(12) IV. John Minot [26--1] m. Mary Baker of Dorchester, where he
lived as a farmer. She d. Feb. 18, 1717. He m. for his 2nd wife Hannah
Endecott, Nov. 14, 1717, and d. soon after. His wife administered on
the estate, prized at £1221. He had the following children all by his
first wife;
55--1 Elisabeth, b. June 6, 1699, d. young.
56--2 John, b. June 1, 1701.
57--3 George, b. Sept. 7, 1703, m. Abigail Fenno, Dec. 24, 1724.
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58--4 Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1705, d. in infancy.
59--5 Mary, b. March 9, 1708.
60--6 Elisabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1711, m. Thomas Wyer, Jan. 27, 1729.
(13) IV. Capt. Joseph Barrett, son of Dea. Humphrey Barrett, and a
grandson of Humphrey Barrett, who came from England to Concord ab.
1640, b. in Concord, Jan. 31, 1678, m. Rebecca Minot [31--1] Dec. 27,
1701. He was a farmer and lived where Abel B. Haywood now [1847] lives.
He d. April 4, 1736, a. 58. She d. June 23, 1738, a. 53. Their children
were
61--1 Mary, b. April 6, 1706, m. Dea. George Farrar. (24)
62--2 Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1708, m. and settled in Grafton, where he
d. leaving two daughters.
63--3 Rebecca, b. July 12, 1710.
64--4 Oliver, b. Jan. 12, 1712, m. Hannah Hunt, Dec. 8, 1738. (25)
65--5 Humphrey, b. Oct. 24, 1715, m. Elisabeth Adams, Dec. 9, 1742. (26)
66--6 Elisabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1717, m. Col. Charles Prescott. (27)
67--7 John, b. Feb. 14, 1720, m. Lois Brooks, Nov. 15, 1744. (28)
68--8 Samuel, b. July 8, 1725, d. Jan. 1728.
(14) IV. Capt. Benjamin Barrett, brother of the preceding, b. May 7,
1681, m. Lydia Minot [32--2] Jan. 3, 1705. He was a farmer, and lived
in Concord, where James Barrett now (1847) lives, and where he d. of
the pleurisy fever, Oct. 28, 1728, a. 47. His widow m. Samuel Stow. Mr.
Barrett had the following children;
69--1 Benjamin, b. Nov. 15, 1705, m. Rebecca Jones. (29)
70--2 Thomas, b. Oct. 2, 1707, m. Mary Jones. (30)
71--3 James, b. July 31, 1710, m. Rebecca Hubbard, Dec. 21,
1732. (31)
72--4 Lydia, b. Aug. 2, 1712, m. Dea. Samuel Farrar, Jan. 31,
1732. (32)
73--5 Rebecca, b. March 29, 1714, m. Elnathan Jones, Jan. 31,
1732. She d. Feb. 8, 1733, without issue.
74--6 Timothy, b. Jan. 13, 1716, m. widow Dinah Witt, lived in
Paxton, was a deacon, had one dau., Persis, b. Feb. 3, 1752,
who m. Ithamer Bigelow of Shrewsbury, Feb. 16, 1769, had 7
children. Mrs. Barrett d. ab. 1754. He was afterwards twice
m. but had no other children. He d. Jan. 4, 1800, a. 83.
75--7 Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1717, d. without issue.
76--8 Stephen, b. April 18, 1720, m. Elisabeth Hubbard, then widow
Howe of Concord, and settled in Paxton. He left 3 sons and
1 daughter; Stephen, Israel, Benjamin, and Lydia. The sons
removed to Whitestown near Utica, N. Y., all married and had
families. The dau. m. Israel Stone of Portland, and went to
Ohio. She had a large family.
(15) IV. Rev. Timothy Minot [34--4] gr. H. C. 1718, m. 1. Mary Brooks,
who d. Feb. 15, 1760, a. 61, and "her name," says the record of her
death, "is like precious ointment." His 2nd wife was widow Beulah Brown
of Sudbury, who d. April 13, 1786, a. 92. He d. Nov. 30, 1778, a. 86.
A biographical notice of this distinguished man is given in Shattuck's
History of Concord, p. 244. He gr. H. C. 1718. His children were
77--1 Timothy, b. April 8, 1726, m. Mary Martin. (33)
78--2 Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1730, m. Tilly Merrick, July 30, 1752.
(34)
79--3 Stephen, b. Jan. 30, 1732, gr. H. C. 1751, was about to settle
as a minister at Portland, but d. Sept. 3, 1759, a. 27.
(16) IV. Hon. James Minot [35--5] d. in Concord, Feb. 6, 1759, a. 64.
He m. 1. Martha Lane of Billerica, Nov. 14, 1716. She d. Jan. 18,
1735, a. 40. He m. 2. Elisabeth Merrick of Brookfield, in 1736. She
d. Jan. 26, 1746. He m. a third wife, but her name is not recorded.
The following epitaph is copied from his gravestone in the "Hill
Burying-Ground," in Concord; and tradition awards to him all the praise
it pays to his distinguished character. He held a military commission
thirty years.
Here lye the remains of Col. James Minott
Esqr.} who departed this life Feb. 6, 1759
in the 65th year of his age. He was of
Honl. Descent, early improved & advanced
in Civil and Military Affairs. Divers years
Represented this Town at the General Court
was a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Hon.
His Majesties Council for many years, which
Offices he Sustained until his death.
In all which Stations and relations of life he
behaved as the Christian, the Patriot, and the
benevolent friend, and as he merrited so he
was much loved and honored in his life
and Lamented at his death.
Memento mori.
'From death's arrest no age is free.'
The following were the children of Hon. James Minot, the first three by
his first, and the last two by his second wife;
80--1 John, b. Aug. 31, 1717, m. Sarah Stow, Jan. 26,
1744. (35)
81--2 Rebecca, b. May 15, 1720, m. Benjamin Prescott, Aug. 12,
1741. (36)
82--3 James, b. Jan. 20, 1726, m.
(37)
83--4 Martha, b. Feb. 1, 1738, m. Rev. Josiah Sherman, Jan. 24,
1757. (38)
84--5 Ephraim, b. June 17, 1742, m. Abigail Prescott, Sept. 25,
1764. (39)
(17) IV. Capt. Daniel Adams lived in the south part of Lincoln, then
within the limits of Concord, on the road from Waltham to Stow, where
he d. Feb. 9, 1780, a. 90. He was the son of Joseph, and grandson of
John Adams, one of the eight sons of Henry of Quincy. He m. Elisabeth
Minot, [36--6] April 23, 1715. She d. Nov. 12, 1764, a. 67. They had
the following children;
85--1 Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1720, m. Keziah Brooks and two others.
(40)
86--2 Elisabeth, b. Oct. 1, 1722, m. Humphrey Barrett, Dec. 9,
1742. (26)
87--3 Joseph, b. Oct. 5, 1724, m. Mary Eveleth of Stow, ----
1746. (41)
88--4 Rebecca, b. Sept. 2, 1727, m. Nathan Brown, March 10,
1747. (42)
89--5 James, b. March 19, 1732, m. 1. Keziah Conant--2. Delia
Adams. (43)
90--6 Lydia, b. Sept. 1, 1735, m. Abel Miles, Feb. 26,
1756. (44)
91--7 Martha, b. April 13, 1738, m. Joseph Wellington, April 1,
1760.
92--8 Mary, b. May 18, 1730, m. 1. Peter Hubbard--2. Capt.
Timothy Wheeler, who had Martha, m. Joel Dix, who died in
Boston in 1837, Joseph, and perhaps others. He was captain
of the militia in Concord on April 19, 1775. See Hist. of
Concord, p. 107.
These individuals had 69 children, averaging eight and five eighths
each.
(18) IV. John Adams, a brother of the above, lived near the centre
of Lincoln, where he d. Oct. 25, 1725, a. 28. He was buried in "Hurd
Burying-Ground" in Concord. He married Love Minot, [38--8] sister to
his brother's wife. They had two children.
93--1 John, b. Nov. 11, 1723, m. Lucy Hubbard, Dec. 12, 1749. (45)
94--2 Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1725, m. Rev. Wm. Lawrence of Lincoln. (46)
(19) IV. Capt. Samuel Dakin was b. in Concord and lived in Sudbury.
He went as commander of a military company, commissioned by Governor
Pownall, and was slain in a battle with the French and Indians at Half
Way Brook, near Lake George, July 20, 1758. He m. Mercy Minot, [39--9]
Dec. 13, 1732. Their children were
95--1 Oliver, b. March 30, 1727.
96--2 Mercy, b. Sept. 12, 1729, d. young.
97--3 Samuel, b. May 17, 1731.
98--4 Amos, b. Jan. 29, 1732.
99--5 Mercy, b. April 24, 1733.
100--6 Elisabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1734.
101--7 Beulah, b. March 22, 1735, m. Thomas Baker, Jan. 15, 1755.
102--8 Timothy, b. June 7, 1737.
103--9 Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1739.
104--10 Mary, b. Aug. 1741.
105--11 Samuel,} twins. b. June 21, 1744, m. 1. Ann Wheeler,
} 2. Mehetabel ----.
106--12 }
(20) IV. Dea. Samuel Minot [40--10] was a deacon in the Concord church,
where he d. March 17, 1766. He m. 1. Sarah Prescott of Westford, March
7, 1732, who d. in childbirth, March 22, 1737, a. 24, having had three
children. He m. 2. Dorcas Prescott, sister of his first wife, in 1738.
She d. June 16, 1803, a. 91. They had the following children;
107--1 Samuel, b. Dec. 23, 1732, m. Elisabeth Davis, lived in
Boston, had several children, all of whom d. young except
Joanna.
108--2 Jonas, b. April 25, 1735, m. Mary Hall of Westford.
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109--3 Sarah Thankful, b. March 4, 1737, m. Dea. Ama Dakin of
Mason, N. H.
110--4 Dorcas Prescott, b. March 24, 1739, m. Thomas Barrett, Jr.,
Jan. 15, 1761.
111--5 George, b. Oct. 23, 1741, m. three wives by the
name of Barrett. (48)
112--6 Rebecca, b. Jan. 14, 1744, m. Charles Barrett of New
Ipswich, 1799.
113--7 Daniel, b. Aug. 29, 1748, d. Dec. 20, 1753, a. 5.
114--8 Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1755, m. Elnathan Jones.
(21) IV. Stephen Minot [42--2] lived in Boston. He m. for his first
wife Sarah, eldest daughter of Col. Francis Wainwright. They lived
together ten months, when she d., Oct. 21, 1711, in childbirth, leaving
one child, Stephen. He m. for his second wife, Mary, daughter of
Capt. John Brown of Marblehead, Jan. 1, 1713. They had the following
children;
115--1 Stephen, b. Sept. 21, 1711, m. Sarah Clark, June 10, 1736.
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116--2 John, b. 1712, d. in infancy.
117--3 John, b. 1714, d. in infancy.
118--4 John, b. 1716.
119--5 Mary, b. May 28, 1718.
120--6 William, b. 1720.
121--7 Elisabeth, b. June, 1722.
122--8 Mehetabel, b. 1724. m. Walter Logan, Esq., an
officer of the Customs of Boston. He d. in Glasgow in
Scotland, Nov. 10, 1788.
123--9 Jane, b. Sept. 11, 1726, m. Capt. Nathaniel Williams of
Roxbury. He d. 1774. They had one child, who d. in infancy.
She m. again Elisha Brewster, merchant of Middleton, Ct., in
1778.
124--10 George, b. 1728, d. in infancy.
125--11 George, b. 1730, gr. H. C. in 1752.
126--12 Sarah, b. 1732.
(22) IV. Jonathan Minot [54--1] lived in Westford, where he d. He m.
Elisabeth Stratton of Concord, Jan. 26, 1714, by whom he had children.
127--1 Samuel, b. Sept. 10, 1714, m. Elisabeth ----.
128--2 Elisabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1717.
129--3 Rebecca, b. April 2, 1719.
130--4 Jonathan, b. Jan. 19, 1723, m. Esther Proctor of
Chelmsford. (50)
131--5 Anna, b. Sept. 13, 1725.
132--6 John, b. Dec. 16, 1730.
(To be continued.)