130 FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



was born at Groton, on January 23, 1747, and died on May 

 14, 1841. 



Isaac Patch was the second son of Isaac and EHzabeth 

 (Avery) Patch, and was born at Westford in the year 1762. 

 He was married in 1786 to Phebe, youngest child of Reuben 

 and Susanna (Chandler) Fletcher of that town ; and they had 

 eight children, of whom the youngest, Sophronia, was the 

 wife of the late Moses Titus, of Ayer. Mr. Patch died at 

 Groton, on October 21, 1841, aged 79 years; and his widow 

 on January 9, 1843, also aged 79 years. 



Joseph Sawtell, 2d, was the second son of Joseph and 

 Lydia (Jenkins) Sawtell, and was born at Groton, on May 8, 

 1764. He was married, on February 22, 1788, to Hannah, 

 youngest daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Kemp. For many 

 years he was sexton of the town ; and he died on March 

 21, 1842. Another, Joseph, the father of the late Ephraim 

 Sawtell, was living in the year 1840, when this list of pen- 

 sioners was made. 



David Lakin was the youngest child of John and Lydia 

 (Parker) Lakin, and was born at Groton, on October 10, 



1753. He died on March 3, 1846, at which time he was the 

 oldest person in town. 



Amos Farnsworth was the eldest son of Amos and Lydia 

 (Longley) Farnsworth, and was born at Groton, on April 28, 



1754. After the Lexington alarm, on April 19, 1775, he 

 marched to Cambridge in Captain Henry Farwell's company 

 of minute-men. At the time of his death, which took place 

 on October 29, 1847, he was the oldest person in town. 



Stephen Pingrey was the eldest son of Stephen and Anna 

 (Jewett) Pingrey, and was born at Rowley, on June 3, 1759. 

 After the death of his second wife, which took place at Fran- 

 conia, New Hampshire, on June 12, 1838, in order to live 

 with his youngest son, John, he came to Groton, where he 

 died on May 8, 1844. 



Many years ago I obtained the following facts from a Rev- 

 olutionary pension-agent, whose name I have now forgotten, 

 though there is no reason to doubt their accuracy. 



Mrs. Olive Studley died at Groton, on March 2, 1845, aged 



