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Families of the Children of Jemima⁵ Washburn and John Randall

The children of Jemima Washburn and John Randall lived in Pembroke and Duxbury, Massachusetts, with grandchild spreading out to Marshfield, Scituate, Brockton, and Boston, MA.

			Joseph^3 Washburn
		Ephraim^4 Washburn
			Hannah^3 Latham
	Jemima^5 Washburn
			John Polden/Polland
		Mary Polden
			Lydia^3 Tilson
Ephraim Randall
Thomas Randall
		Thomas Randall
	John Randall
		Faith Winslow

(1729.) Ephraim Randall, eldest son of (513) Jemima⁵ Washburn, (135) Ephraim⁴, (59) Joseph³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Jan. 1766,[1] baptized in Pembroke, MA, on 11 June 1780,[2] married Mercy Phillips, of Marshfield, on 12 Feb. 1792 in Marshfield.[3] He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.

Ephraim Randall died testate in 1799 in Pembroke, his will dated 4 Sept. 1799, and probated on 2 Dec. 1799, mentioned his wife Mercy Randall, daughter Mercy Randall, and two sons Ephraim and Elisha Randall, and he named his wife Mercy Randal, and brother-in-law, Elisha Phillips, as executors of his estate.[4] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.) His widow, Mercy Randall, of Pembroke, was appointed as guardian of their children Mercy Randall, Ephraim Randall, and Elisha Randall, in 1803. She died a widow on 11 June 1843 in Pembroke,[5] but their burial location is unknown.

Ephraim Randall and Mercy Phillips had children:

4262 i Mercy Randall, born on 9 Sept. 1793 in Pembroke,[6] named in her father’s 1799 will, her mother, Mercy Randall, was appointed as her guardian on 7 Mar. 1803,[7] and she married Joseph Northey, of Scituate, MA, as his second wife, on 23 June 1835 in Pembroke.[8] He was born ca. 1794 in MA.[9] They were living in Scituate, MA, in the 1850,[10] 1860,[11] and 1870 federal censuses,[12] where he was a farmer. She died on 5 Feb. 1877 in Scituate, MA, aged 83 years, 4 months, of “old age,”[13] and he died a widower on 6 Apr. 1883 in Scituate, aged 88 years, 11 months, of “old age,”[14] but their burial location is unknown. Mercy (Randall) Northey probably had no children.

4263 ii Ephraim Randall (Jr.), born on 2 Jan. 1796 in Pembroke,[15] named in his father’s 1799 will, his mother, Mercy Randall, was appointed as his guardian on 7 Mar. 1803,[16] and he married 1.) Lydia Hatch, daughter of Seth and Olive (Decrow) Hatch (Jr.), of Pembroke, on 11 Oct. 1835 in Pembroke.[17] She was born on 23 Aug. 1812 in Pembroke,[18] and died on 4 Sept. 1848 in Pembroke, aged 36 years,[19] and was buried in Two Mile Cemetery in Pembroke, MA. He remarried to 2.) Emily (Bearce) Jordan, daughter of Deacon Jacob and Chloe Bearce, and widow of Joseph Jordan, of Hanson, MA, in 1850.[20] She was born on 10 Aug. 1806 in Pembroke.[21] He was not found in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[22] but he was living in Pembroke, MA, in the 1855 state census,[23] and the 1860 federal census,[24] where he was a farmer. She died on 8 Jan. 1864 in Pembroke, MA, aged 57 years, 4 months, 8 days, of “phthisis.”[25] He was still living in Pembroke in the 1865 state census,[26] and with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Anson and Joann Hatch, in Pembroke, in the 1870 federal census.[27] He died a widower on 2 Mar. 1871 in Pembroke, MA, aged 75 years, 2 months, of “paralysis old age,”[28] but his burial location is unknown. Ephraim Randall (Jr.), had five daughters by Lydia Hatch:

a. Lydia Hatch Randall, born on 6 July 1837 in Pembroke,[29] died on 27 Sept. 1858 in Pembroke, aged 21 years, 2 months, 21 days, of “phthisis,”[30] but her burial location is unknown.

b. Mercy Ann Randall, born on 12 May 1838 in Pembroke, was a servant living with her aunt and uncle, Joseph and Mercy Northey, in Scituate, MA, in the 1860 federal census,[31] married David Sanford Jenkins Jr., son of David Sanford and Eliza Cushing (Jenkins) Jenkins, of Scituate,[32] on 2 Mar. 1865 in Scituate.[33] He was born on 5 Oct. 1834 in Scituate.[34] They were living in Scituate, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a miller and farmer,[35] and the 1880 federal census, with his widowed mother, where he was a farmer.[36] She died on 27 Dec. 1890 in Scituate, MA, aged 52 years, 7 months, of “typhoid pneumonia,”[37] and he died on 11 Mar. 1898 in Scituate, aged 64 years, of “disease of heart,”[38] but their burial location is unknown.

c. Emeline Randall, born in Aug. 1839 in Pembroke,[39] died on 22 Jan. 1858 in Pembroke, aged 18 years, 6 months, 22 days, of “phthisis,”[40] but her burial location is unknown.

d. Julia Frances Randall, born on 4 Feb. 1842 in Pembroke,[41] was still unmarried and living with her widowed father in Pembroke in the 1865 state census,[42] married Augustus Turner, son of Barker and Sophia (Baker) Turner Jr.,[43] on 28 Apr. 1867 in Pembroke, MA.[44] He was born on 7 Nov. 1839 in Pembroke.[45] She died on 27 Feb. 1869 in Pembroke, aged 37 years, 23 days, of “phthisis,”[46] and he was living with his parents in Pembroke, MA, in the 1870 federal census, a housewright.[47] He remarried to Mary Frances Phipps, daughter of Aaron Bidwell and Mary Elisabeth (Hall) Phipps, of Pembroke,[48] on 25 Dec. 1771 in Pembroke.[49] She was born on 8 Aug. 1854 in Pembroke.[50] They were living in Pembroke in the 1880 federal census. He died on 9 Feb. 1897 in Pembroke, aged 57 years, 3 months, 2 days, of “typhoid influenza,”[51] and Mary Frances (Phipps) Turner died on 4 Aug. 1930 in Pembroke, aged 75 years,[52] and they were both buried in Paul Magoun Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

e. Joanna/Johanna Randall, born on 25 May 1844 in Pembroke,[53] was still unmarried and living with her widowed father in Pembroke in the 1865 state census,[54] married Anson Hatch, of Duxbury, son of Ichabod and Celia S. (Palmer) Hatch Jr.,[55] on 2 Dec. 1866 in Abington, MA.[56] He was born on 22 Feb. 1838 in Marshfield, MA,[57] and served as a wagoner in Company G, the 18th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War.[58] They were living in Pembroke in the 1870 federal census, where he was a teamer, and her widowed father was living with them,[59] and in the 1880,[60] and 1900 federal censuses,[61] where he was a farmer. He filed for a Civil War Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War on 6 Nov. 1890.[62] She died on 17 Feb. 1917 in Pembroke, MA, aged 72 years, 8 months, 23 days, of “endocarditis,”[63] and he died a widower on 27 Sept. 1917 in Pembroke, aged 79 years, 7 months, 5 days, of “cerebral haemmorrhage,”[64] and they were both buried in Plainville Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

4264 iii Elisha Randall, born on 9 May 1798 in Pembroke,[65] named in his father’s 1799 will, his mother, Mercy Randall, was appointed as his guardian on 7 Mar. 1803,[66] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses in Massachusetts, and no death or burial record was found for him.

(1730.) Thomas Randall, second son of (513) Jemima⁵ Washburn, (135) Ephraim⁴, (59) Joseph³, (43) John² (5^th), (28) John¹ (4^th); born, say ca. 1767, baptized in Pembroke, MA, on 11 June 1780,[67] probably the Thomas Randall who married Sarah Simmons, daughter of Levi and Lydia (Lewis) Simmons,[68] in ca. 1786,[69] and settled in Duxbury, MA.[70] She was born in 1765 in Duxbury.[71] The will of Levi Simmons, of Duxbury, dated 28 June 1798, and probated on 17 July 1798, mentioned his wife Lydia Simmons, and daughter Sarah Randall, among others.[72] They were living in Duxborough (now Duxbury), Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[73] but he was not a head of household in Duxbury in the 1800 federal census.

Thomas Randall presumably died on 15 Oct. 1813 in Duxbury,[74] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County, and his burial location is unknown. She was living next door to her son Rufus Randall in Duxbury in the 1840 federal census,[75] probably the Sally Randall living by herself in Duxbury, MA, in the 1850 federal census, next door to Briggs Cushman,[76] and she was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Stephen and Achsah Peterson, in Duxbury, in the 1860 federal census.[77] She died on 25 Jan. 1864 in Duxbury, aged 99 years, 7 days, of “old age,”[78] and was buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

Thomas Randall and Sarah Simmons had children:

4265 i Thomas Randall (Jr.), born on 9 Dec. 1786 in Duxbury,[79] married Mary “Polly” Wells, daughter of Robert and Elisabeth (Turner) Wells,[80] on 6 May 1817 in Pembroke, MA.[81] She was born ca. 1787 in MA.[82] They were living in Duxbury, MA, in the 1830,[83] and 1840 federal censuses, where he was a; farmer,[84] and in the 1850 federal census, next door to his brother, James P. Randall,[85] and in the 1860 federal census,[86] where he was a caulker, and he was living with the family of his son Robert T. Randall in Duxbury in the 1870,[87] and 1880 federal censuses.[88] She died on 13 Sept. 1864 in Duxbury, aged 77 years, 10 months, of “lung fever,”[89] and he died on 15 Mar. 1882, aged 95 years,[90] presumably in Duxbury, and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA. They had children:

a. Mary W. Randall, born on 5 May 1819 in Duxbury,[91] died on 15 Dec. 1820 in Duxbury.[92]

b. Lydia B. Randall, born on 16 July 1821 in Duxbury,[93] possibly died by 1840.

c. Robert T. Randall, born on 10 Aug. 1825 in Duxbury,[94] married Hannah Eliza Whiting, daughter of Homer and Hannah (White) Whiting,[95] on 3 Jan. 1847 in Duxbury.[96] She was born on 11 June 1824 in VT.[97] They were living with his parents in Duxbury in the 1850,[98] and 1860 federal censuses,[99] where he was a farmer, his widowed father was living with them in Duxbury in the 1870,[100] and 1880 federal censuses,[101] and he was still a farmer in Duxbury in the 1900 federal census.[102] He died on 11 Dec. 1907 in West Duxbury, MA, aged 82 years, 4 months, 1 day, of pneumonia,[103] and she died a widow on 28 June 1919 in Kingston, MA, aged 95 years, 17 day, of “myocarditis,”[104] and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

4266 ii Washburn Randall, born on 5 Aug. 1789 in Duxbury,[105] died on 27 July 1799 in Duxbury, aged 10 years “wanting 9 days.”[106]

4267 iii Luther Randall, born on 5 Apr. 1792 in Duxbury,[107] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1840 or 1850 federal censuses in Massachusetts, and he may have moved away.

4268 iv John Randall, born on 12 Mar. 1795 in Duxbury,[108] married Judith Peterson, daughter of Luther and Priscilla (Chipman) Peterson,[109] of Duxbury, on 23 Dec. 1821 in Duxbury.[110] She was born on 4 Aug. 1795 in Duxbury.[111] He died, however, on 27 Sept. 1823 in Duxbury, aged 28 years,[112] and was buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA. She was living in Duxbury, MA, in the 1830 federal census,[113] and she remarried to Spencer Sampson on 30 Apr. 1832 in Duxbury.[114] He died in the almshouse in Duxbury on 13 Feb. 1837, aged 45 years, of palsy,[115] and she was still living in Duxbury with her daughter in the 1840 federal census.[116] She remarried again to Amos Sherman, of Marshfield, as his second wife, on 21 May 1842 in Marshfield.[117] He was born on 26 Nov. 1783 in Marshfield,[118] and had married first to Nancy Holmes, who died on 13 July 1840 in Marshfield, aged 64 years.[119] He died on 22 Aug. 1847 in Marshfield, aged 63 years,[120] and was buried with his first wife in Plainville Cemetery in Marshfield, MA. Judith (Peterson) (Randall) Sherman was living alone in Duxbury in the 1850 federal census,[121] and she was living with her son John T. Randall in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860,[122] and 1870 federal censuses.[123] No death or burial record was found for her. John Randall had two children:

a. John Thomas Randall, born on 28 Oct. 1822 in Duxbury,[124] was apparently not living with his widowed mother in Duxbury in the 1840 federal census, and he was not found in the 1850 federal census, but he married Jane Eliza Bailey, daughter of Almon B. and Marcia B. (Waterman) Bailey,[125] on 1 Oct. 1854 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME.[126] She was born on 23 Dec. 1831 in New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME.[127] They were living in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, next door to his sister and brother-in-law, Seth P. and Judith M. Miller, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a tanner and leather dealer,[128] and the 1870 federal census,. where he was a tanner and currier and shoe manufacturer,[129] and his widowed mother was living with them in 1860 and 1870. She died in Apr. 1880 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, aged 48 years,[130] and he was still living in Auburn, ME, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a shoe manufacturer.[131] He died on 24 Mar. 1882 in Auburn, ME, aged 59 years,[132] and they were both buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn, ME.

b. Judith Marshall Randall, born posthumously on 25 Jan. 1824 in Duxbury,[133] married Seth Pierce Miller, son of Asa Rice and Hannah Tyler (Pierce) Miller,[134] on 1 Dec. 1844 in Boston, MA.[135] He was born on 30 Dec. 1821 in Westborough, Worcester Co., MA.[136] They were living in New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a tanner,[137] and next door to her brother, John T. Randall, in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a tanner and leather dealer,[138] the 1870 federal census, where he was a tanner and currier and shoe manufacturer,[139] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a shoe manufacturer.[140] She died in 1882,[141] and he died on 21 Dec. 1910 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL, aged 88 years,[142] and they were both buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn, ME.

4269 v Achsah “Axie” Randall, born on 1 Aug. 1797 in Duxbury,[143] married Stephen Peterson, son of Thomas W. and Lydia (Ford) Peterson,[144] as his second wife, on 30 Apr. 1840 in Duxbury.[145] He was born on 7 Mar. 1805 in Duxbury,[146] and had married first to Sarah Randall, probably her younger sister, on 19 Jan. 1827 in Duxbury,[147] who died on 27 June 1838 in Duxbury.[148] Achsah (Randall) Peterson probably had no children. They were living in Duxbury, MA, near her brothers Thomas and James Randall in the 1840 federal census,[149] next door to or near her brother James Randall in Duxbury in the 1850 federal census, where he was a yeoman,[150] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer, and her widowed mother was living with them,[151] and in Duxbury in the 1870,[152] and 1880 federal censuses,[153] where he was a farmer. He died on 12 Jan. 1888 in Duxbury, aged 83 years, of “old age,”[154] and she died a widow on 13 Jan. 1892 in Duxbury, aged 94 years, 4 months, 12 days, of “old age,”[155] and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

4270 vi Betsey Randall, born on 31 [sic] Nov. 1799 in Duxbury,[156] married Ichabod Weston (Jr.), of Marshfield, son of Ichabod and Eleanor (Baker) Weston,[157] on 9 May 1824 in Duxbury.[158] He was born in Oct. 1796,[159] probably in Marshfield, and they were living in Marshfield, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[160] She died on 28 Feb. 1859 in Marshfield, MA, aged 60 years, of “dropsey,”[161] and he was still living in Marshfield in the 1860 federal census, where he was a housewright,[162] but he was not found in the 1870 federal census. He died a widower on 17 Nov. 1873 in Marshfield, MA, aged 77 years, 9 months, 27 days,[163] and they were both buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA. They had children:[164]

a. Washburn Weston, born ca. 1825 in Duxbury,[165] married 1.) Mary H. (___) in ca. 1846.[166] She was born ca. 1830 in MA.[167] They were living in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a painter.[168] She apparently died by 1858, and he remarried to 2.) Hannah Elizabeth Hawkins, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hawkins,[169] on 18 Nov. 1858 in Boston.[170] She was born in Aug. 1838 in Boonton Falls, Morris Co., NJ.[171] They were living in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, next door to his brother Hiram Weston, in the 1860,[172] and 1870 federal censuses,[173] where he was a painter, and in Winthrop, Suffolk Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was still a painter.[174] He died on 17 Jan. 1886,[175] presumably in Suffolk Co., MA, but his burial location is unknown. She was still living in Winthrop, MA, in the 1900 federal census,[176] and she died a widow on 29 July 1910 in Winthrop, MA, aged 71 years, 11 months, 5 days, of “enteretis,”[177] but her burial location is unknown.

b. Simeon Weston, born on 19 Mar. 1825 in Marshfield,[178] moved to Boston, where he was a carpenter, and married Ellen M. A. Mulcay, of Boston, daughter of Peter and Sarah Mulcay,[179] on 26 June 1859 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA.[180] She was born on 9 Jan. 1839 in Halifax, NS.[181] They were living in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, in the 1860,[182] and 1870 federal censuses,[183] where he was a house carpenter, and in the 1880 federal census.[184] He died on 30 Mar. 1893 in Boston, MA, aged 66 years, 11 months, of “Bright’s Disease,”[185] and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Middlesex Co., MA. She a widow died on 8 Mar. 1912 in Boston, aged 73 years, 1 month, 30 days, of “La Grippe,”[186] and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA.

c. Hiram Weston, born on ca. 10 Mar. 1829 in Marshfield,[187] married Mary Randal Thomas, his first cousin, daughter of Zenas and (4272) Mary L. (Randall) Thomas, of Marshfield,[188] on 10 Mar. 1858 in Chelsea, MA.[189] She was born on 17 Apr. 1832 in Marshfield.[190] They were living in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, next door to his brother Washburn Weston, in the 1860,[191] and 1870 federal censuses,[192] where he was a painter, and in Boston in the 1880 federal census, “at home,”[193] and the 1900 federal census, where he was a landlord.[194] He died on 3 Jan. 1903 in Boston, MA, aged 73 years, 9 months, 24 days of “pulmonary tuberculosis,”[195] and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA. She died a widow on 28 Aug. 1910 in Boston, aged 78 years, of “pul hemorrhage, pul tuberculosis,”[196] but her burial location is unknown.

d. Betsey Randall Weston, born on ca. 6 Apr. 1831 in Marshfield,[197] married Joseph Haynes Jr., of Charlestown, MA, son of Joseph and Elizabeth “Betsey” (Haseltine) Haynes,[198] on 6 Apr. 1854 in Marshfield.[199] He was born on 16 Mar. 1822 in Haverhill, MA.[200] They were living in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a clock maker,[201] but they were not found in the 1870 federal census. They were living in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a clock maker,[202] and with their daughter and son-in-law, Walter B. and Ada F. Guild, in Boston in the 1900 federal census.[203] He died on 18 Apr. 1901 in Boston, MA, aged 79 years, 1 month, 2 days, of “suppurative cystitis (2 wks.), senile debility,”[204] and she died a widow on 17 May 1913 in Boston, MA, aged 82 years, 1 month, 11 days, of “chro. arterio-sclerosis,”[205] and they were both buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

e. Harriet Thomas Weston, born in June 1833 in Marshfield,[206] never married.[207] She was still unmarried and living with her widowed father in Marshfield, MA, in the 1860 federal census, a seamstress,[208] but she was not found in the 1870 federal census. She was living with her sister Deborah Weston in Marshfield in the 1880,[209] and 1900 federal censuses.[210] She died on 25 Dec. 1915 in Duxbury, aged 82 years,[211] and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

f. Ichabod Weston (3rd), born ca. 1837 in MA,[212] was still unmarried and living with his widowed father in Marshfield, MA, in the 1860 federal census, a bookkeeper,[213] died on 12 Jan. 1865 in Partido de Carmen de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina, aged 29 years, 29 days,[214] and was buried in Estancia El destino, Magdalena, Partido de Magdalena, Buenos Aires, Argentina, presumably unmarried.

g. Deborah Weston, born on ca. 27 Sept. 1842 in Marshfield,[215] never married.[216] She was not found in the 1870 federal census, but she was living with her sister Harriet Weston in Marshfield, MA, in the 1880,[217] and 1900 federal censuses.[218] She died on 9 Dec. 1909 in Marshfield, aged 67 years, 2 months, 12 days, of “general arterio sclerosis,”[219] and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

4271 vii James P. Randall, born on 17 May 1803 in Duxbury,[220] married Deborah H. Peterson, daughter of William and Deborah (Hall) Peterson,[221] on 11 Feb. 1829 in Duxbury.[222] She was born on 4 Mar. 1803 in Duxbury.[223] They were living in Duxbury, MA, next door to his brother, Thomas Randall (Jr.), in the 1840,[224] and 1850 federal censuses,[225] and in the 1860,[226] and 1870 federal censuses,[227] where he was a farmer, but they were not found in the 1880 federal census. She died on 14 Feb. 1887 in Weymouth, MA, aged 83 years, 11 months, 14 days, of “cerebral apoplexy,”[228] and he died a widower on 20 Nov. 1895 in Duxbury, aged 94 [sic] years, 6 months, 3 days, of “old age,”[229] but their burial location is unknown. They had children:

a. William P. Randall, born on 2 Aug. 1830 in Duxbury,[230] married Lucinda Clapp on 19 June 1852 in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA.[231] She was born ca. 1839 in MA.[232] They were living in Pembroke, MA, with the family of Perez and Lucy A. McFarlin in the 1860 federal census, where he was a teamster,[233] in South Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a hostler,[234] and in Scituate, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a fish pedlar,[235] but they were not found in the 1900 federal census. She died before 1910, but no death or burial record was found for her, and he died a widower on 31 Dec. 1910 in Brockton, MA, aged 82 [sic] years, 4 months, 30 days, of “carcinoma of stomach,”[236] and was buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

b. Mary J. Randall, born on 2 Feb. 1832 in Duxbury,[237] apparently married Benjamin F. Robins on 17 Feb. 1846 in Duxbury.[238] They were not found in the 1850, 1860 or 1870 federal censuses, and no death or burial record was found for either of them.

c. Laura A. Randall, born on 25 Jan. 1834 in Duxbury,[239] married Proctor A. Damon.[240] He was born ca. 1832, and served as a Private in Company A, the Massachusetts 1st Heavy Artillery Battalion during the Civil War.[241] They were living with her parents in Duxbury, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was farming,[242] and in Plympton, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a shoemaker.[243] He filed for a Civil War Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War on 1 May 1889.[244] He died on 14 Feb. 1904 in Plympton, MA,[245] and his widow Laura A. Damon filed for a widow’s pension for his Civil War service on 29 Apr. 1904.[246] She died on 22 July 1911, aged 77 years,[247] and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

d. Jason Hall Randall, born on 22 Aug. 1836 in Duxbury,[248] served as a Private in Company G, the 38th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War,[249] and married Julia W. Chandler,[250] daughter of Nathaniel Lewis and Sarah “Sally” Weston (Sampson) Chandler,[251] on 5 Apr. 1854 in Marshfield, MA.[252] She was born on 8 June 1838 in Duxbury.[253] They were living in Duxbury, MA, in the 1860,[254] and 1870 federal censuses,[255] where he was a shoemaker, and the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[256] He filed for a Civil War Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War on 19 May 1883,[257] and they were still living in Duxbury in the 1900 federal census, where he was a day laborer.[258] He died on 26 Aug. 1910 in West Duxbury, MA, aged 75 [sic] years, 3 days, of “myocarditis,”[259] and his widow Julia W. Randall filed for a widow’s pension for his Civil War service on 16 Sept. 1910.[260] She died on 2 Mar. 1914 in Abington, MA, aged 75 years, 8 months, 22 days, of “cerebral hemorrhage,”[261] and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

e. Francis J. Randall, born on 16 June 1837 in Duxbury,[262] served as a Private in Company I, the 4th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War,[263] and was still unmarried and living with his parents in Duxbury, MA, in the 1870 federal census, farming,[264] married Susan Augusta Watson, daughter of George and Hannah Watson,[265] on 8 Nov. 1871 in Duxbury.[266] She was born on 1 Jan. 1842 in Duxbury.[267] They were living in Duxbury, MA, in the 1880 federal census, in the dwelling of his uncle, Rufus Randall, where he was a trader.[268] She died on 13 June 1886 in Duxbury, aged 44 years, 6 months, 13 days, of pneumonia.[269] He filed for a Civil War Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War on 15 Apr. 1889,[270] and was still living in Duxbury in the 1900 federal census.[271] He died on 25 Jan. 1924 in Duxbury, aged 86 years, of “chronic bronchitis,”[272] and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

f. Gustavus Randall, born on 7 Jan. 1838 [sic] in Duxbury,[273] died on 20 Aug. 1839 in Duxbury,[274] but his burial location is unknown.

4272 viii Mary L. Randall, born on 11 June 1805 in Duxbury,[275] married Zenas Thomas, son of Isaac and Temperance (Turner) Thomas, of Marshfield,[276] on 1 July 1826 in Duxbury.[277] He was born on 8 Feb. 1802 in Marshfield.[278] They were living in Marshfield, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[279] She died on 22 Oct. 1853 in Marshfield, aged 48 years, 4 months, 11 days,[280] and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA. He remarried three more times, to Betsey Tilden Sprague, daughter of Luther and Lydia (Lewis) Sprague Jr.,[281] on 6 Mar. 1855 in Marshfield,[282] who died on 29 July 1856 in Marshfield, aged 35 years, 7 months, 9 days, of “inflamation of stomach & bowells,”[283] and was buried in Chapel Cemetery in Marshfield. Zenas then remarried to Elizabeth (Ricker) Sprague, daughter of David and Lydia Ricker,[284] on 25 Nov. 1858 in Marshfield,[285] and they were living in Marshfield in the 1860 federal census.[286] She died on 17 Nov. 1865 in Marshfield, aged 37 years, 4 months, 9 days, of “childbed,”[287] and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, and he remarried again to Mary Abbie J. (Putnam) Paull, daughter of George Washington and Lucinda (Hills) Putnam, and widow of Billings Presbrey Paull,[288] on 6 Apr. 1869 in Pembroke, MA.[289] They were living in Marshfield in the 1870 federal census.[290] Mary Abbie J. (Putnam) (Paull) Thomas died on 8 Aug. 1879 in Marshfield, aged 46 years, 10 months, 28 days, of “consumption,”[291] and was buried in Middletown Cemetery in Andover, Windsor Co., VT. Zenas Thomas was still living in Marshfield in the 1880 federal census,[292] and he died on 20 Feb. 1885 in Marshfield, aged 83 years, 12 days, of pneumonia,[293] and was also buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA. Mary L. (Randall) Thomas had children:

a. Achsah “Axie” Thomas, born on 25 Aug. 1826 in Marshfield,[294] married Curtis B. Goodsell,[295] son of Silas and Sarah (Godfrey) Goodsell.[296] He was born in Dec. 1821 in Westport, Fairfield Co., CT.[297] They were living in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mariner,[298] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a seaman,[299] but they were not found in the 1870 federal census. They were living in Marshfield, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[300] She died on 24 June 1895 in Marshfield, aged 68 years, 10 months, of “disease of liver,”[301] and he died on 3 July 1904 in Marshfield, aged 82 years, 6 months, 24 days, of “chronic gastritis with chronic bronchiotis,”[302] they were both buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

b. Lydia Bird Thomas, born on 4 Feb. 1829 in Marshfield,[303] married Martin Chandler, son of Martin S. and Nancy (Delano) Chandler, of Duxbury,[304] on 13 Mar. 1850 in Boston, MA.[305] He was born on 20 Jan. 1824 in Duxbury.[306] They were living in Duxbury, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he had no occupation,[307] and in Marshfield, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a photograph artist,[308] and the 1870,[309] and 1880 federal censuses,[310] where he was a photographer. He died on 6 Jan. 1898 in Marshfield, aged 73 years, 11 months, 17 days, of “heart failure.”[311] She was still living in Marshfield in the 1900 federal census,[312] and she died a widow on 22 May 1912 in Marshfield, aged 83 years, 3 months, 18 days, of “paralysis.”[313]

c. Mary Randal Thomas, born on 17 Apr. 1832 in Marshfield,[314] married her first cousin, Hiram Weston, son of Ichabod and (4270) Betsey (Randall) Weston, of Marshfield, on 10 Mar. 1858 in Chelsea, MA.[315] He was born on ca. 10 Mar. 1829 in Marshfield.[316] They were living in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, next door to his brother Washburn Weston, in the 1860,[317] and 1870 federal censuses,[318] where he was a painter, and in Boston in the 1880 federal census, “at home,”[319] and the 1900 federal census, where he was a landlord.[320] He died on 3 Jan. 1903 in Boston, MA, aged 73 years, 9 months, 24 days of “pulmonary tuberculosis,”[321] and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA. She died a widow on 28 Aug. 1910 in Boston, aged 78 years, of “pul hemorrhage, pul tuberculosis,”[322] but her burial location is unknown.

d. Turner Thomas, born on 13 June 1835 in Marshfield,[323] died on 9 July 1857, aged 14 [sic] years,[324] and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

4273 ix Sally Randall, born on 2 June 1807 in Duxbury,[325] probably the Sarah Randall who married Stephen Peterson, son of Thomas W. and Lydia (Ford) Peterson,[326] as his first wife, on 19 Jan. 1827 in Duxbury.[327] He was born on 7 Mar. 1805 in Duxbury.[328] They were living in Duxbury, MA, in the 1830 federal census.[329] She died on 27 June 1838 in Duxbury,[330] but her burial location is unknown, and he remarried to Achsah Randall, probably her older sister, on 30 Apr. 1840 in Duxbury.[331] She was born on 1 Aug. 1797 in Duxbury.[332] They were living in Duxbury, MA, near her brothers Thomas and James Randall in the 1840 federal census,[333] next door to or near her brother James Randall in Duxbury in the 1850 federal census, where he was a yeoman,[334] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer, and her widowed mother was living with them,[335] and in Duxbury in the 1870,[336] and 1880 federal censuses,[337] where he was a farmer. He died on 12 Jan. 1888 in Duxbury, aged 83 years, of “old age,”[338] and she died a widow on 13 Jan. 1892 in Duxbury, aged 94 years, 4 months, 12 days, of “old age,”[339] and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA. Sarah (Randall) Peterson had children:

a. John T. Peterson, born on 6 May 1828 in Duxbury,[340] was still unmarried and living with his father in Duxbury in the 1850 federal census,[341] married Sarah Alice Street Drake, daughter of Stafford and Adeline Hewitt (Drake) Drake, of North Bridgewater,[342] on 14 Nov. 1850 in North Bridgewater, MA.[343] She was born on 9 June 1832 in North Bridgewater.[344] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, near his brother Lewis W. Peterson and her parents, Stafford and Adaline Drake, in the 1860,[345] and 1870 federal censuses,[346] and in Brockton, MA, in the 1880 federal census,[347] where he was a carpenter. She died on 22 Sept. 1888 in Brockton, MA, aged 56 years, 3 months, 13 days, of “cancer of uterus,”[348] and he died a widower on 18 Nov. 1893 in Brockton, MA, aged 66 years, 6 months, 12 days, of “aortic aneurism hemiplegia and pulmonary gangrene,”[349] but their burial location is unknown.

b. Stephen F. Peterson, born on 20 Apr. 1830 in Duxbury,[350] married Caroline Baker, daughter of George and Hannah (Chandler) Baker, of Duxbury,[351] on 7 Sept. 1851 in Duxbury.[352] She was born on 6 Sept. 1833 in Duxbury.[353] They were living near or next door to his father in Duxbury, MA, in the 1860,[354] 1870,[355] and 1880 federal censuses,[356] where he was a farmer. He died on 22 Mar. 1906 in Duxbury, aged 75 years, 11 months, 21 days, of “hyperstatic pneumonia due to chronic myocarditis,”[357] and she died a widow on 27 Mar. 1913 in Duxbury, aged 79 years, 6 months, 21 days, of “angina pectoris,”[358] and they were both buried in Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

c. Lewis W. Peterson, born on 27 Dec. 1832 in Duxbury,[359] married Naomi P. Cole, of Abington, daughter of Levi and Betsey Cole,[360] on 30 May 1855 in Abington.[361] She was born ca. 1836 in Leeds, ME.[362] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, next door to Stafford and Adaline Drake, and near his brother John T. Peterson, in the 1860 federal census, where he was operating a stitching machine,[363] and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[364] She died on 23 Feb. 1875 in Brockton, MA, aged 38 years, 5 months, 18 days, of pneumonia,[365] but her burial location is unknown. He died accidentally on 15 Dec. 1879 in Boston, MA, aged 47 years,[366] but his burial location is also unknown.

d. (Unnamed son), born on 11 Mar. 1835 in Duxbury,[367] probably died young.

d. Sarah R. Peterson, born on 11 Dec. 1837 in Duxbury,[368] was still unmarried and living with her father in Duxbury in the 1860 federal census,[369] married George L. Baker, son of George and Hannah (Chandler) Baker, of Duxbury,[370] on 6 Sept. 1863 in Duxbury.[371] He was born on 24 Nov. 1825 in Duxbury.[372] They were living in Duxbury, MA, next door to her father in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer,[373] and near her brother Stephen F. Peterson in Duxbury in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farm laborer.[374] He died on 24 Aug. 1896 in Duxbury, aged 69 years, 9 months, of “paralysis following injury to spine,”[375] and she died on 16 Mar. 1928,[376] presumably in Duxbury, and they were both buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

4274 x Rufus Randall, born on 31 July 1810 in Duxbury,[377] married Deborah N. Church, of Marshfield, MA, on 20 June 1830 in Duxbury, MA.[378] They were living in Duxbury, MA, next door to his widowed mother in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer.[379] She died on 19 Dec. 1848 in Marshfield, aged 52 years, 9 months,[380] and was buried in Plainfield Cemetery in Marshfield, MA. He was living in Duxbury with the family of Martin and Sarah A. Church in the 1850,[381] and 1860 federal censuses,[382] where he was a shoemaker. Martin Church died on 15 Nov. 1868 in Duxbury, aged 50 years, 4 months, 14 days, by “suicide, insanity,”[383] and may have been the brother of Deborah N. Church.[384] Rufus Randall was living with the widow Sarah A. Church in Duxbury in the 1870 federal census, where he was farming,[385] and she was living with him in Duxbury in the 1880 federal census, where his nephew Francis Randall was also living in the same house.[386] He died a widower on 1 Jan. 1900 in Duxbury, aged 89 years, 5 months, 1 day,[387] and was buried in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA. They had at least one child:

a. Sarah Elizabeth Randall, born on 11 July 1832 in Duxbury,[388] married Lewis B. Barstow, son of Lewis and Lydia (Louden) Barstow, of Duxbury,[389] on 29 Nov. 1851 in Duxbury.[390] He was born on 29 Nov. 1830 in Duxbury.[391] They were living in Duxbury, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a mason,[392] the 1870 federal census, where he was a bricklayer,[393] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a merchant.[394] He died on 20 Jan. 1909 in Duxbury, aged 78 years, 1 month, 22 days, of “brain disease,”[395] and she died a widow on 5 Oct. 1918 in Marshfield, aged 86 years, 1 month, 24 days, of “acute bronchitis,”[396] and they were both buried in Sachem Lodge Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

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[1] Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Bostron, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 173, from a private bible record, not from the town records.

[2] Pembroke VRs, p. 172, which mistakenly calls him child of John and Sarah Randal.

[3] Per Pembroke VRs, p. 334; Sherman, Robert M. and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts To the Year 1850, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970, [hereinafter Marshfield VRs], pp. 121, 154.

[4] Plymouth County Probate Docket #16390, Vol. 37, p. 166-167, from Family History Library [hereinafter FHL] microfilm #0550719.

[5] Pembroke VRs, p. 440, from a private record of deaths in Pembroke and neighboring towns kept by William Torrence.

[6] Pembroke VRs, p. 174.

[7] Plymouth County Probate Docket #16391, Vol. 32, p. 204, from FHL microfilm #0550717.

[8] Pembroke VRs, p. 335.

[9] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

[10] 1850 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 55, dwelling #32, family #39:

Joseph Northey, 56, male, farmer, $6100, born MA

Mercy Northey, 56, female, born MA

Henry H. Northey, 20, male, farmer, born MA

Mercy B. Harrub, 18, female, born MA

[11] 1860 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 32, dwelling #2151, family #2210:

Joseph Northey, 54, male, farmer, $4500, $3000, born MA

Mercy Northey, 65, female, $500, born MA

Henry H. Northey, 29, male, farmer, $800, born MA

Joseph Northey, 35, male, born MA

Mercy Randall, 18, female, servant, born MA

[12] 1870 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 29, dwelling #260, family #287:

Joseph Northey, 76, male, white, farmer, $6000, $10,000, born MA, a male citizen

Mercy Northey, 77, female, white, keeping house, born MA

[13] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 293, p. 337, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim Randall and Mercy Phillips, her father born in Marshfield.

[14] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 347, p. 341, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Scituate, and his parents Joseph & Betsey (Brown) Northey, of Scituate.

[15] Pembroke VRs, p. 173.

[16] Plymouth County Probate Docket #16391, Vol. 32, p. 204.

[17] Pembroke VRs, p. 336.

[18] Pembroke VRs, p. 102.

[19] Pembroke VRs, p. 440, buried in Two Mile Cemetery, Pembroke; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142846277, gives the date as 4 Sept. 1843, age 30 years, but there is no photograph of her gravestone.

[20] Pembroke VRs, p. 335, marriage intentions recorded 29 Dec. 1849 in Pembroke.

[21] Pembroke VRs, p. 31. Pembroke VRs, p. 173, under “Emily, wife of Ephraim Randall,” gives her birth date as Sept. 1806, from her grave record, but her death record gives her birthplace as Hanson. She was buried in Two Mile Cemetery in Pembroke, apparently after 1850.

[22] Much of the 1850 federal census of Pembroke, MA, is unreadable.

[23] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Pembroke, Boston, 1988, p. 10, dwelling #47, family #60:

Ephraim Randall, 59, male, white, farmer, born Pembroke, MA

Emily Randall, 45, female, white, born Hanson, MA

Lydia H. Randall, 18, female, white, born Pembroke, MA

Emeline Randall, 16, female, white, born Pembroke, MA

Julia F. Randall, 12, female, white born Pembroke, MA

Joanna Randall, 10, female, white, born Pembroke, MA

Edward C. Harden, 15, male, white, born Abington, MA

[24] 1860 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, North Pembroke Post Office, Page No. 1, dwelling #10, family #11:

Ephraim Randall, 64, male, farmer, $3000, $1500, born MA

Emily Randall, 53, female, born MA

Julia Randall, 18, female, seamstress, born MA

Joanna Randall, 16, female, born MA, attending school

[25] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 334, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Hanson, and her father Jacob Bearce.

[26] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #223, family #248:

Ephraim Randall, 69, male, born MA, widower, farmer

Julia F. Randall, 23, female, born MA, single, housekeeper

Joan Randall, 20, female, born MA, single, housework

[27] 1870 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, North Pembroke Post Office, Page No. 23, dwelling #209, family #229.

[28] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 353, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Pembroke, but his parents’ names not recorded.

[29] Pembroke VRs, p. 174.

[30] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 256, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim and Lydia Randall.

[31] 1860 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 32, dwelling #2151, family #2210.

[32] His parents’ names from his birth and marriage records; Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 164, the marriage intentions of David S. Jenkins and Eliza C. Jenkins recorded on 1 Jan. 1831.

[33] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 181, p. 304, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Scituate, his parents David S. and Eliza C. (Jenkins) Jenkins, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim and Lydia (Hatch) Randall; Pembroke VRs, p. 174, called “wife of David Sanford Jenkins Jr. of Scituate.”

[34] Scituate VRs, Vol. 1, p. 200.

[35] 1870 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 21, dwelling #180, family #207:

David S. Jenkins, 36, male, white, miller & farmer, $6000, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

Mercy R. Jenkins, 32, female, white, keeping house, born MA

Julia E. Jenkins, 4, female, white, at home, born MA

Jane S. Jenkins, 2, female, white, at home, born MA

[36] 1880 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 2, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 551, dwelling #19, family 21:

Eliza C. Jenkins, white, female, 75, widow, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Eliza A. Jenkins, white, female, 45, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Dwelling #19, family #22:

David S. Jenkins, white, male, 46, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Mercy A. Jenkins, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Julia E. Jenkins, white, female, 14, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

James S. Jenkins, white, male, 13, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lizzie C. Jenkins, white, female, 2, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Rufus H. Vickery, white, male, 23, boarder, single, farm laborer, born Nova Scotia, father born NS, mother born NS

[37] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 410, p. 453, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of David Jenkins, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim Randall and Lydia Hatch, both born in Pembroke.

[38] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 701, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Scituate, and his parents David Jenkins and Eliza C. Jenkins.

[39] Pembroke VRs, p. 173.

[40] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 256, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim and Lydia Randall.

[41] Pembroke VRs, p. 173.

[42] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #223, family #248.

[43] His parents’ names from his birth and marriage records; Pembroke VRs, p. 366, the marriage of Barker Turner Jr. and Sophia Baker on 1 Dec. 1831 or 1832 in Pembroke.

[44] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 200, p. 389, Pembroke, and Vol. 200, p. 356, Abington (crossed out), online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, both of Pembroke, his occupation a housewright, his birthplace Pembroke, his parents Barker Jr. and Sophia (Baker) Turner, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim and Lydia (Hatch) Randall; Pembroke VRs, p. 173, called “wife of Augustus Turner.”

[45] Pembroke VRs, p. 210; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #24404141.

[46] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 221, p. 331, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Aug., maiden name Randall, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim Randall and Lydia Hatch, of Pembroke.

[47] 1870 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, North Pembroke Post Office, Page No. 22, dwelling #201, family #219:

Barker Turner Jr., 62, male, white, housewright, $1000, $200, born MA, a male citizen

Sophia Turner, 57, female, white, keeping house, born MA

Augustus Turner, 30, male, white, housewright, born MA, a male citizen

Augustus F. Turner, 1, male, white, at home, born MA

[48] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #24404157.

[49] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 236, p. 412, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a carpenter, his birthplace Pembroke, his parents Barker Jr. and Sophia (Baker) Turner, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Aaron and Elisabeth (Hall) Phipps.

[50] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 82, p. 298, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Aaron B. and Mary E. Phipps, her father’s occupation a laborer, born in Hopkinton, her mother born in Plymouth; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #24404157.

[51] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 473, p. 673, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birthplace Pembroke, and his parents Barker Turner, born in Scituate, and Sophia Baker, born in Pembroke; www.findagrave.com, memorial #24404141, from his gravestone in Paul Magoun Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

[52] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24404157, from her gravestone in Paul Magoun Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

[53] Pembroke VRs, p. 173; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #178559237.

[54] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., dwelling #223, family #248.

[55] His parents’ names from his birth marriage records; Marshfield VRs, p. 199, the marriage intentions of Ichabod Hatch Jr., of Marshfield, and Celia S. Palmer, of Hanover, recorded on 9 Nov. 1828 in Marshfield.

[56] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 190, p. 378, Pembroke, and Vol. 190, p. 345, Abington (crossed out), online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, married in Abington, his occupation a teamer, his birthplace Marshfield, and his parents Ichabod and Celia (Palmer) Hatch, her birthplace Pembroke, and her parents Ephraim and Lydia (Hatch) Randall; Pembroke VRs, p. 173, called “wife of Anson Hatch.”

[57] Marshfield VRs, p. 248, son of Ichabod Hatch Jr. & Sela S. his wife; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #178559066.

[58] Per his pension application on United States, Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org.

[59] 1870 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, North Pembroke Post Office, Page No. 23, dwelling #209, family #229:

Anson Hatch, 32, male, white, teamer, $1200, born MA, a male citizen

Joann Hatch, 26, female, white, keeping house, born MA

Ephraim Randall, 74, male, white, farmer retired, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

[60] 1880 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 23, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 548, dwelling #273, family #298:

Anson Hatch, white, male, 42, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Joanna Hatch, white, female, 36, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Joseph R. Hatch, white, male, 8, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Dwelling #273, family #299:

Chas. S. Cushing, white, male, 25, married, works in shoe factory, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Annie Cushing, white, female, 21, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Edward C. Cushing, white, male, 2, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lena S. Cushing, white, female, 9/12, born in Aug., son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[61] 1900 Federal Census, Pembroke Town, Plymouth Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1138, Sheet No. 13 A, dwelling #349, family “#368:

Anson Hatch, head, white, male, born Feb. 1838, age 62, married 34 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, farmer, can read, write and speak English, owns farm

Joan Hatch, wife, white, female, born May 1844, age 56, married 34 years, no children [sic], born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

Joseph R. Hatch, son, white, male, born Apr. 1872, age 28, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, farm laborer, can read, write and speak English

Foster P. Hatch, son, white, male, born Oct. 1882, age 17, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, at school, attending school, can read, write and speak English

[62] United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, application #946100, certificate #902409.

[63] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1916-1920, Deaths 1917, Vol. 69, p. 268, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, po. 284, Pembroke, MA, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Joann Hatch, maiden name Randall, wife of Anson Hatch, female, white, married, her birth date 25 May 1844 in Pembroke, her father Ephraim Randall, born Pembroke, and her mother Lydia Hatch, born Marshfield, the informant Anson Hatch, of No. Pembroke; www.findagrave.com, memorial #178559237, from her gravestone in Plainville Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[64] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1916-1920, Deaths 1917, Vol. 69, p. 284, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, po. 284, Pembroke, MA, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Anson Hatch, male, white, widower, his birth date 22 Feb. 1838 in Marshfield, his occupation a farmer, his parents Ichabod Hatch, born MA, and Slla Sylvester Palmer, born Marshfield, the informant Foster P. Hatch, of North Pembroke; www.findagrave.com memorial #178559066, from his gravestone in Plainville Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[65] Pembroke VRs, p. 172.

[66] Plymouth County Probate Docket #16391, Vol. 32, p. 204.

[67] Pembroke VRs, p. 173, which mistakenly calls him child of John and Sarah Randal.

[68] Per email letter of Christina Aubin [email protected] of 1 Aug. 2000, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Duxbury.

[69] Calculated from the birth of their eldest child, in Dec. 1786.

[70] Marriage date is estimated by the birth of their eldest child on 9 Dec. 1786. Thomas is believed to have been a son of John and Jemima (Washburn) Randall because of his naming of children Washburn, John, Sally and Rufus Randall, after his mother’s maiden name, his father, and his half-brother and sister, Rufus and Sarah Randall.

[71] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #202250788, her birthplace from her death record.

[72] Plymouth County Probate Docket #18357, Vol. 36, p. 395-396, from FHL microfilm #0550719.

[73] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 168, Duxborough Town, Plymouth Co., MA, the Thos Randall household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 1 free white female.

[74] Per Pembroke VRs, p. 439, from a private record of deaths in Pembroke and neighboring towns kept by William Torrence.

[75] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 205, the Sarah Randall household had 1 female aged 70-79 years.

[76] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 81, dwelling #375, family #457:

Sally Randall, 85, female, $600, born MA

[77] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65, dwelling #882, family #600.

[78] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 306, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents Levi and Lydia (Lewis) Simmons, born respectively in Duxbury and Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #202250788, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[79] Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Duxbury VRs], p. 132, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #210971009 gives the date as 9 Dec. 1785 in Duxbury.

[80] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #210975151, her parents’ names from her death record.

[81] Duxbury VRs, p. 293.

[82] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

[83] 1830 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 130, the Thomas Randall household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

[84] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 206, the Thomas Randall household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

[85] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 86, dwelling #465, family #559:

Thomas Randall, 63, male, caulker, $1500, born MA

Mary Randall, 63, female, born MA

Robert T. Randall, 24, male, none, born MA

Hannah E. Randall, 23, female, born MA

George T. Randall, 2, male, born MA

[86] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65-66, dwelling #892, family #609:

Thomas Randall, 73, male, caulker, $1500, $200, born MA

Mary Randall, 73, female, born MA

Dwelling #892, family #610:

Robert Randall, 34, male, farmer, $600, born MA

Hannah Randall, 34, female, born VT

George F. Randall, 12, male, born MA, attending school

Robert F. Randall, 8, male, born MA, attending school

Horace W. Randall, 6, male, born MA, attending school

Edward A. Randall, 3, male, born MA
Mary W. Randall, 1, female, born MA

[87] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 45, dwelling #396, family #458.

[88] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 11, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #120, family #140.

[89] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 185, p. 307, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents Robert and Elisabeth (Turner) Wells; www.findagrave.com, memorial #210975151, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[90] www.findagrave.com, memorial #210971009, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA, but his death was not recorded in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, in Duxbury in 1882.

[91] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[92] Duxbury VRs, p. 406.

[93] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[94] Duxbury VRs, p. 132; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #126693789.

[95] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #151847565.

[96] Duxbury VRs, p. 293.

[97] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #151847565, her birthplace from her death record, but given as MA in the some of the censuses. Her birth record was not found in the Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954.

[98] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 86, dwelling #465, family #559.

[99] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65-66, dwelling #892, family #610:

Robert Randall, 34, male, farmer, $600, born MA

Hannah Randall, 34, female, born VT

George F. Randall, 12, male, born MA, attending school

Robert F. Randall, 8, male, born MA, attending school

Horace W. Randall, 6, male, born MA, attending school

Edward A. Randall, 3, male, born MA

Mary W. Randall, 1, female, born MA

[100] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 45, dwelling #396, family #458:

Robt. T. Randall, 45, male, white, farmer, $1200, $600, born MA, a male citizen

Hannah E. Randall, 44, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Robert F. Randall, 18, male, white, farming, born MA

Horace W. Randall, 16, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Edward A. Randall, 14, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Mary W. Randall, 11, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Martha H. Randall, 8, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Thomas Randall, 84, male, white, no occupation, $600, $200, born MA, a male citizen

[101] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 11, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #120, family #140:

Horace W. Randall, white, male, 25, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Sarah E. Randall, white, female, 21, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lousia A. Randall, white, female, 1, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Dwelling #121, family #141:

Robert Randall, white, male, 54, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Hannah Randall, white, female, 54, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Edward A. Randall, white, male, 24, son, single, laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Martha A. Randall, white, female, 18, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Thomas Randall, white, male, 93, father, widower, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Ellis Ewell, white, male, 45, boarder, single, pottery dealer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[102] 1900 Federal Census, Duxbury Town, Plymouth Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1121, Sheet No. 17 B, dwelling #451, family #452:

Robert Randall, head, white, male, born Aug. 1825, age 74, married 53 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, farmer, can read, write and speak English, owns farm

Eliza H. Randall, wife, white, female, born June 18 , age 73, married 53 years, 6 children born, 6 children living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

[103] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/35, p. 271, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Duxbury, p. 271, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Robert T. Randall, male, white, married, his birthplace Duxbury, his father Thomas Randall, born in Duxbury, and his mother Mary Wells, her birthplace unknown, his occupation teaming, the informant his son Horace Randall; www.findagrave.com, memorial #126693789, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[104] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1916-1920, Deaths 1919 Vol. 56, p. 379, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Keingston, p. 379, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Hannah E. Randall, female, white, widow of Robert T. Randall, her birthplace Vermont, her father Homer Whiting, born Hanover, MA, and her mother not known White, born in Marshfield, the informant Mrs. Martha Randall, of Kingston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #151847565, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[105] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[106] Duxbury VRs, p. 406, called son of Thomas and Sarah Randall, buried in Dingley Cemetery, Crooked Lane, Duxbury. This is the only record I find of the name Sarah for the wife of Thomas Randall.

[107] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[108] Duxbury VRs, p. 132; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #49713229.

[109] Duxbury VRs, p. 286: marriage of Luther Peterson and Priscilla Chipman on 29 Nov. 1789 in Duxbury.

[110] Duxbury VRs, p. 293.

[111] Duxbury VRs, p. 120.

[112] Duxbury VRs, p. 406; Pembroke VRs, p. 439; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49713229, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[113] 1830 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 132, the Judeth Randall household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 4-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

[114] Duxbury VRs, p. 293.

[115] Duxbury VRs, p. 412.

[116] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 205, the Judeth Sampson household had 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

[117] Marshfield VRs, p. 306.

[118] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #142616805.

[119] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142616948, from her gravestone in Plainville Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[120] Marshfield VREs, p. 425, from gravestone records; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142616805, from his gravestone in Plainville Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[121] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 81, dwelling #371, family #453:

Judith Sherman, 54, female, $1000, born MA

[122] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 91, dwelling #662, family #767.

[123] 1870 Federal Census, City of Auburn, Ward 3, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 3, dwelling #13, family #15.

[124] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[125] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #65322331.

[126] Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

[127] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #65322331.

[128] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 91, dwelling #662, family #767:

John T. Randall, 37, male, tanner & leather dealer, $4000, $5000, born MA

Jane Randall, 27, female, born ME

Charles Randall, 4, male, born ME

Herbert Randall, 2, male, born ME

Mary Randall, 6/12, female, born ME

Judith Sherman, 65, female, born MA

[129] 1870 Federal Census, City of Auburn, Ward 3, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 3, dwelling #13, family #15:

John Randall, 47, male, white, tanner & currier & shoe manufacturer, $12,000, $13,000, born MA, a male citizen

Jane Randall, 38, female, white, keeping house, born ME

Charles Randall, 14, male, white, born ME, attending school

Herbert Randall, 12, male, white, born ME, attending school

Mary E. Randall, 10, female, white, born ME, attending school

Almon B. Randall, 8, male, white, born ME, attending school

Elmer E. Randall, 6, male, white, born ME, attending school

Judith Sherman, 74, female, white, at home, born MA

[130] www.findagrave.com, memorial #65322331, from her gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME.

[131] 1880 Federal Census, Auburn 3d Ward, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 65, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 2, dwelling #576, family #762:

John T. Randall, white, male, 57, widower, shoe manufacturer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Chas. Randall, white, male, 24, son, single, clerk in shoe office, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

Herbert Randall, white, male, 22, son, single, clerk in shoe office, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

Mary E. Randall, white, female, 20, daughter, single, housekeeping, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

Allie B. Randall, white, male, 18, son, single, at school, attending school, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

Elmer E. Randall, white, male, 16, son, single, at school, attending school, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

[132] www.findagrave.com, memorial #65322273, from his gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn, ME.

[133] Duxbury VRs, p. 132, but her www.findagrave.com memorial #99468026 gives her birth date as 11 Apr. 1824 in Duxbury.

[134] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #99468005.

[135] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, Seth P. Miller and Judith M. Randall, 1 Dec. 1844, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

[136] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #99468005.

[137] 1850 Federal Census, New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 64, dwelling #86, family #92:

Seth M. Miller, 28, male, tanner, $500, born MA

Judith M. Miller, 26, female, born MA

Chs. R. Miller, 4, male, born MA, attending school

Antoinett Miller, 3, female, born MA

John E. Miller, 1, male, born ME

Hannah M. Miller, 12, female, born MA

Andrew Miller 17, male, tanner, born MA

Saml. N. Read, 28, male, tanner, born ME

Viva Ann Read, 33, female, born ME

Henry Read, 2, male, born ME

Geo. Miller, 21, male, tanner, born MA

Mary J. Miller, 22, female, born MA

Charles Sawyer, 22, male, tanner, born ME

Wm Dyer, 16, male, tanner, born ME

James Dyer, 19, male, tanner, born ME

[138] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 91, dwelling #661, family #766:

Seth P. Miller, 38, male, tanner & leather dealer, $4000, $5000, born MA

Judith M. Miller, 36, female, born MA

Antoinett P. Miller, 13, female, born MA

John E. Miller, 11, male, born ME

Emma G. Miller, 8, female, born ME

Lester Miller, 5, male, born ME

Julia Miller, 7/12, female, born ME

[139] 1870 Federal Census, City of Auburn, Ward 3, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 3, dwelling #14, family #16:

Seth Miller, 48, male, white, tanner & currier & shoe manufacturer, $12,-000, $13,000, born MA, a male citizen

Judith Miller, 45, female, white, keeping house, born MA

Antoinette Miller, 23, female, white, at home, born MA

John E. Miller, 21, male, white, clerk in shoe shop, born ME

Emma Miller, 19, female, white, at home, born ME

Lester Miller, 15, male, white, born ME, attending school

Julia Miller, 10, female, white, born ME, attending school

Alonzo Miller, 8, male, white, born ME, attending school

Fred Miller, 2, male, white, born ME

[140] 1880 Federal Census, Auburn 3d Ward, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 65, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 2, dwelling #576, family #761:

Seth P. Miller, white, male, 58, married, shoe manufacturer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Judith M. Miller, white, female, 56, wife, married, housekeeping, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Nettie P. Miller, white, female, 32, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Julia W. Miller, white, female, 20, daughter, single, born ME, father born MA, mother born MA

Alonzo Miller, white, male, 18, son, single, attending school, born ME, father born MA, mother born MA

Fred Miller, white, male, 12, son, single, at school, attending school, born ME, father born MA, mother born MA

[141] www.findagrave.com, memorial #99468026, from her gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME, but her Maine death record was not found.

[142] Illinois, U.S., Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916, online database at www.Ancestry.com, certificate #00011934; Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922, online database at www.Ancestry.com, his birth date 22 Dec. 1821 in MA, his father Asa P. Miller, and his mother Hanah T. Pierce, both born ion MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #99468005, from his gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn, ME.

[143] Duxbury VRs, p. 131.

[144] His parents’ names from his birth and death records, his mother’s maiden name from his www.findagrave.com memorial #26960870; Pembroke VRs, p. 329, the marriage of Thomas Peterson, of Duxborough, and Lydia Foord on 14 Mar. 1802 in Pembroke.

[145] Duxbury VRs, p. 292.

[146] Duxbury VRs, p. 123.

[147] Boston Recorder and Telegraph: Marriages 1827-1828, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, but the marriage was not recorded in the Duxbury vital records.

[148] Duxbury VRs, p. 401.

[149] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 206, the Stephen Peterson household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

[150] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 86, dwelling #463, family #557:

Stephen Peterson, 45, male, yeoman, $4000, born MA

Achax Peterson, 52, female, born MA

John T. Peterson, 22, male, housewright, born MA

Stephen F. Peterson, 20, male, none, born MA

Lewis W. Peterson, 18, male, shoemaker, born MA

Sarah M. Peterson, 13, female, born MA, attending school

[151] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65, dwelling #882, family #600:

Stephen Peterson, 54, male, farmer, $2300, $500, born MA

Achsah Peterson, 62, female, $150, born MA

Sarah Peterson, 22, female, seamstress, born MA

Sarah Randall, 94, female, born MA

[152] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 30, dwelling #263, family #315:

Achsah Peterson, 72, female, white, housekeeping, $275, born MA

Stephen Peterson, 65, male, white, farming, $2732, $200, born MA, a male citizen

Alex J. McDonald, 35, male, white, grocer ret., born MA, a male citizen

Georgiana McDonald, 23, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Charles J. McDonald, 3, male, white, at home, born MA

Henrietta J. McDonald, 1, female, white, at home, born MA

[153] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 10, Supervisors Dist. 60, enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #110, family #129:

Stephen Peterson, white, male, 75, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Axie Peterson, white, female, 81, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[154] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 392, p. 350, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Duxbury, and his parents Thomas and Lydia Peterson, born respectively in Duxbury and Pembroke; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26960870, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, Ma.

[155] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 551, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents Thomas Randall and Sarah Simmons, both born in Duxbury; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26960874, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[156] Duxbury VRs, p. 131; her www.findagrave.com memorial #178280883 gives her birth as Nov. 1799 in Duxbury.

[157] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22397, guardianship of the children of Ichabod Weston, of Marshfield, deceased, listed his children as Baker Weston, Hannah Baker Weston, Otis Weston and Ichabod Weston; Marshfield VRs, pp. 153,166, marriage of Ichabod Weston and Elanor Baker both of Marshfield on 8 Jan. 1788; his parents’ names also from his death record.

[158] Duxbury VRs, p. 292; Marshfield VRs, p. 195, marriage intentions recorded 3 May 1824 in Marshfield.

[159] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #178280836, but his birth was not recorded in the Marshfield vital records.

[160] 1850 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 153, dwelling #8, family #8, very hard to read:

Ichabod Weston, 53, male, farmer, $1200, born MA

Betsey Weston, 50, female, born MA

B____ R.[?] Weston, 18, male [sic], born MA

H_____ Weston, 15, male [sic], born MA, attending school

Ichabod Weston Jr., 13, male, born MA, attending school

Deborah Weston, 9, female, born MA, attending school

[161] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 130, p. 218, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Ichabod Weston, her birthplace Duxbury, but her parents’ names not recorded; www.findagrave.com, memorial #178280883, from her gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[162] 1860 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 7, dwelling #950, family #60:

Ichabod Weston, 64, male, housewright, $1000, born MA

Harriet T. Weston, 27, female, seamstress, born MA

Deborah Weston, 17, female, seamstress, born MA

Ichabod Weston, 24, male, bookkeeper, born MA

[163] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 257, p. 374, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birthplace Marshfield, and his parents Ichabod and Eleanor Weston, of Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #178280836, from his gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[164] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001.

[165] Calculated from his age and birthplace in his 1858 marriage record, and his age in the 1860 federal census.

[166] Calculated from the age of their daughter in the 1850 federal census, but their marriage record was not found.

[167] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

[168] 1850 Federal Census, City of Boston known as East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 35, dwelling #357, family #556:

Washington [sic] Weston, 25, male, painter, born MA

Mary H. Weston, 20, female, born MA

Ella F. Weston, 3, female, born MA

Zelotes Prince, 19, male, painter, born MA

Thads. K. Morris, 20, male, painter, born MA

Sabener A. Mathews, 20, female, born ME

[169] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

[170] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 119, p. 107, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a painter, his birthplace Duxbury, his parents Ichabod and Betsey Weston, her birthplace Boonton Falls, NJ, her parents John and Elizabeth Hawkins.

[171] Calculated from her age and birthplace in her marriage record; per the 1900 federal census.

[172] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Ward, City of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, East Boston Post Office, Page No. 432, dwelling #2038, family #3501:

Washburn Weston, 35, male, painter, $2500, $200, born MA

Hannah Weston, 22, female, born NJ

Ella Weston, 13, female, born MA, attending school
Edward Weston, 9, male, born MA, attending school

Ednah Weston, 10/12, female, born MA

[173] 1870 Federal Census, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 147, dwelling #844, family #1245:

Washburn Weston, 44, male, white, painter, born MA, a male citizen

Hannah E. Washburn, 31, female, white, keeping house, born NJ

Edward Weston, 18, male, white, apprentice painter, born MA

Edna A. Weston, 10, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Emma C. Weston, 7, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Not named, 2/12, female, white, born MA, born in Apr.

Amey Ellis, 16, female, white, domestic, born Nova Scotia, parents both foreign born

[174] 1880 Federal Census, Winthrop, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 15, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 575, dwelling #151, family #159:

Washburn Weston, white, male, 54, husband, married, painter, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Hannah E. Weston, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, born NJ, father born England, mother born England

Edna M. Weston, white, female, 20, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born NJ

Emma C. Weston, white, female, 17, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born NJ

Nettie F. Weston, white, female, 10, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born NJ

Carrie E. Weston, white, female, 6, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born NJ

Gracie B. Weston, white, female, 3, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born NJ

[175] U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, First Presbyterian Church of East Boston, online image database at www.Ancestry.com, his death record not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

[176] 1900 Federal Census, Winthrop Town, Suffolk Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1577, Sheet No. 22A-B, dwelling #431, family #461:

Hannah E. Weston, head, white, female, born Aug. 1838, age 61, widowed, married 27 years, 7 children born, 4 children living, born NJ, father born England, mother born England, can read, write and speak English, renting house

Carrie E. Weston, daughter, white, female, born July 1873, age 26, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born NJ, bookkeeper, can read, write and speak English

Washburn Weston, son, white, male, born Nov. 1881, age 18, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born NJ, clerk, can read, write and speak English

[177] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/109, p. 336, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Winthrop, p. 336, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Hannah Elizabeth Weston, maiden name Hawkins, female, white, widowed, her birthplace Boonton, NJ, her father John Hawkins, born in Sommersetshire, England, her mother Hale, born in England.

[178] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001.

[179] Her parents’ names from her marriage record, but her mother’s name given as Mary Powers in her death record.

[180] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 128, p. 143, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a carpenter, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Ichabod and Betsey Weston, her birthplace Halifax, NS, and her parents Peter and Sarah Mulcay.

[181] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001.

[182] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Ward, City of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, East Boston Post Office, Page No. 253, dwelling #1135, family #2088:

Simeon Weston, 32, male, carpenter, $150, born MA

Ellen Weston, 21, female, born NS

Lewis Weston, 1/12, male, born MA

[183] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 1 (East) Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, East Boston Post Office, Page No. 140, dwelling #614, family #1116:

Simeon Weston, 43, male, white, house carpenter, $600, born MA, a male citizen

Ellen M. A. Weston, 31, female, white, keeping house, born NS

Lewis E. Weston, 10, male, white, attending school, born MA, mother foreign born, attending school

Lillian C. Weston, 8, female, white, attending school, born MA, mother foreign born, attending school

Irena M. Weston, 3, female, white, at home, born MA, mother foreign born

[184] 1880 Federal Census, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 54, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 576, Chelsea Street, dwelling #308, family #575:

Simeon Westin, white, male, 53, married, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Ellen M. A. Westin, white, female, 41, wife, married, born MA [sic], father born England, mother born Nova Scotia

Louis E. Westin, white, male, 20, son, single, sailor, born MA, father born MA, mother born NS

Lillian C. Westin, white, female, 18, daughter, single, works on lace, born MA, father born MA, mother born NS

Irena M. Westin, white, female, 13, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born NS

[185] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 438, p. 132, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birthplace Marshfield, and his parents Ichabod Weston and Betsey Randall, both born in Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #284238429, from his gravestone in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Middlesex Co., MA.

[186] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1912/9, p. 275, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, City of Boston, p. 275, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Simeon Weston, her birthplace Halifax, NS, her father ___ McKay [sic], born in Scotland, and her mother Mary Powers, born in Halifax, NS, her burial in Wakefield, MA; www.findagrave.com memorial #233464017, from her gravestone in Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA.

[187] Calculated from his age and birthplace in his marriage and death records.

[188] Her parents’ names from her marriage and death records; Marshfield VRs, p. 197, the marriage intentions of Zenas Thomas, of Marshfield, and Mary L. Randal, of Duxbury, recorded on 4 June 1826 in Marshfield; Duxbury VRs, p. 321, the marriage of Zenas Thomas and Mary S.[L.] Randall on 1 July 1826 in Duxbury.

[189] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 119, p. 123, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a painter in Boston, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Ichabod and Betsy Weston, her birthplace Marshfield, and her parents Zenas and Mary Thomas.

[190] Marshfield VRs, p. 296; her birthplace also in her marriage record.

[191] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Ward, City of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, East Boston Post Office, Page No. 432, dwelling #2038, family #3501:

Hiram Weston, 31, male, painter, $3000, $300, born MA

Mary Weston, 28, female, born MA

[192] 1870 Federal Census, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 147, dwelling #843, family #1244:

Hiram Washburn, 40, male, white, journeyman painter, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

Mary R. Washburn, 37, female, white, keeping house, born MA

[193] 1880 Federal Census, Boston, Ward 1, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 584, dwelling #5, family #7:

Hiram Weston, white, male, 51, married, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Mary R. Weston, white, female, 46, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[194] 1900 Federal Census, Boston City, Ward 1, Suffolk Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1160, Sheet No. 6 B, dwelling #82, family #122:

Hiram Weston, head, white, male, born Mar. 1829, age 71, married 42 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, landlord, can read, write and speak English, owns house

Mary R. Weston, wife, white, female, born Apr. 1832, age 68, married 42 years, 1 child born, no children living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

[195] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 541, p. 143, Boston, and Vol. 541, p. 109, Marshfield, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a painter, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Ichabod Weston and Betsey Randall; www.findagrave.com, memorial #214264214, from his gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[196] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/16, p. 609, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death—1910, City of Boston, p. 609, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mary R. Weston, maiden name Thomas, female, white, widow of Hiram Weston, her birthplace Marshfield, her father Zenos Thomas, born in Marshfield, and her mother Mary Randall, born in Marshfield.

[197] Calculated from her age and birthplace in her death record; per the 1900 federal census.

[198] His parents’ names from his birth and marriage records, his death record gives his parents as Joseph Haynes and Betsey Hazelton, of Haverhill.

[199] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 79, p. 264, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a clockmaker, his birthplace Haverhill, his parents Joseph and Betsey Haynes, her birthplace Marshfield, and her parents Ichabod and Betsy Weston.

[200] Haverhill VRs, p. 165, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Haseltine) Haynes; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #214285136.

[201] 1860 Federal Census, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 538, dwelling #3017, family #4101:

Jos. Haynes Jr., 38, male, clock maker, born MA

Betsey Haynes, 29, female, born MA

Henry Haynes, 13, male, born MA, attending school

Herbert F. Haynes, 5, male, born MA

Ada F. Haynes, 4/12, female, born MA

Dwelling #3017, family #4102:

Jos. H. Haynes, 73, male, born MA

Charlotte Murphuy, 33, female, born MA

Abby Murphy, 11, female, born MA, attending school

Lilla A. Murphy, 6, female, born MA, attending school

Geo Murphy, 3, male, born MA

[202] 1880 Federal Census, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 18, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 597, dwelling #99, family #192:

Joseph Haynes, white, male, 58, married, clock maker, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Betsy R. Haynes, white, female, 49, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Henry M. Haynes, white, male, 33, son, single, weigher, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Herbert F. Haynes, white, male, 25, son, single, book keeper, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Ada F. Haynes, white, female, 20, daughter, single, works in rubber factory, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[203] 1900 Federal Census, Precinct 3, Boston, Ward 24, Suffolk Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1525, Sheet No. 9 B, King Street, dwelling #141, family #186:

Walter B. Guild, head, white, male, born June 1855, age 44, married 15 years, born MA, father born VT, mother born MA, publisher books, can read, write and speak English, renting house

Ada F. Guild, wife, white, female, born Apr. 1859, age 40, married 15 years, 1 child born, 1 child living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

Vera F. Guild, daughter, white, female, born Sept. 1885, age 14, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, at school, attending school, can read, write and speak English

Joseph Haynes, father in law, white, male, born Mar. 1822, age 78, married 46 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

Betsy R. Haynes, mother in law, white, female, born Apr. 1831, age 69, married 46 years, 2 children born, 1 child living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

Ann Hammond, aunt, white, female, born June 1817, age 82, married 50 years, no children, born MA, father born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

[204] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 519, p. 242, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birthplace Haverhill, and his parents Joseph Haynes and Betsey Hazelton, of Haverhill; www.findagrave.com, memorial #214285136, from his gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[205] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1913/12, p. 418, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death—1913, City of Boston, p. 418, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Betsey R. Haynes, maiden name Weston, female, white, widow of Joseph Haynes, her birthplace Marshfield, her father Ichabod Weston, born in Marshfield, her mother Betsey Randall, born in Marshfield [sic]; her www.findagrave.com memorial #166560456 gives the date as 1 Jan. 1913, presumably from her gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA, but her gravestone appears to show the date as 15 May 1913.

[206] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #136940494; per the 1900 federal census.

[207] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001.

[208] 1860 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 7, dwelling #950, family #60

[209] 1880 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 546, dwelling #113, family #127:

Harriet Weston, white, female, 46, single, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Deborah Weston, white, female, 37, sister, single, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[210] 1900 Federal Census, Marshfield Town, Plymouth Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1132, Sheet No. 17 B, dwelling #494, family #512:

Harriet T. Weston, head, white, female, born June 1833, age 66, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English, owns house

Deborah Weston, sister, white, female, born Sept. 1842, age 57, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

[211] www.findagrave.com, memorial #136940494, from her gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA, daughter of Ichabod Weston.

[212] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

[213] 1860 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 7, dwelling #950, family #60

[214] www.findagrave.com, memorial #206342811, from his gravestone in Estancia El destino in Magdalena, Partido de Magdalena, Buenos Aires, his death notice says he was born in Marshfield, U.S.A.

[215] Calculated from her age and birthplace in her death record; per the 1900 federal census.

[216] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 15 June 2001.

[217] 880 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 546, dwelling #113, family #127.

[218] 1900 Federal Census, Marshfield Town, Plymouth Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1132, Sheet No. 17 B, dwelling #494, family #512.

[219] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1909/65, p. 183, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Marshfield, p. 183, female, white, single, her birthplace Marshfield, her father Ichabod Weston, born in Marshfield, and her mother Betsey Randall, born in Duxbury, the informant Harriet Weston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #136987765, from her gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[220] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[221] Her parents’ names from her birth record; Duxbury VRs, p. 287, the marriage of William Peterson and Deborah Hall on 10 Feb. 1800 in Duxbury.

[222] Duxbury VRs, p. 293.

[223] Duxbury VRs, p. 118.

[224] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 606, the James Randall household had 3 males under 5, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

[225] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 86, dwelling #464, family #558:

James P. Randall, 47, male, none, $500, born MA

Deborah H. Randall, 47, female, born MA

William P. Randall, 20, male, labourer, born MA

Laura A. Randall, 16, female, born MA, attending school

Jason Randall, 14, male, born MA, attending school

Francis J. Randall, 11, male, born MA, attending school

[226] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65, dwelling #887, family #604:

James Randall, 56, male, farmer, $600, $200, born MA

Deborah Randall, 57, female, born MA

Francis Randall, 21, male, farm laborer, $100, born MA

[227] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 34, dwelling #298, family #352:

James Randal, 64, male, white, farmer, $1000, $300, born MA, a male citizen

Deborah Randal, 56 [sic], female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Francis J. Randall, 30, male, white, farming, born MA, a male citizen

Dwelling #298, family #351:

Proctor A. Damon, 38, male, white, farming, born MA, a male citizen

Laura Damon, 36, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Lizzie P. Damon, 12, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Annie S. Damon, 9, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Frank E. Damon, 6, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Fred. Damon, 4, male, white, at home, born MA

[228] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 383, p. 323, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Duxbury, her parents William and Deborah (Hall) Peterson, born respectively in Duxbury and Maine, and her burial in Duxbury.

[229] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 455, p. 604, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a laborer, his birthplace Duxbury, but his parents’ names not recorded.

[230] Duxbury VRs, p. 132; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #175444120, but his death certificate gives his date of birth as 1 Aug. 1828.

[231] Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths and of Intentions of Marriage of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 1727-1857, Rockland, 1898, p. 182, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #175444120.

[232] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census.

[233] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 30, dwelling #261, family #290:

Perez McFarlin, 24, male, shoemaker, $100, born MA

Lucy A. McFarlin, 23, female, born MA

Nellie W. McFarlin, 9/12, female, born MA

William Randall, 30, male, teamster, born MA

Lucinda Randall, 24, female, born MA

William H. Randall, 7, male, born MA, attending school

Mary F. Randall, 1, female, born MA

[234] 1870 Federal Census, So. Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, So. Marshfield Post Office, Page No. 41, dwelling #371, family #394:

William Randall, 39, male, white, hostler, $220, born MA, a male citizen

Lucinda Randall, 31, female, white, keeping house, born MA

Wm. H. Randall, 18, male, white, shoemaker, born MA

Mary F. Randall, 12, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Joseph A. Randall, 7, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Susan F. Randall, 4, female, white, at home, born MA

Herbert T. Randall, 2, male, white, at home, born MA

[235] 1880 Federal Census, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 8, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 551, dwelling #65, family #74:

William P. Randall, white, male, 46, married, fish pedlar, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lucinda Randall, white, female, 45, wife, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Susie E. Randall, white, female, 16, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Herbert T. Randall, white, male, 11, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Myrtle H. Randal, white, female, 7, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Frederic A. Randall, white, male, 2, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

James F. Clapp, white, male, 28, brother in law, married, works in shoe shop, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[236] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/24, p. 271, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Brockton, p. 271, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, William P. Randall, male, white, widowed, his birth date 1 Aug. 1828 in MA, his occupation a farmer, his father James P. Randall, born MA, and his mother Deborah Peterson, born MA, the informant Mrs. Willis Rogers, of Brockton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #175444120, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[237] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[238] Duxbury VRs, p. 292, she was called “daughter of James Randal,” and she was not listed with the children of James and Deborah Randall in the 1850 federal census, although she would have been only 14 years old at the time of her marriage.

[239] Duxbury VRs, p. 132; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #130460838.

[240] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #130460838.

[241] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #95253420.

[242] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 34, dwelling #298, family #351:

Proctor A. Damon, 38, male, white, farming, born MA, a male citizen

Laura Damon, 36, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Lizzie P. Damon, 12, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Annie S. Damon, 9, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Frank E. Damon, 6, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Fred. Damon, 4, male, white, at home, born MA

[243] 1880 Federal Census, Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 549, dwelling #7, family #7:

Proctor A. Damon, white, male, 48, married, shoemaker, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Laura Damon, white, female, 47, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Fred Damon, white, male, 13, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[244] United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, application #701921, certificate #477414.

[245] www.findagrave.com, memorial #95253420, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[246] United States, Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, application #805205, certificate #589551.

[247] www.findagrave.com, memorial #130460838, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[248] Duxbury VRs, p. 132, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #89532203 gives the date as 23 Aug. 1835, and the 1900 federal census says he was born in Aug. 1835.

[249] United States, Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

[250] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #89532203.

[251] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #125315263.

[252] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 79, p. 264, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Jason W.[sic] Randall and Julia W. Chandler, both of Duxbury, both first marriages, his occupation a shoemaker, born in Duxbury, his parents James and Deborah Randall, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents Nathl. L. and Sarah Chandler.

[253] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #125315263.

[254] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, W. Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 9, dwelling #410, family #76:

Jason H. Randall, 24, male, shoemaker, born MA

Julia W. Randall, 21, female, born MA

James F. Randall, 7, male, born MA, attending school

Martha Randall, 3, female, born MA

Sarah E. Randall, 1, female, born MA

Dwelling #410, family #77:

Nahum Sampson, 30, male, caulker, born MA

Louisa M. Sampson, 26, female, born MA

Harry Sampson, 1, male, born MA

[255] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 46, dwelling #403, family #465:

Jason H. Randall, 35, male, white, works on shoes, $90, born MA, a male citizen

Julia W. Randall, 32, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

James F. Randall, 16, male, white, works on shoes, born MA

Martha F. Randall, 13, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Sarah E. Randall, 11, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Jason L. Randall, 8, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Kimbal W. Randall, 3, male, white, at home, born MA

[256] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 3, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #30, family #37:

Jason Randall, white, male, 42, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Julia Randall, white, female, 41, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Martha Randall, white, female, 18, daughter, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Jason Randall, white, male, 20, son, single, laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Kimbal Randall, white, male, 13, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[257] United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, application #484262, certificate #374792.

[258] 1900 Federal Census, Duxbury Town, Plymouth Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1121, Sheet No. 21 A, Summer Street, dwelling #551, family #552:

Jason H. Randall, head, white, male, born Aug. 1835, age 64, married 46 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, day laborer, can read, write and speak English, owns house

Julia W. Randall, wife, white, female, born June 1838, age 61, married 46 years, 5 children born, 5 children living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

Kimball Randall, son, white, male, born Sept. 1861, age 32, married 1 year, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, farm laborer, can read, write and speak English

Mary J. Randall, daughter in law, white, female, born Jan. 1872, age 28, married 1 year, 1 child born, 1 child living, born PA, father born Ireland, mother born England, can read, write and speak English

Lewis B. “Randall, grandson, white, male, born July 1899, age 11/12, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born PA

[259] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/35, p. 164, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Duxbury, p. 164, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Jason Hall Randall, male, white, married, his occupation farmer (retired), his birth date 23 Aug. 1835 in Duxbury, his father James Randall, born in Duxbury, and his mother Deborah H. Peterson, born in Duxbury, the informant Jason L. Randall, of Kingston, MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #89532203, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[260] United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, widow’s pension file #949182, certificate #710057.

[261] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1914/1, p. 13, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Abington, p. 13, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Julia W. Randall, female, white, widow of Jason H. Randall, her birth date 8 June 1838 in Duxbury, her father Nathaniel L. Chandler, born in Duxbury, and her mother Sally Sampson, born in Pembroke, the informant Mrs. Charles Scott, of Abington; www.findagrave.com, memorial #125315263, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[262] Duxbury VRs, p. 131; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #210460057, but the 1900 federal census says he was born in June 1838.

[263] United States, Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

[264] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 34, dwelling #298, family #352.

[265] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #210460114; her parents’ names from her birth and death records.

[266] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #210460057.

[267] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #210460114.

[268] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #131, family #154:

Francis Randall, white, male, 42, married, trader, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Susan Randsall, white, female, 38, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Saby Keene, white, female, 78, aunt, single, no trade, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[269] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 374, p. 324, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents George and Hannah Watson, born respectively in Duxbury and Hanson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #210460114, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[270] United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, application #699364, certificate #970232.

[271] 1900 Federal Census, Duxbury Town, Plymouth Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1121, Sheet No., 17 B, Keene Street, dwelling #449, family #450:

Francis Randall, head, white, male, born June 1838, age 61, widower, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, pensioner, can read, write and speak English, owns house

Florence H. Randall, daughter, white, female, born June 1880, age 19, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

[272] Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Duxbury, p. 310, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, Francis J. Randall, male, white, widowed, his wife Susan A. Watson Randall, his occupation retired, his birthplace Duxbury, his father James Randall, born in Duxbury, and his mother Deborah Peterson, born in Duxbury, the informant Mrs. Florence H. Morris, of Duxbury, his burial in Ashdod, Duxbury; www.findagrave.com, memorial #210460057, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[273] Duxbury VRs, p. 131. The year of either Francis or Gustavus’ birth is probably wrong.

[274] Duxbury VRs, p. 406.

[275] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[276] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #184589616; his parents’ names from his birth, marriage and death records; Marshfield VRs, p. 355, the marriage of Isaac Thomas, of Marshfield, and Temperance Turner, of Scituate, on 17 Mar. 1795 in Scituate.

[277] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #208513438; Duxbury VRs, p. 293, gives her middle initial as “S.”

[278] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #184589616.

[279] 1850 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 157, dwelling #74, family #81:

Zenas Thomas, 48, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

Mary L. Thomas, 45, female, born MA

Mary Thomas, 18, female, born MA

Turner Thomas, 15, male, shoemaker, born MA, attending school

[280] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 210, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Zenas Thomas, her birthplace Duxbury, her cause of death “uncertain;” www.findagrave.com, memorial #208513438, from her gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[281] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #159213619.

[282] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 88, p. 240, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Isaac and Temperance Thomas, her birthplace Marshfield, and her parents Luther Jr. and Lydia Sprague; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #159213619.

[283] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 103, p. 209, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, husband of Zenas Thomas, her birthplace Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #159213619, from her gravestone in Chapel Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[284] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #208513543, her parents’ names from her marriage and death records.

[285] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 118, p. 269, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her second, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Isaac and Temperance Thomas, her birthplace Winslow, ME, and her parents David and Lydia Ricker; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #208513543.

[286] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 18, dwelling #1049, family #166:

Zenas Thomas, 58, male, farmer, $1800, $150, born MA

Elizabeth Thoimas, 33, female, born MA

[287] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 184, p. 291, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Winslow, ME, and her parents David and Lydia Ricker, of ME; www.findagrave.com, memorial #208513543, from her gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[288] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #132300590.

[289] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 218, p. 397, Pembroke, Vol. 218, p. 384, Marshfield (crossed out), online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his fourth marriage, her second, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Isaac and Temperance Thomas, she was widow of Billings Paull, maiden name Putnam, her birthplace Andover, VT, and her parents George W. and Lucinda Putnam; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #184589616.

[290] 1870 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, So. Marshfield Post Office, Page No. 10, dwelling #98, family #100:

Zenas Thomas, 65, male, white, farmer, born MA, a male citizen

Mary A. J. Thomas, 37, female, white, keeping house, born MA

May L. Paull, 7, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Harriet A. Paull, 5, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Geo B. P. Paul, 4, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

[291] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 288, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Andover, VT, and her parents George W. and Lucinda H. Putnam, of Andover, VT; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132300590, from her gravestone in Middletown Cemetery in Andover, Windsor Co., VT.

[292] 1880 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 546, dwelling #109, family #123:

Zenas Thomas, white, male, 78, widower, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Isaac H. Thomas, white, male, 9, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born VT

[293] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 365, p. 339, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Isaac Thomas and Temperance Turner, born respectively in Marshfield and Scituate; www.findagrave.com, memorial #184589616, from his gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[294] Marshfield VRs, p. 296; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #208614927.

[295] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #208614927.

[296] His parents’ names from his death record.

[297] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #166560462.

[298] 1850 Federal Census, Ward 4 in the City of Boston known as East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 36, dwelling #360, family #563:

Curtis Goodsell, 30, male, mariner, born CT

Acha Goodsell, 23, female, born CT [sic]

Acha Goodsell, 1, female, born CT

[299] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Ward, City of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, East Boston Post Office, Page No. 393, dwelling #815, lfamily #3174:

Curtis R. Goodsell, 37, male, seaman, $1500, $400, born CT

Axie Goodsell, 33, female, born MA

Axie A. Goodsell, 11, female, born MA, attending school

[300] 1880 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 16, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 546, dwelling #184, family #204:

Curtis Goodsel, white, male, 58, married, farmer, born CT, father born CT, mother born CT

Achsah Goodsel, white, female, 53, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Frank Bumpas, white, male, 17, single, works on farm, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[301] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 455, p. 629, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Duxbury [sic], and her parents Zenas Thomas and Mary L. Randall, his birthplace Marshfield and her birthplace Duxbury; www.findagrave.com, memorial #208614927, from her gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[302] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1904/64, p. 477, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Marshfield, p. 477, Curtis B. Goodsell, male, white, widowed, his birthplace Westport, CT, his father Silas Goodwell, born town unknown, CT, hios mother Sarash Godfrey, born town unknown, CT, the informant Mrs. A. A. Wright, of Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #166560462, from his gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[303] Marshfield VRs, p. 296, but her death record says she was born in Duxbury.

[304] His parents’ names from his birth and death records; Duxbury VRs, p. 232, the marriage of Martin Chandler and Nancy Delano on 12 May 1819 in Duxbury.

[305] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 47, p. 26, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation an artist, his birthplace Mansfield [sic], his father Martin V. Chandler, her birthplace Plymouth [sic], and her father Zenas Thomas.

[306] Duxbury VRs, p. 44.

[307] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 83, dwelling #418, family #505:

Lewis Clapp, 60, male, mariner, $900, born MA

Belinda Clapp, 58, female, born MA

Bailey Gullifer, 19, male, mariner, born MA

Ichobod Chandsler, 22, male, laborer, born MA, married within the year

Mary A. Chandler, 18, female, born MA, married within the year

Dwelling #418, family #506:

Martin Chandler, 26, male, no occupation, born MA, married within the year

Lydia B. Chandler, 18, female, born MA, married within the year

[308] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #1038, family #152:

Martin Chandler, 36, male, photograph artist, $1200, $200, born MA

Lydia B. Chandler, 31, female, born MA

Rebecca Chandler, 9, female, born MA, attending school

Mary L. S. Chandler, 6, female, born MA, attending school

Lydia T. Chandler, 2, female, born MA

[309] 1870 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, So. Marshfield Post Office, Page No. 11, dwelling #101, family #104:

Martin Chandler, 46, male, white, photographer, $2000, $2200, born MA, a male citizen

Lydia B. Chandler, 41, female, white, keeping house, born MA

Rebecca Chandler, 19, female, white, dress maker, born MA

Mary L. T. Chandler, 16, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

Lydia S. Chandler, 12, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

[310] 1880 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 8, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 546, dwelling #102, family #115:

Martin Chandler, white, male, 56, married, photographer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lydia B. Chandler, white, female, 51, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lydia T. Chandler, white, female, 22, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Polly A. Hatch, white, female, 82, widow, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[311] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 669, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a photographer, his birthplace Duxbury, and his Martin S. Chandler and Nancy Delano, both born in Duxbury.

[312] 1900 Federal Census, Marshfield Town, Plymouth Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1132, Sheet No. 6 A, dwelling #179, family #180:

Lydia B. Chandler, head, white, female, born Feb. 1829, age 71, widow, 3 children born, 2 children living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English, owns house

Lydia T. Chandler, daughter, white, female, born Mar. 1858, age 42, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

[313] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1912/66, p. 62, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Marshfield, p. 62, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Lydia B. Chandler, female, white, widow of Martin Chandler, her birth date 2 Feb. 1829 in Duxbury, her father Zenas Thomas, born in Marshfield, and her mother Mary L. Randell, born in Duxbury, the informant her daughter Lydia T. Chandler, of Marshfield.

[314] Marshfield VRs, p. 296; her birthplace also in her marriage record.

[315] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 119, p. 123, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a painter in Boston, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Ichabod and Betsy Weston, her birthplace Marshfield, and her parents Zenas and Mary Thomas.

[316] Calculated from his age and birthplace in his marriage and death records.

[317] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Ward, City of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, East Boston Post Office, Page No. 432, dwelling #2038, family #3501:

Hiram Weston, 31, male, painter, $3000, $300, born MA

Mary Weston, 28, female, born MA

[318] 1870 Federal Census, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 147, dwelling #843, family #1244:

Hiram Washburn, 40, male, white, journeyman painter, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

Mary R. Washburn, 37, female, white, keeping house, born MA

[319] 1880 Federal Census, Boston, Ward 1, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 584, dwelling #5, family #7:

Hiram Weston, white, male, 51, married, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Mary R. Weston, white, female, 46, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[320] 1900 Federal Census, Boston City, Ward 1, Suffolk Co., MA, Enumeration Dist. 1160, Sheet No. 6 B, dwelling #82, family #122:

Hiram Weston, head, white, male, born Mar. 1829, age 71, married 42 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, landlord, can read, write and speak English, owns house

Mary R. Weston, wife, white, female, born Apr. 1832, age 68, married 42 years, 1 child born, no children living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

[321] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 541, p. 143, Boston, and Vol. 541, p. 109, Marshfield, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a painter, his birthplace Marshfield, his parents Ichabod Weston and Betsey Randall; www.findagrave.com, memorial #214264214, from his gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[322] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/16, p. 609, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death—1910, City of Boston, p. 609, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mary R. Weston, maiden name Thomas, female, white, widow of Hiram Weston, her birthplace Marshfield, her father Zenos Thomas, born in Marshfield, and her mother Mary Randall, born in Marshfield.

[323] Marshfield VRs, p. 296.

[324] www.findagrave.com, memorial #142605369, from his badly eroded gravestone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, MA, but his death record was not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 to verify the date.

[325] Duxbury VRs, p. 132.

[326] His parents’ names from his birth and death records, his mother’s maiden name from his www.findagrave.com memorial #26960870; Pembroke VRs, p. 329, the marriage of Thomas Peterson, of Duxborough, and Lydia Foord on 14 Mar. 1802 in Pembroke.

[327] Boston Recorder and Telegraph: Marriages 1827-1828, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, but the marriage was not recorded in the Duxbury vital records.

[328] Duxbury VRs, p. 123.

[329] 1830 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 130, the Stephen Peterson household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

[330] Duxbury VRs, p. 401.

[331] Duxbury VRs, p. 292.

[332] Duxbury VRs, p. 131.

[333] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 206, the Stephen Peterson household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

[334] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 86, dwelling #463, family #557:

Stephen Peterson, 45, male, yeoman, $4000, born MA

Achax Peterson, 52, female, born MA

John T. Peterson, 22, male, housewright, born MA

Stephen F. Peterson, 20, male, none, born MA

Lewis W. Peterson, 18, male, shoemaker, born MA

Sarah M. Peterson, 13, female, born MA, attending school

[335] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65, dwelling #882, family #600:

Stephen Peterson, 54, male, farmer, $2300, $500, born MA

Achsah Peterson, 62, female, $150, born MA

Sarah Peterson, 22, female, seamstress, born MA

Sarah Randall, 94, female, born MA

[336] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 30, dwelling #263, family #315:

Achsah Peterson, 72, female, white, housekeeping, $275, born MA

Stephen Peterson, 65, male, white, farming, $2732, $200, born MA, a male citizen

Alex J. McDonald, 35, male, white, grocer ret., born MA, a male citizen

Georgiana McDonald, 23, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Charles J. McDonald, 3, male, white, at home, born MA

Henrietta J. McDonald, 1, female, white, at home, born MA

[337] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 10, Supervisors Dist. 60, enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #110, family #129:

Stephen Peterson, white, male, 75, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Axie Peterson, white, female, 81, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[338] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 392, p. 350, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Duxbury, and his parents Thomas and Lydia Peterson, born respectively in Duxbury and Pembroke; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26960870, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, Ma.

[339] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 551, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents Thomas Randall and Sarah Simmons, both born in Duxbury; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26960874, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[340] Duxbury VRs, p. 120.

[341] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 86, dwelling #463, family #557.

[342] Her parents’ names from her marriage record, not recorded in her birth record; Brockton VRs, p. 192, the marriage of Stafford Drake and Adaline Hewett Drake on 14 Mahy 1825 in North Bridgewater.

[343] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 46, p. 218, both first marriages, his was of Duxbury, a carpenter, his birthplace Duxbury, his parents Stephen and Sarah Peterson, she was born in N. Bridgewater, her parents Stafford and Adeline Drake.

[344] Brockton VRs, p. 42.

[345] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Campello Post Office, Page No. 160, dwelling #990, family #1333:

John T. Peterson, 32, male, carpenter (master), $1000, $200, born MA

Sarah A. Peterson, 28, female, born MA

Florence L. Peterson, 7, female, born MA, attending school

Georgianna F. Peterson, 6, female, born MA, attending school

Hannah L. Peterson, 4, female, born MA

Sarah A. Peterson, 6/12, female, born MA

Catherine McCabe, 24, female, born Ireland

David Barrows, 19, male, carpenter’s apprentice, born Sandwich Islands

[346] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 135, dwelling #803, family #1115:

John T. Peterson, 42, male, white, carpenter, $1250, $150, born MA, a male citizen

Sarah Peterson, 38, female, white, keeping house, born MA

Florence L. Peterson, 17, female, white, at home, born MA

Georgianna T. Peterson, 16, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

Hannah L. Peterson, 14, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

Sarah A. Peterson, 10, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

Lillie W. Peterson, 8, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

Hattie B. Peterson, 4, female, white, born MA

John B. Peterson, 1, male, white, born MA

[347] 1880 Federal Census, Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 19, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 564, dwelling #147, family #204:

John T. Peterson, white, male, 52, married, carpenter, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Sarah A. S. Peterson, white, female, 47, wife, married, housekeeping, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Hannah L. Peterson, white, female, 24, daughter, single, works in shoe factory, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Sarah A. Peterson, white, female, 20, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lily W. Peterson, white, female, 18, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Harriet B. Peterson, white, female, 14, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

John B. Peterson, white, male, 11, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Charles H. Peterson, white, male, 9, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Christine N. Peterson, white, female, 6, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[348] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 392, p. 345, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of John T. Peterson, her birthplace Brockton, and her parents Stafford and Adaline H. Drake, born respectively in Canton and Easton.

[349] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 437, p. 607, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birthplace Duxbury, and his parents Stephen Peterson and Sarah Randall, both born in Duxbury.

[350] Duxbury VRs, p. 123.

[351] His parents’ names from his birth and marriage records; Duxbury VFRs, p. 215, the married of George Baker and Hannah Chandler on 15 Mar. 1825 in Duxbury.

[352] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 55, p. 227, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Duxbury, his parents Stephen and Sally Peterson, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents George and Hannah Baker.

[353] Duxbury VRs, p. 21.

[354] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65, dwelling #884, family #602:

Stephen F. Peterson, 30, male, farmer, $750, born MA

Caroline Peterson, 25, female, born MA

Ellen W. Peterson, 10, female, born MA, attending school

Lorenzo W. Peterson, 5, male, born MA, attending school

Corrina A. Peterson, 1, female, born MA

[355] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 30, dwelling #264, family #316:

S. F. Peterson, 38, male, white, farming, $200, born MA, a male citizen

Caroline Peterson, 36, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Lorenzo Peterson, 15, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Corena Peterson, 11, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

George H. Peterson, 6, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

[356] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 11, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #111, family #130:

Stephen F. Peterson, white, male, 49, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Caroline Peterson, white, female, 46, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Lorenzo Peterson, white, male, 25, son, single, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

George H. Peterson, white, male, 15, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[357] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1906/33, p. 86, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Duxbury, p. 86, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, male, white, married, his occupation a laborer, his birthplace (West) Duxbury, his father Stephen Peterson, born in Duxbury, and his mother Sarah Randall, born in Duxbury, the informant Mrs. S. F. Peterson (wife), and his burial in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury; www.findagrave.com, memorial #173666275, from his gravestone in Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[358] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1913/35, p. 15, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Duxbury, p. 15, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Caroline Peterson, maiden name Baker, widow of Stephen F. Peterson, female, white, her birth date 6 Sept. 1833 in Duxbury, her father George Baker, born in Duxbury, and her mother Hannah Chandler, born in Duxbury, the informant Lorenzo W. Peterson, of Duxbury; www.findagrave.com, memorial #173666201, from her gravestone in Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[359] Duxbury VRs, p. 121.

[360] Her father’s name from her marriage record.

[361] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 88, p. 224, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a shoemaker in Abington, his birthplace Duxbury, but his parents’ names not recorded, her birthplace Maine, and her father Levi Cole.

[362] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census, her birthplace from her death record.

[363] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Campello Post Office, Page No. 160, dwelling #987, family #1330:

Lewis W. Peterson, 26, male, operates stitching machine, $125, $125, born MA

Naomi P. Peterson, 24, female, born ME

Lewis Peterson, 1/12, male, born MA

[364] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 134, dwelling #795, family #1104:

L. W. Peterson, 37, male, white, works in shoe factory, born MA, a male citizen

Naomia Peterson, 33, female, white, keeping house, born ME

Frank P. Peterson, 10, male, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

[365] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 275, p. 294, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Leeds, ME, and her parents Levi and Betsey Cole, born respectively in Middleboro and Rochester.

[366] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 312, p. 275, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoemaker, his birthplace Duxbury, and his parents Stephen and Sarah Peterson, of Duxbury.

[367] Duxbury VRs, p. 124.

[368] Duxbury VRs, p. 123.

[369] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65, dwelling #882, family #600.

[370] His parents’ names from his birth and marriage records; Duxbury VFRs, p. 215, the married of George Baker and Hannah Chandler on 15 Mar. 1825 in Duxbury.

[371] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 163, p. 238, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation an engineer, his birthplace Duxbury, his parents George and Hannah Baker, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents Stephen and Sarah Peterson.

[372] Duxbury VRs, p. 21.

[373] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 30, dwelling #262, family #314:

Geo. L. Baker, 43, male, white, farming, $600, $175, born MA, a male citizen

Sarah R. Baker, 32, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

Fannie M. Baker, 6, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Mary E. Baker, 4, female, white, at home, born MA

Anna A. Baker, 2, female, white, at home, born MA

George A. Baker, 1, male, white, at home, born MA

[374] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 11, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #113, family #132:

Geo L. Baker, white, male, 52, married, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Sarah Baker, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Fanny L. Baker, white, female, 16, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Annie Baker, white, female, 13, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

George A. Baker, white, male, 11, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Henry P. Baker, white, male, 6, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Willie Baker, white, male, 6, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Sarah Baker, white, female, 3, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[375] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 464, p. 630, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Duxbury, and his parents George and Hannah Baker, both born in Duxbury; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26960878, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[376] www.findagrave.com, memorial #26960888, from her gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[377] Duxbury VRs, p. 132; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #211573744.

[378] Duxbury VRs, p. 293; Marshfield VRs, p. 281, marriage intentions recorded 20 June 1830 in Marshfield.

[379] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 205, the Rufus Randall household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

[380] Marshfield VRs, p. 424, “Deborah N., wife of Rufus Randall;” www.findagrave.com, memorial #142616660, from her gravestone in Plainfield Cemetery in Marshfield, MA.

[381] 1850 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 88, dwelling #498, family #592:

Martin Church, 28, male, housewright, $830, born MA

Sarah A. Church, 27, female, born MA

David T. Church, 7, male, born MA, attending school

Rufus Randall, 40, male, shoemaker, $300, born MA

Sarah E. Randall, 17, female, born MA

[382] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 65, dwelling #889, family #606:

Martin Church, 41, male, housewright, $700, born MA

Sarah A. Church, 41, female, born MA

David F. Church, 17, male, shoemaker, born MA

Ruth E. Church, 9, female, born MA, attending school

George M. Church, 7, male, born MA, attending school

Martha L. Church, 4, female, born MA, attending school

Rufus Randall, 50, male, shoemaker, $150, $100, born MA

[383] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 212, p. 302, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his parents given as David and Deberah N. (Clapp) Church, born respectively in Marshfield and Scituate; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26959518, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[384] No birth record was found for either Deborah N. Church or Martin Church in Marshfield. His 1818 birth record was recorded in the Duxbury VRs from his gravestone.

[385] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 337, family #394:

Sarah A. Church, 51, female, white, housekeeping, $700, $1000, born MA

R. Ella Church, 19, female, white, school teacher, born MA

George M. Church, 17, male, white, no occupation, born MA

Martha L. Church, 14, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Willie F. Church, 8, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

Rufus Randal, 59, male, white, farming, $200, born MA, a male citizen

[386] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #131, family #153:

Rufus Randall, white, male, 69, single, no trade, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Sarah A. Church, white, female, 61, aunt, widow, no trade, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Betsey Peterson, white, female, 78, aunt, single, no trade, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Dwelling #131, family #154:

Francis Randall, white, male, 42, married, trader, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Susan Randall, white, female, 38, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Saby Keene, white, female, 78, aunt, single, no trade, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[387] www.findagrave.com, memorial #211573744, from his gravestone in Ashdod Cemetery in Duxbury, MA.

[388] Duxbury VRs, p. 132, her middle name from her death record.

[389] His parents’ names from his birth, marriage and death records, his mother’s maiden name from his death record.

[390] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 55, p. 226, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a mason, his birthplace Duxbury, his parents Lewis and Lydia Barstow, her birthplace Duxbury, and her parents Rufus and Deborah Randall.

[391] Duxbury VRs, p. 24.

[392] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, W. Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 1, dwelling #348, family #8:

Lewis B. Barstow, 29, male, mason, $1000, born MA

Sarah Barstow, 27, female, born MA

[393] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, South Duxbury Post Office, Page No. 38, dwelling #344, family #401:

Lewis B. Barstow, 38, male, white, bricklayer, $900, $200, born MA, a male citizen

Sarah E. Barstow, 37, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

[394] 1880 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 537, dwelling #93, family #108:

Lewis Barstow, white, male, 49, married, merchant, born MA, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Sarah E. Barstow, white, female, 47, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

Mary E. Baker, white, female, 13, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

[395] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1909/33, p. 213, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Duxbury, p. 213, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, male, white, married, his occupation a mason, his birthplace Duxbury, his father Lewis Barstow, born in Duxbury, and his mother Lydia Louden, born in Duxbury, the informant Mrs. Lewis B. Barstow, of West Duxbury, and his burial in Sachem Lodge Cem. In Pembroke, MA.

[396] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1916-1920, Deaths 1918, Vol. 72, p. 24, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Marshfield, p. 24, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Sarah Elizabeth Barstow, female, white, widow of Lewis Bailey Barstow, her birthplace Duxbury, her father Rufus Randall, born in Duxbury, her mother’s name unknown, the informant A. Barstow, of Marshfield, her burial in Sachem Lodge Cemetery in Pembroke.

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[A] Will of Ephraim Randall of Pembroke, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1799) *

In the name of God Amen. This fourth day of September, Seventeen hundred & ninety nine.—I Ephraim Randall of Pembroke in the county of Plymouth yeoman, being under indisposition of body, but of sound mind & memory thanks be given to God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, make and ordain this my last will & testament, and touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I Give and dispose of the same in manner & form following ~

Imprimis, and First of all, I Give up & recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body to the earth, to be buried in a Christianlike manner, at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named –

Item.—I Give & bequeath to my well beloved wife Mercy Randall, the use & improvement of all my homestead farm, whereon I now dwell, laying in Pembroke, land & buildings, so long as she remains my widow, excepting the improvement of my wood land, I give to her a right to cut for fencing, repairs & one fire only; I also give to my wife, one yoke of oxen, three Cows, ten sheep, one horse, one Chaise, one cart & wheels, one large plow & one horse plow & one chain & horse tackling, all my Silver, Peuter, Brass, Iron & earthen, all my green chairs, all my spinning wheels, all my tables, half dozen kitchen chairs & Desk; I also give my wife all my beds & furniture except one with furniture, she my said wife bringing up my children to good common education, and giving trades to my two sons, Ephraim & Elisha by putting them at the Carpenters trade at Sixteen years of age, the above articles of personal estate, I give free & clear to my said wife forever.

Item.—I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mercy Randall my best bed & furniture, to be delivered by my Executors at the age eighteen or marriage.

Item—I Give and bequeath to my two sons, Ephraim & Elisha, all my Real Estate, laying in Pembroke, to be equally divided, between them and come into possession of the same at the time my said wife shall cease to be my widow, to them, their & assigns forever—and it is my mind and will, that if either of my sons Ephraim or Elisha, die before coming into possession of what I have given them in this will, the surviving son shall have the whole—I further order my Executor to sell my land at gravelly beach, for the payment of my debts—all the remainder & residue of my personal estate, I order sold for the payment of my debts, funeral charges &c.

I furthermore, constitute & appoint my wife Mercy Randall & my brother in law Elisha Phillips joint Executors to this my last will & testament—In witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand & seal, the Day and year above written and declare this my last will and testament –

In Presence of

Betsey Hatch Ephraim Randall (seal)

John Hatch

John Turner

Presented for probate on 2 Dec. 1799 by Mercy Randall & Elisha Phillips, the Executors therein named, and proved by John Hatch & John Turner Esq^r, two of the witnesses.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 37, p. 166-167, from FHL microfilm #0550719.