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10, 1743, and d. 11 Apr. 1766, set. 23 yrs. He m. secondly. May 13, 

 1767, Rhoda Marsh, dau. of Caleb and Susanna (Sprague) Marsh. She 

 was b. in Hing. Nov. 29, 1738. Knight Sprague was one of the soldiers 

 at Fort William Henry in 1757, when so many English and Americans 

 were massacred by the savages. Knight, however, escaped, after be- 

 ing partially stripped of his clothing, and the next year served under 

 Colonel Bradstreet at the taking of Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario. 

 Later in life he removed to Leicester, Mass., and his name is men- 

 tioned in its military history. ' 



Ch., by w. Lucy, b. in Hing., were — 



i. Lucy, Oct. 2, 1761. 

 ii. Knight, Oct. 21, 1763. 



Ch., by w. Rhoda, bt. in Hing., were — 



iii. Rhoda, July 3, 1768. 



iv. Olive, May 5, 1771. 



V. Deborah, Aug. 14, 1774, d. 6 Jan. foil. 



vi. Nancy, Oct. 22, 1775. 



33. Bela ^ (Benjamin ^-^ Josiah ^ Anthony ^ William i), bt. in Hing. 

 Oct. 30, 1768. m. Persis Litchfield of Scit. She d. in Hing. 19 June, 

 1861, ffit. 83 yrs. He d. 12 Aug. 1847, set. 79 yrs. " Farmer." Re- 

 sided on Union St. 



Ch., b. in Hing., — 



i. Bela, Sept. 17, 1804. m. July 4, 1853, Maria Caswell. She d. 24 May, 



1878, set. 62d yr. He d. 16 June, 1878, set. 74th yi'. No issue, 

 ii. SoPHROXiA, Apr. 13, 1807. m. June 15, 1829, Joshua Morse. 



iii. Amy, 1810. Broke through the ice in crossing a pond near her home, and 

 was drowned, Dec. 1871, tet. ab. 61 yrs. 



34. Jesse ^ (Jesse ^ Benjamin * Josiah'' Anthony ^ William^), b. in 

 Hing. Jan. 14, 1770. m. Jan. 14, 1798, Mary Leavitt, dau. of Joshua 

 and Deborah (Fearing) Leavitt. She was b. in Hing. Apr. 25, 1769, 

 and d. 18 Feb. 1835, set. 66th yr. Jesse was lost at sea, 12 Sept. 

 1812, set. 43d yr. " Mariner." Resided on Main St., Hing. Centre. 



Ch., all b. in Hing,, — 



i. Leavitt, Dec. 4, 1799. Was a well-informed historian, genealogist, and 



numismatist. He d. unm., 18 July, 1875, set. 76th yr. 

 ii. Mary, Dec. 4, 1801, d. unm., 27 Feb. 1885, aet. 83 yrs. 

 iii. Nancy, Oct. 22, 1803. m. Nov. 15, 1829, Hawkes Jacob, and d. 5 Sept. 



1879, ret. 7(?th vr. 



iv. Deborah, May 26, 1806, d. 2 Oct. foil. 



V. Deborah Fearing, June 26, 1808. m. Aug. 10, 1825, Charles T. Rand, 



of Kingston, Mass. She d. at Buffalo, N. Y., 28 Dec. 1851, set. 43 yrs. 



He d. at Buffalo, 17 June, 1859, set. 57th yr. 



35. Samuel ^ (Jesse ^ Benjamin * Josiah ^ Anthony ^ William ^), b. 

 in Hing. March 4, 1776. m. Dec. 23, 1804, Sarah Gardner, dau. of 

 Isaac and Sarah (Lincoln) Gardner. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 17, 

 1784, and d. 27 Nov. 1867, cet. 83d yr. He d. 28 Feb. 1844, set. 68th 

 yr, " Trader." Resided on North St., near the harbor. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., — 



54. i. Isaac Gardner, June 25, 1805. 

 ii. Sarah, 1807, d. in infancy. 



55. iii. Samuel, March 3, 1809. 



