vi. AMOS, b. July 26, 1782; m. April 7, 1813, Martha Starr of Roxbury. Three children. vii. JOHN, b. Feb. 6, 1785; d. Feb. 2, 1850. viii. ALFORD, b. Aug. 2, 1786; m. June 4, 1818, Sally Reed, b. Oct. 8, 1797, dau. of Roger and Sarah (Webber) Reed. He d. June 22, 1852; she d. Aug. 23, 1820. One child, Sally Reed, b. Feb. 19, 1820. 45. MOSES FITCH, b. March 3, 1755, son of Jeremiah (28), m. Nov. 14, 1782, Rachel Stearns, b. Nov. 3, 1758, dau. of Capt. Edward and Lucy (Wyman) Stearns of Bedford. He was one of the Bedford company, April 19, 1775, and later of Capt. Solomon Kidder's company, Col. Brooks's regiment of Continental Line. He was wounded at White Plains, and subsequently a pensioner. He was a deacon, and a worthy citizen. He d. Oct. 12, 1825; she d. May 23, 1817. Children: i. SOLOMON, b. Nov. 8, 1783; m. Jan. 7, 1808, Susannah Fuller, b. Charlestown, N. H., July 30, 1788, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Parks) Fuller. He was a farmer, and lived in Littleton, N. H., from 1808 until he died, Nov. 18, 1870; and she d. July 30, 1870. Ten children; of these, Susan, b. June 13, 1817, was the wife of Charles R. Morrison, a lawyer, and compiler of Morrison's Digest of New Hampshire Law Reports. ii. LUCY, b. July 7, 1785; m. June 5, 1810, John Page, b. March 3, 1781, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Brown) Page of Bedford. Lived in Bedford, where both d. February, 1861. iii. MOSES, b. March 28, 1787; m. Dec. 6, 1810, Polly Brown, dau. of Nathaniel Bowman and Abigail (Page) Brown. He d. in Bedford, Aug. 1, 1824, leaving one son, John Moses, b. July 8, 1811, who removed to Michigan, and was successful. iv. ELIJAH, b. Jan. 10, 1790; m. Mary Morse. Lived in Boston, and d. May 7, 1840. V. RACHEL, b. Nov. 30, 1791; m. Feb. 18, 1819, Joseph Brown, b. Jan. 24, 1782, son of Nathaniel Bowman and Abigail (Page) Brown. He d. Aug. 26, 1858; she d. March 26, 1868. They were the grandparents of Abram English Brown, to whom the compiler is indebted for favors received. vi. JOEL, b. June 12, 1794; m. Feb. 18, 1819, Susannah Hill, b. April 30, 1798, dau. of Josiah and Susanna (Davis) Hill. He was a farmer, and later a merchant, in Bedford, and a deacon. He d. Aug. 4, 1845; she d. Oct. 21, 1882. vii. NATHAN, b. Oct. 22, 1797; d. Feb. 9, 1800. 46. ZACHARIAH FITCH, b. April 1, 1734, was son of Zachariah (29). He is known as Capt. Zachariah Fitch of Groton, and his name is frequently met in the annals of his time. He served in the French and Indian Wars, and was a lieutenant and later a captain in the Revolution, and distinguished in civil affairs. He m. Oct. 15, 1755, Rebecca Davis, b. Aug. 2, 1736, dau. of Eleazer and Rebecca (Chandler) Davis of Concord; m. second, Aug. 4, 1763, Lydia Tuck; m. third, Feb. 3, 1767, Sibyl Lakin, b. Oct. 16, 1739, dau. of John and Lydia (Parker) Lakin of Groton, who d. Oct. 11, 1806; and he m. fourth, May 11, 1809, Elizabeth Tuttle. He d. Sept. 2, 1820; she d. Jan. 5, 1823. i. ii. Children, by first wife: REBECCA, b. 1759; m. 1779, Benjamin Whitney, b. Pepperell, Oct. 27, 1741, son of Josiah and Abigail (Nutting) Whitney. Lived in Pepperell. She d. June 23, 1793. ABIGAIL, b. 1761; d. unmarried, 1831. Children, by second wife: iii. RICHARD, b. Oct. 25, 1763; removed to Baldwin, Me. iv. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 13, 1766; removed to Baldwin, Me. Children, by third wife: v. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 18, 1768; m. March 8, 1792, Betsey Woods. vi. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 30, 1769; m. Nov. 25, 1788, Samuel Farnsworth, b. Sept. 29, 1767, son of Dea. Isaac and Anna (Green) Farnsworth. He was a physician of Bridgeton, Me. He d. Nov. 4, 1817; she d. April 6, 1844. Eight children. Of these, Samuel, b. Oct. 19, 1791, Dart. Coll. 1813, was a physician of Bridgeton; and Benjamin Franklin, b. Dec. 7, 1793, Dart. Coll. 1813, was a Baptist clergyman, and at his death, 1851, was president of Tennessee University. vii. SIBYL, b. May 7, 1772; m. June 2, 1793, David Potter; removed to Fryeburg, Me. viii. ZACHARIAH, b. April 21, 1775; m. 1800. Amelia Blood, b. Jan. 23, 1776, dau. of Levi and Sarah Coburn (Fiske) Blood. He was a useful citizen, and a farmer on the paternal homestead in Groton. He d. 1848; she d. Jan. 6, 1859. Seven children. To a grand dau., Ellen Eliza Fitch of Malden, the compiler is indebted for valuable records. ix. JOHN, b. Sept. 20, 1777; m. Feb. 16, 1801, Susan Parker of Groton. Upon his farm a soap-stone quarry was opened about 1825. SALLY, b. May 18, 1780, the dark day; m. June 3, 1821, Ezra Farnsworth, b. Nov. 30, 1770, son of Ezra and Betsey (Shepley) Farnsworth of Groton. No children. X. xi. LUTHER, b. Jan. 28, 1783; Dart. Coll. 1807. Lawyer. After a few years of professional labor in Saccarappa, now Westbrook, Me., he removed to Portland, Me., and was many years Judge of the Municipal Court. He m. June 23, 1816, Almira Titcomb, dau. of Andrew P. and Mary (Dole) Titcomb. He d. Aug. 15, 1870. Eight children. 47. JONAS FITCH, b. Feb. 5, 1740-1, son of Zachariah (29), lived in Pepperell. He m. Oct. 11, 1775, Annis Shattuck, b. Pepperell, Oct. 2, 1749, dau. of Jonathan and Kezia (Farnsworth) Shattuck. He was a clock maker, and many of the timepieces by his hand are still preserved. He was drowned in Groton, June 11, 1808. i. ii. Children: ANNIS, b. July 14, 1776; m. Feb. 15, 1814, Simeon Nutting. She d. Jan. 25, 1824. MILLE, b. July 9, 1779; m. Oct. 7, 1793, Thomas Blood, b. Oct. 31, 1776, son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Farnsworth) Blood. She d. in Pepperell, June 4, 1823. iii. JONAS, b. March 23, 1783; m. Oct. 29, 1809, Thirza Jewett, dau. of Nehemiah Jewett of Pepperell. They had five children, among them Jonas, b. March 21, 1811, the architect of Fitchburg R. R. Depot, Masonic Temple, City Hall and other substantial buildings of Boston. iv. POLLY, b. Sept. 22, 1785; m. Thomas Blood, who previously m. her sister Mille. V. CALVIN, b. July 9, 1790; d. Feb. 13, 1815. 48. EBENEZERS FITCH, b. Aug. 5, 1751, son of Zachariah (29), was a sergeant in the Bedford company of minute men, April 19, 1775, and an ensign in Capt. Benjamin Walker's company at Bunker Hill, continuing in the service in the siege of Boston, 1775. He removed to Rindge, N. H., 1779, and is styled Lieut. Fitch in the records of the town. He m. in Lancaster, August 29, 1780, Persis Bush, b. March 8, 1759, dau. of Jotham and Hepsibah (Keyes) Bush of Shrewsbury. A few years after the Revolution, he removed to Sterling, where he d. Jan. 26, 1826. His wife d. May 27, 1816. In the following imperfect record of the children, the order of age is not known. i. Children: EDWARD RAYMOND,6 m. Susannah Kilburn. Lived at Fitch Hill in ii. EBENEZER, removed to Troy, N. Y., and after a residence " West,” iii. HEPSIBAH, b. 1784 or '5; m. Martin Jennison, b. June 30, 1779, son of iv. vi. BUSH. WILLIAM. TORREY, b. 1795; m. May 10, 1821, Harriet Thurston, b. July 27, 1797, dau. of Silas and Sarah (Kendall) Thurston of Lancaster. He was an innholder in Lancaster, where he d. Sept. 4, 1843. Two or three children d. young. Charles T. and Edwin Raymond were sons of this family. vii. ACKLEY, b. 1797; m. Ann E. Ludlow. Lived in New York and Brooklyn; d. East New York, Oct. 27, 1871. Three children, of whom one d. young. Charles Henry resides in South Brooklyn, ix. N. Y. viii. STILLMAN, b. Dec. 3, 1800; m. Nov. 22, 1831, Harriette Mellen. His children were: 1. George Edward, b. Jan. 2, 1833; 2. Harriette Mellen, b. Dec. 18, 1836, d. 1855; 3. John Bush, b. April 1, 1841. GEORGE, b. 1803; m. 1827, Sophronia Willard Houghton, b. Oct. 25, 1806, dau. of Elijah and Ruth Houghton. He lived in Lancaster, and d. Dec. 23, 1854; she d. March 13, 1884. Six children, of whom Andrew Lucien, b. Jan. 28, 1837, m. Abbie Wheeler of Berlin, who d. 1893; m. second, Minnie G. Harrington. He resides in Sterling. X. CYNTHIA, M. Paul Bailey of Sterling. 49. JOHN BROWN FITCH, son of Timothy (33), was a merchant in Boston and Watertown. He m. in Boston, Jan. 27, 1785, Hepsibah Hall, b. June 23, 1764, dau. of Benjamin and Hepsibah (Jones) Hall of Medford. She died 1800. He m. second, Rose Linzie, who inherited property from Hannah Rowe, which was held in trust for her four children. She d. 1820; he d. Nov. 8, 1832. Five children by first, and four by second marriage. i. il. Children, by first wife: JOHN BROWN,' b. Dec. 11, 1785; d. Feb. 27, 1802. ogy. iii. MARY H., b. June 16, 1793; m. July 19, 1818, Dudley Hall, b. Oct. 14, 1780, son of Benjamin and Lucy (Tufts) Hall of Medford. She d. May 20, 1820. viii. WILLIAM DERBY, b. 1810; m. Oct. 30, 1839, Susan Mitchell Hall, b. May 7, 1808, dau. of Ebenezer and Eunice (Jones) Hall of Medford. He d. Jan. 13, 1843; no children. ix. JOHN BROWN, m. Almira Lincoln; removed to Illinois. 50. TIMOTHY FITCH, b. Nov. 20, 1757, son of Jonas (34), m. in Edgecomb, Me., Feb. 15, 1786, Abigail Webster, b. Aug. 13, 1764. He was a soldier in the Revolution. See Mass. War Rolls for prolonged service. He lived at Bristol, Me., where he d. Jan. 4, 1826 she d. Oct. 19, 1840. i. ii. iii. iv. V. vi. vii. Children: JOHN, b. Dec. 14, 1786. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 20, 1788; m. Jan. 27, 1809, Samuel Doe of Bangor, BETSEY, b. Dec. 9, 1790; m. 1810, John Goudy. TIMOTHY, b. March 17, 1793; unmarried; d. in the war of 1812. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 23, 1802; m. Joseph Brown, b. Edgecomb, Me., 31. DAVID FITCH, b. June 28, 1777, son of David (40), owned and occupied the mill and the farm formerly of his father and his grandfather. He m. Nov. 12, 1799, Hannah Proctor, b. Feb. 7, 1779, dau. of Peter and Molly (Putnam) Proctor of Littleton. She d. Dec. 22, 1803; he m. second, Jan. 8, 1805, Olive Simonds, b. Nov. 12, 1783, dau. of Jonathan and Phebe (Cummings) Simonds of Woburn, who d. Sept. 20, 1859; he m. third, 1859, Susan (Dodge) Adams, b. May 18, 1804, dau. of David and Polly (Stevens) Dodge, and widow of Amos Adams of Billerica. He d. May 24, 1860. i. ii. iii. Two children by first, and nine by second marriage. Children, by first wife: DAVID, b. Feb. 20, 1802; m. March 31, 1825, Betsey Buttrick. Lived in Bedford. He d. May 19, 1851; she d. Oct. 1, 1889. Eight children. HANNAH PROCTOR, b. Dec. 10, 1803; m. April 24, 1823, Bela Gardner, b. in Littleton, July 28, 1796, son of Abel Gardner. He was a physician in Bedford, from 1820 until his death, June 27, 1844. She d. Jan. 20, 1844. Eight children. Children, by second wife: MARY FOWLE, b. 1805; d. Aug. 4, 1806. iv. MARY FOWLE, b. May 29, 1807; m. Jan. 20, 1835, as his second wife, Benjamin F. Hartwell, b. June 8, 1800, son of William and Joanna (Davis) Hartwell. Lived in Bedford. He d. Dec. 14, 1884; she d. May 15, 1871. Two children. V. vi. He ABEL, b. April 25, 1809; m. Oct. 6, 1835, Nancy Bacon, b. Nov. 8, vii. JONATHAN SIMONDS, b. 1814; d. Jan. 25, 1819. viii. MARTHA SIMONDS, b. May 29, 1817; m. Dec. 18, 1834, Nathan Oliver Reed, b. Feb. 6, 1812, son of Oliver and Mary (Fitch) Reed. See Thaddeus Fitch (39). Lived in Bedford. She d. March 22, 1841; he m. second, Nancy (Bacon) Fitch. See above. OLIVE, b. April 24, 1820; m. May 23, 1854, Robert A. Cook. ix. A LOYALIST IN THE SIEGE OF BOSTON. By ERVING WINSLOW, Esq., of Boston, Mass. THE bitter feeling which existed between those who took opposite sides in the struggle between the American Colonies and the Mother Country was undoubtedly fanned by some of those who had entered into the possession of the sequestrated or abandoned property of the loyalists. Families of the most noted patriots profited largely by the absence of the owners of many fair estates, and the titles of the latter part of the last century suggest a very sufficient cause for the denunciations and ostracism pronounced and threatened against those who had taken the King's side and who might think of returning to reclaim their property. We are now able to realize that many of the loyalists acted from the highest motives of duty. Their devotion to their country was unequalled by that of any they left behind them, and their loss to it was irreparable. The best elements in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick trace their origin to the exiles who sought a new home there. Many of those who returned became valuable citizens in the trying times which followed the peace, and their descendants have continued to be useful members of the American Commonwealth. Isaac Winslow, born in Boston, 1742 (in the fifth generation from John Winslow, the emigrant, who married Mary Chilton, and who was the second brother of Governor Edward Winslow of Plymouth), early became connected with the Sandemanian body, an organization of Christians following the precepts of one John Sandeman, a Scotchman, holding the most simple and primitive doctrines of life and manners. They held that Christians should not take up arms against the "powers that be," and Mr. Winslow and his family, with very few exceptions, adhered to the King's side. He was a pupil in the Latin Grammar School in School Street, kept by James Lovell, where he delivered the Latin oration before Governor Pownall in 1758, and with his classmates of the graduating class was invited to the public dinner given as usual on the occasion of this visitation, where they first waited on the Governor and the distinguished guests, and were then seated at the table with the company. He was admitted to Harvard the same year, at the age of fifteen, where he became so considerable a student and lover of the classics that he was always wont in after life to carry with him a pocket edition of Tacitus, his favorite author, in absences from home on a journey. Having taken his degree, he became his father's assistant in business, and on his father's death, in 1769, he was directed by his will to carry it on for the benefit of his family, at a salary of a hundred pounds per annum. He was personally a moderate man, but in high party times perhaps moderation is the worst of crimes. The first shock of the crisis came to him in his separation from his vener able mother, whom it was thought best to send, with three unmarried daughters, to Nantucket, in June, 1775, in case the American army should enter Boston and so render it an unsafe residence. Intercourse being stopped between that island and the mainland, because there were complaints that the enemy thus got supplies of provisions, things grew very dear, and it became impossible to send money or supplies to the poor lady, over seventy years of age, and her helpless daughters. Reduced from opulence to want and penury, and separated from a large and united family circle, her distressed mind gave way, and she saw only visions of past scenes and the absent children she was never to see again. |