Descendants of Peter BENDER

1 PETER BENDER came to Marl. in 1764, to reside with Henry Barnes, a merchant of that town. On the 25th of February, 1767, he m. Abigail Brigham, dau. of Jotham and Abigail Brigham. She d. April 27, 1805, aged 60. He m. a 2d wife in Bolton, where lie d., aged 87.

1 - 2 Samuel, h. March 1, 1768; m. late in life a bliss Barnard, of Northb.
1 - 3 John, b. Nov. 4, 1769. Ile served his time in Boston as a merchant, embarked for S. C. on business, and d. on the passage.
1 - 4 Jotham, b. Dec. 19, 1771 ; grad. H. C. 1796, studied law, and d. 1800.
1 - 5 Louisa, b. April 1 5, 1774 ; in. Sept. 17, 1801, Isaiah L. Green. He was a resident of the Old Colony, was a man of distinction, and represented his District four years in Congress.
1 - 6 Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1776; m. Oct. 21, 1799, David Greenough, of Boston. She is living in Cambridge, in her 85th year. Their family are quite celebrated. The late Horatio Greenough, the distinguished sculptor, was their son, and Richard Saltonstall Greenough,a sculptor now in Paris, is another. One of their dau. m. Thomas B. Curtis, Esq., of Boston, and another Charles Huntington, Esq., also of Boston.
1 - 7 Stephen, b. July 9, 1719; went to sea and d. abroad.
1 - 8 Jacob, b. Sept. 23, 1781 ; took the name of Hastings, grad. at Yale Col., read law, and d. in New York State.
1 - 9 Henry, b. May 31, 1784; lie was a Lieut. in the army in the war of 1812, and d. about 1856.
1 -10 Abigail, b. May 18, 1787 ; m. Joseph Sawyer, Esq., a trader in Bolton.

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