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vi. James, 1702 ; Speaker of the House of Representatives ; Judge of Probate 

 for Barnstable County ; Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ; 

 and one of the Council Boaid during the first yrs. of the War of the 

 Revolution. History abounds with facts concerning his life. His sons 

 who lived to the age of manhood were, James " the patriot," b. at 

 Barnstable, Feb. 5, 1724-25, Har. Coll. 1743 ; Joseph, March 6, 1725- 

 26 ; and Samuel Allyn, Nov. 24, 1740. 



Note. — Joshua, Jr., m. Nov. 23, 1709, Mary, dau. of Samuel Thaxtcr. John, s. of 

 Stephen, and grand s. of John- m. Leah Stodder of Hing. Joshua, great gr. s. of John 2. 

 m. Mary Tliaxter of Hing. Kphraim, of Scit., gr. s. of John-, m. Sept. 6, 1733, Rachel 

 Ilersey of Hing. Mnvy, dau. of Ephraim and Rachel (Hersey), m. William Lincoln of 

 Hiiig. Mary, dau. of James the patriot, and great gr. dau. of John 3, jn. Benjamin Lincoln 

 of Hing., s. of Gen'I Benjamin. Jane E. /., dau. of Nathaniel W., and great gr. dau. of 

 .lames the patriot, m. Norton Q. Thaxter of Hing. Mary A., dau. of Hon. Joseph, and 

 gr. dau. of James the patriot, m. Ebenezer Gay of Hing. 



OUR. 



1. William (William = Elizabeth Fife), b. at Perth, Scotland, Dec. 

 15, 1789. m. July 29, 1810, Betsey Cain of Hing., dau. of Daniel and 

 Hannah (Holmes) Cain. She was b. in Hing. June 5, 1791, and d. 30 

 June, 1859, at. 68 yrs. He d. 21 March, 1860, set. 70 yrs. " Carpen- 

 ter." Resided on Fort Hill St. 



Ch., — 



i. William, Nov, 12, 1810. Removed to Maine. 



ii. Thomas Hudson, July 22, 1812. Was lost at sea in schr "Nelson," of 



which he was master, 3 Oct. 1841. 



iii. John, Aug. 11, 1814. Was lost at sea in scM " Nelson," 3 Oct. 1841. 



iv. Daniel Cain, Oct. 7, 1816, d. 4 Sept. 1819. 



V. Daniel, July 6. 1819, d. 20 Apr. 1846. 



vi, David Fife, Feb. 21, 1821, d. 19 July, 1831. 



2, vii, Isaac Wheelek, Sept. 8, 1822. 



viii. HoR.\Tio Nelson, Dec. 1, 1823, m. Oct. 27, 1847, Clementine B. Davis. 

 Resides at Wey. 

 ix. Betsey Cain, July 22, 1826. m. Apr. 9. 1845, Henry F. Bicknell, 

 X. Isabella, May 11, 1828. m. March 26, 1848, Henry L. Fletcher. 



2. Isaac W. (William = Betsey Cain), b. at West Eoxbury, Mass., 

 Sept. 8, 1822. m. July 6, 1856, Margaret Tippenreiter, dau. of George 

 and Rosina (Hoser) Tippenreiter. She was b. at Weisenheim-am-sand, 

 Bavaria, Oct. 6, 1837. Resides on Fort Hill St. 



Ch., — 



i. Betsey Cain, June 5, 1857. m. June 5, 1881, Wait W. Simmons, 

 ii. RosiNA Margaret, May 5, 1859. m. Oct. 15, 1885, William L. Holmes, 



wid":. 

 iii. Clara Janet, Apr. 30, 1861. m. March 18, 1882, William L. Holmes, 



of Dux., and d. 7 May, 1884, ajt. 23 yrs. 

 iv. Elizabeth Stedman, June 14, 1864. 

 V. Agnes Wheeler, Ang. 31, 1866. 

 vi, George William, March 3, 1872. 

 vii, Isaac Wheeler, June 1, 1874. 



OURISH. 



Simon, for many yrs, a resident of Hing., on Lincoln St,, at the 

 corner of " Crow Point Lane," was a native of G-ermany, His w. Agnes 

 (Hoser), was also a native of Germany, She d. in Hing. 27 Dec. 1864, 

 set. 50 yrs. He d. 9 Feb, 1856, £et, 48 yrs. Their 



Ch., — 



