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IV) William (3), eldest child of Jeremiah Hobson, was born in Rowley, Mass., in 1730, and died in Buxton, where he was the oldest settler of the name, in 1827, aged ninety-seven years. He was a man of martial proclivities, and much engaged in war. In the French and Indian war he belonged to the First Cavalry Company of Rowley. He reinlisted in 1759. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, was wounded and taken prisoner at King's Bridge by the British and carried into New York City, where he remained a prisoner of war eleven months. He was afterwards at the surrender of Burgoyne, and had the pleasure of maraching into Saratoga at its evacuation.
He married (first) Hannah Johnson.
Children:
Jeremiah and Hannah.
His first wife died in 1757, and he married (second) in 1759, Lydia Parsons.
Children:
William (died young), Joseph, Samuel, Andrew and Lydia.
The second wife died and he married (third) Margaret, who died in Buxton, Dec., 1819.

12o6. ix. NABBY, b. Nov. 26, 18o2; m. Albert Brown. Both deceased.

She d. July 17, 1878; he d. July, 1889. 1. Lavinia Foster Brown, East Boxford, Mass. 2. Eliza Cleaveland Brown, deceased. 3. Ruth Emily Brown, b. April 9. 1833; m. in Ipswich, Andrew Dodge. Res., Peabody, Mass. Ch.: i. Jennie M. Dodge, b. Sept. 11. 1852; m. ii. Luke Dodge, b. Sept . 28. 1853; deceased, iii. Cornelia Dodge, b. July 17, 1855; deceased, iv. Loretta Storie Dodge, b. Feb. 28. v. Abbie Lavinia Dodge, b. Nov. 8, 186o, vi. Samuel Dane Dodge, b. Feb. 17. 1876; 22 years old. 4. Sophia Dodge Brown; deceased. 5. Luther Chaplin Brown, deceased child Forest Elsworth. 6. Hannah Almira Brown; deceased.

Served in the Civil War Company C, 19th Mass. Regiment.