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Note. — James E., of Braintree m. March 11, 1835, Mary B. Gushing. Sarah 11., of 

 Wey. in. Apr. 27, 1842, Henry Barnes of Hing., widl. Abraham, Jr., m. Dec. 1, 18-17, Caro- 

 line G. Hersey. Bela, for many yrs. a resident of liing., d. liere Vi June, 1858, ;vt. 73 vrs. 

 His w. was Polly Vining, from Wev. Their dau. Sally V. m. Oct. 20, 1825, Willard F. Pool. 

 Mrs. Salty V. (Thayer) Belcher d. at Wey. 16 Aug. 1884, xt. 75 yrs. Warren K., d. in 

 Iling. 19 Sept. 1855, a^t. 55 yrs. Edwin M., of Newton m. June 27, 1880, Mercy W., dau. of 

 George and Mercy (Hall) Lincoln. 



THOMAS. 



Nathaniel, of Mf d. m. first, in Hing. Feb. 11, 1663-64, Deborah, 

 daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob. She was btl in Hing. Nov. 

 26, 1643. After her decease he m. secondly, Elizabeth, the wid. of 

 William Condy, whose maiden name was Dolbery. Resided at Mf'd. 

 Of the ten ch. of Nathaniel and Mary, one only appears upon Hing. 

 rec's, viz., — 



i. William, bt. Oct. 3, 1675. Resided at Boston. 



1. Prince, from Wey., and by occupation "blacksmith," was for 

 sev. yrs. a resident of Hing. His w., whom he prob. m. at Wey., 

 was Abigail Pratt. She outlived him, and d. in Hing. 30 Aug. 1833, 

 set. 77 yrs. He d. 4 June, 1797, set. 46 yrs. Their 



Ch., prob. b. at Wey., were — 



2. i. Benjamin, Jan. 18, 1776. 



ii. Abigail, . m. in Hing. Nov. 4, 1804, David L. Goodspeed of Dux. 



iii. John, . Resided at Wey. 



iv. Mary, . m. Thomas Sampson. 



V. Prince, . m. and had issue. He removed to the State of Me. Was 



by occupation " butcher." 



vi. Susan, . m. Martin Gushing, s. of Isaac. They resided at Max- 

 field, Me. 

 vii. TiRZAH Pratt, 1794. m. Martin Leavitt of Hing., and d. Dec. 1832, 

 set. 38 yrs. 



2. Benjamin (Prince = Abigail Pratt), b. at Wey. Jan. 18, 1776. 

 m. in Hing. first, Aug. 19, 1798, Lydia Whiton, dau. of Jacob and 

 Elizabeth (Marble) Whiton. She d. 24 May, 1837, ast. 65 yrs. He 

 m. secondly, Eeb. 27, 1842, Ann Webb of Wey. Benjamin d. 13 

 Sept. 1848, set. 72 yrs. " Blacksmith." Representative at the Gen- 

 eral Court 1824 to 1828 inc. He was a man of more than ordinary 

 ability as a public speaker, especially in town-meeting, where he was 

 noted for clearness of expression and uniform courtesy. Resided at 

 Hing. Centre. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., by w. Lydia, — 



3. i. BEN.JAMIN, Feb. 9, 1799. 



4. ii. William, Aug. 12, 1800. 



5. iii. Reuben, Jan. 12, 1802. 



iv. Lydia, Apr. 17, 1803. m. Feb. 6, 1825, James Stephenson, Jr. 



6. V. David, Jan. 29, 1805. 



3. Benjamin (Benjamin = Lydia Whiton), b. in Hing. Feb. 9, 

 1799. m. Apr. 22, 1827, Sally L. Leavitt, dau. of Jerom and Sally 

 (Lincoln) Leavitt. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 16, 1803. Benjamin d. 

 25 Feb. 1854, set. 55 yrs. " Gunsmith." Resided at Hing. Centre. 



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