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     496. ii.    TIMOTHY, b. Oct. 25, 1743; m. Catherine DAVENPORT.
     497. iii.   DANIEL, b. Sept. 4, 1746; m. Catherine STONE.
     498. iv.    SARAH, b. Sept. 9, 1749; m. Dec. 17, 1769, Nathan BANNISTER, of
                  Brookfield and Shrewsbury. He was the s. of Joseph, of Brook-
                  field, and res. in the s.w. part of the now Boylston, on the farm that
                  was previously her father, WHITNEY's, where he d. Aug., 1825, ae.
                  78. His wife d. June 1817; ae.68. Ch.: Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1770;
                  m. Elizabeth STONE, and d. in N.J.; Thankful, b. Mar. 28, 1773;
                  m. Thos. HARLOW; Nathan, b. Jan. 7, 1775 m. Sarah CHAMPNEY;
                  rem. to Southboro; Daniel, b. Feb 13, 1777; m. Anna DRURY;
                  rem. to Gardner; Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1778; m. Annah HARLOW;
                  Seth, b. Nov. 3, 1780; m. Mary HASTINGS; John, b. Sept. 23, 1783;
                  m. Lucy HOWE; Luke, b. Mar. 18, 1786; d. 1802; Mary, b. Sept.
                  29, 1788; m. Nathan R. TILTON; Emery, b. Sept. 29, 1791; m.
                  Lucy DRURY and Melinda DRURY.

  160. Dea. James WHITNEY (John, Jonathan, John), b. in Framingham, Dec.
28, 1692; m. Feb. 2, 1715, Martha RICE, b. Sudbury, abt. 1692; m. 2d, 1732, Mrs.
Elizabeth (HOLBROOK) TWITCHELL, wid. of Joseph, Jr., of Sherborn, b. July 22, 1696;
d. Mar. 31, 1782. He was admitted to the church Sept. 22, 1717. They were dis-
missed to the Sherborn church Mar. 28, 1728, where he was chosen deacon and
died. He d. Apr. 10, 1770; res. Framingham and Sherborn, Mass.
     499. i.     JOHN, b. Apr. 10, 1716;n. Feb. 8,1738, Abigail PERRY, of Sher-
                  born. He d. in Fram. in 1741; his will is dated Oct. 31, s.p.
                  He was a yeoman.
     500. ii.    JAMES, b. June 4, 1718; m. Patience LELAND.
     501. iii.   MARY, b. May 12, 1720.
     502. iv.    MARTHA, b. Nov. 9, 1721.
     503. v.     BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 13, 1723; d. young.
     504. vi.    MICAH, b. June 4, 1725; m. Lydia MASON.
     505. vii.   BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 23, 1727; m. Esther LELAND.
     506. ix.    EZRA, b. Feb. 22, 1730; m. Agnes ROSS, Elizabeth -----, and
                  Mercy MORSE.
     507. x.     DANIEL, b. Dec. 13, 1733; m. Miriam LELAND.

  165. JOSIAH WHITNEY (Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. 1698; m. in Weston, Feb. 28,
1725, Elizabeth GRANT of Concord; d. in Conn.; m. 2d, 1737, Mehitable FULLER. She
d. and he m. 3d, Feb., 1759, Lydia BALLARD.
  Josiah WHITNEY was born in Groton, and resided in the southwest part of
Chelmsford. This town was at one time next to Groton. In 1713 he resided in that
part of Chelmsford which was annexed to Littleton. At the death of his father, in
1718, he petitioned the probate court to have his uncle John, of Wrentham, formerly of
Sherborn, fuller, appointed his guardian. In 1727 he was one of the original mem-
bers of the church in Westford, having been a member of the first church in Chelms-
ford. In 1719 he moved to Willington, Conn. where he afterward resided. He pur-
chased his farm in the latter place of John ARNOLD, of Mansfield Conn., for L155
N. E. currency. At this time he was called "Josiah WHITTNIE, of Cherfford (Chelms-
ford), in the Co. of Middlesex, in the province of the Massachusetts Bay."  The
deed was dated June 27, 1729. He was living in Bolton, Conn., late in life.
  Mehitable FULLER was the daughter of Thomas, and was b. at Needham, Mass.,
Apr. 20, 1720. Tohmas, the father, was b. at Dedham, Feb. 28, 1689; m. Mar. 26,
1719, Mehitable Herring, b. Oct. 18, 1797; d. at Willington, Conn., Oct. 17, 1754. He
was a weaver and resided at Needham until 1732 when he sold, Apr. 18, of that year,
his homestead of "forty acres of land near Natick upon a plain called Natick
Plain," and removed to Willington, Conn., where his brother, Rev. Daniel, was
settled over the Congregational church. He purchased a large estate at Willington,
a part of which was set off from Ashford. In his will, probated at Hartford, he
mentions sons, David and Solomon, and daughters, Mehitable WHITNEY, Esther and
Sarah. Probably Sarah was the widow of his son Thomas. The following from the
church records of Needham are of interest:
  "Mar. 26, 1732. Daniel and Thomas, sons, and Mehitobel and Esther, daus. of
Thomas FULLER and Mehitobel, his wife, our sister baptized. June 4, 1732 Sister
Mehitoble FULLER was dismissed and recommended unto the Church of Christ in
Wilmington in Conn."
  He d. June 26, 1783; res. Chelmsford, Littleton, Westford and Wrentham Mass.,
and Wilington and Bolton, Conn.

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     508. i.     ELIZABETH, bap. July 13, 1735.
     509. iv.    PHINEHAS, bap. May 11, 1740.
     510. ii.    PETER, b. Apr. 10, 1738; m. Mercy CASE.
     511. iii.   JOSIAH, b. May 26, 1740. He was a soldier in the last French war,
                  and is said to have died in the service.
     512. v.     THOMAS, b. May 7, 1742. Same as Josiah.
     513. vi.    MIRIAM, b. May 31, 1744.
     514. vii.   ESTHER, b. May 6, 1746.
     515. viii.  KEZIAH, b. Aug. 24, 1749; d. infancy.
     516. ix.    KEZIAH, b. Apr. 4, 1751.
     517. x.     MEHITABLE, b. July 3, 1755; prob. d. young.
     518. xi.    LYDIA, b. Jan 22, 1760; d. May 26, 1780.
     519. xii.   MEHITABLE, b. July 6m 1761.
     520. xiii.  JOSIAH, b. Nov. 16, 1764; m. Mary LOOMIS.
     521. xiv.   SARAH, b. Apr. 14, 1766; d. Nov. 1, 1782.

  166. JONATHAN WHITNEY (Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. 1704. He was the largest
subscriber to Prince's Chronology, 24 copies; inventory, L87-11-11/2. He left wid.
(name not given.)  His father died in 1718, when he was but 14 years of age, and he
made application to the probate court to have his uncle Benjamin appointed his
guardian. Ebenezer MANN was administrator of his estate in 1770. His estate was
settled in 1768. Left a widow, name not given. He d. 1768; res.
Wrenthan, Mass.

  169. JOSEPH WHITNEY (Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. prob. in Chelmsford, Mass.,
1710; m. in Groton, Dec. 6, 1737, Abigail NUTTING, b. Groton, Feb. 8, 1717.
  He was probably born in Chelmsford and was of Groton when married, and may
have resided in that part of the town known as the second precinct, which in 1753
was set off and incorporated under the name Pepperell. His three first childrens
births are recorded in Groton. In 1740 his father, Joseph, Chelmsford, deeded him
a farm in Pepperell, which was in the family for over 100 years. Pepperell was set
off as a distinct parish from Groton in 1742, and called "Groton West Parish."  The
first legal meeting of the inhabitants there was held on the 17th of January, of that
public house and was called "Inholder."  He d. Nov. 12, 1786, ae. 81; res. Groton
and Pepperell, Mass.
     522. i.     ABIGAIL, b. P. Aug. 16, 1740; m. Dec. 12, 1759, Zaccheus
                  FARNSWORTH, of P.
     523. ii.    BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 27, 1741; m. Mary TURNER, Rebecca FITCH, Olive
                  FARNSWORTH, and Anna WOODS.
     524. iii.   LYDIA, b. P. Aug. 10, 1743; m. Sept. 2, 1766, Stephen PIERCE.
     525. iv.    MARIA, b. May 30, 1746.
     526. v.     SYBIL, b. Dec. 23, 1748; m. at Groton, Aug. 14, 1771, Stephen
                  LUND, of New Ipswich.
     527. vi.    REBECCA, b. Mar. 6, 1750
     528. vii.   JOSEPH, b. June 26, 1753; d. Jan 28, 1754.
     529. viii.  JOSEPH, b. Oct. 20, 1755; m. Mary WOODS
     530. ix.    JAMES, b. Dec. 6, 1757; m. ----- -----.

  171. ENSIGN JAMES WHITNEY (Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell, Mass., in
1714; m. Ellenor -----.
  Ensign James WHITNEY's heirs, late of Dunstable, Mass., signed an agreement in
1772, as per record in the Middlesex county probate court, and those mentioned were
James and Benjamin of Dunstable, Ellenor, who had married Francis POLLARD, John
and Jonathan WHITNEY, of Jaffrey, N. H., Elizabeth, wife of Phineas BENNETT, and
Lucy, wife of James BANCROFT. James' estate was settled in 1757. He was called
"Gentleman" and "Ensign."  Joseph WHITNEY, of Pepperell, inholder, his "brother,"
was administrator.
  Dunstable was originally a part of Groton; for fifty years was a frontier settle-
ment, and suffered much from incursions of the Indians.*  In 1724 eleven men pur-
suing them were waylaid, and all except Josiah FARWELL killed. In May 1725, the
celebrated John LOVEWELL, with a company of forty-six volunteers. set out for the
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *From the early settlement of New Hampshire, Dunstable was a very large territory, as most
towns were in those days; Dunstable embraced Nashua, Tyngsborough, a part of the towns of
Groton. Townsend, Hollis, Brookline, Milford, Hudson, parts of Amherst, Merrimack, Litchfield,
and sections of other towns in New Hampshire. The compiler of that book says; More romance
of history clusters around this locality than attaches to most others in the state, filling with
poetry the memory of those days of war's alarms.


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enemy. He came up with them at Fryeburg, Me., and all but ten of his men were
killed. The force of the Indians was broken and Paugus, their leader, slain. The
gallant LOVEWELL fell, and the survivors, after great suffering, found their way back
to the settlement.
  About 1734 a party of men from Dunstable, Mass., went out on a hunting expe-
dition and fell into the hands of the Indians. One of the party, WHITNEY*, escaped,
though badly wounded. He was too weak to think of returning home alone through
the trackless and unpeopled forest, so he built himself a hut of logs, bark and
branches of trees, and there passed the winter, subsisting chiefly on roots and cran-
berries. In the spring: another party went out to find and bury the dead, and came
to this hut which they supposed to be that of an Indian. As they approached they
saw something stir within it, One of the party Timothy REED, discharged his mus-
ket, and to his inexpressible horror found that he had killed one of his neighbors.
His sorrow followed him to the grave. WHITNEY was just preparing to return home,
having survived his wounds and all the perils and hardships of a winter in the wil-
derness. [Hist. Dunstable, Mass., p.57, and Dunstable, N. H.,  p. 134]
  The two histories above cited, do not give WHITNEY's Christian name. The tradi-
tion in the family is that local histories give some facts of the shooting and that it
occurred on the 'shore of a lake in Maine, which is to this day called WHITNEY's Pond.
  The History of Temple, N. H., says: "Mr. WHITNEY went from Dunstable to the
Saco river just before Quebec was taken by the English. He was killed by Indians
and buried at Temple, N. H."
  He d. 1755; res. Dunstable. Mass. and N. H.
     531. i.     ELLENOR, b. July 23, 1740; m. Francis POLLARD, of Dunstable, N. H.;
     532. ii.    JAMES, b. Nov. 4, 1742; m. Sarah LUND.
     533. iii.   JOHN, b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. Mary JONES.
     534. iv.    JONATHAN b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. Abigail HEMENWAY.
     535. v.     ELIZABETH, b. May 21, 1748; rn. Phinehas BENNETT, of Cocker-
                  mouth, Cheshire Co., N. H.; res. Rindge, N. H. They had a son
                  James. (Did Elizabeth m. H. -----  BUTTERICK.)
     536. vi.    LUCY, b. Jan. 5. 1755: m. James BANCROFT, of Packersfield, N.H.;
                  res. Rockingham, Vt.

  174. WILLIAM WHITNEY (William, Joshua John), b. Groton, Mass., May 5,
1701: m. at Killingly, Conn., July 16, 1723. Mary WHITTEMORE.
  He was born In Groton, Mass., and removed to Connecticut with his parents when
quite young. Settling in Killingly he resided there until after his marriage, when he
moved to Canaan, not far from 1753. He was a cooper by trade, but followed farm-
ing nearly all the latter part of his life. While residing in Killingly, in 1728, he was
elected a member of the first board of surveyors. Res. Killingly and Canaan, Conn.
     537. i.     WILLIAM, b. Feb. 5, 1725; m. Arcoucher DUTCHER and Jane -----.
     538. ii.    THOMAS, b. Feb. 28, 1727; m. Elizabeth BOARDMAN.
     539. iii.   ABIGAIL, b. July 4, 1741.

  176. JOSHUA WHITNEY (William, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., Nov. 1, 1714;
m., Plainfield, to Amy BLODGETT. He d. -----; res. Plainfield, Conn.
     540. i.     JOSHUA, b. Mar. 25, 1750; m. Sally COCHRAN.
     541. ii.    BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 1755; m. Sarah BASSETT.
     542. iii.   Probably others.

  177. DEA. JOHN WHITNEY (William, Joshua, John), b. prob. in Groton, Jan. 30,
1717-18; m. Elizabeth -----; b. in 1719; d. May 14, 1790.
  He was probably born in Groton, Mass., though his will is recorded at Plainfield,
Conn., to which place his parents had removed when he was quite small. After his
marriage he moved to Canaan, where he was a prominent citizen and farmer. He
was a leading member of the Congregational church, and for some years, until his
death, was deacon of the same. He was buried in South Canaan, and his estate was
settled Jan. 8, 1794, by agreement of his four children. He d. Nov. 13, 1793; res.
Canaan, Conn.
     543. i.     ELIJAH, b. -----; m. Cloe BECKLEY.
     544. ii.    JOHN, b. in 1754; m. -----.
     545. iii.   BETSEY, b. -----; m. Azariah SMITH; res. C.
     546. iv.    RUBY, b. -----; m. Solomon HUNT; res.
C.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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  179. CALEB WHITNEY (William, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Sept 10,
1721; m. Margaret -----. He d.-----; res. Norwich and 
Miiddletown, Conn., and Pottsville, Pa.
     547. i.     LEBBEUS, b. Aug. 21, 1745; m. Mary Ann -----.
     548. ii.    WILLIAM, b. Aug. 8, 1747. In 1815 he was residing near Albany,
                  N.Y.
     549. iii.   MARGARET, b. Feb. 22, 1750.
     550. iv.    JEDEDIAH, b. Nov. 13, 1751. He was a goldsmith and killed in
                  battle Aug, 25, 1778. In a small volume of the Children's Bible,
                  pub. London, 1759, the property of Edith M. DELORNE, of
                  Sumter, S, C., is the following:
                  "Peggy WHITNEY, her Bible, given her by her grandfather, Caleb
                  WHITNEY and grandmother; Margaret WHITNEY, July 29, 1783.
                  This book we gave to our son Jedediah, who was slain in battle.
                  Aug, 28, 1783, a goldsmith by trade, in the 25th year of his age.''
     551. v.     MARY, b. Oct. 12, 1753; d, May 13, 1779.
     552. vi.    JOHN MERRICK, b. Ju1y 18, 1758; m. -----.
     553. vii.   JAMES REX, b. Oct. 16, 1760; m. Mary ALLEN.

  182. MATTHIAS WHITNEY (Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., May 26,
1720; m. Alice -----.
  He d. in K.: res. Killingly, Conn.
     554. i.     MARY, b. Apr. 19, 1743
     555. ii.    ASA, b. Feb. 19, 1745; res. Winsor Co., Conn.
     556. iii.   MATTHIAS, b. Feb. 22, 1746; m. ----- VAUGHN; res. Hancock,
                  Mass., and Fort Avon, N.Y.
     557. iv.    CORNELIUS, b. July 5, 1749; m. ----- GRAVES and Elizabeth MAY.
     558. v.     JOSHUA, b. Nov. 23, 1751; m. Lydia Bu DAY.
     559. vi.    ALICE, b. Mar. 20, 1753; m. Moah DAY, and res. in Granville, NY.
     560. vii.   DAVID, b. May 3, 1764; m. Olive DAY and Mary GLASSFORD.
     561. viii.  SAMUEL, b. Jan. 2, 1757; m. Tabitha WARREN.
     562. ix.    JOHN, b. Mar 27, 1759.
     563. x.     JONATHAN, b. Nov. 28, 1761.

  184. JOSHUA WHITNEY (Cornelius, Joshua, John) b. Killingly, Conn., Dec. 1,
1724; m. ----- -----. He d. in 1814; res. Killingly, Conn., and Hancock, Mass.
     564. i.     CORNELIUS, b. in 1761; m. Sarah CODY.
     565. ii.    JOSEPH, b. in 1753; m. Anna EAMES,
     566. iii.   MATTHIAS, b. Apr. 19, 1757; m. Dorcas ----- and Olive -----.
     567. iv.    ISAAC, b. -----; m. and had 4 ch.; Rosa, Isaac, Phebe, and
                  David.
     568. v.     RUFUS, b. -----; m. Sarah GRAVES.
     569. vi.    JOSHUA, b. 1769; m. Phebe PARKER.
     570. vii.   JOANNA, b. -----.

  188. DAVID WHITNEY (David, Joshua, John), b. Sept. 16, 1716; m. in Canaan,
Conn., Sept. 23, 1739, Mary GUNN.
  He was born in Canaan and at his father's death was given property. Moving
to New Haven in 1756 he resided there until 1762, and perhaps afterward. His ear
mark for domestic animals was recorded there Oct. 25, 1757. He died in Vermont.
  David WHITNEY of Canaan, Conn., who was brother of Solomon WHITNEY was
proprietor of Poultney, VT., and both were proprietors clerks of meetings held in
1761. [See History of Poultney.]
  He d. -----; res. Canaan and New Haven, Conn., and Poultney, VT.
     571. i.     MARY, b. July 16, 1740.
     572. ii.    EASTER, b. Mar. 6, 1743.
     573. iii.   ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 26, 1746.
     574. iv.    SARAH, b. Apr. 13, 1750.
     575. v.     JACOB, b. Apr. 13, 1750.
     576. vi.    KEZIA, b. Feb. 21, 1752.
     577. vii.   LOIS, b. Dec. 25, 1756.
     578. viii.  EMELIA, b. Feb. 18, 1759.
     579. ix.    CLOISE, b. Feb. 18, 1759.
     580. x.     DAVID, b. Nov. 22, 1762.

  189. JOSHUA WHITNEY (David, Joshua, John) b. Plainfield, Conn., Oct. 11,
1718; m. Apr. 8, 1743, Ann BLODGETT. She m. 2d. Capt. Isaac LAURENCE, who d.

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Dec. 2, 1793; she then m. 3d. George PALMER of Stillwater, N.Y., and d. at
Canaan, Conn. in 1819, ae. 96. "Joshua WHITNEY, Esq., died of ye smallpox."
  He was born in Groton, Mass. and removed to Plainfield, Conn. with his
parents, where he resided until his removal to Preston, Conn. The tradition in
the family is that he was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and that about
1759 he was killed by Indians near Oswego, N.U. Feb. 17, 1759, he was dead, for
at that time his son Joshua chose Col. David WHITNEY of Canaan, as his guardian.
He d. Feb. 10, 1761; res. Preston, Conn.
     581. i.     ABIGAIL, b. -----; m. Sept. 10, 1757, Eliphalet JEWELL, of Salis-
                  bury.
     582. ii.    MARY, b. -----; m. May 7, 1767, Lemuel KINGSBURY, of Canaan;
                  son Joshua b. Feb. 13, 1768.
     583. iii.   JOSHUA, b. Jan. 16, 1745; m. Anna ASHLEY.
     584. iv.    ASA, b. in 1743; m. Sarah ----- and Hepsabeth WATROUS.
     585. v.     JOSIAH, b. -----; m. ----- and Susannah HINDS.
     586. vi.    DAVID, b. in 1755; m. -----, -----, and 3d, Eliza WILSON.
     587. vii.   AMEY, b. -----; she m. and left des. in Canaan, Conn. One of
                  her gr. daus. m. ----- BRONSON; res. E. Canaan, Conn.
     588. viii.  HULDAH, b. -----.

  194. REV. JOSIAH WHITNEY (David, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Aug.
11, 1731; m. Sept. 1, 1756, Lois BRECK, b. Dec. 11, 1738; d. Oct. 27, 1789. She was dau.
of Rev. Robert who gr. H. C. 1730; m. 2d., Oct. 25, 1791, Mrs. Anna CHANDLER of
Woodstock (widow of Samuel), who was b. there Dec. 5, 1738, and d. of apoplexy
Feb. 2, 1801.
  He was born in Plainfield, Conn., where he was educated at the public schools
and fitted for college; was graduated at Yale College in the class of 1752, and later
studied for the ministry. In 1756 he was called to the Congregational church in
Brooklyn, Conn. The call was unanimous, and the church also unanimously concurred
in it. His letter of acceptance of the Pomfret pastorate was as follows:
  To the Society of Brooklyn, in Pomfret, Gentlemen:  Whereas, on the 17th of
Nov. last you proceeded to give me a call to settle in the work of the gospel ministry
with you, and proposed L120, lawful money, for a settlement, and L65, lawful money,
for a salary, I do now hereby accept said proposal, and may the Lord bless us, and
lead us in the way everlasting.                     JOSIAH WHITNEY

  BROOKLYN, JAN. 7, 1756.

  He continued in this, his only pastorate, for sixty-four years. In 1802 Harvard
University conferred the degree of D.D. upon him. Feb 6th of that year he cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his settlement: at that time only three of the original
members of 1736 were living; 447 had been added to the church during his ministry,
and 718 were baptized.
  Mr. WHITNEY through all his long pastorate held his place in the affection of his
people and the esteem of all. Though moderate in his doctrinal views and opposed
to the High Calvanism then coming into fashion, he engaged the respect and con-
fidence of his brethren in the ministry and maintained strict church and family
discipline. He commenced his pastorate with the affectionate regard of the fathers,
and their continued friendship, their cordial and candid acceptance of his labors and
repeated kindness had continue to make the relation happy.
  In his 94th year he was still erect and vigorous; his eye was not dimmed nor his
natural force abated. With flowing wig and antique garb he was often seen on the
street. His face beamed with animated expression, and his playful sallies were tem-
pered with Christian dignity. As he entered the house of God the congregation rose
to receive him and remained standing in reverential attitude till he had taken his
seat.
  A fatal illness seized him in Sept., 1824, and he passed peacefully away.
  He d. Sept. 13, 1824; res. Pomfret and Brooklyn, Conn.
     589. i.     ROBERT BRECK, b. Sept. 15, 1757; d. sore throat, Dec. 21, 1763.
     590. ii.    EUNICE, b. Jan 22, 1759; d. Sept. 15, 1762.
     591. iii.   GEORGE, b. Dec. 9, 1760; d. of smallpox Mar. 16, 1782.
     592. iv.    DAVID, b. Oct. 15, 1672; d. of smallpox Mar. 16, 1782.
     593. v.     ROBERT BRECK, b. June 18, 1764; d. of consumption Dec. 1, 1785.
                  He was a composer and teacher of music.
     594. vi.    EUNICE, b. Mar. 28, 1766; m. ----- BACKUS. She d. Mar. 11, 1824.

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