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     31. PHILO⁵ MURRAY (Philo⁴ Abner³ Jehiel² Jonathan¹), the son of Philo and Lydia (-------) Murray, was born at Woodbury, Conn., 24 Mar. 1789; he died near Elyria, Ohio, 14 Oct. 1854. He probably removed, with his brothers about 1819 to Lorain County, Ohio.

     He married, in 1820, Harriet Minnott, born 27 Aug. 1797; d. 3 August 1862.

     Issue (probably all born at Carlisle)

     32. ABNER⁵ MURRAY (Philo ⁴ Abner ³ Jehiel ² Jonathan ¹), the son of Philo and Lydia (--------) Murray, was born at Woodbury, Connecticut, 24 March 1789; he died at Norwalk, Ohio, 21 February 1855; he presumably removed to Carlisle, Ohio, about 1819 with his brothers Jamison and Philo.

     He married, about 1816, Polly Crane, who died in 1829.

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     33. RUFUS⁵ MURRAY (Philo⁴ Abner³ Jehiel² Jonathan¹), the son of Philo and Lydia (-------) Murray, was born at Woodbury, Conn., 6 June 1796; he died at Detroit, Michigan, 2 August 1869. He liver (sic) mainly at Mayville, New York, and Detroit.

     He married, about 1827, Martha Brooks Rowe, born about 1797, died 27 December 1881.

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     34. ROSWELL GOULD⁵ MURRAY (Roswell⁴ Ezra³ Jehiel² Jonathan¹), the son of Roswell and Susannah (Fitch) Murray, was born at Florida (now Minaville), Montgomery County, New York, 7 September 1799; he died at Victor, New York, 12 August 1877; he resided mainly at Rochester, New York.

     He married, 12 August 1822, his own cousin once removed, as her second husband, Mrs. Laura (Murray) Arnold, widow of Whipple Arnold, and daughter of Daniel³ and Elizabeth (Raymond) Murray (vide supra, 7, viii.), born 21 March 1793, d. 13 March 1865.

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     He married, firstly, about 1825, Helen E. Sarvis. He married, secondly, about 1829, Mary Spring.

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     36. Ezra⁵ Murray (Reuben⁴ Ezra³ Jehiel² Jonathan¹), the son of Reuben and Sabre (Doty) Murray, was born in Florida, Montgomery county, New York, 30 July 1797; he died at Pepin, Wisconsin, 29 April 1878.

     He married, 28 May 1826, Sarah F. Stone, born in 1800, d. 23 April 1844.

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     He married, in December 1824, Rachel Campbell, born 11 August 1804, died 21 April 1863.

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     38. Eleazer⁵ Murray (Reuben⁴ Ezra³ Jehiel² Jonathan¹), the son of Reuben and Sabre (Doty) Murray, was born at Victor, Ontario county, New York, 12 March 1809; he died at Ionia, Michigan, 21 May 1880.

     He married, 17 July 1831, Julia Ann Doty, born 19 April 1809, died 26 May 1891.

     Issue (all born at Farmington, Mich.):

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     PATTERSON-EASTMAN: - Wanted: parentage of Marilla Patterson, born in 1796, probably in Oneida County, New York; married in 1813, Nathaniel Eastman; died, in 1878, at Warsaw, New York. - Fred Eastman, 2628 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

     Under the title One Branch of the Miner Family, With Extensive Notes on the Wood, Lounsberry, Rogers, and fifty other allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island, a book of family history by Mrs. Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck has been issued recently. The publisher is the genealogist, Donald Lines Jacobus, of New Haven, Connecticut, who had edited the work, and who did a part of the vast amount of research which has gone into it.

     The following families are included (the figure in parenthesis after each indicates the number of generations) : Thomas Barlow, of Fairfield (2); Thomas Betts, of Norwalk (2); Wm. Brewster, of Plymouth, New London branch (3); Alex. Bryan, of Milford (6); "Farmer" George Clark, of Milford (2); John Coit, of New London (2); Edward Collins, of Cambridge (2); Win. Comstock, of New London (3); John Conkling, of Huntington, L. I. (2); John Cooper, of Southampton, L. I. (2); Win. Cross, of Fairfield (3); Wm. Douglas, of New London (2); Thos. Fitch, of Norwalk and his brothers (4); Rev. Robt. Fordham, of Southampton, L. I. (4); Philip Goff, of Wethersfield (3); Walter Harris, of New London (5); Thos. Helme, of Brookhaven, L. I. (4); Jeremy Jagger, of Stamford (3); Wm. Keeney, of New London (3); John Latimer, of Wethersfield (3); John Lewis, of Westerly (3); Edmund Lockwood, of Cambridge, Stamford branch (3); Robt. Lockwood, of Fairfield (3); Rich. Lounsberry, of Rye, N. Y., Stamford branch (6); Oliver Manwaring, of New London (2); Andrew Messenger, of Jamaica, L. I. (3); Thos. Miner, of Stonington (9); Hugh Mould, of New London (2); Geo. Norton, of Salem, Huntington branch (7); Rich. Olmstead, of Norwalk (4); Walter Palmer, of Stonington (2); Wm. Palmer, of Newton, L. I. (3); Win. Pantry, of Hartford (2); Robt. Penoyer, of Mamaroneck, N. Y. (2); Rich. Platt, of Milford (3); Rich. Raymond, of Saybrook (6); John Reynolds, of Wethersfield (2); Win. Rogers, of Huntington, L. I. (7); Matthias St. John, of Norwalk (5); Thos. Sherwood, of Fairfield (2); John Smith, of Lancaster, Lyme branch (4); John Stratton, of Easthampton, L. I. (2) ; John Strickland, of Jamaica, L. I. (3); Robt. Titus, of Huntington, L. I. (5); Thos. Topping, of Southampton, L. I. (3); Humphrey Turner, of Scituate, New London branch (4); John Waterbury, of Stamford (2); Rich. Webb, of Stamford (5); Nicholas Webster, of Stamford (3); Stukeley Westcott, of Warwick, R. I., New London branch (5); John White, of

     Mr. Earl L. W. Heck, of Richmond, Surrey, England, has recently published an account of one line of George Washington's ancestry under the title Colonel William Ball of Virginia, The Great-Grandfather of Washington (London, 1928). The book contributes practically nothing to what is already known about the Ball family. It does bring to-gether from various places such data as is known, however. Therein lies the value of the book. It is a handy, nicely printed little volume, cheap enough to be obtainable by anyone with the Ball line (it costs five shillings, or slightly over a dollar).

     There has just been published by the Tuttle Morehouse Company, of New Haven, Connecticut, a genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey, of Cambridge, Hartford, and Killingworth. It is edited and compiled by Mr. C. C. Kelsey.

     Mr. Frederick Taylor Gates, of Montclair, New Jersey, has published a volume about his ancestry. It contains much valuable data about the Gates family. As the most comprehensive genealogy of the Gates family is several years old, and was compiled before the days of what might be called scientific, or painstaking, genealogy, this new volume will be very welcome.

     11. JOSHUA³ MAXFIELD (Joseph² John¹), the son of Joseph and Joanna (Richardson) Maxfield, was born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, 20 September 1740; he died at Wear, New Hampshire, in 1787. He signed the Association Test in 1776 at Wear, New Hampshire (New Hampshire Rev. Rolls, State papers, vol. 30, p. 154). On 25 January 1784, he petitioned for a parish in the east part of Wear.

     He married, 7 November 1764, Sarah Currier.
     (D. W. Hoyt's Old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, p. 449. Town papers, N. H., vol. 13, p. 641. D. A. R. Lineage Book, vol.  , p.  ).

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     12. HENRY⁴ MAXFIELD (Samuel³ John² John¹), the son of Samuel and Jemima (Eaton) Maxfield, was born at Salisbury, Massachusettes, 17 February 1743/4. He married 20 August 1765 Hannah Bootman, who died in February 1781.

     (Salisbury Vital records, p. 151, 586. Haverhill Vital records, p. 217.)

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     13. DUDLEY⁴ MAXFIELD (Samuel³ John² John¹), the son of Samuel and Jemima (Eaton) Maxfield, was born at Salisbury, Masachusetts, 4 May 1752; he was baptized 16 September 1753. He died 10 May 1835. He served as a private in the Recolutionary War (Mass. Sold. & Sail. of Rev. War, vol. 10, p. 366).

     He married, firstly, Sarah -------, who died 17 July 1781 at Salisbury.

     He married, secondly, 25 May 1820, Mrs. Elizabeth (Colby) Flanders, who was born 20 March 1773 at Amesbury, Massachusetts, and died 9 April 1846, of erysipelas and palsy. She was buried at Mills. She was the daughter of Obidiah⁵ (Obidiah⁴ Samuel³ Samuel² Anthony¹) and Mary (Merrell). The vital records of Salisbury say she was aged eighty-three

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     14. EDMUND⁴ MAXFIELD (Timothy³ Timothy² John¹), son of Timothy and Patience (Drinkwater) Maxfield, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 1 January 1736/7.

     He received permission, on 21 April 1766, from the Monthly meeting to marry Rachell Russell, who was born 28 July 1741 at Dartmouth.
     (Dartmouth Vital records. New England historical and genealogical register, vol. 59, p. 22).

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     15. PATRICK⁴ MAXFIELD (Timothy³ Timothy² John¹), the son of Timothy and Patience (Drinkwater) Maxfield, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 28 September 1742. He saw service in the brig Marie and Betsy in 1781. (Mass. Sold. & Sail. of Rev. War, vol. 10, p. 367)

     He married (intentions 23 February 1769) Freelove Badcock, of Dartmouth. (Dartmouth Vital records.)

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     16. ABRAHAM ⁴ MAXFIELD (John³ Timothy² John¹), the son of John and Dinah (Sherman) Maxfield, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts 5 August 1759. He served in the Bristol Regiment in 1780. (Mass. Sold. & Sail. of Rev. War, vol. 10, p. 367).

     He married (intentions 15 August 1782) Elizabeth Hathaway. (Dartmouth vital records.)

     Issue (all born at Dartmouth)

     17. NATHANIEL⁴ MAXFIELD (Eliphalet³ Nathaniel² John¹), son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Thompson) Maxfield, was born at South Hampton, New Hampshire, 24 May 1743; he died in 1797 and was buried at Loudon, New Hampshire.

     He was a tanner, by trade, and lived first at South Hampton. Later he removed to Kensington, and then to Epping. He also lived at Candia, where he signed as a witness a receipt given by John Colby, 26 April 1777 (New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, vol. 3, p. 587). He signed the Association Test there (ibid. vol. 30, p. 23). He served as a private, from 21 July 1777 until 18 September 1777, in Capt. Stephen Dearborn's company, Col. Thomas Stickney regiment, Gen. Stark's Brigade, which marched from Chester, N. H., to the defense of Bennington, Vermont, in that year. He was present at the Battle of Bennington on 16 August 1777 (ibid., vol. 2, p. 168). J. B. Moore, in his History of Candia, p. 79, speaks of him as Captain Nathaniel Maxfield, and says (p. 494) that he built a house there. In 1780 Nathaniel Maxfield was at Epping, where he was living at the time of the 1790 census. Some time after 1791 he removed to Loudon, where he died. His children, born at Epping, were baptized by the pastor of the Congregational Church there; those who were married at Loudon were married by the Reverend Jedediah Tucker, pastor of the Congregational Church there.

     Nathaniel Maxfield married at Kensington, New Hampshire, 23 June 1766, Mehitable Rowe, daughter of Joseph⁴ (Robert ³------- ² Nicholas ¹) and Ruth (Sherburne) Rowe. She was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, 20 May 1752. No record of her death has been found. A family tradition says that Nathaniel Maxfield married also a Mrs. Hills. A Mehitable Maxfield married a John Hill. Possibly the similarity of names confused the descendants, and Mrs. Mehitable (Rowe) Maxfield may have been the Mehitable Maxfield who married John Hill.

     (Congregational church records, Epping, N. H., p. 48, 96, 432, 481. Letters in the possession of Mr. Grant Maxfield, of Toulon, Illinois. New England historical and genealogical register, vol. 58, p. 3- 91, 392-94; vol. 24, p. 357. D. H. Hurd's History of Merrimack County, New Hampshire, p. 508, 494. J. B. Moore's History of Candia, N. H., p. 74, 79, 95, 97, 494.)

     18. CURRIER⁴ MAXFIELD (Joshua³ Joseph² John¹), the son of Joshua and Sarah (Currier) Maxfield, was born possibly at Wear, New Hampshire. He resided at Epping and Goshen.

     He married Polly Carr, daughter of Sanders Carr.

     (E. L. Carr's Carr family record. D. A. R. Lineage book, vol. 54, p. 78; vol. 70, p. 180.)

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     19. SAMUEL⁵ MAXFIELD (Dudley⁴ Samuel³ John² John¹), the son of Dudley and Sarah Maxfield, was born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, 7 August 1779. The place of his death, and the name of his wife have not been determined.

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     20. ZADOCK⁵ MAXFIELD (Edmund⁴ Timothy³ Timothy² John¹), the eldest son of Edmund and Rachel (Russell) Maxfield, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 23 March 1767.

     He married Susanna.
     (Dartmouth Vital records).

     21. DAVID⁵ MAXFIELD (Edmund⁴ Timothy³ Timothy² John¹), the son of Edmund and Rachel (Russell) Maxfield, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 15 June 1769.
     He married, 3 January 1793, Mary Sowle, of Westport, Massachusetts. She died, 18 April 1815, at Dartmouth.

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     22. JONATHAN⁵ MAXFIELD (Edmund⁴ Timothy³ Timothy² John¹), the son of Edmund and Rachel (Russell) Maxfield, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 7 July 1778.

     He married, 10 February 1799, Silva Sherman.

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     23. ABRAHAM RUSSELL⁵ MAXFIELD (Edmund⁴ Timothy³ Timothy² John¹), the son of Edmund and Rachel (Russell) Maxfield, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 7 July 1778.

     He married, 28 March 1805, Silvia Tucker, of Dartmouth.

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