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Notes and Queries: Axtell-Pratt
Source: Joseph W. Porter, “Notes and Queries: Axtell–Pratt,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 30[1876]:239.
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AXTELL–PRATT (ante, p. 111). – William,3 son of Thomas2 PRATT, of Weymouth, who was “slayne by the Indians” April 19, 1676, was born in 1659. He married Elizabeth BAKER, of Dorchester, Oct. 26, 1680, by whom he had but one child, as far as I can find, Thankful, born 1683. In a Diary written by him, lately found, and now in possession of his descendant, Hon. J.E. CRANE, of Bridgewater, he states that “in 1690 he moved to Dorchester, in 1695 he went with the Dorchester Colony to Ashley river in South Carolina (to promote religion on the southern plantations), where he arrived Dec. 20th, “and he and Increase SUMNER were kindly entertained by Lady AXTELL; in 1697 he was ordained a Ruling Elder of the Church of Christ,” and “May 12, 1702, my daughter Thankful was married to Daniel AXTELL.” He soon after returned to Weymouth, and from thence, in 1705, removed to Bridgewater, and soon again removed to Easton. I believe he was a Presbyterian in his form of religion. He died in 1713, and was buried in the old burying-ground in Easton, the inscription on his grave-stone being as follows: “HERE-LISE-THE-BODY-OF-ELDER-WILLIAM-PRATT-AGED-54-IN-THE-YEA-1713-IANVARY-THE-13.”
Daniel AXTELL, probably the son of “Lady AXTELL,” came with his father-in-law or about the same time he returned, and settled in that part of Bridgewater which afterward became Abington. He bought one half of the BRIGGS grant, which was given to the children of Clement BRIGGS, “old comer,” by Plymouth Colony in 1661. In 1712, Jan. 30, he sold his farm in Abington to Samuel3 PORTER (ancestor of the writer), from Weymouth, and removed to Taunton, that part which afterward became Dighton or Berkeley.
JOSEPH W. PORTER
Burlington, Me.
Notes and Queries: Axtell
Source: W.S. Appleton, “Notes and Queries: Axtell,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 30[1876]:111.
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AXTELL. – I communicated to the REGISTER for April, 1868, some “Notes on the AXTELL Family of Mass.,” referring only to those of Sudbury and Marlborough. I have since found persons of the same surname, and all the same male Christian names in Bristol County in the first half of the last century. At Taunton is the will of Daniel AXTELL, of Dighton, 1735-6, which mentions his wife Thankful, sons Daniel, William, Henry, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Thomas, dau. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas BART, daus. Rebecca, Hannah and Thankful. The son Daniel, of Berkeley, made his will 1761, mentioning wife Phebe, only son Daniel, daus. Thankful and Elizabeth.
I write this now to ask if any relationship is known to exist between the two families, and shall be glad to receive information from any person connected with either of them or interested in their history. – I am myself descended from the first Thomas of Sudbury, and wish to learn all I can concerning all of the name here. – Is it possible that Daniel AXTELL returned from South Carolina, and settled at Dighton?
W.S. APPLETON.
The Compendium of American Genealogy
Source: Frederick Adams Virkus, editor, The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume 7, 1942 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987).
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1 – NORTON, Laurence Harper, b Cleveland, O., May 8, 1888.
[…]
10 – Sgt. Isaac MOORE (1622-77), settled at Farmington, Conn.; m 1645, Ruth STANLEY (1629-96);
9 – Mary (1664-1738), m Capt. John HART (1665-1714), ens. Farmington Train Band, 1695; lt., 1703, capt., 1707; dep. from Farmington;
8 – Dea. John (1684-1753), dep. from Farmington; m Esther GRIDLEY (1687-1743; Sam.9; Thos.10);
7 – Esther (1707-62), m 1727, Dea. Nathaniel NEWELL (1703-53);
6 – Rev. Abel (1730-1813), B.A., Yale, 1751, M.A.; minister Goshen, Conn.; to Charlotte, Vt., 1781; m 1756, Abigail SMITH (John7, m Abigail MERRILL);
5 – Judge Nathaniel I. (1757-1835), rep. Vt. Assembly 13 times; Am. Rev.; m Lucy STANLEY;
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4 – George (1793-1832), m 1817, Hannah WILLIAMS (1793-1818; Col. Wm.5, Lanesboro, Mass., and Charlotte, Vt., m Polly WILSON);
3-Mary Hannah (1818-1907), m William B. CASTLE […]
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1 – DEXTER, Emily Smith, b Chicago, Ill., June 4 1887.
[…]
10 – Thomas AXTELL (1619-46), Eng. to Sudbury, Mass., ante 1642; m ante 1639, Mary —— (she m 2d, John MAYNARD);
9 – Henry (1641-76), a propr. of Marlborough, Mass.; killed in Wadsworth massacre, King Philip’s War; m 1665, Hannah MERRIAM (Geo10, m Elizabeth BAKER; Sgt. Thos.11); [This last may be a transcription error on my part, as George Merriam did not marry Elizabeth Bakerand was not the son of Sgt. Thomas (see William Pratt below)]
8 – Daniel (b 1673), of Berkley, Mass.; m 1702, Thankful PRATT (b 1683; Wm.9, m Elizabeth BAKER; Sgt. Thos.10);
7 – Henry (1715-53), of Mendham, N.J.; m 1737, Jemima LEONARD (1717-ca. 1797; Benj.8, m Hannah PHILLIPS; Isaac9; Sol.10);
6 – Maj. Henry (1738-1818), m 1st 1760, Mary BEACH (d 1766); m 2d. 1767 Phebe (CONDICT) DAY (1740-1829; Peter CONDIT, or CONDICT7, m Phebe DODD; Peter8; John9, qv);
5 – Lurana (1767-1820), m 1788, Samuel BEACH (1762-1824);
[…]
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1 – GILKEY, Herbert James, b Montesano, Wash., Jan. 2, 1890.
[…]
12 – Thomas PIERCE (qv);
11 – Thomas (1608-83), of Charleston Village (now Woburn), Mass.; often styled sgt.; taxed at Woburn, 1645; selectman, 1660; mem. com. for div. of comon lands; “right proprs.,” 1667; mem. Gen. Ct. Coms., 1668; m 1635, Elizabeth COLE (d 1688; Rice12);
10 – Samuel (1656-1721), of Charleston; m 1680, Lydia BACON (1656-1717; Dan.11, m Mary READ);
9 – Lydia (1683-1764), m 1706, Timothy SNOW (1675-1748; John10; Rich.11);
[…]
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1 – WASHINGTON, Bernice Beth Haskell (Mrs. Walter OWEN), b Ord, Neb., Feb. 16, 1888.
5 – Mordecai SOPER (b Eng., 1746 – d Vt., 1829), served in Vt. militia, 1780-81; m 1770, Elizabeth OWENS;
4 – Joseph (d 1850), capt. War 1812; of Orange Co., Vt.; lumberman, drowned in St. Lawrence River; m Electa MANSFIELD (b 1800), niece of Ethan ALLEN, of Am. Rev. fame;
3 – Harriet Eveline (1823-90), m 1843, Sylvester Smith HASKELL (1823-1901), of N.Y., Ill., and Neb. (Abel Tandy4, settled at N. Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., m Cynthia ROCKWELL, niece of Gen. Israel PUTNAM of Am. Rev. fame; Wm. or Caleb5, of Conn.);
Daggett and Allied Families
Source: E.C. Finley, “Daggett and Allied Families,” Americana 26[1932].
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(The AXTELL Line)
Arms — Azure, three axes argent, handles or.
(Burke: “General Armory.”)
AXTELL, as surname, is probably a variant of AXCILL, EXCELL, EXALL, originating to designate a resident of Exhall Parish, Warwickshire. Ralph AXCILL is in Kirby’s Quest, Somersetshire, A.D. 1327. Joseph COLLYER and Elizabeth AXTELL are in the Marriage Allegations at Canterbury in 1683, and John AXSTELL and Mary DREW in 1686. Richard EXALL and Elizabeth BUSHBEY married, at St. James, Clerkenwell, London, in 1701. John AXSTYL signs a deed 1535 from the monks of the Augustinian order in Gatesden, Hertfordshire, and at St. Peter’s Church, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, is a record of the baptism of John, son of John AXTELL, in 1539, and William, son of John, in 1541. There are two William AXTELLs having children baptized in this church, 1614 to 1628, as appears from a Thomas, baptized October 31, 1624, and Samuel, baptized December 15, 1624, the rule of the Church of England requiring baptism a few days after birth.
The baptisms of sons of William AXTELL recorded are: 1. John, baptized August 14, 1614. 2. William, baptized December 1, 1616. 3. Thomas, of whom further. 4. Daniel, born May 26, 1622; may be the regicide colonel.
(Bardsley: “Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.” “New England Historical and Genealogical
Register,” Vol. LIII, p. 227.)
(The Family in America)
I. Thomas AXTELL, apparently son of William AXTELL, was baptized January 26, 1619, and died in Sudbury, Massachusetts, March 8, 1646. His widow, Mary, married, September 19, 1656, John GOODENOW. He probably had sisters: Mary, married, June 16, 1646, John MAYNARD; and Hannah, married, June 18, 1659, Edward WRIGHT. Children: 1. Mary, baptized, in Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, Septem-
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ber 25, 1639. 2. Henry, of whom further. 3. Mary (twin), born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, June 1, 1644. 4. Lydia (twin), born in Sudbury, June 1, 1644.
(“New England Register,” Vol. LIII, p. 227. “Sudbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records.”)
II. Henry AXTELL, son of Thomas and Mary AXTELL, was born in England, probably in Berkhampstead, in 1641, and was killed by Indians in Marlborough, Massachusetts, March 21, 1675-76. He obtained land in Marlborough in 1660; removed thither, and married there June 14, 1665, Hannah MERRIAM, daughter of George MERRIAM, of Concord, and lived in the eastern part of Marlborough. His widow married, July 16, 1677, William TAYLOR. Children: 1. Samuel, born March 27, 1666, probably died young. 2. Hannah, born November 18, 1667. 3. Mary, born August 8, 1670; married, May 24, 1698, Zachariah NEWTON. 4. Thomas, of whom further. 5. Daniel, born November 4, 1673, died in January, 1735; married, May 12, 1702, Thankful PRATT, daughter of Elder William PRATT, who led a colony from Dorchester, Massachusetts, and lived in South Carolina until 1707, when he settled in Berkley, Massachusetts. 6. Sarah, born September 18, 1675.
(“New England Register,” Vol. LIII, p. 228.)
III. Thomas AXTELL, son of Henry and Hannah (MERRIAM) AXTELL, was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, April 16, 1672, and died at Grafton, Massachusetts, December 18, 1750. He settled, about 1735, in the tract Hassanamisco, named Grafton, in 1739, having married, November 2, 1697, Sarah BARKER, of Concord, Massachusetts. Children, born in Marlborough, Massachusetts: 1. Thomas, born August 19, died December 22, 1698. 2. Sarah, born February 16, 1702-03; married, February 7, 1721, Josiah HAYDEN. 3. Joseph, born August 1, 1750; married, February 4, 1730, Abigail HAYDEN, of Sudbury, Massachuetts, and settled in Grafton, in 1746. 4. Hannah; married, July 20, 1738, Zedekiah DRURY, of Sutton. 5. Thomas, of whom further. 6. John, born April 15, 1715, died April 20, 1742. 7. Abigail, born October 10, 1717; married, December 21, 1736, Benjamin PRATT.
(“New England Register,” Vol. LIII, pp. 228-29. “Marlborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records.”)
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IV. Thomas AXTELL, Jr., son of Thomas and Sarah (BARKER) AXTELL, was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, May 11, 1712, and died in Grafton, Massachusetts, May 28, 1798. He married (first), May 13, 1736, Elizabeth SHERMAN. (SHERMAN IV.) He married (second), October 6, 1760, Mary SANGER, but her children died young. Children, born in Grafton, Massachusetts, all by first marriage: 1. Sarah, of whom further. 2. Elizabeth, born April 26, 1739; married, November 27, 1760, Ephraim LYON. 3. Hannah, born October 6, 1741; married Jason WAITE. 4. John, born June 3, 1744, died in Grafton, about 1782; married, in 1776, a DANIELS. 5. Thomas, born December 16, 1746, died in 1819; married, June 10, 1777, Deborah JONES, of Franklin; in the army in 1780. 6. Mary (Polly), born March 12, 1748. 7. Phebe (twin), born March 12, 1748; married Thomas KIDDER.
(“New England Register,” Vol. LIII, pp. 228-29. “Sutton, Massachusetts, Vital Records.”)
V. Sarah AXTELL, oldest daughter of Thomas, Jr., and Elizabeth (SHERMAN) AXTELL, was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, April 25, 1737, and died in Sutton, Massachusetts, September 2, 1805. She married James McCLELLAN, Jr. (McCLELLAN II.)
(Ibid.)
Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Mass.
Source: Geo. Walter Chamberlain, Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Mass., 2 volumes in 1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984), pages 500-08.
1. MATTHEW1 PRATT, whose Christian name appears as Macute, Macuth, Macaeth, Micareth, was “an old resident” of Weymouth. He had twenty acres granted to him “in the mill field” (now East Weymouth) and eighteen acres on the west side of “mill River.” He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 13 May, 1640. In Feb. 1648, he was chosen a “townsman” (selectman). He died at Weymouth, 29 Aug. 1672. He made his will 25 Mar. 1672, and it was proved 30 Apr. 1673. To his wife Elizabeth Pratt the use of his estate for her natural life. To son Thomas Pratt lands after his wife’s decease, and land at “Hollie” upon condition that he pay “my daughter Chard” £4. To son Matthew Pratt lands on like condition. To son John Pratt “an ewe and lamb.” To son Samuel Pratt land near his house. To son Joseph Pratt a lot at the pond. To his daughter Chard £7, and to her daughter Johannah Chard his best bed. To his daughter White a parcel of land. To his son Thomas Pratt’s daughter Sarah £5. To Thomas Pratt’s son William Pratt half of a mare. Wife to be executrix. “His Pastor Mr. Samuel Torrey and his Kinsman Elder Edward Bates, and his son Thomas Pratt” to be overseers. Witnesses: Edward Bates and Thomas Dyer. The inventory of Mathew Pratt who deceased Aug. 29, 1672, was taken 12 Dec. 1672. (Pratt Genealogy, 1889, pp. 19-21.)
Children:
2. Thomas,2 b. before 1628.
3. Matthew, b. in 1628.
4. John, marriagable 22 Nov. 1656.
5. Samuel, marriagable 19 Sept. 1660.
6. Joseph, b. at Weymouth, 10 Aug. 1637.
Elizabeth, m. 22 Nov. 1656, William Chard of Weymouth; d. 26 Feb. 1726.
Mary, m. Thomas White of Braintree.
2. SERGT. THOMAS2 PRATT (Matthew1) was born before 1628; slain by the Indians between Sudbury and Marlborough, 19 Apr. 1676. He married (1) Mary ────, the mother of his children. He married (2) Lydia ────, who survived him and married at Braintree 26 Sept. 1676, Josiah Chapin of Braintree. “Inventory of the estate of Sergt. Thomas Pratt of Weymouth who was slain by the Indians, the 19th day of April, 1676” was valued at £278 11s 1d, and Lydia Pratt appeared in Probate Court, 27 July 1676, and agreed to accept £20 and the estate she brought with her. (Suffolk Probate, 12: 49, 50.)
“Petition of William Pratt and of John Pratt as guardians to Thomas Pratt, of Thomas White, as guardian to Abigail Pratt, and Ephraim Frost, husband to Hephzibah, daughter to Thomas Pratt, deceased, children of Tho: Pratt, late of Weymouth, set forth that Thomas Pratt (dying by the late warr) left five children, — two sons and three daughters; that the eldest, then about 23 years, a daughter, from infancy was impotent both of body and mind, and John Pratt, administrator of his brother’s estate, hath obtained power to leave the estate undivided until William, the eldest son, attains 21 years, for the maintenance of their helpless sister Sarah, and the administrator hath paid Lydia, relict of Tho: Pratt, deceased £30 in full, and her present husband Josiah Chapin, and hath paid Hephzibah, the second daughter of Thomas Pratt, deceased, upon her marriage with Ephraim Frost £30, and William the eldest son will be of full age 6 Mar. next (1679-80), made an agreement that William, the eldest son, should have the house, barn, orchard and lands and to pay his sister Abigail £18; that Thomas, second son, is to receive land neere to Hingham brooke; that Sarah, the impotent daughter, shall have £80; and William and Thomas are to provide for their poore sister,” 30 Jan. 1679-80. (Suffolk Probate, 6: 321.)
Children, born at Weymouth:
Sarah,3 b. near 1653; “an impotent helpless child,” alive 30 Jan. 1679-80.
Hephzibah, b. near 1655; m. before 30 Jan. 1679-80, Ephraim Frost of Cambridge; d. 23 Sept. 1719, ae. 64 yrs.
7. William, b. 6 Mar. 1658-59.
Abigail, b. 15 May, 1662; m. William Tirrell of Weymouth.
8. Thomas, b. near 1665.
3. MATTHEW2 PRATT (Matthew1) was born near 1628; died at Weymouth, 12 Jan. 1712-13, aged 85 years. He married at Weymouth, 1 Aug. 1661, Sarah Hunt, daughter of Enoch and Dorothy (────) Hunt, born at Weymouth, 4 July, 1640; died there 3 Aug. 1729. Through sickness he and his wife were deaf and dumb. (Mather’s Magnalia 1:495.) Matthew Pratt, Sr., of Weymouth made his will 30 July, 1711, probated 4 June, 1713. To his wife Sarah he gave his house and barn, and land adjoining for life, to son Matthew Pratt housing and lands bought of “my cousin William Pratt;” to daughter Susannah Porter £10; to son William Pratt 20 acres “in the Ferry field;” to daughter Mary Allin £15; to daughter Dorothy Whitman £10; son Samuel Pratt “his dwelling, barn , & land adjoining lying on the southerly side of the way that goeth to Brother John Pratt’s house” after his wife’s decease. To daughter Sarah Ford £10; to daughter Whitman £5; to daughter Anne White, £13; to daughter Hannah Whitmarsh land “lying near the late dwelling house of Samuel Whitmarsh in Weymouth in the Second Division.” Son Matthew, William and Samuel Pratt, executors; friends Stephen French, Sr., and Capt. John Hunt, overseers. (Suffolk Probate, 18: 109.) Inventory, £1,326 16s.
Children, born at Weymouth:
9. Matthew,3 b. 18 Sept. 1665.
Mary, b. 1667; m. ──── Allen.
Hannah, b. 4 Nov. 1670; m. Samuel Whitmarsh.
Dorothy, m. 13 Aug. 1700, John Whitman of Weymouth.
10. William, b. 5 May, 1673.
11. Samuel, bp. at Third Church of Boston, 2 Apr. 1676.
Sarah, m. Isaac Ford.
Anne, b. 14 Sept. 1682; m. Samuel White.
Susannah, b. Sept. 1684; m. Thomas Porter of Weymouth.
4. LIEUT. JOHN2 PRATT (Matthew1) was born near 1636; died at Weymouth, 3 Oct. 1716. He married at Weymouth, 22 Nov. 1656, Mary Whitman, daughter of Ensign John and Ruth (────) Whitman of Weymouth. She was born probably in England near 1634, and died at Weymouth, 10 July, 1716, aged 82 years.
John Pratt of Weymouth, “husbandman, being aged and weake in body,” made his will 12 July, 1714, and it was proved at Boston 19 Nov. 1716. To his wife Mary use of his estate for her natural life. He set at liberty his servants Ruth Pratt and Silence Critchfield at his wife’s decease, they to have liberty to dwell in his house until they see cause to dispose of themselves otherwise. To the aforesaid Ruth Pratt £40. To Silence Critchfield £20 at 18 years. To his Kinsman John Gurney £25 at 21 “if he live with me so long as I live.” To his nephew Lieut. John Pratt of Weymouth £10, provided he cancels a bond which I gave for him 11 Dec. 1708, unto Philip Torrey of Weymouth. To his nephew Dea. Thomas Pratt of the North Purchase £10. To his nephew Ebenezer Pratt of Weymouth £40, “if he bring up a son of his at the Colledge,” and “when he dose put his son to the Grammer School” to have £5. If any die their children shall have their part. “As my kinswoman Mary Dyer has for ten years before she was married lived with me and my wife and approved herself kind and faithful, now near two years since she was married with her husband William Dyer has lived in my house and family, I give the said Mary Dyer all the remainder of my estate after my wife’s decease.” William Dyer and Mary Dyer to be executors. Witnesses: Margaret Humphrey, Silence Humphrey and James Humphrey. (Suffolk Probate, 19: 216.) No children.
5. SAMUEL2 PRATT (Matthew1) was born near 1640; died at Weymouth, shortly before 5 Sept. 1679. He married at Weymouth, 19 Sept. 1660, Hannah Rogers, daughter of Dea. John Rogers. Her father called her “Hannah Pratt wife of Samuel Pratt” in his will 8 Feb. 1660-61. She died at Weymouth, 16 Oct. 1715. Samuel Pratt of Weymouth “being sick & weake & minding his mortallity” made his will 12 Apr. 1679, and it was proved 16 Oct. 1679. He appointed his loving wife and his brother John Rogers to be executors. His wife to have his whole estate until his children are of age. If his wife Hannah Pratt marry again she shall have £20. To his son John Pratt certain lands. To son Samuel Pratt half of his lot “at pen plaine.” Son Ebenezer Pratt one-half of his housing and land adjoining. All the rest of his children £7 apiece. His son John Pratt to have half of a certain lot and a part of his 40 acre lot “neere Pen plaine.” Son Samuel Pratt remainder of lot “at pen plaine.” His brother Joseph Pratt, John Richards and Samuel White to be overseers. Witnesses: John Rogers, Jonas Humphrey and Joseph Dyer. (Suffolk Probate, 6: 307.) Inventory taken 5 Sept. 1679. Item: “12 acres neere Hezekiah Kings house £24.” Total, £275 12s. (Ibid. 12: 325.)
Children, born at Weymouth:
Judith,3 b. 25 June or 1 July, 1661.
12. John, b. 17 Aug. 1663.
Hannah, b. 21 Dec. 1665.
Mary, b. 3 Mar. 1668; m. William Dyer and took care of her uncle John PRATT and his wife in their old age.
13. Samuel, b. 15 Nov. 1670.
Experience, b. 8 Jan. 1672.
14. Ebenezer, b. near 1674; called “nephew” by Lieut. John Pratt, 12 July, 1714.
6. JOSEPH2 PRATT (Matthew1) was born at Weymouth, 10 Aug. 1637; died there 24 Dec. 1720. He married at Weymouth, 7 May, 1662, Sarah Judkins, probably daughter of Job and Sarah Judkins of Boston, born in Boston, 7 Dec. 1645. She died at Weymouth, a widow, 14 Jan. 1726. Joseph Pratt of Weymouth made his will 5 Mar. 1718-19, and it was proved 10 Feb. 1720-21. He styled himself, “husbandman, being through the decay and desease of old age weak in body.” To his wife Sarah he gave a good maintenance. To his son Joseph Pratt 10s. besides what was formerly given him. To son John Pratt 10s. “if he should ever come hither again.” Son William Pratt, 5s. besides what he hath had already. Son Ephraim Pratt likewise same. To his son-in-law Aaron Pratt and to the children born of his late daughter Sarah Pratt, deceased, his late wife, 10s. To his daughter Experience Battle £8 besides what she already hath had. To his daughter Hannah Hines £5 besides what she hath had in bringing up one of her daughters. Son Samuel Pratt, executor. Witnesses: Edward Bates, John Reed and Joshua Torrey. (Suffolk Probate, 22: 81.)
Children, born at Weymouth:
Sarah,3 b. 31 May, 1664; m. Aaron Pratt, son of Phinehas Pratt; d. 22 June, 1706.
15. Joseph, b. 2 Feb. 1665.
16. John, b. 17 May, 1668.
17. William, alive 5 Mar. 1718-19.
18. Ephraim, alive 5 Mar. 1718-19.
Experience, m. David Battle of Hingham, 13 Mar. 1706-07.
Hannah, m. ──── Hines.
19. Samuel, inherited the homestead in Weymouth.
7. WILLIAM3 PRATT (Sergt. Thomas,2 Matthew1) was born at Weymouth, 6 Mar. 1659; died at Easton, 13 Jan. 1713. He married at Dorchester, 26 Oct. 1680, Elizabeth Baker of Dorchester, daughter of Richard and Faith (Withington) Baker, born in 1655 and died 20 Aug. 1728. He removed to Dorchester in 1690, and was ordained Ruling Elder of a Massachusetts colony that settled at Dorchester on the Ashley River in South Carolina in 1695. He soon returned to Weymouth as the climate did not agree with him. He removed from Weymouth to Bridgewater, 19 Dec. 1705. His diary is in possession of Joshua E. Crane, 1920, of Bridgewater and Taunton. (Pratt Genealogy, 1889, pp. 26-31.)
Child, born at Weymouth:
Thankful,4 4 Oct. 1683; m. 12 May 1702, Daniel Axtel of Berkley. Nine children.
8. DEA. THOMAS3 PRATT (Sergt. Thomas,2 Matthew1) was born at Weymouth, near 1661; died at Easton, 1 Dec. 1744. He married (1), near 1688, Deborah ────, who died at Easton, 12 Jan. 1727. He married (2), 5 Mar. 1729-30, Desire Bonney. He removed from Weymouth to Middleborough, near 1695, and to Easton in 1710.
Children, first two born at Weymouth others at Middleborough:
Thomas, b. near 1690.
Mary, b. near 1692.
Jane, m. 19 Oct. 1726, Nathaniel Alger.
James, b. near 1699.
Abigail, b. 23 June, 1701.
Hepzibah, b. 23 Apr. 1705.
9. MATTHEW3 PRATT (Matthew2) was born at Weymouth, 18 Sept. 1665; died at Abington, 1 July, 1746. He married Susannah Porter, daughter of John and Deliverance (Byram) Porter, born at Weymouth 2 June 1665. John Porter called her “my daughter Susannah Pratt” in his will, 8 Feb. 1715-16. Tradition says that she died at Abington in 1761 aged 96 years. He apparently removed from Weymouth to Abington about 1713.
Children, presumably born at Weymouth:
John,4 b. 4 Oct. 1691; removed to Bridgewater, 1705. A John Pratt from Weymouth purchased a farm in Bridgewater in 1705.
Micah, b. 1692; removed to Taunton.
20. Samuel, b. near 1695.
Mary, b. 22 Nov. 1699; m. 11 Feb. 1718-19, Rev. Samuel Brown of Abington. Her birth and marriage are both on Weymouth records.
10. WILLIAM3 PRATT (Matthew2) was born at Weymouth, 5 May, 1673; died there 18 Sept. 1714. He married, near 1700, Hannah ────, who married (2), at Weymouth, 23 Dec. 1719, Thomas Randall of the “East Precinct annexed to Norton” (Easton). Hannah Pratt of Weymouth, widow granted administration on the estate of her late husband William Pratt, late of Weymouth, boatman, 3 Oct. 1715. (Suffolk Probate, 18: 501.) She died 14 Feb. 1757. Matthew Pratt, aged about 18, Mary Pratt, about 20, Betty Pratt about 18, Ann Pratt about 16, children of William Pratt, late of Weymouth, boatman, deceased, made choice of their father- in-law Thomas Randall of Easton, husbandman, to be their guardian, 16 May, 1727. (Suffolk Probate, 25: 332-335.) William Pratt, eldest son, had the homestead (saving unto his mother Hannah Randall her dower), he to pay his brothers and sisters, viz., Joshua Pratt, Matthew and James Pratt, Hannah Ford, Sarah Spooner, Mary Pratt, Betty and Ann Pratt, £35 apiece, 21 Jan. 1728. (Ibid. 27: 32, 33.)
Children, born at Weymouth:
Sarah,4 b. 25 Feb. 1702; m. ──── Spooner.
21. William, b. 18 Oct. 1703; inherited the homestead, 21 Jan. 1728.
Joshua, b. 23 Mar. 1704-05; removed to Bridgewater.
Mary, b. near 1707.
Matthew, b. near 1709; resided in Braintree.
Betty, b. near 1709; m. 19 Dec. 1734, Joshua Lovell of Weymouth.
Ann, b. near 1711; m. Robert Randall of Easton.
James, b. 29 Mar. 1713; d. 31 May, 1713.
Hannah, m. int. 7 Mar. 1718-19, Nathaniel Ford of Weymouth.
James, b. 11 May, 1714; alive 21 Jan. 1728; d. at Taunton, unm., 21 July 1754.
11. SAMUEL3 PRATT (Matthew2) was baptized at the Third or Old South Church of Boston, 2 Apr. 1676. He married (1) near 1704, Hannah ────, who died at Weymouth, 16 Oct. 1715.
Children, born at Weymouth:
22. Samuel,4 b. 2 July, 1705.
23. Daniel, b. 11 Feb. 1707-08.
Hannah, b. 29 Sept. 1710; m. 30 Nov. 1732, Benjamin Vining of Weymouth.
John, b. 13 July, 1713.
12. LIEUT. JOHN3 PRATT (Samuel2) was born at Weymouth, 17 Aug. 1663; died there 8 Feb. 1743-44, “in his 81st year.” He married (1), near 1681, Mary ────. He married (2) Elizabeth Swift, daughter of Thomas Swift of Milton. She was born at Milton, 21 Aug. 1662; died at Weymouth, 25 Dec. 1736. He married (3) (intention at Weymouth, 18 Sept. 1737) Mrs. Sarah (Dunbar) Gardner, probably widow of Benjamin Gardner of Hingham, and daughter of Robert and Rose (────) Dunbar also of Hingham.
Child by first wife, born at Weymouth:
24. Samuel,4 b. 15 Oct. 1686.
Children by second wife, born at Weymouth:
25. Nathaniel, b. 26 Oct. 1702.
26. Thomas, b. 3 Jan. 1704-05.
13. SAMUEL3 PRATT (Samuel2) was born at Weymouth, 15 Nov. 1670; died 11 Aug. 1728. He married (1) Patience Chard, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Pratt) Chard, born at Weymouth, 20 Apr. 1671. She was his wife 10 Mar. 1710. Samuel Pratt, Sr., of Weymouth, weaver, for £260, sells Edward Derby of Taunton, husbandman, 40 acres in Weymouth with the dwelling house thereon. Signed Thomas Pratt and Patience Pratt, his wife, 30 Mar. 1710. (Suffolk Deeds, 30: 23.) He removed from Weymouth to Taunton about 1710.
Children, born at Weymouth:
Judith,4 b. 23 Nov. 1695.
Samuel, b. ──── (date not preserved on town records).
Perhaps other children were born at Weymouth.
14. EBENEZER3 PRATT (Samuel2) was born near 1674; died before 11 Feb. 1752. He married (1), near 1700, Martha ────, who died at Weymouth, 18 May, 1720. He married (2) at Bridgewater, 15 Dec. 1720, Waitstill Washburn. He married (3) Hannah ────, who survived him.
Ebenezer Pratt of Weymouth made his will 5 Dec. 1744; proved 11 Feb. 1752. To wife Hannah use of a part of his dwelling, and £12 yearly. To son Ebenezer certain lands; to son Samuel part of dwelling house he now lives in; to daughter Ann Allen £30 to be paid in consideration of her part of her mother’s land, which bond is now lost, my will is that my executors pay said £30 unto the children of my said daughter Ann as they come of age. To daughter Mary Pool £15. To daughter Sarah Pratt £5 yearly for life. Sons Ebenezer and Samuel, executors. “If my wife considers our marriage contract of force after my decease, in that case what I have given her I give to my daughters Ann & Mary.” (Suffolk Probate, 46: 24.) The widow did not accept the bequest of the testator.
Children by first wife, born at Weymouth:
27. Ebenezer,4 b. 6 Aug. 1702.
Ann, b. 24 Apr. 1704; m. ──── Allen.
Mary, b. 23 Aug. 1706; m. 4 Jan. 1732-33, John Pool of Weymouth.
Sarah, b. 3 Oct. 1708.
28. Samuel, b. 19 Dec. 1712.
15. JOSEPH3 PRATT (Joseph2) was born at Weymouth, 2 Feb. 1665; died at Bridgewater, 13 or 14 Jan. 1765, aged 99 years 11 months. The Boston News-Letter of 31 Jan. 1765, contains the following: “On the fourteenth of this month died at Bridgewater Joseph Pratt, aged 100 years. A man of good character and religious profession. He had twenty children by his first wife, but none by his second, who still survives him, about 90 years of age.” He married (1) Sarah Benson of Hull, the mother of his children. He married (2) at Weymouth, 14 Dec. 1721, Anna Richards, who died at Bridgewater, 20 or 21 Mar. 1766, in her 92d year. He removed from Weymouth to Bridgewater about 1705. Of the twenty children, only two are recorded on Weymouth records. In his will he names seven, 13 Mar. 1755.
Children, probably born at Weymouth:
Joseph,4 resided in Bridgewater.
Benjamin, b. near 1693; removed from town.
Jonathan, b. 3 May, 1700, at Weymouth; not mentioned in his father’s will.
Nathaniel, b. 23 Mar. 1700-01, at Weymouth.
Solomon; resided in Bridgewater.
David, b. near 1708; resided in East Bridgewater.
Samuel, settled in East Bridgewater.
Sarah, m. Ebenezer Snow.
16. JOHN3 PRATT (Joseph2) was born at Weymouth, 17 May, 1668. He married Mercy Newcomb, daughter of John and Ruth Newcomb, born at Braintree, 1665; died before 13 May, 1721. Her father made his will on the last-named date, and mentioned “my grandchildren, the children of my daughter Mercy Pratt deceased which I give and bequeath to them as that which in right belonged to their mother.” (Suffolk Probate, 22: 560.)
Children, born at Weymouth:
Ruth,4 b. 1 Nov. 1690 (see Vital Records of Weymouth, 1: 238); living in the home of Lieut. John Pratt, 12 July, 1714; m. perhaps 11 Feb. 1720-21, William Freeman of Boston.
29. Micah, b. 4 Oct. 1691.
John, b. 8 Mar. 1692; d. young.
30. John, 2d, b. 26 May, 1696.
17. WILLIAM3 PRATT (Joseph2) was born at Weymouth near 1670; mentioned in his father’s will, 5 Mar. 1718-19, as a son. He married, near 1690, Experience King, daughter of Samuel and Experience (Phillips) King, born at Weymouth, 6 Oct. 1664.
Children, born at Weymouth:
Joanna,4 b. 23 Sept. 1692.
William, b. 3 Oct. 1695; removed to Easton.
Isaac, b. 20 Feb. 1700; surveyor, 1729.
Experience, b. 3 Apr. 1703.
Ann, b. 30 Mar. 1704-05.
18. EPHRAIM3 PRATT (Joseph2) was born at Weymouth near 1675; died before 6 Jan. 1748. He married, near 1695, Phebe ────, who died at Weymouth, 2 Dec. 1736. “Being advanced in years” he made his will 9 Feb. 1740, and it was proved 7 Feb. 1748. To his son Ephraim Pratt he gave 20s. To son Joseph Pratt his homestead and all the buildings and 10 acres at “Hanny Hill” (Honey Hill). To his grandchildren, the children of his daughter Phebe Shaw, 20s apiece. Unto his daughter Mary Pratt, the wife of Daniel Pratt, warming pan, brass pan, and pewter. To granddaughter Phebe Pratt, daughter of Joseph Pratt, a bed. Son Joseph Pratt, executor. Witnesses: Adam Cushing, Jacob Turner and Caleb Beal. (Suffolk Probate, 42: 165.) The inventory of his estate was taken 6 Jan. 1748.
Children, born at Weymouth:
31. Ephraim,4 b. 15 June, 1698.
Phebe, b. 20 Mar. 1699-1700; m. 18 Jan. 1718-19, Zachariah Shaw of Weymouth.
32. Joseph, b. Sept. 1703.
33. John, b. 1 Mar. 1704-05; not mentioned in his father’s will, 9 Feb. 1740.
Mary, b. 28 June, 1711; m. 1 Nov. 1739, Daniel Pratt of Weymouth.
19. SAMUEL3 PRATT (Joseph2) inherited his father’s homestead, 10 Feb. 1720-21. Samuel Pratt, son of Joseph Pratt, had land granted to him in Weymouth in 1710 …
Genealogy of Richard Baker
Source: “Genealogy of Richard Baker,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 43[1889].
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RICHARD1 BAKER, the first American ancestor of those known distinctively as the Dorchester family of Baker, arrived in this country from England in 1635. The date may be fixed with precision as November 28 of that year. In his journal of current events, Gov. Winthrop notes the arrival at Boston on that day of a vessel which he describes as “a small Norsey bark of twenty-five tons;” and he adds, “her passengers and goods all safe.” This phrase, “Norsey Bark,” was for some time after the original publication of the “Journal,” a mystery to the historians; but the later issue of Winthrop papers*, including the letters written by Edward
*Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 4th Series, vol. vi. p. 325 et seq.
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Hopkins in London to John Winthrop, Jr., solved the mystery, for Hopkins, in referring to the same vessel, calls it a “North-sea boat.” He also used the word “barque” in designating the vessel. It is from these letters of Hopkins that the first information as to Richard Baker is derived, and they explain very clearly the circumstances of his coming to these shores. Edward Hopkins was the agent in London of a colonizing company or association, the chief members of which were Lord Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Lord Rich, Sir Richard Saltonstall, and others of influence politically and socially. They had obtained a grant of territory which included what is now the State of Connecticut, and were anxious to get military control of the region by establishing a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River in anticipation of a like movement on the part of the Dutch of New Amsterdam, who also claimed possession or rights of trade there.
To this end the projectors needed a stanch vessel of light draft to ply between Boston and the mouth of the Connecticut during the building of a fort. This North Sea boat, which was named the “Bachelor,” was obtained, and a master and crew of eight in all were engaged to sail the vessel across the sea and on coastwise voyages here during the construction of the fort. The vessel was laden with material, iron work, etc., suitable for such construction, as the invoice contained in Hopkins’s letter shows. Four passengers were taken, Sergeant Lyon Gardiner, a military engineer; his assistant, and the Sergeant’s wife and maid. The letter of Hopkins containing the first mention of Richard Baker is dated London, Aug. 18, 1635, and states in the postscript that the Bachelor was cleared from Gravesend below London on that day. It gives the names of the master and crew, Richard Baker being second in command, or “master’s mate.” The wages to be paid each and the terms of their employment are also stated. The letter was addressed to John Winthrop, Jr., the agent of the company in this country, and, as it was foreseen that he might be in Connecticut on arrival of the vessel in Boston, the alternative was added, “or, in his absence, to the worshipful Jno. Winthrop the elder, at Boston aforesaid.” Hopkins speaks somewhat in derogation of a part of the crew, for which, as appears, he had good reason, and remarks in an explanatory way that “it was not easy here to get any at this time to go in so small a vessel.” He remarks incidentally that “the master hath a desire, as he tells me, to continue in the country.” He does not say that of the master’s mate, with whom (Richard Baker being then a young man of not much more than one and twenty) he probably held no conversation. But the reasons effective with the master in the matter would likely to be so with the mate, and, if they related only to pursuit of the mariner’s calling, there were with the latter other not less potent reasons.
At the last moment, when the barque was at Gravesend, four of the crew, whom Hopkins names, renounced their contract so far as it provided for service on the vessel in New England. “Whereupon,” he says, “being put to some straits I was in a manner constrained to yield to their desires.” Of the other four, one of whom was the master’s mate, he says that they, “sticking to the former agreement, will be able, I conceive, with small help more, to sail the barque in the country.” On the back of the next letter from Hopkins, dated London, 21 Sept., 1635, is a memorandum in the handwriting of John Winthrop, Jr., of four items, one of which reads: “3 bills of exchange of 30 li to be paid to Rich: Baker.” These bills, forwarded by a vessel sailing a month later than did the Bachelor, indicate sufficiently on the part of the person in whose favor they run, not merely a desire but a purpose to continue in the country.
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This recital of remote, and, in part, unimportant facts of record is pertinent here as evincing to those who will chiefly be interested in this genealogy that their common ancestor came to America under circumstances highly creditable to himself. They give proof that he was a man of great courage and of skill and resources in the mariner’s art; that in an exigency which men of small soul took advantage of he was on of those who did equity by “sticking to the former agreement”; and that he was of a frugal habit, preferring to take passage where he would have nothing to pay out, but a considerable sum in pocket at the end of his ocean and coastwise voyages. The bills of exchange may also be taken as evidence of a like habit in money matters while he was yet in his native land.
The next date of record of Richard Baker is November 4, 1639, when he became a member of the church in Dorchester. It is probable that he was married about that time. His wife, Faith Withington, is recorded under her maiden name as a member of the same church of earlier date. She was a daughter of Henry Withington, the ruling elder of the Church. The office was one of much honor, and various facts show that the family of Withington was one of social distinction. Mary, a sister of Faith, married Thomas Danforth, who became deputy governor of the colony. Near relatives of Richard Baker were Thomas Baker, his brother, a resident of Roxbury and owner of the historical tide-mill there; and John Baker of Boston, a nephew of both Richard and Thomas, who in different documents describes himself as “smith” and “mariner.” These descriptive appelations do not indicate that he was merely an employé in either business. He was a prominent and enterprising citizen of the metropolis, and carried on business extensively. He died a comparatively young man, about twenty years before either of his uncles, and his inventory shows that he had acquired property in shipping and real estate amounting to £799, a considerable estate for that period.
It does not appear of record that Richard Baker assisted in sailing the Bachelor coastwise, but his contract required him to do so if the owners desired. It is certain, as appears in others of the Winthrop letters, that the vessel was thus employed. If he was in that service, a part, at least, of the interval between 1635 and 1639 is accounted for. In the records of Dorchester, very soon after the latter date, he is put down as a considerable owner of real estate in that town. His homestead was a tract of land fronting southerly upon the road now called Savin Hill Avenue. The site of his dwelling-house was undoubtedly that of the building known to the contemporary generation as the “Tuttle Mansion.” He added from time to time to the original area by purchase of adjoining lands.
One of these additions appears to have been a tract on the northwesterly slope of Savin Hill, where, up to a recent date, stood two dwellings known from time immemorial as the Baker houses. One yet remains. That which has been demolished was in all probability the house which Richard Baker, as he states in his will, built for his son John. The statement is made in connection with a bequest to his son of adjacent lands. Richard Baker bequeathed his homestead estate to his son James, who lived a bachelor. He in turn bequeathed it to his nephew John Wiswall, and the property remained in possession of the Wiswall heirs until 1826, when it was sold to Mr. Tuttle. The premises referred to as bequeathed to John Baker continued uninterruptedly in possession of some of his descendants till the year 1872.
Richard Baker was made a freeman of the colony May 18, 1642. He
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became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1658. In nearly every year from 1642 to 1685 his name is of record as exercising some office in the town administration of Dorchester. He appears not to have aspired to the highest station, and during only one year, 1653, is he recorded as a selectman. In 1668 he was elected a ruling elder of the church, but declined the office. Both in the town and the church records his name appears from time to time with those of others who were among the principal citizens in the making up of important committees. He was a proprietor in all the “Divisions” of town lands subsequent to the date of the “Great Lots.” The “Divisions” covered much the larger area. The inventory of his estate amounted to £1,315 15s. He died Oct. 25, 1689; his wife died Feb. 3, preceding. Children:
- i. MARY,2 chr. Feb. 14, 1641; m. Samuel Robinson; she d. Aug. 27, 1714.
- 2. ii. JOHN, chr. April 30, 1643; m. Preserved Trott.
- iii. SARAH, chr. June 22, 1645; m. James White, Feb. 22, 1664; she d. Oct. 13, 1688.
- iv. THANKFUL, chr. March 19, 1646; m. William Griggs.
- v. ELIZABETH, chr. Oct. 27, 1650; d. young.
- vi. JAMES, chr. April 30, 1654. As stated, to him was bequeathed the homestead estate of his father; this comprised considerable tracts of land adjoining and near to the dwelling house; he appears to have been a prosperous farmer; only once did he take a public office, that of viewer of fences of common corn fields; he died, single, March 30, 1721.
- vii. ELIZABETH, chr. July 20, 1656; m. William Pratt of Weymouth, Mass.; they resided in Dorchester for a while, and went thence with the church organized in that town, Oct. 22, 1695, for missionary purposes in South Carolina; they had a daughter Thankful, born in Weymouth Oct. 14, 1683.
- viii. HANNAH, b. Jan. 9, 1662; m. John Wiswall, May 5, 1685.
2. JOHN2 BAKER (Richard1), son of Richard and Faith, was born in Dorchester and was christened, as appears by the church records, April 30, 1643. He married Preserved Trott, July 11, 1667. He lived at Savin Hill, in the dwelling house already referred to. The site is about two rods south-easterly of the present boundary of the street, and, in an air line, about 260 feet due north-east from the centre of the highway bridge over the Old Colony railroad. The house was occupied as a barrack for American troops during the siege of Boston. John Baker owned a large area of farming land, though his homestead tract was comparatively small. He appears to have been an efficient townsman, and served during a succession of years in different town offices. He died Aug. 26, 1690; his wife died Nov. 25, 1711. Children:
- i. SARAH,3 b. Aug. 12, 1668; m. Oliver Wiswall, Jan. 1, 1690.
- ii. MARY, b. Nov. 10, 1670; d. Jan. 26, 1670.
- 3. iii. JOHN, b. Nov. 25, 1671; m. Hannah Withington.
- 4. iv. JAMES, b. Aug. 4, 1674; m. Judith Maxfield.
- v. MARY, b. Aug. 24, 1676; m. John Minot, May 23, 1696; she d. Feb. 15, 1716.
- vi. THANKFUL, b. April 13, 1679; m. Hopestill Capen, Aug. 4, 1702; she d. Dec. 6, 1761.
- vii. HANNAH, b. July 22, 1682; d. Aug. 9, 1683.
- viii. ELIZABETH, b. July 18, 1684; also called “Betsey”; d. single.
- ix. HANNAH, b. July 11, 1687; d. Nov. 12, 1690.
- 5. x. ABIJAH, b. Feb. 25, 1690; m. Hannah Lyon of Milton, Mass.
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3. JOHN3 BAKER (John,2 Richard1), son of John (2) and Preserved, was born in Dorchester, Nov. 25, 1671. He married Hannah Withington, May 16, 1708. His dwelling house was situated on “the great country road,” so called, now Washington Street, in Dorchester. The site is three or four rods east of that street, and probably projects slightly upon the southerly sidewalk of the present Melville Avenue. The premises were bought by John Baker of William Stoughton, as appears by deed of March 30, 1698. The house was occupied by the descendants of John Baker down to a date within the recollection of the oldest persons now living. It faced south, with the west end towards the road, and was of two stories in front, the long slope of the northerly roof making it to be one story in the rear. He owned extensive farming tracts adjoining and in the vicinity. He died Oct. 9, 1746; his wife died April 30, 1768, aged 82 years. Children:
- i. HANNAH,4 b. June 9, 1709; m. Benjamin Clapp, a great-grandson of Capt. Roger Clapp, Dec. 29, 1730; they lived in Stoughton, Mass., after 1740; she d. there.
- 6. ii. JAMES, b. May 24, 1713; m. Priscilla Paul.
- iii. JOHN, b. in 1711; d. in infancy.
- 7. iv. JOHN, b. June 28, 1715; m. 1st, Sarah Wiswall; m. 2d, Jane Wheeler.
- 8. v. THOMAS, b. May 3, 1717; m. Ann Mattox.
- 9. vi. ELIJAH, b. May 14, 1720; m. Hannah Puffer.
- 10. vii. GEORGE, b. Aug. 13, 1724; m. 1st, Ruth Williams; m. 2d, Mary Jones; m. 3d, Susan Viles.
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8. THOMAS4 BAKER (John,3 John,2 Richard1), son of John (3) and Hannah, was born May 3, 1717. He married Ann Mattox. As appears by deed bearing date, June 1, 1738, he bought of Ebenezer Mawdsley a dwelling house and ten acres of land bounded westerly by the highway leading to Boston, southerly by land of John Baker, easterly by Capen, and northerly by Robert Searle, Jr. The description is sufficient to fix it as contiguous to the land which John Baker bought of William Stoughton, and fronting on “the great country road.” Thomas Baker died Dec. 29, 1745; his wife died Oct. 5, 1758. Children:
- i. SARAH,5 b. Nov. 24, 1739; m. Abram Wheeler, Nov. 15, 1759; she d. Feb. 11, 1776.
- ii. HANNAH, b. Aug. 3, 1741; m. John Clapp, Nov. 29, 1764; the same described in the Clapp genealogy (p. 228) as “John Old Times”; she d. Aug. 10, 1779.
- iii. ANN, b. Oct. 5, 1744; d. Oct. 6, 1757.
The Axtell Family in America: First Five Generations
Source: S.J. Axtell, “The Axtell Family in America: First Five Generations,” New England Historical and
Genealogical Register 53[1899].
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The earliest appearance of the name Axtell which has come to my knowledge dates back to the year 1535. In that year the “bon homes” of a monastery of the Augustinian order in Gatesden, Hertfordshire, England, made over their property to Henry the Eighth, and among the names signed to the deed was that of John Axstyl. The registration of baptisms and deaths in the parish churches of England began about 1538. At St. Peter’s Church, Berkhampstead, a town in Hertfordshire, there is the record of the baptism of John Axtell, son of John, in 1539, and of William, son of John, in 1541. Five other entries of Axtells appear before 1614. From 1614 to 1628 there is a series of entries, as follows:
- John, son of William, bap. Aug. 14, 1614
- William, ” ” ” ” Dec. 1, 1616
- 1. Thomas, ” ” ” ” Jan. 26, 1619
- Daniel, ” ” ” ” May 26, 1622
- William, ” ” ” ” June 11, 1622
- Thomas, ” ” ” ” Oct. 31, 1624
- Samuel, ” ” ” ” Dec. 15, 1624
- Avie, daughter ” ” ” Mar. 28, 1627
- Sarah, ” ” ” ” June 20, 1628
It appears from the above that there were two William Axtells rearing families in Berkhampstead between 1614 and 1628. One, perhaps, was the William who was a burgess in 1628 and common clerk in 1639.
If we assign the first four in the above list, with Samuel, born 1624, and one of the daughters to one William and the rest to the other, we avoid difficulties which any other division encounters, and make Thomas (born 1619) the emigrant to America, brother of Daniel (born 1622) the colonel under Cromwell, who was put to death in 1660 for his share in the death of Charles I.
Mary, daughter of Thomas, was baptized in Berkhampstead, September 25, 1639, and Henry, the second child, October 15, 1641. Soon after the latter date, the little family appear in Sudbury, Mass. Here, June 1, 1644, another Mary was born. Thomas, the father, died in 1646, and was buried August 1st of that year.
“The inventory of the goods of Thomas Axtell of Sudbury, lately deceased. Inprimis, his land and house £8, 10, cattle £8, 10, wearing apparell and bedding with his armes £10, for Brasse and pewter £5. He expressed that Mary his wife should have all his estate to bring up his children.”
The widow married John Goodnow, September 19, 1656.
June 18, 1659, Edward Wright and Hannah Axtell of Sudbury were married. If the above identification of Thomas, born 1619, with Thomas of Sudbury be correct, this Hannah cannot have been his daughter. Who she was does not appear.
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SECOND GENERATION.
2. HENRY2 AXTELL (Thomas1), born in England, 1641, took up land with the first proprietors of Marlboro’, Mass., in 1660. He married Hannah Merriam, June 14, 1665, and lived in the eastern part of Marlboro’.
Children of Henry and Hannah:
- i. SAMUEL,3 b. March 27, 1666; probably d. young.
- ii. HANNAH, b. Nov. 18, 1667; untraced.
- iii. MARY, b. Aug. 8, 1670; m. Zachariah Newton, 1698.
- 3. iv. THOMAS, b. April 16, 1672.
- 4. v. DANIEL, b. Nov. 4, 1673.
- vi. SARAH, b. Sept. 18, 1675; untraced.
Henry Axtell was killed by the Indians early in 1676. The inventory of his estate is dated April 1 of that year. His widow married Will Taylor, July 5, 1677.
THIRD GENERATION.
3. THOMAS3 AXTELL (Henry,2 Thomas1), married November 2, 1697, Sarah Barker of Concord, and lived in the east part of Marlboro’. About 1735, he moved to Hassanamisco, afterwards Grafton. He died December 18, 1750. His wife died June 26, 1747.
Children of Thomas and Sarah:
- i. THOMAS,4 b. Aug. 19, 1698; d. Dec. 22, 1698.
- ii. SARAH, b. Feb. 16, 1703; m. Josiah Hayden, Feb. 7, 1721.
- 5. iii. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 1, 1705.
- iv. HANNAH, m. Zedekiah Drury of Sutton, July 20, 1738.
- 6. v. THOMAS, b. May 11, 1712.
- vi. JOHN, b. April 15, 1715; d. April 10, 1742.
- vii. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 8, 1717; m. Benjamin Pratt, Dec. 21, 1736.
4. DANIEL3 AXTELL (Henry,2 Thomas1), born November 4, 1673; died January, 1735. In 1695 Elder William Pratt organized a church in Dorchester, Mass., and soon after went to South Carolina to plant his church there as a missionary colony. In his diary, he records a very hospitable reception by Lady Axtell, the widow of Landgrave Daniel Axtell, who went from England to South Carolina about 1680. Probably Daniel Axtell of Massachusetts accompanied Mr. Pratt on one of his earlier voyages to South Carolina. May 12, 1702, he married Thankful, daughter of Elder Pratt, and lived in South Carolina till about 1707, when he returned to Massachusetts and became a large landholder in Berkley, then a part of Dighton and Taunton. A release, dated March 16, 1703, from Daniel Axtell of Carolina, county of Bartley, on Ashley river, made out in favor of his brother Thomas of Massachusetts, establishes the relationship. A clause in Lady Axtell’s will leaving property to her “kinsman Daniel Axtell in New England” shows a relationship there. But the landgrave could not have been the son of the regicide, since the landgrave had a daughter of age in 1678, as appears from his will made that year in England.
Children of Daniel and Thankful:
- i. ELIZABETH,4 b. April 28, 1703; m. —- Burt.
- 7. ii. DANIEL, b. Oct. 24, 1704.
- iii. REBECCA, b. Nov. 22, 1706; probably m. Jacob Cooke of Abington, Nov. 11, 1736.
- iv. HANNAH, b. April 10, 1710; m. Joseph Edmister, Feb. 18, 1741.
- 8. v. WILLIAM, b. April 13, 1713.
- 9. vi. HENRY, b. June 24, 1715.
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- 10. vii. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 25, 1717.
- 11.viii. EBENEZER, b. March 24, 1724.
- ix. THANKFUL, b. Dec. 8, 1725.
- 12. x. THOMAS, b. Sept. 15, 1727.
FOURTH GENERATION.
5. JOSEPH4 AXTELL (Thomas,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married Abigail Hayden of Sudbury, February 4, 1730. He lived at first in Marlboro’, but after 1746 in Grafton. His children were born in Marlboro’, and were:
- i. ELIZABETH,5 b. Aug. 7, 1730; m. (?) Nathaniel Cooper of Grafton, April 22, 1746.
- ii. MARY, b. Jan. 18, 1732; m. Samuel Giles of Hopkinton, Nov. 16, 1749.
- 13. iii. DANIEL, b. Jan. 14, 1734.
- iv. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 12, 1738; m. Moses EAGER, July 18, 1759.
6. THOMAS4 AXTELL (Thomas,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), removed from Marlboro’ to Grafton. May 13, 1736, he married Elizabeth Sherman of Marlboro’, who received as her marriage portion a large tract of land in the north part of Grafton, a part of which remains in the hands of her descendant Axtells. October 6, 1760, Thomas, now a widower, married Mary Sanger, by whom he had several children, all of whom died young. Thomas died 1798.
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth:
- i. SARAH,5 b. April 25, 1737; m. James McClellan of Sutton, Feb. 2, 1758.
- ii. ELIZABETH, b. April 26, 1739; m. Ephraim Lyon, Nov. 27, 1760.
- iii. HANNAH, b. Oct. 6, 1741; m. Jason Waite.
- 14. iv. JOHN, b. June 3, 1744.
- 15. v. THOMAS, b. Dec. 16, 1746.
- vi. and vii. MARY and PHEBE, b. March 12, 1748. Possibly Mary may be the Polly Axtell who m. George Smith in Grafton, 1786. Phebe m. Thomas Kidder, and afterwards joined the Shakers.
7. DANIEL4 AXTELL (Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married September 15, 1737, Waitstill Babbitt. He lived in Berkley, and was prominent in town and church affairs. First wife died 1757; second wife, Phebe Reed.
Daniel died September 21, 1761. His widow married Capt. James Foster of Rochester. Children:
- i. DANIEL,5 } b. Feb. 29, 1739.
- ii. THANKFUL, } b. Feb. 29, 1739.
- iii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 17, 1742; m. Isaac Tubbs, Dec. 26, 1768.
Daniel, the son, d. 1772, probably unmarried.
Thankful married Elisha Crane, 1774. Among her descendants is J.E. Crane of Taunton, who still preserves the memorandum book of his ancestor Daniel Axtell.4
8. WILLIAM4 AXTELL (Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married Hannah Spooner of Middleboro’, November 2, 1739. Removed from Berkley about 1743, probably into Taunton.
Children of William and Hannah:
- 16. i. HENRY,5 bapt. Aug. 30, 1741.
- 17. ii. WILLIAM, bapt. Aug. 29, 1742.
- 18. iii. BENJAMIN, b. 1744(?).
- iv. JOANNA, b. 1746.
- 19. v. SILAS, b. 1748(?).
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Joanna married Bernice Crane of Berkley, January 15, 1763. She lived to be one hundred years old, dying in 1846. Her grandson, Rev. Silas Axtell Crane, D.D., was an Episcopalian clergyman greatly honored and loved. He died at East Greenwich, R. I., in 1872.
9. HENRY4* AXTELL (Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married Jemima Leonard, 1737. He removed about 1740 or ’41, with the Leonards to Mendham, N. J., where he died 1753 or ’54. His widow married Matthew Lumm. Children:
- 20. i. HENRY,5 b. March 16, 1738.
- ii. PHEBE, b. 1740; m. Daniel Drake, Dec. 27, 1759.
- iii. HANNAH, b. 1742; m. Zephaniah Burt, May 29, 1764.
- iv. BETHANY, b. 1744; m. Artemas Day, Jan. 21, 1767.
- 21. v. CALVIN, b. 1750.
- 22. vi. LUTHER, b. April 22, 1753.
10. SAMUEL4 AXTELL (Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married Hannah Hatheway of Freetown about 1740, and spent his days in Berkley; died February 25, 1769. Children:
- i. SAMUEL,5 b. 1741; d. 1755.
- ii. HANNAH, b. Sept. 6, 1744; m. Samuel Tubbs, Aug. 23, 1762.
- iii. THANKFUL, b. 1746; d. Oct. 26, 1760.
- 23. iv. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 9, 1749.
- 24. v. EZRA, b. Oct. 25, 1751.
- vi. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 14, 1754; m. Jonathan Reed, Nov. 5, 1772.
- 25. vii. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 8, 1756.
- viii. LOUISA, b. July 9, 1758; untraced.
- 26. ix. HENRY, b. May 3, 1761.
- x. THANKFUL, b. Nov. 15, 1762; untraced.
- xi. LURANA, b. Oct. 23, 1765; m. Pitts Phillips, Feb. 6, 1788.
11. EBENEZER4 AXTELL (Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1). Berkley records say, “Ebenezer Axtell late of Mendom in Jarzes but now an inhabitant of Berkley and Hannah Hatheway of Berkley were married Oct. 15, 1751.” He is mentioned frequently as filling town offices. Children:
- i. REBECKAH,5 b. Aug. 9, 1752; untraced.
- 27. ii. THOMAS, b. July 15, 1755.
- iii. RACHEL, b. April 5, 1757; probably the Rachel Axtell who m. Jacob Goldthwait of Uxbridge, April 14, 1785.
12. THOMAS4 AXTELL (Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1). There is no record of Thomas in Berkley, though the “Axtell Memorial” says he moved in 1769 or ’70 from Massachusetts to New Jersey with his two sons.
My informants say he married Hannah Goebel (a New England name, found in the Concord records) in 1746, and died in 1758. His widow married Nathan Lincoln. He probably followed Henry to New Jersey before 1750. Children:
- 28. i. DANIEL,5 b. April 12, 1748.
- 29. ii. THOMAS, b. 1750(?).
*The list of children here given accords with that in “The Axtell Memorial.” Between Bethany, b. 1744, and Calvin, b. 1750, there is room for two children. Possibly Ebenezer Axtell, ensign in New Jersey troops in the Revolution, belongs here. Also Henry S. Axtell of Bradford, N. Y., b. 1796, may be a descendant of a missing son. He claimed relationship with this family.
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13. DANIEL5 AXTELL (Joseph,4 Thomas,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), lived in Grafton, Mass., where November 12, 1754, he married Elizabeth Whittemore. After the Revolution, he went to Grafton, Vt., where he died September 1, 1799. His widow died March 20, 1812.
Children of Daniel and Elizabeth:
- 30. i. MOSES,6 b. Jan. 11, 1755; lived in Delaware Co., N. Y.; served in the Revolution.
- 31. ii. AARON, b. March 23, 1757; lived in western New York; served in the Revolution.
- 32 . iii. DANIEL, b. May 1, 1759; served in the Revolution, 1778; removed to Delaware Co., N. Y.
- iv. ABIGAIL, b. 1761; untraced.
- 33. v. JOSEPH, b. 1763; a soldier, 1780; removed to Grafton, Vt.
- vi. BETSEY, b. 1765(?); untraced.
- 34. vii. ALEXANDER, b. 1767(?); lived in Grafton, Vt.
14. JOHN5 AXTELL (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), lived and died in Grafton. In 1776 married —- Daniels. He died about 1782. Widow married in 1784, John Knox.
Child of John and —-:
- 35. i. JOHN,6 b. 1778(?). Descendants live in Jay, Me.
15. THOMAS5 AXTELL (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married June 10, 1777, Deborah Jones of Franklin. He died in Grafton, 1819. In the army 1780.
Children of Thomas and Deborah:
- i. CHLOE,6 b. July 11, 1778; unm.; d. 1851.
- ii. SETH, b. July 28, 1780; d. 1798.
- 36. iii. THOMAS, b. May 2, 1783; m. Hannah Walker, 1808.
- iv. DEBORAH, b. May 21, 1788; m. Samuel Green of Westboro’. No children.
- v. OLIVE, b. 1790; d. 1819, unm.
- vi. JOHN, b. July 15, 1792; d. young.
16. HENRY5 AXTELL (William,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1). Henry Axell (sic) was a seaman from Massachusetts, engaged July 10, 1776, for five months. Henry Axtell of Berkley, in 1777, enlisted for three years in Zebedee Ripley’s co., Col. G. Bradford. Also mentioned as in the Continental army, 1780, 1782. This agrees with a tradition among his descendants, as follows: “A soldier of the Revolution, a sergeant in Washington’s Life Guard, at the battle of Stony Point, later with Wayne in the Indian War. A prisoner on ship Jersey, escaping by filing off his chain with a nail; lost at sea.” The identification here made seems very probable.
Children:
- 37. i. HENRY COPSE,6 b. 1786; broker, New York city.
- ii. LOUISA, b. about 1788; m. David Elderkin at Providence, R. I., May 20, 1807.
17. WILLIAM5 AXTELL (William,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married Mercy Lincoln of Taunton, June 23, 1763. Marched at the alarm April 19, 1775; served in 1777 and 1778. In 1790, he was in Norton; the same year moved to Sutton.
Children of William and Mercy:
- i. HANNAH,6 m. Bartholomew Putnam of Sutton.
- 37. ii. WILLIAM, m. Rebeckah Axtell, dau. of 27.
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- iii. MERCY, m. John Titus of Sutton.
- iv. HENRY, lost at sea about 1807.
- v. BETSEY, married Tarrant Sibley of Petersham.
18. BENJAMIN5 AXTELL (William,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), served a short time in the war of the Revolution; married Jemima Briggs of Rehoboth, February 19, 1778; removed to Westmoreland, N. H.
Children of Benjamin and Jemima:
- i. DANIEL,6 untraced; probably at Danby, Vt., 1827-8.
- 39. ii. SILAS.
- iii. BENJAMIN, untraced.
- iv. JEMIMA, unm.
19. SILAS5 AXTELL (William,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), was in the Revolutionary war; married —- Hoskins; removed to Wilmington, Vt., where he died in 1801. Children:
- 40. i. SILAS,6 b. Nov. 25, 1785, at Wilmington, Vt.; Perry, Lake Co., Ohio.
- 41. ii. SALMON, b. July 11, 1792, at Wilmington; physician at Fort Ann, N. Y.
- Three daughters, who married respectively —- Hastings, —- Crosby and —- Nims.
20. HENRY5 AXTELL (Henry,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1). “The old major” was a man of property and influence in Mendham, N.J. Served as major of Morris Co. militia in the Revolution. Was twice married; first June 18, 1760, to Mary Beach; second, January 7, 1767, to Phebe Condit Day. He died April 6, 1818.
By first wife:
- i. HANNAH,6 b. Oct. 15, 1761; m. —- Lozier.
- ii. MARY, b. 1763; m. Stephen Ludlow.
- 42. iii. DAVID, b. 1765; m. Hannah Johnson, Mendham, N.J.
By second wife:
- i. LURANA, b. Oct. 20, 1767; m. January, 1788, Samuel Beach.
- 43. ii. SILAS, b. April 5, 1769; m. Elizabeth Loree, Jan. 9, 1791.
- iii. PHEBE, b. June 23, 1771; m. Isaac Clark, Oct. 1, 1793.
- 44. iv. HENRY, b. June 9, 1773. (Rev. Henry Axtell, D.D., Geneva, N.Y.)
- v. RHODA, b. April 11, 1775; m. Simeon Cory, May 26, 1798.
- vi. JOSEPH, b. March 14, 1777; d. young.
21. CALVIN5 AXTELL (Henry,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married Mary Mills, November 7, 1771. He spent his days in Mendham, N.J.
Children of Calvin and Mary:
- 45. i. PHILIP LINDLEY.6
- 46. ii. TIMOTHY.
- iii. SAMUEL, unm.
- iv. CALVIN, untraced.
22. LUTHER5 AXTELL (Henry,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married June 10, 1778, Hannah Condit. About 1780 moved to Washington Co., Pa., where he died June 2, 1812.
Children of Luther and Hannah:
- RUFUS,6 LURANA and HENRY d. young.
- 47. i. PHILIP, b. Feb. 10, 1781.
- 48. ii. LUTHER, b. July 25, 1783.
- iii. MARY, b. Feb. 7, 1786; m. Edward Ross.iv. HANNAH, b. April 13, 1788; m. Rufus Dodd.
- v. JEMIMA, b. Dec. 4, 1790; m. Freeman Dodd.
- vi. BETHANY, b. April 7, 1793; m. Joseph Ruggs.
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23. EBENEZER5 AXTELL (Samuel,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1). Beyond the entry of his birth Berkley records are silent concerning him. Ebenezer Axtell, of Berkley, served six months in Rhode Island, 1778, and is mentioned as Ebenezer Axtall in Rhode Island records. There was also an Ebenezer, ensign in Morris Co. militia, N.J. See note to Henry, 9.
24. EZRA5 AXTELL (Samuel,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), was a soldier in the Revolution; settled in Pittsford, Vt.; removed to Pierpont, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., about 1816, where he died July, 1831.
Children:
- 49. i. JOHN,6 b. 1787; a Presbyterian clergyman in northern New York and Canada.
- 50. ii. HENRY, b. Dec. 27, 1790; Pierpont, N.Y.; m. Sarah T. Woodruff, Jan. 22, 1812.
- 51. iii. SAMUEL, b. 1792; m. 1811, Zeniath Stearns; d. in the army at Plattsburg, N.Y., 1812.
- iv. DOLLY, m. —- Morgan.
- v. HANNAH, b. April 13, 1796; m. Daniel Church, 1816.
- 52. vi. EBENEZER, Oneida Co., N.Y.
- vii. LURANA, b. Jan. 27, 1804; m. Dorus Leonard, 1820.
- viii. EZRA, b. 1806; d. 1828.
- ix. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 2, 1811; m. Alva Leonard, 1830.
25. SAMUEL5 AXTELL (Samuel,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), was a soldier of the Revolution, after which he went to Chester, Vt., and settled in what was then a wilderness. About 1785, married Celia Dean of Taunton, Mass. She died December 5, 1806. His second wife was Martha Earle, who died 1859.
Samuel died July 5, 1835.
Children of Samuel and Celia:
- i. DEAN.6 ii. ALVIN. These d. young.
- iii. SYLVIA, b. March 15, 1794; m. September, 1813, Daniel H. Rice.
- iv. CELIA, d. young.
- v. LORICA, b. Aug. 25, 1799; m. Henry Chandler; d. 1877.
- vi. SARAH M., b. Aug. 10, 1801; m. Ira Clark.
- 53. vii. SAMUEL, b. February, 1804; m. Martha M. Page; d. at Rutland, Wis., 1867.
- viii. CAROLINE A., m. —- Parker of Chester, Vt.
26. HENRY5 AXTELL (Samuel,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), possibly what is put under 16 belongs here.
27. THOMAS5 AXTELL (Ebenezer,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), an only son; married Rebecca French, August 9, 1775 (Berkley); moved to Sutton, Mass., and afterwards, 1800, to Peru (now Windsor), Mass., where he died February 10, 1816.
Children of Thomas and Rebecca:
- i. REBECCA,6 b. about 1777; m. her 2d cousin, William Axtell (38), Feb. 28, 1797, and —- Hathaway of Worthington, Mass.
- 54. ii. THOMAS, b. 1780. Western New York.
- 55. iii. ASA, b. Jan. 22, 1781. Belgrade, Me.
- iv. HANNAH, b. about 1783; m. Ebenezer Pelton.
- 56. v. EBENEZER, b. Jan. 20, 1785. Windsor, Mass.
- 57. vi. SYLVESTER, b. May 10, 1786. Kalamazoo, Mich.
- 58. vii. DANIEL, b. Feb. 22, 1787. Amherst, Ohio.
- viii. RACHEL, m. —- Ellison.
- ix. —-, m. —- Ellison.
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28. DANIEL5 AXTELL (Thomas,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), lived in New Jersey, and about 1780 removed to western Pennsylvania; married Ruth Tuthill about 1770; died 1826.
Children of Daniel and Ruth (order uncertain, and information very incomplete):
- 59. i. LINCOLN,6 b. Sept. 15, 1777(?).
- 60. ii. ELIAH.
- 61. iii. ISAAC TUTHILL. Mt. Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio.
- 62. iv. THOMAS, b. Jan. 31, 1780(?). Monroe Co., Ohio.
- 63. v. AMZI.
- 64. vi. DANIEL.
- 65. vii. JOSEPH S., b. 1792.
- viii.-x. Three daughters, RHODA, ELIZABETH and POLLY.
29. THOMAS5 AXTELL (Thomas,4 Daniel,3 Henry,2 Thomas1), married (in New Jersey) Mary Tuthill; went with his brother to western Pennsylvania; died July 12, 1808. His first wife died 1791; second wife, Ellen McLean.
Children of Thomas and Mary:
- 66. i. NATHAN,6 b. about 1780.
- ii. HANNAH, m. Levi Lindley. iii. SARAH, m. Timothy Lindley.
- iv. CECILIA, m. Darling Day. v. PHEBE, m. Ichabod Dilley.
- vi. RUTH, untraced.
- 67. vii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 25, 1791; physician, Sheakleyville, Pa.
Children of Thomas and Ellen:
- 68. ix. CHARLES, b. July 10, 1796. Iroquois Co., Ill.
- 69. x. THOMAS. Solsberry, Ind.
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