This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: St. Cyr, Brown, LaBree Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1829 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on where did Clarence St. Cyr go from the 1920 census.Alfred, her husband didn't appear on the 1930 census either. He may have died by then.They lived in Dracut in 1920. He was born in 1870 and she in 1871 Both were born in Canada and lived at 59 Boynton St. in 1914. She died about 1957 Thanks for any help I can get. The brick walls are bruising me.

Hi Dennis, Great story ! And, I heartily agree that there "has to be" "Heavenly help" sometimes when we accidentally come across some very important information ! Or, get put in touch with someone who can help us ! And, as I mentioned separately, I knew a Mrs. Anna LANE in Dorchester, but I think her late husband's relatives were south of Boston. Also, my gr-gr-grandparents William and Eliza (RITCHIE) HANNAH arrived in MA in 1857 ! But, I don't know where they left from - and where they arrived. (Born in Ireland, married in Scotland in 1854.) Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I've been told several HANNAH couples arrived in MA in the 1850's - some close matches - but none matching exactly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] finding old letters > When I mentioned in a recent post that it was a fateful cup of coffee that > led me to uncover the secret of where my Aherns were from in Ireland, > Susan Daily <cullivans@gmail.com> said: > >>I would love to read about the coffee - Cork connection! Have you >>already typed that one up somewhere online? > > I will answer this here as it has relevance to Middlesex County research, > but it is also a good story. I had no idea where my Aherns were from, > other than County Cork, and that only from naturalization records. I had > been doing a lot of research on my Lanes, my grandmother was a Lane born > in Innishannon, so I knew where to look for info. She was born in 1864, > so her birth showed up in the civil registrations. It said under place of > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper > Abstracts > Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > > ______________________________

Burial: Curtis, Ephraim Born 4 Sept 1680 Died 17 Nov 1759 in 80thy Son of Joseph and Abigail Married 10 May 1705 Mary Stone Source: Wayland Cemetery Transcriptions Wayland, Middlesex Co. Massachusetts Also: Birth: Ephram of Joseph and Abigail Curtis born 4 Sept. 1680 Source: Sudbury Records Political Life: Curtis, Ephraim b1680 Sudbury, d1759 Sudbury Sudbury HR 1727M-28, 40, 44-49, 52; selectman 1711, 13, 15-21, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 36, 40, 47, 51, 52, 56; town clerk 1716-21, 29, 33, 43, 50, 51; treasurer 1729, 31- 38, 42, 43, 51; moderator 1728, 29, 31-33, 40, 42-46, 50, 51; JP 1733; capt.; M Mary Stone (j1682-1761) in 1705, 6 ch; farmer. Between 1746 and 1748, he reached a very active level of committee service. Most years were average, from six to eleven committees. Source: Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 Genealogy: Ephram Curtis Esq. was born in Sudbury Ma. 4, Sept. 1689 and there married 10, May 1705 Mary born in Sudbury 19, Feb 1682, died there 22 Feb 1761 daughter of David and Sussannna _____ Stone of Sudbury. He died 17, Nov. 1759 and his gravestone in East Sudbury (now Wayland) states that he was Justice of the Peace, Major of a Regiment, and many years a Representative in the Genral Court. In 1741 he was appointed a Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas His parents: Joseph Curtis was born in Sudbury Ma 17, July 1647 and died there 26, Nov. 1700. In 1675 he served in the Mt. Hope campaign in King Philips War under Capt. Thomas Prentice. He married in Sudbury 5, Feb 1677 Abigail born Sudbury 14 Oct 1655, died ther 28 Apr 1745 daughter of Capt John and Sarah (Busby-Cakebread) Grout of Sudbury. He will was dated 23 Nov 1700. His parents: Henry Curtis came to New England in 1635age 27 years in the Elizabeth and Ann and settled in Watertown, Ma. were he was proprietor in 1639. He married probably in Watertown about 1640 Mary daughter of Nicholas Guy of Upton Gray co Southampton England who had come to New England in 1638 in the Confidence. Source: The Family of Henry Curtis of Sudbury Mass. by Henry Ernest Woods A.M. No date of Publication Probate Record: 1759 Curtis, Courtis, Curtisse, Ephraim Sudbury Administation Number 5463 Source: Index to the Probate Records of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Good luck...........john -----Original Message----- From: Harguess, Dale [mailto:dharguess@coastline.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:13 PM To: MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAMiddle] Curtis Does anyone know anything, birth, marriage, death of an Ephraim Curtis who was married to a Mary Stone and whose daughter Mary Curtis was born Dec. 29, 1710 in Sudbury. Mary married Thomas Kendall July 27, 1737 in Sudbury. Thank you, Dale ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

sudbury is in Middlesex county, Below are the Probate courts with jurisdiction. I think concord or Marlborough are tour best shots for finding the information you want. more court info at http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/index.html Formal Name of Courthouse: Probate and Family Court Department Middlesex County Division Address: Probate and Family Court Department Middlesex County Division 208 Cambridge Street P.O. Box 410480 East Cambridge, MA 02141-0006 Cambridge Satellite Session 121 Third Street Cambridge, MA 02141 Concord Satellite Session 305 Walden Street Concord, MA 01742 Marlborough Satellite Session Williams Street Marlborough, MA 01752 Lowell Satellite Session Gorham Street Lowell, MA 01852 Suzanne Hardebeck wrote: > Where are the probate records for Sudbury MA 1687? Sudbury seems to > have a lot of records on the internet but I have not located probate > records. If I come to MA (from Texas) would I have the most luck in > Sudbury, Boston or someplace else in tracking information? Suzanne > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >

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Does anyone know anything, birth, marriage, death of an Ephraim Curtis who was married to a Mary Stone and whose daughter Mary Curtis was born Dec. 29, 1710 in Sudbury. Mary married Thomas Kendall July 27, 1737 in Sudbury. Thank you, Dale

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1827.1 Message Board Post: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: George Agustus Baxter City: Waltham County: Middlesex State: Massachusetts Birth Date: 12 Aug 1883 -Canada Race: White Roll: 1674460 DraftBoard: 0 Age: 35 Occupation: carpenter Nearest Relative: pearl E Baxter Registration Place: Height: med Build: med Color of Eyes: blue Color of Hair: l brown

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When I mentioned in a recent post that it was a fateful cup of coffee that led me to uncover the secret of where my Aherns were from in Ireland, Susan Daily <cullivans@gmail.com> said: >I would love to read about the coffee - Cork connection! Have you >already typed that one up somewhere online? I will answer this here as it has relevance to Middlesex County research, but it is also a good story. I had no idea where my Aherns were from, other than County Cork, and that only from naturalization records. I had been doing a lot of research on my Lanes, my grandmother was a Lane born in Innishannon, so I knew where to look for info. She was born in 1864, so her birth showed up in the civil registrations. It said under place of residence of father "America" so I assumed he had gone over ahead of his family to get established. At some point in my research I talked to a woman who had married a brother of my grandmother and she told me the story that she got from her mother-in-law. It seems my great-grandfather did indeed emigrate to the States, but he didn't tell his wife. He went off to the pub one night and never came back, leaving his wife at home with my grandmother on the way and another one on her knee. He did as most immigrants did. When he got off the boat in Boston he moved in with his two brothers in Somerville, who of course wrote home to say what's Michael doing over here without his wife and as soon as my grandmother was born she got on the boat and came after him with her two babies. They had a couple more children before moving all the way from Somerville to Arlington, where they had several more kids before celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, which was written up in the local paper. [see http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/1914/MAR.html#7 ] Michael Lane was frequently mentioned in the local paper, mostly for running illicit distillery and drinking establishments in the Irish neighborhood. If you search http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/ looking for "Lane" and "Police" in Arlington, you'll see what I mean. In the course of my research on Lanes I looked up all the civil records on his brothers' families in Somerville. I found several burials in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, and sent them the dates of burials asking for the location of their graves. They wrote back that none of these people were buried in Mount Auburn. That left me stymied until one night at a TIARA meeting over the punch and cookies, I mentioned this puzzlement and Marie Daly, who overheard me spoke up and said that I wanted what was often called "Catholic Mt. Auburn" and was just over the line into Watertown. The name of it was Sand Banks Cemetery and the records were at Calvary Cemetery in Waltham. I called them up and they gave me the locations of the Lane graves in the far back corner on the right. I decided to stop by there on a Saturday morning on my way to the State Archives in Dorchester. There was no place to get any food out at the Archives so I stopped at the Dunkin Donuts at Fresh Pond rotary in Cambridge and got myself a big coffee half, no sugar, and two sugar crullers. When I found the cemetery it was at the end of a dead end street and there was no place to park but the gate was ajar and I drove in on the gravel path a few car lengths and shut off the engine. It was a lovely late spring day with the birds chirping and the sun shining. I read the paper as I nursed my coffee. At one point I glanced to my right and noticed a large marble obelisk with the name Fitzpatrick on it. Now my great-grandmother, Ellen Ahern, was a Fitzpatrick and when they got off the boat in 1857 they moved in with her brother in Arlington for a few years. So when I got out of the car I decided to look at the Fitzpatrick tombstone. It turned out to be the grave of her brother. I knew it was him becuase he had been run over by a carriage in Boston the same day as a brother of my grandfather was born. They had a wake and a christening at the same time in the house. But most important, on the stone it said "From the Parish of Mallow, in County Cork" and that is how everything began to come together. I knew if the Fitzpatricks were from Mallow, the Aherns must be also, or at least from nearby. Within the year I was back on the plane, train, and boat to Dublin where I looked at the Mallow parish records on microfilm at the National Library and from there everything has continued to fall into place. If I hadn't had that coffee, I would have gone right to the Lane graves and then continued on to the archives. If I hadn't bothered to track down everything I could on all of the Lanes, even those not in my direct line, I would not have been looking for their graves, and if I hadn't been bemoaning this puzzle at a TIARA meeting, I never would have been led to the right place. But then, I think someone is always up there pointing us in the right direction. I have no other explanation of my continued good fortune. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1827 Message Board Post: Hello: We're trying to locate information or family of George Baxter who died in Waltham in Feb. 1931 - was born in Nova Scotia. George was married to Pearl (Hosie) Baxter. They had 2 children - Gwendolyn - who in 1931 was a nurse in training at Waltham Hospital and another daughter Aubrey. Any information would be appreciated or if you think you may have a family connection to the above would like to hear from you. Thanks Sandi

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1816.1.1.1.2.3 Message Board Post: Well, I found William and Hugh on both Cambridge VR to 1850 & Mass VR 1841-1910: William J. Furfy b. 10 Nov 1848 Cambridge son of James and Ann, father's occ: Mat Maker Hugh P. "Turfey" b. 4 Jun 1851 Cambridge son of James & Ann, both b. Ireland; father's occ: Mat Maker Okay...that's it! We are monopolizing this board! Anyone looking for your family in the future will hit a goldmine here. Ha Ha. Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1816.1.1.1.2.2 Message Board Post: Geez, you'll love this: what a time I have had finding your Furfeys on the 1870 Census! Well no wonder why! James Furfey is indexes as "John Fnefey"...surprise! He is listed on the census as John. 1870 US Fed Census; 4th Ward Cambridge, Post Office Cambridgeport; taken 4 Aug 1870: John Furfey, age 46 b. Ire; Mat Manufacturer, Real Estate Value: 4500/person estate value: 1000/ Ann, age 45 b. Ire William J, age 21 b. Mass Hugh P., age 19, clerk in store b. Mass Mary A., age 16, plumber (yes it really says plumber) b. Mass Isabella F., age 14, b. Mass, attending school James A., age 12, b. Mass, att. school Ellen C., age 9, b. Mass, att. school Ruth A., age 6 b. Mass, att. school Here they are in 1860: 1860 US Fed. Census; Cambridge 4th Ward; Post Office: Cambridgeport, taken 6 Jul 1860: James Furfey, age 36 b. Ire; Mat Maker; RE Val: 9500/Pers. Est. Val: 1500 Ann, age 35 b. Ire E. J., female, age 14 b. Mass W. J., male, age 11 b. Mass Hugh, age 9 b. Mass M. A., female age 6 b. Mass Isabella age 5, b. Mass James, age 2 b. Mass William Furfey, age 29 b. Ire; Mat Maker Cornelius Furfey, age 54 b. Ire M. A. Furfey, female age 24 b. Ire Richard Furfey, age 17 b. Ire; Mat Maker John Murphy, age 17 b. England; Mat Maker Phew! I will try to find some of the earlier kids' births but don't hold your breath...I am not sure if I have access to Cambridge VR to 1850 and the 1843 to 1850 time period is very hit or miss. Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1816.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi again Margaret, Well, the 1880 census index is just messed up; the images come up correctly. They've just got "Ami" & kids listed with the wrong "head of household". It actually does look like Ami...a dot for the "i" and everything AND the handwriting is pretty legible which is always excitiing! I suppose it could have been meant to be Anni??? It is actually written with a { . } at the end almost like an abbreviation. Anyhow... I have found a death record for Ann... deaeth date: 9 May 1891 Camb: Ann (McGinniss) Furfey, wife of James Furfey, age 66y 4m; died in Cambridge (buried in Brookline? indicated by "dittos" from the entry before it); housewife, b. Ireland PARENTS!: Martin and Ruth McGinniss, both b. Ireland. It appears that James died in 1900, but that image is not available. I have some directories from Cambridge I will email you for Furfey. Lisa

Suzie, I wonder if you know anything else about the Bacon family? My brother in law was Frederick Calvert Bacon 3rd, his parents were Frederick Calvert Bacon, and his mother was Margaret (Lawrence) Bacon. "Cal" and his brother are now l deceased. I learned recently that his father had grown up in Arlington Ma. Don't know anything about his parents though. I think he had a brother, forgotten name. They lived In Reading Ma at least in the 1950-s onward. His father died in 1967, Scott (brother-Nov 1977) Cal June 1978, and Margaret moved to St Louis or somewhere in mid-west, remarried, but she too died sometime after 1980. There is a daughter Candance around somewhere, married with at least two children. Any of this connect with your family? I thought maybe cousins etc? Good luck Barbara

Men of William Tyng's Company 1703-1704 Source: The History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts by the Rev. Wilson Waters, M.A., M.D. Printed by the Courier-Citizen Company, Lowell, Mass. 1917. William Tyng commanded the first Massachusetts com- pany, and received for services from December 28 to January 25, 1703-4, 971 pounds 11.0 shillings, 25 pence of which was paid to a "chyrugion." The 41 Men of William Tyng's Company The company brought back five scalps and received as bounty 200 pounds. In the Granite State Magazine, Vol. I, is a list, with personal sketches, the men in this company, who, in 1735, with sixteen others named, were the grantees of Tyngstown, which included the greater part of the present Manchester, N. H. The adjustment of the province line in 1741 voided this charter, and Massachusetts gave the grantees the township now Wilton, Maine. The sketches of men who were born or lived in Chelms- ford are here given: 1. John Shepley, son of John, was born in Chelmsford, Mass., in 1677. A few years later the family removed to Groton, Mass., where the father, mother and all the children except John were killed by the Indians, July 27, 1694. John, then seventeen years of age, was carried into captivity where he re- mained three and one-half years, when he returned to Groton. In memory of the massacre of his kindred, undoubtedly he was a willing recruit in Captain Tyng's company. Subsequently he was prominent in the town and church affairs of Groton. He was a representative nine years. He died September 14,1736. Among- his descendants is the late Ether Shepley, a former United States Senator and Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Maine. 2. Joseph Parker, Groton, son of Capt. Joseph and Margaret Parker, was born in Chelmsford, March 30, 1653. The family removed to Dunstable.in 1675, where Joseph, Sr., was a constable seven years. Joseph, Jr., had considerable experience in Indian . warfare. He removed from Dunstable to Groton and there died about 1725, leaving a large estate. 3. Joseph Perham, Groton, son of John and Lydia (Shepley) Perham, was born in Chelmsford, December 22, 1669. He lived in Dunstable and, by revision of town lines, in Nottingham West, now Hudson. At the time of his service in Captain Tyng's company he was a resident of Groton. 4. Joseph Butterfield, Dunstable, son of Joseph and Lydia (Ballard) Butterfield, was born in Chelmsford, June 6, 1680. He removed early in life to Dunstable, living in the section of the town now Tyngsborough, where he died in 1757. His daughter, Deborah, was the wife of Col. Samuel Moor of Litchfield. p.140 HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD 5. John Spalding, Chelmsford, son of Andrew and Hannah (Jefts) Spalding, was born August 20, 1682. He lived through life in Chelmsford. He died March 7, 1760. 6. John Spalding, Jr., Chelmsford, son of John and Hannah (Hale) Spalding, was born in Chelmsford, February 15, 1659. Late in life he removed to Plainfield, Conn. His son, Samuel, born August 5, 1686, represented his father's interests in Tyngs- town 7. Henry Spalding, Chelmsford, son of Andrew and Hannah (Jefts) Spalding, was born November 2, 1680. He was a brother of No.5. He married a daughter of Thomas Lund, Sr. 8. Ebenezer Spalding, Chelmsford, son of Lieut. Edward and Margaret (Barrett) Spalding, was born January 13, 1683. He lived in Chelmsford and later in Nottingham, Urest, nour Hudson. 9. Samuel Davis, Groton, son of Samuel and Mary, Davis, was born in Groton, January 8, 1669-70. He removed from Groton to Chelmsford in 1707. Many of his descendants have resided in New Hampshire. 10. Nathaniel Butterfield, Chelmsford, son of Nathaniel and Deborah (Underwood) Butterfield, was born about 1676 [1673]. He lived in Chelmsford, where he died in 1749. 11. Jonathan Butterfield, Chelmsford, was probably a son of Nathaniel and Deborah (Underwood) Butterfield 12. Jonathan Parker, Chelmsford, son of John and Mary Parker, was born in Chelmsford, January 2, 1683. His Right appears to have been improved by Thomas Parker. I do not find that he had a son Thomas but he had a brother of that name. 13. Peter Talbot [or Talbird], Chelmsford, was an emigrant from England. He lived several years in Dorchester, but at the time of his service in the snow-shoe company, under Capt. William Tyng, he was'a resident of Chelmsford. At that time, he must have been fully fifty years of age. His right in the township was given to his son, George Talbot, who lived several years in. Stoughton. 14. Stephen Keyes, Chelmsford. There is no record of his birth and it has been thought that he probably was a son of Elias Keyes of Sudbury. He received land in Chelmsford in the right of Solomon Keyes, and it is possible he was a son of Solomon PROVINCE WARS 141 and Frances (Grant) Keyes. He was married March 7, 1706, by Jonathan Tyng, Esq., to Anna Robbins. He died in Chelmsford, February 6, 1714. 15. Benoni Perham, Chelmsford, lived in Chelmsford. He was living in 1722 and died a short time after that date [17231. His son, Samuel, represented his interest in the grant of Tyngs- town. 16. Josiah Richardson, Chelmsford, son of Capt. Josiah and Remembrance (Underwood) Richardson, was born in Chelmsford May l8,1665. He was a town clerk and selectman of Chelms- ford, where he died October 17, 1711. His wife was a daughter of Deacon John Blanchard. 17. Henry Farwell, son of Henry Farwell of Chelmsford, Mass., was born about 1665. He was one of the early settlers of Dunstable. In the later years of Queen Anne's war his house was one of the seven garrisons in Dunstable. His son, Oliver was one of the victims of the Indian ambush at Naticook, September 5, 1724. His son, Josiah, was a lieutenant in Captain Lovewell's Company, and was killed by the Indians in the fight at Pigwacket, May 8, 1725. 18. John Richardson, Chelmsford, son of Capt. Josiah and Remembrance (Underwood) Richardson.Josiah Richardson was bom in Chelmsford, February 14, 1669-70, where he died September 13, 1746. 19 . Ephraim Hildreth, Chelmsford, removed from Chelmsford to Dracut in 1712, and there died September 26, 1740. He was town clerk of Dracut, a major of the militia, and an active man in town and business affairs., He was one of the proprietors of Concord and an influential factor among the proprietors of Tyngstown. At one time he was the owner of the saw-mill. 20. Samuel Chamberlain, Chelmsford, son of Thomas and Sarah (Proctor) Chamberlain, was born in Chelmsford January 11, 1679., He was a prominent citizen and styled Capt. Samuel Chamberlain in Chelmsford records. He died April 12, 1767. There was a Samuel Chamberlain of about the same age, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Chamberlain, who was styled in Chelmsford records Lieut. Samuel Chamberlain. The Tyngstown proprietors' records call the grantee Capt. Samuel Chamberlain, which makes it reasonably certain that the Samuel first named was the soldier and grantee. p. 142 HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD 21. Stephen Pierce, Chelmsford, son of Stephen and Tabitha (Parker) Pierce and grandson of Thomas Pierce of Woburn, was born in Chelmsford in 1678. He lived in Chelmsford and was the owner of many acres of land. He died September 9, 1749. This Stephen Pierce was the grandfather of Gov. Benjamin Pierce of Hillsborough, who was the father of President Franklin Pierce. 22. Timothy Spalding, Chelmsford, son of John and Hanna (Hale) Spalding, was born about 1676. He lived in the part of Chelmsford now Westford, where he died April 14, 1763. 23. Paul Fletcher, Chelmsford, was the son of Joshua. His father was twice married: First, in 1668, to Gussies Jewell; second, in 1682, to Sarah Willey. I cannot state which of the wives was the mother of Paul. The Fletcher genealogy states that Paul Fletcher was a snow-shoe man in 1724. The date is an error. 24. Judge John Tyng, son of Major William and Lucy (Clarke) Tyng, born in Chelmsford, January 28, 1704-5, and graduated from Harvard University in 1725. He lived in Tyngsboro, where he died in 1797, aged ninety-two years. He was a colonel of the militia, a representative of Dunstable, Mass., which then included Tyngsboro, and speaker of the house. He was a delegate to the convention at Boston, in 1768, "for the preservation of the public peace and safety, " and a delegate to the Provincial Congress, which assembled at Cambridge and Watertown in 1775, but he is best known as a judge of the courts of Middlesex county, which office he held many years. 25. Col. Eleazer Tyng, Dunstable, son of Col. Jonathan and Sarah (Usher) Tyng, was born in the part of Duntstable now called Tyngsboro', April 30,1690, and graduated at Harvard University in 1712. He was a magistrate and a colonel; an active and useful man. He was buried in the Tyng burial ground, about one -Mile below Tyngsboro' Village. Upon a broad, horizontal tablet is inscribed, "Underneath are entombed the remains of Eleazer Tyng, Esq., who died May 21, 1782, aged 92; Mrs. Sarah Tyng, who died May 23, 1753, aged 59; John Alford Tyng, Esq., who died Sept. 4, 1775, aged 44." John Alford Tyng, Esq., was a son of Colonel Eleazer. Fox's Dunstable is in error in calling hirn judge Tyng. 26. Thomas Colbum, son of Edward Colburn of Chelmsford, was born in 1674. He lived in Dunstable, where he died Novem- ber 2, 1770. The committee of the General Court were instructed to admit six men who served under Capt. John Lovewell and were omitted in the grants of Pembroke, N. H., and- Petersham, Mass. In the same connection there appears in the Massachusetts Archives the petition of Zaccheus Lovewell, Thomas Colburn, Peter Powers, Josiah Cummings, Henry Farwell, Jr., and Nicholas Crosby, alleging that they served against the Indian enemy under Captain Lovewell, either on his first or second march, and that all the other soldiefs of Captain Lovewell's companies have been rewarded in grants of land. Thomas Colburn appears to have been the only one. of the six petitioners who was made a grantee of Tyngstown. 27. John Colburn, Dunstable, son of John and grandson of Edward Colburn, was born in Dunstable. John, the father died December 1, 1700, and John, the son, was the representative of his grandfather, Edward Colburn of Chelmsford, who was killed in an. ambuscade in King Philip's war. 28. Jonas Clark, Esq., Chelmsford, son of Rev. Thomas Clark of Chelmsford, was born December 2ffl',"U84. He was a colonel and a magistrate. Several meetings of the proprietors of Tyngstown were held at his house in Chelmsford. He died April 8, 1770. His sister, Lucy or Lucia, was the wife of Major William Tyng, and his sister Elizabeth married Rev. John Hancock of Lexington, and was grandmother of Gov. John Hancock, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. 29. Thomas Parker and William Reed. In a description of lands belonging to this right, the first name is written "Rev. Mr. Thomas Parker." He was a son of Josiah Parker of Groton, Woburn and Cambridge, and he was born in Cambridge, December 7, 1700. He graduated from Harvard. University in 1718.* At nineteen years of age he was ordained and installed over the church in Dracut early in 1720, and there labored and preached until his death, March 18, 1765. He attended several of the meetings of the proprietors, and was 'moderator of one or more meetings. 30. William Read, the joint owner of this right, without doubt, was William Read of Chelmsford, son of Thomas Read, and was born about 1688. He married Hannah Bates and lived in Chelmsford. Among his children were Robert Read of Amherst and Col. William Read of Litchfield, in whose honor Reed's Ferry was named. This family generally wrote the name Read, while the ferry is written Reed's Ferry. 144 HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD 31. Jonathan Hartwell, Chelmsford, son of John and Elizabeth (Wright) Hartwell, was born in Concord, February 15, 1691-2. He lived several years in Chelmsford and, by division of the town, in Westford. He died in Littleton, October 18, 1778. The father, John, and his brother, William, were soldiers in King Philip's war. The heirs of William were grantees of Templeton, Mass. Jonathan Hartwell probably was admitted a grantee on account of the service of his father. See the clause in the grant relative to soldiers "at the Fort Fight or Long March in the Narragansett War". 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