JAMES SULLIVAN RUSSELL

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American ancestry : giving name and descent, in the male line, of Americans whose ancestors settled in the United States previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1776. by Thoma s Patrick Hughes; FrankMunsell; 1891
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RUSSELL, JAMES SULLIVAN of Lowell, Mass., b. at Carlisle, Mass., Mar. 23,1807, A. M. Brown Univ., teacher 50 yrs., professor of mathematics in Lowell High Sch. 43 yrs., author of an arithmetic, algebra and geometry, contributor to numerous papers (m. Oct. 4, 1842, Elizabeth Chapin Bartlett, dau. of Waitt and Martha Gould [Chapin] Bartlett of Granby, Mass., and gr.-dau. of Ebenezer, gt.-gr.-dau. of Ebenezer of Northampton, gt. -gt .-gr.-dau. of Ebenezer, a desc. of Robert, b. in Eng. 1603, came to Cambridge, Mass., 1632, killed by the Indians 1675-6); son of James of Concord, Carlisle and Pelham, N. H., b. at Concord,Mass., May 9, 1775, d. at Pelham June 5, 1858, farmer, mechanic (m. Aug. 27, 1797, Mary, b. Mar. 26, 1779, d. Jan. 1, 1863, dau. of Joseph Butler of Concord , and gr.-dau of Joseph, a son of John Butler of Fram., and had five children:
William L., b. Oct. 28, 1799, grad. Harvard Coll. 1826, physician,
Emerson, b. Sep. 13, 1802,
Mary Ann, b. Oct. 3, 1804 [m. Capt. David Butler of Pelham],
James S., mentioned above,
George W., b. Aug. 9, 1809);

son of James of Concord, Mass., b. there May 10, 1723, d. at Carlisle Aug. 17, 1801, farmer, commanded a company at the battle of Concord, lieut. in Canadian war, held various town offices , styled gentleman (m. Dec. 5, 1764, Lydia, b. June 7, 1733, d. Nov. 26, 1826, dau. of Samuel Potter, b. Jan. 2, 1705, d. Feb. 15, 1800, son of Judah, b. Apr., 1657(m. Dec. 6, 1686, Grace , dau. of Joshua and Hannah [Mason] Brooks);
son of James of Concord, Mass., b. there Dec. 26, 1695, d. there May 15, 1773, farmer, constable, collector of public revenue, parish treasurer, large dealer in real estate (m. 1st, Aug. 1 6, 1732, Susanna Farrar, b.Nov. 11, 1707, d. Aug. 1, 1738, dau. of Jacob, b. Apr. 29, 1669, and Susanna [Rediate] Farrar, d. Apr. 22, 1722, and gr.-dau. of Jacob, b. in England 1643, and Hannah [Hayward] Farrar of Concord, m. 2d, Hannah [Hall] Merriam, widow of John Merriam of Littleton, Mass.);
son of William of Concord, Mass., b. at Cambridge, Mass., June 12, 1667,
d. at Concord Jan. 12 , 1717-8, farmer, removed to Concord with his father at age of 13, held many public offices, possessed great energy (m. 1687, Hannah, b. 1668, dau. of James and Priscilla [Ramsden] Adams of Concord);
son of Benjamin of Cambridge and Concord, Mass., b. at Cambridge 1642-3, d. at Concord Jan. 8 , 1712-3, farmer, carpenter, established a homestead in Concord 1680, which remained in the family for five generations (m. 1656, Rebecca);
son of William of Cambridge, Mass., b. in England, d. at Cambridge Feb.14, 1661, arrived at Cambridge abt. 1640 (m. Martha, and had ten children: Joseph, Phebe, Martha, b. in England, and Benjamin, John, Philip, Thomas, William, Jason and Joyce).