Freegrace Marble was the son of Samuel Marble and Rebecca Andrews. He married Mary Sibley 1720 Sutton Worcester, Ma. Children are: Mary, Samuel, Enoch, Rebecca, Malachi. His farm is now a museum in Sutton. Freegrace was the first landholder on the area. The cemetery was picked out by Freegrace and is north of the house on a hill. Massachusetts Town Birth Records
Name: Freegrace Marble
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1682
Birth Place: Andover
Father's First Name: Samuel
Mother's First Name: Rebekah
Gender: Male
Source: Vital Records of Andover
According to the "History of Sutton 1704 -1876" published in 1878 the house in which Mrs. Dona now lives was built in the late 1700's (about 90 years before the publication of that history) by Freegrace's son, Malachi Marble.
Freegrace Marble was one of the first settlers of Sutton and one of the first one of the first to be married.
This history on page 390- 391 states:
"The present house was built by Malachi Marble about ninety years ago. The house in which Freegrace Marble lived and died was situated on the opposite side of the road, west of the house as it now stand.
Freegrace Marble purchased of the town at auction the old building that was, in the early settlement of the town, situated between the house occupied by H.D. Bond and the Congregational church, and was built as a defense against the Indians. This building was moved to a spot about forty or fifty feet south-west from the house now owned by Austin Leland, where it was used for religious meetings and other public purposes. It was taken down a few years since by Mr. Leland. Mr. Joseph Hathaway used it for a time as a machine shop, driving the machinery by horse power, using the old-fashioned tread-wheel. Here Mr. Hathaway made shuttles in the beginning of his business, for which in after years he was so justly famous. He removed from here to Millbury, where he invented a machine for the manufacture of wooden screws, which worked so successfully that it would finish sixty per minute. He again moved and located upon the site now occupied by Ezra Marble in the manufacture of shuttles.
There was also a distillery situated upon the the above farm, on the brook that passes from the Sibley reservoir to Marble's pond, about thirty rods below the road. It was used only one year, for the manufacture of cider brandy. There is a private cemetery on this farm, upon the hill north of the house, It was located by the original proprietor, Freegrace Marble. He and several descendants were buried here."
Name: Freegrace Marble
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1682
Birth Place: Andover
Father's First Name: Samuel
Mother's First Name: Rebekah
Gender: Male
Source: Vital Records of Andover
According to the "History of Sutton 1704 -1876" published in 1878 the house in which Mrs. Dona now lives was built in the late 1700's (about 90 years before the publication of that history) by Freegrace's son, Malachi Marble.
Freegrace Marble was one of the first settlers of Sutton and one of the first one of the first to be married.
This history on page 390- 391 states:
"The present house was built by Malachi Marble about ninety years ago. The house in which Freegrace Marble lived and died was situated on the opposite side of the road, west of the house as it now stand.
Freegrace Marble purchased of the town at auction the old building that was, in the early settlement of the town, situated between the house occupied by H.D. Bond and the Congregational church, and was built as a defense against the Indians. This building was moved to a spot about forty or fifty feet south-west from the house now owned by Austin Leland, where it was used for religious meetings and other public purposes. It was taken down a few years since by Mr. Leland. Mr. Joseph Hathaway used it for a time as a machine shop, driving the machinery by horse power, using the old-fashioned tread-wheel. Here Mr. Hathaway made shuttles in the beginning of his business, for which in after years he was so justly famous. He removed from here to Millbury, where he invented a machine for the manufacture of wooden screws, which worked so successfully that it would finish sixty per minute. He again moved and located upon the site now occupied by Ezra Marble in the manufacture of shuttles.
There was also a distillery situated upon the the above farm, on the brook that passes from the Sibley reservoir to Marble's pond, about thirty rods below the road. It was used only one year, for the manufacture of cider brandy. There is a private cemetery on this farm, upon the hill north of the house, It was located by the original proprietor, Freegrace Marble. He and several descendants were buried here."
Freegrace Marble was the son of Samuel Marble and Rebecca Andrews. He married Mary Sibley 1720 Sutton Worcester, Ma. Children are: Mary, Samuel, Enoch, Rebecca, Malachi. His farm is now a museum in Sutton. Freegrace was the first landholder on the area. The cemetery was picked out by Freegrace and is north of the house on a hill. Massachusetts Town Birth Records
Name: Freegrace Marble
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1682
Birth Place: Andover
Father's First Name: Samuel
Mother's First Name: Rebekah
Gender: Male
Source: Vital Records of Andover
According to the "History of Sutton 1704 -1876" published in 1878 the house in which Mrs. Dona now lives was built in the late 1700's (about 90 years before the publication of that history) by Freegrace's son, Malachi Marble.
Freegrace Marble was one of the first settlers of Sutton and one of the first one of the first to be married.
This history on page 390- 391 states:
"The present house was built by Malachi Marble about ninety years ago. The house in which Freegrace Marble lived and died was situated on the opposite side of the road, west of the house as it now stand.
Freegrace Marble purchased of the town at auction the old building that was, in the early settlement of the town, situated between the house occupied by H.D. Bond and the Congregational church, and was built as a defense against the Indians. This building was moved to a spot about forty or fifty feet south-west from the house now owned by Austin Leland, where it was used for religious meetings and other public purposes. It was taken down a few years since by Mr. Leland. Mr. Joseph Hathaway used it for a time as a machine shop, driving the machinery by horse power, using the old-fashioned tread-wheel. Here Mr. Hathaway made shuttles in the beginning of his business, for which in after years he was so justly famous. He removed from here to Millbury, where he invented a machine for the manufacture of wooden screws, which worked so successfully that it would finish sixty per minute. He again moved and located upon the site now occupied by Ezra Marble in the manufacture of shuttles.
There was also a distillery situated upon the the above farm, on the brook that passes from the Sibley reservoir to Marble's pond, about thirty rods below the road. It was used only one year, for the manufacture of cider brandy. There is a private cemetery on this farm, upon the hill north of the house, It was located by the original proprietor, Freegrace Marble. He and several descendants were buried here."
Name: Freegrace Marble
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1682
Birth Place: Andover
Father's First Name: Samuel
Mother's First Name: Rebekah
Gender: Male
Source: Vital Records of Andover
According to the "History of Sutton 1704 -1876" published in 1878 the house in which Mrs. Dona now lives was built in the late 1700's (about 90 years before the publication of that history) by Freegrace's son, Malachi Marble.
Freegrace Marble was one of the first settlers of Sutton and one of the first one of the first to be married.
This history on page 390- 391 states:
"The present house was built by Malachi Marble about ninety years ago. The house in which Freegrace Marble lived and died was situated on the opposite side of the road, west of the house as it now stand.
Freegrace Marble purchased of the town at auction the old building that was, in the early settlement of the town, situated between the house occupied by H.D. Bond and the Congregational church, and was built as a defense against the Indians. This building was moved to a spot about forty or fifty feet south-west from the house now owned by Austin Leland, where it was used for religious meetings and other public purposes. It was taken down a few years since by Mr. Leland. Mr. Joseph Hathaway used it for a time as a machine shop, driving the machinery by horse power, using the old-fashioned tread-wheel. Here Mr. Hathaway made shuttles in the beginning of his business, for which in after years he was so justly famous. He removed from here to Millbury, where he invented a machine for the manufacture of wooden screws, which worked so successfully that it would finish sixty per minute. He again moved and located upon the site now occupied by Ezra Marble in the manufacture of shuttles.
There was also a distillery situated upon the the above farm, on the brook that passes from the Sibley reservoir to Marble's pond, about thirty rods below the road. It was used only one year, for the manufacture of cider brandy. There is a private cemetery on this farm, upon the hill north of the house, It was located by the original proprietor, Freegrace Marble. He and several descendants were buried here."
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The Marble family cemetery (Freegrace Marble and progeny) is located off Burbank Road and Sibley Road (the Marble homestead [more recently the Dona property] is located at the intersection of these two roads). The cemetery is located about 400 - 500 yards off the right (east) side of Burbank Road, more-or-less opposite the old earthen dam for (what used to be) Sibley Reservoir.
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