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Rh 4. Israel, d. 5. Eunice. 6. Reuben, d. 7. Ruth. 8. Rebecca. 9. Jerusha. 10. Asenath. Capt. Haynes d. in 1841, ae. 86.

Jackson, Elisha, from Westminster, was the first inhabitant in Gardner. He was a man of stability and force of character accompanied with sagacity; was a farmer, and kept a public house in the south part of the town where D. W. McFarland now resides. He m. Bulah Taylor; their ch. were:—1. Jemima, m. Ebenezer Keyes; whose ch. were:—Ebenezer, Elisha, Solomon, Lorenzo and Jemima. 2. Lucy, m. Aaron Wood; whose ch. were:—Lucy, Sarah and Aaron. His second wife was Bethia Beard; whose ch. were:—Moses, Cyrena, Asaph, Amanda, Emeline, Theophilus P., and Abel S. 3. Bulah, m. Jonathan Brown; whose ch. were:—Jonathan, John, Charles, d., Elisha, Charles, Sarah, d., Sarah, Benjamin Babbitt, Lucy and Nancy. 4. Ruth, m. Nahum Wood; whose ch. were:—Louisa, Ruth, Catharine, Albert and Nahum Howard. 5. Elisha, m. Relief Beard; whose ch. were:—Phebe, Lucy, Elisha Stowell, Sophronia and Samantha, (twins,) Joseph Loring, Charles Weston, Elvira and Leonard Franklin. 6. Josiah, m. Arathusa