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ney; whose ch. were:—William, Seth, Joseph, Althina, Anna, Hollis, Amasa and Lucy, (twins.) Mr. Whitney d. in 1846, ae. 81; his wife died so soon after, that their funerals were attended together. Her age was 76. 5. Mary, m. Joseph Boyden, M. D.; whose ch. were:—Mary, Wyat Clark, Lucy, Ebenezer, Fredrick and Joseph. After residing in Gardner a few years, Dr. Boyden left for Tamworth, N. H., where he became an eminent physician; but was suddenly cut off in the midst of life, by a fall from his horse. 6. Benjamin, m. Mary Whitney; whose ch. were:—Levi, Benjamin Franklin, Walter, William, Seth and Charles. 7. Martha, m. Samuel Sawin; whose ch. were:—Samuel Weston, Eliza Adaline, John Harrison and Levi Heywood. 8. Seth. 9. Lucy, m. Gardner Pollard; whose ch. were:—Lucy, Martha, Levi, Seth, Elmira, Nancy and Gardner. 10. Levi, m. Nancy Healy; whose ch. were:—John Healy[1] and Benjamin Seth. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1808. Commenced the study of law, with Hon. Nathaniel Paine, of Worcester, and finished with Hon. Elijah Mills, of Northampton: admitted to the bar in 1811, and commenced practice in Worcester the same year. In Oct., 1818, he removed to Pickneyville, Louisiana, where he engaged in teaching school. Having kept an office in New York for a short period, he became Principal of the Academy in Hackensack, New Jersey. He again resumed practice in the city of New York, where he died in 1832, ae. 49. Mr. Heywood d. in 1817, ae. 89.

Hill, Marvrick, from Medway, was a farmer, residing in the north part of the town. His place was adjoining the Green

  1. Graduated at Harvard College, was ordained at Worcester, as a Unitarian Minister in 1837, and settled soon after in Louisville, Kentucky, where he still resides.