207 + Obed, b. Feb. 19, 1776 ; m. Abi Brown, Nancy Chapin, and Mrs. Nancy Lee. 207. Dea. Obed Goldthwaite of Northbridge, born there Feb. 19, 1776, married Jan. 1, 1801, Abi Brown of Douglas, daughter of John Brown. She died February 1, 1808, aged 27 years. He married 2d, Dec. 7, 1809, Nancy Chapin of Uxbridge, who died May 8, 1832, aged 46. He married 3d, Sept. 24, 1834, Mrs. Nancy Lee, widow of Ephraim Lee of Mendon, and daughter of Jonathan and Reliance (Pain) Nichols of Holden.* [* Ephraim Lee and Nancy Nichols were married Nov. 12, 1826. Their daughter, Miss Abby Lee, resides in Northbridge with her step brother, Mr. Zadock Goldthwaite. Reliance Pain was a native of some town on Cape Cod.] She died Sept. 4, 1858, aged 65. Deacon Obed, her husband, had died Aug. 29, 1858, less than one week before, aged 81. He was a man much respected for his upright, Christian character; was chosen deacon of the Northbridge church Jan. 5, 1832, and, after serving 16 years, resigned Feb. 4, 1848. He lived on the homestead of his father and grandfather (deeded to him by the former Sept. 23, 1809), which is now the residence of his son Zadock. Children [1]
Nancy was born in 1786. She was the daughter of Gershom Chapin and Mary Shearman. She passed away in 1832.
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