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uncompromising man and he "suffered great disquietude because his children, except one, left the Quakers and became Calvinist Baptists." Accordingly he left to his Quaker son, the youngest, who had been "willing and obedient" the lion's share of his property. His children were: 1. Ebenezer, born 1704, married, December 13, 1728, Mary Hoskins, daughter of Henry Hoskins and granddaughter of William Hoskins; Ebenezer died August 14, 1796; his wife died October 5, 1768. 2. Isaac, born 1705, married, May 5, 1735, Deliverance Holloway, of Middleboro. 3. Elisha, married, November 10, 1738, Margaret Paine, of Freetown, daughter of John Paine and Rebecca Davis. 4. Abigail, married, October 28, 1736, John Howland, of Middleboro; she died 1756; he died 1790, aged eighty. 5. Judith, born July 4, 1709, married, December 2, 1736, Lieutenant Thomas Nelson, Jr., of Middleboro, who was twelve years selectman, fourteen years in general court, lieutenant of Fourth Company of which Isaac Peirce was ensign; she died January 22, 1792. 6. Elkanah, married, March 2, 1742, Hannah Eddy; they were Quakers.
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