the south part of the town, where his grandson, Seneca Partridge, now resides. He was one of the first inhabitants of the town. He m. Anna Twichell; their ch were:—1. Adam, d. 2. Deborah, m. Elisha Pierce; whose ch. were:—Nancy, Louisa, Elisha, Amos and Hannah. 3. Adam, m. Mary Jackson; whose ch. were:—Asa, Seneca, Oran, Caroline, Loenza, Adam, Mary and Louisa. 4. Hannah, m. Mr. Bigelow; whose ch. were:—Anna, Cynthia and Miriam. 5. Cynthia, m. Luke Whitney; whose ch. were:—Orison, Thuseba , d., Luke, Cynthia, Thuseba, William, Anna, Jerome, Mary, Eliza and Asa. 6. Miriam. 7. Henry.
Partridge, Reuben, from Sherburne, was a farmer, living in the south part of the town. He m. Mary Perry; their ch. were:—1. Deborah. 2. Mary, m. Samuel Hill; whose ch. were:—Amos, Moses, John, Nathaniel and William.
Pierce, John, was a farmer, living in the east part of the town. He left Gardner many years since. The names of their ch. were:—Nathan, Lucy, Peter, Abigail, John and Susanna.
Priest, Joseph, from Winchendon, located as a farmer in the west part of the town, where now resides Nahum Wallace. He m. Patience Stiles; their ch. were:—1. Levi, m. Hannah Woodbury; whose ch. were:—Joseph, Milo, Levi Woodbury, Francis Dana and Nancy. His second wife was Prudence Hyde. 2. Joseph. 3. Lucy. 4. Jacob, m. Mary Clark; whose ch. were:—Joseph, Willard, Mary, Martha, Betsy, Lucy, Eliza and Harriet. 5. Betsy. 6. Caleb, m. Lonisa Gage; whose ch. were:—Lorenzo S., Caleb A., Julius W., George B., Calvin Monroe, Francis O. and Nancy L. Mr. Priest d. in 1814, ae. 60.
