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Stuart, Donna Valley, "Some Descendants of George Farley of Billerica, Massachusetts," NEHGR, Volume CXXXVI (1982), pp. 43-62, 133-147.

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5. Ebenezer3 Farley (Caleb2, George1) was born at Woburn, 3 April 1674 and died intestate at Billerica, 16 August 1728 (BVR).
He married at Billerica, 6 June 1703 (BVR) Elizabeth Shed, who was born there, 7 January 1681/82, daughter of John and Sarah (Chamberlain) She d. [snip]

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Children, all born at Billerica (BVR):
  1. Elizabeth4, b. 28 Mar. 1704; m. (1) at Billerica, 6 Sept. 1724 (BVR) Lt. John4 Shed (Nathaniel3-2, Daniel1), b. there, 6 Sept. 1699 (BVR), d. there, 3 Jan. 1754, son of Nathaniel and Mary (French) Shed; m. (2) at Stow (Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 [1911]), 16 July 1767, she of Harvard, Abraham Whitney, b. there, 29 May 1692, d. there, 15 Sept. 1778, son of Moses and Sarah (Knight) Whitney (ibid.). Ch. (surname Shed) (all births BVR, other data from Hazen, History of Billerica, 161, and Shedd, Daniel Shed Genealogy, 131):
    1. John, b. 3 May 1725; d. 7 Dec. 1725.
    2. Elizabeth, b. 17 Nov. 1726.
    3. Rebecca, b. 17 Feb. 1728/29; m. (1) 13 Mar. 1757 David Burge; m. (2) at Chelmsford, 2 May 1786 Zaccheus Barrett.
    4. John, b. 27 Jan. 1731/32.
    5. Sarah, b. 6 July 1734; d. 23 July 1734.
    6. Ebenezer, b. 3 Jan. 1735/36; m. 30 May 1758 Thankful Fletcher of Chelmsford.
    7. Zaccheus, b. 28 Oct. 1758; d. Oct. 1758.
    8. Mary, b. 19 June 1741; m. 21 May 1761 Jonathan Gates of Harvard. [snip]

Flagg, Ina Ruth N., and Carney, John Bernard, "The Flagg Family of Wellesley," NEHGR, Volume CXXXVI (1982), pp. 220-241.

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7. William6 Flagg (Solomon5-4, Gershom3, Benjamin2, Thomas1) was born at Boston, 15 October 1802 ("Vital Records of Needham," 21); and died at West Needham, 16 Februry 1861 (Needham VRs 7) and was buried in the Village cemetery.
He married first at Natick, 6 November 1825, Martha Brown Winch (Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 [Boston, 1910], 142), who was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, 11 October 1803, daughter of Jesse and Martha (Brown) Winch (Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 [Boston, 1911], 209, 400), who had joined the Village church 11 July 1819 (Chandler, Village Church, 205). She died at West Needham, 2 February 1848 (Ibid.; "Vital Records of Needham," 135), and was buried in the Village church cemetery (Clarke, Wellesley Epitaphs, 19).
William Flagg married second at Northborough, Massachusetts, 10 January 1850, Sophia Ball. The marriage was performed by William A. Houghton, a clergyman of Northborough (Northborough Vital Records). Sophia was born at Northborough, 26 March 1811, the daughter of Edward Baker and Sophia (Parker) Ball of Marlborough, Massachusetts. [snip]

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Children by first marriage, all born at West Needham ("Vital Records of Needham" for dates before 1850; other dates as noted):
  1. William Henry7, b. 20 Feb. 1828; bap. 29 June 1828 (Dedham Historical Register, 12 [1901]: 118); d. at Wellesley 14 April. 1901 (Wellesley Town Report, 1901, 99); m. (1) at Needham, int. 28 April 1851, Mary E. Beck (Needham VRs, 124), b. at Cambridge or Lexington, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Green) Beck of Cambridge (Ibid., 4, 24); d. at Needham, 4 Jan. 1868, age 39 yrs., 8 mos., 1 day (Needham Town Report, 1868, 26). Four children. William m. (2) at Lowell, Mass., 18 Nov. 1869 Sarah A. (Whitney) Smith, dau. of Hananiah and Sarah (Beaman) Whitney (Needham VRs, 16), b. ca 1835 (age 35 in U.S. Census 1870, Mass., Norfolk 41, Grantville Post Office), d. at Wellesley, 21 Mar. 1918 (Wellesley Town Report, 1918, 77). Three children. [snip]

Roberts, Gary Boyd, "The New England Ancestry of H.R.H. The Princess of Wales," NEHGR, Volume CXXXVI (1982), pp. 85-103, 307-336.

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The following alphabetically lists 250 distant kinsmen of Dr. Joseph Strong and the Princess of Wales [Lady Diana Frances Spencer] all receive, or undoubtedly will receive, considerable coverage in the Dictionary of American Biography, Notable American Women, or Webster's Biographical Dictionary. Immediately after each name are the notable kinsman's birth and death years and a word or phrase that denotes his or her area of achievement. [snip]

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238. Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1872-1942, sculptress, founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; Cornelius Vanderbilt II, 222 above, & Alice Claypoole Gwynne.
239. William Collins Whitney, 1841-1904, financier, sportsman & U.S. Secretary of the Navy (2nd wife, Edith Sibyl May; John Frederick May & Sarah Maria Mills; Frederick May & Julia Matilda Slocum, great-grandparents of Mrs. John Barrymore, see 24 above).

Pelley, Winifred Fahey, Bailey, Lindsley Reese, Bruce, Winsor, Fahey, Laura Lindquist, Rugg, Miriam Fahey, and Fahey, Catherine Rose, "Thomas1 Bruce of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts," NEHGR, Volume CXXXVI (1982), pp. 294-306.

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3. Roger2 Bruce (Thomas1) was born about 1670, possibly earlier. He is stated to have died 16 September 1733 (Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 [Worcester, Mass., 1903]), but his will was signed 8 December 1733 and proved 7 February 1733/4 (Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate, Series A, file 8553).
Abt 1690, he married Elizabeth Forbush, who was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 16 Mrch 1669, the daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Perriman) Forbush.[snip]

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Children (Framingham VRs and Marlborough VRs as indicated):
  1. Samuel3, b. at Marlborough, 24 Mar. 1691; d. at Holden, Mass. 16 Dec. 1741 (Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 [Worcester, Mass., 1904] m. at Marlborough 1720 or 1721, Elizabeth Townshend, d. 10 Mar. 1746; res. in that part of Marlborough set off as Southborough. Children (first three, Marlborough VRs; others Southborough VRs):
    1. Jerusha, b. 20 Oct. 1721; m. 25 Sept. 1744 Gershom Newton.
    2. Sarah, b. 13 Aug. 1723.
    3. Joseph, b. 4 Dec. 1726; m. at Westborough 14 Dec. 1752 Sibyl (Shattuck) Child, widow of Jonas Child.
    4. Samuel, b. 4 July 1729; m. Betty Whitney.
    5. Roger, b. 30 Sept. 1734; m. (1) 18 Apr. 1761, Zerviah Thurstin; m. (2) at Boylston, 11 Oct. 1809, Ruth Bond. [snip]

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