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FAMILY REGISTER
27
49.
Abigail.
Fitzwilliam,
N.
H.
;
born,
Templeton,
Mass.,
September.
1763;
married, March
11,
1783;
died, Winchendon,
March
9,
1847.
Husband, Nathaniel Wilson;
died January
3,
1817. He was one of the first settlers of Fitzwilliam
; no children.
By Abigail's will the income of her estate was left to an adopted
son of her husband and his descendants, the property to go finally
to the town of Winchendon for the support of Sundays Schools.
The
last of the descendants dying in
1893, the town came into
possession of the bequest.
50.
Hepzibah.
Stamford, Vt.
; born, Winchendon, Mass., No-
vember
2,
1764
(or
Bolton, October
12,
1760—perhaps another
who died young) married first
; married second about 1798;
died November
5.
1820.
First
husband,
Washburn;
no
children; second husband, Ensign Timothy Cook, son
of Noah
and Keziah
(Powers)
of Hadley, Mass.; born February
6,
1757
(or November
17,
1756);
died, September
17,
1821
; 4
children,
Hepzibah, Andrew, Stephen, and Keziah.
Hepzibah's son, mar-
rying into the Oak
tribe, she had many descendants
in another
branch—that of Beriah3
(14).
51.
Joel.
Newbury, Ohio; farmer; born Winchendon, Mass.,
September
i. 1767; married
in Ohio about 1795; died December
12, 1822.
Wife, Susan Bent, daughter of Col.
Silas, a prominent
man and ancestor of several western
celebrities
; born April 21,
1773;
died
April
5,
1865;
7
children,
Susan,
Elizabeth,
Daniel,
Sumner, William, Charlotte, Lucy.
Joel* Oaks went to Ohio in 1787 and took an active part in the
various Indian wars, his services as scout being especially valued.
He was with Gen. Putnam
(1787-8)
in the expedition
to Musk-
ingum
(Marietta)
;
settled
at Newbury, below
Belpre on
land
where had stood Col. Nye's blockhouse, being there in 1790 —
; at
"Farmers'
Castle,"
1792;
associated
from
1794
with
Griffith
Grimes
in
salt
enterprises and
discovery of the
Scioto
salines.
His old farm, in what
is now Little Hocking,
is occupied by his
grandson, Silas
(154).
52.
Abraham.
Bridgewater, N. Y.
; farmer and trader
; born
Winchendon, Mass., August 31
(or 15), 1770; married
first, Jan-
uary 31, 1791
; married second, 1810; died May 8, 1844; first wife,
Lois Gurley, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Walker)
; born,
Marshfield, Conn., March 10, 1764; died, July 17, 1809; 5 children,
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