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Subject: [GM-L] HADLEY of Groton and Westford, MA
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 16:36:39 EST

Subject: HADLEY
Source of Material: Groton Historical Series by Dr. S. A. Green

p.14 Chapter X Vol 1 - 1887

Baptized, May 5, 1754 at Groton
Ebenezer, Hannah and Ann children of Benjamin Hadley & wife, Mehitabel.

p.36 Chapter XIII Vol 1 - 1887
Married by Rev. Daniel Chaplin of Groton
Feb 14, 1788
John Hadley of Gardner to Abigail Prescott of Groton
Note: This marriage isnt reported in the Farnsworth/Prescott/ or Lancaster
books.

p.25 Chapter XIII Vol 1 - 1887
Joshua Wheeler of Townsend & Mehetabel Hadley of Groton were married
Jan 4, 1737/8 by Phinehas Hemenway, Pastor of the Church of Townsend, MA

p.55 Chapter XIII Vol 1 - 1887
Townsend Records
Jan 4, 1737/8 Joshua Wheeler of Townsend & Mehitabel Hadley of Groton wer
married.

p.64 It is noted that this marriage appears in Ithamar Bard Sawtelle's
History of
Townsend, MA
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Source for the following: History of Westford, MA by Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman,
A.M.
1883

p.451
John Hadley, prob. b. at Groton 1719, m. Eunice ____. Their children:
1. Sarah Hadley b. 1745 m. Joseph Warren of Littleton, MA
2. John Hadley, Jr. b. 1746
3. Eunice Hadley died young
4. Eunice Hadley 2nd b. 1750 m. Levi Farr (see Levi Farr, below)



[Dr. William Farr (4) {Jonathan(3), Stephen(2),
Thomas(1)}, was born at Stow, Mass. 27 April, 1714. (twin to Anna). He was
a schoolteacher at Littleton, Mass., and taught school in the southern part
of Acton, Mass. 1751-2. He m. 1st Jemina--., who died at Stow, 18 Nov., 1739
(age 26). He m. 2nd at Stowe, 7 March, 1743 Abigail Russell (b. Littleton, 5
March, 1727, dau. of Nathaniel & Marah Russell). He died at Littleton, Mass.
26 Sept., 1794, (age 80 years).

Children (born Littleton)

Mary, b. 25 Dec., 1745, d.y.
Nathaniel, b. 4 Feb., 1746
Abigail, b. 1 May, 1749, d.y.
Levi, b. 20 Jan., 1750
Francis, b. 9 July, 1753
William b. 21 June, 1755
Abigail, b. 24 March, 1758, d.unm. Concord, Mass. 25 Aug., 1835
Mary, b. 5 Dec., 1759, d. 10 March, 1823 Littleton, um. (age 63)
Jemina, b. 16 Sept., 1762, m. -- Warren]

5. Peter Hadley b. 1752 removed to Marlborough, NH
6. Jonathan Hadley b. 1754 was killed at Bunker Hill
7. Jonas Hadley b. settled at Mt. Holly, VT
8. Lucy Hadley b. 1758.
9. Ruth Hadley b. 1760.
10. Tryphena Hadley b. 1762
11. Joseph Hadley b. 1764.
12. Benjamin Hadley b. 1766
13. Amos Hadley b. 1768 removed to Mt Holly, VT

p.451 Ebenezer Hadley of Westford, MA m. Abigail Spalding of Chelmsford, MA
Their children:
1. Jesse Hadley b. 1753 m. Nabby Spalding and removed to Brattleboro, VT
2. Ebenezer Hadley Jr. b. 1755
3. Abigail Hadley b. 1757 m. Willard Fletcher
4. Martha Hadley b. 1760
5. Jacob Hadley b. 1762
6. Susanna Hadley b. 1764
7. Benjamin Hadley b. 1766 d. 1767
8. Benjamin Hadley 2nd b. 1769
9. Sarah Hadley b. 1771

p.451 John Hadley of Westford, MA m. Ruth Kemp of Groton and had: 1. Sarah
Hadley b. 1774 and John Hadley b.
1777.

p.167 Records in Ludlow, VT
John Hadley was a grand juryman 1792 at Ludlow, VT

p.167 Westford families who moved to Mt. Holly, VT
At the first town meeting, John Hadley was apptd to the grand jury, and
filled places of trust for a long time. He was a selectman in 1796 and 1797
and one of the committee to find the centre of the town and aplace for a
public building in 1798.

p.168 Mt. Holly, VT
Amos Hadley, brother of Jonas Hadley was sent back to Westford, MA in 1804 to
be supported by the town, as he was in some way disabled due to lameness and
unable to work.

p.169 Westford families who removed to Brattleborough, VT
Jesse Hadley and Ebenezer Hadley

p.107 Listed among the roster of Capt. Oliver Bate's Company for the County
of Middlesex, MA of the men belonging to Col.James Prescott's Regiment of
minutemen who in consequence of the Alarm of April 19th
1775 marched from home for the defence of this colonly is listed: Jonathan
Hadley and John Hadley, Jr. of Westford.

p.163 Peter Hadley of Westford removed to Marlborough, NH

p. 112 Jonathan Hadley of Westford was killed in battle June 17, 1775 He was
in Captain Joshua Parker's Company,
in the Tenth Regiment of Foot commanded by Col Prescott.

p.51
Nov. 26, 1770. A town way, beginning at Groton road about one quarter of a
mile from Abner Kent's dwelling house
thence southerly and westerly to a little white oak by the dugway near the
bridge thence over the bridge by Ebenezer
Hadley's and John Hadley's to Littleton line. This began at Miner's corner
and ran over the brook to the farm of Joseph
Prescott and to the town line. (Town Roads)

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~see also:

http://hadley.webjump.com/

http://www.greggkinney.com/hadley.htm

http://hometown.aol.com/tndjm/myhomepage/heritage.html

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