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FAMILY REGISTER 9 and later became part of Northboro. Near by, about a mile from the village and near the junction of the Marlboro and Westboro roads is an old abandoned burial ground, where doubtless rest the remains of our ancestor, and where the monument of his father-in-law, Adam Holloway, is still to be seen. Nathaniel's children were put under the guardianship of Jona- than Forbush, who had lived for some time on the Oak farm and to whom part of it had been deeded earlier, though some of them later chose Joseph Wheeler and William Holloway, other kinsmen on their mother's side. As they grew up the oldest son occupied the homestead and the others settled on farms in the vicinity. Only one spent his whole life in the town ; but only one, Jonathan (8), ever left what is now Worcester county. SECOND GENERATION. II. CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL I. AND MARY HOL- LOWAY. 2. Nathaniel. Bolton, Mass. ; farmer ; born Marlboro, June 7, 1704; married first, February 20, 1727; married second, June 7, 1736; died probably (possibly his wife) June 5, 1783. First wife Tabitha Rice, daughter of Edward and Lydia (Fairbanks), born March 6, 1706; died before 1736. Second wife, Keziah May- nard, daughter of David and Hannah; born July 10, 1703; died about 1794 (or 1783) ; six children (10-15). Nathaniel^ lived on the old home farm, where all his children but one were born, until 1745. He held such minor positions as highway surveyor and tithing man, 1736-42. In 1740 with Capt. James Eagar and others he "perambulated" the boundary be- tween Westboro and *Bolton. In 1745 with his wife and five chil- dren he settled in Bolton, buying a farm on Long Hill, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1781 he and his wife, being "aged and poor" the income of his son Beriah's estate was left to the * Bolton, a farmine town on the Nashua River, 31 miles west of Boston, was set off from Lancaster in 1738. The B. & M. and N. Y. N. H. & H. Railroads run either side of it four miles away. A Concord coach carries the mail and Bolton remains a typical New Ensrland town of the old type, with two churches, 106 pupils in the public school and 745 inhabitants. It abounds in fine scenic views and is attractinir attention as a residence section.
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