Groce. 281 



6. Isaac (prob. related to the preceding families), m. inHing. Sept. 

 9, 1725, Dorothy, dau. of Richard and Esther (Bates) Cobb. She was 

 b. ab. 1701, and surviving him, m. secondly, July 11, 1745, Thomas 

 Tower, widf. Isaac was drowned 30 May, 1742. Resided in the 

 sec. pre. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Elizabeth, July 1, 1726, d. 8 June, 1727. 

 ii. Thomas, Aug. 10, 1727. 



iii. Elizabeth, bt. July 12, 1730. m. Oct. 27, 1748, Nathan Bradford, 

 iv. Dorothy, bt. May 4, 1735, d. unin. 12 Oct. 1800. In her will presented 

 28 Oct. 1800, bequeaths to the foil, nephews and nieces, namely : Isaac 

 Groce, Richard Groce, Moses Groce, David Groce, Jonathan Bradford, 

 David Bradford, Betsey Woodman. Joseph Gushing, executor. 

 9. V. Isaac, 1737. 



vl. Maroauet, bt. May 16, 1742. m. Sept. 16, 1765, Jethro Tower. 



7. Obadiah ^ (Edmund ^ Clement ^ Isaac i), b. in Hing. March 28, 

 1708. m. Jan. 9, 1738-39, Margaret Whiton, dau. of Samuel and Mar- 

 garet (Tower) Whiton. She was b. in Hing. ab. 1712, and surviving 

 him, m. secondly, ISTov. 6, 1754, Amasa Turner of Lancaster, Mass. 

 Obadiah d. 28 Feb. 1749-50, aet. 42 yrs., and June 5, 1751,- adminis- 

 tration was granted to his wid. Inv. £137. " Set-work cooper." 

 Resided at " Liberty Plain," So. Hing. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. An infant, Dec. 8, 1739, still-born. 



ii. Anna, June 7, 1741. 

 iii. Obadiah, Nov. 10, 1744. 

 iv. Margaret, July 13, 1746. 



8. JoHN^ (Edmund 3 Clement ^ Isaac ^), m. in Hing, Aug. 21, 1755, 

 Mary Sprague, dau. of Knight and Mary (Lewis) Sprague. She was 

 b. in Hing. May 27, 1736. This fam. prob. removed from here. 



Ch,, b. in Hing., — 



i. An infant, h. and d. 20 July, 1756. 

 ii. Olive, bt. Feb. 15, 1761. 



9. Isaac (Isaac = Dorothy Cobb), b. 1737. m. May 14, 1761, Silence, 

 dau. of Cornelius and Hannah Tower. She was b. in Hing. sec. pre., 

 Oct. 24, 1738, and d. 26 Nov. 1776, set. 38 yrs. He d. 16 Feb. 1777, 

 set. 40th yr. In 1756 Isaac was one of Major Thaxter's company in 

 the Crown Point Expedition. 



Ch., all b. or bt, in Hing., were — 



i. Thomas, May 16, 1762 ; was lost at sea. 



ii. Is-^AC, Aug. 21, 1763. Removed in 1788 to New Gloucester, Me. Was 

 repi'esentative at the General Court, Mass., 1819 and 1820 ; and of Me., 

 1821 and 1823 ; deacon of the church, etc. He m. Sarah, dau, of John 

 Woodman, and left issue. 



iii. Dorothy, Aug. 25, 1765, d. in three dys. 



iv. Richard, Oct. 12, 1766. 

 V. Moses, Oct. 9, 1768. 



vi. David, Aug. 4, 1771. m. Dec. 10, 1795, Sarah, dau. of Isaac and Letitia 

 (Chubbuck) Wilder. She d. 13 July, 1818, set. 43 yrs. He d. 24 July, 

 1827, aet. 56th yr. Their dau., Sarah W., b. Feb. 20, 1798, m. William 

 Dunbar. 



vii. Elizabeth, Oct. 10, 1773. 



