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Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Volume III.

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(III) Daniel Harrington, son of Daniel and Sarah (Whitney) Harrington, born in Watertown, July 10, 1687, removed to Marlborough, Massachusetts, soon after his marriage, and died there February 3, 1724. He married October 18, 1705, Elizabeth Warren, children, all born in Marlborough: 1. Daniel, October 5, 1707. 2. Isaac, May 6, 1709; married Miriam Eager; settled in Grafton. 3. James, June 20, 1711. 4. Samuel, April 24, 1713; married Lydia Ball; removed to Waltham.

(IV) Daniel Harrington, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Warren) Harrington, born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, October 5, 1707, died there August 31, 1795. He was a soldier of the revolution and served six months. He married Mary -----, died June 9, 1793, aged almost eighty-nine years. Children, all born in Marlborough: 1. Daniel, June 16, 1734; died at Ft. Edwards, 1758, while in service during French and Indian war. 2. Mary, August 7, 1735. 3. Elizabeth, March 20, 1737; married July 29, 1760, Winslow Grigham. 4. Sarah, May 16, 1739; married October 21, 1762, Abner Howe. 5. Margaret, May 18, 1741. 6. John, November 25, 1743; married Lydia Mixer. 7. Samuel, December 1, 1745, died April 12, 1800. 8. Jonah, June 17, 1748.

(V) Jonah Harrington, son of Daniel and Mary Harrington, born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, June 17, 1748, died in Vermont. Soon after marriage he removed to Marlborough, New Hampshire, and was the first settler on the Lemuel Brown place, within the limits of the town of Troy. He lived there about fifteen years and then went to Vermont. He married August 24, 1769, Damaris Warren, born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, June 26, 1750, daughter of David and Eunice Warren, granddaughter of John and Abigail (Hastings) Warren, of Watertown Farms (now Weston) Massachusetts, great-granddaughter of John Warren, who came to America in 1630, was made freeman of Watertown 1631, selectman 1636-40, and was fined in 1654 for not attending public worship for fourteen Sabbaths. His wife Margaret died November 6, 1662, and he died December 13, 1667. Jonah and Damaris (Warren) Harrington had children, all born in Marlborough, New Hampshire: 1. Jonah, April 27, 1771. 2. Darius, August 31, 1772. 3. David, February 26, 1774. 4. Lucy, September 3, 1776. 5. Damaris, August 23, 1778. 6. Leonard [October 25, 1780]. ....

LOVETT

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(VII) Captain Josiah Lovett, only son of Jonathan and Joanna (Ober) Lovett, born Beverlyl, November 29, 1791, died 1854. He was one of the most respected and in some respects one of the most prominent men in the town. At the age of thirteen he went to sea and before he was twenty-one he was captain of a deep sea trading hsip and merchantman between American, European and far eastern ports. He was a famous mariner in his day and followed the sea until about the time of his third marriage, after which he turned to horticulture, and in that particular field of endeavor attained wide celebrity. He was an active member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, taking an earnest interest in its work, and by his onw endeavors very materially advanced the standing and usefulness of the society; nor was his zeal without its reward, for in 1851, as an appreciation of his services, the society presented Captain Lovett with a very handsom silver service for originating the Christiana melon. His ideas were entirely progressive, and his observations while a mariner in foreign countries were of great assistance to him in horticultural experimental work in later years. He produced several new varieties of garden plants and fruits of the vine, all of which had the effect to promote the efficiency of the society of which he was a member. He was not a pulbic man in a political sense, although he villed various town offices and represented Beverly two terms in the Massachusetts general court.

Captain Lovett married three times. He marred (first), September 3, 1812, Hannah Standley, who died June 24, 1821, having borne him five children. He married (second), August 10, 1823, Dolly (or Dorothy) Whitney, who died October 27, 1828, and by whom he had one child. His thrid wife, whom he married November 29, 1832, was Christiana Lincoln, of Boston, whose father was at one time proprietor of a large shipyard in that city in company with a Mr. Wheelwright. Three children were born of this marriage. Captain Lovett had in all nine children. By first marriage: 1. Joanna Elizabeth, born Beverly, 1813, married John Galloupe. 2. Hannah Emmeline, born Beverly, November 20, 1814, married Charles Lovett. 3. Mary Fiske, born Beverly, July 13, 1816, died July 9, 1840; married Lawson Walker. 4. Ellen Maria, born Beverly, July 18, 1819, died April 23, 1849; married Lawson Walker. 5. Josiah Wells, born Beverly, June 3, 1821, died June 2, 1895; married Emily G. Simonds. By second marriage: 6. Horace Farley, born Beverly, August 23, 1828, died April 23, 1837. By third marriage: 7. George Lincoln, born Beverly, September 28, 1833. 8. Francis Stanton, twin, born Beverly, May 16, 1835. 9. Edward Burley, twin, born Beverly, May 16, 1835.

HORNE

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(V) Converse Francis Horne, son of William Horne (4), was born November 12, 1819. He married first, Mary Esther Parker, (see Parker family); second, Hannah Tucker. Children, by first wife: 1. Robert Francis, born October 15, 1843; married Deborah C. Gilkey, and had: i. William E.; ii. Robert G., married Margaret Whitney, and had Margaret and Robert; iii. Grace R.; iv. Mary E. 2. Granville Parker, born October 8, 1845; married Estelle Pendleton; children: i. Granville N.; ii. Converse F., married Elizabeth Terry, and had Elizabeth Estelle. 3. Lucy M. 4. Bertha, married W. B. Snow, (see Snow family). 5. Edith.

DOAK

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[(III)] Francis Doak, son of Benjamin Doak, [was ba]ptized October 11, 1772, at Marble[head a]nd died at Lynn. He married, Septem[ber __,] 1797, Hannah Gale. He removed to [Lynn.] Children, born at Marblehead: 1. [_____], baptized September 2, 1798. 2. Mary, [baptize]d January 18, 1801, married, June 14, [____,] Scollay Whitney. 3. Francis Girdler, [baptize]d July 30, 1803, mentioned below.

CHENERY

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(V) William Chenery, son of Ebenezer (4) [and Ruth (-----) Chenery], John (3), John (2), Lambert (1), was born July 26, 1742. He served in the colonial wars; first in 1759, in Captain William Angiers's company, Colonel Fry's regiment, on duty in Nova Scotia. He afterwards served during the revolutionary war. He married, April 11, 1765, Sybil Cox, of Cambridge. Children: 1. William, mentioned below. 2. Anna, born January 22, 1767; married, May 22, 1794, John Aspinwall, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 3. Elisha, born december 30, 1770. 4. Sybil, born October 13, 1774. 5. Samuel, born May 10, 1778. 6. Ruth, born May 8, 1780; married, February 17, 1808, Charles Whitney, of Watertown.

(VI) William Chenery, son of William Chenery (5), born October 7, 1765; died May 1, 1838. He settled in Jay, Maine, and married first, Martha Russell, and had one daughter Martha, who married George Long. He married second, Mary Merry, and had one child, William. He married third, Delia Merry, and had six children. (See Maine records).

(VII) Elisha Chenery, son of William Chenery (6), born March 5, 1801, died April 10, 1872. He married, September 10, 1826, Betsy, daughter of Michael and Jane Philbrick. They had four children.

WHITNEY

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COAT-OF-ARMS OF THE HERTFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE WHITNEY FAMILY.

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The surname Whitney was originally a place name. The parish from which the family takes its name is located in county Hereford, England, upon the extreme western border adjoining Wales and is traversed by the lovely Wye River. The name of the place doubtless comes from the appearance of the river, meaning in Saxon, white water, from hwit, white, and ey, water. The coat-of-arms of the Whitney family of Whitney is: Azure, a cross chequy or and gules. Crest: A bull's head couped sable, armed argent, the points gules.

The English ancestry of John Whitney, the immigrant who settled at Watertown, Mass., has been established by Henry Melville and presented in an exquisitely printed and illustrated volume. Very few American families have their English genealogy in such well authenticated and satisfactory form. An abstract of the English ancestry is given below:

(I) Turstin, "the Fleming," otherwise known as Turstin de Wigmore, probably also

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as Turstin, son of Rolf, and Turstin "the White," was a follower of William the Conqueror. He was mentioned in the Domesday book as an extensive land holder in Herefordshire and the Marches of Wales. He married Agnes, daughter of Alured de Merleberge, a Norman baron of Ewias Castle, in the Marches of Wales.

(II) Eustace, son of Turstin, was a benefactor of the monastery of St. Peter in Gloucester. He or one of his immediate descendants took the surname De Whitney from Whitney of the Wye, in the Marches of Wales, where his principal castle was located.

The estate comprised over two thousand acres, and remained in the family until 1893, when it was sold, there being no member of the family to hold it. The castle has entirely disappeared, but it is believed to be in ruins under the Wye, which has in the course of years changed its path. The castle was probably built on an artificial mound, surrounded by a moat fed by the river, which gradually undermined the castle, which was at last disintegrated.

(III) Sir Robert de Whitney, a direct descendant of Eustace, was living in 1242 and was mentioned in the "Testa de Nevill." Three or four intervening generations cannot be stated with certainty.

(IV) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert, gave deed to the monastery of St. Peter in 1280, referring to and confirming the deed of his ancestors above mentioned. He was Lord of Pencombe, Little Cowarn and Whitney in 1281; was granted free warren by Edward Ist; summoned to wars beyond the seas in 1297; tenant of part of the manor of Huntington in 1299; in the Scotch war in 1301. He was possibly grandson instead of son of Sir Robert.

(V) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Eustace, was knighted by King Edward I in 1306, and was a member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1313 and 1352.

(VI) Sir Robert de Whitney, son of Sir Eustace, was one of two hundred gentlemen who went to Milan in the retinue of the Duke of Clarence on the occasion of the latter's marriage in 1368. He was a member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1377, 1379 and 1380 and Sheriff in 1377.

(VII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was sent abroad to negotiate treaty with the Count of Flanders in 1388; member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1391. He was sent to France to deliver the castle and town of Cherbourg to the King of Navarre in 1393; was knight marshal in the court of Richard II; sent on King's business to Ireland in 1394. He was killed, together with his brother and most of his relatives, at the battle of Pilleth, 1402.

(VIII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was granted the castle of Clifford and lordships of Clifford and Glasbury by Henry IV in 1404, on account of the services of his father. He was sheriff of Herefordshire in 1413-28-33-37; member of parliament, 1416-22. He fought in the French war under Henry V, and was captain of the castle and town of Vire in 1402. He was named as one of the five knights in Herefordshire in 1433, and died March 12, 1441.

(IX) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was born in 1411. He was head of a commission sent to Wales by Henry VI in 1455 and was a member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1468. He married Jennett Russell; second, Jane Clifford.

(X) Robert Whitney, son of Sir Eustace (9), was probably a knight and was an active participant in the War of the Roses, and was attainted as a Yorkist in 1459. He was probably at the battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461. He was the subject of a poem by Lewis Glyn Cothi, on the occasion of his marriage to Alice, the great-granddaughter of Sir David Gam. He married first, Alice, daughter of Thomas Vaughn; second, Constance Touchett, who was the mother of his sons. She was descended from William the Conqueror, through the second wife of Edward I, King of England.

(XI) James Whitney, son of Robert, was appointed receiver of Newport, part of the estate of the Duke of Buckingham, confiscated by Henry VII in 1522. He married Blanche, daughter and heir of Simon Milbourne.

(XII) Robert Whitney, son of James Whitney, was of Icomb, and in charge of other confiscated estates. He was sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1527-28-29-30. He was nominated Knight of the Bath by Henry VIII at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1531; was granted part of income of monastery of Brewern in 1535; furnished forty men to put down rebellion in 1536. He was named to attend upon the king's person. He died in 1541, and his will was proved June 11, 1541. He married Margaret Wye.

(XIII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Robert, was knighted the day after Queen Mary's

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coronation in October, 1553. He was summoned before the privy council in 1555 and 1559. He was a member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1559, and died August 5, 1567. He married Sybil Baskerville, a descendant of William the Conqueror through the first wife of Edward I.

(XIV) Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was mentioned in the will of his father, and also in an inquisition taken after the latter's death. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Morgan Guillims, or Duglim.

(XV) Thomas Whitney, son of Robert, was of Westminster, Gentleman. He was buried at St. Margaret's, April 14, 1637. He married Mary, daughter of John Bray, of Westminster; she was buried at St. Margaret's, September 25, 1629. Children: 1. John the American emigrant, settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. 2. Nicholas. 3. William. 4. Richard. 5. Margaret. 6. Anne.

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(I) John Whitney, immigrant ancestor,

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was born in England in 1589, son of Thomas and grandson of Robert Whitney. He received for his day a good education in the Westminster school, now St. Peter's College. He was apprenticed at the age of fourteen by his father to William Pring, of the Old Bailey, London, a freeman of the Merchant Tailors' Company, then the most famous and prosperous of all the great trade guilds, numbering in its membership distinguished men of all professions, may of the nobility and the Prince of Wales. At the age of twenty-one, John Whitney became a full-fledged member and his apprenticeship expired. He made his home in Isleworth-on-Thames, eight miles from Westminster, and there three of his children were born. There, too, his father apprenticed to him his younger brother, Robert, who also served his seven years. Soon afterward John Whitney left Isleworth and doubtless returned to London and lived in Bow Lane, near Bow Church, where his son Thomas was born. In September, 1631, he placed his eldest son, John, Jr., in the Merchant Tailors' School, where according to the register, he remained as long as the family was in England. Early in April, 1635, John Whitney registered with his wife Eleanor and sons John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas and Jonathan, as passengers of the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," Roger Cooper, master, landing a few weeks later in New England. He settled in Watertown in June and bought the sixteen acre homestall of John Strickland at what is now Belmont and East Common streets. This homestead descended to his son Joshua Whitney of Groton, who sold it October 29, 1697, to Nathan Fiske. Whitney was admitted a freeman March 3, 1635-36, and was appointed constable June 1, 1641; was selectman 1638 to 1655, inclusive, and town clerk in 1655. He was one of the foremost citizens for many years. He was grantee of eight lots in Watertown. He died June 1, 1673. He married (first) in England, Elinor -----, born 1599, died in Watertown, May 11, 1659; (second) in Watertown, September 29, 1659, Judith Clement, who died before her husband. His will was dated April 3, 1673. Children: 1. Mary, baptized in England, May 23, 1619; died young. 2. John; see forward. 3. Richard, baptized in Isleworth, January 6, 1623-24; married Martha Coldam. 4. Nathaniel, baptized 1627. 5. Thomas, born in England 1629; married Mary Kettell. 6. Jonathan, born in England, 1634; married Lydia Jones. 7. Joshua, born in Watertown, July 5, 1635; married thrice. 8. Caleb, born in Watertown, July 12, 1640; died 1640. 9. Benjamin, born in Watertown, June 6, 1643.

(II) John (2), son of John (1) Whitney, was born in England, and baptized at Isleworth, September 14, 1621. He came with his parents to New England and settled in Watertown. He married, 1642, Ruth Reynolds, daughter of Robert Reynolds, of Wethersfield, Watertown, and Boston. He lived on a three-acre lot on the east side of Lexington street, on land granted to E. How, next the homestead of the Phillips family. He was admitted a freeman, May 26, 1647, at the age of twenty-three; was selectman from 1673 to 1680, inclusive; was a soldier in 1673 in King Philip's war. He died October 12, 1692. Children: 1. John, born September 12, 1643; married Elizabeth Harris. 2. Ruth, born April 15, 1645; married June 20, 1664, John Shattuck. 3. Nathaniel, born February 1, 1646; married Sarah Hagar. 4. Samuel, born July 26, 1648; married Mary Bemis. 5. Mary, born April 29, 1650; died unmarried, after 1693. 6. Joseph, born January 15, 1651; married Martha Beach. 7. Sarah, born March 17, 1653; married October 18, 1681, Daniel Harrington; died June 8, 1720. 8. Elilzabeth, born June 9, 1656; married December 19, 1678, Daniel Warren. 9. Hannah. 10. Benjamin, mentioned below.

(III) Benjamin Whitney, son of John Whitney (2), was born in Watertown, June 28, 1660. He married March 30, 1687, Abigail, daughter of William and Mary (Bemis) Hagar; second, Elizabeth -----. He died in 1736. Children: 1. Abigail, born March 3, 1688; married March 18, 1717, Richard Sawtel. 2. Benjamin baptized July 10, 1698; married Rebecca -----. 3. Ruth, baptized July 10, 1698; married July 7, 1715, John Bond. 4. John, born June 15, 1694; mentioned below. 5. David, born June 16, 1697. 6. Daniel, born July 17, 1700; married Dorothy Tainter.

(IV) John Whitney, son of Benjamin Whitney (3), was born in Watertown, June 15, 1694, and died in 1776. He resided in Watertown. He married first, Susan -----; second, October 6, 1737, Bethia Cutter, born July 9, 1714; third, November 28, 1754, Mrs. Beriah (Bemis) Child, widow of Joseph Pierce, and formerly widow of Daniel Child, and daughter of John Bemis. She was born June 23, 1681, and died in Weston, in 1768. Children of first wife: 1. Susanna, baptized

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[May 3]1, 1730; married John Dean. 2. John, [baptize]d March 17, 1731; married Mary Ben[jamin.] 3. Jonathan, baptized April 30, 1732. [4. Am]os, baptized November 10, 1734. 5. [Abrah]am, born December 7, 1735; married [Elizabe]th Whitney. Children of second wife: [6. Mo]ses, baptized September 3, 1738. 7. [Ezekiel], mentioned below. 8. Stephen, born [July] 23, 1743; married Relief Stearns. 9. [Aaron,] baptized April 12, 1746. 10. Ruth, [baptize]d July 6, 1748; died April 5, 1751.

[(V))] Ezekiel Whitney, son of John Whit[ney (4]), was baptized April 12, 1741, and died [1805]. He resided in Watertown, and was [a cord]wainer by trade. He served in the [revolut]ion, in Captain Barnard's Watertown [compa]ny. He became on of the grantees of [the town of] Paris, Maine, in the right of his uncle, [Ensign] David Whitney. He married first, [Decem]ber 6, 1763, Catherine Draper, of Rox[bury;] second, May 19, 1769, Catherine Anson. [Children] of first wife: 1. Ezekiel, born April [13, 176]8; mentioned below. Children of se[ond w]ife: 2. Francis, born September 23, [1771.] 3. Amasa, born May 4, 1774. 4. Cath[erine, b]orn March 4, 1777; married February [17, 180]3, Francis S. Hooker, of Rutland. 5. [Aaron,] born June 20, 1780.

[(VI)] Ezekiel Whitney, son of Ezekiel [Whitne]y (5), was born April 13, 1768, and [died] December, 1830. He resided at Rox[bury an]d at Watertown, where he entered into [the ma]nufacture of paper. He married first, [Ruth] -----; second, -----. Children: 1. [Frank,] baptized June 2, 1793; he became an [ancesto]r of Minetta Josephine (Osgood) [Whitne]y. 2. Leonard, mentioned below. 3. [Abigail], baptized September 14, 1794. 4. [Otis, b]aptized August 12, 1798. 5. George [W., bo]rn August 26, 1812; married Elizabeth [Cook.] 6. Cromwell. 7. Alvares. 8. Jeremiah. [9. Jam]es. 10. Nahum P. 11. Lydia, married [Charles] Hyde. 12. Walter H., born 1819; mar[ried Ly]dia E. Doyle.

[(VII]) Leonard Whitney, son of Ezekiel [Whitne]y (6), was born in Watertown, March [__, 179]3 and baptized June 2, 1793. He [inherit]ed from his father the small paper mills [locate]d on the Charles river, at Watertown. [He wa]s the first manufacturer of paper bags [in the] United States and was the inventor of [process]es for making paper bags. He was an [officer] in the war of 1812 and a prominent [Whig.] He married August 30, 1817, Ruth [Richar]ds Larrabee, born June 5, 1797, at [Water]town, who founded St. John's Meth[odist Ep]iscopal Church at Watertown, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Ruth Ann, born September 5, 1822; married ----- Learned. 2. Thomas Francis, born September 1, 1823. 3. Abigail H., January 13, 1825; died young. 4. Solomon Weeks, September 4, 1825. 5. Hiram, February 1, 1828. 6. Abigail H., October 29, 1829. 7. Leonard, Jr., mentioned below.

(VIII) Leonard Whitney son of Leonard Whitney (7), was born at Sudbury, June 15, 1819, and died at Watertown, July 5, 1881. He removed when a young man to Watertown, where he lated purchased the old, historical Whitney mansion, built in 1710, known as "The Elms," which is still held in the family. Like his father and grandfather he was a manufacturer of paper, and founded the well-known Hollingsworth & Whitney Company. He was a prominent director in many banks and railroads, and was of the original directors of Boston University. He was a prominent Mason. He married, April 2, 1843, Caroline Isabel Russell, born at Weston, January 12, 1826, died May 30, 1889. Children: 1. Emily, born May 4, 1848, died August 12, 1849. 2. Charles Elmore, born December 27, 1850, at Watertown; married Alice G. Noah; children: i. Emily Frances, born September 3, 1888; ii. Helen Cole, born August 30, 1890. 3. Emily Frances, born at Watertown, August 19, 1852, died January 26, 1885; married Andrew S. Brownell, and had Arge W. Brownell. 4. Arthur Herbert, born October 12, 1859; mentioned below. 5. Frederick Adelbert, born December 22, 1861, unmarried; he was educated in Chauncey Hall School, and afterwards at the University of Berlin, Leipzig and Munich, Germany.

(IX) Arthur Herbert Whitney, son of Leonard Whitney (8), was born at Watertown, October 12, 1859. He spent his youth in the old family mansion, "The Elms," at Watertown, where he now lives. He was educated at Chauncey Hall School, Boston, at the Swedenborgian School at Waltham, and at Wilbraham Academy. For a time he was engaged in the furniture business with his brother-in-law, Charles E. Osgood, but after a few years he withdrew from business to devote his time to the management of his property interests. He is a Republican in politics, and has served three years on the board of selectmen of the town of Watertown, being chairman of the board the third year. He married October 12, 1880, Minetta Josephine Osgood, born December 13, 1861, daughter of Freeman David and Hannah Faxon

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(Perry) Osgood. (See Osgood family). Children, born at Watertown: 1. Isabel Minetta, born July 22, 1882; died May 17, 1906. 2. Harold Osgood born April 9, 1893.

OSGOOD

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(VIII) Freeman D. Osgood, son of David S. Osgood (7), was born December 7, 1830. He married February 12, 1854, Hannah Faxon Perry, daughter of Elbridge Gerry and Abigail Harris (Whitney) Perry. He was a commission merchant and auctioneer for many years, and later was engaged in the furniture business with his son, Charles E. Osgood, in Boston. Children: 1. Charles E., born May 21, 1854; married Blanche Potter Niblock. 2. Minetta, born December 13, 1861; married Arthur H. Whitney. (See Whitney family). 3. Lillian Frances, born January 28, 1866; married George Carter. 4. Florence Martha, born December 7, 1874, died March 12, 1894.

WHITAKER

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(V) Joseph Whitaker, son of William Whitaker, ... married, ... Hannah Guile of Ipswich, .... Children, born in Haverhill: .... 3. Joseph, Jr., born January 1, 1746-47, married Mary Whitney of West Boylston, Massachusetts, sister of Robert B. Thomas's wife; settled in West Boylston. ....

HARRINGTON [2]

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... Sir James Baskerville (22), married Elizabeth Breynton. Sybil Baskerville (23), married Sir Robert Whitney. Robert Whitney (24), married Elizabeth Givilline. Thomas Whitney (25), married, 1583, Mary Bray; died 1637. John Whitney (26), married Elinor -----; died 1673. John Whitney (27), married Ruth Reynolds. Sarah Whitney (28), married Daniel Harrington. Robert Harrington (29), married Anna Harrington. Robert Harrington (30), married Abigail Mason. Daniel Harrington (31), married Anna Munroe. Levi Harrington (32), born November 9, 1760, married Rebecca Milliken. Nathaniel Harrington (33), born January 3, 1786, married Calrissa Meade. Larkin Harrington (34), born April 17, 1826, married Mary W. Langley. ....

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(II) Daniel Harrington, son of Robert Harrington, born in Watertown, November 1, 1657, deid April 19, 1728. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690. He married first, October 18, 1681, Sarah Whitney, who died June 8, 1720, daughter of John and Elinor Whitney. (The Whitney family ancestry traces to William the Conqueror). He married second, October 25, 1720, Elizabeth Garfield, widow of Captain Benjamin Garfield, and daughter of Matthew and Anna Bridge, of Cambridge. Children, born at Watertown, all by first wife: 1. Daniel, born February 24, 1684, died young. 2. Robert, born July 2, 1686, mentioned below. 3. Daniel, born July 10, 1687. 4. Jonathan, born March 21, 1690, married, February 28, 1724, Elizabeth Bigelow. 5. Joseph, born February 4, 1691. 6. Sarah, born October 28, 1693, married, June 11, 1711, Nathaniel Livermore.

(III) Robert Harrington, son of Daniel Harrington, born in Watertown, July 2, 1686, died February 5, 1774, aged eighty-nine years. He was a blacksmith, and settled on Main street, Lexington, near the P. P. Pierce house. He was fence viewer in 1713, and owned the covenant at the church in 1712. He and his cousin John are ancestors of all the Harringtons of Lexington, coming from Watertown together. He married, November 15, 1711, Anna Harrington, of Watertown, who died October 16, 1777, aged eighty-five, daughter of Samuel and Grace Harrington. Children, born at Lexington: 1. Samule, born July 28, 1712, died September 29, 1712. 2. Samuel, born April 15, 1714. 3. Anna, born June 2, 1716; married Rev. Timothy Harrington and settled at Swanzey, New Hampshire, and at Lancaster, Massachusetts. 4. Robert, born April 26, 1719, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born May 21, 1723. 6. Grace, baptized December 4, 1729, died unmarried April 10, 1759.

(IV) Ensign Robert Harrington, son of Robert Harrington, born Lexington, April 26, 1719, died May 30, 1793, aged seventy-four years. He was a prominent man and held many town offices; was elected selectman

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1752, and for twelve or fourteen years was chairman of the board. He was chairman during the revolution, when many important duties were before the selectmen. He was deputy to the general court four years, was ensign of the military company and was also a magistrate. He and his first wife were admitted to the church at Lexington, August 11, 1745. He married first, Abigail Mason, daughter of Daniel and Experience Mason, of Newton. She died August 25, 1778, aged fifty-seven, and he married second, April 16, 1781, Chloe Trask, widow. Children, all by first wife: 1. Thaddeus, born September 9, 1736, married September 20, 1764, Lydia Porter. 2. Daniel, born May 25, 1739, mentioned below. 3. Annaritte, baptized August 12, 1744, probably died young. 4. Betty, born May 23, 1745, died October 27, 1745. 5. Elizabeth, born September 6, 1747, married Samuel Smith. 6. Abigail, born December 23, 1749, died young. 7. Abigail, born August 9, 1754, married Dr. David Fiske. 8. Abijah, born February 7, 1761, married first, Polly Raymond; second, ----- Locke, widow.

(V) Daniel Harrington, son of Ensign Robert Harrington, born Lexington, May 25, 1739, died there September 17, 1818. .... He married, May 8, 1760, Anna Munroe ....

BIGELOW

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(II) Joshua Bigelow, ....

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... married, October 20, 1676, Elizabeth Flagg .... Children of Joshua Bigelow: .... 9. Daniel, born August 29, 1697; married Elizabeth Whitney. ....

RUSSELL

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(VII) Marcus Morton Russell, son of Amos [and Lois Stearns (Pierce)] Russell (6), was born at Arlington, September 8, 1840. He received his education in the common schools and remained with his father on the farm until he was of age. He then went to Newton, Chestnut Hill district, and entered the employ of Isaac Kingsbury, a prominent market gardener, driving the wagon to the Boston market daily for nine years. He then went into business for himself and marketed the produce from the Kingsbury farm on commission for four years. At the end of this time he bought his present property and has since made a specialty of fruit growing, in which he has been very successful. He also sells produce for the surrounding farmers on commission. The farm is situated on Ward street, Newton, just off the Boulevard, in a picturesque location. Mr. Russell is a man of sterling character, having the fullest measure of confidence and esteem from his townsmen, a quiet, but useful and influential citizen. He and his family attend the Methodist church. He is a Republican in politics, but has never accepted office. He was at one time a member of the Knights of Honor. He belonged to the fire department at Arlington, and now is a member of the Veteran Fireman's Company at Newton. He married January 23, 1870, Sarah Lavinia Whitney, born at Sebec, Maine, December 6, 1847, daughter of Captain Samuel and Clarisa Hillman (Stearns) Whitney, of South Boston, formerly of Sebec. Children: 1. Alfred Morton, born March 23, 1871; married, September 8, 1897, Clara Stanley, of Newton Center, and had Alfred Morton, born June 13, 1898. 2. Arthur Stearns, born February 20, 1872; married, October 8, 1901, Annie Elizabeth White, of Brighton, and had Elizabeth Stearns, born December 4, 1902. 3. Walter Taber, born January 27, 1876. 4. Amos Lawrence, born January 13, 1878; married, September 14, 1905, Evelyn Dursham Coombs, of Hallowell, Maine.

WARREN

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(II) Daniel, son of John Warren (1), ... married, December 10, 1650, Mary Barron .... Children: .... 2. Daniel, born October 6, 1653; admitted freeman April 18, 1690; selectman 1682 to 1698; representative, 1701; married first, December 19, 1678, Elizabeth Whitney. .... 7. John, see forward. ....

(III) Ensign John, son of Daniel Warren (2), ... married, ... Mary Brown .... Children: .... 2. Jonathan, born April 16, 1688; married, November 1712, Sarah Whitney; he died April 10, 1732; she died April 10, 1752. ....

WALCOTT

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(V) William Walcott, son of Jabez [and Lydia (-----)] Walcott, was born at Stow, February 27, 1745, died there November 25, 1827. He was a farmer in the west part of the town. He served in the revolution in Captain William Whitcomb's company of militia, Colonel James Prescott's regiment, which answered the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; also in Captain Silas Taylor's company of volunteers, Colonel Jonathan Reed's regiment, enlisted October 1, 1777, discharged November 8, 1777, with the northern army under General Gates. He married first, August 22, 1766, Elizabeth Wetherbee. He married second, December 24, 1792, Mary Whitney, widow, of Harvard, born February 28, 1756, died November 28, 1837, Rev. William Emerson performing the ceremony. Children of first wife: 1. Jonathan, born August 15, 1767, married, February 10, 1790, Hannah Sargent, of Stow; children: .... 2. Catherine, born June 4, 1769. 3. Ephraim, born May 13, 1771, mentioned below. 4. Lydia, born June 2, 1773. 5. Betty, born March 16, 1775. 6. Silas, born October 3, 1778, married, 1799, Avis Brown, of Stow; children: .... 7. Mercy, born August 27, 1781. Children of second wife: 8. Juda, born June 14, 1794. 9. Mary, born July 10, 1796. 10. William, born January 22, 1799.

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4. George [Walcott], born in Baltimore, January 10, 1823, died August 22, 1886; married, July 16, 1848, Lurena Houghton, who died March 31, 1871; children: ...; v. Addie Florence, born September 27, 1859, married, November 27, 1877, Charles Daniel Whitney and had Mary Lucy Whitney, born November 11, 1879, died September 1885, and Charlena Ardella Whitney, born August 15, 1881; ....

DANIELS

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Robert Daniels (1), immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1590, as on June 26, 1652, he deposed that he was bout sixty years old. He was an early settler at Watertown, and was a property owner there as early as 1636. He was a farmer. In 1636 he removed to Cambridge, but later returned to Watertown. He was admitted a freeman March 14, 1638-39. On October 7, 1651, he sold the Edward Garfield six acres of land on the Hither Plain in Watertown. In December of the same year he sold six acres more in the same location to John Whitney. Shortly before his death, he was excused from training, in April 1655. He was in Cambridge again in 1652. He married first, Elizabeth -----, who diedd October 2, 1643. He married second, May 2, 1654, Reana Andrew, widow of William Andrew. His will was dated July 3, 1655, and proved October 2, 1655. He bequeathed to his widow Rean the property she had when she married him, besides other property; to his five children, and his cousin, Anna Newcomen. His widow married third, Edmund Frost. Children: ....

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