Fifth Generation (Continued)
Family of Mary Mason (86) & Ebenezer Hovey

247. Maj. Thomas Hovey (Mary Mason4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Newton, Mass., on 14 Aug 1740. Died Brighton, Mass., on 8 May 1807. Residence: Netwon, Cambridge, Roxbury, Lunenburg and Brighton, all in Massachusetts. Served in the Revolutionary War. Data from Mason.

Thomas Hovey served as a major drummer and participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was a schoolmaster in Brighton for about twenty winters, and also in Watertown and Newton.
For more complete data on this family see Hovey Genealogy.

He married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown, on 21 Apr 1763. Born in 1747. Died Rutland, Mass., on 14 Jan 1821. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
527 i.  Josiah (1763-1847)
528 ii.  Mary (1765-1846)
529 iii.  Thomas (1766-1828)
530 iv.  James (1768-1831)
531 v.  Ebenezer (1769-1831)
532 vi.  Phineas Brown (1770-1852)
533 vii.  Elizabeth Johnson (1772-1850)
viii.  Stephen. Born Lunenburg, Mass., on 23 Jun 1774. Died on 25 Dec 1796. Data from Mason.
Killed by a fall from the rigging of a schooner in a severe storm.
ix.  Washington. Born Brighton, Mass., on 26 Aug 1777. Died in 1811. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Supposed to have perished in the fire that destroyed the Richmond, Va., theater, in 1811.
534 x.  Eleanor Dana (1779-1813)
xi.  John. Born on 23 Jan 1781. Died on 11 Dec 1853. Data from Mason.
He married Anna Greenwood. Data from Mason.
xii.  Sarah. Born on 26 Sep 1782. Died on 7 Jan 1862. Data from Mason.
She married Washington Lee. Data from Mason.
xiii.  Anna. Born on 3 Sep 1784. Died on 10 May 1860. Data from Mason.
She married Ephraim Chamberlain. Data from Mason.
xiv.  William. Born on 4 Aug 1786. Died in May 1790. Data from Mason.
xv.  ----. Died young. Data from Mason.
535 xvi.  Susanna Jordan (1791-1828)
xvii.  ----. Died young. Data from Mason.

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