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     Elizabeth Sawtell was born in December 1671 in Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married first Joseph Morse.¹ She married second Benjamin Nurse, son of Francis Nurse and Rebecca Towne, on 16 February 1713/14 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She probably died before 11 June 1764, when her stepson Aaron Nurse, who was caring for her, sold the estate he had inherited from his father and moved to Westborough, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.¹
     She and her first husband Joseph Morse had seven children.¹

     William Russell was born in 1647.¹ He married Elizabeth Nurse, daughter of Francis Nurse and Rebecca Towne, on 25 October 1678 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^2,3 He died before 22 December 1733 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹
     His name first appears in the records in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, on 15 December 1674.¹ He and his wife Elizabeth lived there until 1685¹, when they moved to Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.¹ They moved back to Salem in 1694.¹ His will was dated 11 January 1731 in Salem.¹
     He and Elizabeth had the following known children: William (b 22 October 1680, d bef 22 January 1717/18), Jonathan (b 19 August 1682, d bef 12 January 1729/30), Ebenezer (b 7 March 1687/88, d aft 15 Sep 1761), Benjamin (b abt 1691).¹

     Hannah Bridges was born on 9 September 1669 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.² She married Samuel Barton, son of Matthew Barton and Martha (?), about 1690 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.² She died on 13 March 1726/27 in Oxford, Suffolk Co. (now Worcester Co.), Massachusetts, at age 57.²
     She and her husband Samuel settled in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, by 1699.²

     Samuel Barton was born about 1664 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ He married Hannah Bridges, daughter of Edmund Bridges and Sarah Towne, about 1690 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ He died on 12 September 1732 in Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.¹
     He and his wife Hannah settled in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, by 1699.¹ He bought the Eliott grist mill in Oxford, Suffolk Co. (now Worcester Co.), Massachusetts, in 1716¹, and on 15 January 1724 was dismissed from the church in Framingham to the one in Oxford.¹

     Edmund Barton was born on 5 August 1714 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.² He married Anna Flint on 9 April 1739 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.² He died on 13 December 1799 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, at age 85.²

     Anna Flint was born on 9 June 1718 in Middletown, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married Edmund Barton, son of Samuel Barton and Hannah Bridges, on 9 April 1739 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She died on 20 March 1795 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, at age 76.¹

     Stephen Barton was born on 10 June 1740 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.¹ He married Dorothy Moore on 28 May 1765 in Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.¹ He died on 21 October 1804 in Windsor, Kennebec Co., Maine, at age 64.¹

     Dorothy Moore was born on 12 April 1747 in Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married Stephen Barton, son of Edmund Barton and Anna Flint, on 28 May 1765 in Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.¹ She died on 11 November 1838 in Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, at age 91.¹

     Stephen Barton was born on 18 August 1774 in Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.¹ He married Sarah Stone.¹
     He served in the Indian Wars in the Ohio Territory under Gen. Anthony Wayne in the 1790s.²

     Sarah Stone married Stephen Barton, son of Stephen Barton and Dorothy Moore.¹

     Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on 25 December 1821 in North Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.² She died at home on Easter Sunday, 12 April 1912, in Glen Echo, Montgomery Co., Maryland, at age 90.²
     She was more commonly known as Clara Barton.² She was educated at the Clinton Institute in Clinton, Oneida Co., New York, becoming a teacher.² She founded a free school with about 600 students in Bordentown, Burlington Co., New Jersey.² In 1854 she started work as a clerk at the U. S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C., and was the only permanent federal employee at that time.²
     She resigned at the start of the Civil War to volunteer as an army nurse, and in 1864 was in charge of the hospitals for the Army of the James. In 1865 she visited Andersonville Prison in Georgia to mark the graves of the Union soldiers there. She gave lectures on her wartime experiences during 1866 and 1867, then went to Switzerland to recover her health.² In Germany she served as a volunteer in the humane and hospital services during the Franco-Prussian War, and helped establish hospitals for the Grand Duchess of Baden. She was decorated for her services, receiving the Golden Cross of Baden, and the Iron Cross of Germany.²
     When the American Red Cross was founded in 1881, she became its first president.² She assisted during the floods along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; the fires in Michigan; the flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania; the earthquake in Charlestown, South Carolina; the yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville, Florida; and tornadoes in Louisiana and Alabama.² In 1883 the U. S. Senate foreign relations committee asked her to write the History of the American Red Cross, which was later published by the government printing office.² She represented the United States at the Red Cross conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1884, and also was a delegate to the International Peace Conference there.² In 1892 she assisted during the Russian famine.² She personally directed relief assistance for the Armenian massacres in 1896.² In 1898 she traveled with the Red Cross to Cuba during the Spanish-American War at the request of Pres. McKinley.²

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• Clara Barton National Historic Site.
  

     Mary Dorman was born on 18 December 1667 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married John Estie, son of Isaac Estey and Mary Towne, on 31 May 1688 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹
     She and John had two known children, Mary (bap 31 July 1692) and Hannah (bap 24 December 1693), both born in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹

     Hannah (?) married John Estie, son of Isaac Estey and Mary Towne, about 1694 (based on the birth date of their first child).¹
     She and John had the following known children: Susannah (b 14 August 1695), Jemima (b 2 February 1696/97), Nathaniel (bap 24 August 1701, d bef 20 October 1746), David (bap 4 May 1707), Jonathan (bap 4 May 1707), Kezia (bap 4 May 1707), Mercy (bap 1 May 1715).¹

     Elizabeth Goodhue was born on 19 December 1680 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married Benjamin Esty, son of Isaac Estey and Mary Towne, on 9 April 1702 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She died on 18 July 1713 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 32.¹
     She and her husband Benjamin moved to Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, about 1705.² They had the following known children: Benjamin (b 29 May 1703, d 9 June 1781), Ebenezer (b 15 October 1705, d 10 April 1769), Elizabeth (b 10 January 1707/08), Sarah (b 26 June 1713).¹

     Mary Holland married Benjamin Esty, son of Isaac Estey and Mary Towne, on 13 December 1716 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.²
     She may be the Mary Holland, daughter of Francis and Johanna Holland, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 15 April 1686, and the Widow Esty who was buried in Sharon, Massachusetts, on 18 April 1752.²

     Humphrey Case was baptized on 31 August 1629 in Salem, Massachusetts.²
     He settled in Saco, York Co., Maine, as "the grantee of Edward Colcord's forfeited grant (on the Biddleford side)."^2,3 He served as "grand jury clerk of the writs" in 1672, as county tax commissioner in 1673, and also as town clerk.⁴ He also operated an inn.³ On 17 August 1674, as town clerk, he made the entry "Humphrey Case hath boate a mare and coult of James Were." As of 28 July 1674, only four men in Saco owned horses.²
     In 1675 he and his family moved to Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, for safety from the Indians during King Philip's War. He and nine other residents of Saco were formally admitted to Salem on 11 November 1675. The war had started when the chief of the Wamponoage on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, known as King Philip, had determined to drive out the white men by organizing an uprising among all the tribes in New England. In Maine the leader of the Saco tribe, called Squanto, was a staunch opponent of the settlers. His hatred stemmed from an incident involving his wife and infant child, in which their canoe was intentionally upset by some English sailors. As a result, his child became sick and died.^2,5
     When he left Saco, he gave his land grant there, totaling 50 acres, to his daughter-in-law "Isabella Bawlden."^2,3 He was granted land in Salem on 11 April 1681, and built a house and shop.² He was still living in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, in 1714.^2,3
     The name of his wife, and mother of his children, is unclear. The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire says she was presumably a widow Baldwin, based on his granting of 50 acres to his "'dau. in law' Isabella Bawlden." And a 1994 About Towne article identifies her as "Margaret? (____) Baldwin." However, no other source has been found giving her name.^3,2

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     Abigail Thompson was born on 27 May 1741 in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married Joseph Towne, son of Joseph Towne and Jemima Bixby, on 23 November 1762 in Thompson, Windham Co., Connecticut.¹ She died on 14 October 1797 in Thompson, Windham Co., Connecticut, at age 56.¹

     Samuel White was born on 11 April 1758 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut.¹ He married Elizabeth Chandler, daughter of Josiah Chandler and Hannah Holbrook, on 1 July 1785 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut.^2,1 He died on 4 June 1847 at age 89.² He was buried at Old Abington Yard in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut.²
     He served as a private during the Revolutionary War, and both he and his widow Elizabeth received a pension.²
     He and Elizabeth lived on Chandler Hill in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, on land originally homesteaded by her great-grandfather Philemon Chandler.² They were both members of the Congregational Church in Pomfret.²
     He and Elizabeth had the following known children, all born in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut: Samuel, Jr. (b 11 February 1786, d 2 December 1865), Mary (b 6 January 1788, d 4 September 1825), George (b 6 October 1790, d 15 February 1794), Thomas (b 20 January 1793, d 5 October 1793), Betsy (b 3 August 1794), Sarah (b 20 July 1796), Chloe (b 7 December 1798), Hannah (b 14 November 1800), Benjamin (b 14 February 1803), Nancy (b 21 June 1805).²

     Elizabeth Chandler was born on 13 October 1765.¹ She married Samuel White, son of James White and Jemima Towne, on 1 July 1785 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut.^1,2 She died on 17 November 1848 at age 83.¹ She was buried at Old Abington Yard in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut.¹
     She went by the nickname "Betty."¹ She and her husband Samuel lived on Chandler Hill in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut.¹ They were both members of the Congregational Church in Pomfret.¹
     They had the following known children, all born in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut: Samuel, Jr. (b 11 February 1786, d 2 December 1865), Mary (b 6 January 1788, d 4 September 1825), George (b 6 October 1790, d 15 February 1794), Thomas (b 20 January 1793, d 5 October 1793), Betsy (b 3 August 1794), Sarah (b 20 July 1796), Chloe (b 7 December 1798), Hannah (b 14 November 1800), Benjamin (b 14 February 1803), Nancy (b 21 June 1805).¹