James Hildreth[1–5], second son and third child of Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sawtell, was born on 3 May 1817 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[1-3] He died on 13 April 1892 at the age of 74 years, 11 months and 10 days, of heart failure and paralysis, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.[3,5] He was buried after 13 April 1892 at North Cemetery in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.[3]
James Hildreth and Nancy Jane Shattuck[4] were married on 26 Aug 1840 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
Nancy Jane Shattuck, daughter of Abial Shattuck and Sarah B. King, was born on 26 May 1815 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She died on 29 November 1898 at the age of 83 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
James Hildreth and Nancy Jane Shattuck had the following children:
i Francis Augustus Hildreth was born on 18 July 1841 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died on 7 October 1861 at the age of 20 in Poolesville, Montgomery, Maryland. He was buried after 7 October 1861 at Poolesville Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Poolesville, Montgomery, Maryland,.
ii James Madison Hildreth was born on 13 March 1843 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died on 24 September 1864 at the age of 21 in Andersonville Prison, Sumter, Georgia. He was buried after 24 September 1864 at Andersonville National Cemetery in Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia.
iii Nathan Supply Hildreth was born on 21 March 1845 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died on 12 July 1846 at the age of 1 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
iv Edwin Carroll Hildreth was born on 27 March 1848 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died on 29 March 1848 at the age of 0 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
v Harriet Jane Hildreth was born on 28 March 1849 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She died on 23 June 1850 at the age of 1 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
vi Sarah Burns Hildreth, born 21 October 1851, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Albert B. DeCamp, 13 September 1871, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 16 September 1930, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
vii George Abiel Hildreth, born 4 August 1854, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; married Nellie J. Rugg, 17 October 1874, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts; died 19 November 1920, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
viii Nancy Jane Hildreth was born on 4 June 1856 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died on 2 May 1859 at the age of 2 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.
ix Charles Sumner Hildreth, born 1 April 1858, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; married Lula E. Rugg, 14 March 1885, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 25 September 1939, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
SOURCES:
1. Henry C. Hallowell (editor), Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), page 281, James Hildreth birth entry, 3 May 1817.
3. Find A Grave, imaged (https://www.findagrave.com), North Cemetery, Lunenburg, Mass., James Hildreth memorial #114396832.
4. Henry C. Hallowell (editor), Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts, page 106, James Hildreth and Nancy Jane Shattuck marriage entry, 26 August 1840.
5. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," imaged, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Deaths, Volume 429, Page 601, Lunenburg: James Hildreth death entry, 13 April 1892, aged 74y 11m 10d.
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