Alice, Dec. 5, 1737. m. Oct. 1, 1767, Jacob Sprague. 

 u. Rachel, Jan. 12, 1741-42. in. June 6, 1761, Benjamin Ward. 



