136. Oct. 12, 1749. 137. April 18, 1754. 138. Mar. 11, 1756. 139. Nov. 21, 1758. 140. Dec. 17, 1761. 141. Dec. 1, 1763. 142. June 26, 1766. 143. Dec. 17, 1767. 144. June 2, 1768. 145. Dec. 29, 1768. 146. Nov. 14, 1771. 147. July 27, 1772. 148. June 29, 1775. 149. June 3, 1778. 150. Nov. 14, 1780. 151. Nov. 14, 1782. 152. May 18, 1786. 153. Nov. 23, 1788. 154. Jan. 1, 1789. 155. Sept. 15, 1789. 156. Nov. 29, 1789. Olivet Bacon and Sarah Haws. Jonathan Ellis of Boston and Hannah Newell. [The pulpit at Needham was vacant 1788-1792.] 157. [May 22, 1794] 158. Aug. 21, 1796. 159. Dec. 27, 1797. Rev. Stephen Palmer and Catharine Haven. Joel Smith and Hannah Whiting. Nos. 129 and 130, minister or magistrate not indicated, nos. 131, 132, 134-137, by Rev. Samuel Dexter, no. 133, by Rev. Andrew Tyler, nos. 138-142, 145–150, 152, 153, 157-159, by Rev. Jason Haven, no. 143, by Rev. Benjamin Caryl, no. 144, by John Jones, Esq., nos. 151, 154–156, by Rev. Thomas Thacher [the return does not give the name of the minister in some instances, but the Dedham records supply it]. From 1761, the Dedham records give the grooms the title of "Mr.", and the brides that of "Mifs," in many instances. 161. July 14, 1725. 162. Aug. 27, 1740. 163. Oct. 22, 1747. 164. July 5, 1757. SALEM. Aaron Jackson and Mary Dewing. ROXBURY. Joseph Wolcot and Elizabeth Mossman. Eleazer Kingsbury and Elizabeth George. Mr. John Ayres and Mrs. Hannah Daua of Dedham. Nos. 161 and 162, by Mr. Nehemiah Walton, no. 163, by Joseph Heath, Esq., and no. 164, by Joseph Williams, Esq. 165. Feb. 23, 1769. MEDFIELD. Rev. Samuel West and Mrs. Priscilla Plimpton. [She was a young single woman.] By Rev. Jonathan Townsend. 166. Apr. 24, 1780. Mr. Moses Wight and Mifs Sarah Tolman. By Rev. Thomas Prentifs. The foregoing returns were duly attested by the clerks of the respective cities and towns. THE ROYAL DESCENT OF MABEL HARLAKENDEN. BY A DESCENDANT. THE alleged Royal descent of Mabel Harlakenden has never received the unqualified acceptance of careful genealogists. A pedigree is no stronger than its weakest link. That a daughter of Richard Londenoys married Thomas Harlakenden was abundantly proved, but there seemed to be no sufficient evidence of the marriage of this Richard Londenoys to a daughter of Thomas, Lord Dacre of the South. Neither Dugdale, Collins or any of the Visitations give a daughter to Lord Dacre, and it seemed significant that the shield of arms above the monument of Roger Harlakenden in the church of Earls Colne, erected in 1602, should quarter the arms of (1) Harlakenden, (2) Willis, (3) Londenoys, and (4) Oxenbridge, and should omit the much more important family of Dacre, if any descent from it could be claimed. But a pedigree of the Londenoys family, recently obtained from the British Museum (Harl. ms., 6065, fol. 76), seems to set the matter at rest by establishing the missing link. It appears by this pedigree that Robert Londenoys of Breade, in County Sussex, Esq., married the daughter and heir of William Oxenbridge of Winchelsea, armiger, and that Richard Londenoys of Breade, Esq., a son of this marriage, married" Catherine dau. to ye Lo. Dacres—Az 3 lions ramp. or," and further, that Mary, "daugh. & sole heire to Rich. Londenoys" married Thomas Harlakenden of Warhorne in Co. Kent. Three of the children of Thomas Harlakenden are named, John "sonne & heire," William 2d son, and Elizabeth; but as Roger, the 3d son, is not named, the pedigree was probably compiled before his birth in 1541. It is unsigned, and must be taken for what it is worth; but corroborative evidence is found in the pedigree of the Oxenbridge family, which appears in 12 Sussex Arch., Coll. 230, where the marriage is also noted of Richard Londenoys to "Katherine daughter of Fines Lord Dacre." The Oxenbridge family seems to have been of considerable consequence in the County of Sussex. Thomas Oxenbridge, who was of the elder branch and was first cousin once removed to William Oxenbridge of Winchelsea, whose daughter and heir married Robert Londenoys, was a sergeant at law, and had a grant of the custody of the lands of Richard Fynes, late Lord Dacre, and the wardship and marriage of his grandson and heir Thomas. This Thomas became 8th Lord Dacre, and was the father of Catherine who married Richard Londenoys. Thomas Oxenbridge was also named, with her sons Thomas and William Fynes, as one of the executors of the will of Joan Fynes, Lady Dacre, widow of Richard who died in 1486. (Testamenta Vetusta, 320.) His younger brother, Sir Goddard Oxenbridge, who was three times Sheriff of Sussex, married Ann, daughter of Sir Thomas Fines, 2d son of Richard Fynes, Lord Dacre, and Joan his wife. Sir John Fines (Fynes or Fiennes), his elder brother (sometimes but erroneously called Thomas in the early pedigrees), married Alice, daughter and co-heir of Henry, Lord Fitz Hugh. He died before 1485, in the lifetime of his father, and his son Thomas succeeded as 8th Lord Dacre, and may be confidently claimed as one of the ancestors of Mabel Harlakenden. His descent, through the Bouchier family, from King Edw. III. is, of course, unquestioned. That no daughter is assigned to Lord Dacre in the early pedigrees has no controlling or even special significance, for younger sons as well as daughters were often, if not usually, omitted, the main purpose of the compiler being to give only the direct descent. That the arms of Dacre appear in the Londenoys pedigree would seem to preclude any suggestion of illegitimacy, and the intimate connection shown between the families of Oxenbridge and Dacres makes the Londenoys marriage a very natural and probable one, and it may be considered as fairly proven. THE DESCENDANTS OF DEA. ZACHARY FITCH OF READING. By Hon. EZRA S. STEARNS, A.M. [Continned from Vol. 55, page 407.] 39. THADDEUS FITCH, b. March 23, 1755, was only son of Joseph (25) and Rachel Fitch. He lived in Rindge, N. H., and Amherst, N. H., a few years. He was a soldier in the Revolution, was at Bunker Hill in Capt. Josiah Crosby's company, and a quarter-master in Stark's Brigade in the Bennington campaign. He returned to Bedford, 1778. He m. Sept. 14, 1779, Mary Moore, dau. of John and Mary (Wheeler) Moore. Children: i. MARY, b. Dec. 29, 1779; m. Sept. 2, 1810, Oliver Reed, b. Dec. 11, 1755, son of Oliver and Sarah (Bridge) Reed. Lived in Bedford. He d. Aug. 15, 1837; she d. May 31, 1812. They had two children, twins, Nathan Oliver and Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1812. Family of David Fitch (51). ii. SARAH, b. Sept. 22, 1781. iii. JOSEPH, b. July 10, 1797; d. Dec. 30, 1830. See 40. DAVID FITCH, b. May 22, 1743; m. April 3, 1770, Mary Fowle. Succeeded his father in the mill and homestead. Served in Capt. John Moore's company, 1775. He d. July 27, 1813; she d. Sept. 19, 1829, aged 82. Children: i. POLLY, b. Oct. 23, 1770; m. Benjamin Wheeler of Concord, N. H. Giles Wheeler, Esq., of Concord, is a descendant. ii. LYDIA, b. Dec. 7, 1772; m. Sept. 10, 1801, Nathaniel Page, b. Oct. 25, 1775, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Brown) Page of Bedford. He d. Aug. 30, 1858; she d. Jan. 24, 1852. Eight children. 51. iii. DAVID, b. June 28, 1777; m. Hannah Proctor. iv. ISAAC, b. Jan. 15, 1782; d. Feb. 5, 1797. 41. PAUL FITCH, b. Jan. 4, 1741-2, was son of John (27). He m. 1767, Mary Jaquith, b. Billerica, June 26, 1747, dau. of Abraham and Hannah (Farley) Jaquith. He lived in Ashby until 1770, when he removed to the north part of Lancaster; and in 1775 he bought of his brother Jacob the land and mills in Rindge, N. H., later known as the Kimball and the Converse mills. While a resident of Rindge, he served in Capt. Salmon Stone's company, 1777. In 1778 he removed to Peterborough, N. H., and in 1780 to Jaffrey, N. H. His wife d. in Jaffrey, Feb. 18, 1800. He m. second, in Rindge, Jan. 7, 1802, Joanna (Rice) Walker, widow of Samuel Walker of Rindge. At this date he removed to Marlborough, N. H., where he d. May 2, 1818. i. ii. Children: HANNAH, b. Ashby, June 23, 1768; m. John Moore, b. Sharon, N. H., iii. PAUL, b. Lancaster, June 21, 1773; m. Nov. 25, 1802, Sarah Walker, iv. MARY, b. Rindge, March 15, 1776; m. April 15, 1799, William Moore, b. Jan. 10, 1774, son of David and Margaret (Taggart) Moore of Sharon, N. H. He was a lieutenant in the militia, and a town officer. He died Oct. 6, 1823. His widow died Oct. 23, 1835. Eleven children; among these, Mary Fitch Moore, b. April 20, 1807, m. March 4, 1830, Samuel Stearns, b. Aug. 27, 1802, son of Daniel and Abigail (Knowlton)}Stearns-the honored parents of the compiler of this genealogy. V. ALICE, b. Peterborough, April 11, 1779; blind many years; d. unm., 1859. vi. ABIGAIL, b. Jaffrey, Feb. 26, 1782; m. 1809, Joseph Piper. Four children. vii. JACOB, b. Jaffrey, Feb. 20, 1785; unmarried; d. Marlborough, N. H., Aug. 19, 1852. viii. SUSAN, b. Jaffrey, Oct. 2, 1789; m. Aug. 7, 1808, David Blood. He She m. was killed in a mill at Marlborough, N. H., May 2, 1813. second, April 3, 1815, Joseph Tolman, b. March 8, 1789, son of Joseph and Martha (Clark) Tolman. She d. Hinsdale, N. H., June 29, 1875. Three children by first, and eight by second marriage. ix. LUTHER JAQUITH, b. Jaffrey, Sept. 8, 1792; m. Nov. 4, 1822, Jane Hoyt, b. May 25, 1798. He was a man of culture, and many years a school teacher. Lived in Hopkinton, N. H., where he d. Feb. 5, 1872. She d. April 1, 1867. One child, Sarah Jane, who m. Samuel Spofford of Hopkinton. 42. JOSHUA CHASE, b. Littleton, Aug. 31, 1743, son of George Chase of Littleton, and later of Shirley, m. 1770 (intention June 2), Susannah5 Fitch, b. Feb. 18, 1746-7, dau. of John (27). He removed to Chesterfield, N. H., and after several years returned to Shirley, where he d. March 11, 1810. She d. July 10, 1827. Children: i. JACOB, b. Shirley, June 30, 1771; m. 1791, Olive Wilson; m. second, ii. ABIGAIL, b. April 25, 1773. iii. WILLIAM P., b. June 8, 1775; d. Chesterfield, 1778. iv. GEORGE, b. Jan. 2, 1778; d. Chesterfield, 1778. 43. SAMUEL FITсп, b. Nov. 9, 1736, son of Jeremiah (28), m. May 28, 1766, Mary Blood, b. Concord, Aug. 1, 1740, dau. of Stephen and Mary Blood. He was a farmer of Acton. His wife d. about 1776, and he m. second, April 23, 1778, Abiel Walker, widow of Capt. Benjamin Walker of Chelmsford. Captain Walker was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Bunker Hill, and died within the enemy's line, August, 1775. Samuel Fitch d. July 21, 1809. The births of the daughters are not on record. It is probable there was i. ii. a dau. Abigail, who m. 1798, James Giles, Jr., of Townsend; and a dau. Hannah, who m. Joseph Blood, but it may appear that Hannah was a daughter of Captain Walker. So far as known, there were six children by the first, and two by the second marriage. Children, by first wife: 6 NOAH, b. April 19, 1768; m. May 1, 1796, Mary Davis, dau. of Capt. May 24, 1840. iii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 22, 1770, by family record; April 6, 1770, by town Eunice Perry, b. Sherborn, Mass., March 28, 1779. He d. Nov. 1, iv. LUKE, b. Jan. 2, 1771. "I know not if he be living or where he is," says his brother Irad in his will. V. MARY, b. Dec. 18, 1774; m. Dec. 29, 1795, Samuel Read, b. Chelms- 23, 1860; she d. March 26, 1865. Six children. vi. DANIEL, b. April 11, 1776. Children, by second wife: vii. BETSEY, b. 1779; m. above). Read; m. second, Samuel Read (see viii. IRAD, b. July 12, 1781. Lived in Acton, and in Tyngsboro'; d. unmarried, 1838. 44. JEREMIAH FITCH, b. Sept. 25, 1742, son of Jeremiah (28), was an innholder on the estate now known as Stone Croft Farm, in the village of Bedford. It was at his tavern that the minute men of Bedford were gathered and entertained, April 19, 1775. Of this military company the popular landlord was a sergeant. He m. April 19, 1770, Lydia Smith, b. Feb. 23, 1744, dau. of Jonas and Thankful (Fiske) Smith of Waltham. He d. Dec. 29, 1808; she d. Sept. 10, 1823. Children: 6 i., ii., iii. ALFORD, LYDIA, LYDIA, all d. young. iv. JEREMIAH, b. May 14, 1778; m. May 10, 1804, Mary Rand, b. Dec. 14, 1776, dau. of Robert and Mary (Simpkins) Rand of Boston. He was a well known and reputable merchant of Boston, a selectman of the town (serving on the last board previous to a city charter), and a director of the Union Bank and of the Mercantile Marine Insurance Company. For an appreciative sketch, see Brown's History of Bedford, supp., p. 11. He d. July 10, 1840; she d. March 3, 1840. Of their six children, five died unmarried. The youngest child, Mary Rand, b. Aug. 30, 1813, m. April 7, 1841, John Henry Jenks, b. Bath, Me., July 6, 1810, son of Rev. William Jenks, D.D. He was a bookseller of Boston, where he d. Oct. 29, 1869; she d. June 13, 1881. To Charles W. Jenks of Bedford, and Rev. Henry F. Jenks of Canton, sons of John Henry and Mary Rand (Fitch) Jenks, the compiler is under obligation for courteous and diligent attention to many inquiries. ALMON, b. Aug. 8, 1780; m. March 28, 1814, Martha Wood. Lived in Bedford. He d. Nov. 23, 1820; she d. June 22, 1852. Two children. |