148 VI THANKFUL,6 b. 10 Mch. 1733-4.

144) VII RUTH,6 b. 22 Dec. 1735, m. Samuel Rickard of Plympton, and d. there 2 Nov. 1826 N. S., ae. 90 years and 10 months. Had no chil.

145 VIII ABIGAIL,6 b. 3 Apl. 1737, m. 1st Benjamin Robbins. They removed to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where he was drowned. Had one son, who returned with his mother to Kingston. She m. 2d Benjamin Crocker of Carver. Her son was in the Revolutionary War, at the close of which he went to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and d. there in 1840. 146 IX ROBERT, (400) b. 27 Oct. 1738, and d. at Woolwich, Me., in 1799. He m. Martha Delano in 1759. She d. in 1820, ae. 82. He occupied the old homestead of the family at Rocky Nook, at Kingston, having bought out his brothers' and sisters' interest therein. All his children but two were b. in Kingston. In 1781 he sold his farm there and removed with his family to Maine, in company with his brother Isaac and his family. The reasons for his forsaking the home of his fathers for that new, wild and cold region, were that he had been so often called off from home by the war and had become so impoverished" that he was glad to escape from the troubles of the times (the Revolutionary War) and seek bread for his family in a wilderness. He and his brother left Massachusetts in the spring of 1781. They were compelled to run into Casco Bay, instead of going into the Kennebec, as they had intended, and were kept in North Yarmouth harbor about a week, by the presence of British privateers. It was this that separated the two brothers and located their descendants in different parts of the State. During their stay at North Yarmouth they heard such flattering accounts of the country west of the Androscoggin River, that Isaac determined to seek his fortune in that direction, and went to Hebron, where he settled, while Robert pursued his original purpose and went to the Kennebec country, and after spending the first year at the ferry, above Bath, located himself on a farm about two miles from the village of Wiscasset, where he lived and died. His death was occasioned by falling from a horse, at an advanced age.

147 X

ELKANAH,6 b. 29 Dec. 1740.

148 XI MARTHA,6 b. 14 Sept. 1742.

149 XII ISAAC,6 (410) b. 10 Mch. 1745, m. —, removed to Sumner, Me. Was a Deacon there, and a pious, worthy

man.

150 XIII JOB,6 b. 27 and d. 28 Jan. 1750.

THOMAS, [39] of Kingston, had chil.

151 I THOMAS,6 (413) by Alice Hayward, b. 25 June, 1736, d. at Bridgewater 13 Oct. 1820. His mother Alice was b. Apl. 1707 and d. Oct. 1803. He m. Bethia Thomson 25 June 1794; was a farmer by occupation. In 1758 he was engaged in the expedition against Ticonderoga, and was present at the battle which resulted in the defeat of Gen. Abercrombie, though not actually engaged, as the English General would not allow a part of the Provincial troops to be brought into action. Subsequently he was in the expedition of Col. Bradstreet, against Fort Ticonderoga, which resulted in the reduction of that place. He served another campaign in. 1761. In 1766 he sailed on a whaling voyage from Nantucket, and though the voyage lasted only five months, it was then considered a great enterprise. In 1775 he was called to Roxbury as a minute man, where he enlisted for eight months; afterwards at Tiverton, R. I., for three months. In July 1781, he was Lieutenant in the Militia at Bridgewater, and afterwards Captain. Had but one son, Thomas, who now resides on the farm cleared up by his father in Bridgewater, and who furnished the foregoing account.

152 II LYDIA,6 b. 23 Nov. 1739, d. 4 Jan. 1747-8. 153 III JOB, and ELKANAH, twins, b. 18 Jan. 1741-2, and both d. 30 Dec. 1747.

154 IV BARTHOLOMEW,6 b. 18 Feb. 1743-4, d. 30 Dec. 1747. 155 V MARY,6 b. 24 Feb. 1745-6, d. 30 Dec. 1747. Four in one day. The last four chil. d. with throat ail or distemper (probably "croup") within eight hours, so that the family was left childless, 30 Dec. 1747.1

"In Thomas Cushman's family, out of six persons four died in eight hours and were interred in the same grave. The disease was a violent, putrid fever with sore throat, not attended with eruption."-Mass. Hist. Coll., 2d series, v. 3.

156 VI DESIRE,6 b. 24 July 1748, d. 25 Oct. 1822, m. Col. John Gray of Kingston, and had chil.: John, Lewis, Betsy and Amaziah, who resided in Kingston.

157 VII SARAH,6 b. 19 Sept. 1750, m. Dea. Josiah Ripley of Plympton. Had one child, the late Lt. Josiah Ripley of Plympton, and. d. 25 May 1728. She was his first wife. 158 VIII AMAZIAH, Lt.,6 (414) b. in Kingston, 17 Oct. 1752, d. 1 June 1800, ae. 48. m. Martha Smith, dau. Mathew Smith of Franklin, in 1776. She was b. in 1755 and d. Sept. 1822, ae. 67. He was a carpenter by trade, served his country several campaigns in the Revolutionary War, was a Lieutenant and received a wound at White Plains while commanding a company that finally proved the cause of his death.

159 IX ELISHA,6 (423) b. 15 Jan. 1755, m. by Wm. Drew, Esq., Lydia Fuller (see 138) of Kingston, dau. Capt. Josiah Fuller of Kingston, 13 May 1780. She was a member of the chh. at K. and d. there 17 July 1842. He d. at K. 17 May 1790, aged 35 years 4 mos. and 2 days; was a “cordwainer" by occupation. She was b. 21 Aug. 1759. After the death of her husband, she m. Perez Bradford of Plympton, in 1798.

160 X JAMES,6 (427) b. 22 Dec. 1756, m. June 1780, Mercy Morton, dau. Nathaniel Morton of Plymouth; was a tanShe was b. 19 Apl. 1762, and d. 15 Jan. 1827, ae. 66. He d. 15 Nov. 1832, ae. 76.

ner.

161 XI JOHN, (436) b. 15 Jan. 1759, d. Apl. 1799, m. 1st

Deborah Barrows of Carver, and m. 2d Betsy Pearce in 1798. He was a farmer, lived in North Yarmouth, and d. at New Gloucester, Me.

162 XII SAMUEL,6 b. 20 Feb. 1761, d. at Kingston, 21 July 1761.

JOSHUA, [40] of Duxbury, had chil. by 1st wf. 163 I JOSEPH,6 (441) b. 1733, d. in 1822, ae. 89. He lived in Duxbury and m. Elizabeth Sampson of Middleboro'. 164 II MOLLY, or Mary, b. 1736, m. Ezekiel Chandler of Fairhaven, in 1754. He was b. 24 Sept. 1732. She d. Feb. 1831, ae. 94, and he d. Apl. 1830, ae. 98. They lived

together in the matrimonial connection seventy-four years. She had eight chil., as follows:

1 Joshua, d. young.

2 Joshua, b. Oct. 1757, and served five years in Revolutionary War. 3 Charles, d. young.

4 Charles, b. Feb. 1778, lives in Ohio.

5 Mary, b. Sept. 1760.

6 Hannah.

7 Eunice.

8 Sarah.

Ezekiel Chandler, the father, served in the Revolutionary War, at West Point, under Capt. Joseph Wardsworth. 165 III JOSHUA,6 (452) b. about 1755, m. Mercy Wadsworth, dau. Dr. Jno. Wadsworth, 17 Nov. 1763. Lived in Duxbury and had six chil. The following are the inscriptions on the Grave Stones of Joshua and his wf. Mercy, in the Duxbury Cemetery:

"In memory of Joshua Cushman

who died April 1, 1818 aged 83 years. An honest man is the noblest work of God."

"In memory of Mrs Mercy Cushman, Widow of Mr. Jno. Cushman, died Nov. 12, 1820 aged 84 years. Sacred may

this marble long remain, the

just tribute of a daughter's affection."

We give a fac-simile of his autograph, written in 1799, at the age of about 65.

Hothua Coughman

The wf. of Dr. Jno. Wadsworth was Mary Alden, great grand daughter of John Alden, the Pilgrim. The Doctor's mother was Mary Wiswall, dau. of Rev. Ichabod Wiswall, of Duxbury, - a man distinguished, not only as a divine, but also as a citizen, in the early annals of the town and colony.

166 IV CEPHAS,6 (458) b.

baptized 1746, d. 1815, m. Judith Clark, dau. Ezekiel Clark. She was b. in 1750, m. in 1767 and d. in 1833. Lived at Mattapoiset, Rochester; was Deacon of Cong. chh. (Rev. Lemuel Le Barron's). He was in the "whaling business" for a few voyages, and was afterwards a farmer and shoemaker.

167 V SOULE,6 (473) b. 11 Mch. 1749, settled first in New Bedford. m. first Lydia Kempton, dau. Ephraim Kempton of that town; m. second Thankful Delano, dau. of Nathan Delano of Fair Haven. She was b. 8 Feb. 1757, and d. 28 Mch. 1814, ae. 57 years 1 mo. 20 days, at Waterford, Vt. He d. at Littleton, N. H., 15 Nov. 1795, ae. 46 years 9 mos. and 5 days. He was a shoemaker and she a tailoress by trade. He removed from New Bedford to Littleton, N. H., about the year 1791.

168 VI PAUL,6 (481) b. 1741, m. Anna Parker, d. at his

dau. Eusebia's at Bath, N. H., Feb. 1808. She d. at Dalton, N. H., 1822. He emigrated to Charlestown, N. H., before the Revolution, and was the first blacksmith in that town. He went to Canada during some of the Indian wars, with an expedition to bring back some captives. He lived in Littleton, N. H., and in Barnet, Vt., until 1796; afterwards at Bath, N. H.

169 VII APOLLOS,6 (491) b., baptized 1744; was of Marshfield; published for marriage to Elenor Keene of Pembroke, 15 Feb. 1768; m. second Abigail Patridge, and d. in 1811. Elenor was the mother of all his chil. About the year 1770, he removed from Duxbury to Waldoboro', Me.; thence to Long Island, belonging to Bremen, formerly part of Bristol, Me.

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170 VIII EZRA, b., settled in Marshfield. unm.

And by his second wf. had chil.

171 IX CONSIDER,6 (1035) b. in Duxbury, 12 Apl. 1755. His father dying when he was young, John Wadsworth of Duxbury was his guardian, by whom he was bound to John Latham as an apprentice to learn the carpenter's trade, 4 Jan. 1771; he was then 15 years 8 mos. and 22 days old, and we must conclude he served faithfully his term, for he had in his