This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... NAMES OF ORIGINAL SETTLERS, &c. The name of Allen appears among the early settlers, and has been very common in Sturbridge. They probably sprang from Kchimiah and Isaac Allen. Nehemiah had seven sons, viz: --Timothy, Nehemiah, Jacob, Eliphalet, Abel, David and Abner. Hczekiah, still living, is a son ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... NAMES OF ORIGINAL SETTLERS, &c. The name of Allen appears among the early settlers, and has been very common in Sturbridge. They probably sprang from Kchimiah and Isaac Allen. Nehemiah had seven sons, viz: --Timothy, Nehemiah, Jacob, Eliphalet, Abel, David and Abner. Hczekiah, still living, is a son of Timothy. Isaac Allen had five sons, viz: --Aaron, Simeon, Caleb, the revolutionary soldier, Elisha, and Itharaar. They all lived to advanced life. The sons of these two individuals were adults during the revolutionary period, and shared in its privations. The Aliens of this town, have sustained a very respectable standing. We are indebted to Mr. Hezekiah Allen, for the names and parentage. Mr. Hezekiah has represented the town, in the Legislature, and frequently discharged other trusts, as an officer of the town. Joshua Harding lived in that part of the town, now Southbridge. He was in the Revolutionary war as we have stated. The town records show that he, as well as his son Joshua, possessed superior qualifications for the office of. Town-Clerk. The several Harding families in town, now greatly diminished, sustained a very creditable standing. Joshua, senior, died in 1797, in the 71st year of his age. The same may be said of the Freeman families. Some of them were prominent men. Maj. Samuel Freeman was one of the most capable men of Sturbridge. In the earlier part of his life, he was employed for many years, in the winter season, as a very acceptable teacher of common schools. He wrote a very legible and beautiful hand, and was a good arithmetician. He was also extensively employed as an accurate surveyor of lands. Few, not having had professional advantages, were his equal as a draftsman of instruments of various kinds. He discharged the.
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