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Family History.

Bacon; whose ch. were:—Christiana Bacon, Arathusa Caroline, Josiah Alexander, Abigail Sanger and Eliza Adaline. 7. Ebenezer, m. Susanna Foster. 8. Abigail, m. Timothy Taft; whose ch. were:—Lucy and Lucinda, (twins,) Proctor, Abigail and Roena. 9. Abel, m. Betsy Foster; whose ch. were:—David Foster, Elizabeth, Susan, Harriet and Abel. Mr. Jackson d. in 1814, ae. 77.

Kendall, Benjamin, from Sherburne, was a farmer, in the south part of the town, dwelling where Walter Greenwood now resides. He m. Keziah Twichell; their ch. were:—1. Aseph, m. Eunice Case; whose ch were:—William, Mary, Benjamin, James, Aseph, Timothy, Bethia and Daniel. His second wife was Hannah Batchelder; whose ch. were:—Jane and Charles. 2. Rebecca, d. 3. Jonathan, m. Mary Nichols; whose ch. were:—Aseph, Hubbard, Moses, Eunice, Orrison, Edmund, Cruso, Rebecca, Mary, Fanny and Harrison. 4. Rebecca. 5. Martin, m. Prudence Kendall; whose ch. were:—Isaac, Mary, Alvin, Annis, David, Ada-line, Bartlett Stoddard, Benjamin and Martin. 6. Anna, m. Marshall Stoddard; whose ch. were:—Marshall, Anna, Jane and Benjamin. 7. Miriam, m. Bartlett Stoddard; whose ch. were:—Bartlett and Nancy Keziah, d. 8. Keziah. Mr. Kendall d. in 1841, ae. 96.

Kneeland, Timothy, from Harvard, was the third inhabitant of the town; (Samuel Cook was the second inhabitant of Gardner, and lived where Aaron L. Greenwood now resides; nothing more can be ascertained concerning him, as he moved from town in the early part of its history.) He located about one and one-half miles west of the center of the town, (which was then Winchendon,) was a carpenter, had a good education and was much employed in town affairs. He was