. . ry active and highly esteemedin the church. He died in Westminster,March 23, 1783. He married, in 1728,Elizabeth Patch, born November 23, 1706,in Wenham, daughter of Timothy andElizabeth (Poland) Patch. Children:Elizabeth, born March 13, 1729; Sarah,died young; Sarah, March 14, 1733;Eunice and Mary (twins), February 28,1735 ; Nathan, mentioned below; Andrew,November 19, 1739; John, July 4, 1742;Ruth, August 20, 1745. (IV) Nathan Derby, eldest son of An-drew and Elizabeth (Patch) Derby, wasborn August 2, 1737, in Acton, and re-sid
. . ry active and highly esteemedin the church. He died in Westminster,March 23, 1783. He married, in 1728,Elizabeth Patch, born November 23, 1706,in Wenham, daughter of Timothy andElizabeth (Poland) Patch. Children:Elizabeth, born March 13, 1729; Sarah,died young; Sarah, March 14, 1733;Eunice and Mary (twins), February 28,1735 ; Nathan, mentioned below; Andrew,November 19, 1739; John, July 4, 1742;Ruth, August 20, 1745. (IV) Nathan Derby, eldest son of An-drew and Elizabeth (Patch) Derby, wasborn August 2, 1737, in Acton, and re-sided in Westminster, where he pur-chased lot No. 100 in the second divisionof the town lands, November 16, was near the Winchendon road, andNathan Derby was the first occupant ofthe land, where he continued engaged inagriculture until his death, after 1818. Hemarried in Lexington, March 30, 1762,Abigail Pierce, born in Watertown, Mas-sachusetts, August 3, 1744, daughter ofJonas and Abigail (Comee) Pierce. Chil-dren: Jonas, born March 22, 1763; Abi- 274. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY gail, November 26, 1764; Ruth, October30, 1766; Annas, December 19, 1768;Lucy, May 9, 1770; Ezra, 1772, diedyoung; Rhoda, January 1, 1774; Ezra,June 24, 1776; Joel, June 19, 1778; Abra-ham, August 30, 1780; Polly, October 12,1782; Levi, mentioned below. (V) Levi Derby, youngest child of Na-than and Abigail (Pierce) Derby, wasborn March 17, 1786, in Westminster, andsettled in Waterbury, Vermont. He diedSeptember 12, 1873, recorded in West-minster. He married Sally Stratton. (VI) Philander Derby, son of Levi andSally (Stratton) Derby, was born June8, 1816, in Somerset, Vermont, and whena young man was employed at farm workin the vicinity of his home. After spend-ing some time at Worcester, Massachu-setts, he went to Sutton, and from thereto Templeton, Massachusetts, returningto Vermont, where he was in business inthe town of Jamaica. This he sold outand removed to Gardner, Massachusetts,in 1844. T
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