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HISTORIC  HOMES  and  PLACES 

AND 

GENEALOGICAL 
and   PERSONAL  MEMOIRS 

RELATING     TO    THE     FAMILIES 

OF  MIDDLESEX  COUNTY, 

MASSACHUSETTS 


PREPARED  UNDER  THE  EDITORIAL  SUPERVISION  OF 

WILLIAM    RICHARD    CUTTER,   A.  M. 

Historian  of  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society;  Libra- 
rian of  Woburn  Public  Library;  Author  of  "The  Cutter  Family," 
"History    of   Arlington,"    "Bibliography    of    Woburn,"    etc.,    etc. 


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Genealogical    and    Personal    Memoirs. 


Hingham,     Massachusetts,     is 

LINCOLN  distinguished  as  the  home  of 
all  the  first  settlers  of  the 
name  of  Lincoln,  and  from  these  Hingham 
pioneers  all  the  families  of  Lincoln  with  a 
colonial  history  are  descended.  Abraham 
Lincoln  traced  his  ancestry  to  one  of  the 
Hingham  pioneers,  and  likewise  Governor 
Lincoln,  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  Lincolns 
of  \\'orchester  and  Boston.  The  name  Lin- 
coln, with  its  variants — Linkhorn,  Linkoln, 
Lincon,  was  common  in  Hingham,  England, 
for  more  than  a  century  before  the  emigrants 
from  that  town  founded  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts. There  were  eight  of  the  name  of 
Lincoln  among  the  early  settlers  of  Hing- 
ham,  Massachusetts. 

( 1  )  Daniel  Lincoln,  known  as  "the  ser- 
geant" from  his  military  rank,  and  as  "the 
boatman"  and  "seaman"  from  his  vocation, 
was  baptized  in  St.  Andrews,  Hingham,  Eng- 
land, March  28,  1619.  He  was  in  Hingham. 
Massachusetts,  1644,  and  was  proprietor  of 
the  town.  He  was  often  honored  with  posi- 
tions of  trust.  His  residence  was  on  Fort 
Hill  street. 

(H)  Daniel  Lincoln,  son  of  Daniel  Lincoln 
(i),  was  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  1661-2; 
married  first,  April  16,  1687,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Whiston)  Nich- 
ols, of  Scituate.  He  was  prominent  in  town 
affairs,  holding  the  office  of  selectman  in  1708. 
He  lived  on  the  homestead  received  from  his 
father,  situated  on  Fort  Hill. 

(  HL)  Joshua  Lincoln,  son  of  Daniel  Lin- 
coln (2),  born  in  Hingham,  January  i, 
1 70 1 -2;  married  December  20,  1733,  Rachel, 
daughter  of  Simon  and  Bethia  (Lane)  Stod- 
der.  He  was  a  farmer  and  innholder;  con- 
stable of  Hingham,  1742;  proprietor  and 
landlord  of  the  Pine  Tree  Tavern  on  South 
street,   near   Hobart's   Bridge,   many   years. 

(  R')  Joshua  Lincoln,  son  of  Joshua  Lin- 
coln (3),  born  in  Hingham,  November  14, 
1737;  married  December  23,  1762,  Tamar, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Leah  (Stodder) 
Sprague.  He  died  September  3,  1810.  He 
was  the  last  keeper  of  the  famous  old  Pine 
Tree  Tavern  on  South  street.  He  after- 
ward resided  on  Fort  Hill  street.  He  was  a 
sergeant  in  Captain  Thomas  Hersey's  com- 
pany,   Colonel    Lovell's    regiment,    1776,    and 


later  first  lieutenant  of  the  same  company 
under  Captain  Heman  Lincoln.  In  1778  he 
served  under  Captain  Peter  Cushing,  Colonel 
David  "Cushing's  regiment. 

(V)  Christopher  Lincoln,  son  of  Joshua 
Lincoln  (4),  born  in  Hingham,  November  8, 
1779,  died  at  Walpole,  New  Hampshire,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1830;  married,  at  Boston,  February 
9,  1805,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Josiah  Willis- 
ton.  He  resided  in  Boston,  whence  he  went 
about  1820  to  Walpole,  New  Hampshire,  and 
established  himself  in  the  tailoring  business. 
He  met  his  death  by  accident,  returning  from 
service  on  a  jitry  in  a  capital  case,  being 
thrown  from  the  carriage  on  the  hill  east  of 
the  William  Arnold  place,  October  11,  1830, 
and  dying  from  his  injuries. 

( \"I )  Qiarles  Sprague  Lincoln,  son  of 
Christopher  Lincoln  (5),  was  born  in  Wal- 
pole, New  Hampshire,  April  20,  1826;  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  at  Wal- 
pole Academy,  and  had  a  private  tutor  (Rev. 
Ezekie!  H.  Barstow),  to  complete  his  prepar- 
ation for  Harvard  College,  where  he  was 
graduated  1850.  He  attended  Harvard  Law 
School,  also  studied  in  the  law  offices  of 
Hutchins  &  Wheeler,  Boston,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Suffolk  bar,  in  Boston,  1855. 
He  was  a  school  teacher  before  he  went  to 
college,  and  taught  after  graduating  while 
studying  law.  He  practiced  law  in  Boston. 
He  went  to  Somerville  in  1852  as  master  of 
the  Prospect  Hill  school.  He  never  lost  his 
interest  in  community  affairs ;  was  on  the 
Somerville  school  board  1858-67  and  again 
1877-83:  was  on  the  board  of  selectmen  1868- 
71  ;  on  the  board  of  health,  and  the  board  of 
overseers  of  the  poor.  Much  of  the  success 
of  the  public  library  in  his  early  days  and  its 
later  development  were  due  to  his  efforts.  He 
was  trustee  from  1879  until  the  end  of  his 
life.  He  represented  the  district  in  the  gen- 
eral court,  1879  and  1883.  He  was  for 
twelve  years  president  of  the  Somerville  Co- 
operative Bank,  and  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators of  the  Somerville  Savings  Bank.  In 
1866  the  Lincoln  school  on  Elm  street,  now 
located  on  Clarendon  Hill,  was  named  in  his 
honor.  During  a  residence  of  more  than  for- 
ty years  he  contributed  greatly  to  the  pros- 
perity of  the  city,  and  won  the  respect  and 
gratitude  of  his  townsmen,  by  the  honesty, 
ability  and  fidelity  displayed  in  the  manage- 


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ment  of  the  trusts  committed  to  his  care. 
For  many  years  he  was  town  and  city  .soHci- 
tor,  a  position  of  pecuHar  difificulty,  testing 
the  loyalty  as  well  as  the  ability  of  a  lawyer. 


James  Marden,  immigrant  an- 
MARDEN  cestor,  born  about  1630,  in 
England,  settled  at  Rye  or 
Newcastle,  now  New  Hampshire.  Two  of  simi- 
lar name  came  to  this  vicinity.  John  Martin 
of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  a  brother,  was 
there  as  early  as  1648:  was  on  the  grand  jury 
in  1654;  married  Esther,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Roberts;  admitted  freeman  in  1666  and  was 
in  Jersey  in  1673.  George  Martin  settled  in 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  a  few  miles  from 
Rye,  and  Richard  Martyn,  of  Portsmouth, 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  Church ; 
representative  to  legislature  1672-79 ;  speaker 
of  house  of  representatives ;  councillor  of 
province  1680;  died  April  2,  1694. 

Very  little  is  known  of  James  Marden  ;  his 
sons  were  prominent  citizens.  Children:  i. 
William,  born  about  1675,  mentioned  lielow. 
2.  James,  Jr.,  born  about  1670,  probably  the 
eldest,  married,  October  23,  1695,  Abigail 
Webster ;  resided  in  Rye  and  Newcastle ;  has 
many  descendants.  { See  History  of  Rye, 
New  Hampshire).     3.  Nathan.     4.  Sarah. 

(II)  William  Marden,  son  of  James  Mar- 
den (I),  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Rye 
Beach — then  Sandy  Beach,  Maine.  He  and 
his  brother  James  signed  petitions  in  1721  and 
1724  for  a  new  parish  at  Sandy  Beach.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  William.  Jr..  born  about  1700.  mar- 
ried  Dorca.s ,  and  had   Benjamin,  born 

June  28,  1727.  2.  Jonathan,  married  Hepsi- 
bah  Hardy,  of  Bradford,  Alassachusetts,  June 
I,  1729,  and  had  Nathan,  March  11,  1730,  and 
otliers.  3.  David,  mentioned  below.  4.  Sam- 
uel. 5.  Mary.  6.  Dorcas,  married,  March  10, 
1738,  William  Harvey,  of  Bradford.  7.  Sarah. 
8.  John,  married,  March  20,  1746,  Sarah  Lock. 

(III)  David  Marden,  son  of  William  Mar- 
den ( 2  ) ,  born  at  Rye.  New  Hampshire,  about 
1710-15;  died  at  Bradford,  Massachusetts. 
I  le  seems  to  have  served  in  the  Revolution  as 
w  11  as  his  sons.  He  was  in  Cai)tain  Elisha 
Woodbury's  company,  Colonel  John  Stark's 
resjiment.  He  married  at  I'.radford,  July  21, 
J740,  Mehitable  Hardy.  Children:  i.  David, 
Jr..  soldier  in  the  Revolution:  married,  Janu- 
ary. 1786,  Molly  Marden.  2.  Lemuel,  mem- 
licined  below.  3.  John,  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
ticn :  married,  Alarch,  1785,  Hannah  Coose. 
4.  William,  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  married 
March  2j.  1777,  Rachel  Greenough. 


(  I\' )  Lemuel  Marden,  son  of  David  Mar- 
den (3).  born  at  Bradford,  Massachusetts, 
.August  30,  1745,  came  to  New  Boston,  New 
Hampshire,  about  1786.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution  from  Bradford,  a  private  in 
Ca])tain  Nathaniel  Gage's  company;  Colonel 
James  Frye's  regiment,  May  17,  1775,  after 
the  Lexington  alarm  ;  also  a  private  in  Captain 
John  Cogswell's  company,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Baldwin's  regiment,  late  Colonel  Gerrish's, 
the  thirty-eighth.  September  27,  1775.  He  pur- 
chased the  farm  of  Daniel  Hardy  and  settled 
on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Jonathan  Mar- 
den place.  Daniel  Hardy  was  a  relative  of 
Bradford.  Mr.  Marden  married,  February  4, 
1770,  at  Bradford,  Hannah  Greenough,  born 
May  21,  1750,  youngest  of  six  daughters.  She 
died  October  20,  1843,  aged  seventy-three 
years.  He  died  at  New  Boston,  Januar}'  9, 
1819,  aged  seventy-four.  Children:  i.  Han- 
nah. 2.  Greenough,  born  October  17,  1772, 
married  Sybil  Hardy,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Hardy,  of  Hancock.  New  Hampshire.  3.  Sol- 
omon, born  about  1780,  had  sons  James,  Solo- 
mon and  Samuel.  4.  Nathan,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Francis,  born  1779,  married.  1806, 
Phebe  Smith,  of  Pelham ;  resided  at  New  Bos- 
ton, fi.  Samuel.  7.  Mehitable.  8.  Jonathan, 
born  July  5,  1788,  married,  December  21,  1815, 
Sally  Foster,  of  Ashby,  Massachusetts.  9. 
Sarah,  resided  at  New  Boston. 

(A')  Nathan  Marden,  son  of  Lemuel  Mar- 
den (4),  born  in  New  Boston,  New  Hamp- 
shire, about  1775  ;  married  Susanna  Stevens, 
of  Hillsborough,  New  Hampshire.  They  lived 
at  Mont  \'ernon.  Children:  i.  Benjamin 
Franklin,  mentioned  below.  2.  Nathan  Rich- 
mond, born  October  17,  1812;  removed  to 
Francestown,  New  Hampshire,  from  Alont 
Vernon  in  1841  ;  was  captain  of  a  New  Hamp- 
shire militia  company.  Fifth  Regiment;  mar- 
ried, October  11,  1836.  Abigail  D.  Fiske,  of 
Wilton,  she  was  born  at  Weld.  Alairic.  Janu- 
ary 3,   1814. 

(\'I)  Benjamin  Franklin  Alarden,  son  of 
Nathan  Alarden  (5),  born  at  Mont  Vernon. 
New  Hampshire,  about  1810,  died  in  the  year 
1891  ;  married,  March  20,  1834,  Betsy  Buss, 
born  .August  3.  1810.  died  1891,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Buss,  of  W'ilton.  He  was  born  Jan- 
uary 19.  1777,  and  died  .September  29,  1848; 
married,  December  8,  1803,  Sarah  Abbot, 
dauijhter  of  Jeremiah  and  Chloe  (Abbot)  Ab- 
bot. His  wife  was  born  December  8,  1781, 
and  died  October  2G.  185 1,  a  descendant 
of  George  Abbot,  of  .\ndover.  Alassa- 
chusetts.  the  jiioneer.  Stephen  I'.uss  was 
the  son  of  Steiilieu  Buss,  who  died  at  Wilton, 


MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


3'Ji 


October  16,  [816;  removed  from  Lui'ienburg, 
-Massachusetts,  and  with  Stephen,  Jr.,  bought 
the  Buss  farm,  as  it  has  since  been  known,  at 
W'ikon.  Benjamin  Frankhn  Marden  or 
I'rankhn,  as  he  was  commonly  called,  was  a 
skillful  miechanic.  He  resided  at  Mont  V'er- 
non  and  Nashua,  New  Hampshire.  He 
worked  also  for  Asa  Jones,  of  Wilton,  and 
later  entered  partnership  with  John  Mills, 
tanner  and  shoe  manufacturer.  In  1837  he 
removed  to  Syracuse,  New  York,  returning  to 
.Mont  \'ernon  and  then  to  Nashua.  In  1846 
lie  returned  to  his  native  town  and  spent  there 
the  later  years  of  his  life. 

Children:  i.  Sarah  Luthera,  born  May  5, 
1835,  married  George  Averill,  of  Mont  Ver- 
non, where  they  resided.  2.  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, Jr..  born  ]\Iay  12,  1836,  died  at  Syracuse, 
June  2^.  1838.  4.  George  .\.,  born  August  9, 
1839,  mentioned  below.  5.  Frank,  born  at 
Nashua,  March  31,  1841,  married,  at  Concord, 
May  16,  1882,  Mary  Frances  Biddle,  who 
died  October  14,  1885.  6.  Alaria  Theresa, 
born  at  Nashua.  March  6,  1844,  married,  at 
Alont  Vernon,  May  28,  1869,  E.  Gerry  Mar- 
tin, now  deceased:  resides  at  East  Boston, 
Massachusetts:  had  son  and  daughter,  and 
three  died  in  infancy.  7.  Hannah  Catherine, 
born  at  Mont  Vernon,  December  16,  1846, 
married,  at  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 2/.  1873,  Samuel  Sewall,  Jr.,  she  died 
.\ugust  2~,  1886,  leaving  a  son  and  daughter. 
8.  Wendell  Phillips,  born  at  Mont  Vernon, 
May  6,  1850.  married,  at  Concord,  October 
28,  1878,  Melvina  Drew  Nutter. 

f\TI)  George  .Augustus  Marden,  son  of 
Benjamin  ]->anklin  Marden  (6),  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Mont  \'ernon,  .\'ew  Hampshire, 
.August  9,  1839.  He  was  two  years  old  when 
the  family  removed  to  Nashua,  New  Hamp- 
shire, but  in  the  spring  of  1847  returned  to 
Mont  A^ernon  where  he  attended  the  district 
school  until  1850,  working  at  his  father's  trade 
of  shoemaker  during  all  his  spare  hours,  and 
also  at  times  in  the  Fancy  Box  Factory  of  W. 
H,  Conant  in  Mont  \'ernon.  He  fitted  for 
college  at  .Appleton  .Academy  and  entered 
Dartmouth  in  the  fall  of  1857.  He  was 
graduated  in  1861,  earning  all  of  his  college 
e.xpenses  by  working  and  teaching  school, 
except  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  that 
he  had  borrowed  from  friends.  His  first 
school  was  in  the  village  of  North  Chelms- 
ford, .Massachusetts,  in  the  winter  of  1857- 
58.  He  taught  afterward  in  Nashua, 
Mont  Vernon  and  Hillsborough,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  Randolph,  Massachusetts.  He 
left   college  just   as  the   Civil   war   began   in 


earnest,  and  in  .November,  1861.  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  Company  G,  Second  Regiment  of 
Berdan"s  United  States  Sharpshooters,  one  of 
the  three  New  Hampshire  companies  raised 
for  Berdan's  two  regiments,  and  on  the  or- 
ganization of  his  company  was  tendered  the 
warrant  of  orderly  sergeant,  which  he  de- 
clined in  favor  of  a  member  of  the  company 
who  had  already  served  three  months  and 
was,  he  thought,  better  qualified  for  the  posi- 
tion. Marden  was  chosen  second  sergeant 
and  went  forward  with  his  company,  joining 
the  regiment  at  the  Camp  of  Instruction  on 
Seventh  street,  Washington,  D.  C.  Here  both 
the  First  and  Second  Regiments  were  en- 
camped during  the  winter,  and  Marden  was  at 
once  detailed  as  clerk  at  headcpiarters  to  as- 
sist Colonel  Berdan,  who  was  busy  in  corre- 
spondence with  the  war  department  and  the 
Governors  of  various  states  where  the  sharp- 
shooters were  being  recruited.  In  April, 
1862,  Colonel  Berdan  was  ordered  with  the 
First  Regiment  to  join  McClellan's  army  on 
the  Peninsula  and  the  Second  Regiment  was 
sent  to  McDowell's  army  on  the  Rapidan. 
Colonel  Berdan  had  Marden  transferred  to 
the  First  Regiment  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected during  the  entire  Peninsular  cam- 
paign. On  reaching  Harrison's  Landing,  af- 
ter the  Seven  Days  Fight,  the  quartermaster 
of  the  First  Regiment  resigned  and  Sergeant 
Marden  was  appointed  to  succeed  him  and 
commissioned  as  first  lieutenant  by  Governor 
Berry,  of  New  Hampshire.  With  this  rank 
he  served  during  the  remainder  of  the  three 
year  term  of  his  regiment,  acting  during  most 
of  the  time  as  assistant  adjutant  general  on 
the  staff  of  Colonel  Berdan,  who  was  much  of 
the  time  in  command  of  the  brigade  in  which 
the  Sharpshooters  were  serving.  He  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Chancellorsville,  Gettys- 
burg, Wapping  Heights,  and  many  other  en- 
gagements in  which  Colonel  Berdan  had  com- 
mand of  the  brigade.  He  was  mustered  out 
with  the  other  field  and  stafif  officers,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1864. 

On  returning  home  he  spent  the  fall  and 
winter  months  in  the  study  of  law  at  Mont 
Vernon.  In  the  spring  of  1865  he  entered  the 
law  office  of  Minot  &  Mugridge  in  Concord, 
New  Hampshire,  as  a  student  and  clerk.  He 
became  interested  in  newspaper  work  in  Con- 
cord through  writing  and  reporting  from  time 
to  time  for  the  Concord  Monitor.  He  acquired 
a  liking  for  journalism,  and  when  two  of  his 
Dartmouth  classmates  who  had  settled  at 
Charlestown,  Kanawha  county.  West  Virginii, 
requested    him    to    take    charge    of   a    weekly 


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newspaper  at  Kanawha,  the  Republican,  he 
accepted  the  position.  When  he  found  that  he 
was  expected  to  swing  the  paper  into  the  sup- 
port of  President  Andrew  Johnson,  he  gave 
up  the  task  in  disgust  and  returned  to  New 
Hampshire  in  the  spring  of  1866.  He  was 
next  in  the  employ  of  Adjutant-General  Natt 
Head,  afterward  governor,  to  edit  tl]e  his- 
tories of  the  several  New  Hampshire  military 
organizations  which  had  served  in  the  war, 
for  the  adjutant-general's  report.  He  also  did 
some  work  for  the  Concord  Monitor  and  be- 
came the  New  Hampshire  correspondent  of 
the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser.  January  i,  1867, 
he  was  called  to  Boston  to  become  the  assist- 
ant editor  of  the  Advertiser  and  was  succeeded 
as  correspondent  by  Dr.  Gallinger,  now 
United  States  senator  from  New  Hampshire. 
During  the  summer  of  the  same  year,  while 
visiting  in  Lowell,  he  became  by  merest 
chance  interested  in  a  proposition  for  the  sale 
of  the  leading  daily  newspaper  of  that  city, 
the  Loivell  Daily  Courier,  and  also  the  Lowell 
Weekly  Journal.  In  partnership  with  his  col- 
lege classmate  and  comrade  in  the  Civil  war. 
Major  E.  T.  Rowell,  he  purchased  the  news- 
papers of  Messrs.  Stone  &  Huse,  taking  pos- 
session September  i,  1867.  Mr.  Marden  took 
charge  of  the  editorial  department  and  his 
partner  of  the  counting  room,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Marden  &  Rowell.  (See  sketch  of 
Mr.  Rowell  elsewhere  in  this  work).  This 
partnership  continued  exactly  twenty-five 
years.  The  business  was  incorporated  in 
1892,  the  interests  of  the  two  partners  in  the 
company  remaining  equal,  however,  and  their 
relative  positions  the  same.  The  Courier  Pub- 
lishing Company  and  the  Citizen  Company, 
which  published  the  Lowell  Daily  Citizen, 
were  consolidated  December  i,  1894,  Mr. 
Marden  retaining  his  position  as  editor-in- 
chief  of  the  Daily  Courier  and  Weekly  Jour- 
nal. 

Mr.  Marden  had  a  brilliant  career  in  politi- 
cal life.  He  was  an  earnest  and  active  Re- 
publican and  early  became  one  of  the  leaders 
of  his  party.  He  was  elected  representative 
to  the  general  court  for  1873  from  Lowell.  He 
was  defeated  for  re-election,  but  had  become 
so  popular  in  the  house  of  representatives  that 
he  was  chosen  clerk  of  the  house  for  1874  and 
was  re-elected  each  year  until  1883,  when  lie 
was  again  elected  representative  from  his  own 
district  and  was  chosen  speaker;  was  re- 
elected speaker  the  following  year,  and  was 
exceedingly  popular  as  a  presiding  officer  dur- 
ing two  very  important  sessions.  He  was 
rt-t?  senator  the  following  year  in  a  close  dis- 


trict, but  was  defeated  for  re-election.  In  the 
fall  of  1888  he  was  nominated  for  treasurer 
and  receiver  general  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  and  re-elected  five  years  in 
succession,  the  limit  allowed  by  the  Constitu- 
tion. 

In  1880  he  was  elected  a  delegate  from  the 
Lowell  congressional  district  to  the  Republi- 
can National  Convention  at  Chicago,  and  was 
one  of  the  famous  three  hundred  and  six 
constituting  the  "Old  Guard"  that  voted  for 
General  Grant  for  a  third  term.  His  associate 
as  delegate  was  Governor  George  S.  Boutwell. 
In  1886  Mr.  Marden  was  appointed  by  Gover- 
nor Ames  trustee  of  the  Massachusetts  Agri- 
cultural College,  but  he  resigned  when  elected 
state  treasurer.  In  April,  1895,  he  was  elected 
vice-president  of  the  Hancock  National  Bank, 
of  Boston,  as  an  active  executive  officer,  but 
resigned  after  one  year. 

Mr.  Marden  was  an  efifective  public  speaker 
and  took  part  in  every  campaign  after  coming 
to  Lowell.  In  1896  he  was  one  of  the  LTnion 
veterans  who  made  a  stumping  tour  by  rail 
in  the  states  of  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  South 
Dakota.  Iowa,  Kansas,  Missouri,  Kentucky, 
Illinois,  Indiana.  Ohio,  Michigan,  Pennsyl- 
vania and  New  York.  The  tour  was  arranged 
by  General  Russell  A.  Alger,  of  Michigan, 
and  the  other  speakers;  were  General  O.  O. 
Howard,  of  Vermont,  General  Daniel  E. 
Sickles,  of  New  York,  General  Thomas  J. 
Stewart,  of  Pennsylvania,  Major  J.  W.  Burst, 
of  Illinois,  and  Corporal  James  Tanner,  of 
Washington.  He  has  delivered  many  ad- 
dresses on  formal  occasions  before  various 
organizations.  He  was  the  speaker  at  the  an- 
nual dinner  on  Forefathers'  Day  of  the  New 
England  Society  of  New  York  City  on  two 
occasions.  He  has  been  the  poet  at  Com- 
mencement for  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society 
and  for  the  Society  of  the  Ahnnni  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  also  at  the  Reunion  of  the 
Veteran  Soldiers  at  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, of  the  Amoskeag  Veterans,  of  the  So- 
ciety of  the  .'Krmy  of  the  Potomac  at  Buffalo. 
New  York,  and  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
Fraternity  conventions  at  Boston.  Rochester 
and  New  Haven.  He  was  the  first  comman* 
der  of  Post  No.  42,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, of  Lowell,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  Massa- 
chusetts Commandery.  He  died  at  his  home 
in  Lowell,  December  19,  1906. 

He  married.  December  lo,  1867,  Mary  Por- 
ter, daughter  of  Deacon  David  Fiske,  of 
Nashua.  New  Hampshire,  and  his  wife  Har- 
riet   (Nourse^    Fiske,   who  was  a  lineal   de- 


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scendant  of  Rebecca  Nourse,  wife  of  Francis 
Nourse,  condemned  to  death  and  hanged  for 
witchcraft  at  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Children : 
I.  Philip  Sanford,  born  January  12,  1874, 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1894,  and 
at  the  Harvard  Law  School.  He  married, 
June  12,  1902,  Florence  S.  Shirley.  2.  Robert 
Fiske.  bom  June  14,  1876,  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth in  1898.  He  married,  June  12,  1901, 
Ella  Pope. 


(For  first  generation  eee  James  Marden  I.) 

(H)  James  Marden,  son  of 
MARDEN  James  Marden  (i),  was  born 
about  1670.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1695,  Abigail  Webster,  born  in  Hav- 
erhill, May  27,  1676,  the  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Hannah  (Ayer)  Webster.  Stephen  Web- 
ster was  the  second  child  of  John  and  Mary 
(Shotswell)  Webster,  and  was  born  at  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  in  1637;  married,  March 
24,  1663,  Hannah  Ayer,  and  lived  at  Haver- 
hill. John  Webster,  born  in  England  about 
1600,  married  Mary  Shotswell,  and  emigrated 
to  America  about  1635.  (See  Webster  family). 
James  Marden  resided  at  Newcastle  where  he 
died  prior  to  1726.  Children:  i.  Stephen,  born 
August  25,  1699,  in  Newcastle,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Thomas.  3.  Ebenezer.  4.  Rachel, 
married  Job  Chapman.  5.  Abigail,  born  in 
Newcastle,  married  (first)  George  Foss, 
(second)  Nathaniel  Drake.  6.  James,  born 
September  25,  1697.  The  foregoing  are  not 
in  the  order  of  their  birth. 

(III)  Stephen  Marden,  son  of  James  Mar- 
den (2),  Vvas  born  at  Newcastle.  August  25, 
1699.  He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  His 
house  was  near  Charles  B.  Odiorne's  at  Little 
Harbor  and  he  was  the  owner  of  a  ferry  to 
Great  Island,  now  New  Castle.     He  married, 

1722,  Charity  Long.  Children,  born  in  Rye, 
"New  Hampshire:  i.  Hannah,  born  March  13. 

1723.  2.  Benjamin,  August  9,  1729,  married, 
January  31,  1754,  Rachel  Dowrst.  3.  Ruth, 
December  8,  1731,  married,  October  11,  1753, 
Levi  Tower.  4.  Elizabeth,  April  12,  1734.  5. 
Stephen,  September  27,  1736,  mentioned  be- 
low. 6.  Abigail,  July  23,  1739,  married  (first) 
Daniel  Philbrick ;  (second)  William  David- 
son. 

(IV)  Stephen  Marden,  son  of  Stephen 
]\Iarden  (3),  was  born  September  27,  1736; 
married,  August  28,  1760,  Elizabeth  Webster. 
He  settled  in  Chester,  New  Hamipshirc,  living 
on  lot  No.  14,  second  division,  where  Thomas 
Fernald  lived  and  where  Thomas  Lane  lived 
later.   Marden  was  a  petitioner  for  the  settling 


off  and  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Ray- 
mond. He  died  at  New  Hampton,  where 
many  Chester  people  settled.  His  death  was 
caused  by  a  falling  tree,  June  19,  1781.  His 
widow  was  taxed  in  Chester  as  late  as  1785, 
but  the  family  all  removed  from  that  town. 
They  had  nine  children  between  1760  and 
1 78 1  in  Chester.  One  was  born  September 
29,  1781,  after  the  father's  death,  and  the 
widow  had  a  struggle  to  support  her  children. 
Children :  Stephen,  mentioned  below  ;  James, 
Benjamin,  John,  torn  February  18,  1779, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Deacon  Stephen  Marden,  son  of  Ste- 
phen Marden  (4),  was  born  at  Chester,  New 
Hampshire,  September  23,  1771.  He  removed 
to  Palermo,  Maine,  with  his  brother,  John 
Marden,  in  1793,  and  took  up  a  tract  of  land 
on  what  is  now  called  Marden  Hill.  They 
had  adjoining  farms  and  their  brother  Benja- 
min had  a  farm  later  adjoining  theirs.  He 
married  Abigail  Black,  of  Palermo.  He  was 
one  of  the  town  wardens  in  1804.  He  was  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  had  the  distinction  of 
owning  the  first  wagon  ever  in  the  town  of 
Palermo.     He  had  twelve  children. 

(V)  John,  Marden,  son  of  Stephen  Marden 
(4),  and  brother  of  Deacon  Stephen  Marden 
(5),  was  born  at  Chester,  New  Hampshire, 
February  18.  1779.  He  wrote  an  account  of 
the  early  settlement  of  the  town  of  Palermo, 
which  has  been  published  in  pamphlet  form 
with  other  matter,  and  from  which  we  quote : 

"My  mother  was  left  a  widow  in  poor  cir- 
cumstances, with  the  care  of  eight  children, 
and  one  added  to  that  number  (after  her  hus- 
band's death  by  accident)  on  the  twenty-ninth 
of  September  following.  It  being  in  the  time 
of  the  Revolutionary  war,  she  had  many  hard- 
ships to  encounter,  having  but  little  but  her 
hands  and  good  economy  to  support  her  fam- 
ily, yet  she  tore  her  trouble  with  a  good  de- 
gree of  christian  patience.  In  the  year  1783  a 
treaty  of  peace  was  signed  between  the  United 
States  and  Great  Britain  which  gave  her  some 
relief.  In  the  year  1790  my  eldest  brother 
moved  her  and  the  younger  part  of  the  family 
to  the  town  of  Canterbury,  New  Hampshire, 
where  she  spent  the  remainder  of  her  life  in 
comfortable  circumstances  to  the  day  of  her 
death,  November  3.  1830,  aged  atout  ninety- 
one  years. 

"January.  1793,  I  came  into  the  district  of 
Maine,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  year.s — in  the 
county  of  Lincoln  (now  Waldo)  and  took  up 
my  residence  at  a  place  called  the  Great  Pond 
settlement  at  the  extremity  of  Sheepscot  Pond. 
I  had  many  hardships  to  encounter,  being  the 


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only  youth  in  the  place.  The  nearest  mill  was 
twelve  miles,  through  a  lonely  wood,  with  but 
little  better  than  a  foot  path  and  spotted  trees. 
Yet  with  pleasing-  prospects  I  looked  forward 
to  the  time  when  this  good  land  would  be  set- 
tled ;  when  school  houses  and  mills  would  be 
built  and  roads  made,  and  this  wilderness 
would  become  a  fruitful  field.  I  took  great 
pleasure  in  visiting  my  friends  in  New  Hamp- 
shire once  in  every  three  years,  although  1  had 
to  travel  the  distance  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty  miles  on  the  frozen  ground  in  the 
month  of  November  or  December. 

"I  worked  with  my  brother,  Stephen  Mar- 
den,  until  I  was  twenty-two  years  of  age, 
when  I  bought  the  farm  on  which  I  now  live 
(1855)  with  the  barn  then  built  and  a  log 
house  thereon.  April  23,  1801,  I  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mary  Bagley,  of  Liberty, 
Maine,  and  moved  on  to  the  farm  that  spring, 
with  a  pleasing  prospect  of  enjoying  happi- 
ness. P'or  three  of  four  years  we  were  favor- 
ed with  good  health  and  our  crops  came  in 
bountifully,  and  all  things  bespoke  prosperity. 

"January  22,  1805,  I  was  severely  wounded 
by  the  falling  of  a  tree.  Then  my  sufferings 
were  very  great.  Yet  my  mind  was  happy  in 
the  Lord,  and  I  could  truly  say,  'Though  he 
slay  me.  yet  will  I  trust  in  Him."  On  the  third 
day  of  February  I  had  my  left  leg  amputated 
above  the  knee,  which  was  very  expensive  at 
that  time,  so  that  my  future  prospects  nf  hap- 
piness in  this  world  began  to  decay.  In  .\pril 
following  we  chose  our  town  officers  for  thc 
first  time.  I  took  a  part  with  them  in  collect- 
ing ta.Nes  and  serving  precepts,  etc.  This  year 
with  the  past  will  long  be  remembered  as  a 
season  of  great  religious  excitement  in  this 
town  and  vicinity.  .\  i'aptist  church  was  or- 
ganized that  season  and  many  were  added 
thereto.  I  was  baptized  and  added  to  the 
church  at  the  next  August  conference.  On 
the  tenth  of  September  my  companion  was 
taken  sick  and  died  on  the  sixteenth — with 
rash  and  putrid  fever — aged  about  twenty- 
two.  My  little  son  died  on  the  twenty-first, 
aged  three  and  a  half  years.  I  had  two  chil- 
dren left  to  the  mercies  of  the  pet>ple,  a 
daughter  Eliza,  two  years  old,  and  a  little  son 
Hiram,  six  days  old.  Then  was  my  house  left 
to  me  desolate  and  everything  of  this  world's 
was  clothed  in  gloom.  .-Ml  my  future  pros- 
pects gone  and  the  lonely  graveyard  was  the 
pleasantest  place  that  I  could  visit.  *  *  * 
1  disposed  of  my  children  where  they  were 
nursed  with  tenderness  and  care.  I  left  my 
house  and  attended  to  my  business  in  town 
that  fall.    In  the  winter  I  went  to  New  Hamp- 


shire to  visit  my  frientls.  I  returned  in  the 
spring  and  finished  my  collecting  and  engaged 
in  town  business  again.  In  the  year  1805  I 
let  out  my  farm  to  Elder  Robinson  and  Dr. 
Pratt  with  but  little  expectations  to  pay  the 
bills  and  save  the  farm.  I  earned  what  I  could. 
I  found  that  I  had  many  friends  to  encourage 
me  and  made  me  some  presents.  I  was  en- 
couraged to  try  and  pay  the  bills  and  save  the 
farm.  This  season  I  formed  an  acquaintance 
with  Mrs.  Eunice  Ward  of  Harlem  (now 
China )  who  was  left  a  widow  about  the  same 
lime — and  near  the  same  age,  with  three  chil- 
dren, two  daughters  and  a  son,  the  eldest  six  ■ 
years  and  the  youngest  seventeen  months, 
with  about  seven  or  eight  hundred  dollars 
worth  of  property  for  their  support,  she  a 
professor  of  religion  and  a  member  of  the 
r>aptist  church  in  Harlem.  We  were  united 
in  marriage  on  .August  24,  1806,  and  moved 
home  and  commenced  keeping  house  that  fall. 
She  assisted  me  to  pay  the  bills  and  stock  the 
X-Avm.  I  was  encouraged  to  pursue  a  course 
of  farming  for  a  living  and  attend  to  the  town 
business  and  such  labor  as  I  could  do.  Soon 
after  this  I  was  chosen  town  clerk  and  kept 
the  records,  which  was  continued  about  twen- 
ty years.  In  the  year  1816  I  was  appointed 
second  postmaster  in  Palermo,  which  was  con- 
tinued about  seven  years.  Having  the  com- 
pany and  the  assistance  of  a  prudent  and  in- 
dustrious companion  I  have  enjoyed  much 
])eace  of  mind  for  many  years  and  have  wit- 
nessed much  of  the  goodness  of  the  Lord.  We 
were  members  of  the  First  P>aptist  Church  in 
Palermo  forty-five  years.  W^e  totik  much  sat- 
isfaction with  our  christian  friends,  both  in 
prosperity  and  in  adversity.  In  the  year  1850 
my  companion  was  taken  sick  and  died  Febru- 
ary 28,  185 1,  aged  seventy  years  and  four 
months.  We  had  nine  children.  *  *  * 
Where  I  reside  is  about  twenty  miles  north- 
easterly of  -Augusta,  then  called  Fort  Weston.' 
The  inhabitants  east  and  north  of  my  resi- 
dence were  but  few  at  that  time.  .Several 
small  settlements  were  made  in  the  woods,  and 
generally  called  after  the  name  of  the  first  set- 
tler or  by  the  old  Indian  name  of  ponds  and 
streams.  The  land  was  very  gtmd  for  crops 
of  corn  and  rye.  Each  settler  maile  his  choice 
for  a  farm.  No  taxes  were  called  for  at  that 
time.  There  were  no  framed  buildings  east  or 
north  of  my  residence  for  the  space  of  twelve 
or  iSfteen  miles,  and  three  or  four  miles  to  the 
south  and  west  until  the  next  .April.  1793. 
when  two  barn  frames  were  put  up.  to  the 
great  joy  of  the  settlers,  but  more  so  to  the 
owners."     He   describes   the  growth   and   de- 


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velopment  of  the  town  and  state,  giving  a 
good  picture  of  the  pioneer  days.  "These  set- 
tlers were  all  laboring  men,  engaged  in  their 
several  occupations,  such  as  clearing  land, 
raising  crops,  putting  up  buildings  and  fences 
in  the  summer  and  fall.  In  the  winter  and 
spring  all  engaged  in  lumbering,  hunting  and 
sugar-making,  which  was  much  of  it  done  in 
the  forest  at  that  time.  These  settlers  were  all 
very  poor,  but  as  'happy  as  clams'  and  as 
friendly  to  each  other  as  monkeys."  Of  his 
fellow-pioneers  he  writes  (1855):  "The  few 
that  are  left  are  worn  down  with  age  and  in- 
firmities too  numerous  for  me  to  name ;  some 
with  the  loss  of  sight  and  hearing:  some  with 
the  loss  of  their  limbs ;  some  with  palsied 
hands ;  and  others  with  general  debilities,  etc. 
And  but  very  few,  if  any,  are  able  to  take  care 
of  themselves,  bi;t  have  mostly  given  them- 
selves up  to  the  care  of  their  children  or 
grandchildren  or  the  town  to  provide  for 
them."  He  died  August  25,  i860,  aged  eighty- 
one  years. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Marden,  son  of  Stephen 
Marden  ('5),  was  bom  in  Palermo,  October 
26,  1798.  He  married  Hannah  Carr,  of  the 
same  town.  Among  their  children  was 
Stephen  P. 

(VII)  Stephen  P.  Marden,  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Hannah  (Carr)  Marden  (6),  was 
born  at  Palermo,  March  3,  1820,  died  January 
4,  1888.  He  married  Julia  A.  Avery,  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  Essex  family,  and  had  children  : 
Willie  E.,  July  4,  1850,  died  March  20,  1871. 
Oscar  Avery,  see  forward.  Frank  Webster, 
see  forward. 

(VIII)  Oscar  Avery  Marden,  son  of  Ste- 
phen P.  (7),  and  Julia  A.  (Avery)  Marden, 
was  born  in  Palermo,  August  20,  1853.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  with  an 
occasional  term  in  the  high  school  and  West- 
brook  Seminary.  He  worked  on  the  farm  of 
his  father  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age, 
commencing  to  teach  school  during  the  winter 
terms  from  the  early  age  of  fifteen  years.  He 
had  charge  of  the  English  department  of 
Dirigo  Business  College,  at  Augusta,  Maine, 
in  1871  and  1872,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  lat- 
ter year  came  to  Boston  and  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  bookkeeper  for  the  New  England  office 
of  the  Victor  Sewing  Machine  Company  of 
Middletown,  Connecticut.  He  reiuained  with 
that  concern  until  the  fall  of  1874,  when  he 
entered  the  law  office  of  Samuel  K.  Hamilton, 
in  the  old  Barristers  Hall,  Court  Square,  as  a 
student.  At  the  same  time  he  commenced  a 
course  of  study  in  the  law  school  of  Boston 
University.     He   was   awarded  his   degree  of 


LL.B.  in  June,  1876,  and  the  following  fall 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  began  legal  prac- 
tice in  Boston,  where  he  has  had  his  law 
offices  for  the  greater  part  of  the  time,  in  the 
Rogers  building.  He  made  his  home  in 
Stoughton,  where  he  also  had  law  offices,  and 
where  he  held  a  commission  as  trial  justice 
from  1877  to  1891.  When  the  district  court 
of  Southern  Norfolk  was  established  in  the 
latter  year  he  was  appointed  judge.  This  dis- 
trict includes  Stoughton.  Canton,  Sharon  and 
-Avon,  and  Judge  Marden  has  filled  the  office 
until  the  present  time.  He  has  been  a  leading 
member  of  the  Norfolk  Bar  Association  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  was  secretary  from  1886 
to  1 89 1.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  but 
not  an  active  partisan,  and  has  enjoyed  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  his  fellow  townsmen 
regardless  of  their  political  views.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Stoughton  school  committee 
from  1886  to  1889.  and  from  1892  to  1894. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  Stoughton 
Grenadier  Association  since  1880.  He  is 
prominent  in  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
was  grand  patriarch  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment of  Massachusetts  in  1893,  and  president 
of  the  Encampment  Deputies  Association  in 
1894.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pine  Tree  State 
Club,  which  is  composed  of  natives  of  Maine 
resident  in  Boston  and  its  vicinity. 

Judge  Marden  married,  October  19,  1882, 
at  Stoughton,  May  Theresa  Ball,  daughter  of 
Francis  M.  and  Rosetta  A.  Ball.  Mrs.  Mar- 
den died  April  4,  1890.  Their  children  were  : 
Edgar  .Avery,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, and  now  a  student  in  the  Harvard  Law 
School.  Oscar  Herbert,  born  September  3, 
1887,  died  June  15.  1891,  aged  about  four 
years.  Judge  Marden  married  (second)  Car- 
oline Avery.     No  issue. 

(VIII)  Frank  Webster  Marden,  third  son 
and  child  of  Stephen  P.  (7),  and  Julia  A. 
(Avery)  Marden,  was  born  in  Palermo,  May 
25,  1855.  ^Tis  early  education  was  acquired 
in  the  district  schcx)ls  and  the  high  school,  ami 
this  was  supplemented  by  attendance  at  a  busi- 
ness college  in  Augusta,  Maine,  for  two  years. 
He  remained  on  the  farm  of  his  father  until 
he  had  attained  the  age  of  twenty-four  years 
and  then  decided  to  make  his  own  way  in  the 
world.  He  went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
arriving  in  that  city  May  6,  1879,  and  entered 
the  office  of  Rufus  G.  Norris,  his  imcle,  who 
was  a  dealer  in  foreign  and  domestic  oils.  He 
was  thus  employed  for  a  period  of  seven  and 
a  half  years,  until  the  death  of  his  uncle  in 
January,  i88fi.  ^fr.  M^arden  then,  in  associa- 
tion with  George  H.  Leonard,  purchased  the 


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business  and  conducted  it  under  the  firm  name 
of  George  H.  Leonard  &  Company.  The  pres- 
ent firm  was  organized  June  I.  1906,  with 
offices  at  Nos.  201-225  Purchase  street,  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  with  branches  at  New 
York,  Chicago.  Louisville  and  San  Francisco, 
where  they  have  stores  carrying  their  goods. 
When  Mr.  Marden  left  the  farm  and  entered 
the  business  of  his  uncle,  he  had  formed  the 
determination  to  thoroughly  master  all  the  de- 
tails, and  was  satisfied  with  rather  a  subordin- 
ate position  at  first.  He  became  bookkeeper 
and  later  seller,  thus  acquiring  a  knowledge 
of  all  the  branches  and  every  detail,  and  this 
has  conduced  to  his  present  success.  The 
business  has  grown  to  immense  proportions, 
and  Mr.  Marden  still  pays  especial  attention 
to  the  selling  department,  being  satistfied  per- 
sonally that  every  customer  gets  what  he  pur- 
chfises.  He  is  a  thorough  believer  in  honest 
methods  of  doing  business  and  attributes  his 
success  to  "hard  work  and  honest  representa- 
tion." L'nder  his  able  supervision  the  firm  has 
grown  rapidly  and  now  does  business  valued 
at  two  million  dollars  per  year.  Much  of  this 
success  is  due  to  Mr.  Marden,  personally,  his 
aflfable  and  considerate  manner  winning  many 
customers,  and  those  once  acquired  are  never 
lost.  There  is  no  firm  in  the  United  States 
which  is  rated  more  highly  in  the  estimation 
of  their  customers  than  that  of  Miarden,  Orth 
&  Hastings,  they  have  a  justly  earned  reputa- 
tion for  probity  and  honest  and  upright  deal- 
ings in  every  respect.  The  religious  affiliations 
of  Mr.  Marden  and  his  family  are  with  the 
Universalist  church.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics  but  takes  no  active  part  in  the  con- 
claves of  his  party.  He  is  fraternally  associ- 
ated with  the  following  organizations :  Paul 
Revere  Lodge,  No.  184,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows ;  Oil  Trade  Association  of 
Boston ;  Sons  of  Maine  Club  of  Somerville. 
His  leisure  time  is  spent  with  his  family,  to 
whom  he  is  devoted. 

He  married,  August  9,  1882,  Jennie  (Olive 
Jane)  Ayer,  daughter  of  Peter  W.  and  Happ-y 
(Murch)  Ayer.  (Sketches  of  the  Murch  and 
Ayer  families  will  be  found  below.)  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Marden  have  had  children  :  i.  Julia,  horn 
in  Somerville,  is  a  graduate  of  the  public 
schools,  an  English  high  school  and  a  private 
school  at  Ossining,  New  \'ork.  2.  Helen,  born 
in  Somerville,  was  graduated  from  the  public 
schools  and  the  Somerville  Latin  high  school, 
studied  one  year  in  private  school  in  Ossining, 
New  York,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  class 
of  IQ09,  Smith  College.  3.  Louise  Estelle, 
born  at  Somerville,  is  a  graduate  of  the  public 


schools  and  the  Somerville  Latin  high  school, 
and  is  now  a  student  in  Smith  College,  class 
of  1910. 

(I)  Walter  Murch,  the  great-great-grand- 
father of  Mrs.  Warden,  was  born  on  the  ocean 
while  his  parents  were  on  their  way  to  this 
country  from  England.  They  landed  at  Old 
Orchard  Beach.  Walter  Murch  had  learned 
the  trade  of  shoemaking,  and  he  followed  this 
occupation  in  his  new  home.  Among  his  chil- 
dren was  a  son,  Simeon. 

(II)  Simeon  Murch,  son  of  Walter  Murch, 
was  born  in  Gorham,  Maine.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  shoemaking  from  his  father  and  fol- 
lowed it.  Later  he  bought  a  farm  at  Unity, 
settled  in  the  Wilderness.  He  and  his  wife 
rode  to  Unity  on  horseback,  a  distance  of  one 
hundred  miles,  he  having  on  his  horse  his 
daughter,  Rebecca,  who  was  about  three  years 
of  age,  and  his  wife  having  with  her  on  the 
horse  her  son,  Josiah,  an  infant,  and  a  spin- 
ning wheel.  Simeon  Murch  married  Rachel 
Payne,  of  Cape  Cod. 

(HI)  Josiah  Murch,  son  of  Simeon  and 
Rachel  (Payne)  Murch,  was  born  at  Buxton, 
Maine,  July  11,  1792,  and  died  June  i,  1885. 
He  assisted  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
farm,  which  he  later  purchased.  He  married 
Olive  Whitney,  born  in  Gorham.  January  8. 
1791,  died  January  8,  1880,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Whitney,  of  Gorham,  who  was  a  soldier 
during  the  Revolutionary  war. 


In  the  early  records  there  is  an  al- 
AYER     most    endless   variety   of    spellings 

for  this  surname  and  a  number  of 
the  variations  have  survived  to  the  present 
time.  Among  the  spellings  were :  Aars,  Aers, 
Ahheayrs,  Ahheire,  Aier,  Aiere,  Aiers,  Air, 
Aires,  Airs,  Ares,  Aries,  Ayeres,  Ayers, 
Ayhaire,  Ayre,  Ayres,  Eaire,  Fairs,  Fares, 
Eayer,  Wayr,  Fayre,  Eires,  Eyer,  Eyers, 
Evre,  Eyres  and  Heires.  The  name  is  an  an- 
cient and  honorable  English  surname. 

(I)  John  Ayer,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  and  settled  first  in  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1640,  when  he  was 
a  proprietor  of  that  town.  He  sold  his  house 
and  lands  and  removed  to  the  adjacent  town 
of  Haverhill  alxint  1647.  He  was  a  proprietor 
in  1648-49  and  bought  various  parcels  of  land. 
He  was  a  town  officer  and  leading  citizen.  His 
sons,  John,  Jr.,  Robert  and  Thomas,  were  also 
proprietors    in    1650.      He    married    Hannah 

,  who  died  at  an  advanced  age,  October 

8,  1688.     He  died  March  31.   1657.     His  will 
was   dated   March    12,    1656,   and   proved   at 


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Hampton,  October  6,  1657.  He  bequeathed 
to  his  wife  Hannah ;  sons  John,  Thomas,  Rob- 
ert, Obadiah,  Peter  and  Nathaniel ;  daughters 
Hannah,  Rebecca  and  Mary.  John  had  the 
homestead.  Children:  i.  John,  resided  at 
Haverhill  and  Ipswich,  married.  May  5,  1646, 
Sarah  Williams,  and  (second),  March  26, 
1663,  Mary  Wooddam.  2.  Rebecca,  married, 
October  8,  1648,  John  Aslet,  at  Newbury.  3. 
Sergeant  Robert,  bom  about  1625,  married, 
February  27,  1650,  Elizabeth  Palmer.  4. 
Thomas,  resided  in  Haverhill ;  married,  April 
I,  1656,  Elizabeth  Hutchins.  5.  Peter,  born 
about  1633,  mentioned  below.  6.  Mary,  born 
1634.  7.  Obadiah,  lived  in  Haverhill,  and  re- 
moved 1669  to  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey ; 
married,  March  19,  1660-61,  Hannah  Pike. 
8.  Nathaniel,  married.  May  10,  1670.  Tamesin 
Turloar  at  Haverhill.  9.  Hannah,  born  De- 
cember 21,  1644,  in  Salisbury,  married,  March 
24,   1662-63,   Stephen  Webster. 

(II)  Comet  Peter  Ayer,  son  of  John  Ayer 
(i),  was  born  about  1633  and  died  January  2, 
1698-99,  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  May,  1666.  He  was  a 
yeoman  of  Haverhill ;  a  prominent  citizen ; 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1683-85-89-90. 
He  married.  November  i,  1659,  Hannah  Al- 
len, who  died  December  22,  1729,  aged  eigh- 
ty-seven years.  Children,  born  at  Haverhill : 
I.  Ruth,  born  October  7,  1660,  married  John 
Denison,  of  Ipswich,  weaver.  2.  Hannah, 
born  .August  21,  1662,  married  Lieutenant 
John  Osgood,  of  Andover,  October  17,  1681. 
3.  Abigail,  born  July  4,  1664.  married,  June  7, 
1683,  Robert  Lord,  of  Ipswich.  4.  Mary,  born 
.August  6,  i666,  married  Joseph  Calef,  of  Ips- 
wich. 5.  Martha,  born  March  i,  1667-68, 
married  Captain  Peter  Osgood.  6.  Samuel, 
born  September  28,  1669,  mentioned  below. 
7.  William,  born  September  23,  1673,  died  No- 
vember 20,  1675.  8.  Rachel,  bom  October  18, 
1675,  died  May  21,  1678,  of  small  pox.  9. 
Ebenezer,  born  May  22,  1678,  died  October 
10,  1695.^ 

(III)  Captain  Samuel  Ayer,  son  of  Cornet 
Peter  .A.yer  (2),  was  born  at  Haverhill,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1669 ;  a  yeoman  of  Haverhill ;  died 
there  January  2,  1743-44.  He  had  a  large 
property  for  his  time,  having  among  other 
chattels  a  negro  slave.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1693,  Elizabeth  Tuttle,  of  Ipswich, 
who  died  November  29,  1752.  Giildren :  i. 
Hannah,  born  November  29,  1694,  married 
Andrew  Mitchell,  Jr.,  April  5,  1720.  2.  Peter, 
bom  October  i,  1696.  3.  Samuel,  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1698.  4.  William,  born  February  6, 
1701-02.      5.    Ebenezer,    born    February    18, 


1704-05,  mentioned  below.  6.  Elizabeth,  born 
January  26,  1707-08,  married,  February  26, 
1729-30,  Daniel  Bradley.  7.  Susan,  born  De- 
cember 26,  1709.  8.  Sarah,  born  May  18,  171 1, 
married,  February  15,  1732-33,  Samuel  Emer- 
son. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Ebenezer  Ayer,  son  of 
Captain  Samuel  Ayer  (3),  was  born  at  Hav- 
erhill, February  18.  1704-05,  died  aged  fifty- 
seven  years,  March  3,  1761-2.  He  was  a 
yeoman  of  Haverhill,  ancl  IMethuen,  Massa- 
chusetts. When  the  state  line  was  fixed  his 
house  was  included  in  the  town  of  Salem,  New- 
Hampshire.  He  married  (first),  March  29, 
1726,  Susanna  Kimball,  who  died  September 
20,  1749.  He  married  (second)  Elizalieth 
,  who  died  January  2,  1786.  aged  sev- 
enty-one (gravestone),  at  Salem  Centre.  He 
was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Buxton,  Maine,, 
and  November  15,  1758,  was  appointed  on  a 
committee  to  repair  the  meeting  house.  Ad- 
ministration on  his  estate  was  granted  April 
11,  1763.  Children,  born  at  Salem:  1.  Major 
Ebenezer,  born  March  22,  1727,  soldier  in  the 
Revolution ;  married,  at  Pepperellboro,  July  4, 
1754,  Plaisted  Scammon.  2.  Elizabeth,  bom 
January  15,  1727-28,  died  young.  3.  Sarah, 
born  October  27,  1730.  4.  Philip,  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1731-32,  died  November  2,  1756,  in 
Methuen.  5.  Tuttle,  born  .April,  1734,  died 
young.  6.  Tuttle,  born  May  17,  1735.  7- 
Peter,  born  May  12,  1737,  mentioned  belovi*. 
8.  Timothy,  born  July  16,  1740.  married  Eliz- 
abeth   ,  and  (second)  Elizabeth  (Scam- 
mon) Moody.  9.  John,  bom  April  2,  1744. 
10.  Joseph,  born  May  22,  1746,  married  in 
Standish,  Maine,  October  3,  1775,  Eunice 
Clark.  II.  Isaiah,  born  September  19,  1749, 
died  September  25,  1772.  12.  William,  born 
May  23,  1752.  13.  Elizabeth,  born  September 
28,  1753.  14.  Samuel,  born  September  i, 
1754,  married  Anna  Currier.  15.  Philip,  born 
November  3,  1758.  16.  John,  baptized  at 
Haverhill,  October   12,   1760. 

(V)  Peter  .\yer,  son  of  Lieutenant  Eben- 
ezer Aver  (4),  was  born  at  Salem,  New 
Hampshire,  formerly  Methuen,  May  12,  1737. 
He  is  said  to  have  been  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution. He  was  chairman  of  the  school  com- 
mittee in  district  No.  5  in  Buxton  in  1783. 
He  resided  in  what  is  now  Standish,  Maine. 
He  died  March  23,  1805,  aged  sixty-eight. 
His  wife  Rebecca  died  October  28,  1795,  aged 
fifty-eight.  He  married  (second)  Sarah  Jen- 
kins, of  Pepperellboro,  Maine.  Giild,  Benja- 
min, born  November  23,  1763,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  Rev.    Benjamin   Ayer,   son   of   Peter 


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Ayer  (5),  was  born  in  Standish,  Maine,  \'o- 
ven-.ber  23,  1763.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  a  private  in  a 
■company  sent  to  reinforce  the  northern  army 
for  six  months  under  Captain  Benjamin  War- 
ren. He  was  one  of  six  men  sent  by  the  town 
of  Buxton,  and  during  this  service  attained  the 
rank  of  corporal.  He  enlisted  July  14,  1780, 
and  was  mustered  out  January  30,  1781. 
Later  he  became  a  Methodist  Episcopal  minis- 
ter at  Standish  and  Unity,  Maine.  He  resided 
also  at  Falmouth  (now  Portland)  and  Free- 
dom, Maine.  He  died  July  29,  1844.  He 
married,  iVpril  25,  1785,  Rachel  Sanborn,  of 
Standish,  born  July  19,  1762,  daughter  of 
John  and  Lucy  (Sanborn)  Sanborn.  Her 
father  was  born  at  Hampton  Falls,  January  9, 
1723,  resided  in  his  native  town,  and  in  Fal- 
mouth and  Standish,  Maine.  Her  mother  died 
September,  1775.  John  Sanborn  married 
(second)  Mrs.  Betty  Pierce,  who  died  July, 
1 81 2.  He  died  December  6,  1802.  Abner 
Sanborn,  father  of  John,  was  born  at  Hamp- 
ton, April  27,  1694;  married,  October  31, 
1715,  Rachel  Shaw,  daughter  of  Caleb  Shaw, 
^nd  resided  at  Hampton  Falls  where  he  died 
January  18,  1780.  John  Sanborn,  father  of 
.\bner  Sanborn,  was  born  about  1649,  son  of 
the  immigrant,  John  Sanborn  or  Sambourne : 
was  admitted  a  freeman  April  25,  1678 ;  mar- 
ried, November  19,  1674,  Judith  Coffin, 
daughter  of  Tristram  Coffin,  of  Newbury ; 
she  was  born  December  4,  1653,  and  died  May 
17,  1724;  John  died  September  23,  1727.  (See 
sketch  of  Sanborn  family  of  Somerville.) 

Rev.  Benjamin  and  Rachel  (Sanborn)  Ayer 
had  children:  i.  Annis,  born  February  3,  1786. 
2.  Lydia,  February  5.  1788.  3.  Peter,  January 
22,  1790,  died  June  6,  1854.  4.  Benjamin,  Jr., 
May  18,  1792,  died  September  24,  1835.  5. 
Rachel,  November  2,  1794,  died  December  5, 
1794.  6.  John  S.,  October  29,  1795.  7.  Rachel, 
May  20,  1798.    8.  Thomas  B.,  June  3,  1800. 

(^TT)  Peter  .A^yer,  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin 
(6),  and  Rachel  (Sanborn)  Ayer,  was  bom 
January  22,  1790,  and  died  June  6,  1854.  He 
married,  T\Iarch  2,  181 5,  Jane  Bartlett,  born 
March  7,  1795.  died  December  29,  1889.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Lemuel  and  Hannah 
(Chase)  Bartlett,  and  granddaughter  of  Jo- 
seph Bartlett,  a  soldier  during  the  Revolution. 
The  Bartlett  family  migrated  from  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  to  lenity,  Maine,  after  the 
Revokitioii. 

Josepli  Bartlett  served  practically  through- 
out the  Revolution.  He  received  an  honor- 
ary badge  for  faithful  service  from  Decem- 
ber 21,  1775,  at  the  rl^se  of  the  war,  ranking 


as  sergeant  at  that  time.  He  enlisted  for  the 
remainder  of  the  war  in  1777  in  Lieutenant 
Colonel  John  Brooks'  regiment,  the  Seventh, 
and  was  a  corporal  in  Captain  Benjamin 
Warren's  company.  Colonel  Alden's  bat- 
talion, at  Albany,  New  York,  1777-78.  The 
state  archives  give  his  birtliplace  and  resi- 
dence as  Plymouth,  Massachusetts;  age  forty- 
four  in  1782 ;  height,  five  feet,  nine  inches ; 
complexion,  dark;  hair  dark;  occupation, 
mason.  He  ranked  as  sergeant  on  the  pay 
rolls  from  June,  1778.  He  was  at  Cherry 
Valley,  New  York,  May  4,  1779.  He  was  in 
Captain  Benjamin  Warren's  company,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel John  Brooks'  regiment,  from 
February  i  to  July  i,  1781,  and  in  Captain 
Williami  Mills'  company  to  February  i,  1782, 
ranking  as  sergeant.  He  had  a  sixty-day 
furlough  December  16,  1782,  and  was  finally 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war,  June   10. 

1783. 

The  children  of  Peter  and  Jane  (Bartlett) 
Ayer,  all  born  in  Freedom,  Maine,  were:  i. 
Rachel  Jane,  born  December  28.  181 5,  mar- 
ried, March,  1843,  Sumner  .\bbott.  2.  Han- 
nah Bartlett,  October  25,  1817,  married. 
May  26,  1842,  Erasmus  Henry  Cochran.  3. 
Nathan  Chase,  October  17.  1819,  married, 
-June,  1844,  Lucy  P.  Wellington.  4.  Annis 
Chase,  January  i,  1823,  married,  March  29, 
1849,  Benjamin  B.  Stevens.  5.  Peter  W.,  see 
forward.  6.  Rebecca  Wheeler.  July  25,  1833, 
married.  May  8,  i860.  Rev.  Charles  E. 
Springer.  7.  Mary  True,  April  iB,  1835, 
married,  March  14,  1856,  James  B.  Vickery. 
8.  Joseph  Bartlett,  June  26,  1837,  married, 
October,  1861,  Mary  E.  Berry. 

(VHD  Peter  W.  xAyer,  son  of  Peter  (7)  and 
Jane  (Bartlett)  Ayer,  was  born  at  Freedom, 
Maine,  November  11,  1826.  He  married, 
.April  19,  1854,  Happy  Murch,  mentioned 
above,  and  had  children:  i.  James  Stanley, 
born  January  15,  1855.  He  is  a  mer- 
chant in  Brewer,  Maine.  He  married,  July 
16.  1891,  Mary  Goodwin,  and  has  had  chil- 
dren: Frances,  Winnifrcd,  Peter,  deceased; 
and  Milton.  2.  Jennie  (Olive  Jane),  who 
married  ]\Ir.  Marden.  3.  Laura  K.,  married, 
June  Ti,  1890,  J.  Mason  Hammond,  and  has 
had  children:  Frank  S.  and  Dorothy.  4.  Jo- 
siah  M.,  November  2,  1863.  He  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  l^niversity  of  Maine,  and  pursued 
scientific  studies  at  Harvard  LTniversity.  He 
is  now  civil  engineer  on  the  Boston  Elevated 
Railroad.  5.  Lucy  E.,  is  a  trained  nurse.  6. 
Mary  T..  is  an  artist.  7.  Rufus  Prince,  born 
October  19,  1873,  is  on  the  old  homestead  at 
Freedom.  IVTainc.  which  was  owned  and  occu- 


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pied  bv  his  graiidfatlKT.  He  took  ui)  the  huKJ, 
five  hundred  acres,  June  6,  iyo4.  and  it  is 
now  one  of  the  most  productive  farms  in  the 
state  of  Maine.  8.  John  P..  born  April  26. 
1877,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Bangor  Business 
College,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  firnr  of 
Talbot,  Brooks  &  Aver,  dealers  in  hardware, 
at  Portland,  Maine. 


Samuel  Stratton.  the  inimi- 
STRATTON     grant  ancestor  of  the  Strat- 

tons  of  Cambridge.  ]\Iassa- 
chusetts,  was  born  in  England,  in  1592,  and 
married  his  first  wife  there,  and  she  probably 
died  soon  after  her  husband,  herself  and  their 
two  sons  arrived  in  America.  Samuel  Stratton 
appeared  as  a  surveyor  of  town  lots  in  Water- 
town,    Massachusetts    I'.ay    ("olnnw    in    1647. 


became  a  freeman  of  the  town  of  Watertown, 
.\lay  2-,  1663,  and  married,  March  10,  1659, 
Elizabeth  Traine,  and  their  children  were:  I. 
J-Clizabeth.  bom  in  Watertown,  died  in  in- 
fancy, 1659.  2.  John,  born  August  24,  1661. 
3.  Elizabeth,  bom  July  2,  1664.  4.  Joseph, 
born  Januar\  13.  1666.  5.  Samuel,  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  1669.  6.  Rebecca,  born  May  16, 
1672.  7.  Ebenezer,  born  Novennber  2,  1677, 
died  in  infancy.  8.  Ebenezer,  born  October 
2,  1678.  9.  Jonathan,  born  March  6,  1679. 
John  Stratt(jn,  the  father,  died  in  Watertown, 
-April  7.  i6iji.  and  his  widow  died  May  7, 
[708. 

I  III)  Joseph,  second  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Traine)  Stratton,  was  born  in  Wa- 
tertown, January  13,  1666,  and  married  Sarah 
How,  November  14,  1695. 

(I\')  Jonathan,    son    of  Joseph   and    Sarah 


STRATTON    HALL. 


and  took  the  freeman's  oath  May  18.  1653. 
He  married  as  his  second  wife,  August  28, 
1657,  Margaret,  widow  of  William  Parker, 
of  Boston.  He  resided  in  that  part  of  the 
town  of  Watertown  subsequently  set  off  to 
the  town  of  Cambridge,  in  the  neighborhood 
of  the  present  Lowell  Park,  and  contiguous 
to  land  that  became  the  estate  of  James  Rus- 
sell Lowell.  Samuel  and  Margaret  Parker 
Stratton  had  three  sons:  Samuel.  John  and 
Richard.  Richard,  son  of  Richard  last  named, 
settled  in  Easthanipton.  Long  Island.  New 
York,  where  both  his  L'ncle  John  and  his 
father  Richard  lived  for  several  years.  Sam- 
uel Stratton,  the  immigrant,  died  December 
18,  1676,  aged  eighty-one  years. 

(11)  John,  son  of  Samuel  and  Margaret 
(Parker)  Stratton,  was  born  in  England,  in 
1633.  and   settled  with   his  father  in   Water- 


town,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  in  1647.  He 
(How)  Stratton,  was  born  in  Weston,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1714,  and  was  married  November 
I.  1738,  to  Dinah  Bemis.  of  Waltham.  He 
served  as  a  private  in  Colonel  Lamson's  com- 
pany, and  marched  to  Lexington  on  receiving 
the  alarm.  April  19,  1775.  and  served  for  three 
days,  wdien  he  was  discharged. 

(\')  Jonathan,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Dinah 
(Bemis)  Stratton,  was  born  in  Weston,  March 
8,  1746.  and  was  married  Septeniber  20.  1768, 
to  Sarah  Childs.  He  served  as  a  private,  ac- 
cording to  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  of  Cap- 
tain Jonathan  Fiske.  of  Weston,  in  Colonel 
Brooks'  company,  called  out  March  4,  1776, 
for  five  days  service,  and  was  stationed  at 
Dorchester  Heights,  and  also  performed  vari- 
ous other  militar}-  service. 

\\'\\  Shubael    C.    son     of     Jonathan    and 


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Sarah  (Childs)  Stratton,  was  born  in  Weston, 
Massachusetts,  December  6,  1768.  He  mar- 
ried Betsey  Cook. 

(\'II)  Ira,  son  of  Shubael  C  and  Betsey 
(Cook)  Stratton,  was  born  in  New  Salem, 
Alassachusetts,  January  6,  1804.  He  attend- 
ed the  conmion  school  in  his  native  town, 
leaving  it  when  fourteen  years  old  to  go  west. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  returned  home  and 
worked  in  a  brush  factory  in  Boston  until  he 
had  learned  the  trade.  Flavel  Coolidge  (1775- 
1848)  operated  a  brush  factory  in  Cambridge- 
port,  Massachusetts,  and  he  made  Ira  Strat- 
ton his  foreman  as  soon  as  he  had  completed 
his  apprenticeship  in  the  Boston  establish- 
ment. Mr.  Stratton  continued  in  that  posi- 
tion up  to  the  time  of  the  death  of  his  father- 
in-law.  in  1848,  when  he  became  sole  owner 
of  the  factory.  He  subsequently  opened  a 
brush  shop  on  Exchange  street,  Boston,  in 
copartnership  with  Sheriff  &  Eastham,  and 
the  enterprise  was  very  successful,  enabling 
him  to  acquire  a  competence.  His  next  busi- 
ness venture  was  in  the  manufacture  of  glass, 
in  partnership  with  Amory  Houghton,  the 
factory  being  located  in  Somerville.  The  busi- 
ness proved  to  be  uncongenial  to  Mr.  Strat- 
ton. and  he  sold  out  to  his  partner,  and  gave 
the  remainder  of  his  life  to  the  care  of  his 
estate.  He  was  married  November  6,  1835, 
to  Martha  Ann,  daughter  of  Flavel  and  .Anna 
(Wilds)  Coolidge,  and  in  this  way  became 
owner  of  the  Iirush  factory  of  Mr.  Coolidge. 
Flavel  Coolidge.  father  of  Mrs.  Ira  Stratton, 
was  the  son  of  Elisha  Coolidge,  of  .Ashburn- 
ham.  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  and 
the  youngest  of  eleven  children.  He  was 
born  in  1775,  and  in  1786  his  father,  with  his 
entire  family,  joined  the  .Shaker  community 
at  the  time  of  its  establishment  at  .Shirley, 
Middlesex  county. 

This  remarkable  society,  in;iugurated  in 
America  by  Ann  Lee,  who  with  eight  of  her 
followers  emljarked  at  Liverpool,  England, 
-May  ly,  1774,  and  arrived  in  New  York, 
August  6th  following,  purchased  land  in  the 
woods  of  Watcrvliet,  New  York,  in  1776,  and 
while  the  colonists  were  engaged  in  the  war 
of  the  Revolution,  these  frugal  and  industri- 
ous people  were  building  up  a  society  that 
took  within  its  fold  the  jpirits  of  religious  im- 
rest  wherever  a  religious  awakening  aro^e. 
.After  the  society  at  Watervliet  had  been  suc- 
cessfully planted,  there  was  a  religious  awak- 
ening at  New  Lebanon.  Columbia  county. 
New  York,  thirty  miles  distant,  and  many  of 
the  sulijects  of  the  revival  there  visuer' 
"Mother    .\un."    at    Watervleit,    and    became 


converts  to  the  new  faith.  .Ann  Lee  and  her 
elders  and  friends  became  missionaries,  and 
after  establishing  what  proved  to  be  their 
most  successful  settlement,  at  New  Lebanon, 
they  held  forth  in  Hancock,  Tyringhain, 
Howard  and  Shirley,  in  Massachusetts,  and 
Enfield,  in  Connecticut,  and  societies  were 
planted  which  gathered  many  followers,  and 
each  became  models  of  industrial  connnunism 
that  attracted  the  attention  of  idealists  not 
alone  in  .\nierica,  but  abroad  also.  After  a 
little  more  than  two  years  of  missionary  work, 
'Wlother  .Ann"  returned  to  Watervliet,  where 
she  received  inquirers,  and  after  a  ministry 
of  fourteen  years  she  died,  September  8,  1784. 
It  was  three  years  after  her  death  before  regu- 
larly organized  communities  were  established. 
The  society  at  New  Lebanon,  New  York,  was 
organized  in  -September,  1787,  and  furnished 
the  model  for  the  others.  It  grew  to  six  hun- 
dred members,  and  the  community  owned  six 
thousand  acres  of  land.  Watervliet  grew  to 
three  hundred  members;  Groveland,  Living- 
ston county.  New  York,  to  one  hundred  and 
fifty:  Hancock,  Berkshire  county,  Massachu- 
setts, to  two  hundred;  Tyringham,  Berkshire 
county,  to  one  hundred;  Harvard,  Worcester 
county,  to  two  htmdred;  Shirley,  Middlesex 
comity .  to  one  hundred:  Enfield,  Hartford 
county,  Connecticut,  to  two  hundred;  Canter- 
bury, .Merrimac  county.  New  Hampshire,  to 
three  hundred:  Enfield,  (jrafton  county.  New 
Hampshire,  to  three  hundred :  .\lfred,  York 
county,  Maine,  to  one  hundred  and  fifty :  and 
New  Gloucester,  York  county,  Maine,  to  one 
hundred  and  fifty  members.  These  societies 
were  formed  between  1787  and  1792,  and  it 
was  not  until  1805  that  Ohio  and  Kentucky 
were  invaded  by  the  disciples  of  .\nn  Lee. 
Like  the  "Salem  Witches,"  and  the  Roman 
Catholics,  the  Shakers  did  not  escape  persecu- 
tion from  the  Puritans  of  New  England,  and 
the  society  at  .Shirley,  when  "Mother  Ann" 
was  preaching  there,  was  subjected  to  inob 
violence  not  only  from  the  outside  world  but 
from  dissenting  members  of  the  society,  not- 
ably on   March   3,    1802. 

Mavel  Coolidge  left  the  conmumity  after  he 
had  learned  the  trade  of  brush  making  and 
attained  his  majority,  in  1796.  He  journeyed 
to  Canibridgeport,  where  he  engaged  as  a  car- 
penter with  Jo-^iah  and  Thomas  Mason,  and 
while  tlnis  t-ngagiil  built  .-i  house  of  five 
rooms  for  himself,  |)re|)aralory  to  his  con- 
templated marriage,  and  in  Jatniary,  1806,  he 
married  .\mia.  daughter  of  Elijah,  Jr.,  and 
Eimice  (Safford)  Wilds,  and  granddaughter 
of    P'.lijah     (1718-1701)    and     .Anna    (Hovey) 


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Wilds,  all  converts  to  the  Shaker  faith  under 
the  preaching  of  Ann  Lee,  and  by  so  doing 
severed  all  family  ties,  and  they  with  their 
children  were  merged  in  the  Shaker  com- 
munity, and  Elijah  Wilds,  Jr.,  was  appointed 
an  elder  at  the  organization  of  the  society  in 
Shirley,  and  continued  in  the  office  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  March  14,  1829,  at  the  age 
of  eighty-three  years.  Anna  Wilds  was  born 
February  15,  1779,  and  with  her  parents  and 
grandparents  became  members  of  the  Shaker 
community  at  Shirley,  and  here  met  Flavel 
Coolidge,  son  of  Elisha  Coolidge,  who  was 
born  January  19,  1775,  died  February  1,  1848. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  Uni- 
versalist  Church  of  Cambridge  and  a  deacon 
for  many  years.  Elisha  Coolidge  was  born 
July  29,  1720,  died  August  18,  1807.  Flavel 
Coolidge  was  also  a  convert  to  the  faith. 
When  he  left  the  community  in  1796  Anna 
Wilds  also  deserted  it  and  went  to  live  with 
relatives  in  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  and  it 
was  there  that  her  lover  found  her  and  they 
were  married.  Flavel  and  Anna  (Wilds)  Cool- 
idge had  three  children  born  at  their  home  at 
Cambridgeport,  where  the  mother  died  June 
28,  1874,  aged  ninety-five  years  and  four 
months.  Children:  i.  Merrick,  born  October 
6.  1806,  married  Sarah  Ann  Tucker,  Novem- 
ber, 183 1,  died  1850.  He  had  two  children: 
Helen  and  Anna.  2.  Martha  Ann,  born  Janu- 
ary 19,  18 14,  died  January  2,  1890.  She  mar- 
ried Ira  Stratton,  and  their  children  were :  i. 
Flavel  Coolidge,  born  in  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  4,  1836,  died  February  15, 
1840.  ii.  Flavel  Coolidge  (2),  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, February  14,  1840.  He  prepared  for 
college  at  the  New  Salem  Academy,  entered 
Harvard  University,  1858,  and  was  graduated 
therefrom  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
in  1861,  the  year  in  which  he  attained  his  ma- 
jority. He  studied  law  and  then  went  abroad, 
visiting  England,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
banking  business  with  Belding,  Keith  & 
Company.  After  returning  to  Cambridge  he 
removed  to  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  dry  goods  business.  Upon  the 
death  of  his  father,  .August,  1873,  he  retired 
from  business  and  resided  with  his  mother  in 
Cambridge,  where  he  died  suddenly  of  heart 
failure,  July  23,  1906.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  was  unmarried. 
A  friend  speaking  of  Flavel  C.  Stratton  said 
"he  was  learned  yet  unpretentious,  thought- 
ful yet  not  efifusive  in  speech.  Tender  as  a 
woman  in  his  sympathies,  yet  lion  hearted  for 
the  right."  iii.  Anna  Alaria,  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, February  4,  1848.  died  September  2^. 


1850.  iv.  Martha  Louise,  born  in  Cambridge, 
l^'ebruary  4,  185 1,  received  her  education  in 
the  public  schools,  completing  the  high  school 
course.  She  married,  November  20,  1889, 
Dwight  W.  Ensign,  see  forward.  3.  Flavel, 
Jr.,  born  August  8,  1816,  died  in  Cambridge- 
port,  Massachusetts,  February  28,  1891.  He 
married  Betsey  Perkins,  and  (second)  Almira 
Peirce. 

Dwight  W.  Ejisign,  above  mentioned,  was 
born  in  Sheridan,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  August  2,  1839.  He  is  the  son  of  Sey- 
mour P.  and  Diantha  (Holmes)  Ensign, 
grandson  of  Otis  Ensign,  Jr.,  who  enlisted  in 
the  Continental  army  when  sixteen  years  old 
and  served  five  years,  being  one  of  the  guard 
at  the  hanging  of  Major  Andre,  and  was  with 
General  Washington  at  Valley  Forge,  when 
he  received  a  scolding  and  apology  from 
Washington  when  circumstances  were  ex- 
plained :  great-grandson  of  Otis  Ensign,  Sr., 
who  was  killed  in  the  massacre  of  Wvoming, 
and  a  descendant  of  James  Ensign,  who  set- 
tled in  Brattle  street,  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1632,  moving  to  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, 1635.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution.  Union  Club  of 
Cambridgeport  and  the  Boston  .Art  Club.  His 
wife,  Martha  Louise  (Stratton)  Ensign,  has 
travelled  extensively  in  Europe.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Vermont  Society  of  Colonial 
Dames :  Old  South  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
.\merican  Revolution,  Daughters  of  the 
Revolution.  The  Daughters  of  Massachusetts, 
New  England's  Women's  Club,  Cantabrigia 
Club  of  Cambridge,  Peabody  Home  for  Crip- 
pled Children,  Tlie  Home  for  Aged  People, 
and  other  societies  and  organizations.  Mrs. 
Ensign  takes  a  deep  interest  in  charitable  and 
religious  work.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Second  Church  (LTnitarian)  of  Boston,  Cop- 
ley Square. 


No  less  than  twenty- 
W.\KEFIELD  seven  varieties  of  spelling 
in  early  records  are 
found  of  the  surname  now  spelled  Wakefield 
in  America  and  England.  It  is  a  town  name 
and  has  been  in  use  as  a  surname  also  in 
England  since  the  beginning  of  the  practice 
of  having  family  names. 

(I)  John  Wakefield,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  the  Boston  family,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1614-15.  He  was  according  to  the 
best  information  at  hand,  a  native  of  Graves- 
end,  county  Kent,  England,  as  Thomas 
Wakefield,  probably  his  brother,  came  from 


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that  town  which  was  an  ancient  seat  of  this 
family.  Thomas  embarked  in  the  ship 
"America."  VVilham  Barker,  Master,  June  23, 
1635,  for  Virginia,  and  it  is  evident  that  John 
went  to  the  same  locahty  about  the  same  time. 
But  prior  to  1647  John  removed  to  Martha's 
Vineyard,  Massachusetts.  He  had  a  grant  of 
land  there,  but  failing  to  fulfill  the  terms  he 
forfeited  it,  and  it  was  re-granted  to  Nicholas 
Butler.  He  was  a  boatman  or  shipwright 
and  owned  a  half-interest  in  one  old  boat  and 
one  new  boat  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
and  it  is  likely  that  he  was  engaged 
in  coast  trading.  He  kept  up  some 
relations  with  his  brother  Thomas  of  Mary- 
land. He  took  up  his  residence  in  Boston 
prior  to  1651,  and  bought  a  tract  of  land  on 
the  south  side  of  Middle  street  (now  Han- 
over), extending  from  the  corner  of  what  is 
new  Prince  street  to  within  ninety  feet  of  the 
street  now  named  Richmond,  and  to  rear 
from  Middle  street,  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
four  and  one-half  feet,  reaching  nearly  to 
North  square  and  North  street.  Through  the 
center  of  this  lot,  nearly  at  right  angles  with 
Middle  street,  he  opened  a  narrow  lane  or 
alley,  making  the  entire  estate  accessible  from 
Middle  street.  For  more  than  a  century  it 
was  known  as  Wakefield's  alley,  and  in  col- 
onial days  was  the  site  of  the  homes  of  prom- 
inent and  historic  personages  of  the  town. 
Wakefield  was  thrifty  and  fairly  prosperous, 
but  he  had  some  serious  setbacks.  His  house 
was  struck  by  lightning  March  9,  1664,  and 
badly  damaged.  He  was  fined  March  30, 
1659,  for  entertaining  a  Quaker  or  "stranger." 
He  was  killed  while  helping  the  ropemaker, 
July  19,  1667,  and  was  buried  in  the  Granary 
burying  ground,  a  short  distance  west  of  the 
I">anklin  tomb,  and  the  inscription  on  the 
:  tone,  the  oldest  in  the  yard,  is  still  legible. 
He  died  intestate  and  his  wife  Ann  was  ad- 
ministratrix. She  married  (second)  John 
Child,  a  tailor,  Boston,  and  on  the  back  of 
Wakefield's  gravestone  is  inscribed  an  epi- 
taph to  Child,  who  died  .A.pril  3,  1703,  aged 
about  eighty.  Children  of  John  and  Ann 
Wakefield;  1.  Ivlizabeth,  born  about  1638, 
married,  .\ugust  20,  1660.  Jasper  Frost.  2. 
John,  born  about  1640,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Obadiah,  torn  about  1642,  married  Susannah 
;  (second),  Fli/rabeth  Willis.  4.  .Sam- 
uel, born  about  1644,  married.  June  2.  1675, 
Elizabeth  Dove. 

(H)  John  Wakefield,  son  of  John  Wake- 
field (0,  was  born  in  Maryland  or  Edgartown, 
Massachusetts,  about  1640.  He  was  a  ship- 
wright.    He  removed  to  Boston  prior  to  1651 


with  his  parents.  About  1663  he  built  a  house 
on  his  father's  homestead  on  Middle,  now 
Hanover  street,  extending  his  possessions  by 
inheritance  at  his  father's  death.  He  lived 
and  died  in  this  house  which  was  afterward 
occupied  by  his  wife  Deliverance  until  her 
death  in  1691.  He  was  chosen  hogreeve, 
March  15,  1674-75.  A  fire  broke  out  Novem- 
ber 2j,  1676,  in  his  house  and  caused  a  con- 
flagration in  which  forty-five  houses  were  de- 
stroyed, also  the  North  Meeting  House  and 
several  warehouses.  But  for  rain  and  a 
change  in  the  wind  all  that  end  of  the  town 
and  probably  Charlestown  also  would  have 
been  burned.  The  district  was  laid  out  by 
the  selectmen  and  streets  straightened  after 
the  fire.  Wakefield  was  an  assistant  to  man- 
age the  fire-engine  in  1678,  subscribed  to  the 
almshouse  fund  in  1685,  and  was  tithingman. 
He  was  of  Captain  Terrill's  company  in  the 
-Vncient  and  Honorable  Artillery.  He  died 
March,  1703.  His  will  is  dated  October  18, 
1698,  and  proved  March  14,  1703-04.  The 
widow  died  in  January,  1716-17,  and  her  son 
John  was  administrator.  Children,  born  in 
Boston:  i.  Deliverance,  born  September  8, 
1664,  married  Joseph  Bill.  2.  Anna,  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  1666,  married,  November  16,  1710, 
Thomas  Odell.  3.  John,  born  January  27, 
1668-69,  mentioned  below.  4.  Joseph,  born 
1670,  married  (first)  .\bigail  Lord;  (second), 
Esther  Archer:  (third),  Priscilla  Russell.  5, 
Sarah,  born  March  1,  1674,  married.  May  20, 
1703,  John  Courser.  6.  Samuel,  born  Janu- 
ary 15,  1677-78,  died  November  12,  1709, 

(III)  John  Wakefield,  son  of  John  Wake- 
field (2),  was  born  in  Boston.  January  27, 
1668,  and  inherited  a  part  of  the  original 
homestead,  but  before  1718  he  removed  to  a 
residence  on  Back,  now  Salem  street,  then 
owned  by  his  father-in-law,  Tliomas  Walker, 
Jr.  This  place  was  given  to  his  wife  by 
deed  dated  October  14,  1718,  recorded  July 
12,  1738.  He  married,  November  23,  1693, 
(by  Rev,  Cotton  Mather)  Elizabeth  Walker, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Collins) 
Walker,  granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Ann 
Walker,  and  of  John  and  Ann  Collins.  His 
wife  inherited  part  of  her  father's  mansion 
house  on  Orange  street.  Mr.  Wakefield  died 
lanuary  31,  1735,  and  is  buried  in  King's 
(  hapel  burying  ground,  Boston,  He  was  a 
shipwright  or  mariner.  The  widow  became 
distracted  and  unable  to  manage  her  affairs 
after  his  death,  and  her  son  Samuel  was  ap- 
pointed her  guardian.  She  died  about  .August 
I,  1738.  Children,  born  in  Boston:  i.  John, 
h(irn  .'\ugust  T4,  1694,  baptized  in  Old  North 


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403 


Church,  August  19;  died  M'arch  13,  1695.  2. 
John,  born  September  19,  1695,  married,  De- 
cember 10,  1719,  Susanna  Trask,  of  Salem.  3. 
Thomas,  born  January  5,  1698,  baptized 
January  9;  died  November,  1761.  4.  Deliver- 
ance, born  August  17,  1699.  5.  Joseph,  born 
June  9,  1701,  mentioned  above.  6.  Eliza- 
beth, born  July  4,  1703,  married,  March  22, 
1722,  James  Adlington.  7.  Miles,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1705,  died  young.  8.  Samuel,  born 
July  4,  1707,  married  Hannah  Pearle;  (sec- 
ond), February  5,  1761,  Annie  Utley.  9.  Ben- 
jamin, born  Jvme  23,  1709.  10.  Susanna,  born 
March  15,  1710-11,  married  Samuel  Dolbear. 
II.  Abigail,  bom  June  25,  1712,  married 
David  Lennox.  12.  Miles,  born  March  17, 
1715-16. 

(I\')  Joseph  Wakefield,  son  of  John  Wake- 
field (3),  was  born  in  Boston,  June  9,  1701, 
baptized  June  15,  1701,  in  the  Old  North 
Church.  Married  December  7,  1726,  Mrs. 
Copia  Love,  widow  of  Richie  Love,  and 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
(Turner)  Bridge.  He  died  April,  1732. 
His  wife  Copia  was  administratrix  of  the 
estate  of  her  first  husband.  She  died 
August  5,  1727,  about  a  year  after  the 
birth  of  her  son,  Thomas  Wakefield.  The  will 
of  Joseph  Wakefield  left  all  his  estate  to  his 
only  child,  Thomas.  Luke  Hardy,  of  Boston, 
was  executor.  Joseph  Wakefield  was  a  peri- 
wig maker  and  was  also  in  the  jewelry  busi- 
ness, a  silversmith.  Rev.  Thomas  Bridge  was 
born  at  Hackney,  England,  in  1656,  and  edu- 
cated at  Oxford;  minister  in  Boston.  Child 
of  Joseph  and  Copia  Wakefield:  Thomas, 
born  August  5,  1727,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Thomas  Wakefield,  son  of  Joseph 
Wakefield  (4),  was  born  in  Boston,  August  5, 
1727,  died  September,  1791.  Married,  March 
24,  1750,  Dorcas  Pratt.  Upon  the  death  of 
his  mother  in  that  or  the  following  year  he 
was  taken  by  his  father  to  the  home  of  Dr. 
•Abraham  Gould,  of  Stoneham,  on  the  road 
between  Stoneham  and  South  Reading  (now 
Wakefield),  to  be  cared  for.  According  to 
family  tradition  he  was  after  a  time  taken 
home,  but  Mrs.  Gould  had  become  so  at- 
tached to  the  child  that  she  could  not  live 
without  him  and  he  was  allowed  to  return  to 
her  house,  remaining  until  he  was  old  enough 
to  learn  his  trade,  when  he  was  bound  out  to 
William  Beard,  then  living  near  the  Parker 
Pratt  house  on  Haverhill  street,  Reading,  to 
learn  the  carpenter  trade.  It  was  stipulated 
in  the  papers  that  he  should  not  be  fed  on 
beans  and  that  he  should  have  sugar  on  his 
puddings.      His    wife    was    the    daughter    of 


Timothy  (4)  and  Tabitha  (Boutwell)  Pratt, 
granddaughter  of  John  (3)  and  Sarah  Pratt. 
Lineage:  John  (2);  John  Pratt  (ij.  Her  fa- 
ther lived  "side  the  pond"  on  the  easterly 
side  of  what  is  now  Main  street,  Wakefield, 
in  what  was  called  the  old  Plarrison  house. 
Thomas  Wakefield  succeeded  to  this  home- 
stead, which  is  now  owned  by  Charles  Wake- 
field, mentioned  below.  Thomas  resided  in 
Reading  until  1756-57,  when  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  Souhegan  West,  (Amherst)  New- 
Hampshire,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of 
his  days.  He  was  a  selectman,  town  clerk,  tak- 
ing a  prominent  part  in  Revolutionary  afifairs. 
and  performing  other  important  duties  at 
Amherst.  He  was  an  honest,  upright  and 
respected  citizen.  His  widow  returned  to 
Reading  to  live  and  died  there  November  25, 
1802.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  born  January 
12,  1751,  married  Elizabeth  Hardy.  2.  Jo- 
seph, born  May  9,  1752,  married,  November 
5,  1777,  Relief  Kendall.  3.  Ebenezer,  born 
November  15,  1753,  married  Abigail  Damon. 
4.  Timothy,  born  February  5,  1756,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  William,  born  1757,  mar- 
ried, November  17,  1786,  Sarah  Hosea.  6. 
Dorcas,  born  December  13,  1759.  7.  John, 
born  March  7,  1762,  married  Sarah  Under- 
wood. 8.  Peter,  born  August  7,  1764,  mar- 
ried, March  3.  1791,  Keziah  Burns. 

(VT)  Hon.  Timothy  Wakefield,  son  of 
Thomas  Wakefield  (5),  was  born  in  Amherst, 
New  Hampshire,  February  5,  1756,  and  died 
at  Reading,  Massachusetts,  April  19,  1849. 
He  married  (first)  Susanna  Bancroft.  Novem- 
ber 19,  1778,  who  was  born  October  2,  1758, 
and  died  August  30,  1791,  daughter  of  Joseph 
(5)  and  Elizabeth  (Temple)  Bancroft.  Timo- 
thy Wakefield  lived  in  Reading,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  minuteman  and  soldier  in 
the  Revolution,  private  in  Captain  Thomas 
Eaton's  company,  Colonel  Green's  regiment; 
also  on  Train  Band,  and  fought  in  the  attack 
on  the  retreating  British,  April  19,  1775,  on 
the  Lexington  alarm,  under  Captain  John 
Bachellor,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Bridges ;  also  in 
Captain  Jesse  Wyman's  company.  Colonel 
Jacob  Gerrish's  regiment,  in  1778;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Nathan  Sargent's  company  in  1779.  Fie 
was  a  pensioner  of  the  Revolution  ;  application 
granted  August  6.  1833.  He  was  selectman 
of  Reading  in  1813-14,  justice  of  the  peace, 
captain  of  the  Reading  company,  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court  from  1807  to  1815, 
and  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention 
in  1820.  Children,  born  at  Reading:  i.  Timo- 
thy, born  September  8,  1779,  mentioned  be- 
low.     2.   Ebenezer,    born    January    20,    1781, 


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died  January  20,  1802.  3.  Bridge,  born  June 
30,  1783,  married,  December  20,  1812,  Mary 
Foster.  4.  Caleb,  born  April  18,  1785,  died 
March  4,  1876;  married  (first)  Matilda  Poole; 
(second),  November  3,  1823,  Nancy  Temple. 
5.  William,  born  July  17,  1787,  married, 
January  i,  1812,  Sally  Parker;  he  died  Febru- 
ary 22,  1875.  6.  Thomas,  born  February  23, 
1789,  died  August  29,  1823;  married,  January 
II,  1816,  Nancy  Eaton.  7.  Susan,  born  March 
10,  1 79 1,  died  October  23,  1863;  unmarried. 
Child  of  Timothy  and  his  second  wife,  Han- 
nah, John,  born  September  23,  1795,  died 
May  22,  1796. 

(VII)  Captain  Timothy  Wakefield,  son  of 
Hon.  Timothy  Wakefield  (6),  was  born  in 
Reading,  Massachusetts,  September  8,  1779, 
and  died  there  January  22,  1865.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Betsey  (Elizabeth)  Wakefield,  of 
Dublin,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Hardy)  Wakefield, 
October  19,  1802.  Her  lineage:  Elizabeth 
(7),  Thomas  (6),  Thomas  (5),  mentioned 
above.  She  was  born  at  Amherst,  New 
Hampshire,  November  8,  1777,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 18,  1848.  He  married  (second),  April 
2,  1849,  Nancy  B.  Tuttle,  of  Stoneham,  who 
died  September  25,  1851.  Married  (third), 
Abigail  Leathe,  of  Woburn,  June  30,  1852. 
Timothy  was  a  farmer;  was  selectman  182 1. 
23,  35,  36;  representative  to  the  general  court 
1822  to  1825  and  member  of  the  school  com- 
mittee in  1825.  He  was  captain  of  the  Reading 
militia  company.  He  lived  on  the  old  Wake- 
field homestead,  was  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church,  and  was  superintendent  of 
die  Old  South  Church  Sunday-school  one 
vcar.  Children,  born  in  Reading:  i.  Otis, 
born  July  19,  1803,  married  (first)  Abigail 
Hammond,  September,  1836;  (second)  Susan 
Paggett;  he  died  March  24,  1876.  2.  John, 
born  April  28,  1806,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Betsey,  born  April  6,  1808,  married,  January 
9  or  ID,  1833,  Joseph  Bancroft;  she  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1844.  4.  Timothy,  born  May  10, 
1810,  died  August  3,  18 10.  5.  Abigail,  born 
September  18,  181 1,  died  April  i,  1847;  mar- 
ried, October  21,  1834,  Theron  Parker,  of 
Reading.  6.  Bridge,  born  June  25,  1814,  died 
February  2,  1853;  married,  April  14,  1835, 
Catherine  Cutler.  7.  Martha,  born  June  20, 
1817,  died  December  23,  1859;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1841,  Joseph  L.  Pratt.  8.  Susanna 
Bancroft,  born  February  20,  1820,  died  June 
17,  1885;  married,  .^.pril  7,  1842,  Milo  Parker. 

(Vlli)  John  Wakefield,  son  of  Captain 
Timothy  Wakefield  (7),  was  born  in  Reading, 
April  28,  1806,  and  died  there  May  5,  1863. 


He  married,  October  4,  1838,  Sarah  Parker, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Susan  (Susie  Ban- 
croft) Parker.  She  died  November,  1891. 
Children,  born  at  Reading:  i.  Charles,  born 
July  24,  1839,  mentioned  below.  2.  Laurin- 
da  Sarah,  born  March  9,  1841,  died  Novem- 
ber 13,  i860.  3.  Olena  Anna,  born  July  22,. 
1843,  graduated  from  Reading  high  school 
in  1863;  also  at  Bridgewater  Normal  school. 
4.  Emeline  Parker,  born  March  2,  1846,  mar- 
ried, June  29,  1869,  Alvin  Barrus.  5.  John 
Parker,  born  July  21,  1848,  a  farmer.  6. 
Zelia  Abbie,  born  August  5,  1853,  married, 
September  20,  1883,  Edward  C.  Packard.  7. 
George,  born  October  12,  1856. 

(IX)  Charles  Wakefield,  son  of  John 
Wakefield  (8),  was  born  in  Reading,  July  24, 
1839.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  is  a 
farmer  on  the  old  Wakefield  homestead,, 
known  as  the  Timothy  Pratt  farm,  where  his 
ancestors,  mentioned  above,  have  lived  for 
generations.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
.All  his  family  are  members  of  the  Reading 
Congregational  Church.  He  is  a  man  of 
sterling  character,  highly  esteemed  by  his 
townsmen.  He  married,  November  25,  1868, 
in  Boston,  Mary  A.  Kidder,  who  was  born 
September  3,  1846,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Sabrina  (Davis)  Kidder,  of  Dixfield,  Maine,, 
and  granddaughter  of  Jacob  and  Esther 
(Waitt)  Kidder.  Her  father  was  born  in  Dix- 
field; her  mother  in  Oxford,  Massachusetts. 
The  ten  children  of  Jacob  and  Sabina  Kidder 
were:  I.  Ara vesta  Kidder,  born  August  7, 
1837,  married  Hiram  Litchfield,  of  Reading, 
Massachusetts.  2.  Charles  H.  Kidder,  born 
July  6,  1839.  3.  Oscar  Kidder,  born  Decem- 
ber 30,  1843.  4-  JMelvin  Kidder,  born  Octo- 
ber 5,  1845.  5.  Mary  Kidder,  born  Septem- 
ber 3,  1846.  6.  William  Kidder,  born  July  28, 
1848.  7.  Beadley  Kidder,  born  May  12,  1851. 
8.  Sarah  Kidder,  born  July  11,  1853,  married, 
Alvin  Jennis,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  9. 
Lucy  Kidder,  born  October  25,  1855.  10. 
.\nna  Kidder,  bom  January  i,  1857,  married 
Walter  S.  Adams,  of  Dixfield,  Maine.  The 
children  of  Charles  and  Mary  (Kidder)  Wake- 
field: I.  Charles  Clyde,  born  September  19, 
1869,  married  Katherine  H.  Forbes,  of 
Somcrville,  Massachusetts,  November  10, 
1900.  2.  Mary  Grace,  born  February  3,  1871. 
3.  Chester  Kidder,  born  July  29,  1872,  gradu- 
ate of  Reading  high  school,  1888:  married 
Florence  Morse  Flockton,  at  Somerville,  No- 
vember 14,  1898.  4.  Edith,  born  November 
3,  1873,  graduate  of  Reading  high  school, 
1890.     5.  Enmia   Elsie,  born   May    10,    1875. 


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6.  John  Jacob,  born  April  13,  1877,  graduate 
of  Reading  high  school,  1894.  7.  Henry 
Ward,  born  March  24,  1879,  ^i^d  March  24, 
1905.  8.  Ernest  Timothy,  born  June  9,  1882. 
9.  Paul  Alva,  born  August  2,  1884,  died  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1886. 


The  Broad  family  is  of  ancient 
BROAD  English  origin,  though  the 
name  seems  not  particularly 
-widespread  in  England  and  still  less  in 
America.  There  is  but  one  Broad  coat-of- 
arms  reported  in  Burke's  General  Armory, 
viz.:  Argent  a  pale  sable  in  fesse  three  loz- 
enges counterchanged.  Crest — A  demi- 
savage  holding  in  the  dexter  hand  three  ar- 
rows and  pointing  with  the  sinister  to  an  im- 
perial crown. 

(I)  Hezekiah  Broad,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, is  the  progenitor  of  all  of  the  name  known 
to  the  writer.  He  was  the  pioneer  ancestor 
of  the  families  of  this  surname  in  Dedham, 
Medway,  Medfield,  Sherborn,  Needham  and 
Natick.  He  was  probably  born  about  1675, 
in  England,  coming  when  a  young  man  to 
Dedham,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  taxpayer 
in  Dedham,  August  28,  1705,  on  the  country 
rate,  and  in  the  two  years  following  we  find 
his  name  on  the  rate  rolls.  He  married  Abi- 
gail   .     He  lived  in  1720  and  earlier  at 

or  near  Broad's  Hill,  in  Needham  Leg,  now 
Natick.  Morse's  Pond  between  Natick  and 
Wellesley  was.  formerly  called  for  him  Broad's 
Pond.  Hezekiah  Broad  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners for  the  incorporation  of  the  town  of 
Needham  in  1710,  and  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways in  Needham  in  1716.  In  July,  1733, 
Hezekiah  Broad  bought  a  mill  privilege  and 
other  land  in  South  Natick.  He  was  a  clothier 
or  fuller  by  trade.  This  mill  dam  was  built  in 
1720  by  John  Sawin.  He  built  a  dam  in  the 
Charles  river  in  1720  and  erected  a  mill,  but 
the  dam  flowed  the  meadows  at  Medfield  too 
much,  and  the  complaint  that  followed  caused 
Sawin  to  remove  his  mill  to  a  stream  near  his 
own  house^  Broad  bought  the  dam  built  in 
1720,  an  acre  of  land  between  the  river  and 
the  road  leading  from  South  Natick  to  South- 
ville  in  Natick.  In  July,  1733,  Broad  also 
bought  other  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Rev. 
Oliver  Peabody,  and  soon  removed  to  Natick, 
occupying  the  Peabody  house  until  his  death 
May  18,  1752.  He  was  a  town  officer  in 
Natick  in  1734.  Children:  Hezekiah,  born 
in  Dedham,  March  21,  1708:  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Thaddeus,  born  about  1710;  resided 
in   Sherborn  and   Medway,  and  had   a   large 


family.  3.  Thomas,  married  Rebecca  ; 

resided  in  Needham;  father  of  Timothy,  born 
December  2,  1745,  died  December  13,  181 1. 
4.  Jane,  "of  Needham,"  married  January  5, 
1747-8,  Joseph  Smalledge,  at  Grafton,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(II)  Hezekiah  Broad,  son  of  Hezekiah 
Broad  (i),  was  born  in  Dedham,  March  21, 
1708.  He  married  first,  March  5,  1753-4,  Abi- 
gail Ware,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Ware,  of 
Needham,  granddaughter  of  Robert  Ware, 
the  nnraigrant.  Abigail  (Ware)  Broad  died 
March  31,  1736.  He  married  second,  June 
I,  1 74 1,  at  Natick,  Rebecca  Burrage.  He 
removed  to  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  living  in  1746,  when  his  only 
son  was  born,  though  after  the  family  returned 
to  Natick  the  birth  was  also  recorded  at 
Natick.  He  died  before  1755.  His  widow 
Rebecca  married  second,  April  30,  1755,  at 
Natick,  Captain  David  Morse.  Children  of 
Hezekiah  and  Rebecca  (Burrage)  Broad:  I. 
Rebecca,  born  at  Natick  July  6,  1743;  mar- 
ried there  January  12,  1762,  Joseph  Morse.  2. 
Hezekiah,  born  at  Grafton,  September  29, 
1746;  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Major  Hezekiah  Broad,  son  of  Heze- 
kiah Broad  (2),  was  born  in  Grafton,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  29,  1746.  He  returned 
to  Natick  with  his  parents,  and  his  father 
died  when  he  was  a  young  child.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  sergeant  in  Captain 
Joseph  Morse's  company.  Colonel  Samuel 
Bullard's  regiment  on  the  Lexington  Alarm.; 
also  captain  of  the  Fifth  Company  in  Colonel 
Samuel  Thatcher's  regiment  early  in  1776; 
late  in  the  year  this  regiment  marched  to 
Fairfield,  Connecticut ;  also  captain  in  Colonel 
Samuel  Bullard's  regiment  in  1777;  _  first 
major  in  Colonel  Abner  Perry's  regiment 
(Fifteenth  Middlesex  County):  also  rnajor  in 
Colonel  Samuel  Denny's  regiment  in  1779 
and  was  at  Claverack,  New  York,  about  three 
months;  also  in  Colonel  Abner  Perry's  regi- 
ment in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign  in  1780. 
Others  of  this  family,  his  cousins,  in  the  revo- 
lution, were  Timothy  Broad,  of  Needham; 
Aaron  Broad,  of  Holden;  Amos  Broad,  of 
Medway;  Corporal  Seth  Broad,  of  Needham; 
William  Broad,  of  Holliston;  and  William 
Broad  (perhaps  the  same),  of  Westborough, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  prominent  in  town 
affairs,  and  a  leading  citizen  for  many  years. 
.At  the  age  of  thirty-six  years,  in  1787,  he  was 
delegate  to  the  state  convention  to  ratify  the 
federal  constitution,  and  voted  against  it,  but 
when  it  became  the  law  supported  and  de- 
fended it  with  the  earnestness  and  heartiness 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


of  a  true  patriot  that  always  distinguished 
him.  He  was  town  clerk  and  selectman  of 
Natick.  In  1797,  when  a  portion  of  Natick 
was  set  ofif  to  Needham,  and  Needham  Leg 
ceded  to  Natick,  his  house  came  in  the  limit 
of  Needham.  He  was  on  the  precinct  com- 
mittee of  the  West  precinct  from  1800  to 
1808;  was  moderator  at  seven  or  more  meet- 
ings from  1799  to  1804.  He  died  March  7, 
1823,  aged  seventy-eight  years,  according  to 
his  gravestone  in  the  graveyard  at  South 
Natick.  His  grave  also  has  a  marker  of  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution.  He  is  mentioned  in 
Mrs.  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe's  "Oldtown 
Folks"  (a  story  of  South  Natick).  Major 
Broad  married  thrice.  His  first  wife  was 
Lydia  Bacon,  born  June  6,  1751.  He  mar- 
ried   second. ,   and    he    married    third, 

in  Xatick,  December  i.  1814,  Miriam  Sawin. 
He  had  no  children  by  his  first  two  wives. 
Children  of  Major  Hezekiah  and  Miriam 
Broad:  1.  Fannie,  born  at  Natick,  January 
2,  1816,  (baptized  Jenny,  June  2,  1816),  died 
aged  six  years.  2.  Hezekiah,  born  March  11, 
1817:  baptized  May  4,  1817,  at  Needham; 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Hezekiah  Broad,  son  of  Major  Heze- 
kiah Broad  (3),  was  born  in  Natick,  March  11, 
1817.  He  settled  on  the  homestead  of  his 
father  on  Elliott  street,  and  lived  there  until 
1867.  He  died  November  2.  1892.  He  mar- 
ried January  i,  1840,  Sibyl  Jennings  Perry, 
who  was  born  in  West  Natick,  February  5, 
1817.  Children  of  Hezekiah  and  Sibyl 
Broad:  i.  Dexter,  born  at  Natick,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1840;  educated  in  the  common 
schools;  farmer;  died  unmarried  March  23, 
1899.  2.  Edward,  born  June  4,  1842,  at 
Natick;  died  October,  1842.  3.  Ede,  born 
September  16,  1844;  resides  at  Natick.  4. 
Hezekiah,  born  March  3,  1846;  educated  in 
the  common  schools,  manufacturer  of  shoes 
in  Natick;  married  January,  1875,  Flora  Cor- 
son; children:  Edward,  Mabel,  James.  5. 
Horace,  born  March  11,  1848,  unmarried.  6. 
Curtis,  born  September  ti,  1850;  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Curtis  Broad,  son  of  Hezekiah  Broad 
(4),  was  born  in  Natick,  September  11,  1850. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
his  native  town.  He  was  engaged  in  the  ice 
business  at  Natick  for  twenty-five  years,  retir- 
ing in  1905.  He  attends  the  Unitarian 
church.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
a  member  of  Sincerity  Lodge,  No.  173,  Inde- 
pendent Order  Odd  Fellows,  of  Wellesley, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  February  18,  1892, 
Hannah    Louise    Shumway,   born    .-\ugust    28, 


1849,  daughter  of  Amos  Wright  and  Hannah 
(Harding)  Shumway,  of  Dover,  Massachu- 
setts.    (See  Shumway  family). 


(For  early  generations   see  Jeremiah    Shumway  3). 

(IV)  Solomon  Shumway, 
SHUMWAY  son  of  Jeremiah  Shumway 
(3),  was  born  Febrtiary  19. 
1747,  at  Oxford,  Massachusetts.  He  settled  at 
Killingly,  now  Thompson,  Connecticut.  He 
seems  to  have  been  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion from  a  Massachusetts  town,  a  private  in 
Captain  Elijah  Dwight's  company.  Colonel 
Elisha  Porter's  regiment  of  Hampshire 
county,  1777-  This  was  a  common  occurence, 
though  Shumway  possibly  lived  over  the  line 
in  Massachusetts  at  that  time.  He  married 
November  17,  1768,  Dorothy  Howard,  of 
Killingly.  Children:  I.  William,  settled  in 
Genesee  county.  New  York,  where  his  de- 
scendants are  living.  2.  John,  born  1788; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Dolly  Timothy  Vinton, 
settled  in  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  near 
.Southbridge,  Massachusetts.  4.  Jeremiah, 
born  1780;  married,  1803,  Huldah  Upham, 
daughter  of  Luke  Upham  of  Thompson, 
Connecticut;  he  died  November  10,  1825:  she 
died  February  7,  1824;  children  settled  in 
Webster,  Massachusetts,  and  vicinity;  one  of 
them  was  Solomon,  deputy  sheriff,  who  died 
recently  at  an  advanced  age. 

(\')  John  Shumway,  son  of  Solomon  Shum- 
way (4),  was  born  in  Thompson,  Connecticut, 
1788;  died  February  21,  1844,  at  Dover, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  (intentions  at 
Medford,  Massachusetts,  dated  April  19, 
1813),  at  Dover,  May  30,  1813,  Abigail 
Wight,  of  Dover,  born   December  21,   1792, 

daughter   of  .     Children:      i.  .Abigail, 

Wight,  born  September  21,  1814.  2.  Eliza- 
beth Morse,  born  September  4,  1816.  3. 
Amos  Wight,  born  May  13,  1819;  mentioned 
below-.  4.  John  Worthington,  born  March 
24,  1821.  5.  Benjamin  Franklin,  born  March 
23,  1823.  6.  George  Howard,  born  February 
II,  1825.  7.  W'illiam  Frederick,  born  Janu- 
ary 16,  182 — .  8.  Elbridge  Eugene,  born  Feb- 
ruary 9.  1830.  9.  Hannah  Louise,  born 
.\pril  16,  1832.  10.  Sarah  Eudora,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  184T. 

(VI)  Amos  Wight  Shumway,  son  of  John 
Shumway  (5),  was  born  in  Dover,  Massachu- 
setts, .May  13,  i8ig.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Dover.  He  married  December  1,  1847,  Han- 
nah Harding,  who  was  born  in  Medfield,  Feb- 
ruarv  28.  1820,  and  died  l^ccember  25,  1897. 
He  died  I'ebruary  27,  1893.     ^^^  was  promin- 


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cut  in  town  affairs,  assessor,  member  of  the 
school  committee  and  selectman  many  years. 
He  was  active  in  the  militia  in  his  youth,  and 
rose  to  the  rank  of  captain  of  his  company, 
the  Putnam  Grays.  He  was  an  attendant  of 
the  Unitarian  church  at  Medfield,  and  a 
member  of  Dover  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry of  Dover.  Children:  i.  Hannah 
Louise,  born  August  28,  1849;  married  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1892,  Curtis  Broad,  of  Natick.  (See 
sketch).  2.  Amos  Wight,  Jr.,  born  August 
16,  1851.  3.  William  Frederick,  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1853;  died  March  17,  1885. 


The  surname  Felch  is  of  Welsh 
FELCH  origin,  and  in  the  early  records 
is  variouslv  spelled  Felt,  Felch, 
Ffelsh,  Falch,  McFelch,  Feltch.  In  Wales 
the  spellings  Felcks,  Foulches  and  Foulvks 
are  found.  We  are  told  that  this  family  has 
the  same  lineage  as  the  Hughes  family,  Bar- 
ons of  Edeirnion,  county  Merioneth,  Wales, 
which  derives  its  royal  lineage  through  the 
ancient  princes,  Powys  and  monarchs  of 
North  and  South  Wales,  from  Roderick  the 
Great,  or  Rhodri  Maur. 

(I)  Henry  Felch,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
born  in  Wales  as  early  as  1585,  settled  at 
Gloucester  before  it  became  a  town.  He 
owned  six  acres  there  in  1642,  not  among  the 
early  grants,  indicating  that  he  preceded  the 
founders  and  proprietors  of  the  town.  He 
was  a  proprietor  in  1641.  The  earliest  record 
oi  him  is  the  date  of  his  daughter's  marriage, 
March  2,  1641-42,  to  Samuel  Hay  ward  at 
Gloucester.  He  had  land  in  Watertown  in 
1642.  He  left  Gloucester  before  1649  and 
settled  in  Boston.  Some  authorities  state  that 
he  went  to  Reading  where  his  son  located. 
He  sold  his  land  and  house  at  Gloucester  to 
James  Avery.  His  will  was  made  July  4,  1670; 
proved  September  27,  following,  bequeathing 
to  wife;  to  sons  Henry  Felch  and  Samuel 
Dunton;  to  each  of  his  grandchildren.  His 
daughter  Mary  and  her  husband.  John  Wil- 
burn  or  Wilborne,  deeded  land  August  2, 
1671,  to  her  mother,  Elizabeth  Felch,  widow. 
Henry  Felch  married  twice.  His  wife  Mar- 
garet died  June  23,  1655,  and  his  second  wife, 
Elizabeth,  survived  him.  Children:  i. 
Daughter  married  Samuel  Hayward.  2. 
Henry,  Jr.,  of  Reading,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Daughter  married  Samuel  Dunton.  of  Read- 
ing. 4.  Mary,  married  John  Wilburn  or  Wil- 
borne, mariner. 

fll)  Henry  Felch,  Jr.,  son  of  Henry  Felch 
(i),  was  born  in  Wales  about  1610,  and  died 


November  11,  1699,  at  Reading,  Massachu- 
setts. He  probably  came  over  with  his  father 
about  1640.  Both  he  and  his  father  were 
proprietors  of  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  in 
1647,  the  year  he  removed  to  Reading.  He 
became  a  prominent  citizen  of  that  town;  was 
selectman  in  1647-48-51-81.  He  was  sergeant 
of  the  military  company.    He  drew  many  lots 

in    Reading.      He    married    Hannah   , 

probably  in  the  old  country.  She  died  Decem- 
ber 15,  1717,  aged  nearly  one  hundred,  ac- 
cording to  the  records.  The  inventory  of 
Felch's  estate  was  dated  December  13,  1699, 
and  his  son  John  was  administrator.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Hannah,  born  February  26,  1650, 
died  April  2^.  1668.  2.  Mary,  born  July  31, 
1653,  married  William  Green.  3.  Elizabeth, 
born  July  15,  1655,  died  October  18,  1657.  4. 
Samuel,  born  July  12,  1662,  died  January  31, 
1683-  7-  Joseph,  died  May  31,  1727.  8. 
Elizabeth,  born  March  9.  1666,  married,  De- 
cember 30,  1686,  Thomas  Cutler.  9.  Daniel, 
mentioned  below.  10.  Hannah,  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  1672,  married  Samuel  Parker.  11. 
Ruth,  born  June  i,  1675. 

(III)  Dr.  "Daniel  Felch,  son  of  Henry 
Felch  (2),  was  born  at  Reading,  Massachu- 
setts, January  5,  1668,  died  at  Seabrook 
(Hampton  Falls),  New  Hampshire,  October 
5,  1752.  He  practiced  many  years  at  Sea- 
brook,  but  very  little  in  detail  is  known  of  his 
life.  He  doubtless  studied  medicine  under 
some  doctor  near  Reading.  His  estate  was 
administered  by  his  sons,  Joseph  and  Daniel 
Felch.  He  married  (first),' May  6,  1702,  De- 
borah Dean,  of  Charlestown,  who  died  Janu- 
ary  7,    1 71 5.      He   married    (second),    Sarah 

,  who  died  prior  to  1730.     He  married 

(third).  Hepsibah  — — — ,  who  died  at  the 
homestead  where  her  son  Samuel  resided. 
The  only  child  of  Daniel  and  Deborah  Felch: 
I.  Daniel,  born  March  8,  1703,  died  Septem- 
ber 13,  1713.  Children  of  Daniel  and  Sarah 
Felch:  2.  Daniel,  born  .April  3,  1718,  mar- 
ried, February  14,  1749,  Jane  Page.  3.  Jo- 
seph, mentioned  below.  4.  Sarah,  born  about 
1727.  died  January  13,  1808,  aged  eighty-one; 
unmarried.  5.  Samuel,  born  about  1729,  died 
lune  3,  i8n:  married,  January  i,  1755,  Jem- 
ima Cilley.  who  died  in  1817.  6.  Deborah, 
born  January  12,  1730,  married  Abner  Har- 
ris; removed  to  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  7. 
Curtis,  ancestor  o^  many  Seabrook  families; 
resided  at  Fitzwilliam,  New  Hampshire.  8. 
Hannah,  born  October  24,  1731,  died  May  14, 
1746.  9.  Henry,  born  July  20,  1735,  died 
June  2/.  1807. 

(IV)  Joseph     Felch.    son    of    Dr.     Daniel 


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Felch  (3),  was  born  in  Hampton  l'"alls  or 
Seabrook,  New  Hampshire,  about  1725,  and 
died  at  Weare,  New  Hampshire,  February  5, 

1803.  He  bought  the  farm  at  Weare,  of 
Stephen  Russell,  in  1779,  and  the  place  is  still 
owned  by  the  family.  He  showed  his  sym- 
pathy for  the  cause  by  signing  the  association 
test  in  1776,  in  support  of  the  Revolutionary 
war.  He  married,  in  1756,  Mary  Hoyt,  who 
was  born  January  6,  1739,  and  died  April  4, 

1804,  aged  sixty-five  years.  Children,  born 
at  Seabrook:  i.  Anne,  born  September,  1757. 
2.  Jabez,  born  February  14,  1759,  died 
August  24,  1830;  married,  February  14,  1785, 
Patience  Johnson.  3.  Curtis,  born  January 
23,  1761,  died  January  28,  1849,  aged  eighty- 
eight  years;  married  Sally  Evans,  who  died 
December  30,  1846.  4.  Molly,  born  May  12, 
1764,  died  February  10,  1803;  married  Joseph 
Brown.  5.  Joseph,  bom  April  28,  1765  or 
1766,  died  June,  1846;  married,  1788-89, 
Sarah  Ayer,  who  died  September  2^,  I797; 
married  (second),  July,  1799,  Abigail  Man- 
chester, who  died  September  18,  1859.  6. 
Jonathan  Hoyt,  born  May  29,  1768,  died 
January  27,  1852;  married  Abigail  Favor.  7. 
John,  mentioned  below.  8.  Benjamin,  born 
November  12,  1775,  died  April  10,  1848; 
married  F'oUy  Thompson,  who  was  born  De- 
cember zy,  1779.  and  died  December  24,  1837. 

(V)  John  Felch,  son  of  Joseph  Felch  (4), 
was  born  at  Seabrook,  New  Hampshire,  July, 
1773.  He  received  a  good  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  became  a  school  teacher  in 
Deering  and  Weare  for  several  winter  terms. 
He  worked  at  farming  during  the  summer 
seasons  from  early  youth.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  said  by  a  contem- 
porary to  have  "had  the  best  intellect  in  the 
family."  All  of  his  brothers  located  in  Weare. 
He  settled  in  Deering,  New  Hampshire.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Orthodox  church.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  removed  to 
Francestown  to  conduct  the  farm  of  his  wife's 
parents  and  to  care  for  them  in  their  old  age. 
When  they  died  the  farm  came  to  him.  He 
married,  December  22.  1796.  Olive  Thomp- 
son, who  was  born  August  7,  1778.  at  Ded- 
ham,  Mas'^achusetts.  died  November  24,  i860, 
at  Francestown,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Olive  (Felch)  Thompson.  Her  mother.  Olive, 
w-as  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Hannah 
(T'^isher)  Felch,  of  Natick,  and  Walpole, 
MaFsachusetts.  Her  only  sister,  Mary  Felch, 
born  at  Dedham,  December  27,  1779,  married 
Benjamin  I'^elch.  of  Weare,  brother  of  John. 
April  14.  i/tK).  Samuel  Thomj)son  built  and 
occupied  a  lo";  house  on  what  is  known  now 


as  the  Bryant  farm  quite  early.  The  present 
house  was  built  for  Mr.  Thompson  by  Mr. 
Benjamin  Deane.  After  working  a  year, 
clearing  his  farm,  Thompson  brought  his 
family  to  Francestown  about  1785.  He  was 
born  May  26,  1749,  and  died  January  30, 
1825. 

Children  of  John  and  Olive  Felch,  of  Deer- 
ing: I.  Olive,  born  March  7,  1798,  married, 
May  I,  1823,  Samuel  Gould.  2.  Asenath, 
born  February  26,  1800,  married,  November 
17,  1822,  Daniel  Hadley.  3.  Mary,  born 
January  26,  1802,  died  January  29,  1890; 
married,  March  11,  1824,  Whitcomb  May,  of 
Hancock,  New  Hampshire;  children:  i.  Mary 
E.  May,  born  December  10,  1824;  ii.  Betsey 
F.,  December  12,  1826;  iii.  Charles  P.  O. 
May,  February  22,  1829;  iv.  Nathaniel  H., 
October  16,  1831,  died  March  19,  1854;  v. 
Samuel  May,  February  18,  1835,  died  Febru- 
ary 19,  1835;  vi.  Thomas  M.  May,  June  i, 
1836,  vii.  John  E.  May,  April  30,  1841;  viii. 
George  D.  May,  September  22,  1843.  4. 
Irene,  born  June  9,  1804,  died  June,  1881 ; 
married,  August  5,  1840,  Rufus  Moore.  5. 
Charlotte,  born  March  26,  1806,  married,  No- 
vember 17,  1825,  William  Baldwin.  6.  John 
Thompson,  mentioned  below.  7.  Samuel, 
born  March  24,  1810,  died  in  Florida.  8. 
Luke,  born  July  28,  1812,  died  August  11, 
1876;  married  (first),  Mrs.  Lucy  Ann  Burn- 
ham;  (second),  Elizabeth  Wardwell ;  (third), 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Mann.  9.  Hill,  born  Novem- 
ber 17.  1814,  died  at  New  Orleans,  1834,  in 
the  regular  army.  10.  Chelmsford,  married 
Elizabeth  Mace,  of  Newbunv'port.  Massachu- 
setts. 

(VI)  John  Thompson  Felch.  son  of  John 
Felch  (3),  was  born  in  Deering,  New  Hamp- 
shire, March  13,  1808.  When  a  boy  he  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Francestown  and  attended 
the  public  schools  of  that  town.  During  his 
youth  he  removed  to  Concord,  Vermont,  liv- 
ing with  Ezra  Wilson,  from  whom  he  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter.  He  worked  at  this 
trade  until  he  was  twenty  years  old,  attend- 
ing the  winter  terms  of  the  common  schools 
at  Concord.  Then  he  returned  to  Frances- 
town  and  bought  the  old  Thompson  farm, 
known  as  the  Bryant  place,  inherited  by  his 
mother  from  her  father.  Later  he  bought  the 
adjoining  farm  known  as  the  Captain  Martin 
place,  making  a  total  of  three  hundred  acres. 
From  the  time  of  his  marriage  in  1838  to  alxwt 
1859  he  conducted  general  farming  and  traded 
in  cattle,  sheep  and  stock.  He  also  followed 
liis  trade  of  carpenter  and  built  many  of  the 
dwelliu"-   houses   in   that   town.     He   sold   his 


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409 


place  to  Mr.  Phelps,  and  in  1859  bought  the 
James  Quigley  farm  of  about  three  hundred 
acres  and  conducted  it  successfully  until  his 
death,  June  20,  1887.  The  farm  is  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  his  son,  Samuel 
Lewis  Felch.  Air.  Felch  was  a  man  of  fine 
physique  and  personal  appearance;  six  feet 
in  height.  He  served  in  the  militia  in  his 
younger  days,  was  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  of  Francestown,  and  in  po- 
litics was  a  Democrat.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Felch  were  prudent,  industrious  and  worthy. 
He  married,  June  4,  1833,  Sarah  Lewis,  who 
was  born  in  Greerdeld,  New  Hampshire,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1804,  and  died  at  Francestown, 
April  6,  1889,  the  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
and  Betsey  (Martin)  Lewis,  of  Greenfield. 
Her  father  was  a  farmer.  She  was  grand- 
daughter of  the  first  settler  of  the  town,  a 
woman  of  education,  superior  ability  and  ex- 
cellent memory.  Children,  born  in  Frances- 
town :  I.  John  Thompson,  Jr.,  born  March  12, 
1834,  died  March  5,  1835.  2.  Samuel  Lewis, 
lx>m  December  26,  1835,  married,  December 
10,  1891,  Georgiana  Felch,  of  Weare,  New 
Hampshire.  3.  Sophronia  Thompson,  born 
March  i,  1837,  married,  October  27,  1858, 
Nathaniel  C.  Locke,  of  Hopkinton,  New 
Hampshire  ;  resided  later  at  Salem  ;  children  : 
i.  .\lbert  Nathan  Locke,  born  November  4, 
1865,  married,  April  28,  1896,  Alice  Griswold, 
of  Salem ;  ii.  Sally  .\bbie  Locke,  .\ugust  7, 
1873,  married,  December  6,  1899,  Charles  A. 
Archer,  of  Salem,  and  have  Phebe  Waldo 
Archer,  born  November  7,  1902.  4.  Elizabeth 
Irene,  born  January  27,  1839,  died  November 
14,  1903 ;  married,  October  3,  1867,  Alfred  W. 
Savage,  of  Greenfield,  New  Hampshire ;  chil- 
dren, i.  Ella  Lizzie  Savage,  born  May  10, 
1869,  married,  April  16.  1889,  Harvey  W. 
Donaghy,  of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia  (children : 
Harold  Alfred  Donaghy,  born  July  16,  1890; 
Ruth  Charlotte  Donaghy,  January  20,  1894; 
Karl  William  Donaghy,  born  March  i,  1896). 
5.  John  Parker,  born  July  8,  1840,  died  Janu- 
ary 2,  1896 ;  married,  January  30,  1866,  Anna 
Maria  Kendall,  of  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
reside  at  Westford,  Massachusetts ;  children : 
i.  John  Kendall,  born  October  27,  1866,  mar- 
ried, July  4,  1897,  Mary  Abbie  Day :  ii. 
Charles  Dutton,  September  2,  1868,  married, 
October  6,  1897,  Martha  Gleason  Turner:  iii. 
Lizzie  Maria,  January  23,  1870,  married,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1900,  Ralph  Bridgeford ;  iv.  Sam- 
uel Lewis,  October  19,  1872,  married,  June  16, 
1903,  Estelle  Gertrude  Hutchins  and  have 
Lewis  Hawthorne,  born  November  4,  1905  ;  v. 


Alfred  Whittemore,  February  24,  1874,  mar- 
ried, October  12,  1898,  Alice  Arietta  Mason; 
vi.  Emma  Florilla,  December  16,  1875,  mar- 
ried, March  2j,  1902,  Fred  Austin  Parker  and 
have  Florilla  Bernice  Parker,  born  September 
12,  1902,  and  Albert  Austin  Parker,  born 
September  9,  1903 ;  vii.  Frank  Parker,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1876,  married,  June  26,  1895,  Cora 
B.  F.  Wilson  and  have  William  Parker,  born 
October  18,  1896,  Minnie  Fletcher,  February 
7,  1898,  and  Martha  Beatrice,  June  4,  1900; 
viii.  Harry  Curtis,  March  10,  1878,  married, 
November  3,  1900,  Clara  Ellen  Turner  and 
have  Gladys  Lucile,  born  January  4,  1902,  and 
Marion  Flavia,  April  i,  1907;  ix.  Edward 
Arthur,  April  14,  1882;  x.  Nellie  Etta,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1883 ;  xi.  Grace  May,  September  2, 
1885 ;  married,  June  5,  1906,  Oscar  Elmer 
Hodson.  6.  Sarah  Hannah,  born  January  6, 
1846,  married,  September  22,  1867,  David  W. 
Kennedy,  of  Francestown ;  reside  in  Medford, 
Massachusetts ;  children :  i.  Geraldine  So- 
phronia Kennedy,  born  August  10,  1870,  mar- 
ried, October  22,  1889,  Nathaniel  H.  Cushing, 
of  Medford,  and  have  Geraldine  Laura  Cush- 
ing, born  October  28,  1890,  and  Marian  Ells- 
worth Cushing,  July,  1895 ;  ii.  Alfred  Warren 
Kennedy,  born  July  16,  1872,  married,  June 
23,  1902,  Mary  Winn  Mansfield,  of  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  and  have  Lewis  Mans- 
field, born  September  5,  1903,  and  Sarah  Mar- 
garet, December  27,  1904 ;  iii,  Alice  Josephine 
Kennedy,  August  19,  1874;  iv.  Lewis  Rich- 
ardson Kennedy,  July  13,  1876,  died  August 
28,  1894,    7.  Mark  Curtis,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Mark  Curtis  Felch,  son  of  John 
Thompson  Felch  (6),  was  born  in  Frances- 
town,  March  4,  1848.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  in  the  Francestown  Academy,  He  then 
worked  one  year  in  Lowell  as  clerk  for  Daniel 
Gage,  dealer  in  meats  and  provisions,  return- 
ing home  to  work  on  the  farm  and  deal  in  cat- 
tle. When  he  came  of  age  he  bought  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  adjoining  that 
of  his  father  and  known  as  the  Charles  Quig- 
ley estate.  He  cut  off  much  lumber  to  good 
advantage  and  in  addition  to  his  farming 
traded  in  horses  and  cattle.  In  August,  1872, 
he  removed  to  Somerville,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  spent  three  years  building  houses  to 
sell.  He  then  bought  the  plant  of  .\,  G,  Car- 
ter, wholesale  butcher,  on  Beech  street,  Wo- 
burn,  built  a  new  slaughter  house  and  began 
business  there.  He  built  up  a  large  trade  in 
Woburn  and  adjoining  towns.  After  six  years 
in  this  business,  he  added  a  refrigerator  to  his 


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plant  and  became  local  agent  of  the  Swifts  of 
Chicago,  selling  on  commission  for  the  sixteen 
years  following  and  since  he  has  been  a  whole- 
sale dealer  in  beef,  hay  and  grain.  He  has 
also  bought  carloads  of  cows  and  horses  to  sell 
in  Woburn  and  vicinity.  At  present  Mr.  Felch 
is  in  the  hay  and  grain  business  with  his  place 
of  business  on  Prospect  street.  He  was  for- 
merly a  partner  in  the  Locke  Regulator  Com- 
pany of  Salem,  a  firm  making  damper  regula- 
tors, steam  valves  and  various  steam  appli- 
ances, composed  of  Nathaniel  C.  Locke,  Al- 
bert N.  Locke  and  Mr.  Felch.  After  five  years 
in  this  business  he  sold  his  interest  to  his  part- 
ners. Mr.  Felch  is  a  Congregationalist  in  re- 
ligion ;  he  gave  the  bell  for  the  Congregational 
church  in  his  native  town.  In  politics  he  is  in- 
dependent :  formerly  a  Democrat  and  has  at- 
tended as  delegate  various  Democratic  sena- 
torial and  other  nominating  conventions.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  common  council  of 
the  city  of  Wobum  and  for  two  years  of  the 
board  of  aldermen.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in 
Good  Samaritan  Lodge  of  Reading,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married  (first),  at  Somerville, 
Mairch  ii,  1870,  Laura  Griffin,  who  was  born 
at  Antrim,  New  Hampshire,  November  24. 
1850,  and  died  .April  12,  1887,  daughter  of 
Solomon  Hopkins  and  Eliza  (McCoy)  Griffin. 
Her  father  was  a  farmer.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), April  30,  1889,  Sarah  Josephine  Col- 
burn,  at  Merrimack,  New  Hampshire,  the 
dai'ghter  of  Ephraim  and  Charlotte  (Barron) 
Colburn,  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  Ephraim 
Colburn  was  a  plow  manufacturer  and  farmer. 
Children  of  Mark  C.  and  Laura  Felch:  1. 
Morris  Wilbur,  born  October  5,  1873,  at  Som- 
erville, died  October  13,  1905.  2.  Alice  Gray, 
born  February  7,  1875,  niarried,  .September 
4,  1905,  Ernest  H.  Wellman,  of  Washington. 
Maine.  3.  Emma  Laura,  born  February  3, 
1876,  married,  August  15,  1901,  George  Dur- 
ward,  of  Woburn,  and  had  Laura  Elizabeth 
Durward,  born  April  29,  1903.  4.  Elsie  El- 
wood,  born  August  30,  1877,  died  August  17, 
1903:  married.  March  19,  1900,  Harry  Kim- 
ball, of  Bo.ston,  and  had  Emily  Hazel  Kimball, 
born  August  5,  1902.  5.  Kate  Dinsmore,  born 
June  16,  1879,  died  November  18,  1880.  6. 
Edith  May,  born  February  16.  1881,  died 
March  11,"  1881.  7.  Mark  Curtis.  Jr.,  born 
July  7,  1882,  died  December  27,  1895.  '^• 
Clara  Edith,  born  August  i,  1884,  niarried, 
June  13,  1905,  Henry  Kenty,  of  Hyde  Park, 
Massachusetts,  and  had  Mary  Josephine 
Kentv,  born  February  4,  1907,  died  Februarv 
7,  1907.  Child  of  Mark  C.  and  Sarah  J.  Felch': 
9.  Edna  I'.arron.  born  April  21.  1891. 


(For  first   two  generations  see  Henry  2). 

(Ill)  John  Felch,  son  of  Henry 
FELCH  Felch  (2),  was  born  in  Reading, 
Massachusetts,  February  26, 
1660,  and  died  in  Weston,  Massachusetts, 
April  9,  1746,  aged  eighty-six  years.  He 
married,  May  25,  1685,  Elizabeth  Gowing,  of 
Reading.  He  was  a  farmer.  At  some  time 
lietween  1703  and  1709  he  removed  to  Wes- 
ton, formerly  part  of  Watertown,  and  resided 
there  the  remainder  of  his  days.  The  inscrip- 
tion on  his  gravestone  in  the  Weston  burying 
ground  reads :  "Here  lyes  buried  ye  body  of 
Mr.  John  Felch,  who  departed  this  life  April 
the  9th  in  the  86th  year  of  his  age."  On  the 
gravestone  of  his  wife :  "Here  lyes  buried  ye 
body  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Felch,  wife  of  Mr. 
John  Felch,  who  departed  Apl  10,  1746,  in  the 
86th  year  of  her  age."  His  son  John  adminis- 
tered the  estate.  The  children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Felch,  born  in  Reading,  were:  i. 
Elizabeth,  born  February  23.  1686.  2.  John, 
born  February  17,  1688,  removed  to  Canter- 
bury, Connecticut.  3.  Samuel,  born  February 
II,  1690,  died  November,  1725;  married.  May 
6,  1714,  Katharine  .Smith,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Ruth  Smith,  of  Reading.  4.  Hannah,  bom 
August  3,  1692,  married,  January  4,  171 5, 
Thomas  Clapp.  5.  Mary,  born  March  17^ 
1695.  6.  Daniel,  born  June  3,  1697,  died  July 
'5'  1703-  "•  Nathaniel,  born  April  27,  1699, 
married,  October  29,  1732,  Mary  Hanks,  of 
Lynn ;  ancestor  of  the  Maine  branch.  8.  Ebc- 
iiezer,  mentioned  below.  9.  .Abigail,  born  June 
15,  1703. 

( IV )  Ebenezer  Felch.  son  of  John  I'elch 
( 3 ) .  was  bnrn  in  Reading.  Massachusetts, 
Julv  20.  1701.  When  a  young  child  his  family 
removed  to  Weston,  adjoining  Natick,  Massa- 
chusetts. In  1723,  before  his  marriage,  he  lo- 
cated in  Natick  which  was  then  and  for  manv 
vears  afterward  an  Indian  tow'n,  and  he  was 
the  fourth  w'hite  settler.  Tradition  tells  us  that 
he  came  as  an  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
Indians  who  were  not  entirely  self-governing 
at  that  time.  In  1731-32  he  was  the  teacher 
of  the  public  school;  in  June.  1746,  he  was 
elected  town  clerk,  an  office  he  held  for  fifteen 
years.  He  also  held  other  town  offices  from 
time  to  time.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Natick 
church  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Oliver  Pea- 
bod}',  who  was  installed  in  1 741.  His  home  was 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  town  known  as 
North  Natick.  The  homestead,  or  a  consider- 
able part  of  it,  still  remains  in  the  possession  of 
his  descendants.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  useful  and 
prominent  citizen,  one  of  the  foremost  of  his 
day  and  locality.     He  married.  May  15,  1728, 


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Mary  Bacon,  of  Needham,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Ste- 
phen, born  September  10,  1731,  removed  to 
WaJpole,  Massachusetts  ;  was  of  peculiar  char- 
acteristics, fond  of  mathematics  and  casting 
horoscopes ;  had  five  daughters,  Hannah, 
Olive,  Abi,  Polly  and  Rebecca.  3.  Daniel,  born 
December  8,  1734,  married,  April  9,  1763, 
Annie  Bent,  of  Sudbury ;  he  went  to  Annapo- 
lis, Port  Royal,  in  1746,  with  other  Natick 
soldiers.  4.  Marv.  died  unmarried  August  6, 
1813. 

(V)  Captain  John  Felch,  son  of  Ebenezcr 
Felch  (4),  was  born  in  Natick,  Massachusetts. 
1729-30,  and  like  his  father  was  one  of  the 
leading  citizens.  He  was  selectman,  assessor, 
member  of  the  school  committee  and,  like  his 
father,  teacher  of  the  Natick  school.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Bacon,  of  Natick,  a  descendant  of 
the  immigrant,  Michael  Bacon,  of  Dedham,  as 
was  also  his  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was 
the  same.  (See  Bacon  family  in  this  work). 
She  died  August  26,  1813,  aged  seventy-six 
years.  John  Felch  was  captain  of  the  Natick 
company,  and  when  the  Lexington  alarm  came 
on  April  19,  1775,  he  went  with  Captain  Jo- 
seph Morse's  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Bul- 
lard's  regiment.  In  1776  his  eldest  son  John 
was  drafted,  and  the  captain  took  his  place  as 
substitute  in  the  ranks  in  June,  1776.  The  son 
was  then  but  sixteen  years  old,  the  father  was 
forty-five  or  more.  Captain  John  Felch  was 
in  Captain  Aaron  Gardner's  company,  Colonel 
Brook's  regiment,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  White  Plains,  New  York,  October  28,  1776. 
His  gravestone  at  North  Natick  gives  his  age 
as  forty-seven.  Children,  all  born  in  Natick : 
I.  Mary,  bom  June  4,  1757,  died  July  12, 
1841,  aged  eighty-four;  married  Thomas  Cool- 
idge,  September  19,  1776,  and  had  seven  chil- 
dren, many  of  whose  descendants  still  live  in 
Natick.  2.  John,  born  March  28,  1760,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Ruth,  born  December  9, 
1762,  died  June  23,  1852,  aged  eighty-nine; 
married,  September  9,  1784,  James  Eames ; 
removed  to  Dublin,  New  Hampshire,  and 
thence  to  Newry,  Maine ;  had  nine  children. 
4.  Zeruiah,  born  April  30,  1765,  died  March  3, 
1850,  aged  eighty-four ;  married.  May  18, 
1786,  Ethel  Jennings  ;  had  seven  children.  5. 
Asa,  born  July  9,  1769,  died  March  21,  1846, 
aged  seventy-seven ;  married  Lavinia  Newton 
at  Wayland,  Massachusetts,  about  1792;  had 
five  sons  and  three  daughters ;  among  these 
children  were  Isaac  Felch,  who  was  the  father 
of  Lucy  E.,  Sarah  C,  Isaac  K..  Charlotte  K., 
Laura  E.  and  Henry  F.  Felch,  of  Natick. 
Asa's  home  was  what  was  later  known  as  the 


Deacon  Wright  place  on  the  Worcester  turn- 
pike ;  Asa  sold  it  to  his  son-in-law,  Rev.  Isaac 
Jennison.  6.  Levi,  born  June  8,  1773,  died 
.September  19,  1861,  aged  eighty;  married, 
.\pril  16,  1816,  Patty  Coggin,  widow,  and  had 
three  daughters,  two  of  whom  lived  at  Park- 
ersburgh,  Iowa ;  Levi  removed  from  Natick  tO' 
Grafton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died. 

(VI)  John  Felch,  son  of  Captain  John 
Felch  (5),  was  born  in  Natick,  Mbrch  28, 
1760,  and  died  there  March  6,  1830,  aged 
nearly  seventy.  Married,  November  16,  1788, 
Hannah  Lokcr.  (See  Loker  family  in  this 
work).  After  his  father  went  into  the  army 
in  1776  he  took  his  place  as  head  of  the  family 
and  carried  on  the  farm.  In  1780  he  enlisted 
as  private  in  Captain  Joshua  Fisk's  company, 
Colonel  Abner  Perry's  regiment,  for  a  week's 
service  in  Rhode  Island.  They  had  three  sons 
and  four  daughters,  among  whom  were  :  John, 
Levi,  Oliver.  Hannah,  Eunice. 

(VH)  Oliver  Felch,  son  of  John  Felch  (6), 
was  born  in  Felchville,  Natick,  Massachusetts, 
December  27,  1805.  He  niarried,  November 
10.  1833,  Hannah  Washburn  Fuller,  who  was 
bom  March  i,  1808,  and  is  now  in  her  hun- 
dredth year  with  the  full  expectation  of  com- 
pleting it.  They  were  married  at  the  parson- 
age in  Needham  on  Sunday  morning,  and  she 
has  lived  ever  since  on  the  old  Felch  home- 
stead, 416  North  Main  street,  Natick.  Oliver 
Felch  was  educated  in  the  common  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker,  and  in 
accordance  with  the  custom  of  his  time  follow- 
ed farming  in  summer  and  made  shoes  and 
boots  in  the  winter  season.  He  died  March 
14,  1898.  Children,  born  at  Natick:  i.  Lucy 
Ann,  born  June  13,  1835.  2.  Oliver  Amandus, 
bom  November  17,  1836,  mentioned  below.  3. 
John  Francis,  born  October  7,  1839,  mention- 
ed below.  4.  Hannah  Maria,  born  October  15, 
1843.  5.  Charles  Benjamin,  born  May  I,  1845. 
6.  Mary,  born  September  17,  1847.  7.  George, 
bom  February  16,  1850.  8.  Harrington,  born 
September  17,  185 1. 

(VIII)  Oliver  Amandus  Felch,  son  of  Oli- 
ver (7),  and  Hannah  Washburn  (Fuller) 
Felch,  was  born  on  the  old  homestead  at  North 
Natick  in  the  town  of  Natick.  November  17, 
1836.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  During  his  boy- 
hood, like  most  boys  of  Natick  at  that  time,  he 
learned  how  to  make  shoes  and  helped  his 
father.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  began  to 
manufacture  on  his  own  account,  buying  one 
roll  of  leather  at  a  time.  His  business  was 
interrupted  during  the  Civil  war,  but  in  1864 
the  large  factory  on  North  Main  street,  known 


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for  a  full  generation  as  Felch  Brothers'  shop, 
was  built  and  the  firm  of  Felch  Brothers  began 
business  there.  The  original  firm  consisted  of 
John  F.  Felch  and  Oliver  A.  Felch.  In  1873 
Harrington  Felch,  another  brother,  was  ad- 
mitted. The  firm  of  Felch  Brothers  was  one 
of  the  most  prosperous  and  continuously  suc- 
cessful concerns  in  the  business  of  shoe  manu- 
facturing in  Natick.  Oliver  A.  Felch  retired 
from  the  llirm  in  1903,  when  the  business  was 
■sold  to  his  nephew,  Walter  L.  Felch,  son  of 
John  F.   Felch. 

He  is  a  member  of  Mieridian  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons  of  Natick ;  of  Parker  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  Natick ;  of  Natick  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  Natick ;  and  of  the  various 
1tx)dies  of  Scottish  Rite  Masonry  to  the  thirty- 
second  degree  in  Boston.  He  is  a  member  of 
Takawambait  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of 
the  Natick  Encampment,  Natick.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  president  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  Fiske  Memorial  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  of  Natick.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Natick  Five  Cents  Savings 
Bank,  and  for  a  period  of  twenty  years  was  a 
•director  of  the  Natick  National  Bank.  He  is 
a  trustee  and  president  of  the  North  Cemetery 
-Association,  and  has  held  many  other  positions 
of  public  and  private  trust.  No  man  is  more 
generally  known  and  esteemed  in  the  town. 
Enterprising  in  business,  popular  in  clubs  and 
social  life,  influential  in  party  and  town  affairs, 
he  is  counted  among  the  foremost  citizens  of 
the  town.  His  influence  has  always  been  on 
the  right  side,  and  he  has  been  a  source  of 
strength,  especially  to  the  temperance  cause  in 
a  community  where  public  sentiment  is  nearly 
evenly  divided.  He  has  been  for  many  years 
a  leader  in  the  church,  generous  in  supporting 
its  benevolences,  liberal  also  in  private  char- 
ity. His  house  is  on  the  site  of  Ebenezer 
Felch's  (4)  homestead.  Oliver  A.  Felch  mar- 
ried, at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  June  10, 
1862,  Martha  White  Gleason,  who  was  born 
.August  7,  1843,  and  died  November  5,  1898, 
daughter  of  Phineas  Merrill  and  Sallie 
(White)   Gleason.     Children,  born  in  Natick: 

I.  Sarah  .A.lice.  born  April  30,  1870,  died  July 
30,  1872,  2.  Anna  Isabelle,  born  July  9,  1873, 
died  June  16,  1896.  3.  Frederick  Oliver,  born 
November  9,  1874,  died  January  24,  1880.  4. 
John   Edwin,  born  June  23,   1876,   died  April 

II,  1897.  5.  Albert  Amandus,  born  October 
27.  1878,  mentioned  below.  6.  Charles  Henry, 
born  Jutly  12,  1882,  died  April  3,  1885. 

(IX)  Rev.  Albert  Amandus  Felch,  son  of 
Oliver  .'\mandus  (8)  and  Martha  White 
(Gleason)  Felch,  was  born  in  Natick,  October 


27,  1878.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Natick,  graduating  from  the  high  school  in 
the  class  of  1897,  and  from  Boston  University 
in  the  class  of  1901  as  class  orator.  He  studied 
for  the  ministry  at  the  Theological  School  of 
Boston  University,  class  of  1904,  and  was  or- 
dained April,  1903,  at  Brookline,  Massachu- 
setts, by  Bishop  Andrews,  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  His  charges  have  been  the 
Methodist  churches  of  Jefferson  and  Sudbury, 
and  he  is  at  present  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  at  South  Natick.  He  has  been  a 
ntember  of  the  Natick  school  committee  since 
1901.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order; 
Meridian  Lodge,  of  which  he  is  chaplain,  and 
of  the  Boston  Lodge  of  Perfection,  also  Inde- 
pendent Order  Odd  Fellows.  He  married, 
June  10,  1903,  Jessie  S.  Keep,  born  November 
14,  1878,  daughter  of  George  F.  and  Mary 
(Bruce)  Keep.  Children:  i.  Grace  Alberta, 
born  August  8,  1905.  2.  Emory  Albert,  born 
June  29,   1907. 

(VIII)  John  Francis  Felch,  son  of  Oliver 
(7)  and  Hannah  Washburn  (Fuller)  Felch, 
was  born  on  the  old  homestead  in  North 
Natick,  town  of  Natick.  October  7,  1839.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker,  as  did  also 
his  brothers  and  most  other  boys  of  his  day, 
and  when  a  young  man  began  to  manufacture 
boots  and  shoes.  As  stated  in  the  sketch  of 
his  elder  brother,  Oliver  Amandus  Felch,  the 
factory  of  Felch  Brothers  was  built  in  1864 
and  the  firm  did  a  thriving  shoe  manufactur- 
ing business  for  many  years.  He  remained  in 
business  until  his  death.  October  8,  1899,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Walter  L.,  the  pres- 
ent owner.  He  was  a  man  of  high  character, 
spotless  integrity  and  attracted  many  friends. 
He  was  a  faithful  member  and  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  cliurch  at 
Cochituate,  Massachusetts.  In  politics  he  was 
a  staunch  Republican,  and  served  the  town  as 
selectman  and  held  other  positions  of  trust  and 
honor  in  the  community. 

He  was  married  November  4,  i860,  by  Rev. 
David  Mason,  at  Cochituate.  Massachusetts, 
to  Mary  Lucy  Loker,  born  December  25,  1842, 
daughter  of  Jefferson  and  Caroline  (Whee- 
lock)  Loker.  Jefferson  Loker  was  born  March 
I,  1807,  in  the  village  of  Cochituate,  town  of 
Wavland,  Massachusetts,  and  died  March  25, 
1900.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  member  of  the 
Cochituate  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Car- 
oline (Wheelock)  Loker  died  June  18.  1878. 
Their  children  were :  i.  Abbie  .Vnn  Loker, 
married  George  Kemp :  ii.  Willard  Wesley 
Loker ;  iii.  Marv  Lucy  Loker.  bom  December 
25.    1842:   iv.    Ellen    Frances   Loker.   married 


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Henry  C.  Dean;  v.  Leonard  Loker.  Paul 
Lokei-  was  the  father  of  Jefferson  Loker  and 
grandfather  of  Mrs.  Felch.  Children  of 
John  F.  and  Mary  Lucy  (Loker)  Felch:  i. 
John  Elmer,  born  February  13,  1862,  attended 
public  and  Allen  school  of  West  Newton; 
married  at  Saxonville,  August  6,  1883,  Nellie 
L.  Whitney;  children:  i.  Marguerite  Mae, 
born  May  20,  1890;  ii.  Gladys  lola,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1898,  died  August  15,  1899;  iii. 
Enid  Whitney,  born  December  6,  1900.  2. 
Walter  L.,  born  September  9,  1863,  educated 
in  the  Natick  public  schools  and  the  Allen 
School  of  West  Newton,  learned  the  business 
in  his  father's  shoe  factory  and  since  May, 
1903,  has  been  the  proprietor  of  the  Felch 
Brothers  factory  and  business ;  married  Laur- 
etta Bent,  of  Sudbury,  March  i,  1886.  3. 
Grace,  born  April  12,  1865,  married,  August 
I,  1883,  John  M.  Adams,  a  boot  and  shoe 
salesman  for  J.  B.  Lewis,  Boston ;  children :  i. 
Bessie  Caroline  Adams,  born  November  30, 
1885,  graduate  of  Wellesley  College,  class  of 
1907;  ii.  Charles  Mlaxwell  Adams,  born  May 
15,  1889,  student  in  Natick  high  school;  iii. 
Mary  Louise  .\dams,  born  March  7,  1892, 
student  in  Natick  high  school ;  iv.  Eva  Belle 
Adams,  born  November  28,  1896 ;  v.  Marie 
Felch  .Vdams,  born  March  2,  1899.  4-  Louise, 
born  September  16,  1870,  married,  November 
20,  1889,  Charles  A.  Goodnow,  buyer  of  Clark 
Hudson  &  Co.,  Boston ;  son  John  Ruyter 
Goodnow,  born  August  5,  1898. 


Edward  Phelps,  the  immigrant 
PHELPS     ancestor,  was  born  in  England 
and  settled  in  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts.    Very  little  is  known  of  him.     Sav- 
age is  authority  for  the  statement  that  he  had 
a  son  Edward. 

(H)  Edward  Phelps,  son  of  Edward  Phelps 
(i),  was  born  about  1660  in  Andover  prob- 
ably. He  was  a  weaver  by  trade.  He  re- 
moved to  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  about 
1708  with  his  family.  His  was  the  second 
name  on  the  church  covenant  dated  March  29, 
1708-09.  The  birth  of  his  daughter  Elizabeth 
in  1690  is  on  the  Lancaster  records,  but  as 
frequently  happened,  was  added  after  the  fam- 
ily came  to  that  town.  The  family  was  not 
there  in  1704.  In  fart  the  first  land  record 
mentioning  Phelps  in  Lancaster  is  dated  May 
10,  1710,  when  he  bought  of  Jeremiah  Rog- 
ers, of  Salem,  a  wheelwright,  and  Jehosaphat 
Rogers,  of  Topsfield,  a  tailor,  his  farm  at  Lan- 
caster. He  had  a  grant  of  land  April  8,  1717, 
on  his  common  rights.    He  and  his  wife  were 


received  by  letter  from  Andover  into  the  Lan- 
caster church,  November  4,  1716.  He  was 
selectman  and  town  treasurer  from  1725  to 
1743.  His  wife  Ruth  died  at  Lancaster,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1744-45,  and  he  died  November  30 
or  December  3,  1747.  His  will  was  dated  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1735,  and  presented  for  probate 
February  4,  1748.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife 
Ruth;  children:  Edward,  Ruth  Carter,  Han- 
nah Fletcher,  Elizabeth  Willard,  Bathsheba 
Bennett,  Rebecca  Wilson  and  Sarah  Good- 
ridge,  Robert  and  Joshua.  He  mentions  his 
commoners  rights  at  "Quasanonum"  and  the 
rights  bought  of  Jeremiah  Rogers. 

Children:  I.  Edward,  Jr.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Robert,  died  March  19,  1749;  was 
soldier  in  the  Indian  wars  under  Captain  John 
White  in  1727;  settled  in  Lancaster  and  had 
a  large  family  there.  3.  Joshua,  born  about 
1700,  died  July  3,  1784,  aged  eighty-four; 
first  wife  died  June,  1738;  he  was  in  Captain 
Samuel  Willard's  company  in  1725  ;  was  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Church  of  Lancaster  in  1748; 
married  (second),  1744,  Rebecca  Beman; 
children:  i.  Joshua,  born  March  23,  1732-33, 
died  April  13,  1733;  ii.  Rebecca,  born  May  12, 
1734,  died  young;  iii.  Elizabeth,  born  April 
II,  1736,  died  young;  iv.  Joshua.  Children  of 
second  wife:  v.  Elizabeth,  born  July  13,  1745; 
vi.  Rebecca,  bom  October  24,  1746;  vii. 
Sarah,  born  August  22,  1748;  viii.  .\bel,  born 
August  7,  1750;  ix.  Lydia,  born  August  14,, 
1753;  X.  Peter,  born  August  3,  1755,  died 
April  15,  1757;  xi.  Relief,  born  October  23, 
1757;  xii.  Deborah,  born  October  31,  1764;. 
xiii.  Joshua,  Jr.,  born  September  22,  1766. 
The  will  of  Joshua,  Sr.,  dated  December  12,. 
1782,  and  allowed  August  3,  1784,  mentions 
Abel,  Joshua,  Jr.,  Rebecca  Godfrey,  Lydia 
Johnson,  Relief  Phelps,  Deborah  Phelps  and 
his  grandson,  Moses  Phelps.  (His  sons  were 
both   in   the   Revolution).     4.  Ruth,   married 

Carter.     5.  Hannah,   married  

Fletcher.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  at  Andover, 
January  27,  1689-90.  7.  Bathsheba,  married, 
July  23,  1718,  John  Bennett.  8.  Rebecca, 
married   Wilson.     9.  .Sarah,   married 


Goodridge. 

(Ill)  Edward  Phelps,  son  of  Edward 
Phelps  (2),  was  born  in  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1691  or  1694,  and  died  at  Lancaster, 
Massachusetts,  aged  "ninety  or  ninety-three," 
March  7,  1784.  He  married  at  Lancaster,  No- 
vember 24,  1 718,  Man,'  Bennett,  and  they 
lived  there  all  their  lives.  They  were  mem- 
bers of  the  First  Church  of  Lancaster.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  August  13,  1719.  2. 
Asahel,  born  July  18,  1721,  a  prominent  figure 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


in  the  Revolution.  3.  John,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Lydia,  born  February  18,  1726.  5.  Eben- 
ezer,  baptized  December,  1726.  6.  Edward, 
born   February    13,    1729-30,  married   Martha 

,  who  married  (second)  Joslin ; 

son  Peter,  born  1758,  settled  in  Leominster; 
son  Abel ;  sons  Luther  and  Levi ;  owned  land 
in  Leominster  ;  7.  Phinehas,  born  January  16, 
^73-'33-    7-  '  'liver. 

(I\')  John  Phelps,  son  of  Edward  Phelps 
(3),  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Massachusetts, 
February  18.  1723-24,  and  died  there  August 
14,  1785,  aged  sixty-three.  He  was  one  of  the 
appraisers  of  the  estate  of  Rev.  John  Prentice, 
minister  of  Lancaster,  and  doubtless  a  close 
friend  of  his.  He  married  (first)  Zipporah 
Wilder,  whose  gravestone  states  that  she  died 
June  20,  1758,  aged  thirty-four,  and  that  she 
had  been  previously  the  widow  of  Asaph 
Wilder.  The  town  records  give  the  day  of 
death  as  the  nineteenth.  She  is  buried  in  the 
Old  Common  Burying  Ground.  On  her 
gravestone  is  inscribed: 

"Thou   hast  by  death   cut  short  my  days 
■But    I    Immortal.  Thou  Shalt  raise." 

John  Phelps  married  (second).  May  12, 
1762,  Elizabeth  Walker,  and  (third)  (inten- 
tions May  31,  1766)  Achsah  Whiting,  of  Bil- 
lerica,  who  died  October  15,  1802,  aged  sixty- 
one  years.  Children,  born  in  Lancaster:  i. 
John,  born  December  13,  1748,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1774,  Lois  Davis.  2.  Joseph,  born 
February  28,  1750.  3.  Aaron,  born  Novem- 
l)er  9,  1753  (duplicate  gives  1754).  4.  Josiah, 
bom  March  16,  1756.  5.  Jacob,  baptized  June 
13,  1758.  Children  of  Elizabeth,  his  second 
wife:  6.  Elizabeth,  baptized  May  8,  1763,  two 
rLiys  old.  7.  Peter,  baptized  May  5,  1765,  died 
\oung.  Children  of  .\chsah,  his  third  wife  :  8. 
Achsah,  born  July  15,  1767,  baptized  May  14, 
ij(ii).  ().  Martha,  born  July  17,  1769.  10. 
/ill)ali,  baptized  February  16,  1772.  11.  Peter, 
baiJtized  July  24,  1774,  mentioned  below.  12. 
Lydia,  born  .March  6,  1777. 

John  Phelps  died  intestate  in  1785,  and 
Tiinothy  Whiting.  Jr.,  of  Lancaster,  was  ap- 
pointed administrator  .August  25,  that  year. 
Timothy  Whiting  married  the  daughter  Lydia 
and  was  guardian  of  Zilpah,  one  of  the  chil- 
dren. Martha  and  .Sally  Phelps  were  wit- 
nesses. .\aron  Phelps,  the  eldest  son,  also 
agreed  to  the  appointment  of  his  brother-in- 
law.  John  owned  forty-three  acres  of  land  in 
Lancaster  and  his  estate  was  valued  at  280 
pounds.  Jonathan  Wilder  was  also  guardian 
of  Ach.<ah,  aged  eighteen,  Martha,  sixteen, 
Lydia  and  Peter.  The  real  estate  of  John 
Phelps   was    finally    divided    between    .\aron. 


Jacob,  Josiah,  Elizabeth,  Achsah,  Mar- 
tha, Peter,  Lydia  and  Zilpah. 

(V)  Peter  Phelps,  son  of  John  Phelps  (4), 
was  born  in  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  July 
16,  1774,  and  was  baptized  July  24,  when 
about  a  week  old.  He  died  in  Lancaster,  and 
is  buried  there  with  others  of  the  family. 
The  gravestone  gives  the  date  of  his  death  as 
March  7,  1847,  and  his  age  as  seventy-two. 
By  his  side  is  the  grave  of  his  child  Abiel,  and 
of  Sally,  wife  of  his  brother  .Aaron;  she  died 
April  12,  1794,  aged  thirty-six;  his  brother 
John  is  also  buried  there,  dying  January  14, 
1778,  in  his  twenty-eighth  year.  Peter  Phelps 
left  Lancaster  when  a  young  man,  and  lived 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  Rockport, 
.Maine,  but  finally  returned  to  his  native  town. 
He  was  a  farmer.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. In  religion  he  was  liberal,  and  a  faithful 
member  of  the  Unitarian  church,  being  active 
in  the  society,  and  holding  various  offices  in 
both  church  and  society.  Soon  after  he  came 
of  age,  March  19,  1796,  he  deeded  to  John 
Whiting  land  in  Lancaster  adjoining  VVhit- 
ing's  land,  the  deed  being  witnessed  by  his 
brother  Aaron  and  brother-in-law,  Timothy 
Whiting,  Jr.  He  was  of  Boston,  October  19, 
1803,  when  with  his  sister  Lydia  and  her  hus- 
band Timothy  Whiting  they  deeded  their  in- 
terests in  the  dower  of  Achsah  Phelps,  widow 
of  his  father,  John  Phelps,  to  Abner  Pollard. 
His  will  has  not  been  discovered.  He  married, 
in  Boston,  May  30,  1805,  Mary  Newell,  born 
at  Scituate,  Plymouth  county,  Massachusetts, 
May  27,  1784.  Their  children  (of  whom  in 
1907  Levi  W.  and  Louis  alone  survive):  i. 
Edward,  born  in  Boston,  December  30,  1807. 
2.  Mary,  born  in  Boston,  July  20,  1809.  3. 
.Abiel  Smith,  born  July  21,  181 1.  4.  Lydia 
.Ann  Whiting,  born  April  17,  1813.  5. 
Augusta,  born  May  12,  181 5.  6.  Jonathan 
Russell,  born  April  28,  181 7.  7.  Barney 
Smith,  born  May  28,  1819.  8.  Levi  Whiting, 
born  April  29,  1821.  9.  Jerome,  born  Novem- 
ber 2,  1823.  10.  Louis,  born  October  30, 
1826.  The  two  youngest  died  in  infancy;  all 
the  others  came  to  maturity. 

r\T)  Levi  Whiting  Phelps,  son  of  Peter 
Phelps  (5),  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Massachu- 
setts, after  his  father  returned  from  Maine, 
April  29,  1821,  and  was  baptized  there  in  the 
First  Church,  July  15,  following.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He 
left  home  when  he  was  only  ten  years  old  and 
became  a  farmer's  apprentice  to  Nathaniel 
Thayer,  the  leading  citizen  of  Lancaster.  He 
left  Mr.  Thayer's  house  when  he  was  fifteen 
•Tud  worked  on  a  farm  in  Sterling  during  the 


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followingtwo years.  During  the  followingthree 
years  he  Hved  in  Leominster,  Massachusetts, 
where  many  of  his  relatives  had  settled,  and 
while  in  that  town  learned  and  followed  the 
trade  of  carpenter.  He  established  himself  in 
business  in  Pepperell,  Massachusetts,  and  be- 
came the  owner  of  a  saw  mill  and  lumber 
planing  mill.  In  1854  he  removed  to  .-\yer, 
Massachusetts,  continuing  to  have  a  lumber 
mill  there  ever  since.  At  the  age  of  eighty- 
six  he  attends  to  his  daily  duties  at  the  mill, 
although  the  responsibility  and  care  of  the 
business  have  been  transferred  largely  to  his 
son  and  partner.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent,  successful  and  influential  business 
men  of  the  town.  In  politics  Mr.  Phelps  is  -a 
Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons.  He  is  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Unitarian  church,  in  which  he  has 
held  all  the  important  offices  from  time  to 
time,  and  to  which  he  has  been  a  liberal  con- 
tributor. He  is  a  benevolent  public-spirited 
citizen. 

Mr.  Phelps  married,  January  15,  1853, 
Shirza  J.  Wright,  born  in  Pepperell,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  i,  1833,  daughter  of  Franklin 
and  .\manda  (.-Xnies)  VVright.  both  of  Pepper- 
ell. The  children  of  this  marriage  are:  i. 
Emma  Augusta,  born  in  Pepperell,  March  i, 
1854,  married  Daniel  W.  Fletcher,  and  has 
four  children:  i.  Ethel,  married  Ira  W.  Dwin- 
ell,  and  has  daughter  Marion;  ii.  Howard, 
married  Beatrice  Robbins;  orie  daughter  jNIar- 
jory;  iii.  Frank;  iv.  Dorris;  2.  Ella  Frances, 
born  October  26.  1855,  at  home.  3.  Lena 
May,  born  November  2,  1863,  married  George 
M.  Moore,  of  Plymouth,  Vermont;  two  chil- 
dren: Levi  Phelps,  born  February,  1891,  and 
Milton  George,  born  August,  1901.  4.  Albert 
McCallister,  only  son  of  Levi  W.  Phelps,  born 
at  Ayer,  November  9,  1866.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  then  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  his  father,  learning  the  carpenter  trade, 
ancl  becoming  proficient  in  every  branch  of 
lumber  manufacturing  in  his  father's  ex- 
tensive establishment.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  attends  the  Unitarian  church.  He 
married,  .'Vugust  26,  1881,  Annie  C.  Morrison, 
of  Ayer,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary  (Cox) 
Morrison.  They  have  one  child,  Bertha  M'., 
born  January  i,  iqoo. 


(For  the  first  three  generations  see  Daniel  3). 

(IV)    Daniel   Felch,   son   of   Dr. 

FELCH     Daniel    Felch    (3),   was   born    at 

Seabrook,       New       Hampshire, 

April  5,  1718.    He  was  a  soldier  at  the  capture 

of  Louisburg,  June  17,  1745,  in  Captain  Ed- 


ward Williams's  company.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1749,  Jane  Page,  of  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire.  He  and  his  brother  Joseph  were 
appomted  administrators  of  their  father's  es- 
tate March  28,  1753.  Daniel  sold  his  home- 
stead in  Hampton  Falls,  containing  about  a 
half-acre  of  land  with  a  dwelling  house,  to 
Jonathan  Moulton,  of  Hampton,  by  deed  dated 
C)ctober  17,  1756.  This  site  was  subsequently 
occupied  and  owned  by  Goshen  (Griffith  as  a 
tavern  stand,  and  at  last  accounts  the  house 
was  still  standing  and  well  preserved.  He 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  ownership  of  the 
homestead,  where  he  subsequently  lived  and 
died;  he  was  a  farmer.  His  wife  died  June 
20,  1787.  Children,  born  in  Hampton  Falls: 
I.  Molly,  January  22,  1750,  died  February  24, 
1803,  aged  fifty-three;  married  (first),  about 
1769,  William  Cilley,  whtj  died  at  sea  in  1772; 
married  (second),  December  13,  1774,  David 
Boyd,  who  died  July  27,,  1834.  2.  Benjamin, 
October  3,  1751,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Benja- 
tnin,  March  28,  1754,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Rhoda,  June  21,  1756,  died  May  26,  1785, 
aged  thirty-one  years ;  married,  about  1775, 
Joseph  Hook,  of  Saybrook.  5.  Daniel,  June 
18,  1759,  died  July  12,  1763  (  ?).  6.  Amos, 
born  October  13,  1761,  died  February  9,  1780, 
aged  eighteen,  in  the  British  war  prison,  New 
York  City.  7.  John,  February  23,  1763,  mar- 
ried, March  8,  1787,  Ruth  Switcher,  who  was 
born  January  22,  1763. 

(V)  P.cnjaniin  Felch,  son  of  Daniel  Felch 
(4),  was  born  March  28,  1754.  He  settled 
after  the  Revolution  in  Topsham,  Vermont, 
about  1804.  Married  Sarah  Campbell,  who 
died  in  1854  at  Racine,  Wisconsin,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  ninety-four  years.  They  lived 
at  Deering,  New  Hampshire,  for  a  tiine  and 
also  at  Francestown,  where  his  brother  John 
settled  and  lived  in  the  north  part  of  the  town 
near  the  Deering  line,  until  1814,  when  he 
moved  to  Sutton,  where  he  died  two  years 
later;  his  wife  Ruth  Sweetser  died  September 
5,  1826;  they  left  many  descendants  in 
Francestown,  and  vicinity.  Benjamin  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  the  company 
raised  for  the  expedition  against  Canada  in 
1776  under  Second  Lieutenant  Timothy 
Worthley,  of  Weare,  Captain  Dearborn's  com- 
pany and  Colonel  Daniel  Moore's  regiment. 
His  wife  was  a  remarkable  woman,  retaining 
her  faculties  to  the  time  of  her  death  at  the  age 
of  ninety-four,  and  possessing  a  wonderful 
memory.  During  her  active  life  she  was  very 
energetic  and  industrious,  and  was  always 
bright  intellectually  and  an  interesting  con- 
versationalist. 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


Children:  i.  Daniel,  born  at  Deering,  Octo- 
ber 27,  ijSo.mentioned  below.  2.  Hezekiah,  re- 
sided at  Topsham.  3.  William,  removed  to 
Fillmore  county,  Minnesota.  4.  Enos.  5.  Eli. 
6.  Benjamin,  born  February  14,  1790,  married 
Jerusha  Steele  Jackson,  who  died  in  1864;  he 
died  in  1865;  (of  him,  his  son,  Benjamin  F. 
Felch,  of  Chicago,  writes :  "My  Father,  Ben- 
jamin Felch,  was  a  healthy,  robust  man,  five 
feet,  ten  inches  in  height,  weighed  one  hun- 
dred and  eighty  to  two  hundred  pounds,  and 
measured  forty-four  inches  around  the  chest. 
He  was  remarkable  for  his  strength,  especially 
the  grip  of  his  hands ;  he  would  catch  a  wild 
steer  by  the  top  of  the  neck  with  one  hand  and 
hold  on  until  he  could  get  hold  of  the  horns ; 
I  saw  him  once,  when  he  was  seventy  years 
old,  catch  a  shy  horse  by  the  mane  and  hold 
on  until  carried  several  rods,  and  the  horse 
was  glad  to  stop.  He  came  from  Topsham, 
Vermont,  to  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
when  twentv-one  years  old.  When  he  arrived, 
he  had  hut  one  dollar  in  money  and  an  ax  as 
capital.  He  took  a  contract  from  the  Holland 
Company  for  one  hundred  acres  of  land, 
which  he  afterwards  paid  for ;  he  cleared  one 
hundred  acres  of  very  heavy  timber  land  with 
his  own  hands;  soon  after  commencing  to 
clear  his  land,  he  married  Jerusha  Steele  Jack- 
son, only  daughter  of  Abraham  Jackson.  As 
the  fruits  of  this  union,  twelve  children  were 
born  to  them,  ten  of  whom  lived  to  be  men 
and  women.  He  -removed  to  Racine,  Wiscon- 
sin, with  his  family  about  1835,  and  settled 
about  six  miles  southwest  of  Racine,  where  he 
bought  quite  a  large  tract  of  land:  about  1856 
he  removed  to  Steven's  Point,  Portage  county, 
Wisconsin,  where  he  died,  aged  nearly  seven- 
ty-five, and  was  buried  at  .\mherst,  Wiscon- 
sin, with  his  wife  and  son.")  7.  Mehitable. 
8.  Jane. 

(VI)  Daniel  Felch,  son  of  Benjamm  Felch 
(5),  was  born  in  Deering,  New  Hampshire, 
October  27,  1780,  and  died  February  26,  1845. 
He  married  Ruth  Walker.  His  son,  Benja- 
min F.*  Felch,  writes  of  him :  "Daniel  Felch 
was  born  in  Deering,  New  Hampshire.  The 
facilities  for  culture  during  the  period  of  his 
childhood  and  vnuth  were  poor,  the  school  far 
away,  the  stuc'turc  rude,  and  the  teacher  not 
always  master  of  the  rudiments  he  endeavor- 
ed to  teach;  his  literary  acquirements  conse- 
quently were  small.  He  was  six  feet  in  height, 
very  muscular,  and  possessing  great  physical 
abil'ity.  At  the  age  of  twenty-three  he  mar- 
ried Ruth  Walker;  by  this  union  they  were 
blessed  with  fourteen  children,  twelve  of 
whom    grew    to  the   full    stature   of   men    and 


women,    eleven   of    whom   married    and   have  ] 
children.     His   pecuniary  circumstances   were  1 
such  as  to  induce  him  to  labor  early  and  late, 
in  wielding  the  ax,  tilling  the  soil,  or  making  : 
shoes,  to  supply  the  needs  of  his  large  family,  1 
and  by  industry  he  acquired  the  frugal  means 
of  support.     He  was  strongly  imbued  with  a 
sense  of  his  reliance  upon  God,  and  endeavor- 
ed so  to  live  as  to  finally  receive  the  welcome 
plaudit,    'Well    done,    good   and    faithful    ser- 
vant.'    He  died  while  on  a  visit  to  his  daugh- 
ter   in    Groton,    Massachusetts,    February    26,  , 
1845,   i"  the  sixty-fifth  year  of  his  age,  and  j 
was    buried    at    Mason    Center,    New    Hamp-  1 
shire."      Children:    Betsey,    Ruth,    Ruhamah,  ! 
Rhoda,    Daniel,   Henry,    Levi,   mentioned   be-  j 
low  ;  Sarah  J.,  Mary,  Hannah,  Benjamin  F.,  ; 
Andrew  W.,  Mary  J.,  Mercy.  j 

(VH)  Levi  Felch,  son  of  Daniel  Felch  (6),  , 

was  born   at  Antrim,   New   Hampshire,   May  j 
18,   1813,  and  died  April   18,   1890,   in  Ayer, 

Massachusetts.     He  was  educated  in  the  com-  j 

nion  schools  and  raised  on  a  farm.  He  learned  . 

the  trade  of  machinist  and  followed  his  trade  i 

ill  Ayer,  Massachusetts,   for  many  years.     In  i 

politics  he   was  a   Republican   from  the  time  1 

that  party  was  formed,  but  never  sought  pub-  1 

lie  office.     He  was  one  of  the  original  mem-  ; 
bers  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Ayer,  and  active 

in  church  affairs  throughout  his  life.     He  was  ' 

engaged  in  the  florist  and  market  gardening  ; 

business  in  his  later  years,  and  was  very  sue-  ' 

cessful,  especially  with  his  green-houses,  ac-  ^ 

quiring  a  fair  competence.     He  married.  No-  , 
vcmber  5,  1835,  Clarissa  AL  Wright,  in  Goffs- 

town,    New    Hampshire.      She   died   in   .Ayer,  ' 

Massachusetts,  January  21,    1896.     Children:  ' 

Eli  and  Eri  (twins),  born  May  13,  1838.    An-  ' 
drew  Walker,  born  in  Lowell,  October  8,  1845. 

Eugene    A.,    born    in    Groton,    September    3,  | 

1849.     Gilbert  E.,  born  in  Lawrence,  October  ■ 

23,  1852.     George  Edgar,  born  September  22,  ] 

1855,  mentioned  below.  j 

(VIII)    George  Edgar   Felch,  son  of  Levi  | 
t'elch  (7),  was  born  September  22,  1855.    He  | 
was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
.'\yer,  his  native  town.    He  established  himself  ■ 
in  the  business  of  florist  about    1878  and  has 
followed  this  calling  to  the  present  time  with, 
uniform  success,  building  up  a  large  and  flour-  j 
ishing  trade.     Mr.  Felch  is  a  Republican,  but 
not  active  in  politics.    He  is  an  active  member 
and   lihi-ral   supporter  of  the    Baptist   church.  ; 
lie  is  a  well-known  and  highly  esteemed  citi-  | 
zeii  of  .\yer.      He  married,  January  2,   1886,  ' 
Nellie  .Ann  Fuzzard,  born  at  Brighton,  Massa- 
chusetts. May  18,  1859,  daughter  of  John  and  j 
Ann    (Spinner)   Fuzzard,  natives  of  England.  I 


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Children:  i.  Edna  Eliza,  born  September  29, 
1886,  died  April  22,  1906.  2.  George  Alfred, 
born  February  10,  1890.  3.  Harold  Edgar, 
born  July  4,  1893.  4.  Marion  Josephine,  born 
August  4,  1899. 


Edwm   Whitney  Gay,  deceased,   for 

GAY  many  years  an  active  and  successful 
business  man  of  Newton,  Massachu- 
setts, was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  Jan- 
uary 7,  1845,  son  of  Aaron  Richards  and 
Mary  J.   (Whitney)  Gay. 

Aaron  Richards  Gay  (father)  was  born  in 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  October  9,  1815, 
died  at  his  home  on  Bacon  street,  Newton, 
April  7,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Boston,  and  graduated  ai  tne  Bos- 
ton high  school.  He  was  a  wholesale  and  re- 
tail stationer  on  State  street,  Boston,  achieving 
therein  a  well  merited  degree  of  success.  He 
removed  from  Boston  to  Newton  in  the  year 
1850,  and  took  an  active  interest  in  its  affairs 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  church.  He  married 
(first),  October  4,  1840,  Mary  J.  Whitney, 
born  May  28,  1818,  at  Lincoln,  Massachusetts, 
died  at  Newton  Corner,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 4,  1 850;  she  was  the  mother  of  Edwin 
Whitney  Gay;  married  (second),  October  13, 
1853,  Martha  Ann  Fisher,  of  Claremont,  New 
Hampshire. 

Edwin  Whitney  Gay  removed  to  Newton 
with  his  father  in  1850,  and  received  his  edu- 
cational training  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
thereof.  He  engaged  in  the  stationery  busi- 
ness with  his  father,  first  as  clerk,  and  on  the 
death  of  his  father  succeeded  to  the  business. 
which  he  continued  to  conduct  up  to  his  death, 
September  24,  1902.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  represented  the  seventh  ward  in 
the  common  council  of  Newton,  1880-81-82-83, 
and  presided  over  that  body  for  a  portion  of 
that  time.  He  served  in  the  Federal  army  in 
the  Civil  war,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Charles  Ward  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public. He  afifiliated  with  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, was  a  member  and  past  master  of  Dal- 
housie  Lodge  of  Newton,  and  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar, Gethsemane  Commandery.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Newton,  Hunnewell  and  Mon- 
day Evening  clubs.  He  was  married  in  New- 
ton, June  14,  1884,  to  Mlaria  Moore,  daughter 
of  James  and  Catherine  (Moore)  Ricker. 
There  was  no  issue  of  this  marriage. 

James  Ricker,  father  of  Mrs.  Gay,  was  born 
at  Hartford,  Maine,  about  the  year  1801,  died 
at     Newton,     Massachusetts,     November     13, 


i860,  aged  fifty-nine  years.  He  was  one  of  a 
family  of  eleven  children,  six  sons  and  five 
daughters,  of  whom  two  are  living  at  the 
present  time  (1907),  namely:  Albion,  aged 
ninety-two,  resides  at  Turner,  Maine ;  Asia, 
aged  eighty-two,  resides  at  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts. James  Ricker  received  his  educa- 
tional training  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  upon  attaining  manhood  took  up 
the  practical  duties  of  life.  Uf)on  taking  up 
his  residence  in  Newton,  Massachusetts,  he 
engaged  at  farming,  acquiring  the  old  Moore 
farm,  formerly  the  homestead  of  his  mother- 
in-law,  ]\Irs.  Henrietta  (Durant)  Moore,  and 
here  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  ac- 
tive life.  He  was  successful  in  his  'Undertak- 
ing, being  a  man  of  industry  and  thrift,  and 
he  was  highly  respected  by  his  fellow-citizens 
for  his  many  sterling  qualities.  He  took  an 
active  interest  in  the  material  and  moral  wel- 
fare of  his  adopted  city,  was  actively  connect- 
ed with  its  advancement  along  educational 
lines,  and  served  in  the  capacity  of  selectman. 
He  was  a  Whig  in  politics  until  the  formation 
of  the  Republican  party,  to  which  he  hence- 
forth gave  his  allegiance,  and  in  religion  was 
a  Congrcgationalist,  as  was  also  his  wife. 

James  l^icker  was  married  at  Newton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1833,  to  Catherine  Moore,  who 
was  born  at  the  Moore  homestead  at  Newton, 
^lassachusetts,  1798.  died  there  in  April,  1883. 
Two  children  were  the  issue  of  this  marriage: 
Maria  Moore,  widow  of  Edwin  Whitney  Gay. 
Henrietta  Durant,  born  in  1834,  died  at  New- 
ton, Massachusetts,  September  16,   1880. 


Anthony  Morse,  the  immigrant 
MORSE  ancestor  of  the  honorable  family 
of  Morses  in  America,  was  born 
about  1606,  son  of  Anthony  Morse,  of  Marl- 
borough, England,  born  about  1575,  and  the 
progenitor  of  names  that  became  conspicuous 
in  American  history,  including:  Jedediah 
Morse,  Samuel  F.  B.  Morse,  Edward  Sylves- 
ter Morse,  Sidney  Edward  Morse,  George 
Washington  Morse  and  numerous  others 
who  have  enriched  the  world  by  their 
attainments  in  various  walks  of  life. 
.Anthony  Morse,  Jr.,  came  from  Wiltshire, 
England,  to  the  New  England  Colonies,  tak- 
ing ship  at  Southampton,  England,  on  board 
the  "Susan  and  Ellen,"  March  11,  1635,  and 
having  as  fellow  passengers  the  Thomas  Park- 
er Colony,  and  Morse  landed  with  them  and 
other  colonists  in  (Lynn),  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  in  1635,  and  settled  in  Newbury. 
(H)   Ilenjamin  Morse,  born  in  1640,  son  of 


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Anthony    Morse,    married    Ruth    Sawyer,    of 
Newbury. 

(III)  Benjamin  Morse,  Jr.,  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Ruth  (Sawyer)  Morse,  was  born  in 
Newbury  in  1688,  piarried  Susanna  Merrill, 
and  died    1743. 

(IV)  Captain  Abel  Morse,  son  of  Benja- 
min, Jr.,  and  Susanna  (Merrill)  Morse,  was 
born  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1692, 
married  Grace  Parker  in  17 14,  removed  to 
Chester,  New  Hampshire,  about  1745.  He 
was  captain  of  the  Colonial  Company  at  Ches- 
ter, and  the  first  representative  from  Rocking- 
ham county  to  the  general  court  of  New 
Hampshire. 

(V)  Stephen  Morse,  son  of  Abel  and  Grace 
(Parker)  Morse,  was  born  in  Newbury  in 
1723,  removed  with  his  parents  to  Chester, 
New  Hampshire,  married  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Captain  Samuel  Ingalls,  an  original  pro- 
prietor of  the  town  of  Chester,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  died  in   1807. 

(VI)  Peter  Morse,  son  of  Stephen  and  Abi- 
gail (Ingalls)  Morse,  was  born  in  Chester, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1774,  married  Sarah 
Brown,  a  direct  descendant  of  the  first  Browns 
who  landed  at  Salem,  Massachusetts  Bay  Col- 
ony.    He  died  in  1862. 

(VII)  Peter  Morse,  Jr.,  known  as  Captain 
Peter  Morse,  was  born  in  Chester,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1801,  son  of  Peter  and  Sarah 
(Brown)  Morse.  He  went  to  sea  early  in  life 
in  the  East  India  and  Mediterranean  service, 
and  at  one  time  commanded  a  vessel  owned 
by  Robert  G.  Shaw,  of  Boston.  Pie  was  in 
this  service  as  boy  and  man,  1816-40,  and  was 
married,  in  1838,  to  Mary  E.,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Page)  Randall.  They 
migrated  to  the  Ohio  Valley  in  1840,  and  set- 
tled at  Lodi,  Athens  county,  Ohio.  Peter 
Morse  died  in  1879. 

(VIII)  George  Washington  Morse,  son  of 
Captain  Peter  and  Mary  E.  (Randall)  Morse, 
was  born  in  Lodi,  Athens  county,  Ohio,  Au- 
gust 24,  1845.  He  was  a  pupil  in  the  prepara- 
tory department  of  Oberton  College,  Phillips 
Academy,  .\ndover.  Massachusetts ;  and  Ches- 
ter Academy,  Chester,  New  Hampshire.  While 
a  student  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  the  civil 
war  broke  out,  and  in  May,  1861.  although 
less  than  sixteen  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  the  old  Second  Massachusetts  Regi- 
ment that  had  offered  its  services  to  Governor 
Andrew  for  three  years'  service,  and  the  regi- 
ment went  into  camp  on  the  Brooks  Farm  at 
Roxbury.  and  after  a  few  weeks  drill  was 
mustered  into  the  United  States  Volunteer 
service   in  the.  Second   Massachusetts   Volun- 


teer Infantry,  and  marched  to  the  front  to 
take  a  place  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and 
after  two  and  a  half  years'  service  in  that  army, 
the  regiment  was  transferred  to  the  command 
of  General  Joseph  Hooker,  who,  with  the 
Eleventh  and  Twelfth  Army  Corps,  was  sent 
to  the  relief  of  General  Rosecrans  at  Chatta- 
nooga, and  the  two  corps  consolidated  as  the 
Twentieth  Corps,  defeated  the  Confederates 
at  Wauhatchie,  marched  into  Lookout  Valley, 
October  27-28,  1863,  and  on  November  24, 
1863,  the  corps,  aided  by  Osterhaus  and 
Crabb,  scaled  the  heights  and  fought  the  "bat- 
tle above  the  clouds."  Hooker  then  joined 
Sherman  in  pursuit  of  the  Confederates  into 
Georgia,  and  fought  the  stubborn  battle  of 
Ringgold,  Georgia,  November  27,  1863 ; 
Snake  Hill  Gap,  May  8,  1864;  Rocky-face 
Mountain,  May  9,  1864:  Resaca,  May  13, 
1864;  Dallas,  May  27-28,  1864;  and  Peach 
Tree  Creek,  July  20,  1864.  Hooker,  being  re- 
lieved of  his  command  after  the  battle  of 
Peach  Tree  Creek,  the  Twentieth  Corps  con- 
tinued with  Sherman's  army  through  Georgia 
and  to  the  sea,  and  thence  by  South  and  North 
Carolina  to  the  last  battle  of  the  war  at  Ben- 
tonville.  North  Carolina,  March  18,  1865,  and 
the  consequent  surrender  of  General  Joseph 
E.  Johnston's  army,  April  26,  1865.  He  had 
entered  the  army  when  fifteen  years  and  nine 
months  old,  and  when  Johnston  surrendered 
he  was  nineteen  years  and  eight  months  old, 
and  he  had  been  promoted  from  the  ranks 
through  the  non-commissioned  offices  to  the 
commissioned  ofiice  of  lieutenant,  and  he  had 
command  of  a  company  when  the  regiment 
was  mustered  out,  the  youngest  officer  who 
ever  served  in  the  regiment.  Four  months  of 
his  time  of  service  had  been  passed  as  prisoner 
of  war  in  Libby  I'rison,  Richmond,  Virginia, 
and  on  Belle  Isle,  but  he  had  never  been  ab- 
sent from  a  battle  in  which  his  regiment  en- 
gaged. He  was  not  only  the  youngest  by  three 
years  of  any  man  in  his  company,  but  the  only 
one  left  on  the  call  of  the  original  muster  roll 
to  receive  a  commission.  The  Second  Regi- 
ment, Massachusetts  \^olunteers,  lost  upon  the 
battle  field  in  killed  and  wounded,  nearly  one 
tliousand  men,  not  including  those  who  died 
of  disease  contracted  while  in  the  service. 

On  returning  home  in  July,  1865,  he  attend- 
ed Phillips  Academy,  Andiwer,  for  one  year, 
and  entered  Dartmouth  College  in  the  Chand- 
ler SciL-ntific  Department,  sophomore  class, 
and  completed  the  studies  of  the  sophomore 
and  junior  years  when  he  was  twenty-three 
years  of  age.  He  determined  to  forego  the 
senior  year  and  diploma,  to  give  that  year  to 


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the  study  of  law,  and  he  was  a  law  student  in 
the  office  of  Charles  S.  Stevens,  Clinton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  while  a  resident  of  Clinton,  he 
edited  and  published  the  Ashland  Advertiser, 
1868.     In   1869  he  removed  to  Boston  in  the 
office   of   Chandler,   Shattuck   &   Thayer,   and 
was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk:  bar  in  June,  1869. 
He    practiced     his    profession    with     George 
Bemis,  and  subsequently  took  a  course  in  law 
in  Paris  at  the  Ecole  de  Droit,  and  at  the  Sor- 
borne,    and    he    practiced    alone    at    Ashland, 
Massachusetts,  which  had  been  his  home  from 
1868,  retaining  his  law  office  and  practice  in 
Boston.     He  was  connected  with  the  Boston, 
Hartford   &   Erie   litigation   as   counsel ;   with 
N.  C.  Munson,  the  railroad  contractor,  in  or- 
ganizing railroad  corporations ;  with  the  prom- 
inent leather  houses  of  Boston  which  met  dis- 
aster  in    1883 :   with   the   Thompson-Houston 
and  General  Electric  Companies,    1889-96,  as 
special  counsel,  and  he  was  proininently  con- 
nected with  other  capitalists  in  organizing  the 
street  railroad  connecting  Newton,  Waltham. 
Lexington  and   Concord  and  other  points   in 
Middlesex  county.     He  was  also  employed  as 
counsel  in  reorganizing  railroad  systems  cen- 
tering   at    Macon,    Georgia,    and    Knoxville, 
Tennessee.     At  home  he  was  counsel  for  the 
Central     Massachusetts     Railroad     Company, 
and   in   the   consolidation  with   the   Boston   & 
Maine,  had  charge  of  the  legal  matters  of  the 
Central  Massachusetts.     He  served  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts  as  a  representa- 
tive from  Newton  in  the  general  court,   1880 
and  1882,  declining  further  public  office.     He 
was  for  several  years  president  of  the  Morse 
Society ;  was  a  member  of  the  Newton  Qub, 
the  Algonquin  Club  of  Boston,  and  the  Boston 
Bar  Association.     His  military  service  secured 
him  companionship  in  the  Massachusetts  Com- 
mandery,  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
of    the    L'nited    States,    and    comradeship    in 
Charles  Ward  Post,  62,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  of  which  organization  he  was  past- 
commander.     He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Sons   of  the   Revolution,   his  ancestors,   John 
Lane,    Francis    John,    Solomon    Brown,    and 
John  Page,  having  been  promoted  in  the  Con- 
cord and   Lexington   engagements,   April    19, 
1775,  and  his  colonial  ancestors,  both   in  the 
Page,   Lane  and   Brown   families,   the   Shaw- 
sheen  Cemetery  at  Bedford  attests  on  numer- 
ous  tombstones   as  to  the  commissioned  and 
non-commissioned  officers  who  served  in  the 
Indian,  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  wars.  His 
direct    ancestor.    Nathaniel    Page,    the    immi- 
grant, settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  in   1685,  was  first  sheriff  of  Suffolk 


count}',  removed  to  Bedford,  Middlesex  coun- 
ty, in  1688,  where  he  purchased  a  large  tract 
of  land,  a  considerable  part  of  which  was  in 
the  family  as  late  as  1907.  His  son,  Nathaniel, 
married  Susanna  Lane,  a  direct  descendant 
from 

(I)  Job  Lane,  the  immigrant,  who  came 
from  Rickmans worth,  England,  in  1635,  and 
settled  in  that  part  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Col- 
ony, organized  as  the  town  of  Billerica,  May 
29,  1655,  and  as  the  town  Bedford,  September 
23,  1729.  He  purchased  a  part  of  the  Gover- 
nor Winthrop  estate  in  the  Concord  river. 

(H)  John  Lane,  son  of  Job  Lane,  the  immi- 
grant, was  the  first  military  officer  in  the  col- 
ony, commissioned  colonel  by  the  crown.  He 
commanded  the  militia  of  Middlesex  county 
for  many  years,  and  had  numerous  engage- 
ments with  the  Indians,  and  one  of  the  daugh- 
ters was  made  famous  in  the  history  of  the 
early  Indian  warfare  in  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony. 

(III)  Susanna  Lane,  daughter  of  Colonel 
John  Lane,  was  married  November  6,  1701, 
to  Nathaniel  Page,  son  of  Nathaniel  Page,  the 
iiTunigrant,  who  settled  in  Ro.xbury,  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony,  in  1686;  removed  to 
Bedford  in  1688,  and  was  a  large  land  owner. 

(IV)  John  Page,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Su- 
sanna (Lane)  Page,  was  born  October  11, 
1704.  He  was  a  man  of  extraordinary  stature 
and  strength,  and  at  the  battle  of  Lexington, 
April  19,  1775,  aided  in  capturing  six  British 
regulars.  He  was  also  present  at  Bunker  Hill, 
June  19,  1775,  and  took  part  in  the  defence  of 
the  American  position.  He  married  Rebecca 
Wheeler,  of  Concord,  and  their  son,  Nathaniel 
Page  (of  the  fourth  generation),  was  born 
June  20,  1742,  was  married  December  15, 
1774,  to  Sarah,  daughter  of  James  Brown,  of 
Lexington,  born  March  24,  1747,  granddaugh- 
ter of  John  Brown,  of  Wat  Farm,  and  of 
Cambridge,  who  was  born  163 1,  married  Es- 
ther Makepeace,  April  24,  1655,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  John  Brown,  the  immigrant, 
iDaptized  at  Hawkedon,  England,  October  11, 
160 1,  son  of  John  Brown,  arrived  in  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  as  a  passenger  on  the 
Ship  "Lion,"  1632,  and  settled  at  Wat  Farm, 
afterward  Weston,  Middlesex  county,  Massa- 
chusetts. Sarah  Brown's  uncle,  John  Brown, 
was  killed  at  the  first  fire  of  the  British  at 
Lexington  Green,  April  19,  1775,  and  her 
brother,  Solomon  Brown,  brought  the  first 
information  of  the  intended  march  of  the 
British  into  Lexington,  took  part  in  the  Lex- 
ington fight,  volunteered  to  watch  the  progress 
of  the  British  soldiers  from  Lexington  toward 


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Concord,  and  was  captured  while  on  this  duty, 
and  managed  to  escape.  Her  cousin  Francis, 
son  of  James  Brown,  was  "one  of  the  gallant 
band  vvhich  lx)ldl\'  stood  before  the  British 
troops  on  the  memorable  19th  of  April,  1775. 
He  met  the  enemy  in  the  morning  and  on  their 
flight  from  Concord,  Brown  received  a  severe 
wound,  the  ball  entering  his  cheek  and  pass- 
ing under  his  ear,  lodged  in  the  back  of  his 
neck.  Notwithstanding  this,  he  commanded 
the  Lexington  Company  in  1776,  and  lived  for 
twenty-five  years."  Another  of  George  Wash- 
ington Morse's  immigrant  ancestors,  Mr. 
Thomas  Makepeace,  appeared  at  Boston  in 
1637,  and  was  allotted  a  house  plot  and  gar- 
den plan,  which  in  the  survey  of  the  town  was 
located  on  Hanover  street  near  Court  street. 
He  was  a  person  of  consequence  and  wealth, 
hence  this  name,  "Mr.  Thomas  Makepeace," 
and  was  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  An- 
cient and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of 
Boston.  About  1641  he  removed  to  Dorches- 
ter, where  he  owned  an  estate.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  to  advocate  free  schools,  served  in 
an  expedition  against  the  Indians  of  Narra- 
gansett,  and  tradition  gives  to  him  the  posses- 
sion of  noble  blood  and  connection  with  the 
Washingions  of  Solgrave  Manor,  England, 
of  whom  George  Washington  was  a  descend- 
ant. Thomas  Makepeace's  daughter  Hester 
married  John  Brown,  the  ancestor  by  several 
removes  of  Sarah  Brown,  who  married  Na- 
thaniel Page  of  the  fourth  generation.  An- 
other of  the  immigrant  ancestors  of  George 
Washington  Morse  was  John  Wilde,  who 
came  from  England  on  the  "Elizabeth  and 
Ann"  in  1635,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Ips- 
wich, which  town  was  established  August  5, 
1634,  from  common  land  called  Agawam. 
He  subsequently  removed  to  Topsfield,  also  in 
Essex  county.  His  descendant  in  the  fourth 
generation,  Millie  Wilde,  married  Samuel 
Randall,  of  Stowe,  and  their  son,  Samuel  Ran- 
dall, married  Sarah  Page,  born  May  22,  1777, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Page,  of  the  fourth 
generation  from  Nathaniel  Page,  the  immi- 
grant. 1686.  Marj'  E.  Randall,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Page)  Randall,  married 
Captain  Peter  Morse,  father  of  George  Wash- 
ington Morse.  See  "Lane  and  Page  Me- 
morial" with  illustrations  of  old  family  home- 
steads, including  the  one  at  Rickmansworth, 
England,  compiled  by  George  Washington 
Morse,  and  of  which  only  four  typewritten 
copies  were  made,  and  one  of  these  deposited 
in  the  State  Library  of  the  Historic  Genealogi- 
cal Society,  Boston,  ]Mr.  Morse  retaining  one 
copv  as  an  heirloom  for  his  family,  and  pre- 


senting one  to  Lucius  Page  Lane,  son  of  Jon- 
athan Abbot  Lane,  merchant  of  Boston,  and  a 
direct  descendant  of  Job  Lane,  the  immigrant. 

Mr.  Morse  was  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Art  Cluib,  the  Middlesex  Club,  the  Newton 
Club,  and  the  Boston  Athletic  Association.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Newtonville 
Trust  Company,  the  Newton  Land  and  Im- 
provement Company,  the  Newton  Real  Estate 
Association,  and  the  Newton  Electric  Light 
and  Power  Company.  He  was  one  of  the 
members  of  the  syndicate  that  presented  the 
Bulloughs  Pond  Park  to  the  city  of  Newton. 
He  profitably  spent  five  years  in  travel  and  ex- 
ploration in  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa,  and  in 
the  education  of  his  children  in  the  schools  of 
Europe.  His  alma  mater,  Dartmouth  CoJ- 
lege,  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  B.  S., 
1879;  A.  M.,  1889.  He  was  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  having  taken  all  the  York  and 
Scottish  rite  degrees.  On  his  fourth  tour  of 
the  old  world,  and  his  first  around  the  world, 
he  died  suddenly  of  pneumonia  at  Marseilles, 
France.  April,  1905,  and  his  remains  were 
sent  to  his  home  with  military  and  Masonic 
honors,  and  interred  in  Shawsheen  cemetery, 
Bedford,  Massachusetts,  where  his  distin- 
guished ancestors  had  sepulture. 

George  W.  Alorse  was  married  October  20. 
1870,  to  Clara  R.,  daughter  of  James  Henry 
and  Amanda  Church  (Berry)  Boit,  (See 
sketch  following),  of  Newton,  Massachusetts,, 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Wes- 
son) Boit,  and  their  children,  all  born  in  New- 
tonville, Massachusetts,  were  eight  in  number, 
six  of  whom  reached  maturitv. 


John  Boit  appeared  in  Boston 
BOIT     about    1760,    married    and    became 

first  a  grocer  and  then  a  West  In- 
dia merchant.  As  he  was  nineteen  years  of 
age  when  he  arrived  in  Boston,  his  birth  year 
may  be  fixed  as  1733.  He  accumulated  prop- 
erty in  Boston,  and  the  house  in  which  he 
lived  he  owned,  and  it  was  situated  on  Green 
street,  and  his  land  extended  back  of  his  house 
to  the  mill  pond  located  near  the  present  Hay- 
market  Square.  Paul  Revere  mentions  John 
Boit  as  a  well  known  citizen  of  his  time.  His 
next  door  neighbor  on  Green  street,  John  Du- 
ballet,  was  a  wealthy  French  merchant  anW 
married  a  daughter  of  John  Boit  by  his  first 
wife.  This  friendship  and  alliance  may  lead 
us  to  suppose  they  were  both  of  French  ori- 
gin, and  their  business  was  identical,  they  be- 
ing joint  owners  of  considerable  real  estate  in 
Boston.     He  married  as  his  first  wife,  in  1762, 


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421 


Hannah  Atkins,  of  Boston,  of  English  origin, 
and  they  had  three  children :  Henry,  baptized 
at  King's  Qiapel,  Boston,  July  3,  1763,  be- 
came a  master  mariner  in  Barcelona,  married 
and  had  two  daughters.  Hannah,  baptized  at 
Kings  Qmpel,  Boston,  February  24,  1765, 
married  Crowell  Hatch,  a  Boston  ship  owner 
and  merchant. '  He  was  part  owner  of  the 
"Columbia,"  Captain  Gray,  the  first  vessel  to 
carry  the  American  flag  around  the  world,  and 
when  the  captain  discovered  Columbia  river 
on  the  Pacific  coast  of  North  America,  he 
named  the  river  for  his  ship.  John,  baptized 
at  King's  Chapel,  Boston,  March  8,  1767,  his 
mother  dying  at  the  time  of  his  birth.  He  mar- 
ried as  second  wife,  on  August  3,  1769,  Sarah 
Browne,  by  whom  he  had  four  children ;  Sally, 
died  in  infancy.  Sarah,  baptized  April  26, 
1772,  married  John  Duballet.  John  (2),  bap- 
tized October  17,  1774,  and  became  a  Boston 
merchant  and  mariner.     Mary,  baptized   May 

12,  1776,  died  unmarried.  John  Boit.  Sr..  died 
in  Boston,  December  28.  1798,  and  was  buried 
in  King's  Chapel  burying-ground  on  the  31st 
day  of  December,   1798. 

(II)  John  Boit,  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Atkins)  Boit,  was  born  in  Boston,  ]\Iassa- 
chusetts ;  at  the  time  of  his  mother's  death, 
previous  to  his  baptism.  March  8.  1767,  he 
was  adopted  by  John  Williams,  of  Lexington, 
and  personally  knew  but  little  of  his  father's 
family.  John  Boit  moved  to  Groton,  married, 
in  1798,  Rebecca  Wesson,  of  Cambridge,  and 
they  lived  on  a  farm  in  Groton.  The  children 
of  John  and  Rebecca  (Wesson)  Boit  were: 
Eliza,  born  May  19,  1800.  John  Williams, 
January  25,  1806.  Sarah,  June  26,  1808. 
Helen  Qarissa,  September  11,  181 1.  Timothy, 
January  12,  1813.  Harriet  W.,  March  16, 
1817.     Rebecca  J..   1820.     James  H.,  August 

13,  1824.  John  Boit  died  in  Newton,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  7,  1853. 

(HI)  James  H.  Boit,  son  of  John  and  Re- 
becca (Wesson)  Boit,  was  born  in  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  August  13,  1824.  He  learned 
the  business  of  paper  making.  He  married, 
May  7,  1846,  Amanda  C.  Berry,  granddaugh- 
ter of  William  Emerson,  born  in  Bridgeton, 
Maine,  May  20,  1824.  died  in  Newton,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  I,  1899.  Their  children  were: 
Julia  Amanda,  born  in  Newton.  April  12, 
1847.  Elizabeth  Eaton,  born  in  Newton,  July 
9,  1849.  Clara  Rebecca,  born  in  Newton, 
February  3,  185 1.  Harriet  Maria,  born  in 
Newton,  August  11.  1853.  Helen  Augusta, 
born  Newton,  November  28,  1850.  Susan 
Henrietta,  born  in  Newton,  January  31,  1864. 
These  children  were  brought  up  in  the  city  of 


Xewtoii,  where  they  attended  the  public 
schools  and  graduated  at  the  Newton  high 
school.  They  were  all  baptized  and  confirmed 
in  the  faith  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 
(I\)  Clara  Rebecca  Boit,  daughter  of 
James  H.  and  .\manda  C.  (Berry)  Jioit,  was 
born  in  Newton,  Massachusetts,  February  3, 
185 1.  She  is  a  great-granddaughter  of  Wil- 
liam Emerson,  of  Bridgton,  Maine,  and 
through  the  Emersons  a  double  cousin  of 
Richard  Greenleaf,  the  mathematician,  and 
great-great-niece  of  (General  Berry,  of  Port- 
land. Maine,  a  general  officer  in  the  War  of 
181 2.  She  was  married  October  2D,  1870,  to 
George  W.  Morse  (q.  v.),  and  their  children 
were :  Harriet  Clara,  born  Hyde  Park,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  24.  1 87 1,  graduated  at  Rad- 
cliffe  College,  1902.  Cjertrude  Elizabeth,  born 
in  Hyde  Park.  September  28,  1872.  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Radcliffe,  190003;  married,  June  3, 
1903,  James  H.  Hickey,  of  Boston  and  New 
\'ork  bar,  and  now  resides  in  New  York  City. 
.Alary  I;thel.  born  Xewtonville,  Massachusetts, 
December  10,  1876,  died  Xovember  7,  1879. 
Rosalind,  born  Xewtonville,  October  10,  1879, 
graduated  at  X'^ewton  high  school,  attended 
Wellesley  College,  class  of  1903 ;  married, 
September  11,  1900,  Benjamin  F.  Larrabee, 
Jr.,  a  merchant  of  Boston.  Henry  Boit,  born 
August  g,  1881,  graduate  of  Cheshire  Acad- 
emy, Connecticut,  two  years  at  Dartmouth 
College,  class  of  1904.  Richard  Page,  born 
Xewtonville,  December  4.  1883,  died  January 
28,  1884.  Samuel  Finley  Brown,  born  Xew- 
tonville, July  18,  1885,  graduate  of  Phillips 
.\cademy,  Andover,  and  Yale  L^niversity, 
class  of  1907;  captain  of  Yale  football  team; 
married,  June  29,  1907,  Anne  Thompson,  of 
Red  Bank,  New  Jersey.  Genevieve,  born 
Xewtonville,  May  19,  1893,  educated  at  Xew- 
ton  grammar  and  high  school. 


CHAFFEE 


The  Giafifee  family  of  Eng- 
land was  granted  arms  in 
161 2,  and  the  crest  is  hand- 
somely shown  in  the  plate  accompanying  this 
narrative.  The  Carter  family,  from  which  is 
descended  Mrs.  Belle  Gene- 
vieve (Carter)  Chaffee,  wife 
of  Emory  Franklin  Chaffee, 
has  also  borne  arms,  and  the 
coat,  a  view  of  which  also 
appears  in  these  pages,'  is  an 
exceedingly  beautiful  speci- 
men of  armorial  emblazonry. 
The  motto  of  the  Carter  fam- 
ily is  -."Sub  libertatc  quiet  cm" 
Carter  coat-of-arms. — under  liberty,  peace. 


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Chaffee  coat-of-arms. 


Thomas  Chafe  (as  the  family  name  was 
originally  written),  the  first  American  ances- 
tor of  the  Chaflfees 
of  New  England, 
was  born  in  Eng- 
land, in  one  of  the 
counties  of  Som- 
erset, Dorset  or 
Devon.  He  came 
to  Plymouth  Col- 
ony about  the  time 
of  the  settlement 
of  the  town  of 
Hingham,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1635,  and  was  granted  lands  there  in 
1637.  As  was  the  custom,  he  took  up  the  oc- 
cupation which  he  had  followed  in  England, 
that  of  a  fisherman.  He  found  a  most  advan- 
tageous location  on  Xantasket  Plantation 
(which  became  the  town  of  Hull,  Jilay  29. 
1644),  and  moved  there  in  1642.  He  acquired 
considerable  of  an  estate,  principally  in  land, 
as  evidenced  by  his  will  made  in  1680,  jn  which 
he  described  his  possessions  as  including  land 
on  the  borders  of  Rhode  Island.  In  it  he 
names  sons  Nathaniel  and  Joseph,  the  latter 
as  executor.     He  died   1683. 

(II)  Joseph  Chafifee,  son  of  Thomas  Chafe, 
was  born  in  Hull.  He  married,  and  had  sev- 
eral children  born  in  Swansea  (Seacunck), 
whither  he  removed  to  engage  in  farming  on 
lands  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  father. 

(III)  John  Chafifee,  son  of  Joseph  Chaffee, 
was  born  in  Swansea,  1673.  He  married,  1700, 
Sarah  Hills,  of  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  and 
(second)  Elizabeth  Haywood,  of  Ashford, 
Connecticut. 

(IV)  Joseph  Chaffee,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Hills)  Chaft'ee,  was  born  January  17, 
1705,  in  Swansea,  on  that  part  of  the  original 
common  land  called  Seacunck,  which  became 
Barrington.  Rhode  Island.  He  later  became  a 
resident  of  Woodstock,  Connectictit.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  May,  who  bore  him  several  chil- 
dren. 

(V)  Asa  Chaffee,  son  of  Joseph  and  Han- 
nah (May)  Chafifee,  was  born  in  Woodstock, 
Connecticut;  June  5,  1734.  He  removed  to 
South  Wilbraham,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
minute-man  in  the  Lexington  battle.  .April  19, 
1775,  serving  under  James  W'arriner,  and  was 
also  in  Captain  Daniel  Cadwell's  company,  in 
Colonel  Timothy  Robinson's  detachment  of 
Hampshire  county  militia,  enlisting  December 
25,  1776,  and  was  in  service  three  months  and 
nine  days  at  Ticonderoga.  He  was  also  in  the 
service  of  the  commonwealth  in  Shay's  re- 
bellion, under  Lieutenant  Lewis  Langdon.  He 


married   Mary  Howlett,  of  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut, who  bore  him  sixteen  children. 

(\T)  John  Chaffee,  son  of  Asa  and  Mary 
(Howlett)  Chaffee,  was  born  in  Somers,  Con- 
necticut, November  30,  1785.  He  married 
Lydia  Elliot,  lx>rn  November  8,  1794,  and 
their  children  were:  Calista,  Everett,  Eliza, 
Faxon  and  Loren. 

(VII)  Faxon  Chaffee,  son  of  John  and 
Lydia  (Elliot)  Chaffee,  was  bom  in  Thomp- 
son, Connecticut,  December  16,  1817,  died 
February  27,  1870.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
building  of  steam  cars  for  many  years.  He 
married,  August  9,  1846,  Sarah  J.  Brown,  of 
I'awtucket,  Rhode  Island ;  their  children :  El- 
len J.,  born  January  5,  1849 ;  Emory  Franklin, 
see  forward. 

(VIII)  Emory  Franklin  Chaffee,  only  son 
of  Faxon  and  Sarah  J.  (Brown)  Chaffee,  was 
born  in  Worcester.  Massachusetts,  January  27, 
1856.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Danielson,  Connecticut,  and  the  National  Col- 
lege of  Business  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
from  which  he  graduated.  His  father  dying 
when  he  was  a  mere  lad.  he  was  obliged  at 
the  early  age  of  sixteen  to  earn  his  own  liveli- 
hood, thus  beginning  to  carve  his  own  way  to 
success.  Having  married,  he  resided  in  Wo- 
burn  for  about  a  year,  then  removing  to  Som- 
erville.  There  in  1880  he  opened  a  new  phar- 
macy, on  Cross  street,  of  which  he  was 
proprietor  for  twenty-three  years.  Selling  out 
the  business  in  1903  to  his  clerk,  Mr.  Chaffee 
became  connected  with  a  land  syndicate,  the 
first  proprietors  of  which  were  J.  W.  Litch- 
field. Charles  H.  Porter  and  himself,  he  being 
trustee  for  the  property.  The  syndicate  pur- 
chased three  different  estates  in  Everett,  Mas- 
sachusetts, divided  them  into  house  lots, 
located  streets,  etc.  The  first  division  was 
named  Washington  Park,  and  others  later 
were  Washijigton  Park  Addition  and  Mt. 
Washington  Park.  Later  Messrs.  Chaffee 
and  Litchfield  bought  Mr.  Porter's  interest, 
and  erected  some  business  blocks.  In  1903 
Mr.  Chaffee  bought  Mr.  Litchfield's  interest. 
Hundreds  of  dwelling  houses,  several  stores, 
churches  and  schools,  have  been  built  upon  the 
land,  which  now  bears  no  resemblance  to  its 
former  unimproved  condition.  Mr.  Chaffee 
now  gives  his  attention  to  looking  after  his 
real  estate  in  Everett,  and  his  blocks  and 
houses  in  Somerville,  besides  caring  for  num- 
erous estates  belonging  to  others.  He  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  prominent  and  in- 
fluential citizens  of  Somerville,  his  influence 
being  always  felt  on  the  side  of  right  and  jus- 
tice, and  in  behalf  of  every  enterprise  for  the 


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MIDDLESEX    COUNTY. 


4^3 


best  interests  of  the  community.  He  t:ikes  a 
deep  and  active  interest  in  church  work,  and  is 
a  member,  treasurer  and  head  usher  of  the 
East  Somerville  Baptist  Church,  and  is  on  the 
executive  board  of  management.  He  acts  with 
the  Kepubhcan  party,  but  has  never  sought  or 
held  pubHc  office.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Railroad  Club  of  Boston,  the  Universalist 
Men's  Qub  of  Somerville,  and  the  Young 
Men's  Baptist  Social  Union  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Chaffee  married.  January  i,  1879,  Belle 
Genevieve  Carter,  born  in  Waterford,  Maine, 
daughter  of  Henry  Wyman  and  Sarah  G. 
(Brown)  Carter,  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts. 
(See  Carter  family).  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chaffee 
reside  at  109  Pearl  street,  Somerville.  Their 
children,  all  born  in  .Somerville,  are : 

1.  Beulah,  born  February  7,  1882;  gradu- 
ated from  Somerville  grammar  and  high 
schools.  Afterward  she  devoted  herself  to 
music,  studying  at  the  Faelton  Piano  School, 
Boston.  After  teaching  music  for  a  time  she 
was  married  to  Dr.  John  Allan  McLean,  a 
graduate  of  Harvard  Medical  School,  and  who 
also  studied  in  the  hospitals  of  London  and 
Glasgow.  Dr.  McLean  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful in  his  practice.  His  family  residence 
is  1 1 50  Broadway,  West  Somerville. 

2.  Emory  Leon  Chaffee,  born  April  15,  1885. 
When  a  lad  of  nine  years,  and  even  before  he 
had  reached  that  age,  he  showed  a  marked 
taste  for  electricity  and  the  sciences,  preferring 
experimentation  to  the  usual  boyish  sports. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Somerville  grammar 
and  high  schools,  and  after  graduating  from 
the  English  high  school  he  designed,  construct- 
ed and  presented  to  the  high  school  an  X-rav 
coil  of  the  Tesla  type.  It  is  of  high  power, 
giving  a  spark  eighteen  inches  in  length,  and 
is  now  used  for  exhibition  purposes  in  the 
chemistry  and  physics  department.  In  June, 
1907,  he  graduated  with  honor  from  the  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  Boston,  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Science.  In  autumn  of 
the  same  year  he  applied  at  Harvard  College 
for  entrance  to  the  graduate  School  of  Arts 
and  Sciences,  and  was  granted  a  scholarship 
upon  his  record  at  the  Institute  of  Technology. 
It  is  his  expectation,  if  health  permits,  to  com- 
plete the  course  and  receive  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts  and  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  and  to 
then  give  a  year  to  further  study  in  the  Uni- 
versity at  Leipsic,  Germany.  In  addition  to 
prosecuting  his  studies,  he  is  conducting  per- 
sonal work  in  a  building  erected  for  the  pur- 
pose in  the  rear  of  his  home,  containing  labor- 
atories for  X-ray  and  research  work,  and  has 
performed  much  useful  labor  for  physicians. 


3.  Lillian  Carlotta,  born  March  29,  1891. 
She  is  miw  TUending  the  English  high  school. 

4.  Raymond  Osgood,  born  April  24,  1895. 
He  attends  the  Edgerly  grammar  school. 

All  of  these  children  are  members  of  the 
East  Somerville  Baptist  church,  and  active  in 
its  work,  teaching  in  the  Sunday  school,  etc. 

Mrs.  Belle  Genevieve  (Carter)  Chaffee  is  a 
direct  descendant  of  Rev.  Thomas  Carter  (i), 
the  first  minister  of  Woburn,  who  was  born  in 
England,  in  1610,  during  the  reign  of  James 
I,  presumably  in  Hertfordshire,  at  or  near  St. 
Albans.  He  without  doubt  was  the  grandson 
or  great-grandson  of  Richard  Carter,  Lord  of 
the  Manor  of  Garston,  in  the  parish  of  Wat- 
ford, England.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Carter  en- 
tered St.  John's  College,  University  of  Cam- 
bridge, England,  April  i,  1626,  and  there  took 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1629-30,  and 
the  Master's  degree  in  1633.  April  2,  1635, 
he  embarked  from  St.  Albans  in  the  ship 
"Planter,"  bound  for  New  England.  He  was 
obliged  to  take  the  disguise  of  a  servant  to 
one  George  Giddings,  for  the  English  govern- 
ment had  at  that  period  become  so  alarmed  at 
the  utter  contempt  of  the  colonists  for  the  laws 
and  authority  of  the  Crown,  that  restraints 
were  placed  upon  emigration  to  the  colonies, 
and  no  one  above  the  rank  of  serving  man  was 
permitted  to  remove  without  special  leave,  and 
persons  of  inferior  rank  were  required  to  take 
the  oath  of  supremacy  and  allegiance.  Hence, 
because  of  the  great  difficulty  of  one  of  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Carter's  education  and  position 
to  obtain  permission  to  emigrate,  he  adopted 
the  disguise  mentioned.  He  took  a  farm  and 
homestall  of  102  acres  in  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  there  married  Mary  Dalton.  He 
was  ordained  November  22,  1642,  and  an  ac- 
count of  his  ordination  as  the  first  minister  in 
Woburn  is  given  in  the  "History  of  New  Eng- 
land," by  Governor  John  Winthrop,  Esq.,  first 
governor  of  Massachusetts.  He  continued  in 
the  pastorate  forty-two  years,  during  which 
long  period  the  greatest  harmony  existed  be- 
tween himself  and  the  society.  In  Sewall's 
"History  of  Woburn"  he  is  said  to  have  been 
a  pious,  exemplary  man,  an  able  and  sound 
preacher  of  the  gospel,  and  one  whom  God 
honored  and  prospered  in  his  work.  Lender 
his  ministrations  the  church  was  greatlx'  en- 
larged and  built  up,  the  town  flourished  and 
was  for  the  most  part  in  peace. 

The  earlier  members  of  the  Carter  family 
were  said  to  be  a  sturdy,  industrious,  sensible, 
kind  hearted,  public-spirited.  Godfearing  set 
of  people.  Their  special  characteristics  were 
love  of  their  kind — fidelity  in  the  marriage  re- 


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lation,  and  a  cheerful  recognition  of  the  Divine 
command  to  "multiply  and  replenish  the 
earth."  The' early  records  show  them  to  have 
been  prominent  in  all  matters  of  public  interest 
— the  division  of  land  and  laying  out  of  roads, 
building  of  churches  and  establishment  of 
schools  were  entrusted  to  them.  Many  also 
were  active  in  the  military  organizations  and 
duties  of  their  day,  so  that  much  of  the  re- 
ligious, moral  and  intellectual  culture  and 
prosperity  of  the  communities  where  they  set- 
tled is  due  to  the  labors  of  these  ancestors. 
The  most  marked  preference  to  any  one  calling 
seems  to  have  been  that  of  physician.  There 
were  many  among  the  descendants,  also  many 
ministers  of  the  gospel. 

(II)  Samuel  Carter,  eldest  of  the  eight  chil- 
dren of  Rev.  Thomas  and  Mary  (Dalton) 
Carter,  and  in  line  of  descent  to  Mrs.  Belle 
Genevieve  (Carter)  Chaffee,  was  born  August 
8,  1640.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  1660,  and  in  1672  married  Eunice  Brooks, 
daughter  of  John  and  Eunice  (Mousall) 
Brooks.  He  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  and 
proprietor  of  the  common  lands  by  a  vote  of 
the  town  of  Woburn,  January  4,  1665-6,  and 
sustained  at  different  times  several  responsible 
offices  in  the  town — selectman  1679,  1681,  1682 
and  1683;  commissioner  of  rates  1680;  town 
clerk  1690;  was  also  teacher  of  the  grammar 
school,  1685  and  1686.  (Sewell's  "History  of 
Woburn").  We  find  in  "Annals  of  Lancaster, 
Massachusetts,"  record  of  seventy-five  acres 
of  land  deeded  to  him.  This  land  was  on 
George  Hill,  and  was  occupied  by  Mr.  Carter's 
descendants  for  several  generations.  He 
preached  at  Lancaster  between  1681  and  1688, 
and  probably  resided  there  for  a  time.  The 
births  of  his  nine  children  are  recorded  in  the 
Woburn  town  records.  From  "Groton  His- 
torical Series,"  No.  12,  edited  by  Hon.  Samuel 
A.  Green,  we  learn  that  on  October  21,  1692. 
by  vote  of  the  larger  part  oi  the  town,  they  de- 
clared the  Rev.  Samuel  Carter  to  be  their 
fourth  minister,  to  be  ordained  in  due  time. 
He  moved  to  that  place  soon  after  receiving 
this  call,  but  did  not  long  remain  over  his  pas- 
toral charge,  dying  there  in  the  autumn  of 
1693.  There  is  not  ma:ch  said  in  the  town 
records  of  his  brief  ministry,  but  as  one  of  the 
pioneer  preachers  in  the  early  days  of  New 
England  life,  liis  memory  deserves  to  be  cher- 
ished. 

(III)  Samuel  Carter,  third  child  of  Rev. 
Samuel  and  Eunice  (Brooks)  Carter,  and  next 
in  descent,  was  born  in  Woburn,  January  7, 
1677,  and  (lied  in  Lancaster,  August  30.  1738. 
1'?    married,    March.    1701,    Dorothv    Wilder, 


born  1686,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary 
(Sawyer)  Wilder.  From  "Annals  of  Lan- 
caster" we  learn  that  they  lived  on  George 
Hill,  on  the  land  formerly  purchased  by  his 
father,  Rev.  Samuel  Carter.  He  was  assigned 
to  a  garrison  on  George  Hill,  with  his  brothers- 
in-law.  Lieutenant  Nathaniel  and  Ephraim 
Wilder,  Thomas  Ross,  and  his  brother,  John 
Carter,  and  lost  in  an  attack  by  the  Indians, 
July  31,  1704,  with  two  fires,  a  good  dwelling 
house,  a  horse,  cow,  two  calves  and  his  swine. 
He  was  selectman  in  1723,  and  served  on  vari- 
ous committees  for  the  location  of  highways, 
etc. 

(IV)  Josiah  Carter,  youngest  of  the  twelve 
children  of  Samuel  and  Dorothy  (Wilder) 
Carter,  and  great-great-grandfather  of  Belle 
Genevieve  (Carter)  Chaffee,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1726,  and  died  at  Leominster,  Febru- 
ary, 1812.  He  married,  in  1745,  Tabitha 
Hough,  born  1729,  died  June  29,  1810.  His 
farm  was  the  northerly  of  the  two  farms  on 
Carter  Hill,  which  was  owned  by  the  descend- 
ants of  Samuel  (3).  The  beautiful  slope  of 
this  hill  marks  the  background  of  the  view  of 
Leominster  on  the  west,  with  South  Moonoos- 
nock  just  above  it.  It  is  recorded  in  the 
"Book  of  Revolutionary  Soldiers"  that  Josiah 
Carter  was  the  first  major  of  Colonel  Asa 
Whitcomb's  regiment,  engaged  in  battle  April 
19-  ^775  (Lexington).  He  was  also  lieuten- 
ant-colonel of  Colonel  Abijah  Steam's  Eighth 
(Worcester  county)  regiment,  commissioned 
February  7,  T776,  and  lieutenant-colonel  of 
Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment,  and  he 
was  also  colonel  of  the  Eighth  (Worcester 
county)  regiment.  There  is  an  official  record 
in  the  above  mentioned  book  of  a  ballot  by  the 
House  of  Representatives  dated  June  2,  1779, 
the  appointment  as  colonel  being  concurred  in 
council.  June  2,  1779.  Colonel  Josiah  and 
Tabitha  (Hough)  Carter  had  fourteen  chil- 
dren, several  of  whom  died  young. 

(\)  Abijah  Carter,  ninth  child  of  Colonel 
jiisiah  and  Taliitha  (Hough)  Carter,  was 
burn  (proliably  at  Leominster)  September  5, 
1761.  and  died  at  Bridgton.  Maine.  He  served 
ns  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  until 
his  death  received  a  pension.  The  following 
is  taken  from  "Revolutionary  Soldiers :" 
".\l)ijah  Carter  was  a  private  in  Colonel  Nicho- 
1ns  riike's  regiment,  and  also  in  Colonel  Abi- 
jah Steam's  (Worcester  county)  regiment, 
and  he  marched  to  Saratoga,  October  9,  1777. 
under  command  of  Major  Ebenezer  Bridge,  to 
assist  General  Gates.  He  also  served  in  Col- 
onel John  Rand's  (Worcester  county)  regi- 
ment, and  was  in  service  there  three  months 


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and  twelve  days."  He  married,  in  .\pril, 
1781,  Nancy  Warner,  of  Leominster.  After 
his  marriage  he  settled  in  Jafifrey,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  surveyor  there  in  1786,  and 
owner  of  a  pew  in  the  church.  He  removed 
to  iiridgton,  Maine,  where  most  of  his  fifteen 
cliildren  were  born.  Both  he  and  his  wife  died 
there  or  near  by. 

(VIj  Henry  Carter,  si.xth  child  of  Abijah 
and  Nancy  (Warner)  Carter,  was  born  in 
Bridgton,  Maine,  about  1790.  He  was  senior 
deacon  of  the  Methodist  church  in  North 
Bridgton  for  many  years.  He  married  Hannah 
Cochran,  of  Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  they 
had  seventeen  children,  all  of  whom  came  to 
maturity  except  the  firstborn,  who  died  aged 
five  and  one-half  years.  Among  the  sons  who 
served  in  the  civil  war  were :  James,  in  Twelfth 
New  Hampshire  Regiment ;  John,  in  Third 
Illinois  Cavalry;  Austin,  orderly  sergeant  in  a 
Massachusetts  regiment  of  heavy  artillery,  and 
who  participated  in  nineteen  battles ;  and  Ed- 
win, Twelfth  Maine  Regiment,  .who  died  from 
injuries  received  in  service. 

(VII)  Henry  Wyman  Carter,  eleventh  child 
of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Cochran)  Carter,  was 
born  January  9,  1838,  in  Bridgton,  Maine.  He 
was  educated  in  the  pwblic  school  there,  and 
took  up  the  trade  of  carriage  maker.  He  mar- 
ried. .August  8.  1858,  Sarah  Georgie  Brown, 
of  Bridgton.  They  lived  for  a  time  in  Chess 
Springs,  Pennsylvania,  and  then  settled  in 
Woburn,  Massachusetts,  the  home  of  Henry 
Wyman 's  first  American  ancestor.  He  and  his 
wife  were  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Woburn.  While  visiting  his  sister,  M'rs. 
N.  .A.  Holt,  of  Lawrence,  he  died,  September 
25,  1885.  The  Odd  Fellows  of  the  Woburn 
Lodge,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  and  also 
of  the  Lawrence  Lodge,  officiated  at  the  fu- 
neral, and  accompanied  the  remains  to  their 
interment  at  Bridgton,  Maine.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Carter  had  two  children :  Henry  Walter,  died 
in  Pennsylvania,  aged  twenty  months ;  and 
Belle  Genevieve. 

(VIII)  Belle  Genevieve,  daughter  of  Henry 
Wyman  and  Sarah  Georgie  (Brown)  Carter, 
was  born  March  25,  1859,  and  married,  Janu- 
ary I,  1879,  Emory  Franklin  ChafTee,  then  re- 
siding in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  She 
was  educated  in  the  Woburn  grammar  and 
high  schools,  during  the  same  time  and  after- 
ward studying  music  in  the  New  England 
Conservatory  and  at  the  Petersilea  Academy  of 
Music,  tlien  located  on  Columbus  avenue.  She 
began  teaching  the  piano  when  quite  young, 
and  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  had  a  large 
number  of  pupils.     She  gave  several  public  re- 


citals of  hei*  pupils,  and  also  several  individual 
recitals  at  Steinert  Hall,  Boston,  besides  play- 
ing concertos,  etc.,  in  entertainments  in  Music 
Hall,  Tremont  Temple,  and  elsewhere  in  Bos- 
ton and  vicinity.  With  her  husband  she  is  a 
member  of  the  East  Somerville  Baptist 
Church,  serving  on  the  music  committee  and 
as  pianist  of  the  Sunday  school,  and  on  the 
e.xecutive  board  of  management.  She  has  had 
charge  of  many  successful  entertainments  in 
the  church  and  at  clubs.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  music  committee  of  the  Heptorean  Club,  a 
member  of  Somerville  Woman's  Club,  and  un- 
til recently  belonged  to  the  Maine  Club  of 
Somerville. 


(I)  John  Cheney,  immigrant 
CHENEY  ancestor,  was  born  in  England. 
"John  Cheny,"  wrote  the  min- 
ister of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  John  Eliot, 
the  famous  Indian  Apostle,  "he  came  into  the 
land  in  the  yeare  1635.  he  brought  4  children, 
Mary,  Martha,  John,  Daniel.  Sarah  his  5th. 
child  was  borne  in  tlie  last  month  of  the  same 
year  1635,  cald  February,  he  removed  from 
or  church  to  Newbery  the  end  of  the  next  su'er 
1636.  Martha  Cheney  the  wife  of  John 
Cheny."'  He  may  have  been  brother  of  William 
Cheney  who  settled  in  Roxbury  among  the 
first  settlers.  These  two  were  the  original  im- 
migrants of  this  name,  and  from  them  descend 
the  American  families.  At  Newbury  John 
Cheney  prospered.  His  allotments  of  land  were 
large.  He  had  a  good  stand  in  the  "old  town" 
and  on  shore  and  stream  elsewhere.  He  had 
three  acres  granted  June  19,  1638,  at  the  west- 
erly end  of  the  great  swamp  behind  the  great 
hill ;  August  25,  six  acres  of  salt  marsh  :  then  a 
parcel  of  marsh  with  little  islands  of  upland  in 
it,  about  twenty  acres,  Little  river  on  the  north- 
west, formerly  part  of  the  calf  common,  as- 
signed to  him  July  5,  1639.  Lot  No.  50  in  the 
"New  Towne"  on  the  Field  street  was  granted 
him  January  10,  1643.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  grand  jury  April  27,  1648;  selectman 
often  ;  member  of  a  committee  to  lay  out  the 
way  to  the  neck  and  through  the  neck  to  the 
marshes  on  the  east  side  of  the  old  town,  No- 
vember 29,  1654.  He  was  interested  in  public 
afifairs,  and  was  one  of  the  famous  ten  men  of 
Newbury  who  took  such  interest  in  the  cam- 
paign of  Governor  Winthrop  against  Sir 
Harry  Vane  that  they  made  the  journey  of 
forty  miles  afoot  from  Newbury  to  Cambridge 
to  take  the  freeman's  oath.  They  were  ad- 
mitted May  17,  1637.  It  was  by  such  earnest 
action  on  the  part  of  his  supporters  that  \\"w- 


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throp  was  elected  again  and  the  conservative 
party  triumphed.  He  died  July  28,  1666,  leav- 
ing a  will  dated  June  5,  1666,  written  in  his 
own  hand.  He  provided  liberally  for  his  wife 
and  family.  The  will  was  proved  September 
25,  1666.  Children  of  John  and  Martha 
Cheney:  i.  Mary,  born  in  England  about  1627, 
married,  September  3,  1645,  William  Lawes, 
of  Rowley.  2.  Martha,  born  in  England  about 
1629,  married  (first)  Anthony  Sadler;  (sec- 
ond) Thomas  Burkby,  of  Ipswich.  3.  John, 
born  in  England  about  163 1.  4.  Daniel,  born 
about  1633,  mentioned  below.  5.  Sarah,  born 
in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  February,  1(135- 
36,  married,  December  23,  1652,  Joseph  Plum- 
mer,  of  Newbury.  6.  Peter,  born  at  Newbury, 
1638.  7.  Lydia,  born  at  Newbury,  1640,  mar- 
ried, November  12,  1657,  John  Denrick,  of 
Ipswich.  8.  Hannah,  born  November  16.  1642, 
married  Richard  Smith,  Jr.  9.  Nathaniel,  Ixirn 
in  Newbury,  January  12,  1644,  died  unmar- 
ried. 10.  Elizabeth,  born  in  Newbury,  January 
12,  1647,  married  Stephen  Cross,  of  Ipswich. 

(II)  Daniel  Cheney,  son  of  John  Cheney 
(i),  was  born  in  England  about  1633.  Mar- 
ried in  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  October  8, 
1665,  Sarah  Bayley,  daughter  of  John,  Jr.,  and 
Eleanor  (Emery)  Bayley.  She  was  born  Au- 
gust 17,  1644,  and  died  October  26,  1714.  He 
was  a  :nan  of  great  industry  and  sagacity,  a 
useful  citizen  and  diligent  farmer.  He  brought 
up  a  large  family  and  left  an  honorable  name. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  church 
before  1675.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
May  7,  1663,  and  was  town  constable  in  iC)88. 
He  died  September  10,  1694,  and  the  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  dated  September  20.  1094, 
showing  property  to  the  amount  of  nearly  six 
hundred  pounds.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born 
September  11,  1666,  married  John  Richards, 
Jr.;  removed  after  1715  to  Rochester,  New 
Hampshire,  where  they  suffered  cruelly  from 
the  Indians.  2.  Judith,  born  September  6,  1668, 
married  John  Emerson.  3.  Daniel,  born  De- 
cemlter,  1670,  mentioned  below.  4.  Hannah, 
born  September  3,  1673,  married  (first),  De- 
cember 17,  1696,  Lieutenant  Thomas  Wiswall. 
5.  John,  born  July  10,  1676.  6.  Eleanor,  born 
M'arch  29,  1679.  married  (first)  Richard 
Shatswell ;  (second)  Thomas  Safford.  7.  Jo- 
se])h,  baptized  April  9,  1682.  8.  James,  born 
.Xjjril    16,    1685. 

(III)  Daniel  Cheney,  son  of  Daniel  Cheney 
(2),  was  born  in  Newbury,  December,  1670. 
Married  Hannah  Duston,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Hannah  (Emerson)  Duston.  She  was 
born  .\ugust  22,  1678.  Her  mother  was  one 
of  the  most  famous  women  of  Colonial  New 


England.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Michael) 
and  Hannah  (Webster)  Emerson,  born  De- 
cember 2T,,  1O57,  married  in  Haverhill,  Decem- 
ber 3,  1677,  Thomas  Duston  or  Dustin.  The 
Indians  attacked  their  home  when  Mrs.  Dire- 
ton  was  in  bed  with  an  infant  six  days  old  ;. 
she  refused  to  attempt  to  escape  and  persuaded 
her  husband  to  make  every  effort  to  save  the 
children.  He  was  successful,  but  the  sick 
woman  and  her  nurse,  Mrs.  Neff,  were  cap- 
tured and  driven  into  the  wilderness  in  spite 
of  her  condition  and  the  infant  was  slain.  A'fter 
enduring  suffering  of  a  dreadful  sort,  Mrs. 
Duston,  assisted  by  another  captive,  a  boy 
named  .Samuel  Lennerson,  rose  in  the  night, 
seized  a  gun  and  tomahawk,  killed  and  scalped 
the  ten  Indians  who  then  held  them  prisoners, 
and  made  their  way  back  home.  The  daughter 
Hannah  was  among  the  seven  children  saved 
by  the  father.  She  was  then  eighteen  years 
old.  The  date  of  the  Indian  attack  was  March 
15,  1697.  The  descendants  of  Hannah  Duston 
and  of  Hannah  Cheney  alike  have  reason  to  be 
proud  of  their  ancestry. 

Daniel  Cheney  resided  in  Newbury  on  the 
bank  of  the  river  in  what  is  now  the  village  of 
West  Newbury.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  brave  soldiers  who  defended 
the  town  from  Indian  attacks  in  the  old  block- 
houses built  for  the  purpose.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Second  Foot  Company  of  New- 
bury in  1710-11  under  Captain  Hugh  March. 
He  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  full  com- 
munion in  the  West  Newbury  church,  October 
29,  1727.  He  died  in  the  autumn  of  1755.  His 
will  provided  liberally  for  his  wife  and  family. 
It  is  dated  March  2.  1754-55,  and  proved  No- 
vember 3,  1755.  Children:  i.  Daniel,  born 
July  16,  1699. _  2.  John,  born  March  10.  1701- 
02,  mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas,  torn  Febru- 
ary 25,  1703-04.  4.  Hannah,  born  .September 
25,  1706,  married,  April  28,  1726,  John  Coffin, 
Jr.     5.  Sarah,  born  January  25.  1708.  married 

John    Calef :    (second)    Eastman.     6. 

Nathaniel,  born  November  25.  171 1.  7.  Mary,, 
born  August  9.  1714,  married  Joseph  Homans. 
8.  Abigail,  born  November  i,  1719,  married 
Francis   Hardy. 

(IV)  John  Cheney,  son  of  Daniel  Cheney 
(3),  was  born  in  Newbury,  ?\Iarch  10,  1701-02. 
Married,  July  27,  1732.  He  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-six,  and  the  widow  was  administratrix. 
Her  husband's  brother  Nathaniel  was  guardian 
of  the  minor  children.  The  widow  married 
(second),  December  30,  1740.  Nathan  Chase. 
Cliildren  of  John  and  Cheney:  i.  Jo- 
anna, born  January,  1735,  married,  September 
24,  1754,  Nathan  Allen.     2.  Daniel,  born  and 


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died  1736.  3.  Daniel,  born  March  10,  1737, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Daniel  Cheney,  son  of  John  Cheney 
(4),  was  born  in  Newbury,  March  10,  1737. 
Married,  February  17,  1757,  Elizabeth  Davis, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Davis,  of  Newbury.  They 
owned  the  covenant  in  the  West  Newbury 
church,  August  20,  1758,  and  made  their  home 
there.  He  had  charge  of  the  meeting  house 
in  1763-65-74.  He  was  one  of  the  Newbury 
nien  who  responded  to  the  Lexington  alarm, 
April  19,  1775.  He  was  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  of  the  Fourth  Company  of  the  Sev- 
enth Essex  Regiment,  Colonel  Daniel  SafTord, 
June  26,  1777.  He  was  in  Lancaster,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1780,  and  June  20,  1796,  bought 
land  at  New  Chester,  New  Hampshire,  and 
made  his  home  there  about  1799  in  the  family 
of  his  son  Daniel.  Children:  i.  Aloses,  iKirn 
January  9,  1758,  died  at  Bristol,  unmarried.  2. 
Daniel,  born  April  17,  1761,  mentioned  below. 
3.  John,  born  July  7,  1764,  died  in  Newbury, 
July,  1833.  4-  David,  born  July  5,  1767,  at 
Newbury.  5.  Sarah,  born  November  15,  1770. 
6.  Elizabeth,  born  May  20,  1773,  married  Ebe- 
nezer  Kelly.  7.  Enoch,  born  at  Newburyport, 
married  Betsey  Kidder. 

(VT)  Daniel  Cheney,  son  of  Daniel  Cheney 
(5),  was  born  in  Newbury,  April  17,  1761. 
Married  (first)  in  Chelsea,  November  16, 
1788,  Hannah  Payne,  of  Chelsea;  (second) 
(intentions  filed  in  Newbury  December  25, 
1789)  Susannah  Badger.  He  resided  in  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  in  1788,  in  Bristol  in 
1820.  He  is  believed  to  have  settled  in  Bristol 
in  1798.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution 
in  Captain  .Silas  Adams's  company.  Colonel 
Titcomb's  regiment,  in  1777;  later  in  Colonel 
Jacob  Gerrish's  regiment  on  detached  guard 
duty  for  General  Burgoyne's  army  and  at 
Winter  Hill,  closing  his  service  November  3, 
1779 ;  he  enlisted  in  Captain  Staples  Chamber- 
lain's company  of  Colonel  Dean's  regiment, 
March  7,  1781,  and  marched  on  the  Rhode 
Island  alarm.  He  was  a  pensioner  of  the  gov- 
ernment late  in  life.  His  name  last  appears 
on  the  tax  list  of  Bristol  in  1830,  and  he  was 
living  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  in  1836.  His 
home  was  the  liouse  recently  owned  by  Profes- 
sor W.  L.  P.  Boardman,  High  street.  He  sold 
land  x\pril  24,  1789,  at  New  Chester,  New 
Hampshire,  making  reference  to  his  deceased 
wife's  dower.  He  deeded  his  place  at  Bristol, 
March  i,  1827,  to  his  daughter,  Hannah  B. 
Cheney,  and  other  lands  to  his  son  Daniel, 
reserving  life  use  of  the  property.  Children 
of  Daniel  and  Susannah  Cheney:  i.  Joanna, 
born    January    27,    1797,    married.    April    15, 


1812,  Hazen  Colby;  went  to  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  had  sons  Ruius  and  Hazen,  died 
young.  2.  Daniel,  born  at  Bristol,  April  18, 
1801,  mentioned  below.  3.  Hannah.  4.  Su- 
sanna, married  Edward  Eastman ;  removed  to 
Springfield,  \'ermont. 

(\TIj  Daniel  Cheney,  son  of  Daniel  Cheney 
(6),  was  born  in  Bristol,  New  Hampshire,, 
April  i8,  1801.  Married,  November  24,  1825,, 
Mahala  Copp,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Phebe 
Copp.  She  was  born  in  Sanbornton,  New 
Hampshire,  July,  1803,  and  died  at  Wakd.'ield, 
Massachusetts,  June,  1886,  aged  eighty-three 
years.  He  died  in  1837,  aged  thirty-six  years. 
She  married  (second)  Joseph  Loverin.  They 
lived  at  Wendell  and  Keene,  New  Hampshire ; 
and  at  L_vnn,  Massachusetts.  Mahala  quit- 
claimed her  rights  in  a  certain  tract  of  land  tO' 
John  Edmands,  December  9,  1830.  Children: 
I.  Charles  Henry  Rogers,  born  at  Bristol,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1827.  2.  Sarah  Hannah,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 3.  George  Fitzgerald,  died  young.  4. 
Sarah  Hannah,  died  young.  5.  George  Mowe,. 
died  young. 

(\TII)  Charles  Henry  Rogers  Cheney,  sou 
of  Daniel  Cheney  (7),  was  born  in  Bristol, 
New  Hampshire,  January  13,  1827.  When  he 
was  very  young  his  parents  moved  to  Keene, 
New  Flampshire,  and  thence  to  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  started  in  his  business  career  as 
clerk  in  a  shoe  store  in  Lynn,  and  began  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  in  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  conducted  a  shoe  store  until 
1854.  At  that  time  he  removed  to  Wakefield, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  in  1901.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  retail  shoe  store  which  he  estab- 
lished in  Wakefield  he  also  manufactured 
shoes.  He  was  a  natural  mechanic  and  spent 
his  spare  hours  repairing  jewelry.  He  sold  his 
shoe  store  and  opened  a  jewelry  store  in 
Wakefield,  remaining  in  business  until  a  few 
years  before  his  death.  He  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany K,  Fourth  Massachusetts  Heavy  Artil- 
lerv,  in  the  Civil  war  and  served  his  country 
faithfully  during  his  term  of  enlistment.  The 
family  have  some  beautiful  specimens  of  his 
handiwork  in  bone  carving  as  souvenirs  of  his 
war  life.  He  spent  his  leisure  in  the  service 
carving  various  articles,  such  as  paper  knives, 
toy  cannons,  muskets,  etc.,  and  displayed  ex- 
quisite workmanship.  Mr.  Cheney  was  a  quiet, 
reserved  man,  cheerful  and  happy  in  disposi- 
tion ;  thornuglily  honest  and  upright ;  uniform- 
Iv  successful  in  business  :  enjoying  the  love  of 
liis  fnniilv  and  the  esteem  of  friends  and  towns- 
men. 

He  married  Sarah  Ann  Elizabeth  Wilev,  of 


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Lynn,  January  i8,  1846.  Their  children:  i. 
Sarah  Adelaide,  born  at  Lynn,  April  20,  1847, 
married,  July  i,  1870,  Eugene  C.  Bryant; 
child,  Wallace  Bryant,  born  February  10,  1886. 
2.  George  Henry,  born  in  Lynn,  February  14, 
1849,  married  Clara  Perkins ;  children  living, 
Alabel  and  Gertrude.  3.  Charles  Augustus, 
born  at  Lowell,  January  3,  1852,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Emma  Susan,  born  at  Lowell,  De- 
cember 7,  1853,  resides  at  Wakefield.  5.  Clara 
Annetta,  born  at  Wakefield,  January  19,  1856, 
died  December  5,  1856. 

(IXj  Charles  Augustus  Cheney,  son  of 
Charles  Henry  Rogers  Cheney  (8), was  born  in 
Lowell,  January  3,  1852.  He  came  to  WakeiSeld 
with  his  parents  at  an  early  age,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Wakefield  public  schools.  At  the 
age  of  fifteen  he  began  to  learn  the  trade  of 
cabinet  maker  in  a  shop  at  Reading.  Massa- 
chusetts, but  he  preferred  a  mercantile  career 
for  which  events  showed  that  he  was  admir- 
ably fitted.  He  started  in  business  as  a  dealer 
in  newspapers  and  periodicals,  borrowing  the 
necessary  capital,  and  making  a  great  success 
of  his  business  from  the  first.  He  built  up  the 
largest  business  of  that  kind  in  the  town.  In 
1896  he  established  a  coal  and  wood  business 
which  also  prospered.  He  succeeded  his  father 
in  the  jewelry  business,  and  also  engaged  in 
real  estate.  He  has  prospered  in  every  ven- 
ture and  is  one  of  the  leading  self-made  men 
of  the  town. 

He  has  found  time  for  other  things  than 
business,  however,  and  is  prominent  in  various 
fraternal  orders.  He  has  filled  all  the  chairs 
in  the  Wakefield  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
is  a  charter  member  of  the  Lodge,  Daughters 
of  Rebekah.  He  is  a  member  of  Golden  Rule 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons  and  of  Quonipoitt 
Council,  Royal  Arcanum.  He  was  formerly  a 
member  of  the  Richardson  Light  Guards, 
Company  A.  Sixth  Regiment,  and  was  pro- 
moted through  all  the  grades  from  private  to 
captain.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but 
has  never  been  active  in  party  politics  and 
never  sought  public  office.  He  has  a  genial, 
attractive  pensonality,  making  many  friends. 
He  is  a  man  of  sterling  character  and  worth, 
upright  and  estimable. 

He  married,  November  16.  1876,  Ellen 
T'rancis  Coon,  daughter  of  John  Louis  and 
I'hilippa  (Ham)  Coon.  Their  children:  i. 
lirnest  Linwood,  born  March  24,  i^/J.  edu- 
cated in  the  pulilic  rnid  high  schools  of  Wake- 
field and  at  the  I  [arvard  Medical  School, 
where  he  v^^as  graduated  in  1900  with  high 
honors ;  he  is  now  enjoying  an  extensive  prac- 
tice in   Duluth.   Minnesota,   where  he   located 


after  graduation.  2.  Grace  Lillian,  born  March 
24,  1877,  a  twin  to  Dr.  Ernest  L. 


(For   early  generations  see  Daniel  3.) 

(IV)  Thomas  Cheney,  son  of 
CHENEY  Daniel  (3)  and  Hannah  (Dus- 
tin)  Cheney,  grandson  of  Dan- 
iel Cheney  (2)  and  great-grandson  of  John 
Cheney  (i),  was  born  in  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  25,  1703 ;  married  May  17, 
1726,  Hannah  Stevens,  believed  to  be  the 
daughter  of  John,  Jr.,  and  Mary  (Bartlett) 
Stevens,  born  in  Haverhill,  March  16,  1704-5. 
He  bought  a  house,  barn  and  twenty  acres  of 
land  in  Haverliill,  March  24,  1741,  for  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds.  This  section  became 
a  portion  of  Plaistow,  New  Hampshire,  when 
the  new  boundary  line  was  run,  and  he  became 
a  citizen  of  New  Hampshire  without  removing 
from  Massachusetts.  His  will,  dated  Alarch 
4,  1767,  proved  June  24,  following,  bequeathed 
to  wife  and  children  Daniel,  Dustin,  Thomas, 
John,  James,  Hannah,  x-\.bigail,  Sarah,  Ruth 
and  Susanna;  to  grandchildren  Nathaniel,  son 
of  Daniel,  and  Thomas,  son  of  Dustin,  his  half- 
rights  in  Perrystown,  now  Sutton,  New 
Hampshire.  Children :  i.  Hannah,  born  in 
Newbury,  March  20,  1727.  2.  Daniel,  born  in 
Haverhill,  January  10,  1728-9;  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Dustin,  born  in  Haverhill,  May  3, 
1731.  4.  Thomas,  born  in  Haverhill,  July  31, 
1733-  5-  Mary,  born  in  Haverhill,  January 
20,  1735-6.  6.  Nathaniel,  born  March  16, 
1737-8,  died  young.  7.  John,  born  in  Plais- 
tow, June  2,  1740.  8.  James,  born  in  Plais- 
tow, August  I.  1742.  9.  Abigail,  born  in 
Plaistow,  December  18,  1744.  10.  Sarah,  born 
in  Plaistow,  November  2,  1746.  11.  Ruth, 
born  in  Plaistow,  April  29,  1749.  12.  Su- 
sanna, born  in  Plaistow,  December  29,  1753. 
(\^)  Daniel  Cheney,  son  of  Thomas  Cheney 
(4),  was  born  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts, 
January  10,  1728-9;  married  Elizabeth  (Betty) 
Hadley.  He  was  a  resident  of  Salem,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1763,  when  he  was  elected  to 
office  in  that  town,  in  1765,  when  that  town  is 
given  as  his  residence  in  a  deed  of  land  at 
Londonderry,  bought  by  him.  But  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  church  at  Hampstead.  New 
Hampshire,  where  his  daughter  Elizabeth  was 
baptized  in  i7Ci_>,  and  five  other  children  July 
23.  1777.  He  Uluglit  land  at  GofFstown.  New 
Hampshire,  in  '1780,  and  removed  thither.  In 
1784  he  mortgaged  land  "in  the  Fifth  Range 
of  Oppiscataquog  river."  He  bought  a  tract 
of  land  of  the  town  of  Goffstown  in  1796,  and 
bought,  sold,  and  cultivated  large  amounts  of 


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land.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution. 
Children:  1.  Nathaniel,  born  about  1754; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Joseph,  born  about  1756. 
3.  Enoch,  born  about  1758.  4.  Jonathan  Dus- 
tin,  born  about  1759.  5.  Mary,  born  1761  ; 
married  February  2,  1786,  Stephen  Hadley,  of 
Dunbarton,  New  Hampshire.  6.  Elizabeth, 
baptized  June  13,  1762;  married  May  30, 
1786,  Joseph  Sargent,  of  GofTstown.  7.  Mary, 
bom  about  1763 ;  married  October  24,  1786, 
Caleb  Mills,  of  Dunbarton.  8.  Hannah, 
baptized  July  23,  1777 ;  married  November  23, 
1786,  Timothy  Sargent,  of  Dunbarton.  9. 
Sarah,  baptized  July  23,  1777:  married  No- 
vember 26,  1789,  Aaron  Quimby,  of  Weare, 
New  Hampshire.  10.  Daniel,  baptized  July 
23,  "^777 ■  II-  Thomas,  born  November  23, 
1774;  baptized  July  23,  1777.  12.  Nanne,  bap- 
tized July  23,  1777. 

(\T)  Nathaniel  Cheney,  son  of  Daniel 
Cheney  ( 5 ) .  was  born  about  1 754  :  married  in 
Hampstead,  July  28,  1777,  Mary  Stevens, 
daughter  of  Wait  and  Elizabeth  (Sargent) 
Stevens.  She  was  born  in  1759-  He  began 
his  married  life  in  Hampstead,  and  there  his 
first  child  was  born.  His  grandfather  be- 
queathed to  him  and  his  cousin  shares  in  the 
town  first  called  Perrystown  (now  Sutton), 
New  Hampshire,  and  there  he  settled  after  the 
Revolution.  On  July  7,  1779,  he  sold  to  Eli- 
phalet  Cheney,  of  Plaistow,  a  quarter  of  lot  40 
in  the  Second  Division  of  Perrystown,  laid  out 
originally  to  Captain  Daniel  Poor,  of  Plaistow. 
He  purchased  of  Elizabeth  Stevens,  of  Hamp- 
stead, land  in  Plaistow,  and  bought  another 
tract  about  the  same  time,  February  17,  1781, 
of  Joseph  \A'oodley.  He  was  a  well-to-do 
farmer.  He  did  good  pioneer  service,  and 
lived  long  and  well.  He  died  March  6,  1847. 
Children:  i.  Wait  Stevens,  born  February  11, 
1778;  resided  awhile  in  Deering,  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  removed  to  Batavia,  New  York.  2. 
Daniel,  born  June  19,  1780.  3.  Mary,  born 
December  5,  1782;  married  January  29,  1799, 
Asa  King,  born  March  15,  1779.  4.  Nathan- 
iel, born  February  6,  1785  ;  mentioned  below. 
5.  Sarah,  born  February  21,  1788;  married 
September  24,  1807,  Israel  Morrill,  of  War- 
ner, New  Hampshire.  6.  Isaac,  born  August 
19,  1790.  7.  Timothy,  born  June  21,  1793. 
8.  Thomas,  born  October  6,  1796.  9.  Silas, 
born  May  17,  1798.  10.  Caleb,  born  July  24, 
1800. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  Cheney,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Cheney  (6),  was  born  in  Sutton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, February  6,  1785:  married  .September  5. 
181 1,  Sarah  Pillsbury,  daughter  of  Micajah 
and  Sarah    (Sargent)    Pillsbury.      (See   Pills- 


bury  family.)  He  was  educated  there  in  the 
common  schools,  and  became  a  farmer  in  his 
native  town.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics, 
active  in  party  affairs,  and  was  elected  to  vari- 
ous offices  of  trust  and  responsibility  by  his 
townsmen.  He  attended  the  Baptist  church. 
He  died  suddenly  of  heart  disease,  February 
27,  1870;  his  wife  died  May  2,  1875.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Moses  Pillsbury,  born  September  3, 
1815;  died  1885.  2.  Sarah,  born  April  18, 
1818;  married  July  4,  1839,  John  Carter,  of 
Lowell ;  she  died  1841.  3.  Mary  Stevens,  born 
July  23,  1820 :  died  1902 ;  married  April  30, 
1845,  George  L.  Flint,  of  Henniker,  New 
Hampshire.  4.  Elizabeth  P.,  born  September 
I,  1822;  died  December  10,  1824.  5.  George 
Sullivan,  born  August  30,  1825 ;  mentioned 
below.  6.  Susan  M.,  born  June  22,  1829; 
married  November  16,  1848,  Nathan  P.  Blod- 
gett,  of  Newbury,  New  Hampshire ;  she  died 
in  1864.  7.  Nancy  J.,  born  August  26,  1834; 
married  August  19,  1864,  Lorenzo  H.  True,. 
of  Goshen  and  Bradford,  New  Hampshire. 

(YIII)  George  Sullivan  Cheney,  son  of 
Nathaniel  Cheney  (7),  was  born  August  30, 
1825,  at  Sutton,  New  Hampshire.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  town.  Coming  to  Lowell  w'hen 
fifteen  years  of  age,  he  attended  school,  and  at 
the  same  time  worked  morning  and  evening  in 
a  grocery  store.  When  twenty-two  years  old 
he  went  into  the  grocery  business  on  his  own 
account.  He  was  successful  beyond  his  high- 
est expectation,  and  for  forty  years  was  one  of 
the  leading  grocers  of  the  city  of  Lowell.  He 
remained  in  business  until  1886,  when  he  re- 
tired. He  died  in  Lowell  July  19,  1897.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  common  council  in  1867 
and  1868,  and  was  alderman  of  the  city  in 
1869.  For  many  years  he  was  city  auditor, 
and  from  1888  to  1891,  inclusive,  he  was  one 
of  the  city  assessors.  His  knowledge  of  finan- 
cial matters  and  his  well  proved  business 
ability  were  of  great  value  to  the  city.  In  poli- 
tics h'e  was  a  Republican.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Five-Cent  Savings  Bank,  and 
a  trustee  from  its  organization  until  his  death, 
and  for  many  years  vice-president  and  mem- 
ber of  the  investment  committee.  He  was  an 
active  member  and  liberal  supporter  of  the 
Grace  Universalist  Church  of  Lowell,  and  for 
more  than  twenty-five  years  was  its  treasurer, 
he  served  also  on  its  finance  committee, 
and  as  one  of  its  directors.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Old  Residents'  Association  ;  a  charter 
member  of  the  Lowell  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  : 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
treasurer  of  his  lodge   for  twenty-five   years. 


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He  was  a  self-made  man.  His  industry  and 
foresight  were  well  rewarded  in  a  material 
way.  He  was  an  upright  citizen,  casting  his 
influence  among  the  best,  doing  his  full  duty 
in  church,  business,  social  and  political  life.  He 
married  May-  2,  1848,  Mary  Jane  Flint, 
daughter  of  Oliver  W.  Flint,  of  Lowell.  She 
was  born  November  30,  1830,  and  died  April 
20,  1907.  Children:  i.  Sarah  Lucetta,  born 
December  11,  1849;  married  October  30,  1877, 
William  Alonzo  Owen,  of  Lowell ;  no  issue. 
2.  Elizabeth  Whiting,  born  October  5,  1856; 
married  November  22,  1876,  Walter  J.  Petten- 
gill,  of  Lowell ;  had  child,  Brenda  Cheney 
Pettengill,  born  June   20,    1878. 


William  Pillsbury,  the  im- 
PILLSBURY     migrant  ancestor  of  all  the 

American  families  whose 
lineages  have  been  traced,  came  from  Hing- 
ham,  England,  to  Boston  in  1640  or  1641.  On 
his  arrival  in  Boston  he  let  himself  as  a  servant 
to  pa_y  the  cost  of  his  passage — not  an  unusual 
custom  of  the  young  Englishmen  of  the  middle 
classes  who  wished  to  make  a  start  in  New 
England.  He  married,  in  the  summer  of  1641, 
Dorothy  Crosby,  and  settled  in  Dorchester, 
where  four  of  his  children  were  born.  In  165 1 
he  Ixiught  a  house  and  forty  acres  of  land  in 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  and  this  homestead 
has  remained  in  the  family  and  descended  from 
father  to  son,  and  though  reduced  in  acreage 
by  numerous  sales  is  still  held  and  occupied 
by  members  of  the  ninth  generation.  The 
original  deed  is  in  the  possession  of  David  B. 
Pillsbury,  author  of  the  family  history,  and 
owner  of  the  homestead.  The  old  house  was 
partly  destroyed  by  fire,  but  was  restored  with 
as  little  new  material  as  possible  to  exactly  its 
original  dimensions  and  style.  Mr.  Pillsbury 
attended  the  First  Church  at  Newbury ;  was 
admitted  a  freeman  April  29,  1668.  His  will 
is  dated  April  22,  1686.  He  died  June  19  fol- 
lowing, and  was  buried  in  the  Newbury  grave- 
yard near  the  Upper  Green.  He  was  called 
wealthy  in  his  day,  owning  many  acres  of 
land,  and  had  money  to  lend.  His  inventory 
shows  that  he  held  slaves,  and  owned  a  suit 
of  armor  of  some  sort.  Children:  i.  Deborah, 
born  April  t6,  1642 ;  married  Ewens.  2.  Job, 
born  October  16,  1643 ;  died  September  10, 
1716;  married  April  5,  1677,  Katherine  Gavett. 
3.  Moses,  born  1645 ;  mentioned  below.  4. 
Abel,  died  before  1697.  5.  Caleb,  born  Janu- 
ary 28,  1653;  died  July  4,  1680.  6.  William, 
born  July  27,  1656.  7.  Experience,  born 
April   10,   ii'i.sH:  died  .\ugust  4,   1708.     8.  In- 


crease, born  October  10,  1660;  drowned  off 
Cape  Breton,  Nova  Scotia,  in  1690,  while  serv- 
ing in  the  expedition  under  Sir  William 
Phipps.  9.  Thankful,  born  April  22,  1662.  10. 
Joshua,  born  June  20,  1671  ;  died  June  20, 
1674. 

(II)  Moses  Pillsbury,  son  of  William  Pills- 
bury (i),  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts about  1645,  and  died  in  Newbury,  1701. 
He  married  first  Susanna  Worth,  daughter  of 
Lionel  Worth.  His  name  and  those  of  the 
earlier  generation  was  spelled  Pilsbury.  He 
was  a  proprietor  of  Newbury;  in  1686  was  a 
town  officer,  constable.  His  will  was  dated 
April  29,  1701,  bequeathing  to  wife  Priscilla ; 
sons  Caleb  (who  was  executor),  Joseph, 
Moses  and  Amos ;  and  daughters  Dorothy,  Su- 
sanna, Judith,  Hannah  and  Mary.  Children : 
I.  Joseph,  born  June  6,  1670;  died  January 
14,  1750.  2.  Moses,  born  July  4,  1672;  died 
March  24,  1738.  3.  Dorothy,  born  April  9, 
1675;  married  February  27,  1708,  Benjamin 
Poor.  4.  Susannah,  born  February  i,  1677; 
died  December  22,  1767 ;  married  October  25, 
1698,  Luke  Hovey,  of  Topsfield.  5.  Judith, 
bom   March    16,    1679;   married   January    17, 

1704.  6.  Caleb,  born  July  27,  1681  ;  men- 
tioned below.  7.  Hannah,  born  May  3,  1686. 
8.  Amos.  Child  of  Moses  and  second  wife 
Priscilla:   9.  Mary. 

(III)  Caleb  Pillsbury,  son  of  Moses  Pills- 
bury (2),  was  born  in  Newbury,  July  27, 
1681 ;  died  in  Amesbury,  1759;  married  in 
Newbury,  February  11,  1703,  Sarah  Morse, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Morse  (or  Morss),  of 
Amesbury.  Caleb  and  family  removed  to 
Amesbury  in  1727,  and  he  became  a  leading 
citizen  of  that  town.  He  and  Orlando  Bagley 
devised  a  plan  to  tunnel  Pond  Ridge  in  order 
that  the  waters  of  Lake  Attitash  might  flow 
more  directly  into  Powow  river,  and  also  drain 
a  large  meadow  north  of  the  lake  so  that  its 
crop  of  hay  might  be  more  valuable  and  more 
easily  harvested.  It  is  said  that  the  two  men 
who  dug  this  very  successful  Isthmian  canal 
received  as  their  pay  a  barrel  of  rum.  Caleb 
Pillsbury  made  two  wills — the  first,  dated  June 
27,  1738,  is  preserved  by  a  descendant;  the 
second  was  dated  November  24,  1758,  and 
proved  in  the  Essex  court,  and  makes  bequests 
to  his  children  and  grandchildren,  then  living ; 
his  wife  and  one  daughter  had  died.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Benjamin,  baptized  April  9,  1705.  2. 
Caleb,  born  January  26,  1717;  mentioned  be- 
low.     3.  Susannah,    baptized    September    16, 

1705.  4.  Sarah,  married  first Stevens; 

second Jones.  5.  Esther,  baptized  De- 
cember  26,    1714.     6.  Hannah,   baptized   De- 


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•cember  26,   17 14.     7.  Judith,  married  

Harvey. 

(IV)  Caleb  Pillsbury,  son  of  Caleb  Pills- 
bury  (3),  was  born  in  Newbury,  January  26, 
1717;  died  in  Amesbury,  in  1778;  married 
July  8,  1742,  Sarah  Kimball,  of  Ainesbury, 
who  died  in  1761.  He  married  second,  Mrs. 
Mehitable  (Buswell)  Smith,  of  Kingston, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1761.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  citizens  of  Amesbury,  and 
held  at  one  time  or  another  almost  every  office 
within  the  gift  of  his  townsmen.  He  was  re- 
peatedly chosen  selectman ;  was  representative 
to  the  general  court  and  its  successor,  the  pro- 
vincial congress ;  was  captain  of  the  militia 
company,  and  his  commission  signed  by  Gov- 
ernor Hutchinson  is  carefully  preserved  by 
one  of  his  great-grandsons.  He  was 
captain  of  the  little  company  of  fifteen  minute- 
men  who  marched  from  Amesbury  to  Cam- 
bridge on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  and  four  of 
this  company  were  Pillsburys  ;  indeed,  Caleb 
and  all  his  five  sons  were  at  different  times  in 
the  Continental  army.  He  died  in  the  Spring 
of  1778.  The  inventory  of  his  property,  taken 
June  4  following,  amounted  to  over  2,200 
pounds,  a  large  estate  for  his  time.  His  widow 
Mehitable  and  son  Joshua  were  appointed  ad- 
ministrators and  guardians  of  the  minor  chil- 
dren, Micajah  and  Isaac.  Children  of  Caleb 
and  Sarah  Pillsbury:  i.  Joshua,  born  March 
30,  1743 ;  died  in  Canaan,  New  Hampshire. 
February  21,  1825.  2.  Susannah,  born  March 
30,  1745.  3.  Sarah,  born  June  4,  1747.  4- 
Moses,  born  June  19,  1750;  died  in  Bridge- 
water,  New  Hampshire,  January  28,  1840.  5. 
Caleb,  born  March  27,  1752,  died  in  Danville, 
\'ermont,  September  17,  1832.  6.  Elizabeth 
born  August  3,  1754.  7.  Micajah,  born  May 
4,  1761  ;  mentioned  below.  Child  of  Caleb 
and  Mehitable :  8.  Isaac,  born  October  19, 
1762 ;  died  in  Hallowell,  Maine. 

(V)  Adicajah  Pillsbury,  son  of  Caleb  Pills- 
bury (4),  was  born  at  Amesbury,  May  4, 
1761 ;  died  in  Sutton,  New  Hampshire,  in 
1801 ;  married  Sarah  Sargent,  of  Amesbury, 
March  15,  1781  ;  she  died  in  Sutton,  in  1843, 
aged  eighty  years.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and 
settled  in  Sutton  about  1795.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolution  in  1777,  enlisting  in 
November  in  the  Continental  army.  Pie  was 
selectman  of  the  town  in  1797.  Three  of  his 
sons — Joseph,  Moses  and  John — were  justices 
of  the  peace,  representatives  to  the  legislature, 
and  selectmen  several  terms  each.  Children : 
I.  Stephen,  born  in  Amesbury,  October  30, 
1781  :    died    in    Londerry,    New    Hampshire, 

January  22,  1851.     2.  Joseph,  born  in  Ames- 


bury, .Vpril  I,  1784;  (lied  in  Sutton,  January 
31,  1868.  3.  Moses,  born  in  .\mesbury,  June 
19,  1786;  died  January  25,  1870.  4.  John, 
born  in  Amesbury,  ^lay  24,  1789:  died  in  Sut- 
ton, October  11,  1856;  father  of  Governor 
John  S.  Pillsbury  and  Hon.  George  A.  Pills- 
bury, who  established  at  Minneapolis  what  be- 
came the  largest  tlour  mills  in  the  world.  5. 
Sally,  born  in  .Amesbury,  .-\pril  29,  1791  ;  mar- 
ried Nathaniel  Cheney;  mentioned  above  (see 
sketch  of  Cheney  family).  6.  P>etsey,  born 
in  Amesbury,  October  16,  1794;  died  in  Sut- 
ton, September  21,  1836.  7.  Nancy,  born  in 
Sutton,  October  11,  1798:  died  in  Sutton,  Oc- 
tober I,  1879.  8.  Dolly,  born  in  Sutton,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1801. 


"The  name  Fisk,"  according  to 
FISKE  the  late  Professor  John  Fiske,  "is 
simply  an  older  form^  of  Fish.  In 
Anglo-Saxon  times  the  termination  sh  was 
regularly  sounded  hard  like  sk.  The  break- 
fasting Englishman  of  those  days  ate  his  fise 
from  a  disc."  The  Fisk  coat-of-arms :  Checkey 
argent  and  gules  upon  a  pale  sable,  three  mul- 
lets or,  pearced.  Motto:  Macte  Virtute  sic 
itur  ad  Astra.  ("So  to  the  stars  we  go  for 
doing  as  we  ought  below.") 

(I)  Lord  Symond  Fiske,  grandson  of 
Daniel,  was  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Stadhaugh, 
parish  of  Laxfield,  county  of  Suffolk,  Eng- 
land ;  lived  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  IV  and  VI 
(1399-1422);  married  Susannah  Smith,  and 
second  Katherine .  Will  dated  Decem- 
ber 22,  1463,  proved  at  Norwich,  February  26, 
1463-4,  bequeaths  "his  soul  to  God,  the  Virgin 
Mary  and  all  the  saints  in  Heaven ;"  to  each 
of  his  sons  twenty  pounds ;  mentions  his 
daughter  Margaret  Dowsing;  appoints  his 
wife  Katherine,  son  John  and  Nichols  Noloch 
executors.     Children:    i.  William,  mentioned 

below.     2.  Jeffrey,  married  Margaret  . 

3.  John.  4.  Edmund,  married  Margery 
.  5.  Margaret,  married  Dow- 
sing, or  Dowling. 

(II)  William  Fiske,  son  of  Symond  Fiske 
( I ) ,  was  born  at  Stadhaugh ;  married  Joan 
Lynne,  of  Norfolk,  who  survived  him,  making 
her  will  July  15,  1504.  It  was  proved  Febru- 
ary 28,  1505  ;  mentions  her  sons  John,  Augus- 
tine and  Simon,  son's  wife  .A.nne,  and  daugh- 
ters Margery  and  Margaret ;  appoints  Sir 
John  Fiske,  son  of  John  Fiske,  and  her  son 
Simon,  executors.  William  died  about  1504. 
Children,  born  at  Laxfield:  i.  Thomas,  mar- 
ried .Anne  .     2.  William,  married  Joan 

.     3.  Augustine,  married  Joan  


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4.  Simon,  mentioned  below.  5.  Robert,  mar- 
ried second  Joan.  6.  John.  7.  Margery.  8. 
2klargaret. 

(Ill)   Simon  Fiske,  son  of  William   Fiske 
(2),  was  born  at  Laxfield;  married  Elizabeth 

,    who    died    at    Halesworth,    in   June, 

1558.  He  resided  in  Laxfield,  where  he  made 
his  will  July  10,  1536;  it  was  proved  July  13, 
1538;  in  it  he  expressed  his  wish  to  be  buried 
in  the  chancel  end  of  the  Church  of  All  Saints 
in  Laxfield,  next  his  father;  bequeathed  to 
sons  Robert  and  William,  wife  Elizabeth,  son 
Jeffrey,  daughters  Joan  Iverton,  Gelyne  War- 
ner, Agnes  Fiske,  son  Simon.  He  died  June, 
1538.  Children,  born  at  Laxfield:  i.  Simon; 
mentioned    below.       2.  \Mlliam.       3.  Robert, 

married     Alice     .       4.  Joan,     married 

Iverton.     5.  Jeffrey.    6.  Gelyne,  mar- 
W'arner.     7.  Agnes.     8.  Thomas, 


ried 

9.  Elizabeth.     10.  John. 

(IV)  Simon  Fiske,  son  of  Simon  Fiske 
(3),  was  born  in  Laxfield.  His  will  is  dated 
January  25,  1655  (?).  He  gave  legacies  to 
his  children,  who  were  all  young,  and  a  be- 
quest to  his  brother.  Master  John  Fiske,  ten 
marks  to  sing  masses  for  his  soul  one  year. 
Children,  born  in  Laxfield:  I.  Robert,  men- 
tioned below,  married  Mrs.  Sybil  (Gould) 
Barber.  2.  John,  married  Thomasine  Pin- 
chard.  3.  George,  married  Joan  Crispe.  5. 
Jeffrey.  6.  Jeremy.  7.  William.  8.  Rich- 
ard, married  .\gnes  Crispe.  9.  Joan.  10. 
GehTie,     11.  .Agnes. 

(\')  Robert  Fiske.  son  of  Simon  Fiske  (4), 
was  born  at  Stadhaugh,  England,  about  1525; 
married  Airs.  Sybil  (Gould)  Barber.  For 
some  time  he  was  of  the  parish  of  St.  James, 
South  Elmham,  England.  His  wife  Sybil  was 
in  great  danger  in  the  time  of  the  religious 
persecution.  1553-58,  as  was  her  sister,  origi- 
nally Gould,  who  was  confined  in  the  castle 
of  Norwich  and  escaped  death  only  by  the  in- 
fluence of  her  brothers.  Robert  fled  for  the 
sake  of  religion  in  the  days  of  Bloody  Mary 
to  Geneva,  but  returned  later  and  died  at  St. 
James.  Flis  will,  dated  April  10,  1590.  was 
proved  July  28.  1600.  His  four  sons  by  wife 
Sybil  were  William,  Jeffrey,  Thomas  and 
Eleazer,  all  of  whom  except  Eleazer  had  chil- 
dren immigrate  to  New  England,  chiefly  on 
account  of  religious  persecution.  They  were 
burning  men  for  heresy  in  Laxfield  when  Rob- 
ert's sons  were  growing  up.  He  died  in  1600. 
Giildren :  i.  William:  mentioned  below.  2. 
Jeffrey :   married    Sarah    Cooke.      3.  Thomas. 

married  Margery .    4.  Eleazer,  died  in 

Metfield.   England,  July,   161 5.     5.  Elizabeth, 
born    in    England,    married    Robert    Bernard : 


one  of  their  daughters  was  mother  of  the  great 
English  philosopher,  John  Locke. 

(\T)  William  Fiske,  son  of  Robert  Fiske 
(5),  was  bom  at  Laxfield,  1566;  married 
.Anna  Anstye,  daughter  of  Walter  Anstye,  of 
Tibbenham,  Long  Row,  Norfolk  county ;  mar- 
ried second  Alice  .     He  fled  from  the 

country  with  his  father  during  the  persecu- 
tions. His  will  is  dated  November  25,  1616, 
and  was  proved  May  17,  1623 ;  he  was  then  of 
Ditchingham,  Norfolk,  and  the  will  mentions 
many  of  his  relations.  He  died  in  1623.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  John,  born  at  South  Elmham;  mar- 
ried -Anne  Lantersee.  2.  Nathaniel ;  mentioned 
below.  3.  Eleazer,  married  and  settled  in 
Norwich ;  no  male  issue.  4.  Eunice,  born  at 
South  Elmham :  died  unmarried.  5.  Hannah, 
born  at  South  Elmham ;  married  May  4,  1603, 
William  Candler ;  school  master  at  Tofford ; 
father  of  Rev.  Mathias  Candler,  author  of  the 
celebrated  Candler  manuscripts.  6.  Hester, 
married  John  Chalke.  7.  Mary,  married  An- 
thony Fisher,  proprietor  of  Wignotte,  county 
Suffolk,  England ;  parents  of  Anthony  Fisher, 
progenitor  of  the  Fisher  family  of  Dedham, 
Massachusetts. 

(VH)  Nathaniel  Fiske,  son  of  William 
Fiske  (6),  married  Mrs.  Alice  (Henel) 
Leman ;  he  was  mentioned  in  the  wills  of  his 
father,  uncle  Eleazer  and  cousin  Eleazer. 
Children,  born  at  Weybred,  England:  i. 
Nathaniel,  born  in  England ;  mentioned  below. 
2.  Sarah,  married  Robert  Rogers. 

(VHI)  Nathaniel  Fiske,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Fiske  (7).  was  born  at  \N'eybred.  England: 
married  Dorothy  Symonds,  of  Wendham, 
daughter  of  John  Symonds.  There  is  a  family 
tradition  that  he  died  on  his  passage  to 
.America.  Children,  born  at  Weybred:  i. 
John,  born  about  1619:  married  Sarah  Wyeth. 
2.  Nathan ;  mentioned  below.  3.  Esther.  4. 
Martha ;  married  Martin  L'nderwood.  bom 
1596;  settled  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 

(IX)  Nathan  Fiske,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Fiske  (8),  was  born  in  England,  about  1615; 
married  Susanna  .  He  was  the  immi- 
grant, settling  at  Watertown.  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1642.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
May  10,  1643.  and  was  selectman  in  1673.  His 
will  was  dated  June  19.  1676.  and  he  died  June 
21  following.  His  home  stall  was  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Sudbury  road,  opposite  .Abraham 
Brown's.  He  died  June  21,  1676.  Children. 
born  at  Watertown:  i.  Nathan,  born  October 
17.  1642:  married  Elizabeth  Fr>e.  2.  John, 
bom  .August  25,  1647.  3-  Ravid,  born  .April 
29,  1650:  married  Elizabeth  Reed.  4. 
Nathaniel,  born  July  12.  1653:  mentioned  be- 


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low.  5.  Sarah,  born  1656;  married  Septem- 
ber 3,  1673,  Abraham  Gale,  son  of  Richard, 
the  immigrant. 

(X)  Nathaniel  Fiske,  son  of  Nathan  Fiske 
(9j,  was  born  at  Watertown,  July  12,  1653: 
married  April  13,  1677,  Mary  (Warren) 
Child,  born  November  29,  165 1,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Warren,  of  Watertown,  and  widow  of 
John  Qiild,  of  Watertown,  born  1636,  died 
October  15,  1676.  She  died  May  12,  1734. 
He  was  a  weaver.  His  will  is  dated  June  10, 
1735,  and  was  proved  October  3,  1735.  He 
was  a  weaver  by  trade.  He  died  September, 
1735.  Children:  i.  Nathaniel,  born  June  9, 
1678;  mentioned  below.  2.  Hannah,  born 
August  29,  1680;  married  October  17,  1701, 
Joshua  Bigelow,  Jr. ;  settled  at  Westminster. 
3.  John,  born  March  17,  1682;  married  Lydia 
Adams.  4.  Sarah,  bom  July  4,  1684;  married 
January  8,  1706,  John  Hastings,  Jr.  5.  Lydia, 
born  December  2,  1687  :  married  May  14,  171 1, 
John  Warren.  6.  Mary,  baptized  April  20, 
1690 :    married    in    Watertown,    October    30, 

1716,  James  Knapp.  7.  Elizabeth,  b(irn  June 
24,  1692;  married  January  25,  1715,  Captain 
Flagg,  Jr.,  who  settled  in  Worcester.  8.  .Abi- 
gail, born  August  28,  1698;  married  .\pril  10, 

17 1 7,  Allen  Flagg,  Jr. 

(XI)  Nathaniel  Fiske,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Fiske  (10),  was  born  at  Watertown,  June  9, 
1678 ;  married  in  Sherborn.  Massachusetts, 
January  16,  1705-6,  Hannah  Adams,  who  died 
July  21,  1718.  He  settled  in  Sherborn  about 
the  time  he  came  of  age,  and  lived  there  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  becoming  an  honored 
and  distinguished  citizen.  He  died  August 
24,  1719.  Children,  born  at  Sherborn:  i. 
Nathaniel,  born  November  11,  1706:  died  at 
Lake  George,  October  5,  1756,  in  the  French 
war.  2.  Asa,  born  February  22,  1708:  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Hannah,  born  September 
9,  1710:  married  December,  1732,  Jonathan 
Carver,  of  Natick,  Massachusetts.  4.  Moses, 
bom  January  29,  1713:  married  Mehitable 
Broad.  5.  Lydia,  born  April  24,  1715;  died 
August  19,  1717,  at  Sherborn.  6.  Lydia,  born 
October  5,  1718. 

(XH)  .\sa  Fiske,  son  of  Nathaniel  Fiske 
(11),  was  born  at  Sherborn,  February  22, 
1708;  married  January  30,  1734,  Lois  Leland, 
who  was  born  in  1714,  daughter  of  Timothy 
Leland.  She  made  her  will  March  3,  1775  ; 
proved  February  25,  1801  ;  his  will  was  dated 
November  6,  1770,  and  proved  January  8, 
1781.  He  died  in  1781.  Children, 
born  in  Holliston,  Massachusetts:  i. 
.^bel,  bom  1743:  married  Mehitable 
Rix:    resided    in    Medwav.      2.  Aaron,    horn 


March  13,  1849;  mentioned  below.  3.  Asa,  born 
September  3,  1746;  married  Mercy  Jones.  4. 
Abner,  born  1754;  married  Molly  Grant;  re- 
sided in  Lee,  Oneida  county.  New  York.     5. 

Lydia,  born   1738;  married  Burbank ; 

resided  in  Holliston.  6.  Huldah,  born  1740; 
married  Caleb  Claflin  and  resided  in  Hopkin- 
ton.  7.  Lois,  born  1751 ;  married  Amariah 
Marsh,  of  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island ;  ancestors 
of  Mrs.  Edward  F.  Jones,  of  Binghamton, 
New  York,  wife  of  the  former  lieutenant- 
governor. 

(XIII)  Aaron  Fiske,  son  of  Asa  Fiske 
(12),  was  born  in  Holliston,  March  13,  1749; 
married  at  Worcester,  February  18,  1773, 
Tabitha  Metcalf.  He  died  in  1839.  They  re- 
sided in  Templeton,  Massachusetts ;  Chester- 
field and  Franconia,  New  Hampshire ;  and 
Guildhall,  Vermont.  He  was  a  farmer.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Lavinia,  born  October  27,  1773.  2. 
Asa,  born  April  19,  1775 ;  married  Betsey 
Henry.  3.  Aaron,  Jr.,  born  June  23,  1777; 
mentioned  below.  4.  Anson.  5.  Joseph,  born 
September  2,  1782.  6.  Abel,  born  February 
I/'  1785;  married  first,  Sally  Phillips;  second, 
Jerusha  Johnson.  7.  Elijah,  born  April  29, 
1789.  8.  Ezra,  bom  May  23,  1791.  9.  Levi, 
born  June  23,  1793;  married  Marian  Bacon. 
10.  Lois,  born  December  11,  1795;  died  1813 
at  Chesterfield,  New  Hampshire.  1 1 .  Betsey, 
born  October  26,  1797;  married,  in  1824, 
James  .K.  Sheridan,  born  1800,  died  January 
12,  1870;  carpenter  by  trade;  served  in  civil 
war. 

(XIV)  Aaron  Fiske,  son  of  Aaron  Fiske 
(13),  born  June  23,  1777,  at  Chesterfield,  New 
Hampshire;  married  there,  February  11,  1799, 
Abigail  Chandler,  of  Putney,  Vermont ;  she 
was  born  at  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  June  21, 
1778,  daughter  of  John  Chandler,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Chandler,  .who  was  son  of  Jo- 
seph, and  grandson  of  the  immigrant,  William 
Chandler.  Aaron  Fiske  resided  in  Chesterfield, 
New  Hampshire ;  and  Lunenburg  and  Guild- 
halj,  Vermont.  While  Aaron  Fiske  was  keep- 
ing a  tavern  at  Franconia  Notch,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  when  his  daughter  Louisa  (his 
eighth  child,  and  who  became  the  mother  of 
our  immediate  subject)  was  born,  one  of  the 
boarders  gave  the  child  a  money  gift  for  being 
named  after  his  deceased  wife,  Louisa  Tilson. 
When  Louisa  grew  upt  and  married,  her 
mother  bought  a  silver  spoon  with  a  part  of 
the  money,  and  presented  tn  her,  and  she  vet 
has  it  in  possession.  Aaron  Fiske  died  Sep- 
tember 10,  1822,  and  his  wife  in  May,  1866. 
Children  :  I.  Anson,  born  September  28.  1801  ; 
married  Pnidence  Howe :  he  was  a  farmer  at 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


Guildhall,  and  Haverhill,  New  Hampshire.  2. 
Adeline,  born  May,  1804 ;  died  unmarried.  3. 
William,  born  July  25,  1806;  died  January  15, 
1887 ;  he  was  a  carpenter,  and  at  one  time 
member  of  the  firm  of  Fiske  &  Co.,  lumber 
dealers,  Lowell ;  married,  November  16,  1830, 
Catherine  H.  Hudson,  born  March  4,  1805, 
died  May  13,  1885;  children:  i.  George  Clin- 
ton, born  October  27,  1831,  died  unmarried, 
July  I,  1853.  ii.  Abbie,  died  young,  iii.  Wil- 
liam Oscar,  born  June,  1836 ;  see  forward,  iv. 
Edward  Ambrose,  born  November  22,  1838; 
married  Lizzie  C.  Dana.  v.  Helen  Catherine, 
born  August  8,  1842 ;  unmarried ;  resided  at 
172   South    Broadway,    Saratoga,   New    York. 

4.  Henry,  born  January  8,  1808;  died  young. 

5.  Elijah,  born  January  9,  1810,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 6.  George  Washington,  born  March  3, 
1812;  see  forward.  7.  Climena,  born  Febru- 
ary 21,  1814;  married  James  Crane;  residence, 
Danville,  Vermont ;  children :  i.  George  Will- 
ard,  born  December  28,  1837.  ii.  Henry 
Alonzo,  born  March  27,  1839.  iii.  Solon  Ly- 
curgus,  born  September  22,  1842,  died  May 
14,  1844.  iv.  Eva  Jane,  born  January  22, 
1855.  8.  Louisa  Tilson  Fiske,  born  February 
II,  1816;  married  Benjamin  F.  Boynton,  over- 
seer of  Lowell  carpet  mills,  residence  Lowell ; 
children :  i.  Frank  Fiske,  residence  Butte, 
Montana,  ii.  Almeria  L.  iii.  Charles  E.  iv. 
Mary  E.  v.  Fred.  9.  Marilla,  born  .\pril  10, 
1818:  married  William  Hoyt ;  residence,  Dan- 
ville, Vermont ;  children,  all  born  in  Danville, 
Vermont :  Abbie  Fiske,  died  unmarried ;  Eliz- 
abeth Frye,  married  John  Spencer  Tilton,  of 
Danville,  Vermont ;  William  Lloyd  Garrison, 
of  Cabot,  Vermont;  Mary  Jane,  married 
George  Wright,  of  Passumpsic,  Vermont ;  An- 
son Burlingame,  of  Danville,  Vermont.  10. 
Mary,  born  July  13,  1820;  married  Charles 
Crane  ;  residence  Danville,  Vermont ;  children  : 
i^  John  Henry,  born  "February  27,  1843;  resi- 
dence, Cabot,  Vermont,  ii.  Calista  Jane,  born 
December  2,  1845  '•  lives  in  Danville,  Vermont, 
iii.  Denzil  M.,  born  February  19,  1848;  resides 
Mclndoes,  Vermont,  iv.  Edwin  E.,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1850;  lives  in  Danville,  Vermont, 
v  Frank,  lives  in  Danville,  Vermont,  vi.  Em- 
ma Louisa,  born  May  28,  1856.  vii.  Nelson, 
lives  in  New  York  City. 

(XV)  George  Washington  Fiske,  son  of 
Aaron  Fiske  (14),  was  born  in  Guildhall,  Ver- 
mont, March  3,  1812.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  district  schools,  and  during  his  youth 
worked  at  home  with  his  father  on  the  farm. 
When  he  attained  his  majority  he  went  to 
Lowell  and  learned  the  trade  of  wood  turnin.g. 
He  worked  as  a  journeyman  for  a  firm  of  bob- 


bin makers  in  Lowell,  and  after  some  years 
bought  the  business.  After  an  active  career 
he  retired,  and  for  many  years  has  lived  quiet- 
ly in  Lowell,  in  the  enjoyment  of  well  earned 
leisure  and  rest.  He  has  always  been  deeply 
interested  in  affairs  of  public  moment.  From 
the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  he 
has  been  one  of  its  most  loyal  and  devoted 
supporters.  During  the  civil  war  he  was  an 
ardent  friend  and  upholder  of  his  fellow 
townsman  General  Benjamin  F.  Butler.  He 
was  a  steadfast  admirer  of  President  Lilcoln, 
and  it  was  his  melancholy  task  to  carry  into 
the  city  of  Richmond  the  dreadful  news  of  the 
assassination  of  that  eminent  patriot  and 
statesman.  Although  Mr.  Fiske  is  well  along 
in  the  closing  decade  of  tjie  centenarian,  he 
usually  enjoys  good  health,  and  is  blessed  with 
a  retentive  memory.  He  is  well  known  and 
universally  respected  and  beloved  in  the  city 
where  he  has  lived  for  so  many  years,  and  in 
which  he  is  one  of  the  oldest  residents  in  point 
of  years.  In  the  seventy  years  he  has  passed 
in  the  city  he  has  seen  a  flourishing  industrial 
centre  developed  from  a  modest  country  vil- 
lage, and  has  seen  the  great  mills,  the  pride 
of  all  New  England,  built  on  the  Merrimac 
river,  their  busy  looms  creating  wealth  for  sev- 
eral generations  of  owners. 

Mr.  Fiske  married,  at  West  Medway,  Mas- 
sachusetts, October  18,  1838,  Eliza  Brewer 
Cutler,  who  was  born  May  17,  1815,  died  1897, 
daughter  of  Simon  and  Nabby  (Brewer)  Cut- 
ler, of  Framingham,  Massachusetts.  (See 
Cutler).  Children:  i.  Warren  Eugene,  born 
August  10,  1839 ;  died  October  20,  1840.  2. 
Henry  Brewer,  born  at  Lowell,  December  29, 
1842;  married  at  Washington,  D.  C,  June  17, 
1884,  Lizzie  Hollinger,  a  high  school  graduate, 
born  July  6,  1850,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Harriet  (Warren)  Hollinger;  Mr.  Fiske  is  a 
lumber  merchant,  with  offices  at  27  Kilby 
street;  resides  at  75  Main  street,  corner  Pleas- 
ant street,  Winthrop,  Massachusetts  ;  president 
of  Winthrop  town  government,  vice-president 
Massachusetts  Lumber  Association,  and  dele- 
gate to  Massachusetts  Board  of  Trade ;  at- 
tends Universalist  church,  trustee  several 
years,  and  superintendent  of  Sunday  school 
two  years ;  affiliated  with  William  North 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Alasons,  of  Lowell, 
in  which  he  has  held  offices :  is  a  Republican 
in  politics ;  children :  Starr  Hollinger,  born 
October  31,  1885;  graduate  Winthrop  gram- 
mar school,  and  of  Boston  high  school,  class 
1906;  student  in  Lowell  Textile  School,  class 
1909.  3.  Sarah  Cutler,  born  February  22.  1845  > 
residence  Lowell :  teaclier  in  public  schools  in 


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that  city;  member  of  Lowell  Chapter,  Daugh- 
ters American  Revolution.  4.  Emma  E.,  born 
October  14,  1848;  died  March  16,  1874;  mar- 
ried, October  22,  1868,  N.  W.  Storer;  chil- 
dren :  Alice  Fiske,  born  July  17,  1869,  died 
March  i,  1882;  Fred  Cutler,  born  July  20, 
1871 ;  Mabel  Hopkins,  born  July  i,  1872,  died 
October  14,  1872;  Grace  Radcliffe,  born  Au- 
gust 16,  1873,  died  January  20,  1874. 

(XV)  General  William  Oscar  Fiske,  son  of 
William  Fiske    (14)   and  grandson  of  Aaron 
Fiske  (13),  was  born  at  Lowell,  June  4,  1836. 
The  brick  house  in  which   he  was  born  was 
built  by  his  father,  and  is  still  standing  at  the 
comer  of  Andover  and   Fayette  streets.     He 
was  educated  in  the  Lowell  schools  and  at  the 
Merrimack  Normal  Institute  at  Reeds  Ferry, 
New   Hampshire.     His   first  business   experi- 
ence was  with  the  produce  firm  of  A.  L.  Waite 
&   Company,    of    which    he    subsequently    be- 
came a  member.     He  engaged  in  the  commis- 
sion business  on  his  own  account  in  Boston,  and 
gave  it  up  to  enlist  in  the  army  when  the  civil 
war  broke  out.    He  entered  the  service  as  first 
Heutenant,  April  16,  1861,  on  the  staff  of  Gen- 
eral Benjamin  F.  Butler,  and  served  for  three 
months  at  Fortress  Monroe,  taking  part  in  the 
engagements  at  Big  Bethel  and  Hatteras  Inlet. 
The  unfortunate  differences  between  Governor 
Andrew  and  General  Butler  caused  the  state 
government  to  refuse  to  recognize  Mr.  Fiske's 
rank,  and  in  the  official  report  of  the  affair  at 
Hatteras    Inlet,    where    Captain    Fiske    swam 
ashore  from  the  vessel  to  carry  a  dispatch  from 
General  Butler  to  the  commander  of  the  land 
forces,   he  is   mentioned   with   approbation  as 
"Mr.   Fiske,  of   Massachusetts."     A    contem- 
porary edition  of  Harper's  Weekly  contained 
an  account  with  illustration  of  this  exploit,  and 
the  young  hero  acquired  a  national  fame.    The 
papers  of  that  period  make  him  the  most  dis- 
tinguished of  Massachusetts  soldiers  excepting 
General  Butler.     He  returned  to  Lowell  with 
General   Butler,   and   was   appointed   assistant 
quartermaster    for    the    department    of    New 
England,  with   headquarters  at   Camp   Chase, 
on  the  old   fair  grounds,   Lowell.     While   at 
home  he  was  presented  with  a  sword,  belt  and 
saddle  by  appreciative  townsmen.    He  remain- 
ed on  this  duty  until  he  was  ordered  south  to 
the  Department  of  the  Gulf.     At  Ship  Island 
he  was  transferred  to  the  command  of  General 
George  F.  Shepley,  as  commissary  of  subsist- 
ence with  the  rank  of  captain,  his  first  com- 
mission   recognized    by   the    state   authorities, 
after  serving  nine  months  without  pay.     Dur- 
ing his  official,  career  he  was  under  a  West 
Point  officer  who  was  noted  rather  for  quer- 


ulousness  than  his  ability,  and  Captain  Fiske, 
with  other  ■  officers  of  the  department,  were 
subjected  to  an  investigation  which  in  his  case 
resulted  in  bringing  him  very  high  commenda- 
tion instead  of  censure. 

When  General  Butler  received  authority  to 
raise  and  recruit  troops  in  Louisiana,  Captain 
Fiske  was  assigned  to  the  United  States  bar- 
racks in  New  Orleans  as  quartermaster  and 
commissary  for  that  post,  which  was  the  first 
recruiting  station  in  the  department.  He  was 
subsequently  commissioned  as  major  of  the 
First  Louisiana  Regiment,  the  first  Union  reg- 
iment of  white  soldiers  in  any  of  the  Confed- 
erate states.  He  took  an  active  part  in  most 
of  the  engagements  in  that  department — Don- 
aldsonville,  Irish  Bend,  Port  Hudson,  Cox's 
Plantation,  Mansura,  Francesville,  and  the 
battles  of  the  Red  River.  Major  Fiske  was 
wounded  in  the  leg  while  forcing  a  landing  at 
Irish  Bend,  Grand  Lake,  near  Bayou  Teche, 
during  the  first  advance  on  Port  Hudson  un- 
der General  Banks.  Against  the  advice  of  the 
surgeon  he  left  the  hospital  and  went  on  the 
L'leld.  Almost  the  first  thing  that  met  his  eye 
was  the  dead  body  of  Colonel  Holcomb,  of 
Connecticut,  his  own  commanding  officer,  who 
had  been  killed  while  leading  his  troops  in  the 
brave  and  famous  attempt  made  to  storm  the 
enemy's  works  that  day.  Colonel  Fiske's 
brother.  Major  E.  A.  Fiske,  of  Lawrence,  took 
part  in  the  same  engagement.  Major  Fiske 
was  commissioned  colonel  June  15,  1863,  and 
during  the  Red  River  campaign  commanded 
the  Second  Brigade,  Nineteenth  Army  Corps, 
a  part  of  the  time.  A  deed  of  special  import- 
ance and  daring  was  his  recapture  of  guns 
from  General  Dick  Taylor.  During  his  long 
service  he  was  absent  from  duty  but  thirty 
days.  He  was  breveted,  March  13,  1865,  brig- 
adier-general of  volunteers  "for  gallant  and 
meritorious  conduct."  In  all  these  years  of 
military  service  his  bearing  was  such  as  to 
command  the  love  of  his  soldiers  and  respect 
of  his  officers.  When  he  returned  to  New 
Orleans  on  business  after  the  war,  he  was 
tendered  a  banquet  at  the  St.  Charles  hotel, 
with  every  mark  of  respect  due  a  distinguished 
person.  When  he  was  mustered  out  of  service 
he  returned  to  Lowell,  and  as  soon  as  the  con- 
gratulations of  his  rejoicing  friends  would  al- 
low him,  he  engaged  in  business,  his  first  ven- 
ture being  the  paint,  oils  and  paper  hanging 
trade,  with  the  late  Josiah  B.  Fielding  as  his 
partner  until  June,  1871,  when  Mr.  Fielding 
died.  The  firm  name  was  Fielding  &  Fiske. 
The  business  was  conducted  previously  under 
the  name  of  J.  B.  Fielding  &  Company,  and. 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


after  the  death  of  the  senior  partner,  the  name 
became  Fiske  &  Spalding,  a  very  well-known 
and  successful  firm. 

General  Fiske  was  a  very  public-spirited 
man,  though  the  only  civil  office  he  ever  held 
was  that  of  councilman  in  1869  and  1870.  His 
executive  ability  made  him  always  in  demand 
wherever  any  charitable  or  social  enterprise  or 
public  demonstration  was  in  order.  He  was  a 
prominent  Free  Mason,  member  of  Kilwin- 
ning Lodge,  and  of  Pilgrim  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar :  and  of  the  Massachusetts 
Commandery,  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  members 
of  B."  F.  Butler  Post,  No.  42,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  and  was  a  commander  of  that 
post.  He  was  elected  junior  vice  commander 
of  the  Department  of  Massachusetts,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  in  1870.  He  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  quartermaster  general  on  the 
staff  of  Governor  Talbot  in  1879,  and  aide-de- 
camp to  Governor  Long  in  1880,  each  time 
with  the  rank  of  colonel.  In  society  General 
Fiske  was  popular.  His  personality  was  mag- 
netic, his  bearing  modest  and  charming.  He 
was  an  upright,  honorable  and  useful  citizen, 
as  well  as  a  brave  and  successful  officer.  He 
had  naturally  the  qualities  necessary  to  make 
a  good  commander,  and  he  fairly  won  every 
title  and  commission  that  he  received,  includ- 
ing that  of  brigadier-general.  He  made  a  for- 
tune in  business,  and  ranked  high  among  the 
men  of  substance  and  among  the  leaders  of 
public  opinion  and  business  in  his  native  city. 
He  died  February  2,  1886,  in  Lowell.  He 
married  first,  November,  187 1,  Mary  .\ugusta 
Fielding,  who  was  born  May  8,  1848,  and  died 
April  10,  1876.  He  married  second,  June, 
1882,  Mrs.  Hester  Fox,  of  Saratoga,  New 
York.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  JuHa  Hudson, 
born  August  9,  1873.  married  Frank  Byrd ;  re- 
sides at  Saratoga  Springs,  New  York.  2. 
Josiah  Fielding,  born  July  30,  1875  ;  resides  in 
Lowell,  married  Mary  F.  Lannan ;  children : 
William  Oscar,  Julia  Frances. 


John  Boynton,  the  immigrant 
BOYNTON  ancestor  of  the  Hon.  Eleazar 
Boynton,  and  Edward  P. 
Boynton,  of  Medford,  Massachusetts,  and  the 
Rev.  Nehemiah  Boynton,  D.  D.,  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  was  born  in  Wintringham,  in  the 
East  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  England,  in  1614, 
and  came  to  New  England  with  his  brother 
William  in  1638.  He  was  a  tailor,  and  resided 
in  Rowley,  Massachu.setts.  He  married  Ellen 
Pell,  of  Boston. 


(IIj  Captain  Joseph  Boynton,  eldest  of  the 
seven  children  of  John  and  Ellen  (Pell)  Boyn- 
ton, was  captain  of  a  military  company,  town 
clerk,  and  representative  to  the  general  court 
many  years.  He  lived  in  Rowley.  He  married 
Sarah  Swan,  and  they  had  nine  children. 

(III)  Deacon  Joseph  Boynton,  eldest  child 
of  Captain  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Swan)  Boyn- 
ton, lived  in  Rowley,  and  was  a  wheelwright 
by  trade,  and  a  deacon  in  the  church.  He  mar- 
ried Bridget  Harris,  and  they  had  eleven  chil- 
dren. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Boynton,  fifth  child  of  Dea- 
con Joseph  and  Bridget  (Harris)  Boynton^ 
born  December  22,  1700,  lived  in  Gloucester, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  a  tailor.  He  married 
Martha  Rowe,  and  they  had  eight  children. 

(V)  William  Boynton,  seventh  child  of 
Benjamin  and  Martha  (Rowe)  Boynton,  was 
born  in  Gloucester,  March  8,  1737,  and  was 
drowned  March  21,  1772,  off  Long  Beach, 
Lynn.  He  married  Ruth  Grover.  They  lived 
in  Gloucester,  but  after  his  death  the  family 
removed  to  Rowley. 

(VI)  Eleazar  Boynton,  seventh  child  of 
William  and  Ruth  (Grover)  Boynton,  was 
born  September  9,  1770,  and  was  a  mariner 
and  trader.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  David  and  Molly  Parsons. 

(VII)  Eleazar  Boynton,  son  of  Eleazar  and 
Molly  (Parsons)  Boynton,  was  born  in  Glou- 
cester, February  27,  1797,  and  died  in  Rock- 
port,  August  13,  1871.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1821,  Sally,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Hannah  Blatchford ;  she  died  in  1866,  prior  to 
her  husband. 

(VIII)  Hon.  Eleazar  Boynton,  son  of 
Eleazar  and  Sally  (Blatchford)  Boynton,  was 
born  in  Rockport,  September  29,  1824.  His 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  and  pri- 
vate schools  of  that  place,  and  at  Phillips 
-Academy.  Andover,  Massachusetts.  On  at- 
taining his  majority  he  went  to  Boston  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  Boynton  &  Miller,  of 
which  firm  his  uncle,  Hon.  Nehemiah  Boynton, 
was  the  senior  member,  and  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  in  1849.  when  twenty-t.'ive 
vears  of  age.  The  name  of  the  firm  was  later 
changed  to  N.  Boynton  &  Co.,  and  after  the 
death  of  Nehemiah  Boynton,  in  1868,  Eleazar 
Boynton  became  the  senior  partner.  Mr. 
Eleazar  Boynton  was  active  in  public  affairs, 
served  on  the  school  board  for  several  years, 
was  a  selectman  and  chairman  of  the  board  in 
1 86 1,  represented  the  town  in  the  state  legis- 
lature in  1865,  and  was  a  state  senator  in  1885- 
86.  He  was  a  forceful  and  effective  speaker, 
and  was  very  active  in  town  meetings  before 


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Medford  became  a  city,  and  was  a  leader  in  all 
movements  for  the  public  good.  He  was  for 
a  number  of  years  president  of  Blackstone  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Boston,  and  vice-president  of 
Medford  Savings  Bank.  He  was  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.  He  was  an  active  and  influen- 
tial member  of  the  Alystic  Congregational 
church.  He  was  married,  in  1852,  to  Mary  E. 
P.  Chadbourne,  daughter  of  Simeon  and  Sally 
(Plummer)  Chadbourne,  of  Lyman,  Maine. 
Their  children  were:  Mary  D.,  born  1853; 
Edward  P.,  1855 ;  Rev.  Nehemiah,  1857 ;  Eliz- 
abeth, 1861.  Mr.  Boynton  died  in  Medford, 
June  5,  1901. 

(IX)  Edward  Porter  Boynton,  second  child 
and  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Eleazar  and  Mary  E. 
P.  (Chadbourne)  Boynton,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 25,  1855,  and  when  a  year  old  was  brought 
to  Medford  by  his  parents.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  there,  and  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover.  Unlike  his  brother 
Nehemiah,  who  entered  the  ministry,  he  pre- 
ferred a  business  career,  and  early  entered  the 
employ  of  N.  Boynton  &  Company,  the  firm  of 
which  his  father  was  the  senior  member,  and 
later  became  himself  a  member  of  the  firm. 
He  has  always  had  an  almost  passionate  in- 
terest in  music,  and  for  more  than  twenty 
years  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Han- 
del and  Haydn  Society  of  Boston,  served  on 
its  board  of  government  for  several  years,  and 
was  president  one  term.  He  is  a  life  member 
lof  the  Medford  Historical  Society,  and  com- 
modore of  the  Boston  Yacht  Club.  In  June, 
1877,  he  was  married  to  Annie  M.  Bradley, 
■daughter  of  Ira  and  Marietta  Bradley,  of 
Maiden.  They  have  two  sons — Eleazar  Brad- 
ley and  Paul  Hervey. 

(IX)  Rev.  Nehemiah  Boynton,  D.  D.,  third 
child  and  second  son  of  Hon.  Eleazar  and 
Mary  E.  P.  (Chadbourne)  Boynton,  was  born 
in  Medford,  in  1857.  He  was  prepared  for 
•college  at  Phillips  .\cademy,  Andover,  and 
•was  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  the 
class  of  1879,  and  from.  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  in  1882.  His  first  pastorate  was 
■over  the  Congregational  church  at  Littleton, 
Massachusetts,  and  he  was  subsequently  set- 
tled over  a  church  in  Boston,  and  later  over  a 
church  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  He  is  now  pas- 
tor of  the  Clinton  .Avenue  Congregational 
Church,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  one  of  the 
largest  churches  in  that  city.  He  is  also  a 
trustee  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary.  He 
is  an  able  and  eloquent  preacher,  and  has  dis- 
tinguished himself  in  his  profession.  Among 
liis  notable  efforts  was  his  oration  at  the  two 


hundred  and  seventy-fifth  anniversary  of  the 
settlement  of  Medford,  in  June,  1905. 

In  the  maternal  line,  Edward  Porter  and 
Rev.  Nehemiah  Boynton  are  descended  from 
William  Chadbourne,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land (probably  Devonshire)  in  1634,  and  set- 
tled in  what  is  now  South  Berwick,  Maine. 
Humphrey,  son  of  William  Chadbourne,  came 
in  163 1,  three  years  before  his  father,  and  be- 
came a  great  landowner  and  a  prominent  citi- 
zen of  Kittery,  Maine. 


Henry    Binder,    the    immigrant 
PINDER     ancestor,   is   believed  to  be  the 

progenitor  of  all  the  Colonial 
families  of  this  surname.  The  early  records 
have  the  name  spelled  Pyndar,  Pinder  and 
Pinner.  Henry  Pinder  was  born  in  England 
about  1580.  He  was  an  early  settler  at  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  probably  before  his  wife, 
who  came  with  the  children,  in  the  ship 
"Susan  and  Ellen"  in  April,  1635.  According 
to  the  ages  given  on  the  ship  register  his  wife 
Mary  was  born  in  1582.  Henry  was  one  of 
the  Ipswich  commoners  in  1641  :  helped  build 
the  prison  in  1652 ;  sold  house,  land  and  com- 
monage to  Twiford  West,  January  26,  1657 ; 
had  a  house  on  High  street  in  1659,  near  the 
house  which  Richard  Dummer  purchased  of 
John    Andrews.      Pinder    married     (second) 

Elizabeth  ,  who  gave  land  to  Edward 

Deare  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  her  grand- 
daughter, August  24,  1666.  Mr.  Pinder  died 
February  6,  1661.  Children:  Francis,  born 
161 5.  2.  Mary,  born  1618,  married,  March  21, 
1643,  Solomon  Martin.  3.  Joanna,  born  about 
1621,  married,  November  14,  1643,  Valentine 
Rowell ;  married  (second)  Richard  Currier, 
also  of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts;  and  (third) 
William  Sargent,  of  Ipswich  and  Salisbury, 
September  18,  1670:  three  very  prominent 
men.  4.  Ann,  born  1623.  5.  Catherine,  born 
1625.     6.  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  Pinder,  son  of  Henry  Pinder 
(i),  was  born  in  England  in  1627,  died  at 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  April  14,  1662. 
He  resided  in  Ipswich ;  was  one  of  Major 
Denison's  subscribers  in  1648 ;  had  a  share  in 
Plum  Island.  He  married  a  daughter  of 
Theophilus  Wilson.  Some  of  his  children:  i. 
John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elizabeth,  born 
.August  16,  1658.  3.  Thomas,  born  June  28, 
1668 ;  had  horses  on  Ipswich  common  in  1697 ; 
seat  in  Ipswich  meeting  house  in  1700.  4. 
Simon,  died  April  5,  1725.  5.  Samuel,  was  in 
Ipswich  in   1683. 


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(III)  John  Pinder,  son  of  John  Finder  (2), 
was  born  in  Ipswich  about  1650.  There  is 
difficulty  in  distinguishing  the  records  belong- 
ing to  the  various  John  Finders.  It  seems 
likely  to  the  writer,  however,  that  the  soldier 
who  died  about  January  29,  1700-01,  in  the 
service  was  John  Finder  (4),  son  of  John  (3). 
John  Finder  was  a  soldier ;  was  a  stonelayer 
from  New  Hampshire  at  Fort  William  and 
Mary  in  July,  1694;  Joseph  Hunt  was  ap- 
pointed his  administrator  at  Ipswich,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1700-01.  John  Finder  (3)  was  a 
soldier  in  King  Fhilip's  war,  credited  to  Mai- 
den, perhaps  by  some  error.  He  was  an  early 
settler  at  Durham,  New  Hampshire,  with  his 
son  Benjamin,  and  very  likely  all  his  family. 
He  and  Benjamin  signed  a  petition  at  Oyster 
Bay  (near  Durham)  in  1716  choosing  a  com- 
mittee "to  agree  with  their  neighbors  at  the 
head  of  the  river  in  order  to  an  honorable 
agreement  between  us  and  our  neighbors 
That  we  may  by  the  blessing  of  God 
have  the  gospel  setled  among  us." 
The  Finders  became  inhabitants  of  Dur- 
ham some  time  before  the  date  of  this  docu- 
ment, and  the  family  has  lived  in  Durham, 
Newmarket  and  vicinity  to  the  present  day. 
The  early  records  of  the  town  of  Newmarket 
were  destroyed  by  fire  including  all  down  to 
1784.  Before  1737  Durham  was  a  part  of 
Dover,  New  Hampshire.  Children:  i.  John, 
was  a  stonelayer  at  Fort  William  and  Mary, 
July,  1694:  died  in  the  service  in  1700  having 
wages  due  as  soldier ;  Joseph  Hunt,  of  Ips- 
"wich,  appointed  administrator  January  29, 
1700-01  ;  probably  unmarried.  2.  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below.  Probably  other  sons  and 
daughters.  Many  of  the  name  are  found  in 
Ipswich.  Benjamin,  John,  Jonathan  and 
Moses  Finder,  of  Ipswich,  were  soldiers  in  the 
Revolution  ;  also  James  Finder,  of  Newbury- 
port. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Finder,  son  of  John  Finder 
(3),  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
about  1690,  and  reirKsved  with  his  father  to 
Oyster  Bay,  now  Durham,  New  Hampshire, 
before  1716.  Five  children  of  Benjamin  were 
baptized  in  the  church  at  this  place,  October 
5,  1729.  (See  N.  E.  Gen.  Register  for  1879, 
page  348).  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  about 
1720.  2.  Benjamin,  born  about  1725.  3.  Eliz- 
abeth. 4.  Abigail.  5.  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(V)  Joseph  Pinder,  son  of  Benjamin  Pin- 
der (4),  was  born  in.  Durham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, about  1729.  The  following  were  his 
sons  or  nephews:  i.  Jeremiah,  soldier  in  the 
Revolution    from    Durham ;    in    Captain    John 


Drew's  company  raised  for  the  expedition  to 
Canada  out  of  the  regiments  of  Colonels  Evans 
and  Badger,  in  1776;  he  went  to  Rhode  Island 
in  the  campaign  of  1778;  in  Captain  Edward 
Hilton's  company.  Colonel  Joseph  Wingate's 
regiment ;  he  was  in  the  Continental  service 
in  the  Sixth  Company,  Second  New  Hamp- 
shire Regiment  in  1 78 1.  2.  Thomas,  enlisted 
in  Revolution  in  1777  under  Johnathan  Buirn- 
ham's  recruiting  officer,  in  company  of  Captain 
Parsons,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Senter;  in  1784 
he  was  of  the  adjacent  town  of  Newington, 
New  Hampshire.  3.  John,  soldier  in  the  Rev- 
olution in  Colonel  Joshua  Wentworth's  regi- 
ment, February,  1779:  residence  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire;  he  and  brother  Benjamin 
were  Continental  soldiers  and  received  a 
gratuity  March  18,  1780.  4.  Benjamin,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  Captain  Caleb 
Hodgdon's  company.  Colonel  Long's  regiment, 
August  23,  1776;  residence  Durham:  also  in 
1776  in  Captain  Daniel  Gordon's  company. 
Colonel  Tash's  regiment  to  reinforce  the 
Continental  army  in  New  York,  September  20, 

1776,  and  in  1777  he  was  in  the  same  regi- 
ment ;  he  gave  his  age  as  eighteen  in  January, 

1777,  and  was  therefore  born  probablv  in 
1758,  and  his  residence  Durham;  was  in  Cap- 
tain Benjamin  Titcomb's  company,  Colonel 
Poor's  regiment ;  also  in  Captain  Robert  Pike's 
company.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Joseph  Senter's 
regiment  at  Rhode  Island  in  1777;  although 
the  Jr.  does  not  appear  in  the  record  it  is 
possible  that  this  or  other  service  may  belong 
to  his  Uncle  Benjamin ;  he  was  in  the  Conti- 
nental service  in  1780  in  Colonel  Reed's  regi- 
ment, eighth  company,  and  also  in  1781  ;  he 
appears  to  have  settled  after  the  war  in  Alex- 
andria, New  Hampshire,  and  signed  a  petition 
there  December  24,  1794,  for  the  division  of 
the  town.  5.  Jedediah,  was  of  age  June  13, 
1792,  when  he  signed  a  petition  for  a  road  to 
avoid  the  hill  between  the  meeting  house  and 
Fox  Point  Ferry  in  Durham.  Probably  other 
children. 

(VI)  Jedediah  Finder,  son  of  Joseph  Fin- 
der (5),  was  born  in  Durham,  New  Hamip- 
shire,  about  1760.  He  settled  in  Newmarket, 
New  Hampshire.  He  signed  the  petition 
against  the  new  road  at  Durham,  June  13, 
1792.     Child:  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Joseph  Pinder,  .son  or  nephew  of 
Jeremiah  Pinder  (6),  was  born  at  Newmar- 
ket, New  Hampshire,  in  1798.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  hotel  keeper  in  that  town.  He 
served  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  the  town.  He  married  Eliza 
.'\nn   .Sweet,  who  was  born  in   Portsmouth  in 


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1800  and  died  in  Lowell  in  1887.  Children: 
Joseph,  Eliza,  Abbie,  William,  Calvin,  Charles, 
Jane,  George,  Albert,  and  three  who  died  in 
infancy. 

(VIII)  Colonel  Albert  Pinder,  son  of 
Joseph  Pinder  (7),  was  born  in  Lowell,  Mas- 
sachusetts, March  21,  1841.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  went  to  work  in  the  Belvidere 
Woolen  Alill  under  Major  Stott's  father  and 
followed  this  trade  for  five  years.  He  left  the 
Belvidere  Mill  to  enlist  in  Company  H,  Sixth 
Regiment,  Captain  John  Noyes,  of  Lowell,  for 
three  months.  After  his  term  of  enlistment 
expired,  he  returned  and  re-enlisted  for  nine 
months  and  was  stationed  at  Sufifolk,  Virginia. 
He  was  elected  second  lieutenant  of  his  com- 
pany soon  afterward  and  served  in  a 
number  of  minor  engagements.  He  re-en- 
listed afterward  in  the  Fifty-ninth  Regiment, 
Massachusetts  Veteran  Volunteers,  which  was 
consolidated  with  the  Fifty-seventh  (on  ac- 
count of  loss  of  men  in  service)  taking  the 
latter  number.  This  consolidated  regiment 
with  the  Fifty-sixth  and  Fifty-eighth,  was 
formed  out  of  officers  and  men  who  had  served 
previous  enlistments,  and  was  called  the 
Massachusetts  Veteran  Brigade.  Mr.  Finder's 
enlistment  in  this  command  was  for  three  years 
as  second  lieutenant,  was  promoted  to  first  lieu- 
tenant, and  March  25,  1865,  was  commissioned 
captain,  the  very  day  that  he  was  shot  at  the 
assault  on  Fort  Steadman.  The  bullet  passed 
in  his  right  side,  through  the  body,  out 
through  his  left  side,  and  he  was  given  up  for 
dead  by  the  surgeons.  Within  three  weeks, 
however,  he  was  able  to  be  about  on  crutches, 
and  on  April  19,  1865,  came  home.  He  re- 
joined his  regiment  July  i,  1865,  and  had 
charge  of  the  Aqueduct  Bridge  between 
Georgetown  and  Washington,  over  the  Po- 
tomac, until  his  regiment  was  mustered  out  of 
service  in  August,  1865.  He  was  assistant 
provost  marshal  on  General  Ledlev's  staff. 
After  his  return  to  Lowell  he  remained  in  the 
militia  and  for  ten  years  served  as  captain  of 
Company  G  of  Lowell.  He  was  then  elected 
major  and  finally  lieutenant  colonel  of  the 
Sixth  Regiment.  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Militia.  He  remained  in  the  militia  until  1882, 
and  was  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  pop- 
ular officers  in  the  state. 

He  went  into  the  postal  service  after  the 
war,  and  from  1865  to  1872  was  a  letter  car- 
rier under  Postmaster  John  A.  Goodwin.  He 
left  to  accept  an  appointment  on  the  state 
police  force  under  Major  Edward  J.  Jones. 
He  served  in  this  positiori  five  years,  then  went 


into  the  Lowell  police  force  under  Marshal 
Clcmence,  but  after  a  short  time  accepted  an 
appointment  in  the  Boston  custom  house.  In 
1879  he  was  appointed  city  marshal  of  Lowell, 
and  served  until  1880.  He  was  elected  super- 
intendent of  the  City  Farm  in  1882  and  filled 
the  place  with  marked  success  for  a  period  of 
eleven  years.  In  1896  he  was  again  re-elected 
superintendent  of  the  City  Farm.  He  retired 
from  this  position  in  1899,  and  since  then  has 
devoted  himself  to  the  care  of  his  property 
and  his  real  estate  business.  In  politics  Col- 
onel Pinder  is  a  Republican ;  in  religion  a 
L'nitarian.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trade.  He  is  a  prominent  Free  Miason,  mem- 
ber of  Pentucket  Lodge,  Nazareth  Council, 
Pilgrim  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and 
of  the  various  bodies  to  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree. He  is  also  a  member  of  Oberlin  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Royal 
Arcanum,  Benevolent  Order  of  Elks,  B.  F. 
Butler  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
Masonic  Club,  and  Loyal  Legion.  He  mar- 
ried, 1865,  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
Susan  Homans  Stevens,  born  in  Wentworth, 
New  Hampshire,  of  Revolutionary  stock,  and 
a  member  of  Molly  Varnun  Chapter,  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Stevens.  Qiildren :  i.  Irene  C,  born 
in  Lowell,  October  11,  1872;  married  James 
J.  Kerwin.  2.  Ralph  W.,  born  in  Lowell, 
January  ig,  1874,  single. 


The    surname    Hartwell    is 
HARTWELL     an      ancient      one,      being 

known  in  England  since 
the  days  of  William  the  Conqueror,  one  of  that 
name  having  come  with  him  from  Normandy 
in  the  year  1066,  and  later  received  from  that 
sovereign  an  allotment  of  lands  in  the  parish 
of  AilesburA',  Wold  Hartwell,  Bucks,  Eng- 
land. As  to  the  name,  the  spelling  of  Heart- 
well  was  common  in  New  England  in  the  early 
period,  due  perhaps  to  the  lack  of  a  general 
standard  of  spelling;  Hartwell  is  undoubtedly 
the  correct  form.  The  arms  borne  by  difl:'erent 
branches  of  the  family  in  England  display 
very  generally  a  buck's  head  or  a  hart's  head, 
from  which  one  may  see  that  the  derivation  is 
from  the  name  of  the  animal  rather  than  from 
the  name  of  the  physical  organ^ — the  heart. 

(I)  William  Hartwell,  the  ancestor  of  the 
greater  part  nf  the  Hartwells  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  settled  at  Concord,  Mas.sa- 
chuisetts,  about  the  year  1636.  He  was  adtnit- 
ted  a  freeman  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Col- 
ony in  1642.     His  name  is  among  the  signers 


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of  a  petition  for  the  grant  of  the  town  of 
Chelmsford  in  1663.  He  was  a  quartermaster 
of  a  troop  of  horse  at  Concord,  and  he  men- 
tions in  his  will,  dated  December  19,  1689,  "Ye 
arms  belonging  to  my  Trooping  horse  with  the 
bridle  and  saddle."  He  was  in  active  service 
in  King  Phillip's  war,  1676.  He  was  a  large 
land  owner.  He  died  at  Concord,  March  12, 
1689-90,  and  his  wife  Jazen  died  there  August 
15,  1695.  Children:  i.  John,  born  February 
23,  1640-1,  married  first,  June  i,  1664,  Pris- 
cilla  Wright,  who  died  March  3,  1680-1 ;  mar- 
ried second,  August  23,  1682,  Elizabeth 
Wright.  2.  Samuel,  born  March  26,  1645,  see 
forward.  3.  Martha,  born  April  25,  1649, 
died  young.  4.  Mary,  married  Jonathan  Hill, 
of  Billerica ;  she  died  February,  1694-5.  5. 
Sarah,  married,  April  18,  1661,  Benjamin 
Parker,  of  Billerica ;  she  died  July  18,  1674. 

(H)  Samuel  Hartwell,  son  of  William 
Hartwell  (i),  born  at  Concord,  M'arcli  26, 
1645-6,  died  there  July  26,  1725.  He  married 
first,  October  26.  1665,  Ruth  Wheeler,  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Catherine  Wheeler,  of  Con- 
cord, who  died  December   19,   1713;  married 

second,  Rebecca ,  who  died  January  23, 

1721-2,  and  married  third,  February  6,  1724, 
Elizabeth  Fletcher,  of  Chelmsford.  She  died 
October  4,  1732.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King 
Phillip's  war,  1676,  and  for  his  services  at  that 
time  his  son  Samuel  was  granted  land  in  Nar- 
ragansett  township,  number  si.x,  now  Temple- 
ton,  June  24,  1735.  Cliildren  :  i.  Samuel,  born 
October  6,  1666,  died  November  27,  1744. 
He  married  iSrst,  November  29,  1692,  Abigail 
Stearns,    of    Cambridge,    who    died    May    11, 

1709;  married  second,   Rebecca  ,   died 

April  19,  1714;  married  third,  widow  Marga- 
ret (Tompkins) ,  who  died  April  5,  1723  : 

and  married  fourth,  November  28,  1725,  Ex- 
perience Tarbox.  of  Lynn,  who  survived  him. 

2.  Mary,  l»rn  February  16,  1667-8,  married. 
November  i,  1688,  John  Parling,  of  Concord. 

3.  Ruth,  born  October  17,  1669,  died  unmar- 
ried, July,  1756.  4.  William,  born  .\ugust  16. 
1671,  see  forward.  5.  John,  born  June  18, 
if'/.^.  ci'ed  November  16,  1746:  married  first. 
Deborah  Eager,  who  died  June  15,  T744;  and 
married  second,  December  3,  1744,  Mrs.  Mary 
(I'rackett)  Hill.  6.  Hannah,  lx>rn  October  8, 
1675,  marrieel,  February  13.  1695-6,  Thomas 
Hosmer,  of  Concord.  7.  Elizabeth,  born  Oc- 
tober 23,  1677.  8.  Sarah,  born  July  10,  1679. 
9.  .Abigail,  Ixirn  May  I,  1681.  10.  Rebecca, 
born  February  14,  1682-3;  married  first,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1705,  Simeon  Hayward,  of  Concord, 
whr  died  ]\Iay  18,  1719;  and  married  second, 
I'.injamin  Temple.     .She  died  March  29.  1776, 


in  her  ninety-fourth  year  (gravestone).  11. 
Jane,  born  November  30,  1684.  12.  Jonathan, 
born  1686;  married  first,  June  11,  1713,  Han- 
nah Blanchard,  who  died  January  i,  1763,  and 
married  second,  Hannah  Willard :  resided  at 
Littleton.  13.  Joseph,  born  April  23,  1691, 
died  March  16,  1693-4. 

(HI)  William  Hartwell,  son  of  Samuel 
Hartwell  (2),  born  at  Concord,  August  16, 
1671,  died  at  Bedford,  December  11,  1742,  "in 
ye  72d  year  of  his  age"  (gravestone).  His 
wife  Ruth,  maiden  name  unknown,  died  there 
February  7,  1752,  "in  ye  77th  year  of  her  age." 
He  was  an  original  member  of  the  church  at 
Bedford,  in  1730,  and  assisted  in  organizing 
the  town  of  Bedford,  and  was  prominent  in  its 
affairs.    Children:  i.  William,  born  November 

5,  1703 ;  married  Deborah  ,  resided  at 

Bedford.  2.  Ruth,  born  May  14,  1705 ;  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Bacon,  Jr.,  of  Billerica,  removed 
to  Sutton.  3.  Dorothy,  born  May  27,  1707; 
married  Joseph  Arnold,  resided  at  Stoneham. 
4.  Daniel,  born  March  20,  1708-9;  married, 
June  13,  1734,  Sarah  Wilson,  of  Bedford.  5. 
Timothy,  born  September  15,  1712;  married, 
March  24,   1736-7,   Mary  Davis,  of  Bedford. 

6.  Stephen,  born  1716;  married  first,  December 
31,  1741,  Mary  Raymond,  who  died  July  17, 
1752;  married  second.  February  15,  1753,  Mrs. 
Rebecca  (Chandler)  Davis,  of  Bedford.  7. 
Joseph,  born  January  17,  1722-3,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Joseph  Hartwell,  son  of  William 
Hartwell  (3),  born  at  Concord,  January  17, 
1722-3,  di«?d  at  Bedford,  July  7,  1792,  aged 
sixty-nine  years,  gravestone.  He  married, 
December  12,  1750.  Jemima  Batchelder,  of 
Beverly,  baptized  January  26,  1728-9,  died 
July  13,  1786,  daughter  of  John,  Jr.,  and 
Jemima  (Conant)  Batchelder.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Captain  John  Moore's  (Bedford)  com- 
pany, which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19, 
1775,  service  nine  days.  His  name  appears 
also  in  a  list  of  men  between  the  ages  of  six- 
teen and  sixty  who  were  liable  to  bear  arms, 
as  returned  to  Colonel  Green,  dated  Bedford, 
May  15,  1775.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  May 
13.  1752,  died  September  28,  1753.  2.  Jemima, 
born  September  6,  1753;  married  June  22, 
1774,  Ebenezer  Cummings,  of  Woburn.  3. 
John,  born  May  18,  1755;  married  first.  April 
17,  1787,  Elizabeth  Moore,  of  Bedford;  and 
married  second,  Eimice  Cole,  of  Wellfleet,  re- 
sided at  Littleton.     4.  Lydia,  born   November 

1,  1759,  died  February  13,  1788.  5.  Hannah, 
born  July  9.  1759;  married,  June  4,  1805,  John 
Skelton,  of  Billerica.    6.  Ruth,  born  February 

2.  1761  :  married,  June  3,  1788,  Joseph  Porter. 
Jr.,  of  Danvers.     7.  Joseph,  born  May  9,  1762; 


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married,  July  3,  1804,  Elizabeth  Mead,  of 
Bedford.     8.   Dolly,   born  January    10,    1764; 

married,  May  27,   1804,  Abraham  Whitcomb, 

■of  Stow.    9.  Timothy,  born  September  7,  1765  ; 

married,  October  7,  1790,  Lucy  Davis,  of  Bed- 
ford ;  resided  at  Littleton  and  Ashby.  10. 
Molly,  born  April  5,  1769;  married,  September 

I,  1789,    Poulter    Reed,    resided   at    Littleton. 

II.  William,  born  June  25,  1770,  see  forward. 
(V)  William;  Hartwell,  son  of  Joseph  Hart- 

Avell  (4),  born  at  Bedford,  June  25,  1770,  died 
there.  May  8,  1819,  in  the  forty-ninth  year  of 
his  age  (gravestone)  ;  married  first,  October 
13,  1796,  Joanna  Davis,  born  August  19,  1769, 
died  October  30,  1808,  aged  thirty-nine  years 
(gravestone),  daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Re- 
liecca  (Chandler)  Davis,  of  Bedford;  married 
second,  April  6,  1809,  Mary  Lake,  born  No- 
vember 13,  1782,  died  January  11,  1854,  aged 
seventy-one  years    (gravestone),   daughter  of 

and  Rebecca  (Davis)  Lake.     Children 

ty  first  wife:  i.  William,  born  January  12, 
1797;  married,  November  30,  1826,  Ruhama 
Webber,  of  Bedford.  2.  Amos,  born  .August  3, 
1798,  see  forward.  3.  Benjamin  Farley,  born 
June  8.  1800;  married  first,  November  13, 
1828,  Lucy  Webber,  of  Bedford,  who  died 
April  20,  1834 ;  married  second,  January  20, 
1835,  Mary  F.  Fitch,  who  died  May  15,  1871  ; 
and  married  third,  November  7,  1874,  M'rs. 
Nancy  (Weeks)  Brooks.  4.  Joseph,  born  April 
7,  1802;  married,  May  5,  1833,  Hannah  Hodg- 
man,  of  Carlisle.  5.  Isaac,  born  May  i,  1804, 
married,  June  19.  1862,  Lucy  H.  Frost,  of 
Bedford.  6.  M!ary  Joanna,  born  May  17, 
1806;  married,  November  3,  1863,  Robert 
Bartley,  of  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire.  7. 
John  Batchelder,  born  June  21,  1808:  married, 
July  14,  1832,  Julia  Ann  Harrington,  resided 
at  Arlington.  Children  by  second  wife :  8. 
Samuel  Chandler,  born  February  4,  1810; 
married  Mrs.  Eliza  Thomas ;  resided  at  New 
Orleans,  Louisiana.  9.  Louisa,  born  Decem- 
ber 31,  1811 ;  married  December  2,  1830,  Elias 
Skelton,  of  Burlington.  10.  George,  born 
August  4,  1814 :  married  a  Mrs.  Getchel ;  went 
to  California  in  1854.  11.  Son,  born  March 
21,  1818.  died  young.  12.  Eldridge,  born 
January  5,  1820:  married,  November  i,  1843, 
Lucy  P.  Reed,  of  Bedford. 

(VI)  Amos  Hartwell,  son  of  William  Hart- 
well  (5),  was  born  August  3,  1798,  died  July 
25,  1870;  married,  June  20,  1822,  Louisa 
Hodgman,  of  Carlisle,  born  August  22,  1802, 
died  November  17.  1878.  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Sarah  (Green)  Hodgman.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Bedford.  When 
twenty  years  of  age  his  father  died,  and  he 


assisted  his  stepmother  in  carrying  on  the 
farm  and  the  bringing  up  of  the  younger  chil- 
dren. He  early  learned  the  trade  of  shoemak- 
ing,  a  business  then  carried  on  in  small  shops, 
and  later  manufactured  them  on  his  own  ac- 
count. Children:  i.  Sarah  Joanna,  born 
August  31,  1823,  died  November  19,  1823.  2. 
Mary,  born  March  19,  1825;  married,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1845,  Josiah  B.  Gleason ;  resided  at 
Lexington.  3.  Sarah,  born  February  24, 
1827,  married,  January  i,  185 1,  Royal  T. 
Bryant,  resided  at  Le.xington.  4.  Edward 
Amos,  born  September  23,  1828 ;  married,  Oc- 
tober 13,  i860,  Almira  Chamberlain,  of  Bed- 
ford ;  children :  Walter  Chamberlain ;  Carrie 
Louise,  born  August  4,  1864;  Lydia  Cornelia, 
born  November  29,  1867;  Almira  Florence, 
born  July  23,  1869;  Abbie  Gertrude,  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1871  ;  Mary  Belle,  born  May  23,  1875 ; 
and  Edwin  Chainberlain.  5.  William  Green, 
born  December  i,  1834;  married,  June  11, 
1868,  Clara  A.  Smith,  of  Bedford;  children: 
Edith  Smith,  born  October  5,  1872 ;  Clara 
Howard,  born  November  25,  1877;  Lilla,  born 
May  7i  1880.  6.  Abby  Louisa,  born  June  15, 
1839.  7.  Frederick  Alonzo,  born  January  13, 
1841,  see  forward. 

(VII)  Frederick  Alonzo  Hartwell,  son  of 
Amos  Hartwell  (6),  born  at  Bedford,  June 
13,  1841 ;  married,  at  Woburn,  November  23, 
1865,  Lavinia  Augusta  Nichols,  born  at  Wo- 
burn. December  24,  1843,  daughter  of  Sylves- 
ter and  Lavinia  (Munroe)  Nichols.  Mr. 
Hartwell  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  supplemented  by  a  course 
at  the  Warren  Academy.  Woburn.  After 
completing  his  education  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  E.  O.  Soles,  provision  dealer,  Woburn, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years,  then  he 
went  to  M'edford  and  worked  for  James 
Woodbridge,  provision  dealer,  and  stayed 
there  for  two  years,  and  then  returned  to  Wo- 
burn and  found  employment  with  Alexander 
Ellis,  grocer,  where  he  was  for  another  two 
years.  Later  he  went  into  the  employment  of 
Hiram  Whitford,  of  Woburn,  dealer  in  gro- 
ceries and  provisions,  and  in  1864  he  bought 
out  the  business  of  Mt.  Whitford  and  carried 
on  a  successful  business  until  December  5, 
1902,  when  he  sold  out  to  Wallace  M.  Bul- 
finch.  Mr.  Hartwell  is  the  owner  of  the  build- 
ing bearing  his  name,  on  Main  street,  opposite 
the  common,  Woburn,  and  owns  also  a  .iine 
residence  on  Pleasant  street,  Woburn.  He  has 
dealt  largely  in  real  estate,  and  has  accumu- 
lated a  good  property.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Woburn  Congregational  church,  and  is  a 
member   of   its    parish   committee.      He    is    a 


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member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  and  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  Mr.  Hartwell  en- 
joys the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellow 
citizens,  is  genial,  and  well  liked  by  all.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Fanny  Taylor,  born  August  13, 
1868,  married,  April  28,  1892,  Alvah  Chester 
Cotton,  of  Woburn  ;  children  :  Dorothea  Hart- 
well  (Cotton),  born  May  23,  1893;  Gertrude 
Florence  (Cotton),  born  December  21,  1894. 
2.  Harry  Gardner,  born  August  24,  1871,  died 
November  16,  1900;  married,  June  24,  1894, 
May  A.  Allen,  of  Worcester,  she  died  June 

19,  1902 ;  one  child,  Beatrice,  born  January  25, 
1899.  3.  Herbert  Cabot,  born  March  18, 
1873;  married,  May  17,  1896,  Dora  T.  Ronco, 
of  Woburn,  child:  Ruth.  4.  William  Winn, 
born  September  I,  1874;  married,  June  15, 
1899,  Jennie  Childs.  5.  Florence  May,  born 
May  21,  1876;  married,  June  15,  1899,  Lewis 
Waldron  Patten,  of  Woburn  ;  children :  Win- 
throp  Hartwell  (Patten),  born  December  22,, 
1899;  Willis  Waldron   (Patten),  born  August 

20,  1901  ;  Richard  Chamberlain  (Patten)  born 
November  16,  1903 :  Helen  Elizabeth  ( Pat- 
ten), born  M'arch  23,  1906.  6.  Ernest  Nich- 
ols, born  February  25.  1878.  7.  Edward 
Amos,  born  September  17,  1879;  married, 
April  19,  1906,  Minnie  La  Bay ;  one  child : 
Edward  Amos,  Jr.,  born  March  9,  1907. 


Thomas  Skinner,  the  inimi- 
SKINNER  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
England.  He  bought  an  es- 
tate in  Boston  in  1673  near  Exchange  street. 
He  was  a  baker  by  trade.  Little  is  known  of 
him.  From  the  names  and  other  indications 
his  descendants  in  Boston  have  the  identical 
names  of  the  Skinner  family  of  Windsor  and 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  Maiden,  Massa- 
chusetts. It  seems  likely  that  he  must  have 
been  closely  related. 

John  Skinner,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
was  one  of  the  Hooker  party  and  of  the  origi- 
nal proprietors.  He  came,  it  is  said,  from 
Eraintree,  England,  and  in  his  family  there  is 
a  tradition  that  after  the  Revolution  in  Eng- 
land three  .Skinner  brothers,  one  of  whom  had 
been  high  sheriff,  fled  to  America,  one  of 
whom  settled  in  Connecticut,  another  in  V^er- 
mont  and  the  third  in  Maryland.  John  Skin- 
ner married  Mary  Loomis,  who  married  (sec- 
ond)  Owen  Tudor. 

Sometime  between  the  years  1649  and  1652 
there  came  from  Chichester,  England.  Thomas 
Skinner  who  settled  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts, 
with  his  wife  and  two  sons-^Thomas.  born  in 


Subdeanerie  Parish,  July  25,  1645,  settled  io 
Colchester,  Connecticut,  and  Abraham,  born 
September  29,  1649,  ancestor  of  the  Maiden 
family  and  the  Woodstock  family. 

We  find  in  Boston,  sons,  no  doubt  of  Thomas- 
of  Boston  :  i.  Thomas,  Jr.,  freeman,  1690  ;  mar- 
ried Mary and  Elizabeth ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Rebecca,  born  January  22,  1677 ;  iL 
John,  April  2,  1679 ;  iii.  Sarah,  September  18,. 
1687.  2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3.  Chris- 
topher, married  Agnes ;  and  had  Grace,. 

born  October  30,  1670.  4.  Francis,  com- 
manded fort  at  Pemaquid,  May,  1683  (Regis- 
ter XI,  page  33)  ;  married  Mary and. 

had  Sarah,  bom  November  24,  1670.  Richard 
Skinner,  of  Marblehead,  who  married,  No- 
vember 30,  1682,  Alice  Woods,  was  also  a 
relative  of  this  family. 

(II)  John    Skinner,   mentioned   above,   was- 

born  about   1645  \  married   Elizabeth  . 

Children,  born  in  Boston:  i.  Mary,  born  Oc- 
tober  26,    i66fi.      2.  John,   txirn   January   22,. 

1668,  died  young.    3.  Joseph,  born  January  8,. 

1669,  mentioned  below.  4.  Elizabeth,  born 
October  6,  1672.  5.  Sarah,  born  January  23,. 
1676  (mother  was  Sarah).  6.  John,  born 
October  13,  1679.    7.    {'t)  William. 

(III)  Joseph  Skinner,  son  of  John  Skinner 
(2),   was   born   in    Boston,   January   8,    1669, 

married  Elizabeth  .     Children,  born  in 

Boston:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  April  27,  1696.  2. 
Joseph,  Jr.,  born  July  26,  1697.  3.  John,  born 
October  3,  1698,  mentioned  below.  4.  Joseph, 
Jr.,  born  April  9,  1701.  5.  Sarah,  born  Octo- 
ber I,  1703. 

(IV)  John  Skinner,  son  of  Joseph  Skinner 
(3),    was   born    in    Boston,    October   3,    1698. 

He  married   Sarah  .     He   was  of  the 

grantees  of  the  town  of  Alstead,  New  Hamp- 
shire, all  being  residents  of  Boston,  fifty-one 
in  number,  in  1750.  The  town  was  not  settled 
till  1763  and  he  probably  did  not  go  to  the 
town  himself.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  in 
Boston,  May  16,  1725.  2.  .\bner,  mentioned 
below.     Probably  others. 

(V)  Abner  Skinner,  probably  son  of  John 
Skinner  (4),  was  born  about  1740.  He  set- 
tled in  Surrey,  New  Hampshire,  during  the 
Revolution.  He  was  second  lieutenant  in 
Captain  Elisha  Mack's  company,  Colonel  Ash- 
ley's regiment,  in  June,  1777,  sent  to  reinforce 
the  Continental  army  at  Ticonderoga.  Lieu- 
tenant Skinner  was  living  in  Surrey  in  1790. 
His  only  son  surviving:  i.  Jonathan,  born 
about  1765.  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Jonathan  Skiimer,  son  of  .'Kbner 
Skinner  (5).  was  born  about  1765.  He  set- 
tled   in    Alstead,    New    Hampshire,    and    died 


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there.  He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  a 
prominent  citizen.  He  married  Thankful 
Lyons  and  had  five  children,  among  whom 
was  Abner,  born  in  1791,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Abner  Skinner,  son  of  Jonathan 
Skinner  (6),  was  born  in  .Alstead,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1791,  and  died  in  Lowell  in 
1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  then  entered  a  mill  at  Strafford, 
Vermont,  to  learn  the  business  of  woolen 
manufacture.  After  a  time  he  engaged  in  this 
cess.  He  gave  up  his  mill  to  take  a  responsible 
business  on  his  own  account  with  much  suc- 
position  in  the  Middlesex  Mills  of  Lowell,  and 
contiu'ued  in  this  position  until  he  retired 
shortly  before  his  death.  In  politics  Mr.  Skin- 
ner was  a  Republican;  in  religion  a  Spiritual- 
ist. He  had  the  esteem  and  respect  of  all  who 
knew  him.  He  was  upright,  honorable  and  of 
sterling  character.  He  married  in  Vermont, 
Hannah  Young,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Joab  Young,  the  first  minis- 
ter at  Strafford,  Vermont.  Cliildren  of  Abner 
and  Hannah  Skinner:  i.  Adelbert,  born  1825, 
died  unmarried.  2.  Susan  A.,  born  1827,  died 
unmarried.  3.  Arabella,  born  1829,  lives  in 
the  home  of  her  father,  Merrimack  street, 
Lowell,  unmarried,  and  is  well  known  for  her 
piety  and  benevolence. 


Samuel     Sweetser,    son    of 
SWEETSER     Michael  Sweetser,  was  born 

about  the  year  1732.  He 
settled  in  Saugus,  Massachusetts,  but  later  in 
life  removed  to  South  Reading,  now  Wake- 
field, where  he  died  in  1818  at  the  age  of 
eighty-six  years.  He  lived  during  his  later 
years  in  South  Reading  with  his  daughter 
Lydia  in  the  house  now  or  lately  owned  by 
James  J.  Mansfield.  This  house  was  pre- 
viously occupied  by  Daniel  Sweetser,  his  son 
He  had  a  large  family.  Among  his  children 
were :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Daniel,  Moses, 
Ezra,  Aaron,  Elias,  Lydia,  never  married ; 
lived  in  the  Sweetser  homestead  after  her 
father's  death. 

John  Sweetser,  son  of  Samuel  Sweetser,  was 
born  in  Saugus,  Massachusetts,  about  the 
year  1760,  and  died  at  South  Reading  in 
1847.  He  resided  on  the  place  lately  occupied 
by  Rev.  R.  W.  Cushman.  He  was  a  shoe 
manufacturer  and  later  in  life  a  farmer.  In 
both  occupations  he  showed  himself  enterpris- 
ing and  successful.  He  was  a  man  of  excep- 
tional intelligence,  punctuality  and  probity. 
He  was  an  earnest  patriot  and  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution.     He   resided  in   later  life  on   the 


farm  owned  and  occupied  later  by  his  son-in- 
law,  Rev.  Dana  Clayes.  Mr.  Sweetser  mar- 
ried (first),  1782,  Elizabeth  Green,  daughter 
of  William  and  Susanna  Green.  He  married 
(second),  1817,  Rebecca  Hawkes,  of  Lancas- 
ter, daughter  of  Adam  Hawkes,  of  Saugus. 
His  widow  died  in  1866,  aged  one  hundred 
years,  lacking  only  two  months.  Children  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Sweetser:  i.  John,  born 
1785,  married,  1807,  Betsey  Bryant,  of  Stone- 
ham,  and  settled  in  Lynnfield.  2.  Betsey, 
born  1789.  married,  181 1,  Daniel  Green,  of 
Stoneham.  3.  Rebecca,  born  1796,  married, 
1822,  Rev.  Dana  Clayes,  of  Plainfield,  New 
Hampshire,  and  Wakefield,  Massachusetts.  4. 
Hiram,  born  1802,  mentioned  below. 

Hiram  Sweetser,  son  of  John  Sweetser,. 
was  born  in  South  Reading,  on  March 
31,  1802.  He  settled  in  his  native  place  and 
was  a  prosperous  farmer,  a  man  of  good 
ability  and  great  industry.  He  was  an  active 
citizen,  often  honored  with  offices  of  trust  and 
responsibility  by  his  townsmen,  and  promi- 
nent in  the  church.  He  died  September  8, 
1874.  He  married  Elizabeth  Healey,  of 
Hampton  Falls,  New  Hampshire,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  and  Abigail  (Dodge)  Healey.  She 
was  born  in  1804,  and  died  in  1898.  Children: 
I.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  August  12,  1827, 
married  (first)  Benjamin  Walton ;  married 
(second)  Manning  W.  Sullivan.  2.  George 
H.,  bom  September  15,  1830,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Edward  Healey,  born  November  i, 
1844,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war;  married, 
April  II,  1871,  Betty  Blucher;  children: 
Rosalin,  died  young;  Delia,  born  December 
30,  1874,  married  and  has  three  children. 

George  Hiram  Sweetser,  eldest  son  of 
Hiram  .Sweetser,  was  born  at  South  Read- 
ing, September  15,  1830.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  was  one 
of  the  first  to  graduate  in  the  high  school 
there.  Between  terms  of  school  he  worked  on 
his  father's  farm.  .Afterward  he  learned  the 
trade  of  shoemaker  in  his  native  town,  at  home 
and  the  bench,  picking  up  the  trade,  and  he 
followed  his  trade  for  forty  years  in  Wake- 
field. He  was  a  prudent  man,  and  invested  his 
savings  wisely  in  Wakefield  real  estate  so  that 
since  he  retired  from  active  work  in  the  shoe 
business  he  has  been  occupied  with  the  care 
and  managenpent  of  his  real  estate.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  own  real  estate  he  has  had  charge 
of  many  estates  in  the  vicinity  and  has  been 
called  upon  and  has  settled  various  estates  in 
the  probate  court.  His  modest  but  honorable 
career  is  evidence  of  the  possibilities  of  a  com- 
petence   for    every    .\merican    mechanic    who- 


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practices  the  simple  virtues  of  industry,  thrift, 
prudence,  coupled  with  patience  and  foresight. 
Mr.  Sweetser  is  respected  and  honored  by  all 
his  townsmen  not  only  for  his  substantial  suc- 
cess in  life,  and  his  business  capacity,  but  for 
his  integrity  and  character,  his  example  of 
good  citizenship.  He  has  been  especially 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Wakd.'ield,  of  which  he  was  the 
clerk  for  twenty-eight  years,  and  collector 
twenty  years.  He  devoted  much  of  his  time 
and  energy  during  the  active  years  of  his  life 
to  the  raising  of  funds  for  the  church  edifice. 
The  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  was 
raised  through  his  efforts  largely,  and  it  has 
been  truly  said  that  without  his  financial  aid 
the  beautiful  church  building  would  never 
have  been  completed.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  has  been  superintendent  of 
streets,  town  clerk,  and  very  prominent  in  town 
affairs  for  many  years. 

He  married  (first),  November  24,  1853, 
Hannah  M.  Sweetser,  daughter  of  Lowell  and 
Phebe  (Evans)  Sweetser,  mentioned  above. 
She  died  June,  1883.  He  married  (second) 
-Anna  Evelyn  (Kingman)  Gay.  Children  of 
George  Hiram  and  Hannah  M.  Sweetser:  i. 
Clara  J.,  born  January  26,  1855,  married 
fjeorge  G.  Floyd,  no  issue.  2.  Lyman  Ells- 
worth, born  February  3,  1862,  married  Addie 
M.  Eaton,  child,  Marjorie,  born  March  23, 
1898. 


Hans  L.  Carstein,  coal  mer- 
CARSTEIN     chant.      North      Cambridge, 

Massachusetts,  was  born  in 
Schleswig,  Germany,  March  17,  1841,  son  of 
Claus  P.  and  Margareta  (Detlefsen)  Carsten- 
sen.  Claus  P.  Carstensen  was  a  farmer  and 
land  owner,  and  during  the  war  between  Prus- 
sia and  Denmark  in  1848,  he  was  in  command 
of  a  military  company,  and  it  was  through 
political  differences  that  he  was  obliged  to 
leave  Germany  in  1850  and  seek  refuge  in  the 
United  States.  On  his  way  from  New  York 
to  California  by  way  of  Panama  he  was  a 
victim  of  yellow  fever,  dying  at  Panama  in 
185 1.  His  property  was  confiscated  and  his 
family  lost  its  usual  income.  His  son  Hans 
L.,  under  the  custom  of  Germany,  received  a 
good  coniimercial  education,  and  he  then  went 
to  sea  before  the  mast,  and  after  fifteen  years 
sea  service  he  came  back  to  Germany,  master 
of  his  ship.  The  Franco-Prussian  war  having 
closed,  he  brought  his  mother  and  sisters  to 
the  United  States  to  join  a  brother  who  had 


preceded  them.  They  arrived  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, 1871,  at  the  time  of  the  great  Chi- 
cago tire,  and  his  first  work  was  one  of  philan- 
thropy, to  collect  clothing  throughout  the  city 
for  the  relief  of  the  sufferers  in  Chicago,  mak- 
ing his  appeals  for  help  on  Boston  Common, 
and  receiving  not  only  clothing,  but  provisions 
and  money.  He  joined  his  brother  Theodore 
in  the  paint,  oil  and  wall  paper  business  on 
Hanover  street,  Boston,  and  meeting  with 
severe  business  reverses  in  1873,  during  the 
financial  panic  of  that  year,  they  gave  up  the 
business  two  years  later.  Meantime  his  sister 
Theresa  had  married  Frank  Ganter,  who  was 
carrying  on  the  provision  business  in  Jamaica 
Plain,  and  in  closing  out  the  paint,  oil  and 
wall  paper  business  he  joined  him  as  a  partner. 
In  1884  he  bought  out  the  coal  business  of 
Benjamin  F.  Rogers  at  North  Cambridge,  and 
from  an  output  of  two  thousand  tons  annually 
he  built  up  the  business  so  that  in  1906  the 
output  from  his  yards  was  thirty-six  thousand 
tons  annually. 

He  married  (first),  in  1876,  Ida  Peterson, 
daughter  of Peterson,  a  German  Luth- 
eran clergyman,  and  they  had  one  son.  Gustav 
E.  Carstein,  born  July  24,  1881,  in  Jamaica 
Plain,  Massachusetts,  and  he  was  prepared  for 
college,  going  through  Harvard,  class  of 
1905,  and  on  leaving  college  engaged  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father,  as  manager  of  the  yards. 
Mrs.  Carstein  died  in  1882.  He  married 
(second),  June  17,  1883,  Magdalene,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  C.  F.  Doring,  a  German  Luth- 
eran clergyman.  By  this  second  marriage  his 
children  were :  Lorenzo  F.,  born  May  14, 
1884,  graduated  at  the  LTnited  States  Naval 
Academy,  .\nnapolis,  Maryland,  in  1906,  and 
was  assigned  to  the  Asiatic  squadron  at  the 
Philippines.  Hans  L.,  Jr.,  born  in  Cambridge, 
M'assachusetts,  October  13,  1885,  who  after 
leaving  the  public  school  took  a  two-years' 
course  at  .\shburnham  Academy,  Massaclru- 
setts,  and  a  three-years'  course  at  Culvers 
Military  Academy  in  Indiana,  graduating  as 
a  commissioned  oflficer — first  lieutenant  quar- 
termaster, preparatory  to  engaging  in  business 
with  his  father  and  elder  brother.  Gretchen, 
born  in  Cambridge.  Massachusetts,  October 
22,  1888,  was  prepared  for  entrance  to  Smith 
College,  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  at  the 
Gilman  School,  Cambridge. 

Mr.  Carstein  became  a  laxinan  and  lay 
reader  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  of 
which  his  family  were  also  members,  and  he 
conducted  mission  work  in  East  Cambridge 
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the  Ascension,  where  he  conducted  service 
every  other  Sunday  and  had  a  congregation  of 
between  sixty  and  seventy  Gennan  famihes, 
residents  of  the  neighborhood  of  the  Mission 
House.  With  his  family  he  was  connected 
with  St.  James'  Church,  North  Cambridge, 
from  1888,  and  he  was  made  treasurer  of  the 
chuTch  corporation.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Cambridge,  and  held 
office  as  director,  trustee  and  treasurer  of  the 
organization.  He  was  also  made  trustee  of 
the  Pitchman  Estates  in  Cambridge.  He  was 
elected  to  membership  in  the  Cambridge  and 
Colonial  clubs,  and  in  the  Middlesex  Republi- 
can Club.  His  public  service  in  an  official 
capacity  included  membership  in  the  common 
council  of  Cambridge,  1899,  and  city  alderman 
for  si.x  consecutive  years,  1890-96,  and  in  1896 
he  refused  further  nomination  on  account  of 
ill  health.  As  a  member  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men he  was  a  member  of  the  finance  commit- 
tee, and  the  highway  committee,  all  special 
committees  and  chairman  of  the  investigating 
committee.  In  the  board  he  advocated  the  ex- 
tension of  the  Boston  subway  to  Cambridge, 
being  the  first  member  to  open  this  subject 
on  committees,  and  for  three  years  he  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  appointed  to  act 
on  part  of  the  city  government,  and  before  he 
left  the  board  the  matter  was  practically  set- 
tled, and  the  subway  assured.  In  this  conten- 
tion he  invited  fifty  of  the  most  prominent 
citizens  of  Cambridge  tO'  meet  at  the  City  Hall 
and  confer  with  him  and  Mayor  Augustin  J. 
Daly,  and  after  several  meetings  and  animated 
discussions  it  was  unanimously  voted  that  the 
subway  system  was  far  superior  to  the  ele- 
vated system  for  securing  effective  and  rea- 
sonable rapid  transit  fromi  Boston  to  Harvard 
Square.  Mr.  Carstein  was  made  a  delegate 
from  the  eighth  Massachusetts  district  to  the 
Republican  National  Convention  at  Chicago 
in  1904,  as  an  acknowledgment  of  his  work  in 
the  interests  of  the  party  in  Cambridge,  and 
he  composed  a  campaign  song  which  was  re- 
ceived with  rousing  cheers  when  sung  to  the 
air  "Die  Wacht  am  Rhein"  by  the  delegates, 
when  Theodore  Roosevelt  was  nominated,  the 
chairman  of  the  Massachusetts  delegation  hav- 
ing provided  five  thousand  copies  with  both 
words  and  music  printed  for  distribution  in 
the  Convention  Hall.  His  brother.  Lawrence 
William  Carstein,  is  a  resident  of  Boston,  and 
his  sister,  Mrs.  Canter,  of  Jamaica  Plain,  in 
1907  his  own  home  being  at  No.  45  Cogswell 
avenue,  Cambridge. 


James    Scully,    father    of    John. 

SCULLY  Timothy  Scully,  was  born  in 
Ireland,  from  whence  he  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States,  in  1845.  Prior  to 
his  emigration  he  married  Mary  Murphy,  also 
a  native  of  Ireland,  living  at  the  present  time 
(1907),  and  they  made  their  home  in  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  selling  piling  up  to  1877,  when  he  removed 
to  Groton,  Connecticut,  where  he  followed  the 
occupation  of  a  quarryman  in  a  granite  quarry, 
which  he  controlled  up  to  the  year  of  his  death, 
1900.  The  children  of  James  and  Al^ry 
(Murphy)  Scully  are:  I.  John  Timothy,  see 
forward.  2.  Mary,  married  Daniel  H.  Lehan, 
of  East  Cambridge,  six  children:  Daniel,  en- 
gaged in  shipping  business  in  Boston  ;  Mary, 
married  Philip  Hendrick,  of  Arlington;  John, 
James,  William  and  Catherine,  unmarried.  3. 
Francis  Patrick,  born  November  24,  1856, 
graduated  at  the  Harvard  University  Medical 
School,  1879,  practiced  medicine  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  and  Portland,  Maine,. 
and  was  in  receipt  of  a  large  practice.  He 
was  a  man  of  fine  physique,  an  athlete  of  note,, 
and  was  highly  esteemed  by  a  wide  circle  of 
friends.  His  death  occurred  in  Portland, 
Maine,  November,  1886.  4.  Julia,  wife  of 
Thomas  Casey,  a  granite  dealer  in  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut.  They  are  the  parents  of 
seven  children ;  Elizabeth,  married  Arthur 
Davis,  of  New  London,  Connecticut :  one  son, 
Frederick  Thomas ;  John  Francis,  a  student 
in  medicine  at  Columbia ;  James  Scully,  a  stu- 
dent in  law  at  Columbia ;  Francis,  William, 
Mary  and  Clara  Casey.  5.  Joanna,  born  April 
14,  1861,  unmarried.  6.  James,  J.,  became  a 
partner  in  business  with  his  brother,  John 
Timothy.  He  married,  August  15,  1904,  Flor- 
ence I.,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Martha 
(Sweeney)  Paul,  of  Boston.    No  issue. 

John  Timothy  Scully,  eldest  child  of  James 
and  Mary  (Murphy)  Scully,  was  born 
in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  April  3,  i'849. 
He  attended  the  Charlestown  public  schools, 
and  upon  the  completion  of  his  studies  worked 
for  his  father  in  the  piling  business  up  to- 
1877,  when  he  engaged  in  the  business  of  gen- 
eral contractor,  giving  special  attention  to  the 
redeeming  of  lands  under  water  by  the  process 
of  filling  up,  draining  and  constructing  piled 
bulkheads  to  prevent  overflowing  by  high 
tides.  In  1905  the  business  was  incorporated 
as  tlie  John  T.  Scully  Foundation  &  Trans- 
portation Company.  He  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  politics,  and  is  known  as  Governor 
Russell's  mascot.     He  was  elected  a  member 


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of  the  Cambridge  city  council,  1877 !  ^  repre- 
sentative in  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts, 1887;  a  member  of  the  Democratic  state 
committee :  a  member  of  the  board  of  survey 
of  Cambridge    for    two    years,    resigning    in 

1905- 

Mr.  Scully  married  (first),  February  12, 
1873,  Alice  k.,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Ellen 
(Rowe)  Brine,  representatives  of  an  old  fam- 
ily of  Cambridge,  and  their  children  were:  I. 
Ellen  Rowe,  born  August  19,  1875,  married 
Dr.  George  H.  Lee,  son  of  John  H.  Lee,  of 
Boston ;  one  child,  John  H.  Lee.  2.  Mary  E., 
born  March  12,  1877,  became  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Murray,  of  Brighton,  Massachusetts, 
paying  teller  of  the  International  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Boston.  3.  John  Timothy,  Jr.,  born 
October,  1879,  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Cambridge  and  Brighton,  and  later  pursued 
a  three  years  course  in  the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology.  He  married,  December 
29,  1902,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Frederick 
John  and  Catherine  Susanna  (Power)  Byrne, 
of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  their  children 
are :  Catherine,  John  T.,  George  and  Mada- 
line.  John  T.  Scully,  Jr.,  became  a  partner 
with  his  father  when  the  business  was  incor- 
porated, in  1905,  as  the  John  T.  Scully  Foun- 
dation &  Transportation  Company ;  he  was 
appointed  secretary  of  the  corporation.  Alice 
R.  (Brine)  Scully,  mother  of  these  children, 
died  April  16,  1891.  Mt.  Scudly  married  (sec- 
ond), April  3,  1892,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Martha  (Sweeney)  Paul,  of  Bos- 
ton, and  by  this  marriage  had  four  children : 
I.  Francis  Paul,  born  March  7,  1894.  2. 
James  Newman,  born  January  7,  1897.  3. 
Genevieve,  born  October  7,  1899.  4.  Flor- 
ence, born  March  13,  1901. 


Fletcher  is  an  ancient  Eng- 
FLETCHER     lish    surname,    meaning    an 

arrow  maker.  The  origin 
of  the  family  is  traced  to  Burgundy,  though 
the  lineage  of  the  American  pioneer  has  not 
yet  been  determined.  The  progenitor  in  Eng- 
land came  with  the  Earl  of  Richmond  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  thirteenth  century,  with  two 
other  nobles  from  Chillon,  now  in  Switzerland, 
Portier,  whose  name  became  spelled  Porter : 
and  grandson  whose  descendants  spell  the 
name  Grandison.  De  la  Flechiere  was  the 
original  spelling  of  the  Fletcher  surname.  The 
ancient  coat  of  arms  was:  Sable,  a  cross  flory 
between  four  scallop  shells  argent. 

(I)   Robert  Fletcher,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England,  in  1592.    According 


to  an  old  family  tradition  he  came  from  York- 
shire, one  of  the  northern  counties.  He  set- 
tled in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  in  1630,  and 
became  a  wealthy  and  influential  citizen.  He 
was  appointed  constable  by  the  general  couirt 
for  the  town  of  Concord.  He  removed  to 
Chelmsford  and  was  one  of  the  citizens  who 
signed  the  invitation  to  Mr.  John  Fiske  and 
the  members  of  the  Wenham  church  to  re- 
move to  Chelmsford.  He  died  at  Concord, 
April  3,  1677,  aged  eighty-five.  His  will  was 
dated  February  4,  1672.  He  commits  his 
wife  to  the  care  of  his  son  Francis  and  his 
wife,  bequeathed  to  his  sons  Francis,  William 
and  Samuel.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  is 
dated  May  12,  1677.  Children:  i.  Luke, 
born  in  England,  died  in  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts, May  21,  1665,  probably  unmarried.  2. 
William,  born  in  England,  in  1622,  married, 
October  7,  1645,  Lydia  Bates ;  died  November 

6,  1677.     3.  Gary,  daughter,  married  

Kebby  and  left  a  daughter,  Sherebiah  Kebby, 
in  1671.  4.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Francis,  born  in  Concord,  1636,  married,  Aug- 
ust I,  1656,  Elizabeth  Wheeler,  daughter  of 
George  and  Katherine  Wheeler. 

(II)  Samuel  Fletcher,  son  of  Robert 
Fletcher  ( i ) ,  was  born  in  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts, 1632.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman, 
March  21,  1689-90.  He  settled  in  that  part  of 
Chelmsford,  now  Westford ;  married  Marga-  , 
ret  Hailston,  October  14,  1659.  He  died  De- 
cember 9,  1697,  and  his  gravestone  in  the 
burying  ground  in  Middle  Chelmsford  reads : 
"Here  Lyes  Ye  Body  of  Samuel  Fletcher  aged 
65  years  died  December  9,  1697."  Children : 
I.  Samuel,  born  in  Chelmsford  about  166 1, 
married,  June  7,  1692,  Mary  Cotton,  of  Con- 
cord. 2.  Sarah,  born  August  24,  1663.  3. 
Hannah,  born  September  14,  1666.  4.  Lydia, 
born  September  26,  1669.  5.  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  William  Fletcher,  son  of  Samuel 
Fletcher  (2),  was  born  January  i,  1671,  in 
Chelmsford,  where  he  married,  December  10, 

1 701,  Mary .    He  died  about  1743.   His 

will  was  recorded  in  Middlesex  county.  Vol, 
21,  page  295.  Children,  bom  in  Chelmsford: 
I.  William,  born  1702,  at  Chelmsford,  mar- 
ried, November  16,  1731,  Elizabeth  Reming- 
ton and  (second),  June  22,  1762,  Susannah 
(Fassett)  Fletcher,  widow  of  Zechariah.  2. 
Samuel,  mentioned  bdow.  3.  Oliver,  born 
1708,  in  Chelmsford,  graduate  of  Harvard 
College,  1735:  married,  November  13,  1766, 
Grace  Weld,  of  Roxbury :  counselor  at  law ; 
justice  of  the  peace:  town  clerk;  assessor, 
selectman:    deputy;    died    December    i,    1771, 


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leaving  wife  and  young  daughter.  4.  Thomas, 
born  at  Chehiisford,  January  15,  171 1,  resided 
in  what  is  now  the  city  of  Lowell.  5.  Robert, 
.born  April  20,  1713,  married  Remembrance 
Foster,  lived  near  what  is  now  the  Lowell  city 
farm;  soldier  in  the  French  war.  6.  Benjamin, 
bom  in  Chelmsford,  February  22,  1715.  7. 
Mary,  born  January  i,  1718.  8.  Lydia,  born 
June  I,  1724. 

(IV)  Captain  Samuel  Fletcher,  son  of 
William  Fletcher  (3),  was  born  in  1707.  Mar- 
ried, September  17,  1729,  Mary  Lawrence, 
daughter  of  Major  Eleazer  and  Mary  Law- 
rence, of  Littleton.  She  died  December  4, 
1780;  he  died  March  11,  1780.  Their  graves 
.are  in  the  west  cemetery  in  Westford,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  had  large  holdings  in  real  estate 
and  gave  each  of  his  sons  a  farm.     Children : 

1.  Samuel,  born  September  8,  1730,  died  Oc- 
tober 30,  1749.  2.  Eleazer,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Peter,  born  in  Westford,  October  31,  1733 
married,  November  25,  1762,  Martha  Dix.  4. 
Oliver,  born  June  17,  1735,  in  Westford,  mar- 
ried Olive  Lawrence.  5.  Abel,  born  April  18, 
1737,  married  Abigail  Hildreth,  settled  in 
what  is  now  Boxborough,  Massachusetts.  6. 
Mary,  born  March  31,  1739,  married  Thomas 
Kidder.  7.  Ezekiel,  born  April  3,  1741,  mar- 
ried Bridget  Parker.     8.  Phebe,  born   March 

2,  1742,  died  May  12,  1759.  9.  Margaret,  born 
November  8,  1744,  died  March  6,  1752.  10. 
Sarah,  born  October  i,  1746.  11.  Sampson, 
born  1748,  died  1752.  12.  Rebecca,  born 
August  3,  1750,  died  December  11,  1751.  13. 
Samuel,  born  January  24,  1754,  married  Lucy 
Jones  and  (second)  Miriam  Keyes.  14.  M'ar- 
garet,  born  September  13,  1755,  married 
Josiah  Fletcher.  15.  Sampson,  born  August 
24,  1758,  married  Dorothy  Fletcher,  Febru- 
ary I,  1785. 

(V)  Captain  Eleazer  Fletcher,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Fletcher  (4),  was  born  in  West- 
ford, March  3,  1731-32.  Married  Mary 
Fletcher,  who  was  born  August  29,  1735 ; 
married,  January  16,  1755,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain. Joseph  and  Sarah  (Adams)  Fletcher. 
He  lived  in  Westford  and  was  commissioned 
captain  of  his  militia  company  November  12, 
1772.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  November 
22,  1755,  died  young.  2.  Eleazer,  born  June 
5,  1757,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  born 
May  26,  1759,  died  young.  4.  Joseph,  born 
August  15,  1761,  died  young.  5.  Sarah,  born 
July  14.  1765.  married  Eleazer  Jewett.  of  Lit- 
tleton; died  January,  1830.  6.  Mary,  born 
July  15,  1767,  married  Samuel  Sargent,  of 
Boxborough.  7.  Joseph,  born  November  6, 
1769,  married,  March  20,   1796.  Lucy  Tuttle, 


who  died  in  1843;  married  (second)  Mrs. 
Sarah  Cole.  8.  Jedediah,  born  October  20, 
1772,  died  March,  1795.  9.  Matilda,  born 
May  2J,  1775,  died  unmarried  at  P>oxborough. 
10.  Patty,   born    February   20,    1779,   married 

Benjamin    Patch;    (second)    Brown; 

(third)  Coburn.     11.  Peter  W. 

(\T)  Eleazer  Fletcher,  son  of  Eleazer 
Fletcher  (5),  was  born  June  5,  1757.  Mar- 
ried, 1788,  Rhoda  Tenney,  who  died  in  1858, 
aged  ninety-six.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution ;  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill 
and  drew  a  pension  in  his  later  years ;  died 
July  14,  1822.  He  was  captain  of  the  militia 
company.  Children:  i.  Nathan,  born  at 
Littleton,  March  16,  1789,  married,  Septem- 
ber 4,  181 1,  Lucy  Wood.  2.  Edmund,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Eleazer,  born  April  30,  1793; 
captain;  married,  June  22,  1822.  Rebecca 
Kimball.  4.  Lucy,  married  Otis  Hayward, 
died  in  Hudson,  Massachusetts.  5.  Joel,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Cole.  6.  Rhoda,  married  Stedman 
Hartwell  and  lived  in_  Dedham,  Massachusetts. 
7.  Hulda  T.,  married  John  Fletcher ;  resided 
in  Boxborough.  8.  Alaria,  married  Samuel 
Wetherbee  and  resided  in  Boxborough. 

(Vn)  Edmund  Fletcher,  son  of  Captain 
Eleazer  Fletcher,  Jr.  (6),  was  born  in  Little- 
ton, February  19,  1791.  He  married  there 
March  28,  i8ig,  Lucy  Fletcher,  who  was  born 
August  I,  1795,  and  died  in  Lowell,  October 
14,  1871,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Lucy  (Wood) 
Fletcher,  granddaughter  of  Peter  Fletcher, 
son  of  Captain  Samuel  (4)  and  Mary  (Law- 
rence) Fletcher.  He  and  his  wife  botli  died  in 
Lowell.  Children:  i.  Edmund  Dix,  born  Oc- 
tober I,  1823,  mentioned  below.  2.  Isaac 
Allen,  born  in  Boxborough,  Massachusetts, 
April  20,  1829,  married,  November  23,  1854, 
Mary  E.  Rand,  who  was  born  in  Barnstead, 
New  Hampshire,  August  16,  1830,  and  had  at 
Lowell,  Anna  Dix,  born  July  25,  1863. 

(Vni)  Edmund  Dix  Fletcher,  son  of  Ed- 
mund Fletcher  (7),  was  born  in  Dedham, 
Massachusetts,  October  i,  1823.  He  removed 
to  Boxborough  from  Dedham  with  the  family 
in  1826,  when  he  was  but  three  years  old,  and 
he  received  his  early  education  in  the  district 
schools  of  Boxborough.  In  1838  the  family  lo- 
cated in  Lowell.  He  began  his  mercantile 
career  at  an  early  age  as  clerk  in  a  grocery 
store,  and  as  he  himself  used  to  say,  "re- 
ceived his  education  in  a  grocery  store."  He 
entered  a  partnership  with  William  Nichols 
in  1848  under  the  firm  name  of  Nichols  & 
Fletcher  and  bought  the  grocery  business  that 
was  established  in  Lowell  in  1826  by  Ransom 
Reed  and  Mr.  Mansur.     When   Mr.  Fletcher 


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began  to  work  for  this  concern  ten  years  be- 
fore, Mr.  Reed  was  at  the  head  of  the  concern, 
his  partner,  Mansur,  having  retired  and  gone 
to  North  Chelmsford.  Mr.  Reed  retired  from 
business  in  1848  when  the  new  firm  took  hold. 
The  firm  of  Nichols  &  Fletcher  prospered 
and  continued  harmoniously  and  successfully 
as  long  as  Mr.  Nichols  lived.  Since  his  death 
the  business  has  continued  under  the  firm 
name  of  William  Nichols  &  Company. 

Mr.  Fletcher's  success  in  life  was  due  en- 
tirely to  his  own  efforts.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  industry  from  early  youth ;  active  in  the 
pursuit  of  knowledge  not  only  in  his  own 
line  of  business  but  in  every  direction.  He 
was  a  useful  citizen,  especially  during  his 
more  active  career  in  business.  In  early  life 
he  was  a  Whig,  later  a  Republican.  He 
served  two  years  as  member  of  the  Lowell 
common  council,  one  year  in  the  board  of  al- 
dermen, and  was  counted  as  a  capable  and 
efficient  city  officer.  He  always  has  taken 
great  interest  and  exerted  a  wholesome  in- 
fluence in  municipal  matters.  He  was  an  ac- 
tive member  and  liberal  supporter  of  the  El- 
liot Congregational  Church.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  Lowell  General  Hospital  and  a  member 
of  the  Highland  Club. 

He  married,  November  14,  1850,  Mary  An- 
nette Lovejoy,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(Fletcher)  Lovejoy,  of  Wilton,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Mary  Fletcher  was  born  in  1791, 
daughter  of  Oliver  and  Mary  (Wilson) 
Fletcher.  Oliver  Fletcher  was  torn  January 
25,  1751,  and  died  December  20,  1831  ;  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  and  was  in  the 
battle  of  White  Plains :  was  the  son  of  Robert 
(4)  and  Remembrance  (Foster)  Fletcher. 
Robert  was  son.  of  William  and  Mary  Fletcher, 
of  Chelmsford,  brother  of  Samuel  (4)  and 
son  of  William  Fletcher  (3),  mentioned  above. 
Mrs.  Fletcher  died  at  Lowell,  March  31,  1859, 
and  he  married  (second),  June  16,  1867, 
Caroline  Almeda  Hartwell.  She  died  in  1886. 
His  only  child  was  by  his  first  wife,  Mary 
Elizabeth,  born  September  27.  1854,  who  re- 
sides in  the  old  home  in  Lowell,  and  is  highly 
esteemed  in  the  church  and  among  a  large 
circle  of  friends. 


(For  lirst  generation  see  preceding  sketcti.) 

(II)    Francis    Fletcher,   son 

FLETCHER     of  Robert  Fletcher  (i).  was 

Ixirn  in  Concord,  Massaclni- 

setts.  in  if^^f^     Married  there  August  i.  1656. 

Elizabeth   Wheeler,   daughter  of  George   and 

K'atherinc   Wheeler.      He    remained    with    his 


father  in  Concord,  and  became,  like  his  two 
older  brothers  who  settled  in  the  adjoining 
town,  a  great  land  owner.  He  was  reported 
in  full  communion  with  the  church  at  Con- 
cord in  1677,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
the  same  year.  In  1666,  when  the  records  of 
deeds  were  revised,  he  owned  lot  No.  17,  in 
the  east  quarter  of  Concord,  containing  four 
hundred  and  thirty-seven  acres.  His  wife 
Elizabeth  died  June  14,  1704.  Children,  born 
in  Concord:  i.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Joseph,  born  April  15,  1661,  married,  June 
17,  1688.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  August  24,  1663, 
married,  August  28,  1683,  Samuel  Stratton. 
4.  John,  born  February  28,  1665,  married, 
February  18,  1690,  Hannah  Hunt.  5.  Sarah, 
born  February  24,  1668.  6.  Hezekiah,  born 
April  6,  1672,  married.  May  11,  1703,  Mary 
Wood.  7.  Hannah,  born  October  24,  1674.  8. 
Benjamin,  born  December  i,  1677,  died  about 
1704. 

(III)  Corporal  Samuel  Fletcher,  son  of 
F'rancis  Fletcher  (2),  was  born  in  Concord, 
August  6,  1657.  Married,  April  15,  1682, 
Elizabeth  Wheeler.  He  was  selectman  of  Con- 
cord in  1705-07-09-13;  town  clerk  from  1705 
to  1713.  He  died  October  23,  1744.  His  wife 
died  three  days  later.  Children:  i.  Samuel, 
died  young.  2.  Joseph,  born  M'arch  26,  1686, 
married,  December  20,  1704,  Elizabeth  Carter; 
lived  in  the  part  of  Concord  set  oft'  to  Acton 
and  probably  the  site  of  the  homestead  of  the 
immigrant,  Robert  Fletcher.  3.  Elizabeth, 
born  April  2,  1688.  4.  Sarah,  born  May  19, 
1690.  5.  John,  born  August  26,  1692.  6. 
Hannah,  bom  December  i,  1694.  7.  Ruth, 
born  March  2,  1696,  died  June  20,  1700.  8. 
Rebecca,  born  June  2,  1699.  9.  Samuel,  born 
April  27,  1701,  died  July  4,  1772.  10.  Benja- 
min, born  April  29,  1703,  lived  nineteen  days. 
II.  Timothy,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Timothy  Fletcher,  son  of  Samuel 
Fletcher  (3),  was  bom  in  Concord,  August  28, 

1704.     Married  Elizabeth  .     He  was  a 

soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  was 
a  great  hunter.  The  powder  horn  which  hung 
at  his  side  when  he  hunted  and  fought  has 
been  preserved  by  his  descendants.  He  and 
Captain  Church  once  entered  the  camp  of  the 
Indian  chief.  Annawan,  ascertained  the  num- 
ber of  the  Indians,  and  then  guided  their 
troops  that  surprised  and  routed  them.  "In 
another  battle  a  French  general  fell  dead  by  a 
ball  from  Fletcher's  musket."  Children,  born 
in  Concord:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  March  23, 
1726,  died  in  .\mherst.  New  Hampshire.  2. 
Timothy,  born  November  2.  1728,  married, 
June  26,  1755.  at  Sudbury,  Rebecca  Steams: 


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(second-),  December  21,  1764,  Sarah  Brewer, 
3.  Sarah,  born  August  lO,  1730.  4.  John,  born 
September  7,  1732,  settled  in  New  Ipswich, 
New  Hampshire ;  married  Elizabeth  Foster. 
5.  James,  born-  September  23,  1734,  soldier  in 
French  war  in  1755.  6.  Joseph,  born  August 
18,  1736,  settled  in  Sturbridge,  Massachusetts, 
and  Croyden,  New  Hampshire.  7.  Benjamin, 
born  June  27,  1738,  died  in  the  army.  8. 
Ephraim  (twin),  born  F'ebruary  5,  1740,  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Lydia  (twin),  born  F'ebruary 
5,  1740,  resided  in  Sturbridge.  10.  Joel,  born 
March  18,  1743,  enlisted  in  the  Indian  war 
from  Westford,  where  his  father  then  lived. 
9.  Samuel,  born  in  Acton  (formerly  Concord), 
August  12,  1747,  married  Sybil  Caldwell ; 
Baptist  minister;  preached  at  Billerica  and 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  and  at  Salem, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  the  first  pas- 
tor of  the  Baptist  church. 

(V)  Ephraim  Fletcher,  son  of  Timothy 
Fletcher  (4),  was  born  February  5,  1740.  He 
was  a  resident  of  Sutton  and  Brimtield,  ]\las- 
sachusetts.  He  died  at  Newport,  New  Hamp- 
shire, January  i,  1836.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution  credited  to  Sutton,  a  private  in 
Captain  John  Putnam's  company  of  minute- 
men.  Colonel  Ebenezer  Larned's  regiment, 
which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19, 
1775  ;  also  private  in  Captain  Caleb  Whiting's 
company.  Colonel  Benjamin  Hawes's  regi- 
ment; enlisted  July  30,  1778,  in  the  Rhode  Isl- 
and campaign.  Children:  I.  Sarah,  born  1763, 
married  Jonathan  Wakefield,  of  Newport.  2. 
Ephraim,  born  November  23,  1767,  mentioned 
below^  3.  Amos,  born  M&rch  2,  1770.  4.  Mary 
(Polly),  born  July  7,  1771.  baptized  at  Sutton, 
May  10,  1772.  5.  Lydia,  born  December  21, 
1774,  baptized  at  Sutton,  February  26,  1775; 
married  Albergence  Griggs.  6.  Timothy,  born 
July  14,  1778,  married,  March  27,  1803,  Lois 
Metcalf ;  lived  at  Croyden,  New  Hampshire ; 
deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  Newport.  7. 
Anna,  born  January  8,  1781,  married  Pliny 
Wight.  8.  Joel,  married  Delia  Rogers,  of  Hol- 
land. 9.  Benjamin,  born  August  6,  1788,  died 
May   13,   1854.  _ 

(VI)  Ephraim  Fletcher,  son  of  Ephraim 
Fletcher  (5),  was  born  in  Grafton,  Massachu- 
setts, November  23,  1767,  died  in  Newport. 
New  Hampshire,  in  the  house  in  which  he  had 
lived  for  sixty  years.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Jael  Moore,  of  Chester,  Connecticut. 
Children,  born  at  Newport:  i.  Oliver,  born 
January  19,  1795.  2.  Orpha  M.,  born  March 
23-  1797-  3-  Quartus,  mentioned  below.  4. 
William,  born  November  10,  1801.  5.  Mahala, 
born  June  11,  1804.     6.  Polly,  bom  June  29, 


1806.  7.  Electa  M.,  born  March  23,  1809, 
married  William  Kelly.  8.  Bela  J.,  born  Jan- 
uary 1(1,  181 1.  9.  Austin  Corbin,  born  March 
23,  1813.  10.  Lyman  M.,  born  March  26, 
1819. 

(VH)  Quartus  Fletcher,  son  of  Ephraim 
Fletcher  (6),  was  born  April  22,  1799.  He 
was  a  farmer  at  Cornish,  New  Hampshire.  He 
married  (first)  Ann  Kelley,  who  was  born  at 
Newport.  She  had  eight  children.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Charlotte  Hilliard,  who  had 
four  children.  Children  of  the  first  wife:  1. 
Dr.  William  Kelley,  born  February  12,  1828, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Ruel  H.,  born  May  16, 
1829,  married  Rebecca  Wyman  ;  resides  at  35 
Blake  street,  Cambridge  ;  children  :  Elizabeth 
W.,  Charles  Ruel,  Caroline  Rebecca,  Austin 
Bradstreet,  Edward  Wyman,  Frank  Kelley, 
Frederick  William.  3.  James  W.,  born  Oc- 
tober, 1830,  married  Lucy  C.  Fletcher;  chil- 
dren :  Francis  R.,  Ursula  E..  Ruel  M.,  Ehza- 
beth  E.,  James  E.  4.  Elizabeth  A.,  married 
Edwin  Fletcher,  resides  in  Newport.  5. 
Charles  F.,  resides  in  Newport,  married 
Martha  J.  Wilmarth ;  children:  Etta,  Lillian, 
Henry,  William.  6.  Ursula  K.,  married  George 
W.  Hilliard ;  children :  Ladora  J.,  James  B., 
George  W. :  resides  in  California.  7.  Oliver 
M.,  married  Josephine  Merrill ;  children  :  Fred- 
erick and  May.  8.  Orpha  M.,  married  Benja- 
min T.  Atwood,  resides  at  5  Chester  street, 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Children  of  the 
second  wife :  9.  Luella,  married  Martin  Emer- 
.son.  ID.  Emma,  married  a  Mr.  Burt.  11. 
Henry  L.,  resides  at  Cornish:  married  (first) 
Angeline  Freeman,  (second)  Mary  Pool.  12. 
Jael,  daughter,  married  Orison  Page, 

(VHI)  Dr.  William  Kelley  Fletcher,  son  of 
Quartus  Fletcher  (7),  was  born  in  Cornish, 
February  12,  1828.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Kimball  Union 
Academy  at  Meriden,  New  Hampshire,  for 
three  years.  He  entered  Dartmouth  College, 
where  he  studied  for  four  years,  graduating  in 
i860.  He  decided  to  study  medicine  and  en- 
tered Harvard  Medical  School,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1862.  He  began 
to  practice  his  profession  at  Fitchburg,  Massa- 
chusetts, but  after  three  months  there  he  en- 
tered the  army  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  and 
served  three  years.  .Vfter  his  return  from  the 
front  he  opened  an  office  in  Union  square, 
Somerville.  .\fter  three  or  four  years  he  re- 
moved to  Elm  street  and  again  after  three 
years  to  North  avenue,  now  Massachusetts 
avenue,  in  North  Cambridge.  About  1892  he 
removed  to  381  Summer  street,  Somerville, 
and    in     1906    to    his    present    location,    383 


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Summer  street.  Dr.  Fletcher  has  enjoyed  a 
large  practice  and  has  taken  high  rank  in  his 
profession.  He  is  a  member  of  John  Abbott 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts M'edical  Society,  and  later  the 
Homeopathic  Medical  Society.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Dartmouth  college  fraternity 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  Annie  L.  Tufts,  daughter  and 
only  child  of  Oliver  and  Dorothy  (Danforth) 
Tufts,  of  Somerville.  They  had  one  child, 
died  in  infancy.  Her  mother,  Dorothy,  mar- 
ried (first)  Asa  Tufts  and  (second)  his 
brother,  Oliver  Tufts.  She  had  five  children 
by  her  first  husband.  ( See  sketch  of  Caroline 
Henderson — the  Tu'fts  family  of  Somerville). 
John  Tufts,  father  of  Oliver,  married  Eliza- 
beth Perry.  Children  :  Lydia,  Cynthia,  John, 
\Viniam,  James,  Benjamin.  Asa,  Oliver.  Peter 
Tufts,  father  of  John,  married  Ann  Adams; 
children:  Leonard,  Henry,  and  others.  (See 
Tufts  sketches). 


William       LSuttrick,       immi- 
ISUTTRICK     grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 

England  in  1617.  He  came 
from  Kingston-on-Thames  in  the  county  of 
Surrey,  embarking  May  9,  1635,  with  Rev. 
Mr.  Bulkley,  later  the  minister  at  Concord, 
and  Thomas-  Brook'  v/ho  also  settled  at  Con- 
cord, on  the  ship  "Susan  and  Ellen."  He 
stated  his  age  as  sixty-eight  in  1684.  He  set- 
tled in  Concord  and  is  ancestor  of  all  the  old 
families  of  New  England  bearing  this  sur- 
name. He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  May  26, 
1647,  ''"d  became  sergeant  of  the  military 
company  of  Concord.  He  removed  to  Chelms- 
ford and  was  one  of  the  committee  appointed 
to  invite  the  pastor  and  the  church  of  Wen- 
ham  to  remove  to  Chelmsford  in  1654.  Fie  de- 
posed March  28,  1659,  that  he  was  about  for- 
ty-three years  old,  in  relation  to  a  house 
bought  by  Matthew  Allen.  He  was  step-son 
or  son-in-law  of  John  Hastings.  His  home  at 
Concord  was  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Con- 
cord river  in  the  upland  about  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  from  the  North  Bridge.  Having  served 
the  town  for  many  years  honorably  as  sergeant 
he  petitioned  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  to  be  ex- 
cused from  that  office. 

He  died  June  30,  1698,  aged  about  eighty- 
two.  His  will  was  dated  March  i,  1687,  aged 
about  seventy-one  years ;  proved  June  28. 
1698.  He  bequeathed  to  his  eldest  son  John, 
a  house  he  had  built  in  Stow  :  to  .son  Samuel 
lands  at  Concord:  to  daughter  Sarah  Barritt 
and  to  the  children  of  all  three.     He  spelled 


his  name  in  signing  the  will  Butter-ick.  but 
probably  all  of  his  descendants  of  recent  gen- 
erations have  preferred  the  spelling  Buttrick. 
He  married  (first),  1646,  at  Concord,  Sarah 
Bateman,  who  died  July  17,  1664.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  February  21,  1667,  Jane  Good- 
now,  of  Sudbury,  daughter  of  Thomas.  (See 
Goodnow  family  sketch).  Children  of  Wil- 
liam and  Sarah  Buttrick :  Mary,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1648,  died  November  i,  1648.  2.  Wil- 
liam. 3.  John,  born  September  21,  1653,  mar- 
ried Mary  Blood:  settled  in  Stow.  4.  Sam- 
uel, born  January  12,  1654-5,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Edward,  born  January  6,  1656-57,  died 
January  15,  1656-57.  6.  Joseph,  born  Octo- 
ber 29,  1657,  killed  in  the  Sudbury  fight  with 
the  Indians,  April  21,  1726.  7.  Sarah,  born 
July  27,  1662,  married  John  Barrett,  of 
Chelmsford.  8.  Mary,  born  Juiie  17.  1664, 
died  April  21,  1665. 

(II)  Samuel  Buttrick,  son  of  William  Butt- 
rick (i),  was  bom  at  Concord,  January  12, 
1654-55,  died  August  8,  1726.  He  succeeded 
his  father  on  the  first  homestead  in  Concord. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war,  1675- 
76,  and  his  son  Jonathan  drew  a  lot  of  land  at 
Narragansett,  No.  6  (Templeton,  Massachu- 
setts) in  payment  of  his  services,  granted  by 
the  general  court,  June  24,  1735.  Samuel 
married.  1677,  Elizabeth  Blood.  Children :  all 
born  at  Concord:    i.  Elizabeth,  born   August 

■  25,  1679.  2.  Samuel,  Jr..  born  January  31, 
1681-82.  settled  at  Charlestown,  New  Hamp- 
shire, married  Mercy  Hett,  born  1680.  3. 
William,  born  April  15.  1683.  died  September 
16,  1 71 1.  4.  Sarah,  born  November  21,  1687, 
died  October  .7.  1746:  married.  May  7,  1713. 
John  Flint.  6.  Deacon  Jonathan,  born  A])ril 
24,  1690,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Deacon  Jonathan  Buttrick,  son  of 
Samuel  Buttrick  (2),  was  born  in  Concord, 
April  24, 1690,  died  there  March  23,  1767,  aged 
seventy-seven  years.  The  Buttrick  house 
stood  near  the  North  Bridge  and  is  now  or 
was  lately  owned  by  the  family  of  Joseph 
Derb)-.  The  old  house  was  built  by  Jonathan 
Buttrick  in  1712,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Con- 
cord fight  was  owned  by  Major  John  Buttrick, 
his  son.  Before  this  old  house  and  to  the  east- 
ward is  Battle  Lawn,  lately  so-called,  where 
the  militia  and  minute  men  formed  prepara- 
tory to  the  march  to  the  bridge,  and  near  it  the 
detachment  of  regulars  under  Cajitain  Parsons 
passed  on  the  way  to  and  from  the  home  of 
Colonel  James  Barrett.  I'.attle  Lawn  is 
marked  by  suitably  inscribed  tablets.  Deacon 
Jcmathan  was  followed  to  his  grave,  according 
to  the  inscription  on  his  monument,  by  his  wid- 


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ow  and  thirteen  well-instructed  children.     He 
married,  1717-18,  Elizabeth  Wood.    Children: 

1.  Samuel,  born  November  16,  1718,  died  Jan- 
uary 14,  1814:  married.  1744,  Lucy  Wheeler. 

2.  Mary,  born  April  18,  1720.  3.  Jonathan 
(captain),  born  January  30,  1721-22, died  May  ' 
18,  1775;  married,  July  14,  1756,  Mary 
Jirown.  4.  Joseph,  born  January  9,  1723-24, 
died  December  29,  1803 ;  married,  July  23, 
1751,  Sarah  Brown.  5.  Nathan,  born  Septem- 
ber 27,  1725.  died  December  25,  1812;  mar- 
ried, December  12,  1757,  Grace  Wheeler, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah.  6.  Elizabeth, 
born  .Xugust  21,  1727,  married  December 
21,  1753,  Charles  Flint.  7.  .\bigail,  born 
August  20,  1729.  8.  John,  born  July 
20,  1731,  menbioned  below.  9.  Rachel, 
born  November  12,  1733.  10.  Ephraim,  born 
February  15,  1735-36,  died  April  15,  1785,  un- 
married. II.  Daniel,  born  April  3,  1738,  died 
February  24,  1843.  !-•  Lois,  born  June  2, 
1740,  died  April  2y,  1783,  unmarried.  13. 
Sarah,  born  August  10,  1742,  died  July  12, 
1827.  14.  Willard,  born  November  12,  1746, 
married,  November  22,  1769,  Esther  Blood, 
daughter  of  John  and  Esther  Blood. 

(IV)  Colonel  John  Buttrick,  son  of  Jon- 
athan Buttrick  (3),  was  born  at  Concord,  July 
20,  1 73 1,  died  May  16,  1791,  aged  sixty.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  in  town  and  military 
affairs  before  the  Revolution  and  held  the  rank 
of  major,  when  the  Revolution  began.  He  was 
in  command  of  the  American  forces  at  Con- 
cord, April  19,  1775.  Shattuck,  the  historian  of 
Concord,  says :  "His  name  will  be  handed 
down  to  posterity  with  distinguished  honor  for 
the  noble  stand  he  took,  and  the  bravery  he 
manifested  in  leading  a  gallant  band  of  mili- 
tiamen on  to  meet  the  invading  enemy  at 
North  Bridge  and  for  beginning  the  first  forci- 
ble resistance  to  British  arms.  He  then  returned 
the  fire,  saying,  'Fire,  Fellow  soldiers,  for 
God's  sake,  fire,'  and  discharged  his  own 
gun  the  same  instant."  The  inscription  on  his 
monument  reads  :  "In  memory  of  Colonel  John 
Buttrick,  who  commanded  the  militia  compan- 
ies which  made  the  first  attack  upon  the  Brit- 
ish Troops  at  Concord.  North  Bridge,  on  the 
nineteenth  of  April,  1775,  having  with  patriotic 
firmness  shared  in  the  damages  which  led  to 
.American  Independence,  he  lived  to  enjoy  the 
blessings  of  it  and  died  May  16,  1791,  aged 
sixty  years." 

"Having  laid  down  his  sword  with  honor, 
he  resumed  the  plough  with  industry:  by  the 
latter  he  maintained  what  the  former  had  won. 
The  virtues  of  the  parent,  citizen  and  Christian 
adorned  his  life  and  his  worth  was  acknowl- 


edged by  the  grief  and  respect  of  all  ranks  at 
his  death."  During  the  summer  of  1775  he 
was  major  in  the  regiment  of  Colonel  John 
Nixon  at  the  siege  of  Boston.  He  was  com- 
missioned lieutenant-colonel  of  Colonel  John 
Robinson's  regiment,  August  i,  1775.  He  was 
colonel  of  Volunteers,  acting  as  captain  of  a 
volunteer  company  in  Colonel  Reed's  regiment 
at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne,  serving  from  Sep- 
tember 28,  1777,  to  November  7,  following, 
and  his  company  was  detached  from  Colonel 
Brooks's  regiment  to  reinforce  General  Gates 
to  the  northward.  He  was  in  the  Rhode  Isl- 
and campaign  in  1778,  when  his  regiment  was 
detached  to  reinforce  the  Continental  army. 

His  house  was  on  the  hill  west  of  Flint's 
Bridge ;  occupied  lately  by  Captain  Francis 
Jarvis.  His  gun  is  still  in  the  possession  of 
the  family  and  his  tobacco  box  is  at  Antiquar- 
ian Hall,  Concord.  He  married,  June  24, 
1760,  Abigail  Jones.  Children,  all  born  at  Con- 
cord :  I.  Colonel  John,  born  October  8,  1761, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Levi,  born  October  11, 
1762.  3.  Jonas,  born  November  17,  1764.  4. 
Abigail,  born  December  8,  1766.  5.  Esther, 
born  August  8,  1768.  6.  Anna,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1770.  7.  Stephen,  born  August  25, 
1772.  8.  Phebe,  born  October  17,  1774.  9. 
Horatio  Gates,  born  March  4,  1778.  10.  Silas, 
born  May  15,  1780. 

(V)  Colonel  John  Buttrick,  son  of  Colonel 
John  Buttrick  (4),  was  born  at  Concord,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1761,  died  September  11,  1823. 
at  Concord.  He  was  an  active  and  lead- 
ing citizen  of  Concord  and  rose  to  the  rank 
of  colonel  in  the  state  militia.  He  served  in 
the  Revolution  also,  a  private  in  Captain  Josh- 
ua Leland's  company  from  September  29  to 
November  10,  1779,  in  the  regiment  of  Major 
Nathaniel  Heath.  This  company  was  de- 
tached to  man  forts  at  and  about  Boston.  He 
was  a  fifer  in  Captain  Hosmer's  company  at 
one  time  during  the  war.  He  married  (first). 
December  10,  1795,  Lydia  Wheeler,  and  (sec- 
ond), December  9,  1813,  Hannah  Wheeler. 
Both  marriages  were  performed  by  Rev.  Ezra 
Ripley.  Children:  i.  John,  born  October  18, 
1796.  mentioned  below.  2.  Charlotte,  born 
September  27,  1798.  3.  Grosvenor,  born  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1 80 1.  4.  David  Wheeler,  born  Sep- 
teinber  27.  1804.  5.  Esther  Rebecca,  born 
May  20,  1810,  died  June  27,  181 1.  6.  James 
Coburn,  died  December  16.  1807.  Children  of 
the  second  wife :  7.  Emeline  Lydia,  born  Oc- 
tober 1.  1814.  8.  George  Horatio,  born  May 
9,  1817. 

(VI)  John  Buttrick.  son  of  Colonel  John 
Buttrick    (5).  was  born  at  Concord,  October 


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1 8,  1796.  He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter, 
and  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  lived  there  until  after  his 
marriage.  About  1828  he  removed  to  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  and  followed  his  trade  as  car- 
penter and  builder  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
He  died  there  in  1880.  He  was  an  active  Re- 
publican in  politics,  though  he  never  sought 
public  office  himself.  He  attended  the  Con- 
gregational church.  He  married.  May  29, 
1828,  Lucretia  Buttrick,  of  Concord.  She  died 
in  1892,  aged  ninety  years.  Children:  i.  John 
H.,  born  July  10,  i'830,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Ellen  E.,  born  March  13,  1832.  3.  James  C, 
born  March  7,  1835,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Martha  M.,  born  in  Lowell,  December  29, 
1836,  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  Lowell  where  she  has  always  lived ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church  and  active  in 
church  and  charitable  work,  having  endowed 
a  bed  in  the  Woman's  Christian  Association. 

(VH)  John  H.  Buttrick,  son  of  John  Butt- 
rick (6),  was  born  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
July  10,  1830.  He  was  educated  in  the  high 
schools  and  then  entered  Dartmouth  College, 
where  he  remained  three  years  and  graduated 
with  lienors.  He  then  read  law  for  a  time  and 
then  became  cashier  of  the  Wamesit  Bank  of 
Lowell  and  filled  that  position  with  great  cred- 
it for  many  years.  He  was  president  of  the 
Putman  Nail  Company  of  Boston  many  years, 
and  was  a  director  in  same  company  thirty 
years  and  never  missed  a  meeting.  He  was 
a  partner  of  the  F.  A.  Butcher  Drug  Company 
and  a  director  of  the  Faneuil  Insurance  Com- 
pany. He  was  a  man  of  retiring  disposition, 
and  retired  from  active  business  in  the  latter 
years  of  his  life  and  looked  after  his  property 
and  other  interests.  He  was  an  independent  in 
politics  and  never  aspired  to  office.  He  gave 
freely  in  a  quiet  manner.  He  died  January 
23,  1902.  in  Lowell.  He  married,  October  10, 
1889,  Catherine  T.  McAvoy,  of  Lowell.  They 
were  married  in  St.  Patrick's  Church.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Hugh  McAvoy,  an 
old  family  of  respectability  of  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts. Mrs.  Buttrick  survives  her  husband, 
she  is  closely  identified  with  the  church  work 
and  is  a  member  of  the  St.  Patrick's  Church. 
She  gives  freely  to  charity  and  is  much  re- 
spected and  beloved  by  all  who  know  her. 

(VII)  James  G.  Buttrick,  son  of  John 
Buttrick  (6),  was  born  in  Lowell.  March  7, 
1835.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  his  native  place.  When  sixteen 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  employ  of  Buttrick 
'&  Co.  as  bookkeeper  and  continued  in  that  po- 
sition for  four  years.    He  became  treasurer  of 


the  Lowell  Institution  of  Savings  during  the 
Civil  war,  and  was  successful  in  managing  this 
savings  bank  during  the  trying  times  of  the 
war  and  immediately  after.  (Jn  one  occasion 
he  averted  an  incipient  panic.  He  entered  the 
employ  of  the  government  and  was  stationed 
for  a  time  at  Fortress  Monroe.  He  remained 
in  the  internal  revenue  service  at  Lowell  and 
became  the  acting  collector  of  internal  revenue 
for  the  Seventh  District.  He  resigned  in  1871 
to  accept  the  treasurership  of  the  Thorndike 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Lowell  and 
served  that  corporation  with  credit  and  honor 
for  many  years.  He  was  a  skillful  financier 
and  gifted  with  executive  ability  of  high  or- 
der. Of  the  strictest  integrity  and  fidelity  he 
studied  the  interests  of  the  concern  and  man- 
aged it  with  shrewdness  and  sagacity.  A  few 
years  before  his  death,  he  resigned  and  lived 
in  comparative  retirement.  He  died  at  his 
residence  in  Lowell,  April  6,  1905.  His  widow 
and  family  reside  at  the  attractive  home  on 
Wilder  street.  In  religion  Mr.  Buttrick  was  a 
Congregationalist,  a  devout  member  and  lib- 
eral supporter  of  the  Old  Appleton  Congrega- 
tional Church,  serving  on  various  committees 
of  church  and  parish.  He  organized  the  move- 
ment that  resulted  in  the  Highland  Congre- 
gational Church ;  was  on  the  committee  to  pro- 
cure the  land  for  a  site  and  was  superintend- 
ent of  its  Sunday  school.  He  was  an  earnest 
and  influential  member  of  the  Merrimac  Val- 
ley Congregational  Club.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Lowell  Board  of  Trade,  and  ranked 
high  in  the  estimation  of  the  business  men  of 
the  city.  His  judgment  on  the  value  of  real 
estate  was  particularly  good.  He  gave  the 
land  for  the  building  of  the  Young  Women's 
Ch/istian'  .Association  in  connection  with  his 
sister  Martha  M.,  in  Lowell,  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  which  he  was  a  leading  factor.  He 
married,  October  3,  1871,  Qara  Lawrence 
Gates,  youngest  daughter  of  Noah  F.  and 
Sarah  (Lawrence)  Gates,  of  Lowell.  She  was 
a  teacher  of  music  in  the  public  schools.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Ernest  G.,  born  in  Lowell,  June  28, 
1873.  2.  Helen,  born  in  Lowell,  February  15, 
1876. 


Thomas  Wells,  the  immigrant 
WELLS  ancestor  of  Judge  Henry  Jack- 
son Wells,  of  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, was  born  in  Colchester,  Essex, 
England,  in  1605.  He  was  born  and  lived  up 
to  his  thirtieth  year  in  one  of  the  oldest  forti- 
fied towns  of  England.  The  remains  of  the 
old  Roman  wall  that  in  his  time  still  surround- 


LUCRETIA  BUTTRICK: 


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ed  the  ancient  town  must  have  been  an  object 
of  wonder  and  study.  Colne  Castle,  on  which 
ancient  ruins,  built  in  the  time  of  William  II, 
(Rufus,  the  son  of  William  The  Conqueror) 
he  undoubtedly  had  stood  and  measured  the 
thickness  and  strength  of  its  massive  walls, 
from  ten  to  thirty  feet  wide,  and  constituting 
the  largest  Norman  Keep  in  England,  and 
from  which  stronghold  William  II  went  forth 
to  do  battle  with  the  disputants  of  his  right 
to  reign ;  St.  Botolph's  Priory,  built  by  the 
Norman  workmen  in  Norman  style  and  with 
Norman  strength ;  Holy  Trinity  Chapel,  or 
Church,  of  Saxon  origin  and  architecture,  not 
pleasantly  associated  with  the  Puritan  spirit 
that  possessed  the  youth  looking  forward  to 
the  New  World  for  liberation  from  fetters 
upon  conscience  and  personal  liberty.  Such 
were  the  memories  he  had  left  behind.  Then 
he  had  heard  of  the  two  terrible  plagues  that 
had  already  visited  and  ravaged  the  town,  but 
was  spared  the  repetition  of  the  calamity  as  it 
actually  occurred  during  his  own  lifetime  in 
1665,  but  the  knowledge  of  it  probably  did  not 
come  to  him  at  his  new  home  in  America  as  he 
died  the  same  or  the  next  year.  We  can  hear 
him  recite  to  his  children  the  legend  of  the  ori- 
gin of  the  modem  name  of  his  native  town,  as 
coming  from  the  veritable  "Old  King  Cole" 
who  was  born  and  lived  in  Colchester  and  the 
name  of  the  "merry  old  soul"  attached  itself  to 
the   place. 

The  transition  from  this  town  of  legend,  the 
scene  of  Norman  and  Saxon  warfare,  with  its 
boyhood  associations,  to  the  wilderness  of  New 
England  with  no  history,  no  ruins,  no  priory, 
no  massive  churches,  no  ancient  castles,  no 
impregnable  fortresses,  must  have  been  of  im- 
pression. Freedomi  to  worship  God  in  the 
spirit  of  Puritan  simplicity  was  stamped  on  all 
he  saw.  No  need  of  fortress  or  priory,  or  ma- 
sonry churches,  far  removed  from  the  scenes 
of  strife  that  attended  Royalty  and  with  no 
history  of  contending  factious  fights  for  su- 
premacy confronted  him  now.  He  was  thirty 
years  of  age  when  he  took  passage  in  the  com- 
pany of  Richard  Saltonstall,  his  own  brother 
Deacon  Richard  Wells  of  Salisbury,  and  prob- 
ably another  brother,  Nathaniel  Wells,  who 
settled  in  Rhode  Island,  on  the  ship  "Susan 
and  Ellen"  bound  for  the  Massachusetts  Col- 
ony, and  he  settled  in  Ipswich  where  he  mar- 
ried Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Warner,  an- 
other immigrant  of  Ipswich,  and  the  first  grant 
of  land  was  received  by  him  as  a  proprietor  in 
1635.  He  was  admitted  as  a  freeman  May  17, 
1637,  and  he  joined  his  fellow  farmers  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  common  lands  known  bv  the 


Indians  as  "Aggawam,"  and  as  success  attend- 
ed his  efforts  as  a  husbandman  he  received 
other  grants  of  land  in  165 1.  He  was  a  lead- 
ing man  in  the  town  and  appears  to  have  been 
interested  in  the  education  of  not  only  his  own 
children,  but  of  those  of  the  other  early  set- 
tlers;  his  third  son,  Thomas, .born  in  Ipswich, 
January  i,  1646,  was  a  student  at  Harvard 
College  under  a  provision  of  the  will  of  his 
father.  It  is  probable  he  was  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1669,  and  his  name  appears  in  the 
Harvard  Catalogue  as  an  honorary  Master  of 
Arts,  the  degree  having  been  conferred  in  the 
year  1703,  the  first  person  to  receive  the  hon- 
orary Master  of  Arts  from  the  college,  and 
named  in  the  catalogue  next  to  Increase 
Mather,  who  was  graduated  Bachelor  of  Arts 
in  1656,  and  who  was  given  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  S.  T.  D.  in  1692.  The  Rev.  Thomas 
Wells  was  married  January  10,  1669-70,  to 
Mary  Perkins,  and  when  his  brother  John  set- 
tled at  Wells,  Maine,  and  married  Sarah  Lit- 
tlefield,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Wells  purchased 
land  there  and  was  living  in  Wells  in  Decem- 
ber, 1669.  He  purchased  in  Kittery  and  the 
Isle  of  Shoals  in  1670,  and  two  or  three  years 
thereafter  became  settled  minister  at  Ames- 
bury,  and  was  a  leading  spirit  of  the  time  for 
fifty  years,  dying  in  Amesbury,  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony,  July  10,  1734.  The  other  children 
of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Warner)  Wells  were: 
Nathaniel  (q.  v.).  John,  who  settled  and 
founded  the  town  of  Wells,  Maine.  Sarah, 
who  married  John  M&ssey,  of  Salem.  Abigail, 
who  married  Nathaniel  Treadwell.  Elizabeth, 
who  married  John  Burnham.  Hannah.  Lydia, 
who  married  a  Mr.  Rogers.  Abigail  (Warner) 
Wells  died  in  Ipswich,  July  22,  1671.  91ie 
outlived  her  husband  nearly  five  years,  as  he 
died  in  Ipswich,  October  26,  1666. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Wells,  the  first  son  and  eld- 
est child  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Warner) 
Wells,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony,  about  1636.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1661,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Jane  Thurley,  who  carried  on  a  farm  at  Row- 
ley, an  adjoining  town  to  Ipswich,  and  they 
had  seven  children,  the  fourth  child  being  their 
first  son  receiving  the  name  of  his  father. 
Nathaniel  Wells,  Sr.,  died  in  Rowley.  Decem- 
ber 15,  1675. 

(III)  Nathaniel  Wells,  the  fourth  and  eld- 
est son  of  Nathaniel  and  Lydia  (Thurley) 
Wells,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  in  1669.  He  was 
like  his  father  and  grandfather  a  farmer  and 
man  of  prominence  in  the  town.  His  wife 
Mary  bore  him  seven  children,  and  the  third 
being  their  first  son  they  named  him  Nathan- 


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iel.     Their  two  other  sons  were  Moses,  bom 
in  1701,  married  Eunice  Kinsman,  and  Daniel, 

born  in  1709,  married  Sarah . 

(T\')  Nathaniel  Wells,  the  eldest  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  Wells,  was  born  in  Ips- 
wich, April  24,  1699.  He  married  Sarah  Kins- 
man and  had  tw.elve  children,  of  whom  John 
was  the  twelfth.  Their  other  sons  were  Nath- 
aniel, the  seventh  child,  and  Simon,  the  tenth. 

(V)  John  Wells,  the  yoimgest  child  of 
Nathaniel  and  Sarah  ( Kinsman )  Wells,  was 
baptized  May  2,  1748,  in  the  first  meeting 
house  in  the  South  Parish  of  Ipswich,  on  the 
first  Sunday  in  which  service  was  held  in  the 
church,  he  being  the  first  child  baptized  in 
the  new  building. 

(VI)  Gideon  Parker  Wells,  son  of  John 
Wells,  of  Ipswich,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Sep- 
tember II.  1780,  and  married  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Thaddeus  Wellington,  born  April  5, 
1758,  a  minuteman  at  the  Lexington  Alarm  in 
1775  :  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Wellington, 
Jr.,  born  in  1714,  who  married  and  reared 
twelve  sons ;  great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Wellington,  born  November  10,  1686;  great- 
great-granddaughter  of  Joseph  Wellington, 
born  1656:  great-great-great-granddaughter 
of  Rtjger  Wellington,  the  immigrant,  born  in 
England  in  1610,  settled  in  Watertown,  iSIassa- 
chusetts  Bay  Colony.  He  was  an  original 
lessee  of  a  stall  in  the  new  Quincy  Market. 
Boston. 

(XT!)  Henry  Jackson  Wells,  son  of  Gideon 
Parker  and  Susanna  (Wellington)  Wells,  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Charlestown, 
in  which  city  he  was  born  November  16,  1823, 
the  seventh  in  descent  from  Thomas  Wells,  the 
immigrant.  He  was  a  clerk  in  P.oston  and 
vicinity  in  mercantile  houses  up  to  1848,  when 
he  went  south  in  the  same  line  of  business. 
His  experience  in  New  Orleans  as  a  mer- 
chant's clerk  did  not  meet  his  ideas  of  a  suc- 
cessful career,  which  was  the  aim  of  his  am- 
bition, and  he  remained  but  seven  months  in 
the  south ;  he  then  returned  to  Boston  and  in 
the  autumn  of  1849  joined  the  procession  of 
fortune  seekers  who  had  turned  their  faces 
toward  the  gold  fields  of  California,  which 
Eldorado  he  reached  by  way  of  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  and  after  the  experience  of  two 
long  voyages  by  sea  and  the  extraordinary 
dangers  of  crossing  the  Isthmus  on  foot  to 
escape  the  epidemic  of  Chargres  fever,  then 
raging  on  the  coasts,  he  landed  in  San  Fran- 
cisco in  December.  1849.  His  fortune  on  the 
journey  thither  was  the  companionship  of  the 
Hon.  Stephen  J.  Field,  and  this  acquaintance- 
ship secured  him  a  clerkshi])  in   the  court  of 


first  instance,  long  established  by  the  Spanish 
civil  government,  and  handed  down  to  the  ter- 
ritorial governments  for  the  ancient  system  of 
administering  justice  so  long  in  existence  in 
the  Spanish  colonies  of  America.  In  April, 
1850,  on  the  establishment  of  the  new  state 
of  California,  and  the  election  of  state  officers, 
in  part  of  the  successive  steps  of  which  organi- 
zation Mr.  Wells  not  only  was  a  witness  but 
an  actor,  he  was  continued  in  the  office  he  held 
under  the  Spanish  administration  and  was  now 
known  as  assistant  clerk  of  the  state  district 
court,  which  subsequently  expanded  into  the 
California  superior  court.  He  used  his  leisure 
time  in  mastering  both  the  English  and  Span- 
ish law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the 
supreme  court  of  California  in  1853,  and  im- 
mediately afterward  his  sign  as  an  attorney 
and  counsellor  at  law  appeared  on  the  door  of 
the  chief  building  occupied  by  the  leading  law- 
yers of  the  city.  He  was  the  same  year  elected 
a  member  of  the  newly  organized  board  of 
education,  being  one  of  two  civilians  of  the 
state  placed  upon  the  board.  When  the  city 
government  was  reorganized  he  was  made  a 
member  of  the  board  of  assistant  aldermen,  an 
organization  corresponding  to  the  common 
council  of  eastern  cities,  and  he  served  as 
president  of  the  board  for  the  years  1855-56. 
His  position  in  the  city  government  made  him 
a  member  of  the  police  commission,  and  his 
duties  in  this  position  called  out  his  best  efforts 
in  behalf  of  the  peaceable  conduct  of  the  homo- 
geneous but  not  always  order-loving  citizens 
of  a  newly  organized  community  made  up  of 
different  nationalities  each  intent  on  advancing 
selfish  interests.  In  1856,  on  the  organization 
of  the  Republican  national  party,  he  was 
largely  instrumental  in  organizing  the  party  in 
California.  He  continued  the  practice  of  law'' 
in  San  Francisco  up  to  1863,  when  he  left  the 
bar  for  the  bench,  having  been  elected  judge 
of  the  justice's  court  of  the  second  township 
of  the  city,  and  he  held  this  unique  position  of 
being  the  only  Republican  named  on  the  ticket 
of  that  party  and  known  as  the  Union  ticket 
to  secure  election.  After  serving  on  the  bench 
for  two  years  he  retired  with  as  high  a  reputa- 
tion as  a  judge  as  he  had  before  gained  as  a 
learned  lawyer.  He  serx'ed  as  chairman  of  the 
Republican  city  and  county  committees  of  San 
Francisco  1861-65.  While  a  citizen  of  San 
Francisco  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  that 
city,  and  he  served  as  president  of  the  associa- 
tion for  one  year.  He  was  an  early  meuTber  and 
clerk  of  the  First  I>aptist  Church  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  attained  a  position  in  the  community 


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as  a  leading  jurist,  lawyer,  and  layman  in 
church  and  benevolent  work.  In  1866  he  re- 
turned to  ^lassachusetts  and  took  up  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  the  courts  of  Middlesex  county, 
making  his  home  in  Arlington.  He  was  for  ten 
years  a  member  of  the  school  committee  of  that 
town,  and  for  many  years  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican town  committee.  He  projected  and 
carried  forward  many  needed  reforms  in  the 
town  government,  including  the  introduction  of 
an  adequate  water  supply,  which  proved  to  be 
one  of  the  greatest  boons  to  the  inhabitants, 
as  well  as  a  powerful  auxiliary  to  the  growth 
of  the  town.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  United  States  supreme  court  in  1867,  and 
to  the  bar  of  the  Suffolk  county  courts  on 
May  30,  1871.  In  him  the  members  of  the 
Suffolk  bar  found  a  brother  lawyer  of  whom 
they  became  justly  proud  and  a  man  and  com- 
panion with  whom  they  delighted  to  associate. 
His  clientage  attested  his  ability,  and  his 
superior  wisdom  and  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  law  and  its  application  placed  him  at  the 
head  of  the  profession  with  a  goodly  number 
of  equals  but  no  superior.  By  reason  of  length 
of  service  he  is  now  dean  of  the  Suffolk  bar. 
In  1877  he  removed  his  place  of  residence 
from  Arlington  to  Cambridge,  and  at  once  be- 
came a  leader  in  the  shaping  of  the  affairs  of 
that  city  as  well  as  in  protecting  the  interests 
of  the  municipality  in  the  general  court  of  the 
Commonwealth.  He  represented  Cambridge 
in  the  hoi^se  of  representatives  of  the  state 
legislature  in  1880-81-82,  and  besides  a  place 
on  many  important  committees  was  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  probate  and  chancery  in 
1881-82.  When  he  took  his  seat  in  the  state 
senate  in  18S3  he  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the 
committee  on  probate  and  chancery,  and  in  the 
senate  of  1885  was  again  chairman  of  that 
committee  and  of  the  committee  on  water  sup- 
ply, and  here  his  experience  in  the  same  line 
of  the  town  of  Arlington  gave  to  the  Common- 
wealth the  benefits  of  knowledge  attained  by 
actual  work  successfully  accomplished.  He 
was  recognized  as  an  authority  on  parliamen- 
tary law  and  usage,  and  his  advice  was  sought 
and  freely  given  to  presiding  officers  less  fami- 
liar with  the  proceedings  of  deliberative  bodies. 
He  was  chairman  of  the  Republican  city  com- 
mittees for  a  term  of  years,  and  a  member  of 
the  Republican  state  committee  for  eleven  suc- 
cessive years  and  its  treasurer  for  seven  years. 
He  was  elected  presidential  elector  on  the  Re- 
publican national  ticket  in  1888,  and  on  the 
meeting  of  the  Electoral  College  in  1889  he, 
as  secretarv  of  the  Afassachusetts  electors,  cast 
the  vote  of  the  state  for  Benjamin   Harrison 


for  president  and  Levi  P.  Morton  for  vice- 
president  of  the  United  States.  His  club  affilia- 
tions includes  membership  in  the  Massachu- 
setts Republican  Club,  the  IMiddlesex  Club, 
the  Cambridge  Club,  the  Society  of  California 
Pioneers  of  San  Francisco,  the  California 
Pioneers  of  New  England,  of  which  organiza- 
tion he  was  president  in  1894-95,  and  of  the 
Training  Field  School  Association,  of  which 
he  was  president  in  1897-98.  He  has  been  a 
member  of  the  F"irst  Baptist  Church,  Beacon 
street  and  Commonwealth  avenue,  Boston, 
since   1866. 

Judge  Wells  was  married  in  Boston,  No- 
vember, 1856,  to  Maria  Adelaide,  daughter  of 
Lyman  and  Rebecca  D.  ( Flagg)  Goodnow. 
To  carry  out  this  consummation  of  an  engage- 
ment of  several  years  standing,  he  made  the 
journey  from  California  to  Boston  and  re- 
turned with  his  bride  to  San  Francisco  by  way 
of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  that  being  the  only 
route  except  the  tedious  and  uncomfortable 
one  across  the  plains  by  stage  coach.  The  first 
ten  years  of  his  wedded  life  were  spent  in 
San  Francisco,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time 
they  journeyed  to  the  scenes  of  their  old  home 
by  the  more  modern  methods  of  travel  that 
obtained  in  1866.  The  children  of  Judge 
Henry  Jackson  and  Maria  Adelaide  (Good- 
now) Wells  are:  i.  Harrison  Goodnow,  of 
Chicago,  married  Edith  Andrews,  of  Boston ; 
one  child,  Catherine.  2.  Sophia  Adelaide, 
widow  of  Frank  J.  Cross,  who  was  one  of 
the  largest  cattle  breeders  in  Nebraska,  resid- 
ing in  that  state ;  one  child,  Jean  Adelaide, 
now  a  student  at  Wellesley  College.  3.  Mary 
Rebecca,  wife  of  Edwin  P.  Stickney,  M".  D., 
graduate  of  Harvard,  class  of  1892;  resides 
at  Arlington,  Massachusetts;  two  children, 
Adelaide  and  Rebecca.  4.  Henrietta  Jackson, 
wife  of  Arthur  J.  Livermore,  a  member  of  the 
New  York  bar ;  two  children  :  Henry  Wells 
and  Russell  Blake.  5.  \\'ellington  Wells,  see 
forward. 

Wellington  Wells,  son  of  Judge  Henry  Jack- 
son and  Maria  Adelaide  (Goodnow)  Wells, 
was  born  in  Arlington,  Massachusetts,  April 
18,  1868.  He  is  a  Harvard  graduate,  and 
while  a  student  was  captain  of  the  class  crew, 
played  with  the  football  and  lacrosse  teams. 
He  began  the  practice  of  law  in  1893,  and  had 
offices  in  Boston,  with  William  B.  Durant,  of 
Cambridge,  and  Mayor  John  E.  Farnum,  of 
Maiden.  For  seven  years  he  was  assistant 
clerk  in  the  superior  court  of  Suffolk  county, 
and  during  a  portion  of  this  period  had  charge 
of  the  equit\-  session.  Owing  to  his  large  ex- 
perience his  services  have  been   freely  sought 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


as  auditor  and  master,  and  he  has  been  ap- 
pointed receiver  of  various  large  concerns.  He 
is  active  in  both  civil  and  military  affairs.  He 
has  served  as  treasurer  of  the  Library  Hall 
Association  of  Cambridge,  has  been  president 
of  the  Economy  Club  of  Cambridge,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Country  Club  of  Brookline,  the 
Colonial  Club  of  Cambridge,  and  the  Boston 
Athletic  Association.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Young  Men's  Republican  Club  of  Cambridge. 
He  is  affiliated  with  St.  Andrew's  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Boston.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  First  Corps  of  Cadets,  and  is 
now  major  and  judge  advocate  on  the  general 
staff  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  state  of 
Massachusetts.  He  married  Grace  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  William  D.  Ewart,  a  prominent 
manufacturer  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  in- 
ventor of  the  Ewart  link  belt  chain.  She  died 
July  14,  1902,  leaving  a  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Dana.  Mr.  Wells  married  (second)  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  David  J.  Brewer,  associate 
justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  Ignited 
States,  and  of  this  union  has  been  born  one 
child,  Henrietta. 


Samuel  Allen,  the  immigrant  an- 
ALLEN     cestor,    came    to    New    England 

from  Braintree,  county  Essex, 
England.  He  was  born  about  1588;  settled 
iSrst  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  afterwards 
in  Windsor  and  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  brother  of  Colonel  Matthew  Allen  or 
Allyn,  of  Cambridge,  afterwards  of  Windsor 
and  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Allen,  of  Windsor.  He  was  a  jury- 
man March  5,  1644,  and  was  by  occupation  a 
farmer.  He  was  granted  a  house  lot  at  Wind- 
sor, January  27,  1640,  on  the  Farmington 
river,  adjoining  lots  of  Roger  Ludlow,  Thomas 
Marshall ;  also  a  meadow  lot  and  two  other 
out-lying  lots.  He  was  a  man  of  public  spirit 
and  held  various  public  offices.  He  died  at 
Windsor  and  was  buried  April  28,  1648,  aged 
sixty,  leaving  a  widow  and  six  children.  His 
widow  Ann  removed  to  Northampton.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  married  (second)  William  Hurl- 
but.  She  died  there  November  13,  1687. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  1634,  married,  No- 
vember 29.  1659.  Hannah  Woodford.  2. 
Nehemiah,  mentioned  below.  3.  John,  mar- 
ried, December  8,  1669,  Mary  Hannuni.  born 
April  5.  1650.     4.  Rebecca.     5.  Mary. 

(II)  Nehemiah  Allen,  son  of  Samuel  Allen 
(  '  *.  was  born  alxnit  1640.  Married,  Septem- 
ber  21,    \(V^.    Sarah   Woodford,   daughter  of 


Thomas  and   Mary   (Blott)    Woodford.     She  j 
was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  September    : 
2,  1649,  and  died  in  Northampton,  Massachu-    : 
setts,  March  31,  1712-13.     He  died  in  North-    , 
ampton,     1684.       She    married     (second)     in   ; 
Northampton,    September    i,     1687,    Richard 
Burk,    and     (third),    July     11,     1706,    Judah 
Wright.      Children    of    Nehemiah    Allen:     i. 
Samuel,  born  January  3,  1665-66,  barber,  men- 
tioned below.     2.  Nehemiah,  born  October  18,   ! 
1667,    died    young.      3.  Nehemiah,   born    No- 
vember 6,  1669,  married  Ruth  Burt,  daughter 
of  David.     4.  Sarah,  born  August  22,    1672,  • 
married,    1694,    Joseph    Strong.      5.  Thomas, 
born  January  17,   1675.     6.  Hannah,  baptized   ! 
May  6,    1677.     7.  Ruth,   born  June   4,    1680,    | 
married  Josiah  Leonard.    8.  Child,  born  Aug-   ' 
ust    12.    1683,    died   young.     9.  Silence,   born   ; 
August,  1684.  i 

(III)  Samuel  Allen,  son  of  Nehemiah  | 
Allen  (2),  was  born  January  3,  1665-66.  In  ; 
1705  he  bought  the  Dr.  Willard  lot  which  he  ', 
sold  in  171 1  to  Samuel  Bernard,  and  he  sold  ' 
the  Quartus  Hawks  homestead  in  Wapping  to 
Eleazer  Hawks  in  17 13,  and  soon  afterward  ; 
removed  to  Coventry,  Connecticut.  He  died  ; 
before  1727.  He  married  Mercy  Wright,  , 
daughter  of  Judah.  •  She  died  in  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,  February  5,  1728,  aged  fifty-nine.  '■■ 
Children:  I.  Nehemiah,  born  September  21,  J 
1693,  at  Northampton,  died  young.  2.  Mercy,  1 
born  June  24.  1695.  3.  Nehemiah,  born  Sep-  ] 
tember  19,  1697,  probably  settled  in  Guilford,  ; 
Connecticut.    4.  Mary,  born  October  22,  1699.   I 

5.  Hester,  born  February  26,  1704,  died  at  j 
Deerfield.  November  27,  1706.  6.  Hester,  | 
died  at  Deerfield,  December  18,  1707.  7.  j 
Joseph,  born  October  14,  1708,  at  Deerfield,  : 
removed  to  Cornwall,  Connecticut,  about  1740,  i 
and  died  there  April  4,  1755:  married,  March   | 

6.  1736-37,  Mary  Baker,  daughter  of  John;  ! 
their  eldest  child  was  the  noted  General  Ethan  | 
Allen  of  Revolutionary  fame,  born  at  Litch-  ! 
field,  Connecticut  (or  Woodbury),  January  10,  ', 
1737-38;  settled  in  Vermont  with  several  of  ' 
his  brothers.  8.  Daniel,  of  Litchfield.  9.  j 
Ebenezer,  born  April  26,  171 1.  mentioned  be-  i 
low.  10.  Lvdia.  married  Benjamin  Smalley.  ' 
of  Lebanon.  New  Hampshire,     it.  Lucy.  ! 

(IV)  Ebenezer  .Mien,  son  of  Samuel  .\llen  I 
(3).  was  born  in  Deerfield,  M'assachusetts,  .; 
April  26,  171 1.  He  removed  to  Connecticut 
when  very  young  and  settled  there  in  Windsor  1 
or  vicinity.  Like  his  brothers  he  probably  j 
moved  from  town  to  town. 

(V)  Elnathan  .Mien,  cousin  of  Ethan  Allen, 
grandson   of   Samuel    .Alien    (3),   and   son   of   ; 
Ebenezer    Allen    (4),    was    born    in    1752    in    : 


MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


457 


Litcllleld  or  Woodbury,  Connecticut.  The 
Tecord  in  the  family  Bible  of  Captain  Roswell 
Allen,  his  eldest  son,  states  that  his  wife  Sarah 
■died  August  29,  1827,  and  that  he  died  Octo- 
ber 21,  1827.  It  is  recorded  on  the  tombstone 
in  the  Dana  burying  ground  at  Pomfret,  Ver- 
mont, that  Elnathan  died  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-five and  his  wife  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
four,  making  their  birth  dates  respectively 
1752  and  1753.  Elnathan  Allen  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolution  in  the  Tenth  Company  from 
East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  enlisting  first  May 
17,  1775,  in  Hezekiah  Parson's  company,  and 
was  at  the  siege  of  Boston  in  Colonel  Hin- 
man's  regiment.  This  regiment  was  largely 
from  Litchfield  county.  They  reached  Ticon- 
deroga  and  remained  from  June  to  December, 
1776.  Captain  Parsons  was  of  Enfield,  Con- 
necticut. Allen  settled  at  Pomfret,  Vermont, 
at  the  close  of  the  Revolution.  He  settled, 
lived  and  died  on  the  farm  occupied  afterward 
by  his  son,  Captain  Roswell  Allen,  under  Pin- 
nacle Hill.  He  married  Sarah  Gibbs,  who  was 
born  March  20,  1753,  daughter  of  Giles  (4) 
and  descended  from  Samuel  (3)  ;  Samuel 
(2)  ;  Giles  Gibbs  (i).  Her  brother  Seth  en- 
listed in  the  same  company  with  Allen,  May 
J6,  1775- 

Children:    i.  Captain  Roswell,  born  March 

7,  1777,  died  November  9,  1857;  married  Be- 
linda Pratt ;  children :  i.  Fanny,  born  Sep- 
tember 15,  1803;  ii.  Sarah,  September  23, 
1804 :  iii.  Roswell,  Jr.,  April  7,  1807,  died 
January  5,  1879 ;  iv.  Adin,  .^pril  25,  1808, 
died  October  6,  1844;  v.  James  Madison,  No- 
vember 28,  1809;  vi.  Belinda,  June  16,  1813, 
•died  June  28,  1862;  vii.  George,  January  27, 
7815  ;  viii.  Jeremiah,  born  December  5,  1818. 
2.  Nathan,  born  February  19,  1780,  married 
Theda  Nobles,  of  Royalton,  Vermont ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Henry,  born  October  16.  1803 ;  ii. 
Nathan,  March  16,  1805;  iii.  Benjamin 
Franklin,  February  6,  1807 :  iv.  Mary,  Janu- 
ary I,  1809,  died  September  i,  1809:  v.  Ar- 
Tilla,  May  10,  181 1;  vi.  William,  February 
J23,  1812;  vii.  Charlotte,  July  19,  1814:  viii. 
Calvin,  October  6,  1816;  ix.  Elijah  Durfee, 
April  30,  1819;  X.  Clarissa  Belknap,  June, 
1825  ;  xi.  Elizabeth  Lydia,  March,  1827,  died 
January  20,  1873.  3.  Sarah,  born  August  i, 
1783,  died  April  28,  1851  :  married,  February 

8,  1807,  Jeremiah  Jones ;  children :  i.  Alice, 
born  April  i,  1808;  ii.  Levi.  June  5,  1810: 
iii.  Ira,  June  16,  1812,  died  December  11. 
1876:  iv.  Anna  Emeline,  February  17,  1815, 
died  April  22,  1836 ;  v.  Henry  Harrison, 
March  25,  1818;  vi.  Alonzo  Judson,  October 
7,  1827,  died  December  27,  1853.    4.  Gilbert, 


born  September  20,  1786,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Levi,  born  May  9,  1788,  died  August  14, 
1844;  married,  February  9,  1815,  Peggy  Win- 
chell ;  children :  i.  Sarah  Lmrania,  born  April 
30,  1819;  ii.  Levi  Harrison,  June  2,  1821  ; 
iii.  Hartwell,  June  26,  1830;  iv.  Gilbert  Lafay- 
ette, May  15,  1834.    6.  Ira.    7.  Henry. 

(VI)  Gilbert  Allen,  son  of  Elnathan  Allen 
(5),  was  born  September  20,  1786,  at  Pom- 
fret, Vermont,  and  died  there  April  11,  1870. 
He  was  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm  and 
received  the  education  afforded  by  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  removed  to 
East  Barnard,  Vermont,  where  he  had  a  gen- 
eral store,  dealing  also  in  horses.  He  was  a 
natural  salesman  and  prospered  in  business. 
He  sold  calfskins  on  commission  and  did  some 
teaming  and  he  conducted  a  two  hundred  acre 
farm  at  the  same  time.  In  his  later  years  he 
had  the  misfortune  to  lose  most  of  his  property 
and,  after  he  gave  up  business,  he  lived  with 
his  children.  He  died  April  11,  1870,  at  Pom- 
fret, Vermont.  He  was  a  shrewd  business  man, 
of  a  social  and  jovial  disposition,  enjoying  the 
respect  and  friendship  of  all  his  townspeople. 
He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  a  Universalist 
in  religion,  a  Whig  and  later  Free  Soiler  in 
politics,  believing  firmly  in  Abolition.  In  his 
later  years  he  was  a  staunch  Republican.  He 
served  in  the  militia. 

He  married,  April  26,  1807,  Lucy  Winchell, 
a  native  of  Turkey  Hill,  Connecticut  (now 
East  Granby,  Massachusetts),  in  1788,  and 
died  May  3,  1862,  at  Pomfret,  Vermont, 
daughter  of  Dan  and  Lurania  (Miner)  Win- 
chell. Children:  i.  John,  born  June  5,  1808. 
mentioned  below.  2.  Alonzo  Giles,  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  181 1,  died  October  8,  1872;  married, 
September  5,  1836,  Sarah  Emerson,  of  Wood- 
stock, Vermont ;  children :  i.  William  Henry, 
born  October  12,  1837;  ii.  Adelia  Anna,  May 
30,  1840;  iii.  Lucy  Elmina,  March  30,  1842; 
iv.  William  Flavins,  December  10,  1843 ;  v. 
Alonzo  Marcellua.  October  26.  1846:  vi.  .Sarah 
Maria.  February  3,  1856.    3.  Harry,  born  May 

13,  1814,  died  May  31,  1902;  married.  May 
23,  1839,  Jane  Whitman,  of  Pomfret,  Ver- 
mont; children:  i.  Miner  William,  born  Oc- 
tober 29,  1840,  died  January  12,  1887;  ii.  Os- 
car Fayette,  January  20.  1843:  iii.  Thirza 
Lucy,  February  17,  1846;  iv.  Clarissa  Jane, 
February  2,  1849,  died  June  17,  1905  :  v.  Sel- 
den  Harry,  May  2,  185 1.  4.  Selden  Miner, 
bom  January  21,  1817,  died  1868:  married 
Eliza  Miranda  Leonard :  children :  i.  Selden 
Rliner,  Jr.:  ii.  Rosaltha  Sarah,  born  January 

14,  1841  :  iii.  Savillion  Selden,  March  27.  1842; 
iv.  Joseph  Rix,  November  10,  1843 ;  v.  Augus- 


458 


.MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


ta  Eliza,  .\ugust  28,  1845;  ^i.  Ethan;  vii. 
Kezia  Leonard,  born  November  14,  1850 ;  viii. 
Grace  .Miranda  ;  ix.  Lucy  Winchell ;  .x.  Cynthia 
Biigbee.  5.  Alaria  Lucy,  born  June  18,  1821, 
married,  June  18,  1840,  Cyrus  .A.lonzo  Keith, 
of  Pomfret ;  children :  i.  Josephine  Narcissa, 
born  May  19,  1841,  died  January  29,  1843; 
ii.  Josephine  Narcissa,  January  6,  1844;  iii. 
Evangeline  Louisa,  May  20,  1854;  iv.  Dr.  Hal- 
bert  Lynn,  .\pril  7,  i860;  v.  .4vis  Muna,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1864.  6.  Gilbert  Daniel,  born  March 
2,  1825,  died  March  3,  1887;  married,  June  4, 
1847,  Amity  A.  Leonard,  of  Pomfret;  chil- 
dren; i.  Ethan  Warrington,  born  October  11, 
1847,  died  January  16,  1890;  ii.  Laura  Mal- 
vina,  born  August  20,  1849. 

(VII)  John  .Allen,  son  of  Gilbert  Allen  (6), 
was  born  at  Royalton,  Vermont,  June  5,  1808, 
and  removed  about  1812  with  his  parents  to 
Pomfret,  \'ermont,  where  he  attended  the  dis- 
trict school,  but  he  was  self-educated  for  the 
most  part.  In  1830  he  left  his  father's  farm 
and  began  on  his  own  account  on  a  farm  he 
bought.  He  was  a  typical  Vermont  farmer, 
raising  cattle,  horses  and  sheep,  and  making 
something  of  a  specialty  of  maple  sugar.  He 
was  of  large  and  powerful  frame  and  much 
force  of  character,  sometimes  rather  brusque 
of  speech,  but  always  upright  and  straight- 
forward in  all  his  dealings.  He  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace  and  transacted  much  of  the  legal 
business  of  the  community.  He  was  a  Uni- 
versalist  in  religion,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
He  died  May  22,  1893.  He  married,  March  4, 
1830,  at  Pomfret,  Eliza  Fuller,  born  at  Sharon, 
May  28.  1807,  died  .April  29,  1861,  at  Pomfret, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Fuller.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
win, born  February  23,  1831,  died  December 
I'l.  1832.  2.  Edwin,  born  December  16,  1832, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Edgar  John,  born  .Au- 
gust 21,  1835,  died  .August  7,  1905:  married 
(first),  October  10,  1858,  Rosina  Moore; 
married  (second),  November  10,  1883,  .Alice 
Barrows,  of  Bridgewater,  \'ermont.  Children 
of  first  wife;  i.  Eliza  Chloe,  born  October  15, 
1859;  ii.  Rose  Marion,  December  18,  1869;  iii. 
Fred  Edgar,  .April  14,  1878  ;  child  of  the  second 
wife ;  iv.  Truman.  4.  Henry  Charles,  born 
March  7,  1838,  married  iAnna  E.  Colvin,  of 
Illinois ;  child,  Byron,  died  in  1883,  aged  thir- 
teen. 5.  Rev.  Truman  Follette,  born  June  18. 
1840,  married,  .August  i,  1864,  Hattie  .A. 
Coates,  of  Omro,  Wisconsin  :  children  ;  i.  Man- 
tic  Helen,  born  December  12,  1868;  ii.  Myrtie 
Louise,  May  2,  1870 ;  iii.  Flora  Evangeline, 
November  4,  187 1.  fi.  James  Monroe,  born 
September  28,  1848.  7.  John,  married  Mrs. 
Ruth  Childs  (Leonard)  Perry. 


(\TII )  Edwin  .Allen,  son  of  John  .Allen  (7), 
was  born  at  Pomfret.  X'ermont.  December  16, 
1832,  and  died  September  9,  1899.  He  was 
brought  up  on  the  farm  of  his  father,  and  edu- 
cated at  the  district  schools  and  at  Royalton 
.Academy  and  Thetford  .Academy.  While  at- 
tending the  academy,  he  taught  school  in  vari- 
ous towns  on  Cape  Cod.  In  1852  he  bought 
the  farm  on  which  he  was  born,  and  was  assist- 
ed by  his  father  in  establishing  his  home.  He 
lived  on  this  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  all  his  life.  It  is  located  in  the  northwest 
part  of  Pomfret  on  what  is  called  .Allen  Hill. 
He  made  a  specialty  of  Spanish  merino  sheep, 
and  in  later  years  raised  much  Jersey  stock 
for  his  own  dairy  and  for  sale.  His  own  herd 
numbered  twenty4.'ive  or  more  and  was  reckon- 
ed among  the  best  in  the  state.  He  made  but- 
ter of  excellent  quality,  and  had  a  cider  mill 
which  he  operated  during  the  season.  He  was 
a  man  of  much  ability  and  some  legal  educa- 
tion. He  transacted  much  legal  business,  was 
the  leading  auctioneer  and  conveyancer  of  the 
community  for  forty  years,  and  settled  more 
estates  than  any  other  man  in  the  section.  He 
was  of  social  disposition,  well  beloved  and 
highly  esteemed  by  his  townsmen.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Cniversalist  church,  a  constant 
attendant  and  an  ofificer  of  the  society.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  his  younger  days,  but  after  the 
organization  of  the  Republican  party  became  a 
member  of  the  same.  He  was  an  assessor, 
selectman,  member  of  the  school  committee, 
constable,  cemetery  commissioner  and  road 
commissioner.  His  position  as  justice  of  the 
peace  brought  him  the  title  of  .Squire  .Allen. 
He  was  a  member  of  Woodstock  Lodge.  No. 
31,  Free  Masons,  of  Woodstock,  \ermont.  He 
married,  November  18.  1852,  Ruth  Lull  Keith, 
born  February  16.  1830.  at  Pomfret.  daughter 
of  \'ergene  and  Calista  (Lull)  Keith,  of  Pom- 
fret. Her  father  was  a  farmer.  Children  ;  i. 
Clarence  Jean,  born  July  24,  1853.  mentioned 
below.  2.  Sherman  Chancellor,  born  Septem- 
ber 8.  1857.  died  June  8.  1887.  3.  Claude 
Henry,  born  February  IS.  1862.  died  March 
12,  1866. 

(IX)  Dr.  Clarence  Jean  .Allen,  son  of  Edwin 
.Allen  (8),  was  born  at  Pomfret,  \'ermont, 
July  24,  1853.  I"  early  youth  he  began  to 
work  on  his  father's  farm,  and  he  attended  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  town  until  four- 
teen years  of  age.  He  then  attended  the  Green 
Mountain  Perkins  Institute  at  South  Wood- 
stock, \^ermont,  and  took  a  two-year  course  in 
the  Randolph  state  normal  school,  from  which 
he  was  gratluated  in  June,  1873.  He  had,  how- 
ever, been  teacliing  school  for  four  years  be- 


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tween  terms  at  Sharon  and  Woodstock,  Ver- 
mont. He  was  for  two  years  after  graduation 
in  charge  of  the  graded  schools  of  Berrington, 
Illinois,  and  for  the  next  three  years  had 
charge  of  the  graded  schools  of  Wauconda, 
Illinois,  and  for  five  years  had  the  schools  of 
Marengo.  Illinois.  In  the  meantime  he  had 
been  studying  medicine  under  Dr.  George  D. 
Carnes,  and  in  the  spring  of  1883  became  a 
student  in  the  Dartmouth  Medical  School,  con- 
tinuing at  the  University  of  \'crmont  in  the 
winter  and  spring  courses,  and  graduating 
there  in  the  summer  of  1884  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  He  was  one  of  five  who  in  taking 
post  examinations  received  examination  hon- 
ors. He  began  to  practice  his  profession  at 
Waitsfield.  but  after  five  years  entered  the 
New  York  Post  Graduate  Hospital  to  take  a 
post  graduate  course  of  three  months.  During 
the  next  nine  years  he  practiced  medicine  in 
Peterborough,  New  Hampshire,  taking  from 
time  to  time  during  the  summer  months  courses 
and  hospital  work  at  the  Massachusetts  Gen- 
eral Hospital.  City  Hospital  and  the  Infirmary 
at  Ash  and  Fjennett  streets,  all  in  Boston.  In 
1898  he  removed  his  office  to  Winchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts. After  two  years  he  removed  his 
office  from  W'inthrop  street  to  38  Church 
street,  where  he  is  at  present  located  in  a  house 
that  he  built  for  office  and  residence.  Dr.  Allen 
joined  the  Congregational  church  at  Waits- 
field,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Winchester 
Congregational  church.  He  was  chairman  of 
the  parish  committee  while  at  Peterborough 
and  is  director  of  the  Sunday  school  at  Win- 
chester. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
served  his  party  as  delegate  to  the  Vermont 
state  convention  some  years  ago.  He  was  town 
auditor  for  several  years  in  Peterborough, 
seven  years  on  the  board  of  health,  five  years 
chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Peter- 
borough public  library,  and  superintendent  of 
schools  at  ^Vaitsfield,  \"ermont.  He  is  at  pres- 
ent president  of  the  British  American  Land 
and  Development  Company  of  Boston.  He  is 
a  member  of  WaterlSeld  Lodge,  No.  231.  of 
Odd  Fellows,  at  Winchester,  Massachusetts, 
and  past  noble  grand  of  that  lodge.  He  is  a 
member  of  Aberjona  Council,  Royal  .\rcanum ; 
of  the  Massachusetts  Society  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution :  Sons  of  Vermont  Asso- 
ciation :  Calumet  Club  of  Winchester :  the 
Cheshire  County  Medical  Society  of  New 
Hampshire:  the  New  Hampshire  State  Medi- 
cal Society ;  the  Massachusetts  State  Medical 
Society,  and  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. 

He  married.  August  31,   1875,  Eva  Ophelia 


Joslyn,  bom  March  5,  1853,  at  Waitsfield,  Ver- 
mont, daughter  of  Cornelius  Emerson  and 
Josette  (Dumas)  Joslyn,  of  Waitsfield.  Her 
father  was  a  farmer.  Their  only  child,  Clare 
Jean,  born  June  i,  1880,  at  Marengo,  Illinois, 
married,  June  28,  1905,  Arthur  Everett  Joslin, 
of  Chicago.  Illinois :  child,  Jean  Joslin,  born 
May  6,   1906. 


(For  preCfdiuK  generations  see  Gilbert  6.) 

(,\TI)  Harry  Allen,  son  of  Gil- 
ALLEN  bert  Allen  (6),  was  born  on  the 
old  Allen  homestead  at  Pomfret,. 
Vermont  (Allen  Hill),  May  13,  18 14,  and  died 
May  31,  1901.  He  was  brought  up  on  his 
father's  farm  and  received  a  common  school 
education.  He  remained  with  his  father  on  the 
farm  until  his  marriage  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
five,  when  he  bought  one  hundred  and  eight 
acres,  one-half  of  his  father's  farm,  situated  in 
the  northwest  corner  of  the  township,  near  the 
East  Barnard  line.  Here  he  raised  general 
crops — potatoes,  corn,  wheat,  oats,  and  sheep, 
cattle  and  horses.  His  health  had  never  been 
good,  and  on  this  account  in  1870  he  gave  up 
the  management  of  the  farm  to  his  son  Selden 
H.  Allen.  With  the  exception  of  two  years 
when  he  lived  at  the  foot  of  .\llen  Hill,  he  lived 
on  the  farm  all  his  life,  eighty-seven  years.  He 
had  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  best 
farmers  in  the  coimtry.  and  his  farm  was  al- 
ways in  the  best  condition.  The  miles  of  stone 
wall  which  he  built  are  a  monument  to  his  en- 
ergy. On  account  of  his  own  lack  of  education 
he  worked  hard  to  give  his  children  a  liberal 
education.  His  perseverance  was  remarkable. 
He  was  of  a  happy  disposition,  quiet  in  man- 
ner, and  he  never  had  an  enemy.  He  was  a 
L'niversalist,  with  deep  religious  convictions. 
He  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  a  free  soiler,  and 
later  a  Republican.  He  trained  in  the  early 
militia. 

He  married.  May  23,  1839.  Jane  Whitman, 
born  April  23,  1819,  and  died  June  6,  1888, 
daughter  of  William  and  Thirza  (Richardson) 
Whitman  of  Pomfret,  Vermont.  Her  father 
was  a  farmer  and  served  in  the  Revolution. 
Children:  i.  Miner  William,  born  October  29, 
1840:  married,  October  29,  1864,  Elmina 
Hewett,  of  Pomfret :  children :  i.  Clyde  Miner, 
born  August  6,  1866:  died  January  5,  1867;  ii. 
Elbert  Lincoln,  born  .A.pril  1 1,  1868;  iii.  Harry 
Lician,  born  July  10.  1875  :  iv.  William  Miner, 
born  January  17,  1878.  2.  Oscar  Fayette,  born 
.January  20,  1843  :  mentioned  below.  3.  Thirza 
Lucy,  born  February  17,  1846.  died  in  Pom- 
fret. \'ermnnt.  Fehruarv,  1892.     4   Clara  Jane, 


460 


MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


"born  February  2,  1849  '<  died  June  17,  1905.  5. 
Selden  Harry,  born  May  2,  185 1  ;  married, 
March  4,  1875,  Lucy  P.  Goff,  of  Pomfret;  chil- 
dren: i.  Alice  Adel,  born  April  21,  1875;  i'- 
Oscar  Fay,  born  May  4,  1886. 

(VIII)  Oscar  Fayette  Allen,  son  of  Harry 
Alien  (7),  was  born  at  Pomfret,  Vermont, 
January  20,  1843.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  and  in  the  Green  Moun- 
tain Institute  at  Woodstock,  Vermont,  now  the 
Green  Mountain  Perkins  Academy.  When  he 
"was  nineteen  years  old  he  began  to  teach  his 
own  district  school,  the  first  term.  The  second 
term  he  taught  in  the  (Chedel)  district,  near 
his  home,  and  the  third  term  at  the  Broad 
Brook  district  in  Royalton.  He  then  taught 
the  No.  9  district  at  Sharon,  and  at  East  Bar- 
nard, Vermont,  and  the  fifth  term  again  in  his 
own  district.  In  the  fall  of  1867  he  removed 
to  Wauconda,  Illinois,  where  he  taught  a  year 
in  the  primary  and  high  schools.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Cameron,  Missouri,  and  taught  in  the 
public  and  private  schools  for  eight  years. 
Here  he  became  identified  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  and  sang  in  the  choir  and  was 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.  In  1876 
he  came  to  Boston,  and  later  accepted  a  posi- 
tion as  salesman  in  Dodge"s  Ninety-nine  Cent 
Store  on  Hanover  street.  After  two  years 
with  that  establishment  he  entered. the  Cam- 
bridge Savings  Bank,  where  for  seven  years  he 
worked  as  clerk  and  bookkeeper,  and  also 
served  as  paying  teller.  In  1884  he  was  elected 
treasurer  of  the  institution,  which  position  he 
now  holds.  He  is  also  trustee  and  clerk  of  the 
corporation.  Mr.  Allen  resides  at  39  Martin 
street,  Cambridge,  in  a  beautiful  home  which 
"he  built  in  1900.  He  attends  the  Unitarian 
■church,  which  was  the  iSrst  church  in  Cam- 
bridge, being  founded  in  1633.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  is  a  life  member  of 
Mizpah  Lodge  of  Masons,  at  Cambridge,  join- 
ing May  13,  1889.  He  served  as  its  worship- 
ful master  in  1900  and  1901,  and  also  as  audi- 
tor of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons  of  Massa- 
•chusetts  since  1901.  He  is  a  member  of  Cam- 
Iiridge  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of  Masons,  since 
November  13,  1891,  and  is  also  a  life  member 
•of  this  body.  He  received  his  degrees  of 
l-nighthood  in  the  Boston  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templars  in  Boston,  .^pril  15,  1903, 
and  served  as  its  treasurer  in  1906  and  1907, 
although  he  has  now  resigned.  He  is  a  mem- 
"bcr  of  Signet  Chapter,  No.  22,  of  the  order  of 
the  Eastern  Star.  Mr.  .\llen  is  a  charter  meni- 
ter  of  the  Cambridge  Historical  Society,  which  « 
was  chartered  in  1903,  and  was  treasurer  of 
this  society  in   1905,   1906  and   1907,  now  re- 


signed.   He  is  a  member  of  the  Vermont  Asso-  ; 
elation  of   Boston,  and  of  the   Massachusetts 
Savings  Bank  Treasurers'  Club,  of  which  he  ; 
was   secretary   four  years,   and  a  member  of  ' 
the  Citizens'   First  Volunteers  Association  of 
Cambridge,     Massachusetts ;    this    association  • 
annually  banquets  the  first  company  of  volun- 
teers that  enlisted  in  the  Civil  war,  on  April  17, 
1861.     He  served  in  the  Vermont  state  militia 
when  a  young  man. 

He  married  October  20,  1865,  Flora  Viola 
Allen,  born  April  2,  1844,  daughter  of  Roswell 
Jr.  and  Mary  (Snow)  Allen  of  Pomfret,  Ver- ' 
mont.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  They  have 
no  children. 


Robert  Fitz,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
FITZ     was   born    in   England.     His   name 

and  that  of  the  early  generations 
was  spelled  Fitt,  Fitts,  and  the  latter  spelling 
is  still  common  among  the  descendants  of 
Robert  Fitz.  He  settled  first  in  Ipswich,  Mas- 
sachusetts, whence  he  came  to  Salisbury  among 
the  original  settlers.  He  emigrated  from  Fitz- 
ford,  Tavistock,  Devonshire,  England,  in  1635. 
He  was  a  man  of  education,  high  social  posi- 
tion and  Puritan  integrity.  He  was  a  kinsman 
of  Richard  Fitts,  who  settled  in  Ipswich,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  removed  to  Salisbury  in  1639 
and  returned  to  Ipswich  before  January  5, 
1663.  He  died  there  May  9,  1665,  leaving  a 
wife  Grace  and  a  son  Abraham.  His  wife  was 
born  in  England  and  came  over  with  him.  His 
will,  dated  at  Ipswich,  January  5,  1663,  was 
proved  June  26,  1665.  His  widow  died  at  Ips- 
wich, April  25,  1684.  She  was  probably  a 
second  wife,  since  his  son  Abraham  calls  her 
mother-in-law.  She  was  probably  a  Townsend 
since  she  "appoints  her  loving  brother  Robert 
Townsend  of  Ipswich  her  attorney  in  a  suit 
against  Edward  Gove."  One  of  his  wives  may 
have  been  a  Barnes,  since  his  will  mentions 
"my  brother  William   Barnes." 

(II)  .Abraham  Fitz,  son  of  Robert  Fitz  (i), 
was  born  in  England  or  soon  after  his  parents 
came  to  .\merica.  Married  Sarah  Thompson, 
May  16,  1655  (by  Governor  Simon  Brad- 
street).  She  was  the  daughter  of  Simon 
Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1610;  was  in 
Ipswich  in  1636;  made  freeman  in  1641  or 
1648;  deeded  land  to  .\braham  Fitz  in  1658; 
made  his  will  and  died  in  1676,  apjxjinting 
Abraham  Fitz  joint  executor  and  heir.  His 
first  wife  died  June  5,  1664,  and  he  married 
(second),  January  7,  1668,  Rebecca,  the  widow 
of  Tyler  Birdley  (Burleigh  or  Burley),  who 
was   in    Ipswich   in    1648.      She   survived   him 


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and  in  1679  deeded  to  her  son,  Andrew  Burley 
or  Birdley,  all  her  right  in  the  estate  of  her  first 
husband.  She  died  June  2,  1709.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  March  11, '1673-74.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1675  in  the 
Ipswich  company,  and  was  also  in  the  Phipps 
expedition  in  1690.  He  died  March  27,  1692. 
His  will  dated  February  24,  1692,  was  pre- 
sented for  probate  March  29,  1692,  leaving  an 
estate  valued  at  366  pounds.  Children:  i. 
Sarah,  born  February  21,  1657,  died  June  14, 
1660.  2.  Abraham.  3.  Robert,  born  March 
30,  1660,  died  June  15,  1661.  4.  Sarah,  born 
March  15,  1661,  married,  December  30,  1686, 
William  Baker.  Children  of  Abraham  and 
Rebecca  Fitz :  5.  Robert,  born  May  28,  1670, 
died  young.  6.  Richard,  born  February  26, 
1672,  mentioned  below.  7.  Isaac,  born  July  3, 
1675,  ancestor  of  Essex  county  branch. 

(Ill)  Richard  Fitz,  son  of  Abraham  Fitz 
(2),  was  bom  in  Salisbury  or  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  March  18,  1694-95, 
Sarah  Thome.  He  received  by  deed  from  his 
father,  January  16,  1691,  all  his  lands  in  Salis- 
bury, including  the  original  grants  of  his 
grandfather,  Robert  Fitz.  He  soon  afterward 
removed  from  Ipswich  to  Salisbury  where  he 
built  for  his  residence  a  block-house  designed 
to  resist  Indian  attacks.  The  same  lands  are 
now  or  were  lately  owned  by  his  descendants, 
having  remained  in  the  family  by  inheritance. 
His  will  was  dated  July  25,  1741,  and  proved 
January  14,  1745.  He  died  December  3,  1744. 
His  wife  was  a  superior  woman,  and  remark- 
able for  resolution  of  character,  bravery  and 
piety,  walking  sixteen  miles  to  worship  with 
the  people  of  God  at  Ipswich,  of  which  church 
she  was  a  member.  "She  was  a  dutiful  and  af- 
fectionate wife,  a  kind  mother  and  a  pious, 
charitable  and  useful  member  of  society."  She 
died  March,  1773,  aged  one  hundred  years. 
Children:  i.  Isaac,  born  December  19,  1695, 
died  .A-ugust  10,  1696.  2.  Sarah,  born  July  12. 
1697,  married,  February  8,  1721,  Jeremiah  Al- 
len. 3.  Nathaniel,  born  July  13,  1699,  died 
February  6,  1784.  4.  Martha,  born  February 
27,  1702,  married,  April  i,  1727,  John  East- 
man, of  Salisbury,  who  was  born  December  27, 
1701,  great-grandson  of  Roger  Eastman,  the 
immigrant.  5,  Richard,  born  January  20,  1705, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Ward,  born  June  9,  1707. 
7.  Daniel,  born  .\pril  30,  1710,  died  March  30, 
1796.  8.  Jerusha,  bom  December  10.  1712. 
married  Roger  Eastman ;  their  daughter  .Vbi- 
gail,  born  September  27,  1730,  was  the  second 
wife  of  Colonel  Ebenezer  Webster,  and  mother 
of  Hon.  Daniel  Webster,  who  was  born  Janu- 


ary 18,  1782,  United  States  senator,  died  Oc- 
tober 24,  1852. 

(IV)  Richard  Fitz,  son  of  Richard  Fitz 
(3),  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts, 
January  20,  1705,  died  February  23,  1791. 
JMarried,  April  6,  1727,  Sarah  Brown.  He 
settled  in  South  Hampton,  New  Hampshire. 
She  was  born  September  14,  1708,  daughter  of 
Ephraim  and  Lydia  Brown,  of  Salisbury,  and 
descendant  of  Henry  Brown  who  came  from 
England  and  settled  in  Salisbury,  Massachu- 
setts, bout  1640.  Richard  Fitz  owned  the  cov- 
enant in  the  Congregational  West  Church  at 
Salisbury,  December  24,  1727;  his  wife  united 
with  the  same  church  May  5,  1728.  She 
died  about  1754.  He  married  (second),. 
April,  1757,  Dorothy  Evans,  of  Salisbury.  His 
farm  in  South  Hampton  he  cleared  himself,  a 
labor  of  great  magnitude  and  no  little  danger,, 
as  the  country  was  infested  with  hostile  In- 
dians. He  and  twenty-eight  other  settlers  who- 
"had  done  considerable  towards  building  a 
meeting  house  at  a  place  called  Logging  Plam"' 
gave  it  to  the  town,  which  had  been  incorpor- 
ated May  27,  1742.  He  deeded  to  his  soa 
Daniel,  May  i,  1754,  fifty  acres  of  land  at 
Kingston,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  on  a  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  town  March  i,  1756,. 
to  survey  a  route  for  a  highway.  He  died 
February  23,  1791.  His  will  was  dated  May 
3,  1787,  and  was  proved  March  16.  1791.  The 
inventory  is  dated  April  2,  1791.  Children:  i. 
Sarah,  born  November  27,  1727,  married  Dan- 
iel Quimby,  of  Amesbury,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Darnel,  born  September  25,  1729,  baptized  Oc- 
tober. 1729,  mentioned  below.  3.  NathanieU 
died  unmarried  May  11,  1779.  4.  Elizabeth, 
born  February  5,  1733,  married.  1752-53,  Tim- 
othy Flanders.  5.  Jonathan,  born  July  29, 
1734,  married  Susannah  Pike.  6.  Lydia,  born 
November  3,  1737,  married  Ebenezer  Eastman. 
7.  Abigail,  "born  September  10,  1739,  married 
Nathaniel  Morrill,  of  Brentwood.  8.  Mary, 
born  May  22,  1743,  married  Moses  Jones,  of 
Enfield.  9.  Ephraim,  born  May  10,  1745.  died 
.\pril  13,  1800.  10.  Martha,  born  March  13, 
1747,  married  Jonathan  King.  11.  Isaac,  born 
March  27,  1749.  soldier  in  Revolution  :  died  in 
the  service  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  un- 
married, February  17,  1778.  12.  .\nna.  born 
January  20,  1 75 1,  married  Moses  Sawyer,  of 
Salisbury,  New  Hampshire.  January  16,  1775. 
Two  other  children  died  in  infancy. 

(V)  Daniel  Fitz,  son  of  Richard  Fitz  (4), 
was  born  in  South  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
September  25.  1729.  and  was  baptized  in  Salis- 
burv  West  Church.  October,  1729.     He  mar- 


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ried  Abigail  Currier,  daughter  of  Samuel  Cur- 
rier, of  South  Hampton,  and  settled  at  San- 
down,  New  Hampshire.  He  cleared  his  farm 
there  in  the  wilderness.  His  will  was  dated  at 
Sandown.  Ji-ly  21,  1783,  and  presented  for 
probate  June  15,  1785.  Children,  all  born  in 
Sandown  except  the  eldest:  I.  Hannah,  born 
in  South  Hampton,  September  21,  1756,  mar- 
ried Stephen  Holt,  of  Poplin,  New  Hampshire. 
2.  Richard,  born  August  8,  1758,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Sarah,  born  June  23,  176 1,  married 
Noah  Scribner,  of  Raymond.  4.  Samuel  Cur- 
rier, born  August  i,  1763,  died  January  20, 
1841.  5.  Betsey,  born  January  26,  1766,  mar- 
ried Winthrop  Sanborne,  of  Salisbury,  New 
Hampshire.  6.  Daniel,, born  June  18,  1768, 
died  January  30,  1841.  7.  Abel,  born  March 
28,  1771.  died  iNIarch  11,  1826.  8.  Nancy,  born 
June  29,  1773.  married  Thomas  Quimby.  9. 
Ezekiel,  born  August  5,  1775,  drowned  at  Ver- 
gennes,  \'ermont,  P^Iay  8,  1826.  unmarried.  10. 
Mary,  born  January  29,  1779,  married  William 

Bagley,  of  Candia ;  married   (second)  

Baron,  of  Thornton,  New  Hampshire. 

(VI)  Richard  Fitz,  son  of  Daniel  Fitz  (5), 
was  born  at  Sandown,  August  8,  1758.  He 
married  Dorothea  Kimball,  of  Fremont,  New 
Hampshire,  and  settled  in  his  native  town.  He 
was  one  of  eighteen  who  protested  February 
2,  1795,  against  certain  details  of  the  settle- 
ment of  Rev.  John  Webber  at  Sandown.  He 
deeded  land  at  Sandown  to  Daniel  Fitz,  of 
Boston,  October  28,  1796.  He  died  December 
9,  1826,  aged  sixty-eight.     His  epitaph : 

"A   tender  husband,   father  dear, 

A  much   lamented  friend  lies  here ; 
When  Chri.st  returns  to  call  him  forth, 
The  rising  day  will  show  his  worth." 

Letters  of  administration  on  his  estate  were 
granted  January  11,  1827,  to  Cyrus  Fitts.  The 
inventory  amounted  to  $1,264.97.  His  widow 
died  January  4,  1848,  aged  eighty.  Nathaniel 
Fitz  was  administrator.     Epitaph  : 

"And   art    thou   gone    my   mother   dear? 
.•\nd   has  thy  spirit   fled 
And    left   its   earthly   dwelling   here 
To    mingle    with    the    dead?" 

Children,  born  at  Sandown:  1.  Daniel,  born 
March  7,  1789,  settled  in  Salisbury,  New 
Hampshire,  and  afterward  at  Boscawen,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  died  July  13.  1865  ;  mar- 
ried .\bigail  Mitchell,  of  Sandown,  November 
12,  1812;  (second),  March  17,  1846,  Sarah 
Ann  Weeks,  of  Hopkinton.  2.  Richard,  born 
December  6,  1790,  married  Mary  Blanchard, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Joseph  Blanchard,  of  Ches- 
ter;  (second)  Maria  Stevens;  he  died  in  Bos- 
cawen, January  10,  1846.  3.  Nancy,  born 
March    2,    1792,    married   Jolin    Tibhctts    and 


lived  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  4.  Abel, 
born  October  26,  1793,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Mary,  born  May  29,  1797,  married  Nathaniel 
Abbot,  of  Boscaw'en,  December  3,  1827;  he 
was  born  Augu-st  11,  1796,  the  son  of  Joseph 
Abbot,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  6.  Cyrus, 
born  August  24,  1798,  died  unmarried,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1845.  7-  Nathaniel,  born  September 
28,  1800,  married  Rhoda  Purington,  who  was 
born  April  6,  1801,  and  died  November  20, 
1848 ;  settled  in  Sandown  where  he  died  March 
14,  1867.  8.  Sally,  born  June  8,  1802.  9.  Hi- 
ram, born  October  30,  1807,  married  Mary 
Jane  Currier,  of  Hampstead,  July  28,  1842; 
she  was-  born  September  18,  1816,  died  March 
12,  1854,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Cur- 
rier. 10.  Cynthia,  born  November  11,  1809, 
second  wife  of  David  Lane,  of  Chester. 

(VH)  Abel  Fitz,  son  of  Richard  Fitz 
(6),  was  born  in  Sandown,  New  Hampshire, 
October  26.  1793.  Married,  April,  1820,  Sally 
Locke,  of  Lexington,  Massachusetts,  who  was 
born  May  26,  1792,  died  August  2,  1865, 
buried  in  Mount  Auburn.  He  was  an  able 
business  man,  residing  in  Lexington,  and  later 
in  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
assessor  several  years ;  acquired  in  the  grain 
business  an  estate  exceeding  $100,000  in  value. 
Children:  i.  Sarah  Ann,  born  February  i, 
1821,  married  Daniel  Pratt.  2.  Mary  Jane, 
born  September  28,  1822,  married  Nathan 
Tufts.  3.  Charlotte  Temple,  born  June  10, 
1824,  married  Gilbert  Tufts.  4.  Harriet  Eliza- 
beth, born  July  11,  1828,  married  Charles 
Augustus  Jenks.  5.  Nathan  Everett,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1830,  mentioned  below.  6.  George 
Hammond,  torn  May  24,  1833,  married  Re- 
becca S.  Moulton,  in  1856:  she  was  a  native  of 
Freedom,  New  Hampsliire ;  one  child  named 
Alice,  who  married  Isaac  B.  Kendall,  of  Som- 
erville,  Massachusetts. 

(VHI)  Nathan  Everett  Fitz,  son  of  Abel 
Fitz  (7),  was  born  in  Charlestown.  Massachu- 
setts, February  24,  1830.  He  was  educated  at 
the  Bunker  Hill  school  and  a  private  sclnwl  in 
Charlestown.  Plis  father  carried  on  the  grain 
mills  at  Charlestown  until  1840,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Mt.  Vernon  street,  now  Somerville, 
Massachusetts.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  Mr. 
Fitz  entered  the  employ  of  William  B.  Rey- 
nolds &  Company,  commission  merchants  on 
Commercial  Wharf,  Boston,  and  was  a  clerk 
for  this  firm  from  1846  to  1850,  when  he  be- 
came bookkeeper  for  his  brother-in-law,  Na- 
than Tufts,  Jr.,  at  the  grain  mills  previously 
operated  by  his  father,  ."Vbel  Fitz.  Tn  1864  he 
embarked  in  the  coal  and  wood  business  in 
Charlestown.     His  firm  during  the  first  three 


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years  was  Fitz  &  Winslow,  for  eight  years 
Fitz  &  Todd,  then  N.  E.  Fitz  &  Company  for 
twenty-five  years.  He  remained  in  business 
until  the  city  of  Boston  took  the  land  for  a 
playground  at  Sullivan  Square,  Charlestown. 
This  destroyed  his  shipping  facilities  and  in 
1904  he  retired  from  business.  His  business 
sagacity  and  foresight  as  well  as  integrity  and 
square  dealing  were  known  in  business  circles 
and  among  his  customers.  Mr.  Fitz  was  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Coal  Club.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  Unitarian  in  re- 
ligion. Since  his  marriage  he  has  resided  in 
his  present  home,  335  Broadway,  Somerville. 

He  married,  July  23,  1857,  Harriet  A.  Ma- 
goun,  born  April  28.  1837,  daughter  of  John 
Calvin  and  Sarah  Ann  (Adams)  Magoun. 
Josiah  Magoun,  father  of  John  Calvin  Ma- 
goun, married  Annie  Sleeper ;  children  :  Ste- 
phen, Benjamin,  Nathaniel.  Mehitable.  Luther, 
John  Calvin,  Aaron  and  Josiah. 

The  children  of  John  Calvin  and  Sarah  Ann 
(Adams)  Magoun:  i.  Amelia  L.,  married  N. 
C.  Hawkins ;  children :  Ida  A.,  Edward.  Ar- 
thur, Everett,  Annie  and  Frank  Hawkins,  ii. 
John  A.  Magoun,  lives  in  Sioux  City;  chil- 
dren :  John  A.,  Jr.,  Harriet  and  Walter  Ma- 
goun. iii.  Ann  S..  married  David  .\.  Sanborn  : 
children  :  .\ddie  L.  and  J.  Walter,  iv.  Lucy 
A.,  married  H.  F.  Woods:  children:  Nellie, 
Edward,  Carlton ;  resides  on  Rowell  street, 
iSrookline,  Massachusetts,  v.  Harriet  A.,  born 
in  1837,  married  N.  Everett  Fitz,  mentioned 
above,  vi.  Helen,  married  Charles  Heald.  vii. 
Charles  C,  resides  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  Two 
died  in  infancy. 

Mrs.  Fitz  is  a  descendant  of  Anne  Adams 
Tufts,  for  whom  the  local  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  named  their  chapter,  dis- 
tinguished for  her  substantial  aid  to  the  sol- 
diers after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  When 
i\lrs.  Fitz  was  seven  years  old  her  parents 
removed  to  the  Magoun  house  in  Winter  hill, 
Somerville,  wdiere  she  passed  her  girlhood,  at- 
tending the  old  Prescott  School  which  stood 
on  Broadway  near  Franklin  street.  She  was 
one  of  the  first  graduates  of  the  Somerville 
high  school.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fitz  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  on  the  evening  of  their 
fiftieth  anniversary,  July  23,  1907,  with  a  very 
happy  family  gathering.  The  Somerville 
Journal  in  its  report  of  the  event  said :  "The 
gathering  was  delightfully  informal.  An  or- 
chestra furnished  music  and  a  collation  was 
served  during  the  evening.  The  couple  were 
handsomely  remembered  by  gifts  of  gold  and 
flowers.     Many  congratulatory  letters  were  re- 


ceived during  the  day  from  relatives  at  a  dis- 
tance who  were  unable  to  be  present." 

Children  of  N.  Everett  and  Harriet  A.  (Ma- 
goun) Fitz:  I.  Fred  C,  born  December  29, 
1861,  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Somervlile,  was  with  the  firm  of 
Rice  &  Hutchins,  shoe  manufacturers,  ias  as- 
sistant bookkeeper  three  years,  and  has  since 
1885  been  with  the  Boston  Plate  and  Window 
Glass  Company  as  traveling  salesman :  mem- 
ber of  De  Mblay  Commandery.  Knights  Tem- 
plar, of  Somerville,  and  other  Masonic  bodies 
in  that  city,  and  of  Aleppo  Temple,  Order  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine  of  Boston :  married  Sarah 
Battelle,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Josephine 
(Walker)  Battelle.  of  Glen  street,  Somerville; 
they  reside  at  33  Browning  Road,  Somerville ; 
children:  i.  Harold,  born  1898;  ii.  Mildred, 
born  1899.  2.  Cora  L.,  bom  October  19,  1863, 
educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Somerville ;  married  Rolla  J.  Butman ;  child, 
Helen  Butman,  born  at  Somerville,  April,  1891. 
3.  Harriet  G.,  born  December  21,  1865,  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Som- 
erville ;  married  Herbert  W.  Doten ;  children : 
i.  Marion,  born  February,  1895 ;  ii.  Everett, 
torn  ]May,  1897;  iii.  Franklin,  born  July  25, 
1902.  4.  Charles  E.,  born  March  10,  1867, 
educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  ;  mes- 
senger three  years  in  the  Bank  of  the  Republic, 
Boston,  then  bookkeeper;  at  present  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Nathan  Tufts  &  Sons.  5.  Mabel, 
born  August  15.  1876,  graduate  of  the  Somer- 
ville high  school  and  of  Boston  University, 
taking  the  degree  of  Ph.  B. :  taught  seven 
years  in  the  Fitchburg  high  school ;  since  1906 
teacher  in  the  Girls'  high  school,  West  Newton 
street,  Boston. 


The    surname    Morse   is    an   old 
MORSE     English   family   name,  occurring 

as  early  as  1358  in  the  reign  of 
Edward  HI  when  Hugho  de  Mors  undertook  a 
journey  to  France  during  a  truce  with  that 
country  and  the  captivity  of  her  king.  The 
name  is  found  still  earlier  in  Germany. 

(I)  Anthony  Morse,  the  immigrant,  and  his 
brother  William  Mtirse,  were  early  settlers  in 
Newbury,  Massachusetts.  The\-  canie  from 
Marlborough,  Wiltshire,  England,  in  1635. 
Anthony  was  a  Puritan  who  tried  to  continue 
in  the  established  church  until  his  emigration 
to  New  England.  Rev.  Abner  Morse  says  of 
him :  "That  he  was  a  man  of  moral  courage, 
energy  and  perseverance ;  that  he  was  enter- 
prising and  capable  in  business,  and  laid  the 
foundation   of  the  competence  and  wealth  of 


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his  family;  that  he  was  called  to  public  trusts 
of  civil  and  sacred  character;  that  he  reared 
pious  and  distinguished  children ;  led  a  long 
life  of  strict  integrity  and  humble  piety,  fear- 
ing God  and  loving  his  people,  no  one  can 
doubt  who  attends  to  the  records  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  lived  and  died."  He  set- 
tled about  half  a  mile  south  of  the  most  an- 
cient cemetery  in  Newbury,  on  a  slight  emi- 
nence in  a  field  owned  lately  by  Michael  Little 
and  still  called  the  Morse  Field,  where  the 
trace  of  his  house,  a  few  rods  from  the  road, 
was  visible  in  1850  and  later.  His  will  was 
dated  April  28,  ibSo,  and  is  on  file,  but  was 
never  proved.  He  bequeathed  to  his  son 
Joshua;  son  Robert;  son  Benjamin;  daughter 
Stickney ;  daughter  Newman  and  others.  He 
died  March  9,  1679-80.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  ;  (second)  Anne  .  Chil- 
dren: I.  Robert,  settled  in  Elizabethtown,  New 
Jersey,  about  1667.  2.  Peter,  settled  in  Eliza- 
bethtown, New  Jersey.  3.  Joseph,  died  Janu- 
ary 15,  1678-79.  4.  Anthony,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Benjamin,  born  Alarch  28,  1640,  mar- 
ried, August  26,  1669,  Ruth  Sawyer.  6.  Sarah, 
born  at  Newbury,  May  i,  1641,  died  December 
9,  171 1.  7.  Hannah,  born  about  1642,  died 
November  26,  1703;  married  Francis  Thorlo. 
8.  Lydia,  born  May,  1645,  died  young.  9. 
Lydia,  born  October  7,  1647.  10.  Mary  born 
April  7,  1649,  died  June  14,  1662,  aged  thir- 
teen. II.  Esther,  born  May  3,  1651,  married 
Robert  Holmes.  12.  Joshua,  born  July  24, 
1653,  died  March  28,   1691-92. 

(H)  Anthony  Morse,  son  of  Anthony  Morse 
( 1 ) ,  was  born  probably  in  England,  possibly 
at  Marlborough ;  married,  May  8,  1660,  Eliza- 
beth Knight,  who  died  July  29,  1667.  He 
married  (second),  November  10,  1669,  Mary 
Barnard,  who  survived  him.  He  was  lieuten- 
ant of  his  military  company.  His  will  is  dated 
February  23,  1677-78,  and  he  died  before  his 
father;  he  signed  his  will  "Anthony  Mors, 
Jun."  He  mentions  his  wife  and  children  in 
his  will.  Children,  born  at  Newbury:  i.  Ruth, 
born  May  20,  1661,  died  July  24,  1666.  2. 
.'\nthony,  mentioned  below.  3.  Joseph,  born 
July  29,  1665,  died  January  15,  1689-90:  mar- 
ried Lydia  Plummer.  4.  Elizabeth,  bom 
July  29,  1667,  died  February  25,  1677-78.  5. 
John,  born  September  13,  1670,  died  October 
30,  1 72 1,  of  small  pox,  at  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  settled :  married  Hannah 
Williams.  6.  Mary,  born  August  31.  1672. 
married  1692,  Jabez  Corbin.  7.  Peter,  torn 
November  14,  1674,  died  November  2.  1721, 
of  small  pox  :  married  Priscilla  Carpenter.  8. 
Sarah,  died  July  7,   1677. 


(HI)  Anthony  Morse,  son  of  Anthony- 
Morse  (2),  was  born  at  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, January  i,  1662-63,  and  lived  there  all 
his  life ;  was  ensign  of  the  military  company ; 
married  February  4,  1685-86,  Sarah  Pike. 
Children,  born  in  Newbury:  i.  Sarah,  born 
1686.  2.  Sarah,  born  1687-88,  died  young.  3. 
Anthony,  born  1690,  married,  17 17,  Elizabeth 
Little;  (second)  Sarah  Illsley.  4.  Sarah,  born 
April  4,  1692,  married  Daniel  Parker,  of 
Bradford,  November  26,  1713.  5.  Joseph,, 
born  April  3,  1694,  married,  1721,  Rebecca 
Adams  ;  (second)  Mary  Jackman.  6.  Stephen^ 
mentioned  below.  7.  Elizabeth,  born  Novem- 
ber 3,  1697.  8.  Timothy,  born  September  14,. 
1699,  married,  1721,  Dorothy  Pike.  9.  Thomas, 
born  1702.  10.  Mary,  born  1704,  married, 
1730,  Lydia   Kelley. 

(IV)  Deacon  Stephen  Morse,  son  of  An- 
thony Morse  (3),  was  born  at  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1695 ;  married  Elizabeth  Worth. 
He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Newbury ;  dea- 
con for  many  years  of  the  Second  Church  of 
Newbury,  now  known  as  the  First  Church  of 
West  Newbury.  Children,  born  at  Newbury : 
I.  Thomas,  born  June  30,  1726,  married,  May 
20,  1747,  Elizabeth  Bartlett ;  a  weaver,  resided 
at  Bradford.  2.  Stephen,  born  1727-28,  died 
June  I,  1753;  married,  May  26,  1749,  Judith 
Carr.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  in  1730.  4.  Judith, 
born  in  1732.  5.  Sarah,  born  in  1734.  6.  An- 
thony, mentioned  below. 

(V)  Anthony  Morse,  son  of  Deacon  Ste- 
phen Morse  (4),  was  born  at  Newbury  in 
1736.  He  resided  in  Allenstown,  Chester  and 
Pembroke,  New  Hampshire.  He  married, 
February,  1758,  Betsey  Platts,  sister  of  the 
wife  of  Jacob  Hills,  of  Chester,  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  home  was  in  Chester,  where  Daniel 
McFarland  formerly  lived  and  where  Peter 
Hills  and  G.  W.  Hook  have  since  lived.  From 
Chester  he  removed  to  Northfield,  New  Hamp- 
shire, later  to  Pembroke,  where  his  son  Rich- 
ard settled.  Children:  i.  Richard,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Betty,  born  August  23,  1760,  died 
1776.  3.  Judith,  born  November  25,  1762.  4. 
Margaret,  born  January  25,  1765,  died  April 
28,  1766.  5.  Susannah,  born  June  10,  1769. 
6.  Sarah,  born  April  i,  1774.  7.  Anthony, 
born  July  24,  1776.  8.  Susannah,  born  Decem- 
ber 9,  1778.  9.  Hannah,  born  December  9, 
1778  (twin):  married  Moses  Hills,  son  of 
Jacob  Ilills.  of  Chester,  New  Hampshire.  10. 
Eunice,  born  September  9,  1782.  11.  Samuel, 
was  a  school  teacher :  was  lame. 

(VT)  Richard  Morse,  son  of  .A.nthony  Mor.se 
(5),  was  born  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
October  31,   1758.     He  was  lame  from  child- 


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hood,  but  was  an  active  and  prominent  citizen ; 
raised  and  educated  a  large  family ;  was  a 
merchant  at  Pembroke.  He  married,  January 
25,  1791,  Sarah  Sargent,  who  died  April,  1820. 
He  resided  in  Chester  after  his  marriage  until 
1796,  when  he  settled  in  Pembroke,  New 
Hampshire.  Children  (first  three  born  in 
Chester ;  the  others  in  Pembroke :  i .  Cyrus, 
born  July  14,  1791,  resided  in  Canada,  West 
Potten.  2.  Stephen  Noyes,  born  April  11, 
1793,  resided  at  Holderness,  New  Hampshire: 
married,  December  28,  1819,  Betsey  Gordon; 
children:  i.  Climena  B.,  born  September  30, 
1821,  married  William  B.  Dana;  ii.  Rufus 
William,  October  4,  1823,  married,  1849,  Lu- 
cinda  B.  Cox ;  iii.  Stephen  A.,  of  Boston,  born 
May  28,  1827,  married,  December  16,  1849, 
Adeline  Plaisted ;  iv.  Elizabeth  A.,  March  22, 
1829,  died  April  22,  1846;  v.  Herman  L.,  April 
19,  183 1 ;  vi.  Sophia  Ann,  November  2,  1833. 
3.  Richard,  mentioned  below.  4.  Jacob,  born 
January  8,  1797,  married Moulton ;  re- 
sided in  Java,  New  York  ;  children  :  i.  Thomas, 
ii.  Richard,  iii.  Sarah  T.,  iv.  Benjamin,  v.  Sam- 
uel M.,  vi.  Oliver  P.  5.  Molly  Ambrose,  born 
December  i,  1798.  6.  Thomas,  born  March 
10,  1801,  died  September  23,  1803.  7.  Benja- 
min Willis,  born  November  i,  1803,  resided  at 

Java,     New     York ;     married,     1830,    

Nichols ;  children :  i.  Sophia,  ii.  Oscar,  iii. 
Charles.  8.  Sally,  born  .August  16,  1807,  died 
young.  9.  Sally  or  Sarah  Willis,  born  January 
5,  1808;  resided  at  Bedford;  married,  1830. 
Loamnii  Saunders ;  children :  i.  Sarah  H. 
Saunders,  died  December  8.  1830.  10.  Sophia, 
resided  at  Strikersville,  New  York,  born  Oc- 
tober   14,    181 1. 

(VI)  Richard  Morse,  son  of  Richard  Morse 
(5),  was  born  at  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire, 
February  i,  1795.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools.  Early  in  life  he  came  to 
Newton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  served  a 
seven  year  apprenticeship  in  the  paper  mills 
of  Asa  Lowe.  At  that  time  all  paper  was  hand- 
made, and  each  sheet  handled  separately.  The 
process  was  slow  and  costly  but  required  great 
skill  on  the  part  of  the  mechanics.  He  went 
from  Newton  to  Bradford,  Vermont,  where 
he  became  superintendent  of  the  paper  mills 
at  that  place  and  where  he  made  his  home  for 
more  than  forty  years.  He  built  a  residence  in 
Bradford  in  1830.  He  retired  from  active 
labor  some  twenty  years  before  his  death.  He 
was  a  man  of  small  stature ;  of  quiet,  retired 
disposition,  and  sterling  character.  He  died 
at  Bradford.  He  was  a  Universalist  in  re- 
ligion, a  Whig  and  later  Republican  in  politics. 


He  was  elected  to  many  positions  of  honor  and 
trust  by  his  townsmen  in  Bradford.  He  was 
a  volunteer  in  the  War  of  1812,  enlisting  when 
only  fourteen  of  age  and  was  assigned  to  fron- 
tier duty.  Late  in  life  he  was  given  a  pension 
on  account  of  this  service.  After  the  war  he 
rose  to  the  rank  of  captain  of  his  company  and 
was  always  known  as  Captain  Richard. 

He  married  (first),  February,  1818,  Sarah 
Jenkins,  of  Bradford,  Vermont,  born  February 
14,  1799,  and  died  Alay  9,  1833.  Children:  i. 
Sophia,  born  June  i,  1818,  died  March  2^, 
1861 ;  married,  March  6,  1839,  Azro  Burton, 
of  Norwich,  Vermont ;  she  died  July  3,  1901 ; 
children :  i.  Adeline  Delight  Burton,  born  July 
21,  1841,  married,  January  16,  1862,  Edward 
R.  Kent,  and  had  Annie  Kent,  Emily  Mann 
Kent,  Nellie  Burton  Kent,  Elizabeth  May 
Kent,  Mabel  Mann  Kent,  Margaret  Kent ;  ii. 
Emily  Sophia  Burton,  born  February  29,  1844; 
iii.  Ella  Maria  Burton,  born  January  6,  1849, 
died  December  7,  1850.  2.  Mary  S.,  born  at 
Bradford,  February  18,  1820,  died  at  Wake- 
field, Massachusetts ;  married,  1846,  Stephen 
Paine,  of  Stoneham ;  no  children.  3.  Rebecca 
Kennedy,  born  March  8,  1822,  married,  1840, 
William  W.  Farr,  of  Bradford ;  resided  at 
Stoneham,  Massachusetts ;  children  :  Charles 
Farr,  Emma  Farr.  4.  Harry  Lord,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Richard  J.,  born  May  3  or  8,  1826, 
married  (first).  May,  1853,  at  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  Heleb  Riblet,  of  Charlestown ; 
child:  i.  Arthur  Bancroft,  born  .Mlarch,  1855, 
died  .August  following.  Richard  J.  married 
(second),  January  8,  1858,  Emily  Jane  Flan- 
ders, of  Warren,  New  Hampshire ;  children : 
ii.  Mary  Emily,  born  August  31,  1859;  ''i- 
Evelyn  Sophia,  born  December  22,  1863,  mar- 
ried. May  6,  1886,  Herman  Underwood,  and 
have  Richard  Morse  Underwood,  born  No- 
vember 19,  1888.  6.  Charles  W.,  born  April  2, 
1828,  died  January  25,  1829.  7.  Charles  W., 
born  .\ugust  2,  1830,  resided  at  Bradford, 
Vermont.  8.  Stephen  Aimbrose,  born  August 
5,  1832,  married  (first)  Badger;  (sec- 
ond)    .     Children  of  Richard    (6)    and 

his  second  wife,  Susan  Jenkins  (Southworth) 
Morse,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  born  October  18, 
1796.  9.  Sarah  ML,  born  March  28,  1838,  died 
April  26,  1850.  10.  Ella  F.,  born  February  13, 
1840. 

(VII)  Harry  Lord  Morse,  son  of  Richard 
Morse  (6),  was  born  at  Bradford,  Vermont, 
May  16,  1824.  He  received  his  education  there 
in  the  common  schools,  attending  the  winter 
terms,  and  at  other  seasons  working  in  his 
father's  paper  mills.     He  left  home  when  he 


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was  twenty  years  of  age  and  came  to  Concord, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  worked  about  a  year 
in  one  of  the  hotels,  and  then  went  to  Stone- 
ham  where  he  found  employment  in  Searles's 
livery  stable.  He  then  learned  the  currier's 
trade  and  was  employed  in  Tidd's  shop  in 
Stoneham.  He  lived  on  Pine  street,  Stoneham, 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  except  for  a  short 
time,  when  he  lived  with  his  son,  Charles  R. 
Morse,  of  Woburn.  During  the  last  years  of 
his  life  he  was  afflicted  with  creeping  paralysis 
and  was  an  invalid  for  seven  years.  He  died 
in  Stoneham.  He  was  a  Universalist  in  re- 
ligion, a  Republican  in  politics.  He  was  a 
member  of  Columbian  Lodge,  No.  29,  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Stoneham.  He  married  Caroline 
Twiss,  of  Peabody.  Children:  i.  Ella,  born  at 
Stoneham.  2.  Charles  Richard,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VHI)  Charles  Richard  Morse,  son  of 
Harry  Lord  Morse  (7),  was  born  in  Peabody, 
Massachusetts,  October  13,  185 1.  When  he 
was  six  months  old  his  parents  removed  to 
Stoneham,  where  he  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  When  he  was  sixteen  be  entered 
the  employ  of  Emerson  &  Jones,  shoe  manu- 
facturers, and  worked  in  the  finishing  depart- 
ment for  nine  years.  Then  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  William  Tidd,  currier,  and  later  of 
Captain  J.  P.  Crane,  currier,  in  Woburn.  After 
a  short  time  he  went  to  True  &  Skinner's  shop 
and  worked  two  years.  In  1876  he  made  his 
home  on  the  farm  he  still  conducts.  After  a  time 
he  gave  up  his  position  in  the  shop  and  devoted 
all  his  attention  to  market  gardening,  in  which 
he  has  had  a  large  measure  of  success.  The 
farm  contains  about  forty  acres.  He  raised 
large  quantities  of  lettuce  and  squash  for  the 
Boston  market.  From  1893  to  1896  he  con- 
ducted an  extensive  retail  milk  business.  He 
has  recently  sold  his  farm  to  Thomas  Little, 
of  Winchester.  Mr.  Morse  is  a  member  of  the 
M'ethodist  Episcopal  church;  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  has  been  a  delegate  to  many  nom- 
inating conventions  of  his  party.  He  is  well 
and  favorably  known  in  the  community  and 
highlv  esteemed  by  his  townsmen. 

He  married,  July  7,  1874,  Sarah  Rabbidge 
Cutler,  1x)rn  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 19,  1852,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Lydia 
Thurlow  (P>abbidge)  Cutler,  of  Woburn.  Her 
father,  Jesse,  was  a  farmer.  Children:  i. 
Harry  Warren,  born  July  4,  1880.  2.  Lydia 
Cutler,  born  October  t6,  1882.  married,  irpi, 
Joseph  A.  \'idetto,  of  Woburn:  children:  i. 
Warren  Albert  Videtto,  born  August  19,  1902; 
ii.  Joseph,  born  July  9,  1904:  iii.  Son,  born 
January,  T907. 


Edward  Starbird  or  Star- 
STARBIRD  buck,  as  he  was  more  com- 
monly known,  came  from 
Derbyshire,  England,  about  1640  and  settled 
in  Dover,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  born  in 
England  in  1604.  On  August  30,  1643,  he  was 
granted  forty  acres  of  land  on  each  side  of 
P"resh  river  at  Cocheco  above  John  Baker's 
farm  at  the  little  brook.  He  had  also  a  grant 
of  marsh  land  that  year,  in  1650  he  was 
granted  a  mill  privilege  at  the  second  falls  in 
partnership  with  Thomas  Wiggins  and  also 
the  timber  necessary  to  run  the  mill.  He  was 
a  representative  to  the  general  court  in  1643- 
46.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  church  until  he 
became  a  Baptist  about  1659,  the  year  when 
he  went  off  with  others  of  his  faith  to  seek  a 
new  home.  He  set  sail  in  an  open  boat  and 
finally  landed  at  Nantucket  at  a  place  called 
Matical,  later  Cambridge.  He  located  there  in 
1660  and  returned  to  Dover  for  his  family. 
His  children  were  grown  up.  Sarah  and  Abi- 
gail were  married  and  remained  in  Dover.  His 
wife  Katherine  and  children,  Nathaniel.  Jethro 
and  Dorcas,  went  with  him  to  Nantucket. 
which  has  ever  since  then  been  known  as  the 
home  of  the  Starbuck  family.  Starbuck  was 
prosecuted  for  embracing  the  Baptist  faith,  at 
Dover ;  after  a  few  years  he  became  a  Quaker. 
He  died  June  12,  1690.  He  married  Katherine 
Reynolds,  said  to  be  a  native  of  Wales.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Nathaniel,  born  in  England  in  1636, 
sold  his  estate  in  Dover  in  1661,  and  removed 
where  his  father  had  gone,  to  Nantucket, 
where  his  descendants  have  been  numerous. 
2.  Jethro,  mentioned  below.  3.  Sarah.  4.  Abi- 
gail. 5.  Esther.  6.  Dorcas,  removed  to  Nan- 
tucket ;  married  William  Ciayer. 

(II)  Jethro  Starbird,  son  of  Thomas  Star- 
bird  (i),  was  born  in  England  probably  about 
1638.  He  went  to  Nantucket  with  his  father 
and  was  killed  by  accident  soon  afterwartl. 
The  names  of  the  children  of  Thomas  Starbird 
(3)  lead  us  to  believe  that  this  Jethro  was  his 
fatlier.     Very  little  is  known  about  Jethro. 

(III)  Thomas  Starbird,  or  Starboard,  as 
the  name  is  also  spelled  in  the  Maine  records, 
was  doubtless  grandson  of  the  immigrant,  Ed- 
ward, and  proljably  son  of  Jethro.  He  was 
born  about  1660.  It  is  likely  that  when  the 
father  was  killed  the  child  or  children  of 
Jethro  remained  in  Dover  and  were  brought 
up  by  one  of  the  aunts,  the  father's  sisters. 
lie  married  in  Dover  Abigail  Damm,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Damm,  January  4,  1687-88.  The 
descendants  of  her  family  still  vary  the  spelling 
of  the  name :  some  have  it  Dam,  others  Dame. 
Abigail,  widow,  was  baptized  at  Dover,  .August 


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22,  1740.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Abigail 
Starbird  :  i.  Jethro,  named  for  his  grandfather, 
born  August  28,  1689.  2.  Thomas,  October  19, 
1691,  named  for  his  father,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Agnes,  October  4,  1693.  4.  Abigail,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1695.  5.  Elizabeth,  February  15, 
1699.  6.  John,  March  10,  1701,  seems  to  have 
been  the  John  of  Falmouth  (Portland).  7. 
Samuel,  April  22,  1704,  mentioned  below, 
of  a  broken  hip,  and  the  loving  care  of  the  son 
(IV)  Thomas  Starbird,  Jr.,  son  of  Thomas 
Starbird  (3),  was  born  at  Dover,  October  19, 

1691.     Married   Margaret  .     Probably 

this  Thomas  Starbird  was  baptized  by  Rev. 
Jonathan  Cushing,  August  25,  1723,  at  Dover. 
Children,  all  born  at  Dover :  i.  Thomas,  named 
for  father  and  grandfather,  born  March  23, 
1713-14.  2.  Nathaniel,  April  27,  1716,  also  an 
old  family  name.  3.  Jethro,  June  29,  1718.  4. 
Hannah,  January  31,  1719-20.  5.  John,  No- 
vember 16.  1721.     (A  John  and  Sarah ; 

both  were  baptized  December  13,  1741,  at 
Dover  church ;  they  had  children  John,  Abigail, 
Sarah  and  Hannah,  baptized  October,  1742, 
probably  older  than  this  John).  6.  Samuel, 
November    16,    1723.     7.    Margaret,   May  31, 

1725- 

(IV)  Samuel  Starbird,  son  of  Thomas  Star- 
bird   (3),  was  born  in  Dover,  April  22,  1704. 

Married  Rebeckah  .     He  and  his  wife 

were  baptized  in  the  Dover  church,  April  1 1 , 
1742.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  at  Dover, 
July  4,  1725.  2.  Samuel,  May  29,  1727.  3. 
Richard,  mentioned  below.  4.  John,  settled  at 
Brunswick.  Maine,  on  Lot  50. 

(V)  Richard  Starbird,  grandson  of  Thomas 
Starbird,  and  probably  son  of  Samuel  Starbird 
(4),  was  born  about  1730.  The  first  public 
record  of  him  is  found  in  Harpswell  in  1755. 
He  settled  in  that  vicinity,  at  Merriconeag 
Neck.  Children:  i.  John,  mentioned  below. 
2.  William,  soldier  in  the  Revolution  from 
Harpswell.    And  other  children  probably. 

(VI)  John  Starbird,  son  or  nephew  of  Rich- 
ard Starbird  (5),  was  born  in  Harpswell  or 
vicinity  about  1760.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution.  He  located  at  Bowdoin,  Maine, 
and  was  administrator  of  the  estate  of  Jona- 
than   Williams,    of    Bowdoin.      (See    Lincoln 

County  Wills).     He  married  Ridley. 

Children :  Daniel,  John,  Sallie,  Isaac,  mention- 
ed below,  and  a  daughter  who  married  a  Her- 
rian  and  settled  in  Hartland,  Maine. 

(VII)  Isaac  Starbird,  son  of  John  Starbird 
(6),  was  born  at  Bowdoin,  Maine,  April  2, 
1803.  He  settled  at  Bowdoinham.  Maine ; 
married  Eliza  Torrens,  born  in  1806.  Chil- 
dren:    I.    Elizabeth,   born    October   27.    1825, 


married  Henry  Jaques ;  children :  Isaac,  Otis 
Alphonso,  Gilbert,  George,  Charles,  Lizzie, 
Etta,  Maud.  2.  Rufus  J.,  born  June  22.  1827, 
died  in  1896 ;  married  twice  and  has  three 
daughters  and  one  son ;  resides  at  Columbia 
and  Sonora,  California.  3.  Nancy,  born  July 
24,  1829,  married  x\lfred  Quimby ;  children : 
Charles,  Carrie,  George,  P'rank,  Walter.  4. 
Isaac  S.,  mentioned  below.  5.  George  M., 
born  .\pril  27,  1833,  mentioned  below.  6.  Mar- 
garet. 7.  Maria.  8.  Emily.  9.  Hannah.  10. 
Harriet. 

(VIII)  George  M.  Starbird,  son  of  Isaac 
.Starbird  (7),  was  born  in  Bowdoinham, 
Maine,  April  27,  1833.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  town. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  located  in  Charles- 
town,  M'assachusetts,  and  was  apprenticed  to 
learn  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  worked  as  a 
journeyman  there  until  March  27,  i860,  when 
he  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  as 
a  contractor  and  builder  in  Charlestown,  built 
up  a  very  large  and  flourishing  business. 

He  employed  for  many  years  a  force  of  fifty 
men  or  more  and  did  an  aggregate  business  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  a  year. 
During  late  years  he  has  been  less  active  in 
business  and  has  taken  time  for  travel  and 
other  recreation.  He  made  a  trip  to  Cuba  in 
1887 ;  visited  his  brother  Rufus  in  California 
in  1890,  and  traveled  some  ten  thousand  miles 
in  various  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Can- 
ada. He  went  abroad  in  1895.  He  is  a  con- 
stant and  appreciative  traveler. 

Mr.  Starbird  has  had  a  notable  public  career. 
He  was  in  the  board  of  aldermen  of  the  city  of 
Oiarlestown  when  it  was  consolidated  with 
Boston,  and  served  in  the  board  of  aldermen 
of  Charlestown  in  1872-73.  He  declined  a 
nomination  for  the  general  court  in  1873,  but 
was  elected  in  1879  and  served  on  the  commit- 
tees on  harbors  and  public  lands  during  the 
session  of  1880.  He  removed  to  Somerville 
in  1 88 1  and  since  then  has  made  his  home 
there.  He  was  elected  to  the  common  council 
of  Somerville  in  1887-88.  He  is  a  trustee, 
vice-president  and  member  of  the  investment 
committee  of  the  Charlestown  Five  Cents  Sav- 
ings Bank ;  director  of  the  Miutual  Protective 
Fire  Insurance  Company  ;  director  of  the  Som- 
erville Electric  Light  Company :  trustee  of  the 
Somerville  Hospital.  He  is  a  member  of  Soley 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons:  of  the  Somerville 
Council,  Royal  .'\rcanum.  He  is  an  active 
member  and  for  twenty  years  has  been  deacon 
of  the  Perkins  Street  Baptist  Church  of  Som- 
erville. He  was  for  four  years  superintendent 
of   the    Sunday    school    at    the    Bunker    Hill 


.MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


Church,  Charlestown,  in  1878-79-80-81.  His 
residence  is  at  102  Pearl  street,  Somerville. 
He  is  one  of  the  most  influential  and  substan- 
tial citizens  of  the  town ;  universally  admired 
not  only  for  his  business  success  and  ability, 
but  for  his  integrity  and  high  character,  his 
attractive  j>ersonality. 

He  married  (first)  Mary  Jane  Brown  in 
1861.  She  was  born  in  1838  and  died  in  i8y2, 
without  issue.  He  married  (second)  Lillian 
May  Hills,  born  March  13,  1869,  who  bore  him 
two  children:  George  M.,  Jr.,  born  October  13, 
1896;  Arthur  Hills,  December  13,  1900.  Lil- 
lian May  (Hills)  Starbird  is  the  daughter  of 
George  Henry  and  Ann  Eliza  (Crane)  Hills, 
of  West  Cambridge,  who  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  named  children :  Ella  Frances, 
George  E.,  Arthur  A.,  Frederick  W.,  Lillian 
May,  mentioned  above,  and  Mabel  B.,  married 
Charles  C.  Stroud.  George  Henry  Hills  was 
born  in  Surry,  New  Hampshire,  June  7,  1826, 
married,  October  27,  1853,  Ann  Eliza  Crane, 
born  in  Arlington,  Massachusetts,  March  2"], 
1833,  daughter  of  Charles  Austin  Crane,  who 
lived  and  died  in  Arlington ;  he  married  Susan 
Leach,  daughter  of  Alpheus  and  Eunice  (Rus- 
sell) Leach,  the  latter  of  whom  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Noah  and  Eunice  (Bemis)  Russell. 
Noah  Russell  was  the  son  of  Jason  and  Eliza- 
beth Russell,  and  he  was  in  direct  line  of  Lord 
Russell,  of  England.  George  Henry  Hills  is  a 
son  of  Samuel  Hills,  of  Keene,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

(VHI)  Isaac  S.  Starbird,  son  of  Isaac  Star- 
bird  (7),  was  born  in  Bowdoinham,  Maine, 
April  29,  183 1,  and  died  at  Lisbon,  Maine, 
February  7,  1907.  The  early  years  of  his  life 
were  spent  in  Bowdoinham  and  he  was  occu- 
pied part  of  the  time  in  the  shipyard  at  Rich- 
mond. After  his  marriage  he  cleared  a  farm 
in  the  virgin  forest  and  erected  the  buildings 
on  the  place  he  sold  later  to  Henry  Jacques,  of 
Lisbon,  and  then  he  moved  to  the  Captain 
Buker  place.  When  a  young  man  he  set  out 
and  grafted  the  orchard  on  the  homestead  in 
Bowdoinham,  since  become  famous  for  its 
productiveness.  It  has  a  record  to  be  proud 
of  that  he  was  so  careful  in  his  work  that  nine- 
ty-nine out  of  a  hundred  scions  he  grafted  were 
sure  to  live.  This  carefulness  and  thorough- 
ness were  characteristic  of  him  throughout  life. 
After  going  to  Lisbon  he  made  his  farm 
among  the  best  in  that  section.  His  father, 
Isaac  Starbird,  lived  with  him  until  his  death 
in  March,  1890.  For  the  last  five  years  of  his 
life  the  father  was  confined  to  his  bed  because 
is  often  mentioned  by  friends  and  neighbors 
who  had  o])portunity  to  observe  him.  Through 


all  the  years  of  the  residence  of  the  Starbird 
family  in  Lisbon,  the  name  was  synonymous 
with  hospitality.  Mr.  Starbird  always  enjoyed 
good  health  until  the  last  year  of  his  life,  and 
even  on  the  day  of  his  death  was  able  to  be  out 
of  doors. 

The  Lewiston  Evening  Journal  said  of  him : 
"In  referring  to  the  life  of  Mr.  Starbird  it  is 
not  possible  to  refer  to  the  ofifices  which  he  has 
held,  as  his  whole  life  has  been  devoted  to  his 
family.  Several  times  the  opportunity  had 
been  offered  him  to  serve  in  some  public  ca- 
pacity, but  he  always  felt  that  home  duties 
came  first.  He  was  a  life-long  Democrat  in  his 
fKDiitics,  and  simply  performed  the  duties  of  a 
private  citizen  by  doing  his  duty  as  he  thought 
best.  He  was  an  honored  member  of  Pine 
Tree  Grange  at  Lisbon.  At  the  time  when 
Pine  Tree  was  about  to  give  up  its  charter,  he 
was  one  of  si.x  who  stood  by  and  helped  put  it 
into  a  flourishing  condition  again." 

He  married  (first),  in  1858,  Elvira  A. 
Buker,  daughter  of  Captain  Edward  and  Mary 
Jane  Buker,  of  Richmond,  Maine,  and  they 
lived  in  Richmond  until  the  death  of  his  wife 
in  1870.  He  married  (second),  in  Richmond, 
187 1,  Mrs.  Georgis  Higgins  Babb,  of  Webster, 
Maine.  She  survives  him.  In  1872  he  settled 
in  Lisbon  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  owned  the  Flech  farm,  which  he 
bought  of  Jacob  Whitney.  Children:  i.  Mts. 
C.  D.  Smith,  of  Lisbon.  2.  Mrs.  G.  E.  Hus- 
kins,  of  Auburn,  Maine.  3.  Edward  P.,  of 
Boston.  4.  Everett  G.,  of  Medford,  Massachu- 
setts. 5.  Mrs.  F.  F.  Prosser,  of  Lisbon  Falls, 
Maine.  6.  Minnie  O.,  who  died  1869.  7.  I. 
Corrin.  lives  on  the  homestead  at  Lisbon.  8. 
Mrs.  Walter  Jordan,  of  Lisbon.  9.  .^nnie  E., 
resides  in  Lewiston.  10.  George  M.,  died  in 
1877.  II.  Charles  C,  died  1877.  12.  Charles 
C,  died  in  1892.  13.  Herbert  L.,  resides  in 
lewiston.  14.  Flora  B.,  died  in  1885.  Sixteen 
grandchildren  were  living  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 


Joseph  Hills,  the  immigrant  an-  ' 
HILLS     cestor    of    the    Hills    family,    was  | 

born  in  the  parish  of  Great  Bur-  \ 
stead,  Billericay,  Essex,  England.  The  record  ■ 
of  his  baptism  reads,  "1602,  March,  Joseph  | 
Hilles  the  sonne  of  George,  was  baptized  the  j 
third  day."  His  father  was  a  linen  draper,  . 
and  his  mother  was  Mary  S\mionds,  widow  of  : 
William  Symonds.  They  were  married  Oc-  ; 
tober  13,  1596.  Joseph  Hills  married,  July  22,  j 
1624,  in  Great  Burstead.  Rose  Clark,  and  there  j 
his  elder  children  were  born.     Not  later  than  1 


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469 


March,  1632,  the  family  moved  to  Maldon,  Es- 
sex county.  In  1638  he  embarked  on  the  ship 
"Susan  and  Ellen"  arriving-  at  Boston,  July  17, 
1638.  He  settled  at  Charlestown  in  that  part 
of  the  town  north  of  the  Mystic  river,  and  call- 
ed "Mystic  Side."  It  was  in  that  part  of 
Charlestown  which  is  now  Maiden.  He  was 
selectman  in  1644  and  in  1646  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court,  being  Maiden's  first  deputy. 
In  1647  he  was  speaker  of  the  house  of  depu- 
ties. He  served  on  many  important  commit- 
tees, but  his  greatest  public  service  was  that 
of  the  leading  member  of  the  committee  that 
in  1648  reported  to  the  general  court  the  first 
codification  of  the  laws  of  the  colony.  That  he 
was  the  actual  compiler  of  the  laws,  that  he 
prepared  the  copy  for  the  press  and  supervised 
their  printing,  is  clearly  proved.  For  this  ser- 
vice, besides  a  money  payment,  he  was  granted 
five  hundred  acres  of  land  on  the  Nashua 
river,  and  the  remission  of  taxes  in  his  old  age. 
Rose  Clark,  the  first  wife  of  Joseph  Hills,  died 
at  Maiden,  March  24,  1650.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), June  24,  1651,  Hannah  (Smith).  Mel- 
lows, widow  of  Edward  Mellows,  of  Charles- 
town. He  married  (third),  in  January,  1656, 
Helen  or  Eleanor  Atkinson,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Atkinson,  of  Kendall,  Westmoreland,  England, 
who  died  at  some  time  between  January  8, 
1661.  and  November  10,  1662.  In  connection 
with  this  marriage  a  noteworthy  incident  oc- 
curred. In  the  early  days  of  the  colony  all 
marriages  were  solemnized  by  the  magistrates, 
the  clergy  having  no  part  in  them.  In  1641 
Governor  Bellingham,  as  magistrate,  married 
himself  to  Penelope  Pelham,  and  when  called 
on  to  come  down  from  the  bench  and  plead  to  a 
complaint  against  him  for  the  act,  be  refused 
to  do  so.  Joseph  Hills  was  a  magistrate  "for 
the  trial  of  small  causes,"  and  followed  the 
governor's  example  in  his  marriage  to  Helen 
Atkinson.  The  records  of  Middlesex  county 
show  that,  April  i,  1656,  "Mr.  Joseph  Hills 
of  Mauldon  being  presented  to  the  grand  jury 
for  marrying  of  himself,  contrary  to  the  law 
of  this  Collony  page  38  in  ye  old  Booke.  Hee 
freely  acknowledged  his  offence  therein,  and 
his  misunderstanding  the  grounds  whereon  he 
went  wch  he  now  confesseth  to  be  vnwarrant- 
able.  And  was  admonished  by  the  Court."  Oc- 
tober 8,  1665,  he  married  (fourth),  at  New- 
bury, Anne  Lunt,  widow  of  Henry  Lunt,  of 
Newbury. 

Children  of  the  first  wife:  i.  Mary,  baptized 
November  13,  i''i25,  died  at  Maiden,  November 
25,  1674.  2.  Elizabeth,  baptized  October  21, 
1627.  3.  Joseph,  baptized  August  2,  1629, 
mentioned  below.     4.  James,  baptized   March 


6,  163 1,  probably  died  young.  5.  John,  bap- 
tized at  Maiden,  March  21,  1632,  died  June  28, 

1652.  6.  Rebecca,  baptized  April  20,  1634. 
died  June  6,  1674.  7.  Steven,  baptized  May  i, 
1636,  died  before  1638.  8.  Sarah,  baptized 
August  14,  1637,  died  August  14,  1637.  9. 
Gershom,  born  at  Charlestown,  July  27,  1639, 
died  between  1710  and  1721.  10.  Mehitable, 
born  at  Maiden,  January  i,   1641,  died  July, 

1653.  Children  of  the  second  wife:  11.  Sam- 
uel, born  July,  1652,  died  at  Newbury,  August 
18,  1732.  12.  Nathaniel,  born  December  19, 
1653,  died  1664.  13.  Hannah.  Children  of  the 
third  wife :  14.  Deborah,  born  March,  1657, 
died  October  i,  1662.  15.  Abigail,  bom  Oc- 
tober 6,  1658,  died  October  9.  1662. 

(II)  Joseph  Hills,  son  of  Joseph  Hills  (i), 
was  baptized  in  Great  Burstead,  Billericay,  Es- 
sex, England,  August  2,  1629,  and  died  at 
Maiden,  Massachusetts,  April  19,  1674.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  shows  a  house  and 
about  fifty  acres  of  land  in  Maiden  and 
about  sixty  acres  to  be  laid  out  in  Bil- 
lerica,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Hannah 
Smith,  who  died  at  Maiden,  July  11,  1674. 
Children:  i.  Joseph,  bom  October  19,  1655. 
2.  Hannah,  born  March  20,  1657,  died  May 
30,  1674.     3.  Ebenezer,  born  1660,  died  1727. 

4.  Elizabeth,  born  1661,  died  January  19,  1699. 

5.  John,  born  March  16,  1666,  died  1690.  6. 
Dorothy,  born  April  13,  1667.  7.  Samuel,  born 
December  16,  1669,  mentioned  below.  8.  Jo- 
seph, born  Julv  3,  1674. 

(III)  Samuel  Hills,  son  of  Joseph  Hills  (2), 
was  born  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  December 
16,  1669,  and  died  at  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts,  January   7,    1704.      He   married    Sarah 

,    who    in    1718  was   the   wife   of   one 

"Ferrer"  (probably  Farrarl.  of  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  now  Boston.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  May  13,  1695,  died  young.  2.  John, 
born  May  20,  1696.  3.  Hannah,  born  October 
10,  1697.  4.  Jabez,  born  June  4,  1699,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Ebenezer.  born  February  15, 
1 70 1,  died  December  i,  1732.  6.  Samuel,  born 
July  16,  1702,  died  at  Swanzey,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

(IV)  Jabez  Hills,  son  of  Samuel  Hills  (3), 
was  born  at  Maiden,  June  4,  1699,  and  died  at 
Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  July  18,  1742.  He 
settled  in  the  west  part  of  Wrentham,  which 
was  incorporated  as  the  town  of  Franklin, 
March  2,  1778.  He  married  at  Wrentham, 
January  31.  1727,  Martha  Metcalf.  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1699,  daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Mele- 
tiah  TFish)  Aletcalf,  and  twin  sister  of  Mary 
Metcalf.  Children:  i.  Jabez,  born  November 
if),  1727,  died  at  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  De- 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


cember  6.  1768.  2.  Joseph,  born  April  20, 
1730.  died  at  Franklin,  Massachusetts,  June  10, 
1815.  3.  Benjamin,  born  March  16,  1732, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Ebenezer,  born  January 
7-  1735-  5-  David,  born  January  24,  1737.  6. 
Samuel,  born  March  25,  1739. 

(V)  Benjamin  Hills,  son  of  Jabez  Hills,  was 
born  at  W'rentham,  Massachusetts,  March  16, 
1732,  and  died  at  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  after 
January.  1764,  and  before  December,  1766. 
He  married  (first)  at  Providence.  Rhode  Isl- 
and, August  II,  1757,  Molly  Metcalf.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  after  January  2,  1764,  Elizabeth 
Stevens.  After  1766  she  married  Nathan 
Morse.  Children  of  the  6rst  wife:  i.  Molly, 
born  at  Wrentham,  (])ctober  25,  1758,  married 
Moses  Sherman.  2.  Benjamin,  born  probably 
at  Westborough,  Massachusetts,  1760.  The 
only  child  of  the  second  wife  of  which  any  rec- 
ord is  found.  3.  Samuel,  born  at  Grafton, 
Massachusetts,  March  9,  1766,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  Samuel  Hills,  son  of  Benjamin  Hills 
(5),  was  born  March  9,  1766,  and  died  at  Sur- 
ry, Cheshire  county.  New  Hamshire,  May  24, 
1827.  He  married  Lucy  Thompson,  born  at 
Alstead,  New  Hamshire,  June  23,  1766,  and 
died  at  Surry,  New  Hampshire,  August  22, 
1850.  Children:  i.  Lucy,  born  March  2^. 
1788,  married  Dean  Robinson.  2.  Polly,  born 
March  2J.  1790,  died  March  4,  1803.  3.  Ben- 
jamin, born  October  24,  1793,  died  October 
29,  1859.  4.  Salmon,  born  June  8,  1796,  died 
June  8,  1796.  5.  Samuel,  born  July  9,  1797, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Hock,  born  August  23, 
1799,  died  about  1800.  7.  Isaac  C,  born  De- 
cember 9,  1806.  died  December  9,  i8ofi.  8. 
Elizabeth  S.,  born  Xiigust  '>,  1808.  married 
George  Joslin. 

(VII)  Samuel  Hills,  son  of  Saiuuel  Hills, 
(6),  was  born  at  Surry,  New  Hampshire,  July 
9,  1797,  and  died  at  Framingham,  Massachu- 
setts, October  24,  1889.  He  married  at  Sur- 
ry, about  1 82 1.  Clarissa  Dunn,  born  at  Rock- 
ingham, X'ermont.  .April  4,  1803,  and  died  at 
Brookline,  Massachusetts.  December  13,  1854. 
He  married  (second)  Elizabeth  B.  Hyde. 
Children,  all  by  the  first  wife:  i.  Mary  A., 
born  at  Surry,  November  27,  1822,  died  July 
14,  1866.  2.  Hock,  born  .April  30.  1824,  died 
November  6,  1881.  3.  (jeorge  H.,  born  June  7, 
1826,  mentioned  below.  4.  Samuel  D.,  born 
March  11,  1828,  died  August  21,  1858.  5. 
Elizalieth.  born  May  21,  1831,  married  John 
P.  Lindsay.  6.  Sarah  R.,  born  Februray  11, 
1833,  married  Charles  R.  Hardwick.  7.  Clara 
L.,  horn  at  I'rookline,  April  ii.  1841,  died 
January    18,    1880.     8.   William,  born   Septem- 


ber 17,  1843,  married  Ida  Whitney.  9.  John, 
born  January  12,  1846,  died  January  12,  1902. 
(\'III)  George  Henry  Hills,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Hills  (7),  was  born  at  Surry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, June  7,  1826.  He  married,  at  West  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  October  2j.  1853. 
Ann  Eliza  Crane,  born  at  West  Cam- 
bridge, March  27,  1833.  Children:  i.  Ella 
F..  born  at  West  Cambridge,  September  19, 
1854,  died  December  4.  1891.  2.  George  E., 
born  December  19,  1856.  3.  Arthur  A.,  born 
February  10,  1859.  4-  Frederick  W.,  born 
December  20,  i860.  5.  Lillian  M.,  born  at 
Billerica.  Massachusetts,  March  13,  1869,  mar- 
ried George  M.  Starbird ;  see  sketch  of  the 
Starbird  family  in  this  work.  6.  Mabel  P... 
born  May  5,  1874. 


(I)  Henry  Robic  or  Roby,  as  it 
R(  )BY  was  oftener  spelled  on  the  old  rec- 
ords, was  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
coming  from  England  to  Dorchester  in  Massa- 
chusetts in  1639  and  settling  in  the  same  year 
at  Exeter.  New  Hampshire.  He  signed  the 
famous  Exeter  Combination  and  was  a  select- 
man of  Exeter  in  1660.  Soon  afterwards, 
however,  he  located  in  the  adjoining  town  of 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  a 
selectman  in  1656  and  three  terms  afterward; 
constable  in  1661  :  justice  of  the  peace  many 
vears,  sitting  as  judge  in  the  court  for  the 
trial  of  Joshua  l\loody,  the  pastor  of  the  church  | 
at  Portsmouth.  He  was  also  a  standing  jury-  j 
man  in  the  trials  of  Mason  vs.  Richard  W'al- 
dron  and  sundry  other  persons  in  New  Hamp-  ) 
shire  for  holding  lands  which  he  claimed  as 
])n)prietor  of  the  Province.  Mr.  Robie  ke]3t 
the  ordinary  (hotel)  in  Hampton  about  ten 
years.  Henry  Robie  is  said  to  have  been  born  '. 
in  England  in  1618.     His  wife  Ruth  died  May     ; 

5,  1673,  and  he  married  (second),  January  19,  1 
1674.  Elizabeth  Garland,  widow,  daughter  of  | 
Thomas  Philbrick  (i).  He  bad  a  third  wife,  I 
.Sarah,  who  died  lanuarv  2^.  170V  He  died  i 
April  22,  1688.      •  •      ■  -  I 

Children:     i.  Thomas,     born     at     Exeter, 
March    i,    1646.   married,   December  8,    1687,     | 
Martha    Eaton,   who   died   January   26.    1720, 
aged   sixty-two  years.     2.  John,  born    Febru- 
ary 2,  1649,  mentioned  below.     3.  Judith,  born     ■ 
abiout   1650,  had  a  son  John,  born  December     ; 

6,  1671  :  married  Samuel  Healy  ;  died  January  1 
17,  1725.  4.  Ruth,  born  at  Haverhill,  March  I 
3,  1654,  5.  Deliverance,  born  March  29,  1657.  , 
6.  Saniuicl,  born  .August  4.  1659,  died  .August  1 
10.  1677:  married  .Mary  Page.  7.  Ichabod, 
horn  N'ovember  26,  1664,  died  May  15,  1757; 


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married  (first)  Lucy  Page;  (second)  Lydia 
.  8.  Sarah,  born  April  19,  1679.  mar- 
ried. October  21,  1702,  Samuel  Clough.  9. 
Perhaps  also  Joanna,  married  Jonathan  Elkins. 

John  Roby,  son  of  Henry  Robie  or  Roby  (  O . 
was  born  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire.  Febru- 
ary 2.  1649,  was  killed  by  the  Indians  June  16, 
1691,  and  his  son  Ichabod,  who  was  with  him 
at  the  time,  was  taken  captive,  but  subse- 
quently escaped.  John  had  seven  children,  all 
under  twelve  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  removed  to  Haverhill  in  January, 
1675,  and  lived  in  that  part  of  the  town  which 
fell  to  New  Hampshire  at  the  establishment  of 
the  "Mitchell  Line."  His  house  was  within 
the  limits  of  the  present  town  of  Atkinson.  He 
married  Mary . 

Chase  says,  in  his  history  of  Chester,  New 
Hampshire,  "June  16,  1691,  he  set  out  to  move 
his  family,  consisting  of  seven  children,  the 
oldest  not  quite  eleven  years  old  (his  wife  hav- 
ing died  a  few  days  before)  to  a  place  of  ref- 
uge.where  Benjamin  Clement  lately  lived,  at 
the  North  Parish.  He  was  returning  with  the 
family  in  a  cart,  and  he  got  opposite  the  bury- 
ing ground,  near  Jesse  Clement's,  where  he 
was  killed  by  the  Indians,  and  his  son  Ichabod, 
probably  the  eldest,  was  taken  captive  by  the 
Indians  and  carried  off.  There  are  two  tradi- 
tions, one  that  he  was  ransomed,  and  the 
other  and  most  probable  that  by  the  aid  of  a 
friendly  Indian  he  escaped  and  returned 
home."  (See  Chase's  Haverhill,  p.  160). 
Children:  i.  Ichabod.  Ixirn  1682,  mentioned 
below.     2.  Deliverance.     .\nd    others. 

(Ill)  Colonel  Ichabod  Roby.  son  of  John 
Roby  (2),  was  born  in  1682  in  Haverhill.  He 
settled  in  Hampton  Falls,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  followed  the  trade  of  tanner.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Society  for  selling  the 
Chestnut  Country,  attended  the  first  meeting 
and  was  one  of  the  committee  to  lay  out  the 
home  lots  and  also  of  the  old  hundred-acre 
lots,  and  also  for  running  the  lines.  His  name 
appears  so  often  on  the  records  of  Nutfield 
and  Chester  that  we  might  infer  that  he  re- 
moved to  Chester.  He  probably  built  his  house 
on  his  home  lot.  No.  116,  where  John  Robin- 
son's old  house  was  located,  and  spent  consid- 
erable time  in  Chester,  but  never  permanently 
resided  there.  His  home  in  Hampton  has 
been  known  ever  since  as  the  "Robie  Farm." 
His  will  was  dated  October  10.  1752,  and 
proved  September  26,  1753.  The  legatees  are 
his  wife  Mary :  sons.  John,  Henry,  Samuel ; 
and  daughter  Sarah  Tilton.  John  had  a  sil- 
ver-mounted sword  which  descended  to  Hen- 
drick     Dearborn,     late    of     Chester.     Colonel 


-Stephen  Dearborn,  son-in-law  of  John  Roby, 
was  an  officer  in  the  militia  for  more  than  thir- 
ty years  and  commanded  at  the  battle  of  Ben- 
nington, using  this  sword.  He  left  his  pistols 
and  holsters,  the  cap,  the  brass-hilted  sword, 
and  the  silver-headed  riding  cane  to  his  son 
.Samuel.  Henry  had  the  homestead,  including 
the  tanyard  and  was  residuary  legatee.  He 
married,  January  10,  1707,  Hilary  Cass,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Cass.  Children:  i.  Anne,  born 
February  10,  1708,  died  January  27,  1725.  2. 
Ruth.  October  18,  1709,  died  February  28, 
1725.  3.  John.  August  5.  1712,  married  Ann 
\VilHams,  settled  in  Chester.  4.  Henry,  Octo- 
ber 19,  1714.  mentioned  below.  5.  Samuel,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1717,  married  (first)  Per- 
kins :  (second)  Phebe  Butterfield,  widow,  lived 
first  in  Chester  (Raymond)  then  moved  to 
Goffstown.  6.  Mary,  August  19,  1720.  7. 
Sarah.  October  2.  1722,  married  John  Tilton. 

(I\')  Henry  Roby.  son  of  Ichabod  Roby 
(3),  was  born  in  Hampton.  October  19,  1714 
(family  record  gives  date  1715).  He  married, 
October  9.  1734.  Abigail  Butler.  He  inherited 
the  homestead  and  his  descendants  owned  it 
until  recently,  if  not  at  the  present  time.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hampton:  I.  Daniel,  born  1734, 
lived  in  Raymond.  2.  Ichabod.  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Susan.  1738,  married  William  French, 
of  Seabrook.  4.  John,  1742.  lived  in  Weare. 
5.  Samuel.  1745,  lived  in  Chester.  6.  Anna, 
1748.  died  1841'  7.  ."-Vbigail.  1749.  died  1839. 
8.  Henry.  1752.  died  1788.  9.  Nathan,  1758, 
owned  and  occupied  the  ancient  homestead  at 
Hampton  where  his  grandson.  Hon.  Nathan 
Robie.  lately  lived. 

(V)  Ichabod  Roby.  son  of  Henry  Roby.  (4), 
was  bom  in  Hampton.  May  25,  1737.  He 
settled  in  Chester.  New  Hampshire,  on  lot  No. 
61.  third  division,  where  his  grandson,  .Samuel 
B.  Roby,  lately  lived.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  sergeant  in  Captain  Samuel  Mc- 
Connel's  company.  Colonel  David  Oilman's 
regiment,  raised  from  a  regiment  commanded 
by  Colonel  H.  Webster  in  I77''k  he  was  also 
in  Captain  Runnell's  company.  Colonel  Thomas 
Tasker's  regiment  later  in  1776:  again  he  was 
in  Captain  .Stephen  Dearborn's  company ; 
Colonel  Thomas  Stickney's  regiment,  in  1777, 
and  took  part  in  the  hittle  of  Bennington.  Pie 
was  a  prominent  citizen  in  Candia — a  town  set 
off  from  Chester.  Children:  i.  Levi,  married 
.^nna  Ordway,  daughter  of  Richard ;  lived  on 
the  homestead  in  Candia.  2.  Lowell,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Lowell  Roby,  son  of  Ichabod  Roby 
(5).  was  born  in  (Tandia.  New  Hampshire. 
He  removed  to  Weare.  New  Hampshire,  where 


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he  lived  near  the  old  town-house  in  the  woods. 
He  married  Margaret  Kin  son  and  afterwards 
removed,  about  1807,  to  Fifield  hill  in  Bridge- 
water,  New  Hampshire,  and  again,  about  1823, 
to  Alexandria,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a 
famous  bear  hunter  and  trapper.  He  used  a 
stell  trap  that  some  ancestor  brought  from 
Scotland,  it  is  said,  which  is  still  in  the  posses- 
sion of  his  family.  At  one  time  he  set  his 
trap  on  Tenney  hill  in  Hebron  and  caught  a 
troublesome  bear  that  weighed  four  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds.  At  another  time  he  caught 
a  bear  near  the  present  site  of  the  stable  of 
John  W.  Wilbur  &  Company  in  Bristol  Village, 
New  Hampshire.  In  all  he  killed  or  trapped 
forty-nine  bears.  He  died  September  28,  1858, 
at  Alexandria.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  at 
Weare,  March  10,  1806,  died  young.  2.  Ol- 
ive, born  at  Weare,  July  20,  1807,  married 
Timothy  Taylor.  3.  John,  born  June  20, 
1809,  mentioned  below.  4.  Levi,  born  Sep- 
tember 28,  1813.  5.  Eldred,  born  at  Bridge- 
water,  1818,  married.  July  13,  1844,  Eliza  A. 
Sanborn,  daughter  of  Josiah  Sanborn.  She 
married  (second)  John  Ray;  children  of  El- 
dred: Sarah  Alma,  born  June  12,  1845,  mar- 
ried William  T.  Taylor;  Clara  Albertine,  born 
in  Lowell,  February  19,  1847,  married  Joseph 
N.  Dickinson.  6.  Lowell  Rufus,  Ixirn  at 
Bridgewater,  August  28,  1821,  married,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1848,  Nancy  Stickney  Flanders;  he 
died  in  Hebron,  January  2,  1902.  She  resided 
in  Hebron:  eight  children.     7.  Charles. 

(VII)  John  Roby,  son  of  Lowell  Roby  (6), 
was  born  at  Bridgewater,  New  Hampshire, 
June  20,  1809.  Married,  February  14,  1832, 
Elmira  Smith,  torn  December  14,  1810,  daugh- 
ter of  Abraham  Doilofif.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Alexandria,  New  Hampshire,  at  Moore's 
Mills,  at  New  Hampton  and  at  Bristol,  where 
he  died  February  23,  1892,  aged  eighty-two 
years,  eight  months  and  three  days.  She  died 
in  the  family  of  Augustus  J.  Ferrin,  New 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  February  24, 
1902.  aged  ninety-one  years,  two  months  and 
ten  days.  He  was  a  Whig  in  politics  and  Bap- 
tist in  religion.  Children:  i.  Gustavus,  born 
December  i,  1832,  mentioned  below.  2.  Olive, 
born  at  Bristol,  February  8,  1835,  married 
.Augustus  J.  Ferrin,  of  Bristol.  3,  Nicholas 
Dolloff,  born  at  Bristol,  November  6,  1838. 
died  Jime  26.  1846.  4.  Sarah  M.,  born  .April 
T=;.  1843,  niarried  Augustus  J.  Ferrin.  5.  Liz- 
zie Kathleen,  born  April  Ti,  1853,  was. a  school 
teacher;  married  George  H.  Robinson,  of 
Bristol. 

(\'IIT)  Gustavus  Roby,  son  of  John  RoIiy 
i"^.    was   Ixirn    in    Bristol,    New    Hampshire, 


December  i,  1832,  Married,  November  21, 
1861,  Mary  Marcia  Hayward,  daughter  of 
Jonas  R.  Hayward.  She  was  born  in  Alexan- 
dria, March  i,  1842,  and  died  in  Bristol,  June 
20,  1894,  aged  fifty-two  years,  three  months 
and  nineteen  days.  Mr.  Roby  early  learned 
the  trade  of  paper  making,  and  for  thirty-six 
years  was  employed  by  the  Mason-Perkins  Pa- 
per Company  of  Bristol,  New  Hampshire,  and 
for  twenty  years  was  the  superintendent  of  the 
mills.  During  those  years  that  corporation 
was  able  under  his  supervision  to  produce 
some  of  the  finest  colored  paper  in  the  world. 
He  retired  from  business  in  1907.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  a  Methodist  in  religion. 
His  home  is  on  Lake  street,  Bristol,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  elected  a  delegate  from 
his  district  to  the  constitutional  convention  in 
the  year  1889.  He  enjoys  the  confidence  of 
all  his  fellow  citizens.  Qiildren :  i.  Austin 
Hayward,  born  June  17,  1867,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  John  Elwin,  lx)rn  in  Bristol,  January 
3,  1876,  married,  October  16,  1897,  Mary  An- 
nie George,  daughter  of  Frank  and  Ellen 
Maria  George,  born  in  Chester,  Vermont,  June 
10,  1877.  Resides  in  Bristol,  New  Hampshire, 
and  i.=  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  indus- 
trious citizens  of  that  thriving  town. 

(IX)  Austin  H.  Roby,  son  of  Gustavus 
Roby  (8),  was  Ixirn  in  Bristol,  New  Hamp- 
shire, June  17,  1867.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Bristol  and  in  the 
New  Hampton  Institution  and  Business  Col- 
lege. At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  established 
himself  in  the  wood  working  business  in  Bris- 
tol, but  after  a  year  he  sold  out  his  interest  in 
this  business  and  become  the  proprietor  of  a 
shoe  store,  in  which  business  he  continued  for 
four  years.  During  this  time  he  was  also 
Treasurer  of  the  Bristol  Electric  Light  Com- 
pany. In  1892  he  removed  to  Boston,  where 
he  was  bookkeeper  and  salesman  for  various 
Boston  concerns  for  several  years.  Later,  be- 
coming interested  in  the  Young  Men's  Christ- 
ian .Association,  he  accepted  the  position  of 
state  secretary  for  New  Hampshire  and  \^er- 
mont.  But  he  was  primarily  a  business  man, 
and  longed  for  the  more  strenuous  life  of  fierce 
competition  and  energy  ;  therefore  he  returned 
to  the  business  world,  and  in  1899  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  coal  trade.  He  is  at  present 
director,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Ander- 
son Coal  Mining  Company  of  Boston,  which 
company  owns  and  operates  bituminous  coal 
mines  in  Pennsylvania.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  for  two  years  was  clerk  of  his 
native  town,  being  honored  by  receiving  every 
vote  cast  at  the  time  of  his  reelection  for  a  sec- 


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473 


ond  term.  He  is  a  notary  public  for  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Maiden, 
also  a  member  of  the  deliberative  assembly,  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  Associates,  Con- 
verse Lodge,  F.  and  .A..  M.,  and  a  director 
of  the  Maiden  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. His  residence  is  at  105  Washington 
street.  Maiden.  Massachusetts,  where  he  is  well 
known  as  being  one  who  is  vitally  interested 
in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  that  city. 
He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  common 
council  from  ward  four  in  December,  1907. 

He  married,  July  28,  1888.  IMaude  Gordon, 
only  child  of  Francis  A.  and  Ellen  M.  Gordon, 
of  Bristol,  New  Hampshire.  Her  father,  who 
descended  from  Alexander  Gordon,  of  Scot- 
land, served  in  the  Civil  war,  enlisting  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years  with  Company  I,  Sixth 
Massachusetts  Volunteers.  After  an  honor- 
able discharge  he  returned  to  his  native  town 
and  for  many  years  was  one  of  the  principal 
business  men  of  Bristol,  being  a  contractor  and 
builder,  and  owning  a  large  mill,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  hosiery  boards 
and  mill  supplies.  He  was  very  active  in  both 
the  Masonic  and  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  lodges,  and  was  also  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  and  leader  of  the  choir.  He 
now  resides  in  Wollaston,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  is  well  known  in  Masonic  circles,  be- 
ing a  Chapter  Mason.  Maude  Gordon  Roby, 
wife  of  Austin  H.  Roby,  was  for  three  years 
previous  to  her  marriage  the  librarian  of 
Minot-Sleeper  Library  of  Bristol,  New  Hamp- 
shire, being  the  first  one  to  occupy  this  posi- 
tion, and  probably  the  youngest  librarian  in  the 
state,  having  entire  charge  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen years.  Upon  her  removal  to  Boston  with 
her  husband,  she  began  the  systematic  study 
of  music  under  some  of  the  best  masters,  al- 
though she  had  been  a  public  singer  since 
childhood.  For  the  past  five  years  her  lectures 
on  music  have  been  in  great  demand,  as  they 
are  uniqvie,  being  given  in  native  costume  worn 
by  the  women  of  the  country  whose  music  she 
is  describing,  and  illustrated  by  vocal  selec- 
tions. She  is  an  acknowledged  authority  on 
all  subjects  pertaining  to  music  or  musicians, 
having  made  an  exhaustive  research  into 
musical  history,  both  ancient  and  modern.  She 
is  a  member  of  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Maiden,  the  Maiden  Musical  Club,  the 
Daughters  of  New  Hampshire,  the  Old  and 
New  Club  of  Maiden,  Faneuil  Hall  Chapter  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  as- 
sociate member  of  John  Paul  Jones  Chapter,  and 


active  member  of  the  Professional  Women's 
Qub.  They  have  one  child,  Donald  Gordon 
Roby,  born  in  Bristol,  New  Hampshire,  Octo- 
ber 22.  i88g.  He  is  now  a  student  in  the  Mai- 
den high  school,  class  of  '08,  is  president  of 
the  High  School  Literary  Society,  prominent 
in  the  fraterninty  of  Alpha  Pi  Alpha,  member 
of  High  School  Glee  Club,  and  active  in  local 
and  state  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
work. 


The  Farnum  or  Farnham 
r'ARNUM  family  is  of  ancient  English 
origin.  The  principal  family 
seat  is  at  Querndon  House  in  Leicestershire, 
the  lineage  of  which  is  traced  back  to  the 
reign  of  Edward  I.  The  Farnum  arms; 
Quarterly  or  and  az,  in  the  two  first  quarters 
a  crescent  countersigned.  Crest:  An  eagle 
or,  wings  close  preying  on  a  rabbit  arg. 

(I)  Ralph  Farnum,  the  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England  in  1603.  He  came  with  his 
wife  Alice  from  London  in  the  brig  "James," 
sailing  from  Southampton,  April  6,  1635,  and 
reaching  Boston,  June  3,  1635.  He  gave  his 
age  as  thirty-two,  his  wife's  as  twenty-eight, 
and  they  had  with  them  three  young  children, 
Mary,  Thomas  and  Ralph.  He  was  a  barber 
by  trade,  but  followed  husbandry  after  com- 
ing to  New  England.  He  settled  first  in  Ips- 
wich, of  which  he  was  a  proprietor  of  1639. 
He  settled  finally  at  Andover,  Massachusetts. 
He  died  Januan,'  8,  1692-93,  and  the  inven- 
tory of  his  estate  is  dated  March  29,  1693. 
Children:  i.  Mary,  born  1628,  married 
Daniel  Poor,  of  Andover,  in  Boston,  October 
20,  1650;  resided  in  Andover  where  she  died 
February  3,  1714.  2.  Thomas,  born  1631, 
married  Elizabeth  Gibbons  in  .\ndover,  July 
8,  1660;  she  died  August  26,  1683;  he  died 
January  11,  1685.  3.  Ralph,  born  1633,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Holt  in  Andover,  October  26, 
1638;  she  died  October  14,  1710;  he  died 
January  8,  1691-92.  4.  Sarah,  born  at  .A.n- 
dover,  married  George  Abbot,  April  16,  1658, 
ancestor  of  most  of  the  prominent  Abbotts  of 
America.  5.  John,  born  1640,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  John  Farnum.  son  of  Ralph  Farnum 
(i),  was  born  at  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
about  1640.  died  there  June  17.  1723,  in  his 
eighty-third  year.  He  married,  November 
12.  1667,  Rebecca  Kent,  of  Newbury.  She 
died  February  8.  1728-29,  aged  seventy- 
eight.  Children,  born  at  Andover:  i.  John, 
born  January  20,  1670,  died  February  14, 
1670.      2.  John,   born    April    13,    1672,   men- 


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tioned  below.  3.  Stephen,  born  October  19, 
1674.  probably  died  young.  4.  Anne,  born 
December  11,  1677,  married,  April  17,  1701, 
Thomas  Russ.  5.  David,  born  October, 
1681,  died  November  3,  1687.  6.  Jonathan, 
born  April  i"],  1684,  died  May  24,  1761:  mar- 
ried (first),  1708,  Elizabeth  Parker,  who  died 
June  18,  1732:  (second).  May  31,  1733,  Me- 
hitable  Poor,  who  died  January  19,  1763.  7. 
Thomas,  born  August  11,  1687,  died  young. 
8.  David,  born  April  4,  1690,  married  Doro- 
thy  Dunkan. 

(III)  John  Farnum,  son  of  John  Farnum 
(2),  was  born  in  Andover,  x^pril  13,  1672, 
died  September  9,  1749,  in  the  seventy-eighth 
years  of  his  age,  at  Uxbridge.  He  removed 
to  Mendon  about  1700,  having  land  granted 
to  him  in  1701  and  1704  and  after  that  many 
large  grants.  His  house  lot  was  originally 
that  of  Job  Tyler.  His  name  frequently  ap- 
pears on  the  town  and  proprietors'  records 
after  July  8,  1701,  w'hen  he  bought  the  Tyler 
lot.  He  married,  June  30,  1693,  Mary  Tyler; 
(second),  November  17,  1733,  Abigail  Marsh, 
of  Bellingham:  she  died  February  21,  1759. 
Children:  i.  Mary,  born  at  Andover,  March 
16,  1694,  married,  December  5,  1716,  Nathan 
Penniman,  of  Mendon.  2.  Anna,  born 
January  18,  1696,  died  -April  20,  1696.  3. 
John,  born  December  26,  1697,  married 
Mary  Wood,  of  Mendon,  November  8.  1722. 

4.  .Ann,  born  June  3,    1701,  married 

Penniman,  of  Mendon.  3.  Moses,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1705,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Moses  Farnunii  son  of  John  ]<"arnum 
(3),  was  born  at  Mendon,  September  8,  1705. 
died  at  Uxbridge,  formerly  part  of  Mendon, 
September  8,  1770.     He  married,  November 

10,  1726,  ,  who  died  October  2,  1773. 

He  resided  in  Mendon  and  Uxbridge.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  born  1728,  married.  May  3, 
1750,  Elizabeth  Gaskell,  and  (second)  j\lar- 
tha  Comstock.  2.  Moses,  born  October  25, 
1730,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  born  Sep- 
teml)er  2,  1732.  (twin)  married  Silas  Taft. 
4.  .\nna,  born  September  2,  1732  (twin), 
married  P>enjamin  Bnfifum.  3.  Hannah, 
born  September  11,  1737.  married  John  Reed, 
of  Smithfield.  6.  Stephen,  born  September 
19,  1739,  died  April  27.  1761.  7.  Abigail, 
born  August  19.  1741,  married  David  Harris, 
of  .Smithfield.  8.  Rachel,  born  January  13, 
1743,  married  Daniel  Reed.  9.  Jonathan, 
born  June  28,  1745,  (twin)  married,  1765, 
Uranah  Harris.  10.  David,  born  June  28, 
1743  (twin). 

(\'')  Rev.  Moses  Farnum.  son  of  Moses  Far- 
ninn  (4),  was  born  at  Uxbridge.  ( )ctober  25. 


1730.  The  following  account  of  his  life  is  from 
a  pamphlet  published  after  his  death  by  the 
Friends:  "His  parents  were  then  in  profes- 
sion with  the  Presbyterians  and  were  after- 
wards convinced  of  the  Truth  as  professed  by 
us  and  were  zealously  concerned  to  educate 
their  children  therein.  This  concern  was  af- 
terwards gratefully  remembered  by  the  sub- 
ject of  this  memoir  as  being  to  his  lasting 
advantage.  When  quite  young  he  appears  to 
have  been  inattentive  to  these  parental  re- 
proofs and  to  have  lightly  esteemed  con- 
cerned friends  until  his  tender  mind  was 
reached  by  the  supplication  of  a  friend, 
particularly  for  his  father's  family,  at  a  meet- 
ing held  at  his  house.  After  this  he  dare 
not  speak  lightly  of  our  profession.  Not- 
withstanding the  repeated  visitations  of  Di- 
vine Goodness  to  him,  he  made  but  little 
progress  in  religious  experience  for  several 
years.  After  he  married  and  had  a  family  of 
several  children  around  him,  he  became  more 
obedient  to  the  teaching  of  truth  and  useful 
in  our  society,  and  being  favored  to  improve 
the  talent  received,  the  Lord  was  pleased  to 
commit  unto  him  a  gift  in  the  ministry.  In 
entering  upon  which  service  he  was  deeply 
baptized  under  a  humbling  sense  of  the 
weight  of  such  a  work,  and  often  ap- 
peared much  afifected  in  our  meetings  under 
the  influence  thereof.  He  as  a  minister  was 
a  close  reprover  of  backsliders;  but  to  the 
fincere  and  heavy-laden,  his  words  were  like 
oil  to  their  comfort  and  encouragement.  He 
was  short  but  comprehensive  in  his  public 
testimonies  and  at  times  much  favored  itT 
supplication.  He  was  ready  to  indite  in  a 
short  and  comprehensive  manner  and  w^as 
extensively  useful  in  the  discipline  of  the 
church.  He  was  a  man  of  good  natural  un- 
derstanding and  capable  of  argument,  yet  he 
seldom  engaged  in  any  doubtful  disputation, 
but  in  our  meetings  for  (lisci]iline,  when  such 
questions  arose,  he  forbore,  keeping  a  bridle 
upon  his  tongue  until  the  truth  opened  his 
way  when  often  by  a  simple  expression  of  his 
feelings  they  were  satisfactorily  settled.  He 
was  steadv  in  the  attendance  of  our  religious 
meetings  and  a  good  example  therein, 
humbly  waiting  for  divine  assistance  and 
often  recommended  it  to  others  as  the  onl\- 
way  to  renew  their  strength. 

"In  the  enduring  relation  of  father  and 
husband  he  was  kind,  tender  and  careful, 
keeping  his  family  constant  in  attending  our 
meetings  and  bringing  them  up  in  our  Chris- 
tian order  of  plainness  of  speech,  behavior 
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the  Holy  Scriptures,  and  he  often  called  them 
together  to  sit  in  silence,  sometimes  counsel- 
ing as  truth  gave  utterance.  But  what  ren- 
dered him  still  more  admirable  in  the  view 
of  his  friends  as  being  a  strong  mark  ot  true 
disciple? hip,  was  his  readiness  to  be  advised 
and  to  take  advice,  showing  thereby  his  great 
love  for  the  brethren.  In  his  neighborluiod 
he  was  useful  and  respected,  having  a  dis- 
position and  qualifications  which  rendered 
his  company  and  conversation  instrucdve 
and  desirable.  He  was  useful  and  instru- 
mental in  obtaining  the  freedom  of  oppi^essed, 
enslaved  Africans  and  became  so  deeply  con- 
cerned to  unbind  the  heavy  burden  and  let 
the  oppressed  go  free  that  for  several  years 
before  his  death  he  declined  the  use  of  such 
goods  as  he  knew  to  be  the  product  of  the 
labor  of  slaves.  He  very  constantly  attended 
the  Quarterly  and  Yearly  meetings  to  which 
he  belonged  and  traveled  considerably  within 
their  limits  as  a  minister  visiting  monthly 
meetings  in  company  with  other  friends.  He 
visited  on  a  religious  account  most  of  the 
farms  in  his  own  Monthly  Meetings  and 
some  of  them  several  times  to  their  satisfac- 
tion, being  well  f|ualified  for  such  a  service. 
And  in  this  as  well  as  his  other  labors  he  was 
fervently  engaged  for  the  prosperity  of  the 
Youth. 

"In  the  year  1769  with  the  concurrence  of 
Friends  he  visited  Pennsylvania  on  a  religi- 
ous account  and  attended  the  yearly  meeting 
in  Philadelphia  and  many  adjacent  meetings 
to  the  satisfaction  of  Friends.  Shortly  after- 
ward in  company  with  Abraham  Griffiths 
from  Pennsylvania  he  made  a  religious  visit 
to  Friends  in  the  Salem  Quarterly  Meeting 
in  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and 
Maine,  and  it  being  winter  and  much  snow 
on  the  ground  suffered  great  hardship,  and 
this  with  his  exposure  afterwards  in  going  to 
meetings  through  roads  impassable  for  horses 
by  reason  of  snow  caused  him  to  think  he 
nnist  perish  by  the  way.  He  however  re- 
mained in  comfortable  health  until  the  third 
month  of  1780,  about  which  time  he  was  ob- 
served to  fail  and  his  disease  proving  to  be 
apoplectic  greatly  afifected  his  speech,  yet  he 
conversed  brokenly  and  by  signs  until  near 
his  last.  P>eing  asked  as  to  the  state  of  his 
mind  he  said  that  on  a  review  of  his  life,  he 
had  seen  many  things  in  which  he  had  been 
unfaithful,  but  had  known  them  all  done 
away,  so  that  nothing  but  peace  and  quiet  of 
mind  remained,  and  that  this  was  his  happy 
state  appeared  by  his  patient  resignation 
through  the  whole  of  his  illness.     He  gave  his 


family  much  good  advice,  exhorting  them  to^ 
live  in  love  one  to  another,  and  counseling 
his  children  to  be  obedient  to  their  remaining, 
parent  and  was  enabled  so  to  speak  to  them 
that  they  were  much  afifected. 

"He  had  borne  his  testimony  against  war 
and  bloodshed  by  refusing  to  pay  the  tax  for 
the  support  of  it,  and  near  his  end  he  ex- 
pressed his  satisfaction  that  he  had  so  done 
and  his  belief  that  such  a  testimony  would 
arise  into  dominion.  About  two  days  before 
his  decease,  feehng  himself  drawing  to  a  con- 
clusion he  took  his  solenui  and  final  farewell 
of  his  family  (at  which  time  his  understand- 
ing appeared  clear  and  he  a  little  revived) 
taking  them  each  by  the  hand  as  well  as 
others  present,  being  unable  to  say  more 
than  yes  or  no,  but  with  the  appearance  of  a 
mind  truly  sensible  of  the  nature  and  solem- 
nity of  such  a  parting.  He  gradually  sunk 
til!  near  the  close  when  falling  into  a  sleep 
he  remained  till  he  breathed  his  last  without 
a  sigh  or  groan  the  ninth  day,  fifth  month, 
1780.  His  remains  were  interred  in  the 
Priends  Burying  Ground  in  Uxbridge  on  the 
eleventh  following  on  which  occasion  a  large 
concourse  of  Friends  and  others  attended. 
Thus  time  closed  with  a  valiant  in  the  Lord's 
Cause  who  we  doubt  not  is  at  rest  in  a  man- 
sion of  glory.  Signed  on  behalf  and  by  the 
direction  of  the  Meeting  aforesaid  held  at 
.Smithfield  first  day,  ninth  month,  1780.  by 
Thomas  Lapham,  clerk." 

Moses  Farnum  married  Sarah  Comstock, 
who  died  March  1,  1776.  He  married  (sec- 
ond). May  2,  1777,  Elizabeth  Southwick. 
Children,  born  at  Uxbridge:  i.  David,  born 
September  29,  1753,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Daniel,  born  June  4,  1755,  died  October  14, 
1772.  3.  .Ann,  born  January  19,  1758,  died 
June  4.  1833;  married  Seth  Gififord,  of  New 
Bedford;  settled  in  Uxbridge.  4.  George, 
born  June  12,  1760,  died  March  15,  1837: 
married  (first),  1787.  Sarah  Pitts,  who  died 
January  17,  1789,  (second),  1790,  Deborah 
Pitts,  her  sister.  5.  Royal,  born  January  7, 
1763,  married,  1792.  widow  Aldrich;  he  died 
.^pril  12,  1852.  6.  Peter,  born  May  22,  1765, 
removed  to  Grafton  where  he  died  May  6, 
1832;  married.  March  9.  1788,  Susannah 
Wadsworth.  7.  .Abigail,  born  July  20,  1767, 
died  May,  1794:  married  (first)  James 
Bufifutn;  (second)  Seth  Sumner,  of  Taunton, 

1791.  8.  Moses,  born  .April  10,  1770,  died 
.August  31.  T855:  married  (first).  December  5, 

1792.  Rachel  Daniels,  Ijorn  December  25. 
1767,  died  August  11,  1846;  (second),  Decem- 
ber 31.  1847.  Widow  Mary  (Barker)  .Allen,  a 


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gifted  minister  of  the  Friends,  who  died  at 
Nantucket,  January  31,  1861.  9.  Sarah,  born 
April  7,  1780,  died'  September  10,  1853;  mar- 
ried, May  3,  1797,  James  Harkness,  who  died 
April  27,  1806;  (second),  August  5,  1807, 
Caleb  Wall,  of  Worcester,  father  of  the  jour- 
nalist and  historian. 

(VI)  David  Farnuni,  son  of  Moses  Far- 
num  (5),  was  born  in  Uxbridge,  September 
.29,  1753,  died  at  Grafton,  February  29,  1844. 
He  lived  in  Uxbridge  and  Grafton.  He  was 
a  farmer.  He  married,  December  7,  1781, 
Ruth  Southwick.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  born 
December  22,  1782,  died  May  29,  i860;  mar- 
ried Humphrey  Taylor,  lived  at  Grafton.  2. 
Daniel,  born  November  22,  1784,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Moses,  born  January  29,  1789,  re- 
moved to  Michigan.  4.  Phebe,  born  April 
15.  1791,  died  October  3,  1852,  unmarried.  5. 
Jesse,  born  June  7,  1795,  died  July  10,  1877, 
in  Grafton,  unmarried.  6.  Mowry,  born  De- 
cember 23,  1799.  7.  Samuel  Judson,  born 
November  8,  1805,  removed  to  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York;  married  Sallie  Ann  Swartout,  re- 
sided in  Newburgh,  and  was  mayor  of  that 
city. 

(VII)  Daniel  Farnum,  son  of  David  Far- 
num  (6),  was  born  November  22,  1784.  and 
died  at  Northbridge,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber ID,  1879,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- 
five  years  and  eighteen  days.  He  lived 
through  all  the  mature  years  of  his  long  life 
in  Northbridge,  near  the  border  of  Ux- 
bridge. He  was  a  farmer.  He  was  born 
with  a  good  constitution  which  he  preserved 
by  regular  and  temperate  habits,  experienc- 
ing but  little  sickness  (we  quote  from  an 
obituary  notice  written  by  one  who  knew 
him  well),  and  retaining  his  faculties  in  re- 
markable vigor  till  within  the  Jast  year.  His 
was  emphatically  a  soimd  mind  in  a  sound 
body;  he  was  characterized  for  sound  com- 
mon sense,  strong  sentiment  of  justice  and 
"honesty,  insistence  on  his  own  rights,  and 
respect  for  those  of  others;  economy,  sim- 
plicity and  hospitality  in  domestic  affairs;  was 
provident,  faithful  and  kind  in  the  family 
circle;  a  peaceable,  prudent  and  accommo- 
dating neighbor;  a  serviceable,  judicious  and 
trustworthy  townsman,  honored  with  the 
principal  nnniicipal  offices,  including  those  of 
selectman  niul  representative  in  the  legisla- 
ture; a  reliable  counselor  in  financial  matters; 
a  lover  of  his  country  and  its  liberties;  a  firm 
opposer  of  slavery  and  op])ression;  sparing  in 
religious  professions;  of  broad  tolerance  to- 
wards all  denominations;  liberal  in  theology, 
and  a  steadfast  hojicr  in  the  final  triumph  of 


good  over  evil.  These  were  qualities  and  char- 
acteristics which  in  the  deceased  over- 
shadowed the  incidental  imperfections  com- 
mon to  human  nature. 

"He  was  warmly  attached  to  the  interests 
of  the  town,  and  was  a  constant  attendant  on 
town  meetings,  the  last  one  he  attended  be- 
ing in  1878  when  in  his  ninety-fourth  year. 
Among  the  positions  of  financial  trust  he  oc- 
cupied was  that  of  director  in  the  Blackstone 
Bank  of  Uxbridge  over  twenty  years.  He 
had  been  expecting  his  departure  for  three 
years,  expressed  his  entire  resignation  to  the 
Divine  disposal,  and  passed  away  in  the  con- 
fident assurance  of  the  life  everlasting.  Ap- 
propriate funeral  honors  were  paid  to  his 
memory  and  remains,  at  his  late  residence, 
the  thirteenth,  with  ministrations  by  Rev. 
George  S.  Ball,  of  Upton,  and  Rev.  Adin 
Ballou,  of  Hopedale,  and  now  his  mortal  part 
sleeps  with  the  dust  of'  his  ancestors  in 
Friends  Cemetery  at  South  Uxbridge.  All 
the  numerous  descendants  of  deceased  were 
present  at  the  funeral,  except  the  five  great- 
grandchildren." 

He  married.  February  28,  181 1,  Mary 
Southwick,  of  Uxbridge.  She  died  in  1872. 
Children:  i.  Jonathan,  born  October  15. 
1812.  died  July  14,  1814.  2.  Joseph  S.,  born 
August  21,  1814,  died  December  22,  1873,  at 
Worcester;  married  Lois  N.  Stoddard;  they 
had  two  children:  Mary  .\lice,  Ann  Eliza.  3. 
Luke  S.,  born  January  20,  1817.  died  August 
23,  1883;  married  Chloe  Taft  and  had  four 
children:  Elizabeth  S.,  Ella  F.,  Moses  T., 
Walter  J.  T.  4.  Ruth  M.,  born  August  29, 
1819,  resided  in  Uxbridge  and  Northbridge; 
unmarried.  5.  James  M.,  born  April  11, 
1822,  mentioned  below.  6.  Mary  .'Mice, 
born  August  4.  1828.  died  December  31, 
1829. 

(\Tn)  James  Moore  Farnum. son  of  Daniel 
Farnum  (7),  was  born  in  Northbridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, .April  II,  1822.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  the  Macomber 
Academy  in  I'xbridge  and  the  academy 
at  Bolton.  .\t  the  age  of  fifteen  he  left  school 
and  worked  for  a  short  time  at  the  trade  of 
shoemaker,  but  he  made  his  principal  voca- 
tion in  life  farming.  In  addition  to  the  man- 
agement of  his  large  farm  he  had  other  busi- 
ness interests.  He  carried  on  a  considerable 
trade  in  lumber  and  wood.  He  was  prosper- 
ous, and  was  a  leader  among  the  farmers  of 
his  vicinity.  On  his  own  place  he  carried  on 
general  farming,  making  something  of  a 
specialty  of  cranberries  for  which  he  had 
land    spccialh    suited.      He   was   one    of   the 


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most  prominent  men  of  his  day  in  public  and 
town  affairs.  Someone  has  truly  said  that  he 
could  have  had  every  office  within  the  gift  of 
his  townsman.  He  had  held  the  principal 
offices  with  credit  to  himself  and  honor  to  the 
town  of  Uxbridge.  He  was  assessor,  mem- 
ber of  the  school  committee  and  overseer  of 
the  poor  for  several  terms.  He  was  select- 
man several  years  in  succession,  and  in  1889 
represented  his  district  in  the  general  court, 
serving  on  important  committees  and  doing 
his  full  duty  to  his  constituency.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Uxbridge  Savings  Bank  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  and  his  good  sense  had 
knowledge  of  financial  matters  were  of  great 
value  to  that  institution.  He  was  for  several 
years  treasurer  of  the  Blackstone  Valley 
Agricultural  Society  and  of  the  Uxbridge 
Creamery  Company.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  Solomon's  Temple  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons  and  was  its  treasurer  more  than  ten 
years.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  had  been 
a  member  forty-four  years,  one  of  the  oldest 
members  of  the  lodge,  which  attended  his 
funeral  in  a  body  as  a  mark  of  respect.  He 
died  July  20,  1904,  at  his  home  in  Uxbridge. 
He  attended  the  Congregational  cliurch  with 
his  family.  Mr.  Farnum  was  a  familiar 
figure  on  the  streets  of  Uxbridge  for  several 
generations.  He  was  known  and  honored 
by  all  its  townsmen.  Kindly,  genial,  sym- 
pathetic in  manner,  he  was  easy  to  approach, 
making  many  friends.  The  Uxbridge  Com- 
pendium said  of  him:  "In  everything  and 
everywhere  that  he  could  be  of  help  to  pro- 
mote the  best  interests  of  the  town,  its  insti- 
tutions or  its  citizens,  he  could  always  be 
counted  on  to  lend  his  services.  Mr.  Farnum 
was  one  of  the  good  citizens  of  U.xbridge." 

He  married.  May  26.  1847,  Ophelia  Stod- 
dard, daughter  of  Lot  Stoddard,  of  Midway, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Mary  Alice, 
born  May  28,  1849,  married,  January  11, 
1871,  Charles  W.  Ellison,  children:  i.  Min- 
nie Farnum  Ellison,  born  October  7,  1873, 
died  January  18,  1874:  ii.  Elizabeth  Clark 
EUison,  born  .'Kugust  5,  1870,  died  .\ugust  13, 
1882;  Alice  Mary  Ellison,  born  March  4, 
1883.  2.  Daniel  Stoddard,  born  April  4, 
1855,  mentioned  below.  3.  James  Herbert, 
born  .A.ugust  15,  1857.  married.  .August  11, 
1886.  Emma  Jane  Jefferson:  no  children.  4. 
Sarah  Joanna,  born  July  20,  i860,  married. 
January  n,  1882,  Frank  J.  Hamilton,  a  very 
prominent  citizen  of  Ufxbridge;  child:  Mary 
Westcott  Hamilton,  born  September  11.  1883, 
married,    Jtme    29,     1905,    Walter    Garfield 


Brown,  civil  engineer,  now  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York. 

(IX)  Daniel  Stoddard  Farnum,  son  of 
James  Moore  Farnum  (8),  was  born  in  Ux- 
bridge, April  4,  1855.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  towa 
and  at  French's  Commercial  College,  Boston. 
He  began  a  mercantile  career  in  1876.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  furniture  business  in  Bos- 
ton from  1878  to  1899,  when  he  accepted  the 
position  of  bookkeeper  for  J.  Walter  Sanborn 
in  his  hay  and  feed  business,  Somerville.  He 
has  been  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Som- 
erville Co-operative  Bank  since  1905.  He  is 
a  member  of  Soley  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,. 
the  Somerville  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  the 
Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  Republican  in  po- 
litics. He  married,  April  6,  1881,  Flora  Lily 
Bailey,  who  was  born  at  Scituate,  September 
II,  1859,  daughter  of  Thomas  T.  and  Maria 
(Scott)  Bailey;  their  children:  Ellen  M.,  Car- 
rie W.,  Winthrop,  Flora  L.,  mentioned 
above;  Alice.  She  was  the  granddaughter  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Wade)  Bailey,  whose 
children  were:  Charles  E.,  Jotham  W.,  Sarah 
F.,  Thomas  T.,  mentioned  above.  Children 
of  Daniel  S.  and  Flora  L.  (Bailey)  Farnum: 
I.  Clarence  Stoddard,  born  November  30, 
1882,  graduate  of  the  Somerville  Latin  High 
School,  class  of  1900.  2.  Royal  B.,  born 
June  II,  1884,  graduate  of  the  Somerville 
English  High  School,  1902,  and  of  the  Nor- 
mal Art  School  of  Boston,  1906.  3.  Willis 
Herbert,  born  July  23,  1898. 


The  first  permanent  settle- 
SPALDING     ment    on    the    continent    of 

America  was  made  at 
Jamestown,  Virginia,  in  1607,  and  the  settle- 
ment languished  under  the  stern  rule  of  Sir 
Thomas  Smith,  treasurer  of  the  Virginia 
Company  in  England.  The  company  sent 
shipload  after  shipload  of  immigrants  taken 
from  all  conditions  of  society  and  largely 
from  the  penal  institutions  and  the  drifting 
population  of  the  large  English  cities,  that 
would  benefit  the  places  of  their  present 
abode  by  their  absence.  Of  the  hundreds 
that  came  to  Virginia,  twenty  in  each  hun- 
dred lived  to  get  a  footing  on  the  new  land, 
the  eighty  dving  of  starvation,  homesickness, 
or  the  fevers  incident  to  the  unhealthfulness 
of  the  river  banks  on  which  they  located. 
These  decimated  hundreds  were  found  in  a 
wretched  condition  by  Sir  George  Yeordley, 
deputy  governor  of  the  London  Company  of 


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\  irginia  when  he  arrived  in  1619  to  take 
charge  of  the  colonies  and  preside  over  the 
first  representatives  assembly  convened  on 
the  Western  Hemisphere.  With  Sir  George 
came  Edward  Spalding. 

(I)  The  name  of  Edward  Spalding  ap- 
pears among  the  "List  of  the  Livings  in  Vir- 
ginia," February  16,  1623.  In  the  same  list 
appears  the  name  of  Edmund  Spalding,  who 
joined  the  Maryland  Colony,  while  Edward 
next  appears  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony,  between  1630  and  1633.  with  his 
wife  Margaret,  sons  John  and  Edward,  and 
■daughter  Grace.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of 
the  town,  May  13,  1640,  which  proceeding 
made  him  not  only  a  member  of  the  church, 
which  was  the  nucleus  of  every  town  of  New 
England,  but  entitled  him  to  a  share  in  the 
government,  and  eligible  to  the  otifice  of  mag- 
istrate and  to  jury  duty.  Edward  Spalding's 
name  next  appears  as  being  present  at  the 
house  of  William  Eletcher,  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners to  the  general  court  of  the  Province 
from  Woburn  and  Concord,  for  a  grant  of 
land  six  miles  square  "bordering  upon  the 
river  Merrimack  near  to  Patuckett  planta- 
tion, and  the  petition  accompanied  by  one 
from  John  Eliot,  the  .\postle  to  the  Indians, 
for  a  reservation  of  lands  adjacent  for  the  ac- 
conmiodation  of  the  christianized  Indians, 
and  these  petitions  received  the  favor  of  the 
court,  and  the  Indian  town  of  Wamesit  of 
about  2.500  acres,  and  the  town  of  Chelms- 
ford, named  after  Chelmsford,  England,  from 
which  place  many  of  the  petitions  came,  came 
into  existence  May  29,  1655.  and  Edward 
.S])alding  was  chosen  one  of  seven  men  to 
order  the  affairs  of  the  jilace  between  Novem- 
ber 22,  1654,  and  the  granting  of  the  petition. 
He  was  a  selectman  of  the  town  1656,  1660 
and  1661,  and  surveyor  of  the  highways  in 
1663.  His  descendants  helped  to  found  the 
early  settlements  of  New  Hampshire,  Ver- 
mont, Connecticut  and  Bradford.  Pennsyl- 
vania. His  wife  Margaret  died  in  August, 
1640.  in  Braintree,  and  he  married  Rachel, 
and  their  son  Benjamin  was  born  April  7. 
1643;  Joseph,  October  25,  1646;  Dinah, 
March  14,  1649;  .A^ndrew,  November  19,  1652. 
lidward  .S]ialding  died  February  26,  1670. 

(II)  John  Spalding,  son  of  Edward  and 
Margaret  .Spalding,  was  born  about  1631. 
came  to  Chelmsford  with  his  father  about 
1654;  was  married  at  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts, to  Hannah  Hale,  the  ceremony  being 
performed  by  Major  Simeon  Willard,  May 
18.  1658:  was  made  a  freeman  of  Chelms- 
ford, March   11,   1689-90,  and  died  there  Oc- 


tober 3,  1721.  He  was  a  soldier  in  Captain 
Manning's  company  in  King  Phillip's  war; 
his  wife  died  August  14,  1689.  The  children 
of  John  and  Hannah  (Hale)  Spalding  were; 
John,  born  February  15,  1659;  Eunice,  born 
July  27,  1660,  died  January  19,  1743-4;  Ed- 
ward, born  September  16,  ■  1663;  Hannah, 
born  April  28,  1666;  Samuel,  born  March  6, 
1668;  Deborah,  born  November  12,  1670; 
Joseph,  born  October  22,  1673;  Timothy, 
born  about  1678. 

(HI)  Joseph  Spalding,  son  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Hale)  Spalding,  was  born  in 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  October  22, 
1673:  married,  April  10,  1700,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Colburn,  of  Chelmsford. 
His  grave  stone,  just  north  of  the  main  path 
of  the  Chelmsford  burying  ground,  records 
his  death  March  12,  1728.  By  his  will  he 
made  his  brother  Timothy  guardian  of  his 
minor  children.  The  children  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Colburn)  Spalding  were  :  Eliza- 
beth, born  January  17,  1700,  married  Eben- 
ezer  Harris;  John,  born  June  12,  1704;  Han- 
nah, born  October  20,  1708,  and  Simeon,  born 
August  4,  1713. 

(IV)  Colonel  Simeon  Spalding,  son  of 
Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Colburn)  Spalding, 
was  born  in  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts, 
August  4,  1713.  His  share  in  his  father's 
estate  was  £161  5s.  3d.  He  built  a  home- 
stead occupied  by  his  son  Noah  after  him. 
He  was  town  treasurer  in  1755,  1756,  1757, 
selectman  1761  and  1762.  He  was  commis- 
sioned cornet  of  the  first  troop  of  horse  in 
the  Second  Regiment  of  Provincial  Militia, 
March  18,  1755;  early  took  an  active  part  in 
public  affairs  during  the  .American  revolution. 
In  1770  was  chosen  representative  of  the 
town  "at  a  Great  and  General  Court  or  as- 
sembly appointed  to  be  convened,  held  and 
kept  for  his  Majesty's  Service  at  Harvard 
College  in  Cambridge  upon  Wednesday  the 
thirteenth  day  of  May  for  the  ensuing  year." 
In  1773  he  received  instructions  adopted  at 
a  meeting  of  freeholders  "respecting  the 
many  grievances  we  at  present  labor  under, 
particularly  the  extraordinary  Stipend  of  the 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  appointed  from 
home,  and  more  particularly  to  consider  a 
letter  and  bill  of  rights  from  the  Town  of 
Boston."  He  was  re-elected  representative 
to  the  general  court  in  May,  1774.  and  Sep- 
tember, T774.  Immediately  after  the  last 
election  the  town  adopted  a  letter  of  instruc- 
tions "to  join  with  the  members  who  may  be 
sent  from  the  other  towns  in  the  Province, 
and  to  meet  with  them  at  a  time  to  be  agreed 


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•on,  in  a  General  Provincial  Congress,  to  act 
upon  such  matters  as  may  come  before  you 
in  such  a  manner  as  shall  appear  to  you  most 
■conducive  to  the  true  interest  of  this  Town 
and  Province  and  most  likely  to  preserve  the 
liberties    of    all    America."      In    September, 

1775,  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace 
by  the  provincial  council:  and  in   February, 

1776,  he  was  commissioned  colonel  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  of  the  Provincial  Militia. 
In  1776  he  was  elected  chairman  of  a  "Com- 
mittee of  Correspondence  Inspection,  and 
Safety,"  chosen  b>-  the  town.  He  was  re- 
elected to  the  general  court  in  May,  1775, 
and  May,  1776.  Immediately  after  the  last 
election  it  was  "Voted  that  if  it  should  be  the 
pleasure  of  the  honorable  Continental  Con- 
gress to  declare  an  Independent  State  with 
Great  Britain,  that  faid  Town  will  stand  by 
them  at  the  expense  of  Life  and  fortune." 
He  continued  a  member  of  general  court  un- 
til 1778.  In  May,  1778,  he  was  chosen  one  of 
a  committee  "to  adjust  all  past  Services  done 
in  the  war  by  the  inhabitants  to  this  and  the 
other  states  relative  to  that  matter."  In  1779 
he  was  chosen  delegate  to  the  "Convention 
for  framing  a  Constitution  of  Government  for 
the  State  of  Massachusetts,"  which  continued 
its  sessions  from  September  i,  1779.  to  June 
16.  1780.  In  March,  1781,  he  was  commis- 
sioned justice  of  the  peace  by  Governor  Han- 
cock. 

Colonel  Spalding  married  his  first  wife, 
Sarah  Fletcher,  about  1736.  He  had  five 
■children,  viz:  Abel,  Sarah,  Joel,  Joanna,  and 
Silas.  Sarah  (Fletcher)  Spalding  died  No- 
vember 14,  1746.  He  married  on  November 
13,  1 75 1,  his  second  wife,  At)igail  Wilson,  of 
Woburn,  a  widow,  daughter  of  a  Johnson  of 
the  fourth  generation  from  Captain  Edward 
Johnson,  immigrant  of  Woburn,  1630,  com- 
ing from  Kent  county,  England.  She  had 
nine  children  by  him,  viz:  Micah,  Jephthah, 
Azariah,  Simeon.  Abigail,  Philip.  Rebecca. 
Matthias,  and  Noah.  Colonel  Spalding 
died  in  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  -April  7, 
1785,  and  his  widow  Januar\'  20,  1812.  His 
children  by  his  first  wife  were:  Abel,  born 
September  2,  1737:  Sarah,  born  November 
22,  1739;  Joel,  born  March  12,  1743;  Joanna, 
"born  August  4,  1744,  died  August  24,  1747; 
Silas,  born  October  30,  1746.  His  children 
by  his  second  wife  were:  Micah,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1752:  Jephthah,  born  November 
10,  1754:  Azariah,  born  February  2,  1757; 
Simeon,  born  March  15,  1759:  Abigail  (twin), 
born  March  15,  1759,  died  December  21, 
1840:    Philip,   born   June   4,    1762;    Rebecca, 


born  May  11.  1764,  died  August,  1848;  Mat- 
thias, born  June  25.  1769:  Noah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1771. 

(\')  Jephthah  Spalding,  son  of  Simeon  and 
Abigail  (Johnson)  Wilson  Spaliling,  was  born 
November  10,  1754,  in  Chelmsford,  Massa- 
chusetts; died  June  10,  1834,  aged  seventy- 
nine,  in  Kensington,  New  Hampshire:  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Barron,  July  14,  1779:  she 
died  January  2"/.  1843,  aged  eighty-seven. 
Jephthah  .Spalding,  of  Chelmsford,  Massachu- 
setts, served  in  the  war  of  the  revolution,  and 
for  twelve  days  in  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775. 
in  Colonel  Moses  Parker's  regiment.  He 
was  at  White  Plains.  New  York,  in  Colonel 
Brook's  regiment,  and  also  served  in  Colonel 
Dike's  regiment  from  December  13,  1776.  to 
March,  1777.  in  the  war  of  the  American 
revolution.  The  children  of  Jephthah  and 
Rebecca  (Barron)  Spalding  were:  Prescott, 
born  January  23,  1780:  Oliver,  born  Decem- 
ber. 1782,  died  December  24,  1853:  Mat- 
thias, born  about  1784,  died  at  Jamaica,  aged 
eighteen:  Charles,  born  about  1787. 

(\T)  Prescott  Spalding,  son  of  Jephthah 
and  Rebecca  (Barron)  Spalding,  was  born  in 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  January  23,  1780; 
married  Hannah  Titcomb,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Cross,  Newburyport,  Massachusetts, 
November  23,  1806.  She  died  January  20, 
1855,  and  her  husband  February  13,  1864. 
The  children  of  Prescott  and  Hannah  Tit- 
comb  (Cross)  Spalding  were:  Prescott,  born 
November  8,  1807:  (Tharles,  born  May  30, 
i8io,  died  April  19,  1834:  Rufus,  born  Janu- 
ary 9,  1812:  William  Cross,  born  October  16, 
1814,  died  October  30,  1814:  William  Cross, 
born  September  16,  18 16,  died  unmarried  at 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  April  2,  1857: 
Philip  Aubin,  born  July  14,  1818,  died  De- 
cember 29.  1837;  (lliver  Barron,  born  Octo- 
ber 31,  1825;  Ralph  Cross,  born  Mav  11, 
1828,  died  April  2,  1848,  at  Calcutta. 

(\TI)  Prescott  .Spalding,  Jr.,  son  of  Pres- 
cott and  Hannah  Titcomb  (Cross)  Spalding, 
was  born  in  Newburyport,  Massachusetts, 
November  8,  1807.  He  married,  Susan  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Israel  Oakes,  of  Blue  Hill, 
Alaine.  December  2,  1837.  He  had  followed 
the  sea  from  1825  to  1830.  retiring  as  a  mas- 
ter mariner  in  1830,  having  had  command 
of  a  ship  for  several  years.  He  lived  at 
Blue  Hill,  Maine,  after  leaving  the  sea,  for 
several  years,  removed  to  Kensington,  New 
Hampshire,  and  thence  to  Newburyport, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  March  26, 
1875.  T^'^P  children  of  Prescott  and  Susan 
Elizabeth    (Oakes)    Spalding    were;     Rufus. 


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born  June  5,  1839,  died  March  31,  1870;  Anna 
Louise,  born  January  13,  1841,  married  Al- 
vaii  Sargent,  of  Newton,  New  Hampshire, 
May  29,  1866,  and  died  April  19,  1868; 
George  Prescott,  born  January  3,  1842;  Will- 
iam Cross,  born  November  11,  1846,  lost  at 
sea  September  11,  1867;  Ruth  Ella,  born  Sep- 
tember 13,  1848;  Charles  Philip,  born  March 
17,  1851,  died  August  14,  1856;  May  Carrie, 
born  November  6,  1852. 

(VIII)  George  Prescott  Spalding,  son  of 
Prescott  and  Susan  Elizabeth  (Oakes)  Pres- 
cott, was  born  in  Holton,  Massachusetts, 
January  3,  1842,  and  when  four  years  old  ac- 
companied his  parents  to  Newburyport.  He 
He  went  to  sea  on  the  fishing  schooner  "Ellen 
Risper"  to  the  coast  of  Labrador,  June  to  Oc- 
tober, 1857,  and  made  his  second  voyage  in 
the  ship  "Clarissa  Currier"  from  Boston  to 
Melbourne,  Calcutta,  and  return,  1858-59,  and 
he  became  master  of  the  ship  "Annahnac," 
Weld  &  Barker,  owners,  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married  as  his  first  wife,  February 
16,  1871.  Hannah  Prescott,  daughter  of 
Michael  and  Mary  Wormstead,  of  Newbury- 
port, Massachusetts.  His  wife  accompanied 
him  on  his  voyage  at  sea,  and  died  of  con- 
sumption April  24,  1874,  at  Newburyport. 
Massachusetts.  He  married  as  his  second 
wife,  Anna  Corbutt,  daughter  of  John  F.  Cor- 
butt;  she  died  in  Liverpool,  England,  in  1882. 
He  married  (third)  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Robert  T.  Oulton,  of  Alberton.  Prince  Ed- 
ward Island,  whose  grandfather  (Julton  came 
to  New  Brunswick  from  Yorkshire,  England, 
with  his  wife.  Robert  T.  Oulton  is  known 
throughout  the  commercial  world  as  an  ex- 
tensive breeder  of  black  foxes  in  Prince  Ed- 
ward Island  for  their  fur.  The  children  of 
Captain  George  P.  and  Margaret  (Oulton) 
Spalding  are:  Ella  Reporter,  born  at  sea, 
February  14,  1887,  and  named  for  the  ship  on 
which  she  was  born;  Louise  Helen,  born  in 
Maiden,  Massachusetts,  February  8,  1892. 
Captain  Spalding,  on  retiring  from  the  sea 
February  18,  i8go,  settled  in  Maiden,  where 
he  was  fire  commissioner  1892-95;  chief  of 
police  1896;  member  American  Protective 
Association  and  president  of  the  local  coun- 
cil; member  Congregational  church;  as  a 
Mason  he  was  a  member  of  the  Blue  Lodge, 
Tabernacle  Chapter,  Royal  .\rch.  and  Mel- 
rose Council.  He  resides  with  his  family  at 
27  Converse  avenue.  Maiden. 

The  following  is  a  narrative  of  Captain 
George  Prescott  Spalding's  career  as  a  sailor : 
Captain  Spalding  had  his  first  taste  of  seafar- 
ing when  he  made  a  trip  on  the  "Ellen  Risper" 


schooner  to  Labrador,  where  he  engaged  in 
codllishing  from  June  to  October,  1857.  His 
first  long  voyage  was  made  on  the  ship  "Clar- 
issa Currier"  (March  21,  1858,  to  March  i, 
1859),  which  sailed  from  Boston  to  Melbourne, 
touching  at  Calcutta  on  the  return  trip.  Dur- 
ing December,  1859,  he  was  on  the  ship"Glen- 
dower,"  which  sailed  between  Newburyport 
and  New  York.  From  January  28,  i860,  to 
December,  i860,  he  made  a  trip  around  the 
Horn  to  San  Francisco,  on  the  ship  "Herald  of 
the  Morning,"  touching  at  the  Callao  and 
Chincha  Islands  on  the  return  voyage  to  Balti- 
more. He  sailed  again  for  San  Francisco  on 
January  4,  1861,  on  the  ship  "Thatcher  Ma- 
gonne,"  returning  to  New  York,  where  he  ar- 
rived August  20,  1861.  During  this  period 
he  worked  for  about  three  weeks  in  a  saw  mill 
in  California  at  some  distance  from  the  Pacific 
coast.  He  sailed  for  Boston,  February  2, 
1862.  on  the  ship  "Gleaner,"  reaching  port 
May  20,  1862,  and  July  7,  1862,  set  sail  from 
Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  as  second  mate 
on  the  bark  "A.  W.  Stevens,"  bound  for  Cape 
Town  and  Sydney,  arriving  at  the  latter  port 
December  2,  1862.  For  nearly  four  years 
after  this  he  was  engaged  in  the  coal  trade 
from  Newcastle,  Australia,  to  New  Zealand 
ports,  returning  from  New  Zealand  to  the 
United  States  around  Cape  Horn  to  London, 
and  thence  to  Boston,  where  he  arrived  August 
26,  1866.  His  next  voyage  was  as  second 
mate  of  the  ship  "Sacramento,"  which  sailed 
from  San  Francisco,  November  20,  1866,  to 
Liverpool,  and  thence  proceeded  to  Boston, 
coming  into  port  November  10,  1867.  He  was 
promoted  to  first  mate  of  the  "Sacramento" 
when  it  sailed  for  New  York.  Off  Cape  Cod 
a  heavy  gale  threw  the  ship  upon  its  beam 
ends,  and  the  main  and  mizzen  masts  were  cut 
away.  The  Cunard  steamer  "Hecla,"  from 
Liverpool,  which  hove  in  sight,  came  to  the 
rescue  and  laid  by  for  five  days  trying  to  tow 
the  disabled  vessel,  but  after  using  up  all  her 
hawsers  was  forced  to  leave,  as  she  had  seven 
hundred  passengers  aboard,  and  her  coal  was 
rimning  short.  The  "Sacramento"  was  finally 
taken  in  tow  bv  a  wrecking  steamer,  and  after 
slipping  her  chains,  arrived  in  New  York,  Jan- 
uary I,  1868.  He  was  first  mate  of  the  ship 
"Annahuac,"  which  sailed  February  10,  1868, 
from  Boston  to  San  Francisco,  and  returned 
to  Boston.  February  2,  i86q,  by  way  of  the 
Orient,  after  touching  at  Liverpool.  During 
his  second  voyage  on  the  same  vessel  (April 
10.  i86q,  to  June  25,  1871)  to  San  Francisco, 
returning  via  Calcutta  and  Liverpool,  he  was 
prnniotcd  to  captain  of  the  vessel,  taking  com- 


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mand  April  15,  1871.  He  was  in  command  of 
the  "Annahuac"'  when  she  sailed  from  Boston 
to  Bombay  for  Penang,  July  20,  1871,  and 
after  calling  at  Singapore,  Hong  Kong  and 
■Manila,  reached  New  York  May  22,  1872, 
During  his  third  voyage  on  the  "Annahuac" 
(July  29,  1872,  to  July  10,  1873)  from  New 
York  to  San  Francisco,  returning  via  Queens- 
town  and  Liverpool,  he  encountered  a  storm 
off  Fayal,  Mlay  11,  1873,  in  which  the  foremast 
was  carried  away,  the  three  lower  masts 
sprung,  and  also  all  stanchions  between  decks. 
The  vessel  arrived  in  Queenstown  under  jury 
masts,  and  was  towed  thence  to  Liverpool.  He 
went  overland  to  San  Francisco,  and  took  com- 
mand of  the  ship  "Bridgewater,"  which  he 
took  to  Puget  Sound,  where  he  took  in  a  cargo 
of  spars,  and  thence  to  Falmouth,  England 
(.\pril,  1875,  to  February  4,  1876).  He  again 
had  charge  of  the  same  vessel  with  a  cargo  of 
coal  from  Glasgow,  Scotland,  to  Callao,  Peru, 
where  he  loaded  the  vessel  with  guano,  return- 
ing to  Falmouth,  and  likewise  was  captain  dur- 
ing another  voyage  to  Valparaiso,  and  return 
(June  15,  1876,  to  December,  1877).  Trans- 
ferred to  the  command  of  the  bark  "Lizzie  H." 
he  made  three  voyages  to  Anglers  (the  first 
from  April,  1879,  to  January  10,  1880),  and 
the  second  with  a  cargo  of  case  oil  from  April 
12.  1880.  to  December  7,  1880),  touching  at 
Tava  and  Singapore.  During  a  third  voyage 
(February  12,  1881,  to  October  28,  1881')  to 
Algiers  on  the  "Lizzie  F.".  with  a  cargo  of 
case  oil,  he  ran  into  a  northwest  gale,  which 
threw  the  ship  on  its  beam  ends,  and  he  was 
forced  to  cut  up  the  cabin  floor  and  throw  the 
cargo  overboard.  From  November,  1881,  to 
August,  1882,  he  took  the  ship  "Reporter" 
from  Liverpool  to^  Bombay  and  New  York,  and 
again  suffered  from  stormy  weather.  Near 
New  York  a  fearful  hurricane  and  tremendous 
cross  sea  washed  everything  movable  from  the 
deck,  and  caused  the  vessel  to  spring  a  leak. 
With  seven  feet  of  water  in  the  hold,  he  was 
obliged  to  signal  for  help  off  the  coast  of  Dela- 
ware, and  was  towed  into  New  York.  .Again 
in  command  of  the  ship  "Reporter,"  with  case 
oil,  he  sailed  from  New  York,  October  28, 
1882,  to  Shanghai,  and  after  calling  at  Naga- 
saki, Hong  Kong.  Manila  and  St.  Helena, 
came  to  anchor  in  Liverpool  harbor,  January 
I,  1884.  The  death  of  his  wife  from  consump- 
tion, January  24,  1884.  and  after  she  had  been 
at  sea  with  him  for  four  years,  was  a  severe 
blow  to  him.  She  left  a  young  daughter  in 
his  care.  He  again  assumed  command  of  the 
"Reporter."  which  sailed  for  Calcutta,  March 
26,  1886,  and  returned  to  New  York,  Decem- 


ber 28,  1886,  after  a  call  at  St.  Helena;  and 
likewise  was  in  charge  of  the  vessel  on  a  voy- 
age to  Chitagong,  Bay  of  Bengal  (February 
23,  1887,  to  February  20,  1888).  During  this 
trip  another  daughter  was  born,  February  14, 
1888,  who  was  named  Ella  Reporter  .Spalding, 
after  the  name  of  the  ship.  On  .April  9,  1888, 
he  mailed  from  New  York  in  the  "Reporter" 
for  Madras,  and  after  touching  at  Colombo, 
Point  de  Salle,  and  St.  Helena,  returned  to 
New  York,  December  28,  1888.  He  sailed 
from  New  York,  bound  for  Melbourne,  in  com- 
mand of  the  "Reporter,"  January  28,  1889. 
Having  touched  at  Newcastle  and  Hong  Kong, 
he  was  homeward  bound  for  New  York  when 
the  vessel,  after  being  eight  days  out,  struck 
a  small  coral  patch  eight  miles  oif  the  west 
coast  of  Borneo,  and  became  a  total  wreck. 
He  was  taken  off  by  a  small  English  steamer 
from  Batavia,  bound  for  Singapore,  where  he 
arrived  December  18,  1889,  and  returned  to 
New  York  by  way  of  London.  He  retired 
from  seafaring  life  February  18,  1890. 


Edmund    Frost,  of    Cambridge, 
FROST     died  there    July    12,    1672;    his 

wife  Thomasin  died  before 
1669;  he  married  (second)  the  widow.  Reana 
Daniel,  previously  the  widow  of  Robert  Dan- 
iel, of  Cambridge,  William  .-\ndrew,  of  Cam- 
bridge, and  Edmund  James,  of  Watertown. 
He  was  the  well  known  ruling  elder  of  the 
church  of  Cambridge,  of  whom  General 
Goffe,  one  of  the  Regicides  who  came  into 
New  England  with  his  coriirade  Whaley  in 
his  journal,  descriptive  of  his  residence  in 
Cambridge,  said,  under  the  date  of  twenty- 
third  of  the  si.xth  month,  1660 — "In  the 
evening  we  visited  Elder  Frost,  who  received 
us  with  great  kindness  and  love,  esteeming  it 
a  favor  that  we  would  come  into  their  mean 
habitation:  assured  us  of  his  fervent  prayers 
to  the  Lord  for  us; — .^  glorious  saint  makes  a 
mean  cottage  a  stately  palace.  Were  I  to 
make  my  choice,  I  would  rather  abide  with 
this  saint  in  his  poor  cottage,  than  with  any 
one  of  the  princes  that  I  know  of  at  this  day 
in  the  world." 

Elder  Frost  appeared  in  Cambridge  as  ear- 
ly as  1635.  The  historian  of  that  town, 
among  many  other  things,  says  that  he  pos- 
sessed "little  besides  his  homestead,  and  his 
pressing  wants  were  relieved  by  the  Church." 
His  descendants  in  Cambridge  have  been 
numerous.  His  will,  dated  April  16.  1672, 
named  his  wife  Reana:  sons  Ephraim,  Thom- 
as,  John   and   Joseph:   and   daughters   Sarah 


MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


and  Mary;  he  also  left  legacies  to  Jacob 
French  and  his  wife;  to  the  children  of  Gold- 
en Moore,  to  Harvard  College  and  to  Mr. 
Alcock's  son  there.  The  inventory  of  his 
widow  Reana  was  taken  January  3,  1675. 

Children;  i.  John,  born  in  England,  about 
1634,  married,  June  26.  1666,  Rebecca  An- 
drew; he  died  before  September  30,  1672,  and 
his  widow  married  (second),  February  9, 
1674,  George  Jacobs,  Junior,  of  Salem,  and 
was  imprisoned  during  the  witchcraft  delu- 
sion. 2.  Thomas,  born  at  Cambridge,  April, 
1637,  died  young.  3.  Samuel,  born  Febru- 
ary, 1637-38,  married  (first),  October  12, 
1663,  Mary  Cole,  married  (second)  Elizabeth 

Miller,  married, (third)  Ruth  ;  resided  at 

Cambridge  and  Billerica.  4.  Joseph,  born 
January  13,  1638-39,  married.  May  22,  1666, 
Hannah  Miller,  resided  at  Charlestown.  5. 
James,  born  April  9,  1640,  married  (first), 
December  17,  1664,  Rebecca  Hamlet,  mar- 
ried (second),  January  22,  1666-67,  Elizabeth 
Foster.  6.  Mary,  born  July  24,  1645-47. 
Ephraim,  see  forward.  8.  Thomas,  married 
November  12,  1678,  Mary  Goodridge,  resided 
at  Sudbury,    q.  Sarah,  born  1653. 

(H)  Ephraim  Frost,  son  of  Edmund  Frost 
(i),  died  at  Cambridge,  January  2,  1717-18, 
aged  seventy-two  years;  married  Hephzibah 
;  she  survived  her  husband.  He  re- 
sided on  the  homestead  of  his  father  on  the 
northerly  side  of  Kirtland  street  in  old  Cam- 
bridge. He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's 
war  in   1676.     Children:   i.  Mary,  born   May 

20,  1678,  married  Howard.     2.  Sarah, 

married.  May  17,  1720.  Nathaniel  Patten,  of 
Cambridge,  and  died  at  Menotomy,  August 
II,  1748,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  3.  Ed- 
mund, born  March  14,  1679-80,  married,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1710-TI,  Hannah  Cooper,  of  Cam- 
bridge. 4.  Ephraim,  born  September  23, 
1682,  married,  September  9,  1714,  Sarah 
Cooper,  of  Cambridge.  5.  Thomas,  born 
1689,  see  forward.  6.  Ebenezer,  baptized 
January  17,  1696-97,  married,  July  2,  1723, 
Deborah  Martin. 

(HI)  Thomas  Frost,  son  of  Ephraim  Frost 
(2),  born  at  Cambridge  about  1688.  died  May 
3,  1765,  aged  seventy-seven  years.  Married 
October  25,  1716,  Mar\\  Butterfield,  died 
March  to,  i774,  aged  seventy-seven 
years,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Ruth 
(Wright)  Butterfield.  He  resided  in 
Menotomy,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  parish  church,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1739.  Previously  he  had  been  ad- 
mitted a  member  of  the  Old  Cambridge 
church,  March   16,   1718.     He  was  a  farmer. 


Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  December  21, 
171 7,  see  forward.  2.  Hepzibah,  born  Au- 
gust 31,  1719,  married,  October  12,  1739, 
David  Wheeler.  3.  Ruth,  born  March  17, 
1721-22,  inarried  (intention  dated  October 
-3-  ^755)  Josiah  Fessenden.  4.  Thomas, 
baptized  February  9,  1723-24.  5.  Silas  (twin) 
baptized  August  11,  1728.  6.  Mary  (twin) 
baptized  August  11,  1728,  married  (first), 
January  2,  1752,  John  Locke,  of  Cambridge; 
married  (second).  May  12,  1757.  Oliver  Stone 
of  Harvard;  she  was  living  in  New  Braintree 
in  1795.  7.  Phebe,  baptized  February  26, 
1731,  married,  April  11,  1750,  Nathaniel 
Francis,  junior,  of  Cambridge.  8.  Jonathan, 
baptized  February  25,  1732-33,  died  June  6, 
1736,  aged  three  years  and  three  months.  9. 
Sarah,  died  unmarried  May  17,  1825,  aged 
eighty-nine  years.  10.  Lydia,  born  August 
29,  1740.     II.  John,  was  living  in  1771. 

(IV)  Joseph  Frost,  son  of  Thomas  Frost 
(3).  was  born  at  Cambridge,  in  that  part 
known  as  Menotomy,  December  21,  17 17, 
died  there  September  21,  1798,  aged  eighty- 
one  years.  Married,  February  8,  1853.  Sar- 
ah Cook,  born  March  15,  1729-30,  died  Oc- 
tober 28,  1801,  aged  seventy-one  years, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  (Swan) 
Cook,  of  Cambridge.  He  was  a  farmer. 
CTiildren:  i.  James,  born  June  9,  1753,  mar- 
ried, December  3,  1776,  Susanna  Dutton.  2. 
Joseph,  born  January  14,  1757,  residing  at 
Harvard,  Massachusetts,  in  1798.  3.  Sarah, 
born  August  8,  1760.  died  September  22, 
1837,  aged  seventy-seven.  4.  Elizabeth,  born 
December  12,  1764,  died  May  i,  1813.  5. 
Mary,  born  November  11.  1767,  of  Harvard, 
Massachusetts,  in  1798.  6.  Jonathan,  born 
January  27,  1775,  see  forward. 

(V)  Jonathan  Frost,  son  of  Joseph  Frost 
(4),  born  at  Menotomy,  Cambridge,  January 
27.  1775.  died  at  West  Cambridge,  March  8, 
1844.  aged  sixty-nine  years.  Married,  No- 
vember 24,  1810,  Mrs.  Sybil  Nurse,  widow  of 
Nathan  Nurse,  of  Cambridge,  and  daughter 
of  Solomon  and  Abigail  (Brown)  Bowman; 
she  died  November  19,  i860,  aged  eighty- 
two  vears,  eight  months  and  fifteen  days.  Mr. 
Frost  was  a  farmer.  His  farm  w^as  located  on 
Pleasant  street.  West  Cambridge,  and  start- 
ing in  life  with  small  means,  was  very  suc- 
cessful. He  marketed  his  products,  vegeta- 
bles and  milk,  at  Boston.  He  was  eminently 
a  religious  man  and  took  much  interest  in 
his  church  and  was  devoted  to  his  family.  In 
political  faith  he  was  a  Whig.  Children:  i. 
Silas,  born  .\ugust  24,  t8ii,  see  forward.  2. 
Charles   Austin,   bom   .^pril  8,    1814,   "killed 


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b\  a  waggon"  September  11,  1837,  aged  twen- 
ty-three years.  3.  Edwin,  born  November 
23,  1816,  died  December  23,  1816.  4.  Mary 
A.,  born  April  24,  1818,  died  February  13, 
1878. 

(VI)  Silas  Frost,  son  of  Jonathan  Frost 
(5J,  born  at  West  Cambridge,  August  24, 
181 1,  died  at  Belmont,  December  31,  1888. 
Married,  April  12,  1848,  Hannah  EUiott,  born 
May  20,  1815,  died  September  6,  1877,  daugh- 
ter of  Joel  and  Mary  (Flagg)  Elliott,  of  Fox- 
borough.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  When  sixteen  years 
of  age  he  left  school  and  commenced  driving 
the  market  wagon  into  Boston  and  also  assist- 
ed in  cultivating  his  father's  farm.  He  made 
good  success  in  market  gardening,  and  later 
he  pui'chased  of  Messrs.  Hastings  and  Whitte- 
more  additional  land  which,  added  to  the  orig- 
inal homestead,  made  quite  a  large  farm  for 
that  section.  Mr.  Frost  having  but  little  prop- 
erty to  commence  life  with,  was  successful  and 
accumulated  a  considerable  estate.  In  1861  he 
lost  much  by  fire  when  his  barns  and  stock 
were  destroyed,  but  he  was  not  daunted,  and 
continued  in  his  market  gardening  and  pros- 
pered. He  was  also  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  pickles,  and  cider  vinegar,  which  he 
disposed  of  in  Cambridge,  Charlestown  and 
Boston.  Mir.  Frost  was  a  temperate  man, 
never  using  liquor  or  tobacco,  of  strict  honest 
principles,  generous  to  all  and  contributed  to 
all  worthy  objects.  He  was  a  Unitarian  in  re- 
ligion, and  always  attended  church  and  brought 
up  his  family  to  always  observe  the  Sabbath 
and  the  teachings  of  that  church.  In  politics  he 
was  originally  a  Whig,  later  on  an  .-Mxilitionist, 
and  finally  a  Republican.  At  one  time  he  held 
office  of  town  assessor. 

Children:  i.  Elliott  Austin,  born  June  9, 
1849,  died  June  13,  1849.  2.  Silas  Edwin,  born 
June  9,  1849,  died  April  17,  1872.  3.  Elliott 
Augustus,  born  November  i,  1850,  died  Au- 
gust 27,  185 1.  4.  Mary  Ellen,  born  October 
28,  185 1.  5.  Arthur  Clififord,  born  Novem- 
ber 17,  1853,  married,  October  17,  1878,  Clara 
Isabel  Richardson,  of  Deering,  Maine,  and 
have:  Bertha  Mae,  born  July  15,  1879,  mar- 
ried, June  12,  1906,  Asa  Frost  .'\bbott,  of  Port- 
land, Maine.  Angle  Florence,  born  March  29, 
1884.  6.  Frederick  Oscar,  born  May  7,  1855, 
married,  September  8,  1884,  Helen  Marr  Rich- 
ardson, of  Deering,  Maine,  and  have :  Ethel, 
born  April  2,  1886.  Norman  Richardson,  born 
March  i,  1896.  7.  Everett  Austin,  born  No- 
vember 7,  1858,  married,  March  6,  1875,  Ella 
Augusta    Tarbell,    of    Somerville.      8.    Irving 


Bowman,  born   November  21.    1861,  see  for- 
ward. 

(VII)  Irving  Bowman  Frost,  son  of  Silas 
Frost  (6),  born  at  Belmont,  November  21, 
1861,  married,  February  23,  1887,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Torrey,  of  Deering,  Maine,  born  July  6, 
1863,  daughter  of  Albert  and  Albina  (Alan- 
chester)  Torrey.  He  received  his  education  in 
public  schools  of  Belmont,  supplemented  by  a 
course  at  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial 
College  in  Boston.  He  early  began  in  the 
duties  of  the  farm,  working  for  his  father  and 
conducting  the  affairs  of  the  farm  until  his 
father's  decease  in  1888.  He  then,  with  his 
two  brothers,  Frederick  Oscar  and  Everett 
Austin  Frost,  formed  a  partnership  under  the 
firm  name  of  Frost  Brothers,  market  garden- 
ers. The  original  farm  is  devoted  to  the 
growth  of  early  vegetables,  and  their  concern 
makes  a  specialty  in  their  season  of  lettuce, 
radishes,  cucumbers,  dandelions  and  celery. 
The  farm  comprises  about  fifty  acres  of  land 
with  eight  large  greenhouses  and  other  build- 
ings necessary  to  the  successful  handling  of  the 
plant.  The  entire  product  is  marketed  in  the 
Boston  and  New  York  markets.  Mr.  Irving 
Bowman  Frost  has  the  entire  management  of 
the  plant.  Mr.  Frost  in  religion  is  an  Uni- 
tarian, in  politics  a  Republican,  and  has  served 
his  party  as  a  delegate  to  councilor  and  county 
conventions.  Has  been  water  commissioner 
for  twelve  years  and  a  selectman  for  three 
years  of  the  town  of  Belmont.  He  was  made 
a  member  of  the  Belmont  Lodge  of  Masons, 
December  i,  1892,  and  was  its  worshipful  mas- 
ter, 1901-02.  Is  a  member  of  Menotomy  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons,  since  1893,  and  of 
the  Boston  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar 
since  1894,  of  the  Aleppo  Temple,  Order  of 
Mystic  Shrine,  since  December,  1906.  He  is 
a  member  of  Belmont  Chapter,  No.  108,  Order 
of  the  Eastern  .Star,  and  its  first  worthy  patron. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Hor- 
ticultural Society  at  Boston,  and  a  trustee  of 
the  Belmont  Savings  Bank.  Child :  Roland 
Torrey,  bom  April  8,  1895. 


Lewis  Frost,  father  of  Channing 
FROST  Alvoid  Frost,  farmer  and  dairy- 
man of  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
was  born  in  Norway,  Maine,  March  21,  1819, 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Nor- 
way, and  became  a  farmer,  which  occupation 
he  continued  in  during  his  entire  active  life. 
He  was  a  Whig  and  then  a  Republican  ;  did  not 
belong  to  any  fraternal  societies :'  attended  the 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


Congregational  Church,  and  was  a  man  of  very 
strong  character,  beloved  by  all  who  knew 
him.  He  was  married,  February  27,  1848,  to 
Abiah  Town,  of  Norway,  Maine,  and  their 
children  were:  i.  Channing  Alvoid ;  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Ashley  F.,  born  April  i,  1852.  3. 
Louise  T.,  born  November  24,  1857.  All  were 
born  in  Sweden,  Maine.  The  father  of  these 
children  died  in   1886. 

Channing  Alvoid  Frost,  eldest  child  of  Lewis 
and  Abiah  (Town)  Frost,  was  born  in  Sweden, 
Maine,  December  27,  1848.  He  was  brought 
up  on  his  father's  farm,  attended  the  schools 
of  Sweden  up  to  the  usual  time  when  boys 
were  put  at  regular  farm  work,  and  left  home 
to  conduct  a  farm  at  Jefferson,  New  Hamp- 
shire. In  1867  he  removed  to  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  carried  on  the  farming 
business  for  several  years,  leaving  the  farm  to 
engage  in  the  provision  business  in  the  city  of 
Lowell  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Smart  & 
Frost.  This  business  he  continued  for  twenty 
years,  and  he  then  purchased  a  large  dairy 
farm  on  the  outskirts  of  the  city  and  engaged 
in  producing  milk  for  the  Lowell  markets,  in 
which  business  he  was  still  engaged  in  1907. 

He  was  married,  September  29,  1877,  to 
Luzella.  daughter  of  Richard  K.  and  Ruth  H. 
(Whitcher)  Richards,  of  Hartford,  Vermont. 
They  had  no  children.  The  management  of  the 
dairy  farm  devolved  largely  upon  Mrs.  Frost, 
who  became  known  among  agriculturists 
throughout  the  state  by  reason  of  her  su/ccess 
in  farming,  stock  raising  and  dairying,  and 
while  not  the  only  woman  in  Massachusetts 
having  charge  of  large  dairy  interests,  she  was 
among  the  most  notable  by  reason  of  her  un- 
usual success.  M'r.  Frost  was,  with  his  wife, 
interested  in  the  work  done  by  the  Congrega- 
tional churcii,  of  which  they  were  both  mem- 
bers and  eiificient  helpers.  He  was  a  Republi- 
can in  political  faith,  and  took  a  great  interest 
in  the  aiifairs  of  the  town  but  frequently  refused 
to  hold  public  office — his  reluctance  being 
largely  due  to  his  condition  of  health. 


The  McDuffies  were 
MC  DUFFIE  among  the  emigrants 
from  Scotland  who  set- 
tled in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  at  about  the 
beginning  of  the  seventeenth  century,  A.  D. 
In  the  year  161 2  John  McDufific  and  family 
left  their  home  on  the  island  of  Colonsay,  on 
the  west  coast  of  Scotland,  in  the  county  of 
Arygle,  and  settled  in  Londonderry  as  be- 
fore stated.  In  Johnston's  "Book  of  the 
Scottish  Clans,"  p.  50.  it  is  stated  that  the 
clan  is  now  known  as  the  Clan  Macl'ic. 


The  Clan  MacFie  is  supposed  to  be  a 
branch  of  the  race  of  Alpine;  the  name  is 
spelt  in  a  variety  of  ways.  Dubhsith  in  Gae- 
lic has  passed  into  Dufifie  in  English,  which 
in  its  MacDuflie  form  has  passed  into  Mac- 
Fie, which  is  also  spelt  Macafee,  Macfee  and 
Macphee,  the  name  implying  dark  colored 
tribe.  After  the  Norse  occupation,  Colonsay, 
in  the  county  of  Argyle,  fell  under  the  sway 
of  the  Lords  of  the  Isles.  In  1549  Archdea- 
con Munro  informs  us  that  "The  lie  is  bruck- 
et  be  ane  gentle  capitaine  callit  McDuffyhe, 
and  pertained  of  auld  to  Clan  Donald  of  Kin- 
tyre."  The  MacDuffies,  or  MacPhees,  seem 
to  have  possessed  the  island  for  a  considera- 
ble time.  On  the  tombstones  of  Oronsay 
they  figure  as  warriors  and  ecclesiastics.  The 
island  was  held  by  the  MacPhees  as  late  as 
the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century;  there 
are  still  several  freeholders  and  many  re- 
spectable families  of  the  name  in  the  county 
and  elsewhere. 

During  the  civil  war  of  1645,  Coll  Mac- 
Donald,  a  companion  of  the  Marquis  of 
;\Iontrose,  was  accused  of  having  been  guilty, 
with  some  of  his  followers,  of  the  slaughter 
of  Malcolm  MacPhee,  of  Colonsay.  The 
clan  having  been  dispossessed  of  its  original 
inheritance,  became  a  "Broken  Clan,"  lost  its 
independence,  and  so  was  obliged  to  rank 
under  more  powerful  clans;  the  greater  part 
followed  the  MacDonalds  of  Islay,  others  set- 
tled in  the  country  of  the  Camerons,  under 
Lochiel,  where  they  were  distinguished  for 
their  bravery;  others  found  homes  on  both 
entrances  to  the  firth  of  Clyde;  whilst  others 
settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  where  the 
name  is  spelt  according  to  the  primitive  pro- 
nunciation, McKaffie  and  MacAfee. 

At  the  battle  of  Culloden,  1745,  the  Cam- 
erons were  one  of  the  few  clans  who  made 
that  furious  onset  which  nearly  annihilated 
the  left  wing  of  the  Duke  of  Cumberland's 
army,  and  almost  led  to  a  brilliant  victory; 
the  Camerons  suffered  severely,  and  with 
them  a  proportionate  number  of  the  Macfies, 
but  soon  loyalty  to  the  reigning  dynasty  was 
in  the  ascendant,  and  the  armorial  bearings 
for  the  race  have  for  motto  the  words  Pro  rege. 

The  name  of  the  family  was  originally  Mac 
Duff,  but  it  is  said  that  on  the  accession  of 
King  Malcolm  to  the  throne  of  Scotland, 
about  the  year  1050,  he  gave  to  the  repre- 
sentatives of  this  branch  a  tract  of  land  in 
the  country  of  Fife  as  a  reward  for  services, 
and  he  added  "fee"  to  the  name,  indicating  a 
gift  from  the  crown,  and  thus  McDuff  be- 
came  McDuffie.     A  coat-of-arms  was  given 


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to  the  family  at  the  same  time,  which  in  the 
Scotch  heraldry  was  a  lion  rampant  with  a 
sword  in  his  paw,  guarding  the  crown  and 
Kingdom  of  Scotland,  having  three  hawks 
under  his  feet,  representing  the  three  witches 
who  were  met  by  MacBeth,  and  a  thorn  bush 
representing  Birnan  Wood.    Motto :  Pro  Rege. 

The  tomb  of  the  early  MacDulihes  is  shown 
on  the  island  of  lona,  Scotland,  and  over  the 
grave  of  Malcolm  MacDuffie  there  is  a  mon- 
umental stone  on  which  there  is  a  Keltic  in- 
scription, giving  to  him  many  honorable 
characteristics.  In  the  "Lord  of  the  Isles," 
by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  the  name  is  given  as 
^'McDuifith,  Lord  of  Coloytsay." 

The  son  of  the  John  before  mentioned,  who 
came  from  Scotland,  also  named  John,  and 
Martha,  his  wife,  were  living  in  or  near  Lon- 
donderry, Ireland,  at  a  place  called  Desert  Mar- 
tin, during  the  time  of  its  siege  in  the  year 
1689.  She  acquired  the  name  of  "Matchless 
Martha"  for  having  saved  a  quantity  of  meal 
until  the  people  were  nearly  starved,  and  then 
distributing  it  among  the  suffering,  who  were 
overjoyed  at  the  imexpected  relief.  This  mem- 
orable siege  lasted  one  hundred  and  five  days, 
the  distressed  inhabitants  being  ultimately 
relieved  by  the  English,  who  at  length  came 
to  their  rescue. 

John  McDufifie  and  Martha,  his  wife,  of 
Londonderry,  Ireland,  had  several  children — 
Mansfield,  Daniel.  Archibald.  John  and  pos- 
sibly others.  Mansfield  went  to  London, 
England;  Daniel,  Archibald,  and  one  more, 
came  to  America.  Daniel  came  in  1720,  and 
Archibald  about  the  same  time.  There  was 
also  a  William,  who  brought  over  the  coat- 
of-arms.  Of  the  numerous  children  who  set- 
tled in  New  Hampshire  and  elsewhere.  Dan- 
iel appears  to  be  the  only  one  who  settled  in 
Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  formerly 
called  Nutfield.  He  came  with  his  family  to 
Boston  in  1720  and  lived  there  a  few  months, 
and  then  removed  to  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, subsequently  in  1721  removing  to  Lon- 
donderry. New  Hampshire.  His  farm  of  one 
hundred  acres  was  laid  out  to  him  by  the 
committee,  November  20,  1721. 

Daniel,  son  of  John  and  Martha  AIcDuffie, 
served  his  time  as  a  lockmaker,  and  married 
Ruth  Britton.  of  Colerain,  Ireland;  he  came 
here  with  his  wife,  and  daughter  then  two 
years  old.  Their  pastor.  Rev.  James  Mc- 
Gregor, of  whose  church  he  was  a  member, 
left  Ireland  a  year  or  two  before  with  some 
sixteen  families  of  his  parish.  Daniel  and 
Ruth  Britton  McDuffie  had  nine  children. 
Martha,  the  oldest,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and 


the  remainder  were  born  in  America.  Two 
sons  and  a  daughter  settled  in  Chester,  New 
Hampshire ;  three  sons  went  to  Bradford, 
\ermont:  and  a  son  and  daughter  remained 
in  Londonberry,  New  Hampshire. 

Hugh  McDufifie,  born  in  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  15,  1721,  eldest  son  and  sec- 
ond child  of  Daniel  and  Ruth  Britton  Mc- 
Duffie, is  the  ancestor  of  John  McDufifie,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  Hugh  was  a  mill- 
wright by  trade.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
English  army  when  Quebec  was  taken,  and 
was  in  the  fight.  He  enlisted  in  the  Conti- 
nental army  in  1777,  at  Chester,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  Captain  Josiah  Dearborn's  company. 
He  married  Jane  Hunter,  of  Londonderry, 
New  Hampshire,  and  settled  in  Chester,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  died  in  1802.  He  had 
four  children — John,  died  1810;  James,  died 
1804:  Betsey,  died  1843;  and  Anne,  died 
1802.  John  died  by  accident,  by  falling  into 
the  mill  formerly  owned  by  his  father. 

John  last  named  had  two  children:  John, 
who  married  Rosanna  Hunter,  and  died  in 
1812;  and  Daniel,  who  died  in  1851.  The 
children  of  John  and  Rosanna  (Hunter)  Mc- 
Duffie were:  James  Hunter,  born  1802;  John, 
born  1804;  JN'iargaret,  born  1806;  and  Rosan- 
na, born  1808. 

John  MacDufifie,  Sr.,  was  born  in  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  May  19.  1804,  and 
removed    to    Cambridge,    Massachusetts,    in 

1827,  where  he  was  a  painter,  with  his  place 
of  business  at  Central  Square.  He  died  in 
Cambridge,  May  17,  1841.  Mary  Ann,  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Susannah  (Jones) 
Varnum.  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Massa- 
chusetts, .\ugust  17,  1804.  and  died  in  Cam- 
bridge, August  4,  1887. 

John    MacDufifie,   Jr.,   born    December  23, 

1828,  was  a  son  of  John  and  Mary  Ann  (Var- 
num) MacDufifie;  grandson  of  Peter  and  Sti- 
sannah  (Jones)  \^arnum  of  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts; great-grandson  of  Nathaniel  Jones, 
a  soldier  in  the  American  revolution,  who 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
June  17,  1775,  and  was  lost  at  sea:  Susannah 
Jones,  daughter  of  Nathaniel,  was  born  in 
Ipswich,  Mass..  in  1776,  and  was  married  in 
that  town  to  Peter  Varnum.  She  was  a  di- 
rect descendant  of  -Ann  Franklin,  the  oldest 
sister  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  daughter  and 
fifth  child  of  Josiah  Franklin  by  his  first  wife 
Sarah  Heath."  who  came  from  Banbury,  Eng- 
land, in  1682,  and  settled  in  Boston,  dying 
in  1689,  aged  thirty-four.  Peter  Varnum, 
maternal  grandfather,  born  1775,  was  a  ma- 
riner by  occupation.     He  enlisted  in  Francis 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


Stribling's  company  of  light  artillery,  during 
the  war  of  1812. 

John  Alac]3uffie  Jr.,  was  a  pupil  in  the 
Cambridge  grammar  and  high  school,  and 
upon  completing  his  school  years  was  a  clerk 
in  a  dry  goods  store  for  three  years  up  to 
1849,  after  which  he  was  at  Hovey's  seed 
store  in  Merchants'  Row.  Boston,  remaining 
with  that  concern  up  to  1861,  when  he  was 
appointed  by  President  Lincoln  postmaster 
of  Cambridge,  and  he  held  that  office  up  to 
1873,  when  the  office  was  made  a  sub-station 
of  the  Bofton  postoffice.  He  also  served  on 
the  school  committee  of  the  city  of  Cam- 
bridge, i860  and  1861.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  common  council  of  Cambridge  in  1866 
and  1867,  and  in  1868,  1871  and  1872  was  a 
representative  in  the  general  court,  serving 
upon  important  committees.  In  1876  he  was 
elected  clerk  of  committees  of  the  city  coun- 
cil, and  in  iyo8  still  held  the  office  to  which 
he  had  been  re-elected  for  thirty-two  succes- 
sive years.  He  is  a  member  of  Mizpah 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  of  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter  and  Cam- 
bridge Coniniandery  of  Knights  Templar  of 
that  fraternity  in  Cambridge. 

He  was  married  in  Boston,  September  i, 
i860,  to  Hannah  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin H.  and  Mary  Ann  (Hussey)  Givens,  of 
Nobleboro,  Maine,  where  she  was  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1834.  They  made  their  home  in 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  their  three 
children  were  born,  as  follows: 

John  MacDuffie,  born  May  16,  1861 ;  pre- 
pared for  college  at  Cambridge  high  school, 
and  graduated  at  Harvard  University,  A.  B. 
1884,  receiving  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  from 
Lombard  University,  Illinois,  in  1895.  He 
was  married,  August  10,  1886.  to  .-\bbie, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  James  C.  and  Etta 
(Blaisdell)  Parsons,  of  Greenfield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  is  principal  of  the  MacDufifie 
School  for  Girls  at  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. They  had  three  children:  Jean  Mac- 
Duffie.  a  graduate  of  Smith  College,  North- 
ampton. Massachusetts:  Elizabeth  Parsons 
MacDufifie  and   Malcolm    MacDufifie. 

The  second  child  of  John  Sr.  and  Hannah 
Elizabeth  (Givens)  MacDufifie,  was  Rufus 
Loighton,  born  December  30,  1866:  was  pre- 
pared for  college  in  the  Cambridge  high 
school,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  University 
A.  B.  1890.  He  was  married  December  18, 
1895,  to  Isabel,  daughter  of  Francis  F.  and 
Isabel  G.  (Stone)  Marbury,  of  New  York 
City,  and  they  hatl  two  sons — Francis  Mar- 
bury  MacDufifie  and  John  MacDufifie. 


The  third  child  of  John  and  Hannah  E. 
(Givens)  MacDuffie  was  Caroline  Elizabeth, 
born  June  18,  1869.  She  was  graduated  at 
Radclifife  College  with  the  class  of  1894,  and 
was  married  June  23,  1898,  to  Charles  Win- 
slow  Sherman,  son  of  Eben  and  Lucy  (Mor- 
ton) Sherman,  of  Kingston,  and  a  descendant 
from  the  Winslows  and  Shermans  of  early 
colonial  days.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  M'as- 
sachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  civil  en- 
gineering department,  1892,  and  he  has  made 
civil  engineering  his  profession.  Their  chil- 
dren are  John  MacDuffie  and  Richard  Win- 
slow  Sherman. 


Edmond  Goodenough, 

GOODNOW  Goodenow  or  Goodnow, 
with  his  wife  Anne  and 
two  sons,  John  and  Thomas,  aged  three  and 
one  years,  and  a  servant  named  Richard 
Sanger,  aged  nineteen  years,  made  up  one  of 
the  families  who  were  among  the  one  hun- 
dred and  ten  passengers  "great  and  little"  of 
the  "goode  shipp  the  'Confidence'  of  Lon- 
don," that  sailed  from  Southampton,  Eng- 
land, April  II,  1638,  of  which  passengers 
twenty-eight  are  recorded  as  having  settled  in 
Sudbury,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and 
formed  the  nucleus  of  the  future  town  set  ofif 
from  common  land  known  as  "The  New 
Plantation  by  Concord,"  and  established 
with  church  and  town  government  Septem- 
ber 4,  1639.  Captain  Edmond  Goodenow, 
Lieutenant  Jonah  Haynes,  John  Goodenow, 
John  Bingham  and  Joseph  Freeman  consti- 
tuted the  committee  appointed  by  the  general 
court  of  Massachusetts  Colony  to  purchase 
from  the  Indians  the  land  so  occupied.  On 
the  same  ship  and  among  the  list  of  passen- 
gers are  given  the  names  of  John  Goode- 
now of  Semley,  Wiltshire,  a  member  of  the 
committee  named  above,  and  his  brother 
Thomas  Goodenow,  of  Shasbury,  and  both 
probable  brothers  of  Edmond.  With  these 
two  brothers  came  their  families  and  as  Ed- 
niond's  two  sons  were  named  John  and 
Thomas,  some  confusion  has  resulted  in  the 
tracing  of  the  various  lines  of  descent,  the 
proverbial  "three  brothers"  causing  the  con- 
fusion. 

Edmond  Goodnow  was  a  yoeman  and  an 
original  proprietor  of  the  town  of  Sudbury, 

1639,  and  took  the  freeman's  oath   May   13, 

1640.  In  the  history  of  the  town  he  is  named 
on  records  of  1648  as  having  been  named 
with  William  Brown  to  direct  the  building  of 
a  pound,  so  necessary  in  the  new  towns  to- 


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protect  the  fields  and  gardens  of  the  settlers 
from  the  stray  cattle  owned  by  their  neigh- 
bors but  not  properly  fenced  in  so  as  to  do 
no  damage.  His  taxable  estate  in  the  town 
of  Sudbury  was  twenty-four  acres,  and  for  his 
services  as  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  the 
colony  he  received  an  additional  six  acres  0/ 
upland  and  live  acres  of  meadowland,  and  his 
son  in  1 65 1  was  employed  to  beat  the  drum 
twice  every  Election  Day  and  twice  every 
forenoon  and  twice  every  afternoon  upon  the 
Lord's  Day  to  give  notice  of  church  ser- 
vices and  for  this  the  town  paid  Edmond 
Goodnow  twenty  shillings  annually.  The 
records  of  1654  name  Edmund  Good- 
now and  Thomas  Noyes  and  William 
Kerley  as  having  been  appointed  by  the  gen- 
eral court  as  commissioners  to  lay  out  a  high- 
way towards  Lancaster,  through  Sudbury. 
Edmund  Goodnow  was  selectman  of  the  tov^'n 
1641 :  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  1645  and  1650;  com- 
missioner to  try  and  determine  small  matters 
of  dispute  between  the  people  in  1661.  As 
leader  in  the  militia  company  and  lieutenant 
of  the  train  band  he,  during  the  absence  in 
England  of  Captain  Pelham,  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  bands.  He  removed  to  Marl- 
borough, which  had  been  organized  as  a 
town  May  31,  1660,  through  the  efforts  of 
inhabitants  of  Sudbury,  .^mong  the  original 
petitioners  to  the  general  court  in  May,  1656, 
is  named  Thomas  Goodnow  and  the  English 
plantation  thus  created  was  called  Whipenf- 
feradge  from  the  Indian  hill  WhipsuiYenecke, 
and  contained  twenty-nine  thousand  four 
hundred  and  nineteen  acres.  The  proprie- 
tors of  the  English  plantation  met  September 
25,  1636,  anfl  in  1660  thirtv-eight  house  lots 
including  one  for  the  minister  and  one  for  the 
smith  were  set  off  and  conformed  to  their 
several  proprietors,  these  grants  taking  up 
less  than  one  thousand  acres  of  the  township. 
The  balance  of  the  land  known  as  con  com- 
mons was  left  subject  to  future  grants.  Thomas 
Goodnow  was  one  of  the  first  selectmen  and 
the  Rev.  William  Brimsmead  their  first  min- 
ister. The  town  records  between  the  first  set- 
tlement and  April  ttj,  1699,  are  missing  and 
we  fail  to  find  any  official  record  of  Edmund 
Goodnow  as  a  resident  of  the  town,  but  it  is 
claimed  that  he  settled  on  a  lot  on  North 
street  east  of  the  meeting  house  and  next  to 
one  of  John  Haynes.  Edmund  Goodnow 
died  April  5,  1688,  and  was  buried  in  the  Sud- 
bury burying  ground  beside  his  wife  who  had 
died  Ma}'  9,  1675.  The  Sudbury  church  rec- 
ords of  the  children   of  Edmund   and   .'\nne 


Goodnow  is  as  follows:  John,  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1635;  Thomas;  Hannah,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1639,  married,  April,  1656,  James 
Pendelton;  Mary,  born  August  25,  1640; 
Sarah,  born  .March  17,  1642-3,  married  John 
Kettell;  Joseph,  born  July  19,  1645;  Ednumd, 
married  Dorothy  Mann. 

(II)  John  Goodnow,  son  of  Edmund  and 
Anne  Goodnow,  was  born  in  Dunkead,  Welt- 
shire,  England,  in  1635,  and  was  brought  as 
an  infant  to  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  on 
the  ship  "Confidence"  in  1638.  He  was 
brought  up  in  the  pioneer  town  of  Sudbury 
and  was  a  citizen  of  the  town  up  to  the  age 
of  thirty-eight  before  he  was  made  a  freeman 
or  could  take  part  in  the  government  of  the 
town.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  in  1656  mar- 
ried Mary  Axtell.  He  was  made  a  freeman 
in  1673,  and  March  26,  1677,  Peter  King, 
Thomas  Reed,  Sr..  John  Goodnow,  Joseph 
Freeman  and  Jonathan  Smith,  were  granted 
liberty  to  build  a  saw  mill  on  Upper  Hop 
brook  above  Mr.  Peter  Noyes'  corn  mill  at  a 
place  viewed  by  a  committee  of  the  town, 
which  if  they  do  they  are  to  have  twenty  tons 
of  timber  and  earth  for  the  dams.  Mary  (Ax- 
tell) Goodnow  died  in  Sudbury,  April  14, 
1704,  and  her  husband  died  August  6,  1721. 
The  children  were:  Hannah,  who  married 
James  Smith;  Mary;  Edmund;  Sarah;  Sarah; 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Joseph  Hayden;  Jo- 
seph; Ebenezer;  Lydia;  Mary,  who  married 
Joseph  Patterson  (her  name  is  also  written 
Mercy.) 

(III)  Joseph  Goodnow,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Axtell)  Goodnow,  was  born  in  Sud- 
bury, December  i,  1674,  and  was  brought  up 
presumably  on  his  father's  farm.  His  wife, 
Patience  Goodnow,  died  in  .Sudbury,  Febru- 
arv  23,  1 73 1 -2,  and  he  died  there  September 
3,  1758.  Their  children,  all  born  in  Sudbury, 
were:  Martha,  born  May  22,  1701 ;  Daniel, 
born  May  24,  1703;  Elizabeth,  born  Septem- 
ber I,  1704:  Daniel,  born  June  16,  1707:  Pe- 
ter, born  February  10,  1709-10;  Jonathan, 
born  April  6,  1714. 

(IV)  Peter  Goodnow,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Patience  Goodnow.  was  born  in  Sudbury, 
February  10,  1709-10.  He  married  Dorothy 
Moore,  of  Sudbury,  and  lived  in  Rutland, 
Worcester  county,  during  the  first  year  of 
his  married  life,  and  their  first  child  Jotham 
was  born  in  Rutland,  August  8,  1737;  Lucia 
was  born  in  Sudbury,  May  12,  1739;  jedediah, 
September  8,  1740;  Jonas,  April  19,  1742: 
Peter,  Jr.,  July  18.  1745;  Dorothy.  November 
3,  1747;  Dorothy  ('2d),  January  18,  1751;  Pa- 
tience. .\ugust  24.  1752. 


MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


(V)  Jonas  Goodnow,  son  of  Peter  and 
Dorothy  (Aloorej  Goodnow,  was  born  in 
Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  April  19,  1742.  He 
married,  January  29,  1763,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  Davenport,  of  Sudbury,  and  af- 
ter the  birth  of  their  ninth  child,  Jonas,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1785,  they  removed  to  Boylston, 
where  their  children  Tamor,  Augustus  and 
Joseph  were  born.  Mary  (Davenport)  Good- 
now died  at  Boylston,  January  3,  1826,  hav- 
ing lived  seventy-seven  years  and  as  a  widow 
fifteen  years. 

(VI)  John  Goodnow,  the  Revolutionary 
ancestor  of  Joseph  Goodnow,  and  son  of  Jon- 
as and  Mary  (Davenport)  Goodnow,  was 
born  in  Sudbury.  He  married  Persis  Howe, 
and  lived  to  the  good  old  age  of  one  hundred 
and  one  years  and  nine  months,  and  his  wife 
Persis  died  at  the  age  of  seventy  years.  Their 
twelve  children  were:  Howe,  Asa,  Elisha, 
John,  an  infant  unnamed,  Persis,  Mary,  Aa- 
ron, George,  Elizabeth,  William  and  Elvira. 

(VII)  John  Goodnow,  Jr.,  son  of  John  and 
Persis  (Howe)  Goodnow,  was  born  in  Sud- 
bury, Massachusetts,  September  6,  I79i,and 
died  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  December  24, 
1861.  He  was  a  West  India  Merchant  and 
became  the  head  of  the  great  importing  firm 
of  J.  &  G.  Goodnow,  his  partner  being  his 
brother  CJeorge.  He  was  a  merchant  of  re- 
markable aptitude  for  business  and  by  trade 
gained  a  large  fortune.  He  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  his  native  town  and  spent  his  last 
years  there.  We  copy  two  clauses  from  his 
last  will  and  testament,  viz.  "First,  I  give, 
devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  native  town 
of  Sudbury,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  the 
Sum  of  Twenty  Thousand  Dollars  to  be  ap- 
propriated for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  and 
keeping  in  order  a  Public  Library  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Inhabitants  of  that  town.  "Sec- 
ond: I  also  give  devise  and  bequeath  three 
acres  of  land  in  the  northerly  part  of  the  Sud- 
bury Tavern  Estate,  Adjoining  the  land  of 
Howe  Brown,  beginning  at  the  Meeting 
House  Road  and  running  with  equal  width 
witli  Brown's  line  to  the  bnxik.  for  the  purpose 
of  erecting  thereon  a  suitable  building  for  a  li- 
brary, and  the  further  sum  of  Twenty-five 
Hundred  Dollars  for  the  erection  of  said  build- 
ing, and  whatever  portion  of  said  land  shall  not 
be  needed  for  the  purpose  of  said  Library 
Building  the  said  Town  of  Sudbury  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  apply  to  other 
town  pur|)oses,  but  without  any  power  of 
alienation."  He  also  caused  the  Goodnow 
1^'  -nb  to  be  erected  in  the  cemetery.  His 
1)1  (  '.her   George,    who     survived     him     many 


\ears  and  carried  on  the  business  of  J.  &  G. 
Goodnow,  gave  a  fund  of  $10,000  to  his  na- 
tive town  for  the  benefit  of  "the  industrious 
poor."  Of  the  other  children  of  John  and 
Persis  (Howe)  Goodnow:  Howe  died  in  Sud- 
bury, in  middle  life.  He  had  children  but  no 
sons  that  married.  Asa  lived  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  had  three  children  and  lived  to  an 
old  age.  Elisha  had  no  children.  He  was  a 
wholesale  grocer  in  Boston,  died  in  185 1,  and 
left  the  residue  of  his  estate  to  the  city  of 
Boston  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  hos- 
pital for  the  sick,  "one  half  of  said  fund  to 
be  applied  for  the  establishment  and  main- 
tenance of  free  beds."  At  the  dedication  of 
the  City  Hospital  in  May,  1864,  Mr.  Good- 
now was  characterized  as:  "the  first,  and  as 
yet,  most  liberal  donor."  Persis  died  single  at 
the  age  of  twenty-five.  Mary  married  Au- 
gustus Belcher.  Elizabeth  married  her  cou- 
sin, Nahum  Goodnow.  Elvira  married  Na- 
hum's  brother,  Martin  Goodnow.  William, 
who  always  lived  in  the  homestead  farm,  died 
unmarried  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years. 

(VIII)  Joseph  Goodnow,  lumber  mer- 
chant, of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  son  of 
Luther  and  Sally  (Abbott)  Goodnow,  was 
born  in  Sudbury,  Middlesex  county,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  16,  1814.  where  he  was 
brought  up  and  attended  the  district  school. 
He  left  his  home  in  Sudbury  in  1835,  on 
reaching  his  majority,  and  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  in  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, becoming  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Joseph  Goodnow  &  Company,  remov- 
ing the  business  to  294  Causeway  street,  Bos- 
ton. He  was  married  in  Boston,  November 
30.  1842.  to  Lucia  M.,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Hannah  (Maynard)  Rice,  of  Sudbury, 
and  they  had  one  child.  Ella  Josephine,  born 
in  Cambridge,  August  8,  1847,  who  was 
brought  up  in  her  parents  home  No.  334 
Broadway,  Cambridge.  She  was  married 
January  12,  1875,  to  Edwin  P.  Boggs.  a 
wholesale  merchant  in  Boston,  and  with  their 
two  children,  one  daughter  Lucia  Lincoln, 
married  June  5,  IQ07.  John  Frederic  Osborn 
graduate  Harvard  L'niversity,  and  one  son. 
Francis  Goodnow,  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
University,  class  of  1906,  resides  at  336 
Broadway.  Cambridge,  in  the  house  where 
her  father.  Joseph  Goodnow.  lived  and  died, 
he  haying  removed  thither  from  Charles- 
town,  where  he  had  spent  the  early  years  of 
his  married  life  in  1855.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Central  Square  Baptist  Church  in 
Cambridge,  and  in  1871  was  elected  a  deacon 
of  the  Society,  resigning  at  the  expiration  of 


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his  term  of  office,  but  was  re-elected  in  1881. 
He  was  devoted  to  the  interests  of  tlie  Bap- 
tist Society,  and  served  as  a  trustee  of  Tre- 
mont  Temple,  Boston,  for  many  years,  and  in 
his  home  church  he  was  valued  for  his  kindly 
interest  in  the  less  fortunate  of  his  church 
brethren,  and  was  ready  to  help  them  in 
times  of  trouble  and  adversity,  and  to  rejoice 
with  them  when  fortune  showered  its  bless- 
ings on  their  earnest  endeavors.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  the  Sunday  school  up  to  the  last  days 
of  his  life,  and  at  the  close  of  Sunday  school 
service  on  January  29,  1882,  a  stroke  of 
apoplexy  caused  almost  immediate  departure 
and  in  his  death  the  Central  Square  Baptist 
Church  Society  lost  a  servant  who  had 
worked  faithfully  for  a  full  generation. 


The  Frost  family  is  of  ancient 
FROST  English  origin,  extending  back  to 
the  first  days  of  the  custom  of 
using  surnames.  Several  branches  of  the 
family  have  been  ennobled  and  bear  arms.  An 
ancient  Yorkshire  coat-of-arms  of  the  Frost 
family  is  :  Ar.  a  chev,  sa.  between  three  trefoils 
slipped  vert.  Crest :  An  old  man's  head  ppr. 
between  springs  of  laurel  vert.  As  all  the 
other  arms  are  similar,  it  may  be  presumed 
that  they  have  the  same  origin  and  are  related. 
"Some  idea  may  be  formed  of  the  eminence 
and  importance  of  the  members  of  the  Frost 
family  from  the  accounts  given  in  Rymer's 
Foedera  of  the  Acts  of  the  Kings  of  England; 
also  of  the  possessions  of  the  family  in  var- 
ious parts  of  Great  Britain  by  reference  to 
the  Rotuli  Hundredorum  (Rolls  of  the  Hun- 
dred) of  England,  published  by  command  of 
His  Majesty  King  George  III,  A.  D.  1812, 
where  they  may  be  found  holding  manors 
and  public  offices  in  many  counties  of  the 
kingdom.  They  were  intimately  connected 
■with  King  Edward  in  the  fourteenth  century." 
Wells'  "American  Family  Antiquity."  Tlien 
follow  extracts  from  Rymer's  Foedera,  men- 
tioned above.  The  first  of  these  is  the  sum- 
mons issued  by  King  Edward,  February  20, 
1340,  for  certain  subjects  to  come  to  the 
King's  Council  "to  deliberate  with  regard  to 
important  and  urgent  afifairs  touching  the 
King's  honor  and  the  safety  and  welfare  of 
the  kingdom."  Among  the  names  we  find 
that  of  Waltero  Frost. 

Of  the  American  line,  the  family  historian, 
Edmund  Walton,  says :  "It  is  not  certain  from 
what  part  of  England  this  party  (the  thirty- 
eight  families  who  came  with  Rev.  Thomas 
Shepard    in    1635    in    the    ship    'Defence,'    of 


whom  Elder  Frost's  was  one)  came,  though 
probably  from  the  vicinity  of  Northampton. 
*  *  *  Two  hundred  and  sixty-one  years 
have  passed  away  since  Elder  Frost  first  step- 
ped foot  on  this  continent.  His  descendants 
have  been  many ;  they  have  gone  out  from  their 
homes  to  all  parts  of  the  country  and  to  foreign 
countries,  and  wherever  we  hear  of  them,  it 
is  as  honored  and  respected  citizens,  true  to 
the  principles  of  their  ancestors  and  their  New 
England  training.  Avarice  has  never  been  a 
besetting  sin  of  the  Frosts  ;  they  have  never  ac- 
quired immense  fortunes  by  dishonest  means, 
but  while  they  have  been  earnest  in  their  ef- 
forts to  acquire  competence,  it  has  been  that 
they  might  provide  their  families  with  comfort- 
able homes,  give  their  children  a  good  educa- 
tion, maintain  the  church,  the  public  school, 
and  the  charitable  and  fraternal  organizations 
which  society  requires.  This  they  have  done 
freely  with  a  generous  hand." 

The  New  England  families,  according  to 
excellent  authority,  are  descendant  mainly  from 
Rev.  John  Frost — a  non-conformist  minister, 
who  had  two  sons,  Nicholas  and  Edmund,  who 
settled  in  America  about  1635 ;  Nicholas  in 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  Edmund, 
mentioned  below. 

(I)  Elder  Edmund  Frost,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England,  about  1610  or 
earlier.  He  settled  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  ruling  elder  of  Mr.  Shep- 
ard's  church.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
March  3,  1635-36,  and  was  a  proprietor  of  the 
town  as  early  as  1636.  He  bought  land  of 
Thomas  Blodgett  in  1639  on  the  west  side  of 
Dunster  street,  between  Harvard  square  and 
Mount  Auburn  street,  but  later  sold  this  place 
to  Catherine  Haddon  and  bought  a  house  on 
the  west  side  of  Garden  street,  near  Mason, 
occupying  it  until  1642.  He  sold  it  to  Richard 
Eccles  in  1646.  He  then  acquired  the  estate 
on  the  north  side  of  Kirkland  street,  extend- 
ing from  Divinity  Hall  avenue  to  and  beyond 
paAji  s^uEpuaosap  siq  puB  'snuaAE  sidubjjJ 
there  for  many  generations  and  until  a  recent 
date.  He  left  very  little  property  except  his 
homestead,  though  a  man  much  honored  in  the 
church  and  town.  He  married  (first)  in  Eng- 
land Thomasin  ,  and    (second)    Reana 

Daniels,  who  was  the  widow   successively  of 

■ James,   William   Andrew   and   Robert 

Daniels.  He  died  July  12,  1672.  His  will  was 
dated  April  16,  and  proved  October  i,  1671. 
He  bequeathed  to  wife  Reana :  to  sons 
Ephraini.  Thomas,  John,  and  Joseph;  to  his 
two  daughters,  Sarah  and  Alary ;  to  Jacob 
French  and  his  wife  and  the  children  of  Golden 


490 


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More:  to  Harvard  College  and  to  Mr.  .Mcock's 
son  there.  The  inventory  of  the  widow's  es- 
tate was  dated  January  3,  1675-76.  Children: 
I.  John,  born  in  England  in  1634.  2.  Thomas, 
born  April,  1637,  died  young.  3.  Samuel,  born 
l^ebruary,  1637-38.  4.  Joseph,  born  January 
13,  1638-39.  lived  in  Charlestown ;  many  de- 
scendants. 5.  James,  born  April  g,  1640,  lived 
in  Billerica ;  deacon.  6.  Ephraim,  born  1642, 
mentioned  below.  7.  Mary,  born  July  29,  1645. 
8.  Thomas,  lived  in  Framingham.  Massachu- 
setts.   9.  Sarah,  born  1653. 

(II)  Ephraim  Frost,  son  of  Elder  Edmund 
Frost  (i),  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1642,  settled  in  that  town,  and  died  at 
Cambridge,  January  2,  1717-18.     He  married 

Hepsibah .    Children:  i.  Edmund,  born 

March  14,  1679-80.  2.  Ephraim,  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1682,  mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas, 
born  1688.  4.  Ebenezer,  baptized  January  17, 
1696-97.  5.  Sarah,  married.  May  17,  1720, 
Nathaniel  Patten. 

(III)  Ephraim  Frost,  son  of  Ephraim  Frost 
(2),  and  grandson  of  Elder  Edmund  Frost 
( 1 ) .  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
September  23,  1682,  and  died  there  June  26, 
1769,  aged  eighty-seven.  He  was  a  planter, 
with  a  farm  in  Menotomy,  now  Arlington.  His 
wife  Sarah  was  admitted  to  the  precinct  church 
at  the  time  of  its  organization.  September  9, 
1739.  From  a  sketch  of  this  family  we  quote : 
"He  settled  on  the  estate  allotted  to  his  father ; 
he  and  his  brother  appear  to  have  been  the  first 
of  the  family  who  settled  in  Belmont,  at  that 
time  called  Menotomy.  It  is  probable  that  his 
house  was  in  front  of  the  one  owned  by  the  late 
Oliver  Russell.  Pleasant  street  was  at  that 
time  but  a  cart  path  through  the  woods  from 
Watertown  to  Cutter's  Mill,  which  ground  all 
the  grain  for  miles  around.  He  was  a  thriftv 
and  energetic  man.  He  cleared  much  of  the 
woodland  and  built  much  of  the  stone  wall  with 
which  the  Frost  estate  is  so  well  supplied ;  he 
also  established  a  brickyard  on  land  now  owned 
by  his  descendant,  your  honored  president 
(Frost  Family).  He  married  Sarah  Cooper, 
September  19,  1714.  She  was  daughter  of 
Samuel  Cooper,  who  was  deacon  of  the  church 
and  selectman  twelve  years,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  John  Cooper,  who  was  selectman  thirty- 
eight  years,  town  clerk  thirteen  years,  and  dea- 
con of  the  church  twenty-three  years.  Ephraim 
was  selectman  and  assessor  four  years  between 
T724  and  1736.  Cambridge  at  that  time  ex- 
tended from  the  Merrimac  river  to  Dedham. 
it  having  since  been  divided  into  seven  towns. 
He  died  June  26,  1769,  aged  eighty-seven 
years:  Sarah,  his  wife,  died  February  21.  1733, 


aged  si.\ty-six  3'ears.  Their  gravestones  are 
standing  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Arlington." 
Children,  born  at  Menotomy:  i.  Ephraim,  born 
July  10,  1715.  2.  Samuel,  born  December  18, 
1716,  mentioned  below.  3.  Sarah,  bom  Janu- 
ary 2,  1718-19,  died  May  12,  1759;  married 
Mbses  Harrington.  4.  Anna,  born  December 
15,  1720,  married,  September  22,  1737. 
Thomas  Adams.  5.  Martha,  born  August  4, 
1722,  married.  January  10,  1740.  Thomas 
Adams,  Jr.  6.  Eunice,  born  July  18,  1724, 
died  April  10,  1739.    7.  Abigail,  born  April  25, 

1726,  married Carter.  8.  William,  born 

November  13,  1727,  died  February  13.  1727-28. 
9.  Lydia,  born  August  8,  1729. 

(IV)  Samuel  Frost,  son  of  Ephraim  Frost 
(3),  was  born  in  Menotomy,  December  18, 
1 716.  He  resided  in  what  is  now  Belmont, 
Massachusetts,  then  Menotomy  and  later  Ar- 
lington or  West  Cambridge.  He  was  a  pre- 
cinct committeeman  and  assessor  in  1768-69. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  he  was  an 
ardent  patriot,  and  though  nearly  sixty  years 
old,  having  long  white  hair,  he  turned  out  with 
his  neighbors  and  volunteered  on  the  day  of 
the  battle  of  Lexington.  During  the  retreat  of 
the  British,  while  he  was  firing  from  behind 
the  stone  walls  along  the  road,  he  was  captured 
and  with  his  townsman.  Seth  Russell,  was  re- 
ported missing  "supposed  to  be  on  board  one 
of  the  men  of  war."  (See  E.  Russell's  Salem 
Gazette  of  Newbury  and  Marblehead  Adver- 
tiser for  Ma\'  3.  17731.  He  narrowly  escaped 
death  from  a  British  soldier.  An  officer  stop- 
ped the  soldier  in  his  purpose  to  shoot  Mr. 
Frost,  saving:  "Keep  him  to  send  home  to 
King  George  to  show  him  what  a  gray-haired 
old  Rebel  he  was."  He  was  sent  aboard  the 
British  ship  "Admiral,"  and  discharged  in  ex- 
change Jime  6,  1773.  The  Massachusetts 
records  through  some  error  make  it  appear 
that  he  was  exchanged  for  two  men — James 
Price,  seaman,  and  John  Gould,  seaman.  He 
had  been  sent  to  New  York  in  the  cartel 
"Favorite :"  was  called  a  seaman  on  the  ex- 
change papers  signed  by  Robert  Pierpont.  com- 
missary of  prisoners. 

He  married,  February  19.  1741,  Abigail 
Cutter,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Cutter.  She 
died  March  10.  1796.  aged  seventy-four,  ac- 
cording to  her  gravestone.  He  died  October 
I.  1798.  aged  eighty-two.  according  to  his 
gravestone.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  De- 
cemljer  7.  1741.  died  young.  2.  Samuel.  Au- 
gust 2,  1743.  3.  Abigail.  January  24.  1745. 
admitted  to  precinct  church.  March  30.  1766; 
married  Hezekiah  Wyman,  of  Weston.  4. 
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13,  1775,  Solomon  Prentice.  5.  John,  June  29, 
1748,  died  August  9,  1749.  6.  .Martha,  May 
12,  1750,  married  Isaac  Tufts,  of  Medford.  7. 
Sarah,  June  10,  1752,  married  John  Hutchin- 
son, of  Charlestown.  8.  John,  June  23,  1754. 
9.  Hannah,  baptized  May  21,  1758,  married, 
April  13,  1780,  Josiah  Wilson.  10.  Seth,  born 
March  20.  1760,  mentioned  below.  11.  Wil- 
liam, baptized  January  3,  1762.  12.  Cooper, 
born  March  20,  1764.  13.  Lydia  Harrington, 
born  and  baptized  November  16,  1766,  married 
Simon  Crosby. 

(V)  Seth  Frost,  son  of  Samuel  Frost  (4), 
was  born  at  Belmont,  Massachusetts,  March 
20,  1760,  and  baptized  March  23,  1760.  He 
occupied  the  farm  of  his  father  and  remained 
a  farmer  all  his  life.  He  was  a  kind-hearted 
man,  and  interested  in  town  alifairs.  He  served 
in  the  Revolution  at  Noddles  Island  in  1776, 
as  a  private  in  Captain  John  \\'alton's  com- 
pany ;  also  in  Captain  Caleb  Brook's  company. 
Colonel  Brook's  regiment ;  also  in  Captain 
Walton's  company  in  1778,  and  in  Captain 
William  Tucker's  company.  Colonel  Jacob 
Gerrish's  regiment,  in  the  same  year.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  precinct  committee  from  1794 
to  1796,  and  was  precinct  assessor  from  1797 
to  1798.  He  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to 
the  precinct  church,  .-Vugust  25,  1782.  He 
married,  November  20,  1 78 1,  Sarah  Hill,  born 
February  14.  1 76 1,  died  January  27,  1848, 
daughter  of  Zachariah  and  Rebecca  (Welling- 
ton) Hill,  of  West  Cambridge.  Children:  i. 
Sarah,  born  September  11,  1782,  married,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1804,  James  Winn.  2.  Seth,  born 
1784.  mentioned  below.  3.  Benjamin,  born 
1786,  died  August  21,  1838.  4.  Abigail  But- 
ler, baptized  November  2.  1788,  married,  Oc- 
tober 2,  1828.  Alfred  Brown,  of  Coventry, 
^'erniont:  died  February  11.  1842.  5.  Patty 
(twin),    baptized    .April     14.     1793,    married 

Horn.      6.    Samuel    (twin),    baptized 

April  14.  1793,  died  July  25,  1822.  7.  Re- 
becca Wellington,  baptized  Jnne  5,  1795,  died 
August  22,  1848;  married,  June  13.  1816,  John 
J.  Craft,  of  West  Cambridge.  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Seth  Frost,  son  of  Seth  Frost  (5).  was 
born  in  Belmont,  then  West  Cambridge,  in 
1784.  He  was  brought  up  on  his  father's 
farm,  receiving  a  common  school  education.  In 
his  early  davs  he  pursued  hunting  and  dealt 
in  furs,  selling  furs  at  a  good  profit.  Part  of 
the  old  Frost  farm  came  to  him,  the  diagonal 
wall  running  through  the  farm  separating  the 
present  IMartha  Frost  and  Charles  A.  Frost 
farms.  He  was  the  first  man  in  Belmont  to 
use  hotbeds  for  the  growth  of  market  produce, 
doing  a  profitable  business  supplying  the  Bos- 


ton markets.  He  accumulated  much  wealth, 
and  conducted  the  farm  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  October  9,  1850.  He  built  the  home- 
stead, where  Miss  Martha  D.  Frost  now  re- 
sides, in  1845,  on  his  farm  of  twenty  acres  in 
the  north  part  of  Belmont.  He  was  a  man  of 
medium  height,  upright  and  conscientious, 
f;uiet  but  firm.  He  was  very  constant  in  church 
attendance,  going  first  to  the  Unitarian,  later 
to  the  Arlington  Baptist  church,  occupying 
pew  number  44.  in  the  second  parish.  He  was 
a  Whig  in  politics,  and  served  in  the  militia. 
He  married,  October  5,  1823.  .\nstess  Trow, 
died  April  9,  1841,  aged  forty-six  years, 
daughter  of  Jesse  and  Martha  (Dodge)  Trow, 
of  Mont  \'ernon.  New  Hampshire.  Children : 
I.  Infant,  bom  and  died  June  5,  1824.  2.  Fran- 
cis Seth,  born  .April  24,  1825,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Elvira  .Anstess,  born  October  2,  1827,  mar- 
ried, October  9,  1859.  David  Fisher,  of  Lon- 
donderry, Nova  Scotia ;  child,  Ethel  Eugenia, 
born  June  26.  1861,  married,  December  22, 
1884,  Daniel  Langdon  Tappan,  of  Arlington, 
Massachusetts,  and  had  .\rthur  Newell  Tap- 
pan,  born  December  26,  1885.  4.  Newell 
Charles,  born  December  20,  1830,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Martha  Dodge,  born  .\ugust  20, 
1836.  He  married  (second),  June  15,  1843, 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  (Wyman)  Hopkins,  of  Arling- 
ton, daughter  of  Samuel  Frost  and  Polly 
(Palmer)  Wyman,  of  West  Cambridge. 

(\TI)  Francis  Seth  Frost,  son  of  Seth 
Frost  (6),  was  born  in  Belmont,  .April  24,. 
1825.  He  attended  the  common  schools  and 
academy,  and  worked  on  the  farm  until  1849, 
when  he,  with  others,  shipped  on  the  ship 
"Drummond"  for  California,  going  around  the 
Horn.  After  remaining  for  two  years  he  re- 
turned on  the  ship  "Ohio."  and  the  two  years 
following  he  was  incapacitated  on  account  of 
illness.  In  early  life  he  inclined  toward  the 
career  of  an  artist,  and  for  several  years  de- 
voted himself  to  painting,  producing  some 
good  work.  Many  of  his  paintings  were  scenes 
in  the  Rocky  Mountains,  where  he  spent  some 
time  with  Bierstadt,  the  artist,  with  whom  he 
studied.  Coming  later  into  the  possession  of 
considerable  property,  he  entered  the  art  busi- 
ness during  the  sixties  with  Edward  .Adams, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Frost  and  .Adams,  con- 
tinuing about  a  year,  when  .Adams  withdrew 
from  the  firm.  Henry  Lawrence,  a  clerk,  was 
admitted  to  partnership  and  remained  in  the 
firm  several  years,  until  he  was  killed  at  the 
Maiden  railroad  station.  It  was  shortly  after 
this  that  the  company  was  incorporated  under 
the  Massachusetts  laws,  Mr.  Frost  elected 
president  and  Herbert  Gardner  treasurer.    The 


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lirm  of  Frost  and  Adams  Company  still  con- 
tmues  on  Cornhill,  where  the  business  was 
originally  started.  Mr.  Frost  was  at  the  head 
of  the  firm  until  his  death,  December  26,  1902. 
The  firm  to-day  is  the  most  widely  and  favor- 
ably known  of  any  in  its  class  in  New  England. 
Though  the  business  made  demands  on  much 
of  his  time,  he  nevertheless  executed  a  large 
amount  of  artistic  work,  especially  in  later 
years  in  the  line  of  photography.  In  this 
branch  he  had  few  equals,  perhaps  no  su- 
periors. Many  of  his  fine  productions  found 
their  way  as  gifts  to  his  most  intimate  friends. 
His  art  store  was  the  rendezvous  of  the  Boston 
Art  Club  artists,  and  his  opinion  was  constant- 
ly sought  on  matters  pertaining  to  the  advance- 
ment of  art  in  Boston.  Big-hearted  and  gen- 
erous to  a  fault,  he  had  a  pleasant  word  and  a 
kindly  smile  for  everyone.  He  attended  the 
Unitarian  church ;  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics ;  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge  of  Masons ;  a 
-trustee  of  the  Arlington  Five  Cents  Savings 
Bank. 

He  married,  January  30,  1849,  Almira  Jane 
Teel,  of  West  Cambridge,  born  January  129, 
1832,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Lock 
(Frost)  Teel,  the  former  from  Charlestown 
and  the  latter  of  Watertown,  now  Belmont. 
Children:  i.  Louisa  Whittemore,  born  Decem- 
ber 31,  1852,  married,  November  11,  1874, 
Walter  F.  Lane,  of  West  Medford,  Massachu- 
setts. 2.  Annie  Frances,  born  May  21,  1857, 
married,  November  19,  1876,  Charles  Warren 
Cook,  of  Arlington,  Massachusetts  ;  children  : 
i.  Walter  Frost  Cook,  born  January  3,  1878, 
married,  August  29,  1901,  Florence  Payne,  of 
Arlington,  Massachusetts ;  ii.  Helen  Adelaide 
Cook,  born  April  29,  1879;  iii.  Herbert  Warren 
Cook,  born  September  24,  1880;  iv.  Frederick 
Russell  Cook,  born  January  23,  1882.  3. 
Georgianna  Wilhelmina.  born  September  13, 
1862,  married.  December  31,  1883,  Horatio  A. 
Phinney,  of  Yarmouth,  Maine.  4.  Maud  Helen, 
born  October  3,  1869,  married,  October  9, 
1889,  George  Thompson  Chubbuck,  of  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts ;  child,  Marion  Louise, 
born  May  17,  1896.  5.  Frank  Pressy,  born 
May  28,  1876,  died  September  7,  1895. 

(VII)  Newell  Charles  Frost,  son  of  Seth 
Frost  (6),  born  December  20,  1830,  at  West 
Cambridge.  He  died  at  Belmont,  August  10. 
1879.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  took 
up  the  practical  duties  of  life  and  became  en- 
gaged in  caring  for  the  homestead  farm :  he 
conducted  the  farm  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  became  well  and  favorably  known :  he  was 
a  quiet  and  unassuming  man.  kind  and  sympa- 


thetic, and  many  men   from  Boston  attended 
his  funeral. 

The  Frost  homestead  stood  on  what  is  now 
the  Newell  C.  Frost  estate,  occupied  by  Miss 
M.  D.  Frost. 


(For  early  generations  see  preceding  sketch). 

(IV)  Ephraim  Frost,  son  of 
FROST  Ephraim  Frost  (3),  was  born  in 
Cambridge,  July  10,  1715,  died 
there  March  5,  1799  (at  Menotomy).  He  lived 
and  died  in  that  part  of  Cambridge  called  Men- 
otomy. He  married  Mary  Cutter  (published 
March  16,  1739),  daughter  of  Deacon  John 
Cutter.  She  died  October  20,  1805,  aged  eigh- 
ty-nine years.  Children:  i.  Anna,  born  Octo- 
ber 22,  1740,  died  November  20,  1740.  2. 
Ephraim,  born  September  29,  1742,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Jonathan,  born  December  15,  1744, 
graduate  of  Harvard  in  1767,  died  April  25, 
1 77 1.  4.  Stephen,  born  June  18,  1747.  5. 
Ruhamah,  born  November  4,  1749,  married, 
August  3,  1769,  John  Russell.  6.  Mary,  born 
March  4,  1752,  married,  January  3,  1775,  John 
Locke.  7.  Anna,  born  October  3,  1754.  8. 
Lydia,  born  October  21,  1756,  died  October  23, 
1760.  9.  John,  born  September  9,  1760.  10. 
Amos,  born  August  17,  1763. 

(V)  Ephraim  Frost,  son  of  Ephraim  Frost 
(4),  was  born  in  Menotomy,  September  29, 
1742,  and  died  there  April  4,  1833,  aged  nearly 
ninety-one  years.*  He  was  deacon  for  forty- 
one  years  of  the  church  at  Menotomy.  Ephraim 
Frost,  Jr.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  a 
private  in  Captain  William  Adams's  company, 
Colonel  Thatcher's  regiment,  marching  to  the 
taking  of  Dorchester  Heights  in  1776.  He 
married  (first),  June  6,  1665,  Lydia  Perry, 
who  died  OctolDer  19,  1692.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), June  3,  1694,  Mary  or  Martha  Boylston, 
who  died  November  10,  1824,  aged  sixty-eight 
years.    Children  of  Ephraim  and  Lydia  Frost": 

1.  Ephraim,  born  .\pril  7,  1766.  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Lydia,  born  January  30,  1768,  married 
(ktober  19,  I78('),  Jonas  Cutter.  3.  James,  born 
January  31.  1770.  married,  February  i,  17957 
Margaret  Locke,  who  died  September  10, 
1803;  he  married  (second),  ^larch  30,  1805, 
Susanna  Fillebrown.    4.  Jonathan,  born  March 

2.  1772,  died  August.  1773.  5.  Mary,  born 
April  26,  1775,  married,  November  9,  1794, 
Spencer  Buckman,  of  Medford.  6.  Ruth,  born 
April  22,  1777.  7.  Isaac,  born  August  7,  1780, 
died  February  14,  1804. 

(\'I)  Ephraim  Frost,  son  of  E])hraim  Frost 
(3),  was  born  in  West  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts (Arlington),  .April  7,  1766,  and  died  there 


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July  1 8,  1848.  He  received  a  common  school 
education  and,  like  all  his  ancestors  in  the 
Frost  family,  became  a  farmer.  His  farm  of  a 
hundred  acres  or  more  was  situate  where  his 
grandson,  Charles  A.  Frost,  now  resides. 
Ephraim  had  a  large  dairy,  selling  the  milk  in 
Boston,  whether  he  hauled  it  by  way  of  East 
Cambridge  and  the  ferry.  He  was  a  very  in- 
dustrious man,  and  for  his  day  well-to-do.  He 
was  a  faithful  and  devout  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  (orthodox)  at  West  Cam- 
bridge, a  scrupulous  observer  of  the  Puritan 
Sabbath,  and  he  trained  his  children  according 
to  the  strict  code  of  his  sect.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Lottridge,  July  4,  1793.  He  married  (second), 
April  9,  1815,  Mrs.  Sarah  Green,  who  died 
December  19,  1847.  Children  by  the  first  wife: 
I.  Ephraim,  born  July  25,  1794,  married  Caro- 
line Cutter  :  children  :  i.  Caroline,  married  Hor- 
ace Wilson ;  ii.  Maria,  married  Josiah  Locke 
Frost,  of  West  Cambridge,  and  had  children : 
Charles,  Etta,  Frederick  and  George  Frost ;  iii. 
Ephraim  Lottridge,  served  during  the  Civil 
war,  had  a  daughter,  Emma;  iv.  .\ngenette, 
married  Charles  Chase,  and  had  son  George 
Chase ;  v.  George,  died  in  the  service  during 
Civil  war.  2.  Mary  .Ann  Jones,  born  January 
3.  1796,  died  young.     3.  Henry  Hope  Jones, 


*  The  following  is  the  will  in  full  of  Eph- 
raim Frost  (5)  :  "In  the  name  of  Almighy  God, 
Amen.  I,  Ephin.  Frost  of  West  Cambridge  in  the 
county  of  Middlesex  and  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Yeoman,  being  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound 
mind,  do  make  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  in 
manner  fallowing. 

"Calling  to  my  mind  and  knowing  it  is  appointed 
unto  man  once  to  die,  and  not  knowing  how  soon  it 
may  please  God  to  call  me  away  by  death,  and  first 
of  all,  I  give  and  commend  my  immortal  soul  to  God 
that  created  it,  my  body  I  recommend  to  the  earth  by 
a  Christian  burial,  by  my  executors  hereafter  named. 
Hoping  to  receive  the  same  again  at  the  general  res- 
urrection (?)  by  the  Almighty  power  of  God,  and  by 
the  merits  of  my  Glorious  Redeemer,  and  as  touch- 
ing such  worldly  estate  as  it  has  pleased  God  to  bless 
me  with  I  give,  deviyc  and  dispose  of  in  the  following 
manner. 

"Item  1.  I  order  that  all  my  just  debts  and  funeral 
charges  be  paid  out  of  my  personal  estate  by  my  ex- 
ecutor,  hereafter  named. 

"Item  2.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  oldest  son  Eph- 
raim Frost  all  the  lands  and  tenements,  more  particu- 
larly described  in  a  deed  to  him  dated  March  9,  1824, 
together  with  whatever  I  shall   hereafter  direct. 

"Item  3.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  eldest  daugh- 
ter Lydia  Cutter  and  wife  of  Jonas  Cutter,  the  use 
and  improvement  of  a  dwelling  house  where  she  now 
lives,  with  all  the  appurtenances  ttiereto  belonging. 
Also  the  entire  use  and  improvement  of  about  14  acres 
of  land  in  West  Cambridge  (Menotomy  or  Arlington), 
which  land  came  into  my  hand  and  possession  by  vir- 
tue of  a  deed  of  mortgage,  made  to  me  by  her  hus- 
band Jonas  Cutter,  together  with  what  I  shall  here- 
after order  for  her  use,  and  during  her  natural  life 
as  aforesaid,  and  at  her  death,  to  her  lawful  heirs, 
the  whole  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  my  executor  as 
aforesaid  until  a  Trustee  shall  be  duly  appointed  to 
take  charge  of  the  same  for  her  use,  and  if  in  case 
I  do  not  appoint  such  a  trustee.  I  hereby  direct  the 
Judge  of  Probate  for  the  time  being  to  appoint  one 
under  the  restriction  of  law  in  such  cases  made  and 
provided. 

"Item  4.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  second  daughter 
Mary  Buckman  all  the  lands  and  tenements  more  par- 
ticularly   described    in    a    deed    to    her,    bearing    date 


born  August  17,  1797,  died  August  24,  1799. 
4.  Henry,  born  March  5,  1801,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Isaac,  born  August  27,  1804,  mention- 
ed below. 

(VII)  Henry  Frost,  son  of  Ephraim  Frost 
(6),  was  born  in  West  Cambridge.  March  5, 
1801,  died  October  12,  1882.  He  attended 
the  district  school  during  the  short  winter 
terms  until  he  was  about  fourteen.  He  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  in  West  Cambridge  until 
after  he  came  of  age,  then  purchased  a  farm  of 
thirty-three  acres  on  .'\lewive  brook  on  the 
boundary  line  between  Cambridge  and  West 
Cambridge.  He  sold  this  place,  however,  in 
1842,  to  Smith  &  Cook.  It  was  known  as  the 
old  Di.xon  place  and  is  now  the  property  of  the 
city  of  Cambridge  and  in  use  for  an  almshouse. 
Mr.  Frost  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  During 
the  spring  run  of  alewives  in  the  river  and 
brook  he  profited  largely  by  fishing,  as  did 
many  of  his  neighbors.  .A.11  who  owned  land 
on  Alewive  brook  made  a  business  of  fishing 
during  the  season.  In  1842  Mr.  Frost  removed 
to  West  Cambridge  and  carried  on  the  home- 
stead which  he  and  his  brother  Isaac  inherited. 
He  devoted  his  attention  to  market  gardening 
with  marked  success.  He  was  a  man  of  sound 
judgment,  excellent  principles,  upright,  honest 
and  pious.    He  was  the  first  deacon  of  the  Uni- 

March  10,  1S24,  together  with  what  I  shall  hereafter 
order  and  to  her  heirs  and  assigns   (?)   forever. 

"Item  5.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  second  son 
James  Frost  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid 
him  by  the  executor  as  aforesaid  after  my  decease  (?) 
and  I  consider  this  witli  what  I  have  heretofore  given 
him  to  be  his  full  part  and  share  of  my  estate. 

"Item  6.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  third  daughter 
Rulhy  Russell,  wife  of  Jonathan  Russell,  after  my 
deatli,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid  her 
by  my  executor  as  aforesaid  and  this  I  consider,  to- 
gether with  what  I  gave  her  at  her  marriage  and  since 
to  be  her  full   part  and  share  out  of  my  estate. 

"Item  7.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  grandson  Henry 
Frost  for  his  dutyfull  conduct  and  behaviour  to  me. 
and  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  all  the  lands  and 
tenements  more  particularly  described  in  a  deed  to 
him  bearing  date  Mar.  10,  1824,  on  condition  that  he 
pay  into  the  hands  of  my  executor  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  be  disposed  of  as  I  sliall 
liereafter    direct. 

"Item  8.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  grandson  Isaac 
Frost  for  his  dutyfull  conduct  and  behaviour  to  me  all 
the  lands  and  tenements  more  particularly  described 
in  a  deed  of  the  same  bearing  date  Mar.  10th,  1824, 
and  unto  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  on  condition 
that  he  pay  into  the  hands  of  my  executor  the  sum 
of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  be  disposed  of  as 
I    shall    hereafter    direct. 

"Item  9th.  I  order  mv  executor  to  pay  into  the  hands 
of  the  trustee  of  my  daughter,  Lydia  Cutter,  the  sum 
of  three  hundred  dollars  for  her  use  and  benefit  as 
aforesaid,  when  he  shall  have  received  the  same  from 
my  grandsons,  and  I  order  that  what  shall  remain  out 
of  real  and  personal  estate,  not  heretofore  disposed  of 
to  have  It  equally  divided  Into  three  parts  or  shares. 
One  share  I  give  to  my  son  Ephraim  Frost,  one  share 
to  my  daughter  Mary  Buckman  and  the  other  remain- 
ing share  to  be  placed  In  the  hands  of  the  Trustee  for 
the  U.SC  o*  Lydia  Cutter  aforesaid.  And  I  hereby 
place,  put  and  appoint  my  son  Ephraim  PYost  my  sole 
executor  to  see  this  my  last  will  and  testament  per- 
formed &  executed.  In  testimony  whereof,  I  have 
hereto  set  my  hand  and  prefixed  my  seal  as  my  last 
will  and  testament  this  sixteenth  day  of  February 
182.5.  Signed,  sealed,  pronounced  the  last  will  and  tes- 
tament of  Ephraim  Frost  In  presence  of  us  the  sub- 
scribing  witnesses." 


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life  to  work  in  his  father's  gardens.  When 
their  father  retired,  Charles  A.  and  his  brother 
Henry  conducted  the  farm  for  two  years  and 
the  farm  was  then  divided,  each  operating  his 
part;  in  1883  Charles  A.  bought  the  old  Ames 
farm  at  Stoneham  and  gave  his  attention  to 
market  gardening  there  on  his  own  account. 
After  five  years  the  property  was  taken  by  the 
Metropolitan  park  commission  of  the  state.  He 
then  returned  to  the  homestead  at  Belmont  for 
a  time,  and  since  1900  has  spent  two  winters  in 
California.  He  inherited  the  homestead  on 
which  his  ancestors  have  lived  for  many  gener- 
ations, during  which  time  the  name  of  the  town 
or  parish  or  precinct  has  changed  from  time  to 
time — Menotomy,  West  Cambridge,  Arling- 
ton, Belmont.  He  followetl  market  gardening 
on  the  homestead  after  his  return  east,  and  he 
makes  a  specialty  of  lettuce  and  cucumbers, 
for  which  he  finds  in  Boston  a  good  market. 
He  has  five  large  green-houses  in  which  he 
raises  early  crops.  He  has  recently  built  a 
handsome  modern  house  on  the  property, 
where  he  now  resides.  In  religion  Mr.  Frost 
is  a  L'niversalist ;  in  politics  a  Republican.  He 
was  made  a  member  of  Belmont  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons,  July  25,  1872 ;  joined  Hiram  Lodge 
of  Arlington  February  27,  1896 ;  has  been  a 
member  of  Menotomy  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch 
Masons  since  April  24,  1873.  He  is  a  member 
of  Boston  Market  liardeners' Association.  He 
married  (first),  September  8,  1864,  Mary 
Olive  Russell,  of  Methuen,  Massachusetts, 
born  August,  1845,  died  M'arch  9,  1867, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Azubah  (Kimball) 
Russell,  of  Methuen.  He  married  (second), 
December  8,  1869,  Julia  Teel,  of  Cambridge. 
She  died  June  11,  1871,  daughter  of  Levi 
Teel.  He  married  February  22,  1881, 
Georgia  Augusta  Smith,  born  February  25, 
1857,  daughter  of  George  and  Helen  (Evans) 
Smith,  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  Children  of 
Charles  .\.  and  .Mary  O.  F"rost:  1.  Hattie 
Emily,  born  October  22,  1865,  died  June  9, 
1904;  married,  October  15,  1890,  .'\rthur  S. 
Parker  ;  children  :  i.  Russell  Frost  Parker,  born 
.'\pril  29,  1902;  ii.  Mary  Frances,  .'\ugust  2, 
1903.  Children  of  Charles  A.  and  Georgia  \. 
Frost:  2.  Albert  Henry,  born  November  21, 
1883,  spent  four  years  engaged  in  growing 
oranges  in  California  and  is  now  engaged  in 
business  with  his  father  on  the  old  Frost  home- 
stead. 3.  Marjorie,  born  April  19,  1890,  died 
January  25,  1893.  4.  Mabel  Beatrice,  born 
-  January  5,   1893. 

(Vli)  Isaac  Frost,  son  of  Ephraim  Frost 
(6).  was  born  at  West  Cambridge.  Massa- 
chusetts, August  27,   1804.     He  was  brought 


up  on  his  father's  farm,  acquiring  a  practical 
knowledge  of  farming  and  gardening  and  a 
common  .school  education.  His  father  died 
about  the  time  he  came  of  age  and  he  and  his 
brothers  carried  on  the  farm  together.  He 
established  a  retail  milk  business  in  the  adja- 
cent town  of  Cambridge  and  built  up  a  flour- 
ishing trade.  About  1843  he  built  his  resi- 
dence on  Pond  street  on  what  is  now  Lake 
street,  Belmont,  and  here  he  started  market 
gardening,  in  which  he  was  quite  successful 
from  the  first,  continuing  until  within  about 
ten  years  of  his  death.  During  his  last  years 
he  worked  for  his  son,  who  took  the  responsi- 
bility of  management  and  the  care  of  business 
from  his  shoulders.  He  died  May  20.  1881, 
suddenly,  while  sitting  in  a  chair  reading  a 
newspaper.  Mr.  Frost  was  devoted  to  his 
family  and  his  home  and  had  few  other  inter- 
ests outside  of  his  business.  He  was  an  inde- 
fatigable worker  at  all  seasons,  a  model  of  in- 
dustry and  energy.  He  attended  the  Baptist 
church.  In  early  life  he  voted  with  the  Whigs, 
later  with  the  Republicans.  He  trained  with 
the  militia  in  his  younger  days. 

He  married,  April  12,  1832,  Cynthia  Wil- 
kins,  born  January  6.  1806,  died  June  22,  1875. 
Children:  i.  Harriet  Ellen,  born  March  27, 
1833.  married.  October  21,  1857,  Adoniram 
Porter,  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts;  children:  i. 
William  F.  Porter,  born  June  29,  1859;  ii.  .\da 
F.  Porter,  March  9,  i8fii  ;  iii.  Walter  F.  Por- 
ter, September  20,  1862 ;  iv.  Jennie  L.  Porter 
(twin),  November  7,  1864,  died  ."Xpril  20, 
1868;  V.  Jessie  L.  Porter  (twin),  born  and 
died  November  7,  1864;  vi.  Sylvester  E.  Por- 
ter, October  13,  1866:  vii.  Lewis  W.  Porter, 
March  18,  1870,  died  May  11,  1873;  viii. 
Albert  J.  Porter,  born  September  4,  1872. 
Adoniram  Porter  died  November  30,  1904.  2. 
.Adelaide  Cynthia,  born  .August  29,  1835,  died 
May  10,  i860;  married,  October  11,  1855,  John 
Helen  Edith  Crosby,  born  July  29,  1856,  died 
January  13,  1889.  3.  Mary  Dodge,  born  Oc- 
tober 9,  1839,  died  .Vugust  17.  1840.  4.  Syl- 
vester Charles,  born  July  3,  1841,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Mary  Emma,  born  .August  12,  1845. 
living  on  Lake  street,  Belmont,  Massachusetts, 
unmarried. 

(\'in)  Sylvester  Charles  Frost,  son  of 
Isaac  Frost  (7),  was  born  at  West  Cambridge. 
Massachusetts,  July  3,  1841.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools,  and  worked  on 
his  father's  farm  until  he  came  of  age.  He  en- 
listed, August  8,  1862,  in  Company  K,  First 
Massachusetts  Heavy  .\rtiller\-.  at  Boston, 
under  Colonel  Satchwell.  He  was  stationed 
for  a  time  at  .Arlington  Heights,  took  part  in 


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the  battle  of  Spottsylvania  and  afterward  was 
ill  with  "fever  and  ague,"  and  had  to  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  hospital  where  he  was  treated  for 
two  months  and  was  discharged  and  mustered 
out  July  5,  1864.  He  was  under  fire  at  the 
battle  of  the  Wilderness,  at  the  fights  at  North 
Anna  River  and  Fairfax  Courthouse.  He  re- 
turned home  after  his  term  of  enlistment  ex- 
pired, and  took  charge  of  his  father's  farm  for 
three  years.  Then  he  bought  eleven  acres  of 
John  S.  Crosby  in  1867.  This  farm  was  situ- 
ated m  what  was  known  as  Pond  street,  near 
Pleasant,  and  is  known  as  the  old  Frost  place. 
He  has  been  a  very  successful  market  gar- 
dener, making  a  specialty  of  lettuce,  cucunv 
bers,  dandelions,  celery  and  various  other 
vegetables  and  produce.  The  fann  contains 
fifteen  acres,  more  or  less,  in  a  high  state  of 
cultivation.  Mr.  Frost  finds  his  market  among 
the  wholesale  dealers  in  Boston.  He  built  an 
attractive  residence  in  Belmont,  one  of  the 
finest  in  that  section.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Arlington  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  was  the 
treasurer  for  several  years.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  and  has  served  his  party  as  dele- 
gate to  councilor  conventions.  Up>on  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  First  National  Bank  at  .-Vr-. 
lig^on,  Mr.  Frost  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  and  has  filled  that  position 
to  the  present  time  (1907).  He  is  a  member 
of  Hiram  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  being  made 
a  member  April  30,  1868;  also  of  Menotomy 
Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons  since  June  20, 
1893;  also  a  member  of  Francis  Gould  Post, 
Grand  Army;  was  post  commander  in  1889- 
90-91  and  is  at  present  quartermaster.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Past  National  Officers'  Associa- 
tion of  the  Grand  Army,  to  the  Regimental 
Association  of  the  First  Massachusetts  Heavy 
Artillery ;  the  Frost  family  Association,  and 
the  Boston  Market  Gardeners'  Association. 

He  married,  February  2,  1871,  Alice  Amelia 
Locke,  born  November  9,  1849,  daughter  of 
Edwin  and  Evelyn  (Perry)  Locke,  of  West 
Cambridge.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Gertrude  Adelaide,  born  July  4,  1872, 
married  George  Tobey,  of  West  Stockbridge, 
Massachusetts,  died  July  28,  1902;  had  Charles 
Sylvester  Tobey,  bom  July  4,  1902.  2.  Harold 
Locke,  born  August  15,  1875,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Lena  Rebecca,  torn  April  21,  1877. 
died  May  26,  1882.  4.  Evelyn  Perry,  born 
November  3,  1881.  5.  James  John,  born  March 
7.  1883,  died  March  27,  1883. 

(IX)  Harold  Locke  Frost,  son  of  Sylvester 
Charles  Frost  (8),  was  Ixirn  at  Belmont.  Mas- 
sachusetts. .August  15.  1875.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  and  high  schools,  and  at  the 


Massachusetts  Agricultural  College  at  Am-  j 
herst,  Massachusetts,  from  which  he  was  grad-  I 
uated  in  1895  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  He  was  i 
soon  afterward  appointed  on  the  Massachu-  ■ 
setts  Gypsy  Moth  Commission  under  the  state  i 
board  of  agriculture,  servmg  from  July,  1895,  ■ 
to  January,  1896.  Then  he  engaged  in  busi-  ' 
ness  on  his  own  account  under  the  firm  name  i 
of  H.  L.  Frost  &  Co.,  as  foresters  and  ento-  1 
mologists,  making  the  care  of  trees  a  .specialty  ; : 
spraying,  pruning  and  moving  trees  in  a  scien-  ' 
tific  manner ;  treating  all  kinds  of  insect  pests  i 
and  fungus  diseases  effectually  and  furnishing  i 
expert  advice.  This  business  came  into  being  [ 
at  an  opportune  time  and  has  grown  rapidly. , 
Mr.  Frost  numbers  among  his  customers,  not  \ 
only  the  owners  of  fine  estates  who  need  the  ■ 
assistance  of  an  expert  forester  and  landscape ; 
gardener,  but  the  farmer  and  market  gardener  j 
who  has  suffered  an  invasion  of  insects  or] 
other  pests,  especially  the  San  Jose  scale.  Mr.  1 
Frost  has  gained  a  national  reputation  and  now  ] 
accepts  contracts  in  any  states  east  of  the  i 
Mississippi  river,  employing  a  large  corps  of  j 
trained  experts,  many  of  whom  are  graduates  1 
of  agricultural  colleges  who  understand  and  I 
execute  with  skill  the  details  of  the  work.  Mr. 
Frost  has  no  less  than  twenty-five  spraying  j 
outfits  and  seventy-five  men  in  the  spraying; 
department  of  his  business,  combating  the  j 
gypsy  moth,  the  brown  tail  moth,  the  San  Jose  I 
scale,  the  elm  leaf  beetle,  the  canker  worm,; 
etc.  Mr.  Frost  is  not  only  the  pioneer  in  this  j 
line  of  business  but  is  the  foremost  and  most] 
successful.  At  times  he  has  in  his  employ  two] 
hundred  men.  In  1906  Harold  L.  Frost  was^ 
instrumental  in  incorporating  the  Frost  Insecti-  ! 
cide  Company  under  the  laws  of  Massachu-  ] 
setts,  of  which  institution  he  was  elected  presi-j 
dent ;  W.  E.  Freeman,  vice-president,  and  C. ', 
H.  Higgins,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Thei 
company  is  largely  engaged  in  real  estate  en- 1 
terprises  and  have  erected  a  substantial  brick  j 
building  in  Arlington  which  is  being  used  ex-j 
clusively  for  offices  and  store-rooms,  labora- 1 
tories,  etc.  The  firm  of  H.  L.  Frost  &  Co.,  of  i 
which  Harold  L.  Frost  is  the  chief  member,' 
have  offices  in  Boston,  New  York,  and  Phila- ' 
delphia,  from  which  their  entomological  and, 
forestrv  work  is  directed  in  various  states  east; 
of  the  Mississippi  river.  While  Mr.  Frost  is] 
correctly  regarded  as  a  pioneer  tree  specialist,! 
in  which  line  of  pursuit  he  has  done  much  to-; 
preserve  our  native  shade  trees  and  is  deserv- 
ing of  much  credit,  he  has  worthily  upheld- 
the  traditions  of  the  family  and  has  proved 
himself  a  worthy  scion  of  the  name  and  his-- 
ancestors. 


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Mr.  Frost  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church 
of  Arlington,  and  is  assistant  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school ;  president  of  the  Young 
People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  in  Ar- 
lington. He  was  president  of  the  association 
also  while  in  college  at  Amherst.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican  and  has  served  the  town  of 
Belmont  three  years  as  tree  warden.  He  was 
made  a  member  of  Belmont  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons,  March  7,  190 1,  and  also  belongs  to 
Menotomy  Council,  Royal  Arcanum.  He  was 
president  of  the  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  fraternity  at 
College ;  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Alumni  As.sociation  of  Massachusetts  Agricul- 
tural College ;  of  the  Boston  Club  of  Frater- 
nity ;  of  the  Economic  Entomologist  Associa- 
tion of  America ;  of  the  .\merican  Entomolo- 
gist Association ;  of  the  Massachusetts  Fores- 
try Association  ;  of  the  Massachusetts  Horti- 
cultural Society. 

He  married,  December  31,  1901,  Sophia 
Wood  Freeman,  who  was  born  November  3, 
1878,  daughter  of  George  Tilton  and  Annie 
W}inan  (Wood)  Freeman,  of  Arlington.  Her 
father  was  a  jeweler  in  Boston.  The\-  had 
one  child,  George  Freeman,  born  Alay  17, 
1903,  died  October  4.  1907. 


(For  early  generation  see  preceding  Frost  sketches.) 

(V)  Tohn  Frost,  son  of  Ephraim 
FROST  Frost"  (4),  was  born  at  West 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1760,  and  died  March  15,  1812.  He 
lived  in  Belmont,  then  Menotomy,  near  his 
brothers  Ephraim  and  .A.mos.  They  were  all 
very  hard  workers.  It  is  said  that  he  was  a 
very  powerful  man.  He  was  known  as  "Money 
John."  He  and  his  wife  owned  the  covenant 
in  the  Precinct  church,  February  4,  1781.  He 
married,  November  21,  1780,  Susanna  Hill, 
who  died  September  29,  1804.  aged  forty-four. 
daughter  of  .Abraham  and  Susanna  (Welling- 
ton) Hill,  of  Menotomy.  Children:  i.  Susan- 
na, baptized  March  4,  1781.  married  .A.mos 
Warren,  Jr.,  of  Charlestown,  December  19, 
1802.  2.  Anna,  born  January  25,  1783,  mar- 
ried Lathrop  Perkins,  .\pril  16,  1809.  3.  John, 
born  1784,  died  October  7,  1802.  4.  Jonathan, 
born  December  7,  1788,  mentioned  below.  5. 
-Asa.  baptized  November  7,  1790.  6.  Isaac, 
baptized  December  16,  1792.  7.  Mary,  bap- 
tized December  21,  1794.  8.  Infant,  died  June 
6,  1801,  aged  four  months.  9.  Eliza  (twin), 
baptized  March  20.  1803.  10.  Lavinia  (twin), 
baptized  March  20,  1803.  11.  John,  baptized 
February  14,  1808. 

(VI)    Jonathan   Frost,   son   of   John    Frost 

11—12 


(5),  was  born  at  West  Cambridge,  (Belmont) 
December  7,  1788,  and  died  May  i,  1873.  His 
father  died  when  he  was  quite  young  and  he 
had  a  hard  time  to  obtain  an  education  and 
help  the  family  to  live.  When  he  was  twenty 
years  old  he  learned  the  brick  maker's  trade, 
making  the  bricks  by  hand  in  the  old  way. 
Thrown  on  his  own  resources,  he  became  a 
hard  working  man  all  his  life.  After  his 
father's  death  he  bought  from  the  other  heirs 
the  homestead,  a  place  of  eighty  or  a  hundred 
acres,  and  did  market  gardening  and  some  mill 
business.  In  1851  he  sold  the  house  to  his 
son  Warren  and  built  another  on  Brighton 
street,  some  distance  below.  Here  he  was  as- 
sociated with  his  sons  Artemas  and  Flerbert, 
but  after  some  years  gave  up  the  business  and 
retired.  He  was  a  strong  man  and  a  great 
worker.  He  had  the  reputation  of  being  very 
fond  of  fishing.  .A.  man  of  rigid  principles,  he 
was  temperate  in  all  things.  He  had  no  ene- 
mies. He  was  an  old  time  musician  and  play- 
ed in  the  West  Cambridge  band.  He  trained 
in  the  early  militia.  He  was  first  a  member  of 
the  Parish  church  and  afterwards  a  Baptist, 
joining  the  church  when  he  was  sixty  years  of 
age. 

He  married  (first).  May  13,  1816,  Lucy 
Brown  Frost,  who  died  .August  3,  1817, 
daughter  of  Captain  Stephen  Frost.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  January  31,  1821,  Evelina  Hull, 
born  April  9,  1796,  died  May  31,  1857,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  and  Jerusha  (Billings)  Hull,  of 
Charlestown,  ^Massachusetts.  Her  father  was 
Commodore  Hull.  Child  of  the  first  wife.i. 
Lucy,  born  .April  13,  1817,  died  unmarried. 
Children  of  the  second  wife  :  2.  Warren  Shat- 
tuck,  born  March  7,  1823,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Varnum,  born  December  23,  1824,  married, 
November  16,  1852,  Sarah  Russell  Hutchinson 
Peirce,  daughter  of  .Abel  and  .Almira  (Russell) 
Peirce ;  children  :  i.  Alma  Louise,  born  October 

I,  1856:  ii.  Howard  Varnum,  April  19,  1861 ; 
iii.  Lewis  Peirce,  January  I,  1866,  died  March 

II,  1900;  married,  April  20.  1893,  Ruth  Read 
Gage,  of  Arlington,  Massachusetts.  4.  Evelina 
Clark,  born  January  9,  1827,  married,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1846.  Francis  Hill,  of  Belmont;  chil- 
dren: i.  Anna  Francis  Hill,  born  October  i, 
1847:  ii.  Charles  Herbert  Hill,  March  13, 
1853:  iii.  Evelina  Frost  Hill,  March  9,  1858; 
iv.  Marietta  Hill,  August  21,  1861,  died  July 
25,  1862.  5.  .Anna  Grafton,  born  March  2, 
1829,  married,  August  10,  1854,  Roland  H. 
Crosby,  of  \\^est  Cambridge:  cliildren:  i.  Eve- 
lina Frost  Crosby,  born  .August  7,  1858,  died 
November  i.  1877:  ii.  Edward  Roland  Crosby, 
October  6,  1859,  died  September  3,  1897;  iii. 


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Walter  Sears  Crosby,  January  24,  1864,  died 
July  30,  1864.  6.  Artemas,  born  April  7,  1831, 
mentioned  below.  7.  Alary  Hastings,  born 
April  13,  1833,  married,  December  9,  1862, 
George  S.  Teele :  children :  i.  Herbert  Sullivan 
Teele,  born  November  i,  1863;  ii.  Mary  Helen 
Teele,  April  17,  1865.  8.  Henrietta  Caroline, 
born  March  31,  1835,  married,  May  21,  1856, 
Warren  S.  Shattuck,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York ; 
children :  i.  Edith  Shattuck,  born  February  6, 
1862,  died  November  3,  1880;  ii.  Herbert 
Alonzo  Shattuck,  January  17,  1864:  iii.  Evelyn 
Frost  Shattuck,  May  29,  1866;  iv.  Warren  S. 
Shattuck,  August  9,  1870:  v.  Lucia  Rowland 
Shattuck,  November  2,  1873 ;  vi.  Marguerite 
Shattuck,  December  13,  1878.  9.  Jonathan 
Herbert,  born  April  29,  1837,  married,  Decem- 
ber 8,  iSCh,  Mehitable  B.  Bird;  children:  i. 
Mabel,  born  March  26,  1869 ;  ii.  Horace  Bird, 
May  10,  1871  ;  iii.  Elizabeth  Homer,  April  29, 

1875- 

(VH)  Warren  Shattuck  Frost,  son  of  Jona- 
than Frost  (6),  was  born  at  West  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  March  7,  1823,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 2,  1907.  He  received  a  common  school 
education  and  helped  his  father  on  the  farm, 
driving  the  team  to  Boston  with  produce. 
About  185 1  he  bought  the  farm  of  his  father, 
about  thirtv  acres,  and  began  the  cultivation  of 
market  produce,  and  like  the  others  of  the 
family  became  successful  in  the  business. 
When  he  was  sixty  years  old  he  retired  from 
active  life,  handing  over  the  business  to  his  son 
Walter,  having  previously  met  with  a  severe 
carriage  accident,  which  affected  him  physical- 
ly the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  one  of 
those  who  opposed  setting  off  of  the  town  of 
Belmont  from  West  Cambridge,  as  he  thought 
the  expenses  of  a  smaller  town  would  be  too 
great.  He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  noted 
for  his  honesty,  but  lacking  in  a  sense  of 
humor.  He  was  devoted  to  his  family,  chil- 
dren and  grandchildren.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  North  Congregational  Church  at  Arling- 
ton, serving  as  deacon  for  thirty  years.  His 
first  thought  was  for  the  church,  and  he  gave 
largely  to  missionary  work.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  old  volunteer  fire  department  of  West 
Cambridge.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  and 
later  a  Republican.  He  was  on  the  school  com- 
mittee for  years.  He  served  in  the  early  mi- 
litia. He  belonged  to  the  Congregational  Club 
of  Boston. 

He  married  (first),  December  6,  1848,  Mary 
Shattuck  Thaxter,  born  September  i.  1823, 
died  September  23,  1853,  daughter  of  Gridley 
and  Susanna  Dyer  (Brown)  Thaxter.  He 
married  (second),  September  12,  1855,  Lucena 


Hopson  Lord,  born  at  Thetford,  Vermont, 
May  26,  1838,  died  May  25,  1903,  daughter  of 
Reuben  and  Lucena  (Moore)  Lord.  Children 
of  the  first  wife:  i.  Susan  Thaxter,  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  1849,  rnarried,  October  7,  1879, 
George  Henry  Andruss,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia ;  children :  i.  Newton  Frost  Andruss, 
born  October  15,  1882;  ii.  Julia  Andruss,  De- 
cember 22,  1884,  married,  June  7,  1905,  Nel- 
son Towne  Shaw ;  iii.  Mary  Andruss,  March 
25,  1887.  2.  Warren  Lincoln,  born  May  9, 
1853,  married,  November  22,  1876,  Anna 
Clark  Wyman,  born  March  3,  1853 ;  children : 
i  Edith  Anna,  born  March  17,  1877;  ii.  John 
Newton,  December  25,  1878.  Children  of  tlie 
second  wife :  3.  John  Newton,  born  September 
24,  1856,  drowned  in  the  St.  Johns  river,  Flor- 
ida, December  20,  1878.  4.  Walter  Lord,  born 
October  16,  1859,  mentioned  below.  5.  Lucena 
Moore,  born  September  22,  1861.  6.  Carlton 
Shattuck,  born  September  27,  1864,  married, 
April  14,  1903,  Annie  Stewart  Root,  of  San 
Francisco,  California. 

(Vni)  Walter  Lord  Frost,  son  of  Warren 
Shattuck  Frost  (7),  was  born  at  Belmont, 
Massachusetts,  October  16.  1859.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools,  supple- 
mented by  a  course  at  Warren  Academy  at 
Woburn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  fitted  him- 
self to  enter  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology.  On  account  of  his  father's  fail- 
ing health  he  relinquished  his  studies  and  took 
charge  of  his  father's  business,  sharing  the 
profits  with  him.  When  he  was  twenty-six 
years  of  age  he  decided  to  take  the  whole  re- 
sponsibility of  the  farm,  and  leased  it  with  all 
the  stock,  sash,  etc.,  and  has  conducted  it  ever 
since.  He  has  twenty  acres,  all  outside  culti- 
vation, and  raises  everything  in  the  line  of 
produce,  with  a  market  in  Boston,  his  goods 
selling  through  commission  merchants.  In 
1 88 1  he  built  his  present  residence  beside  the 
old  house  of  his  father's.  Mr.  Frost  is  consid- 
ered one  of  the  most  successful  market  garden 
ers  in  Belmont,  and  is  devoted  to  his  business. 
He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Market 
Gardeners'  Association  of  Boston.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Arlington  Congregational 
church  and  has  served  on  the  parish  commit- 
tee. He  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1891,  Etta  Lucy  Eastman,  born  at 
Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  August  12,  i860, 
daughter  of  Oliver  Perry  and  Lucy  (Hardy) 
Eastman.  Her  father  was  a  farmer  and  one 
of  the  "forty-niners"  who  went  to  California 
during  that  period.  Children:  i.  Walter 
Eastman,  born  November  30,  1893.  2.  Cath- 
erine Lord,  July  28,  1896,  died  February  21, 


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1900.     3.  Richard  Warren,  May  30,  1903. 

(VII)  Artemas  Frost,  son  of  Jonathan  Frost 
(.6),  was  born  in  West  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, April  7,  1831,  and  died  February  6,  1903. 
He  attended  school  at  West  Cambridge  until 
he  was  fourteen  years  old,  most  of  the  time 
during  the  winter  months.  He  was  a  thorough 
scholar,  and  took  up  bookkeeping.  He  early 
began  to  work  on  his  father's  farm,  and  with 
his  brothers  conducted  it  until  their  father 
moved  to  his  new  house  on  Brighton  street, 
some  rods  below  the  Pleasant  street  house. 
This  house  the  father  sold  to  his  eldest  son 
Warren  about  185 1.  Artemas  and  his  brother, 
Jonathan  Herbert,  moved  with  their  father  to 
the  new  home,  and  after  a  few  years  the  whole 
care  of  the  place  was  given  up  to  them.  Later 
Jonathan  Herbert  took  the  Francis  Hill  farm, 
and  Artemas  continued  to  conduct  the  Brigh- 
ton street  farm  to  the  time  of  his  father's  death 
in  1873,  when  the  property,  eighteen  acres,  was 
divided.  Artemas  received  the  house  and  six 
acres.  In  1870  he  bought  of  his  father  three 
and  one-half  acres  north  of  the  house  and 
erected  a  house  where  he  lived  until  his  death. 
He  attended  to  the  general  cultivation  of  the 
place  and  was  a  successful  grower  of  fruits, 
making  a  specialty  of  this  branch  of  farming. 
He  also  grew  all  kinds  of  market  produce.  He 
was  a  man  who  had  many  friends,  was  of  a 
retiring  disposition,  and  was  strictly  honorable 
in  all  his  dealings.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Arlington  Baptist  church  from  the  time  he  was 
twenty  years  of  age,  and  served  on  the  stand- 
ing committee.  He  was  a  Whig  and  later  a 
Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Horticultural  Society  and  was  often  an  exhibi- 
tor. He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Market 
Gardeners'  .A.ssociation. 

He  married,  December  18,  1856,  Cynthia 
Maria  Haskell,  born  July  24,  1831,  and  died 
at  Belmont,  September  2,  1899,  daughter  of 
John  and  Cynthia  (Haskell)  Haskell,  of  Bos- 
ton. Children:  i.  Eliza  Haskell,  born  March 
16,  1858,  died  March  21,  1858.  2.  Etta  Maria, 
June  19,  1859.  3.  Carrie  Haskell  (twin),  De- 
cember 21,  1862,  died  February  25,  1883.  4. 
Alice  Haskell  (twin),  December  21,  1862,  died 
March  i,  1900.  5.  Artemas  Calvin,  June  16, 
1870,  died  July  4,  1871. 


attaining  manhood  left  Londonderry  and 
came  to  Belmont,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  market  gardening  business. 
In  1858  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
Newell  C.  Frost  to  carry  on  the  business  of 
market  gardening,  and  this  connection  proved 
highly  remunerative  and  continued  until  his 
decease.  In  1859,  the  year  of  his  marriage 
with  the  sister  of  his  partner,  the  business 
was  enlarged  by  the  purchase  of  a  large  farm 
in  W'inchester,  which  becanie  his  home  for 
the  following  four  years.  He  purchased  the 
Ephraim  Tufts  place  on  the  corner  of  Massa- 
chusetts avenue  and  Tufts  street,  Arlington, 
and  the  following  seven  years  in  his  new 
home  were  active  and  prosperous  ones,  but 
were  terminated  by  his  death  which  occurred 
August  28,  1 87 1,  at  the  age  of  forty-three 
years  and  si.x  months,  in  the  prime  of  life. 
He  was  a  man  of  upright  character,  untiring 
energy,  and  of  a  genial  and  social  disposition 
which  won  him  many  friends.  He  was  a  lov- 
ing husband  and  an  indulgent  father,  and  his 
untimely  death  was  a  severe  blow  to  his  fam- 
ily, and  a  great  loss  to  the  community.  He 
was  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge  of  Free  Ma- 
sons, and  Bethel  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  in 
.Vrlington. 

Mr.  Fisher  married,  October  9,  1859,  El- 
vira Anstes  Frost,  born  October  2,  1827,  at 
Belmont,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Seth 
and  Anstes  (Trow)  Frost  (see  Frost  family 
sketch).  They  had  one  child,  Ethel  Eugenia 
born  June  26,  1861,  married,  December  22, 
1884,  Daniel  Langdon  Tappan,  and  they  are 
the  parents  of  one  child,  Arthur  Newell  Tap- 
pan,  born  December  6,  1885. 


David  Fisher  was  born  in  Lon- 
FISHER     donderry.   Nova    Scotia,    Janu- 
ary,  1828.    son    of    James    and 
Mary    Osborne    (Layton)    Fisher,    of    Nova 
Scotia.     He  acquired    his    education    in    the 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  shortly  after 


The  surname  of  this  family, 
TAPP.\N  originally  written  Topham,  or 
De  Topham,  was  assumed 
from  a  place  of  that  name  in  Yorkshire,  upon 
the  introduction  of  surnames  in  England. 
The  practice  of  taking  names  from  towns  and 
villages  in  England  is  sufficient  proof  of  the 
ancient  descents  of  those  families  who  are 
still  inhabitants  of  the  same  place.  The  fami- 
ly of  Topham  anciently  possessed  the  greater 
part  of  the  vale  of  Coverdale,  in  Yorkshire, 
and  Richard  Topham  (from  whom  there  has 
been  a  continual  male  succession)  held  the 
lordship  and  property  of  Caldburg  in  Cover- 
dale,  temp.  Henry  V.  1420.  The  earliest 
mention  of  the  family  in  the  Registry  of  the 
Archbishop  of  York  is  found  in  the  will  of 
John  Topham,  of  Pately  Bridge,  in  the  West 
Riding  of  Yorkshire,  dated  May  i,  1403.     It 


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divides  his  property  between  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth and  his  sons  and  daughters,  but  does 
not  give  their  names.  In  England  the  name 
is  spelled  Topham,  Tophan,  and  Toppan ;  in 
America  the  two  spellings  of  Tappan  and 
Toppan  are  still  in  use.  Four  generations  of 
the  ancestry  of  the  American  line  have  been 
traced  in  England. 

(I)  Robert  Topham,  with  whom  the  pedi- 
gree commences,  resided  at  Linton,  near 
Pately  Bridge,  Yorkshire,  England.  He  made 
his  will  in  January,  1550,  which  was  proved  in 
the  Archbishop's  court  at  York  in  February 
of  the  same  year.  In  this  will  he  mentions 
his  sons — Edward,  Thomas,  John,  William 
and  Robert;  his  daughter  Agnes;  legacy  to 
Ellen  Topham,  appoints  his  son  Robert,  exec- 
utor. 

(II)  Thomas  Topham,  second  son  of  Rob- 
ert Topham  (i),  was  of  Arnclifife  in  Craven. 
He  died  in  1589.  His  will  was  dated  April  24, 
1588,  and  in  it  he  desires  to  be  buried  in  the 
church  of  Arnclifife.  Mentions  his  wife  Isa- 
bel; sons  Edward,  Anthony,  Lawrence  (from 
whom'  Sir  William  Topham  and  the  Tophams 
of  Holderness  and  Middleham  Hall  are  de- 
scended), Henry  and  William;  daughter  Isa- 
bella; legacies  to  each  of  his  grandchildren. 

(III)  Edward  Topham,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  Topham  (2),  was  of  Aiglethorpe, 
near  Linton.  His  pedigree  is  recorded  in 
the  College-of-Arms  with  the  following  ar- 
morial bearings :  Arms :  Ar.  chev.  gu.  btw. 
three  crane's  heads,  er.  sa.  Crest :  Two  ser- 
pents entwined  about  a  Maltese  cross,  patee, 
fichee.  Motto:  Cruce  non  prudentia.  (The 
Tappan  coat-of-arms  may  be  seen  in  the  pub- 
lic librar\-  in  Newburyport,  Massachusetts.) 
Children  of  Edward  and  Margery  Tophani  or 
Tophan  were  seven  sons:  i.  Henry,  reader 
of  Gray's  Inn,  London,  Esq.,  of  the  parish  of 
St.  Martyne,  iri  the  city  of  York.  WiP  dated 
April  29,  1612.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daugh-. 
ter  of  John  Darley,  of  Killinghant.  2.  Ed- 
ward, counsellor  of  Gray's  Inn,  Esq.,  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  John  Scroope,  of  Danby; 
he  had  six  children,  of  whom  Francis  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Payler,  Bart., 
and  Henry,  who  was  slain  at  Marston  Moore, 
1644.  3.  Matthew,  an  alderman  of  the  city 
of  York;  died  in  1633.  4.  William,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Christopher,  of  York,  died 
1626.    6.  Godfrey.     7.  Thomas. 

(IV)  Anthony  Topham,  second  son  of 
Thomas  Topham  (2),  was  of  Arnclifife.  His 
will  is  dated  July,  1623.  He  desires  to  be 
buried  in  the  church  of  Arnclifife.     Mentions 


his  wife  Agnes,  son  Anthony,  daughter  Isa- 
bel, brother  Lawrence. 

(III)  Lawrence  Topham,  Esq.,  third  son 
of  Thomas  Topham  (2)  was  of  Calbridge  in 
Coverham.  His  wife's  name  was  Agnes. 
(See  Burke's  "Landed  Gentry.") 

(IV)  William  Toppan  (Tophan),  fourth  son 
of  Edward  Topham  (3)  of  Aiglethorpe,  re- 
sided some  time  at  Calbridge.  Children  of 
William  and  Cecelia  Toppan:  1.  Abraham, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Cecelia  (Cicely),  bap- 
tized February  27,  1608.  3.  Isaac,  died  Jan- 
uary, 1 61 2. 

(V)  Abraham  Toppan,  son  of  William  Top- 
pan  (4).  of  Calbridge,  in  the  parish  of  Cover- 
ham,  was  baptized  April  10,  1606.  He  lived 
for  some  time  in  Yarmouth,  county  of  Nor- 
folk. He  married  Susanna  Taylor,  who  was 
born  in  the  year  1607,  and  died  March  20, 
1689.  Her  mother,  Susanna  Taylor,  inher- 
ited considerable  property  from  a  second  hus- 
band, Mr.  John  Goodale,  of  Yarmouth,  whose 
will  is  dated  1625.  On  the  "Register  of 
names  of  such  persons  who  are  twenty-one 
years  and  upward,  and  have  license  to  passe 
into  forraigne  parts  from  March  1637  to  the 
29th  of  September,  by  virtu  of  a  Commission 
of  Mr.  Thomas  Mayhew,  Gentleman,"  are 
the  names  of  Abraham  Toppan,  aged  thirty- 
one;  Susanna,  his  wife,  aged  thirty-one; 
with  their  children,  Peter  and  Elizabeth,  and 
one  mayd  servant,  Anne  Goodin,  aged  eigh- 
teen years,  and  Susanna  (Taylor)  Goodale,  his 
wife's  mother,  May  loth,  1637.  In  the  year 
1637  Abraham  Toppan,  his  wife,  two  children 
his  wife's  mother,  and  servant,  Anne  Goodin, 
sailed  from  Yarmouth,  May  10,  in  the  ship 
"Mary  Ann,"  (ship  "Rose"?)  for  New  Eng- 
land. He  was  admitted  into  the  township  of 
Newbun,-,  Massachusetts,  October  16,  1637, 
and  at  various  times  in  the  following  year 
grants  of  land  were  made  him  and  he  built 
his  dwelling  house  near  the  meeting  house,  a 
few  rods  north  of  the  house  of  Captain  Rich- 
ard Adams,  and  between  that  house  and  an- 
other owned  by  the  heirs  of  the  late  Joseph 
Toppan,  a  descendant.  "Abraham  Toppan 
being  licensed  by  John  Endicott  Esq.,  to  live 
in  this  jurisdiction,  was  received  into  the 
town  of  Newberry  as  an  inhabitant  thereof, 
and  have  promised  under  his  hand  to  be  sub- 
ject to  any  lawful  order  that  shall  be  made 
by  the  towne.  October  16,  1637.  Abraham 
Toppan."  He  made  sundry  voyages  to  the 
Barbadoes.  of  which  one  or  two  were  profita- 
ble. "He  brought  home  sugar,  cotton,  wool, 
and  molasses  with  great  profit."     His  will  is- 


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dated  June  30,  1670.  In  it  he  says  he  has 
done  for  his  son  Peter  more  than  he  can  for 
the  other  children.  He  died  November  5, 
1672,  aged  sixty-six  years,  in  the  house  on 
"Toppan  Lane"  which  he  had  built  about  the 
year  1670  for  his  son  Jacob.  The  house  is 
still  standing  (1907).  It  is  owned  and  has 
been  occupied  by  his  descendants  without  in- 
terruption. His  widow  died  March  20,  1689, 
aged  eighty-two.  Her  mother,  Mrs.  Goodale, 
died  at  Newbury,  April  8,  1647.  Children  of 
Abraham  and  Susanna  (Taylor)  Toppan:  i. 
Peter,  born  in  England,  1634,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Elizabeth,  born  in  England,  October 
16,  1635,  married,  March  21,  1661,  Samuel 
Mighill  of  Rowley.  3.  Abraham,  born  in 
Newbury,  1644,  niarried,  November  9,  1670, 
Ruth  Pike,  daughter  of  John  Pike;  children 
all  died  young  at  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey. 
4.  Jacob,  born  1645,  married  (first),  August 
24,  1670,  Llannah  Sewall,  daughter  of  Judge 
Sewall.  She  died  November  11,  1699.  He 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Hannah  (Fessenden) 
Sewall.  5.  Susanna,  born  June  13,  1649,  in 
Newbury.  6.  John,  born  in  Newbury,  April 
23,  165 1,  married  (first),  September  3,  1688, 
Martha  Brown;  married  (second),  1717,  Ruth 
Heard.  7.  Isaac,  born  in  Newbury,  married 
(first),  September  29,  1669,  Hannah  Kent; 
married  (second),  March  2"].  1691,  Mary 
March.  He  removed  with  his  brother  Abra- 
ham to  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey,  and  has 
many  descendants  in  that  state,  at  Liberty, 
Indiana,  and  in  tlie  Middle  West.  (See  "Tap- 
pan  Genealogy,"  by  Judge  Good). 

(\T)  Peter  Toppan,  M.  D.,  eldest  son  of 
Abraham  Toppan  (5),  was  born  in  England, 
1634,  and  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  New 
England  in  1637.  He  married,  April  3,  1661. 
Jane  Batt,  daughter  of  Mr.  Christopher  and 
Anne  (Toppan)  (sister  of  .\braham  Toppan) 
Batt  (now  Bates).  In  the  record  of  deaths  at 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  is  the  name  of 
"Mrs.  Ann  Batt,  sister  to  Abraham  Toppan 
of  Newbury."  In  her  will  dated  March  14, 
1678,  she  mentions  Anne,  wife  of  Edmund 
Angier.  of  Cambridge,  and  Jane,  wife  of  Pe- 
ter Toppan,  "To  have  lands,  etc.,  etc.,  in  Sal- 
isbury and  Amesbury."  Peter  Toppan  was  a 
physician  at  Newbury.  He  belonged  to  one 
of  the  five  companies  into  which  the  sheep- 
owners  of  Newbury  were  divided  and  was  the 
third  largest  owner,  having  eighty  sheep.  "He 
traded  at  sea."  He  died  November  3,  1701, 
from  the  efifects  of  a  fall.  His  eldest  sons  Pe- 
ter and  Samuel  were  administrators,  ap- 
pointed March  11,  1708.  He  had  a  negro 
slave  valued  at   thirty  pounds.     Children   of 


Dr.  Peter  and  Jane  (Batt)  Toppan:  i.  Peter, 
born  December,  1662,  died  young.  2.  Eliza- 
beth, born  C^ctober  13,  1665,  married,  De- 
cember 1685,  Nathaniel  Clark,  of  Newbury. 
3.  Peter,  born  December  22,  1667,  married, 
April  28,  1696,  Sarah  Greenleaf.  4.  Samuel, 
born  June  5,  1670,  died  October  30,  1750; 
married,  June  3,  1701,  Abigail  Wigglesworth, 
born  March  20.  1681,  died  January  28,  1771. 
5.  Christopher,  born  December  15,  1671, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Jane,  born  January  4, 
1674. 

(VH)  Samuel  Toppan,  son  of  Dr.  Peter 
Toppan  (6),  was  born  in  Newbury,  June  5, 
1670,  and  died  there  October  30,  1750,  aged 
eighty  years.  He  married  June  3,  1701,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  the  Rev.  Michael  Wiggles- 
worth,  of  Maiden,  Massachusetts.  She  was 
born  March  20,  1681,  and  died  January  28, 
1771,  aged  ninety  years.  "The  house  in  which 
they  lived  was  built  in  1700,  and  is  still  stand- 
ing. It  is  situated  on  High  street,  the  second 
house  from  Marlboro  street"  (1879).  (From 
"My  Ancestors  in  America,"  by  William 
Blake  Pierce).  Children  of  Samuel  and  .■Xbi- 
gail  (Wigglesworth)  Toppan:  i.  Samuel, 
born  1702,  married  Dorothy  Moody.  2.  Wig- 
glesworth, born  1705,  died  unmarried,  1781. 
"In  the  former  part  of  his  life  he  lived  at  Old 
York,  Maine;  was  one  of  the  deacons  there, 
and  much  respected.  In  his  old  age  he  re- 
turned to  Newbury,  bought  his  father's  man- 
sion house  and  died  there."  3.  Abigail,  born 
1707,  married  Daniel  Noyes.  4.  Martha,  born 

1710,  married   John   Smith.      5.  Mary,   born 

171 1,  married  Joseph  Couch.  6.  Ebenezer, 
born  1 71 4.  7.  Lydia.  born  1716,  married 
Jesse  Smith.  8.  Benjamin,  born  1720-21, 
married  Elizabeth  Marsh,  mentioned  below. 
9.  Joseph,   born    1723,   married   Anne   Grow. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Benjamin  Tappan,  son  of 
Samuel  Toppan  (7),  was  born  at  Newbury, 
February  28,  1720,  and  graduated  at  Harvard 
College,  1742.  He  was  ordained  at  Manches- 
ter, ATassachusetts,  September  17,  1745,  and 
died  there  May  6,  i7t)o.  He  married,  in 
1746,  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Deacon 
David  Marsh,  of  Haverhill.  She  died  Au- 
gust, 1807.  Children  of  Rev.  Benjamin  and 
Elizabeth  (Marsh)  Tappan:  i.  Benjamin, 
born  1747,  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel,  born 
1749,  died  1 75 1.  3.  Mary,  born  1751,  mar- 
ried (first)  Josiah  Fairfield,  married  second 
.\aron  Burnham.  4.  David,  born  1752,  men- 
tioned below.     5.  Wigglesworth,  born   1754. 

married  Chase.     6.  .Abigail,  born   1757, 

married     first,  Chase    of    Portsmouth, 

New  Hampshire;  married  second.  John  Bak- 


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er.  7.  Samuel,  born  1759,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Ebenezer,  born  1761,  married  Elizabeth 
Foster.  9.  Michael,  born  1763,  married  Sar- 
ah   .     10.   Elizabeth,  born   1765,  married 

Chase,  of    Saco,    ^Taine.       11.   Martha, 

born  1766.  12.  Amos,  born  1768,  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  1788;  married  Isabella 
Buckminster,  who  died  1814. 

(IX)  Benjamin  Tappan,  son  of  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Tappan  (8),  was  born  at  Manchester, 
Massachusetts,  October  21,  1747.  He  was 
married  at  the  age  of  23,  on  November  2, 
1770,  to  Sarah,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Wil- 
liam Homes.  Mrs.  Tappan  was  a  grand- 
niece  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  Benjamin  Tap- 
pan  died  January  29,  1831,  aged  eighty-three. 
His  wife  died  March  26,  1826.  Children  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Homes)  Tappan:  i. 
Sarah,  born  August  i,  1771,  married  Novem- 
ber 9,  1799  to  Solomon  Stoddard.  2.  Hon. 
Benjamin,  born  May  25,  1773.  He  was  a 
judge  and  LI.  S.  senator  from  Steubenville, 
Ohio.  He  married  March  20,  1801,  Nancy 
Wright  of  Farmington,  Connecticut,  and  mar- 
ried second,  Mrs.  Lord.  3.  Rebecca,  born 
July  4,  1775,  married  November  11,  1793,  to 
Colonel  William  Edwards.  Colonel  Edwards 
commanded  a  regiment  of  artillery  in  1813, 
stationed  at  South  Boston  for  the  protection 
of  the  seaboard.  4.  Lucy,  born  July  14,  1777, 
married  May  6,  1802,  to  the  Rev.  John 
Pierce  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  5.  Wil- 
liam born  July  21,  1779,  married  1805,  Sarah 
Patterson,  of  Northumlierland,  Pennsylvania, 
He  resided  at  Binghampton,  New  York.  6. 
John,  born  July  26,  1781,  married  September 
30,  1805,  .Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Salis- 
bury. They  had  eleven  children.  His  wife 
died  August  28,  1839.  He  married  second 
September  22,  1841,  Mrs.  Hannah  (Pomroy) 
Edwards,  In  1843  he  was  sent  by  the  United 
States  government  to  London  as  a  delegate 
to  the  International  Convention  of  Peace.  He 
died  at  Boston,  where  he  resided.  7.  Charles, 
born  .August  8,  1784;  married  Ann  Maria, 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  George  Long,  of  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  .September  24,  1809. 
He  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  April  8,  1875. 
8.  .-\rthur,  born  May  22,  1786,  married  Sep- 
tember 18,  1810,  Frances,  daughter  of  Colo- 
nel Edward  Antill.  She  was  a  great-grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Morris  of  New  Jersey, 
and  a  native  of  Montreal.  .Arthur  Tappan 
was  a  New  York  drygoods  merchant  and  abo- 
litionist. He  was  widely  known  as  a  patron 
of  religious  and  patriotic  organizations,  en- 
dowed Lane  .Seminary  at  Cincinnati,  a  [)rofes- 
sorship  at  .Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  and 


built  Tappan  Hall  at  Oberlin  College,  Ohio; 
assisted  in  founding  the  Journal  of  Commerce 
and  The  Emancipator,  and  was  first  president 
of  the  Anti-Slavery  Society.  He  aided  in  sus- 
taining the  Liberator,  and  by  paying  an 
enormous  fine  freed  William  Lloyd  Garrison 
from  the  Baltimore  jail.  One  of  the  most 
notable  of  his  benefactions  was  his  paying 
the  board  and  tuition  of  one  hundred  divinity 
students  for  four  years  at  Yale  College.  9. 
Lewis,  born  May  23,  1788.  He  was  a  dry- 
goods  merchant,  philanthropist,  and  anti- 
slavery  advocate.  The  partner  in  business  of 
his  brother  Arthur  Tappan.  He  was  a  lead- 
ing founder  of  the  American  Missionary  As- 
sociation. He  married  September  7,  1818, 
.Susan,  daughter  of  L")r.  William  .\spinwall, 
of  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  He  died  at 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  June  21,  1873.  10. 
Elizabeth,  born  October  31,  1790,  married 
Alexander  Phoenix.  She  died  May  30,  1819. 
II.  George,  born  1793,  died  the  same  day. 

(IX)  Rev.  David  Tappan,  D.  D.,  son  of 
Rev.  Benj.  Tappan  (8),  was  born  .\pril  21, 
1752.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege 1 77 1,  and  settled  in  the  ministry  at  the 
Second  Church  in  West  Newbury,  April  18, 
1774.  On  the  26th  of  December,  1792,  he  was 
inaugurated  Hollis  Professor  of  Divinity  at 
Har\'ard  University.  He  married  March  31, 
1780,  Mary,  daughter  of  Dr.  Enoch  Sawyer. 
He  died  August  2~.  1803.  She  died  Septem- 
ber, 1834.  Children  of  Rev.  David  and  Mary 
(Sawyer)  Tappan:  i.  Dr.  Enoch  Sawyer,  M. 
D.,  born  March  3,  1782;  he  graduated  at  Har- 
vard College  1801;  died  1847  at  Augusta, 
Maine.  2.  David,  born  May,  1784;  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  College,  1804.  3.  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin, born  November,  1788,  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  1805,  ordained  in  Augusta, 
Maine,  October  16,  181 1;  he  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Lieutenant  Governor 
Thomas  L.  Winthrop.  Rev.  Benjamin  Tap- 
pan,  Jr.,  of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  was 
their  son.  4.  Sarah.  5.  Mary.  6.  Hannah. 
7.  George  W.     8.   Mary  Eliza. 

(IX)  Samuel  Tappan,  son  of  Rev.  Benja- 
min Tappan  (8),  born  1759,  married  -Xurelia 
Bingham,  of  Manchester.  Massachusetts.  He 
died  April  29,  1806.  Children  of  Samuel 
and  Aurelia  (Bingham)  Tappan:  i.  Aurelia. 
2.  Amos.  3.  Rev.  Bingham,  born  October 
29,  1794;  died  at  West  Needham,  Massachu- 
setts, June  18,  1849.  He  was  a  poet,  and  au- 
thor of  several  well  known  hymns,  one  of 
which  was  the  hymn.  "There  is  an  hour  of 
peaceful  rest."  He  published  several  books 
of   poems.       His    son.     Af'"-tnmT     Brockway 


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Tappan,  was  a  physician  and  professor  in  the 
Medical  School  in  ^tlerida,  State  of  Yucatan, 
Mexico.  4.  Eliza.  5.  Rev.  Daniel  Dana, 
born  at  Newbury,  October  20,  1798:  grad- 
uated at  Bowdoin  College,  1822:  ordained  in 
Alford,  Maine,  April  23,  1828;  settled  in 
North  Marshfield,  January  2^,  1839.  6. 
Samuel. 

(\'II)  Rev.  Christopher  Toppan,  A.  M.,  D. 
D.,  youngest  son  of  Dr.  Peter  Toppan,  was 
born  in  Newbury,  December  15,  1671.  He 
graduated  at  Harvard  College,  1691 ;  was  or- 
dained September  9,  1696,  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  in  Newbury.  He  married  (first)  De- 
cember 13,  1698,  Sarah  Angier,  daughter  of 
Edmund  Angier,  of  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts; married  (second),  January  28,  1739, 
Elizabeth  Dummer.  Children  of  Rev.  Chris- 
topher and  Sarah  (Angier)  Toppan:  i.  Chris- 
topher, born  February  24,  1700.  mentioned 
below.  2.  Edmund,  born  in  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, December  7,  1701,  graduated  at 
Harvard  College,  1720;  he  was  physician  at 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire:  he  married,  July 
29,  1727,  Sarah  Wingate,  of  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire.  3.  Bezaleel,  born  1705,  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  College,  1722;  was  one  of 
the  proprietors  of  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
remaining  two  years;  it  is  said  that  he 
preached  the  first  sermon  in  Concord,  1728, 
under  an  oak  tree;  settled  in  Salem.  Massa- 
chusetts, as  pastor  and  also  as  physician;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Barton  of  Salem,  Massachusetts; 
died  in  1762.  4.  Sarah,  born  1707,  married 
Ezekiel  Mighill.  5.  Eunice,  born  1710,  mar- 
ried Eleazer  Pierce.  6.  Susanna,  married 
Benjamin  Woodbridge,  a  descendant  of  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Dudley. 

Rev.  Christopher  Toppan  died  July  27,, 
1747.  On  his  monument  in  the  graveyard  op- 
posite the  church  on  High  street  in  Newbury 
is  the  following  inscription:  "Here  lies  buried 
the  body  of  the  Rev.  Christopher  Toppan, 
Master  of  Arts,  fourth  Pastor  of  the  First 
Church  in  Newbury;  a  Gentleman  of  good 
learning,  conspicuous  for  Piety  and  Virtue, 
shining  both  by  his  Doctrine  and  Life,  skilled 
and  greatly  improved  in  the  Practice  of  Phy- 
sick  and  Surgery,  who  deceased  July  23,  1747, 
in  the  76th  year  of  his  age  and  51st  of  his  Pas- 
toral Office."  Coffin  in  his  "History  of  New- 
bury," says:  "Dr.  Toppan  was  a  man  of  tal- 
ents, energy,  and  decision  of  character,  and 
'would  speak  his  mind.'  A  specimen  of  this 
latter  trait  may  be  seen  on  page  213.  Other 
instances  might  be  given,  but  I  shall  mention 
only  one.  .A  Mr. and  his  wife  once  pre- 
sented a  child  for  baptism.     Not  having  con- 


fidence in  the  man's  sincerity,  he  addressed 
the  congregation  in  these  words,  while  per- 
forming the  rite,  T  baptize  this  child  wholly 
on  the  woman's  account."  " 

(Mil)  Christopher  Toppan,  eldest  son  of 
Rev.  Christopher  Toppan  (7),  was  bom  in 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  February  24,  1700. 
He  settled  in  North  Hampton,  New  Hampshire. 

He    married    Rachel   ,    of    Kensington, 

New  Hampshire  (?).  She  married  (second) 
Benoni  Selly  (Cilley),  of  Salisbury  and  Sea- 
brook,  October  9,  1739.  Benoni  Selly  mar- 
ried (first)  Elinor  Getchell,  August  28,  1705, 
by  whom  he  had  nine  children.  (Professor 
Cilley,  of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  from  an 
old  record  made  by  his  uncle,  says  that  Chris- 
topher Toppan  married  Dorcas  Selley,  daugh- 
ter of  Benoni  Selley,  but  this  lacks  proof). 
Children  of  Christopher  and  Rachel  Toppan: 
I.  Christopher,  born  about  1725,  mentioned 
below.  Children  of  Benoni  and  Rachel  (Top- 
pan)  Selley:  i.  Mary,  born  March  8,  1740.  2. 
Abigail,  February  9,  1742. 

(IX)  Christopher  Toppan,  son  of  Christo- 
pher Toppan  (8),  was  bom  in  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire,  re- 
moving there  from  Exeter  in  the  year  1768, 
where  he  was  a  farmer  and  cabinet-maker. 
In  the  old  Toppan  house  in  Sandwich,  now 
owned  by  his  descendant,  Daniel  L.  Tappan, 
of  Arlington,  Massachusetts,  are  many  pieces 
of  furniture  and  a  clock  made  by  him  or  his 
son.  He  "married  Sally  Eaton,  of  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  their  children  were:  i. 
Hulda,  christened  August  20,  1749,  married 
Benjamin  Scribner.  2.  John,  christened  No- 
vember 17.  1754,  died  young.  3.  Samuel, 
christened  May  14.  1758,  died  in  Tamworth; 
farmer:  representative  to  the  legislature.  4. 
John,  christened  July  6,   1760,  died  in   New 

Haven:  married  Lydia  ,  of  New  Haven, 

Connecticut;  one  child.  5.  Abraham,  born 
March  8,  1763,  mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah, 
born  in  Exeter,  married  (first)  Luther  Cook; 
married  (second)  William  Page.  7.  Rachel, 
born  in  Sandwich,  married  Samuel  Fairfield. 
8.  Elisha,  born  in  Sandwich,  died  young. 
Christopher  Toppan  died  in  Sandwich,  1806, 
and  his  wife  died  in  the  same  place  in  1807. 

About  this  time  several  branches  of  the 
Toppan  family  agreed  to  conform  the  orthog- 
raphy of  the  name  Toppan  to  its  usual  pro- 
nunciation, and  write  it  Tappan.  Among 
those  who  adopted  this  spelling  were  the 
brothers  Arthur,  Lewis,  Benjamin,  and  John 
Tappan,  already  mentioned;  Mason  W.  Tap- 
pan,   attorney   general   of   the   state   of   New 


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Hampshire;  and  Abraham  Tappan,  of  Sand- 
wich, New  Hampshire,  with  whom  this  pedi- 
gree continues. 

(X)  Abraham  Tappan,  fourth  son  of  Chris- 
topher Toppan  (9)  was  l)orn  in  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  March  8,  1763,  christened  March 
13'  1763-  He  accompanied  his  father  to 
Sandwich  in  1768,  was  reared  on  his  father's 
farm,  and  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion. Like  his  father  he  was  a  cabinet-maker 
by  trade,  and  in  connection  with  farming  fol- 
lowed his  trade  throughout  the  active  years  of 
his  life.  He  married  (first),  March  6,  1784, 
Ruth  Hazzard,  daughter  of  James  and  Ruth 
(Carr)  Hazzard,  of  Chester,  who  were  of  full 
Scotch-Irish  blood.  Ruth  (Hazzard)  Tap- 
pan  died  in  Sandwich,  April,  1804.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  December,  1804,  Ann  Blanch- 
ard.  He  died  in  Sandwich,  May,  1839,  and 
both  he  and  his  first  wife  are  buried  in  the 
graveyard  at  Centre  Sandwich  (Free  Baptist). 
Children  of  Abraham  and  Ruth  (Hazzard) 
Tappan:  i.Anne,  born  in  Sandwich.  2.  Betsey, 
born  in  Sandwich.  3.  John,  born  in  Sandwich. 
4.  Sally,  born  August  20,  1794,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Ruth,  born  in  Sandwich,  died  young. 
6.  Mary,  born  in  Sandwich,  died  1830.  7. 
James  Hazzard,  born  May  18,  1798,  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Jonathan,  born  March  16. 
1800,  mentioned  below.  <■).  Ruth,  born  in 
Sandwich,  1802,  died  young.  10.  Son,  born 
in  Sandwich,  1804,  lived  three  weeks.  Chil- 
dren of  Abraham  and  Ann  (Blanchard)  Tap- 
pan  were:  I.  Lucy,  born  August  8,  1805, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Abraham,  born  Decem- 
ber 16,  1806,  mentioned  below.  3.  John, 
born  December.  1808.  mentioned  below.  4. 
Daniel,  born  October  17,  1810,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Ruth,  died  young.  6.  Susan,  died 
young. 

(XI)  Sally  Tappan,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Tappan  (10),  born  .August  20,  1794,  died 
1866.  She  married,  November  28,  1821, 
Moses  Hoit,  born  1791,  died  1875.  aged 
eighty-four  years  eight  months.  Children:  i. 
Rhoda,  married  Benjamin  Fry.  2.  Eliza, 
never  married.  3.  James  Tappan,  born  (822, 
died  January  27,  1892;  never  married.  4. 
Sarah,  married  Hubbard  Leach,  of  Moulton- 
borough.  5.  Moses,  married  Lydia  Smith,  of 
Sandwich. 

(XI)  James  Hazzard  Tappan,  son  of  Abra- 
ham Tappan  (10),  born  May  18,  1798,  died  in 
Moultonborough.  Married  Dolly  Smith,  of 
New  Hampton.  Children:  i.  Charles,  born 
1826,  died  young.  2.  Susan,  born  June  23, 
i"  X,  married  David  Rowe,  of  North  Sand- 
wi   li.       3.   Smith    died      young.        4.   George. 


married  Bethia  Bennet,  two  children;  died  in 
Sandwich;    his    widow    and    children    moved    ; 
west.     5.  Mary,   married   Charles   Hunttress,    1 
of   Moultonborough;   no   children.     6.  Eliza, 
married  Nathaniel  Fry,  of  Sandwich;  leaving 
children.      7.  Harriet.      8.  Smith,    living    in    • 
Moultonborough;  unmarried.  9.  Sarah,  mar-   J 
ried  John  Fry. 

(XI)  Jonathan  Tappan,  son  of  Abraham  ; 
Tappan  (10).  was  born  in  Sandwich,  ]VIarch  : 
16,  1800,  died  .March  14,  1880.  He  was  a  : 
farmer.  He  married,  March  8,  1823,  Dorothy  1 
Beede  Heard,  born  January  5,  1803,  died  Oc-  1 
tober  28,  1880,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Lucy  | 
(March)  Heard,  of  Sandwich.  Children:  i.  , 
Edmund  March,  born  September  3,  1824, 
mentioned  below.     2.  Ruth  Ann,  born  April    i 

3,  1826,  mentioned  below.  3.  Charles  Lang-  .1 
don,  born  June  26,    1828,  mentioned  below.    1 

4.  Jonathan,  born  in  Moultonborough,  Octo-    ' 
ber  18,   1830,  died  May   14,   1832.     5.   Lucy    ; 
March,  born  October  27.  1832,  mentioned  be- 
low.    6.  Caroline   Isabel,  born  in  SanJwich,    i 
October  31,  1835.    7.  Jonathan,  born  August 
8,  1838,  mentioned  below.    8.  Dolly  Atmette,    '< 
born  April  8,  1840,  mentioned  below.     9.  C?-    i 
ville  Corlin,  born  in  Sandwich,  September  4,    I 
1843,  died  November  12,  1843.     lO-  William    ; 
Leslie,   born    in    Sandwich,    September     15,    > 
1844;  enlisted  in  the  Lnion  .\rmy  in  the  war    j 
of   the    Rebellion,    September    12,    1864,   dis-    . 
charged  June  7,  1865;  died  in  Sandwich,  Sep- 
tember  14,   1866.  from  disease  contracted  in    : 
service;  unmarried.  1 

(XII)  Rev.  Fdmund  March  Tappan,  son  of    . 
Jonathan  Tappan  (11),  was  born  in  Sandwich, 
September  3.  1824,  died  in  Lawrence,  Massa-    ', 
chusetts,   December   12,   i860.     He  fitted  for 
college  at  Smithville  Seminary,  North  Scitu- 
ate,  Rhode  Island,  and  graduated    at    Dart- 
mouth College,  1852.  Was  principal  of  Geau-    j 
ga    Seminary,   Chester,   Ohio,   year    1852-53;    \ 
ordained  in  Foster,  Rhode  Island,  August  18,    j 
1852:  pastor  of  the  Free   Baptist  Church  of    '. 
Blackstone,       (Waterford),       Massachusetts,    j 
1 853- 1 857;  pastor  of  the  Free  Baptist  Church    ] 
of   Lawrence,    Massachusetts,   from    1857   till    i 
his  death.     He  married  August  15,  1849,  Lu-    ] 
cretia   Logee,  born   May  7,   1822,  in   Burrill-     ; 
ville,  Rhode  Island.     Children:  i.   Infant  son,    • 
born  1853,  died  at  birth.    2.  Eva  March,  born    ' 
December  26,  1854.  i 

(XIII)  Eva   March    Tappan,    daughter    of 
Rev.  Edmund  March  Tappan  (12),  was  born 

in  I'lackstone,  December  26,  1854.  Gradu-  < 
ated  at  \'assar  College,  1875;  teacher  Whea-  i 
ton  Seminary,  Norton,  Massachusetts,  1875  I 
to   1880;  associate  ])rinci]ial  Raymond  .\cad-     , 


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€my,  Camden,  New  Jersey,  1884  to  1894; 
graduate  student  University  of  Pennsylvania 
1893  to  1896;  held  fellowship  in  same  Univer- 
sity years  1895-96;  received  degree  of  A.  M., 
1895  and  Ph.  D.  1896;  teacher  of  English  lit- 
erature in  the  English  high  school  of  Wor- 
cester, Massachusetts,  1897  to  1904;  resigned 
to  devote  herself  to  authorship. 

(XIIj  Ruth  Ann  Tappan,  daughter  of  Jon- 
athan Tappan  (11),  born  in  Sandwich.  April 
3,  1826,  married,  March  30,  1845,  Stephen 
Vittum,  born  September  10,  1817,  in  Sand- 
wich, son  of  Stephen  and  Vittum.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Louisa  Everline,  born  October  30, 
1845,  died  November  i,  1894:  married  Alon- 
20  Severance.  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Sep- 
tember 30,  1847,  married  Samuel  Peaslee.  3. 
Clara  Anna,  born  December  13,  1851,  mar- 
ried Lorenzo  Bean.  4.  Edmund  March, 
born  October  24,  1855,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Bertha,  born  March  28,  1870. 

(XIII)  Edmund  March  Mttum,  son  of 
Stephen  and  Ruth  Ann  (Tappan)  (12)  Vit- 
tum, was  born  October  24,  1855.  Pitted  for 
college  at  New  Hampton;  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth college,  1878;  tutor  in  Robert  College, 
Constantinople,  Turkey,  1878  to  1881;  in 
Yale  Theological  Seminary  1881  to  1884;  or- 
dained June  5,  1884;  pastor  in  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut, June  5,  1884,  to  1889;  pastor  in  Ce- 
dar Rapids,  Iowa,  November  14,  1889  to 
1891 ;  pastor  in  Grinnell,  Iowa,  January  5, 
1892,  to  1896;  president  Fargo  College,  Far- 
go, North  Dakota,  from  1906.  Married,  in 
Guilford,  May  16,  1889,  Annie  L.  Grilwold,  of 
Guilford,  Connecticut. 

(XII)  Rev.  Charles  Langdon  Tappan,  son 
of  Jonathan  Tappan  (11),  was  born  in  Moul- 
tonborough,  New  Hampshire,  June  26,  1828, 
died  in  Concord,  February  2^,  1902.  He 
fitted  for  college  at  Smithville  Seminary, 
North  Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  graduated  at 
Amherst  College,  1858;  East  Windsor  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  1858-1860;  Andover  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  1860-61,  graduated  in  the 
latter  year;  ordained  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
January  28.  1864;  pastor  in  ()watoniia. Minne- 
sota, 1864-66;  editor  of  Republican  Joiirjial 
Owatonna,  1866-67;  pastor  Brighton,  Illinois, 
1868-70;  pastor  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire, 
1870-78;  removed  to  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  22,  1879;  pastor  East  Con- 
cord, 1880-82;  pastor  Wilmot,  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1882-84;  librarian  New  Hampshire 
Historical  Library  Ma}'  20,  i8ip.  to  June  12, 
1895.  He  married  Almira  Remington  Rice, 
Alay  18.  1876.  She  was  born  August  24. 
1833,    daughter     of     Emanuel    and    Almyra 


(Spraguel  Rice,  of  Natick,  Rhode  Island,  and 
granddaughter  of  Governor  Sprague,  of 
Rhode  Island.     She  died  August  8,  1899. 

(XII)  Lucy  March  Tappan,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Tappan  (11),  born  in  Moultonbor- 
ough,  October  27,  1832,  died  in  Sandwich, 
November  15,  1896.  Married  (first),  April 
II,  1858,  Samuel  Wallace,  Jr.,  born  July  6, 
1823,  in  Sandwich,  died  June  11.  1867,  in 
Holderness.  He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Wal- 
lace, of  Epsom  and  Sandwich,  born  in  Ep- 
som, died  September  25,  1859,  in  Holderness, 
and  Nancy  (Duquoine)  Wallace,  born  in  New 
Durham,  died  January,  1859,  in  Holderness, 
Samuel  Wallace,  Sr.  was  the  son  of  Wey- 
mouth  and  (Doe)   Wallace,   of   Epsom 

and  Sandwich;  Weymouth  Wallace  was 
wounded,  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and 
received  a  pension  therefor  from  New  Hamp- 
shire from  1776  to  1783,  and  afterwards  till 
his  death  in  Sandwich,  from  the  United 
States.  Nancy  (Duquoine)  Wallace  was  the 
daughter  of  Andrew  Duquoine,  of  New  Dur- 
ham, who  was  born  in  France.  Samuel  Wal- 
lace, Jr.  was  a  sailor  in  early  life.  Married 
(second)  March  12,  1875,  Orrin  Clough.  of 
Ashland,  who  died  December,  1881.  Chil- 
dren of  Samuel  Wallace  and  Lucy  March 
(Tappan)  Wallace:  i.  Freeman  Leslie,  born 
March  12,  1859,  in  Holderness,  married  Mrs. 

• .      2.  Flora,   born   January    13.    1861,    in 

Holderness,  died  March  18.  1861.  3.  Flora 
Eda.  born  March  25,  1862,  in  Holderness.  4. 
Ira  Tuttle,  born  December  16,  1864,  in  Hol- 
derness. 

Caroline  Isabelle  Tappan,  daughter  of  Jon- 
athan Tappan  (11),  born  in  Sandwich,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1835,  married  Asahel  Adams  Wallace, 
March  10,  1859.  He  was  born  May  16,  1825, 
died  March  24,  1896.  He  was  the  son  of 
Samuel  Wallace,  and  brother  of  Samuel  Wal- 
lace, Jr.  Children:  i.  Charles  Langdon, 
born  November  7,  i860,  mientioned  below.  2. 
Christopher  Tappan,  born  March  25,  1862, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Emma  Lizzie,  born 
November  21,  1863,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Marcellus  Copelyn,  born  August  12,  1865, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Margery  Victoria,  born 
January  12,  1868,  mentioned  below.  6.  Dolly 
Heard,  born  October  12.  1869,  mentioned  be- 
low. 7.  Mary  Hunttress,  born  May  21,  1871, 
mentioned  below.  8.  Asahel  Horace,  born 
January  7.  1873,  in  Sandwich.  9.  Frederick 
Williatii,  born  September  i,  1875.  in  Sand- 
wich. 10.  .\lmira  Rice,  born  June  8,  1882. 
in  Sandwich. 

(XIII)  Charles  Langdon  Wallace,  son  of 
Asahel    A.   and    Caroline    Isabelle    (Tappan) 


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(12)  Wallace,  was  born  November  7,  i860,  in 
Thornton.  New  Hampshire.  He  graduated 
at  New  Hampshire  Literary  Institution  in 
1884,  and  at  Bates  College  in  1888;  was  prin- 
cipal of  Guilford  Academy.  1888-89;  princi- 
pal and  superintendent  of  the  public  schools 
of  Lisbon.  New  Hampshire,  1889-1907:  prin- 
cipal of  high  school  of  Plymouth.  New 
Hampshire.  1907.  He  married.  October  14, 
1888,  Grace  Swan  Montgomery,  born  July 
26,  i860,  in  Levant,  Maine,  daughter  of 
James    Swan    Montgomery,   born   September 

12.   ,   in    Edinburg,   Scotland,   and   Julia 

Ann  (Pomeroy)  Montgomery,  born  March  i, 
1824,  in  Levant,  Maine.  His  real  name  was 
James  Swan  Neill.  He  with  his  cousin  de- 
serted from  the  English  army  in  Canada  and 
came  to  the  United  States,  and  changed  his 
name  to  escape  detection.  He  settled  in  Le- 
vant, Maine.  His  brothers  are  still  living  in 
Scotland. 

(XIII)  Christopher  Tappan  Wallace,  son 
of  Asahel  A.  and  Caroline  Isabelle  (Tappan) 
(12I  Wallace,  was  bom  March  25,  1862,  in 
Thornton,  New  Hampshire.  Married,  April 
21,  1884,  Ellen  Abbie  Sanborn  of  Guilford, 
New  Hampshire,  born  September  29,  1864, 
daughter  of  Alva  Osgood  Sanborn,  born 
July  2,  1841,  and  Susan  (Blaisdell)  Sanborn, 
born  July  21,  1840.  Alva  O.  Sanborn  was 
the  son  of  Osgood  and  Hannah  (Bean)  San- 
born of  Guilford,  and  grandson  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  (Osgood)  Sanborn.  Children 
of  Christopher  T.  and  Ellen  A.  (Sanborn) 
Wallace:  I.  Louis  Alva,  born  December  2, 
T887,  in  Guilford.  2.  Herbert  Christopher, 
born  February  18,  i8gi,  in  Guilford. 

(XIII)  Emma  Lizzie  Wallace,  daughter  of 
Asahel  A.  and  Caroline  Isabelle  (Tappan) 
(12)  Wallace,  was  born  in  Thornton,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1863.  Married,  March  17,  1886, 
Henry  Anson  Jewell,  of  Holderness,  New 
Hampshire,  born  November  15,  1866,  in  Bel- 
mont, New  Hampshire,  son  of  Henry  B.  Jew- 
ell, born  January  22,  1841,  in  Holderness  and 
Sarah  E.  (Sargent)  Jewell,  born  October  26, 
1841,  in  Holderness.  Children:  t.  Asahel 
Henry,  born  December  3,  1886,  in  Holder- 
ness. 2.  Charles  Tappan,  born  June  24, 
1888.  in  Ashland.  3.  Raymond  Edmund 
March,  born  October  16.  1890.  in  Ashland. 

(XIII)  Marcellus  Copelyn  Wallace,  son  of 
Asahel  A.  and  Caroline  Isabelle  (Tappan) 
(12)  Wallace,  was  born  in  Thornton,  August 
12,  1865.  Married,  January  i.  1887.  Sadie  E. 
Moulto'n.  of  Sandwich,  daughter  of  Hiram  H. 
and  Salome  (Bcals)    Moulton,   of   Sandwich. 


Mrs.  W'allacc  died  October  19,  1896,  in  Lake- 
port.  New  Hampshire. 

(XIII)  Margery  Victoria  Wallace,  daugh- 
ter of  Asahel  A.  and  Caroline  Isabelle  (Tap- 
pan)  (12)  Wallace,  was  born  in  Sandwich, 
January  12,  1868.  Married  (first),  December 
18,  1891,  Walter  Elbridge  Nudd,  of  Canter- 
bury, New  Hampshire,  born  March  8,  1868. 
Married  (second)  April  3,  1897.  John  Stacy 
Hall,  of  Concord,  born  April  4.  1849.  i"  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  but  grew  to  manhood  in  Barn- 
stead,  New  Hampshire,  son  of  Alfred  and 
Mary  Ann  (Otis)  Hall.  One  child  of  the 
first  marriage,  \\'allace  Elbridge  Nudd,  born 
June  29,  1895,  in  Sandwich. 

(XIII)  Dolly  Heard  Wallace,  daughter  of 
Asahel  A.  and  Caroline  Isabelle  (Tappan) 
(12)  Wallace,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  October 
12,  1869.  Married,  September  6,  1893. 
George  Edwin  Beede,  of  Sandwich,  born 
Tune  30,  1866,  son  of  Josiah  Edwin  and  Au- 
gusta (Sullivan)  Beede. 

(XIII)  Mary  Huntress  Wallace,  daughter 
of  Asahel  A.  and  Caroline  Isabelle  (Tappan) 
(12)  Wallace,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  May  21, 
1 87 1.  Married,  November  12,  1896,  Erank 
.'\lbert  Burleigh,  born  December  28,  1874,  in 
East  Tilton,  New  Hampshire,  died  December 
5,  T899,  son  of  Joseph  .\lbert  Burleigh,  born 
December  27,  1850,  in  Sanbornton,  and  Sar- 
ah Josephine  (Smith)  Burleigh,  of  Sandwich, 
born  September  16,  1852,  daughter  of  Charles 
Smith. 

(XII)  Jonathan  Tappan,  son  of  Jonathan 
Tappan  (11),  born  in  Sandwich,  August  8, 
T838,  married  (first),  January  i,  i860,  Au- 
gusta Adelpha  \\'ebster,  daughter  of  Josiah 
Webster,  of  Sandwich.  She  was  born  De- 
cember 8,  1837, died  December  ii,  1868.  Mar- 
ried (second!,  February  12.  1869,  Julia  Fran- 
ces Nute,  born  December  31,  1844,  daughter 
of  Charles  Nnte.  Children  of  Jonathan  and 
Augusta  A.  (Webster)  Tappan:  i.  Son,  born 
December  17,  1861,  died  December  23.  1861. 
2.  Edmund  March,  born  May  21,  1863,  died 
Tulv  7,  1865.  3.  Annie  Maria,  born  in  Sand- 
wich, Tunc  t6,  1866.  4.  Edmund  March,  born 
in  .Sandwich.  November  27.  1868.  Children 
of  Jonathan  and  Julia  F.  (Nute)  Tappan:  i. 
Emma  Frances,  born  January  28.  1870.  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Clara  Belle,  born  Januar>' 
12.  1872,  mentioned  below.  3.  Oliver  Chase, 
born  in  Sandwich.  August  7.  1873.  4.  Belin- 
da Ham.  born  in  Sandwich,  Mav  4,  1875.  5. 
.\ugusta  Mary,  born  in  Sandwich,  April  29, 
1877.  6.  Mabel  .Xnn.  bom  in  Sandwich.  Au- 
gust 12,  1883.     7.  Mary  Alice,  bom  in  Sand- 


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wich,  June  i,  1885.  8.  Almira  Rice,  born  in 
Sandwich,  December  12,   1886. 

(XIII 1  Emma  Frances  Tappan,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  Tappan  (12),  was  born  January 
28,  1870,  married  November  7,  1893,  Leon 
Everett,  (Jacquith)  Hawkins,  of  Senter  Har- 
bor, New  Hampshire.  Child:  Myrtle  Frances 
born  July  12,  1897,  in  Senter  Harbor. 

(XIII)  Clara  Belle  Tappan,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Tappan  (12),  was  born  January  12, 
1872,  married,  November  12,  1889,  Albert 
Hoyt  Tilton,  of  Moultonborough,  son  of  Al- 
bert and  Sarah  (  Hoyt)  Tilton,  and  grandson 
of  Eben  and  Lucy  (Tappan)  Tilton  of  Sand- 
wich. Children:  i.  Apphia,  born  in  Moulton- 
borough. 2.  Sarah  Helen,  born  in  Moulton- 
borough, July  — . 

(XII)  Dolly  Annette  Tappan,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Tappan  (11),  born  in  Sandwich, 
April  8.  1840,  died  July  13,  1865.  Married 
December  16.  1858,  William  Chase  Mudgett, 
of  Sandwich,  born  February  23,  1834,  son  of 
Moses  Mudgett,  born  November  3,  1808,  and 
Clarissa  A.  (Eaton)  Mudgett,  born  May  6, 
1806,  daughter  of  Joshua  Eaton,  born  Febru- 
ary 2;^.  1773,  and  Hannah  J.  (Chase)  Eaton, 
born  April  14,  1770.  Moses  Mudgett  was  the 
son  of  Captain  Elisha  and  Sarah  (Ladd)  Mud- 
gett, the  former  serving  in  the  Revolution. 
Joshua  Eaton  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Eaton  of 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts  and  of  Pittsfield, 
Guilford  and  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire. 
William  Chase  Mudgett  married  (second) 
1866,  Sarah  Jane  Plummer,  born  April  8, 
1833,  died  November  24,  1879,  daughter  of 
Jesse  and  Polly  (Edwards)  Plummer,  of  Gil- 
mantown.  New  Hampshire.  He  married 
(third),  1883,  Mrs.  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Quint) 
Lakin,  who  had  one  daughter,  Ida  Lakin, 
married  Edward  Tandy.  Children  of  Wil- 
liam Chase  and  Dolly  A.  (Tappan)  Mudgett: 
I.  Josephine,  born  in  Sandwich,  August  3, 
i860,  died  July  3,  1865.  2.  Leonard,  born 
August  21,  1862,  mentioned  below.  3.  In- 
fant son.  born  in  Sandwich,  June  9,  1864,  died 
June  16.  1864.  Child  of  William  Chase  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Plummer)  Mudgett;  Alice,  born 
in  East  Tilton,  June  16,  1868. 

(XIII)  Leonard  Mudgett,  son  of  William 
Chase  and  Dolly  .Annette  (Tappan)  (12)  Mud- 
gett, was  born  in  Sandwich,  August  21,  1862. 
Married  September  5,  1887,  Helen  Frances 
Rollins,  born  in  East  Tilton,  December  6, 
1864.  daughter  of  Chase  Rollins,  born  Au- 
gust 23.  1826,  died  March  5,  1886,  and  Laura 
Jane  (Odell)  Rollins,  born  in  East  Tilton, 
September  30.  1828,  died  June  29,  1897;  they 
were  married   May   17,   1853,  and  resided  at 


East  Tilton,  New  Hampshire.  Children  of 
Leonard  and  Helen  F.  (Rollins)  Mudgett:  i. 
Abbie  Grace,  born  in  Concord,  July  2j,  1888. 

(XI)  Lucy  Tappan,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Tappan  (10),  born  August  8,  1805,  died  April 
8,  1887.  She  married  Eben  Tilton.  Children: 
Albert,  born  September,  1825,  died  .August, 
1895;  married  Sarah  Hoit,  of  Moultonbor- 
ough. 2.  Martha  Ann,  married  Wood- 
man. 3.  Mary,  married  Frederick  Williams, 
of  New  York ;  died  leaving  one  daughter 
Flora.  4.  Azubah,  born  November  3,  1835, 
died  young.     5.  Alvin. 

(XI)  Abraham  Tappan,  son  of  Abraham 
Tappan  (10),  born  December  16,  1806,  died 
December  23,  1878.  After  attending  the 
schools  of  his  native  town,  he  went  to  Frank- 
lin, New  Hampshire,  where  he  learned  the 
paper  making  business.  He  returned  to 
Sandwich,  and  associated  himself  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  with  his  brothers,  Daniel  and 
John,  in  the  manufacture  of  paper  under  the 
firm  name  of  Tappan  Brothers.  Their  mill 
was  situated  on  the  road  between  Sandwich 
and  Moultonborough.  At  the  height  of  their 
prosperity,  the  mill  was  twice  destroyed  by 
fire,  and  the  property  not  having  been  insured 
to  cover  their  losses,  they  dissolved  the  firm, 
and  gave  up  the  business.  The  remainderof  his 
life  was  spent  on  his  farm  at  Sandwich,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  June  9,  1840,  Doro- 
thy Ann  Tilton,  born  September  1,  1820,  died 
August,  1905.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John 
Folsom  Tilton.  born  at  Exeter,  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1793,  died  April  21,  1857,  and  Sarah 
Fogg,  born  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  1795, 
died  October,  1879.  John  Folsom  Tilton 
served  in  the  war  of  181 2,  and  was  an  artil- 
leryman at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire. 
Children  of  Abraham  and  Dorothy  Ann  (Til- 
ton) Tappan:  i.  Alpheus  Crosby,  born  March 

8,  1842,  mentioned  below.  2.  Abraham  Ed- 
win, born  December  22,  1845,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Elizabeth  Frances,  born  May  21, 
1849,  mentioned  below.  4.  Frank  Taylor^ 
born  April  21,  1857,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Katharine,  born  August  5,  i860,  unmarried, 
a  resident  of  Coldwater,  Michigan. 

(XH)  Alpheus  Crosby  Tappan,  son  of 
Abraham  Tappan  (11)  born  at  Sandwich, 
New   Hampshire,   March  8,   1842,  died  June 

9,  1879.  He  left  home  at  an  early  age,  and 
became  salesman  for  a  wholesale  grocery 
house  at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, 1863,  Caroline  Turner,  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts.  Their  children  were:  i.  Jen- 
nie, died.  2.  Emma,  married  Mark  .Sibley,. 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts. 


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(XII)  Abraham  Edwin  Tappan,  son  of 
Abraham  Tappan  (n),  born  at  Sandwich, 
New  Hampshire,  December  22.  1845,  mar- 
ried 1865  Abbie  Graves,  daughter  of  Rus- 
sell Graves,  of  Sandwich.  Mr.  Graves  served 
in  a  New  Hampshire  regiment  throughout 
the  war  of  the  rebellion.  Children  of  Abra- 
ham Edwin  and  Abbie  (Graves)  Tappan;  i. 
Elizabeth.  2.  Frederick.  3.  Amy  Tilton.  4. 
Annie  Libby.  5.  Minnie  Katharine.  6.  Ed- 
win (died  1907).   7.   Dorothy  Evelyn. 

(XIIj  Elizabeth  Frances  Tappan,  daugh- 
ter of  Abraham  Tappan  (11)  bom  May  21, 
1849,  married  October  10,  1866,  Edgar 
Franklin  Shaw,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  Frank  Lester.  2.  Frederick 
King.    3.  Burton  Tappan. 

(XII)  Frank  Taylor  Tappan,  son  of  Abra- 
ham Tappan  (11),  bom  in  Sandwich,  New 
Hampshire,  April  21,  1857.  After  receiving 
a  common  school  education  at  Sandwich,  he 
went  to  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
learned  the  shoe  manufacturing  business.  He 
followed  the  same  business  at  Lynn.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  from  there  went  to  New  York 
City.  Here  he  took  a  business  course,  and 
tecame  superintendent  of  a  shoe  manufac- 
turing concern.  He  continued  in  that  busi- 
ness until  1892,  at  which  time  he  established 
a  shoe  manufactory  at  Muncie,  Indiana.  In 
1898  he  moved  his  business  to  Coldwater, 
Michigan,  where  he  is  now  located.  This 
business  is  known  as  the  Tappan  Shoe 
Manufacturing  Company,  and  has  been  won- 
derfullv  prosperous.  It  has  become  one  of 
the  leading  manufacturing  concerns  of  its 
kind  in  the  middle  west.  Mr.  Tappan  holds 
the  position  of  president  and  general  mana- 
ger, and  is  the  largest  individual  stockholder 
in  the  company.  For  the  past  two  years  he 
has  served  on  the  Board  of  Public  Works  of 
the  city  of  Coldwater.  In  politics  he  is  a 
staunch  Democrat.  He  has  always  been  a 
liberal  contributor  to  the  support  of  the  Bap- 
tist Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  follow- 
ing societies:  Tyre  Lodge  No.  18,  F.  and  A. 
M.;  Temple  Chapter  No.  21,  R.  A.  M.;  Mt. 
Moriah  Council  No.  6,  R.  and  S.  M.;  Jacobs 
Commandery  No.  10,  K.  T. ;  all  at  Coldwater, 
Michigan:  Moslem  Temple  Mystic  Shrine, 
at  Detroit:  Benevolent  Order  of  Elks,  Cold- 
water,  Michigan. 

(XI)  John  Tappan,  son  of  Abraham  Tap- 
pan  (10)  born  December,  1808,  married  Sarah 
Ann  Bennett,  of  Moultonborough.    Children; 

I.  Alfred.     2.  Sarah,  married  Leach. 

3.  John.    4.   .Mice,  married  Charles  Huntress, 


Seldon  Knowles.  5.  Frank.  6.  Lucy  died 
young. 

(XI)  Daniel  Tappan,  son  of  Abraham  Tap- 
pan  (10),  born  in  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire, 
October  17,  1810,  died  August  13,  1887.  He 
attended  the  district  school  in  his  native  town, 
and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  after 
he  came  of  age.  Later  he  was  associated 
with  his  brothers — Abraham  and  John — in 
the  manufacture  of  paper  for  a  number  of 
years,  under  the  firm  name  of  Tappan  Broth- 
ers. Their  mill  was  situated  on  the  road  be- 
tween Sandwich  and  Moultonborough.  Their 
business  flourished,  but  they  lost  their  plant 
twice  by  fire,  and  not  having  it  insured  to 
cover  their  losses,  finally  dissolved  the  firm 
and  gave  up  the  business.  Daniel  Tappan 
then  started  the  manufacture  of  basket  bot- 
tom chairs  in  his  mill  at  Sandwich  and  con- 
tinued successfully  in  this  line  until  his  death 
in  1887.  He  also  owned  the  old  Worthen 
place  which  he  purchased  shortly  after  his 
marriage.  He  was  retired  in  manner  and 
domestic  in  his  habits  and  tastes.  He  was  of 
jovial  disposition  and  fond  of  a  joke.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  an 
earnest  advocate  of  temperance.  He  was 
a  Whig  and  RcDublican  in  pohtics,  and  in  his 
youth  belonged  to  the  militia.  He  married 
(first)  September,  1836,  Naomi  Vittum,  who 
bore  him  two  children;  i.  Emily,  married 
(first)  John  Gott,  of  Sandwich;  (second)  John 
Gove,  of  Sandwich.  2.  Anna,  married  Free- 
man Abbott,  of  Sandwich.  Daniel  Tappan 
married  (second)  1845,  Rhoda  Straw  Had- 
ley,  born  at  Sandwich,  April  23,  1819,  died 
May  12,  1895,  aged  seventy-six  years,  nine- 
teen davs,  daughter  of  Winthrop  and  Sybil 
(Worthen)  Hadley  of  Sandwich.  (See  Had- 
ley  genealogy).  Her  father  was  a  farmer. 
Children;  I.' Julia  Ellen,  born  October  7, 
1848,  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel  Ambrose, 
born  Tanuarv  29,  1850,  mentioned  below.  3, 
Winthrop  Hadley,  born  March  3,  1851, 
learned  and  followed  the  carpenter  trade;  un- 
married. 4.  Fanny,  born  June  16,  1852,  un- 
married. 5.  Daniel  Langdon,  born  May  16, 
1855,  mentioned  below.  6.  Mary,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1856,  mentioned  below.  7.  Au- 
gusta, born  April  5,  1858:  mentioned  below. 
8.  George  Harvey,  born  September  9,  1859, 
owner  of  lumber  mill  at  Farmington,  New 
Hampshire,  unmarried.  9.  Clara,  born  May 
3,  1861,  mentioned  below.  10.  Walter  Scott, 
born  Julv  26,  1862,  mentioned  below. 

(XII)  Tiilia  Ellen,  daughter  of  Daniel  Tap- 
pan    (II)",    born    October    7.    1848,    married. 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


509 


Alarch  i,  1868,  Warren  L.  Pittman,  of  Alex- 
andria, New  Hampshire.  Children;  i.  Fan- 
nie Maria,  born  March  8,  1869.  2.  Clara 
Adelle,  December  5,  1870.  3.  Viola  A.,  No- 
ember  28,  1873.  4-  Willard  A.,  June  30,  1875. 
5.  Flora  May,  April  3,  1877.  6.  Clarence  E., 
March  18,  1879.  7.  Samuel  H.,  January  23, 
1881.  8.  Victoria  Alice,  April  22,  1885,  died 
July  24,  1886.  9.  John  W.,  November  21, 
1886.  10.  Marjorie,  October  27,  1889. 

(XII)  Samuel  Ambrose  Tappan,  son  of 
Daniel  Tappan  (11),  born  January  29,  1850. 
He  has  been  chiefly  interested  in  the  lumber 
mill  business.  He  married,  March  29,  1886, 
Emma  Smith,  of  North  Woodstock,  New 
Hampshire,  born  June  i,  1863.  Children:  i. 
Albert  Daniel,  born  September  14,  1887.  2. 
Ervin  Alfred,  born  October  I,  1891. 

(XII)  Daniel  Langdon  Tappan,  son  of 
Daniel  Tappan  (11),  born  in  Sandwich,  May 
16,  1855;  he  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  and  at  a  private  high  school  under 
Daniel  G.  Beede.  He  was  reared  on  his 
father's  farm  and  remained  at  home  until 
twenty  years  of  age.  In  1875,  he  went  to 
Arlington,  Massachusetts,  in  the  employ  of 
Asa  Locke,  market  gardener,  and  continued 
for  about  tv^fo  years.  In  1878  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Boyd,  Leeds  and  Company,  whole- 
sale grocers,  216  State  street,  Boston,  as  clerk 
and  salesman,  remaining  for  some  years.  He 
then  worked  for  about  three  years  for  Moult- 
ton  &  Goodwin,  engaged  in  the  same  line, 
and  next  became  a  traveling  salesman  for  the 
firm  of  Sanborn  &  Parker,  packers  of  pickles 
and  canned  goods,  with  stores  in  New  York 
and  at  327  Atlantic  avenue.  Boston,  with  whom 
he  remained  two  years.  He  traveled  for  the 
following  five  years  for  the  Central  Park- 
Pickle  Company  of  239  Broadway,  New 
York,  his  route  extending  over  the  greater 
part  of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  In 
1887  he  decided  to  give  up  traveling  and  en- 
gaged in  the  market  gardening  business  in 
Arlington.  He  has  one  of  the  most  flourishing 
as  well  as  one  of  the  largest  and  best  market 
gardens  of  the  section.  He  makes  a  speci- 
alty of  greenhouse  and  hot-bed  produce  such 
as  lettuce,  radishes,  cucumbers,  raising  three 
crops  in  succession  each  year.  In  connection 
with  his  place  at  269  Massachusetts  avenue, 
he  also  conducts  the  Newell  Frost  farm  at 
Belmont  and  the  David  Puffer  farm.  The 
cultivation  of  his  farm  and  gardens  is  under 
the  efficient  management  of  J.  A.  Lindsay, 
who  has  been  foreman  for  Mr.  Tappan  and 
his  predecessor  for  thirty-two  years.  Mr. 
Tappan  devotes  his  time  to  the  sale  of  the 


produce  in  Boston  and  New  York.  He  mar- 
kets annually  an  aggregate  of  twenty-five 
acres  of  celery  and  several  thousand  bushels 
of  onions.  Besides  his  two  greenhouses, 
forty-one  by  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
feet,  he  has  sixty  acres  of  land  under  cultiva- 
tion and  employs  a  force  of  twenty-five  men 
on  the  average  the  year  round,  having  as 
many  as  fifty  employees  in  spring.  Mr. 
Tappan  is  also  interested  in  the  building 
of  houses  to  let.  He  now  owns  the  old 
homestead  at  Sandwich,  formerly  the 
Worthen  farm,  the  property  of  his  maternal 
great-grandfather,  Amos  Worthen.  He 
attends  the  Arlington  Baptist  church,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  society;  he  served  on  the 
building  committee  of  the  church.  In  po- 
litics he  is  a  Republican.  He  belongs  to  the 
Arlington  Boat  Club,  the  Boston  Fruit  and 
Produce  Exchange  and  the  Boston  Market 
Gardeners'  .\ssociation. 

Daniel  Langdon  Tappan  married,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1884,  at  Arlington,  Ethel  Eugenia 
Fisher,  born  at  Arlington,  June  26,  1861, 
daughter  of  David  and  Elvira  A.  (Frost) 
Fisher  of  Arlington.  She  was  graduated  at 
Radcliffe  College,  1883.  Her  father  was  a 
successful  market  gardener.  (See  sketch  of 
the  Frost  family  of  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts.) Their  only  child  is  Arthur  Newell, 
(13),  born  December  6,  1885,  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Arlington,  graduated  from  the 
Arlington  high  school  and  from  the  Bryant 
&  Stratton  Business  College  at  Boston.  He 
then  entered  the  wholesale  dry  goods  house 
of  Brown  Durrell  Company  of  Boston,  where 
he  is  now  (1907)  employed. 

(XH)  Mary  Tappan,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Tappan  (11),  born  November  23,  1856,  mar- 
ried Frank  Chase;  children:  i.  Arthur,  bom 
November  14,  1881,  married  October  3,  1905. 
2.  Bert,  born  March  4,  1883.  Both  sons  re- 
side at  North  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire. 

(XII)  .\ugusta  Tappan,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Tappan  (n),  born  April  5,  1858,  married.  May 
12,  1883,  John  S.  Ricker,  of  Rochester,  New 
Hampshire;  children:  i.  Harold,  born  March 
4.  1884.  died  November  25,  1884.  2.  Alice 
G.,  April  13,  1886.  3.  Grace  M.,  January  11, 
1886,  died  February  28,  1897.  4.  Hazel  D.. 
March  14,  1890.  5.  Blanche  V.,  September 
20,  1898. 

(XII)  Clara  Tappan.  daughter  of  Daniel 
Tappan  (11),  born  May  3,  1861,  married,  Sep- 
tember 2^.  1878,  George  Whitehouse,  of  Lo- 
vell,  Maine.  Children:  i.  Celia  .-\.,  born  De- 
cember 3.  1879.  married  January  24,  1903, 
Joseph    Farrar.   one   child,    George    A.,   born 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


November  8,  1903.  2.  William  L.,  born 
January  31,  1882,  married,  May  7,  1907, 
Annie  L.  Sanders.  3.  Walter  S.,  born  No- 
vember 18,  1884.  4.  Bertha  M.,  born  Janu- 
ary 28,  i88y.  5.  Edith  M.,  born  May  31,  1891. 
6.  John  v..  born  .April  16,  1895,  died  April 
30,  1895.    7.   Doris  E.,  born  April  21,  1905. 

(XII)  Walter  Scott  Tappan,  son  of  Daniel 
Tappan  (11),  born  July  26,  1862.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  was  reared  to  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof.  He  served  an  apprenticeship 
at  mechanical  engineering  and  pursued  that 
line  of  work  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1894 
he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  and  lumber 
business  on  his  own  account  at  Whiteface,  in 
the  town  of  Sandwich.  In  1896  he  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  at  Whiteface.  He  has 
steadily  upheld  the  traditions  of  his  fore- 
fathers, and  is  regarded  as  a  useful  and  enter- 
prising citizen.  He  married,  February  11, 
1895,  Beryl  V.  Grant,  born  January  14,  1875, 
daughter  of  George  A.  and  Clara  (Heddle) 
Grant. 


The  founder  of  the  New  Eng- 
H.'\DLEY     land    branch    of    the    Hadley 

family  was  George  Hadley, 
who  came  from  England  to  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, before  1639.  Like  the  majority  of 
the  P'uritan  settlers  of  New  England,  he  had 
too  little  love  for  the  country  from  which  he 
had  been  driven  by  persecution,  and  was  too 
busy  with  the  difficult  task  of  making  a  home 
ill  a  new  land  to  leave  any  record  of  his 
English  home.  There  is  no  doubt  he  pos- 
sessed all  the  moral  worth  and  all  the  devo- 
tion to  religious  convictions  which  marked 
the  Puritan  character.  His  descendants  may 
well  be  proud  of  the  fact  that  their  ancestor 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  New  England,  a 
title  which  Judge  Samuel  P.  Hadley  says  is 
to  his  mind  "more  honorable  than  any  a 
Stuart  or  any  other  king  could  bestow." 

It  may  be  well  to  call  attention  here  to  an- 
other branch  of  the  Hadley  family  which  has 
no  connection  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic 
with  the  New  England  Hadleys.  The  Quaker 
Hadleys  of  Indiana  and  North  Carolina  are 
descended  from  Simon  Hadley,  who  came  to 
America  in  1712  from  king's  county,  Ireland, 
where  his  English  ancestors  had  settled.  The 
two  branches  doubtless  came  from  common 
stock  in  England,  as  is  indicated  by  the  re- 
peated use  of  certain  names  which  seem  to  be 
a  family  inheritance.  Possibly  in  the  near  fu- 
ture some  member  of  the  familv  may  be  able 


to  trace  the  family  pedigree  back,  as  some  be- 
lieve it  can  be  traced  to  John  Hadley,  who 
was  Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  the  years  1377 
and  1392. 

(i)  George  Hadley,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  iboo,  and  before 
1639  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.     He 

married  first Proctor;  second  June  29, 

1668,  Deborah  Skillings.  He  removed  about 
1655  to  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  but  returned 
to  Ipswich  where  he  was  living  in  1678.  His 
will  may  be  seen  in  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Rooms  at  Boston.  Children:  i.  John, 
married  September  3,  1682,  Susanna  Pettis; 
resided  in  Gloucester,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Samuel,  mentioned  below.  3.  Martha.  4. 
Abigail,  died  September  12,  1661.  5.  Eliza- 
beth, died  March  12,  1660.  6.  Joseph.  7. 
Alary  Page. 

(II)  Samuel  Hadley,  son  of  George  Had- 
ley (i),  was  born  about  1655,  at  Ipswich  or 
Rowley;  married  Jane  Martin,  daughter  of 
George  Martin.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegi- 
ance in  December,  1677;  was  a  member  of  the 
trained  band  in  1680.  He  was  living  as  late 
as  1727.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  and  re- 
sided in  the  west  parish  of  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children:  i.  Esther,  married 
January  6,  1701-2,  Richard  Goodin.  2.  Samuel, 
married  January  20,  1704,  Dorothy  Colby; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Hannah,  (published  June 
24,  1707)  married  Ephraim  Pemberton  of 
Haverhill.  Massachusetts.  4.  John,  married 
November  8,  1707,  Hannah  Lawe;  he  settled 
in  Gloucester,  Massachusetts.  5.  Son.  6. 
Susanna,  married  September  18,  1714,  Thom- 
as Potter  of  Ipswich.  Massachusetts.  7. 
George,  born  August  25,  1686,  mentioned  be- 
low. 8.  Elizabeth,  born  October  10,  1688.  9. 
Sarah,  born  October  10,  1691.  married  De- 
cember 15,  1720,  Thomas  Wells.  10.  Martha, 
born  Eebniary  24,  1695,  married  December 
21.  1714,  Samuel  Whiting.  11.  Joseph,  born 
December  26.  1700;  married  July  12,  1721, 
Hannah  Flanders;  mentioned  below.  12.  Ben- 
jamin, bom  February  24,  1704:  married  .Anna 
Weed,  November  21,  1727. 

(III)  Samuel  Hadley,  son  of  Samuel  Had- 
ley (2),  married  January  20,  1704.  Dorothy 
Colby.  Children:  i.  Martha,  born  October 
23,  1704;  married  Philip  Sargent.  2.  Samuel, 
born  Mav  5.  1707:  married  Judith  Flanders. 
3.  Dorotiiy,  born  July  20,  1712;  married 
Philip  Call.  4.  Parrott,  bom  September  3, 
1716:  mentioned  below.  5.  Eliphalet.  bom 
March  2.  1719.  married  Elizabeth  Davis.  6. 
Ruth,  bom  December  i,  1722;  married  Ben- 
jamin Davis. 


MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


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(\T)  Parrott  Hadle\-.  son  of  Samuel  Had- 
Icy  (3)>  born  September  3,  1716;  married 
Mary  Heath,  November  17,  1738.     Children: 

I.  Nehemiah,  born  January  3,  1741,  married 
Hannah  Emerson.  2.  Parrott,  born  January 
26,  1743.  3.  Mary,  born  February  20,  1745; 
married  Joshua  Chase.  4.  Ruth,  born  Octo- 
ber 14,  1747;  married  Nathan  Winn.  5. 
Moses,  born  November  14,  1750;  mentioned 
below.  6.  Stephen,  bom  June  i,  1754,  mar- 
ried Hannah . 

(\"j  Moses  Hadley,  son  of  Parrott  Hadley 
(4),  born  November  14,  1750:  died  September 
9,  1829:  married  September  21,  1775,  Rebecca 
Page.     Children:     i.  Lydia.   born   December 

24,  1776; 'died  September  16.  1778.  2.  Moses, 
born  May  2,  1778;  died  October  24,  1781.  3. 
Rebecca,  born  February  25,  1780;  died  Octo- 
ber 29.  1781.  4.  Esther,  born  October  21, 
1781;  married  John  Goodspeed.  5.  Elizabeth, 
born  September  29,  1783,  married  Wyseman 
Kelley.  6.  William,  born  October  6,  1785; 
married  Rachel  Blodgett.  7.  Moses,  born 
July  20,  1787;  married  Mary  Kimball.  8. 
Isaac,  born  March  15,  1790.  married  Abigail 
Seavey.  9.  Rebecca,  born  July  22,  1792: 
married  William  C.  Caldwell.  10.  Samuel 
Page,  born  August  4,  1794;  mentioned  below. 

II.  Maria  Ann,  born  June  28,  1799;  married 
Joseph  Caldwell. 

(\'I)  Samuel  Page  Hadley,  son  of  Moses 
Hadley  (5),  born  August  4,  1794;  married  Be- 
linda Butler,  December  21,  1820.  Children: 
I.  I'.elinda  Page,  born  .April  21,  1823;  mar- 
ried Paul  Hill.  2.  Samuel  Page,  born  Octo- 
ber 22,  1831,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Samuel  Page  Hadley  (Judge  Had- 
ley of  Lowell,  Massachusetts),  son  of  Samuel 
Page  Hadley  (6),  born  October  22,  1831; 
married  December  27,  1858,  Fanny  Maria 
Walker.  Children:  i.  Grace  Storrs,  born 
December  17,  1859.  2.  Isabel  Frances,  born 
August  31,  1861;  died  July  29,  1864.  3. 
Charles  Walker,  born  May  15.  1864,  died 
August  5,  1866.  4.  Bessie  Butler,  born 
August  3,  1868.  5.  Fanny  Washburn,  bom 
June  21,  1878;  died  August  19,  1878.  6. 
Anna  Winsby,  born  June  21,  1878. 

(Ill)  George  Hadley,  son  of  Samuel  Had- 
ley (2).  born  August  25,  1686;  married  Sarah 
Wiggins.     Children:  i.  Ann,  born  September 

25,  1707:  married  Elias  Sargent.  2.  George, 
born  April  24,  1709;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Johanna,  born  April  10.  171 1,  married  James 
Blye,  April  2,  1731.  4.  James,  born  Septem- 
ber 9,  1713.  5.  Samuel,  bom  February  24, 
1714-  6.  Hannah,  born  November  i,  1715. 
7.  John,  bom  April  28,  1717.    8.  Sarah,  born 


Jul\-  31,  1817.  y.  Mehitable.  born  July  6, 
1722.  10.  Rhoda,  born  April  1,  1724.  11. 
Joshua,  born  April  12,  1727. 

(I\')  George  Hadley,  son  of  (jeorge  Had- 
ley (3),  born  April  24,  1709;  married  January 
4,  1733,  Elizabeth  Plummer.  Children:  i. 
Sarah,  born  October  6,  1733.  2.  Hannah, 
born  December  21,  1734.  3.  Joshua,  born 
November  i,  1736;  married  Mary  Chase,  No- 
ember    5,    1761.      4.  Plummer,    born    1738; 

married    Mehitable   ;    died    September 

12,  1814.  5.  George,  born  August  8,  1740; 
died  November  3,  1826.  George  Hadley  (4), 
who  married  Elizabeth  Plunmier,  was 
drowned  in  Island  Pond,  Hampstead,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1740.  Captain  George  Had- 
ley (5)  was  born  after  his  father's  death  at 
his  grandfather's  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts, 
where  his  mother  resided  after  her  husband's 
untimely  death. 

(V)  Capt.  George  Hadley,  son  of  George 
Hadley  (4),  was  born  at  Haverhill,  Massachu- 
setts, August  8,  1740.  He  settled  at  Weare, 
New  Hampshire,  about  1771,  having  lived  in 
Hampstead  and  Gofifstown,  New  Hampshire, 
before  coming  to  Weare.  He  served  as  a  sol- 
dier in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  in 
the  Revolution.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen, 
held  all  the  important  town  offices,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  general  court.  There  is  a 
tradition  that  he  was  holding  plow  one  day,  his 
hired  man  driving  the  o.xen.  All  at  once  he 
la\-  down  in  the  furrow,  groaning  with  pain. 
The  hired  man  offered  to  help  him,  but  was 
told  to  take  the  cattle  to  the  barn.  The  Cap- 
tain had  found  a  pot  of  gold  hidden  there 
by  some  one,  and  did  not  want  the  hired  man 
to  see  it.  He  soon  paid  for  his  farm  and  ever 
after  was  well  off.  He  married  first  Lydia 
Wells;  second  Alehitable  Hadley  Toy,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  Hadley  (4),  of  Weare.  Chil- 
dren of  Captain  (ieorge  and  Lydia  (Wells) 
Hadley:  I.  Enoch,  born  .August  13,  1764,  at 
Hampstead,  mentioned  below.  2.  Betsey, 
born  December  22,  1766,  at  Goffstown,  mar- 
ried Jacob  Tewksbury.  3.  Sarah,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1768,  at  Goffstown,  married  Ralph 
Blaisdell.  4.  Philip,  born  August  6,  1770,  at 
Goffstown.  5.  Jesse,  born  August  18,  1772, 
at  Weare.  6.  George,  born  September  20. 
1776,  at  Weare.  7.  Hannah,  born  June  6, 
1780;  married  David  Hadley.  8.  Wells,  born 
August  4,  1783.  9.  James,  born  July  5,  1785, 
mentioned  below.  10.  Amos,  born  Decem- 
ber 21.  1788.  Children  of  Captain  George 
and  Mehitable  (Toy)  Hadley:  i.  John  Lang- 
don,  born  February  19,  t8io,  mentioned  be- 
low. 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


(VI)  Enoch  Hadley,  son  of  Captain  George 
and  Lydia  (Wells)  Hadley  (5),  was  born  at 
Hampstead,  New  Hampshire.  August  13, 
1764.  He  married  Abigail  George,  and  lived 
just  over  the  line  in  Deering.  ChildTen:  i. 
Sarah,  born  February  2.  1788:  married  True 
Morrill.  2.  Lydia,  born  August  22,  1789; 
married  Daniel  Cram.  3.  Betsy,  born  May 
II,  1793;  married  David  Sleeper,  of  Francis- 
town,  New  Hampshire.  4.  Nancy,  born  Jan- 
uary 4,  1796;  married  Nathan  Sleeper  of 
Francistown,  New  Hampshire.  5.  Worthen, 
born  April  27,  1797,  died  December,  1797.  6. 
Worthen,  born  September  28,  1798;  died 
young.  7.  Worthen,  born  September  28, 
1798;,  died  young.  7.  Worthen,  born  No- 
vember 4,  1800;  died  young.  8.  Enoch,  born 
March  27,  1804,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Enoch  Hadley,  son  of  Enoch  Hadley 
(6),  was  born  March  27,  1804.  He  married 
first  Mary  Ann  Bailey,  who  died  July  30, 
1844;  married  second,  Mary  Ann  Gove.  He 
died  -August  19,  1879.  (7hildren  by  first  wife: 
I.  Mark  M.,  born  November  14,  1831;  mar- 
ried Abbie  J.  Carr;  he  was  editor  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  Hillsborough  Messenger.  2. 
Elbridge  D.,  born  September  16,  1842,  a  law- 
_\er  residing  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Elizabeth  Bourne.  Children  by 
second  wife:  3.  Enoch  Cleaves,  born  .August 
14,  1848:  a  stock  broker  residing  in  Boston. 
4.  Harry  C.  born  October  29,  1849;  ^  lawyer 
residing  at  Burlington,  Iowa.  5.  Vienna  S., 
born  June  20.  1850;  married  Bartlett  R. 
Peaslee.  She  died  January  15,  1875.  6.  .\r- 
menia  J.,  born  .April  11,  1854,  died  .\ugust  19, 

1879.   ' 

(\T)  James  Hadley,  son  of  Captain  George 
Hadley  (5),  born  at  Weare,  New  Hampshire, 
July  5,  1785.  He  was  graduated  from  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1809.  He  was  pro.fessor  of 
chemistry  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  at  Fairfield,  New  York.  1813-36; 
and  at  Buffalo  Medical  College  1840-69.  He 
died  in   1869.     He  married  Maria  Hamilton. 

Children:     1.  George  — .     2.  .■\nn,   died 

.September  13,  1873.  3.  James,  born  March 
30,  1821,  mentioned  below.  4.  Henry  Hamil- 
ton, born  July  19,  1826;  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  James  Hadley.  son  of  Dr.  James 
Hadley  (6),  was  born  at  l""airfield.  New  York, 
March  30,  1821.  He  was  prepared  for  college 
at  Fairfield  .Academy,  and  was  graduated  at 
Yale  in  1842.  He  remained  in  college  as  a 
graduate  student  one  year,  and  attentled  the 
theological  seminary  two  years.  He  was  tu- 
tor at  Yale  1845-48,  assistant-professor  of 
Greek   language   and   literature    1848-51.   and 


professor  of  Greek,  1851-72.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Committee  for  the  revi- 
sion of  the  New  Testament.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  members  of  the  American  Orien- 
tal Society,  a  member  of  the  National  Aca- 
demy of  Sciences,  and  of  the  American  Phili- 
logical  Society.  He  received  the  degree  of 
LL.  D.  from  Wesleyan  University  in  1866. 
He  published  a  "Greek  Grammar,"  "An  In- 
troduction to  Roman  Law,"  a  volume  of 
"Essays,"  and  a  "Brief  History  of  the  Eng- 
lish Language."  He  married  Anne  Twining, 
born  November  19,  1816.  He  died  Novem- 
ber 14,  1872.  The  children  of  James  and 
.Anne  (Twining)  Hadley  were:  i.  Arthur 
Twining,  born  April  23,  1856. 

(\II1)  .Arthur  Twining  Hadley,  son  of 
Prof.  James  Hadley  (7),  was  born  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  April  23,  1856.  He  was 
prepared  for  college  at  the  Hopkins  school, 
and  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  with  the 
highest  honors  in  1876.  He  studied  history 
and  political  science  at  Yale  1876-77,  at  Uni- 
versity of  Berlin  1878-79,  was  tutor  at  Yale 
1879-83,  university  lecturer  on  railroad  ad- 
ministration 1883-86,  professor  of  political 
science  1886-91,  and  professor  of  political 
economy  1891-99.  On  May  25,  1899,  he  was 
elected  president  of  Yale  University,  the  first 
layman  to  hold  the  position,  and  the  youngest 
man  so  elected.  He  was  commissioner  of 
labor  statistics  in  Connecticut  1885-87,  asso- 
ciate editor  of  New  York  Railroad  Gazette 
1887-89,  ha\'ing  charge  of  the  foreign  railroad 
department.  He  has  been  a  frequent  contri- 
butor on  railroad  economics  and  allied  topics 
to  the  popular  and  scientific  magazines.  He 
was  president  of  the  American  Economic  .As- 
sociation 1 899- 1 900,  and  a  member  of  the 
International  Institute  of  Statistics,  of  the 
.American  Historical  -Association,  and  of  the 
.American  .Academy  of  .Arts  and  Sciences.  He 
was  married  June  30,  1891,  to  Helen  Harri- 
son Morris,  a  A'assar  graduate  and  daughter 
of  Governor  Luzon  B.  Morris,  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  In  igoo  he  made  an  extended 
tour  of  the  I'nited  .States  in  the  interests  of 
an  endowment  fund  for  the  University.  Yale 
conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in 
1887.  He  received  from  Harvard  and  Wes- 
leyan the  degree  of  LL.  D.  in  1899.  He  has 
l)ul)lishcd  a  number  of  books  upon  railroad 
trans])ortation. 

.  (\'!1)  Henry  Hamilton  Hadley,  son  of  Dr. 
James  Hadley  (6).  was  born  at  Fairfield,  New 
York,  July  19,  1826.  He  was  graduated  from 
Yale  in  1847.  He  studied  theology  at  .An- 
dover  and  afterwards  at  New  Haven,  and  in 


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1858  was  appointed  instructor  in  sacred  litera- 
ture at  Union  Theological  Seminary.  In 
1 86 1,  he  was  professor  of  Hebrew  at  Yale", 
and  professor  of  Hebrew  at  Union  in  1862. 
In  1864  he  volunteered  to  join  the  United 
States  Sanitary  Commission  and  was  sent  to 
City  Point,  Va.  Here  he  was  taken  ill  with  a 
fever.    He  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  August 

1.  1864. 

(\T)  John  Langdon  Hadley,  son  of  Cap- 
tain George  Hadley  (5),  was  born  in  Weare, 
New  Hampshire.  February  19,  18 10.  His 
mother  was  Mehitable  Hadley  Toy,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Hadley,  of  Weare.  When  fifteen 
}ears  of  age  he  taught  a  district  school,  and 
when  but  twenty-three  years  old  was  elected 
representative  to  the  legislature.  He  served 
six  consecutive  years,  being  the  youngest 
member  of  the  House.  In  1846,  1847  and 
1848  he  was  again  returned  to  the  legislature: 
in  1849  was  elected  to  the  executive  council; 
in  1850  was  elected  by  the  legislature  to  the 
important  office  of  secretary  of  the  state  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  was  re-elected  each 
year  until  1855.  He  married  Elizabeth  Cilley. 
Children:  i.  George  L.,  born  October  6,  1840. 

2.  Louise,  born  July  25,  1842.  3.  Charles  J., 
born  August  25,  1845.  4-  Sarah  M.,  born 
Februarv  i.  1849.  5-  Henrv  P..  born  August 
1851. 

(ATI)  George  L.  Hadley.  son  of  Hon.  John 
L.  and  Elizabeth  (Cilley)  Hadley  (6),  was 
born  in  Weare,  New  Hampshire,  October  6, 
1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  town  and  at  the  high  school  in 
Concord,  where  he  was  graduated  the  first  in 
his  class.  He  taught  school  in  Weare,  and 
about  1858  went  to  Alabama.  There  he  studied 
medicine  with  an  uncle,  and  also  taught 
school.  Upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebel- 
lion, he  came  north,  engaged  in  the  farming 
and  school  teaching,  and  about  1873  secured 
the  situation  of  bookkeeper  in  the  Amoskeag 
Savings  Bank.  He  died  May  11,  1875.  He 
was  a  thorough  scholar,  was  noted  for  his 
faithfulness  and  ability,  and  was  held  in  high 
esteem  by  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances. 

(.VH)  Charles  J.  Hadley,  son  of  Hon.  John 
L.  Hadley  (6),  was  born  in  Weare,  New 
Hampshire,  August  25,  1845.  In  1865  he  went 
to  Iowa,  and  was  there  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1870.  He  practiced  law  successfully  in  De 
Witt.  Iowa,  and  Sioux  Falls,  Dakota.  In 
DeWitt  he  was  city  clerk  for  two  years  and 
city  solicitor  for  three  years.  In  1877  he  re- 
turned to  Weare.  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  in  the  wood  and  lum- 
ber business.      He   is   now   jiracticing  law   in 

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Manchester,  New  Hampshire.  He  married 
Ella  \L  Peaslee,  and  has  two  children,  John 
Langdon,  born  April  3,  1881,  and  Ralph  V., 
born  March  16,  1886. 

(HI)  Joseph  Hadle\-,  son  of  Samuel  Had- 
ley (2),  was  born  in  the  west  parish  of  Ames- 
bury,  December  26,  1700;  married  July  12, 
1 72 1,  Hannah  Flanders.  Children:  i.  Eben- 
ezer,  born  October  15,  1723:  married  Han- 
nah Eastman.  2.  Joseph,  born  August  3, 
1726;  married  Martha  Gile.  3.  Jane,  born 
September  12,  1728.  4.  Esther,  born  June 
15'  1730-  5-  Jacob,  born  January  22,  1732. 
6.  Elizabeth,  born  November  2j,  1736.  7. 
Hannah,  born  September  11,  1737.  8.  Jane, 
born  Jul}-  5,  1739.  9.  Mary,  born  April  29, 
1 74 1.  10.  Susannah,  born  April  29,  1741.  11. 
Daniel,  born  January  15,  1744,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(lY)  Daniel  Hadley,  son  of  Joseph  Hadley 
13),  was  born  January  15,  1744,  and  baptized 
in  the  Second  Church  of  Amesbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. March  19,  1745-6.  He  settled  when 
a  young  man  among  the  first  in  the  town  of 
Weare,  New  Hampshire,  making  his  home 
on  the  westerly  slope  of  Tobie  Hill.  In  1777 
he  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war  under 
( ieneral  John  Stark,  being  one  of  fifteen  men 
who  went  into  the  army  at  this  time  from  the 
town  of  Weare.  On  August  16,  1777,  Stark 
won  the  battle  of  Bennington.  Daniel  Hadley 
fought  in  this  great  battle,  which  was  the 
turning  point  of  the  American  Revolution.  It 
dispelled  the  gloom  which  had  gathered 
round  the  American  cause  and  gave  to  the 
patriots  the  encouragement  necessary  to 
carry  on  the  struggle  to  its  glorious  end. 
About  the  year  1794  Daniel  Hadley  moved 
to  Sandwich.  New  Hampshire,  making  his 
home  on  a  farm  in  the  northerly  part  of  the 
town  near  Young  Mountain.  He  married 
first  Mehitable  Whittaker.  whose  family  also 
came  from  Amesbury,  Massachusetts;  mar- 
ried second,  Hannah  Ordway,  daughter  of 
John  Ordway  of  GofTstown  and  Weare,  New 
Hampshire.  Children  of  Daniel  and  Mehit- 
able ("Whittaker)  Hadley:  i.  Tamar,  born 
June  21,  1766;  marri-=d  Isaac  Grant.  Mrs. 
Grant  died  in  Weare,  New  Hampshire,  aged 
one  hundred  years.  2.  Mehitable,  born 
January  24,  1768;  married  first  a  Mr.  Toy; 
second  Captain  George  Hadley  (5).  Mrs. 
Hadley  died  in  W'eare.  aged  eighty  years. 
Children  of  Daniel  Hadley  and  Hannah  (Ord- 
way) Hadley:  3.  Lydia.  born  November  25. 
1773,  unmarried,  died  at  age  of  seventy  years. 
4.  Hannah,  born  January  11.  1775,  married 
William     Noyes:     died     in     Vermont,     aged 


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ninety-four  years.  5.  Daniel,  born  November 
15,  1776;  died  in  Holderness,  New  Hamp- 
shire, aged  about  seventy  years.  6.  Joseph, 
died  in  Sandwich,  aged  seventy-five  years. 
7.  Captain  David  Hadley.  died  in  Northfield, 
Vermont,  aged  forty  years.  8.  Dorcas,  mar- 
ried to  Elder  Prescott,  died  in  Roxbury.  Ver- 
mont, aged  seventy-two  years.  9.  Samuel 
burned  to  death  in  Sandwich  aged  twenty- 
five  years.  10.  John,  died  in  Bangor,  Maine, 
aged  forty-five  years.  11.  Mary,  born  June 
26,  1788,  died  in  Shaker  Village,  New  Hamp- 
shire, aged  sixty-six  years.  12.  Keziah,  born 
July  I,  1790,  died  in  Shaker  \'illage,  New 
Hampshire,  aged  seventy  years.  13.  Cynthia, 
born  October  i,  1792,  died  in  Sandwich  aged 
thirty-five  years.  14.  Betsey,  born  July  20, 
1794,  died  in  Sandwich,  aged  two  years.  15. 
Winthrop,  born  November  6,  1796,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Winthrop  Hadley,  son  of  Daniel  tlad- 
ley  (4),  was  born  at  Sandwich,  New  Hamp- 
shire, November  6,  1796,  on  the  farm  near 
Young  Mountain,  where  his  father  settled  on 
coming  to  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire^  When 
a  young  man  he  made  a  home  for  himself  by 
clearing  a  farm  at  the  foot  of  Black  Moun- 
tain, in  Sandwich,  near  the  Deacon  Amos 
Worthen  homestead.  He  married  Sybil 
Worthen,  daughter  of  Deacon  Worthen.  and 
lived  on  the  farm  which  he  had  cleared  for 
himself  until  his  death,  November  18,  1884. 
He  was  a  man  of  sterling  character,  of  deep 
religious  convictions,  and  of  rigid  adherence 
to  what  he  held  to  be  the  right.  Children  of 
Winthrop  and  Sybil  (Worthen)  Hadley:  1. 
Rhoda  Straw,  born  April  23,  1819.  mentioned 
below.  2.  Louise  Quinby,  born  November 
19,  1822;  mentioned  below.  3.  William  Har- 
vey born  July  8,  1826;  mentioned  below.  4. 
George,  born  August  20,  1827;  mentioned  be- 
low.    5.  Horace  died  at  age  of  eight  years. 

6.  Julia  Ann,  born  1830,  died  May  14,  1856. 

7.  Ambrose  Martin,  born  January  4,  1833; 
mentioned  below.  8.  Sarah  Jane,  mentioned 
below.  9.  Horace  Langdon,  born  May  7. 
1837,  mentioned  below.  10.  .A.lonzo,  born 
August  30,  1839,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Rhoda  Straw  Hadley,  daughter  of 
Winthrop  Hadley  (5),  born  .April  23,  1819; 
married  Daniel  Tappan  of  .Sandwich.  New 
Hampshire.  1845.  She  died  May  12,  1895. 
See  Tappan  genealogy. 

(\T)  Louisa  Ouinby  Hadley,  daughter  of 
Winthrop  Hadley  (5).  born  November  19. 
1822.  died  February  24.  1888,  married  1845 
William  .Mann  Heddle.  born  18T7.  died 
August  15.  1889.     Children:    i.  Emma  Jane, 


born  February  28,  1849,  married  August  12, 
1872,  Cyrus  Edson  .Angler.  2.  Julia  Ann, 
born  February  9,  1852;  married  1872  David 
Simon  Sanborn.  3.  Clara  Alma,  born  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1856,  married  April  12,  1874, 
George  Ambrose  Grant.  4.  Franklin  Thomas, 
born  July  2},,  1862,  died  August  2}^,  1866. 

(\T)  William  Harvey  Hadley,  son  of 
Winthrop  Hadley  (5j,  born  in  Sandwich,  New 
Hampshire,  July  8,  1826;  married  January  24, 
1854,  Mahala  Almedia  Guthrie,  of  Leesburg, 
Ohio.  She  was  born  June  11,  1834.  The 
founder  of  Guthrie,  Oklahoma,  was  a  near 
relative  of  hers.  William  Harvey  Hadley 
died  in  Council  Grove,  Kansas,  November  13, 

1903.  Children  of  William  Harvey  and  Ma- 
hala .Almedia  (Guthrie)  Hadley:  i.  James 
Winthrop,  born  January  26,  1855,  married 
December  25,  i88i.  to  Laura  Edith  Nelson. 
She  wa.s  born  December  23,  1865.  James 
Winthrop  Hadley  was  for  four  years  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Oklahoma  legislature.  He  was  said 
to  have  been  the  best  parliamentarian  of  that 
body  and  among  its  best  debaters.  2.  Sybil 
Alahala,  born  September  2"^,  1857;  married 
February  12,  1877,  Robert  King  Fisher.  He 
was  born  July  31,  1850.  3.  Sorency  William, 
born  June  26,  i860:  unmarried.  4.  John 
Henry,  born  February  3,  1863;  married  June 
27.  1887,  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Croley.  She  was 
born  September  ti,  i860,  and  died  .April  16, 

1904,  in  El  Paso.  Texas.  5.  George  Thomas, 
born  .August  2,  1866;  unmarried.  6.  Lewis 
Elsworth,  born  August  2,  1869;  married  June 
25,  1906,  to  Kittie  Agnes  Ryder.  She  was 
born  May  i,  1879.  7-  Myrtle  Lizzie,  born 
October  15,  1874:  married  September  27, 
1893.  to  Jesse  Lincoln  Kellogg.  He  was  born 
January  15,  1862,  and  died  April  7,  1902. 

(VI)  George  Hadley.  son  of  Winthrop 
Hadley  (5),  was  born  in  Sandwich,  New 
Hampshire,  .\ugust  20,  1827.  When  a  young 
man  he  settled  in  Fayette  county,  Ohio, 
where  he  was  a  farmer  and  contractor  in  the 
building  of  brick  buildings.  Since  retiring 
from  business,  he  has  resided  at  Washington 
C<nirt  House.  Ohio.  In  politics  Mr.  Hadley 
is  a  Democrat,  and  a  strong  advocate  of  tem- 
perance. He  has  steadily  upheld  the  tradi- 
tions of  his  forefathers,  and  is  regarded  as  a 
highly  respected  citizen.  He  married  Octo- 
ber 12.  1865,  Christiana  Moon,  born  Novem- 
ber 6.  1838.  Children:  i.  Fannie,  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  1866:  died  October  9,  1896.  2. 
Minnie  E.,  born  October  26,  1867,  died  .April 
9,  1903. 

(VD  Ambrose  Martin  Hadley,  son  of  Wm- 
throp  Hadley  (5),  was  born  at  Sandwich.  New 


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Hampshire,  January  4,  1833.  He  went  to 
Ohio  and  settled  at  New  Aiartinsburg,  where 
all  his  children  were  born.  He  married  Nancy 
Alaria  Zimmerman,  who  was  born  in  Fayette 
county,  Ohio,  April  26,  1840.  Children:  i. 
Jacob  Langdon,  born  November  29,  1858; 
married  Tylitha  Ann  Marshall.  They  have 
two  children.  2.  Sarah  Jane,  born  Decem- 
ber 26,  i860;  married,  1886,  William  Edward 
Bean.  3.  George  Edgar,  born  March  18, 
1863.  4.  John  Arthur,  born  October  23,  1865. 
5.  Horace  Greeley,  bom  Alay  26,  1868;  mar- 
ried, 1902,  Nancy  Belle  Maples.  6.  Lizzie 
Lillian,  born  February  13,  1871;  married, 
1890,  Jesse  Benton  Colvin.  7.  Alonzo 
-Mark,  born  April  25,  1873.  8.  Gilbert  Mot- 
tier,  born  April  18,  1876;  married  Lulia 
Dicker  in  1895.  He  died  in  1904,  leaving  two 
children.  9.  William  Odell,  born  November 
29,  1878.  10.  Luther  Le  Roy,  born  March 
31,  1 88 1.  II.  Ray  Cleveland,  born  July  31, 
1884.  .Ambrose  Hadley  and  his  family  now 
live  at  Monrovia,  Morgan  county,  Indiana. 

(VI)  Sarah  Jane  Hadley,  daughter  of  Win- 
throp  Hadley  (5),  married  Samuel  E.  Straw, 
of  Danvers,  Massachusetts.  She  died  in  the 
spring  of  1887.  Children  of  Samuel  E.  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Hadley)  Straw:  i.  Clara  Waters. 
2.  Arthur  Weston.  3.  Luther  Gould.  4. 
Celia  Lybrook.    5.  Jennie  Worthen. 

(VI)  Horace  Langdon  Hadley,  son  of 
Winthrop  Hadley  (5),  was  born  in  Sandwich, 
New  Hampshire,  May  7,  1837.  He  received 
a  common  school  education,  and  attended  the 
private  academy  of  Daniel  G.  Beede,  at 
Centre  Sandwich.  In  i860  he  began  the 
study  of  law  with  Sidney  C.  Bancroft,  of  Sa- 
lem,, Massachusetts.  While  he  was  still  at 
his  studies  the  civil  war  broke  out.  With 
true  love  for  his  country  and  zeal  for  the 
right,  he  enlisted  August  26,  1862,  in  Com- 
pany C,  Fifth  Massachusetts  Infantry.  The 
regiment  was  mustered  in  October  10,  1862, 
and  mustered  out  at  Wenham,  July,  1863.  On 
September  16,  1862,  while  his  regiment  was 
in  camp  at  Wenham,  Massachusetts,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  Obtaining  a  day's  fur- 
lough, he  went  to  Newburyport  where  the 
court  was  in  session,  and  took  the  oath  as  an 
attorney  and  counsellor  at  law.  Upon  his  re- 
turn from  service  in  the  army  he  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  law  at  Danvers,  Massachusetts. 
In  April,  1870,  he  moved  to  Washington 
Court  House,  Fayette  county,  Ohio,  arriving 
there  on  April  8th.  Here  he  opened  a  law 
office,  and  four  years  later  formed  a  law 
partnership  with  Judge  Maynard  of  Washing- 
ton Court  House,  which  lasted  from  October 


I,  1874,  to  May  I,  1885.  In  politics  Mr.  Had- 
ley is  a  Republican.  His  keen  insight  and 
ability  have  been  recognized  by  his  party,  and 
from  it  he  has  received  many  honors.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1 88 1,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Ohio  legislature.  His  term  commenced  Janu- 
ary I,  1882.  He  was  re-elected  October  1883, 
and  served  again  from  January  i,  1884,  to 
close  of  the  session  in  1885,  being  a  member 
for  four  years.  During  the  years  1900  and 
1901  he  held  the  office  of  city  solicitor  in 
Washington  Court  House.  During  the  past 
few  years,  Mr.  Hadley  has  devoted  himself  to 
real  estate  interests,  a  part  of  his  holdings 
being  four  farms  in  the  vicinity  of  Washmg- 
ton  Court  House.  He  married  September  i, 
1868,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Emerson,  born  in  Dan- 
vers, Massachusetts,  January  5,  1846,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Batchelder) 
Emerson,  of  Danvers,  and  granddaughter  of 
Colonel  Batchelder.  who  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  Children  of  Horace 
Langdon  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Emerson) 
Hadley:  Olive  Batchelder,  born  May  11, 
1879;  mentioned  below.  2.  Harry  Lawrence, 
born  January  12,  1884.  He  is  (1907)  a  stud- 
ent in  the  Ohio  State  LTniversity  at  Columbus. 

(VII)  Olive  Batchelder  Hadley,  daughter 
of  Horace  L.  Hadley  (6),  born  May  11,  1879; 
married  May  11,  1903,  William  E.  Sprenger, 
a  resident  of  Washington  CourtHouse,  Ohio. 
Child,  Elizabeth  Louise,  born  August  3,  1905. 

(VI)  Alonzo  Christopher  Hadley,  son  of 
Winthrop  Hadley  (5),  born  in  Sandwich.  N. 
H.,  Aug.  30,  1839 ;  died  November  4,  1907, 
Stanstead,  Canada;  married  Dec.  21.  1865, 
Mary  Janette  Parsons,  born  Feb.  13,  1843. 
Children:  i.  Eva  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  13,  1866,  m. 
March  22,  1888,  Niel  Curtis  Pond ;  children  : 
Mossie  Edith,  b.  June  14,  1890;  Henry  Alonzo, 
Aug.  23,  1897.  2.  Wells  Alonzo,  b.  April  16, 
1870 ;  m.  June  28,  1899,  Gertrude  Viola  Cald- 
well. 3.  Suzanne  Belle,  b.  April  19,  1872 ;  m. 
Oct.  18,  1893,  Francis  T.  McGovern ;  child, 
Lawrence  Hadley,  b.  Sept.  16,  1904.  4.  Leon 
Ernest,  b.  June  25,  1874;  m.  Dec.  3.  1897, 
Faith  Irene  Hammond ;  children :  Donald  Lee, 
b.  Dec.  12,  1898;  Dorothy  Frances,  Dec.  30, 
1904.  5.  Roy  Wilbur,  b.  June  8,  1877,  d.  Jan. 
31,  1884.  6.  Homer  Sheldon,  b.  May  13,  1883  ; 
d.  Tan.  22.  1884. 


William  Glines,  immigrant  an- 
GLINES     cestor,  probably  from  England, 

was  in  Oyster  River.  Dover.  N. 
H..  among  the  English  settlers  in  1716,  two 
years  before  the  Scotch-Irish  emigration  began. 
His  name  is  probably  the  same  as  the  Eng- 


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lish  Glynne;  it  was  variously  spelled  in  the 
early  records.  He  was  born  about  1680.  He 
was  appointed  on  a  committee  February  20, 
1715-16,  by  the  residents  about  (Jyster  Bay 
to  confer  with  their  neighbors  at  the  head  of 
the  river  about  church  matters.  Children, 
probably  born  in  England:  i.  William,  born 
about  1705,  mentioned  below.  2.  John,  about 
1707,  married,  November  27,  1728,  Alary 
Basford,  at  Dover,  New  Hampshire;  he  was 
baptized  in  the  Dover  church,  June  26,  1725. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  war,  1747.  3. 
Abigail,  about  1710,  baptized  with  her  broth- 
er John,  June  26,  1725,  at  Dover  church. 

{IT)  William  Glines,  son  of  William  Glines 
(i),  was  born  about  1705,  in  England.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of 
Canterbury,  New  Hampshire,  which  was  in- 
corporated May  20,  1727.  In  1757,  during  the 
French  and  Indian  war,  he  had  to  leave  home 
on  account  of  the  hostile  Indians.  A  negro 
Dorset,  and  boy  Moses  Jackman,  were  cap- 
tured and  taken  to  Canada.  Many  of  his  de- 
scendants lived  in  Canterbury  and  the  adjoin- 
ing town  of  Northfield,  formerly  a  part  of 
Canterbury.  Children,  i.  John,  born  about 
1733,  mentioned  below.  2.  Israel,  born  about 

1735,  settled  in  Loudon,  New  Hampshire, 
and  late  in  life  settled  in  Rumford,  Maine; 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution;  married  in 
Canterbury,  May  5,  1778,  Molly,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Virgin,  Jr.  3.     William,  Jr.,   born 

1736,  died  at  the  age  of  ninety-two  years; 
married  Elizabeth  Blanchard,  of  Northfield, 
born  1743,  died  May  9,  1830:  he  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolution  accompanied  by  his 
sixteen  year  old  son  Benjamin;  he  died 
March  28,  1830;  had  seven  children  (see 
"History  of  Northfield,  New  Hampshire"). 
4.  James.  5.  Nathaniel,  born  December, 
1744.  married,  September  23,  1764,  Elizabeth 
Moor,  and  had  ten  children:  resided  at  Can- 
terbury; served  in  the  Revolution. 

(HI)  John  Glines,  son  of  William  Glines 
(2).  was  born  in  Canterbury,  about  1733;  set- 
tled in  the  adjacent  town  of  Moultonborough 
during  the  Revolution.  His  son  Robert  gave 
his  age  as  nineteen,  July  6,  1780,  when  he 
enlisted  in  the  Continental  army  from  Moul- 
tonborough, and  John,  Jr.,  gave  his  age  as 
twenty-one  (in  1775).  John  and  Israel,  his 
brother,  were  trappers  when  young,  and  went 
often  to  northern  New  Hampshire.  The 
name  is  common  in  Coos  county.  They  gave 
their  names  to  two  rivers — the  Johns  and  the 
Israel,  tributaries  of  the  Connecticut.  He  is 
said  to  have  been  in  -Arnold's  expedition  to 
Canada     in     the     Revolution.       Children:    i. 


John,  Jr.,  born  1754-55,  was  a  soldier  in  Cap- 
tain Nathaniel  Ambrose's  company  in  the 
Burgoyne  campaign.  2.  Robert,  born  1761, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Sarah,  married.  May 
29,  1781,  Moses  Chandler.  4.  Polly,  mar- 
ried, December  1,  1800,  David  Prescott. 

(IV)  Robert  Glines,  son  of  John  Glines 
(3),  was  born  in  Canterbury,  in  1761,  re- 
moved to  Moultonborough  about  1776  with 
his  parents.  He  enlisted  in  the  Continental 
army  July  6,  1780.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  town  of  Centre  Harbor,  on 
Moultonborough  harbor,  in  1797.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  January  14,  1787,  Anna.  Smith, 
of  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire.  Children:  I. 
Jacob,  born  about  1785,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Nathaniel  S.,  married,  November  18,  1810.. 
Elizabeth  Richardson.  3.  Samuel,  married 
Jane  Cook.  4.  Asa,  married,  August  7,. 
1825.  5.  Sarah,  married  April  21,  1814,  Jed- 
ediah  Fernald.  6.  Rebecca,  married,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1817,  John  Moulton. 

(V)  Jacob  Glines.  son  or  nephew  of  Rob- 
ert Glines  (4),  was  born  at  Moultonborough, 
New  Hampshire,  about  1785.  He  married 
Jane  Cook,  November  15,  1805.  He  rose  tO' 
the  rank  of  colonel  of  his  regiment.  Children, 
born  at  Moultonborough:  Samuel,  Nahum 
M..  mentioned  below.  Jacob  T.,  mentioned 
below,  Alvin,  Nathan,  John,  Mary  Jane, 
Frances,  Ira. 

(VI)  Nahum  M.  Glines,  son  of  Jacob- 
Glines  (5),  was  born  in  Moultonborough, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1808.  on  the  old  home- 
stead at  Red  Hill.  He  was  brought  up  on 
the  farm  and  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  He  married  Ann  G.  Morse,  daugh- 
ter of  Caleb  Morse,  of  Lawrence,  Massachu- 
setts. He  settled  in  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, he  returned  to  Moultonborough,  New 
Hampshire,  and  died  there.  Children:  i. 
George  Edwin,  born  in  Charlestown.  January 
8,  1834,  he  served  in  the  First  New  Hamp- 
shire Battery  in  the  civil  war.  2.  Albert  H., 
born  in  Charlestown,  January  17.  1837.  3. 
Elbridge  G..  born  in  "Charlestown,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1838,  mentioned  below.  4.  Benja- 
min, born  July  21,  1841.  5.  Martha,  born 
August  28,  1843.  6.  Emma,  born  August  3. 
1848.  7.  Willie  A.,  born  May  25.  1854.  8. 
Cora  E.,  born  March  17,  1857.     0-  Sarah  A. 

(VTI)  Elbridge  G.  Glines.  son  of  Nahum 
M.  Glines  (6),  was  born  in  Charlestown,  No- 
vember 27,  1838.  He  received  his  early  ed- 
ucation in  the  public  schools  there.  In  1854 
he  went  to  work  in  Boston  on  the  estate  of 
Josiah  Quincy,  father  of  the  former  Mayor 
Ouincv.  of   Boston,   a   position   he   held   one 


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year.  On  June  3,  1855,  he  started  in  the  cof- 
fee business  in  the  employ  of  the  firm  of  his 
uncles,  Jacob  and  N.  Glines.  Beginning  as 
clerk  in  the  office  he  worked  his  way  through 
all  the  positions  and  learned  the  business 
from  top  to  bottom.  In  1878  he  was  admitted 
to  partnership  in  the  company.  In  1895  the 
firm  became  a  corporation,  and  he  has  since 
been  one  of  the  officers,  and  foreman  of  the 
plant.  Mr.  Glines  resided  in  Somerville.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Lodge  and  Bun- 
ker Hill  Encampment  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
Excelsior  Council,  No.  3,  Royal  Arcanum. 
He  is  a  Universalist  in  religion,  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  married  Harriet  A. 
Cummings,  only  daughter  of  .\mos  and  Clar- 
issa (Wadlin)  Cummings.  Children,  born  in 
Charlestown:  i.  Fannie,  born  1863.  2. 
George  C,  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Business 
School,  Boston:  married  Jennie  Coburn;  chil- 
dren: Ethel,  Harold  and  Walter.  3.  Arthur, 
educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Somerville.  and  at  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Busi- 
ness College:  married  Emma  Stevens. 

(\T)  Jacob  T.  Glines,  son  of  Jacob  Glines 
<5),  was  born  in  Moultonborough,  New 
Hampshire,  July  20,  181 7.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  and 
his  brother  Nathan  removed  to  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  when  young  men.  He  was  a 
manufacturer  of  bricks  for  some  years.  They 
eventually  established  the  business  with 
which  their  names  are  identified,  in  1848, 
buying  at  that  time  the  interests  of  James  A. 
Tilley,  who  had  been  a  pioneer  in  the  im- 
porting and  roasting  of  coffee  in  Boston,  be- 
ginning in  a  small  way  in  1838  with  a  primi- 
tive roaster.  Later  in  life  Mr.  Tilley  became 
blind,  and  was  well  known  in  Boston  as  the 
blind  peddler  of  shoe  blacking.  The  build- 
ing in  which  the  cofifee  business  was  started 
was  in  Haymarket  Square,  constructed  of 
Somerville  bluestone,  taken  from  the  ledge 
on  the  top  of  Winter  Hill.  The  Glines  firm 
was  composed  of  Jacob  T.  and  Nathan 
Glines,  brothers.  At  that  time  competition 
in  the  vicinity  was  limited  to  one  other  firm, 
Dwinell  &  Company,  located  on  Charlestown 
street,  now  the  Dwinell-Wright  Company, 
and  in  185 1  the  Glines  firm  bought  them  out, 
paying  $1,800  for  their  factory,  and  Mr.  Dwi- 
nell giving  a  bond  of  $5000  not  to  enter  the 
business  again.  Beginning  on  the  top  floor 
where  Mr.  Tilley  installed  his  roaster,  more 
space  was  added  year  by  year  as  the  business 
grew.  Improvements  were  introduced  as  fast 
as  their  value  was  established.  During  the 
civil  war  the  business  increased  enormouslv 


and  the  plant  was  inadequate  to  fill  the  de- 
mands upon  it.  The  firm  had  contracts  with 
the  government  to  furnish  coffee  to  the  Army 
of  the  Gulf.  The  old  buildings  were  out- 
grown and  were  torn  down  to  make  room  for 
a  commodious  four-story  structure  with  all 
the  latest  devices  and  facilities  for  preparing 
cofifee,  tea,  etc.,  for  the  market.  At  that  time 
the  building  was  considered  about  perfect  for 
its  purposes,  but  in  1895  '^^  firm  had  to 
move  to  larger  quarters.  Since  then  the  bus- 
iness has  been  located  at  50  India  street,  Bos- 
ton, and  the  firm  became  a  corporation  that 
same  year.  The  president  and  treasurer  of 
the  concern  is  Edward  Glines,  son  of  the 
founder,  Jacob  T.  Glines,  the  corporate  name 
is  the  J.  T.  Glines  Company.  The  business 
is  largely  coffee  at  the  present  time,  although 
tea  is  also  a  specialty  of  the  concern.  The 
Gold  Standard  brand  of  cofifee  has  a  high  rep- 
utation and  is  perhaps  the  leading  special 
product  of  the  company. 

Nathan  Glines,  the  junior  partner  of  the 
original  firm,  died  soon  after  the  new  build- 
ing in  Haymarket  Square  was  erected,  and 
two  years  later  his  brother,  Jacob  T.  Glines, 
retired  from  active  business.  Edward  Glines 
became  the  head  of  the  firm.  Associated  with 
him  was  his  brother  Frank,  who  died  in  1884, 
and  Elbridge  G.  Glines,  son  of  Nahum  M., 
who  has  been  with  the  firm  and  company 
more  than  fifty  years. 

Jacob  T.  Glines  settled  in  Somerville,  and 
became  one  of  its  most  active  and  influential 
citizens.  He  was  on  the  last  board  of  select- 
men and  on  the  first  board  of  aldermen  of 
Somerville,  serving  several  years.  He  was 
for  two  years  representative  to  the  general 
court.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Bunker 
Hill  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellow.  A  school  was 
named  for  him  in  1880.  He  married,  ni  1840, 
Sarah  A.  Washburn,  of  Kennebunk,  Maine. 
He  died  .August  3,  1882.  Children:  i.  Helen 
F.  2.  Frederick  A.,  born  1844,  was  in  Com- 
pany E,  Thirty-Ninth  Regiment  Massachu- 
setts Volunteer  Militia,  was  captured  August 
19,  1864,  at  the  battle  of  Weldon  Railroad, 
and  died  in  the  rebel  prison  at  Salisbury, 
North  Carolina,  January  i,  1865.  3.  Frank, 
born  .August  2;^,  1846,  died  1884.  4.  Edward 
born  August  31,  1849,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Charlotte  M.  6.  Lillian  A.  7.  Alvin.  8. 
Jacob.     9.  Freddie.     10.  Annie. 

(VII)  Hon.  Edward  Glines,  son  of  Jacob 
T.  Glines  (6),  was  born  in  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  31,  1849,  ^"^  h^s  always 
lived  in  that  city.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Somerville,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  in  1869  under  the  principal- 


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ship  of  George  L.  Baxter,  who  served  the 
city  so  long  and  well  in  that  position,  and  is 
its  principal  now.  .Vfterwards  the  high  school 
building  became  the  city  hall,  and  Mr.  Glines 
presided  as  mayor  in  the  same  room  in  which 
he  had  been  a  student.  Active  in  athletics, 
Mr.  Glines  was  eager  to  get  into  business, 
{ind  followed  his  father's  advice  to  make  a 
beginning  for  himself.  For  a  short  time  he 
was  clerk  in  H.  T.  Parker's  grocery  store; 
then  for  two  years  he  conducted  an  express 
business  between  Winter  Hill  and  Boston. 
In  1872  he  entered  his  father's  business,  be- 
ginning as  clerk  in  the  office  and  working 
his  way  up  through  the  factory,  on  the  road, 
and  in  the  counting  room,  until  he  became 
thoroughly  familiar  with  each  department  of 
the  business.  Even  today  his  familiarity  with 
all  the  work  of  the  business  accounts  for  the 
success  of  the  company  in  great  measure. 
When  his  father  retired  Edward  Glines  be- 
came the  president  and  treasurer  of  the  cor- 
poration— the  J.  T.  Glines  Company. 

Mr.  Glines  has  always  been  a  Republican, 
and  from  his  early  youth  has  shown  an  inter- 
est and  taken  part  in  public  afifairs.  His  first 
public  office  was  that  of  member  of  the  Som- 
erville  common  council,  to  which  he  was 
elected  in  1878,  and  he  was  chosen  president 
of  the  council  the  following  year,  and  ex  of- 
ficio member  of  the  school  committee.  He  was 
an  overseer  of  the  poor  in  1885-86-87.  In 
1882-83  he  represented  his  district  in  the  gen- 
eral court,  and  served  on  important  commit- 
tees with  distinction  and  efficiency.  In  1885- 
86  he  represented  his  district  on  the  Repub- 
lican state  central  committee.  He  was  a  state 
senator  in  1887,  and  served  on  the  commit- 
tees on  railroads,  labor  and  public  health, 
and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  roads 
and  bridges  and  on  expediting  business.  He 
was  re-elected,  and  in  the  following  year  was 
chairman  of  the  railroad  committee,  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  federal  relations 
and  chairman  of  the  committee  on  expediting 
business.  .As  chairman  of  the  railroad  com- 
mittee he  reported  and  secured  the  passage 
of  two  important  measures — the  consolida- 
tion of  the  Old  Colony  and  the  Boston  & 
Providence  railroads,  and  the  union  of  the 
Boston  &;  Maine,  the  Eastern,  and  several 
other  smaller  railroad  companies,  into  larger 
corporations.  Mr.  Glines  had  the  exception- 
al good  fortune  of  never  losing  a  bill  that  he 
reported  from  his  committees  in  either 
branch  of  the  legislature.  In  1892  he  was 
delegate  to  the  I^epublican  national  conven- 
tion, and  also  an   elector  on   the   Republican 


presidential  ticket  in  the  following  campaign. 
In  that  year  also  he  was  the  unanimous 
choice  of  the  Somerville  and  Medford  dele- 
gates for  the  congressional  nomination.  There 
were  two  other  principal  candidates — Hon. 
Samuel  W.  McCall,  of  Winchester,  and  Wil- 
liam F.  Wharton,  of  Boston,  each  of  the 
candidates  having  about  a  third  of  the  dele- 
gates. After  five  ballots  Mr.  Glines  withdrew 
in  favor  of  Mr.  McCall,  who  has  been  re- 
elected at  each  subsequent  election. 

In  1900  Mayor  Proctor  appointed  Mr. 
Glines  a  trustee  of  the  public  library,  a  posi- 
tion that  he  resigned  a  year  later  to  become 
mayor  of  the  city,  he  being  the  first  native 
born  citizen  to  occupy  that  position.  For  three 
years  he  was  the  chief  executive  of  the  city, 
each  year  being  accorded  a  unanimous  nomina- 
tion, and  his  refusal  to  stand  for  a  fourth  term 
caused  much  disappointment  and  regret. 
Mayor  Glines  gave  his  time,  talents  and  ener- 
gy to  the  city  during  his  terms  of  ofifice.  With 
his  aggressive  determination  to  accomplish 
results,  he  had  tact  and  good  sense,  keeping 
his  administration  working  smoothly  from  the 
highest  to  the  humblest  public  servant.  The 
city  finances  were  admirably  managed  and 
many  public  improvements  undertaken.  Pros- 
pect Hill  Park  was  laid  out  and  the  tower  con- 
structed :  highways  were  greatly  improved ; 
various  schoolhouses  built ;  the  property  for 
the  contagious  hospital  was  purchased ;  the 
armory  established ;  and  in  all  ways  the  city 
blossomed  under  his  wise  and  vigorous  admin- 
istration. The  small  pox  epidemic,  the  coal 
famine,  the  assassination  of  President  McKin- 
ley,  the  development  of  the  Broadway  Athletic 
Field,  the  suppression  of  the  brown-tail-moth 
pest  and  the  case  of  Patrolman  Knight,  re- 
quired action  during  his  term  of  office,  and 
gave  him,  opportunity  to  demonstrate  his  ability 
to  act  in  dii?icult  and  disagreeable  as  well  as 
other  situations.  .\s  the  official  head  of  the 
city.  Mayor  Glines  brought  Somerville  into 
public  notice  and  prominence  to  an  unusual 
degree.  His  eloquence  and  forcefulness  as  a 
public  speaker,  inspired  by  a  genuine  love  for 
his  native  place  and  regard  for  her  institutions, 
attracted  attention  to  the  city,  and  undoubtedly 
assisted  in  its  growth  and  progress.  From  his 
subordinates  he  required  closest  attention  to 
duty,  and  inspired  them  with  his  own  devotion 
to  the  city.  He  gave  up  office,  to  the  regret 
of  the  people,  feeling  that  he  could  no  longer 
neglect  his  own  afifairs. 

Edward  Glines  was  too  young  to  serve  in  the 
Civil  war,  but  when  the  war  with  Spain  broke 
out  he   volunteered  and   was  commissioned  a 


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captain  by  President  McKinley.  For  seven 
years  he  served  on  the  staff  of  General  Thomas 
R.  Mathews,  of  the  First  Brigade  Massachu- 
setts Volunteer  Militia,  retiring  in  1905  with 
the  rank  of  major.  He  is  now  deputy  quarter- 
master-general, on  the  staff  of  Governor  Guild, 
with  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel.  Besides 
being  a  patriotic  and  public-spirited  citizen, 
Mr.  Glines  has  always  been  a  generous  contrib- 
utor to  public  and  private  charities.  He  is  a 
member  of  many  social  organizations,  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Central  Club,  of 
which  he  was  president  in  1894-95.  He  has 
held  office  in  the  Somerville  volunteer  fire  de- 
partment. He  is  also  a  member  of  Soley 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons ;  Somerville  Royal 
Arch  Chapter;  Orient  Council;  De  Molay 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar  ;  Paul  Revere 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows ;  the  Boston  Athletic 
Club ;  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club ;  the  Bay 
State  Riding  and  Driving  Club;  the  Republi- 
can Club  of  Massachusetts ;  the  Middlesex, 
New  England,  Algonquin,  Boston,  Taylor, 
Cliff  and  Point  Shirley  clubs ;  the  Naval  and 
Military  Order,  Spanish  American  War ;  com- 
panion of  the  Legion  of  Foreign  Wars ;  and 
member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce 
in  which  he  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  arbitration.  He  is  also  a  life  member 
of  the  Somerville  Improvement  Association ; 
the  Somerville  Historical  Society ;  and  associ- 
ate member  of  Willard  C.  Kinsley  Post,  No. 
139,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  No  citizen 
of  Somerville  is  more  widely  and  favorably 
known.  Few  if  any  men  in  business  in  Boston 
stand  higher  in  the  estimation  of  their  associ- 
ates. The  stamp  of  this  firm  is  a  guarantee  of 
excellence.  Not  once  during  its  existence  has 
the  factory  been  closed  for  want  of  orders. 
Each  year  has  shown  an  increase  in  business 
and  in  net  profit  over  the  preceding  year.  On 
the  order  books  of  the  Glines  Company  are  the 
names  of  customers  who  were  buying  of  the 
Glines  firm  before  the  present  head  of  the 
house  was  born.  The  largest  and  best  hotels 
of  Boston  are  supplied  by  this  concern.  At  no 
time  in  its  history  has  the  business  been  more 
flourishing  and  prosperous. 

Mr.  Glines  married  Frances  C.  Hanks, 
daughter  of  Ziba  P.  and  Nancy  L.  (Hender- 
son) Hanks,  of  Augusta,  Maine.  No  children. 


John    Showier    Veritv,    son    of 
VERITY     Rev.  William  Verity,'  a  clergy- 
man of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
denomination,  was  born  at  Manchester;  Eng- 
land, July  31,   1822. 

In  1853  Jolm  S.  \'erity  came  to  this  country 


and  found  employment  as  an  atcher  in  one  of 
the  large  cotton  mills  of  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire.  After  a  few  years  he  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business,  his  store  being  located  in 
the  city  of  Alanchester.  Subsequently  he  dis- 
posed of  his  store  and  removed  to  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  engaged  in  the  gro- 
cery business,  and  also  made  arrangements 
with  the  Fleischman  Yeast  Company  to  repre- 
sent them  in  Cambridge.  He  purchased  the 
territory  from  the  company,  and  by  dint  of 
exceedingly  hard  work  built  up  a  large  and 
profitable  business.  Associated  with  him  was 
William  G.  McLeod,  a  young  man,  who  later 
became  his  son-in-law,  and  who  helped  to  build 
up  the  business.  Mr.  Verity  gave  him  certain 
territory  and  sold  him  the  goods.  Mr.  Verity's 
health  having  failed,  owing  to  his  close  atten- 
tion to  the  business  and  the  hard  work  neces- 
sary to  introduce  a  new  article,  he  removed  to 
Lynn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  had  territory 
in  Essex  county,  and  continued  to  sell  the 
yeast.  Before  his  removal  to  Lynn,  Mr.  Verity 
gave  the  Cambridge  territory  to  Mr.  McLeod, 
who  continued  the  business  until  he  sold  out 
to  the  Fleischman  Company,  after  which  he 
devoted  his  attention  to  the  care  of  his  real 
estate,  in  which  he  has  invested  extensively  in 
Cambridge.  The  business  is  now  under  the 
management  of  Walter  S.  Verity,  son  of  John 
S.  Verity,  with  headquarters  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

In  1861  Mr.  Verity  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Lucy  Jane  Preston,  who  was  born  in  New 
Ipswich,  New  Hampshire,  July  31,  1824, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Anne  (Proctor) 
Preston.  She  is  a  descendant  on  both  sides 
of  early  New  England  colonists  among  whom 
was  a  "Mayflower"  pilgrim.  On  the  parental 
side  she  is  descended  (probably)  in  the  eighth 
generation  from  Roger  Preston,  who  was  born 
in  1614,  came  to  America  in  the  "Elizabeth 
and  Ann"  in  1635,  settling  first  in  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  and  later  in  Salem,  where  he 
died  January  20,  1666.  He  was  married  at 
Ipswich,  in  1642,  and  the  christian  name  of  his 
wife  was  Martha.  She  survived  him  and  be- 
came the  wife  of  Nicholas  Holt,  of  Andover, 
Massachusetts.  Her  death  occurred  in  An- 
dover, March  21,  1703,  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years.  Roger  Preston  was  the  father  of  seven 
children :  Thomas,  Samuel,  John,  Jacob,  Levi, 
Elizabeth  and  Mary.  Samuel,  John  and  Jacob 
accompanied  their  mother  to  Andover.  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Preston,  a  descendant  of  John  of 
Andover,  settled  in  Littleton,  New  Hampshire, 
in  1728.  Mrs.  \'erity's  grandfather,  Isaac 
Preston,  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and.  ac- 


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cording  to  the  records,  he  enHsted  first  January 
30,  1776,  as  a  private  in  Captain  Ebenezer 
Green's  company  of  Colonel  Bedel's  regiment, 
raised  in  New  Hampshire  for  the  northern 
Continental  army  under  General  Washington  ; 
was  a  member  of  Captain  John  Sloan's  militia 
company  in  the  town  of  Lynn,  December  20, 
1776;  and  in  1780  was  at  West  Point  as  a  ser- 
geant in  Captain  Benjamin  Spaulding's  com- 
pany of  Colonel  Moses  Nichols  regiment.  He 
married  Susanna  Fletcher,  a  descendant  of 
Robert  Fletcher,  who  came  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  in  1630,  and  settled  in  Concord, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  the  American  ances- 
tor of  nearly,  if  not  all,  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Fletchers.  Isaac  Preston's  wife  was  probably 
the  Susanna  Fletcher  who  was  born  in   1754, 

daughter  of  Samuel  and  (Lawrence) 

Fletcher,  who  were  married  in  Littleton  in 
1729.  Samuel  was  a  son  of  William  and  a 
grandson  of  Samuel  Fletcher. 

Jeremiah  Preston,  Mrs.  \'erity's  father,  was 
of  New  Ipswich,  New  Hampshire.  Her  grand- 
mother, Anne  (Proctor)  Preston,  was  a 
daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Sybil  (Farnsworth) 
Proctor,  of  Hollis.  New  Hampshire.  On  the 
maternal  side  Mrs.  Verity  is  a  lineal  descend- 
ant in  the  sixth  generation  of  Robert  Proctor, 
who  emigrated  from  England  early  in  the 
Colonial  period  and  settled  in  Concord,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1643.  The  Proctors  were  prominent  freehold- 
ers of  the  county  of  Norfolk,  England,  in  the 
fourteenth  century,  and  intermarried  with  tiie 
distinguished  Beauchamp  family,  possessor  of 
the  earldom  of  Pembroke.  At  -the  beginning 
of  the  si.xteenth  century  there  were  Proctors 
residing  at  Nether  Bordley  in  Yorkshire,  and 
they  were  in  all  probability  descended  from  the 
Beauchanip-l'roctor  family  of  Norfolk.  It  is 
also  quite  certain  that  Robert  Proctor,  the  emi- 
grant, was  a  descendant  of  the  Nether  Bordley 
family.  December  31,  1645,  Robert  Proctor 
was  married  in  Concord  to  Jane  Hildreth,  eld- 
est daughter  of  Richard  Hildreth  of  that  town, 
and  in  1653,  with  several  other  residents  of 
Concord,  including  his  father-in-l;uv.  he  re- 
moved to  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  where 
his  death  occurred  in  1697.  His  children  were: 
Sarah,  Gershom,  Mary,  Peter,  Dorothv.  Eliz- 
abeth, James.  Lydia,  John,  Samuel,  Israel  and 
Thomas. 

Jf)hn  Proctor,  fnurtli  son  and  ninth  child  of 
Robert  and  Jane  (Hildreth)  Proctor,  was  born 
in  Qielmsford,  .Avigust  17,  1663.  The  maiden 
surname  of  his  wife,  whom  he  married  in  1692, 
c''""s  not  appear  in  the  records,  but  her  chris- 
ti  ■!  name  was  Miriam,  and  his  children  were: 


John,  Miriam,  Edward,  Hannah,  Benjamin 
and  Moses. 

Moses  Proctor,  youngest  son  and  child  of 
John  and  Miriam  Proctor,  was  born  in  Chelms- 
ford, November  19,  1706.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  petitioners  for  the  charter  of  West 
Dunstable,  Massachusetts,  and  Proctor  Hill  in 
that  town,  where  he  settled,  was  named  for 
him.  His  name  appears  in  the  first  tax-list, 
issued  in  1740,  and  he  served  as  a  selectman 
in  1749.  He  married  Mary  Byam,  of  Chelms- 
ford, and  was  the  father  of  Mary,  Rebecca, 
Cyrus,  Moses  and  Philip. 

Cyrus  Proctor,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Moses  and  Mary  (Byam)  Proctor,  was  born  in 
Chelmsford,  September  13,  1745.  He  settled 
in  Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  where  March  10, 
1771,  he  married  Sybil  Farnsworth  of  that 
town.  She  became  the  mother  of  the  following 
children :  Cyrus,  Timothy,  Sybil,  Nathaniel, 
Thomas,  M'ary  (who  died  young),  Elizabeth, 
John,  Abigail,  Amos,  .\nne,  Mary  and  Susan- 
na. The  mother  of  these  children  died  Decem- 
ber 9,  1843,  aged  ninety  years. 

Anne  or  Anna  Proctor,  fifth  daughter  and 
eleventh  child  of  Cyrus  and  Sybil  (Farns- 
worth) Proctor,  was  born  in  Hollis,  September 
7,  1793.  April  18.  1816,  she  became  the  wife 
of  Jeremiah  Preston,  of  New  Ipswich,  and  she 
died  in  1879,  having  had  children :  Horace, 
Sybil,  Lucy  Jane,  Jeremiah,  and  one  other 
daughter,  who  died  in  infancy. 

John  S.  Verity  died  at  his  home  in  Lynn, 
February  10,  1885.  He  was  the  author  of  a 
book  on  phonography.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
natural  business  ability,  of  versatility  in  mind, 
upright  in  character:  a  useful  citizen.  He  left 
a  widow  and  two  children :  Walter  S.,  local 
manager  for  Fleischman  Company  for  Boston 
and  vicinity,  married  Cora  Hopkins,  of  Rich- 
mond, Virginia,  and  they  are  the  parents  of 
two  children :  Hilda  and  Preston  Verity. 
Mary,  wife  of  William  G.  McLeod,  and  their 
children  are:  Elsie,  Alice  Preston,  and  William 
Preston  McLeod,  M.  D.,  a  graduate  of  the 
Harvard  Medical  School  and  practicing  in 
New  York  City. 


The  name  Spaulding  (or 
-SP.AULDING     Spalding,  as   it   is   always 

written  in  England)  ap- 
jiears  (|uilc  early  in  English  history.  It  was 
imiHicstionably  derived  from  the  town  of 
Spalding,  in  Lincolnshire,  England.  There 
have  been  in  all  ten  coats-of-arms  granted  to 
families  of  .Spaldings,  but  it  has  never  been 
ascertained  whether  ;iny  of  them  belong  to 
the  .\merican  l^ranch  of  the  familw 


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(I)  Edward  Spalding  (or  Spaulding)  came 
to  America  probably  with  Sir  George  Yeard- 
ley,  about  1619.  He  and  his  family  were  es- 
tablished in  the  \'irginia  Colony  in  1623.  He 
removed  to  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  about 
1634,  and  was  among  the  first  settlers  there, 
and  was  made  a  freeman  May  13,  1640.  In 
1653  he  was  living  in  the  plantation  which  at 
the  request  of  the  settlers  was  incorporated 
into  the  town  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts, 
in  May,  1655,  and  was  one  of  the  proprietors 
there.  He  was  selectman  in  1654,  1656,  1660 
and  1661;  surveyor  of  highways  in  1663;  and 
one  of  the  surveyors  of  Newiield,  afterwards 
North  Chelmsford,  in  1666,  where  he  owned 
land.  The  attention  of  the  settlers  was  early 
given  to  the  culture  of  apple  trees,  and  spec- 
ial mention  is  made  in  i6<54  of  the  orchard  of 
Edward  Spaulding.  He  married  first,  Mar- 
garet   ,  who  died  August,  1640.  He  mar- 
ried second,  Rachel  .     Children  of  first 

wife:  I.  John.  2.  Edward.  3.  Grace,  bur- 
ied May,  1641.  Children  of  second  wife:  4. 
Benjamin,  born  April  7,  1643.  5-  Joseph, 
born  October  25,  1646.  6.  Dinah,  born 
March  14,  1649.  7-  Andrew,  born  Novem- 
ber 19,  1652:  mentioned  below'.  Edward 
Spaulding  died  February  26,  1670.  His  will 
was  dated  February  13,  1667,  and  proved 
April  5,  1670. 

(Hi  Andrew  Spaulding.  son  of  Edward 
Spaulding  (i),  was  born  November  19,  1652, 
and  died  May  5,  1713.  He  inherited  the  es- 
tate from  his  father.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
church,  and  held  the  office  until  he  died.  He 
married  April  30,  1674,  Hannah  Jefts,  who 
died  January  21,  1730,  daughter  of  Henry 
Jefts,  of  Billerica,  Massachusetts.  His  will 
was  dated  June  6,  1712.  Children:  i.  Han- 
nah, died  March  25,  1677.  2.  Andrew,  born 
March  25,  1678:  mentioned  below.  3.  Henry 
born  November  2,  1680.  4.  John,  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1682.  5.  Rachel,  born  September 
26,  1685;  married  December  7.  1703,  Samuel 
Butterfield.  6.  William,  born  August  3,  1688. 
7.  Joanna,  born  October  8,  1689  or  90;  mar- 
ried Josiah  Fletcher.  8.  Benoni,  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1691.  9.  Mary,  born  December  5, 
1695;  died  July  18,  1698. 

(HI)  Andrew  Spaulding,  son  of  Andrew 
Spaulding  (2),  was  born  March  25,  1678,  in 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  and  died  No- 
vember 7,  1753.  He  resided  in  Chelmsford, 
and  was  a  deacon  of  the  church.  He  married 
February  5,  1 701,  Abigail  Warren,  who  died 
May  12,  1768.  He  owned  land  in  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  which  he  conveyed 
by  deed  to  John  Gofife,  of  that  place.     His 


will  was  dated  February  19,  1741-42.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Andrew,  born  December  8,  1701.  2. 
Jacob  (twin),  born  September  6,  1703.  3. 
Henry  (twin),  born  September  6,  1703.  4. 
Josiah,  born  January  3,  1706.  5.  Ephraim, 
born  August  8,  1708.  6.  Isaac,  born  (Jcto- 
ber  28.  1710;  mentioned  below.  7.  Abigail 
(twin),  born  July  8.  1712;  married  James 
Parkhurst,  of  Chelmsford.  8.  Joanna  (twin), 
born  July  8,  1712.  9.  James,  born  October 
27,  1714.  ID.  David,  born  September  28, 
1717.  II.  Benjamin,  born  January  7.  1720; 
died  December  13,  1737.  12.  Sarah,  born 
June  9.  1723:  married,  December  i.  1741. 
Samuel  Comings. 

(IV)  Deacon  Isaac  Spaulding.  son  of  An- 
drew Spaulding  (3),  was  born  in  Chelmsford, 
October  28,  1710,  and  died  March  4,  1776. 
He  removed  to  Townsend,  Massachusetts, 
soon  after  his  marriage,  and  lived  and  died  in 
that  town.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church. 
The  farm  on  which  he  settled  is  still  in  the 
Spaulding  family.  The  following  is  an  ac- 
count of  a  family  gathering  which  appeared 
in  a  local  newspaper  August  26,  1877: 

"Wednesday  was  a  day  long  to  be  remem- 
bered by  the  descendants  of  Deacon  Isaac 
Spaulding.  who  to  the  number  of  about  two 
hundred  assembled  on  the  spot  where  he 
erected  his  dwelling  one  hundred  and  forty 
years  ago,  near  the  place  called  'the  Har- 
bor,' in  Townsend.  The  house  was  destroyed 
by  fire  some  eight  years  since,  and  nothing 
now^  remains  to  mark  the  spot  but  a  few 
venerable  trees  and  the  cellar.  .\  large  num- 
ber of  relatives  had  met,  however,  to  hold  a 
centennial  anniversary,  and  a  rustic  tenement 
had  been  erected  for  their  convenience.  On 
the  post  where  once  stood  the  front  door  was 
an  evergreen  motto,  'Gone  Before;'  also  a 
fine  picture  of  the  house  and  surrounding 
buildings  as  they  were  before  the  fire,  with 
the  words,  'Our  father's  home,  August  30, 
1776,'  drawn  by  Mrs.  General  Dix,  of  New 
York.  Deacon  Spaulding  was  distinguished 
for  his  integrity,  industry  and  honesty.  He 
died  leaving  to  his  children  a  name  unstained 
and  a  father's  blessing." 

He  married  Sarah  Barrett,  born  1714.  died 
February  11,  1806.  aged  ninety-two.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Jonathan,  born  July  28.  1734.  -. 
Lydia.  born  .-\ugust  20.  1737;  married  Oliver 
Heald.  of  Temple,  New  Hampshire :  died 
March,  1802.  3.  Sarah,  born  August  22,  1739; 
married  John  Craggin.  of  Temple.  4.  Benja- 
min, born  August  14,  1743;  mentioned  below. 
5.  Abigail,  born  March  16,  1747.  6.  Lucy,  born 
.April    7,    T749:    married,   about    1768.    Eldad 


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Spofford.  7.  Esther,  born  Deceiiibe.-  17, 
1753:  married  November  27,  1788,  Joiiathan 
Pierce,  in  Townsend.  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Benjamin  Spaulding,  son 
of  Isaac  Spaulding  (4),  was  born  in  Towns- 
end,  Massachusetts,  August  14,  1743,  and 
died  May  2j,  1832,  aged  eighty-nine.  He 
always  resided  in  Townsend,  and  there  all 
his  children  were  born.  He  was  a  successful 
school  teacher,  and  this  occupation  was  follow- 
ed by  three  of  his  daughters.  He  served  in  the 
Revolution  as  sergeant  in  Captain  James 
Hasley's  company,  Colonel  William  Pres- 
cott's  regiment.  He  marched  on  the  alarm 
of  April  19,  1775,  to  Cambridge,  and  served 
eighteen  days.  He  appears  to  have  served 
in  various  other  regiments  during  the  war. 
He  married  December  5,  1765,  Mary  Heald, 
who  was  born  July  27,  1744,  and  died  Janu- 
ary 24,  1826,  aged  eighty-one.  Children:  i. 
Benjamin,  born  April  17,  1767.  2.  Peter, 
born  June  10,  1769.  3.  Mary,  born  May  2-j, 
1771 ;  married,  July  2,  1794,  Peter  Lawrence; 
died  June  11,  1804.  4.  David,  born  July  27, 
1773;  mentioned  below.  5.  Joel,  born  July 
26,  1775.  6.  .'\bel,  born  September  6,  1777. 
7.  Isaac,  born  December  24,  1779.  8.  Sarah, 
born  October  2},,  1782:  married  March  8, 
1803,  Peter  Shumway;  died  May  20,  1842.  9. 
Ephraim,  born  July  15,  1786.  10.  Nancy, 
born  June  27,  1789;  married  June  11,  1817, 
Cushing  Wilder;  died  June  2,  1852. 

(VI)  David  Spaulding,  son  of  Benjamin 
Spaulding  (5),  was  born  in  Townsend,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  27,  1773.  and  died  Octolier  i, 
1827.  He  married  in  Sharon,  Massachusetts, 
Sarah  Esthmur  Kingsbury,  of  Milton,  Massa- 
chusetts, who  died  August  2,  1824.  aged 
forty-five.  Children:  i.  David,  born  .April 
30,  1800.  2.  Sarah,  born  .\pril  4,  1802;  mar- 
ried May  24,  1823,  Jarvis  Billings.  3.  Louisa, 
born  March  10,  1804 ;  married  May  24,  1825, 
Abel  Farrington.  4.  Joshua  Kingsbury,  born 
September  11,  1805;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Mary  Hale,  born  July  31,  1807;  married  first, 
October  20,  1830,  William  Downes;  married 
second,  October  20,  1847,  Joshua  Martin 
Hadley.  6.  Calista,  born  May  10,  1809;  mar- 
ried November  5,  1829,  Daniel  Howard,  of 
North  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts.  7.  Caro- 
line, born  May  24,  181 1 ;  married  July  9.  1829, 
Elijah  Tolman,  of  Sharon,  Massachusetts; 
died  May  28,  1852.  8.  Edward  Hutchinson, 
born  March  i,  1814.  9.  Benjamin  .Sumner, 
born  July  4,  1818. 

(VII)  Joshua  Kingsbury  Spaulding,  son 
of  David  Spaulding  (6),  was  born  in  Towns- 
end,  Massachusetts,  September  ii,  1805,  and 


died  in  Pepperell,  Massachusetts,  May  7, 
1887.  He  married,  November  18,  1830,  in 
Pepperell,  Patty  Prescott  Parker,  the  inten- 
tion being  recorded  October  7,  1830.  She 
was  born  October  14,  1805,  and  died  Janu- 
ary 4,  1869.  He  was  a  cooper  and  a  farmer. 
Children  1.  Harriet  Augusta,  born  October 
15,  1831;  married  June  3,  1861,  Christopher 
Morgan.  2.  Mary  Ann,  born  December  i, 
1833;  married  .May  10,  1856,  Rufus  .\twood 
Ma.xfield,  of  Lowell.  Massachusetts;  died  July 
3,  1890.  3.  Parker  Prescott,  born  April  i, 
1837.  4.  David  .Sumner,  born  January  14, 
1 841;  mentioned  below.  5.  Martha  Elizabeth, 
born  October  25,  1845;  married  .\ugust  26, 
1866,  William  Henry  Gilbert.  6.  Calista 
Irene,  born  May  24,  1848;  married  Daniel 
Spof¥ord;  died  June,  1893. 

(VIII)  David  Sumner  Spaulding,  son  of 
Joshua  Kingsbury  Spaulding  (7),  was  born 
in  Pepperell.  Alassachusetts,  January  14, 
1841.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  mason.  He  worked 
at  his  trade  for  many  years  in  Fitchburg, 
Boston  and  elsewhere.  For  a  number  of 
vears  he  returned  to  his  father's  home  in  the 
winter  season  and  worked  with  his  father 
making  shoes  and  slippers,  and  also  at  the 
cooper's  trade.  He  removed  to  Lowell,. 
Massachusetts,  in  i860,  and  followed  his 
trade  for  a  time,  was  then  for  six  years  on  the 
Lowell  police  force.  He  then  established  the 
fancy  goods  and  jewelry  store  in  Lowell,  con- 
ducting it  successfully  for  a  period  of  twenty- 
five  years.  He  dealt  extensively  in  real  estate 
also  during  the  later  years  of  his  life,  begin- 
ning with  a  tract  of  land  at  Pawtucketville, 
in  Lowell.  When  his  health  began  to  fail  he 
started  a  summer  hotel  in  1889  at  Lake  Mas- 
ku]ipick,  Dracut.  near  Lowell.  His  widow 
still  conducts  this  hostelry,  which  has  been 
a  favorite  summer  resort  for  seventeen  years. 
The  locality  is  known  as  Lake  View  Park. 
He  died  February  3,  1906,  at  his  home  in 
Lake  View.  He  was  an  Independent  in  poli- 
tics, a  member  of  Wamalacit  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons  and  Pentucket  Lodge  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. He  traveled  extensively  to  California, 
Nevada,  etc.,  making  the  Pacific  Coast  trips 
for  over  two  years,  traveling  on  this  trip  in 
1860-1861.  lie  married  June  9,  1861,  Ellen 
Marv  Green,  born  September  17,  1839.  Her 
father.  Sanuiel  Smith  Green,  born  September 
14,  1803,  died  June  15,  1873;  married  May 
13,  1828,  Caroline  Lamb,  born  February  5, 
1804,  died  April  7,  1873;  children:  i.  Martha 
E.  Green,  born  .April  t8.  1829,  died  June  30, 
1859.   unmarried;   ii.  Joseph    S.    Green,   born 


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523 


-May  13,  1830,  died  May  22,  1901 ;  iii.  Samuel 
J.  Green,  born  February  22,  183 1,  died  March 
2^,  1893;  iv.  Caroline  A.  Green,  born  May 
19,  1833,  married  William  H.  Jefts,  died  Sep- 
tember 22.  1863;  V.  Watson  Lamb  Green, 
born  April  28,  1835,  enlisted  and  served  in 
the  civil  v^ar;  taken  ill  and  died  on  furlough 
at  home.  May  8,  1864;  vi.  Phebe  E.  Green, 
born  C)ctober  13,  1837,  died  April  20,  1902; 
vii.  Ellen  M.  Green,  born  September  30, 
1839;  viii.  Webster  ^L  Green,  born  March 
31,  1842,  died  October  11,  1905,  served  in 
Seventh  Massachusetts  Battery,  enlisted  May 
21,  1861,  discharged  November  20,  1864. 
Samuel  Smith  Green,  the  father,  was  the  son 
of  Samuel  Green,  and  the  grandson  of  Will- 
iam Green,  who  eloped  with  Esther  Green 
from  England,  and  settled  in  Stow,  Massa- 
chusetts. His  father,  Samuel  Green,  married 
twice.  Samuel  Smith  Green,  son  of  the  first 
wife,  was  but  eight  years  old  when  his  father 
married  again,  and  he  set  out  for  himself  to 
earn  his  ov.n  living.  The  family  was  then 
in  the  west,  and  the  boy  worked  his  way  east- 
ward, doing  odd  jobs  by  the  way,  until  he 
reached  Cherry  \'alley.  New  York,  where  he 
learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith  and  horse  and 
ox-shoeing.  He  removed  to  Barre,  Worces- 
ter county,  Massachusetts,  and  engaged  in 
business  for  himself  as  a  blacksmith.  He  in- 
vented a  machine  for  cutting  horse-shoes,  and 
though  his  financial  return  from  it  was  small 
owing  to  the  invention  of  similar  machines, 
he  must  be  counted  among  the  important  in- 
ventors of  useful  machinery  in  his  day  and 
generation.  He  removed  from  Barre  to  Lo- 
well, Massachusetts,  and  was  employed  for  a 
time  there  in  a  carriage  factory.  He  was  a 
Congregationalist  in  religion. 

Children  of  David  Sumner  and  Ellen  Mary 
(Green)  .Spaulding:  i.  Parker" Sumner,  born 
March  28,  1867;  resides  in  Pawtucketville, 
corner  Sixth  avenue  and  Mt.  Grove  street; 
married  .\llie  Hogle;  children:  Sumner 
Parker,  Ellen  Maria,  Parker  Charles.  2. 
Frank  Elmore,  born  April  14,  1869,  in  Lo- 
well; educated  in  public  schools  and  attended 
commercial  college  there;  also  graduated 
from  Lowell  Evening  Architectural  School, 
appeared  successfully  in  five  different  exhibi- 
tions, winning  a  three  years  course  from  the 
perspective  course;  was  seven  years  engaged 
with  his  father  in  brokerage  business  on  Aler- 
rimack  street;  is  now  associated  in  business 
with  his  mother,  with  an  interest  in  the  prop- 
erty; married,  August  13,  1890,  Mary  Ann 
Lovely,  born  July  28,  1870.  daughter  of 
George   and   .-\melia   Ann   (Stickney)   White- 


tield;  children;  i.  David  Elmore,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1893,  in  Lowell;  student  in  Lo- 
well high  school,  class  of  191 1.  ii.  Child 
died  in  infancy.  3.  Mayola  Irene,  born  March 
II,  1877,  died  August  9,  same  year. 


John  Staniford  (or  Stan- 
STANIFORD  ford),  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  Eng- 
land. He  used  as  his  seal  the  coat-of-arms  of 
the  English  family  of  Stanford ;  .\zure,  a  chev- 
ron between  three  birds  argent.  (See  copy  of 
his  seal  in  "Antiquarian  Papers,  Ipswich," 
May,  1882).  He  was  called  Mr.  in  the  early 
records  of  Ipswich,  where  he  settled,  indicating 
by  the  custom  in  using  this  title  that  he  came 
from  a  family  of  high  social  standing.  He  was 
a  man  of  intellectual  qualities,  and  much  occu- 
pied with  duties  which  require  legal  knowl- 
edge. Several  early  wills  are  in  his  hand- 
writing, and  three  have  his  seal  as  given  above 
— those  of  Obadiah  Wood  in  1694,  William 
Caldwell  in  1694,  and  Madame  Rebekah  Sy- 
monds  in  1695.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  died  in  Ipswich  in  1730,  and  his  old  grave- 
stone, still  standing  there,  is  inscribed ;  "Here 
lyes  Buried  Ye  Body  of  Deacon  John  Stani- 
ford aged  82  years  Deed  May  ye  27,  1730." 
The  death  of  his  wife  is  thus  recorded;  "Mar- 
garet, Relict  wido  of  Dea'n  John  .Staniford, 
Died  May  ist  1750,  Et.  93."  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Lake)  Har- 
ris, and  w^as  born  August  6.  1637.  She  was 
named  for  her  grandmother,  Margaret  Lake, 
who  died  in  Ipswich  in  1672,  wife  of  John 
Lake  and  daughter  of  Edmund  Read, 
sister  of  Elizabeth  Read,  who  mar- 
ried Governor  John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  founder 
of  Ipswich,  and  sister  also  of  Martha  Read, 
who  married  first,  Daniel  Epps,  and  second. 
Deputy  Governor  Symonds.  The  children  of 
John  and  Margaret  Lake  were :  John,  Hannah 
and  Martha  Lake,  of  whom  Hannah  married 
Captain  John  Gallup,  who  w-as  killed  at  Narra- 
gansett,  December  19,  1675 ;  Martha  married 
Thomas  Harris,  and  lived  in  Ipswich.  The 
will  of  Margaret  Lake  is  very  quaint ;  she  be- 
queathed to  her  granddaughter,  Margaret 
Staniford,  a  carved  box,  a  damask  table  cloth 
and  six  damask  napkins.  The  Staniford  and 
Harris  families  were  also  remembered  in  the 
will  of  Madame  Rebekah  Symonds,  the  last 
wife  of  Deputy  Governor  Symonds ;  she  calls 
them  "cousins,"  perhaps  because  a  former  wife 
of  Mr.  .Symonds  was  their  aunt,  the  word 
coiJsin  being  used  to  denote  uncles.,  aunts, 
nephews   and   nieces,  as  well   as  the   relatives 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


now  known  as  cousins.  '"I  give  iinto  my 
cousine  John  Staniford  one  of  my  Gould  rings 
and  Three  pounds  in  mony." 

Children  of  John  and  Margaret  Staniford : 
I.  Thomas,  bom  1680,  died  1740;  married 
Hannah  Rindge  ;  mentioned  below.    2.  Deacon 

John,  born  October  21.  ,  died  March  4, 

1752.  3.  William,  born  April  6,  1684;  lived 
at  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  left  son  Benja- 
min. 4.  Ebenezer,  born  1686,  died  j-xjung.  5. 
Samuel, born  August  27,  1688  ;  married  August 
13,  1715,  Mary  Chadwell.  6.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried September  26,  1713,  William  Martin.  7. 
Jeremiah,  born  September  6,  1693.  8.  Mar- 
garet, born  November  29,  1695;  married  No- 
vember 3,  1723,  Robert  Calef ;  was  mother  of 
Dr.  Joseph  Calef,  the  Loyalist.  9.  Tryphena, 
born  March  21,  1698;  married  1720,  Philip 
Lord. 

(H)  Thomas  Staniford,  son  of  Deacon  John 
Staniford  (i),  was  born  November  21,  1680. 
He  was  ensign  of  his  military  company  in 
1727.  He  married  (intentions  dated  Decem- 
ber 27,  1707)  Hannah  Rindge,  daughter  of 
Captain  Daniel  and  Hannah  (Perkins)  Rindge, 
granddaughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Kins- 
man) Rindge.  Her  father's  town  house  was 
on  Turkey  Shore,  and  his  farm  was  at  Ipswich 
Hamlet  (now  Hamilton),  Massachusetts,  ad- 
joining what  is  now  called  Dane's  Farm.  He 
died  AugT-ist  23,  1740,  in  the  sixtieth  year  of 
his  age,  and  his  gravestone  is  in  the  Ipswich 
burial  ground.  Children,  born  at  Ipswich: 
I.  John,  born  .^pril,  1709;  died  June  29,  1727, 
aged,  according  to  his  gravestone,  eighteen 
years  and  two  months.  2.  Thomas,  born 
1710:  married  November  11,  1732,  Sara  Burn- 
ham.  3.  Daniel,  baptized  March  17,  1717. 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1738:  mar- 
ried Mary  Burnham ;  was  master  of  grammar 
school,  1740-46;  widow  married  (second) 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  then  having  seven 
beautiful  daughters  of  her  first  marriage.4. 
Jeremiah. 

(Ill)  Jeremiah  Staniford,  son  of  Thomas 
Staniford  (2),  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Septem- 
ber, 1722,  and  married  there  November  17, 
1750,  Mary  Potter,  His  father  gave  to  his 
brother,  Thomas  Staniford,  in  his  will  the 
house  and  lantl  formerly  the  property  of  Rich- 
ard Goss,  and  it  is  now  in  the  Levvis  Choate 
estate,  but  the  house  is  gone.  The  hrcither, 
Thomas,  born  in  17 10,  was  a  captain  in  the 
French  wars,  receiving  his  commission  in  1744. 
Jeremiah  appears  as  a  private  in  Captain  Na- 
thaniel Wade's  company.  Colonel  John  Baker's 
(third  Esse.x  company)  regiment  in  .\pril, 
1775.    'Child    of    Jeremiah    and    .Mary    (Pot- 


ter) Staniford:    Aaron,  born  March  10,  1754: 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Aaron  Staniford,  son  of  Jeremiah 
Staniford  (3),  was  born  March  10,  1754;  mar- 
ried at  Ipswich,  1785,  Lucy  Lord,  who  was 
born  November  4,  1765.  Children:  i.  Aaron, 
torn  March  18,  1787:  died  July  22,  1821.  2. 
Lucy,  born  January  4,  1788,  3,  Mary,  born 
July  22,  1794.  4.  Sarah,  born  October  15, 
1797;  wrought  a  sampler  that  has  been  pre- 
served, giving  the  dates  herein  recorded  of  her 
parents  and  their  children,  5.  Aaron,  born 
July  22,  1801. 

(V)  Sarah  Staniford,  daughter  of  Aaron 
Staniford  (4),  born  November  15,  1797:  mar- 
ried July  31,  1826,  General  Thomas  Todd. 
(See  Todd  sketch.) 


John  Todd,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
TODD  was  settled  for  a  time  at  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  but  removed 
to  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  about  1648,  He 
was  in  Charlestown  as  early  as  1637.  He 
brought  with  him  to  Rowley  his  wife  Susan- 
nah, whose  maiden  name  is  thought  to  be 
Hunt,  as  she  was  called  sister  in  the  will  of 
Mary,  wife  of  John  Grant,  as  was  also  Ann 
Wood,  wife  of  Thomas  Wood,  both  born  about 
1637,  Todd  had  land  on  Bachelor's  Plain,  ad- 
joining Joseph  Jewett's  land.  He  shared  in 
various  divisions  of  the  common  lands.  In 
1651  he  was  a  juryman,  1654  marshal,  and  was 
paid  for  service  "when  ye  Indians  molested  vs 
at  Spring  was  *  * "  five  shillings.  He 
was  selectman  in  1667,  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1664  and  1686,  and  held  many  other 
positions  on  committees  of  the  town,  etc.  John 
Todd  kept  the  Ordinary  (tavern),  and  was  a 
leading  citizen.  He  died  February  14,  1689- 
90:  his  will, 'dated  February  13,  1689-90, 
proved  March  25,  1690,  mentions :  wife  un- 
named ;  sons  John,  Timothy,  Samuel  and 
James ;  daughters  Mehitable.  Ruth  and  Mary, 
who  had  had  their  portion  ;  also  brother  Hunt 
(Essex  probate  3:  227).  His  widow  Susan- 
nah died  November  18,  1710.  Children:  i. 
Mehitable,  born  January  10,  1649-50.  2. 
John,  born  February,  1655-6:  buried  same 
month.  3.  Ruth,  bom  .\pril  11,  1657;  mar- 
ried in  Ipswich,  May  i,  1678.  Samuel  Hunt, 
of  Iijswich.  4.  Mary,  torn  June  10,  1659.  5. 
John,  torn  1661  ;  mentioned  below.  6.  Susan- 
nah, torn  September  5,  1664;  buried  Novem- 
ber 15  following,  7.  Thomas,  torn  December 
3,  1665 :  not  mentioned  in  father's  will.  8. 
Timothy,  torn  May  2.  1668:  was  in  the  Cana- 
dian expedition  of  1690:  died  unmarried,     9. 


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52s 


Samuel,  born  July  9,  1670;  married  Priscilla 
Bradstreet,  widow.  10.  James,  born  Febru- 
ary 8,  1671-2;  married  Mary  Hopkinson. 

(II)  John  Todd,  son  of  John  Todd  (i), 
was  born  in  1661,  at  Rowley,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  March  14,  1684-5,  Elizabeth 
Brocklebank,  who  died  April  5,  1725,  in  her 
sixty-fourth  year,  according  to  her  gravestone, 
daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Brocklebank 
Rowley.  He  married  second,  July  12,  1725, 
Jemima  Bennett,  widow  of  William  Bennett, 
and  daughter  of  Captain  Philip  Nelson,  of 
Rowley.  Todd  died  February  21,  1740- 1. 
His  widow  Jemima  married,  December  21, 
1742,  Ebenezer  Parsons,  of  Gloucester,  and 
died  in  that  town  April  25,  1752,  in  her  six- 
ty-sixth year,  as  per  town  record  of  Glouces- 
ter. Children  born  in  Rowley,  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Todd:  i.  Hannah,  born  January  12, 
1685-6;  married  March  16,  1708-9,  John  Dole. 

2.  John,  born  April  16,  1688,  died  September 
18,  1770,  by  a  fall  downstairs,  aged  eighty- 
three  ;  married  Ruth  Lunt ;  married  second, 
Abigail  (Perley)  Jewett,  widow  of  Aaron  Jew- 
ett,  who  died  September  i,  1768.  Children  by 
wife  Ruth:  i.  John,  born  February  27,  1716- 
17;  married  January  11,  1741-2,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ruth  (Lee)  Parsons, 
of  Gloucester  ;  she  was  born  in  Gloucester.  July 
26,  1721.  2.  Ruth,  born  February  8,  1719-20; 
married,  October  28,   1736,   Purchase  Jewett. 

3.  Daniel,  born  January  12,  1721-2;  died  March 
21,  1735-6.  4.  Mary,  born  September  5,  1723; 
married,  December  4,  1744,  Stephen  Palmer. 
5.  Elizabeth,  born  July  11,  1725  ;  died  June  21. 
1736.  6.  Thomas,  born  December  6,  1728; 
married,  March  22,  1753,  Susannah  Hibbert ; 
she  died  August  9,  1752.  He  married  second 
in  Bradford,  October  22,  1754.  Elizabeth  Carl- 
ton, of  Bradford.  7.  Ebenezer,  twin,  born 
August  27,  1731  ;  died  September  9,  1731.  8. 
Infant,  twin,  born  August  27,  1731  ;  died  Aug- 
ust 27,  1 73 1.  Children  bv  wife  Abigail:  9. 
Sarah,  baptized  January  11,  1735-6;  died  April 
30,  1736.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  September  15, 
1690;  married  May,  171 1.  Nathaniel  Donnell, 
of  Boston.  4.  Samuel,  born  May  9,  1693 ; 
mentioned  below.  5.  Mary,  born  September 
21.  1696;  married  April  4,  1715,  Joshua  Jew- 
ett. 6.  Thomas,  born  April  29,  1699;  died 
January  11,  1700-1.  7.  Thomas,  born  Aug- 
ust 18,  1 701.  8.  Dr.  Joseph,  born  October  26, 
1704;  married  Ann  Toppan,  of  N«wbury,  No- 
vember 2,  1727;  married  (second)  Elizabeth 
Nelson,  daughter  of  Ephraim ;  died  in  Bristol, 
England,  1744.  Children  of  John  and  wife 
Jemima  Todd:  9.  Joshua,  born  1726,  baptized 


September  18,  1726.  10.  Jane,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1728-9;  died  April  7,  1734. 

(III)  Samuel  Todd,  son  of  John  Todd  (2),, 
was  born  May  9,  1693,  at  Rowley ;  married  at 
Newbury,  March  28,  1717,  Lydia  Coffin,  who 
died  February  7,  1719-20,  in  her  twenty-sev- 
enth year,  as  per  gravestone  at  Rowley,  the 
daughter  of  James  Coffin,  of  Newbury.  He 
married  second,  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
March  21,  1722-3,  Elizabeth  Toppan,  of  New- 
bury. His  home  was  in  Newbury,  and  he  died 
there.  His  will,  dated  March  3,  1 740-1,. 
proved  May  25,  1741,  mentions  son  Nathaniel 
Todd,  "whom  1  had  by  my  first  wife,  to  have 
all  that  land  in  the  town  of  Wells  in  the  county 
of  York,  called  Cogshall  which  land  I  lately 
purchased  of  my  brother  Richard  Toppan ;. 
wife  Elizabeth  to  be  executrix,  and  have  all 
the  estate  in  Rowley  and  Newbury,  etc.;  chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  Moses,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  and. 
Sarah.  (Essex  probate  25:  4  and  5.)  He 
had  a  large  estate  for  his  day,  valued  in  the 
inventory  at  2,621  pounds.  His  widow  mar- 
ried in  Newbury,  October  21,  1741,  Samuel 
Bailey,  of  that  town.  Children  by  wife  Lydia,. 
all  born  in  Newbury:  i.  Nathaniel,  born  April 
15,  1718.  2.  Brocklebank,  born  September  24, 
1719.     Children    of    Samuel    and    Elizabeth : 

3.  Samuel,  born  January  19,  1723;  mentioned 
below.  4.  Moses,  born  March  14,  1726;  mar- 
ried in  Newbury,  September  20,  1744,  Eliza- 
beth Sweasey,  of  Newbury ;  he  died  in  Sea- 
brook,  September  5,  1796.  5.  Thomas,  born. 
October  31,  1727.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  Febru- 
ary 16,  1727.  7.  Sarah.  (There  is  uncertain- 
ty about  the  birth  dates  of  Thomas  and  Eliz- 
abeth.) 

(IV)  Samuel  Todd,  son  of  Samuel  Todd 
(3),  was  born  January  19,  1723,  at  Newbury; 
married  there  November  27,  1747,  Elizabeth 
Perkins,  of  Newbury.  He  removed  to  Phipps- 
burg,  Maine  (now  Georgetown),  before  1758. 

He  married  second  about  1767,  Anne  . 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Todd,  born 
at  Georgetown,  Maine:  i.  George,  born  June 
8,  1758;  mentioned  below.  2.  Enoch,  born 
February  13.  1760.  3.  Mary,  born  December 
8,  1762.     Children  of  Samuel  and  Anne  Todd : 

4.  Hannah,  born  February  20,  1768.  5.  John, 
born  February  6,  1771.  6.  Alexander,  born 
December  23,  1774. 

(V)  George  Todd,  son  of  Samuel  Todd 
(4),  was  born  in  Georgetown  (Phippsburg), 
Maine,  June  8,  1758.  He  followed  the  sea  and 
became  a  captain.  During  the  hostilities  with 
the  French  at  the  close  of  the  century,  a  vessel 
that  he  commanded  and  partly  owned  was  cap- 


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tured  by  the  French  and  taken  to  Brest, 
France,  as  a  prize  and  confiscated.  Todd's 
Point,  which  extends  from  Great  Pond,  was 
named  for  liim.  His  descendants  are  Hving  at 
present,  or  were  lately,  in  the  house  that  he 
built  at  Georgetown.  He  married  Abigail 
Springer,  of  Bath,  Mlaine.  Her  father  or 
grandfather  came  from  Germany.  A  branch 
of  the  Springer  family,  the  genealogy  of  which 
has  been  traced  back  some  centuries  in  Ger- 
many, settled  in  Delaware.  Children  of  George 
and  Abigail  (Springer)  Todd:  i.  Nathaniel  S., 
born  in  1784.  He  was  engaged  in  shipbuild- 
ing at  Phippsburg  and  for  many  years  kept  a 
general  store  there.  He  was  a  captain  of  a 
military  company  in  the  service  in  the  war  of 
1812.  He  was  a  leading  citizen,  successful  in 
business,  and  prominent  in  public  life.  He 
was  afterward  lighthouse  keeper  on  Sequin 
Island.  His  son,  Warren  S.,  had  eleven  chil- 
dren at  Georgetown,  born  in  the  old  home : 
i.  Samuel,  bom  March  28,  1831,  died  April 
20,  1831  ;  ii.  Miranda  J.,  born  September, 
1837,  died  October  19,  1837;  iii.  Winifred  S., 
born  March  14,  1839,  died  January  20,  1843  '> 
iv.  Henry  M.,  died  November,  1896:  v.  Elwell 
P.,  resided  at  Georgetown:  vi.  Nathaniel  T., 
lives  at  Everett,  Massachusetts ;  vii.  Ardelia, 
married  Stephen  P.  Trafton ;  viii.  Mary  J., 
married  Palmer  Springer,  of  Brunswick, 
Maine;  ix.  Harriet  A.,  married  E.  Deering; 
X.  Warren  Clement,  bom  January  3,  1847 ; 
selectman,  proprietor  of  the  general  store, 
postmaster  and  leading  citizen  of  Georgetown : 
married  Maggie  .\.  Oliver;  has  five  children: 
xi.  Augusta  A.,  married  H.  M.  Brooks,  of  Ev- 
erett, Massachusetts.  2.  William,  born  August 

5,  1790.  3.  John,  born  January  8,  1792.  4. 
Sarah,  born  October  11,  1795.  5.  Thomas, 
born    November    6,    1797,    mentioned    below. 

6.  Abigail,  horn  March  i,  1799.  7.  Alexan- 
der, born  March  11.  1801.  8.  James  Riggs, 
born  February  2,  1804. 

(VI)  General  Thomas  Todd,  son  of  George 
Todd  (5),  was  born  in  Georgetown.  R'laine, 
November  6.  1707.  He  had  a  conmion  school 
education,  and  learned  the  printer's  trade  in 
Portland,  and  afterwards  became  proprietor  of 
the  Eastern  Argus,  and  was  state  printer  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  1812,  enlisting  in  Portland.  He  en- 
tered the  militia  at  an  early  age,  and  rose 
through  the  various  grades  by  successive  pro- 
motions from  a  private  to  the  rank  of  briga- 
dier-general. He  was  commissioned  lieutenant 
April  24,  1819;  captain  April  6,  1821  ;  and  dis- 
charged April  27,  1824.  He  received  a  cap- 
tain's commission  in   the   Portland  Eight   In- 


fantry, December  4.  1824,  and  was  discharged 
May  3,  1825 ;  was  coinmissioned  colonel  of  his 
regiment  February  5,  1829,  and  May  20,  1829, 
became  a  brigadier-general,  serving  with  con- 
spicuous ability  and  credit  until  he  resigned 
and  was  honorably  discharged,  May  7,  1833. 
He  was  postmaster  for  Portland  for  four  years 
under  President  Andrew  Jackson,  and  a  leader 
of  the  Democratic  party  in  Cumberland  county. 
He  was  treasurer  of  Cumberland  county  for 
several  years.  Thomas  Todd  married,  in 
Portland,    Maine,    Susan    Webster,   April    18, 

1821,  who  died  May  9,  1826.  They  had  one 
child,  Francis  Douglass  Todd,  born  Mlarch  2, 

1822,  and  died  in  Ohio,  October  20,  1891,  set- 
tled in  California,  and  during  the  civil  war  be- 
came captain  of  a  company  in  the  Second  Cali- 
fornia Cavalry  Regiment.  He  married  Mary 
Eveline  Cox,  in  Boston,  May  4,  1843.  One 
child  was  born  to  them,  Charles  William 
Todd,  born  April  30,  1844.  He  died  May  15, 
1899.  He  had  one  son,  Charles  Edmund 
Todd,  born  February  28,  1873. 

The  widow  of  Francis  Douglass  Todd  died 
in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  December  24,  1903, 
aged  eighty-one  years.  Her  funeral  occurred 
December  26,  1903.  The  writer  (Thomas 
Todd,  VII)  attended  the  funeral  on  that  day. 
He  then  saw  for  the  first  time  his  grand- 
nephew,  Charles  Edmund  Todd,  and  learned 
of  the  death  of  his  nephew,  Charles  William 
Todd,  who  died  four  years  before.  Thomas 
Todd  (VI)  married  (second)  Sarah  Green- 
leaf,  born  Staniford,  daughter  of  Aaron  and 
Lucy  (Lord)  Staniford,  July  31,  1826.  (See 
sketch  of  Staniford  family.)  Children:  I. 
Susan,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Margaret  Wyer, 
died  in  infancy.  3.  Neils  Brock  Gram,  born 
May  II,  1831,  time  of  death  unknown,  named 
for  the  first  homeopathic  doctor  in  America; 
married  Sarah  Beeton,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Beeton ;  children :  i.  Charles  Henry, 
married  Katharine  Murphy ;  ii.  Staniford, 
died  aged  twenty  years  ;  iii.  George,  died  aged 
twenty ;  iv.  Harris,  has  one  son.  Harris  Hem- 
enway  Todd.  4.  Henry  Hill  Boody.  born  Jan- 
uary 31,  1834;  married  Lydia  Clifford,  de- 
scendant of  Lord  Clifford,  of  Boothbay, 
Maine.  5.  Thomas,  bom  September  7,  1835 ; 
mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah  (Emma)  Stani- 
ford, born  August  27,  1837.  She  married 
first,  Albert  M.  Cutler,  January  6,  1854.  Her 
sons :  Thomas  T.  Cutler,  born  June  7,  1855  ; 
Frederick  A.  Cutler,  bom  July  24,  i860.  She 
married  second,  Henry  H.  Safford,  July  21, 
1867;  her  sons,  Percy  H.  SafTord  and  Roby 
H.  SaflFord  (twins),  born  June  9,  1869;  War- 
ren T.  SafTord.  born  September  23,  1878. 


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(V'll)  Thomas  Todd,  son  of  General 
Thomas  Todd  (6),  was  born  September  7, 
1835,  at  Portland,  Maine.  He  married  Re- 
becca Wheeler,  of  Concord,  Massachuisetts, 
daughter  of  Henry  Adams  and  Dolly  Kendall 
Wheeler,  May  6,  1858.  He  went  to  work  as 
a  compositor  on  the  Congregationalist,  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  in  May,  1849,  when  in  his 
fourteenth  year.  He  was  proprietor  of  a  print- 
ing office  in  1864,  and  has  been  prosperous  in 
his  business.  He  has  filled  various  public  and 
private  positions,  partly  as  follows :  Life  mem- 
ber of  the  Bostonian  Society,  and  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Charitable  Mechanics'  Association, 
of  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for 
Foreign  Missions,  of  which  he  was  a  corporate 
member ;  also  life  member  and  director  for 
many  years  of  the  American  Congregational 
Association,  of  the  Congregational  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society,  of  the  Congregational  Sun- 
day School  and  Publishing  Society,  of  the 
Congregational  Education  Society  (of  which 
he  was  a  director  for  several  years)  ;  in  Ma- 
sonry, he  took  his  degrees  in  Bethesda  Lodge, 
Brighton,  Massachusetts,  has  held  several  of- 
fices in  Corinthian  Lodge  and  Walden  Royal 
Arch  Chapter  of  Concord,  Massachusetts,  and 
is  a  member  of  Lafayette  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion, Boston,  Massachusetts ;  in  printing,  pres- 
ident of  the  Pilaster  Printers'  Club,  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  member  of  the  executive 
•committee  of  the  United  Typothetae  of  Ameri- 
ca ;  in  the  church,  nearly  forty  years  a  deacon, 
•church  treasurer  for  many  years,  for  several 
terms  a  delegate  to  the  National  Congregation- 
al Council,  of  which  he  was  a  member  of  the 
publishing  committee  for  several  years ;  and  an 
honorary  member  of  the  International  Congre- 
gational Council ;  in  civic  afifairs,  member  of 
the  Board  of  Health  in  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts, for  many  years,  treasurer  of  the  Concord 
Antiquarian  Society,  and  chairman  of  the 
board  of  managers  of  Concord's  House  for 
the  Aged.  Children:  i.  Agnes  Staniford, 
born  June  16,1859,  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools,  died  October  20,  1881.  2.  Ger- 
trude, born  December  22,  1867,  educated  in 
the  public  and  high  schools.  3.  Thomas,  Jr., 
born  May  25,  1878;  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Thomas  Todd,  Jr.,  son  of  Thomas 
Todd  (7),  was  born  in  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts, May  25,  1878.  He  attended  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Concord,  and  was  a  stu- 
dent for  two  years  in  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology.  He  is  now  with  his 
father  at  the  Beacon  Press,  a  book  and  job 
printing  house,  Boston.  He  enlisted  in  the 
Spanish   war,   Mlay  6,    1898,   in  Company   I, 


Sixth  Massachusetts  Infantry,  as  a  private  ;  was 
transferred  to  brigade  headquarters  as  orderly 
of  Captain  Berry,  under  General  Garretson. 
He  went  to  Porto  Rico  with  his  regiment  and, 
before  he  was  mustered  out,  suffered  an  attack 
of  appendicitis,  for  which  he  afterward  under- 
went an  operation  successfully.  He  resides 
with  his  father  in  Concord.  Massachusetts. 


Edward    Bumpas    was    born    in 

BUMP  England,  came  to  Plymouth  in 
1621  on  the  ship  "Fortune," 
and  settled  at  Marshfield.  He  was  taxed  in 
1632,  and  his  name  is  on  the  list  of  those  able 
to  bear  arms  in  1645.  He  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  in  1657.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born 
March  9,  1631.  2.  Elizabeth,  March  29,  1633. 
3.  John,  June  2,  1636.  3.  Edward,  April  15, 
1638.  4.  Joseph,  February  15,  1639-40.  5. 
Isaac,  last  of  March,  1642.  6.  Jacob,  March 
25.  1644.     7.   Hannah,  April  3,  1646. 

From  this  progenitor  the  families  of  Bump, 
as  well  as  Bumpus  and  Bumpas,  in  Massachu- 
setts, Connecticut  and  New  York  are  appar- 
ently all  descended.  The  name  is  spelled 
Bump  in  the  earliest  records.  The  origin  of 
the  surname  is  given  as  "bon  pas" — a  name 
like  the  English  Goodspeed.  In  Massachu- 
setts the  family  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Ply- 
mouth, at  Plympton,  Middleborough,  Dux- 
bury.  In  Connecticut  there  were  two  Revo- 
lutionary soldiers  of  the  name,  John  Bump, 
of  Canterbury,  and  Stephen  Bump,  of  Sharon. 

Shortly  before  or  during  the  Revolution 
many  families  of  the  name  located  in  north- 
ern New  York.  Moses  and  Ichabod  Bump 
were  in  Captain  Bigelow  Lawrence's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Herrick's  regiment  in  1780. 
Moses  and  James  were  in  Captain  John 
Stark's  company  in  1781.  In  1778  Moses 
alone  was  in  Captain  William  Hutchin's  com- 
pany. These  were  \'ermont  companies. 
Moses,  James  and  Ichabod  were  also  in  vari- 
ous New  York  companies.  In  some  cases 
the  name  is  spelled  Bumpus,  but  usually 
Bump  in  the  Revolutionary  records.  Other 
men  of  this  family  in  the  service  from  New 
York  in  the  Revolution  were:  Aaron,  Corne- 
lius. Jacob,  Jedediah,  Jezebud,  Joseph,  Itha- 
mar,  Reuben,  and  Frederick. 

(II)  Salathiel  Bump  had  service  in  the 
Revolution  in  Massachusetts  in  1775,  from 
the  town  of^  Plympton,  and  among  the 
"Levies"  in  Colonel  Lewis  Dubois's  regi- 
ment in  New  York  state.  The  history  of 
Salisbury,  Vermont,  states  that  Salathiel 
settled  there  about   1790,   coming  from   Ob- 


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long,  New  York.  There  is  no  town  named 
Oblong,  but  a  postoffice  in  the  town  of  North- 
east in  Dutchess  county,  and  the  name  seems 
to  have  been  used  in  Revolutionary  times' 
and  earlier  to  designate  a  strip  of  land  be- 
tween the  Hudson  river  and  the  Connecticut 
line.  It  is  presumed  that  Salathiel  located 
there  during  the  Revolution  and  removed 
with  his  family  afterward  to  \'erniont.  The 
Bumps  of  Northern  New  York  seem  to  have 
been  his  relatives.  The  Salisbury  history 
says  of  him:  "He  was  one  of  the  most  active 
members  in  town  and  did  it  great  service  by 
his  energy  of  character  and  sound  judgment." 
He  was  on  an  important  committee  to  fix  the 
boundary  between  Leicester  and  Salisbury. 
He  was  town  treasurer  in  1798,  1803-12- 16; 
representative  in  the  Vermont  legislature  in 
1 797-99- 1 802-05-06-07-08- 1 1  - 1 8-20-2 1-22.  He 
was  on  the  tax  list  as  early  as  1788;  was  se- 
lectman 1794  to  1798,  1801  to  1808,  1811-19- 
21-22.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  many 
years.  He  seems  to  have  had  sons:  Harry, 
Cyrus,  Lothrop,  George. 

(III)  George  Bump,  son  of  Salathiel  Bump 
(2),  was  born  about  1790  in  Salisbury.  He 
was  in  the  glass  blowing  business  at  Bran- 
don. Vermont,  removing  thence  to  Forest- 
dale,  Vermont.  After  selling  out  his  business 
he  returned  to  his  native  place  and  died 
there.  He  married  Rhoda  Applebee,  who 
was  born  in  \"ermont.  She  was  descended 
from  Thomas  Abbleby,  who  was  at  Rye,  New 
York,  from  1662  to  1672  and  died  at  Wood- 
bury,  Connecticut,   in    1690.      His  grandson, 

James  Abbleby,  married  Hannah .  and 

had  a  son  Thomas  who  settled  at  Smithfield, 
Rhode  Island.  To  James  and  Dorcas  Ap- 
pleby  a  son  Zebedee  was  born  December  19, 
1756.  Zebedee  and  Joanna  Appleby  had  a 
son  Israel,  born  at  Smithfield,  September  19, 
1775,  and  a  daughter  Rhoda,  born  Decem- 
ber 21,  1777.  The  grandfather  of  Rhoda 
(Appleby)  Bump  was  sheriff  of  his  county. 
Children  of  George  and  Rhada  (Applebee) 
Bump:  I.  (ieorge  Clinton,  born  1830.  2. 
Charles  Jackson,  born  1834.  3.  Lewis  Nye, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Lewis  Nye  Bump,  son  of  George 
Bump  (3),  was  born  at  Forestdale,  \'erniont, 
July  4,  1845.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  began  his  career  in  the  railroad 
business.  He  rose  to  the  jjosition  of  assist- 
ant paymaster  and  general  ticket  receiver  of 
the  Saratoga  railroad,  now  the  Delaware  & 
Hudson  railroad.  He  died  at  the  premature 
age  of  twenty-six,  cutting  short  a  career  of 
unusual     jiromisc.       He     married     Elizabeth 


Skinner,  who  was  born  at  Columbus,  January 
2,  1848,  educated  at  Monticello,  West  Win- 
field  Academy  and  at  Mrs.  Willard's  Semin- 
ary at  Troy,  New  York.  His  widow  married 
(second)  Dr.  O.  C.  Orendortif,  of  Columbia, 
Herkimer  county,  New  York,  who  was  edu- 
cated at  Oxford,  New  York,  graduating  in 
1856  from  the  Medical  School  of  the  Llniver- 
sity  of  Pennsylvania,  and  has  practiced  over 
fifty  years.  The  only  child  of  Lewis  Nye 
and  Elizabeth  Btmip  was:  Lewis  Nye,  Jr., 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Lewis  Nye  Bump,  son  of  Lewis  Nye 
Bump  (4),  was  born  at  Columbia,  Herkimer 
county.  New  York,  June  29,  1868.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
West  Winfield,  where  he  graduated  in  1889, 
and  at  the  Albany  Medical  School  where  he 
received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1893.  He 
practiced  six  months  in  Omaha,  another  half 
year  in  New  York  state,  and  then  located  in 
December,  1894,  in  Somerville,  Massachu- 
setts. He  has  been  fortunate  in  his  profes- 
sion. He  is  a  member  of  Soley  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons;  the  Massachusetts  State  Medi- 
cal Society:  the  Somerville  Medical  Society; 
the  Gynecological  Society  of  Boston.  He  is 
a  Universalist  in  religion,  and  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  resides  at  124  Sycamore 
street,  Somerville.  He  married  November 
24,  1898,  Fannie  R.  Edgecomb,  born  March 
II,  1878.  daughter  of  Charles  H.  and  Sarah 
R.  (Ripley)  Edgecomb,  of  Portland,  Maine. 
Sarah  R.  Ripley  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel 
S.  and  Christina  H.  (Pottle)  Ripley,  whose 
children  were:  Henry,  Fannie,  Alary  and 
Sarah  R.  Daniel  S.  Ripley  was  born  at  Litch- 
field. Vermont.  September,  1829,  the  son  of 
Asa  P.  and  Mary  (Clark)  Ripley,  whose  chil- 
dren were:  George,  Daniel,  Ann  and  Ada- 
line  (triplets):  Etta;  Allen  F.  Ripley.  The 
mother  of  Christina  H.  Pottle  was  Mary 
Langdon,  daughter  of  John  Langdon,  husband 
of  Lady  Mary  Howard.  Christina  H.  Pottle 
was  related  to  Governor  Wentworth  of  New 
Hampshire.  Children  of  Dr.  Lewis  Nye 
Bump:  I.  Mildred  E.,  born  in  Somerville, 
Februar\'  12,  1899.  2.  Meriam  Thelma,  born 
in  Somerville.  September  13,   1901. 


James  Farley,  George  Farley 
F.ARLEY  and  Michael  Farley,  immi- 
grants from  England,  were 
colonial  settlers  in  .\merica  about  the  middle 
of' the  seventeenth  century.  The  Farleys  of 
England  trace  the  family  history  back  to  .\. 
n  600.     Old  records  of  the  twelfth  and  thir- 


MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


520 


teenth  centuries  record  that  the  Farleys  were 
scattered  throughout  England,  and  that  the 
family  long  remained  eminent.  A  complete 
history  of  Farleigh  Castle  is  in  e.xistence, 
which  carries  the  record  back  to  A.  D.  50, 
when  it  was  a  Roman  camp.  No  other  castle 
in  England  can  show  an  equally  unbroken 
narrative  of  owners,  those  who  were  in  pos- 
session of  Farleigh  Castle  numbering  iifty- 
two,  beginning  with  the  days  of  King  Aethel- 
rid  I.,  who  gave  the  site  to  his  chief  hunts- 
man, and  naming  it  Faernleaga,  and  the 
orthography  changed  five  times  before  it  be- 
came Farleigh  or  Farley,  and  the  records 
show  that  the  ancestors  of  the  American  im- 
migrants were  connected  with  the  history 
of  this  castle  several  times. 

James  Farley  landed  at  Jamestown,  Vir- 
ginia, in  1624,  bringing  from  England  his 
wife  and  one  servant.  In  return  for  his  ser- 
vices to  King  James  I.  he  was  granted  nine 
square  miles  of  land  on  the  James  river.  The 
name  of  at  least  one  of  his  direct  descendants 
has  gone  into  American  histor)- :  James 
Thompson  Farley  (1829-1886).  He  was  born 
in  Albemarle  county,  Virginia,  removed  to 
Missouri,  and  thence  to  California  at  the  time 
of  the  "gold  fever,"  reaching  that  E!  Dorado 
in  1850,  and  the  estate  of  a  licensed  lawver 
in  1854.  He  took  part  in  the  formation  of  a 
state  government,  and  served  in  both  houses 
of  the  state  legislature,  being  speaker  of  the 
lower  house,  and  president  pro  tempore  of 
the  senate.  From  the  state  legislature  he 
went  to  the  national  capital  as  L'nited  States 
senator  from  California,  1879-85. 

George  Farley,  a  brother  of  James,  landed 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  in 
1640,  and  was  one  of  the  twenty-nine  peti- 
tioners to  the  general  court  of  the  colonv, 
then  residents  of  the  adjacent  towns  of  Con- 
cord and  Woburn,  to  have  set  apart  as  a  town 
a  tract  of  land  six  miles  square  on  the  Merri- 
mack river,  near  the  Indian  plantation  of 
Pawtucket  or  Wamesit,  "as  a  very  comfort- 
able place  to  accommodate  a  company  of 
God's  people,  and  that  with  God's  blessing 
and  assistance  they  may  live  comfortably 
upon  and  do  good  to  that  place  for  church 
and  conunonwealth.''  This  petition,  dated 
May  10,  1653,  was  granted  by  the  general 
court  May  29,  1655,  and  the  petitioners  be- 
came the  founders  of  the  town  and  church  at 
Chelmsford,  and  they  called  the  Rev.  John 
Fiske  of  the  church  at  Wenham  to  be  their 
pastor. 

Michael  Farley,  brother  of  James  and 
George  Farley,  came  from  England  to  New 

ii-U 


England  in  1675,  landing  at  Ipswich,  where 
he  and  his  two  sons  Michael  and  Meshack 
established  at  Ipswich  the  first  woolen  mill  in 
.America. 

Noah  \\'ebster  Farley  was  born  in  Brook- 
line,  New  Hampshire,  May  5,  1822,  son  of 
Deacon  Christopher  and  Consentary  (Cum- 
ings)  Farley,  of  Brookline,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Deacon  Christopher  Farley  was  a 
native  of  Hollis,  New  Hampshire.  Noah 
Webster  Farley  was  fitted  for  college  at  Ap- 
pleton  Academy,  New  Ipswich,  New  Hamp- 
shire, but  came  to  Boston  in  1845,  having  de- 
cided to  undertake  a  business  instead  of  pro- 
fes.'ional  career.  He  began  in  the  retail  dry 
goods  trade  in  a  modest  way  on  Hanover 
street,  Boston,  as  N.  W.  Farley  &  Company, 
and  in  1857  removed  to  Bowdoin  Square, 
where  the  firm  was  Farley,  Bliss  &  Company. 
In  1863  the  firm  of  Farley  &  Shepard  was 
formed,  doing  business  on  Tremont  Row. 
In  1868  the  business  was  removed  to  Sum- 
mer street,  and  the  retail  business  re- 
linguished  by  the  new  firm,  Farley,  .Amsden 
&  Company,  Mr.  George  D.  Harvey,  a  former 
clerk,  being  admitted  as  a  partner  that  year. 
In  the  great  fire  of  November  9,  1872,  the 
stock  of  goods  in  the  warehouse  and  store 
on  Summer  street  went  to  ashes  with  the 
building,  and  being  among  tiiose  business 
firms  judiciously  insured  in  numerous  com- 
panies, they  rented  a  small  store  on  Chaun- 
cey  street,  and  began  rebuilding  on  the  old 
foundations  on  Summer  street,  and  the  au- 
tumn of  1873  found  the  firm  in  a  new  building 
and  with  every  appliance  for  carrying  on  an 
increasing  business.  In  1874  a  change  in  the 
partners  caused  the  adoption  of  a  new  firm 
name,  and  Farley,  Harvey  &  Company  came 
into  existence.  In  1878  the  demands  of  busi- 
ness forced  them  into  larger  quarters  on  the 
corner  of  Chauncey  and  Bedford  streets,  and 
here  they  carried  on  a  constantly  growing 
business  for  seventeen  years,  and  in  1895 
they  took  possession  of  their  still  more  ex- 
tensive store,  141  Esse.x  street,  where  the  busi- 
ness is  still  (1907)  carried  on  by  Mr.  Harvey 
and  Mr.  Farley's  two  eldest  sons,  under  the 
same  firm  name.  Mr.  Farlev  died  December 
28,  1891. 

Noah  Webster  Farley  was  a  man  of  un- 
usual insight,  and  possessed  the  true  com- 
mercial instinct.  .At  the  time  of  the  great 
fire  in  Chicago,  October  8,  1871,  he  reah"zed 
the  tremendous  demands  thrown  upon  insur- 
ance companies  at  such  times,  and  with  pro- 
phetic instinct  determined  to  provide  for  the 
safetv   of  his   own  business   in   the   event   of 


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such  a  disaster  visiting  Boston,  and  he  pro- 
ceeded to  cancel  all  his  existing  policies  and 
instructed  his  brokers  to  distribute  the  risks 
in  small  lots  to  different  companies  through- 
out the  world.  His  forethought  proved  to  be 
wisdom  when  Boston  was  visited  by  its  great 
fire  the  next  year,  and  Farley,  Harvey  & 
Company  were  then  able  to  realize  over 
ninety-six  per  cent,  of  their  entire  insurance, 
and  the  disaster  of  fire  gave  to  the  firm  a 
tremendous  advantage  in  trade.  The  event 
of  the  civil  war  found  Mr.  Farley  a  ready  and 
willing  helper  in  the  cause  of  relief  to  the 
soldiers  in  the  field.  He  was  in  Chicago  at 
the  time  of  the  battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing, 
April  6-7,  1862,  when  the  Federal  losses  were 
about  13,047  men  killed  and  wounded,  and 
he  at  once  joined  the  forces  of  the  Christian 
Commission  under  the  leadership  of  Dwight 
L.  Moody,  and  repaired  to  the  battle  field  to 
minister  to  the  wounded  and  dying,  irre- 
spective of  the  uniform  in  which  they  were 
clad. 

He  married,  October  11,  1849,  Permelia 
Hammond,  daughter  of  Stephen  Thayer,  of 
New  Ipswich,  New  Hampshire,  a  prominent 
manufacturer,  and  lived  in  Boston  up  to  1874, 
when  he  removed  to  Newton,  where  he 
served  on  the  board  of  aldermen  in  1884  and 
1885.  While  a  citizen  of  Boston  he  was  a 
member  of  the  common  council  1867,  1868 
and  1869.  He  was  a  Whig  and  then  a  Re- 
publican in  party  politics.  The  children  of 
Noah  Webster  and  Permelia  Hanmiond 
(Thayer)  Farley  were:  Arthur  Christopher 
Farley  (q.  v.);  William  Thayer  Farley  (tj.  v.); 
Frederick  Webster  Farley:  Edith  Permelia 
Farley;  and  Walter  Stephen  Farley. 

Arthur  Christopher  Farley,  eldest  son  of 
Noah  Webster  and  Permelia  (Hammond) 
Farley,  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
March  13,  1851.  He  attended  the  Phillips 
Grammar  School.  Boston;  the  Chauncey 
Hall  School  for  Boys,  and  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  in  the  class  of  1872. 
He  was  employed  by  the  dry  goods  firm  of 
Farley,  Amsden  &  Company,  of  which  his 
father  was  senior  partner,  and  in  1880  he  was 
admitted  as  a  partner.  His  prominence  in 
the  mercantile  business  of  Boston,  and  the 
high  standing  of  the  house  of  which  he  was 
a  member,  gave  him  ]ilaces  in  the  various 
trade  associations  of  the  city,  and  he  is  now 
treasurer  of  the  Boston  Merchants"  Associa- 
tion, and  a  director  of  the  Boston  Board  of 
Trade,  and  of  the  Home  Market  Club  of  l^>os- 
ton.  He  gave  his  service  to  the  common- 
wealth as  a  member  of  the  Fourth  Battalion. 


Massachusetts  X'olunteer  Militia.  He  is  a 
Republican,  and  active  in  the  work  of  ad- 
vancing the  interests  and  principles  of  the 
party  at  each  recurring  election.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Park  Street  Congregational 
Church  of  Boston  up  to  the  time  of  his  re- 
moval to  Allston,  when  he  associated  with 
the  working  members  of  the  church  there, 
and  on  removing  to  Auburndale,  Newton, 
transferred  his  services  to  the  church  in  that 
village.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Ministerial  Aid.  and  an  officer  in  the  Ameri- 
can Congregational  Association,  a  director  in 
the  Congregational  Church  Cnion,  and  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  Club.  He  is 
a  member  of  Joseph  Warren  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  His  club  affiliations 
include  membership  in  the  Appalachian 
Mountain  Club,  Brae  Burn  Country  Club, 
the  Boston  City  Club,  Economic  Club,  Trade 
Club  of  Boston,  Newton  Boat  Club  and 
Twentieth  Century  Club. 

Mr.  Farley  was  married  in  Boston,  March 
9,  1882  to  Helen,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Charles  Hastings  and  Emily  Catherine 
(Cutts)  Judd,  of  Honolulu,  a  graduate  of  Mills 
College,  California.  Her  mother  was  a  native 
of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  The  chil- 
dren of  Arthur  Christopher  and  Helen  (Judd) 
Farley  are:  Ruth,  born  in  Allston,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  28,  1883;  graduate  of  New- 
ton high  school,  class  of  1900,  and  then  gave 
three  years  to  travel  and  study  in  Europe. 
Emily,  born  in  Allston,  January  17,  1885, 
graduate  of  Newton  high  school  and  \'assar 
College,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  class  of 
1909.  Charles  Judd,  born  Allston,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1891,  Arthur  Francis,  born  Auburn- 
dale,  August  t6,  1898.  These  children,  with 
their  parents,  reside  at  251  Central  street, 
Auburndale,  Newton,  Massachusetts. 

William  Thayer  Farley,  second  son  of  Noah 
Webster  and  Permelia  (Hammond)  Farley, 
was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  January 
9,  1855.  He  received  his  school  training  in 
the  iiublic  schools  of  Boston  and  then  com- 
pleted a  full  classical  and  military  course  at 
I'riar  Cliff  Military  .\ca(lemy,  Ossinning-on- 
the-Hudson,  New  York,  and  on  graduating 
he  became  attached  to  the  Fourth  Battalion 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia.  In  1874  he 
became  an  em]5loyee  in  his  father's  firm.  I'^ar- 
ley,  Harvey  &  Company,  Boston,  and  in  1891 
he  was  admitted  as  a  ])artner,  and  with  his 
brother,  Arthur  Christopher,  became  prom- 
inently identified  with  the  business  interests 
of  the  city  of  Boston.  He  is  a  member  of 
the    Boston    Merchants'    Association,    of   the 


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Bostonian  Society,  and  of  the  Trade  Club  of 
Boston.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Newton  Boat  Club,  and  of  the  Brae  Burn 
Country  Club;  and  a  member  of  the  Appal- 
achian Mountain  Club,  and  of  the  Episco- 
palian Club  of  Eastern  Massachusetts.  He 
has  been  vestryman  since  1890,  and  is  now 
warden  of  the  Church  of  the  Messiah,  Pro- 
testant Episcopal,  of  Auburndale.  He  is  a 
trustee  and  a  member  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  Newton  Hospital.  His  political 
afifiliation  has  always  been  with  the  Republi- 
can party. 

He  was  married  in  Tarrytown,  New  York, 
November  11,  1886,  to  his  cousin,  Marion 
Adelaide,  daughter  of  Stephen  H.  Thayer,  a 
New  York  banker  and  poet.  She  was  a 
graduate  of  Smith  College,  and  her  family 
has  a  remarkable  military  record,  as  four  of 
her  uncles  were  members  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment,  New  York  National  Guard,  one  of 
these  being  surgeon  of  the  regiment.  Her 
grandfather  was  one  of  the  members  of  the 
Home  Guard  of  the  same  celebrated  regi- 
ment. Their  great-grandfather  and  great- 
great-grandfather  were  military  men,  one  of 
them  entering  the  ranks  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen years,  and  was  a  captain  of  minute  men 
at  the  Concord  fight  of  April  19,  1775.  The 
.•\merican  immigrant,  Thomas  Tayer 
(or  Thayer),  came  to  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  with  his  wife,  Alarjorie 
Wheeler,  to  whom  he  was  married  April  13, 
1618,  and  their  three  sons,  Thomas,  Ferdin- 
ando  and  Shadrach,  from  the  parish  of 
Thombury,  Gloucestershire,  England,  and 
was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Braintree,  1639, 
and  was  admitted  as  a  freeman  in  1647.  The 
children  of  William  Thayer  and  Marion  Ade- 
laide (Thayer)  Farley  are:  Mortimer  Thayer, 
born  in  Auburndale,  Newton.  Massachusetts, 
October  19,  1896;  and  Barbara,  born  in 
Auburndale.  September  13.  1898.  They  re- 
side with  their  parents  at  No.  330  Central 
street,   Auburndale.    Newton,   Massachusetts. 


There  were  several  immi- 
HOWARD  grants  of  the  surname  How- 
ard in  New  England  before 
1650.  At  least  three  of  them  were  appar- 
ently brothers  or  closely  related.  Nathaniel 
Howard,  of  Dorchester,  was  admitted  to  the 
church  as  early  as  February  28,  1641,  and 
admitted  a  freeman  May  ro,  1643;  removefl 
to  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Robert  Howard 
was  a  proprietor  of  Dorchester  as  early  as 
1639,  and  was  admitted  freeman  in  February, 


1662 ;  was  a  town  ofiScer  of  Dorchester,  re- 
moving about  1668  to  Boston;  among  other 
children  he  had  a  son,  Nathaniel  Howard, 
baptized  February  6,  1641-42.  The  third  of 
this  family  was  William,  who  resided  at 
Salem,  Wenhani  and  Topsfield.  Massachu- 
setts ;  signed  as  witness  to  an  inventory  of 
Samuel  Smith  in  1642;  was  admitted  freeman 
May  13,  1640:  deposed  in  1661,  aged  about 
fifty-two,  and  in  1666.  aged  about  fifty-seven 
years.  Wife  Rose  was  admitted  to  the 
church  at  Salem.  May  10.  1640,  and  their  son 
Nathaniel  baptized  November  13,  1642;  prob- 
ably the  Nathaniel  mentioned  below:  We 
find  William  Howard  on  record  as  an  attor- 
ney for  R.  Bellingham  and  deputy  marshal 
general   in   an   action    in   the   Esse.x   court   in 

1666.  He  was  probably  at  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, also  in  1649  and  later. 

(I)  Nathaniel  Howard,  son  of  William 
Howard,  was  baptized  in  Salem.  Massachu- 
setts. May  10.  1640.  In  1669  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Baptist  movement  and  as 
early  as  February  12.  1671.  was  a  tenant  on 
Winthrop's  farm  according  to  the  selectmen's 
record:  was  an  inhabitant  on  the  list  1677-78. 
but  not  in  1680-81,  having  removed  to 
Chelmsford  with  other  Wenham  men,  and  he 
lived  the  remainder  of  his  days  on  his  farm 
in  Chelmsford  where  his  descendants  lived 
many  years.  He  bought  of  J.  Drinker  rights 
in  the  cow  common  in  1674  and  deeded  it 
to  Josiah  Wood  in  1678.  He  sold  a  tract  of 
land  in  Stow  in  1698.  He  bought  a  tract  of 
land  of  J.  Gooding  in  1699.  He  died  in  the 
winter  of  1709-10.  His  will  is  dated  No- 
vember 7.  1709,  and  was  proved  February  17, 
1709-10.  He  married.  July  2.  1666.  Sarah 
VVillard.  daughter  of  Major  Simon  Willard. 
and  his  heirs  inherited  land  in  Rutland  grant- 
ed to  heirs  of  Major  Willard.  His  wife  died 
January  22.  1677-78.  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond). July  I.  1678.  Sarah  Parker.  The  Parker 
family  settled  in  Groton  and  vicinit}-;  the 
Willards  founded  Lancaster,  the  town  adjoin- 
ing.   Children:    i.  Sarah,  born  September  30, 

1667,  married  Benjamin  Parker.  2.  Nathan- 
iel, born  November  9,   1671.     3.   Mary,  born 

May    16,    1673,   married   .-^dams.     4. 

.Samuel,  mentioned  below.  5.  Benjamin.  6. 
Jacob,  born  March  28.  1679-80.  7.  Rebecca, 
unmarried  in  1709.  8.  Rachel,  married  Sam- 
uel Richardson,    g.  Jonathan. 

(IT)  Ensign  Samuel  Howard,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Howard  (i).  was  born  in  1684  at 
Chelmsford.  Massachusetts,  and  died  at 
Dunstable.  Massachusetts,  now  Nashua.  New 
Hampshire.   February  7.    1769.   aged  eighty- 


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four  years,  ten  months.  He  settled  in  Dun- 
stable and  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  on 
Howard's  brook  in  the  first  parish.  Samuel 
Howard,  of  Dunstable,  bought  the  interests 
of  his  sister  Sarah  and  her  husband,  Ben- 
jamin Parker,  to  a  tract  of  land  amounting 
to  1033^  acres  in  Rutland  owned  by  heirs 
of  Major  Simon  Willard,  granted  in  17 14, 
and  also  the  rights  of  Jonathan  Parker  in  the 
same  tract.  These  deeds  were  in  1745,  and 
he  was  then  living  in  Dunstable,  and  did  not 
resettle  in  Rutland.  Children:  i.  Samuel, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas,  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Dunstable,  1733,  taxpayer  in  1744. 

(III)  Samuel  Howard,  son  of  Samuel 
Howard  (2),  was  bom  about  1720  in  Dun- 
stable, Massachusetts.  He  located  in  Chelms- 
ford,    where     his   grandfather     lived.        He 

married  Mary  .     He  deeded  lands  in 

Lunenburg,  Massachusetts.  October  16,  1784, 
to  his  son  Tiniothy.  Samuel  Smith  Howard, 
probably  his  son,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution from  Chelmsford  in  Colonel  John 
Greaton's  regiment.  The  Revolutionary  rolls 
give  his  age  as  twenty -two  in  1781 ;  five  feet 
seven  and  one-half  inches  tall,  of  dark  com- 
plexion and  hair.  .Another  son  Timothy  is 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Timothy  Howard,  son  of  Samuel 
Howard  (3),  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  Mas- 
sachusetts, about  1765.  Married  Dorcas 
Greene.  He  settled  in  Berlin,  Massachusetts, 
in  the  old  Fuller  house  in  the  village  of 
Carterville.  He  had  one  son  Timothy,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Timothy  Howard,  son  of  Timothy 
Howard  (4),  was  born  in  Chelmsford  or  Ber- 
lin about  1780,  and  died  November,  1846,  in 
Berlin,  where  he  lived  in  various  parts  of  the 
town.  He  married  .lAbigail  Temple,  who 
died  in  August.  1842.  Children,  born  in  Ber- 
lin: I.  James.  2.  Emmeline,  married  Gard- 
ner Jacobs.  3.  Rufus,  born  May  18,  1805, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Lucinda  Sophronia.  5. 
Dexter,  died  young.  6.  George  W.,  born 
September  27,  1819,  at  Northborough.  7. 
Sophronia. 

(\T)  Rufus  Howard,  son  of  Timothy  How- 
ard, Jr.  (5),  was  bom  in  Berlin,  Massachu- 
setts, May  18,  1805,  died  July  23,  1865.  He 
married  Louisa  Sawyer,  who  died  March  18, 
1886,  daughter  of  Oliver  Sawyer,  of  Heath, 
Massachusetts.  They  lived  in  Berlin  on  the 
south  side  of  the  road  where  Nelson  Larkin 
lately  lived.  Children,  born  in  Berlin:  i. 
Sarah  P.,  born  January  10,  1828,  married 
(first)  David  A.  Frye:  (second)  Joshua  Wal- 
cott.     2.  Elmira  G.,  born  ?"ebruary  19,  1829, 


married  William  J.  Davenport;  parents  of 
Hon.  William  N.  Davenport,  of  Marlborough, 
Massachusetts.  3.  Susan  B.,  born  June  14, 
1831,  died  December  16,  1894;  married  Jona- 
than B.  Ray.  4.  Louisa  S.,  born  December 
20,  1832,  married  Samuel  N.  Marsh.  5.  Mar- 
tha A.,  born  August  4,  1834,  married  Abel  G. 
Haynes :  (See  sketch  of  Haynes  family  here- 
with). 6.  Mary  W.,  born  October  8,  1835, 
married  Ralph  Safiford.  7.  Adeliza  J.,  bom 
March  8,  1842,  married,  1862,  George  H. 
Andrews.  8.  Augusta  M.,  born  August  21, 
1843,  married  William  Smith. 


Walter     Haynes,     the     immi- 
HAYNES     grant   ancestor,   was   bom   in 

Sutton  Alandifield,  Wiltshire, 
England,  in  1583.  He  also  owned  a  house- 
and  other  buildings  on  the  island  of  Purbeck 
in  the  southeast  part  of  Dorsetshire.  He 
came  to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Confi- 
dence," the  same  ship  with  Peter  Noyes,  yeo- 
man, of  Penton,  Southampton,  with  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  sons  under  sixteen  years  of  age,, 
Thomas,  John  and  Josias;  daughters  Suf- 
france  and  Mary;  and  servants  John  Bland- 
ford,  John  Rediat  and  Richard  Biddlecome,, 
arriving  in  Boston  in  1638.  His  family  and 
that  of  Peter  Noyes  intermarried.  About  a 
year  after  his  arrival  in  this  country  Haynes 
removed  from  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  to 
Sudbury,  having  a  grant  of  land  December 
22,  1639.  He  was  one  of  the  foremost  citi- 
zens and  was  on  the  first  board  of  selectmen 
in  1639,  and  served  the  town  ten  years  alto- 
gether as  selectman.  He  was  one  of  the  first, 
perhaps  the  very  first,  to  build  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Sudbury  river,  and  is  believed  to 
have  built  the  Haynes  garrison  house,  which 
was  near  the  old  Ha^Ties  home.  The  garrison. 
house  stood  until  the  middle  of  the  nine- 
teenth century.  The  Haynes  homestead  was 
in  the  northeast  section  of  the  town  in  the 
section  called  the  Pantry  district.  Hon.  C.  F. 
Gerrv,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Walter  Haynes, 
has  written  a  charming  poem  entitled  "Pantry 
School."  (See  History  of  Sudbury,  p.  510). 
Haynes  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  13, 
1641;  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1641-44- 
48-51.  He  was  commissioner  to  end  small 
causes  1645.  He  was  a  member  of  the  An- 
cient and  Honorable  .Artillery  Company 
(See  Whitman's  history  of  the  company.  1842, 
p,  97).  Haynes  had  leamed  the  trade  of  linen- 
weaver.  He  died  February  14,  1664-65.  His 
will  is  dated  May  25,  1659,  with  codicil  dated 
March  4,  1663-64,  and  proved  .April  4,  1665,. 


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bequeathing  to  wife  Elizabeth;  sons  Thomas, 
John  and  Josiah;  son-in-law  Thomas  Noyes; 
son-in-law  Roger  Gourd  and  "my  daughter 
his  wife"  a  tenement  in  Shaston,  Dorsetshire, 
England.  The  will  of  Alice  Haynes,  his 
mother,  is  printed  in  the  New  England 
Genealogical  Register  (vol.  XXXIX.,  p.  263). 
A  Thomas  Haynes  died  in  Sudbury,  July  28, 
1640.  The  will  of  Walter  Haynes  states  that 
his  son  Thomas  was  then  away  from  home. 
Many  of  the  facts  for  this  sketch  were  pre- 
served by  John  Haynes,  born  1684,  and  writ- 
ten when  he  was  nearly  ninety  years  of  age. 
The  manuscript  is  now,  or  was  lately,  in  pos- 
session of  a  descendant,  Frederick  Haynes 
Newell.  The  historian  of  Sudbury  (Hudson) 
writes  of  the  Haynes  family:  "The  Haynes 
family  is  well  known  and  quite  numerous  in 
Sudbury.  Members  have  lived  in  various 
parts  of  the  town,  and  have  held  prominent 
offices  civil  and  military."  Children  of  Wal- 
ter and  Elizabeth  Haynes:  i.  Thomas.  2. 
John,  born  1621,  mentioned  below.  3.  Josiah, 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Peter  Noyes. 
4.  Suffrance,  married  Josiah  Tredway,  of 
Watertown.  5.  Mary,  married  Thomas 
Noyes;  no  children.  6.  Daughter  mentioned 
in  will,  married  Roger  Gourd  and  remained  in 
England. 

(II)  John  Haynes.  son  of  Walter  Haynes 
(i),  was  born  in  England  in  1621.  While  he 
is  named  among  the  children  coming  with  his 
father  in  1638  he  was  in  Watertown  living 
with  his  cousin  Reed  or  Rice  in  1637,  accord- 
ing to  the  old  manuscript  inentioned.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1646,  and  was  a 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1668.  He 
married,  October  13,  1642,  at  Sudbury,  Doro- 
thy Noyes,  born  in  England  in  1620,  daugh*- 
ter  of  Peter  and  Abigail  Noyes.  Her  father 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1640-41- 
50;  was  selectman  of  Sudbury  twenty-one 
years:  was  admitted  freeman  May  13.  1640; 
was  commissioner.  John  Haynes  died  in 
1692,  leaving  a  will  dated  that  year.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Elizabeth,  born  July  16,  1644,  married. 
1666.  Henry  Balcom.  2.  Mary,  born  1647,  mar- 
ried Josiah  How.  3.  John,  born  May  4,  1649, 
married  Ruth  Roper.  4.  Dorothy,  born 
1651-52,  married  Joseph  Freeman,  of  Sud- 
bury. 5.  Peter,  born  April  7,  1654,  married, 
January  2.  1677,  Elizabeth  Rice.  6.  Joseph, 
born  September  7,  1656,  killed  in  youth  by 
falling  from  a  tree.  7.  Thomas,  born  1658.  8. 
James,  born  March  17,  i66i,  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Daniel,  born  May  16,  1663,  im- 
pressed as  a  soldier  in  the  campaign  to  the 
eastward,   returned   to   Boston    in    1687.   and 


died  there  next  year.  10,  Rachel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1665,  married,  January  6,  1704-05, 
John  Loker.  11.  Ruth,  born  April  7,  1668, 
married,  December  20,  1693,  Joseph  Noyes. 
12.  David,  born  May  4,  1671,  married  Tabitha 
Stone. 

(III)  James  Haynes,  son  of  John  Haynes 
(2),  was  born  in  Sudbury,  March  17,  1660-61, 
died  October  15,  1732,  aged  seventy-two 
years.  He  married  at  Sudbury,  November  4, 
1689,  Sarah  Noyes,  born  September  28,  1669, 
died  September  1756,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Darvell)  Noyes,  of  Newbury  and  Sud- 
bury. Her  father  was  selectman  of  Sudbury, 
1662;  constable,  1667-68;  justice  of  the  peace. 
Rev.  Noyes,  father  of  Joseph  Noyes,  was 
born  in  Choulderton,  Wiltshire,  England,  in 
1608;  was  brother  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Noyes,  of 
Newbury,  Massachusetts;  settled  in  New- 
bury; old  house  still  preserved  there;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Brown.  James  Haynes  resided  in 
Sudbury  and  was  a  farmer.  Children:  i. 
James,  born  April  17,  1692,  married  Susan- 
nah Woodward:  (second)  Mary  Ragg.  2. 
Abraham,  born  September  24,  1696,  died  un- 
married. 3.  Sarah,  born  July  11,  1699,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Noyes.  4.  Ahiga  (or  Ahijah), 
born  October  16,  1701,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Rebecca,  born  x\ugust  20,  1705,  married 
Samuel  Willis;  no  children.  6.  Thankful, 
born  April  22,  1708,  married  Jabez  Puffer.  7. 
Dorothy,  born  December  23,  17 10.  (See 
sketch  of  Puffer  family). 

(IV)  Ahiga  Haynes,  (spelled  also  Ahijah 
and  misprinted  x'MJijah  in  some  records)  son 
of  James  Haynes  (3),  was  born  in  Sudbury, 
October  16,  1701.  He  married,  January  18, 
1726-27,  Elizabeth  Smith,  who  died  January 
2,  1778.  They  lived  in  Sudbury  and  children 
were  born  there:  i.  Aaron,  born  December 
25,  1727.  2.  Israel,  born  December  11,  1728, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Sarah,  born  February 
18,  1729-30.  died  January  20,  1730-31.  4. 
Rebecca,  born  February  14,  1731-32.  5. 
Mary,  born  May  20,  1733.  6.  Mary,  born 
January  27,  1735-36.  7.  Eunice,  born  Febru- 
ary 10,  1737.  8.  Moses,  born  February  5, 
1741-42. 

(V)  Israel  Haynes,  son  of  Ahiga  Haynes 
(4).  was  born  in  Sudbury.  December  11, 
1728.  Married  there  January  10,  1754,  Sarah 
Dabv  (or  Derby),  of  Stow,  descendant  of  a 
well-known  Concord  family.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolution  on  the  Lexington 
alarm  in  Captain  .*Laron  Haynes's  company. 
Children,  born  in  Sudbury:  I.  Reuben,  born 
February  i.  1755.  soldier  in  the  Revolution 
from    1775   untii   1783.     2.  .'\nne,  born  April 


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II,  1757.  3.  Jonas,  barn  April  26,  1759,  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolution,  1775  to  1780.  4.  Re- 
becca, born  July  15,  1761.  5.  Ruth,  born 
February  7,  1764.  6.  Sarah,  born  July  22, 
1766.  7.  Ahiga  or  Ahijah,  born  April  10, 
1768.  8.  Keziah,  born  October  4,  1769.  9. 
Elizabeth,  born  1773.  10.  Israel,  Jr.,  born 
July   10,   1777,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  Israel  Haynes,  son  of  Israel 
Haynes  (5),  was  born  in  Sudbury,  July  10, 
1777.  He  became  captain  of  his  militia  com- 
pany, and  was  prominent  in  town  affairs.  He 
held  various  positions  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
was  a  representative  to  the  general  court  in 
April,  185 1,  when  a  successor  to  Daniel 
Webster  was  chosen  in  the  general  court. 
He  had  been  an  old  line  Democrat  and  voted 
with  his  party  for  a  time.  At  first  there  was 
no  choice,  but  finally,  when  but  one  vote  was 
needed,  Haynes  joined  the  famous  coalition 
of  Democrats  and  Free  Soilers,  defeated  the 
Whig  party  and  elected  Charles  .Sumner 
United  States  senator.  "By  this  ballot," 
says  Mr.  Hudson  in  his  history  of  .Sudbury, 
"Sumner  went  to  the  United  States  senate 
where  he  championed  liberty's  cause,  and 
stirred  up  those  elements  that  burst  forth  in 
Civil  war  and  made  the  whole  land  free. 
What  an  influence  thus  went  out  from  this 
quiet  place,  and  how  changed  our  nation's 
history  by  this  silent  act."  Mr.  Haynes  be- 
longed to  the  old  Haynes  family  and  had  a 
numerous  progeny,  some  of  whom  still  live 
on  the  old  homestead.  He  married  (first), 
December  19.  1798,  at  .'^udhury,  Dorcas 
Jewett,  who  was  born  April  12,  1782.  He 
married  (second),  August  21,  1803,  at  Sud- 
bury, Mary  Gleason,  who  was  born  January 
27,  1784.  Children  of  Captain  Israel  and 
Dorcas  Haynes:  i.  Anna,  born  June  22,  1800. 
2.  Reuben,  born  June  26,  1802.  Children  of 
Captain  Israel  and  Mary  Haynes:  3.  Reuben, 
born  February  8,  1804.  4.  Orisso,  born  No- 
vember 27,  1805.  5.  Leander,  born  Decem- 
ber 25,  1807,  mentioned  below.  6.  Israel, 
born  January  22,  1810.  7.  Mary,  born  Febru- 
ary 22,  1812.  8.  Dorcas,  born  February  18, 
1813.  9.  Zebediah,  Ixirn  April  10,  1815.  10. 
Eli,  born  July  12,  1817.  11.  Sarah  H.,  born 
August  14,  i8ig.  12.  Warren  H.,  born  April 
5,  1822.  13.  Lucia,  born  November  8,  1824, 
died  young.  14.  Lucia  Amanda,  born  Octo- 
ber 23,  1827. 

(V'Tl)  Leander  Haynes,  son  of  Captain 
Israel  Haynes  (6),  was  born  in  .Sudbury, 
Massachusetts,  December  25,  1807.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  .Sudbury.  He  w'as  a  member  of 
the  general  court  from  .Su(II)ury.  and  was  ac- 


tive in  the  promotion  of  the  construction  of 
the  Hoosic  tunnel.  In  religion  he  was  a  Uni- 
tarian, in  politics  a  Democrat.  He  married 
Harriet  Hunt,  bom  in  Sudbury,  September  7, 
1807,  daughter  of  William  and  Esther  (  Brig- 
ham)  Hunt.  Children  of  Leander  and  Har- 
riet Haynes,  born  in  Sudbury:  i.  Leander 
.■\nderson,  born  June  3,  1834.  2.  Andrew 
Thomas,  born  December  2,  1835.  3.  .\bel 
G.,  born  July  i,  1837,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Harriet  Amelia,  born  January  10,  1839.  5. 
Warren  Addison,  born  September  i,  1840. 
He  married  Lucy  .\.  Smith,  daughter  of 
Dexter  and  Sophia  (Litchfield)  Smith,  and 
their  children  are:  Carrie,  Albert  Warren, 
born  1873,  and  Leander  R.,  born  December, 

1879.  .'\lbert  Warren  is  a  grain  dealer  in 
Maynard,  having  succeeded  his  father.  6. 
.Albert  A.,  born  April  19,  1842.  7.  Frances 
A.,  born  February  4,  1844.  8.  Franklin  A., 
born  June  I,  1845.  9-  Mary  E.,  born  De- 
cember 10,  1847.  'O-  Asahel  H.,  (twin)  born 
.August  15,  1848,  was  a  merchant  in  Maynard 
for  many  years.  11.  Abigail  H.  (twin),  born 
.August  15,  1848.  12.  George  Franklin,  born 
August  4,  1850.  13.  Lucia  .Amanda,  born 
.April  10,  1852.  14.  Hattie  Pratt,  born  Janu- 
ary 2,  1855.  '5-  Alfred  Thompson,  born 
May  9,  1857,  mentioned  below.  Leander 
Haynes,  father  of  these  children,  died  Janu- 
ary 8,    1896.      His  wife   was   killed   May   28, 

1880,  being  thrown,  accidentally,  from  a 
buggy. 

(VIII)  Abel  G.  Haynes,  son  of  Leander 
Haynes  (7),  was  born  in  Sudbury,  July  i, 
1837.  He  attended  the  old  Pantry  School  at 
North  .Sudbury,  in  his  youth.  He  began  his 
mercantile  career  in  South  Acton  in  the  gen- 
■eral  store  of  Tuttle,  Jones  &  Weatherbee.  In 
1864  he  established  a  general  store  on  his  own 
account  in  the  village  of  .Assabet,  now  the 
town  of  Maynard,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Havnes  Brothers,  his  brother,  Warren  A. 
Haynes,  being  his  f>artner.  This  partnership 
continued  with  the  utmost  harmony  and  suc- 
cess for  a  ]>eriod  of  seventeen  years,  when  his 
brother  retired  and  he  continued  the  business 
alone  until  1895,  when  he  also  retired.  Mr. 
Havnes  stood  high  in  business  circles.  Up- 
right and  honorable  in  his  dealings  he  won  his 
success  in  life  fairly  and  creditably.  Since 
giving  up  active  business  he  has  continued  to 
reside  in  his  Maynard  home.  Mr.  Haynes  has 
been  one  of  the  most  active  and  influential 
citizens  in  public  life  in  the  town  of  Maynard. 
He  served  three  terms  on  the  l)oard  of  select- 
men ;  twelve  years  on  the  board  of  assessors 
and  was  ]iostmaster  twenty  years,  from    1868 


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to  1880.  He  is  a  member  of  Charles  A. 
Welch  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  Maynard.  In 
religion  Mr.  Haynes  attends  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  Politically  a  Republican.  He 
married,  March  22,  1859,  Martha  A.  Howard, 
born  in  Berlin,  Massachusetts,  August  4,  1834, 
daughter  of  Rufus  and  Louise  (Sawyer) 
Howard,  of  Heath,  Massachusetts.  Children  : 
I.  Harry  H.,  born  in  South  Acton,  May  7, 
1862,  died  May  20,  1884.  2.  Eva  L.,  born 
June  7,  1867,  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools,  a  student  for  three  years  in  the  Con- 
cord high  school;  married,  April  13,  1887, 
Arthur  E.  Walker,  of  Belchertown,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children :  i.  Mildred  Walker,  born 
April  19,  1889,  attended  the  Maynard  public 
and  high  schools.  Concord  high  school  and  is 
now  a  student  in  the  class  of  1910,  Simmons 
College,  Boston;  ii.  Llovd  Ml,  born  Mav  15, 
1898. 

(VIII)  Alfred  Thompson  Haynes,  son  of 
Leander  Haynes  (7),  was  born  at  Sudbury, 
May  9,  1857.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  is  engaged  in 
department  stores  in  Maynard  and  Marlboro. 
He  married  Emma  Kendall  Smith,  daughter 
of  Andrew  J.  and  Mary  E.  (Porter)  Smith,  of 
Stow,  Massachusetts.  Her  parents  had  also 
Henry  Porter  Smith,  Frank  Herbert  Smith 
and  May  Louise  Smith.  Arad  and  Polly 
(Stowe)  Smith,  parents  of  Andrew  J.  Smith, 
had  no  other  children.  Arad  had  a  brother, 
Micah  Smith.  Children  of  Alfred  Thompson 
and  Emma  Kendall  (Smithl  Haynes,  born  at 
Maynard,  Massachusetts:  I.  Florence  Fran- 
ces, born  July  22,  1884,  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools,  graduating  from  the  May- 
nard high  school  in  1901  ;  student  at  Concord 
high  school  in  1902 ;  graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke 
College  in  the  class  of  1907.  2.  Marion  Belle, 
born  January  23,  1887,  married,  August  14, 
1906,  Charles  Wilcox  ;  she  graduated  from  the 
Maynard  high  school  in  1904,  was  a  student  at 
Simmons  College  one  year  and  studied  music 
in  Boston  one  vear  before  her  marriage. 


The  family  of  Morrison  is 
MORRISON  very  numerous  in  Scot- 
land, and  this  surname  has 
beerk  fixed  there  and  in  the  adjacent  island  of 
Lewis  for  many  centuries,  probably  for  a 
thousand  years.  It  is  an  old  surname  in  the 
counties  of  Lincoln,  Hertfordshire  and  Lan- 
cashire, England,  where  persons  of  the  name 
were  knighted  and  received  coats  of  arms. 
The   family    has    spread    over    England,    Ire- 


land and  America.  It  appears  to  be  evident 
that  all  of  the  name  spring  from  the  same 
stock,  and  a  common  origin.  The  island  of 
Lewis,  on  the  west  coast  of  Scotland,  is  un- 
doubtedly the  place  where  the  family  origin- 
ated, though  its  founder  was  probably  of  Nor- 
wegian origin.  The  family  has  two  tartans 
— a  beautiful  red  clan  tartan  and  a  green 
hunting  tartan.  While  there  is  more  than  one 
coat  of  arms,  that  in  most  general  use  and 
presumed  to  be  the  most  ancient  is:  Azure 
three  Saracen  heads  conjoined  in  one  neck, 
proper,  the  faces  looking  to  the  chief,  dexter 
and  sinister  sides  of  the  shield.  This  design 
is  in  general  use  as  a  crest  and  the  three 
Moors'  or  Saracen  heads  in  other  designs 
are  on  the  shields  of  other  Morrison  fami- 
lies. Motto:  Pretio  prudentia  praestat. 
(Prudence  excels  reward.  Or — Prudence  is 
better  than  profit.  Or — Longheadedness  is 
above  price).  It  is  claimed  that  the  arms  and 
crest  were  bestowed  upon  a  Morison  dur- 
ing the  Crusades  for  some  deed  of  daring  by 
Richard  Coeur  de  Lion. 

The  name  has  been  spelled  variously — 
Maryson,  Moreson,  Moryson,  Morreson, 
Moorison,  Morrisson,  Morson,  Morisown, 
Morisone,  Morison,  Morrison,  Murison,  and 
Morrowson.  In  early  days  the  family  in  Scot- 
land, England,  Ireland  and  America  almost  in- 
variably spelled  the  name  Morison.  About  1800 
Morrison  came  into  general  use  in  Scotland, 
England,  Ireland  and  America,  and  has  con- 
tinued to  the  present  time.  The  family  in 
New  Hampshire  followed  the  general  prac- 
tice. The  best  authority  on  the  origin  of  the 
name  states  that  it  means  the  son  of  Mary 
Moore  or  Maurice;  and  the  name  as  origin- 
ally written  in  Saxon  or  in  Saxon-English 
would  be  Moores-son  or  Mores-son,  or  if  the 
Gaelic  form  were  retained,  Mhores-son.  In 
Norse  the  name  would  be  Moors-son,  Mors- 
sonm,  Mhors-son,  everything  indicating  a 
close  connection  between  the  Moore  and 
Morrison  families. 

(I)  Robert  Morrison,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born,  according  to  family  tradi- 
tion, in  1700,  in  Scotland.  The  same  author- 
ity states  that  he  came  to  America  in  1706. 
\'erv  little  is  known  of  him  or  his  family.  He 
came  earlier  than  the  -Scotch-Irish  of  this 
name  at  Londonderry.  It  should  be  stated 
too  that  one  Robert  Morrison  died  May  10, 
1677,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  town  where  we 
find  this  R(jbert  Morrison  settled  some 
years  later,  and  a  connection  between  the  two 
men  seems  likelv.  but  for  the  tradition  cited. 


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Robert  Morrison  had  at  least  two  children: 
I.  Robert,  of  whom  no  record  is  known.  2. 
Jonathan,  born  1756,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Jonathan  Morrison,  son  of  Robert 
Morrison  (i),  was  born  in  1756  in  Brentwood, 
New  Hampshire,  where  his  father  was  an 
early  settler.  He  died  in  1840.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolution,  practically  through  the 
entire  war.  In  1776  he  was  in  Captain  Nathan 
Sanborn's  company  and  Colonel  Thomas 
Tash's  regiment,  sent  to  reinforce  the  Con- 
tinental army.  He  was  in  Captain  Shepard's 
company,  Colonel  Walker's  regiment,  also  in 
1776.  In  September,  1777,  he  was  in  Captain 
Nathaniel  Ambrose's  company.  Colonel 
Welch's  regiment,  from  Moultonborough, 
New  Hampshire,  sent  to  join  the  Continental 
army  under  General  Gates  at  Saratoga.  The 
company  marched  to  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts, after  the  surrender  of  General  BuTgoyne. 
He  was  in  Captain  Richard  Sinclair's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Thomas  Bartlett's  regiment,  in 
1780,  and  received  a  gratuity  for  faithful  ser- 
vice the  year  following. 

At  the  close  of  the  Revolution  he  and  hij 
young  wife  joined  a  party  of  six  families  of 
pioneers  and  settled  in  Gilmanton,  New 
Hampshire,  which  at  that  time  included  the 
town  of  Gilford,  New  Hampshire.  He 
chopped  down  the  first  tree  in  the  present 
town  of  Laconia,  New  Hampshire,  and  built 
a  saw  mill  there.  His  first  house  was  built 
of  logs,  after  the  custom  of  the  pioneers,  and 
in  it  his  children  were  born.  In  1805  he  re- 
moved to  the  adjacent  town  of  Tuftonbor- 
ough.  Most  of  his  children  lived  to  advanced 
ages,  and  physically  were  large  and  tall  per- 
sons. The  sons  were  all  farmers.  Children, 
born  at  Gilmanton,  New  Hampshire:  i.  Dan- 
iel, "born  August  28,  1783,  was  a  teacher  of 
the  public  schools  thirteen  years  and 
preached  occasionally:  was  also  a  farmer; 
married  Abigail  Ladd,  of  New  Hampton,  and 
resided  in  Tuftonborough  and  Sandwich, 
New  Hampshire:  died  in  i860;  children:  i. 
Sarah,  born  May  13,  1818,  married  Gilman 
Felch,  of  Sandwich;  died  at  Brookline.  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1870,  had  nine  children:  ii.  Al- 
mira,  born  June  27,  1821,  married  Francis 
Stickney,  of  Sandwich,  died  in  1856  at  East 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts;  iii.  Daniel  T.. 
born  September  5,  1823,  died  June  24.  1835: 
iv.  Nancy  Ladd,  born  November  10.  1825.' 
married  Sanuiel  Tucker,  of  Maine:  v.  Sam- 
uel, born  August  18,  1827.  died  November, 
1828;  vi.  Samuel  L.,  born  February  i8,  1829. 
r^'-ioved  to  Chicago  in  1856.  had  one  of  the 
la- -^est    fruit-farms    of    the    northwest    in    bis 


day,  married  Lizzie  M.  Lane,  of  Boston,  had 
five  children:  vi.  Comfort  Abigail,  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  183 1,  married  Lemuel  Webb,  re- 
sided in  Boston;  vii.  Benjamin  F.,  born  at 
Sandwich,  March  28,  1834,  died  March,  1858 ; 
viii.  Daniel  T.,  born  December  28,  1838,  died 
June  24,  i860;  ix.  Levi  Alfred,  born  at  Sand- 
wich, January   17,   1844,  married  Lydia  

and  had  Mabel  Alma,  born  October 
1873,  resides  in  Somerville,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Sarah  (twin  of  Daniel),  born  August  28,  1783, 
died  aged  twenty-four.  3.  Rhoda,  married 
Barnard  Alorrill,  of  Gilford.  4.  Jonathan, 
Jr.,  born  in  1787,  died  about  1875;  married 
Mary  Libby,  (second)  Mrs.  Gould;  children: 
i.  Robert,  resides  at  Robinson,  Illinois;  ii. 
George,  resides  in  New  York  City;  iii. 
Charles  L.,  resides  in  Boston,  Massachusetts; 
iv.  John,  resides  in  Boston;  v.  Mary,  died 
aged  eighteen.  5.  Hannah,  born  in  1789, 
married  John  Fullerton,  of  Tuftonborough; 
died  in  1853;  h^'d  three  children.  6.  Samuel, 
born  about  1791,  died  in  1829  in  Tuftonbor- 
ougli;  married;  children:  i.  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Wright  and  resided  in  Boston;  ii. 
Samuel,  lived  in  California.  7.  Mary,  born 
in  1793,  married  Joseph  Libby,  resided  at 
Wolfborough,  New  Hampshire;  had  one 
daughter.  8.  Stevens,  born  in  1795,  lived  in 
Tuftonborough.  New  Hampshire;  died  in 
1876;  had  three  children.  9.  John,  born  in 
1797,  mentioned  below.  10.  Ebenezer,  born 
about  1800,  married  Nancy  Ladd;  he  died 
aged  about  fifty;  resided  on  the  Morrison 
homestead  in  Tuftonborough ;  children :  i, 
Shuah,  married  Rev.  Daniel  Stevens,  of  Tuf- 
tonborough; ii.  Jonathan,  lived  in  Tufton- 
borough; iii.  Ruth,  married  Samuel  Gordon 
and  lived  in  Tuftonborough. 

(III)  John  Morrison,  son  of  Jonathan  Mor- 
rison (2).  was  born  in  Gilmanton  in  1797.  He 
was  brought  up  and  educated  in  Tuftonbor- 
ough. New  Hampshire,  hut  settled  in  the  ad- 
joining town  of  Moultonborough,  New 
I-lampshire.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married 
Lucv  Blake,  who  was  born  about  1800  in 
Moultonborough.  Children:  i.  John  Hazen. 
born  December  20,  1820,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Sail)-,  born  October  3.  1822.  3.  Jonathan 
G.,  born  January  19,  1825.  4.  Ebenezer  S., 
born  Tanuarv  29,  18^0.  q.  Nancw  horn  April 
.2.  1832. 

(IV)  John  Hazen  Morrison,  son  of  John 
Morrison  (3).  was  born  in  Moultonborough, 
New  Hampshire.  December  20,  1820.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Stockbridge.  daughter  of 
Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Rollins)  Stockbridge. 
Her  father  was  Ixirn   at    Alton.   New   Hamp- 


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AJIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


537 


shire;  his  mother  at  Barnet,  \'ermont.  Eliz- 
abeth was  born  April  22,  1822,  and  died  No- 
vember 10,  1894,  aged  seventy-two  years,  six 
months  and  eighteen  days.  Children:  i. 
James  G.,  born  at  Moultonborough,  August 
20,  1849,  mentioned  below.  2.  Charles  D., 
died  young. 

(V)  James  G.  Morrison,  son  of  John  Haz- 
en  Morrison  (4),  was  born  at  Moultonbor- 
ough,  August  20,  1849.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  For 
the  past  thirty  years  he  has  been  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  pork  business  at  "2  Blackstone 
street,  Boston,  and  is  a  business  man  of  high 
standing.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  His 
residence  is  at  85  Glen  street,  Somerville, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  (first)  Susan 
Pease,  who  bore  him  two  children :  Ella,  mar- 
ried Richard  Vail.  Lillian,  married  Harry  E. 
Osgood.  He  married  (second)  Cora  Louise 
Sweet,  who  bore  him  two  children:  Gertrude; 
Ruby,  died  July  13,  1897.  He  married  (third) 
Mildred  A.  Fitzgerald,  who  was  born  July 
28,  1873,  in  Prince  Edward  Island,  daughter 
of  John  and  Jenette  (Leadbetter)  Fitzgerald, 
the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Harbor 
Grace,  Newfoundland,  and  the  latter  in  Pug- 
wash,  Nova  Scotia.  Children  of  James  G.  and 
Mildred  .\.  Morrison :  James  Granville,  Jr. 
and  Guy  Waterhouse  Morrison.  Children  of 
John  and  Jenette  Fitzgerald:  i.  Gerald,  born 
in  Newfoundland;  ii.  Aggie,  born  in  New- 
foundland; iii.  Mildred  A.,  mentioned  above; 
IV.  Madeline  S.,  born  in  Prince  Edward  Isl- 
and; V.  Winnifred  J.,  born  at  Spring  Hill 
Junction,  Nova  Scotia;  vi.  Thomas  B.,  born 
at  Spring  Hill  Junction,  Nova  Scotia;  vii. 
John,  born  at  Spring  Hill.  Peter  and  Susan- 
na (Worth)  Leadbetter,  parents  of  Jenette 
(Leadbetter)  Fitzgerald,  lived  in  Nova  Sco- 
tia, and  Mr.  Leadbetter  was  a  very  large 
holder  of  real  estate  in  Halifax.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  A.  H.,  contractor  and  builder,  70 
Standish  street,  Brockton,  Massachusetts: 
Peter,  James,  Captain  Benjamin,  Richard, 
Eben,  Sarah,  Jenette,  mentioned  above.  Beth- 


The  first   of  this    family   in 
McGregor     America    came    from    Scot- 
land to  Prince  Edward  Isl- 
and   about    1800.      Among   his    children    was 
James  McGregor,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  James  McGregor,  son  of  the  immi- 
grant, was  born  in  Prince  Edward  Island; 
married  there  Jane  Brown,  also  of  Scotch  de- 
scent and  a  native  of  Prince  Edward  Island. 


Children :  Margaret,  Annabella,  David  L., 
mentioned  below ;  Charles,  John,  Mary,  Ellen, 
James,  William,  Eliza  Jane. 

(Ill)  David  Lawson  JMcGregor,  son  of 
James  McGregor  (2),  was  born  on  Prince 
Edward  Island,  September  7,  1827.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  place,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  harness  maker.  He  came 
to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in  1851,  and 
engaged  in  the  harness  business  there.  In  1868 
he  entered  partnership  with  Captain  J.  P. 
Crane,  of  Woburn,  in  the  leather  business  and 
they  established  a  store  on  Pearl  street,  Boston, 
doing  business  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  P. 
Crane  &  Company.  They  were  among  the 
hundreds  of  others  whose  stores  were  burned 
in  the  great  fire  of  1872  in  Boston.  They  re- 
simied  business  soon  afterward  on  High  street, 
but  shortly  afterward  this  partnership  was  dis- 
solved and  Mr.  McGregor  formed  the  firm  of 
McGregor  &  Atwood  with  Frank  Atwood  as 
his  partner.  This  firm  dealt  in  leather,  etc., 
and  had  its  place  of  business  on  Lincoln  street. 
He  was  very  successful  in  business,  retiring 
after  he  had  acquired  a  competence,  in  1885, 
on  account  of  failing  health.  In  1893  he  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  business  of  the  Beach 
&  Clarridge  Company,  manufacturers  of  fruit 
syrups  and  flavoring  extracts,  Eastern  avenue, 
Boston,  and  this  investment  together  with  his 
real  estate,  of  which  he  was  a  large  owner  in 
Somerville,  occupied  his  time  until  his  last  ill- 
ness. He  died  at  his  home  in  Somerville,  139 
Walnut  street.  May  19,  1895. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  Zion's  Herald  said 
of  him :  ''Mr.  McGregor  was  a  capable  and  re- 
liable business  man,  and  won  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him.  He  achieved 
success  by  unremitting  attention  to  duty  and 
in  accordance  with  principles  of  strict  integrity. 
In  all  his  social  and  business  relations  he  was 
the  incarnation  of  brotherly  kindness  and  self- 
denial.  Many  a  young  man  has  he  established 
in  business  by  granting  material  aid  in  time  of 
need,  and  though  on  the  whole  he  was  no  more 
than  half  repaid  by  those  he  helped,  he  never 
became  weary  of  well-doing.  Mr.  McGregor 
loved  dearly  the  land  of  his  adoption.  His 
health  at  the  time  of  the  war  exempted  him 
from  the  draft,  yet  he  hired  a  substitute  to 
take  his  place.  But  it  was  among  his  neigh- 
bors and  brethren  in  the  church  that  his  unsel- 
fish and  genial  character  shone  most  clearly. 
From  the  time  of  his  uniting  with  the  church 
he  was  an  active  ntember  of  the  official  board 
and  was  foremost  in  every  good  work.  None 
of  his  brethren  gave  more  liberally  than  he, 
nor  did  more  for  the  advancement  of  the  Re- 


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deemer's  Kingdom.  Aiany  bear  testimony  that 
it  was  due  to  his  winning  social  quahties  that 
they  became  attached  to  the  church.  His  re- 
moval from  Charlestown  to  Winter  Hill  in 
1879  proved  a  serious  loss  to  the  Monument 
Square  Church,  but  was  a  godsend  to  the 
struggling  enterprise  of  the  Broadway  society, 
which  was  then  worshiping  in  a  hired  hall. 
During  the  discouraging  efforts  of  the  pastor 
to  raise  money  for  a  new  edifice,  he  generously 
came  to  the  rescue  by  proposing  to  double 
every  dollar  that  should  be  subscribed.  This 
offer  put  new  life  into  the  project  and  insured 
its  success.  It  was  not  until  he  assured  the 
contractor  that  he  would  stand  back  of  him 
that  the  latter  would  go  forward  with  the 
building.  As  a  member  of  the  building  com- 
mittee with  Messrs.  John  Potter,  E.  G.  Davis 
and  the  pastor,  he  labored  incessantly  for  the 
success  of  the  enterprise.  Thus  it  was  that 
this  faithful  servant  of  God  sought  to  honor  his 
Master.  He  aimed  to  keep  in  touch  with  the 
interests  of  the  church.  For  thirty-seven  years 
he  was  a  subscriber  and  an  appreciative  reader 
of  Zion's  Herald.  Though  he  could  not  always 
agree  with  his  pastor  and  brethren  in  mat- 
ters of  doctrine  and  discipline,  he  never  was 
known  to  hesitate  to  bear  his  share,  and  more 
than  his  share,  of  the  burdens  of  the  church. 
The  church  will  miss  him,  and  a  multitude  of 
loving  friends  are  personally  bereaved  by  his 
death.  He  fought  long  and  heroically  against 
that  most  painful  disease,  cancer  of  the 
stomach,  but  his  splendid  physique  at  length 
succumbed,  and  he  yielded  without  a  murmur, 
declaring:  "It  is  all  right.  ]\Iy  accounts  with 
my  Master  are  all  settled."  He  was  a  member 
of  no  secret  orders.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
]niblican.  He  married,  in  1857,  Emily  Wake- 
field, daughter  of  Stephen  and  Ruth  (Wake- 
field) Wakefield.  (See  sketch  of  Wakefield 
family). 


John  Wakefield,  the  im- 
WAKEFIELD  migrant  ancestor  of  the 
Maine  family  of  Wake- 
field, was  born  in  England.  The  first  Ameri- 
can record  of  him  is  dated  January  1,  1637, 
when  at  a  town  meeting  held  at  .Salem  he 
was  assessed  fifteen  shillings  as  an  inhabitant 
of  Marblehead  colony,  Massachusetts,  and 
he  was  j^robably  in  New  England  before  the 
autunm  preceding.  He  received  a  grant  of 
four  acres  of  land  at  Marblehead,  December 
26.  1638,  from  the  Salem  town  meeting. 
Prior  to  164T  he  lived  in  Salem.  His  Mar- 
blehead dwelling  was  on  the  Neck.     He  mar- 


ried Elizabeth  Littlefield  and  settled  in  Wells^ 
Maine.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  with  his- 
brother-in-law,  John  Littlefield,  under  the  au- 
thority of  the  Ligonia  patent,  of  what  is  now 
known  as  the  ( ireat  Hill  I'arm.  The  hill  at 
that  time  extended  much  farther  into  the  sea 
than  at  present.  Neither  of  the  grantees  lo- 
cated there,  however.  Wakefield  settled  in 
the  town  of  Wells  where  he  attained  consid- 
erable prominence:  he  was  commissioner  and 
selectman  in  1648-54-57:  and  in  the  same- 
year  his  father-in-law  was  associated  in  the 
same  offices  with  him. 

John  Wakefield  purchased  Drake's  Island! 
of  Stephen  Batson  in  1652  and  he  resided 
there  a  few  years:  then  for  several  years  he 
lived  at  Scarborough,  where  he  bought  a 
farm.  He  removed  next  to  that  part  of  Bid- 
deford  which  is  now  Saco  and  lived  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days.  He  was  in  Wells  July 
2,  1657,  when  he  signed  as  a  witness  to  a  land 
grant.  He  was  a  juror  at  W'ells  from  Saco, 
Julv,  1666.  His  wife  under  power  of  attor- 
nev  sold  his  Marblehead  land  September  10, 
1670.  He  died  February  15,  1674,  and  is- 
buried  at  Biddeford,  Maine.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Annia 
(Agnes)  Littlefield.  Children:  I.  John,  mar- 
ried Hester  Harbor,  who  married  (second) 
\\'illiam  Hay  ward,  January,  1706-07.  2. 
Tames,  mentioned  below.  3.  Henry,  died 
unmarried  March,  1677.  4.  William,  mar- 
ried, March  13,  1698.  Rebecca  Littlefield:  he 
was  drowned  October  25,  1707.  5-  Mary, 
married  William  Frost.  6.  Katherine,  mar- 
ried Robert  Nanny. 

(II)  James  Wakefield,  son  of  John  Wake- 
field (i),  was  born  about  1675.  He  married' 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  James  and  (Lew- 
is) Gibbons,  of  Saco,  Alaine.  In  1699  he  was' 
granted  one  hundred  acres  of  land  on  Kenne- 
Inmk  river  ""at  the  landing."  On  November 
2?-,  1700,  he  and  his  wife  Rebecca  witnessed 
a  deed  of  Benjamin  Gooch,  of  Wells,  plant- 
er, to  John  Wheelwright,  several  pieces  of 
marsh  in  Wells.  With  his  brother.  William 
Wakefield,  Moses  and  Job  Littlefield,  and 
Joseph  Storer,  Jr..  on  Cictober  25,  1707,  he 
"went  out  in  a  small  sloop  to  fish,  there  was  a 
heavy  sea  at  the  bar,  and  as  they  attempted 
to  drive  the  sloop  over  it  she  was  upset  and 
all  were  drowned,  bodies  of  four  were  recov- 
ered. These  men  were  all  valuable  citizens 
and  their  aid  was  greatly  needed." 

James  Gibbons,  his  father-in-law.  was 
"master  of  magazine"  and  a  landed  proprie- 
tor of  Saco:  married  a  daughter  of  Tliomas 
Lewis,    one    of    the    original    owners    of   the 


MIDDLESEX   C(3UNTY. 


sag- 


Lewis  and  Boynton  Patent,  and  became  the 
heir  through  his  wife  of  his  father-in-law: 
died  in  1730  and  among  other  children  be- 
queathed to  Rebecca  Wakefield.  Children 
of  James  and  Rebecca  Wakefield:  i.  James, 
married,  December  18,  1719,  Mary  Darrell. 
2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3.  Kezia,  mar- 
ried. May  27,  1724,  Philip  Durrell,  Jr.  4. 
Nathaniel,  married,  1730.  Hannah  Emmons. 
5.  Samuel,  married,  about  1736,  Ruth  God- 
frey. 6.  Gibbons,  was  with  brothers  John  and 
Nathaniel  in  the  expedition  against  Rasle  in 
August,  1724. 

(III)  John  Wakefield,  son  of  James  Wake- 
field (2),  was  born  probably  at  Saco,  Maine, 
in  1700.  Married,  May  27,  1724,  Elizabeth 
Durrell,  of  Arundel,  now  Kennebunkport. 
He  was  a  resident  of  Kennebunk,  and  prev- 
ious to  the  building  of  the  new  meeting  house 
in  1750  meetings  were  held  at  his  house.  He 
was  one  of  a  committee  to  engage  Rev.  Dan- 
iel Little,  who  was  called  as  the  minister,  .Au- 
gust 25,  1750.  Children:  I.  John,  born  April 
16,  1725,  mentioned  below.  '  2.  Gibbons,  born 
March  7,  1726-27,  married.  November  13, 
1756.  Mary  Goodwin.  3.  Elizabeth,  born 
August  20.  1730,  died  October  7,  1736.  4. 
Rachel,  born  June  24,  1733,  married,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1752,  Nicholas  Bunnell.  5.  James, 
born  May  7.  1736,  married,  July  i,  1756,  Ali- 
riam  Burbank.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  April  14, 
1740,  married,  February  20,  1701,  Jonathan 
Taylor.  7.  Jacob,  born  July  26,  1742,  died 
August  10,  1742.  8.  Isaiah,  born  December 
29,  1743.  married,  September  9,  1765,  Susan- 
na Fiske. 

(IV)  John  Wakefield,  son  of  John  Wake- 
field (3),  was  born  in  Wells  or  Kennebunk, 
Maine,  April  16,  1725.  Married,  1748,  Ruth 
Cousins,  daughter  of  Ichabod  and  Ruth 
(Cole)  Cousins.  She  was  born  October  19, 
1731.  Wakefield  was  a  soldier  in  King 
George's  war  and  a  member  of  the  company 
of  Colonel  John  Storer  in  the  Louisburg 
seige  in  1745.  In  1746-47  the  vessel  in  which 
the  Wells  and  Arundel  troops  were  being 
transported  to  .Annapolis  was  cast  away  on 
Mount  Desert  in  a  snow  storm  and  seventy 
or  eighty  men  perished,  but  Wakefield  and 
three  others  survived,  after  enduring  great 
suffering,  there  being  no  house  on  the  island. 
They  built  a  boat  of  such  material  as  they 
could  find.  With  a  gun  and  some  ammuni- 
tion saved  from  the  wreck  they  managed  to 
kill  some  water  fowl  for  food.  Part  of  them 
embarked  on  the  frail  craft  they  had  built  and 
succeeded  in  landing  at  Townsend  and  a  boat 
was  sent  to  take     off    the    other    survivors. 


Wakefield  was  one  of  the  original  members 
of  the  Second  Congregational  Church  founded 
in  Wells,  June  14,  1750.  He  died  intestate 
and  his  widow  Ruth  was  appointed  adminis- 
tratrix, October  6,  1792.  The  estate  was  di- 
vided at  Wells,  October  26,  1793. 

John  Cousins,  ancestor  of  his  wife,  was 
born  in  England,  1596,  settled  at  Westcustogo, 
now  North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  and  lived  on 
an  island  near  the  mouth  of  Royal  river,  still 
called  by  his  name,  purchased  of  Richard 
\  ines.  His  son,  Thomas  Cousins,  was  an  in- 
habitant of  Wells  before  1670;  his  grandson, 
Ichabod  Cousins,  son  of  Thomas,  married, 
July  28,  1714,  Ruth  Cole,  of  Kennebunk,  and 
their  daughter  Ruth  was  born  October  19, 
1731.  and  married  John  Wakefield,  as  stated. 
Children:  1.  Jacob,  married.  September  ly, 
178*).  Hannah  Hill.  2.  John,  born  about 
1751.  3.  Nicholas,  married.  May  5,  1752, 
Lydia  Wakefield.  4.  Israel,  married,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1772,  Sarah  Goodwin,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Goodwin.  5.  Ezekiel,  born  about 
1757,  mentioned  below.  6.  Susanna,  mar- 
ried, June  29,  1774,  Jacob  Blaisdell.  7.  Kath- 
erine,  married.  January  10.  1789.  8.  Ruth, 
married  (intentions  dated  November  14), 
1795,  Frederick  Wakefield. 

{\')  Ezekiel  Wakefield,  son  of  John  Wake- 
field (4),  was  born  in  Kennebunk.  Maine, 
about  1757.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, sergeant  in  the  company  of  Captain 
Jesse  Dorman,  Colonel  James  Scammon, 
from  May  12,  1775,  until  winter.  He  mar- 
ried, November  6,  1779,  Hannah  Larrabee. 
Children:  i.  John.  2.  Ezekiel,  born  about 
1784,  married.  November  24,  181 1,  Phebe 
Taylor.  3.  Stephen,  born  1793,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Eunice.  5.  Hannah,  married,  No- 
vember 2,  1806.  Theodore  Goodwin,  of  .'Al- 
fred. 6.  Mary,  married,  April  11,  1805,  Jona- 
than Parsons.     7.  Joshua. 

(^T)  Stephen  Wakefield,  son  of  Ezekiel 
Wakefield  (5).  was  born  at  Kennebunk.  in 
T793.  resided  at  Alfred.  Maine,  and  South 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died  in 
1876.  He  married  Ruth  Wakefield,  daugh- 
ter of  Frederick  and  Ruth  (Wakefield)  Wake- 
field. Her  father  was  the  son  of  John,  grand- 
son of  Ezekiel  (5)  (q.  v.).  Children,  born  at 
.Alfred:  i.  Mary,  born  .August  5.  1825.  mar- 
ried. November  23,  1845.  Theophilus  Rund- 
lett  Prescott,  born  .September  6,  1823,  resided 
in  South  Boston,  where  she  died  1903.  2. 
Frederick,  born  June  15,  1828,  married  (first) 
Hannah  Julia  Candage,  and  had  one  son. 
William  (^..  of  .Maiden;  married  (second) 
Clara  Brewer,  and  had  one  son.  Frank  Pack- 


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ard.  now  of  Melrose,  Alassachusetts;  mar- 
ried (third)  Mary  H.  Clapp.  I-"rederick  died 
in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  1904.  3.  Ezekiel, 
born  October.  1830,  died  in  Alfred,  Maine, 
in  the  fall  of  1849.  4.  Emily,  born  in  Alfred, 
Maine,  1834,  married  David  L.  McGregor, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Louisa,  born  1837,  re- 
sides at  Somerville.  6.  Hannah  Jane,  born 
1840,  twin  of  Ruth  A.,  married  William  Bur- 
ton, twin  brother  of  John  Burton,  one  child, 
Louis  William  Burton,  who  is  married  and 
has  a  daughter,  Cora  Belle;  resides  in  Los 
Angeles,  California.  7.  Ruth  A.,  born  1840, 
twin  of  Hannah  Jane,  married  John  Burton, 
twin  brother  of  William  Burton;  children: 
Susan  F.,  unmarried:  Nellie  Jane,  married 
John  Tatten.  They  reside  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts. 

(VH)  Emily  Wakefield,  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen Wakefield  (6),  married  David  L.  Mc 
Gregor.     (See  sketch). 


The  Butters  family  is  of 
BLTTTERS  Scotch  origin  and  the  ancient 
seat  of  the  family  was  Perth- 
shire. We  find  the  name  Buter  and  Butor  in 
the  Domesday  Book  of  William  the  Conquer- 
or, in  1086.  The  name  of  Buttar  appears  fre- 
quently among  the  followers  of  Robert  Bruce 
in  the  thirteenth  century.  The  Scotch  coat  of 
arms  is :  Argent,  a  cross  sable,  between  four 
men's  hearts  proper.  Crest.  On  a  wreath  two 
arms  issuant  from  clouds  drawing  a  bow,  with 
an  arrow  paleway,  all  ppr.  The  name  in  Scot- 
land was  spelled  Butter  or  Buttar,  the  "s" 
having  been  added  by  later  generations. 

Three  immigrants  of  this  name  are  found  in 
•early  Massachusetts  Records.  John  Butter  is 
mentioned  but  once,  as  appraiser  of  an  estate 
in  1655.  Isaac  Butter  was  on  a  list  of  freemen 
in  1666,  resident  of  Medfield.  Of  these  two 
nothing  more  appears  on  the  records  and  noth- 
ing more  is  known.  Tradition  has  it  that  they 
were  brothers  of  the  William  Butter,  mention- 
ed below,  and  that  one  of  them  was  captured 
by  Indians,  escaped  and  returned  to  Scotland ; 
ithe  other  went  away. 

(I)  William  Butters  (Butter)  was  born 
about  1630  in  Scotland.  Many  Scotch  prison- 
ers were  sent  to  Massachusetts  by  Cromwell 
after  his  victories  against  the  king,  but  no 
record  appears  to  indicate  when  Butters  came, 
lie  was  in  Woburn  prior  to  i6fi6  when  his 
name  appears  on  the  tax  roll,  .\fter  that  his 
name  appears  regularly  in  the  tax  rolls.  He 
■was  one  of  twenty  men  granted  one  hundred 


acres  of  land  February  23,  1675,  by  the  town 
of  Woburn.  This  tract  was  on  the  farther 
side  of  Maple  Meadow  river.  In  February, 
1678,  he  was  one  of  forty-four  men  granted 
seven  acres  each  in  the  same  place. 

The  land  records  of  Woburn  in  1674  show 
that  Butters  then  owned  a  dwelling  house, 
barn  and  out-buildings  with  nineteen  acres  of 
land  in  the  region  known  as  Boggy  Meadow 
Field,  seven  acres  being  formerly  owned  by 
Isaac  Brooks ;  the  other  twelve  purchased  of 
Joseph  Carter.  He  owned  various  other  lots 
in  the  neighborhood  amounting  altogether  to 
sixty-one  acres. 

He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war,  en- 
listing August,  1676,  in  Captain  Joseph  Syll's 
company,  and  took  part  in  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant fights,  at  Cocheco  (Dover),  Septem- 
laer  4,  1676.  Major  Richard  Waldron,  of 
Dover,  planned  a  sham  battle  with  the  friendly 
Indians  of  the  vicinity,  and  after  the  Indians 
had  emptied  their  guns  in  good  faith,  they  were 
seized  by  Captain  Syll  and  his  company.  Three 
hundred  Indians  were  taken  to  Boston  where 
six  were  hanged  on  Boston  Common ;  the 
remainder  were  sent  to  the  Bermudas  and  sold 
as  slaves !  The  Indians  partly  avenged  the 
treachery  of  Major  Waldron  thirteen  years 
later  by  capturing  him  by  artifice  and  tortur- 
ing him  to  death.  The  facts  of  the  case  seem  to 
justify  any  torture  that  the  relatives  of  the  In- 
dians couid  devise.  Nothing  tnore  barbarous 
than  the  selling  of  friendly  Indians  taken  by 
treachery  can  be  found  in  history. 

P>utters  married  Mbry .     He  died  at 

Woburn,    November    13,    1692.      She   married 

(  second ) Stratton.  They  had  one  child, 

William,  born  1665,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  William  Butters,  son  of  W^illiam  But- 
ters ( I ) .  was  born  in  that  part  of  North  Wo- 
burn called  Boggy  Meadow  End.  His  name 
was  first  on  the  tax  rolls  in  1687,  or  rather  his 
father  paid  taxes  for  two  that  year  and  there- 
after the  son  was  a  regular  taxpayer.  He  was 
a  town  ofificer  of  Wilmington  early,  being  a 
selectman  in  1 73 1.  He  was  on  the  committee 
to  arrange  the  settlement  of  Rev.  Ward  Cotton 
as  minister  of  the  new  church  at  Wilmington, 
July  6,  1732.  He  added  to  his  estate  by  pur- 
chase of  H.  Sommers  land  adjoining  his  farm 
June  9,  1716.  He  married,  about  1687,  Re- 
becca   ,  who  was  admitted  by  letter  into 

the  church  of  \\'ilmington.  ]\Iarch  16.  1734, 
five  months  after  the  church  was  organized, 
and  he  was  baptized  and  admitted  to  the  same 
church  October  i,  1738.  He  died  February- 
9,  1746,  aged  alxiut  eighty  years,  according  to 


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his  grave-stone  in  the  old  cemetery  near  the 
Church  of  Christ.  Wilmington.  According  to 
probate  records  he  died  April  28,  1745.  The 
will  was  dated  October  25,  1733;  sons  Samuel 
and  William  Butters,  executors.  Children:  I. 
William,  born  September  18,  1689,  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1689.  2.  William,  May  24,  1691, 
died  171 1.  3.  Rebecca,  October  10,  1693,  died 
1696.  4.  Lydia,  June  11,  1695.  5.  Rebecca, 
August  30,  1698.  6.  Samuel,  June  21,  1703, 
mentioned  below.  7.  Mary,  July  28,  1705.  8. 
John,  October  22,  1708,  probably  the  infant 
who  died  171 1.     11.  William,  April  8,  171 1. 

(III)  Samuel  Butters,  son  of  William  But- 
ters (2),  was  born  in  Woburn,  June  21,  1703. 
He  resided  in  Goshen,  now  Wilmington,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  took  an  interest  early  in  the 
town  affairs  of  Woburn ;  was  a  petitioner  for 
the  adjustment  of  the  church  relations  in  1725, 
and  July  18,  1728,  for  the  division  of  the  town. 
He  had  a  saw  mill  which  he  conducted  in  con- 
nection with  his  farming,  and  he  acquired 
much  timber  land,  especially  the  valuable  cedar 
swamps,  Lebanon  and  Ladder  Pole.  In  1742 
he  purchased  the  interest  of  James  Baldwin  in 
lands  and  saw  mill.  He  lived  in  what  is  known 
as  the  Garrison  House,  still  standing  in  Wil- 
mington, or  recently  standing.  His  will  was 
dated  March  i,  1774,  Joshua  Sinionds,  execu- 
tor. 

He  married,  January  20,  1726,  Sarah  Ja- 
quith,  born  March  8,  1703,  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham and  Sarah  (Jones)  Jaquith,  early  settlers 
of  Wilmington.  She  was  baptized  and  admit- 
ted to  the  Church  of  Christ,  February  2.  1752. 
and  he  died  November,  1788.  Qiildren :  t. 
Sarah,  born  November  4,  1726.  2.  Hannah, 
.September  19,  1727.  3.  Samuel,  November 
30,  1728,  mentioned  below.  4.  Reuben,  No- 
vember 17,  1729.  5.  Mary,  March  i,  1730.  6. 
John.  .April  26,  1732.  7.  Rebecca,  .\pril  12, 
'1736. 

(IV)  Samuel  Butters,  son  of  Samuel  But- 
ters (3),  was  born  in  Wilmington,  November 
30,  1728.  He  received  from  his  father  a  home- 
stead of  one  hundred  acres,  lying  east  of  and 
adjoining  that  of  his  brother  John.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  and  marched  on  the 
Le.xington  alarm,  April  19,  1775,  in  Captain 
Freeborn  Moulton"s  company  of  minute-men 
of  Monson,  Colonel  Donelson's  regiment.  On 
November  5,  1764,  he  was  commissioned  by 
Harrison  Gray,  the  treasurer  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Province,  to  collect  taxes,  as  con- 
stable of  the  town  of  Wilmington.  He  died 
May  7,  1793.  He  married,  April  13,  1749, 
Keziah  Dana,  of  Medford.     She  was  admitted 


to  the  Wilmington  Church,  May  5,  1751,  and 
she  died  July  15,  1759.  Samuel  Butters  was 
admitted  to  the  church  August  12,  1759.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Samuel,  born  November  15,  1749.  2. 
Keziah,  September  14,  175 1,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 6,  175 1,  married  James  Hay  ward,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1 77 1.  3.  Ann,  March  15,  1754.  4. 
Sarah,  February  15,  1756,  died  young.  5. 
Joseph,  May  23,  17^8,  mentioned  below.  Chil- 
dren of  Samuel  and  his  second  wife  Ruth, 
widow  of  Daniel  Killam,  whom  he  married 
October  7,  1762,  and  who  died  April  28,  1828: 
6.  Ruth,  May  22,  1763.  7.  Sarah  D.,  March  2, 
1765.  8.  Jonathan,  January  26,  1767.  9. 
David,  April  26,  1769,  died  unmarried  1804. 
10.  Loammi,  November  2,  1773.  11.  Rebecca, 
August    18,   1776. 

(V)  Joseph  Butters,  son  of  Samuel  Butters 
(4),  was  born  in  Wilmington,  M'ay  23,  1758. 
He  was  baptized  May  28,  1758,  in  Christ 
Church,  Wilmington.  He  died  before  his 
father.  He  lived  for  some  time  with  his 
brother  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  Captain  Wright's 
company.  Colonel  Enoch  Hales's  regiment,  of 
New  Hampshire.  He  died  May  7,  1793.  He 
married,  March  20,  1783,  Lydia  Carter,  born 
September  21,  1755,  daughter  of  Ezra  and 
Lydia  (Jenkins)  Carter,  of  Wilmington.  His 
wife  was  admitted  to  the  church  at  Wilming- 
ton, November  9,  1791,  and  died  May  12,  1849, 
aged  ninety-four  years.  Children:  i.  Lydia, 
born  September  19,  1785,  died  unmarried 
April  12,  1844.  2.  Joseph,  December  7,  1786, 
mentioned  below.    3.  Samuel,  August  19,  1790. 

(VI)  Joseph  Butters,  Jr.,  son  of  Joseph 
Butters  (5),  was  born  in  Wilmington,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1786.  He  bought  the  Kendall  farm  of 
sevent}'  acres  located  in  Burlington  about  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  center  of  that  town 
and  two  miles  fromi  the  Wilmington  line,  on 
the  main  road  from  Boston  to  Lowell ;  re- 
moved the  old  buildings  and  built  a  substantial 
house  and  barn.  Four  generations  have  lived 
in  this  house  at  one  time.  He  died  before  this, 
but  it  included  his  mother  who  lived  to  the  age 
of  ninety-three,  her  son  .Samuel,  grandson 
Charles  and  his  sons  Charles  S.  and  George 
W.,  great-grandchildren.  Also  in  the  year 
1907  four  generations  were  there :  Olive  Susan 
Butters,  Giarles  S.  Butters,  Charles  M.  But- 
ters and  Madaline  Olive  Butters.  He  married. 
May  28,  181 2,  Asenath  Carter,  daughter  of 
Jonas  and  Phebe  Carter.  Tlie  old  home  of  this 
family  of  Carter  is  still  standing  in  the  north 
of  Burlington  and  occupied  by  Stephen  Carter, 
a  descendant.     She  died  October  10.  1818,  in 


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the  twenty-fifth  year  of  her  age.     This  verse 
is  inscribed  on  her  gravestone : 

"Left  to  bemoan  her  earthly  death, 
That  she  so  soon  resigned  her  breath, 
In  bloom  of  life,  then,  she  most  die. 
In  death's  cold  arms  they  now  must  lie." 

Joseph  married  (second),  December  31, 
1818,  Sally  Gowing,  born  October  15,  1784, 
•daughter  of  Jabez  and  Sat'ah  Gowing,  of  Wil- 
mington. She  died  July  26,  1863.  He  died 
Aygvist  31,  1839.  Children  of  Joseph  and 
Asenath  Butters:  i.  Joseph,  born  October  29. 
1814.  2.  Daughter,  September  30,  died  in  Oc- 
tober, 1818,  and  buried  in  same  grave  with 
mother.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Sally  Butters  : 

3.  Charles,  December   i,   1819,  mentioned  be- 
low.    4.  Cyrus,  February  5,  1823. 

(VID  Charles  Butters,  son  of  Joseph 
Butters  (6),  was  born  in  Burlington,  Decem- 
ber I,  1819.  He  succeeded  after  the  death  of 
his  father  to  the  homestead  and  followed  the 
■  occupation  of  farmer  there  all  his  active  life. 
He  was  appointed  administrator  of  the  es- 
tate of  his  grandmother,  Lydia  (Carter)  But- 
ters. The  Baldwin  apple  originated  on  the 
old  Butters  homestead  in  Wilmington.  It 
was  first  known  as  the  Butters  apple,  then  as 
the  Pecker  or  woodpecker  apple  and  finally, 
from  Colonel  Loammi  Baldwin,  who  projia- 
gated  many  grafts  from  the  Butters  tree,  it 
was  known  as  the  Ijaldwin,  undoubtedly  the 
most  valuable  apple  known  to  horticulturists. 
There  are  many  claimants  to  the  discovery 
of  this  apple  in  the  vicinity;  many  had  grafts 
before  Colonel  Baldwin  who  deserves  no  es- 
pecial credit  for  discovering  an  apple  that 
was  well  known  before  he  ever  saw  the  tree 
and  the  evidence  seems  conclusive  that  the 
original  tree  was  transplanted  to  its  final  lo- 
cation of  the  Butters  farm  by  William  But- 
ter. It  was  originally  a  seedling  growing  near 
the  house  of  his  son  James. 

Charles  Butters  married,  September  3. 
1843,  Olive  Susan  Brown,  born  May  7,  1822. 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Betsey  (Tuttle^ 
Brown,  of  Carlisle.  Massachusetts,  and 
granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Brown, 
of  Concord.  Butters  died  October  28.  1879. 
Children:  i.  Charles  S.,  born  July  22,  1844, 
mentioned  below.  2.  George  W.,  bom  May 
II).  1847,  mentioned  below.  3.  Susan  M., 
horn    November   16.   1852.  mentioned  below. 

4.  Horace    ]'>..    l)i)ni    Alarch    17,    1861,    men- 
tioned below. 

(VTTI)  Charles  Sumner  Butters,  son  of 
Charles  Butters  (7),  was  born  in  Burlington, 
Julv  22.  1844.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Warren  .\cad- 


eniy.  He  worked  on  the  farm  of  his  father 
in  summer  and  attended  school  in  winter  un- 
til he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.  when  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  clerk  in  a  provision 
store  on  ^lain  street,  Charlestown.  He  was 
there  two  years,  then  he  went  to  East  Cam- 
bridge as  clerk  in  a  market  and  by  thrift  and 
industry  acquired  an  interest  in  the  business. 
After  four  years  he  sold  out  and  bought  a 
provision  route  in  Boston  and  conducted  it 
sixteen  years,  residing  meanwhile  in  East 
Cambridge.  In  January,  1883,  he  added  to 
his  business  by  opening  a  market  in  Union 
Square,  Somerville,  and  in  1887,  by  another 
at  the  corner  of  Elm  and  Porter  street  and 
another  at  Davis  Square  in  West  Somerville. 
.At  the  present  time  he  has  the  market  at  Un- 
ion Square  and  the  Elm  street  store.  He  re- 
moved to  Somerville  in  June,  1872,  and  has 
lived  there  since.  He  owns  the  homestead  at 
Burlington  also,  spends  his  summers  there 
and  carries  on  the  farm,  which  is  a  very  at- 
tractive estate.  Mr.  Butters  has  been  very 
prominent  in  various  fraternal  orders.  He 
became  an  Odd  Fellow  in  East  Cambridge 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Encampment. 
He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Honor  and  of  the  New  England 
Order  of  Protection:  of  the  United  Order  of 
Workmen.  He  belongs  to  the  John  Abbott 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons;  Somerville  Royal 
Arch  Chapter  and  Coeur  de  Lion  Command- 
ery.  Knights  Templar.  He  has  been  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Somerville  Co-operative  Bank 
since  its  organization.  He  is  Republican  in 
politics  and  has  served  two  years  in  the  com- 
mon council  of  Somerville.  He  is  an  active 
and  earnest  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  is  treasurer  of  the  board  of 
stewards,  serving  more  then  twenty-five 
years,  superintendent  of  Sunday  school  and 
assistant  for  over  twelve  years. 

He  married.  October  3,  1871,  Eunice  A. 
Stahl,  daughter  of  Captain  Aaron  and  Mary 
(Winchenliaugh)  Stahl,  of  Waldoboro, 
Alaine.  The  children  of  Captain  Aaron  and 
Mary  Stahl  were:  Aaron,  Melissa,  Eunice  A., 
mentioned  above;  Augusta,  Charles,  Hud- 
son, who  resides  at  Dutch  Neck,  Waldoboro; 
Linda,  and  five  children  who  died  young,  all 
born  at  Waldoboro,  a  German  settlement  in 
Maine,  descendants  of  the  first  settler,  John 
Stahl,  of  Revolutionary  days.  Children  of 
Charles  S.  and  Eunice' A.  Butters:  i.  Ger- 
trude Emma,  born  July  30,  1872,  died  May 
19,  1874.  2.  Carrie  A.,  born  December  16, 
1873,  mentioned  below.     3.  Charles  AI.,  born 


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543 


.September  lo.  1878,  educated  in  the  Somer- 
ville  public  and  high  schools  and  the  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology  with  the  civ- 
il engineering  degree:  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States  government  for  the  past  four 
years  at  Colon  on  the  Isthmian  canal:  married 
Addie  W'inchenbaugh:  child,  Aladaline  O., 
born  April  25,  1905.  4.  Harold  A.,  bom  at 
Somerville,  September  29,  1883,  educated  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  there:  now  asso- 
ciated with  his  father  in  business:  married 
Bessie  Priestley.  5.  George  W.,  born  at 
Somerville,  August  20,  1887,  educated  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  there.  6.  Joseph  H.. 
born  at  Somerville,  June  2,  1892. 

(IX)  Caroline  A.  Butters,  daughter  of 
Charles  S.  Butters  (8),  was  born  at  Somer- 
ville, December  16.  1873.  She  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  and  high  schools,  graduat- 
ing with  honors,  and  at  the  Emerson  College. 
She  taught  six  years  in  the  Moody  Training 
School  at  Xorthfield,  Massachusetts,  physical 
culture,  elocution  and  Bible  study.  She  is  at 
present  doing  missionary  work  in  the  Dor- 
chester section  of  the  city  of  Boston,  Congre- 
gationalist  Society. 

(VIII)  George  \V.  Butters,  son  of  Charles 
Butters  (7),  was  born  in  Burlington,  May  19, 
1847.  He  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion there,  supplemented  by  a  course  at  War- 
ren .\cademy,  Woburn.  Leaving  home  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  work  in  the 
Paneuil  Hall  Slarket  of  Boston.  After  a  few 
years  there  he  left  to  enter  business  on  his 
own  account  in  Cambridge.  In  1891  he  went 
to  Everett  where  he  carried  on  a  provision 
business,  and  in  1892  removed  finally  to  Som- 
erville where  he  entered  the  employ  of  his 
brother,  Charles  S.  Butters.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Putnam  Lodge  of  Free  Masons  of 
East  Cambridge:  of  the  New  England  Order 
of  Protection,  No.  4:  of  the  Odd  Fellows 
and  of  New  England  Encampment,  No.  34; 
of  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah:  was  a  charter 
member  of  Cambridge  Lodge,  No.  191, 
Knights  of  Honor.  He  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  United  Lodge,  No.  10,  Knights  and 
Ladies  of  Honor.  He  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Prospect  Hill  Congregational 
Church  and  active  in  the  Sunday  school.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first),  October  27,  1872,  Ella 
P.  Grendell,  born  March  11,  1852.  daughter 
of  James  and  Elizabeth  Grendell,  of  South 
Boston.  She  died  July  10,  1873,  leaving  no 
issue.  He  married  (second),  October  30, 
1880,  Maria  E.  Bennett,  daughter  of  James 
H.  and  Frances  .\.  (Christian)  Bennett.     She 


is  a  member  of  the  Prospect  Hill  Congrega- 
tional Church,  and  an  officer  in  Winter  Hill 
Lodge,  Knights  and  Ladies  of  Honor,  Som- 
erville. Children:  i.  Maude  Ella,  born  Au- 
gust 5,  1881,  graduate  of  the  Somerville  pub- 
lic and  high  schools;  class  of  1899  in  the  Lat- 
in high  school;  now  a  teacher  of  commercial 
branches  in  the  Westerly  (Rhode  Island) 
high  school.  2.  Ruth  Gertrude,  born  Janu- 
ary 27,  1888;  graduate  of  the  Somerville  Lat- 
in high  school,  1905;  now  a  student  in  Tufts 
College,  class  of  1909. 

(Vni)  Susan  Maria  Butters,  daughter  of 
Charles  Butters  (7),  was  born  in  Burlington 
November  16,  1852.  She  was  educated  in 
the  public  school  of  her  native  town  and  at 
Warren  .Academy.  Woburn.  She  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Congregational  church  at  Burl- 
ington, October  6,  1867.  She  married,  April 
29,  1880,  John  E.  Bull,  born  at  Harvard, 
Massachusetts,  November  17,  1850,  son  of 
Sidney  Haskell  and  Mercy  Whitcomb  (Saw- 
yer) Bull.  Mr.  Bull  removed  to  Carlisle  in 
1870  where  he  engaged  in  business.  He  has 
a  flourishing  dry  goods  store  at  Billerica. 
Since  the  age  of  twenty  whef  hf  joined  the 
Congregational  church  at  Harvard  he  has 
been  an  active  christian  worker;  was  for  four- 
teen years  the  superintendent  of  the  Carlisle 
Sunday  school,  and  in  1890  was  elected  dea- 
con of  the  Carlisle  Congregational  church. 
He  was  elected  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school  soon  after  going  to  Billerica.  He 
held  the  office  of  town  clerk  of  Carlisle  ten 
years.  Children:  i.  Everett  E.,  born  October 
14,  1882,  graduate  of  the  Howe  school  and 
Bryant  and  Stratton  Business  College  of  Bos- 
ton, now  with  his  father  in  business.  2.  Wilbur 
S.,  born  February  3,  1888,  graduate  of  Howe 
School,  student  at  Dartmouth  College,  class 
of  1910. 

(Vni)  Horace  B.  Butters,  son  of  Charles 
Butters  (7),  born  March  17,  1861,  is  em- 
ployed by  his  brother,  Charles  S.  Butters. 
He  married,  September  28,  1887,  Hattie  L. 
Carter,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Charlotte 
(Reed)   Carter,  of  Burlington. 


Isaac  Anthoine  came  to  Bos- 
ANTHOINE     ton  about   1715.     He  seems 

to  have  been  of  French  ori- 
gin and  as  his  son  married  an  .Armington  from 
the  Isle  of  Guernsey,  it  is  a  fair  presumption 
that  he  was  one  of  the  French  Huguenot  refu- 
gees who  left  France  and  took  refuge  in  the 
Isle  of  Guernsey  before  coming  to  America. 
The    Anthanies,    or    .\nthoines,    as    the    name 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


should  be  spelled,  went  to  Alarblehead  with 
other  French  families  which  will  be  mentioned 
below.  As  a  shipping  port  Alftrblehead  seems 
to  have  been  intimately  connected  with  Boston 
at  this  particular  period.  He  married  JMercy 
Mercy,  born  November  4,  1715.  2.  Nicholas, 
mentioned  below.     3.  Jane,  married  at  Boston 

.      Their   children    appear    to    be:      i. 

(intentions  July  4,  171 1)  John  Newton. 

(II)  Nicholas  Anthoine,  son  or  brother  of 
Isaac  Anthoine  ( i ) ,  of  Boston,  was  born  about 
1700.  He  married,  in  Boston,  September  11, 
1722,  Rachel  Armington,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Armington,  who  came  to  America  in  1714 
from  the  Isle,  located  at  Boston,  returned  to 
Guernsey  the  year  following  and  died  there. 
His  son,  Joseph  Armington,  Jr.,  removed  to 
Reholxith  later.  Nicholas  Anthoine  died  about 
1730,  and  his  widow  Rachel  married  (second) 
Philip  Bisson  (intention  May  22),  October 
22,  1736.  He  was  of  a  Marblehead  family 
also,  and  undoubtedly  of  French  Huguenot 
ancestry.  The  ingenious  and  illiterate  took 
full  advantage  of  this  name,  spelling  it  a  dozen 
different  ways — Besom,  Bessom,  Besum,  Be- 
sune,  Bezoon,  Bezune,  Besson,  Bisson,  the  last 
probably  the  proper  way.  It  should  be  said 
that  the  name  of  Nicholas  was  from  the  Arm- 
ingtons ;  also  Philip,  from  both  Armingtons 
and  Bessons.  Philip  Bisson,  son  of  the  above 
Philip  Bisson,  died  at  Marblehead  in  1797, 
aged  sixty-six,  and  Richard,  presumably  an- 
other son,  died  at  Marblehead  in  1812,  aged 
eighty-four  years.  Children  of  Nicholas  and 
Rachel  ./^nthoine :  i.  Nicholas,  born  at  Boston, 
June  21,  1723,  died  young.  2.  Nicholas,  June 
18,  1726.  3.  John,  March  3,  1728,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Anna,  married  at  Marblehead.  5. 
Joseph,  married  at  Marblehead,  1776,  Mary 
Gotta.     6.  Lydia. 

(III)  John  Anthoine,  son  of  Nicholas 
.Anthoine  (2),  was  born  in  Boston,  March  3, 
1728.  He  went  to  Marblehead  with  the  Bissons 
after  his  mother's  second  marriage.  He  mar- 
ried there  (first),  December  3,  1755,  Ann 
Hawks,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (New- 
comb)  Hawks,  who  were  married  in  Boston, 
October  15,  1723.  He  married  (second)  Re- 
bekah  Le  Gross  or  Le  Grow,  .April  21,  1768, 
the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rebekah  LeGross. 
.She  was  baptized  at  Marblehead,  .August  4, 
1743.  Anthoine  or  his  son  John  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolution,  a  drummer  in  Captain  Wil- 
liam Bacon's  company.  Colonel  John  Glover's 
regiment,  in  1775.  Later  in  1777  he  was  drum- 
mer and  armorer  on  the  brigantine  "Free- 
dom," Captain  John  Qouston,  enlisting  Feb- 
ruary  4,   and    serving   until    August   -|,    1777. 


Children  :  i.  Anna,  baptized  November  7,  1756, 
died  young.  2.  John,  baptized  October  22, 
1758,  married  (intentions  November  5),  1785, 
Mary  Loves.  3.  Nicholas,  born  1761.  4. 
Rachel,  baptized  December  5,  1762.  Child  of 
John  and  Rebecca :  5.  Anna,  born  July  16,. 
1769.  ^ 

(IV)  Nicholas  Anthoine,  son  of  John 
Anthoine  (3),  was  born  at  Marblehead,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1761.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  in  the  company  of  Captain  John 
Reed,  regiment  of  Samuel  McCobb  from  Oc- 
tober I,  to  December  i,  1781.  This  company 
was  raised  for  the  defence  of  Eastern  Massa- 
chusetts and  he  was  at  Falmouth  part  of  the 
time.  He  married  .Anna  Pettingill.  Children  : 
I.  John,  born  1788.  2.  Daniel,  1790.  3.  -Amos,. 
1792.  4.  John,  1794,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Daniel,  1796.  6.  Nicholas,  1798.  7.  .Anna, 
1800.     8.  Rachel,  1803.    9.  Patience,  1806. 

(\')  John  Anthoine,  son  of  Nicholas 
Anthoine  (4),  was  born  in  1794.    He  married 

Oilman.      He    resided    at    Windham, 

Maine.  Children:  i.  William.  2.  Isaiah.  3. 
Joseph.  4.  Alfred.  5.  Ambrose,  died  during 
the  service  in  the  Civil  war.  6.  Amos.  7. 
John  Oilman,  born  April  2,  1840.  8.  Lewis. 
9.  Caroline,  died  young. 

(VI)  John  Oilman  Anthoine,  son  of  John 
Anthoine  (5),  was  born  in  Windham,  Maine, 
April  2,  1840.  and  died  at  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  7,  1904.  He  married  (first) 
]\Iary  .Adelaide  Jordan.  He  married  (second), 
July  21,  1894,  Elizabeth  Lowell  Stoddard, 
who  was  torn  in  Boston,  January  22,  1867, 
daughter  of  Eugene  Bonaparte  and  Caroline 
.Amelia  (Lowell)  Stoddard.  (See  sketch  of 
Stoddard  family).  Child  of  John  G.  and 
Mary  .A.  .Anthoine :  William  Jordan  .Anthoine, 
now  the  proprietor  of  the  .American  Leather 
Goods  Company  of  Charlestown.  He  married 
Bertha  O.  Sawyer,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Doris  .Adelaide. 


John  Stoddard,  the  immi- 
STODDARD     grant    ancestor,    was    born 

in  England,  and  before 
1638,  when  he  was  a  planter  and  proprietor 
at  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  settled  in  that 
town.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  18, 
1642,  and  his  residence  was  given  as  of  Hull 
where  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  and  pro- 
prietors, but  he  returned  to  Hingham.  He 
died  December  19.  1661.  ?Iis  will  proved 
Januar\-  31.  t66t,  bequeathed  to  sons  John, 
Daniel  and  .Samuel;  daughter  Hannah,  wife 
of   Gershom   Wheelock:   grandchildren   John 


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545 


and  Elizabeth  Low.     He  married  Anne ; 

children:  i.  John.  2.  Hannah,  married  Ger- 
shom  Wheelock.  3.  Elizabeth,  married, 
P'ebruary  28,  1649,  John  Low.  4.  Daniel, 
born  in  England  in  1633.  5.  Samuel,  born 
June  14,  1640. 

(II)  Richard  Stoddard,  a  descendant  of 
John  Stoddard  (iK  of  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts,  resided   in    Stoughton,    Alassachusetts. 

He  married  (first) ;  (second),  Jane  Clark. 

Children  of  first  wife:  Josiah,  Richard,  Cath- 
arine, Alary,  Richard.  Child  of  second  wife: 
Eugene  B.,  born  December  25,  1839.  men- 
tioned below. 

(HI)  Eugene  Bonaparte  Stoddard,  son  of 
Richard  Stoddard  (2),  was  born  at  Stough- 
ton, Alassachusetts,  December  25,  1839,  died 
January  i,  1900.  He  married  Caroline  Ame- 
lia Lowell,  bom  August  3,  1841,  daughter  of 
Lieutenant  Henry  G.  and  Elizabeth  (Leavitt) 
Lowell,  and  descended  from  Henry  G.  (8), 
Enoch  (7),  Abner  (6),  Abner  (5),  Gideon  (4), 
Percival  (3),  Richard  (2),  Percival  (i).  Lieu- 
tenant Henry  G.  Lowell  was  born  November 
8,  1812,  and  died  during  the  Civil  war,  July 
24,  1865,  at  Newberne.  North  Carolina,  while 
serving  in  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Reg- 
iment in  which  he  enlisted  September  30, 
1861,  at  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  as 
commissary  sergeant;  re-enlisted  February  6, 
and  mustered  February  28,  as  second  lieuten- 
ant of  Company  L  Enoch  Lowell  (7)  was  a 
matrciss  in  Captain  Abner  Lowell's  company 
at  Falmouth,  Alaine,  in  1776-77.  Air.  Lowell 
was  very  prominent  in  the  Odd  Fellows  and 
Knights  of  Pythias.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth 
Lowell,  born  January  22,  1867,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Alice  Mae,  September  16,  1871, 
married,  June.  1900.  Elijah  H.  Tibbetts, 
reside  at  11  Chandler  street,  Somer- 
ville;  children:  i.  Lowell  Brown  Tibbetts, 
born  June  14,  1901 ;  ii.  Eugene  Gardner  Tib- 
betts, born  October  17,  1902;  iii.  Elizabeth 
Stoddard  Tibbetts,  born  November  18,  1903; 
iv.  Robert  Percival  Tibbetts,  born  April  9, 
1907.  3.  Florence  Parker,  born  March  11, 
1878,  graduate  of  the  Somerville  high  school, 
a  music  teacher. 

(IV)  Elizabeth  Lowell  Stoddard,  daughter 
of  Eugene  Bonaparte  Stoddard  (3),  was  "born 
in  Boston,  January  22,  1867.  She  attended 
the  public  schools  in  her  native  city  and  the 
Dorchester  high  school.  She  went  to  Somer- 
ville with  her  family  in  1884.  From  1895  to 
1899  her  home  was  in  Charlestown.  Since 
1899  she  has  resided  in  Somerville.  She 
married  at  West  Somerville,  July  21,  1894, 
John  Gilman  Anthoine.     (See  sketch  of  An- 

ii-15 


thoine  family.)  Airs.  Anthoine  is  a  member 
of  the  local  lodge  of  Daughters  of  Rebekah. 
Before  her  marriage  she  was  bookkeeper  for 
lier  father  who  was  engaged  in  the  hardware 
business  on  Washington  street,  Boston.  She 
has  devoted  her  attention  in  later  years  en- 
tirely to  music.  For  three  years  she  was  pian- 
ist for  the  Gushing  Concert  Company  which 
toured  New  England  three  years.  She  was 
also  with  the  Cambridge  Young  Alen's  Chris- 
tian Association  orchestra.  She  played  for 
the  classes  of  Mr.  Anthoine  in  1892.  She  is 
a  member  and  attends  the  meetings  of  the 
American  National  Association  of  Masters 
of  Dancing  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
(See  sketch  of  Anthoine  family). 


Henry  Crane,  the  immigrant 
CRANE  ancestor,  was  born  in  England 
in  1621.  He  is  believed  to  be 
the  son  of  Samuel  Crane,  who  was  at  Alount 
Wallaston  (Braintree)  in  1639  and  was  select- 
man of  Braintree  in  1640  on  the  same  board 
with  Stephen  Kinsley,  who  in  1654  was  liv- 
ing at  Dorchester  on  a  farm  adoining  the 
homesteads  of  his  two  sons-in-law,  Henry 
Crane  and  Anthony  Gulliver.  Elizabeth 
Crane,  perhaps  wife  of  Samuel,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Dorchester  church  in  1641.  It  may 
be  assumed  that  from  1641  to  1654  Henry 
Crane  was  living  in  Dorchester  with  his  par- 
ents or  relatives.  He  bought  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  Dorchester, 
September,  1654,  or  earlier,  and  a  road  was 
laid  out  to  his  house  over  Alilton  hill  from 
Braintree  to  Roxbury  through  Dorchester  on 
that  date.  The  road  was  to  the  southwest  of 
his  house  and  followed  the  "old  beaten  waye." 
This  house  was  on  what  is  now  Adams  street 
on  the  north  side  at  East  Milton  at  the  rear 
and  between  the  houses  of  William  Q.  Dex- 
ter and  E.  B.  Andrews.  The  Pierce  house  was 
built  in  front  of  it.  That  section  has  been 
known  as  Crane's  Plain.  He  was  an  iron 
worker  by  trade  and  was  part  owner  of  the 
iron  works.  When  the  general  court  prohib- 
ited the  holding  of  Indians  as  servants  or 
slaves,  he  had  a  man,  woman  and  child  in  his 
service,  and  autograph  letter  from  him  to  the 
general  court  is  to  be  seen  in  the  state  ar- 
chives, (Vol.  30,  page  239)  in  reply  to  an  or- 
der for  him  to  send  away  the  three  Indians. 
It  is  well  phrased  and  written,  asking  for 
more  time  to  carry  out  the  will  of  the  court. 
The  births  of  his  first  two  children  are  not  re- 
corded at  Dorchester.  He  was  a  farmer 
most  of  his  life.     In  1683  he  bought  land  of 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


Moses  Payn,  inn  liolder,  of  South  Boston, 
and  bought  and  sold  varicnis  other  lots  of 
land.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Milton, 
selectman  in  1679-80-81.  and  one  of  the  com- 
mittee in  charge  of  the  meeting  house. 

He  married  (first),  1655.  Tabitha  Kinsley, 
daughter  of  Stephen  Kinsley.  She  died  in 
1681  and  he  married  (second),  1683,  Eliza- 
beth   .  He  died  .March  21,  1709,  at  Mil- 
ton. Children:  i.  Benjamin,  born  1656,  was 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  in  Captain  Johnson's 
company  in  King  Philip's  war  and  was 
wounded  at  the  Narragansett  Swamp,  De- 
cember 19,  1775.  2.  Stephen,  born  1657, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Henry,  Jr.  4.  John, 
born  at  Dorchester,  January  30,  1658-59, 
married,  December  13,  1686,  Hannah  Leon- 
ard; resided  at  Taunton.  5.  Elizabeth,  born 
August    14,    1663,  married   (first),  at    Milton, 

Mav    2},.    1682,   :   (second)    Eleazer   (jil- 

bert,  of  Taunton;  she  died  March  29,  1701.  6. 
Ebenezer,  born  August  6,  1665,  married,  No- 
vember 13,  1689,  Mary  Tolman,  daughter  of 
Thomas,  Jr.  and  Elizabeth  Tolman,  of  Dor- 
chester, granddaughter  of  Thomas,  the  im- 
migrant. Ebenezer  was  in  the  ill-starred 
Phipps'  Expedition  in  1690.  and  was  one  of 
twentv-nine  survivors  of  the  company,  of  sev- 
enty-five who  went  from  Milton,  and  for  his 
services  his  heirs  enjoyed  a  grant  of  land  at 
Dorchester,  Canada,  Worcester  county.  7. 
Mary,  born  November  22,  1666,  married, 
March  28,  i6qo,  Samuel  Hackett,  of  Taun- 
ton. 8.  Mercy,  born  January  i,  1668.  9. 
Samuel,  born  June  8,  1669,  died  September 
14,  1669.  ro.  .\nna,  born  about  1670,  re- 
sided at  Taunton. 

(H)  Stephen  Crane,  son  of  Henry  Crane 
(l),  was  born  about  1657,  at  Dorchester,  now 
Milton,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Milton.  He  married  (first),  July  2,  1676, 
Mary  Denison,  who  was  born  1660,  and  died 
June  17,  1721.  He  married  (second),  Au- 
gust 13,  1723,  Comfort  Belcher,  widow  of 
Samuel  Belcher,  of  Braintree,  Massachusetts. 
His  widow  Comfort  died  at  Milton,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1745.  Children,  born  at  Milton:  I. 
Mary,  born  July,  1680.  2.  Tabitha,  born  Oc- 
tober 7,  1682,  died  November  13,  1682.  3. 
Elizabeth,  born  March  14,  1684,  married. 
January  15,  1718,  Samuel  Fuller.  4.  Samuel, 
born  May  23.  1687.  5.  Zerviah,  born  No- 
vember 30.  1690.  6.  Benjamin,  born  Decem- 
ber 17,  1692,  mentioned  below. 

(HI")  Benjamin  Crane,  son  of  Stephen 
Crane  (2),  was  born  at  Milton,  December  17, 
1692.  He  married  .Abigail  Houghton.  His 
hcnise  at   Stilton  was  known  later  as  the  Eli- 


jah Hunt  place.  Hunt  married  Rachel  Crane. 
Benjamin  was  one  of  the  petitioners  with  Na- 
thaniel and  Ebenezer  Houghton  and  Ebenez- 
er Tucker  to  have  their  farms  annexed  to 
Braintree.  Only  two  acres  of  Crane's  farm 
were  in  Milton  in  which  his  house  was  lo- 
cated. The  act  was  passed  in  1754.  Crane 
was  appointed  keeper  of  the  work-house  De- 
cember 12,   1754.     Children,  born  at  Milton: 

I.  Joseph,  February  28,  1724.  2.  Mary,  Jan- 
uary 2}),  1727.  3.  Benjamin,  Jr.,  June  4, 
1728,  mentioned  below.  4.  Abigail,  August 
16,  1729.  5.  Amariah,  March  i,  1731.  6. 
Seth,  July  22,  1732.  7.  Stephen.  May  19, 
1734,  ancestor  of  United  States  Senator  Win- 
throp  Murray  Crane,  through  his  son  Zenas 
Crane,  who  learned  the  trade  of  paper  maker 
at  Milton,  and  established  the  industry  at 
Dalton,    Massachusetts.      8.  Abijah,    August 

II,  1736,  died  July  4,  1737. 

(I\')  Benjamin  Crane,  Jr.,  son  of  Benjamin 
Crane  (3),  was  born  in  Milton,  June  4,  1728. 
He  settled  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Dedham. 
He  married,  December  27,  1750,  at  Milton, 
Patience  \  ose  of  that  town.  She  was  received 
into  the  church  at  Dedham,  April  24,  1757. 
Children,  all  born  and  baptized  at  Dedham:  I. 
John,  born  May  21,  ba])tized  May  27,  1753, 
colonel  in  Continental  army.  2.  Benjamin, 
born  August  31,  1755,  baptized  September  17. 
3.  I'rudence.  baptized  December  4,  1757,  died 
February  14,  1766,  aged  eight.  4.  Abijah, 
born  March  20.  17^11,  baptized  .M'arch  22,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Reuben,  born  December  27, 
1763,  baptized  January  i,  1764;  died  February 
14.  1766,  aged  two  years  and  a  half.  6.  Reu- 
ben, born  November  30,  1768  (birth  record 
reads  Abijah  by  mistake  in  town  records,  bap- 
tism correct)  ;  baptized  January  22,  1769.  7. 
Prudence,  baptized  February  17,  1771.  8. 
Patience,  born  May  2,  baptized  May  4,  1776. 

(  \" )  .Abijah  Crane,  son  of  Benjamin  Crane, 
Jr.  (4),  was  born  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts, 
]\Iarch  20,  1761,  and  baptized  in  the  Dedham 
church  two  days  later.  He  enlisted  in  the 
Continental  army  in  June.  1776,  and  marched 
to  Charlestown.  I^e  was  then  less  than  six- 
teen years  of  age.  He  remained  in  the  service 
during  the  whole  Revolutionary  war.  In  1776 
he  was  in  Captain  Timothy  Stow's  company, 
Colonel  Ephraim  W'heelock's  regiment  at 
Ticondcroga  in  I77'^>.  He  was  in  Captain 
John  Spurr's  companx'.  Colonel  Thomas  Nix- 
on's regiment,  discharged  February  5,  1780, 
enlisting  again  and  was  discharged  December 
25,  1780.  .Altogether  he  served  seven  years,  it 
is  said.  He  married,  at  Dedham,  December 
t6.  1785,  Rachel  Talbot,  who  was  born  either 


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in  1759  or  1761,  died  November,  1807.  He 
married  (second)  Polly  Packard.  He  resided 
at  Kingston,  Massachusetts,  then  settled  in 
Maine.  The  children  were  by  the  first  wife : 
Reuben,  Jotham,  Sally,  and  Abijah,  Jr.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\T)  .\bjah  Crane,  Jr.,  son  of  Abijah 
Crane  (5),  was  born  April  5,  1793,  at  Win- 
throp,  Maine,  and  died  February  29,  1884,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-one  years.  He  married,  in 
1822,  Harriet  Fifield,  who  was  born  in  Fay- 
ette, Maine,  July  20,  1801,  and  died  there, 
August  20,  1894,  at  the  age  of  ninety-three 
years.  They  settled  in  Fayette,  Maine,  where 
he  was  a  farmer.  Children:  i.  Theresa,  born 
July  13,  1824.  2.  David  F.,  February  25,  1828, 
mentioned  below.  3.  .\bijah  Robinson,  Febru- 
ary 2,  183 1,  mentioned  below.  4.  Lucy  H., 
June  5,  1833.  5.  Mehitable  .-X.,  February  25, 
1839.  6.  Charles  H.,  May  8,  1843,  mentioned 
below.  7.  William  H.  H.,  May  6,  1845.  8. 
Howard,  died  in  infancy.  9.  Ruhamah,  died 
in  infancy. 

(\TI)  David  F".  Crane,  son  of  Abijah 
Crane  (6),  was  bom  in  Fayette,  Maine,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1828.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at 
Kents  Hill  Seminary,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  1 85 1,  entering  Waterville  College  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1855  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  .Arts.  Three  years  later 
he  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 
his  alma  mater.  During  his  college  course  he 
taught  school  between  terms  and  was  assistant 
principal  of  the  schools  at  Shelburne  Falls, 
Massachusetts,  one  year  after  graduation.  In 
1856  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Hon.  William  Pitt  Fessenden  at  Portland, 
Maine,  and  a  year  later  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  that  city.  He  was  active  in  support  of 
the  government  during  the  Civil  war,  and  was 
president  of  the  Boston  Union  League.  In 
f)olitics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  resides  at  61 
Pearl  street.  Somerville.  He  married,  June, 
1858,  Caroline  A.  Saben.  daughter  of  Benedict 
and  Hannah  (Twitchell)  Saben,  of  Winches- 
ter, New  Hampshire ;  she  died  .August,  1902. 
Children:  Minnie  S.  and  Hattie  A.  They  re- 
side with  their  father. 

(\TI)  Rev.  .\bijah  Robinson  Crane,  son  of 
Abijah  Crane  (6),  was  born  at  Fayette,  Maine, 
February  2.  183 1.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Fayette  and  prepared  for  college  at 
Kents  Hill  Academy,  graduating  there  in  1852 
and  from  Waterville  College  in  1855.  In  1858 
he  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  He 
taught  school  while  in  college,  then  a  general 
custom  on  the  part  of  students  who  wished  to 


earn  something.  After  graduation  he  taught 
one  year  at  Corinth,  Maine.  He  entered  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Newton,  Massachu- 
sett,  in  1858  and  graduated  in  1861.  He  was 
ordained  and  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
church  of  Hallowell,  Maine,  where  he  ofifici- 
ated  for  fifteen  years.  He  was  at  East  Win- 
throp  as  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  for  the 
next  fifteen  years.  For  many  years  he  was 
connected  with  Hebron  .\cademy,  preparing 
for  Colby  College,  and  is  at  present  teaching 
in  his  fifteenth  year  in  the  pastorate  of  the 
Baptist  church  at  Hebron,  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried Frances  Herrick.  Their  only  child,  Fan- 
nie, married  .Albion  H.  Brainard,  now  (1907) 
the  principal  of  the  Gardner  high  school,  Gard- 
ner, Massachusetts. 

(\  II)  Charles  H.  Crane,  son  of  .Abijah 
Crane  (6),  was  born  at  Fayette,  May  8,  1843, 
and  died  October  22,  1904.  He  was  brought 
up  on  the  farm  at  Fayette  and  attended  the 
public  schools  there.  He  graduated  from  the 
high  school  and  from  Kents  Hill  Academy, 
and  afterward  for  a  short  time  was  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools  of  Levant,  Maine,  and  of 
his  native  town.  He  resigned  to  enter  the 
Union  army  during  the  Civil  war  and  enlisted 
at  Augusta.  Maine,  in  the  Twenty-ninth  .M^ine 
\'olunteer  Regiment.  .At  the  battle  of  Win- 
chester he  was  struck  by  a  bullet,  but  the  force 
of  the  missile  was  taken  by  a  heavy  blanket 
that  he  was  carrying,  thus  escaping  a  fatal 
wound.  He  was  in  the  service  three  years. 
He  was  appointed  corporal  April  8,  1864, 
sergeant  September  13,  1864,  and  stew- 
ard September  i6,  1865.  In  1867  he  began 
to  learn  the  business  of  a  pharmacist 
and  druggist  in  Boston  in  the  store 
of  Dr.  Knight.  He  graduated  from  the 
Boston  School  of  Pharmacy.  In  1867 
he  started  in  business  for  himself  in  the 
store  on  the  corner  of  Pearl  and  Myrtle  streets, 
and  later  corner  of  Perkins  and  Franklin 
streets,  Somerville.  He  was  eminently  suc- 
cessful in  business  and  stood  high  among  the 
business  men  of  the  city.  He  was  especially 
active  in  town  affairs  and  political  matters. 
He  was  an  active  and  useful  Republican.  In 
the  city  government  he  was  for  three  years  an 
efficient  member  of  the  board  of  health.  In 
1893  and  again  in  1894  he  represented  his  dis- 
trict in  the  general  court,  serving  on  important 
committees  and  making  an  excellent  record  as 
a  legislator.  He  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the 
movement  to  abolish  Fast  Day  and  establish 
in  its  place  Patriots'  Day  on  the  anniversary 
of  the  battle  of  Lexington.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent Free  Mason,  a  member  of  Soley  Lodge  of 


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which  he  was  master,  and  was  eminent  com- 
mander of  De  Molay  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Cen- 
tral Club  and  Webcowit  Club  of  Somerville. 
He  was  a  man  of  sterling  character,  of  varied 
ability  and  attractive  personality.  He  enjoyed 
the  acquaintance  of  many  friends  and  wherever 
he  was  known  he  was  respected  and  esteemed. 

He  married,  October  7,  1869,  Mary  E.  T. 
Noble,  born  at  Somerville,  October  25,  1850, 
and  educated  in  the  public  schools  there  and  in 
Miss  Badger's  private  boarding  school  at 
Charlestown.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John 
H.  and  Sarah  (Rumrill)  Noble  and  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Pamelia  (Sellars) 
Noble.  John  Noble  was  born  at  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  October  24.  1776,  and  his 
wife  Pamelia  Sellars.  March  18,  1791.  Their 
children:  i.  Pamelia,  born  August  13,  1810; 
ii.  Mary  Fernald,  October  28,  181 1;  iii.  John 
H.,  mentioned  below ;  iv.  Elizabeth  Cate,  July 
25,  1814;  v.  George' Loring,  July  15,  1816:  vi. 
Lucy   Ladd,  June   10,   1818. 

John  Harrison  Noble,  born  at  Somersworth, 
New  Hampshire,  March  31,  1813,  died  April 
4,  1871.  Married  Sarah  Rumrill,  who  was 
born  at  Boston,  October  6,  1816,  and  died 
April  5,  1858.  Their  children :  i.  John  Harri- 
son, Jr.,  born  September  29,  1844;  ii.  Sarah  E. 
S.,  June  12.  1846;  iii.  James  C,  March  19, 
1848.  iv.  Mary  E.  T.,  October  25,  1850,  mar- 
ried Charles  H.  Crane,  mentioned  above ;  v. 
John  Harrison,  Jr.,  May  23,  1852.  vi.  George 
Arthur,   March  31,    1856. 

The  children  of  Charles  H.  and  Mary  E.  T. 
Crane:  i.  Mettie  May,  born  January  4,  1871, 
at  Somerville,  died  December  2,  1872.  2.  Lena 
Noble,  born  at  Somerville,  January  8,  1877, 
graduate  of  the  public  and  high  schools,  grad- 
uating in  1895,  at  present  living  with  her 
mother.  3.  Harry  Howard,  born  at  Somer- 
ville, April  8,  1881,  died  September  23,  1883. 
4.  Adele  Elizabeth,  born  at  Somerville,  De- 
cember 4,  1887,  graduated  from  the  grammar 
schools  of  that  city  in  1902,  later  attended  the 
high  school  and  continued  her  studies  at  home  : 
she  lives  with  her  mother. 


John  Henry  Turner,  of  an  an- 
TURNER     cient  English  family,  was  born 

at  Camberwell,  now  within  the 
limits  of  London.  England,  about  1809.  He 
was  educated  in  his  native  place,  and  was  in- 
terested at  various  times  in  many  diflferent 
trades  and  kinds  of  business.  He  was  the 
proprietor  of  a  stage  line  from  Camberwell 
to  London,  and  was  also  the  owner  and  keep- 


er of  one  of  the  historic  old  inns  of  London. 
He  removed  tu  Montreal,  Canada,  in  1832, 
where  he  died  in  1871.  His  wife  died  1886. 
He  married  in  1831,  Mary  Ann  Hicks,  of 
London,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Ann 
Hicks.  They  had  eight  children,  born  in 
Canada,  of  whom  four  are  living:  I.  John 
Henry,  Jr.,  mentioned  below.  2.  George 
Frederick.  3.  Alatilda.  4.  Amelia,  wife  of 
Alfred   Sackville  West  Andrews. 

ill)  John  Henry  Turner  Jr.,  son  of  John 
Henry  Turner  (ij,  was  born  December  15, 
1835,  at  JMontreal,  Canada,  where  he  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  common  schools  and  at  Ste. 
Therese  College,  which  he  attended  for  two 
years.  He  was  then  employed  for  a  number 
of  \ears  as  clerk  in  various  mercantile  estab- 
lishments, and  learned  the  printer's  trade. 
After  working  in  printing  offices  in  Montreal 
two  years,  he  removed  to  New  York  City  and 
followed  his  trade  there  for  two  years.  He 
then  became  a  traveler  in  the  printing  busi- 
ness through  the  southern  and  western  states. 
In  1859  he  and  several  partners  engaged  in 
the  printing  business  in  Hartford.  Connecti- 
cut. When  the  civil  war  broke  out  the  firm 
was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Turner  made  his  home 
in  Groton,  Massachusetts.  He  entered  the 
celebrated  printing  concern  known  as  the 
University  Press  at  Cambridge,  and  worked 
there  for  a  time,  then  was  associated  with  his- 
father-in-law,  George  H.  Brown,  of  Groton, 
a  well  known  printer.  In  June,  1865,  Mr. 
Turner  started  a  printing  business  on  his  own 
account,  establishing  the  newspaper,  The 
Groton  Public  Spirit,  in  1868.  He  has  at  the 
present  time  a  flourishing  printing  business 
with  an  office  on  West  street,  Ayer,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  the  paper  known  as  Turner's 
Public  Spirit  is  published.  He  also  publishes 
several  papers  for  the  sutrounding  towns.  In 
politics  he  is  independent.  He  is  a  Free  Ma- 
son and  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church.  He  is  a  useful  and  honored  cit- 
izen of  Ayer,  standing  well  in  the  business 
community  and  having  the  esteem  of  all  his 
townsmen. 

He  married.  September,  1861,  Helen  Mit- 
chell Brown,  bom  January  2,  1841,  at  Bridge- 
water,  daughter  of  George  Henry  Brown,  of 
Bridgewater.  a  printer  and  publisher,  pro- 
prietor of  the  Amaranth  magazine.  George 
Henry  Brown  married  Harriet  Porter,  of 
Sterling,  daughter  of  John  Porter.  The 
Brown  family  was  from  Bridgewater.  Chil- 
dren of  John  Henry  and  Helen  Mitchell 
(Brown)  "Turner:  i.  Huntley  Sigoumey, 
born  June  12,  1863;  book  and  job  printer  at 


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Aver;  married  Gertrude  Priest,  of  Sterling, 
Alassachusetts.  2.  George  Henry  Brown, 
born  April  10.  1868:  a  printer:  married  Mabel 
Estelle  Lougee  Haward;  one  child,  John 
Henry  Turner.  3.  Harriet  Porter  Hicks, 
born  May  11,  1873;  married  Melville  Llewel- 
lyn Savage,  and  has  two  children:  Llewellyn 
Turner  Savage,  and  Helen  Sigourney  Sav- 
age. 


John  Derby,  the  immigrant  an- 
DERB'**'     cestor,  was  born  in  England  of 

an  ancient  and  distinguished 
family.  Roger  Derby,  who  is  from  all  ac- 
counts a  brother,  came  from  Topsham,  De- 
vonshire, England,  about  the  same  time, 
landed  at  Boston,  July  18,  1671,  and  settled 
in  Salem.  Topsham  was  the  home  of  sea- 
faring men.  Both  Derbys  followed  fishing  at 
their  new  home  at  Marblehead  and  Salem. 
John  Derby  or  Darby,  as  the  name  was  often 
spelled,  was  a  fisherman  at  Marblehead  in 
1677,  and  owned  a  cottage  and  house  lot  in 

that  town.     He  married  Alice .  Children, 

born  in  Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  i.  Alice, 
born  October  12,  1679.  2.  John,  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1681.  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  born 
September  29,  1683.  4.  Joseph,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 18,  1685. 

(II)  John  Derby,  son  of  John  Derby  (i), 
was  born  in  Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1681,  and  died  at  Concord,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  7,  1753.  He  was  brought 
up  in  Marblehead  and  learned  the  trade  of 
weaver.  He  settled  in  Beverly,  Massachu- 
setts; removed  to  Ipswich.  Massachusetts, 
about  1720  and  to  Concord  in  1731.  He  mar- 
ried Deborah  Conant,  daughter  of  Roger 
Conant.  descendant  of  Governor  Roger  Co- 
nant. John  Derby's  will  is  dated  in  1747. 
Children,  all  born  in  Beverly:  i.  John,  born 
December  27,  1704.  2.  Andrew,  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1706-07,  settled  in  Concord;  in  1733 
removed  to  Acton,  thence  to  Westminster, 
Massachusetts,  and  became  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, selectman,  assessor,  constable,  etc.;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Patch.  3.  Benjamin,  born 
March  12,  1710-11.  4.  Mary,  born  1711,  bap- 
tized March  18,  171 1.  5.  Ebenezer,  born  No- 
vember 23.  1712,  settled  in  Westminster;  sol- 
dier in  Captain  Ballard's  company  in  French 
war;  located  finallv  in  York,  Maine.  6.  De- 
borah, born  .\pril  8.  1714.  7.  Benjamin, 
born  November  28,  171 5.  8.  Joseph,  born 
June  10,  1718.  mentioned  below.  9.  Mary, 
born  June  12,  1720. 

(III)  Joseph    Derby,    son    of   John    Derby 


(2),  was  born  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts, 
June  10,  1718,  and  died  in  Concord,  Massa- 
chusetts, October,  1793,  aged  seventy-six 
years.  He  went  to  Concord  with  his  parents 
and  settled  when  a  young  man  on  the  home- 
stead that  is  still  in  the  ownership  and  occu- 
pancy of  his  descendants  at  Concord  Junc- 
tion. He  married  at  Concord,  January  14, 
1745-46,  Silence  Hubbard,  who  died  at  Con- 
cord, March  29,  1806,  aged  eighty  years. 
Children,  born  at  Concord:  i.  Lois,  born 
October  16,  1746.  2.  Joseph,  born  March 
15,  1749,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  born 
June  24,  1 75 1.  4.  Sarah,  born  April  10,  1754. 
5.  Samuel,  born  September  6,  1757,  soldier  in 
Revolution,  settled  in  Nelson,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 6.  Peter,  soldier  in  the  Revolution, 
settled  in  Reading,  Vermont.  7.  Lucy,  born 
October  16.  1762. 

fIV)  Joseph  Derby,  son  of  Joseph  Derby 
(3),  was  born  March  15,  1749,  at  Concord, 
and  died  there  February  21,  1825,  aged,  ac- 
cording to  his  gravestone,  seventy-six  years. 
He  had  the  homestead  now  occupied  by  his 
descendants,  and  in  1794  built  the  old  house 
now  standing  on  the  farm.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolution  in  Captain  Simon  Hunt's 
company.  Colonel  Eleazer  Brook's  regiment 
and  was  at  the  battle  of  Ticonderoga  in  1776; 
was  also  in  Captain  David  Wheeler's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Nixon's  regiment,  in  1776.  He 
married  Rebecca  Clark,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Clark.  His  wife  died  February  16,  1825, 
aged  seventy-four  (gravestone).  Their  deaths 
were  but  five  days  apart.  Children,  born  in 
Concord:  i.  Rebecca,  born  October  26, 
1778,  married  Joshua  Brown.  2.  Sally,  born 
August  29.  1780.  married  Israel  Putnam 
Bro.wn,  and  removed  to  Plymouth.  Vermont. 
3.  Patty,  born  July  15,  1782,  died  October  11, 
1783.  4.  Polly,  born  October  24,  1784.  5. 
Joseph,  born  January  27.  1788,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Joseph  Derby,  son  of  Joseph  Derby 
(4),  was  born  in  Concord,  January  27.  1788. 
He  had  a  common  school  education,  and 
was  brought  up  as  a  farmer  on  the  homestead 
at  Concord  Junction.  Being  the  only  son 
he  inherited  the  farm  of  his  father.  He  be- 
came a  prominent  citizen  and  filled  many 
positions  of  trust  and  honor.  During  the 
war  of  1812  he  was  sergeant  in  the  Concord 
Light  Infantry,  and  was  on  duty  for  six 
weeks  at  South  Boston  during  one  of  the 
alarms.  He  retained  his  connection  with  the 
state  militia  many  years,  and  was  a  man  of 
soldierly  qualities.  During  the  construction 
of  the  Fitchburg  Railroad,  which  ran  near  the 


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old  homestead  at  Concord  Junction,  he  had 
four  ox-teams  at  work  for  the  contractors  for 
a  year  or  more.  He  was  selectman  of  the 
town  several  years.  He  was  naturally  a  skill- 
ful mechanic,  and  had  a  shop  on  the  farm  in 
which  he  manufactured  various  articles.  He 
was  a  faithful  member  and  constant  attend- 
ant of  the  Unitarian  church,  Concord.  He 
died  in  1874  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  He 
married,  December  16,  181 9,  Patty  (Martha) 
Clark,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Clark,  his  moth- 
er's brother.  Patty  lived  before  her  marriage 
in  the  same  house  in  which  Rebecca  (Clark) 
Derby,  her  aunt,  had  lived.  Patty  died  at  the 
great  age  of  ninety-six  years.  Children,  born 
in  Concord:  i.  Joseph,  born  December  i, 
1820,  mentioned  below.  2.  P)enjamin,  born 
September  24.  1822,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Nathan,  born  .\ugust  zj,  1824,  was  a  butch- 
er at  Concord  Village;  was  second  lieutenant 
Company  G,  Fifth  Regiment,  in  Civil  war.  4. 
Henry,  born  August  7,  1826,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Edward,  born  September  12.  1829, 
resided  on  the  homestead,  unmarried.  6. 
Martha  Rebecca,  born  .\pril  2,  1832,  mar- 
ried Joshua  P.  Converse,  of  Woburn;  died 
soon  afterward.  7.  Urbane,  born  July  13, 
1834,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Joseph  Derby,  son  of  Joseph  Derby 
(5),  was  born  in  Concord.  December  i,  1820. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  attended  market  for  his . 
father  until  twenty-two  years  old,  and  then 
worked  on  a  farm  in  Concord  village  for  a 
year.  Pie  engaged  in  the  business  of  butcher 
and  provision  dealer  in  Concord,  and  after 
some  years  sold  it  to  his  brother,  Nathan 
Derby,  and  engaged  in  the  carpet  trade  in  Bos- 
ton, and  after  some  years  of  successful  busi- 
ness removed  to  his  present  home  in  Concord. 
The  house  in  which  he  lives  on  Liberty  street 
is  that  in  which  Major  John  Buttrick  lived  at 
the  time  of  the  battle  of  Lexington  (See  sketch 
of  the  Buttrick  family  of  Concord  in  this 
work)  :  it  was  built  in  1712  and  is  still  in  ex- 
cellent condition,  always  having  been  in  the 
hands  of  careful  owners.  It  is  one  of  the  most 
interesting  houses  of  the  historic  tow  n  of  Con- 
cord and  attracts  many  or  the  visitors  of  the 
town. 

.Mr.  Derby  enlisted  in  the  Civil  war  in  Com- 
pany G,  Fifth  Massachusetts  Regiment  of  Vol- 
unteers, and  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant. 
His  father,  as  stated  above,  was  in  the  war  of 
1812,  his  grandfather  in  the  Revolution.  Lieu- 
tenant Derby  was  a  popular  and  efficient  offi- 
cer, the  men  of  his  company  appreciating  his 
sterling  qualities,  his  personal  courage  and  his 


thoughtfulness  and  consideration  of  his  men. 
The  commissary  department  of  his  regiment 
became  intolerable,  and  the  colonel  of  the  regi- 
ment assigned  Lieutenant  Derby  to  et¥ect  a 
reformation.  P>eing  a  butcher  by  trade  his 
e.xperience  stood  him  in  good  stead,  and  he 
won  the  commendation  and  praise  of  his  su- 
perior officers  as  well  as  of  the  men  for  the 
improvement  in  their  food.  He  attends  the 
Unitarian  church,  and  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. 

He  married  (first),  May  16,  1850,  Louisa 
Jarvis,  born  July  22,  1820,  died  April  19,  1853. 
He  married  (second),  October  31,  1855,  Lucy 
H.  Jarvis,  born  July  23,  1822,  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Phebe  (Hubbard)  Jarvis,  of  Con- 
cord. .She  died  in  Concord.  September  3, 
1905.  Children,  all  by  second  wife,  born  in 
Concord:  i.  Joseph,  died  aged  four  months.  2. 
Edward,  born  December  26,  1859,  married 
(first)  Ida  .\.  Frazier;  (second)  Jennie  M. 
Childs :  children  by  the  first  wife :  Florence 
and  Ralph :  Edward  resides  in  Kennebunk, 
Maine.  3.  Charles,  torn  January  24.  1863, 
mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Charles  Derby,  son  of  Joseph  Derby 
(6),  was  born  January  24,  1863,  in  Concord. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts.  He  has  been  associated 
with  his  father  and  resides  on  the  homestead 
in  Concord.  He  is  a  member  of  the  .Maynard 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  Odd  Fellows.  In 
politics  he  is  Republican,  and  in  religion  a 
L'nitarian.  He  married  (first),  June  11.  1890, 
Grace  Everett,  born  in  Concord,  March  12, 
1805,  daughter  of  ( ieorge  Everett.  She  died 
March  15,  i8cj2.  He  married  (second),  June 
7,  1894,  Frances  E.  Lynch,  daughter  of 
George  and  Betty  (Steward)  Lynch.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Child  unnamed  (by  first  wife),  died 
in  infancy.  Child  of  second  wife :  2.  Jarvis, 
born  May  27,  1897. 

(\'\)  Benjamin  Derby,  son  of  Joseph  Derby 
(5).  was  born  in  Concord  in  the  house  he  now 
occupies  at  Concord  Junction,  September  24, 
1822.  He  passed  his  youth  at  the  homestead, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  has  followed  farming  as  his 
vocation  all  his  life.  Since  1861  he  has  owned 
the  homestead,  and  has  made  various  additions 
to  it  besides  selling  many  building  lots.  The 
farm  is  favorably  located  for  building,  being 
in  one  of  the  finest  sections  of  the  old  town. 
Air.  Derby  has  a  reputation  for  raising  fine 
cattle  and  hogs,  especially  the  medium  and 
small  Yorkshire  hogs,  sometimes  having  four 
hu'ndred  or  more  on  his  farm  at  a-  time,  and 
also  Holstein  cattle,  of  which  he  has  at  times 


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as  many  as  one  hundred  and  fifty  in  his  barns. 
He  has  won  many  bkie  riblx>ns  at  agricultural 
and  cattle  shows  with  his  stock,  and  has  one  of 
the  finest  dairies  of  that  section.  He  has  some 
forty  milch  cows  in  addition  to  the  stock  he  is 
raising  for  sale.  For  many  years  he  has  taken 
the  calves  from  the  barn  of  the  State  Reforma- 
tory at  Concord  Junction  in  addition  to  those 
from  his  own  herd.  He  has  a  considerable 
milk  business  at  retail  in  the  vicinity.  Mr. 
Derby's  brother  Edward,  who  is  unmarried, 
is  associated  with  him  in  business.  He  owns 
much  valuable  land  in  Concord  and  vicinity. 
I\!r.  Derby  is  a  Republican  in  iiolitics.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  L'nitarian  church  of  Concord. 
His  homestead  is  that  of  the  first  Joseph 
Derby,  of  Concord,  occupied  in  sticcession  by 
five  generations  of  the  family. 

He  married,  January  14.  i86ij.  .\nnie  E. 
Hawley,  born  in  Boston,  January  14,  1841, 
daughter  of  Henry  H.  and  Sarah  T.  (  Pierce ) 
Hawley.  Her  father  was  born  in  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  her  mother  in  New  I'edford,  iMassachu- 
srtts.  .Mrs.  Derby  came  to  Concord  to  live 
about  a  year  before  her  marriage.  Children: 
i.  Sarah  Wilson,  born  .\pril  17,  1870.  educated 
in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Concord ; 
member  of  Willow  Rebekah  Lodge,  Odd  I'"el- 
lows :  resides  at  home  with  parents.  2.  Ben- 
jamin, born  October  11.  1873.  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Annie  Hawley,  born  September  15, 
1875.  educated  in  the  jniblic  school  of  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  member  of  the  Willow 
Rebekah  Lodge  of  C)dd  I'ellows.  and  past 
grand ;  resides  at  home  with  her  parents. 

(\'n)  Benjamin  Derby,  Jr..  son  of  lienja- 
min  Derby  (6),  was  born  at  Concord.  .Massa- 
chusetts, October  11.  1873.  He  attended  the 
Concord  public  schools  and  was  graduated  in 
1891  from  the  Concord  high  school.  He  was 
for  five  years  clerk  in  a  grocery  store  in  his 
native  town.  In  1897  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant postmaster  at  Concord  Junction,  and  in 
1901  postmaster,  a  position  he  has  held  to  the 
present  time  to  the  eminent  satisfaction  of  the 
government  and  the  patrons  of  the  office.  He 
is  a  prominent  Free  Ma.son.  joining  Corin- 
thian Lodge  soon  after  he  came  of  age  and 
being  for  some  time  its  youngest  member. 
This  lodge  is  more  than  a  hundred  years  old. 
He  has  been  through  all  the  chairs  of  the  lUue 
Lodge,  of  which  he  is  now  (  1907)  worshipful 
master.  He  is  a  member  of  Walden  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  which  he  is  now  past 
high  priest  and  secretary.  He  is  an  officer  of 
Adoniram  Council,  Royal  and  .Select  Masters, 
of  Waltham.  He  belongs  to  Boston  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Temiilar.  is  a  life  member 


of  Boston  Lafayette  Lodge  of  Perfection,  Giles 
1'.  Yates  Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem,  Mount 
Olivet  Chapter,  Rose  Croix,  and  .Massachu- 
setts Consistory,  Sublime  Princes  of  the  Royal 
Secret,  thirty-second  degree.  He  is  a  member 
of  .\leppo  Temple,  .Ancient  Arabic  Or- 
der .\obles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and 
belongs  to  the  Past  High  Priests  As- 
sociation. He  is  a  member  of  Con- 
cord Lodge,  Xo.  212,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  has  been  through  all  the 
chairs  and  is  now  financial  secretary  ;  he  has 
also  served  as  district  deputy.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Ephroni  Encamjmient  of  ( )dd  Fellows, 
Hawthorne  Chapter,  ( )r(ler  of  the  Eastern 
Star,  of  which  he  is  past  patron,  and  Willow 
Rebekah  Lodge,  of  Concord  Junction.  He  is 
a  charter  member  of  the  Concord  Hall  .Asso- 
ciation and  has  been  treasurer  from  the  outset, 
having  charge  of  the  renting  of  the  hall,  etc. 
He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Concord  Junction  In- 
vestment Company,  and  has  charge  of  the  fi- 
nances. He  is  interested  in  the  Bluine  Com- 
pany (incorporated)  of  Concord.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Concord.  Maynard  and  Hudson 
Electric  Railroad  since  1905.  I'or  many  years 
ht  was  a  member  of  the  fire  department,  of 
which  he  was  engineer.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  and  is  one  of  the  most  energetic, 
active  and  influential  men  of  the  town. 

He  married,  December  18,  1901,  Carrie 
Edith  Ritcher,  torn  June  9,  1881,  of  Martha's 
X'ineyard.  Children,  born  at  C(jncord :  I. 
Marion  Louise,  born  Xovember  28,  1902.  2. 
r.enjamin  Edward,  February  8,  1905.  3. 
Roger  R..  Xovember  24.   1907. 

I  \'l  1  Henry  Derby,  son  of  Joseph  Derby 
(5).  was  born  August  7.  "1826,  at  Concord, 
and  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools. 
He  resided  on  his  father's  farm,  thv  old  home- 
stead, until  thirty  years  old.  From  1 861  to 
1875  he  had  a  farm  at  Lincoln.  Massachusetts, 
then  after  a  year  at  Concord  Junction  he  set- 
tled on  the  farm  at  Xine  .Acre  Corner,  on 
which  he  has  lived  since.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  married  Susan  .Ann  Pierce, 
daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Susan  (Parks)  Pierce. 
Children  :  I.  Henry,  Jr.,  born  at  Concord,  Sep- 
teml>er  15.  1861,  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  Concord.  2.  Ida  Rebecca,  born 
at  Lincoln,  December  10,  1863,  educated  in  the 
Concord  public  and  high  schools.  3.  Harvey 
Clark,  born  at  Lincoln,  .September  29.  1870, 
graduate  of  the  Concord  high  school. 

(\T)  Urbane  Derby,  son  of  Jose]jh  Derliy 
(5),  was  born  in  Concord.  July  13,  1834.  on 
the  old  Derby  homestead  and  lived  there  un- 
til be  came  of  age.  working  on  the  farm  and 


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attending  the  district  schools.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  trade  at  Concord  for 
ten  years  and  subsequently  at  Woburn  for 
four  years.  In  May,  1870,  he  settled  on  the 
sixty-acre  farm  at  Concord  of  which  he  is 
the  owner  and  which  he  has  since  occupied. 
It  is  the  old  Emerson  Barrett  place,  two 
miles  and  a  half  north  of  Concord,  on  the 
road  leading  to  Westford.  Massachusetts. 
He  improved  and  enlarged  the  barns  and 
house,  which  was  built  before  1800.  He  made 
a  specialty  of  his  dairy  and  had  a  milk  route 
in  the  village,  also  raised  large  quantities  of 
asparagus  and  strawberries.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  but  has  declined  to  be- 
come a  candidate  for  public  office.  He  en- 
joys to  an  exceptional  degree  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  his  townsmen.  In  1897  he  re- 
tired from  active  business  and  has  since  re- 
sided in  Concord. 

He  married,  December  5,  1865,  Helen  P. 
Baker,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Jerusha 
(Rich)  Baker,  of  Truro,  and  Cliarlestown, 
Massachusetts.  She  died  August  28,  1897. 
He  married  (second),  October  2,  1902,  Sarah 
E.  Gillespie  Staples,  widow  of  Samuel  Staples 
and  daughter  of  Charles  and  Esther  (Holmes) 
Gillespie,  of  Scotch  ancestry.  Children  of 
Urbane  and  Helen  P.  (Baker)  Derby:  i. 
Helen  Baker,  born  November  3,  1866.  mar- 
ried Albert  F.  Converse,  lawyer,  54  Devon- 
shire street,  Boston:  children:  Robert  Derby 
Converse  and  Sherman  Converse.  2.  Fred 
Baker,  born  January  17,  1869,  educated  in 
Concord  high  school  and  Bryant  and  Strat- 
ton  Conmiercial  School:  a  carpenter:  married 
Elizabeth  Jury:  resides  at  Saybrook,  Con- 
necticut. 3.  Charles  Edwin,  born  July  15, 
1870,  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
and  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial 
School,  Boston:  worked  on  his  father's  farm 
until  he  retired:  was  killed  in  railroad  wreck 
at  Canaan,  New  Hampshire.  September,  1907: 
married,  October  30,  if)oi,  Florence  G.  Ma- 
son, of  Reading,  one  child,  Walter.  4.  Rich- 
ard, b()r?i  June  t8.  1875,  ilied  aged  three 
nionlhs.  5.  Richard  Baker,  born  May  4, 
1878,  graduate  of  the  Concord  high  school 
and  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology: now  an  architect  with  office  at  3 
Park  street,  P>ostou. 


The        historv      of        the 
CnrRCIIILL     Churchill  family  of  Eng- 
land   dates     back    to     the 
time  of  the  Norman  Conquest.     Tlie  name  is 
derived  from  the  town  Courcil.  in  Lorraine, 
France.     The  surname  has  been  spt-lled  Cou- 


celle,  Courcil,  Curichell,  Chercile,  Churchil, 
Churchall,  Churchell,  and  Churchill,  the  last 
form  being  the  one  generally  accepted  for 
many  generations  in  England  and  America. 
The  Churchill  coat-of-arms  is:  Sable  a  lion 
rampant  argent  debruised  with  a  bendlet 
gules.  Eight  generations  of  the  Churchill 
family  have  been  Dukes  of  Marlborough. 
The  first  duke  was  John  Churchill,  born  May 
24,  1650,  at  -Afhe,  Devonshire,  son  of  Sir 
\\'inston  Churchill,  of  Wiltshire,  whose 
mother  was  a  Winston.  The  present  duke, 
the  eighth,  Richard  John  Churchill,  married 
Consuelo  Vanderbilt,  of  New  York.  Win- 
ston Churchill,  an  author  and  member  of 
parliament,  is  grandson  of  the  seventh  duke, 
and  son  of  Sir  Randolph  Churchill.  It  is  like- 
ly that  the  American  pioneers  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  were  of  this  same  stock.  Col- 
onel William  Churchill  came  to  Virginia  about 
1672,  from  Wilton,  Middlesex  county;  was  a 
member  of  the  Virginia  council  in  1705:  died 
1 710:  and  from  his  son  .\rmistead  is  de- 
scended the  Churchills  of  Mrginia.  It  is  of 
interest  to  note  that  the  daughter  of  Colonel 
William  married  Thomas  Randolph,  in  17 10. 
All  the  New  England  families  are  descended 
from  John  Churchill,  mentioned  below. 

(1)  John  Churchill,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England,  about  1620.  Very 
little  is  known  of  him.  He  appears  first  in 
American  records  on  the  list  of  men  able  to 
bear  arms  at  Plymouth  in  1643.  He  died  at 
Plvmouth  in  1662-3.  He  bought  a  farm  of 
Richard  Higgins,  in  Plymouth,  August  18, 
1645.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  June  5, 
165 1.  He  bought  of  Nathaniel  Masterson, 
then  of  Manchester,  Massachusetts,  ten  acres 
of  upland  at  Wellingsley,  in  Plymouth,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1652.  His  house  was  atHobbs'Hole, 
and  his  homestead  was  on  the  east  side  from 
the  south  line  of  the  field  opposite  Jabez  Cor- 
ner, to  a  point  thirty  feet  distant  from  the 
south  line  of  the  estate  of  Branch  Blackmer 
He  became  a  large  landowner.  He  made 
a  nuncupative  will  May  3,  1662,  proved  Octo- 
ber 20,  T662.  He  had  a  new  and  old  house 
disposed  of  in  this  will. 

He  married,  December  18,  1644,  Hannah 
Pontus,  daughter  of  William  Pontus,  who 
was  at  Plymouth  as  early  as  1633:  she  was 
born  in  Holland  or  England  in  1623.  Pontus 
was  one  of  the  Pilgrims  left  behind  with  Rev. 
John  Robinson:  a  fustian  worker  by  trade 
from  Dover,  England:  married  Wybra  Han- 
sou.  December  4,  t6io.  Pontus  had  another 
daughter  who  married,  October  31.  1645, 
Tames  Glass.  Airs.  Hannah  (Pontus)  Church- 


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ill  married  second,  June  25,  1669,  Giles  Rick- 
ard  as  his  third  wife;  she  died  at  Hobb's 
Hole,  December  22,  1690,  in  her  sixty-sev- 
enth year.  Her  estate  was  distributed  Alarch 
17,  1691.  Children  of  John  and  Hannah 
Churchill:  i.  Joseph,  born  1647:  mentioned 
below.  2.  Hannah,  born  Xovember  12,  1649, 
married,  1672,  John  Drew,  son  of  William 
Drew,  and  grandson  of  Sir  Edward  Drew.  3. 
Eleazer,  born  April  20,   1652;  married  Mary 

;  second,  Februar_\-  8,  1685,  Mary  Doty. 

4.  Alary,  born  August  i,  1654:  married  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1688,  Thomas  Doty;  resided  at  Tru- 
ro. 5.  William,  born  1656;  married  January 
17,  1683,  Lydia  Bryant.  6.  John,  born  1657; 
married  December  28,  1686,  Rebecca  Delano. 

(H)  Joseph  Churchill,  son  of  John  Church- 
ill (i),  was  born  at  Plymouth  in  1647.  He 
settled  there  on  the  farm  'of  his  father,  and 
some  time  before  1700  he  built  iiimself  a 
house,  which  is  still  standing,  on  the  easterly 
side  of  the  curve  in  the  road  opposite  Sandy 
Gutter  road.  This  house  descended  from  Jo- 
seph to  his  son  Barnabas,  his  grandson  Lem- 
uel, to  Thomas  Faunce.  who  in  1767  sold  to 
Jonathan  Churchill,  who  in  turn  the  same 
year  sold  it  to  John  Faunce.  .\  part  was 
owned  by  Charles  Churchill  and  wife  in  1773, 
and  was  finally  owned  by  John  Faunce  also. 
In  1822  Freeman  Mortc^n  bought  the  place, 
and  at  that  time  the  shape  and  character  of 
the  old  house  were  ancient.  Its  roof  was 
raised,  chimney  reconstructed,  and  modern 
expression  given  to  the  exterior.  But  the  in- 
terior gives  evidence  of  its  great  age.  In 
1883  the  owner  was  .Alvin  G.  Morton. 

Joseph  Churchill  married,  June  3,  1672, 
Sarah  Hicks,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lydia 
(Doane)  Hicks,  and  granddaughter  of  Rob- 
ert Hicks,  a  felmonger  from  Southwark, 
county  Surrey,  England,  who  came  in  1621 
to  Plymouth  in  the  ship  "Fortune."  Chil- 
dren of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Churchill:  i.  John, 
born  July  3,  1678;  married  Xovember  19, 
1700,  Desire  Holmes.  2.  Margaret,  born  Oc- 
tober 16,  1684;  married  Samuel  Bates.  3. 
Barnabas,  born  July  3,  1686;  mentioned  be- 
low. 4,  Mercy,  born  1689,  died  young.  5. 
Joseph,  born  January  1692;  married  1716 
Abiah  Blackweil  of  Sandwich. 

(Ill)  Barnabas  Churchill,  son  of  Joseph 
Churchill  (2),  was  born  at  Plymouth,  July  3, 
1686.  and  settled  there.  He  married  Febru- 
ary 5,  1 7 14.  Lydia  Harlow,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Harlow  and  Lydia  (Cushman)  daughter 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Cushman.  She  was  born  in 
1688.  Children:  I.  Barnabas,  born  October 
19,  1714;  married  Lydia  Holmes,  daughter  of 


Eleazer,  Xovember  13,  1744.  2.  William, 
born  December  25,  1716;  married  Xovember 
13,  1746,  Susannah  Clark.  3.  Ichabod,  born 
January  12,  1718-19;  died  October  14,  1745, 
unmarried.  4.  Joseph,  born  May  19,  1721; 
married  September  23,  1745,  Maria  Ryder. 
5.  Lemuel,  born  July  12,  1723;  married  first, 
October  13.  1747.  Lydia  Sylvester;  second, 
Xovember  4,  1752,  Abigail  Ryder.  6.  Isaac, 
born  May  3,  1726;  married  October  2,  1756, 
Sarah  Cobb.  7.  Thomas,  born  April  30,  1730; 
married  May  5,  1758,  May  Ewer.  8.  Eben- 
ezer,  born  November  9,  1732;  married  May 
IQ'  175s.'  Jean  Fisher.  9.  Lydia,  born 
March  9,  1734-5;  married  first,  June  i,  1754, 
X'^athaniel  Holmes;  second,  September  16, 
1762,  Seth  Ewer.  to.  John,  born  May  9, 
1739;  married  .\pril  4.  1771,  Molly  Bradford, 
of  Plympton. 

(IV)  Lemuel  Churchill,  sun  of  Barnabas 
Churchill  (3),  was  born  in  Plymouth,  July  12, 
1723,  and  he  lived  there  until  1764,  when  he 
removed  to  Chebeague,  Nova  Scotia.  He 
married  first,  Lydia  Sylvester,  daughter  of 
.Solomon  Sylvester.  She  was  born  in  1726 
and  died  September  20,  1751:  he  married 
second,  X^ovember  4.  1752,  .Abigail  Ryder, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Abigail  (Warren) 
Ryder.  Child  of  Lemuel  and  Lydia  Church- 
ill: I.  X'^athaniel,  born  .April  9,  1748;  men- 
tioned below.  Children  of  Lemuel  and  Abi- 
gail Churchill,  born  at  Plymouth:  i.  Lemuel, 
born  June  9,  1754;  drowned  near  Canso.  June 
20.  1773,  aged  twenty-one,  unmarried.  3. 
.Abigail,  born  February  5,  1756;  married  first, 
December  13,  1775.  Abijah  Crosby;  second, 
.August  31.  1781,  Marcus  Ring.  4.  Ezra, 
born  October  11,  1758:  married  Mary  Rob- 
erts, of  .Argyle.  Nova  Scotia,  May  6,  I779-  5- 
Lydia,  born  June  14,  1760;  married  George 
Ring  (second). 

(V)  XTathaniel  Churchill,  son  of  Lemuel 
Churchill  (4).  was  born  at  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  9.  1748:  died  December  8, 
1820.  He  resided  at  Yarmouth.  Nova  Sco- 
tia. He  married  first,  December  24,  1770, 
Betsey  Ryder.  .She  died  January  7,  1794-  He 
married  second,  November  20,  t8oo.  Elinor 
Metcalf  (Midkofif  in  recordV  She  died  July 
25,  1813,  and  he  married  third,  January  6, 
1814,  Elizabeth  Green.  Children  of  Nathan- 
iel and  Betsey  Churchill:  i.  Betsey,  born 
November  i,  1771.  2.  Nathaniel,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1773;  married  1797.  Eunice  Kin- 
ney. 3.  Lemuel,  born  March  22,  1776.  4. 
Lydia,  born  September  7,  1778.  5.  Bartlett, 
born  January  7.  1781.  6.  Hannah,  born  Feb- 
ruarv  14,  1783.     7.   Stephen,  born  December 


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12,  1785.  8.  JtTuslia,  born  April  z},,  1787. 
y.  Benjamin,  ijorn  February  4,  171JO:  mar- 
ried July  15,  1813,  Elizabeth  Everett.  10. 
Mary,  born  May  25.  1793.  Children  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Elizabeth  ((ireen):     11.  Matilda, 

born  December   17.   1814;  married Es- 

tey.  12.  Fanny,  born  May  3.  1816;  mar- 
ried        Kitchen.       13.  John    Af  ulljerrx . 

born  January  3.  1818,  died  young.  14.  Wil- 
liam, born  July  4,  1819;  died  young.  The 
foregoing  record  is  from  the  old  family  Bi- 
ble of  Nathaniel  Churchill,  now  owned  by 
Charles  W.  Whitfield,  of  Langford,  South 
Dakota. 

(VT)  Benjamin  Churchill,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Churchill  (5).  was  born  in  Kingston,  Nova 
Scotia,  h'ebruary  4,  1790,  and  died  December 
29,  1871.  He  married,  July  15,  1813,  Eliza- 
beth Everett,  who  was  born  February  16, 
1793;  died  .August  2.  1879.  Children  :  i.  Han- 
nah, born  May  28,  1814:  married  November 
10,  1804,  ^V.  B.  Estey.  2.  Mary  .\nn,  born 
C>ctober  13.  1815,  at  \\'akefield.  New  Bruns- 
wick, Mic!i:iel  Campbell,  October  24,  1833; 
resided  at  Wakefield  until  1895,  when  thev  re- 
moved to  Washburn.  -Maine,  to  live  with  their 
.son :  he  was  a  native  of  Queensbury,  New 
Brunswick.  3.  John  Randolph,  born  August 
22.  1817;  mentioned  below.  4.  George  Lath- 
rop,  born  October  25,  1819:  married  Mary 
Watson:  resided  at  Portland,  and  died  there 
January  2,  1889.     5.  Elizabeth,  born  December 

10.  1821  ;  married  .Alexander  Sharp.  6.  Cal- 
vin, born  January  3,  1824;  married  first.  Ann 
Loomer.  Septeml>er.  1846;  she  died  April  22. 
1854:  married  second,  October  2,  1856,  Eliza- 
beth .A.  Corbett.     7.  Benjamin,  born  Januarv 

11,  1826;  married  Rachel  Howard:  died  in 
Ohio.  8.  Thomas,  born  April  26.  1828:  mar- 
ried first,  Nancy  Watson :  removed  to  Texas, 
n.  William,  born  March  21,  1830;  married 
Jane  Good,  died  before  1889,  when  the  family 
removed  to  Jacksonville,  New  Brunswick.  10. 
Jarvis,  boni  October  5,  1832:  died  unmarried, 
in  California,  ii.  Sarah  Estey,  born  March 
II,  1835;  married  Leonard  Watson,  and  re- 
sided at  Jacksonville,  Carlton  coinitw  New 
Brunswick. 

(\TI)  John  Randolph  Churchill,  son  of 
Benjamin  Churchill  (6),  was  Iwrn  in  Kings- 
ton, Nova  .Scotia,  .August  22,  1817.  He  re- 
sided in  New  Berwick.  Prince  Edward  Island. 
and  was  a  farmer.  He  married,  December  24, 
1840.  Margaret  Burns  Mcintosh,  who  was  of 
Scotch  descent.  .She  was  born  Augu.st  6,  1824, 
and  died  i8('/i.  Children  :  I.  George  I'reflerick, 
born  .April  15.  1842.  2.  Hannah  Jane,  born 
October   10.   1843.     .V  Lndlow  Dolphus.  born 


July  28,  1845  •  nientioned  below.  4.  Frances 
.Maria,  torn  June  10,  1847:  died  .August  31, 
1848.  5.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  .August  25, 
1849:  married  .A.  L.  .Manning.  6.  Emma 
Olivia,  born  March  25,  1851:  married  C.  R. 
Johnson.  7.  Luella  .Ann.  born  January  12, 
1853:  died  .March  22.  1853.  8.  llenjamin 
I'ranklin.  born  .August   16,  1854. 

(\  HI)  Ludlow  J-)olphus  Churchill,  son  nf 
John  Randloph  Churchill  (7),  was  born  Jul\' 
28,  1845,  '"  Bangor,  .Maine,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place.  He 
came  to  Lowell  when  a  young  man.  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Merrick  Mills  Com- 
pany, and  remained  for  several  years.  He 
went  into  business  on  his  own  account  a  few 
years  later,  established  a  larg.e  and  flourishing 
retail  trade  in  the  grocery  business  in  Low- 
ell, and  followed  that  business  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  died  at  Lowell  August  18, 
1900.  He  was  a  substantial  citizen,  respected 
for  his  sterling  qualities  of  character  as  well 
as  for  his  successful  business  career.  He  was 
essentially  a  self-made  man.  He  attended 
services  at  the  First  Cniversalist  Church  of 
Lowell,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  benev- 
olent work  of  that  society.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican,  liut  never  aspired  to  public  of- 
fice. He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent 
( )rder  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Lowell.  He  mar- 
ried first.  Ellen  Goodhue,  of  Methuen,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married  second  Rose  D.  Boyd, 
of  Lowell,  a  widow.  .She  was  burned  to  death 
\\m\  6.  1904.  Children  of  Ludlow  D.  and 
Ellen  Churchill:  1.  Delia  Frances,  married 
Arthur  .M.  lUirt.  of  Washington.  D.  C:  he  is 
an  architect  in  the  employ  of  the  Cnited 
States  government.  2.  George  Ludlow.  3. 
Alice.  4.  Charles  WHiittier.  born  .April  26, 
1884:  graduate  of  the  Textile  School  of  Low- 
ell: is  now  connected  with  the  Josiah  Harri- 
nian   Narrow   h'abric  Comjntnv. 


Tin-  intriidiiction  to  this 
II  \RL()W  sketch  is  taken  from  the  ac- 
count of  the  Harlow  family 
in  the  "(Genealogical  and  Personal  Memoirs 
of  Worcester  County."  published  by  the  Lew- 
is i'nblishing  Com])any,  and  written  for  it  by 
Major  William  T.  Harlow  of  ^^'orcester.  He 
sa\  s: 

"In  a  book  on  "Derivation  of  l-'amily 
Names,"  by  Rev.  W'illiam  .Arthur,  it  is  said 
that  the  name  Harlow  is  derived  from  the 
town  of  Harlow  in  England.  The  modern 
town  of  Harlow  is  situate  on  the  east  bank  of 
the  River  .'^tort.  in  the  coimtv  of  Essex,  twen- 


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555 


ty-three  miles  north  of  London,  on  the  high 
road  to  Newcastle,  and  is  a  station  of  the 
Great  Eastern  railway.  Territorially  the 
town  is  only  a  small  fraction  of  and  nominally 
it  is  the  last  surviving  relic  of  a  much  larger 
tract  of  land,  once  called  the  Half  Hundred 
of  Harlow,  or  Dimidium  de  Herloua,  and  by 
the  latter  name  many  times  mentioned  in 
Domesday  Book.  It  extended  twelve  miles 
from  north  to  south,  and  si.x  miles  in  width, 
along  the  east  side  of  the  River  Stort,  and 
contained  seventy-two  square  miles.  As  to 
the  identity  of  the  Dimidium  of  Domesday 
with  the  Half  Hundred,  and  of  the  names  of 
Herloua  and  Harlow,  my  authority  is  Alor- 
ant's  "History  of  the  County  of  Essex" — an 
elaborate  work  in  two  ponderous  volumes, 
wherein  the  learned  author  traces  everything 
in  the  county  back  to  Saxon  origins.  The 
Half  Hundred  of  Harlow  contained  eleven 
parishes,  of  which  one  was  called  the  parish 
of  Harlow,  which  parish  inc'uded  si.x  manors 
(landed  estates)  of  which  one  was  called  Har- 
lowbury.  The  term  hundred,  originally  used 
by  the  ancient  Saxons  to  mean  one  hundred 
men,  assigned  with  their  families,  under  a 
quasi-military  form  of  organization,  to  occu- 
py a  large  tract  of  land,  in  time  became  the 
name  of  the  tract  itself,  and  later  came  to  sig- 
nify an  intermediate  territorial  division,  now 
obsolete,  between  town  and  county. 

"Mr.  .\rthur  classifies  Harlow  with  names 
of  local  origin,  i.  e.  names  derived  from  places 
and  leaves  his  derivation  of  the  name  from  the 
town  of  Harlow^  to  rest  on  unsupported  as- 
sertion. This  is  not  the  place  to  discuss  at 
length  the  learned  opinions  of  accepted  au- 
thorities, but  I  beg  to  suggest,  what  in  the 
absence  of  proof  to  the  contrary  seems  to  me 
the  more  probable  supposition,  that  Har- 
low was  orignally  the  name  of  a  man  of 
whom  the  town  is  a  namesake.  Towns,  al- 
ways the  products  of  men,  not  infrequently 
take  their  names  from  those  of  men,  of  which 
one  may  recall  numerous  instances,  capable 
historically  of  easy  proof.  As  to  the  reverse 
derivation  of  English  family  names  from 
those  of  towns,  I  make  bold  to  challenge 
proof  of  a  single  instance.  I  limit  my  chal- 
lenge to  English  names,  in  which  I  do  not 
include  titles  of  rank,  nor  names  with  the  pre- 
fix de  or  its  ecpiivalent.  Rut  my  pur])Ose  in 
referring  to  the  origin  of  our  family  name  is 
to  show  its  high  antiquity,  and  to  suggest 
to  others  where,  with  time  and  opportunity 
for  foreign  research,  which  the  present  scribe 
hath  not,  they  may  look  for  light  upon  our 
earlier  family  historv. 


"(I)  William  Harlow-,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  this  faniilv,  was  unacconi])anied  bv  wife, 
[jarents  or  kindred  of  any  degree.  His  name 
appears  here  first  on  a  list  of  residents  dated 
1629-30,  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  In  1637  ten 
men  of  Lynn  (originally  called  Saugus)  had 
leave  granted  them  to  take  up  and  settle  land 
in  .Sandwich,  and  nine  of  the  ten,  with  forty- 
six  others,  of  whom  William  Harlow  w-as  one, 
removed  to  Sandwich  and  settled  there.  The 
same  year  one  Thomas  Hampton,  of  Sand- 
wich (not  one  of  the  new-comers  from  Lynn) 
died  without  family  or  kindred,  leaving  a  will 
of  which  William  Harlow  was  both  an  attest- 
ing witness  and  legatee,  colony  law  allowing 
such  attesting.  The  same  year  also  he  was 
fined  for  keeping  "3  hogges  unwringed."  In 
1639  he  was  proposed  for  admission  as  a  free- 
man, and  took  the  preliminary  oath  of  fideli- 
ty. In  1640  he  had  assigned  to  him  at  a  town 
meeting  of  -Sandwich,  four  acres.  Later  lie 
removed  to  F'lymoiUh.  He  was  a  cooper  by 
trade.  He  built  several  houses  in  Plymouth, 
of  which  one  built  in  1667  on  a  lot  gianted 
him  by  the  town  and  described  as  a  "little 
knoll  or  parcel,  lying  near  his  now  dwelling 
huuse  on  the  westerly  side  of  the  road  to  sctl 
a  new  house  upon,"  still  stands  where  it  was 
built  on  the  road  to  Sandw'ich  (now  nai^icd 
."sandwich  Street)  about  a  c|uarter  of  a  niile 
southerly  from  Plymouth  postoffice.  .Anoth- 
er house  built  by  him  in  1660,  referred  tu  in 
the  above  description,  called  the  Doten 
House,  stood  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  sanie 
road,  a  few  rods  further  south,  till  1898,  when 
it  was  taken  down.  The  house  that  is  still 
standing  was  framed  out  of  the  old  timbers 
of  the  Pilgrim  Fort,  on  Burial  Hill,  in  Ply- 
mouth. .\s  sergeant  of  the  south  company, 
Cajitain  William  Harlow  had  had  charge  of 
the  old  fort  for  many  years,  and  after  King 
Philip's  war  (1675-6)  he  bought  it  of  the 
town  and  used  the  old  timbers  in  the  construc- 
tion of  his  new  house.  In  1882,  when  some 
repairs  were  made  on  this  house,  a  ponderous 
iron  hinge  of  the  fort  gate,  attached  to  a  tim- 
ber, was  discovered,  and  may  now  be  seen 
with  other  Pilgrim  relics  in  Pilgrim  Hall. 
Sergeant  Harlow-  did  military  duty  at  a  period 
when  the  Home  Guards  were  not  a  laughing 
stock,  readv  da\-  and  night,  without  compul- 
sion or  compensation,  to  defend  home  and 
country  against  the  savage  foe.  No  details 
of  his  military  service  are  preserved,  but 
there  can  be  no  doubt  of  his  employment  in 
the  Indian  warfare  of  his  time,  of  which  the 
chief  event  was  the  great  Narragansett  fight, 
wheii    both  the    Plvnmuth     con-ijianies    were 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


present  under  the  command  of  Major  Wil- 
liam Bradford.  Doubtless  Sergeant  Harlow 
was  with  liis  company  when  every  able-bodied 
man  in  the  colony  was  there. 

"In  civil  affairs,  William  Harlow,  having 
been  admitted  a  freeman  in  1654,  served  as 
a  juror  or  grand  juror  every  year;  was  rated 
(assessor)  and  excise  man  many  years;  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court  two  sessions;  select- 
man fifteen  years,  and  chairman  of  the  board 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  also  active 
in  the  church  affairs,  and  his  name  is  of  very 
frequent  occurrence  in  the  records  of  the  col- 
ony, town  and  church.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate,  real  and  personal,  foots  up  to  234 
pounds  16  shillings  11  pence,  and  it  was  or- 
dered by  the  court  that  his  four  sons  have  all 
his  lands,  the  eldest  to  have  a  double  portion, 
according  to  our  law,  saving  to  the  widow 
her  thirds,  the  remainder  to  be  divided  among 
the  seven  daughters. 

"What  was  William  Harlow's  age  at  his 
death?  According  to  the  town  records  he  died 
August  26,  1691,  aged  sixty-seven  years.  This 
would  fix  his  birth  in  1624,  and  his  age  at 
thirteen  years  when  he  removed  from  Lynn 
to  Sandwich,  and  witnessed  Hampton's  will 
and  was  mulcted  for  keeping  swine  contrary 
to  law,  and  at  fifteen  when  he  applied  for  ad- 
mission as  freeman  and  took  the  oath  of  fi- 
delity, and  at  sixteen  when  he  had  a  parcel  of 
land  assigned  to  him  by  public  authority. 
And  still  earlier  he  must  have  crossed  the  sea 
without  care  of  parents  or  other  kindred. 
Everywhere  apparently  treated  as  a  man  af- 
ter his  appearance  here,  we  can  have  little 
doubt  that  he  was  at  least  twenty-one  years 
old  when  he  left  England,  and  that  he  must 
have  been  at  least  seventy-five  years  old  when 
he  died." 

He  married,  at  Plymouth,  December  30, 
1649,  Rebecca  Bartlett,  who  bore  him  four 
children,  and  died  1657,  aged  twenty-eight. 
He  married  second,  July  15,  1658,  Mary 
Faunce,  who  bore  him  four  children,  and  died 
October  4,  1664.  He  married  third,  January 
15,  1665,  Mary  Shelley,  who  bore  him  five 
children  and  survived  him.  Of  his  thirteen 
children,  all  but  the  first-born  lived  to  grow 
up.  The  children  of  his  first  wife  were:  I. 
William,  born  and  died  1650.  2.  Samuel, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Rebecca,  born  June  12, 
1655.  4.  William,  born  June  2,  1657.  The 
children  of  his  second  wife  were:  5.  Mary, 
born  May  9,  1659.  6.  Repentance,  born  No- 
vember 22,  t66o.  7.  John,  bom  October  19, 
1662.  8.  Nathaniel,  born  September  30.  1664. 
The  children  by  his  third  wife  were:  9.   Han- 


nah, born  October  28.  1665.  10.  Bathsheba, 
born  April  21,  1667.  11.  Joanna,  born  March 
24,  1669.  12.  Mehitable,  born  October  4, 
1672.     13.  Judith,  born  August  2,  1676. 

William  Harlow's  first  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlett,  and 
granddaughter  of  Richard  Warren,  the  Pil- 
grim. The  name  of  her  grandmother  (War- 
ren's wife)  was  Elizabeth  Juat  Marsh,  and 
she  was,  when  she  married  Warren,  the 
widow  of  one  Marsh,  Juat  being  her  maiden 
name.  She  did  not  come  over  in  the  "May- 
flower" in  1620  with  her  husband,  but  later, 
in  1623,  in  the  ship  "Ann,"  in  which  at  the 
same  time  came  Bartlett  and  Mary  Warren, 
not  then  married,  and  two  other  daughters 
of  the  Pilgrim  and  his  wife. 

(ID  Samuel  Harlow,  son  of  William  Har- 
low (i).  was  born  in  Plymouth,  January  27, 
1652.  He  followed  his  father's  calling  of 
cooper,  and  received  as  his  double  share  of 
his  father's  estate  the  house  built  out  of  the 
old  fort  timbers,  and  lived  in  it  during  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1689,  and  held  divers  minor  offices. 
Like  his  father,  he  bore  the  prefix  of  Ser- 
geant, having  succeeded  him  as  orderly  in  the 
South  Company.  At  the  time  of  King  Phil- 
ip's war.  Samuel  was  twenty-three  years  old, 
and  it  is  more  than  probable  that  he  took  part 
in  the  Narragansett  fight.     He  married  first 

Priscilla  ,  and  second  Hannah  , 

whose  parentage  and  surnames  are  unknown. 
Their  Christian  names  were  conmion  among 
the  Pilgrims,  and  that  Samuel's  wives  were 
both  of  Pilgrim  stock  is  little  short  of  cer- 
tain, considering  that  in  his  time  there  were 
few  Plymouth  families  without  at  least  one 
"Mayflower"  ancestor.  He  died  March  2, 
1734,  aged  eighty-two  years.  His  second  wife 
survived  him.  His  child  by  his  first 
wife  was:  i.  Rebecca,  born  January  27,  1678; 
by  his  second  wife:  2.  John,  born  December 
29,  1685.  3.  Hannah,  born  November  15. 
1688.  4.  Samuel,  born  .Vugust  14,  1690.  5. 
William,  born  July  26.  1692.  6.  Eleazer, 
born  April  18,  1694,  7.  Priscilla.  born  Oc- 
tober 3,  1693. 

(HI)  William  Harlow,  son  of  Sergeant 
Samuel  Harlow  (2),  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
July  26.  1692,  and  died  April  n,  1751,  in  Ply- 
mouth. He  married  Mercy  Rider,  daughter  of 
John.  She  was  born  November  14,  1696,  and 
died  January  21,  1772.  Both  are  buried  on 
Burying  Hill,  and  have  gravestones,  his  be- 
ing the  oldest  in  America  on  a  Harlow  grave. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Ply- 
mouth Church.    (In  this  pedigree  the  lineage 


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follows  Davis's  "Landmarks  of  Plymouth," 
rather  than  the  older  sketch  in  the"New  Eng- 
land Genealogical  Register,"  which  makes  the 
fourth  generation  (William  Harlow)  descend 
from  William  (3),  instead  of  Samuel  (3).  It 
seems  that  \\'illiam  (3),  son  of  William  (2), 
had  a  son  William,  born  September  27,  1715, 
while  Samuel's  son  William,  given  below, 
was  born  October  14,  1718.  The  lineage  here 
given  has  been  proved  correct.  Children, 
born  at  Plymouth:  i.  Sarah,  born  Novem- 
ber 15,  1715;  married  Eleazer  Churchill.  2. 
Benjamin,  born  November  20,  1716;  married 
Elizabeth  Stevens.  3.  William,  born  October 
14,  1718;  mentioned  below.  4.  Hannah,  born 
January  14,  1720;  married  Ebenezer  Samp- 
son. 5.  Mercy,  born  February  14,  1722;  mar- 
ried Sylvanus  Holmes.  6.  Keziah,  born  No- 
vember 5,  1723;  died  January  25,  1725-6.  7. 
Samuel,  born  September  7,  1726:  died  June 
II,  1767;  sea  captain.  8.  Phebe.  ').)rn  Octo- 
ber 21,  1728:  married  Edward  Stephens.  9. 
Rebecca,  born  April  16,  1732;  married  Eben- 
ezer Rawson.  10.  Seth,  born  September  10. 
1736;  died  June  30,  1802. 

(R'l  W'illiaui  Harlow,  son  of  \\  illiam  Har- 
low (3),  was  born  (  )ctober  14,  1718,  married 
Hannah  Bartlett,  of  Plymouth,  and  rejiioved 
to  the  adjacent  town  of  Middleborough  before 
1739,  and  became  a  prominent  citizen,  mod- 
erator of  town  meetings  and  town  officer ; 
on  the  conmiittee  of  safety  and  correspond- 
ence, which  is  counted  by  the  patriotic  so- 
cieties as  Revolutionary  service.  His  son 
was  a  lieutenant  and  his  grandson  in  this 
lineage  served  in  the  navy  in  the  war.  There 
fore  the  descendants  of  William  Harlow  have 
the  three  generations  upon  which  to  t  nter 
the  patriotic  societies.  Children,  born  at 
Middleborougji:  i.  Joseph.  2.  Ezra,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Hannah.  4.  Mary.  5.  Wil- 
liam, married  Olive  Jackson.  6.  Joshua.  7. 
Ephraim. 

(V)  Ezra  Harlow,  son  of  William  Harlow 
(5),  was  born  in  Middleborough,  about  1740- 
5,  and  married,  1768,  Elizabeth  Ellis,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Ellis  (See  App.  '■Plymouth 
History").  He  was  an  officer  in  the  revolu- 
tion, corporal  in  Captain  Jesse  HarlDw's 
company  on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  April  20, 
1775:  sergeant  in  the  second  company.  Lieu- 
tenant John  Barrows,  Colonel  Ephraim  Sprout, 
in  1776  and  1778,  in  two  Rhode  Island 
alarms;  also  second  lieutenant  in  Captain 
Abner  Bourn's  company  (third)  in  the 
Fourth  Plymouth  militia  regiment;  also  sec- 
ond lieutenant  in  Captain  Edward  Sparrow's 
company  for  three  months  in  the  Continental 


army  in  1780.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Middle- 
borough.     Children,  born  at  Middleborough; 

I.    Joseph,    born    ;    married    Susanna 

.  2.    Ellis,  born  about  1768;  mentioned 

below.  3.  Thomas,  born  1773.  4.  Lydia, 
born  1774.  5.  Betsey,  born  1775.  6.  Ezra, 
born  1777,  died  young.  7.  William,  born 
1779.  8.  (Jtis.  born  1781.  9.  Samuel,  horn 
1783.  10.  Hannah,  born  1785.  11.  Josiah, 
born  1786.  12.  Patience,  born  1789.  13. 
Sally,  born  1791.     14.  Ezra,  born  1793. 

(VT)  Ellis  Harlow,  son  of  Ezra  Harlow  (5), 
was  born  in  Middleborough,  Massachusetts, 
about  1768.  (The  impossible  date  of  birth  is 
given  by  Davis  as  1771).  He  settled  in  Ply- 
mouth, and  married  there  in  1785,  Sarah 
Holmes.  (See  appendix  of  "Plymouth  His- 
tory"). He  was  a  mariner  by  occupation,  but 
removed  about  1796  to  Harvard,  Massachu- 
setts, and  in  1798  he  bought  the  old  forge  at 
Harvard  formerly  owned  by  Captain  Jabez 
Keep,  and  operated  by  bog-ore  from  Groton. 
In  1818  he  sold  the  forge  privilege  and  land 
to  William  .Adams.  During  his  ownership 
he  built  a  grist  mill  in  the  place  of  the  iron 
mill.  He  served  in  the  revolution,  as  well  as 
his  father  and  grandfather,  as  a  boy  on  the 
brigantine  "Hazard,"  Captain  Simeon  Sam- 
son, in  October,  1777,  and  subsequently.  A 
record  of  shoes  delivered  the  crew  of  the 
"Hazard"  from  tlie  prize-ship  "Live  Oaks" 
includes  shoes  for  this  boy.  He  was  prob- 
ably about  ten  years  old  when  on  the  ship-of- 
war.  He  married  in  1785,  and  if  the  date  of 
his  parents'  marriage  is  given  correctly  by 
Davis,  he  was  not  more  than  nine  years  old 
when  in  the  navy,  and  was  married  at  seven- 
teen. Numerous  instances  of  such  early  mar- 
riages are  to  be  found.  He  was  selectman 
and  assessor  in  1809.  In  politics  a  Democrat, 
he  signed  an  angry  protest  against  the  gov- 
ernment and  the  war  of  1812.  Children,  born 
at  Plymouth:  I.  Bradford,  born  1785.  2. 
Sally,  born  1787,  married  Cornelius  Morey.  3. 
Ellis,  born  1790,  mentioned  below.  4.  Jabez, 
born  1793,  married  Hannah  Harlow.  5. 
Lucia,  born  1795.  At  Harvard:  6.  William 
Holmes,  born  October  2,  1798.  7.  Charles, 
born  April  I,  1800. 

(VII)  Ellis  Harlow,  son  of  Ellis  Harlow 
(6),  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
in  1790.  He  removed  with  his  father  to  Har- 
vard, Massachusetts,  when  a  boy  of  six  or 
seven  years  of  age,  and  was  educated  there  in 
the  district  schools.  He  married,  January  12, 
1814,  Miriam  Holden,  born  October  9,  1793, 
died  at  Aytr,  May  3,  1876.  He  died  July  24, 
1875.    He  was  a  farmer  at  Shirley.  Mrs.  Har- 


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low  was  the  daughter  of  Phineas  Holden, 
born  at  Shirley,  July  14,  1760,  and  his  wife, 
Miriam  Longley,  daughter  of  Jonas  and 
Esther  (Patterson)  Longley.  Asa  Holden 
(4),  father  of  Phineas  Holden,  was  born  at 
Groton,  Massachusetts.  August  2^,  1732; 
married  first.  December  6,  1757,  Dorothy 
Wait,  of  Groton,  who  died  July  5,  1807;  sec- 
ond, Octolier  28,  1810,  Sibil  Lakin,  of  Pep- 
perell;  he  died  June  2t,.  1813;  settled  on  land 
that  had  Ijeen  in  possession  of  his  ancestors 
back  to  Richard  Holden,  the  immigrant,  now 
situate  in  Shirley,  and  still  owned  by  the 
Holden  family.  Asa  was  a  leading  citizen, 
selectman  fiiteen  years.  Asa  was  the  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Abigail  (Stone)  Holden; 
grandson  of  Stephen  Holden ;  and  great- 
grandson  of  Richard  Holden  (I),  who  came 
from  England  to  .America  in  May,  1634,  set- 
tled at  Ipswich;  married,  1640,  Martha  Fos- 
dick,  and  in  1644  removed  to  Watertown. 
About  1656-7.  with  sons  Samaiel  and  Justin- 
ian, he  removed  to  Groton,  now  Shirley;  he 
is  the  foimder  of  the  numerous  Holden  family 
of  Worcester  county  and  vicinity.  Ellis  Har- 
low was  selectman  of  Harvard  1831,  1834  to 
1839,  1843  ;  representative  to  the  general  court 
in   1843-4  and    1850;  justice  of  the   peace  in 

1853- 

Children  of  Ellis  and  Miriam  (Holden) 
Harlow:  i.  Phineas  Holden,  born  Decem- 
ber 14,  1814;  mentioned  below.  2.  Henri- 
etta H..  born  September  21.  1816;  married 
Christopher  Loring  Willard,  May  11,  1843, 
and  settleil  in  Ayer;  children:  i.  Andrew  L., 
born  October  10,  1849,  died  .\ugust  21,  1850; 
ii.  Etta  P.,  born  October  15,  1850,  married 
November  27,  1870,  died  at  Ayer,  October 
30,  1876;  iii.  Dorcasina  H.,  born  March  27. 
1854,  died  February  21,  1861 ;  iv,  Carrie  A., 
born  April  26.  1857.  3.  William  H.,  born 
July  14.  1818;  married  first.  January  i,  1852. 
Phebe  K.  (ieorge.  who  died  May  29.  1835; 
married  second.  March  24,  1857.  Sarah 
Rogers,  and  lived  in  .\yer.  4.  Edward  E.. 
born  October  17,  1820;  married  Catharine  W. 
P.owker,  .April  29.  1844,  died  May  31,  1838; 
children:  i.  Ella  G.,  born  January  10,  1846; 
ii.  George  E.,  born  October  31,  1847;  "'• 
Catharine  F...  born  November  2y.  1849;  iv. 
Edwin  P.,  born  May  23,  1854;  v.  Andrew  F., 
born  May  24.  1857.  5.  Andrew  J.,  born  April 
19,  1824;  married  June  18,  1848,  and  had:  i. 
Fred  H.,  born  February  18,  183 1.  died  Janu- 
ary 24,  1870.  6.  Dorcasina  P>..  born  .\pri!  9. 
1826:  married  O.  R.  Whiting.  June  10.  1833. 
died  April  13.  1834;  had  child  William  H., 
horn  .April  3.  1834. 


(\IIl)  Phineas  Holden  Harlow,  son  of 
Ellis  Harlow  (7),  was  born  in  Shirley,  Massa- 
chusetts, December  14,  1814.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  there,  and  be- 
came a  skilful  carpenter.  After  following  his 
trade  for  a  time  he  carried  on  a  farm  at  Har- 
vard. He  served  as  selectman  several  years. 
He  married.  .April  17.  1838.  Nancy  Hapgood, 
of  Harvard.  Children:  i.  Anna  E.,  born 
March  23.  1839,  '^^^^  June  9.  1907.  2. 
Charles  F.,  born  Novemjjer  6,  1840:  served 
in  the  civil  war  in  the  Eleventh  Massachu- 
setts l>attery,  and  died  in  service,  March  2, 
1864.  3.  Edward  Omar,  born  December  23, 
1842;  see  forward.  4.  Clara  Miriam,  born 
January,  1843.  5-  Susan  M..  born  .April  23, 
1847.  "^'i^d  December  2J.  1871.  6.  .Adeline 
.Sawyer,  born  July  21.  1849.  7-  George  Hap- 
good. born  December  10,  1831.  8.  John 
Bowker.  born  June  28,  1854.  9.  Mary 
Wetherbee.  born  December  23.  1857. 

(IN)  Edward  Omar  Harlow,  son  of  Phine- 
as Holden  Harlow  (8),  was  born  December 
23.  1842.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  and  at 
Lawrence  Academy,  Groton.  He  en- 
listed, September  9,  1861,  in  Company 
H,  Twenty-third  Regiment  Massachusetts 
\'olunteers,  in  which  he  served  his 
full  term  of  three  years.  He  took  the  field 
with  his  regiment  at  Annapolis,  Maryland, 
and  participated  in  General  Ambrose  E. 
F.urnside's  famous  campaign  in  North  Caro- 
lina, including  the  Hatteras  Inlet  debarkation 
and  consequent  engagements,  and  the  battle 
at  Roanoke  Island,  followed  by  those  at  New- 
berne.  Whitehall  and  Goldsborough.  As  a 
result  of  the  constant  exposure  he  was  taken 
ill.  and  for  nine  months  was  a  hospital  inmate 
at  Beaufort,  North  Carohna.  Having  conval- 
esced, he  was  found  unfitted  for  field  service, 
and  he  was  assigned  to  clerical  duty  in  the 
hospital,  and  was  so  occupied  until  the  ex- 
jiiration  of  his  term  of  service.  September  9, 
1864,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged.  Re- 
turning home,  he  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness in  .Ayer,  but  after  a  year  sold  out  and 
removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  bought  a  farm 
and  remained  for  seven  years.  He  then  re- 
turned to  Boston,  where  he  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile affairs  for  a  time,  then  removing  to 
.Ayer,  where  he  purchased  a  meat  and  provi- 
sion store  which  he  has  conducted  with 
gratifying  success  to  the  present  time.  The 
establishment  is  located  on  Main  street,  Ayer, 
and  is  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Har- 
low &  Parsons.  He  is  a  Republican  in  po- 
litics, and  has  never  been  an  aspirant  to  pub- 


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lie  honors.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  George 
S.  Boutwell  Post.  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic, in  which  he  is  past  commander.  He  is  a 
member  of  Caleb  Butler  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  of  Ida  McKinles 
Chapter,  Carder  of  the  Eastern  Star;  of  Emer- 
son Council,  Royal  Arcanum;  and  of  the 
Knights  of  Honor.  He  attends  the  Congre- 
gational church. 

Mr.  Harlow  married.  February  15,  1872 
Mary  Lowe  Poole,  of  Gloucester  Massachu- 
setts, only  child  of  James  Poole  and  his  wife, 
Emily  Choate,  botli  of  Rockport,  the  father 
being  a  sea  captain.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harlow:  i.  Ellis  Bacon,  born  in  Kan- 
sas, October  21,.  1873;  educated  in  public 
schools  in  Ayer;  engaged  in  the  provision 
business  in  Boston,  and  later  in  .Acton;  still 
later  became  associated  with  firm  of  Harlow 
&  Parsons,  in  Ayer,  with  whom  he  is  still  en- 
gaged; married,  June  29,  1898,  Lillian  A., 
daughter  of  George  and  Laura  Downing,  of 
Ayer;  his  children  are:  Ruth  Choate,  born 
August  15,  1901,  and  Edward  Elhs,  born 
January  25,  1908.  2.  Holden  Choate,  born 
April  4,  1888;  educated  in  public  schools  of 
.•\yer,  and  Powder  Point  School  of  Duxbury ; 
attended  Hanley  Electrical  School  in  Boston, 
is  now  in  the  block  signal  de])artment  of  the 
Boston  &  Maine  railroad. 


Rev.  Ralph  Wheelock, 
WHEELOCK  the  inmiigrant,  was  born 
in  Shropshire,  England, 
in  1600.  He  was  educated  at  Clare  Hall, 
Cambridge  University,  England,  where  he 
received  his  B.  A.  in  1626  and  his  M.  .\.  in 
163 1.  He  became  an  eminent  preacher  in 
England,  but  because  of  his  non-conformist 
views  he  was  persecuted  and  finally  in  1637 
sought  refuge  with  his  Puritan  fellows  in  New 
England.  He  was  at  Watertown  for  a  short 
time,  but  located  permanently  at  Dedham, 
Massachusetts.  He  brought  with  him  from 
England  his  wife  Rebecca  and  his  daughter 
al.>o  named  Rebecca.  In  the  biography  of 
his  great-grandson,  Rev.  Eleazer  Wheelock, 
who  founded  Dartmouth  College,  we  are  told 
that  the  ship  was  driven  back  once  by  storms 
and  that  the  voyage  was  long  and  distressing. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town  and 
church  of  Dedham,  learned,  devout,  tinselfish, 
practical,  indefatigable.  In  1638  he  made  his 
home  in  that  part  of  Dedham  that  was  set  off 
as  Medfield.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
March  13,  1638-39;  was  selectman,  school- 
master, deputy  to  the  general  court,  conmiis- 


sioner  to  end  small  causes,  appointed  magis- 
trate to  perform  marriages  while  at  Dedham 
and  was  eciually  prominent  in  the  new  town 
of  .Medfield.  He  built  his  house  at  Medfield 
in  1651-52,  He  was  made  clerk  of  the  writs 
in  1642.  was  selectman  of  Medfield  165 1  to 
1655.  school  teacher  and  justice  of  the  peace. 
He  made  his  will  May  3,  1681;  the  inventory 
was  dated  January  31,  1683,  and  the  will 
proved  May  i.  1684.  He  bequeathed  to  his 
eldest  son  Gershon  and  other  sons  Benjamin, 
Eleazer  and  Samuel;  sons-in-law  Increase 
Ward  and  Joseph  Warren;  grandchild  Rebec- 
ca Craft;  refers  in  his  will  to  his  deceased 
wife  and  appoints  George  Barboiir  one  of  the 
overseers  of  the  will.  His  wife  clied  in  1680. 
Two  of  his  sons,  Benjamin  and  Eleazer,  set- 
tled in  Mendon,  Massachusetts.  Eleazer's 
farm  was  in  the  vicinity  of  Goat  and  Wolf 
Hills,  now  in  the  northern  part  of  L'xbridge 
on  (jreat  river,  and  he  was  a  daring  man  and 
famous  hunter  of  wild  beasts,  then  very 
abundant  in  that  region. 

Rev.  Ralph  Wheelock  declined  to  take 
charge  of  any  particular  church,  but  preached 
occasionally  in  Medfield  and  the  adjacent  new 
settlements.  The  residue  of  his  life  was 
passed  in  useful  labors  and  principally  in  the 
instruction  of  the  youth.  He  was  a  wise 
counselor  in  civil  and  ecclesiastical  matters. 
Such  ability  and  piety  as  he  possessed  were 
much  needed  and  employed  in  the  infanc)  of 
the  country.  He  lived  to  a  good  old  age, 
universally  loved  and  respected,  and  deceased 
November.  1683,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of 
his  age.  (From  the  Memoirs  of  Dr.  Eleazer 
Wheelock.  published  in   181 1). 

Children;  I.  Rebecca,  born  in  England 
about  1632,  married,  June  7,  1654,  John 
Crafts.  2.  Peregrine,  born  about  1634,  mar- 
ried, 1669,  John  Warfield  (the  child  men- 
tioned in  the  Memoirs  as  born  on  the  voy- 
age). 3.  Gershom,  born  1636,  resided  at 
Medfield;  married  Hannah  Stoddard,  of 
Hingham.  4.  Mary,  born  1638,  married, 
i66i.  Joseph  Miles.  5.  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Samuel,  born  .September  22,  1642, 
married,  1678,  .Sarah  Kendrick ;  she  married 
(second)  Josiah  Rockwood.  7.  Record,  born 
December  15,  1643,  married.  1672,  Increase 
Ward.  8.  Eleazer.  born  1644,  father  of 
Ralph,  who  settled  at  Windham,  Connecticut, 
and  whose  son  was  Rev.  Dr.  Eleazer  Wheel- 
ock, founder  and  first  president  of  Dartmouth 
College  and  Moor's  Charity  School.  9.  Ex- 
perience, born  1648. 

(ID  Benjamin  Wheelock.  son  of  Rev. 
Ralph  Wheelock  (i).  was  born  in   Medfield, 


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Massachusetts,  then  Dedhani,  January  8, 
1639-40.  Married,  1668,  Ehzabeth  Bulkn, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Bullen,  of  Medtield.  He 
settled  about  1685  on  the  old  Rehoboth  road 
in  Mendon,  Massachusetts,  near  where  An- 
drus  Wheelock  lately  lived  and  died.  He  be- 
came a  large  owner  of  lands  in  that  section : 
as  early  as  1706  he  accjuired  possession  of  the 
original  Benjamin  Albee  corn  mill  in  the 
southwest  part  of  the  town,  now  the  Lewis  B. 
CJaskill  place.  He  is  said  to  have  bought  it 
of  Matthias  Pufifer  or  his  heirs,  and  Puffer 
had  it  of  Albee  or  his  heirs,  making  Wheel- 
ock the  third  owner  of  his  historic  place. 
Wheelock  deeded  it  to  his  two  sons  in  1713 
and  joined  tliem  in  a  deed  of  it  in  17 19  to  Jo- 
siah  Wood,  who  became  the  fourth  owner. 
The  mill  had  been  burned  before  this  trans- 
fer. Children,  born  in  Mendon:  i.  Eliza- 
beth, born  167 1.  2.  Mary,  1674.  3.  Alice, 
1676.  4.  Benjamin.  1678.  5.  Obadiah,  men- 
tioned below. 

(HI)  Obadiah  Wheelock,  son  of  Benjamin 
Wheelock  (2I.  was  bom  in  Mendon,  in  1683. 
Married  Elizabeth  Darling,  January  8,  1708. 
He  was  an  important  citizen  of  Rehoboth  and 
Mendon.  He  resided  on  the  old  mill  site 
several  years,  then  moved  to  the  northeastern 
part  of  what  is  now  Milford  on  what  is  Plain 
street.  His  farm  extended  from  a  point  east 
of  Mill  river  near  the  cellar  holes  on  the 
Stoddard  place,  notable  for  its  old  lilacs,  ex- 
tending on  the  west  side  of  the  road  to  and 
including  the  Lowell  Fales  place.  He  owned 
other  large  tracts  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
town  towards  the  Charles  river,  probably  in- 
herited from  his  father.  Children,  born  in 
Mendon:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  July  11,  1709, 
married,  July  3,  1733.  Ephraim  Daniels.  2. 
( Jbadiah,  Jr.,  born  September  21,  1712,  mar- 
ried, C)ctober  26,  1733,  Martha  Sumner.  3. 
Samuel,  born  September  6,  1714.  married, 
February  16,  1738,  Hannah  Ammidown.  4. 
Hannah,  born  August  18,  1716,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1737,  Joshua  Underwood,  of  Hol- 
liston.  5.  Ehenezer,  born  .\ugust  13,  1718, 
married,  February  16,  1738,  Mary  Sloeman.  6. 
Rebecca,  born  August  30,  1720,  married,  No- 
vember 26,  1747,  Benjamin  Fisk,  of  Upton. 
7.  Margaret,  born  February  18,  1723,  mar- 
ried, July  16,  17,39.  Janies  Albee.  8.  Josiah, 
mentioned  below. 

dV)  Josiah  Wheelock,  son  of  Obadiah 
Wheelock,  Sr.  (3),  was  born  in  Mendon, 
March  30,  1725,  died  there  December  28, 
1794.  He  lived  on  what  is  now  Howard 
street,  South  Milford,  and  left  a  large  estate 


to  Obadiah  and  his  other  heirs,  Obadiah  hav- 
ing the  real  estate  and  paying  the  bequests. 
His  will  was  dated  November  14,  1793,  and 
was  filed  January  13,  1795.  His  widow's  will 
was  dated  -August  22,  1796,  and  filed  Alay  4, 
1807.  She  died  .March,  1807.  He  married 
Experience  Clark,  daughter  of  Theophilus 
Clark,  of  Holliston,  January  6,  1747-48  (by 
Rev.  .\.  Frostj.  Children:  i.  Experience, 
born  May  15,  1748-49,  died  at  New  Brain- 
tree,  March,  1807;  married,  April  13,  1769, 
Henry  Penniman,  who  settled  in  New  Brain- 
tree  and  died  there  December  11,  1809,  aged 
seventy-seven.  2.  Eleazer,  born  February  2, 
1750,  settled  in  Warwick,  Massachusetts; 
e.xecutor  of  father's  will.  3.  Thankful,  born 
May  7,  1752,  non  compos.  4.  Alexander, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Bathsheba,  born  De- 
cember 14,  1760,  married,  August  29,  1784, 
Jotham  Thayer.  6.  Josiah,  born  August  12, 
1763-  7-  Joseph,  mentioned  in  wills  of  both 
parents.  8.  Olive,  born  April  3,  1769,  married, 
August  8,  1790,  Abner  Allen.  9.  Obadiah, 
born  April  6,  1771,  married,  1797-98,  Lydia 
Thurber,  of  Rehoboth :  had  the  homestead.  10. 
Ruth,  provided  for  in  father's  will  as  non 
compos. 

{V )  Alexander  Wheelock,  son  of  Josiah 
W'heelock  (4),  was  born  in  Milford,  formerly 
Mendon,  Massachi'isetts,  September  2,  1754, 
married  Sophia  Penniman,  sister  of  Henry 
I'enninian,  descendant  of  James  Penniman, 
of  Braintree,  Mas-t^achusetts,  (See  sketch  of 
Penniman  family).  W'heelock  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolution  from  Alilford  in  Captain 
Gershom  Nelson's  company  (Fourth)  and 
went  to  Cambridge,  April  19,  1775,  on  the 
Lexington  Call.  He  removed  to  Orange,  Mas- 
sachusetts, incorporated  later  as  a  town,  just 
about  the  close  of  the  Revolution  with  his 
family.  The  name  of  Timothy  Wheelock  ap- 
pears on  the  list  of  settlers  in  1791,  when 
Alexander  had  either  died  or  conveyed  his 
property  to  his  sons.  Many  Mendon  and 
Milford  families  settled  in  Orange.  In  1770 
Joseph  Metcalf.  of  Milford,  bought  of  John 
Erving  five  lumdred  acres  of  land  near  Fall 
Hill,  Orange.  The  Chenys  of  Orange  came 
from  Milford,  also  the  White,  Thayer,  and 
David  and  William  Legg's  families.  Children: 
I.  George,  signed  the  bond  of  his  uncle  as 
executor  of  his  grandmother's  estate  June  2, 
1807,  his  father  perhaps  being  dead  at  that 
time.  George  resided  at  Orange  and  had 
lands  at  Athol.  2.  Lynds,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Timothy,  was  a  prominent  early  settler  of 
Orange.     4.  Samuel,  married,  July  11,  1802, 


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Fanny  Goodnow,  of  Keene,  New  Hampshire, 
where  Lynds  also  settled;  she  died  July  20, 
18 1 8,  aged  thirty-five  years. 

(\'I)  Lynds  Wheelock,  son  of  .\lexander 
Wheelock  (5),  was  born  at  Orange,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  5,  1785,  died  at  Keene,  May 
28,  1825,  aged  forty-one  years.  (May  27  on 
church  record).  He  married  Sarah  F.  or  So- 
phia Conant,  of  Winchester,  New  Hampshire. 
His  wife  Sarah  F.  or  Sophia  died  at  Keene. 
October  12,  1839,  aged  forty-si.x  years.  He 
resided  at  Keene,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
owned  a  farm.  Children:  i.  George  Alex- 
ander, born  at  Keene,  January  21.  1816,  presi- 
dent of  the  Keene  National  Bank  and  prom- 
inent in  business  and  financial  circles.  2.  So- 
phia Penniman,  born  July  17,  1817,  died 
August  22,  1819.  3.  Andrew  Conant,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Emily  Jane,  born  June  25, 
1821.  5.  Adeline,  born  December  17,  1824. 
died  April  17,  1829. 

(VIII  A'ndrew  Conant  Wheelock,  son  of 
Lynds  \^'heelock  (6),  was  born  at  Keene, 
February  17,  1819.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  At 
the  age  of  twenty  years  he  came  to  Lowell 
and  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business.  He 
had  a  store  on  Merrimac  street  from  1840  to 
1847  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  store  of 
A.  G.  Pollard.  He  sold  his  business  to  Amos 
Dodge  and  invested  his  means  largelv  in  real 
estate.  Time  proved  that  his  investment  was 
wise.  As  the  city  grew  his  property  in- 
creased in  value.  His  good  judgment,  fore- 
sight and  good  management  won  for  him  a 
fortune.  He  is  among  the  wealthiest  real 
estate  owners  of  the  city.  He  is  deemed  one 
of  the  best  judges  of  real  estate  in  that  sec- 
tion. Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he  is 
eighty-nine  years  old.  he  attends  to  his  busi- 
ness as  regularly  as  ever,  day  by  day.  He  is 
tall,  of  fine  physique  and  as  erect  and  youth- 
ful in  looks  as  many  a  man  is  at  fifty.  He 
wears  his  glasses  only  when  reading,  having 
preserved  his  sight  remarkably  well.  He 
writes  a  very  good  hand.  He  attributes  his 
lack  of  infirmities  in  his  old  age  to  abstinence 
from  tobacco  and  liquor.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Prescott  National  Bank  of 
Lowell  and  also  of  the  Traders'  and  Merch- 
ants' Insurance  Company  of  Lowell.  In  his 
younger  days  Mr.  Wheelock  was  active  in 
municipal  politics,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  common  council  two  years,  the  voungest 
nian  ever  elected  to  that  office.  He  resides 
in  a  very  attractive  and  beautiful  home  on 
Nesmith  avenue.  He  has  a  large  and  well 
selected  library  where  he  spends  most  of  his 

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leisure  hours.  He  is  especially  interested  in 
tthe  current  literature  and  is  an  omnivorous 
reader.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Unitarian 
church  of  Keene.  He  married,  1898,  Mar- 
garet McLennon,  of  Canada,  whose  ancestry 
is  Scotch.    There  were  no  children. 


Richard    Currier,    the    immi- 
Ll'RRIER     grant   ancestor,   was   born   in 
England  about  1616,  and  set- 
tled at  Salisbury,  .Massachusetts.     He  was  a 
planter   and   millwright.      He   married   (first) 

.\nn and  (second),  October  26,   1676, 

Joanna  Pindor,  widow  of  Valentine  Pindor 
(2)  and  also  of  William  Sargent  (1).  He  drew 
land  in  Salisbury  in  1641-42  and  was  a  com- 
moner of  that  town.  He  was  taxed  there  in 
1650,  and  in  1654-55  was  the  largest  tax- 
payer of  Amesbury,  the  town  adjoining.  He 
was  town  clerk  of  Salisbury  in  1654-58-59-62- 
64-68.  He  and  his  predecessor.  Macy,  were 
authorized  to  build  a  saw  mill  in  1656,  and  he 
owned  a  saw  mill  right  in  1675.  I"  tlie  seat- 
ing of  the  Amesbury  meeting  house  in  1667 
his  name  stands  first  "to  set  at  the  Table," 
but  apparently  retained  membership  in  the 
Salisbury  church  in  1677.  He  seems  to  have 
been  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war,  although 
older  tiian  most  of  the  soldiers.  He  was  one 
of  the  leading  citizens  of  his  day.  His  last 
years  were  spent  at  the  house  of  his  wife's 
son,  Philip  Rowell.  He  had  conveyed  his 
real  estate  by  deed  to  his  heirs,  so  that  no 
administration  was  necessary  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  Twenty-five  years  afterward 
his  grandson  was  appointed,  November 
6,  1710,  and  his  heirs  were  granted  land  at 
Buxton,  Maine,  for  his  service  in  the  Narra- 
gansett  war.  He  died  February  22,  1686-87, 
and  his  widow  Joanna  October,  1690.  His 
daughter  Hannah  joined  with  Sarah  Rowell, 
widow  of  Philip  Rowell,  in  petition  for  a  set- 
tlement of  the  estate  of  Richard  and  Joanna 
Currier.  Currier  deposed  April  12,  1664, 
that  his  age  was  forty-seven.  Joanna  Pindor 
was  the  daughter  of  Henry  Pindor,  of  Ips- 
wich, who  came  over  in  the  ship  "Susan  and 
Ellen"  in  .\pril,  1635.  Joanna  being  then  four- 
teen years  old.  Children  of  Richard  and  .A^nn 
Currier;  i.  Samuel,  born  in  England,  prob- 
ably in  1636:  married  Mary  Hardy.  2.  Han- 
nah, born  July  8.  1643,  married,  June  23, 
1659,  .Samuel  Foote.  3.  Thomas,  born  March 
8,  1646,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas  Currier,  son  of  Richard  Cur- 
rier (i).  was  born  in  .Salisbury,  Massachusetts. 
March  S.  1646.  and  died  .September  2"],  1712. 


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Married,  December  9,  1668,  Alary  Osgood, 
daughter  of  William  Osgood,  the  pioneer 
settler.  Her  father  deeded  to  them  a  quarter 
interest  in  his  saw  mill  in  1693.  Currier  was 
received  in  the  township  in  1666  and  admitted 
a  freeman  in  1670.  He  was  town  clerk  of 
Amesburv  in  1674.     His  wife  died  November 

2,  1705.  His  will  was  dated  August  25,  1708, 
and  proved  November  3,  1712.  Children:  i. 
Hannah,  married,  March  18,  1687,  John  Stev- 
ens. 2.  Thomas,  born  November  28,  1671, 
married,  Septeniber  19,  1700,  Sarah  Barnard. 

3.  Richard,  born  April  12,  1673,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Samuel,  born  January  3,  1674-75, 
married  Dorothy  Fox.  5.  Mary,  born  No- 
vember 28,  1676,  married,  March  17,  1706-07, 
Robert  Iloyt.  6.  Anne,  married,  October  22, 
1696,  Samuel  Barnard.  7.  William,  married 
Rachel  Sargent.  8.  John,  married  Judith 
Sargent.  9.  Joseph,  married,  December  9, 
1708,  Sarah  Brown.  10.  Benjamin,  born 
March  27,  1688,  married  Abigail  Brown.  11. 
Ebenezer,  born  August  22,  1690,  married, 
December  8,  1713,  Judith  Osgood.  12. 
Daniel,  born  May  3,  1692,  married,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1717,  Sarah  Brown. 

(HI)  Captain  Richard  Currier,  son  of 
Thomas  Currier  (2),  was  born  at  Amesbury, 
April  12,  1673,  and  died  there  February  8, 
1747-48.  He  was  a  yeoman  in  his  native  town. 
He  served  in  the  military  company  of  Ames- 
bury  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  captain.  He 
married,  August  29,  1695,  Dorothy  Barnard 
(3),  who  died  March  2,  1765,  in  her  ninety-first 
year.  His  will  was  drawn  June  6,  1744,  and 
proved  shortly  after  his  death,  April  18,  1748. 
Children:  i.  David,  born  February  17,  1696, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Jonathan,  born  Febru- 
ary   7,    1698-99,    married    Anne    .      3. 

Hannah,  born  July  31,  1701,  married,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1721,  Samuel  Lowell.  4.  John,  born 
April  5.  1704,  married  April  16,  1724,  Rachel 
Whittaker.  5.  Dorothy,  born  November  5, 
T706,  married  James  Crocker.  6.  Richard, 
born    February    12,    1708.      7.  Miriam,    born 

April   10,  171 T,  married  Titcomb.     8. 

Aaron,  born  January  2,  1716.  9.  Barnard, 
bom  April  15.  1719.  10.  Alary,  born  August 
2,  1722.     1 1.   Moses. 

(IV)  David  Currier,  son  of  Captain  Rich- 
ard Currier  (3),  was  born  February  17,  1696, 
married,  December  11,  1718,  Keziah  Colby, 
of  Amesbury,  Fast  Parish.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  filed  July  20,  1737,  and  the 
estate  was  divided  in  1747.  His  widow 
Keziah  married  (second),  June  2,  1748,  Jacob 
Bagley,  and  she  died  November  3,  1754. 
Children:    i.  Electa,  born   .\ugust  31,    1719. 


married,  1 74 1,  Daniel  Currier  (4).  2.  Doro- 
thy, born  April  10,  1722,  married  Tristram 
Barnard.  Jr.,  and  removed  to  Weare,  New 
Hampshire.  3.  David,  born  Alarch  6,  1724- 
25.  4.  John,  born  (Jctober  17,  1726.  5. 
Aliriam,  born  December  22,  1728.  6.  Richard, 
born  November  27,  1730,  mentioned  below. 
7.  Edmund,  baptized  Alay  27,  1733.  8.  Isaac, 
l)aptized  September  7,  1735.  9.  Mary,  bap- 
tized or  born  September  i,  1737. 

(\')  Ricliard  Currier,  son  of  David  Currier 
(4),  was  born  in  Amesbury,  November  2-/, 
1730,  baptized  in  the  East  Parish  of  Ames- 
bury, Alay  16,  1731,  and  was  living  there  at 
the  time  of  his  father's  death.  The  Revolu- 
tionary Rolls  show  that  Richard  Currier,  of 
Amesbury,  was  second  lieutenant  in  Captain 
Benjamin  Evans's  company.  Colonel  Timo- 
thy Pickering,  Jr.'s  regiment,  ordered  to 
Danbury,  Connecticut,  in  1776,  via  Provi- 
dence. Children,  born  at  Amesbury:  i. 
Jacob  Bagley,  born  1753,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Richard,  Jr.,  soldier  also  in  the  Revo- 
lution. 

(\T)  Jacob  Bagley  Currier,  son  of  Richard 
Currier  (5),  was  born  in  Amesbury,  1753,  in 
the  East  Parish.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Timothy 
Barnard's  company  of  Minute  Men,  April  19, 
1775-  By  some  error  he  is  also  recorded  as 
corporal  in  Captain  Jonathan  Evans's  com- 
pany of  Minute  Alen  on  the  Lexington  alarm 
in  Colonel  James  Frye's  regiment.  He  was 
in  this  regiment  in  Captain  William  Hudson 
Ballard's  company  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill;  was  paid  for  articles  lost  during  the 
battle.  June  17,  1775.  as  ordered  in  a  council 
meeting,  June  13,  1776.  He  was  among  the 
veterans  who  assisted  at  the  laying  of  the 
cornerstone  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Alonument. 
He  died  in  1831.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Johnson.  He  was  much  attached  to  his  little 
namesake,  Jacob  Bagley  Currier,  who  was 
born  two  years  before  his  death.  Child: 
Jacob  Bagley,  Jr.,  born  August  29,  1784. 

(WV)  Jacob  Bagley  Currier,  son  of  Jacob 
Baglev  Currier  (6),  was  born  in  Amesbury, 
August  29,  1784,  and  died  there  August  12, 
1850.  He  was  a  ship's  blacksmith  by  trade. 
He  married  Mary  Hoyt.  who  was  born  at 
Amesbury,  December  17,  1785,  and  died 
there  in  1830.  Child:  i.  Willibee  Hoyt,  born 
July  6,  1806,  mentioned  below. 

(A'TIH  \\'illibee  Hoyt  Cm-ricr,  son  of 
Jacob  Bagley  Currier  (7),  was  born  at  Ames- 
bury, July  6,  1806.  He  was  a  successful  manu- 
facturer at  Haverhill  and  at  Lowell,  dying  at 
the  latter  place  November  17.  1862.    He  mar- 


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ried  Anne  Clay,  who  was  born  in  Candia,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1806,  and  died  in  Lowell  in 
1882.  Child :  Jacob  Bagley,  born  October 
3.  1829,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Jacob  Bagley  Currier,  .son  of  VVilli- 
bee  Hoyt  Currier  (8),  was  born  in  Amesbury, 
October  3,  1829.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  in  Haverhill  and  also  the  Haverhill 
high  school.  In  1848  he  came  to  Lowell  to 
learn  his  trade  in  the  wood  work  department 
of  the  Lowell  Carpet  Corporation,  where  he 
continued  for  five  years,  after  which  he 
worked  at  model  and  pattern  making  for 
John  E.  Crane,  making  models  for  pat- 
ents, some  of  which  are  still  to  be  seen  in  the 
patent  office,  Washington.  About  1855  he 
engaged  in  business  with  A.  J.  Simpson  in  the 
manufacture  of  a  patented  barometer,  of 
which  some  twelve  hundred  were  manufac- 
tured. In  1862  he  embarked  in  the  picture 
frame  business  at  the  same  location  that  he 
has  occupied  since  as  an  undertaker.  He  was 
the  inventor  of  the  Currier  Telephone  Indi- 
vidual Electric  Bell  and  of  the  Currier  sys- 
tem of  counting  Australian  ballots,  used  in 
Lowell  and  also  by  the  city  of  Boston  in  all 
the  recounts. 

In  1864,  in  company  with  the  late  Daniel 
H.  Gordon,  he  bought  out  the  coffin  and  cas- 
ket business  of  Amos  Hull.  In  1870  he 
bought  out  his  partner  and  established  him- 
self in  the  business  of  undertaker.  After  a 
long  and  successful  business  career  as  an  un- 
dertaker, he  recently  retired.  He  held  the 
position  of  city  undertaker  throughout  his 
continuance  in  business.  He  was  admirably 
adapted  by  natural  gifts  and  training  for  this 
profession  and  performed  his  duties  most  ac- 
ceptably to  his  clients.  Mr.  Currier  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  Congregationalist 
in  religion,  attending  the  High  Street  Church. 
He  is  and  was  for  many  years  a  member  of 
the  board  of  governors  of  the  Old  Residents' 
Association.  He  was  prominent  in  the  old 
Middlesex  Mechanics'  Association.  He  is  a 
member  and  past  noble  grand  of  Oberlin 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  past  chief 
patriarch  of  Wannalancit  Encampment, 
Odd  Fellows.  The  History  of  Lowell  says 
of  him:  "Mr.  Currier  is  one  of  the  older  resi- 
dents of  the  City  of  Lowell  and  has  been 
closely  identified  with  its  progress  and  pros- 
perity. He  is  highly  respected  by  all  who 
know  him  as  a  man  of  character  and  worth." 
He  married,  in  1853,  Ann  Eliza  Yeoman, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Yeoman, 
of  Lowell.  Children:  Alice  M.,  Frank  H., 
died  July  5,   1882. 


The  name  Holmes  is  from 
HOLMES     Holm    or    holms,    meaning    a 

flat  land  or  small  island.  The 
name  has  an  ancient  and  honorable  history 
in  England,  and  many  of  the  family  there  as 
well  as  in  America  have  been  prominent. 

(I)  Tliomas  Holmes,  the  progenitor,  was  a 
lawyer  of  (Cray's  Inn,  London,  and  was  killed 
during  the  civil  war,  probably  in  May  or  June, 
1640,  at  the  siege  of  Oxford.  He  married 
Mary  Thetford.  Their  son  Thomas  is  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Thomas  Holmes,  son  of  Thomas 
Holmes  (i),  was  born  in  London,  England, 
in  1625.  At  the  time  of  the  Great  Plague  in 
1665  he  emigrated  to  \'irginia.  Thence  he 
removed  to  New  York,  where  he  married 
Lucretia  Dudley,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dud- 
ley, of  London,  England.  They  settled  fi- 
nally in  New  London,  Connecticut,  where  she 
died  July  5,  1689.  Thence  he  removed  to  East 
Haddam,  Connecticut,  where  many  of  his  de- 
scendants have  lived  after  him.  He  died  there 
December  12,  1723,  aged  ninety-eight  years. 
Of  his  children  John  seems  to  be  the  only  one 
leaving  descendants. 

(HI)  John  Holmes,  son  of  Thomas 
Holmes  (2),  was  born  in  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, March  11,  1686-87.  He  married  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Miriam  (Moore) 
Willey,  and  settled  in  New  London,  where  he 
was  admitted  a  townsman  in  1710,  and  leased 
"an  acre  of  rocky  land  by  Cedar  Swamp  where 
his  father  hath  planted  some  apple  trees." 
About  the  spring  of  17 14  he  removed  to  Ma- 
chamoodus  (East  Haddam)  and  bought  lands 
there.  He  was  town  surveyor  in  1719,  select- 
man in  1721.  He  died  at  East  Haddam,  May 
29,  1734,  in  his  forty-ninth  year.  His  widow 
joined  the  church  at  East  Haddam,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1734,  and  married  (second).  June  i, 
1736,  Samuel  Andrews.  Children  of  John 
Holmes:  i.  Thom.as,  born  December  4,  1707, 
married  Lucy  Knowlton.  2.  John,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1708-09,  resided  at  East  Haddam 
and  Saybrook:  married  Lucretia  Willey.  3. 
Lucretia,  born  July  14,  171 1,  married  Joseph 
Willey.  4.  Mary,  born  February  i,  1712, 
married  Abel  Willey,  son  of  Abel  and  Hannah 
(Bray)  Willey:  removed  to  Westchester,  Con- 
necticut, and  Middle  Haddam.  5.  Christo- 
pher, born  June  4,  1715.  married.  March  2, 
1736,  Sarah  Andrews,  daughter  of  Sanuiel  and 
Eleanor  (Lee)  Andrews.  6.  Grace,  born 
.\ugust  4,  1717,  married  Robert  Hungerford. 
7.  Eliphalet.  bom  July  13,  1722,  married  Da- 
marias  Waterhouse.  8.  Sarah,  born  June  14, 
1726.    married    Nathaniel    Niles.     9.  Abigail, 


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born  August  i,   1729,  died  August  26,   1811, 
unmarried. 

(IV)  Nelson  W.  Holmes,  descendant  of 
John  Holmes  (3),  was  born  in  western  New 
York.  His  father  or  grandfather  went  from 
Connecticut  with  other  pioneers.  He  lived  in 
Potsdam,  whence  he  came  to  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war. 
He  is  living  at  present  in  the  Soldiers'  Home, 
Togus,  Maine.  Children:  i.  Catharine,  mar- 
ried William  Osborn,  of  New  York,  where 
tbey  reside.  2.  Henry,  educated  in  the  Lo- 
well public  schools;  learned  the  baker's  trade, 
and  at  present  is  manager  of  the  bakery  of 
D.  L.  Payn,  of  Lowell.  3.  Charles  Hiram, 
born  October  4,  1866,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Charles  Hiram  Holmes,  son  of  Nelson 
W.  Holmes  (4),  was  born  in  Potsdam,  New 
York,  October  4,  1866.  He  came  to  Lowell 
with  his  father  when  he  was  four  years  old 
and  attended  the  Lowell  public  schools.  He 
was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  machin- 
ist in  the  shop  of  George  L.  Cady  &  Com- 
pany. He  worked  at  his  trade  as  apprentice 
and  journeyman  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  then  engaged  as  engineer  by  the  Lannon 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Lowell,  and  re- 
mained in  that  position  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  was  killed  in  an  accident  on  the  rail- 
road, June  17,  1902.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
competent  stationary  engineers  of  Lowell,  a 
city  where  the  steam  engine  plays  an  import- 
ant part  in  industry,  a  center  of  mechanical 
skill  and  art.  He  represented  the  Lowell 
Engineers  as  delegate  to  the  World's  Fair 
and  again  to  a  national  convention  in  New- 
York  City.  He  was  trusted  fully  by  his  em- 
ployers and  popular  with  his  men.  He  en- 
joyed the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who 
knew  him.  He  was  a  man  of  attractive  per- 
sonal qualities,  a  member  of  the  Hadley 
Street  Free  Baptist  Church,  of  which  he  was 
a  generous  supporter  and  an  active  worker. 
He  was  prominent  in  the  Odd  Fellows. 
He  married,  1886,  Maggie  Long,  of  Carlisle, 
Massachusetts.  She  survives  her  husband, 
residing  with  her  children  at  the  homestead  in 
Lowell.       Children:      i.   Bertha    Eleta,    born 

Nelson   Charles,  born 
Mildred  Josephine,   born 


January  31.  18 
A'lay  13,  1890. 
April  20,  18(^9. 


3- 


Henry  T^ancaster,  the  im- 
L.'\NC.\.STER     migrant      ancestor,      was 

born  in  England  about 
1610  or  earlier.  He  was  of  Piscataqua.  now 
in  Maine,  on  or  before   163 1,  and  of  Dover, 


New  Hampshire,  in  1634,  when  he  served 
on  the  grand  jury.  He  was  on  the  tax  list 
there  in  1642.  In  1653  he  was  admitted  a 
freeman,  and  from  1652  to  1657  was  a  tax- 
payer at  Bloody  Point,  paying  in  1652  and 
later  the  largest  tax.  For  some  special  ser- 
vice he  was  granted  all  the  meadows  at 
Bloody  Point  by  the  town.  The  Gilmanton 
history  states  that  he  died  July  18,  1695,  but 
the  correct  date  seems  to  be  July  18,  1707, 
and  his  age  was  about  one  hundred  years, 
thus  fixing  his  birth  year  between  1607  and 
1610.  (See  Pike's  Journal).  His  name  was 
also  spelled  Langstafif.     Children:   i.  Heniy. 

2.  Joseph,  born  about  1637,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Sarah,  married  Anthony  Nutter.  And 
probably  others. 

(II)  Joseph  Lancaster,  son  of  Henry  Lan- 
caster (i),  was  bom  in  or  near  Dover  in  1637- 
38.  He  lived  in  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  after 
1690.  He  received  the  rights  of  a  commoner 
at  Bloody  Point  in  1669;  took  the  oath  of  al- 
legiance December,  1677;  belonged  to  the 
trainband  in  1680,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1690.  His  will  was  dated  April  7, 
1 718,  and  was  proved  February  2,  1718-19. 
The  will  mentions  no  wife;  she  died  earlier 
doubtless.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Carter, 
who  was  born  October  6,  1641,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Carter,  the  pioneer  settler  of  Salem. 
Lancaster  married  (second),  after  1676,  Han- 
nah   .  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1665-66,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary, 
born  September  8,  1667,  married  (published 
May  9,  1696)  Timothy  Wyman,  of  Newbury. 

3.  Thomas,  born  March  15,  1668-69,  married 
Mercy  (^ireen,  daughter  of  Abraham  Green, 
of  Ham])ton;  killed  by  the  Indians  .\ugust  17, 
1703,  in  Hampton.  4.  John,  born  July  24, 
1 67 1.  5.  William,  born  July  10,  1673.  6. 
Anne,  born  about  1680,  married,  December 
21,  1693,  Joshua  Remick,  of  Kittery,  Maine. 
7.  Samuel,  married  (published  August  9, 
1701)  Hannah  Plats.  8.  Henry,  married,  July 
15'  1703-    9-   Hannah,  born  July,  1686. 

(III)  Joseph  Lancaster,  son  of  Joseph 
Lancaster  (2),  was  born  in  1666.  Married. 
March  31,  1687,  Elizabeth  Hoyt,  at  Ames- 
burv.  Children,  born  in  Amesbury:  i.  Mary, 
born  .^pril  5,  1688,  died  .\pril  20,  1688.  2. 
Hannah,  born  July  22,  1689,  died  February 
12.  169 1.  3.  John,  born  August  22,  1691, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Daniel,  born  Novem- 
ber 13,  1693,  married,  January-  19,  1713-14, 
Damarus  Gould.  5.  .Abraham,  born  Novem- 
ber 20,  1696.  6.  Ann,  born  .^pril  14,  i6gg.  7. 
Micah,  born  May  30,  1702,  resided  in  Ames- 
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(I\')  John  Lancaster,  son  of  Joseph  Lan- 
caster (3),  was  born  in  Amesbury,  Massachu- 
setts. .August  22,  1691,  and  died  there  May  6, 
1/42.  He  married,  December  20,  1716,  Mary 
Hoyt.  (See  history  of  Gilmonton,  New 
Hampshire).  Children,  probably  born  in 
.Amesbury:  Henry,  Timothy,  mentioned  be- 
low: Mary,  Elizabeth,  Miriam,  Hannah, 
Sarah. 

(\']  Timothy  Lancaster,  son  of  John  Lan- 
caster (4),  was  bom  in  Amesbury  about  1720. 
Married  at  .Amesbury,  April  2,  1747,  Seers 
Sargent,  of  an  old  .Amesbury  and  Salisbury 
family.  (.See  Sargent  family  sketch).  Both 
joined  the  Second  Church  in  1748,  and  the 
wife  was  baptized  at  the  Second  Church,  April 
12,  1752.  Children,  all  baptized  in  the  Second 
Church  of  Amesbury:  i.  Timothy.  Jr.  (twin), 
born  June  19,  1748.  2.  Seers  or  Seurs  (twin 
named  for  mother),  born  June  19,  1748.  3. 
Jacob,  baptized  December  24,  1749,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Sarah,  baptized  Eebruary  9, 
1752.  5.  Molly,  baptized  November  18,  1753. 
6.  Thomas,  baptized  April  10,  1757,  married, 
November  15,  1781,  Sarah  Sargent.  7.  Jud- 
ith, baptized  March  18,  1759. 

(\T)  Jacob  Lancaster,  son  of  Timothy 
Lancaster  (5),  was  born  December  28,  1749, 
according  to  family  records,  but  as  he  was 
baptized  December  24.  the  correct  date  is 
probably  December  20  or  thereabouts.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  1777  in 
Captain  White's  company.  Colonel  Francis's 
regiment,  nuistered  in  Alarch  16,  1777;  also 
in  Captain  Jonathan  Evans's  company. 
Colonel  Samuel  Johnson's  regiment,  in  which 
he  enlisted  .August  23,  1777.  (See  page  497 
Massachusetts  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the 
Revolution,  Volume  containing  "L.").  He 
married  Sarah  Nichols,  who  was  born  in 
Amesbury  January  15,  1756.  Children,  born 
in  .Amesbury:  i.  Thomas  (twin),  born  March 
II,  1781.  2.  Joseph  (twin),  born  March  11. 
1781,  mentioned  below.  3.  Moses,  baptized 
October  10,  1784.  4.  Jacob,  baptized  Septem- 
ber 21,  1788.  5.  Stephen,  baptized  October  9, 
1791. 

(ATI)  Joseph  Lancaster,  son  of  Jacob 
Lancaster  (6),  was  born  at  .Amesbury,  March 
II.  1781,  died  .September  2.  1825,  in  Milford, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  carriage  builder 
by  trade  and  was  engaged  in  the  carriage 
business  during  his  active  life.  He  married 
Mary  Gutterson.  who  was  born  March  21, 
1783,  in  Alilford,  New  Hampshire,  and  died 
there  January  13,  1853.  She  was  daughter 
of  .Sanuiel  Cutterson,  born  January  7,  1738, 
and  Lydia  Stephens  whom  he  married  June 


2,  1759,  granddaughter  of  John,  born  1692, 
and  great-granddaughter  of  John  Gutterson, 
of  Andover.  They  lived  at  Amesbury,  New- 
buryport,  Massachusetts,  and  Milford,  New 
Hampshire.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  in  1806, 
died  in  1807.  2.  Elmira  J.,  born  1808,  died  in 
1886.  3.  Mary  J.,  born  1811,  died  1903.  4. 
Joseph,  born  May  21,  1814,  died  August  26. 
187 1 ;  married  Rachel  Emmons,  who  died  May 
2,  1891,  leaving — i.  Joseph  Henry,  born  Janu- 
ary 2,  1842,  died  March  7,  1843;  'i-  Abbie 
Emmons,  born  August  9,  1844:  iii.  Henry 
Kent,  born  Alay  6,  1848,  married  Ellen  L. 
Hall.  5.  Sarah  G.,  born  in  1819,  died  in  1846. 
6.  Lydia  D.,  born  in  1822,  died  in  1841.  7. 
Samuel  T.,  born  July  12,  1825,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Thomas  Lancaster,  son  of 
Joseph  Lancaster  (7),  was  born  in  Milford, 
New  Hampshire,  July  12,  1825,  and  died  in 
Lowell,  December  2,  1890.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town;  at 
Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  and  at  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  apprenticed  to  a  tailor 
in  his  boyhood  and  learned  the  tailor's  trade. 
He  went  to  Lowell  to  live  in  1844  and  resided 
there  during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  e.xcept 
for  about  two  years  spent  in  Boston,  Man- 
chester and  Nashua.  His  first  employer  in 
Lowell  was  the  well-known  tailor.  William 
S.  Bennett,  for  whom  he  worked  three  years 
or  more.  In  1847  Mr.  Lancaster  ventured 
in  business  on  his  own  account.  His  store 
and  shop  were  on  the  present  site  of  the  Swan 
block  in  Lowell  on  Central  street:  in  1853  he 
had  his  shop  where  the  Appleton  block  was 
afterwards  built.  In  1855  he  took  into  part- 
nership Stark  Totman,  who  retired  in  1869. 
Later  he  had  several  partners  at  various  times. 
He  built  up  a  large  business  as  a  tailor  and 
clothing  merchant  and  acquired  a  compet- 
ence. He  disposed  of  his  business  in  Febru- 
ary, 1886,  and  retired.  He  was  in  active 
business  in  Lowell  for  a  period  of  forty  years, 
and  few  men  were  more  generally  esteemed 
and  respected  for  sterling  qualities  and  solid 
worth.  He  was  pleasant  and  attractive  in 
manner,  companionable,  kindly  and  sym- 
pathetic, making  friends  readily. 

Mr.  Lancaster  was  a  director  of  the  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank  of  Lowell,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  the  oldest  bank  director  in 
the  city.  He  was  also  a  director  in  the 
Traders'  and  Mechanics'  Insurance  Com- 
pany, in  the  Lowell  Hosiery  Company,  and 
Trustee  of  the  City  In.stitution  for  Savings. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  in  1860- 
6t  represented  ward  six  in  the  common  coun- 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


cil.  He  was  a  faithful  member  of  High  Street 
Congregational  Church.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  Kilwinning  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons,  and  belonged  to  Pilgrim  Command- 
ery,  Knights  Templar,  and  other  Masonic 
bodies.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Old  Resi- 
dents' Association.  From  1849  to  1851  he 
was  lieutenant  in  the  Old  City  Guards,  which 
later  formed  Company  D  of  the  Sixth  Regi- 
ment, which  marched  through  Baltimore, 
April  19,  1861.  He  was  offered  the  colonel 
on  guard  but  refused. 

He  married,  May  11,  1850,  Lucy  A.  Moody, 
who  was  born  at  Canterbury,  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  ig,  1823,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Hannah  (Foster)  Moody,  of  Canterbury. 
She  survives  him.  Children:  i.  Walter 
Moody,  born  November  6,  1857,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Mary  Maude,  born  Novem'ber  26, 
1861,  resides  in  the  homestead  at  Lowell  with 
her  mother. 

(IX)  Walter  Aloody  Lancaster,  son  of 
Samuel  T.  Lancaster  (8),  was  born  in  Lowell, 
November  6,  1857,  and  died  at  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  August  16,  1901.  Mr.  Lan- 
caster had  just  reached  the  prime  of  life  and 
by  his  untimely  death  the  city  of  Worcester 
lost  one  of  its  brightest  and  most  successful 
literary  men  of  the  younger  generation.  While 
Mr.  Lancaster  had  devoted  some  years  to 
business  pursuits,  it  is  by  his  literary  work  on 
Massachusetts  and  New  York  newspapers  that 
he  will  be  best  remembered.  He  was  connected 
with  the  Worcester  Spy  at  two  separate  times 
and  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  best  news- 
paper men  in  the  state.  His  especial  field  in 
journalism  was  that  of  music  and  art  criticism 
for  which  he  was  eminently  fitted  by  his 
natural  gifts  and  by  the  course  of  study  which 
he  pursued  at  Harvard  LTniversity.  His 
work  and  reputation,  like  that  of  many  other 
clever  journalists,  was  merged  with  that  of 
the  paper  for  which  he  wrote,  but  his  articles 
and  reviews  of  the  Music  Festival,  which  he 
rejiorted  for  many  years  for  the  Spy  won  for 
him  in  his  own  city,  Worcester,  and  outside, 
a  deserved  recognition  of  his  ability.  By  his 
death  the  management  of  the  Alusic  Festival 
lost  one  of  its  ablest  supporters.  Mr.  Lan- 
caster was  possessed  of  a  ready  pen  and  was 
a  master  of  journalistic  style.  His  articles 
were  always  clean,  sparkling  and  entertain- 
ing. Besides  his  musical  and  art  work,  he 
had  also  a  wide  reputation  as  a  political 
writer.  In  private  life  and  among  his  asso- 
ciates in  newspaper  work  and  in  business,  Mr. 
Lancaster  was  pleasant  and  genial,  and  he 
had  manv  warm  friends.     In  manner  he  was 


modest  and  unassuming  and  required  to  be 
known  thoroughly  before  his  true  character 
could  be  appreciated. 

He  was  born  November  6,  1857,  in  Lowell. 
On  the  maternal  side  he  was  fifth  in  descent 
from  John  Rogers,  president  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege; and  of  Captain  Asa  Foster,  of  .A.ndover, 
Massachusetts,  a  prominent  officer  in  the 
American  army  in  the  P"rench  and  Indian 
war.  Mr.  Lancaster's  boyhood  was  spent  in 
Lowell,  where  he  attended  the  public  and  high 
schools  and  was  prepared  for  college.  He  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  the  class 
of  1879.  He  gave  special  attention  during  his 
college  course  to  the  study  of  music  under 
Professor  John  Knowles  Paine.  After  leav- 
ing college  he  engaged  in  business  in  Boston 
as  an  architect,  and  was  in  business  in  Lowell 
for  a  short  time,  but  after  three  years  he  con- 
cluded that  his  taste  and  ability  suited  best 
literary  work,  and  he  severed  his  business  re- 
lations and  took  a  position  on  the  editorial 
staff  of  the  Lozvell  Mail.  In  1885  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Lowell  school  board. 
From  1886  to  1888  he  was  on  the  staff  of  the 
I'Vorces.ler  Spy.  Then  he  went  to  New  York 
as  assistant  to  Henderson,  the  art  critic  of  the 
Neii'  York  Times.  In  1890,  at  the  time  of  his 
father's  death,  he  returned  to  Worcester  and 
was  on  the  staff  of  the  Spy  until  the  fall  of 
1899.  He  filled  all  the  impwrtant  editorial  po- 
sitions on  the  paper,  from  that  of  city  editor 
to  editorial  \vriter.  The  city  of  Worcester  owes 
more  than  it  can  ever  know  to  Walter  M.  Lan- 
caster for  the  clean,  able,  honorable  and  truth- 
ful editorial  page  that  characterized  the  Spy. 
His  work  was  never  ponderous,  nor  tedious, 
nor  superficial.  He  was  straightforward,  up- 
right and  manly  in  every  published  thought, 
as  he  was  in  speech  and  action.  The  last  two 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  literary  work, 
writing  musical  criticisms,  editorials  and  mag- 
azine articles.  Although  his  health  was  not 
good,  he  was  a  persistent  worker.  In  the  win- 
ter of  1900  he  was  the  musical  critic  of  the 
Boston  Herald  during  the  season  of  Grand 
Opera,  succeeding  Wolff,  the  famous  critic  of 
the  Herald.  His  last  w-ork  was  the  preparation 
of  the  program  book  for  the  Music  Festival 
of  1901,  the  eighth  of  his  ])roduction  in  this 
series.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Bohemian 
Club,  the  Tatmuck  Country  Club  and  the 
Ouinsigamond  Boat  Club  of  Worcester. 

He  married  at  Worcester,  June  4,  1892, 
Sarah  Mill,  daughter  of  J.  Henry  Hill,  a  prom- 
inent Worcester  lawyer.  Mis  widow  resides 
ai  their  home,  48  Sever  street,  Worcester. 
Children  :  .Southworth  and  Bruce. 


WALTER    M.     LANCASTER 


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567 


The  I-'avor  family  of  America 
I-'.W'C  )R  is  of  French  Huguenot  origin. 
At  the  time  that  many  French 
Hugilcnots  came  from  England  and  other 
Frotestant  countries  in  which  they  had  taken 
refuge  from  the  persecutions  of  the  Catholic 
aiUhorities  of  France,  the  progenitor  of  this 
family  came  to  Salisbury,  Massachusetts. 
Many  of  them  settled  at  Marblehead,  and  fol- 
lowed the  sea.  At  Salisbury  and  other  ports 
along  the  coast,  branches  of  these  families  are 
found.  The  original  spelling  of  this  surname 
is  Le  Fevre.  The  article  was  dropped  and  the 
spelling,  varied  by  different  branches  of  the 
family,  became  Feavor,  Favor  and  Favour. 
Usage  still  differs  as  to  the  spelling  of  this 
family  name,  some  preferring  Favor,  others 
Favour. 

(\)  Philip  Favor,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  about  1660.  He  may  have  been  re- 
lated to  John  Favor,  who  was  in  Haverhill  as 
early  as  1641,  but  about  whom  history  tells  us 
very  little  more.  Philip  Favor  married,  in  1688 
or  1689,  Mary  Osgood,  daughter  of  John  Os- 
good and  granddaughter  of  the  pioneer,  Will- 
iam Osgood,  of  Salisbury.  (See  Osgood 
sketch).    This  wife  died  January  12,  1710-11, 

and    Philip    married    second    Sarah    ■. 

Children  of  Philip  and  Mary  Favor:  i. 
Richard,  born  March  37.  i6go.  2.  John,  born 
March  31,  1692.  3.  Cutting,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Ann,  born  April  12,  1696.  4.  Wilier- 
bee,  born  July  27,  1707.  5.  Elias.  born  Febru- 
ar)'  13,  170Q-10.  6.  Mary,  born  August  17, 
1710.     .Ml  born  at  Salisbury. 

I  TI)  Cutting  Favor,  son  of  Philip  Favor  (i), 
doubtless  named  for  some  descendant  of  John 
Cutting,  of  Newbury,  was  born  in  Salisbury, 
about  1694.  He  settled  in  Newtown,  New 
Hampshire,  and  attended  the  Second  Church 
of  Amesbury,  across  from  Salisbury.  He  had  a 
grant  of  land  in  Newtown.  December  6,  1749. 
His  house  was  near  East  Kingston  and  South 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  in  Newtown.  ■  He 
signed  a  petition  for  a  highway  in  Newtown  in 
1735,  and  again  in  1769  he  signed  with  the 
other  residents  of  the  town  of  Newtown,  ap- 
pointing a  committee.  His  sons  Timothy 
and  John  also  signed,  indicating  that  they 
were  of  age  in  1769.  Mary  Wells,  whom  Cut- 
ting Favor  married  November  16.  1725,  was 
bom  March  11,  1702,  daughter  of  TitusWells, 
granddaughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Wells,  and 
great  granddaughter  of  the  immigrant, 
Thomas  Wells  (i).  Titus  Wells  was  of  .Ames- 
bury, Massachusetts,  and  Salisbun,-,  and  of 
Chester,  New  Hampshire.  Children  of  Cut- 
ting and  Mary   (Wells)   Favor:   i.  Timothy, 


see  forward.  2.  Cutting,  see  forward.  3.  Mary, 
baptized  December  31,  1727.  4.  Arm,  baptized 
March  30,  1729.  5.  Hannah,  born  April  4, 
1731.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  May  6,  1733.  7. 
.\nna,  born  February  23,  1738-9.  8.  John,  see 
forward. 

(HI)  Timothy  Favor,  son  of  Cutting  Fa- 
vor (2).  was  born  in  Newton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, about  1726,  and  died  there  December 
19,  1824,  almost  a  hundred  years  old.  He 
married  Abigail  Hoyt,  born  October  29,  1736, 
uied  at  Newton,  October  3,  1798,  daughter  of 
Michah  and  Susanna  Hoyt.  A-Iichah  Hoyt, 
born  January  18,  1704.  was  son  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Huntington)  Hoyt; 
grandson  of  Thomas  Hoyt,  born  January  i,- 
1640,  and  great-grandson  of  John  Hoyt  (i) 
the  immigrant.  (See  Hoyt  sketch.)  Timothy 
Favor  lived  all  his  life  at  Newton,  but  until 
about  1760  was  a  member  of  the  church  at 
West  .Amesbury,  over  the  line  in  Massachu- 
setts. Children  of  Timothy  and  Abigail  Fa- 
vor (spelt  generally  Favour  and  Feavour)  :  i. 
David,  born  May  31,  1753.  baptized  July  21, 
1754,  at  West  Amesbury.  2.  Elizabeth,  born 
March  20,  1755.  3.  Mary,  born  February  4, 
1757:  baptized  at  West  .Amesbury,  April  16, 
1758.  4.  Thomas,  born  December  i,  1759. 
5.  Samuel,  born  October  10,  1761;  mentioned 
below.  6.  .Susannah,  born  May  4,  1.771.  7- 
Sarah,  born  March  30,  1773.  8.  Dolle,  born 
.\pril  I,  1775.  9.  Jacob,  born  October  23, 
1776;  died  September  22,  1822,  at  Newton. 
10.  Olley,  born  November  12,  1779. 

(HI)  Cutting  Favor.  Jr.,  born  .\pril  17, 
1727.  son  of  (Tutting  Favor  (2),  settled  in 
1768  in  New  Chester,  now  the  town  of  Hill, 
New  Hampshire.  The  state  papers  say  of 
him:  In  1768  settlements  were  made  in  New 
Chester  by  Captain  Cutting  Favour  and  Carr 
Huse,  the  latter  being  town  clerk  there  thirty- 
three  years.  Several  other  Chester  men  set- 
tled later  in  New  Chester,  and  the  town  was 
incorporated  in  1778.  Favor  signed  a  peti- 
tion with  other  inhabitants  asking  for  arms 
and  ammunition  to  protect  themselves  from 
the  enemy  in  1776.  Glutting  was  a  member  of 
the  committee  of  safety  that  year.  He  signed 
the  petition  for  the  incorporation  of  the  town 
in  1778,  and  the  petition  to  set  off  the  town 
of  P.ridgewater  in  1787.  In  laying  out  the 
road  from  Plymouth  to  Hill,  New  Flampshire, 
in  1798,  his  house  was  mentioned  in  the  de- 
scription. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  regiment 
of  Colonel  David  Webster  at  Saratoga,  and 
had  the  rank  of  captain.  He  served  under 
Captain  Jobn  Willoughby  in  the  regiment  of 
Colonel    David   Webster   as   lieutenant.      He 


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was  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga  under  Brigadier 
General  Whipple  and  Colonel  Webster  in 
1777.  He  was  constable  of  New  Chester  in 
1779,  and  paid  ofi  the  soldiers  of  that  town. 
Children:  i.  Molly,  baptized  at  Hawke,  now 
Danville.  Xew  Hampshire.  July  22.  1764.  and 
others. 

(HI)  John  h'avor,  son  of  Cutting  Favor 
(2),  was  born  July  6.  1740,  and  baptized  at 
Aniesbury,  Massachusetts,  July  6,  1740.  He 
removed  from  Newtown,  New  Hampshire,  to 
Weare,  and  is  the  ancestor  of  most  of  the 
families  of  the  name  in  that  section  of  the 
state.  He  married,  about  1761,  Lydia  Hoyt, 
wlio  was  born  April  13,  1746,  daughter  of 
Reuben  and  Hannah  Hoyt.  (See  Hoyt 
sketch).  The  Favors  settled  Barnard  Hill,  in 
Weare.  Children:  I.  John,  married  Fanny 
Chase,  of  Hopkinton.  2.  Joseph,  married 
Hannah  Burnham;  resided  at  Hill,  New 
Hampshire.  3.  Moses,  born  November  29, 
1765,  died  April  5,  1835,  at  Hancock;  settled 
on  Societ\-  Land,  later  called  Bennington, 
New  Hampshire.  4.  Cutting,  born  about  1770: 
removed  to  Newbury,  New  Hampshire.  5. 
Reuben,  removed  to  Norway,  Maine.  6.  Ze- 
badiah,  married  Sarah  Burnham,  of  Dunbar- 
ton.  New  Hampshire.  7.  William,  settled  in 
Maine.  8.  Timothy,  settled  in  Maine,  y. 
Betsey,  married  James  Peaslee;  removed  to 
Canada,  to.  Sarah,  married  Obadiah  John- 
son, and  removed  to  Newbury,  New  Hamp- 
shire. II.  Polly,  married  Jonathan  Worth- 
ley, 

(IV)  Samuel  Favor,  son  of  Timothy 
Favor  (3),  was  born  at  Newton  or  Newtown, 
October  10,  1761,  and  died  at  Maiden,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  22,  1840  (gravestone).  He  was 
a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  in  1781  in  Cap- 
tain Jacob  Webster's  company.  Colonel  Rey- 
nold's regiment.  At  the  time  of  his  first  mar- 
riage he  removed  to  New  Chester  (Hill), 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  lived  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  His  uncle,  Captain  Cutting, 
was  one  of  the  two  first  settlers  of  the  town. 
Samuel  Favor,  tlien  of  Newton,  married, 
March  28,  1782,  Molly  Stevens,  of  Kingston, 
New  Hampshire  (by  kev.  William  Thayer). 
She  died  August  18,  1803,  at  Hill.  He  mar- 
ried second,  February  12  or  26,  1804,  Mrs. 
Hopewell  W.  Brown,  of  Kingston,  (by  Rev. 
William  Brown).  The  records  have  her  name 
spelt  Hope,  Hoppy,  Hopy,  etc.  She  died  at 
Maiden,  Massachusetts,  November  16,  1843, 
aged  seveiit\-two  years  (gravestone).  Children 
of  .Samuel  ami  Molly  Favor,  born  at  Hill  i. 
Martha,  horn  (  )ctober  13,  1782.  died  May  2. 
1796,  aged  twehe.     2.   .'-lanuK'l  Jr..  born  Jul\ 


29,  1786.  3.  William,  born  June  16,  1789; 
died  April  24,  1795-6.  4.  John,  born  March 
2j,  1792,  died  April  19,  1796.  5.  SpofTord, 
born  August  30,  1794;  died  March  8,  1795  or 
1796.  6.  Martha,  born  Jiine  26,  1796.  7. 
Mary,  born  February  12,  1799.  Children  of 
Samuel  and  Hopeful  W.  Favor:  8.  Nabby, 
born  January  21,  1805.  9.  Nathaniel  Brown, 
born  September   17,   1806;  mentioned  below. 

10.  Rolinda,  born  May  8,   1809,  died  young. 

11.  Rolinda,  born  July  27,  1810;  died  young. 

12.  Rolinda,  born  June  23,  1811.  13.  Susan- 
na, born  August  16,  1813.  14.  Harriet  New- 
ell, born  September  13,  1815.  15.  Commo- 
dore, born  January  20,  181 7.  16.  Joseph 
Brown,  born  -August  24,  1820. 

(V)  Nathaniel  Brown  Favor,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Favor  (4),  was  born  at  Hill,  September 
17,  1806,  and  died  at  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
July  3,  1883.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  came  to  Low- 
ell in  1 83 1  at  the  age  of  twenty-five,  and  be- 
came associated  with  William  Fiske  in  the 
manufacture  of  cloth  boxes  for  the  various 
corporations  of  Lowell.  He  was  successful 
in  his  business  venture.  In  1853  he  estab- 
lished the  sash,  door  and  blind  factory  which 
he  conducted  the  remainder  of  his  active  life, 
erecting  for  that  purpose  one  of  the  shops  at 
the  Wamesit  mills,  and  continuing  until  fail- 
ing health  a  few  years  before  his  death  com- 
pelled him  to  relinquish  it.  He  took  an  active 
interest  in  public  afifairs,  and  wa»  a  citizen  of 
much  public  spirit  and  intluence.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  conmion  council  of  the  city 
in  1848  and  1849,  and  was  a  representative 
from  his  district  to  the  general  court  later, 
serving  on  important  committees.  He  was  in 
later  life  a  Republican.  .-Xt  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  one  of  the  oldest  members  of 
Oberlin  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  having  be- 
come a  member  in  1844.  He  was  an  honored 
member  of  the  Old  Residents  Association. 
He  was  an  earnest  member  of  the  First  Uni- 
versalis! Church  of  Lowell,  a  man  of  the 
strictest  integrilx .  a  faithful  friend,  and  a  good 
citizen.  He  married,  October  9,  1R31.  Shuar 
Bohonan,  who  was  born  in  Washington,  Ver- 
mont, August  25,  1803,  and  died  in  Lowell, 
January  3,  1882.  Children:  i.  Nathaniel 
Proctor,  born  March  15,  1833;  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  George  Hemy,  born  February  5, 
'835.  3-  James  Henry,  born  November  14, 
1836.  4.  .Adelaide,  born  January  10,  1840. 
died  July  31.  1840.  5.  Chauncey  Oberlin. 
born  January  4,  1842.  6.  .Adelaide  h^liza,  born 
.August  30,  1845. 

(\T)   Nathaniel  Proctor  Favor,  son  of  Na- 


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569 


thaniel  Brown  Favor  (5),  was  born  in  Lowell, 
March  15,  1833.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  When  a 
young  man  he  entered  his  father's  sash,  blind 
and  door  factory  and  learned  the  trade.  His 
father  admitted  him  to  partnership,  and  the 
firm  name  became  N.  P.  Favor  &  Son.  The 
business  prospered,  and  after  his  father  re- 
tired he  continued  it  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  died  at  Lowell,  August  4,  1905. 
During  the  last  \ears  of  his  life  he  suffered 
greatly  from  heart  trouble,  and  was  an  invalid 
for  a  long  time.  He  was  well  known  in  the 
business  world,  and  universally  respected  for 
his  many  good  qualities.  He  was  conscien- 
tious, upright  and  honorable  in  all  the  rela- 
tions of  life,  and  had  the  confidence  of  the 
business  world  and  the  esteem  of  all  his  towns- 
men. He  was  a  very  capable  business  man 
and  fairly  won  the  prizes  that  came  to  him. 
He  was  a  member  and  liberal  supporter  of 
the  First  Universalist  Church.  In  politics  he 
was  a  staunch  and  loyal  Republican.  In  1872 
and  1873  he  served  the  city  of  Lowell  in  the 
common  council.  He  married,  October  22, 
1861,  Sarah  Jane  Richards,  who  was  born  in 
Lowell.  April  19,  1842,  the  daughter  of  Luth- 
er and  Maria  Jane  (Dean)  Richard.  She  sur- 
vives him,  and  lives  in  the  home  in  Lowell. 
Children,  born  in  Lowell:  I.  Maria  Jane, 
born  October  6,  1868.  2.  Carrie,  born  Alarch 
20,  1873.  3.  Edith  Augusta,  born  December 
18,  1874.  4.  Arthur  R.,  died  in  infancy.  5. 
Annie  P.,  died  young.  6.  Wier  C,  died 
young. 


HOYT 

Children: 
5,     1660. 


(For  flrst  generation,  fee  other  sketch  of  Hoyt  family,) 

(II)  John  Hoyt,  son  of  John 
Hoyt  (i)  was  born  at  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts,  about  1639. 
I.  William,  born  September 
2.  Elizabeth,  born  February  8, 
1661-2.  3.  John,  born  March  28,  1663.  4. 
Mary,  born  October  11,  1664.  5.  Joseph, 
born  July  14,  1666.  6.  Sarah,  born  1668; 
married  Faun  Clement  (see  sketch).  7.  Rachel, 
born  June  28,  1670.  8.  Dorothy,  born  Janu- 
ary, 29,  1673-4.  9.  Grace,  born  March  29, 
1676.     ID.     Robert. 

(Ill)  John  Hoyt.  son  of  John  Hoyt  (2), 
was  born  in  Salisbury,  March  28,  1663 ;  had 
land  in  that  part  of  West  Amesbury.  Massa- 
chusetts, called  Jamaica.  His  widow  Eliza- 
beth married  second,  John  Blaisdell,  January 
6,  1692-3.  Children:  i.  Lydia,  born  June 
15.  1686.     2.     Mary,  born  March  5,   1687-8; 


died  young.  3.  Daniel,  born  March  2,  1689- 
90 ;  mentioned  below  . 

(IV)  Daniel  Hoyt,  son  of  John  Hoyt  (3), 
was  born  March  2,  1689-90,  and  died  March  3, 
1742-3;  married  Sarah  Rowell  (intentions 
dated  December  9,  1710).  He  married  second, 
Elizabeth  Baxter,  July  24,  1729.  His  grave- 
stone stands  in  the  old  burying  ground  at  West 
Amesbury.  His  will  was  proved  March  10, 
1742-3.  Children,  bom  at  West  Amesbury: 
I.  Mary,  born  Ma\-  14,  1712;  married  Robert 
Millikin.  2.  Reuben,  born  October  3,  1717; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Jethro,  died  young.  4. 
Eliphalet,  born  October  28,  1716;  died  January 
30,  1720.  5.  Lydia,  born  March  15,  1717-8. 
6.  John,  born  December  20,  1720.  7.  Elipha- 
let, born  June  2,  1723.  8.  Sarah,  lx>rn  August 
26,  1725. 

(V)  Reuben  Hoyt,  son  of  Daniel  Hoyt 
(4),  was  born  in  West  Amesbury,  October  3, 
1713.  He  married,  February  27,  1734-5,  Han- 
nah Beorter.  He  left  the  west  parish  of  Ames- 
bury in  1755, and  settled  in  the  adjoining  town 
of  Newtown,  New  Hampshire.  His  will  was 
dated  June  6,  1770,  and  proved  January,  1772. 
Children:     i.      Hannah,    bom    February    20, 

1736-7;  married  George,  of  Weare.     2. 

Sarah,  born  March  26,  1739;  died  October  16, 
1766.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  March  26,  1739; 
married  John  Kelly.  4.  Zebadiah,  born  1741  ; 
buried   at  West   Amesbury.     5.     Mary,   born 

December  26,  1743  ;  married Ferrin,  later 

joined  the  Shakers.  6.  Lydia,  born  April  13, 
1746  :  married  John  Favor  of  Newtown.  (See 
Favor  family).  7.  Zebadiah,  born  March  28, 
1749;  married  Elizabeth  Favor;  resided  at 
Newtown  ;  died  1796.  8.  Reuben,  born  March 
8,  1753;  married  Hannah  Colby. 


The  history  of  the  Dudley  fam- 
DUDLEY     ily  in  England  extends  back  to 

the  days  of  William  the  Con- 
queror, and  many  distinguished  and  noble  fam- 
ilies are  found  in  the  history  of  England.  But 
the  most  careful  research  has  not  made  clear 
the  exact  lineage  of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley, 
next  to  Winthrop  the  most  famous  of  the 
founders  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  colony.  A 
full  account  of  the  various  English  families 
is  given  in  the  family  history.  The  various 
English  families  bore  arms  and  Thomas  Dud- 
ley himself  used  a  seal  bearing  the  Dud- 
ley arms — .\.  lion  rampant,  with  a  star  for  dif- 
ference. 

(I)     Governor  Thomas  Dudley,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  the  .American   family,  was 


S/O 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


Ix^rn  about  J^j£t  in  the  vicinit}-  of  Northamp- 
ton, England.  His  father  was  Captain  Roger 
rmdley,  a  miHtary  man  who  flourished  in  the 
time  of  Robert  Dudley,  Queen  Elizabeth's  fam- 
ous Earl  of  Leicester,  and  appears  to  have  been 
one  of  his  soldiers,  sent  over  by  the  Queen 
to  aid  Henry  of  Navarre  to  establish  his  throne, 
and  to  have  fallen  in  the  famous  battle  of  Ivry. 
Captain  Dudley  is  presumed  to  have  been  of 
the  Dudley  castle  race. 

His  mother  was  a  kinswoman  of  Augustine 
Nicholls,  of  Faxton,  in  Northamiptonshire,  who 
was  born  at  Ecton  in  that  county  in  1559; 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  and 
Knight  of  the  Bath,  who  received  his  law  edu- 
cation at  the  Middle  Temple  in  London  and  be- 
came "Reader"  there  during  the  last  year  of 
tlie  reign  of  Elizabeth,  and  sergeant-ai-Iaw  at 
the  following  Michaelmas  term.  Nicholls  was 
also  keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  to  Prince  Charles. 
Nicholls  was  of  a  distinguished  family ;  liis 
grandfather,  a  gentleman  and  physician,  died 
in  1575,  aged  ninety-six.  His  father.  Thomas 
Nicholls,  born  1530,  died  June  29,  1568;  was 
buried  at  Pichley,  alias  Pightesley,  Northamp- 
tonshire;  was  apparently  reader  of  the  Middle 
Temple  in  1566,  his  arms  being  on  one  of  the 
windows  of  the  Temple  Hall.  Thomas  Nicholls 
married  Anne  Pell,  daughter  of  John  Pell,  of 
Ellington,  son  of  Thomas.  Not  even  the  name 
of  Governor  Dudley's  mother  is  known,  how- 
ever, and  the  degree  of  kinship  to  Judge 
Nicholls  is  still  problematical.  The  wife  of 
Captain  Roger  Dudley  must  have  died  when 
Thomas  was  very  young.  Mrs.Purefoy.  a  gen- 
tlewoman related  to  him,  who  was  famoi:s  in 
the  region  around  Northampton  for  her  piety 
and  wisdom,  as  well  as  for  her  philanthropic 
works,  took  extraordinary  care  of  hmi ;  and  by 
her  efforts  he  was  trained  up  in  some  Latin 
School,  where  he  learned  the  rudiments  of 
grammar  and  literature,  which  he  improvetl 
afterwards  by  his  own  industry  to  such  a  de- 
gree that  he  read  Latin  as  well  as  the  best 
scholars  of  his  day.  When  still  a  young  lad  he 
became  a  page  in  the  establishment  of  the  Earl 
of  Northampton.  We  are  told  by  contempor- 
ary writers  that  he  was  "a  man  of  high  spirit, 
suitable  to  the  family  to  which  his  father  be- 
longed." Strictly  speaking  it  was  afterward 
that  his  employer  became  an  Earl,  however. 
Ill  I597_when  Thomasjpudley  was  only  twen- 
ty-one the  government  asT<ed  for  vohmtecrs  to 
go  over  and  help  Henry  of  Navarre  in  time  of 
Civil  War.  Dudley  was  given  a  captain's 
commission  and  raised  a  company  of  eighty  m 
Northampton.  He  was  assigned  to  help 
Amiens  in  Picardy,  a  city  then  besieged  by  the 


Spaniards,  but  before  his  first  great  battle  was 
fought,  the  armies  being  drawn  up  at  Amiens, 
peace  was  declared  and  the  Englishmen  came 
home.  Dudley  was  then  clerk  for  his  kinsman. 
Judge  Augustine  Nicholls.  He  would  doubt- 
less have  continued  a  lawyer  or  clerk,  but  for 
the  death  of  the  judge,  August,  1616,  when 
Dudley  was  thirty  years  old.  Dudley  became 
steward  to  the  Earl  of  Lincoln.  In  a  few 
years  by  shrewd  management  Dudley  cleared 
oft  a  delDt  of  a  hundred  thousand  dollars  (twen- 
ty thousand  pounds)  on  the  earl's  estates.  He 
continued  in  this  responsible  f)osition  to  the 
great  satisfaction  of  his  employer  until  he  re- 
signed in  1627.  He  then  hired  a  house  in  Bos- 
ton, Lincolnshire,  where  Rev.  John  Cotton 
preached.  The  Earl  of  Lincoln  soon  required 
Mr.  Dudley's  services  again  and  until  he  came 
to  .\merica  Dudley  was  employed  by  the  Earl. 
But  the  unjust  and  cruel  hand  of  Charles  I  fell 
upon  the  Earl  of  Lincoln  and  his  household. 
For  distributing  information  about  the  laws  of 
the  kingdom  the  Earl  was  thrown  in  prison. 
Dudley  and  other  Puritan  neighbors  became  in- 
terested in  New  England  in  1627.  In  1628 
tiiey  procured  a  patent  from  the  King  for  a 
I'lantation  bounded  by  Massachusetts  bay  and 
Charles  river  on  the  south  and  Merrimac  river 
on  the  north,  and  to  include  a  strip  of  land 
three  miles  wide  upon  the  shore  of  the  bay 
and  each  shore  of  the  two  rivers,  also  for  gov- 
ernment of  all  who  should  come  within  that 
section  of  country.  The  company  sent  over 
John  Endicott,  one  of  the  undertakers,  to  take 
charge  of  the  settlement  then  under  Roger 
Conant.  In  1629  the  company  sent  over  three 
hundred  settlers.  In  x\pril,  1630,  with  Win- 
throp  and  a  large  party  in  four  ships,  Dudley 
embarked  for  the  colony  to  make  his  home 
there.  He  was  an  undertaker  from  December 
I,  1629:  assistant  March  18,  and  deputy  gover- 
nor March  2^,.  1629-30  at  the  last  court  held  in 
England.  He  came  to  Salem  in  the  ship  "Ar- 
bella,"  sailing  April  8,  arriving  June  12,  1630. 
I\lr.  Dudley  settled  first  at  Newtown,  now 
Cambridge.  His  house  was  at  the  corner  of 
Dunster  street,  but  he  soon  sold  his  place  to 
Roger  Harlakenden  and  removed  to  Ipswich 
with  his  son.  Rev.  Samuel  Dudley,  Simon 
Bradstreet,  Major  Denison  and  others.  He 
had  large  grants  of  land  in  various  towns  of 
the  colony.  He  was  one  of  the  four  first  sign- 
ers of  the  covenant  of  the  first  church  organ- 
ized at  Charlestown,  where  he  was  then  living, 
in  July,  1630,  but  which  removed  to  P.ostcin  a 
few  months  later. 

In  May,   1634,  he  was  elected  governor  to 
succeed    Winthron    and    was    re-elected    three 


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times  afterward  in  1640,  in  1645  ^'■^'^  1650,  and 
was  deputy  governor  thirteen  years.  When 
not  governor  he  was  generally  deputy  gover- 
nor, but  sometimes  assistant,  an  office  he  held 
five  years.  Before  1634  the  court  of  assistants 
chose  the  governor  and  deputy  and  Mr.  Dudley 
was  the  first  governor  chosen  by  the  people  at 
a  general  election.  Governor  Dudley  vigor- 
ously opposed  the  doctrine  preached  by  Rev. 
John  Cotton  that  the  secular  government 
should  be  subservient  to  the  priesthood.  Mr. 
Dudley  was  one  of  the  twelve  men  appointed 
by  the  general  court  to  establish  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1636,  and  when  the  charter  of  Harvard 
College  was  granted  in  1650  Dudley  as  gover- 
nor signed  it.  The  parchment  is  still  pre- 
served. At  the  general  court,  March,  1644, 
Dudley  was  appointed  sergeant-major-general 
of  the  Colony.  He  was  in  office  four  years,  the 
first  to  hold  this  position. 

Governor  Dudley's  residence  in  Roxbury 
was  nearly  opposite  the  house  of  Rev.  John 
Eliot,  the  Indian  AfKDStle.  The  Dudley  man- 
sion was  taken  down  in  1775  and  a  fort  erected 
on  the  site,  which  is  now  occupied  by  the  Uni- 
versalist  church.  His  tomb  is  in  the  graveyard 
nearest  the  church.  Historians  all  agree  that 
Governor  Dudley  was  a  man  of  large  ability 
and  noble  character ;  perfectly  honest,  though 
blunt  and  severe. 

He  died  at  Roxbury,  July  31,  1653,  sincerely 
mourned  by  the  little  American  Commonwealth 
he  helped  so  much  to  build  up.  Cotton  Mather 
said  of  him:  "He  was  a  man  of  sincere  piety, 
exact  justice,  hospitality  to  strangers  and  liber- 
ality to  the  poor."  His  will  was  dated  April 
26,  1652,  with  additions  April  13,  May  28,  and 
July  8,  1653  ;  proved  August  15,  1653.  It  ex- 
presses his  desire  to  be  buried  near  the  grave 
of  his  first  wife :  bequeathed  to  all  his  children 
by  both  wives  and  to  grandchildren  Thomas 
and  John  Dudley  whom  he  had  brought  up. 

He  married  (first)  in  England  Dorothy , 

who  died  at  Roxbury,  December  27,  1643,  aged 
sixty-one  years.  He  married  (second),  April 
14,  1644,  Catharine  Hackburn,  widow  of  Sam- 
uel Hack  burn,  and  daughter  of Dighton. 

She  had  two  .sons  and  two  daughters  by  her 
first  marriage,  and  two  sons  and  a  daughter  by 
Mr.  Dudley.  She  married  (third)  Rev.  John 
Allen,  of  Dedham.  She  died  .August  26,  167 1. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Dorothy  Dud- 
ley: I.  .Samuel.  mentioned  below.  2. 
Anne.  h')rn  about  161 2.  in  England, 
died  September  16.  1672,  at  .\ndover, 
Massachusetts:  married  Governor  .Simon 
Bradstreet,  about  1628  in  England.  3.  Pa- 
tience,born  in  England. died  Februarv  8.  1689- 


90,  at  Ipswich ;  married  Major-General  Daniel 
Denison  at  Cambridge.  4.  Sarah,  baptized 
July  23,  1620,  at  Sempringham,  England ;  died 
in  1659  at  Roxbury;  married  Major  Benjamin 
Keane;  (second)  Thomas  Pacy,  of  Boston.  5. 
Mercy,  born  September  27,  162 1,  in  England, 
died  July  i,  1691,  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts; 
married  Rev.  John  Woodbridge.  Children  of 
Thoinas  and  Catherine  DuclJcy :  6.  Deborah, 
born  February  27,  1645,  <i'6d  November  i, 
1683 ;  married  Jonathan  Wade,  of  Medford, 
Massachusetts.  7.  Joseph,  born  September 
23,  1647,  at  Ro.xbury,  died  April  2,  1720;  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Tyng.  8.  Paul,  born  Septem- 
ber 8,  1650,  died  December  i,  1681 ;  married 
Mary  Leverett,  daughter  of  Governor  John 
Leverett. 

(II)  Rev.  Samuel  Dudley,  only  son  of  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Dudley  by  his  first  wife,  was 
born  about  1610,  in  Northamptonshire,  Eng- 
land, and  was  probably  educated  for  the  min- 
istry of  the  Puritan  denomination.  He  was 
twenty  years  old  when  he  came  with  his  father 
and  family  to  New  England.  In  1632  or  1633 
he  married  Mary  Winthrop,  daughter  of  Gov- 
ernor W'inthrop,  and  their  first  three  children 
were  baptized  in  Boston.  The  two  sons  lived 
many  years  with  their  grandfather.  Governor 
Dudley,  but  both  died  early  and  unmarried. 
Rev.  Samuel  Dudley  removed  from  Cambridge 
to  Ipswich  about  1635.  His  wife  died  in  1643. 
He  married  (second)  Mary  Byley  or  Bayley, 
of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  sister  of  Henry 
Bayley  from  Salisbury,  England.  Dudley  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  from  Salisbury  in 
1641-42-43-44-45.  He  was  often  chairman  of 
the  selectmen  and  held  other  town  offices.  In 
March,  1648,  Samuel  Dudley  was  appointed 
associate  judge  with  Richard  Bellingham  and 
Samuel  Simonds  to  hold  a  court  from  year  to 
year  at  Salisbury.  He  entered  an  agreement 
May  13,  1650,  with  the  town  of  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  to  be  their  minister.  In  1649  he 
preached  for  some  time  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire.  He  did  not  appear  to  be  ambi- 
tious and  aspire  to  high  office,  but  took  pleasure 
in  a  more  simple  and  quiet  rural  life.  He 
carried  on  farms,  mills  and  stock-breeding  be- 
sides preaching  and  acting  as  magistrate.  His 
second  wife  j\iary  died  at  Exeter  about  165 1. 

Later  he  married  Elizabeth  .     Of  all  his 

ten  sons  Stephen  Dudley  alone  has  posterity 
of  the  name  of  Dudley.  He  had  many  grants 
of  land,  but  his  family  was  very  large  and  he 
never  became  rich  like  the  governor.  He  died 
at  Exeter,  February  10,  1683,  aged  seventy- 
three  years.  The  New  Hampshire  Historical 
Societv  has   Rev.   Samuel   Dudlev's  cane  and 


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]jible  brought  over  from  England.  He  died 
intestate,  his  son  Theophihis  being  appointed 
administrator. 

Mr.  Dudley's  record  and  life  were  honorable. 
He  certainly  might  have  had  a  high  official 
career  in  the  colonies  if  he  had  desired  and  had 
not  been  a  minister.  He  had  a  good  educa- 
tion ;  his  handwriting  is  fine  and  clear  with 
nice  punctuation ;  his  spelling  excellent.  There 
is  no  afiiectation  of  any  sort  in  his  style  or  text. 
His  descendants  have  a  tradition  that  he  was 
a  descendant  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester's  branch 
of  the  Dudley  family.  Children  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Winthrop)  Dudley:  i.  Thomas,  bap- 
tized at  Boston,  March  9,  1634,  died  November 
7,  1655,  unmarried.  2.  John,  baptized  at  Bos- 
ton, June  28,  1635,  died  young.  3.  Margaret, 
baptized  at  Boston,  died  young.  4.  Samuel, 
baptized  at  Boston,  August  2,  1639,  died  April 
17,  1643,  at  Salisburj'.  5.  Ann,  born  October 
16,  1641,  married  Edward  Hilton,  of  Exeter. 
Children  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Byley  or  Bay- 
ley)  Dudley :  6.  Theophilus,  born  October 
31,  1644,  at  Salisbury,  died  17 13  at  Exeter. 
7.  Mary,  born  April  21,  1646,  at  Salisbury, 
died  December  28,  1646.  8.  Byley,  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1647,  married  Elizabeth  Oilman, 
born  April  19,  1663,  daughter  of  Moses.  9. 
Mary,  born  January  6,  1649-50,  married  Dr. 
Samuel  Hardy.  10.  Thomas,  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  of  Exeter  in  1694.  Children  of  Rev. 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Dudley  :  11.  Elizabeth, 
born  1652,  married,  September  25,  1674,  Kins- 
ley Hall.  12.  Stephen,  mentioned  below.  13. 
James,  born  1663,  ship-master  and  merchant : 
married  Elizabeth  Leavitt.  14.  Timothy,  died 
before  1702.  15.  Abigail,  married  Jonathan 
Watson,  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire.  16.  Dor- 
othy, married,  October  26,  1681,  Moses  Lea- 
vitt. 17.  Rebecca,  married,  November  21, 
1681,  Francis  Lyford.  18.  Samuel,  married 
Hannah  Tyng,  died  1732. 

(HI)  Stephen  Dudley,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Dudley  (2),  was  born  at  Exeter,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  married,  December  24,  1684,  Sarah 
Oilman,  daughter  of  Hon,  John  Oilman,  of  Ex- 
eter, She  was  born  February  25,  1667,  and 
died  January  24,  1713,  He  married  (second) 
Mary  Tyng  and  (third)  Mercy  Oilman,  who 
survived  him.  Stephen  was  a  farmer  of  Exe- 
ter. He  wrote  a  fair  hand,  though  he  made 
his  mark  in  executing  his  will.  The  younger 
children  of  Rev.  Samuel  Dudley  were  not  well 
educated.  Dean  Dudley  says :  "He  ought  to 
have  hired  a  teacher  and  kept  a  school  in  his 
house,  but  he  left  the  care  of  the  young  chil- 
dren too  much  to  their  mother.  However, 
Stephen's  disposition  was  very  much  like  his 


father's.  Like  his  father  he  avoided  public 
preferments  and  chose  a  quiet,  private  life. 
Like  his  father  he  married  early  and  often  and 
enjoyed  having  a  swarm  of  children  around 
him ;  and  like  his  father  he  looked  coldly  upon 
sectarian  affairs,  being  indifferent  alx)ut  riches 
or  honors  to  his  name."  His  will  was  dated 
February  17,  1734-35.  and  proved  May  13, 
1735-  I"  January,  1711,  Stephen  gave  to  his 
son  James,  mentioned  below,  a  twelfth  part  of 
the  six  hundred  acres  granted  by  the  town  to 
his  father,  Mr.  Samuel  Dudley.  It  was  the 
sixth  lot  from  the  Great  Hill  on  the  south  side 
of  the  E.xeter  river.  Children  of  Stephen  and 
Sarah  Dudley:  i.  Samuel,  born  December  19, 
1685,  at  Exeter,  died  February  16,  1718;  mar- 
ried Hannah  Colcord.  2.  Stephen,  born 
March  10,  1688,  married  Sarah  Davidson.  3. 
James,  bom  June  11,  1690,  died  September  4, 
1746;  married  Mercy  Folsom.  4.  John,  born 
October  4,  1692.  killed  by  the  Indians,  June  23, 
1 7 10,  at  I'oplin,  New  Hampshire,  after  a  brave 
resistance  alone  against  many.  5.  Nicholas, 
born  August  27,  1694,  died  1766.  6.  Joanna, 
born  May  3,  1697,  married  Nicholas  Ferryman, 
a  lawyer.  7.  Trueworthy.  born  1700.  married 
Hannah  Oilman,  daughter  of  John.  8.  Jos- 
eph, born  1702.  9.  Abigail,  married  a 
Mr.  Lyford,  of  Exeter.  10.  Sarah,  born  Jan- 
uary 15,  1706.  married  Major  Ezekiel  Oilman. 
II.     Elizabeth,  married  Simon  Oilman. 

(IV)  James  Dudley,  son  of  Stephen  Dud- 
ley (3)-  was  born  June  11,  1690,  at  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire.  Married  Mercy  Folsom  who 
was  born  about  1691  at  Exeter.  Children:  i. 
James,  born  1715,  married  Deborah  Bean  and 
died  May,  1761.  2.  Abigail,  born  October  31, 
1 716,  married  Deacon  Aaron  Young,  of  Kings- 
ton. New  Hampshire,  3.  Samuel,  born  1720, 
at  Exeter,  married Laad ;  (second)  Wid- 
ow Sleeper  and  (third)  Widow  Clark:  died 
August  30,  1797.  4.  John,  born  April  9,  1725, 
married  Elizabeth  Oilman.  5.  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Joanna,  married  Captain 
Daniel  Ladd,  of  Deerfield,  New  Hampshire.  7. 
Mercy,  married  — —  Emerson.  8.  Sarah,  died 
unmarried. 

(V)  Joseph  Dudley,  son  of  James  Dudley 
(4),  was  born  in  1728  at  Exeter.  He  married 
Susanna  Lord.  He  was  brave  and  capable. 
.A.t  the  age  of  sixteen  he  accompanied  his  father 
and  two  brothers  in  the  expedition  to  the  siege 
of  Louisburg.  He  had  a  common  school  edu- 
cation. He  became  a  singular  enthusiast  in 
matters  pertaining  to  religion,  and  at  thirty 
embraced  the  doctrine  of  passive  obedience  and 
non-resistance,  similar  to  the  principles  of  the 
Friends.     'I'his  sect  originated  in  Exeter  imider 


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the  preaching  of  Rev.  James  Bean  who  had 
been  expelled  from  the  Society  of  Friends  for 
not  conforming  to  the  rules  of  dress,  etc.  They 
were  known  by  the  public  as  the  "Light  In- 
fantry Quakers."  They  wore  very  plain 
clothes  without  color.  Joseph  Dudley  even  un- 
dertook to  raise  to  life  the  dead  body  of  a 
woman  named  Clifford.  He  remained  twenty- 
iour  hours  shut  up  in  a  room  with  the  corpse 
trying  to  perform  the  miracle.  The  sect  believ- 
ed themselves  gifted  with  miraculous  powers 
as  the  Apostles  of  Christ.  He  would  occasion- 
ally search  his  house  to  see  that  none  of  his 
family  had  transgressed  his  orders  against 
wearing  clothes  of  artificial  colors :  If  any 
such  things  were  found,  he  would  burn  them. 
Shoe  and  kneebuckles,  beads  and  such  baubles 
he  would  throw  into  the  mill  jwnd.  Some 
were  afterward  fished  out.  But  he  got  over  his 
delusion  and  for  several  years  late  in  life  was 
not  fanatical.  He  was  naturally  of  a  high  spirit, 
even  wilful  at  times,  and  intolerant  in  theologi- 
cal matters,  always  disputing  with  all  denom- 
inations, including  his  own  sect,  if  they  did  not 
live  up  to  their  professions.  But,  adds  Na- 
thaniel Dudley  to  an  account  similar  to  that 
just  given :  "I  once  thought  differently  re- 
specting his  character  from  what  I  do  now,  and 
therefore  must  do  justice  to  his  memory,  as  I 
have  seen  and  known  him  during  the  last  twen- 
ty years  of  his  life.  He  was  a  man  of  the  pur- 
est morals,  honest  and  punctual  in  all  his  deal- 
ings, hospitable  and  benevolent  to  strangers, 
his  heart  and  hand  being  always  open  for  the 
relief  of  the  poor  and  unfortunate.  He  was 
always  alive  to  the  distress  of  any  and  ever 
ready  to  assist  with  his  advice  and  property, 
often  without  waiting  to  be  asked,  considering 
it  his  duty  to  do  so,  without  fee  or  any  reward. 
Thus  he  did  much  good  in  his  day  and  gener- 
ation and  was  honored  and  beloved.  But  he 
would  never  accept  of  public  ofifice  or  honor, 
although  he  did  not  refuse  to  act  as  arbitrator, 
umpire,  surveyor  of  land  or  lumber,  etc.  He 
was  active  in  business  and  built  a  mill  at  Ray- 
mond, carried  on  farming  and  other  useful 
trades.  His  justice  and  veracity  were  never 
impeached.  He  was  an  advocate  for  common 
schools  and  all  such  matters  of  common  utility, 
but  an  enemy  to  priests  of  every  sort  and  name, 
never  failing  to  rebuke  iniquity  in  high  or  low : 
a  kind  husband,  a  tender  father  and  an  oblig- 
ing neighbor.  He  brought  up  a  large  family 
on  his  small  farm,  being  also  an  excellent 
cooper  by  trade,  and  was  so  faithful 
and  industrious  that  he  left  an  estate 
valued  at  about  a  thousand  pounds 
to    be    divided    among    his    children."     He 


died  in  1792.  His  wife  died  January  13,  1802. 
Children:  i.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Benjamin,  born  1753,  died  at  .Mount  Vernon, 
New  Hampshire,  1795.  3.  Thomas,  born  No- 
vember 18,  1766,  died  JMarch  28,  1839,  at  Ches- 
ter. 4,  Daniel,  born  1768,  died  1813,  at  Ches- 
ter; married  Susan  Glidden.  5.  Elizabeth, 
married  Samuel  S.  Cjilman,  of  Candia.  6. 
Joanna,  born  at  Exeter,  married  Reuben  Bean, 
of  Candia.  7.  Mary,  married  Nathaniel  Wells, 
of  Gilmanton.  8.  Hannah,  married  Nathan 
Robie,  of  Raymond.  9.  Susannah,  died  at 
\'ershire,  \'ermont ;  married  Jonathan  Gilman. 

(VI)  Joseph  Dudley,  son  of  Joseph  Dudley 
(5),  was  born  at  Exeter,  February  15,  1750. 
He  married  (first)  Deborah  Bean,  daughter  of 
Lieutenant  Benjamin  Bean,  of  Raymond ; 
(second) Sarah  Smith,  a  sister  of  Anna(Smith) 
who  married  Nathaniel  Dudley,  daughters  of 
Obadiah  and  Alary  (Leavitt)  Smith.  He  re- 
moved from  Brentwood,  New  Hampshire,  to 
Readfield,  Maine,  but  after  the  death  of  his 
first  wife  returned  to  Raymond.  Joseph  was  a 
ruling  elder  of  the  Free  Baptist  church  for 
many  years,  leading  in  church  meetings  in  the 
absence  of  the  minister.  He  died  October  28, 
1825.  His  house  was  on  the  Deerfield  road, 
lately  occupied  by  Thomas  Healey.  Dudley 
was    selectman    and   held   other    town   offices. 

Children,  excepting  Deborah  and  Susanna, 
born  in  Raymond:  i.  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Hannah,  born  September  17,  1778, 
died  May  26,  1835,  ^t  Raymond ;  married  Jere- 
miah Fullonton.  3.  Deborah,  born  July  17, 
1780,  at  Readfield,  died  October  20,  1815,  at 
Raymond.  4.  Susanna,  (twin)  born  July  17, 
1780,  died  March  25,  1806;  married  Samuel 
Tilton.  5.  Mary,  born  July  27,  1783,  died 
unmarried  at  Candia,  January  10,  1869.  6. 
Eunice,  born  September  20,  1787,  died  July  i, 
1842.  7.  Joseph,  born  February  7,  1790,  mar- 
ried Sally  Dudley,  daughter  of  Thomas.  8. 
Samuel,  born  May  5,  1796,  tanner  and  shoe- 
maker by  trade;  succeeded  his  father  in  busi- 
ness. 9.  Stephen,  born  July  27,  1798,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Turner. 

(VII)  Benjamin  Dudley,  son  of  Joseph 
Dudley  (6),  was  bom  October  25.  1776,  at 
Raymond,  and  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Smith. 
He  lived  at  Raymond,  New  Hampshire,  and 
at  Mt.  Vernon,  Maine,  where  he  died  May  29, 
1864.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade;  a  good 
citizen  of  high  character.  Children,  born  in 
Mit.  Vernon:  i.  James,  married  Lucinda 
Whittier.  2.  Sally,  married  Elias  Sherburne. 
3.  Rev.  Thomas  J.,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Polly,  married  James  Neale,  5.  Joseph.  6. 
.Samuel,  married" Currier.    7.     Benjamin. 


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8.    Jesse.    9.    John,  married Staine. 

(Vni)  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Dudley,  son  of 
Benjamin  Dudley  (7),  was  born  in  Mount 
Vernon,  Maine,  about  1805.  He  was  a  min- 
ister at  various  places.  He  died  at  Terre 
Haute,  Indiana.  He  married  Lorinda  Fifield, 
and  Elise  Charters,  who  was  born  in  Nova 
Scotia,  and  who  died  in  1872  at  Lowell,  Mass- 
achusetts. Children:  i.  Mary  E.,  born  May 
31,  1827.  2.  Albion  J.,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Ellen  F..  born  November  8,  1830.  4.  Benja- 
min F.,  born  June  24,  1832.  5.  Surana,  born 
May  7.  1834.    6.    Octavia  T.,  bom  March  22, 

1835- 

(IX)  Albion  J.  Dudley,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas 
J.  Dudley  (8),  was  born  in  Cooper,  Maine, 
February  25,  1829,  and  died  at  Lowell,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1888.  His  mother  moved  to  Lowell  and 
brought  up  her  children  there.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Lowell  schools,  but  at  an  early  age 
began  to  work  as  chore-boy  in  Stott's  Mills. 
He  learned  the  business  and  showed  much 
natural  ability.  He  finally  became  buyer  of 
wool  for  Stott's  Mills  and  later  became  super- 
intendent of  the  Eelvidere  Woolen  Mills,  a  po- 
sition he  held  until  his  death.  Mr.  Dudley  was 
a  Republican  in  politics.  In  1862-63-64  he  was 
a  member  of  the  common  council,  and  in  1866- 
67-68  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen.  He 
served  on  important  committees  and  was  a  very 
faithful  and  efficient  city  officer.  He  was  a 
loyal  and  active  supporter  of  the  political  party 
of  which  he  was  a  member.  In  his  younger 
days  he  served  on  the  volunteer  fire  depart- 
ment and  was  a  member  of  tire  Lowell  Veter- 
an Firemen's  Association.  He  had  been  for  six 
years  on  the  board  of  overseers  of  the  poor  of 
the  city  of  Lowell,  a  position  he  held  at  the 
time  of  bis  death.  In  religion  he  was  a  Uni- 
versalist.  He  was  past  master  of  the  Ancient 
York  Lodge  of  Free  Masons ;  member  of 
Mount  Horeb  Royal  Arch  Chapter  and  of  Pil- 
grim Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  be- 
longed also  to  the  Knights  of  Honor. 

Mr.  Dudley  was  a  man  of  much  strength  of 
purpose  and  force  of  character.  Largely  self- 
educated,  he  made  the  most  of  his  opportuni- 
ties to  study,  to  acquire  knowledge  of  books,  of 
men  and  of  business.  He  had  high  standards 
of  personal  conduct  and  his  associates  in  busi- 
ness all  grew  to  honor  and  respect  him  for 
his  earnestness  and  integrity.  He  labored 
hard  and  constantly :  he  was  faithful  to  his 
company  and  ranks  high  among  the  men  of 
Lowell  whose  lives  have  been  conspicuously 
successful  through  their  own  merits  and  en- 
deavors. 

Mr.  Dudley  married,  November  20,  1856,  at 


Lowell,  Alice  M.  Ashvvorth,  daghter  of  George 
Ashworth,  of  Cranston,  Rhode  Island.  Her 
father  was  a  block  printer  by  trade  and  en- 
gaged many  years  in  the  file  cutting  business 
in  Lowell.  They  have  no  children  surviving. 
His  widow  resides  at  the  home  in  Lowell.. 


August  Fels  was  born  February  7, 
FELS  1844,  in  Dornbirn,  a  town  in  Vor- 
arlberg,  Austria-Hungary,  situated 
near  Lake  Constance,  seven  miles  south  of 
Bregenz.  The  famous  Lake  Constance  lies  be- 
tween Switzerland  on  the  south,  Baden,  Wurt- 
emberg  and  Bavaria  on  the  north,  and  Vorarl- 
berg  on  the  east.  The  northern  portion  is 
known  as  the  Uberlingersee ;  the  western  arm 
is  called  the  Untersee  or  Zellersee.  He  is  de- 
scended from  an  ancient  and  honorable  Tyro- 
lese  family  whose  devotion  to  the  cause  of  lib- 
erty and  loyalty  to  their  native  land  was  shown 
on  many  fields  of  battle. 

Mr.  Fels  attended  the  schools  of  his  native 
town  until  he  was  twelve  years  old,  entering 
Feldkirch  College,  at  Feldkirch,  Vorarlberg, 
Austria-Hungary,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
i860.  He  then  went  into  his  father's  woolen 
mills  in  his  native  town  and  learned  the  busi- 
ness thoroughly.  After  two  years  he  decided 
to  strike  out  for  himself  in  a  more  promising 
field,  and  he  came  to  America.  During  his 
first  year  in  this  country  he  was  connected 
with  the  office  of  the  Wurtemburg  consul  in 
Philadelphia,  and  became  familiar  with  Amer- 
ican methods  and  the  English  language.  He 
then  became  assistant  book-keeper  for  a  large 
New  York  importing  house.  In  1864  this  firm 
rented  woolen  mills  at  Stevenstown,  New 
'y'ork,  and  placed  them  in  charge  of  Mr.  Fels 
as  superintendent.  A  year  later  the  same  firm 
built  another  woolen  mill  at  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  and  he  became  the  superintendent. 
The  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1877.  He 
was  offered  the  position  of  agent  of  the 
Merrimack  Company  of  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, and  accepted,  holding  this  important 
position  and  managing  the  large  industry 
of  the  concern  with  the  greatest  suc- 
cess until  his  death.  He  was  killed  in  a 
runaway  accident,  July  3,  1905,  in  the  prime  of 
life,  cutting  short  a  career  of  great  usefulness 
and  promise.  His  activity  was  not  limited  to 
the  manufacturing  industry  in  his  charge.  He 
was  elected  president  of  the  Lowell  &  Dracut 
Horse  Railroad  Company  in  1886.  Upon  the 
consolidation  of  this  road  with  the  Lowell 
Horse  Railroad  Company  he  was  elected  vice- 
president.    In  1896  he  became  president  of  the 


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Merrimack  Mills  Company.  He  was  also  vice- 
president  of  the  Nashua  Electric  Railroad,  and 
a  director  of  the  .Middlesex  Trust  Compau)-. 
He  was  a  man  of  public  spirit,  and  wherever 
he  was  living  did  his  utmost  to  assist  the  de- 
velopment and  prosperity  of  the  community. 
He  was  an  excellent  public  officer.  He  served 
the  city  of  Paterson  from  1874  to  1877  in  the 
board  of  aldermen.  When  he  left  the  city  to 
settle  in  Lowell,  the  city  government  of  Pater- 
son paid  him  the  compliment  of  declining  to 
accept  his  resignation,  and,  though  living  in 
another  state,  he  served  out  his  term  in  the 
New  Jersey  city.  He  was  an  independent 
Democrat  in  politics,  equally  popular  with  Re- 
publicans and  Democrats.  He  was  alderman 
from  Ward  Two,  Lowell,  in  1887,  and  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  water  board  of  Lowell 
in  1894  for  four  years.  He  was  well  known 
in  Masonic  circles,  and  also  belonged  to  the 
Country  and  Highland  Clubs.  Of  unusually 
happy  temperament  and  attractive  personality, 
much  of  his  success  in  life  was  due  to  his  good 
fellowship  and  sympathy  for  his  fellow  men. 
He  attracted  friends  in  business  as  well  as  in 
social  life.  His  home  life  was  especially  ideal. 
But  he  neglected  his  business  for  nothing  else. 
He  laid  the  foundation  of  his  success  in  a  broad 
and  thorough  knowledge  of  the  details  of  wool- 
en manufacture,  and  he  kept  up  to  the  advance 
in  the  arts  having  to  do  with  his  branch  of  the 
industrial  manufacturing.  Perhaps  he  inherit- 
ed some  of  his  skill  and  ability  in  the  business, 
for  his  ancestors  were  merchants  and  manufac- 
turers, and  from  his  earliest  years  he  saw  the 
spinning  and  weaving  of  fabrics.  He  mastered 
the  details  of  the  commercial  department  of  the 
business  and  learned  the  secret  of  manufactur- 
ing at  a  profit  and  of  reaching  the  public  taste 
and  demand. 

He  married,  September  7,  1873,  Anna  Kas- 
sell,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  She  survives 
him,  living  in  the  home  at  Lowell.  Children : 
Cecelia,  August,  Max  W. ;  Robert  P.,  died 
November  29,  1886;  Anna  G.,  and  Grover 
Cleveland. 


The  Petts  family  settled  in 
PETTS  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  about 
1750.  Three  of  the  family,  prob- 
ably brothers,  married  and  settled  there,  and 
from  them  spring  all  of  the  name  in  New 
Hamp.=hire.  Lemuel  Petts  was  a  sergeant  in 
Captain  James  Hosley's  company.  Colonel 
Jonathan  Reed's  regiment,  in  1777,  in  the 
revolution,  and  he  was  lieutenant  in  Captain 
Daniel    Baker's    company.    Colonel    Webb's 


regiment,  in  1781;  Nathan  Petts  was  in  the 
same  company  with  Jonathan  Petts,  Captain 
Farwell's.  He  married  January  11,  1769, 
Hannah  Butterfield.  The  name  was  spelled 
Patts  and  Patt  oftener  than  Petts  in  the 
Townsend  records. 

John  Petts  married  at  Townsend,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1761,  Bathsheba  Wood.  David  Petts, 
son  of  one  of  the  pioneers,  was  liorn  1766; 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  at  the  age  of 
si.xteen,  in  1782.  He  describes  himself  when 
enlisting  as  of  light  complexion  and  five  feet 
four  inches  and  a  half  in  height;  he  married 
March  2,  1790,  at  Townsend,  Nabby  Flagg. 
Lemuel  Petts,  Jr.  married,  at  Townsend,  June 
13,  1791,  Milly  Wood,  of  Pepperell,  Massa- 
chusetts. Another  soldier  from  this  family  in 
the  Revolution  was  James  Petts,  who  was  in 
Captain  Henry  Haskill's  company,  Colonel 
Prescott's  regiment  in  1776. 

The  Wallis  and  other  families  of  Scotch- 
Irish  ancestry  settled  in  Townsend,  and  it  is 
presumed  that  the  Pelts  family  came  with 
them,  although  the  origin  of  the  name  is 
unknown.  It  is  surmised  on  the  other  hand 
that  the  name  is  a  variation  of  the  English 
Pitt,  or  Pitts,  a  branch  of  which  settled  very 
early  at  Taunton,  Massachusetts. 

(I)  Jonathan  Petts.  the  pioneer  ancestor  of 
the  family,  was  born  about  1730.  He  settled 
in  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  and  married 
there,  June  27,  1753,  Sarah  Hosley.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain James  Hosley's  company  in  1775;  also  in 
Captain  H.  Farwell's  company.  Colonel  Wil- 
liam Prescott's  regiment:  also  in  Captain  Na- 
thaniel Lakin"s  company,  Colonel  John  Rob- 
inson's regiment,  in  1777.  He  appears  to  be 
a  brother  of  Nathan,  John  and  Lemuel  Petts, 
also  of  Townsend,  mentioned  above.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Jonathan  Jr.,  born  1754;  mentioned 
below.     Probably  several  others. 

(II)  Jonathan  Petts  Jr.,  son  of  Jonathan 
Petts  (i),  was  born  in  Townsend,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1754,  according  to  the  record  of  his 
enlistment  in  the  revolution.  He  was  en- 
listed from  Townsend  for  nine  months  in  the 
Continental  army,  April.  20,  1777,  aged  twen- 
ty-four, private  in  the  Fifth  company.  Colo- 
nel Reed's  regiment.  He  gave  his  height  as 
five  feet  nine  inches.  He  married,  February 
12.  1783,  at  Townsend,  Rebecca  Towne,  of 
New  Ipswich,  New  Hampshire.  Probably  all 
his  children  were  born  at  Townsend.  In 
1792-3  he  removed  to  Stoddard,  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  farm  there  had  been  partly  cleared 
by  one  Smith,  its  former  owner,  and  a  log 
house  and  barn   were  built.     If  the  date  of 


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birth  is  given  correctly  he  must  have  been 
born  by  a  previous  marriage  instead  of  that 
given  above.  It  is  likely  that  1754  was  the 
correct  year  of  his  birth,  however.  He  died 
at  Stoddard  in  1827,  said  to  be  aged  seventy- 
five.  Children:  i.  Jonathan,  died  at  West- 
minster; married  Elizabeth  Smith,  who  was 
born  July  31,  1796,  and  died  February  16, 
1864.  2.  David,  mentioned  below.  3.  Rebec- 
ca, married  Redman.  4.  Orinda,  mar- 
ried Josiah  Sheldon,  of  h'itchburg,  Massachu- 
setts. 5.  Keziah  B.,  married  S.  W.  Loveland. 
6.  Rhoda.  7.  Lucinda,  married  James  Bol- 
ster: second,  John  Cole.  8.  Roxana,  mar- 
ried Boyd  McClure,  of  Stoddard. 

(Ill)  David  Petts,  son  of  Jonathan  Petts  (2), 
was  born  at  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  h'eb- 
ruary  7,  1788,  and  died  February  16,  1867,  at 
Gilsum,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  settled. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  Clara  Parker, 
who  was  born  in  Nelson,  New  Hampshire 
July  14,  1793,  died  August  8,  1871,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Eunice  (Pierce)  Parker.  Chil- 
dren: I.  David  Towne;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Lyman  Parker,  born  at  Weston,  Vermont, 
November  11,  1813:  died  at  Keene,  New 
Hampshire,  November  6,  1879;  married  Au- 
gust 14,  1837,  Nancy  Maria  Seward,  who  died 
at  Keene,  January  23,  1877.  (For  children 
see  "History  of  Gilsum,  N.  H.,"  p.  375).  3. 
Eunice  Pierce,  married  Elias  Sawyer,  of 
Clinton,  Massachusetts.  4.  LawTenza,  died 
young.  5.  Lovisa  Malvina,  married  Christo- 
pher Harrington,  of  Palmer,  Massachusetts. 
6.  Frederick  Augustus,  settled  in  Leomins- 
ter. 7.  George,  died  young.  8.  Lawrenza, 
married  David  S.  Willard,  of  Keene.  9.  Nan- 
cy, died  young.  10.  Clarissa  Sabrina:  mar- 
ried Sylvester  Blodgett,  of  Keene.  11. 
George  Shepard,  resided  at  Munsonville.  12. 
Albert  Livingstone,  resided  at  Templeton. 
Massachusetts.  13.  Lucy  Orinda,  married 
West  Marston,  Fitchburg. 

(lY)  David  Towne  Petts,  eldest  child  of 
David  Petts  (3),  was  born  in  Gilsum,  New 
Hampshire,  or  Weston,  Vermont,  about  181 1, 
and  died  aged  about  forty-six  years.  He  first 
settled  in  Marlowe,  New  Hampshire,  and  was 
a  farmer  and  cattle  drover.  Later  in  life  he 
conducted  a  hotel  in  Stoddard,  New  Hani])- 
shirc.  He  married  Phoebe  Stevens,  and  their 
children  were:  t.  Ferdinand,  see  forward.  2. 
Lyman  (i.  3.  George  .\.,  married  Lovina 
Pitcher,  of  Marlowe,  New  Hampshire.  4. 
Miranda,  married  John  Warner.  5.  Chris- 
tina, deceased.     6.  . 

(V)  Ferdinand  Petts,  eldest  child  of  Da\id 
Towne   Petts,   vet  living,  was  born   in    Mun- 


sonville, New  Hampshire,  in  1834.  He  set- 
tled in  Keene,  New  Hampshire.  He  mar- 
ried first,  Susan  Hunt,  of  Marlowe,  New 
Hampshire,  and  second,  Ellen  L.  Howard,  of 
Keene,  New  Hampshire.  Of  his  first  mar- 
riage were  born  four  children:  Twins,  who 
died  young:  David,  died  unmarried;  and  San- 
ford  F.  Petts,  to  be  further  mentioned.  Of 
the  second  marriage  was  born  one  child,  Don 
Irving,  at  Keene,  New  Hampshire,  June  6, 
1867:  he  resides  in  Keene;  he  married  Alar- 
garet  Darling,  of  Keene,  and  they  have  five 
children. 

(\T)  Sanford  F.  Petts,  youngest  and  only 
living  child  of  Ferdinand  and  Susan  (Hunt) 
Petts,  was  born  in  Marlowe,  New  Hampshire, 
September  23,  i860.  He  married  first,  Nel- 
lie 1-".  Gushing,  and  second,  Catherine  C. 
Lane.  ( )f  his  first  marriage  was  born  one 
child,  Sanford  F.  Petts  Jr.,  in  Boston,  May 
24,  1889;  there  were  no  children  of  the  sec- 
ond marriage.  Mr.  Petts  is  a  prominent  mer- 
chant in  Boston,  and  his  success  has  been 
entirelv  the  result  of  his  own  efforts. 


The  name  of  Moulton  has 
MOL'LTON  been  known  as  a  patrony- 
mic both  in  England  and 
France  from  a  very  remote  period.  Nearly 
or  quite  all  who  bear  the  name  in  Maine  are 
descended  from  Thomas  of  York,  and  John 
and  William  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
all  of  whom  were  early  inmiigrants  to  New 
England. 

(I)  Thomas  Moulton,  born  at  Ormsby, 
Norfolk  county,  England,  about  the  year 
1614,  came  to  Massachusetts  in  or  prior  to 
1637,  and  first  settled  in  Newbury.  He  prob- 
ably went  to  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  with 
the  Rev.  William  "Bachilor"  in  1639,  and  in 
1654  removed  to  York,  Maine.  The  Chri- 
tian  name  of  his  wife  was  Martha  and  his  chil- 
dren were:  Thomas,  Daniel,  Hannah,  Mary, 
Joseph  and  Jeremiah. 

(II)  Jeremiah  Moulton,  youngest  child  of 
Thomas  and  Martha  Moulton,  was  born  in 
York  about  the  year  1656.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  the  public  affairs  of  York,  serving  as 
representative  to  the  general  court  in  1692, 
and  his  death  occurred  October  22,  1727.  The 
maiden  name  of  his  first  wife  does  not  appear 
in  the  records  at  hand,  although  he  is  known 
to  have  married  twice.  His  second  wife  was 
Mrs.  .Mice  Donncll.  nee  Chadbourne,  a  wid- 
inv.  He  was  the  father  of  six  children:  Jo- 
seph. Mary,  Daniel,  Ebenezer,  Jeremiah  and 
.Sanniol  B. 


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(III)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Aloulton,  eldest 
child  of  Jeremiah  (probably  by  the  latter's 
tirst  (marriage),  was  born  in  York,  January 
i8,  1679.  He  was  married  December  30, 
1697,  to  Mary  Pulman,  and  their  children 
were  John,  Abigail,  Elizabeth.  Alice.  Abel 
and  Jeremiah. 

(I\')  Captain  Abel  Aloulton,  second  si:)n 
and  fifth  child  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Alary 
(Pullman)  Moulton,  was  born  in  York,  after 
1701.  He  served  as  a  juryman  and  also  as 
constable,  and  he  is  designated  in  the  records 
as  Captain  Abel,  the  military  archives  at  the 
state  house  in  Boston  disclosing  the  fact  that 
he  was  conuiiissioned  captain  in  Colonel 
Eben  Sayer's  First  York  County  Regiment 
June  25,  1779,  a  record  somewhat  remarkable 
on  accoimt  of  his  age.  He  died  March  3, 
1784,  "in  the  night."  His  first  wife' was  Elea- 
nor Bane,  daughter  of  Lewis  Bane,  and  his 
second  wife  was  Judith  Gowan.  The  children 
of  his  first  union  were :  John  (who  died 
young)  and  Sarah.  Those  of  his  second  mar- 
riage were:  Dorcas,  John,  Daniel  and  Mary. 

(\')  John  Moulton,  eldest  son  of  Captain 
.\bel  and  Judith  (Gowan)  Moulton,  was  born 
in  York,  July  22,  1752.  In  September,  1774, 
he  married  Lydia  Grant,  daughter  of  David 
Grant,  and  she  bore  him  seven  children: 
Martha,  David,  Lydia.  John,  Elizabeth,  .\bel 
and  Nathan. 

(YT)  Abel  Moulton,  son  of  John  Moulton, 
was  born  in  York,  Xovember  10,  1785.  He 
learned  the  ship-carpenter's  trade  and  fol- 
lowed it  as  a  journeyman  for  many  years.  In 
September,  1813,  he  married  Dorcas  Moul- 
ton, and  had  a  family  of  eight  children:  Dan- 
iel, Lydia,  .Sylvester,  William,  Henry.  Eliza 
J.,  Julia  and  Abby  M. 

(VII)  Sylvester  Moulton,  second  son  of 
Abel  and  Dorcas  (Moulton),  Moulton,  was 
born  in  York,  March  12,  1819.  He  was  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  a  lifelong  resident  of 
York.  In  December,  1841,  he  married  Mercy 
Mclntire  Hanmiond,  who  was  born  March 
22,  1822,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Mercy  (Mc- 
lntire) Hammond,  of  Eliot,  Maine.  She  was 
a  lieneal  descendant  in  the  seventh  generation 
of  William  Hammond,  born  in  Slymbridge, 
Yorkshire,  in  1597:  -became  an  early  settler 
in  Welles,  Maine,  where  he  was  a  large  land- 
owner and  a  prominent  public  official,  and  he 
attained  the  unusually  advanced  age  of  one 
hundred  and  four  years,  dying  in  1702.  The 
maiden  surname  of  his  wife  was  Gouch,  and 
he  was  the  father  of  two  sons:  Jonathan  and 
Joseph.  From  William  the  emigrant  Airs. 
Moulton's  line  of  descent  is  through    Major 

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Joseph  (2),  Colonel  Joseph  (3),  Jonathan  (4), 
Deacon  Samuel  (5)  and  .\Ioses  (6).  Alajor  lo- 
seph  Hammond,  born  at  Welles  in  1647,'- died 
in  Eliot  in  1710,  was  an  officer  in  the  militia, 
served  for  many  years  as  judge  of  probate 
and  also  of  that  of  common  pleas,  and  held 
various  other  important  offices  in  Eliot.  In 
1695  he  was  captured  by  the  Indians,  who 
took  him  to  Canada,  and  he  was  ransomed 
the  same  year.  He  married  Mrs.  Catharine 
Leighton  (nee  Frost),  daughter  of  Nicholas 
l<"rost,  of  Eliot,  an  immigrant  from  England, 
and  widow  of  William  Leighton.  She  became 
the  mother  of  four  children:  George,  Alercy, 
Dorcas  and  Joseph.  Colonel  Joseph  Ham- 
mond, born  in  1777;  died  in  1853,  at  Eliot, 
like  his  father,  served  in  the  militia  and  as 
judge  of  common  pleas  and  probate,  was  re- 
corder of  deeds  and  held  other  offices.  He 
married  Hannah  Storer.  daughter  of  Joseph 
Storer.  Jonathan  Hammond,  son  of  Colonel 
Joseph,  was  born. in  Eliot  in  1716,  and  died 
there  in  1811.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  He  married  Ann  Rice, 
born  in  1716;  died  in  1786,  and  their  children 
were:  Love,  Samuel,  Jonathan,  Abigail.  Eli- 
sha  (died),  Lucy,  Keziah,  Susannah  and 
Eunice.  Deacon  Samuel  Hammond,  eldest 
son  of  Jonathan,  was  a  lifelong  resident  of 
Eliot,  born  in  1748;  died  in  1835.  He  was  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  a  leading  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  He  married  .\bi- 
gail  Hanscon.  born  in  1746;  died  in  1825, 
daughter  of  Aloses  and  Mary  (Field)  Han- 
scom.  Of  this  union  there  were  two  sons 
.Moses  and  Jonathan.  Moses  Hammond,  eld- 
est son  of  Deacon  Samuel,  was  bom  in  Eliot. 
September  2.  1785,  and  died  there  July  10, 
1844.  January  24,  1804,  he  married  Mercy 
AlcJntire,  of  York,  and  her  death  occurred 
.April  2,  1844.  She  was  the  mother  of  ten 
children:  .Abigail  Hanscom;  Elisha,  died 
young;  Olive  S . ;  Elisha;  Nancy  Y. ;  Samuel 
J.;  -Mercy  Mclntire;  Moses  H.,  died  young; 
Aloses  ().  and  Julia  E.  Alercy  Mclntire  Ham- 
mond became  "the  wife  of  Sylvester  Aloulton, 
as  previously  stated,  and  bore  him  six  chil- 
dren: Charles  W.  H.,  .\bbie  Alclntire,  Wes- 
ley True,  Everett  (  )lin,  Julie  Louise  and  Ida 
Olivia. 

ATI  I)  Charles  W.H.  Aloulton,  eldest  child 
of  Sylvester  and  Alercy  M.  (Hammond) 
-Moulton.  was  born  in  Yc^rk,  September  12, 
1843.  -'''-S  a  youth  he  assisted  his  father  in 
farming,  and  upon  attaining  his  majority  he 
left  the  paternal  roof  to  begin  life  for  himself, 
first  securing  work  in  a  bakery  in  South 
Boston  and  later  accepting;-  cmnliixnient  in  a 


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shoe  factory  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  In 
1866  he  entered  his  uncle's  employ  in  York, 
where  he  devoted  three  years  to  learning  the 
ladder  manufacturing  business,  and  at  the  ex- 
piration of  that  time  his  uncle  manifested  a 
desire  to  admit  him  to  partnership.  Having 
determined  to  procure  a  broader  field  of  oper- 
ation wherein  the  business  could  be  conduct- 
ed upon  a  more  extensive  scale,  he  succeeded 
in  negotiating  with  Elijah  Spare,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  for  the  latter's  ladder 
manufactory  in  that  city,  and  his  uncle  joined 
him  in  this  enterprise,  at  the  same  time  giving 
him  a  half  interest  in  the  plant  at  York.  With 
these  increased  facilities  Henry  and  Charles 
W.  H.  Moulton  became  extensive  ladder 
manufacturers  operating  both  plants  and  mak- 
ing Cambridge  their  principal  distributing 
point  owing  to  trade  conditions.  Some  five 
\ears  later  Charles  W.  H.  ^Moulton  purchased 
his  uncle's  interest  in  the  Cambridge  plant, 
thus  becoming  sole  proprietor  of  the  estab- 
lishment, and  transferring  his  interest  in  the 
Maine  plant  back  to  the  elder  Aloulton,  re- 
mained in  Cambridge,  leaving  his  uncle  in 
full  charge  of  the  business  in  York,  where  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-five  years  he  is 
still  continuing  his  activities.  Under  Mr. 
Moulton's  able  management  the  business  in 
Cambridge  expanded  into  large  proportions, 
and  in  due  time  he  admitted  his  son  Freder- 
ick H.  Moulton  to  partnership,  under  the 
firm  name  of  C.  W.  H.  Moulton  and  Com- 
pany. In  addition  to  manufacturing  ladders 
of  every  description  they  produce  lawn  and 
piazza  chairs,  settees,  swings,  etc.  Their  lad- 
ders are  used  extensively  by  fire  departments 
carpenters,  painters  and  fruit  growers,  from 
Maine  to  Florida,  and  are  noted  for  their 
strength,  durability  and  other  essential  quali- 
ties. Their  products  are  made  from  selected 
spruce  lumber  obtained  in  Maine,  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont,  they  employ  an  av- 
erage force  of  seventy  skilled  operatives,  and 
of  step-ladders  alone  they  turn  out  one  thou- 
sand per  week.  The  old  factory  at  the  corner 
of  Sixth  and  Grove  streets.  East  Cambridge, 
becoming  inadequate,  they  erected  in  1902  a 
new  plant  on  Ward  and  Harding  streets. 
Somerville,  just  over  the  Cambridge  line,  and 
are  thus  well  ])repared  for  future  expansion 
of  trade. 

Mr.  Moulton  is  a  member  of  the  Cam- 
bridge Trade  Association,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  (lodge  and  encamp- 
ment) and  the  New  England  League.  In 
politics  he  is  an  Independent.  For  twenty 
vears   he   resided    at    131     Thorndike    street, 


East  Cambridge,  but  sometime  since  removed 
to  95  Magazine  street,  Cambridge. 

January  1,  1874,  Mr.  Moulton  married  Em- 
ma Victoria  Mclntire,  born  March  5,  1845, 
daughter  of  George  and  Clarissa  Mclntire,  of 
York,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  carpenter 
and  builder.  The  children  of  this  union  were: 
1.  Marlen  True,  born  December  18,  1874, 
died  July  18,  1875.  2.  Frederick  Hammond, 
born  February  23.  1878,  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  Cambridge,  is  associated  with  his  fath- 
er in  business,  and  has  attained  a  foremost 
place  among  the  younger  generation  of  busi- 
ness men.  He  married  Mary  Hayward, 
daughter  of  William  E.  and  Augusta  Hay- 
ward,  of  Winthrop,  Maine,  and  they  have  one 
daughter,  Dorothy  Hayward  Moulton.  3. 
Amy  Louise,  born  July  31.  1879.  wife  of  Per- 
cy L.  Balch.  of  Cambridge;  they  reside  in 
Washington.  D.  C,  where  Mr.  Balch  is  an 
architect  in  the  service  of  the  federal  govern- 
ment. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moulton  have  an  adopted 
daughter,  Ella  Viola,  born  September  19, 
1874,  at  Rockland.  Maine,  a  graduate  of  the 
Cambridge  high  school,  ana  now  employed 
in  the   Har\'ard  L'niversitv  library. 


The  first  appearance  of  this 
BURPEE  name  in  New  England  occurs 
in  the  early  records  of  Rowley, 
Massachusetts,  which  state  that  Thomas  Bur- 
bee,  an  immigrant  from  England,  settled  there 
prior  to  1651,  and,  like  the  majority  of  the 
original  inhabitants  of  that  town,  he  was  a 
weaver.  He  probably  came  from  Yorkshire. 
At  a  later  date  his  posterity  became  distrib- 
uted throughout  the  New  England  States,  and 
at  least  one  of  them  went  to  Vermont  prior  to 
or  shortly  after  the  American  revolution. 

Martin  Burpee,  of  Ludlow,  Vermont,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Thompson,  and  among  their 
children  were  Frank,  who  went  to  Detroit. 
Michigan,  and  died  in  Frankfort,  same  state. 
in  1892 ;  and  John  A.,  who  became  a  promi- 
nent physician  in  Maiden.  Massachusetts, 

Dr.  John  A.  Burpee  was  born  in  Ludlow. 
April  8,  1823.  Deciding  to  enter  the  medical 
profession,  and  selecting  the  homeopathic 
school  of  practice,  he  matriculated  at  the 
Hahnemann  College,  Philadelphia,  graduating 
in  1854.  Locating  in  Maiden  the  same  year, 
he  inaugurated  his  professional  career  with  a 
zeal  and  enthusiasm  which  was  indicative  of 
future  success,  and  for  a  period  of  thirty-three 
years  this  zealous  devotion  to  his  chosen  field 
of  usefulness  continued  unabated.  His  prac- 
tice was  large  and  productive  of  much  benefit 


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to  the  general  community  in  the  alleviation  of 
human  suffering  as  well  as  the  prevention  of 
disease,  and  his  kind-hearted  sympathy  for 
those  less  fortunate  than  himself  caused  him 
to  become  known  as  Maiden's  "Good  Physi- 
cian." These,  together  with  his  other  com- 
mendable qualities,  served  to  endear  him  to  the 
many  whose  good  fortune  it  was  to  enjoy  his 
acquaintance  and  friendship,  and  his  death, 
which  occurred  November  lo,  1887,  was  uni- 
versally regretted. 
Dr.  John  A.  Burpee  was  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Homeopathic  Medical  Socie- 
ty; also  of  the  Masonic  Order,  affiliating  with 
the  Blue  Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Com- 
mandery  of  Maiden ;  and  fraternized  with  the 
Order  of  the  Golden  Cross  and  the  Mystic 
Order  of  Associates.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican.  June  22,  1859,  he  was  married, 
in  Maiden,  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Marshall,  a 
native  of  Dorchester,  and  a  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Marshall,  who  was  a  well-known  grocery 
merchant  of  that  town  in  his  day.  She  was  % 
descendant  of  a  Revolutionary  patriot.  Mrs. 
Mary  E.  Burpee  survived  her  husband  nearly 
ten  years,  dying  February  4,  1897.  She  was 
the  mother  of  six  children :  Lillian  B.,  who  is 
now  Mrs.  F.  C.  Libby ;  Lelia,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  Potter;  and  Carroll  Colby  Burpee,  M. 
D.,  of  Maiden.     Three  died  in  infancy. 

Dr.  Carroll  Colby  Burpee,  youngest  child 
of  Dr.  John  A.  and  Mary  E.  (Marshall) 
Burpee,  was  born  in  Maiden,  December  18, 
1872.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in 
the  Maiden  public  schools,  and  his  professional 
preparations  were  completed  at  the  Boston 
University  Medical  School,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1896.  Establishing  himself 
as  a  practitioner  in  the  same  field  where  his 
father  had  so  long  and  successfully  labored, 
he  has  followed  closely  in  the  latter's  foot- 
steps, displaying  the  same  professional  zeal 
and  enthusiasm  as  that  which  characterized 
his  lamented  predecessor,  and  striving  dili- 
gently to  emulate  his  example  in  other  direc- 
tions. He  is  now  well  advanced  in  the  medi- 
cal profession,  having  gained  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens  as  well  as  of 
his  professional  associates,  and  his  practice  is 
both  extensive  and  lucrative. 

Dr.  Burpee  is  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Homeopathic  Medical  Society,  the  Ma- 
sonic order,  the  Deliberate  Assembly,  and  the 
Kernwood  Club.  He  was  married  December 
7,  1904,  to  Miss  Bessie  Louise  Twiss,  born  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam A.  and  Phebe  Twiss,  the  former  of  whom 


is  superintendent  in  the  Hathaway  cotton  mills 
at  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts.  The  Twiss 
family  is  of  English  descent  and  was  founded 
in  New  England  by  three  brothers — Daniel, 
Robert  and  Nathaniel — who  immigrated  early 
in  the  eighteenth  century.  Daniel  settled  in 
Marblehead,  and  his  son  Daniel  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bur- 
pee have  one  son,  Marshall  Twiss,  born  June 
25,   1907. 


Israel     Mansfield,    son    of 

MANSFIELD    Jacob   Mansfield,  the   first 

known    of    the    famih-    in 

Maine,   and   supposed   to   have   been   born   in 

England,   was   born   in   Hope,    Knox   county, 

Maine.       He    married     Elvira,    daughter    of 

Bowers,  of  Hope,  Maine.     He  was  a 

Methodist  in  religious  affiliation,  being  a  dea- 
con in  the  Methodist  church  of  Hope,  and  a 
Whig  and  later  a  Republican  in  political  faith. 
He  carried  on  a  farm  in  Hope,  Maine,  during 
his  entire  life. 

Alonzo  Stanley  Mansfield,  son  of  Israel  and 
Elvira  (Bowers)  Mansfield,  was  born  in 
Hope,  Knox  county,  Maine,  October  23,  1847. 
He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  learned  the  business  of  grocer,  which 
he  carried  on  during  his  entire  business  life. 
In  1870  he  was  married  to  Caro  C,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Hale  and  Lucy  Mariah  Fairbanks 
Mansfield,  grand-niece  of  Abner  Fairbanks,  a 
soldier  in  the  American  Revolution,  and  a  de- 
scendant of  Jonathan  and  Grace  Ffayerbanke, 
who  came  from  Dowerly,  in  the  West  Riding 
of  Yorkshire,  England,  to  New  England  col- 
ony with  their  four  sons  in  1633,  landing  in 
Boston  and  settling  in  Dedham,  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  where  they  built  and  on 
March  23,  1636-37,  occupied  a  substantial 
house  which  was  added  to  subsequently,  as- 
suming its  permanent  form  as  early  as  1654. 
This  house  continued  in  the  possession  of  a 
descendant  of  the  immigrant,  bearing  the  fam- 
ily name  of  Fairbanks  up  to  1904,  when  it  was 
purchased  by  the  Fairbanks  Association,  a.  cor- 
poration, and  was  renovated  and  placed  in  the 
care  of  a  perpetual  committee  to  be  protected 
and  kept  in  preservation  with  the  various 
Colonial  and  Revolutionary  relics  placed  in  the 
house  as  objects  of  historic , interest  to  future 
generations.  The  line  of  descent  of  Abner 
Fairbanks,  the  Revolutionary  soldier,  from  the 
immigrant,  Jonathan  Fairbanks,  is  through 
(leorge  and  "Mary  (Adams)  Fairbanks:  Dr. 
Jonathan  and   Sarah  Fairbanks,  of  Sherburn, 


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Massachusetts;  Dr.  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
Fairbanks,  of  Sherburn,  Massachusetts, 
who  were  the  parents  of  Abner  Fair- 
banks, their  youngest  son,  who  was  born 
in  that  town.  Alonzo  Stanley  Mansfield 
retired  from  the  grocery  business,  which  he 
had  carried  on  in  Maiden  from  1884  to  1900, 
because  of  ill  health.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
party  affiliation,  was  a  constable  in  Hope, 
Maine,  for  several  years,  and  served  in  the 
Civil  war  in  the  Fourteenth  Maine  \'olunteer 
Infantry,  enlisting  at  the  age  of  sixteen  and 
serving  for  one  year.  He  was  by  inheritance 
and  choice  a  member  of  the  Methodist  de- 
nomination, and  as  a  firm  friend  of  temperance 
joined  the  Order  of  Good  Templars  while  liv- 
ing at  Hope,  Maine.  His  wife  died  in  Maiden, 
Massachusetts,  March  12,  1902. 

The  only  child  of  Alonzo  Stanley  and  Caro 
Cushing  Mansfield  was :  Mary  Maude,  born  in 
Hope,  Maine,  October  26,  1875,  graduated 
from  the  grammar  school  in  1891,  and  from 
high  school  of  Maiden  in  1895 ;  was  married 
September  22,  1897,  to  James,  son  of  Charles 
E.  Rouse,  of  Nova  Scotia.  James  Rouse  at 
the  time  of  his  marriage  was  a  salesman  living 
in  Maiden.  They  have  four  children :  Helen, 
born  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  August  16, 
1898;  Mansfield,  born  in  Maiden.  Massachu- 
setts, August  18,  1900;  Thelma,  bom  in  Mai- 
den, Massachusetts,  November  24,  1901  ; 
James  Asbby,  born  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts, 
August   13,    1903. 


Robert  Boyce  or  Boyes,  the  im- 
BOYCE  migrant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
the  Province  of  Ulster,  North 
of  Ireland,  of  Scotch  Covenanter  stock,  prob- 
ably in  Londonderry,  in  1691.  He  was  one 
of  the  signers  of  the  petition  to  Governor 
Shute,  of  Massachusetts,  from  a  large  num- 
ber of  the  inhabitants  of  the  North  of  Ire- 
land, appointing  Rev.  William  Boyd,  of  Ma- 
casky,  as  their  representative  and  asking  for 
a  grant  of  land,  assuring  the  governor  of 
"our  sincere  and  hearty  inclination  to  trans- 
port ourselves  to  that  very  excellent  and  re- 
nowned plantation  upon  our  obtaining  from 
His  Excellency  suitable  encouragement." 
The  colonists  received  the  encouragement  in 
a  grant  of  land  ten  miles  square,  which  was 
located  subsequently  at  Londonderry  or  Nut- 
field  as  it  was  first  called  in  1719.  There  is 
reason  to  believe  that  Boyce  came  over  in 
1718  with  the  first  ship-load  of  Scotch-Irish, 
or  vcrv  soon  afterward.     He  was  one  of  the 


leading  men  of  the  colony  from  the  very  first. 
The  settlement  in  Londonderry  or  Nutfield 
was  made  in  April  and  June  17,  1719,  Boyce 
together  with  James  Gregg,  Samuel  Graves 
and  Joseph  Simons  were  given  land  and  the 
privilege  of  the  river  from  the  pond  to  the 
bottom  of  the  falls  to  erect  a  saw  mill.  It 
was  built  that  summer  on  the  spot  now  occu- 
pied by  the  saw  mill  of  Wallace  W.  Poor.  He 
had  a  special  grant  of  forty  acres  for  promot- 
ing the  saw  mill.  His  first  grant  was  in  old 
Nutfield.  He  had  a  grant  in  1720  in  the  Eng- 
lish range  between  the  lots  of  John  McMur- 
phy  and  Alexander  McNeil.  He  and  Samuel 
Grover  owned  one  share  of  the  proprietary 
rights  of  Londonderry  when  the  charter  was 
granted  in  1722.  He  owned  land  also  in  the 
Aikens  range. 

He  was  a  selectman  in  1723-25-26-27,  and 
often  afterward.  In  1751  he  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace.  He  was  a  representative  to  the 
legislature  in  1734-35.  the  second  man  hon- 
ored with  this  office,  and  again  in  1737-39-40. 
He  was  often  moderator  of  the  town  meeting, 
a  position  that  indicated  the  foremost  citizen 
of  the  town.  He  served  in  this  office  in  1724- 
26-27-32-39-49.  Mr.  Boyes  was  doubtless 
prominent  in  the  old  country  as  well.  His 
ancestors,  perhaps  his  father,  came  from  For- 
farshire in  Scotland.  The  speUing  of  the 
name  has  always  varied.  The  Scotch  ways 
were  Boyce.  Boys,  Bois  and  Boece.  The 
family  is  well  represented  at  the  present  time 
in  the  counties  of  Donegal,  Down  and  Lon- 
(londerrv,  Ireland. 

Robert  Boyce  married  Jane  Clark,  of  Lon- 
donderry, probably  daughter  of  the  Scotch- 
Irish  immigrant,  Mathew  Clark.  She  was 
born  in  Ireland  1695,  and  died  in  London- 
derry in  1730,  aged  thirty-five.  Children:  I. 
Robert,  Jr.,  born  about  1725,  soldier  in  the 
Revolution  in  Captain  George  Reid's  company 
on  the  Lexington  Alarm.  2.  Samuel,  born 
about  1728,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Samuel  Boyce,  son  of  Robert  Boyce 
(i).  was  born  in  Londonderry.  New  Hamp- 
shire, about    1728.     He  married  Janet  , 

who  died  January  3,  1794,  aged  sixty-four 
years,  and  is  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  at 
Derry.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war  in  1746  under  Captain  John 
Gofife.  Children:  i.  James,  born  1758,  died 
March  7,  1818;  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  2. 
Robert,  born    1771,   mentioned   below. 

(IH)  Robert  Boyce.  son  or  nephew  of 
Samuel  Boyce  (2),  was  born  in  Londonderry, 
Julv  5,  1771.     He  was  a  farmer  in  his  native 


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town.  He  married  there  Elizabeth  McMur- 
phy,  daughter  of  James  McMurphy  (See 
sketch).  He  died  January  24,  1840,  aged  six- 
ty-eight years,  and  is  buried  in  the  old  grave- 
yard at  Derry.  Children  of  Robert  and  Eliz- 
abeth (iMcMurphy)  Boyce:  I.  Jane  D.,  born 
March  10,  1805.  2.  Mary,  born  June  19, 
1807,  died  July  10.  1810.  3.  Joseph,  born 
Januar\-  2^,,  1809.  4.  An  infant  died  Decem- 
ber 20,  1810.  5.  James,  born  March  7,  181 2, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Benjamin  M.,  born 
July  18,  1814.  7.  Robert  M.,  born  August 
31,  1816.  8.  Mary,  born  June  i,  1819.  9. 
Charles,  born  June  21,  1821,  died  October  20, 
1821. 

(l\')  James  Boyce,  son  of  Robert  Boyce 
(3),  was  born  in  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire. March  7,  181 2,  and  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools.  He  followed  farming 
during  his  active  years,  residing  in  London- 
derry until  1874,  when  he  removed  to  Stone- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  and  passed  his  last  years 
at  the  home  of  his  son,  Robert.  He  died  at 
Sttineham,  July  3,  1890.  He  was  a  member 
of  no  secret  orders,  and  was  not  greatly  in- 
terested in  politics.  He  devoted  himself  al- 
most exclusively  to  his  family,  his  home  and 
his  business.  He  was  an  upright  and  honor- 
able man,  of  recognized  integrity  and  sterl- 
ing honesty,  and  it  has  been  said  that  these 
traits  were  inherited  b}-  all  his  children.  He 
is  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  at  London- 
derry by  the  side  of  his  fathers.  He  married 
(first)  Jeannette  Moor,  of  a  prominent  Lon- 
donderry family.  She  died  February  21, 
1853,  aged  thirty-nine  years,  and  is  buried  by 
the  side  of  her  husband.  Children:  i. 
Charles  Morrison,  born  December  14,  1840, 
mentioned  below.  2.  George  P.,  born  April 
7,  1842,  mentioned  below.  3.  Elizabeth, 
born  December  7,  1843,  died  .\ugust  24, 
1865:  mamed  Elisha  Faxon.  4.  Mary  F., 
born  in  Londonderry,  February  3,  1846,  mar- 
ried Elisha  Faxon,  former  husband  of  Eliza- 
beth her  sister.  Children  :  i.  Elizabeth  E.  Fax- 
on, born  March  18,  1867:  ii.  Hattie  Faxon, 
born  .\pril  4,  1868.  5.  Robert  Henry,  born 
February  28,  1847,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Franklin  J.,  born  September  15.  1849,  mar- 
ried Susan  Saunders.  7.  Ellen  L.,  born  July 
27,  1852,  died  August  24,  1865.  8.  Jeanette 
M.,  born  February  3,  1855,  married  Frank 
Heald,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  one 
child,  Frank. 

(V)  Charles  M.  Boyce,  son  of  James 
Boyce  (4),  was  born  in  Londonderry,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1840.  He  attended  the  district  school 
in  his  native  town  and  completed  his  educa- 


tion at  Pinkerton  Academy,  Derry,  New 
Hampshire.  When  he  was  eighteen  years  old 
he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  blacksmith 
trade  at  Reading,  Massachusetts,  under  Mr. 
Damon.  He  served  a  year  as  a  journeyman 
at  his  trade,  and  then  enlisted  for  nine  months 
in  Company  D,  Fiftieth  A'lassachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  in  August,  1862,  from  the 
town  of  Reading.  His  regiment  went  to  Ba- 
ton Rouge  and  was  in  the  engagements  there, 
and  afterwards  at  Port  Hudson,  and  was 
there  during  the  siege.  He  remained  in  the 
service  three  months  longer  than  the  term  of 
enlistment  and  was  discharged  in  August, 
1863,  after  serving  a  year.  In  October, 
1863,  Mr.  Boyce  built  a  shop  at  Farm  Hill, 
.Stoneham,  in  the  north  part  of  that  town,  and 
became  a  blacksmith  on  his  own  account.  Af- 
ter three  years  there  he  bought  a  lot  of  land 
on  Pleasant  street  and  removed  his  shop  to 
its  present  site.  The  growth  of  business  com- 
pelled him  to  enlarge  his  quarters,  and  for 
many  years  he  has  enjoyed  an  excellent 
trade.  In  addition  to  his  blacksmith  shop  he 
has  had  since  1888  a  livery  stable  on  Main 
street  not  far  from  his  shop  on  Pleasant 
street,  and  has  also  been  successful  in  that 
branch  of  his  business. 

He  resides  in  a  homestead  which  he  built 
on  Pleasant  street,  near  his  blacksmith  shop. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  overseers  of  the  poor  for 
five  years.  He  belongs  to  J.  P.  Gould  Post, 
No.  75,  Grand  Army;  to  Columbian  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  to  Miles  Standish  Col- 
ony, United  Order  of  Pilgrim  Fathers.  He 
is  a  Congregationalist  in  religion. 

He  married  October  25,  1866,  Henrietta 
Murilla  Green,  daughter  of  James  A,  and 
Hannah  (Stevens)  Green,  of  Stoneham.  Their 
only  child  is  Charles  Stevens  Boyce,  born 
October  30,  1869. 

(\')  George  P.  Boyce,  son  of  James 
Boyce  (4),  was  born  in  Londonderry  April  7, 
1842,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  com- 
mon schools.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the.  L^nion 
army  during  the  Civil  war,  and  has  given 
twenty-four  years  of  his  life  to  the  service  of 
his  country.  He  enlisted  July  10.  1861,  in 
Company  G,  Thirteenth  Massachusetts  \'ol- 
unteer  Regiment,  for  three  years.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  Antietam  and  was 
honorably  discharged  .\pril  29,  1862.  He  re- 
enlisted  .\ugust  I,  1863,  and  shortly  after- 
ward was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  sergeant. 
He  was  made  a  first  lieutenant  July  27,  1864. 
He  served  until  May  30,  1865,  when  he  was 
mustered  out  at   Fort   Bunker   Hill.      He   re- 


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turned  to  Stonehani.  but  after  a  short  time 
his  love  for  the  service  drew  him  back  to 
army  Hfe  and  he  remained  in  the  regular  army 
of  the  United  States  until  1894,  when  he  was 
retired.  He  resides  at  Stoneham,  Massachu- 
setts. He  is  prominent  in  Urand  Army  cir- 
cles, and  is  a  member  of  Old  Point  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Phoebus, 
Virginia.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congregational- 
ist,  and  in  politics  a  Republican.  He  is  un- 
married. 

(V)  Robert  Henry  Boyce,  son  of  Jamies 
Boyce  (4),  was  born  at  Londonderry,  Febru- 
ary 28,  1847.  He  received  his  early  education 
there,  attending  the  district  school  during  the 
winter  months  and  working  with  his  father 
on  the  farm  during  the  summer  season.  He 
remained  on  the  homestead  until  1865,  when 
he  came  to  Stoneham  and  worked  for  several 
years  at  the  blacksmith  trade  with  his  brother 
Charles  M.,  mentioned  above.  He  then  work- 
ed for  several  years  in  the  shoe-shops  of 
Stoneham.  He  was  stationary  engineer  at 
Drew  &  Buswell's  shoe  factory  on  Franklin 
street  until  1880,  when  he  engaged  on  his  own 
account  in  the  manufacture  of  taps,  innersoles, 
stiffenings  and  other  sundries,  having  his  fac- 
tory in  the  basement  of  the  Stoneham  Co-oper- 
ative Shoe  Company  building.  He  began  on 
a  small  scale,  but  by  industry,  economy  and 
close  attention  to  the  details  of  his  business, 
built  up  a  thriving  trade  throughout  New  Eng- 
land, which  he  conducted  until  igo2.  He  em- 
ployed fifteen  or  twenty  hands  and  kept  his 
factory  busy  constantly.  Mr.  Boyce  is  a  self- 
made  man,  largely  self-educated,  and  has  rea- 
son to  be  proud  of  his  success  in  business. 
Personally  he  is  modest  and  retiring  in  dis- 
position, easy  of  approach,  and  popular  with 
his  townsmen.  In  politics  he  is  independent; 
in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Columbian  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  July  14,  1870,  Georgianna 
Paul,  of  Eaton,  New  Hampshire.  Mrs.  Boyce 
is  a  I'initarian  in  religion.  Their  only  child 
is  Henry  Paul,  born  March  31,  1871,  in  Stone- 
ham, was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  graduated  from  Stoneham  high  school 
and  with  high  honors  from  Comer's  Business 
College,  Boston ;  is  at  present  confidential 
clerk  for  Arbach  &  Company,  brokers,  of 
Boston,  and  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  briglitcst 
and  ablest  accountants  in  the  city  of  Boston, 
his  services  being  in  much  demand  as  an  ex- 
pert. He  married,  September  15,  1894,  Fan- 
nie Rawson,  of  Wakefield:  children:  Helen 
Rawson  Boyce,  born  November  25,  1893.  Pa"' 
Henry,  born  August  31,  1897. 


Alexander  McMurphy,  the 

McMURPHY  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Londonderry,  Ire- 
land, of  Scotch  parentage,  and  came  to  New 
England  with  the  first  Scotch-Irish  pioneers 
who  settled  at  Nutfield.  He  had  a  half  lot  in 
the  second  division  and  amendment  lands  with 
James  Leggett.  His  homestead  was  in  the 
three-quarter  mile  range,  east  of  Beaver  pond, 
next  south  of  the  land  of  Governor  Went- 
worth  and  north  of  a  second  division  lot  laid 
out  to  Squire  John  McMurphy.     He  married 

Jean  — ,  who  died  January  18,  1724.     He 

was  drowned  in  the  Pow  Wow  river  in  King- 
ston, February  19,  1734,  and  his  body  recover- 
ed February  23 ;  he  was  buried  by  the  old 
meeting  house  on  the  hill. 

Descendants  of  this  family  in  Ireland  are 
living  near  Ballycastle,  Antrim,  Ireland.  In 
America  the  descendants  of  the  Londonderry 
McMurphys  are  very  numerous  and  widely 
scattered.  Some  have  dropped  the  prefix  Mc. 
or  Mac.  In  early  records  the  name  was  often 
spelled  with  one  capital  Macmurphy.  Some 
writers  think  that  McMurphy  came  to  New 
Hampshire  before  the  main  body  of  Scotch- 
Irish. 

Children:  i.  Alexander,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Squire  John,  born  in  1682,  died  in  Ports- 
mouth while  attending  the  general  court  to 
which  be  was  a  representative,  September  21-, 
1755:  left  a  large  estate:  was  a  well-known 
magistrate ;  married  Mary  Cargill,  daughter 
of  Captain  David  Cargill.  3.  .\rchibald,  weav- 
er and  cordwainer,  inspector  of  deer  killing; 
married  Elizabeth  Brown :  has  many  descend- 
ants. 4.  Jean,  married  William  Craige.  5. 
Daughter  married  Archibald  McCurdy.  6. 
Elizabeth. 

(II)  Alexander  McMurphy,  son  of  Alex- 
ander McMurphy  (i),  was  born  in  London- 
derry, Ireland,  or  vicinity,  about  1680,  -and 
came  to  New  England  with  his  father  and  the 
remainder  of  the  family.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen,  holding  office  in  the  town  soon 
after  the  settlement  was  made.     He  married 

Jenet  .     He  resided  in  the  north  part  of 

the  town  by  the  great  pond  and  had  certain 
mill  privileges.  He  died  in  the  prime  of  life, 
drowned  at  Island  ])ond  in  the  spring  while 
attempting  to  ford  the  river  on  horseback  at 
the  point  where  the  bridge  had  been  washed 
away.  Children:  1.  John,  removed  to  the 
western  part  of  the  state  and  left  off  the  Mc 
from  his  name.  2.  George,  soldier  in  the  Rev- 
ohitiim,  under  Captain  Reid,  1775.  3.  Jean, 
hdin  ( )ctober  27.  1725.  married  Hugh  Ram- 
say.    4.  Alexander,  born  .April  I,  T728.  town 


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officer,  captain  of  militia,  married  Isabel 
Craig.  5.  Daniel,  born  July  8,  1731,  settled 
at  Hillsboro  in  1756,  removed  to  Hill,  thence 
to  -Alexandria;  Lieutenant  in  Revolution; 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill;  died 
1807;  married  Mary  Tolford.  6.  James,  born 
July  28.  1733,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  James  McMurphy,  son  of  Alexander 
McMurphy  (2),  was  born  in  Londonderry, 
July  28,  1733.  He  lived  in  the  northern  part 
of  the  town  near  Massabesic,  where  his  Uncle 
John  had  a  land  grant  for  erecting  mills.  He 
bought  the  homestead  of  David  and  Samuel 
Morrison  after  the  death  of  their  father,  and 
his  descendants  have  lived  there  ever  since. 
He  had  a  store  with  a  stock  of  West  India 
goods  in  one  part  of  the  house  (see  page  269, 
History  of  Nutfield,  Willey).  He  was  a  Loy- 
alist during  the  Revolution,  although  many 
of  his  family  served  in  the  Revolution.  He 
married  Mary  Wilson,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Mary  (Leggett)  Wilson,  of  Londonderry. 
She  was  born  in  1738  and  died  May  10,  1818. 
He  died  May  30,  1792.  His  will  was  dated 
May  16,  1792.  Children:  i.  Jane,  bcrn  Oc- 
tober I,  1766,  married,  December  5,  1795, 
John  Duncan.  2.  Alexander,  bom  April  24, 
1770,  died  February  15,  1854.  4.  Peggy, 
born  November  11,  1772,  died  unmarried  at 
Londonderry,  December  10,  1851.  5.  Mary, 
born  April  4,  1775,  married,  November  14, 
1801,  William  Duncan,  and  resided  at  Can- 
dia.  6.  Betsey  (Elizabeth),  born  July  31, 
1777,  mentioned  above;  married  Robert 
Boyce  (See  Boyce  sketch).  7.  Benjamin, 
born  April  30,  1779.  died  November  14,  1859; 
married,  December  25,  1814.  Susanna  Cobb. 
8.  .-Mice,  born  July  30,  1781,  died  unmarried 
at  Derry,  September  14,  1871. 


Colonel  William  Pepperell, 
HODGDON  the  first  .American  an- 
cestor of  Dr.  Frank  A. 
Hodgdon,  was  born  in  Tavistock,  Cornwall, 
England,  where  he  followed  the  vocation  of 
fisherman,  and  being  of  a  venturesome  nature 
he  frequently  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the 
banks  of  Newfoundland.  These  ventures  de- 
termined his  emigration  to  America,  and 
with  his  wife,  Margery  (Bray)  Pepperell,  he 
made  a  new  home  first  on  the  Isles  of  Shoals 
and  subsequently  at  Kittery  on  the  Maine 
coast,  and  from  this  settlement  he  made  ex- 
peditions to  the  more  familiar  ground.  Banks 
of  Newfoundland.  He  also  cultivated  a  farm, 
and  on  it  brought  up  his  only  son,  William 
Pepperell.  Jr..  who  was  born  at  Kittery,  June 
27,  1696. 


(11)  .Sir  William  I'epjjerell,  only  son  of 
Colonel  William  and  Margery  (Bray)  Pepper- 
ell, was  educated  for  the  profession  of  land 
surveyor  and  navigator.  He  associated  with 
his  father  in  shipbuilding  at  Kittery,  which 
became  the  chief  industry  of  the  place,  under 
the  firm  name  of  William  Pepperell  &  Son. 
He  was  also  justice  of  the  peace  for  1717. 
served  in  the  militia  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  as  captain  of  cavalry,  and  was  pro- 
moted successively  to  major,  lieutenant, 
colonel  and  brevet-colonel,  and  with  the  lat- 
ter rank  he  commanded  all  the  cavalry  in  the 
militia  district  of  Maine,  and  was  active  in 
suppressing  Indian  raids  in  the  towns  on  the 
coast.  He  represented  the  district  in  the 
general  court  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 
in  1726,  was  a  member  of  the  counsel  of  Gere- 
moro  Burnett,  Belcher,  Shirley  and  Pownal, 
1727-59,  and  was  secretary  of  the  council  for 
thirteen  years.  He  served  as  chief  justice  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony  1730-59,  and  at  the  outbreak  of 
the  war  known  as  King  George's  war  he  fur- 
nished the  government  of  Great  Britain,  to 
meet  the  emergency  of  fitting  out  troops  in 
the  colonies,  £5,000  sterling,  and  used  it  at 
his  discretion,  having  been  made  commander- 
in-chief  of  the  New  England  Colonial  forces 
sent  against  Louisburg  in  April,  1745,  which 
was  made  up  of  one  hundred  colonies  of 
armed  vessels,  four  thousand  colored  troops 
and  a  small  English  squadron  under  Comi- 
mander  \\'arren,  and  after  a  siege  of  seven 
weeks  the  fortress  surrendered  to  the  Col- 
onial forces  under  Pepperell,  June  17,  1745. 
For  these  services  King  George  II  created 
him  a  baronet,  the  first  .American  citizen  to 
be  so  honored,  and  he  was  also  received  in 
England  with  high  honors  in  1749,  on  visit- 
ing the  English  court.  The  Colonists  voted 
him  resolutions  of  thanks  for  his  efficient  pro- 
tection of  the  coast  thus  safely  guarded 
against  the  further  raids  of  French  armed 
vessels  operating  from  the  French  fortress  at 
Louisburg.  Sir  William  PepiJerell  Ijuilt  a 
palace  at  Kittery  and  entertained  royal  visit- 
ors with  a  lavish  hand,  being  estimated  as 
the  wealthiest  man  in  the  colony,  and  in  this 
way  became  the  leader  of  a  class  of  aristo- 
cracy theretofore  unknown  in  .America  and 
foreign  to  the  Democratic  principles  inaugur- 
ated by  the  Puritan  settlers.  On  the  out- 
break of  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1755' 
Sir  William  Pepperell  raised  and  equipped 
a  considerable  body  of  troops  for  service  in 
behalf  of  the  colonists,  and  he  was  placed  in 
command  with  the  rank  of  major-general  and 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


this  distinction  made  hinii  also  Colonial  gov- 
ernor of  Massachusetts,  1756-58,  under  the 
council,  and  in  1759  he  was  promoted  to 
lieutenant-general,  the  highest  rank  in  the 
Colonial  army.  Sir  William  Pepperell  was 
married  March  16,  1723,  to  May  Hiest,  of 
Boston,  a  niece  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Moody, 
of  New  York,  and  he  thus  became  a  part  of 
the  aristocratic  society  dominant  in  that  city 
at  that  time.  He  wrote  "Conference  with  the 
Penobscot  Tribe,"  which  was  published  in 
1753.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Kittery,  Maine, 
July  6.  1759.  From  this  distinguished  ances- 
tor Dr.  Hodgdon  traced  his  descent  through 
six  generations,  in  the  fourth  of  which  ap- 
pears his  grandfather. 

(IV)  Samuel  Hodgdon,  a  farmer  living  at 
Walden,  \'ermont,  who  had  a  son.  Calvin  W. 

(V)  Calvin  W.  Hodgdon,  father  of  Dr. 
Frank  A.  Hodgdon,  was  born  in  Walden, 
Vermont,  1824,  and  was  brought  up  on  his 
father's  farm,  attending  the  district  school  in 
the  winter  terms.  He  remained  on  the  farm, 
succeeding  his  father  in  the  management.  He 
was  married  to  Susan,  daughter  of  Addison 
and  May  Patch,  of  Walden.  Addison  Patch 
was  a  farmer  in  the  same  neighborhood  as 
the  Hodgdons. 

(VI)  Frank  A.  Hodgdon,  son  of  Calvin  W. 
and  Sufan  (Patch)  Hodgdon.  was  born  in 
Walden,  Vermont,  March  19,  1857.  He 
received  his  school  training  at  the  Hampton 
Institute,  and  was  graduated  at  the  Hahne- 
mann Medical  College,  Chicago,  Illinois. 
Doctor  of  Medicine,  1886.  He  began  the 
practice  of  medicine  the  same  year  at  Peter- 
boro.  New  Hampshire,  and  in  1897  removed 
to  Maiden.  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  of  Peterboro,  and  a 
mem.ber  of  thejibrary  committee  of  that  town. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  political  faith,  and  his 
church  affiliation  was  with  the  Universalist 
denomination.  He  holds  membership  in  the 
.American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  the 
Massachusetts  Homeopathic  Society,  the 
P>oston  Homoeopathic  Society  and  the 
Gynecological  and  Surgical  Society  of  Bos- 
ton. He  served  the  city  of  Maiden  as  a  mem- 
ber o'  the  board  of  surgeons  and  physicians 
of  the  Maiden  hospital  and  as  a  member  of 
the  staff.  He  is  a  member  of  the  I'niversal- 
ist  Union  Club  of  Maiden,  and  was  promin- 
enl  in  rivir  otTuHs.  having  a  view  to  the  health 
of  lli;it  In'antiful  suburb  of  Greater  Boston. 
He  i-  a  Mason,  menilier  of  council  in  Maiden, 
connnandery  in  Keene,  New  nani])sliire.  and 
Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  in  Pcterb<3ro.  Xew 
Hampshire. 


Dr.  Hodgdon  was  married  at  Peterboro, 
New  Hampshire,  October,  1888,  to  Clara, 
daughter  of  Herman  G.  and  Sarah  Pettengill, 
and  great-granddaughter  of  Samuel  Petten- 
gill, who  was  a  soldier  in  the  campaign  of 
1775,  in  the  assault  by  Ethan  .\llen  at  Fort 
Ticonderoga  and  subsequently  at  Bunker 
Hill.  Herman  G.  Pettengill  was  postmaster 
at  Peterboro.  Frank  A.  and  Clara  (Petten- 
gill) Hodgdon  had  one  child,  Christine  Fran- 
ces, born  in  Peterboro,  New  Hampshire, 
1890,  graduated  at  the  Maiden  high  school, 
June,  1907,  and  in  the  same  year  entered  the 
Emerson  College  of  Oratory  of  Boston.  Mrs. 
Clara  (Pettengill)  Hodgdon  died  at  Peter- 
boro, 1890.  Dr.  Hodgdon  married  (second), 
1892,  Harriet  Pettengill,  sister  of  his  de- 
ceased wife. 


Michael  Dwinell,  the  immi- 
DWINELL  grant  ancestor,  was  born 
about  1640,  and  according 
to  family  tradition  was  of  Scotch  origin.  The 
surnam.e  Donnel.  and  Dunnell  is  found  in 
both  Scotch  and  English  history,  dating  back 
many  centuries.  The  spelling  has  always 
varied.  Even  at  the  present  day  we  find  his 
descendants  called  Dwinell,  Dwinnell  and 
Dwinel.  The  surname  as  written  in  the  town 
records  of  Topsfield,  where  the  pioneer  set- 
tled, has  the  following  variations:  Dwenell, 
Duenell,  Doenell,  Donell,  Dunell,  Dwinnill. 
But  the  best  early  authority  is  that  of  Rev. 
Joseph  Capen,  of  Topsfield,  who  spelled  the 
name  Dwinell  on  his  records  from  1684  to 
1725.  The  name  Michael  was  also  spelled 
in  divers  ways.  Dwinell  was  a  man  of  prop- 
erty, owning  large  tracts  of  land  from  Wen- 
ham  to  Middleton,  Massachusetts.  He  died 
in   1 7 17,  and  his  will  was  proved  March  that 

vear.     He  married  Mary .  Children;  i. 

Mar\',  born  1668:  married  John  Hovey.  2. 
Michael,  Jr.,  htirn  1670:  first  physician  in 
Topsfield,  Massachusetts.  3.  Thomas,  born 
November,  1672 :  mentioned  below.  4.  John, 
born  1674:  married  Mary  Read.  5.  Elizabeth, 
born  April,  1677:  died  October  29,  1759.  un- 
married. 6.  Magdalen,  born  1679:  married, 
March.  1703,  James  Holgate.  at  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts.    7.  Joseph,   born   January,    1682; 

married  Pnudcnce .   8.    Susannah,  born 

1685:  married  N'athaniel  Hood,  of  Lynn,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1706. 

(IT)  Thomas  Dwinell.  son  of  Michael 
Dwinell  (i).  was  born  in  November,  1672,  in 
Tn|istield.  Massachusetts,  where  he  lived  and 
died.       He    married.    May    23,    1701,    Dinah 


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Brimsdell,  of  Lynn.  His  will  is  dated  June 
2,  1747,  and  was  proved  October  26,  1747, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Dinah  and  children 
Jonathan,  David  and  Thomas,  and  grandson 
Archelaus.  Children:  i.  Jonathan,  born  June, 
170J:  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  born 
January,  1704;  married,  November  23,  1746, 
John  Holmes.  3.  Ruth,  born  January,  1706. 
4.  David,  born  1709;  married  Keziah  Rams- 
dell.  5.  Thomas,  born  1709;  married  Han- 
nah Towne.  6.  Susannah,  born  1715;  mar- 
ried John  Dwinel.  7.  Abigail,  born  1717.  8. 
Jacob,  born  i/iy.  9.  Amos,  married  Anna 
Perkins. 

(HI)  Jonathan  Dwinell.  son  of  Thomas 
Dwinell  (2),  was  born  in  Topsfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, June,  1702,  and  died  at  Millbury, 
formerly  Sutton,  in  1782.  He  was  of  Lynn, 
September  29,  1727,  when  he  married  Mehit- 
able  Kenney,  of  Salem.  He  and  his  wife 
owned  the  covenant  at  Sutton,  June  15,  1735. 
He  lived  at- Topsfield  until  about  1732.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Sutton,  Wor- 
cester county,  Massachusetts.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church  there  October  25,  1741; 
was  selectman  in  1766-67-68-69.  His  farm 
there  was  on  Dorothy  Pond,  and  was  recently 
owned  by  John  Park.  It  was  about  two  miles 
in  length  extending  from  Hayward's  to  the 
Providence  road.  He  kept  the  only  tavern 
between  Worcester  and  Providence  in  his 
(lay.  and  was  popularly  known  as  "Landlord 
Duennell"  (or  Durnel).  He  divided  his  farm 
among  his  sons  before  he  died.  His  son 
David  became  a  Shaker,  and  exchanged  his 
farm  with  John  Park,  already  mentioned.  All 
but  the  two  eldest  children  were  born  in  Sut- 
ton: I.  Jonathan,  born  October  30,  1729; 
married  Mehitable  Waite.  2.  Archelaus, 
born  June  16,  1731:  mentioned  below.  3. 
Henry,  born  November  14,  1732:  married 
Hannah  Daggett.  4.  Amos,  born  March  20, 
1734:  married  Lydia  Jennison.  5.  Mehitable, 
born  September  10,  1737;  married  August  II, 
1756,  Isaac  Gale.  6.  Moses,  born  September 
23.  1739;  died  young.  7.  Mary,  born  May 
30,  1741 ;  married  Captain  Isaac  Bolster.  8. 
David,  born  December  17.  1742:  married  De- 
liverance Maynard.  9.  Ruth,  born  April  19, 
1744:  died  August  i.  1744.  10.  Susannah, 
born  July  18,  1745:  married  Jonathan  Kidder. 
II.  Jacob,  born  July  18,  1747:  married  Mary 
Brooks. 

(IV)  .Archelaus  Dwinell,  son  of  Jonathan 
Dwinel!  (3),  was  born  in  Topsfield,  Alassachu- 
setts.  June  16,  1731.  He  married  (published 
December  16,  1753)  Martha  Perkins.  He 
died  in  the  service,  a  soldier  in  the  French  and 


Indian  war,  November  13,  1758.  His  widow 
and  three  children  are  mentioned  November 
'3>  1759'  in  the  records.  His  sons  were  all 
in  the  revolution,  it  is  said,  in  the  company 
of  their  uncle.  Captain  Isaac  Bolster,  who 
married  Mary  Dwinell.  The  records  of 
Archelaus  and  .\mos  appear  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts records,  .'\rchelaus  was  a  private  in 
Captain  Isaac  Bolster's  company.  Colonel 
Ebenezer  Learned's  regiment,  in  1775;  also 
in  Captain  Bartholomew  Woodbury's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Job  Cushing's  regiment,  in 
1777.  Archelaus  and  Amos  settled  in  Croy- 
den,  New  Hampshire,  near  the  Vermont  line. 
The  Sutton  history  says  the  family  went  to 
Vermont.  In  the  census  of  1790,  Archelaus 
and  Amos  were  heads  of  families  in  Croyden. 
Archelaus  had  three  sons  under  sixteen,  and 
two  females  in  his  family,  probablv  daughter 
and  wife.  Croyden  is  the  next  town  to  New- 
port, where  some  of  the  family  settled  later. 
Children,  born  in  Sutton:  i.  Archelaus,  born 
January  10,  1754:  married  Olive  Hall,  and  re- 
moved to  Croyden  about  1780.  2.  Amos, 
born  March  26,  1756:  mentioned  below.  3. 
Jonathan,  born  November  12,  1758,  the  day 
before  his  father's  death. 

(\'')  Amos  Dwinell.  son  of  Archelaus 
Dwinell  (4),  was  born  in  Sutton,  Massachu- 
setts, March  26,  1756.  He  marched  on  the 
Lexington  alarm  in  Captain  Andrew  Eliot's 
company  of  minute  men.  Colonel  Learned's 
regiment;  also  with  his  brother  in  the  com- 
pany of  his  uncle.  Captain  Isaac  Bolster,  of 
Sutton,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Learned's  regi- 
ment, in  1775,  and  sergeant  in  1775;  in  Cap- 
tain Bartholomew  VVoodbury's  company. 
Colonel  Job  Cushing's  regiment  in  1777;  also 
in  Captain  John  Putnam's  company.  Colonel 
Waite's  regiment.  His  name  also  appears  in 
Captain  Abel  Steven's  company.  Colonel 
Moses  Nichol's  regiment,  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, raised  to  join  the  army  at  West  Point 
in  1780.  He  was  living  in  Croyden  in  1790, 
and  had  two  sons  under  sixteen  and  two  fe- 
males in  his  family.  Children:  I.  Amos 
Dwinell,  son  or  nephew  of  Amos  Dwinell 
(5),  was  born  in  Croyden  or  Newport,  New 
Hampshire,  about  1790:  mentioned  below.  2. 
Jacob  (?),  born  1782.  a  blacksmith  residing 
in  Kellyville,  Newp<^rt,  New  Hampshire ; 
married  February  5.  1807,  Temperance 
Church,  who  died  February  12,  1815;  married 
second.  July  10.  1816,  Polly  Chellis,  of  Go- 
shen, who  died  November  6,  1833,  aged 
sixty-eight.  He  was  a  soldier  from  Newport 
in  the  war  of  1812;  died  August  17.  1862; 
children:    i.   Ednuuid.  born   August   2.    1807; 


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ii.  Solon,  born  April  30,  1808,  died  young;  iii. 
Patty,  born  December  20,  1810,  died  young: 
4.  Caleb,  born  February  17,  1813;  v.  Teni- 
[lerance,  born  May  21,  1819:  married  Frank- 
lin Kelley,  and  lived  at  Northfield,  Minne- 
sota. 

(\'I)  Amos  Dwinell,  son  of  Amos  Dwinell 
(5).  was  born  in  Croyden,  New  Hampshire, 
about  i7yo.  He  settled  in  Newport,  the  town 
adjoining.  He  married  Achsah  Turner,  and 
the\  had  a  son,  James  Fisher,  of  whom  see 
further. 

(\'1I|  James  Fisher  Dwinell,  only  child  of 
Amos  and  Achsah  (Turner)  Dwinell,  was 
born  July  23,  1825,  in  Newport,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Soon  after  his  birth  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Marshfield,  Vermont,  where  he 
obtained  a  good  common  school  education. 
When  he  was  about  twenty  years  of  age  he 
found  employment  in  the  dry  goods  business 
in  Lowell,  but  after  a  short  time  went  to 
Charlestown,  and  began  business  by  selling- 
tinware  and  glassware.  In  1849  he  located 
in  Boston  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Taylor 
&  Dwinell,  operating  a  cofTee  roasting 
and  grinding  establishment.  He  was  identi- 
fied with  this  industry  for  about  a  half 
century,  with  some  changes  in  partner- 
ship, and  constant  enlargements  and  im- 
provements. At  the  time  of  his  death  and 
for  some  years  before,  the  firm  name  was 
Dwinell.  Wright  &  Company,  known 
throi'giiuut  the  entire  country  for  its  ex- 
tensive business  as  manufacturers  of  and  deal- 
ers in  cofTee.  spices;  etc.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  energy  and  public  spirit,  and  served  his 
community  in  various  important  relations. 
He  was  an  original  Republican  in  politics, 
and  was  elected  in  1859  and  i860  as  a  repre- 
sentative from  Charlestown  to  the  general 
court,  and  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
aldermen  of  Charlestown  for  three  years 
from  1863  to  1865,  both  inclusive.  He  sub- 
sequently removed  to  Winchester,  where  he 
took  an  active  and  useful  part  in  all  town 
affairs.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and 
first  trustees  of  the  Winchester  Savings 
Rank,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  presi- 
'lent  of  that  institution.  Upon  its  establish- 
ment in  1873  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Winchester  water  board,  and  his  service  with 
it  only  terminated  with  his  decease,  he  hav- 
ing for  many  years  acted  at  its  head,  and  in 
liiat  capacity  witnessing  the  successful  in- 
auguration of  the  water  system  of  the  town. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  original  commission 
which  investigated  the  feasibility  of  the  town 
of  Winchester  establishing  its  own  water  sup- 


ply, and  also  of  the  commission  which  built 
the  first  reser\'nir.  .After  the  establishment 
of  the  water  board  in  1873,  he  remained  on 
the  board,  his  services  ending  with  the  com- 
pletion of  the  second  reservoir.  His  services 
in  the  state  legislature  were  industrious  and 
salutary.  He  sat  in  the  house  of  representa- 
tives in  1883,  and  was  a  member  of  the  stand- 
ing committee  on  roads  and  bridges.  He  was 
state  senator  in  1889  and  1890,  and  in  the 
former  year  was  chairman  of  the  joint  stand- 
ing committee  on  water  supply,  and  also  a 
member  of  the  joint  standing  committee  on 
drainage;  and  in  his  second  year  was  chair- 
man of  the  joint  standing  committees  on 
water  supply  and  on  drainage,  and  a  member 
of  the  joint  standing  committee  on  public 
service.  He  was  active  in  the  councils  of  the 
Republican  party,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
city  committee  of  Charlestown  from  its  or- 
ganization until  his  removal  to  Winchester, 
and  from  1870  to  1872  was  a  member  of  the 
Republican  state  central  committee.  He  was 
a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national  conven- 
tion at  Cincinnati,  which  nominated  Mr. 
Hayes  for  the  presidency.  Throughout  his 
]niblic  career  lie  was  recognized  as  a  man  of 
i)road  intelligence,  vigorous  mind,  wise  and 
independent  judgment  and  sturdy  integrity, 
a'  well  as  sincere  and  hearty  in  his  friend- 
ships. Had  he  had  inclination  for  a  political 
life,  so  well  was  he  regarded  for  his  abilities 
and  personal  qualities,  he  could  have  com- 
man(led  almost  any  position  in  his  state.  He 
was  affiliated  with  various  Masonic  bodies — 
William  Parkman  Lodge,  Woburn  Royal 
.•\rch  Chapter,  Pioston  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar,  and  had  attained  to  the 
thirty-second  degree,  Scottish  Rite.  He  was 
also  connected  with  the  order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Calumet  Club  of  Winchester,  the  Middle- 
sex Club,  and  numerous  benevolent  organi- 
zations, to  all  of  which  he  contributed  with 
unstinted  liberality.  He  died  at  his  home  in 
Winchester,  November  8,  1898.  after  a  short 
illness  from  cerebral  hemorrhage. 

Mr.  Dwinell  married  Martlia  C.  Mason, 
who  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  .\pril  14, 
1824,  daughter  of  Noah  and  Martha  (Atason) 
Mason.  The  following  named  children  were 
born  of  this  marriage:  James  H..  born  De- 
cember 12,  1854,  of  whom  further;  Emily  F., 
born  November  4,  1857;  and  Martha  .\..  born 
July  28,  1865,  died  in  January,  1878. 

(\TII)  James  H.  r3winell,  eldest  child  and 
only  son  of  James  F.  and  Martha  C.  (Mason) 
Dwinell,  was  born  December  12,  1854.  in 
Charlestown,    Massachusetts.       He    attended 


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the  public  schools  there  and  in  Winchester, 
and  in  1874  entered  Harvard  University, 
where  he  was  a  student  for  two  years.  He 
then  entered  upon  business  with  his  father 
in  the  firm  of  Dwinell,  Wright  &  Company, 
and  was  so  engaged  until  1899,  ''^^  year  after 
his  father's  death,  when  he  retired  from  ac- 
tive business  life.  He  is  and  has  been  for 
years  active  in  community  affairs  in  Winches- 
ter, and  has  rendered  one  year's  service  as  a 
selectman  and  four  years  as  a  member  of  the 
sanitary  commission.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Unitarian  Church,  and  in  politics  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  is  a  member  of  William  Parkman 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  past 
master  in  the  same ;  and  of  DeMolay  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Calumet  Club,  and  has  been  president  of 
that  body. 

Mr.  Dwinell  married  Alice  B.  Magee,  of 
Winchester,  daughter  of  John  and  Charlotte 
(Tilton)  JNlagee,  and  they  have  two  children: 
James  Fisher,  born  Alarch  29,  1880:  and 
Charlotte,  born  July  27,  1882. 


Abraham    Parker,    the    immi- 
P.\RKER     grant  ancestor,  is  presumed  to 

have  been  born  in  Marlborough, 
Wiltshire,  England.  He  first  settled  in  Wo- 
burn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  admitted 
a  freeman  in  1645.  His  name  is  on  the  Wo- 
burn  tax  roll  that  year.  He  removed  to 
Chelmsford  upon  its  incorporation  In  1653, 
and  lived  there  until  his  death,  August  12, 
1685.  He  was  a  prominent  and  influential 
citizen.  The  inventory  of  the  estates  of  Abra- 
ham and  Rose  Parker  was  taken  March  23, 
1696,  and  administration  granted  to  their  son 
Moses.  He  married,  November  18,  1644,  Rose 
Whitlock.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  born  Oc- 
tober 29,  1645.  2.  John,  born  October  30, 
1647,  mentioned  below.  3.  .Abraham,  born 
March  8,  1649-50.  died  October  20,  1651.  4. 
Abraham,  born  .\ugust,  1652.  The  preceding 
were  born  at  Woburn.  the  following  at 
Chelmsford :  5.  Alary,  born  November  20, 
1655,  married,  at  Chelmsford,  December  11, 
1678,  James,  son  of  Captain  James  Parker,  of 
Groton.  6.  Moses.  7.  Isaac,  born  Septem- 
ber 13,  1660.  8.  Elizabeth,  born  .\pril  10, 
1663.  9.  Lydia.  10.  Jacob,  born  Alarch  24, 
1669. 

(H)  John  Parker,  son  of  .\braham  Parker 
fi ),  was  born  in  Woburn,  Alassachusetts,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1647.  and  died  in  Chelmsford,  .A.pril 
14.  1699.  He  was  named  in  memory  of  his 
uncle,   John   Parker,   of  Billerica.      His   estate 


was  not  settled  until  1729,  when  it  was  ap- 
praised for  five  hundred  and  forty-four  pounds 
fourteen  shillings,  a  large  property  for  that 
time.  He  married  A'lary  Danforth,  daughter 
of  Captain  Jonathan  Danforth,  of  Billerica. 
She  was  living  in  1730.  Children:  i.  John, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas.  3.  Daughter, 
married  Henry  Blaisdell.  4.  Daughter,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Woods.  5.  Daughter,  married 
Thomas  Crosby.    6.   Elizabeth. 

(HI)  John  Parker,  son  of  John  Parker 
(2),  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  1683,  and  died 
there  February  20,  1741.  He  married  Re- 
becca   ,  who  died  at  Chelmsford,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1741,  aged  fifty-three  years.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  Re- 
becca ,  Jacob,  Samuel,  Isaac. 

(IV)  John  Parker,  son  of  John  Parker 
(3),   was    born    in    Chelmsford,    January    13, 

171 1.     He  married  Hannah  .     He  had 

the  rank  of  lieutenant  in  the  militia  company 
of  his  native  town,  where  he  lived  all  his  ac- 
tive life.  Children :  Rebecca,  Ephraim,  men- 
tioned below ;  John. 

(V)  Ephraim  Parker,  son  of  Lieutenant 
John  Parker  (4),  was  born  at  Chelmsford,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1738.  He  was  executor  of  his  fath- 
er's estate.  He  bought  of  Jackson  Harris,  of 
Dracut,  a  farm  of  fifty  acres  in  Dracut,  ad- 
joining the  A'lerrimac  river,  on  the  road  lead- 
ing from  Bradley's  Ferry  to  the  house  of 
Eleazer  Barrows.  He  also  bought  two  other 
parcels,  one  of  sixteen,  the  other  twelve  acres, 
in  Dracut,  and  sold  his  land  in  Chelmsford  to 
Isaac  Parker.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tion on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775,  in 
Captain  Stephen  Russell's  company  of  Dracut, 
Colonel  Green's  regiment.  His  will  is  dated 
181 1,  bequeathing  to  wife  Sybil,  son  John,  son 
Warren,  son  Ephraim,  Jr..  and  daughter  Sybil. 

He  married   Sybil  .     Children  :     John, 

inentioned  below:  Warren,  Sybil,  Ephraim,  Jr. 
Ephraim  Parker,  Sr.,  died  June  26,  181 1.  His 
widow  died  November  28,  1813. 

(VI)  John  Parker,  son  of  Ephraim  Parker 
(5),  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  about  1760.  He 
moved  to  Dracut  with  his  father's  family.  He 
lived  on  Christian  Hill,  and  was  generally 
known  as  "Christian  John  Parker"  from  the 
location  of  his  home.  He  married  Mercy  Co- 
burn.  Children:  i.  John,  born  1787,  died 
young.  2.  John,  born  1789.  3.  Asa,  born 
1 79 1.  4.  Hannah,  born  1794.'  5.  Perley,  born 
Tune  7,  1796,  mentioned  below.  6.  A'lary, 
born  1798.  7.  Coburn.  born  J 800.  8.  Aloses, 
horn  1802. 

fVII)  Perley  Parker,  son  of  John  Parker 
(6),  was  born  in  Dracut.  June  7,   1796.     He 


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married  there  July  30,  1825,  Sarah  Butler,  of 
Methuen.  They  made  their  home  in  Lowell. 
Child ;  John  Milton  Grosvenor,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VIII)  John  Milton  Grosvenor  Parker,  son 
of  Perley  Parker  (7),  was  born  in  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  formerly  Dracut.  He  was  a 
prominent  and  successful  business  man  of  his 
native  city,  and  was  colonel  of  his  regiment 
In  the  A'lassachusetts  volunteer  militia.  He 
married,  April  5,  1852,  Dolly  Hildreth,  born 
September  30,  1824,  daughter  of  Dr.  Israel 
(6)  and  Dolly  (Jones)  Hildreth,  of  Lowell. 
(See  Hildreth  sketch).  Child:  Percy,  born 
at  Lowell. 


Sergeant  Richard  Hildreth, 
HILDRETH  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  1605,  died 
in  Chelmsford,  February  23,  1693.  He  was  an 
early  settler  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  May  10,  1643,  ^^^^ 
was  a  town  officer  in  1645.  Pie  removed  to 
Woburn  and  later  became  one  of  the  founders 
of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  part  of  which 
is  now  the  city  of  Lowell.  He  received  prior 
to  March  3,  1663-64,  grants  of  land  amount- 
ing in  all  to  one  hundred  and  five  acres,  and  in 
1664,  he  was  granted  by  the  general  court  a 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  additional  "being 
greatly  disadvantaged,  partly  by  ye  hand  of 
God  of  the  use  of  his  right  hand  whereby 
wholly  disabled  to  labor."  His  son  James, 
aged  twenty,  deposed  concerning  his  father's 
corn  in  court,  September  30,  165 1.  His  first 
wife,  Sarah  Hildreth,  who  died  in  1644,  bore 
him  two  children :  Jane  and  James.  His  sec- 
ond wife,  Elizabeth  Hildreth,  bore  him  eight 
children :  Sarah,  Mary,  Ephraim,  Abigail, 
Joseph.  Pcrsis,  Thomas  and  Isaac. 

(II)  James  Hildreth,  son  of  Sergeant  Rich- 
arc!  Hildreth  (i),  was  bom  in  England  in 
1631,  died  in  Chelmsford,  April  14,  1695.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  May  3,  1665.  His  es- 
tate was  administered  by  Israel  Proctor,  ap- 
pointed May  2,  1695.  He  married,  June  i, 
1659,  Marga'-et  Ward.  Children,  mentioned 
in  distribution  of  the  estate:  i.  Richard,  eld- 
est son.  2.  -Margaret,  married  Israel  Proctor. 
3.  .Abigail.  4.  Dorothy.  5.  Ephraim,  men- 
tioned bekiw. 

(III)  Major  Ephraim  Hildretli,  son  of 
James  Hildreth  (2),  was  born  at  Chelmsford, 
January  9,  1680-81,  and  died  in  Dracut,  Sc])- 
tember  26,  1740.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  fourteen,  and  he  chose  for  his  guardian 
his  uncle,  Ephraim  Hildreth,  of  Stow.    During 


his  early  life  he  was  a  resident  of  Chelmsford, 
though  until  1 70 1,  Dracut  was  a  part  of 
Chelmsford.  He  was  an  inhabitant  of 
Dracut  during  his  manhood,  and  was  a  use- 
ful and  influential  citizen ;  he  was  town  clerk 
most  of  the  time  from  17 13  to  his  death  in 
1740;  the  town  clerkships  of  Dracut  were  held 
by  him  and  successive  generations  of  his  de- 
scendants almost  continuously  for  more  than 
a  century ;  he  was  selectman,  assessor,  survey- 
or of  highways,  town  treasurer,  tithingman, 
and  served  on  various  special  committees  of 
the  town  and  church.  His  military  titles  were 
sergeant,  lieutenant  and  major  successively.  He 
owned  much  land,  and  must  have  been  in  his 
day  one  of  the  wealthiest  farmers  of  that  sec- 
tion. 

He  married,  in  1707,  Mercy  Richardson, 
born  in  Chelmsford,  January  9,  1688,  and  died 
in  Dracut,  December  25,  1743.  Her  parents 
were  Lieutenant  Josiah  and  Mercy  (Parish) 
Richardson,  the  former  the  eldest  son  of  Cap- 
tain Josiah  and  Remembrance  (Underwood) 
Richardson,  and  grandson  of  Ezekiel  and 
Susannah  Richardson,  of  Woburn  (See  Rich- 
ardson family  sketch),  and  the  latter,  who  was 
of  Dunstable,  was  a  daughter  of  Robert  Parish, 
of  Groton,  who  was  an  early  settler  in  Litch- 
field, New  Hampshire,  now  Nashua.  The 
slate  gravestone  of  Mercy  (Parish)  Hildreth 
stands  beside  that  of  her  husband  in  the  bury- 
ing ground  given  by  them  and  their  children  to 
the  town  of  Dracut.  Children  of  Major  Eph- 
raim and  Mercy  Hildreth:  i.  Ephraim.  Jr., 
born  January  18.  1708,  died  in  Dracut,  .Au- 
gust 5,  1769.  2.  Josiah,  born  February  14, 
1710,  died  in  Dracut,  August  7,  1754.  3. 
Robert,  born  May  18,  1713.  4.  Mercy  or  Mary, 
b(irn  January  27,  1715.  died  in  Dracut,  De- 
cember 10,  1729.  5.  Zachariah,  born  Septem- 
ber 26,  1718,  died  in  Dracut,  January  10,  1745. 
6.  Thomas,  born  .August  6,  1721,  died  at  Fort 
Cumberland,  Maryland,  December  4,  1755.  7. 
William,  born  August  30,  1723,  died  Septem- 
ber 5,  1813.  8.  Levi,  born  October  13,  1726. 
9.  Elijah,  born  May  23,  1728,  died  in  Dracut, 
May  14,  18 14,  mentioned  below.  10.  Mercy. 
born  May  27,  1732.  The  first  two  were  born 
in  Chelmsford,  the  others  in  Dracut. 

(IV)  Elijah  Hildreth,  son  of  Major  Eph- 
raim Hildreth  (3),  was  born  in  Dracut,  May 
23,  1728.  and  died  there  May  14.  1814.  He 
and  his  brothers  Ensign  Ephraim  and  William 
confirmed  by  deed  the  promise  of  their  father 
of  a  tract  of  land  for  a  burying  ground.  No- 
vember 77.  1752.  He  was  a  minute-man  in  the 
Revolution  from  Dracut  in  Captain  Simon 
Hunt's    company,    regiment    of    guards,    com- 


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manded  by  Colonel  Jacob  Gerrish  from  July 
1  to  December  16,  1778.  He  married  (first), 
December  27,  1746,  Hannah  Coburn,  who  died 
May  II,  1753-  He  married  (second),  Febru- 
ary, 1,  1755,  Airs.  Susanna  (Merrill)  Barker, 
of  Alethuen.  She  died  October  17,  1764.  He 
married  (third),  June  i,  1765,  Hannah  (Rich- 
ardson) Coburn,  of  Dracut.  She  was  born 
December  25,  1725,  died  October  19,  1807, 
daughter  of  Captain  Josiah  and  Lydia  Rich- 
ardson. Her  father,  born  May  5,  1691,  was 
the  eldest  son  of  Lieutenant  Josiah  and  Mercy 
(Parish)  Richardson,  of  Chelmsford.  Her 
mother  Lydia  died  March  28,  1737.  The  par- 
ents of  Lieutenant  Josiah  were  Captain  Josiah 
and  Remembrance- (Underwood)  Richardson, 
mentioned  above.  She  married  Joshua  Coburn 
and  administered  his  estate.  Children  of 
Elijah  and  Hannah  (Coburn)  Hildreth :  i. 
Jeremiah,  born  March  3,  1748.  2.  Hannah, 
born  May  4,  1750.  Children  of  Elijah 
and  Susanna  Hildreth :  3.  Israel,  born 
October  13,  1755,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Hannah,  born  October  15,  1757,  married,  July 
'^^  177S>  Obadiah  Richardson,  of  Dracut.  5. 
Susannah,  born  September  30,  17O4,  married, 
November  2^.  1785,  William  Richardson,  of 
Dracut.  Child  of  Elijah  and  Hannah  (Rich- 
ardson) (Coburn)  Hildreth:  6.  Huldah,  born 
February  2,  17A6,  never  married. 

(\')  Lieutenant  Israel  Hildreth,  son  of 
Elijah  Hildreth  (4),  was  born  in  Dracut,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1755.  Early  in  the  war  of  the  Revo- 
lution he  enlisted  at  the  age  of  nineteen  on  a 
privateer  in  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  un- 
der Captain  Xewman,  and  in  the  first  engage- 
ment with  a  British  brig  won  distinction  by  his 
coolness  and  courage.  Lieutenant  Hildreth 
made  two  or  more  successful  cruises,  remain- 
ing with  Wingate  Newman  or  his  brother. 
Thomas  Newman,  until  about  the  summer  of 
1779,  evading  capture  by  the  British,  receiv- 
ing no  severe  wounds,  and  actually  amassing 
a  considerable  amount  of  specie  from  his  prize 
money.  He  had  but  two  "coppers"  in  his 
pocket  when  he  walked  to  Newbur^-port  to 
enter  the  service,  and  after  he  returned  he  was 
able  to  lend  money  to  the  town  to  help  carry 
on  the  war.  His  purse  aided  to  equip  the 
soldiers  sent  by  Dracut  to  Claverack.  New 
York,  at  a  time  when  the  town  treasurer  had 
no  money  to  pay  bounties  or  mileage,  and  he 
himself  served  as  a  private  soldier  there  from 
October  19  to  November  23,  1779.  in  Captain 
John  Porter's  company,  Colonel  Samuel  Den- 
ny's regiment.  He  also  advanced  money, 
clothing  and  provisions  when.  Generals  Shep^ 
herd  and  Benjamin  Lincoln  needed  funds  and 


supplies  for  the  soldiers  that  marched  toward 
Worcester  for  the  suppression  of  the  domestic 
Rebellion,  called  Shay's  Rebellion.  He  was 
active  in  the  affairs  of  town  and  state,  and  in 
the  formation  of  the  new  government  after  the 
secession  from  Great  Britain.  In  1783  he  was 
elected  third  selectman,  assessor  and  overseer 
of  the  poor  of  Dracut.  He  had  been  a  tithing 
man,  and  throughout  his  long  life  held  contin- 
uously some  position  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
was  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  later  life,  a  magis- 
trate of  note,  and  was  a  representative  to  the 
general  court  from  1792  for  six  terms,  his 
sixth  re-election  being  in  May,  1806.  Lieu- 
tenant Hildreth  attended  church  at  the  old 
Center  meeting  house  of  Dracut,  but  if  the  ser- 
mon did  not  suit  him  he  would  impetuously 
leave  the  service,  banging  the  door  behind 
him,  and  when  the  church  became  L'nitarian 
he  sold  his  pew.  May  23,  1826.  He  died  in 
Dracut,  September  6,  1839. 

Lieutenant  Hildreth  married,  .\pril  28,  1781, 
Susanna  Hale,  daughter  of  Captain  Ezekiel 
Hale,  who  was  of  an  old  Newbury  family, 
served  during  the  Revolution  on  the  Dracut 
committee  of  safety,  inspection  and  correspond- 
ence, and  died  in  Dracut.  August  28,  1769, 
aged  sixty-four.  Susanna  is  said  to  have  been 
a  very  handsome,  attractive  and  accomplished 
woman ;  she  died  in  Dracut.  February  27.  1834, 
aged  seventy-five  years.  Children:  i.  Elijah, 
born  October  3.  1782.  2.  Susannah,  born  Oc- 
tober II,  1783.  3.  Lydia,  bom  April  16,  1786. 
4.  Israel,  born  February  28,  1791,  mentioned 
below.     5.    Elizabeth,  born  May  28,  1793. 

(VI)  Dr.  Israel  Hildreth,  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant Israel  Hildreth  (5),  was  born  in  Dracut, 
Massachusetts,  February  28,  1791,  died  there 
April  6,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  town,  studying  his  profession 
there  and  in  the  vicinity,  chiefly  under  Dr. 
Thomas,  of  Tyngsborough,  and  Dr.  Wyman. 
then  of  Chelmsford.  He  attended  a  course  of 
medical  lectures  in  Boston,  and  received  his 
license  to  practice  from  the  censors  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society  in  181 5.  He 
located  in  Dracut  and  achieved  distinction  in 
his  profession.  While  he  was  still  young  the 
thriving  city  of  Lowell  sprung  into  existence 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Merrimac  river  and 
within  half  a  mile  of  the  home  of  the  Hildreths. 
His  practice,  of  course,  became  more  widely 
extended,  and  he  was  extensively  employed  in 
Lowell  for  many  years.  Even  after  lie  retired 
from  active  practice  he  was  frequently  called 
in  consultation.  Later  in  life  he  engaged  in 
pursuits  outside  of  his  profession,  and  having 
ample  means,  not  dependent  upon  his  profes- 


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sion  as  a  means  of  support,  he  gradually  re- 
linquished practice  entirely.  Dr.  Hildreth  held 
many  public  offices  of  trust  and  honor ;  he  was 
justice  of  the  peace  as  early  as  1824,  served  on 
many  important  committees,  and  in  1832  was 
defeated  for  congress.  In  1829  he  was  the 
Fourth  of  July  orator  in  Lowell,  speaking  in 
the  Universalist  Church,  Chapel  Hill,  and 
again  in  1833  was  the  orator  at  the  Fourth 
of  July  celebration  at  Pelham,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Mid- 
dlesex North  District  Medical  Society  in  Lex- 
ington. He  was  a  prominent  Free  Mason  ;  was 
elected  master  of  Pentucket  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Lowell.  (October  28. 
1819,  and  presided  as  master  for  five  succes- 
sive years,  then  declining  re-election.  He  was 
also  surgeon  with  the  rank  pertaining  to  that 
office  in  the  Fifth  Regiment  of  Infantry,  Col- 
onel Jefiferson  Bancroft.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Society  of  Dracut, 
and  later  of  the  Westerly  Congregational  So- 
ciety of  Dracut. 

Dr.  Hildreth  married,  December  16,  1813, 
Dolly  Jones,  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Dolly 
(Clements)  Jones.  Oliver  Jones  died  (Jctober 
4,  1816;  he  was  the  son  of  Hugh  Jones,  Jr.,  of 
Dracut,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (  Fletcher)  Jones. 
Dolly  (Clements)  Jones,  born  August  16, 
1762,  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Eunice 
Qements.  Children  of  Dr.  Israel  and  Dolly 
Hildreth:  i.  Rowena,  born  September  21, 
1814,  married.  May  2,  1833,  Henry  Reade, 
son  of  Deacon  William  Reade,  and  grandson  of 
Colonel  William  Reade,  of  Pelham,  New 
Hampshire ;  Colonel  William  was  born  at 
Chelmsford,  February  25,  1724,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Bates)  Reade,  grand- 
son of  Obadiah  and  Anna  (Swift)  Reade,  and 
great-grandson  of  the  immigrant,  Esdras 
Reade.  Children  of  Henry  and  Rowena  Reade : 
1.  Captain  Harry.  Ixirn  in  Lowell,  August  5, 
1841,  died  April  1.  1907;  2.  Captain  Philip, 
born  in  Lowell.  October  13,  1844.  2.  Sarah 
Jones,  born  August  17,  1816,  married,  May  16, 
"1844,  General  Benjamin  F.  Butler  (see 
sketch)  :  died  April  8,  1876.  3.  Fisher  Ames. 
born  February  5,  1818,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Susan,  born  November  24,  1819,  married,  Au- 
gust 21.  1850,  William  Prentiss  Webster;  died 
.A.pril  12,  1874.  5.  Harriet,  born  August  21, 
1821,  married,  April  24,  1855,  Franklin  Fiske 
Heard:  died  May  i,  1866.  6.  Dolly,  born 
September  30,  7824,  married,  April  5.  1852, 
Colonel  J.  "G.  Parker.  7.  John  Richardson 
Cole,  born  March  i,  1825,  died  April  10,  1826. 
8.    Laura   Wright,  bom    September  6,    1826, 


married,  July  23,  1863,  George  Howard  Pear- 
son ;  she  died  January  5,  1891. 

(\'II)  Fisher  Ames  Hildreth,  only  surviv- 
ing son  of  Dr.  Israel  Hildreth  (6),  was  born 
in  Dracut,  February  5,  1818.  His  early  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town.  Early  in  life  he  became  interest- 
ed in  public  afifairs,  and  was  elected  by  his 
townsmen  in  Dracut  to  various  offices  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  town  clerk  in  1841,  but 
having  a  distaste  for  the  duties  of  the  office 
declined  re-election ;  he  was  town  treasurer  in 
1 84 1,  and  in  1843-44  was  representative  to  the 
general  court  from  Dracut.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat, though  his  father  and  grandfather  were 
both  Federalists,  and  at  the  first  meeting  of  the 
town  after  he  became  a  voter  he  and  his  father 
spoke  on  opposite  sides  of  a  question  and  be- 
came involved  in  some  personalities,  to  the 
delight  of  their  hearers,  and  in  the  exchange 
of  repartee  the  honors  seem,  according  to  the 
report,  to  have  been  about  even.  At  the  close 
of  his  service  in  the  legislature  he  made  up  his 
mind  to  study  law  and  removed  to  Lowell  for 
that  purpose  in  1845.  He  commenced  the  pub- 
lication of  a  newspaper  at  Lowell  in  the  same 
year,  however,  and  though  for  a  time  he  con- 
tinued the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Ben- 
jamin F.  Butler,  his  brother-in-law,  he  finally 
devoted  himself  entirely  to  his  newspaper  and 
politics.  He  purchased  of  H.  E.  and  C.  S. 
Baldwin,  with  the  aid  of  his  father,  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Advertiser  (a  tri-weekly  paper) 
and  the  Patriot  (a  weekly).  These  publications 
were  merged  and  his  paper  issued  under  the 
name  of  the  Lozvcll  Patriot  and  Republican. 
On  November  4,  1845,  Samuel  J.  Varney  be- 
came associated  with  him  for  six  months  in 
the  business,  then  Mr.  Hildreth  continued 
alone  as  publisher  and  editor  up  to  the  time  of 
their  suspension  in  1863,  except  for  the  last 
six  months  of  the  time  when  he  had  as  a  part- 
ner Giarles  Hunt. 

Mr.  Hildreth  was  a  forceful  and  able  writer, 
especially  on  political  topics.  Prominent  Dem- 
ocratic leaders  of  that  day  throughout  the 
state  acknowledged  the  valuable  services  rend- 
ered the  party  through  his  efforts,  sagacity  and 
the  editorials  in  his  newspaper,  and  he  had 
offered  to  him  various  offices  in  recognition 
of  his  services,  and  in  some  instances  be  de- 
clined an  office  that  the  honors  should  go  to  his 
friends  rather  than  himself.  He  devoted  his  en- 
tire time  to  his  editorial  work  on  the  Adver- 
tiser until  he  was  appointed  high  sheriff  in 
1850.  and  the  leading  editorials  were  always 
from  his  pen  until  after  his  appointment  as 


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postmaster  of  Lowell  in  1853.  After  that  his 
editorial  labors  almost  entirely  ceased,  al- 
though the  political  articles  upon  important 
subjects  were  inspired  by  him  until  the  dis- 
continuance of  the  Advertiser.  During  his 
control  of  that  newspaper  it  was  advanced  to 
the  front  rank  among  political  journals,  and 
no  editorials  were  quoted  more  frequently  and 
none  were  heartily  and  generally  endorsed  by 
other  editors  than  those  of  the  Advertiser. 
During  the  period  when  Mr.  Hildreth  was 
editing  his  paper,  vital  issues  divided  the  two 
great  parties,  and  the  newspaper  was  the  arena 
in  which  these  issues  were  fought  out.  From 
early  manhood  JMr.  Hildreth  was  an  ardent 
and  sincere  Democrat,  believing  with  his  whole 
souil  in  the  principles  and  measures  of  his 
party,  and  as  a  party  manager  had  few,  if  any, 
equals  in  the  country.  Cool,  clear-beaded  and 
far-sighted,  he  led  easily,  convincing  in  speech 
as  he  was  with  the  pen.  He  was  one  of  the 
spirits  that  gave  life  and  soul  to  the  coalition  of 
1850  that  successfully  wrested  the  power  of 
government  from  the  Whig  party  that  had 
been  long  entrenched  in  power  in  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  high  sheriff  during  the  admin- 
istration of  Governor  George  S.  IJoutwell,  and 
was  postmaster  for  nearly  eight  years  during 
the  Pierce  and  Buchanan  administrations.  He 
died  July  9,  1873,  the  last  male  of  this  line  of 
Hildreth  family. 

Fisher  Ames  Hildreth  married,  November 
5,  1846,  Lauretta  Coburn,  born  December  28, 
1819,  died  in  Lowell,  October  31,  1882,  daugh- 
ter of  Major  Ephraini  and  Hannah  (Varnum) 
Coburn,  of  Dracut.  Children:  1.  Florence, 
born  i\pril  5,  1848,  married  Thomas  Nesmith. 
2.  Rowena,  born  March  6,  1854,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Israel,  born  1858,  died  1863.  4. 
Fisher  Ames,  Jr.,  born  and  died  in  i860. 

(VIII)  Rowena  Hildreth,  daughter  of 
Fisher  Ames  Hildreth  (7),  was  born  in  Low- 
ell, March  6,  1854.  She  married,  May  13,  1880, 
Charles  Dana  Palmer,  who  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  November  25,  1845,  son 
of  George  Wall  Palmer,  of  Scottish  descent. 
The  grandfather  of  George  Wall  Palmer, 
Thomas  Palmer,  was  a  bookseller  and  publish- 
er of  a  newspaper  in  Kelso,  Scotland.  This 
publication  had  for  a  time  an  e.xtensive  circula- 
tion, but  as  the  publishers  espoused  the  cause 
of  the  Republicans  in  the  French  Revolution 
the  patronage  decreased  and  Mr.  Palmer  re- 
solved to  emigrate  to  America.  He  died,  how- 
ever, before  his  plans  were  matured,  but  in 
t8oi  his  sons  Thomas  and  George  sold  their 
estate,  emigrated  to  the  United  States  and  set- 


tled in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  they 
oj^tablished  a  successful  book-printing  business. 
George  Palmer,  the  younger  member  of  the 
firm,  died  in  1 81 7,  leaving  an  only  son,  George 
Wall  Palmer,  who  was  a  took'  publisher  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  firm  of  Yenks,  Palmer 
&  Company,  and  later  was  for  twenty-five 
years  treasurer  of  the  Middlesex  Horse  Rail- 
way Company.  Charles  D.  Palmer  was  a 
graduate  of  the  Dwight  grammar  school  of 
Boston  in  1858,  of  the  Boston  Latin  School,  at 
which  he  received  one  of  the  four  Franklin 
medals  awarded  in  1864,  and  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1868,  With  the  purpose  of  becoming 
a  manufacturer  Mr.  Palmer  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Washington  Mills  Company  of  Law- 
rence, and  was  appointed  in  1869  by  the  man- 
agement to  visit  Canada  in  the  interest  of  the 
worsted  industry  then  being  started  by  the 
company.  He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
shoddy   at    North    Chelmsford    from    1872    to 

1882.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  was 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Lowell  in  1888-89-90,  and 
throughout  his  administration  he  displayed  a 
fine  appreciation  of  the  needs  of  the  city,  un- 
usual executive  ability  and  sound  judgment. 
He  was  independent  in  action,  devoted  to  duty, 
upright  and  far-sighted.  He  appointed  tlie 
commission  to  build  the  City  Hall  and  Memori- 
al building,  and  many  public  improvements,  all 
of  which  are  on  record,  were  carried  on  suc- 
cessfully during  his  administration.  The 
cramped  quarters  of  the  city  officers  were  not 
suitable  for  their  purposes,  and  as  a  result  of 
the  work  done  under  his  supervision  the  citv 
built  one  of  the  most  convenient  anti  elaborate 
buildings  in  the  state  for  that  purpose,  and 
entirely  within  the  appropriation.  In  1895  Mr. 
Palmer  was  appointed  by  Governor  Green- 
halge  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Board  of  Conciliation  and  Arbitration,  which 
office  he  has  held  under  successive  governors  to 
the  present  time.  In  1901  Mrs.  Palmer  was 
appointed  by  Mayor  Dimon  a  trustee  of  the 
Lowell  City  Library,  one  of  the  earliest  woman 
trustees  to  be  appointed  in  this  country. 

Children  of  Charles  Dana  and  Rowena  (Hil- 
dreth)   Palmer:    i.    Elinor,  born  October   13, 

1883,  graduate  of  Radclifif  College,  1904;  mar- 
ried, August  22,  1906,  Alexander  Richardson 
Magruder.  2.  Jackson,  born  April  19,  1885, 
graduate  of  Harvard  University,  1905,  and 
Harvard  Law  School,  1908.  3.  Dana,  born 
May  13,  1890,  student  at  Harvard,  class  of 
1911, 


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Patrick      Joseph      Regan      was 
REXjAN     born    in    Ireland,    and    married 

there  Mar)-  Mahoney.  They 
came  to  America  with  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren in  1881,  and  settled  first  at  Xorthbridge, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  worked  during  the 
first  year,  and  then  removed  to  Walthani, 
where  he  still  lives,  a  retired  builder  and  con- 
tractor. Children:  i.  .Michael  J.,  born  1868. 
2.  Hugh,  born  1870.  3.  Patrick  Joseph, 
born  March  17,  1872,  mentioned  below.  4. 
John,  born  1874.  5.  Mary,  born  1876,  mar- 
ried Alfred  OTlrien,  and  they  have  two  chil- 
dren. 6.  Sarah,  born  1878,  married  Homer 
Brownell  and  they  have  three  children.  7. 
Thomas,  born  1882,  married  Mary  Dwyer, 
and  they  have  one  child.  8.  James,  born 
1884,  married  Eliza  Sullivan.  9.  Xora,  born 
1886.      10.   Stej)hen,  born   1890. 

(H)  Patrick  Joseph  Regan,  son  of  Patrick 
Joseph  Regan  (ij,  was  born  in  Athenry,  Ire- 
land, March  17,  1872.  He  attended  school 
in  his  native  parish,  but  at  the  age  of  nine  the 
family  came  to  America,  settling  first  for  a 
year  at  Xorthbridge,  then  at  Waltham.  He 
received  his  education  there  in  the  public 
schools,  but  at  the  age  of  twelve  years  was 
obliged  to  help  support  the  family,  and  he 
went  to  work  in  one  of  the  cotton  mills.  After 
a  few  years  he  left  the  cotton  mill  to  learn  the 
stiine  cutting  business.  He  did  not  like  the 
stone  cutting  business, and  he  finally  entered  the 
Marcus  Murray  Boiler  Works  at  Brooklyn  and 
learned  the  trade  of  pipe  and  boiler  maker. 
He  returned  from  Xew  York  to  enter  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Davis  &  Farnum  iron  foundry  in 
Walthani,  where  he  worked  until  1893,  when 
he  located  at  Stoneham  with  the  People's 
Gas  and  Electric  Company.  When  that  com- 
pany went  out  of  business  in  1900  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Wakefield  Gas  Company. 
He  was  well  known  in  Stoneham,  however, 
and  when  the  town  of  Stoneham  decided  to 
buy  the  water  works,  Mr.  Regan  was  chosen 
by  the  water  board  as  the  first  superintendent 
of  the  water  department,  the  position  he  now 
occupies.  He  has  managed  the  water  depart- 
ment with  great  credit  to  himself  and  satisfac- 
tion to  the  taxpayers.  In  1903  he  had  added 
to  his  department  the  sewage  of  Stoneham. 
His  success  is  due  largelv  to  his  pertinacity 
in  mastering  the  details  of  his  ofifice  and  in 
knowing  all  there  is  to  know  about  his  de- 
partment. His  industry,  ability  and  attrac- 
tive personality  have  won  for  him  a  liigh 
place  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his 
townsmen.  Few  men  have  advanced  more 
rapidly  in  capacity  and  in  responsiliilitics.  Mr. 


Regan  is  a  representative  self-made  man  of 
the  present  generation.  In  politics  he  is  in- 
dependent; in  religion  a  Roman  Catholic.  He 
is  president  of  the  St.  Patrick's  Institute, 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  has 
been  treasurer,  also  a  member  of  Wamscott 
Tribe,  Independent  Order  of  Red  Men. 

He  married,  September  6,  1896,  Mary  O' 
Hearn,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Mackey) 
(  )'Hearn,  of  Stoneham.  Their  only  child  is 
.Alice,  born  I'ebruary  22,  1903. 


William    Hamblet,    the    im- 
H.\.MBLET     migrant  ancestor,  was  born 

in  England  in  1614.  He 
settled  first  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  a  proprietor  of  the  town  in 
1642.  He  also  owned  land  in  Charlestown, 
and  in  1645  he  was  Hving  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
May  7,  1651.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade. 
He  removed  to  Billerica  in  1656,  and  to  Wo- 
liurn  in  1679.  He  owned  one  share  in  Biller- 
ica. His  house  lot  of  fifty-six  acres  was  on 
the  northeast  side  of  Bare  Hill,  and  near  Ho- 
grooten  meadow.  It  was  bovmded  by  land  of 
Simon  Crosby  on  the  west  forty-nine  poles, 
by  land  of  Thomas  Foster  on  the  south  102 
poles,  and  on  the  north  by  land  of  Joseph 
Thomson  seventy-five  poles,  and  of  Peter 
Bracket!  si.xty-five  and  a  half  poles.  He  ex- 
changed with  Caleb  Farley,  of  Woburn,  and 
removed  to  that  town  in  1679.  He  was  one 
of  the  early  members  of  the  Baptist  church, 
lie  married  Sarah  Hubbard,  widow,  who  had 
l)y  her  first  husband  James,  Sarah  and 
Thomas.  His  name  was  often  spelled  Hamlet, 
and  Hamblett.  Children  born  before  1658, 
when  they  were  baptized  in  Cambridge:  i. 
Jacob ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Rebecca,  married 
James  Frost. 

(II)  Jacob  Hamblet,  son  of  \\'illiam  Plam- 
blet  (i).  was  born  in  Cambridge,  ^lassachu- 
setts,  about  1645;  married  July  22,  1668.  Han- 
nah Parker,  who  died  .\pril  26.  1669.  He 
ma-rried  second,  Mary  Dutton,  daugliter  of 
Thomas  Dutton,  December  21,  1669,  and  she 
died  July  9.  1678.  He  married  third,  Mary 
Ta(|uith.  widow  of  .\braham  Jaquith.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Billerica:  t.  INlary,  born  No- 
vember 30.  1670.  2.  Sarah,  bom  March  18. 
I  £7 1-2  3.  Hannah,  born  December  14,  1673. 
4.  Rebecca,  born  1676.  5.  William,  born 
December  16,  1677;  died  December  23. 
Children,  born  at  Woburn :  f>.  Jacob,  born 
.\ugu=t  I,  t68o,  died  young.  7.  Joseph,  born 
.\ugust  31,  1681  :  mentioned  below.     8.  Will- 


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593 


iam,  born  September  8,  1683.  9.  Jacob,  born 
January  4,  1686.  10.  Henry,  born  February 
6,  1688.     11.  Abigail,  born  March  25,  1689. 

(III)  Joseph  Hamblet,  son  of  Jacob  Ham- 
blet  (2),  was  born  August  31,  1681,  at  Wo- 
burn,  Massachusetts.  He  married  at  Charles- 
town,  Alassachusetts,  April  14,  1707,  Susanna 
Cutler,  of  Woburn.  Children,  b(jrn  at  \Vo- 
burn:  i.  Joseph,  born  July  5,  1708;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  John,  born  March  17,  1710; 
settled  in  Nottingham  West,  now  Hudson, 
New  Hampshire;  married  at  Woburn,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1735,  Phebe  Baldwin.  3.  Susanna, 
born  April  26,  1712.  4.  Mary,  born  June  16, 
1714.  5.  Anna,  born  November  11,  1716.  6. 
William,  born  August  30,  17 18.  7.  Heze- 
kiah,  born  August  31,  1720. 

(IV)  Joseph  Hamblet,  son  of  Joseph 
Hamblet  (3),  was  born  at  Woburn,  Miassa- 
chusetts,  July  5,  1708.  He  had  a  millright 
at  Dracut  or  Pelham,  New  Hampshire.  He 
married  Susan  Durrant.  Children:  i. 
Joseph,  soldier  in  the  revolution.  2.  Jona- 
than, soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Dracut, 
Massachusetts.  3.  John,  born  about  1745; 
mentioned  below.     Probably  .others. 

(V)  John  Hamblet,  son  of  Joseph  Hamblet 
(4),  was  born  in  1745.  He  settled  with  his 
father  and  other  members  of  the  family  in 
Dracut.  Massachusetts.  He  married,  Febru- 
^O'  13'  I//-'  Elizabeth  Perham.  of  Dunstable. 
Massachusetts.  He  died  at  Dracut,  October 
21,  1819.  Children,  born  at  Dracut:  i.  Thad- 
deus,  born  November  25,  1772;  died  June  31. 
1846.  2.  Peter,  born  February  2,  1775;  died 
December  2j,  1846;  married  August  24,  1805, 
Pauline  Goodhue,  of  Dracut.  3.  Judith,  born 
April  26,  1777;  died  May  12,  1868;  married 
May  25,  1801,  Z.  Rowell.  4.  Life,  born  1780; 
mentioned  below.  5.  Betsey,  born  1783:  died 
May  26,  1867;  married  November  22,  1807, 
Nathaniel  M.  Jewett,  of  Boston.  6.  John  B., 
born  November  26,  1788;  died  May  8,  1792. 

(VI)  Life  Hamblet,  son  of  John  Hamblet 
(S),  was  born  August  3,  1780,  at  Dracut,  and 
died  there  in  1874.  He  married  March  3, 
1808,  Rachel  Bowers,  born  February  7,  1789; 
died  January  16,  1867.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Dracut.  Children,  born  at  Dracut:  i.  Har- 
riet, born  July  27,  1808,  died  January  30,  1832. 
2.  Charles,  born  January  24,  1810:  married 
January  24,  1837,  Julia  Richardson.  3. 
Georg-e,  born  September  17,  1812:  mentioned 
below.  4.  Almyra,  born  July  11,  1822;  died 
June  5,  1903;  married  October,  1849.  John 
Ames. 

(VII)  George  Hamblet.  son  of  Life  Ham- 
blet (6),  was  born  in  Dracut.  Massachusetts, 


September  17,  1812;  died  January  13,  1897; 
married  October  15,  1846,  Marietta  Flint. 
She  died  in  1862,  and  he  married  (second) 
about  1867,  Alcey  Stevens.  Fie  was  a  farmer 
and  also  a  blacksmith.  Children:  i.  George 
Eugene,  born  October  26,  1847;  mentioned 
below.  Two  or  three  others  died  in  infancy. 
(\  HI)  George  Eugene  Hamblet,  son  of 
George  Hamblet  (7),  was  born  in  Dracut, 
October  26,  1847,  and  died  April  17,  1900.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town  and  at  the  Andover  grammar 
school.  He  became  a  clerk  in  the  drug  store 
of  Charles  Kimball,  at  Lowell,  and  there 
learned  the  business.  Later  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  .\.  W.  Dowse  in  a  drug  store.  In 
i88i  he  returned  to  Dracut  from  Lowell, 
owing  to  ill  health,  and  took  up  farming  for 
an  occupation,  and  during  the  rest  of  his 
life  resided  in  his  native  town  on  the  home- 
stead. He  married  November  29,  1871,  Ada 
.Maria  Mason,  born  December  4,  1849,  in 
Dedham,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Charles 
L.  and  Sarah  (Bacon)  Mason.  Their  only 
child,  George  Mason,  born  June  4,  1875,  died 
(  )ctober  28,  1888. 


I'his  name  is  of  (ierman  or- 
(ik()TnE  igin,  and  in  its  pronunciation 
in  the  mother  country  the 
final  "e"  is  sounded.  It  was  transplanted  in 
America  over  fifty  years  ago  by  an  able  and 
intelligent  mechanic  who  was  a  worthy  repre- 
sentative of  the  numerous  industrial  class, 
which  still  constitutes  the  bulwark  of  the  Ger- 
man empire. 

Herman  Grothe  was  born  in  Frankfort-on- 
the-^lain,  January  19,  1819.  He  acquired  the 
advantages  of  an  excellent  education,  and 
when  eUgible  by  age  to  render  military  ser- 
vice, which  was  then,  as  it  is  now,  compulsory 
in  Germany,  he  entered  the  army.  Having 
fulfilled  his  military  obligations  to  the  gov- 
ernment, he  served  an  apprenticeship  at  the 
cabinet-maker's  trade,  acquiring  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  that  calling,  and  becoming  a 
skilful  mechanic.  About  the  year  1850  he 
emigrated  to  the  United  States,  first  locating 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  readily  obtained 
employment  at  his  trade,  and  he  remained  in 
the  metropolis  some  six  or  seven  years.  In 
1857  he  was  secured  by  Messrs.  Leach  & 
.\nnable.  of  Manche?ter-by-the-Sea,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  an  expert  cabinet-maker,  and  re- 
moving his  family  to  that  town  he  resided 
there  for  the  remainder  of  his  life,  which  ter- 
minated in  1830.     lie  was  for  a  time  the  only 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


constructor  in  this  country  of  the  long  ex- 
tension tables  that  came  into  use  in  that 
period,  and  he  attained  a  high  reputation  for 
the  reliability  and  general  perfection  of  his 
work.  His  life  was  quiet  and  uneventful,  but 
by  his  numerous  commendable  cjualities  he 
commanded  the  respect  and  good  will  of 
all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  His  sym- 
patln  with  our  democratic  form  of  govern- 
ment naturally  caused  him  to  become  a 
naturalized  American  citizen,  and  he  supported 
the  Whig  party  during  the  last  years  of 
its  existence.  In  his  religious  belief  he  ad- 
hered to  the  faith  in  which  he  had  been  reared, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran 
church.  He  married  Rebecca  Buck,  who 
was  l.wrn  at  I'^ankfort-on-the-Main,  in  Febru- 
arv,  1824,  and  she  survived  her  husband 
many  years,  her  death  having  occurred  ( )cto- 
ber  6,  1906.  She  was  the  mother  of  four  chil- 
dren: John  Jorgen,  who  will  be  referred  to 
at  length  in  another  paragraph;  William 
Henry,' born  April  21,  1855;  Rebecca  Sophia, 
born  February  2,  1857;  and  Charles  August- 
us, born  November  30,  1858.  William  Henry 
was  married  September  10, 1878,  to  Mary  Mon- 
ica Doucette,  of  Rockfort,  Massachusetts, 
who  died  March  31,  1907,  she  bore  him  six 
children:  Herman  Joseph,  born  July  29,  1879 
(married  Louise  Packard  September  5,  1906, 
and  has  one  son,  William  .Arthur);  Mary 
Alice,  born  January  21,  1881,  (became  the 
v^'ife  of  Damon  Williams  F"oley,  in  1899,  and 
has  one  son,  Henry  Mahlon  F^oley);  Rebecca 
Sophronia,  born  August  19.  1882,  (was  mar- 
ried in  1905  to  Wilbert  Burhoe  Marshall); 
Charles  Edward  and  Mary  Helen  (twins) 
born  April  n,  1885;  and  Marcelina,  born 
April  2,  1888.  Rebecca  Sophia  Grothe  be- 
came the  wife  of  Harry  P.  Gilmore  of  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  January  28,  1875,  and  has  five  chil- 
dren: Ada  E.,  born  December  15,  1875,  mar- 
ried George  F.  McCarthy;  Anna  M.,  born 
September  4,  1878 ;  Marie  A.,  bom  April  28, 
1883;  Harry  V.,  born  November  5,  1889;  and 
Margaret  H.,  born  March  24,  1897.  Charles 
Augustus  Grothe  was  married  December  6, 
1885,  to  Laura  Eunice  Ware,  whc^  died  June 
12,  'iQoo,  leaving  three  children:  Flora  Maud, 
born  January  8,  1887;  Edwin  Carl,  born  April 
12,  1889;  and  Marion  Ware,  born  January  1, 
1900.  On  May  23,  U)Oi.  he  married  for  his 
second  wife  Mary  Myrtle  1  )ean. 

John  Jorgen  Grothe.  eldest  child  of  Her- 
man and"  Rebecca  Sophia  (Buck)  Grothe,  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  August  19.  1852-  At 
the  age  of  five  years  he  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Manchester,  and  he  was  left  fatherless 


prior  to  his  seventh  birthday.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Manchester  until  thir- 
teen years  old,  when  he  removed  with  the 
family  to  Knoxville,  Tennessee,  and  for  a 
time  was  employed  in  a  grocery  and  provision 
store,  later  working  upon  a  farm.  He  subse- 
(juently  enlisted  for  three  years  in  the  Ten- 
nessee state  militia,  which  at  that  time  was 
recruited  and  called  into  active  service  for  the 
purpose  of  suppressing  the  Ku-Klux  raids, 
but  honorably  discharged  at  the  expiration  of 
si.x  months,  the  lawlessness  having  been  ef- 
fectually quelled.  Going  to  Baltimore,  he 
was  for  a  short  period  in  the  service  of  a 
steamship  line  plying  between  that  city  and 
Philadelphia,  and  returning  to  Manchester, 
Massachusetts,  he  learned  the  blacksmith's 
trade  of  Asa  Richards,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained as  a  apprentice  and  journeyman  for 
four  and  one-half  years.  Li  the  fall  of  1874 
he  went  to  Nebraska,  but  after  a  short  so- 
journ in  that  state  he  returned  to  New  Eng- 
land, and  for  a  period  of  eighteen  months 
was  employed  at  his  trade  as  tool-maker  by 
the  Pidgeon  Cove  Granite  Company  at  their 
quarry  on  Cape  Ann.  He  was  next  employed 
as  a  blacksmith  in  Danvers,  Massachusetts, 
going  from  that  town  in  1878  to  Middleton, 
this  state,  where  he  was  engaged  in  trade  for 
the  succeeding  eight  years,  and  removing  to 
Milford,  Massachusetts,  he  purchased  the 
long  established  business  of  C.  T.  Crosby, 
which  he  carried  on  successfully  for  four 
years.  Disposing  of  his  business  in  Milford 
to  good  advantage,  he  went  to  Woburn.  and 
purchasing  the  blacksmith  and  carriage-mak- 
ing establishment  of  Messrs.  Pollard  and 
Parker,  has  ever  since  conducted  it  success- 
fully, developing  the  business  and  making  it 
one  of  the  important  industrial  enterprises  of 
that  city.  His  field  of  operations  are  not 
confined  to  Woburn  alone,  as  he  derives  a 
large  amount  of  patronage  from  the  adjacent 
towns,  including  Wilmington,  Winchester 
and  Stoneham,  and  his  business  has  expanded 
into  large  proportions.  In  addition  to  gen- 
eral blacksmithing  and  the  building  of  wa- 
gons and  pungs,  he  manufactures  electric 
railway  snow-plows  constructed  from  his  own 
designs,  and  these  are  now  in  use  on  many 
car  lines  in  this  section  of  the  coimtry.  He  is 
also  interested  in  real  estate,  and  his  hold- 
ings include  besides  his  business  plant  a  hand- 
some residence  on  Eastern  avenue,  which 
he  erected  some  time  since.  In  politics  he 
acts  with  the  Republican  party,  and  in  his 
religious  belief  he  is  a  Universalist.  His  fra- 
ternal   affiliations     are     with     Crystal     Font 


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595 


Lodge,  Jmlepfiulent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Meshavvum 
Club. 

On  November  26,  1876,  Mr.  Grothe  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Susie  Harlow 
Haskell,  who  was  born  in  Gloucester,  Alassa- 
chusetts.  June  28,  1857,  daughter  of  Philip 
H.  and  Emma  (Butler)  Haskell  of  that  city. 
.\bout  the  year  1637  three  brothers,  Roger, 
William  and  Mark  Haskell  came  from  Bris- 
tol, England,  and  settled  in  Beverly,  Massa- 
chusetts. William  Haskell,  who  was  born  in 
1617,  went  from  Beverly  to  Gloucester  about 
the  year  1643,  and  died  there  August  12, 
1693.  He  was  a  mariner,  and  is  designated 
in  the  early  records  as  both  captain  and  lieu- 
tenant. He  was  married  November  6,  1643, 
to  Hilary,  daughter  of  Walter  Tybbot  or  Tib- 
betts,  of  Gloucester,  and  her  death  occurred 
just  four  days  after  that  of  her  husband. 
^^'illiam  Haskell  was  several  times  chosen 
representative  to  the  general  court  from 
Gloucester  between  the  years  1672  and  1685. 
He  left  an  estate  inventoried  at  five  hundred 
and  forty-eight  pounds  and  twelve  shillings. 
His  children  were:  William,  Joseph,  Benjam- 
in, John,  Ruth,  Mark,  Sarah,  Lienor  and 
Mary.  Mrs.  Grothe  is  a  lineal  descendant  in 
the  eighth  generation  of  William  (i)  and 
Mary  (Tibbetts)  Haskell,  and  the  line  of  de- 
scent is  Joseph  (2),  Joseph  (^),  David  (4), 
.-\aron  (5),  Abel  (6)  and  Philip  H.  (7).  Philip 
H.  Haskell  was  born  at  Gloucester  in  1819, 
and  was  a  prosperous  farmer. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grothe  are  the  parents  of 
three  children:  i.  Alice  May,  born  in  Dan- 
vers  July  24,  1877,  married  July  24,  1899,  to 
Willis  A.  Blaisdell,  of  Winchester,  and  has 
one  son,  Henry  Oscar  Blaisdell.  born  April  9. 
1900.  2.  Harry  Oscar  Grothe,  born  in  Mid- 
dleton,  February  6,  1879.  3-  Eva  Maud 
Grothe,  born  in'  Middleton,  May  10,  1882; 
married,  February,  1903,  to  E.  H.  Ives,  of 
Salem,  Massachusetts. 


The  Livingston  family  is 
LIVINGSTON  of  ancient  Scotch  ances- 
try. The  ancient  family 
of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  has  this  coat  of  arms : 
Argent,  two  gilly  flowers  in  chief  and  an  es- 
callop in  base  all  within  a  lx>rdure  gules. 
Crest — a  boar's  head  couped  holding  in  the 
mouth  a  pair  of  balances  ppr.  Motto — "Fortis 
et  Aequus."  The  Balrowan  family  has  the 
same  arms  with  a  different  crest :  Gillyflower 
slipped  ppr.  Motto:  "Nativum  Retinet  Decus." 
The  Livingston  family  possesses  the  Earldom 


of  Linlithgow,  created  in  1600 ;  the  Earldom 
of  Callendar,  created  in  1641,  and  the  Lordship 
Almond,  created  in  1633.  One  other  line  of 
this  family  has  a  coat-of-arms :  Argent,  three 
cinquefoils  gules  pierced  of  the  field.  The 
arms  of  the  New  York  family  are  similar  to 
the  latter.  Robert  Livingston,  the  first  Lord 
of  the  Manor  of  Livingston,  New  York,  was 
one  of  the  seven  children  of  Rev.  John  Livings- 
ton, and  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  fifth  Lord 
Livingston,  the  ancestor  of  the  Earls  of  Lin- 
lithgow and  Callendar.  The  clergyman  was 
banished  for  non-conformity  and  took  refuge 
in  Rotterdam,  where  in  1672  he  died.  Robert 
went  to  New  York  about  1675  and  had  a  large 
grant  constituting  the  greater  part  of  Dutchess 
and  Columbia  counties ;  the  remainder  of  this 
grant  still  owned  by  descendants  is  called  Liv- 
ingston Manor. 

(i)  John  Livingston,  or  Livingstone, 
the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts family,  was  also  Scotch.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Scots'  Charitable 
Society  of  Boston  as  early  as  1659.  He 
may  have  been  one  of  the  Scotch  prisoners 
taken  by  Cromwell  at  the  battle  of  Worcester, 
who  were  sent  in  large  numbers  to  Massa- 
chusetts colonies.  Most  of  the  Scotch  immi- 
gration of  this  period  was  due  to  Cromwell's 
method  of  disposing  of  his  prisoners.  There 
is  a  belief  in  the  family  that  he  was  related  to 
the  New  York  family  mentioned  above.  He 
settled  in  that  part  of  Billerica  now  the  town 
of  Tewksbury.  In  the  early  records  he  is  men- 
tioned as  in  the  service  of  Thomas  Carrier 
(Currier)  indicating  that  he  was  a  Scotch 
prisoner  of  war.  All  these  prisoners  were  let 
out  to  the  English  settlers,  but  they  were  well 
treated  and  w'ere  soon  able  to  acquire  farms  of 
their  own.  In  November,  1677,  he  and  his 
employer,  Thomas  Carrier,  were  warned  from 
cutting  brush  in  the  southeast  part  of  the  town 
of  Billerica.  It  is  possible  that  John  was  the 
second  of  the  name.  He  was  living  later  in 
Chelmsford.  He  married  at  Billerica.  .Septem- 
ber 12,  1680,  Margaret  Ross,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Ross  and  Seeth  Holman,  his  wife. 
She  was  also  Scotch.  The  Ross  family  resid- 
ed at  Loes  Plain.  She  died  June  16,  1705.  He 
married  (second)  November  29,  1705,  Eunice 
Shedd,  daughter  of  Daniel  Shedd,  of  North 
P>illerica.  His  family  was  desolated  by  the 
Indian  attack  of  August  5,  1695.  "In  the  north 
part  of  the  town  on  the  east  side  of  the  Con- 
cord river,  lived  a  number  of  families  who, 
though  without  garrison  and  in  time  of  war, 
seemed  under  no  apprehension  of  danger. 
Their  remoteness   from  the  scenes  of   Indian 


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depredations  might  have  contributed  to  their 
fancied  security.  The  Indians  came  suddenly 
upon  them  in  the  day  time."  The  savages 
came  on  horseback  and  took  effectual  precau- 
tions against  surprise  or  pursuit.  They  killed 
ten,  five  of  whom  were  adults,  and  took  five 
prisoners.  In  Livingston's  household  five 
young  children  were  killed  and  also  his 
"mother-in-law"  (i.  e.  stepmother)  Seeth 
(Holman)  Ross,  recently  widowed,  who  was 
living  with  him.  The  eldest  daughter  was 
taken  captive  and  carried  oflf.  The  pursuers 
found  no  traces  of  the  Indians.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  JMarch  i,  1681-82,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Margaret,  born  August  29,  1O83,  died 
December  22,  1683.  3.  Sarah,  born  Novem- 
ber 12,  1684,  taken  captive  August  5,  1695, 
when  the  five  following  were  slain.  4.  Seth, 
born  April  6,  1687.  5.  Thomas,  born  Febru- 
ary 6,  1688-89.  6.  Mary,  born  December  16, 
1690.  7.  Margaret,  born  May  26,  1693.  8. 
Alexander,  born  July  i,  1695.  9.  Seth,  born 
February  9,  1696-97.  10.  Hannah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 5,   1698-99.    II.    Sarah,  torn  December 

4,  1700,  married  Jonathan  Dutton.  12.  Mary, 
born  April  17,  1703,  died  February  14,  1704-05. 

(II)  Sergeant  John  Livingston  (or  Leves- 
ton)  son  of  John  Livingston,  (i),  was  born  in 
Billerica,  March  i.  1681-82,  died  there  June 
27.  1755-  He  married  in  1709  Ruth  Shedd, 
daughter  of  Daniel   Shedd.      She   died   April 

5,  1756.  He  and  Seth  were  set  off  in  the  ilis- 
trict  called  Tewksbury,  incorporated  as  a  town 
December  23,  1734.  Children,  born  in  Bill- 
erica:  I.  Ruth,  born  July  14.  1710.  2.  John, 
born  June  12,  1712,  married  February  15.  ■ 
1736-37,  Sarah  Wothaker,  daughter  of  Roger: 
resided  in  Tewksbury  and  had  eight  children. 
3.  Thomas,  born  August  3,  1714.  4-  Daniel, 
born  March  4,  17 16- 17,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Eunice,  born  May  18,  1719.  6.  Sarah,  born 
June  26,  1 72 1. 

(III)  Daniel  Livingston,  (Levistone)  son 
of  John  Livingston  (2),  was  born  in  Billerica. 
March  4,  1716-17.  He  lived  in  Tewksbury, 
set  ofif  from  Billerica.  He  married,  May  9, 
1744,  Rebecca  Chapman,  who  joined  the  church 
September  27,  1744,  at  Tewksbury.  Children: 
I.  Daniel,  born  1745,  baptized  August  18, 
1745  ;  soldier  in  Revolution.  2.  William,  born 
March  4,  1750.  3.  John,  born  April  26,  1752. 
soldier  in  Revolution.  4.  Asa,  born  June  3, 
1755,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Asa  Livingston,  son  of  Daniel  Liv- 
ingston (3),  was  born  June  3,  1755,  at  Tewks- 
bury. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  in 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Clark's  company.  Colonel 
Green's  regiment.  .Aprilig,  1775,  on  the  Lex- 


ington Alarm ;  enlisted  afterward  in  Captain 
Benjamin  Walker's  company.  Colonel  Eben- 
ezer  Bridge's  regiment,  and  served  from  April 
to  August,  1775.  He  married.  May  21,  1778, 
(Jlive  Peacock,  who  was  born  May  17,  1756, 
and  died  November  10,  1854,  lacking  two  years 
of  a  century.  Child,  William,  born  February 
24,  1779,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  William  Livingston,  son  of  Asa  Liv- 
ingston (4),  was  born  at  Tewksbury,  Febru- 
ary 24,  1779,  and  died  there  February  23, 
1832.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Tewkesbury 
and  a  highly  respected  citizen.  He  mar- 
ried there  Sarah  Slater,  who  was  born  Janu- 
ary 6,  1782,  and  died  March  25,  1872.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  Jr.,  born  April  12,  1803,  men- 
tioned below;  Elbridge,  born  1816,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  William  Livingston,  son  of  William 
Livingston  (5),  was  born  in  Tewksbury,  April 
12,  1803.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  worked  during 
his  youth  on  the  farm  of  his  father.  At  the 
age  of  twenty  he  came  to  East  Chelmsford,  now 
Lowell,  and  worked  as  a  laborer  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  first  mills  building  there.  Then 
he  bought  a  horse  and  cart  and  was  soon  em- 
ploying other  men  and  carts  in  work  he  had 
taken  on  his  own  account.  He  built  up  a  large 
business  as  a  contractor  in  a  short  time.  His 
enterprise  and  fidelity  gave  him  a  reputation 
second  to  none.  He  took  large  contracts  for 
canal  and  railroad  construction  and  handled 
them  successfully,  In  1827  he  contracted  to 
dig  the  canal  from  Sebago  Lake,  Maine,  to  a 
point  several  miles  below  on  the  Sebago  river, 
and  completed  it  within  a  year.  He  had  an- 
other contract  on  the  Blackstone  canal,  from 
Worcester  to  Providence,  and  was  there  two 
years.  He  then  settled  in  Lowell  and  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  trade  in  grain,  lumber,  wood, 
coal,  lime,  brick  and  cement,  and  was  remark- 
ably successful.  He  bought  the  Nehemiah 
Wright  wharf  lot  and  the  brewery  lot  on  the 
west  side  of  Thorndike  street  bordering  on  the 
Middlesex  canal,  and  built  a  large  brick  build- 
ing, part  of  which  he  let  for  stores  and  dwell- 
ing and  the  remainder  he  used  himself  for  a 
dwelling  and  stonehouse.  He  resided  there  until 
1852,  when  he  built  the  palatial  residence  at 
the  corner  of  Thorndike  and  Chelmsford 
streets,  now  owned  and  occupied  by  his  daugh- 
ter. Mrs.  Paul  R.  George.  The  old  building 
and  wharf  property  adjoining  his  storehouses 
are  owned  by  Hon.  William  E.  Livingston,  his 
son,  who  continues  the  business  that  his  father 
established.  In  1831.  in  company  with  Sidney 
Spalding  and  others,  he  bought  a  tract  of  land 


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of  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in 
Lowell,  laid  it  out  in  streets  and  building  lots 
and  sold  it  off  to  advantage.  He  continued  in 
the  contracting  business  and  built  the  founda- 
tions of  many  of  the  new  mills.  He  had  a  con- 
tract for  constructing  the  earthwork  and  ma- 
sonry of  the  Lowell  &  Nashua  railroad,  and 
digging  a  canal  in  Illinois.  In  1848  he  built 
the  wharf  on  Middlesex  street  and  erected  a 
saw,  planing  and  grist  mills  there.  He  suc- 
cessfully operated  these  mills  and  in  1850  be- 
gan the  manufacture  of  boxes,  receiving  into 
partnership  in  this  branch  of  his  business  Otis 
Allen,  of  Lowell. 

Mr.  Livingston  was  energetic,  courageous 
and  resourceful.  When  the  Boston  &  Lowell 
Railroad  demanded  what  he  thought  exorbi- 
tant rates  for  freight,  he  advocated  competing 
roads  and  to  his  persistent  efforts  are  due  the 
early  construction  of  the  Lowell  &  Lawrence 
and  the  Salem  &  Lawrence  railroads.  He  con- 
tended against  the  powerful  opposition  of  the 
Boston  &  Lowell  Railroad,  and  only  after  the 
most  persistent  effort  both  in  and  out  of  the 
legislature  did  he  win  his  charters.  Upon  the 
organization  of  the  Lowell  &  Lawrence  Rail- 
road Company,  he  was  chosen  president,  a  po- 
sition he  held  until  his  death.  He  was  a  di- 
rector of  the  Lowell  &  Salem  road  from  the 
time  of  its  organization.  In  both  roads  he  was 
the  master  spirit  in  the  work  of  construction. 
It  was  mainly  due  to  his  wonderful  force  of 
character  and  executive  ability  that  these  roads 
were  completed  promptly.  The  act  incorporat- 
ing the  Lowell  &  Lawrence  was  passed  in  1846 
and  before  the  close  of  1847  the  road  was  in 
operation.  To  accomplish  this  remarkable 
work  of  enterprise  and  dispatch  much  night 
labor  was  necessary.  From  early  life  he  had 
enjoyed  a  remarkable  vitality  and  strength,  but 
the  strain  of  this  night  work  on  the  railroads 
undermined  his  constitution  and  he  fell  a  vic- 
tim of  consumption.  He  died  in  March,  1855, 
at  Jacksonville,  Florida,  whither  he  had  gone 
in  the  hope  of  benefiting  his  health.  Mr.  Liv- 
ingston was  prominent  in  financial  circles ;  di- 
rector of  the  Lowell  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company  and  trustee  of  the  City  Institution 
for  Savings.  He  was  distinctively  a  man  of 
the  people ;  self-made,  of  broad  practical  ex- 
perience from  constant  intercourse  with  the 
busy  world ;  resourceful  and  of  bold,  adven- 
turous disposition  in  business  at  a  time  when 
the  development  of  the  industries  and  resourc- 
es of  the  country  needed  canals,  railroads  and 
such  men  as  Livingston  to  build  them.  He 
was  filled  with  the  spirit  of  local  pride  and  he 


left  the  impress  of  his  work  and  character 
on  his  city  and  age.  He  was  present  at  the 
founding  of  Lowell  and  contemporary  with 
the  men  who  established  the  great  manufactur- 
ing enterprises,  the  principal  source  of  the 
wealth  of  the  city  that  has  grown  up  there. 
Livingston  helped  build  that  city  and  spared 
no  effort  to  advance  its  interests  and  procure 
its  permanent  prosperity.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat.  He  was  particularly  earnest  in 
support  of  the  temperance  movement  and 
did  his  utmost,  regardless  of  parties,  to  pro- 
mote prohibition  of  the  sale  of  alcoholic  liquors 
and  to  protect  the  masses  from  the  curse  of 
rum.  He  was  the  proprietor  of  the  Lowell 
Weekly  Gazette,  a  newspaper  devoted  to  tem- 
perance reform.  In  1836  and  1837  he  repre- 
sented his  district  in  the  state  senate.  He  was 
an  active  opponent  of  monopolies,  even  in  rail- 
roading. He  left  a  large  estate  and  his  name 
stands  among  the  most  distinguished  of  the 
founders  of  the  city  of  Lowell. 

He  married,  November  26,  1829,  Mary  A. 
Johnson,  who  was  born  June  27,  1808,  and 
died  September  29,  1871.  Children:  i.  Wil- 
liam Edward,  born  June  25,  1832.  2.  Mrs. 
Paul  R.  George,  of  Lowell. 

(VII)  William  Edward  Livingston,  son  of 
William  Livingston  (6),  was  born  in  Lowell, 
June  25.  1832.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school  of  his  native  place  and  in  Williston 
Academy  of  Easthampton,  Massachusetts. 
Upon  leaving  school  he  became  associated 
with  his  father.  He  was  only  twenty-three 
years  of  age  when  the  burden  of  his  father's 
large  business  fell  upon  his  shoulders.  From 
1828  to  1855,  when  his  father  died,  that  busi- 
ness had  had  a  steady  growth  and  under  the 
management  of  the  son  it  continued  to  grow. 
It  assumed  extensive  proportions,  and  its  pro- 
prietor has  for  many  years  stood  among  the 
foremost  men  in  mercantile  life  in  northern 
Massachusetts.  He  has  passed  through  many 
financial  crises  in  safety  with  credit  unim- 
paired. Mr.  Livingston  was  fortunate  in  his 
training  for  a  career  he  has  had :  the  wisdom 
and  experience  of  his  father  started  him  in  the 
right  track  and  he  doubtless  inherited  that 
force  of  character  and  determination  that  are 
the  sure  foundations  of  all  business  success. 

Mr.  Livingston  is  a  member  of  the  Merrimack 
Street  Unitarian  Church.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat  of  the  old  school :  he  was  an  alder- 
man of  the  city  in  1867  and  1868 :  and  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  in  1875  and 
1876.  He  served  on  the  commission  that  built 
the  citv  water  works  and  on  the  commission 


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that  built  the  City  Hall  and  Memorial  Building, 
appointed  January  26.  1892.  He  had  has  a 
distinguished  career  in  Free  Masonry.  He  is 
past  master  of  William  North  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons,  past  high  priest  of  Mount  Horeb 
Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  past  thrice 
illnstrious  master  of  Ahasuerus  Council  of 
Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  past  deputy  grand 
master  of  the  Grand  Council  of  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters  of  Massachusetts.  He  has  taken 
all  the  degree  of  Scottish  Rite  Masonry  in- 
cluding the  thirty-third.  He  is  president  of 
the  Lowell  Masonic  Association,  treasurer  of 
the  Masonic  Relief  Association  and  member  of 
Pilgrim  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He 
has  been  president  of  the  Highland  Club  of 
Lowell  and  is  a  member  also  of  The  Club  and 
of  the  Martin  Luthers.  He  is  director  of  the 
Appleton  Bank  of  Lowell,  of  the- Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  vice-president  of  the  City 
Institution  of  Savings,  member  of  the  Board 
01  Trade  and  of  the  Master  Builders'  Asso- 
ciation. 

He  married  Mary  E.  C.  King,  daughter  of 
Godfrey  B.  King.  Children:  i.  Mary  Au- 
gusta, born  September  15,  1858;  married 

White.  2.  Caroline  George,  born  July  31, 
i860,  married  Dr.  Charles  P.  Spalding.  3. 
William,  born  June  12,  1870.  4.  Ethel,  born 
July  19,  1873. 

(VI)  Elbridge  Livingston,  son  of  ^Villiam 
Livingston  {5),  was  born  in 
1816,  and  died  in  Lowell  in 
educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  of  Lowell,  whither  he  came  when 
a  young  man.  He  followed  the  contracting 
business  along  lines  similar  to  that  of  his 
brother  William ;  built  up  an  extensive  busi- 
ness and  amassed  a  competence,  chieflv  in  con- 
struction of  railroads.  Some  years  before  his 
death  he  retired  from  active  business  and  en- 
joyed a  well-earned  rest  and  leisure.  He  was 
liighly  esteemed  by  his  associates  in  business 
and  commanded  the  respect  and  confidence  of 
all  his  townsmen.  In  ix)litics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, but  never  sought  public  office.  He  was  a 
faitiiful  memljer  of  the  Unitarian  church.  He 
married  Irene  Lund,  of  Hollis,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Children:  i.  Adeline,  deceased.  2. 
Elbert,  married  Lucy  Heath  ;  children  :  Paul, 
Amy  and  Jessie.  3.  Dexter,  deceased.  4. 
Erastus,  deceased.  5.  Isadore,  deceased,  mar- 
ried Fred  Marvel.  6.  Artemas,  deceased.  7. 
Ella  F.,  born  in  Lowell,  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  that  city :  member  of  the 
L^nitarian  church  and  active  in  its  benevolent 
work  and  in  charity. 


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Robert  Daniels  (1590- 1655) 
DANIELS  was  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  the  Daniels  families  of 
Watertown  and  Cambridge.  He  appeared  in 
Watertown,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  in 
1636,  being  recorded  at  that  date  as  a  landed 
proprietor.  He  was  a  yeoman  or  husband- 
man, and  was  admitted  as  a  freeman  of  the 
town  of  Cambridge,  March  14,  1638,  o.  s. 
He  was  a  town  officer  of  Cambridge,  and  ap- 
pears on  the  records  as  having  sold  land 
owned  by  him  in  the  town  of  Watertown.  His 
wife  Elizabeth  died  October  2,  1643,  ^.nd  on 
May  2,  1654,  he  married  Rena,  widow  of 
William  Andrews,  to  whom  he  bequeathed 
the  estate  that  she  brought  to  him  by  mar- 
riage, and  other  property,  the  will  bearing 
date  July  3,  1655.  Rena  Daniels,  the  widow,  ) 
was  afterward  married  to  Edmund  Frost. 
The  children  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Dan- 
iels were :  Elizabeth,  married  Thomas  Fan-  . 
ning;  Samuel,  married  Mercy  Grace,  of 
Watertown,  and,  lived  at  Bogiston  Pond, 
Medfield,  where  five  children  were  born  of 
the  marriage,  and  where  he  died  in  1695; 
Joseph  (q.  v.);  Sarah,  married  William 
Cheney;  Mary,  married  Sampson  Frary,  slain 
at  Deerfield,  1704,  by  the  Indians;  Thomas, 
of  whom  the  only  record  is  his  burial.  Sep- 
tember 6,  1644. 

(II)  Joseph  Daniels,  son  of  Robert  and 
Elizabeth  Daniels,  was  born  at  his  father's 
home,  either  in  Watertown  or  Cambridge, 
about  1640,  and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Medfield,  Norfolk  county,  cut  off  from  the 
tciwn  of  Dedham  and  established  May  22, 
1650,  as  a  separate  town.  He  married  Maria, 
daughter  of  Jonas  and  Lydia  Fairbanks,  born 
June  20.  1659,  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts. 
He  owned  several  grants  on  the  west  side 
of  the  Charles  river;  his  home  was  burned 
by  the  Indians  in  1676;  he  was  a  selectman 
of  the  town  for  three  years,  and  in  1700  kept 
a  school  in  the  west  district  of  the  town,  lie 
died  in  171 5.  The  children  of  Joseph  and 
Maria  (l'"airbanks)  Daniels  were:  Joseph 
Daniels,  Jr..  born  September  23,  1666.  re- 
sided in  Aledfield;  Mary  Daniels,  born  July 
4,  1669;  Samuel  Daniels,  born  October  20, 
1671;  Mehitable  Daniels,  born  July  10,  1674, 
died  1686:  Ebenezer,  born  .April  24,  1677,  was 
married  (first)  to  Elizabeth  Partridge,  (sec- 
ond) in  1707,  to  Mary  Harding;  Elizabeth 
Daniels,  bom  March  9,  1679,  was  married 
(first)  in  1705  to  Joseph  Ma-^on,  and  (second) 
in  1730,  to  John  Draper  (1656-1749),  of  Ded- 
ham:  leri-miah  Daniels,  born  and  died   1680; 


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Eleazer  Daniels,  born  March  9,  1681,  who 
liad  two  sons,  Joseph  and  David  Daniels. 
Children  of  Joseph  Daniels  by  his  second 
wife.  Rachel  Sheffield:  Jeremiah  Daniels, 
born  1684,  married,  1713.  to  Hannah  Part- 
ridg^e:  Rachel  Daniels,  born  1686;  Zaciiariah. 
born  1687.  died  soon  after. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Daniels,  son  of  Joseph  and 
-Maria  (I-'airbanks)  Daniels,  was,  so  far  as  we 
can  ascertain,  the  grandfather  of  Samuel  Dan- 
iels, who  was  the  grandfather  of  Henry  Clay 
Daniels,  married  Hepzebah  Munroe.  of  Lex- 
ington. Massachusetts,  and  lived  in  Keene, 
Xew  Hampshire.  She  was  a  sister  of  Thad- 
deus  Munroe.  of  Lexington,  Massachusetts, 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  and  received  a 
land  warrant  from  congress,  signed  by  James 
Madison,  president  of  the  United  States,  for 
land  in  Arkansas,  and  was  the  father  of  John 
Porter  Daniels,  of  Keene,  New  Hampshire. 

(I\')  John  Porter  Daniels,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Hepzebah  (Munroe)  Daniels,  was  born 
in  Keene,  New  Plampshire.  April,  1806,  and 
married  Eleanor  Sophia,  daughter  of  William 
and  Anna  (Cutter)  Whittemore,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Samuel  Cutter.  Eleanor  Sophia 
Whittemore  was  a  descendant  from  Thomas 
Whittemore,  of  Hertfordshire,  England,  who 
settled  at  Mystic  Side,  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony,  before  1640,  and  whose 
home  lot  was  included  in  the  town  of  Maiden, 
antl  when  the  town  of  Everett  was  set  of?,  be- 
came a  part  of  that  town,  being  in  possession 
of  the  family  for  over  two  hundred  years.  He 
was  a  blacksmith,  wheelwright  and  machinist 
in  West  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
at  the  age  of  forty-five  years. 

(V)  Henry  Clay  Daniels,  son  of  John 
Porter  and  Eleanor  Sophia  (Whittemore) 
Daniels,  was  born  in  West  Cambridge  (Ar- 
lington) Massachusetts,  May  26.  1842.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New- 
ton, to  which  city  he  removed  on  the  death  of 
liis  father,  and  he  became  a  real  estate  dealer, 
merchant  and  boarding  stable  keeper  in  New- 
ton. He  was  a  Republican  in  political  faith, 
and  a  member  of  the  Channing  L^iitarian 
Church,  and  interested  in  the  charitable  work 
as  carried  on  by  that  society.  He  served  the 
city  of  Newton  as  an  overseer  of  the  poor  and 
as  assessor,  and  was  also  a  member  of  the 
state  militia.  He  was  elected  to  membership 
in  the  Middlesex  Club  of  Boston,  and  of  the 
Hunnewell  Club  of  Newton.  He  was  niarried 
January  21,  1873.  to  .\cla  Eudora.  daughter  of 
Captain  Richard  and  Eliza  Ann  (Holmes") 
Hopkins,  of  Belfast,  Maine,  the  ceremony 
taking  place  at  the  home  of  her  uncle,  Will- 


iam M.  Hopkins,  in  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
Her  ancestors  on  the  paternal  side  were  Pil- 
grims, one  being  a  "Mayflower  passenger," 
and  on  the  maternal  side  were  soldiers  in  the 
.American  Revolution.  The  children  of  Henry 
Clay  and  Ada  Eudora  (Hopkins)  Daniels 
were :  i .  Ada  Eudora,  born  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, October  21.  1873;  was  a  pupil  in 
the  jiublic  and  high  schools  of  Newton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  became  a  teacher  on  special 
lines  connected  with  household  economics  in 
Boston ;  Framingham ;  the  State  Normal 
School:  Mary  Hitchcock  Hospital,  connected 
with  Dartmouth  College:  and  in  1907  was  in- 
structor in  household  economics  in  the  public 
schools,  Hartford,  Connecticut.  2.  Amy 
Louise  Daniels,  born  in  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  26,  1875;  was  a  pupil  in  the 
grammar  and  high  schools,  of  Newton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, graduated  at  the  Teachers"  Insti- 
tute, connected  with  Columbia  College,  New 
York  City,  and  engaged  in  teaching  house- 
hold economics  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
after  she  had  been  instructor  on  similar  lines 
in  the  Manual  Training  School  in  Denver, 
Colorado,  and  the  University  of  Chicago.  3. 
George  Henry  Daniels,  born  in  Newton,  Massa- 
chusetts. March  9,  1880:  educated  in  the  gram- 
mar and  high  schools  of  Newton, and  became  an 
officer  in  the  state  militia.  4.  Harold  Clay 
Daniels,  born  in  Newton,  Massachusetts, 
March  14,  1882;  was  a  pupil  in  the  public 
schools  of  Newton,  and  graduated  at  the  high 
school  in  1902:  became  an  officer  in  state 
militia.  5.  IMilton  Whittemore  Daniels,  born 
in  Xewton.  Massachusetts,  March  3.  1894, 
flied  November  7,   11JO5. 


The  Rev.  John  Ferguson, 
FERGUSON  clergyman,  of  Taniworth, 
Ontario,  Canada,  married 
Catherine  Matilda  Pomeroy,  and  had  children : 
I.  Franklin  L.  D.  Ferguson,  born  in  Tani- 
worth, June  21,  1861  :  edixated  in  the  schools 
of  Athens,  Iriquois,  Ontario,  and  at  .Albert 
L^niversit}-,  Bellville,  Ontario.  He  took  a 
course  in  divinity  at  Yale  l^niversity,  and 
graduated  B.  D..  1888.  He  was  pastor  of  First 
Congregational  Church,  Milford,  Massachu- 
setts, 1888-90:  removed  to  Chadron,  Nebraska, 
where  he  was  principal  of  the  .Academy,  1890- 
93  ;  returning  east,  he  was  secretary  to  the  Con- 
gregational Educational  Society,  1893-98,  and 
on  January  I,  1898,  removed  to  Claremont, 
California,  to  take  the  presidency  of  Pomona 
College.  While  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  he 
[jrepared  a   "History  of  the   First   Church   of 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


Christ,    Milford,    Connecticut,"    published    in 
1890. 

2.  John  Calvin  Ferguson,  born  March  i, 
1866,  prepared  for  college  in  the  schools  of 
Ontario,  and  was  graduated  at  Boston  Uni- 
versity, A.  B.  1886.  He  made  a  special  study 
of  pedagogy,  and  taught  in  Macedon  Centre, 
New  York,  1886-87.  He  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  president  of  Nanking  University  from 
the  Congregational  Educational  Society  in 
1888,  and  journeyed  thither  accompanied  by 
his  wife,  and  took  up  the  work  of  educating 
Chinese  youth  converted  to  the  Christian  faith. 
He  remained  at  the  head  of  the  Nanking  Uni- 
versity for  nine  years,  when  be  transferred 
his  services  to  the  Nanyang  College,  Shanghai, 
China,  which  educational  institution  flourished 
to  such  an  extraordinary  degree  under  his  ad- 
ministration as  to  attract  the  attention  of  the 
Chinese  government  to  his  great  executive 
ability,  and  in  1901  he  was  sent  by  that  gov- 
ernment to  Europe  and  to  the  United  States 
to  investigate  the  matter  of  advantage  to  young 
men  to  be  found  in  commercial  schools  as  con- 
ducted in  America  and  Europe.  While  in  Bos- 
ton the  Boston  University  gave  him  the  degree 
of  Ph.  D.  in  1902,  and  on  his  return  to  China 
he  was  made  secretary  of  the  Chinese  Ministry 
of  Commerce,  and  in  1903  chief  secretary  of 
the  Imperial  Chinese  Railway  Administration. 
As  early  as  1898  he  became  foreign  adviser  to 
the  Viceroy  of  Nanking,  and  in  1900  foreign 
adviser  to  Viceroy  Wuehang,  which  exalted 
positions  he  still  holds.  He  was  made  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chinese  Commission  for  the  re- 
vision of  treaties  with  the  United  States,  and 
also  with  Japan,  serving  on  that  commission 
in  1902  and  1903.  In  1904  he  was  again  sent 
to  the  Ignited  States  on  a  special  mission  from 
the  Cliinese  government,  and  while  at  home  he 
purchased  a  fine  estate  at  Newton,  Middlesex 
county,  for  his  home,  after  he  retired  from  the 
cares  of  state  in  connection  with  the  Chinese 
government.  He  returned  to  China  in  Decem- 
ber. 1907,  to  report  on  his  mission,  expecting 
to  return  in  1908  and  make  his  permanent 
home  in  Newton,  while  still  keeping  in  touch 
with  the  affairs  of  state  in  China.  He  was 
decorated  with  the  third  class  button  by  the 
Chinese  government,  and  at  the  hands  of  the 
Emperor  was  decorated  with  the  order  of 
Double  Dragon,  second  grade,  third  class.  His 
services  in  behalf  of  the  unity  of  the  nations  of 
the  earth  was  recognized  by  the  French  gov- 
ernment, which  made  him  a  Chevalier  (Ic  la 
Legion  d'Honneuer,  and  the  Emperor  of  Japan 
for  similar  reason  decorated  him  with  the  or- 
der of   Sacred    Treasurer,   fourth   class.     Be- 


sides membership  in  the  leading  learned  so- 
cieties of  America,  he  was  made  honorary  sec- 
retary of  the  Chinese  branch  of  the  Royal  Asi- 
atic Society.  As  an  educator  he  translated  into 
the  Chinese,  "Steele's  Chemistry,"  "Regula- 
tions Governing  the  Militia  of  the  State  of 
New  York,"  and  Frobel's  "Education  of  Man," 
which  first  appeared  in  1826,  and  had  already 
been  translated  into  the  language  of  the  more 
progressive  nations  of  the  world,  and  its  prin- 
ciples adopted  by  the  schools  of  all  enlightened 
peoples.  He  was  married,  at  Macedon  Centre, 
New  York,  in  1887,  to  Mary  E.  Wilson. 


William  Macomber,  im- 
MACOMBER  migrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  Eng- 
land, 16 ID.  His  brother,  John  Macomber, 
settled  at  Taunton.  Massachusetts,  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade,  with  a  son  John,  and  per- 
haps others.  William  was  a  cooper.  He 
settled  in  1638  at  Plymouth,  and  in  company 
with  Henry  Madeley,  of  Dorchester,  a  car- 
penter, he  received  permission  to  dwell  at 
Plymouth.  April  2d  that  year.  He  removed 
to  Duxbury.  where  he  was  on  the  hst  of  men 
able  to  bear  arms,  1643.  and  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Marshfield.  He  died  1670,  and  the 
inventory  of  his  property  is  dated  May  27, 
same  year.  His  wife  Priscilla  survived  him. 
Their  children:  i.  Edith,  married.  November. 
1664.  John  Lincoln.  2.  William,  resided  at 
Dartmouth.  3.  Sarah,  married.  November  6, 
1666,  William  Briggs.  4.  Mathew.  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1649,  fl'^d  at  Taunton,  aged  about 
twenty-five  years;  will  dated  December  9, 
1675.  bequeathing  to  mother  and  brothers 
John,  Thomas  and  William.  5.  Thomas,  see 
forward.  6.  John.  7.  Hannah,  married,  Oc- 
tober, 1672,  Joseph  Randall,  of  Scituate. 

(ID  Thomas  Macomber,  son  of  William 
Macomber  (i),  was  born  in  Marshfield,  about 
1650.  Married  there,  January  2,  1676,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Mary  (Gaunt) 
Crocker.  They  settled  at  Marshfield,  and 
their  children  were  born  there:  i.  Sarah,  born 
November  26,  1681.     2.  Thomas. 

(HI)  Deacon  Thomas  Macomber,  son  of 
Thomas  Macomber  (2),  was  born  at  Marsh- 
field, July  2,  1684.  and  died  October  5,  1771. 
He  married,  June  14.  1709,  Joanna  Tinkham. 
of  Middlcborough.  Massachui^etts.  daughter 
of  F.lienezcr  and  Elizabeth  (Burroughs)  Tink- 
ham. granddaughter  of  Ephraim  and  Mary 
( lirown)  Tinkham;  she  died  April  29.  1766. 
Elizabeth  Burroughs  was  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah Tiidvham.  and  Mary  Brown  was  daugh- 


MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


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ter  of  Peter  and  Martha  (Ford)  Brown;  Peter 
Brown  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower."'  Chil- 
dren of  Deacon  Thomas  and  Joanna  Macom- 
ber:  i.  Thomas,  born  April  28,  1710.  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Elizabeth,  February  22,  1715.  3. 
( )nesimus,  June  t,  1720.  4.  Joanna,  April 
20,  1722. 

(IV)  Thomas  Macomber,  son  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Macomber  (3),  was  born  April  28, 
1710.  and  lived  in  Marshfield,  where  he  died, 
January  8,  1749.  He  married,  May  9,  1745, 
Mercy,  daughter  of  Samuel  Tilden,  of  Marsh- 
field.     Child:  Thomas. 

(V)  Thomas  Macomber,  son  of  Thomas 
Macomber  (4),  was  born  in  Marshfield, 
August  2,  1748,  and  died  March  28,  1829.  He 
moved  from  Marshfield  to  Bridgewater,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  was  a  sheriff  as  early  as 
1789,  and  moved  to  Jay,  Maine,  between  1801 
and  1806.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution, 
in  Captain  Zebedee  Redding's  company  from 
Marshfield,  Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  regi- 
ment, in  1776.  His  name  was  borne  on  the 
rolls  as  Cumber.  In  early  days  the  family 
name  appears  in  the  various  forms  of  Cum- 
ber, Maycumber,  MacCumber  and  McCum- 
ber,  one  of  the  latter  two  being  the  original 
form.  For  military  service  of  Thomas  Ma- 
comber see  Cumber,  in  Massachusetts  Sol- 
diers and  Sailors  of  the  Revolution,  vol.  iii.,  p. 
852.  He  married,  July  28,  1768,  Prudence 
Stetson,  and  their  children  were:  Winchester, 
Joseph,  Isaac,  Thomas,  Ichabod,  Johanna  and 
Mary.  He  married  (second)  Susanna  How- 
ard, and  their  children  were:  Mercy,  Prud- 
ence. Polly. 

(VI)  Deacon  Ichabod  Macomber,  son  of 
Thomas  (5)  and  Prudence  (Stetson)  Macom- 
ber, was  born  in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts, 
November  5,  1777.  He  settled  in  Boston, 
and  died  in  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston.  October 
I,  1848.  He  married,  at  Bridgewater,  August 
28,  1806,  Sally  Howard:  and  (second),  at  Bos- 
ton, June  12,  1820,  Abigail  (West)  Brown, 
born  April  2,  1789,  at  Salem,  died  May  20, 
1863.  at  Boston,  daughter  of  Samuel  Massey 
and  Polly  (Young)  West.  He  had  three  sons 
and  two  daughters  by  second  marriage: 
William,  James.  Henry,  Sarah.  Mary. 

(\TI)  William  Macomber,  son  of  Deacon 
Ichabod  Macomber  (6),  was  born  in  Han- 
cock street,  Boston,  July  3,  1821,  died  De- 
cember 5,  1904,  at  Newton  Centre,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  November  13,  1845, 
Mary  Stedman  Tileston  Leeds,  bom  August 
4.  1827,  died  December  17.  1872,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Ingersoll  and  Mary  (Tileston) 
Leeds.    Her  father  was  born  .\ugust  19,  1802, 


died  April  8,  1884;  married,  June  4,  1826, 
Mary  Tileston,  who  died  January  30,  1882. 
Benjamin  Leeds  was  son  of  Samuel  Leeds, 
born  ( )ctober  6,  1765,  died  April  20,  1845; 
married,  June  3,  1793,  Mary  Ingersoll,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Gore)  Ingersoll. 
Samuel  was  son  of  Hopestill  Leeds,  born 
June  II,  1702,  died  January  4,  1795;  mar- 
ried, December  9,  1763,  Sarah  Clapp.  Hope- 
still  was  son  of  Joseph  Leeds,  born  1663,  died 
December  2y,  1747.  Joseph  was  son  of  Jo- 
seph Leeds,  born  .Vfay  14,  1637,  died  January 
28,  1714;  married  Miriam  Clark,  and  was  son 
of  the  immigrant,  Richard  Leeds,  of  Great 
Yarmouth,  England,  a  mariner,  settled  with 
Joan,  his  wife,  at  Savin  Hill,  Dorchester,  April 
12,  1637;  he  was  born  1595,  died  March  18, 
1692,  William  Macomber  married  (second) 
Josephine  Moore,  of  Wilton,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Children  by  first  wife:  i.  William 
Ingersoll,  born  in  Boston,  February  15,  1847, 
died  September  11,  1867.  2.  Fannie  Howard, 
born  in  Boston,  September  12,  1848,  married, 
November  19,  1874,  George  Denny  Emerson, 
who  died  July  23,  1878;  children:  i.  Howard 
Emerson,  born  August  31,  1875;  ii.  Infant, 
born  and  died  1878;  she  married  (second), 
August  27,  1887,  Joseph  W.  Stover:  child: 
Ethel  Bartlett  .Stover,  born  February  24, 
1890,  died  September  15,  1890.  3.  James, 
born  December  28,  1849,  married,  December 
3,  1874,  Mary  Simmons;  children:  \.  Philip, 
born  September  8,  1875;  "•  Harold,  born 
August,  1880,  died  December  3,  1880;  iii. 
Alexander,  born  May,  1885.  4.  Francis  Ed- 
ward, born  October  10,  1852,  married,  March 
18,  1884,  LHeyetta  Williams;  children:  i. 
Donald,  born  January  26,  1885:  ii.  Dorothea, 
born  July  13,  1886;  iii.  Katherine,  born  De- 
cember 26,  1896.  5.  Ella  Louise,  born  in 
Boston,  January  3,  1855.  6.  George  Arthur, 
born  .\pril  16,  1857,  see  forward.  7.  Mary 
Leeds,  born  in   Boston,  April  6,    1862,   died 

March  13,  .    8.  Walter  Leeds,  born  at 

Newton,  Massachusetts,  September  3,  1862, 
died  February,  1899;  married  Mary  E.  Bur- 
pee. 9.  Sarah  Nesmith,  born  October  6, 
1863,  married,  October  26,  1898,  George 
Henry  Adams:  children:  i.  Caroline  Mary 
Adanis,  born  October  12,  1899;  ii.  Frederick 
Wilder  .A.dams,  born  March  3,  1901.  10.  Alice 
Mabel,  born  at  Newtonville,  April  14,  1866, 
married,  June,  1900,  Robert  Greenwood;  re- 
sides in  Idaho.  Children  of  William  and 
Josephine  Macomber;  all  born  in  Roxbury: 
Bessie.  Leonard.  Gertrude,  Agnes. 

(\TIL   George  .\rthnr  Macomber.   son   of 
William  Macomber  (7),  was  born  in   Boston, 


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in  Shawniut  avenue,  April  i6,  1857.  He  was 
ediicateii  in  tlie  Dwio'ht  Scliool  and  the  Eng- 
lish high  sciiuol,  Boston.  He  started  in  busi- 
ness as  clerk  in  the  clothing  company  of 
Chamberlain  &  Currier,  Boston.  He  has 
made  his  home  in  Somerville  since  1890.  at 
102  Thur.- ton  street.  He  is  eighth  in  the  line 
o'.  descent  from  Peter  Brown,  who  came  over 
in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  "Mayflower"  Society.  He  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.  Mr.  Macomber  married, 
January  2^,  1883,  Hattie  Osgood,  daughter  of 
Amos  (i.  and  Kate  Amanda  (Cutter)  Osgood, 
of  Charlestown,  granddaughter  of  Eben  and 
Mary  (Currell)  Osgood,  of  Stoughton.  (See 
Osgood  sketch.)  Kate  Amanda  Cutter  was 
the  daughter  of  Edward  (born  September  28, 
1803)  and  Fannie  Locke  (Dean)  Cutter, 
granddaughter  of  John  (born  July  26,  1770. 
died  November  2t,.  1825),  and  Mary  (Hall) 
Cutter.  Tlie  grandfather  of  Fannie  L.  Dean 
was  in  the  Revolution,  also  the  father  of  Mary 
Hall.  The  lineage  of  John  Cutter  is:  John 
(6),  John  (5),  Gershom  (4),  Gershom  (3),  Ger- 
shom  (2),  Richard  (i).  John  Cutter,  born 
September  26,  1737,  died  October  16,  1788, 
of  Medford,  wa?  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution, 
married  Rebecca  Hill,  January  24.  1765. 

The  children  of  Cieorge  A.  and  Hattie  (Os- 
good) Macomber  are:  i.  Laurence  Osgood. 
born  May  21,  1885,  attended  Somerville  pub- 
He  and  private  preparatory  schools,  class  of 
1910,  Leland  Stanford  University,  California. 
2.  Robert  Leeds,  born  .\pril  24,  1889,  student 
in  Dartmouth  College,  class  of  19 10.  3. 
George  Arthur,  Jr.,  bom  F'ebruary  i.  i8g7. 


The  name  of  Osgood  was  es- 
OSGOOD     tablished     in     several    counties 

when  the  Domesday  Book  was 
compiled  in  1086.  The  family  was  early  in 
Hampshire  county,  and  in  his  English  re- 
searches Osgood  Field  traces  the  American  an- 
cestry to  Peter  Osgood,  of  Nether  Wallup, 
who  was  assessed  in  1522  and  whose  will  was 
proved  in  1534.  His  son  or  grandson,  Peter 
Osgood,  whose  will  was  dated  January  10, 
1585-86.  proved  February  21,  of  that  year,  was 
buried  January  26,  1585-86,  leaving  a  widow 
Elizabeth,  son  Robert,  mentioned  below,  Rich- 
ard, John,  and  Peter,  a  minor  in  1586;  daugh- 
ters Margaret  and  Elizabeth.  His  widow  was 
buried  July  30,  1598.  The  son,  Robert  Os- 
gCKxl,  was  of  Wherwell,  a  parish  adjoining  the 
Wallops.  Hampshire.  His  will  dated  .-\ugust 
25,  was  proved  November  17,  1630.  In  this 
instrument  he  stvles  himself  of  Cottingsworth 


in  the  parish  of  Wherw^ell.  Cottingsworth  was 
a  farm  of  some  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
and  formerly  was  owned  by  the  Osgoods.  His 
will  mentions  wife  Joan,  youngest  daughter 
Dorcas,  daughter  Mary,  son  Robert  and  son 
Stephen ;  Edward  Abbott,  probably  a  son-in- 
law.  Among  the  list  of  debtors  is  a  John  Os- 
good, doubtless  a  son  who  had  previtausly  had 
his  portion  of  the  estate. 

(I)  John  Osgood,  son  of  Robert  Osgood, 
mentioned  above,  was  born  in  Wherwell, 
Hampshire,  England,  July  23,  1595,  died  in 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  October  24,  165 1. 
His  family  came  over  in  1638  in  the  ship  "Con- 
fidence." He  settled  first  in  Ipswich,  ^Massa- 
chusetts,  but  soon  removed  to  Newbury.  In 
1645  he  iTiade  his  home  at  Andover  and  his 
name  is  second  on  the  list  of  charter  members 
of  the  church,  October  24,  1645.  In  165 1  he 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court.  His  will  was 
made  April  12,  1650,  proved  November  25, 
1 65 1,  in  his  fifty-fourth  year.     He  married  in 

England,  Sarah .  about  1627.    She  died 

April  8,  1667.  Children  :  i.  Sarah,  born  about 
1629,  married,  June  i,  1648,  John  Clements,  of 
Haverhill.  2.  John,  born  about  1630,  men- 
tionetl  below.  3.  Alary,  born  in  England 
about  1633,  married  Henry  Ingalls.  4.  Eliza- 
beth, born  1635-36,  baptized  at  Wherwell,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1636;  married,  October,  1653,  Cap- 
tain John  Brown,  of  Reading,  Massachusetts. 
5.  Stephen,  born  1638.  6.  Hannah,  Iwrn  in 
Andover,  1644,  married.  May  21,  1660,  Samuel 
.\rcher.  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  Archer. 

(II)  John  Osgood,  son  of  John  Osgood 
(O.  w'as  born  in  England,  probably  in  1630, 
and  died  in  Andover,  August  31,  1693.  He 
married  at  Haverhill,  November  15,  1653, 
Mary  Clements.  He  lived  in  Andover  in  the 
house  his  father  left  to  him  and  where  the  first 
recorded  town  meeting  was  held  in  March, 
1656.  He  was  raptain  of  the  military  com- 
pany, often  selectman,  representative  to  the 
general  court  in  1668-69,  1689-90,  and  as  he 
had  been  imprisoned  for  nine  or  ten  days  by 
Sir  Edmund  Andros  without  warrant,  during 
the  opposition  to  his  imposition  of  taxes  in 
August  or  September,  1687,  John  Osgood  was 
very  jxipular  among  his  townsmen  at  Andover. 
He  was  made  sergeant  1658  :  promoted  lieuten- 
ant 1666;  captain  1683.  Selectman  1670-71-72- 
73-7(^-77,  80-81-82.  He  was  inn  holder  in 
1689. 

]\Tary  Clements,  wife  of  John  Osgood,  was 
daughter  of  Mr.  Robert  Clements,  of  Haverhill. 
Her  uncle,  John  Clements,  married  Sarah  Os- 
good, her  husband's  sister.  Her  deposition  states 
that  she  (Marv  Clements)  formerly  lived  in  the 


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city  of  Coventry  in  Warwickshire,  Old  Eng- 
land, and  boarded  in  the  same  house  with  a 
granddaughter  of  a  former  mayor.  She  was 
charged  with  witchcraft  and  frightened  into  a 
confession  when  she  was  examined  at  Salem, 
September  8,  1692.  before  John  Hawthorne 
and  other  "Alajestie's  Justices."  Even  her 
husband  is  recorded  as  believing  that  her  con- 
fession was  true.  Thereupon  she  and  a  num- 
ber of  others  were  indicted  in  January,  1693, 
but  October  i(),  1693.  Mrs.  Osgood  withdrew 
her  confession,  Ix-fore  Air.  Increase  Mather, 
saying  that  she  was  frightened  and  browbeaten 
by  the  examiners,  .\fter  about  four  months  im- 
prisonment at  Salem,  she  and  four  others  were 
released  upon  petition  of  Mr.  Dudley  Brad- 
street  and  other  Andover  people.  Her  death 
is  said  to  have  been  hastened  by  this  dreadful 
experience.  Children:  i.  John,  born  in  And- 
over, September  13,  1654.  2.  Mary,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1656,  married,  July  8,  1680,  John  As- 
lett,  of  Newbury.  3.  Timothy,  August  10, 
1659,  died  September  18,  1748.  4.  Lydia. 
born  at  Andover,  August  10,  1661,  married 
James  Frye.  5.  Peter,  born  at  Andover,  Au- 
gust 30,  1663.  6.  Samuel,  born  March  10, 
1665  ;  mentioned  below.  7.  Sarah,  born  April 
7,  1667,  died  April  22,  1667.  8.  Mehitable, 
born  March  4,  1671,  died  January  14,  1691  ; 
married  Daniel  Poor.  9.  Hannah,  born  Alay 
30.  1674,  died  August  3,  1674.  10.  Sarah, 
born  November  4,  1675,  married  Thomas  Per- 
ley.  II.  Ebenezer,  born  October  4,  1678,  died 
August  18,  1680.  12.  Qement,  born  in  And- 
over. October  12.  1680,  died  November  18, 
1680. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Osgood,  son  of  Captain  John 
Osgood  (2).  was  born  in  Andover,  March  10. 
1665.  died  in  the  spring  of  1717.  Married, 
February  4,  1701-02,  Hannah  Dean,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Dean,  of  Taunton.  She  married 
(second).  November  5,  1724,  James  Pearson. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Andover ;  fence  viewer  in 
1693;  corporal  in  1694  and  selectman  in  1703. 
Children  were  left  minors  at  the  father's  death. 
Children:  I.  Samuel,  born  1702.  married,  No- 
vember 9,  1727,  Mrs.  Hannah  (Osgood)  Bar- 
nard (John,  John.  John  Osgood)  :  no  issue. 
2.  John,  lx)rn  1703,  mentioned  below.  3.  Han- 
nah, born  1704,  married  Obadiah  \\'ood.  4. 
Mary,  born  about  1706,  married,  September 
16.  1730.  Simon  Orne,  son  of  Joshua  Orne,  of 
Marblehead.  5.  James,  born  about  1707-08, 
died  April  6,  1757.  6.  Sarah,  born  about  1709, 
married,  November  24,  1738.  Joseph  Lunt,  of 
Newbury.  7.  Mehitable,  bnrn  1711.  8.  Dean, 
born  July  27,  1714.  married.  December  3,  1736, 
Mary  Harrod  :  he  was  a  hatter  in  Boston  and 


had  sons  Samuel,  Dean  and  John.  9.  Lydia, 
born  October  20,  1716,  died  December  20, 
1736;  married  John  Johnson. 

(IV)  John  C)sgood,  son  or  nephew  of  Sam- 
uel Osgood  (3),  was  born  probably  in  And- 
over in  1703-04.  He  and  his  brothers  seem 
to  have  been  the  only  residents  of  the  name 
early  in  Boston  and  Dorchester.  His  uncle 
settled  at  Salem.  He  probably  came  to  Dor- 
chester soon  after  the  death  of  his  father  in 
1 717.  He  died  at  Stoughton  in  1790,  aged 
eighty-six  or  seven  years.  He  married,  No- 
vember 4,  1729,  Hannah  Mero  or  Merrow, 
also  spelt  Meroh.  She  died  January  7,  1808, 
aged  ninety-seven  years.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Canton  church,  formerly 
Stoughton.  In  1746  he  bought  of  his  wife's 
brothers,  Josiah  and  Hezekiah,  a  fifth  each  of 
property  probably  formerly  their  father's  in 
Stoughton.  John,  or  his  son  John,  had  a  pot- 
ash factory  at  Stoughton.  In  1749  he  sold 
some  of  his  land  to  Robert  Capen,  amounting 
to  sixty  acres,  and  in  1753  he  sold  twenty  acres 
to  John  Baily.  Children,  born  at  Stoughton  : 
I.  Hannah,  born  .August  16,  1730.  2  John, 
Jr.,  born  about  1732,  married,  (intentions  Jan- 
uary 2,)  1755,  Susanna  Horton  at  Canton.  3. 
Samuel,  born  1733.  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Samuel  Osgood,  son  of  John  Osgood. 
Sr.,  (4),  was  born  in  Dorchester  or  Stough- 
ton in  1733,  died  February  10,  1818.  aged 
eighty-five  years.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Crown  Point  Expedition  in  Colonel  Samuel 
Miller's  regiment  until  December  3.  1756.  An- 
other paragraph  of  the  Canton  history  gives 
this  service  as  May.  1756,  to  March,  1757,  at 
Crown  Point,  age  eighteen  (this  may  be  more 
nearly  correct  than  the  age  at  death,  given 
above).  Captain  Nathaniel  Blake's  company. 
Colonel  Jonathan  Bayley's  regiment.  He  was  in 
the  Revolution  from  Stoughton  in  the  company 
of  Captain  Peter  Talbot,  brother  of  his  second 
wife.  This  service  was  at  the  Lexington  Call, 
April  19,  1775.  His  home  in  Stoughton  was 
opposite  the  present  Lhiiversalist  church  green, 
and  is  now  taken  up  with  business  blocks.  His 
son  Hosea  had  his  homestead  after  him.  He 
sold  house  and  seven  acres  of  land  in  1797.  He 
married  (first).  October  16,  1761,  Hannah 
Cushman.  of  Halifax,  Massachusetts,  who  died 
August  24,  1 78 1,  aged  forty-three  years.  He 
married  (second),  April  12,  1782,  Esther  Tal- 
bot, daughter  of  George  and  Elizabetli  Tallxit, 
of  Stoughton.  She  was  born  February  18, 
1757.  They  removed  to  Canton  from  Stough- 
ton, where  she  died  .Xpril  30,  1822,  aged  sixty- 
five.  Children:  I.  Ebenezer,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Samuel,  born  March  18.  1768.  died  1S34. 


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3.  John,  born  June  22,  1778.  Children  of 
Samuel  and  Esther:  4.  Hosea  (twin),  born 
November  25,  1784,  prominent  Free  Mason ; 
married,  September  9,  1810,  Hannah  Battles ; 
son  James  H.  in  Civil  war.  5.  Huldah  (twin), 
born  November  25,  1784,  married,  April  23, 
1818,  Nathaniel  Hunt,  2d.,  of  Randolph.  6. 
Hannah,  mentioned  in  will  of  Grandiriother 
Abbott. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  Osgood,  son  of  Samuel  Os- 
good (s),  was  born  in  Stoughton  or  Canton 
about  1765.  They  resided  in  Stoughton.  He 
married,  August  14,  1786,  Rachel  Swan, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Robert  Swan,  a  very 
prominent  Stoughton  man.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), May  I,  1797,  Mrs.  Sally  Holt,  of  Bos- 
ton ;  child  of  Ebenezer  and  Rachel  Swan : 
Sally,  born  January  4,  1787,  died  April  8,  1846  ; 
married,  November  11,  1804,  John  W.  Mon- 
roe, and  their  children  were :  Mary,  Sally  and 
Charles.  Child  oi  Ebenezer  and  Sally  Holt 
was  Ebenezer,  born  in  1800;  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  Osgood,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Osgood  (6),  was  born  in  1800  at  Boston,  and 
died  there  April  27,  1838.  He  married  Mary 
Currell,  of  a  well-known  family,  probably  from 
Walpole.  Children:  i.  Sarah  A.,  born  April 
22,  1827,  died  February  i,  1907;  married  Sam- 
uel Brintnall ;  children  :  Elizabeth  M.,  married 
George  Clark :  George,  married  Emma  Felton. 
2.  Ebenezer,  born  February  23,  1828,  died 
April,  1828-29.  3-  Joseph  Elbridge,  bom  Au- 
gust 4,  1830,  died  1835.  4.  Ebenezer,  born 
October  28,  1832.  died  January,  1833.  5. 
Amos  Gustavus,  born  January  13,  1835,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Harriet  Melvina,  born  June 
8,  1837,  married  (first),  William  Cutter,  one 
child,  Florence,  married  John  Mack ;  married 
(second),  Joseph  N.  Davis;  Harriet  M.  died 
1902. 

(VIII)  Amos  Gustavus  Osgood,  son  of 
Ebenezer  Osgood  (7),  was  born  in  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  January  13,  1835, 
died  at  Charlestown,  .April  11,  1902.  He  set- 
tled at  Charlestown.  He  married,  July  6,  1856, 
Katharine  Amanda  Cutter,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Fannie  (Dean)  Cutter  (Edward, 
John,  John,  Gershom,  Gershom,  Gershom. 
Richard  Cutter) .  Fanny  Dean  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Locke)  Dean  and 
grand-daughter  of  James  Locke,  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution  in  the  company  of  Captain 
Josiah  Johnson  in  1775,  then  called  of  Wo- 
burn :  fourth  corporal  in  Captain  John  Wal- 
ton's company.  Colonel  Brook's  regiment, 
from  September  2J.  1776.  to  November,  1776, 
and  probably  other  service.     For  the  ancestry 


of  Mary  (Hall)  see  below.  Children  of  Amos 
G.  and  Katharine  A.  Osgood:  i.  Fannie 
Louise,  born  at  Charlestown,  April  22,  1857. 
2.  Hattie,  born  October  11,  1859,  married, 
January  23,  1883,  George  Arthur  Macomber. 
(See  sketch). 

(I)  Ralph  Hall,  immigrant  ancestor,  set- 
tled in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He  sold 
land  there  with  wife  Mary  in  1648.  She  joined 
the  church  at  (Cambridge,  his  widow,  all  her 
children  then  being  adults  in  1658.  Two  of 
her  children,  John  and  Susanna,  joined  the 
church  at  Concord.  She  had  a  grant  of  land 
from  Cambridge  in  1662.  Her  children:  i. 
John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Susanna.  3.  Steph- 
en. 4.  William.  5.  Mary,  married,  February 
26,  1669,  Israel  Meade.  6.  Hannah,  married 
December  27,  1770.  7.  Lydia,  married,  Au- 
gust I,  1677-78. 

(II)  John  Hall,  son  of  "Widow  Mary"  Hall 
(i),  settled  in  Concord  before  1658.  Married, 
1656,  Elizabeth  Green,  of  Cambridge ;  was  of 
Cambridge,  1667  to  1675.  He  bought  land 
at  Medford,  June  27,  1675,  of  Caleb  Hobart. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  September  18. 
1658.  2.  John,  December  13,  1660,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Nathaniel,  July  7, 1666.  4.  Mary,  1668. 
5.  Stephen,  1670.  6.  Percival,  February  11, 
1672.  7.  Susanna.  8.  Jonathan,  1677.  9. 
Sarah,  1679.     10.    Thomas. 

(III)  John  Hall,  son  of  John  Hall  (2),  was 
born  at  Medford,  December  13,  1660.  Mar- 
ried, December  2,  1687,  Jemima  Syll,  of  Cam- 
bridge, who  died  November  14,  1720.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Medford  :  i.  John,  born  Septem- 
ber II,  1689,  died  October  2,  1689.  2.  John, 
September  19,  1690.  3.  William,  June  24, 
1692,  died  October  4,  1694.  4.  William,  No- 
vember I,  1(194.  died  January  3.  1695.  5.  Eliza- 
beth, June  10,  1696.  6.  Andrew,  May  5, 
1698.     7.    Jemima.  October  8,   1700,  married, 

January  14.  1725,  Alden.     8.    Joseph, 

November  30,  1702.  9.  Stephen,  January  19, 
1704:  mentioned  below.  10,  Martha,  .August  30, 
1706. 

(IV)  Stephen  Hall  (called  Jr.  in  records), 
son  of  John  Hall   (3),  was  born  January  19, 

1704.  married  Mary .   Children,  born  at 

Medford:  i.  Willis,  August  20.  1733.  2. 
Stephen,  March  7.  1735,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Aaron,  .April  23.  1737.  4.  Mary,  April  27, 
1730.  5.  Ezekiel.  .April  14,  1741.  6.  Eliza- 
beth, May  15,  1743.  7.  Jane,  .April  ti,  1746. 
8.   Edmund,  July  15.  1749. 

(V)  Stephen  Hall  (called  "the  4th"  in  town 
and  Revolutionar.y  records),  son  of  Stephen 
Hall  (4),  was  born  March  7,  1735.  married 
Marv  Hill.     Tie  was  ensign  in  Captain  Isaac 


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605 


Hall's  company,  Colonel  Thomas  Gardner's 
regiment ;  lieutenant  in  Captain  Caleb  Brook's 
company  (eighth  Medford),  first  Middlesex 
regiment,  commissioned  June  17,  1776;  also 
first  lieutenant  in  Captain  Benjamin  Blaney's 
company,  Colonel  Samuel  Thatcher's  regiment. 
Children:  i.  Stephen,  born  December  22, 
1770.  2.  Marv',  June  22,  1772,  married  John 
Cutter,  mentioned  above.  3.  Elizabeth,  March 
10,  1777.    4.   Zechariah,  December  16,  1778. 


Andrew  Dunning  Linscott, 
LINSCOTT  born  in  ChesterviUe,  Maine, 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers 
in  Wilton,  Maine,  going  there  from  his  native 
town.  He  owned  one  of  the  largest  farms  in 
Wilton,  raising  in  addition  to  the  usual  pro- 
ducts cattle,  sheep  and  horses,  and  as  an 
agriculturist  was  very  successful.  In  connec- 
tion with  farming  he  followed  the  carpenter's 
trade,  and  manufactured  large  quantities  of 
barrels  annuallv.  He  was  strong  and  active 
physically,  derived  much  pleasure  from  ath- 
letic sports,  especially  wrestling,  in  which  he 
excelled,  and  was  an  earnest  advocate  of  total 
abstinence  from  intoxicating  liquors.  In  his 
younger  davs  he  served  in  the  militia.  Politi- 
cally he  supported  the  Whig  party,  and  in  his 
religious  belief  he  was  a  Lhiitarian.  He  died 
September  2,  1838,  respected  and  lamented 
b\-  his  fellow  townsmen.  His  wife,  whom  he 
married  in  Wilton  or  the  immediate  vicinity, 
in  1808,  was  l)efore  marriage  Polly  Cheney, 
of  Dunstable,  Massachusetts,  born  February 
18,  1788,  died  February  16,  1861,  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Abigail  (Blodgett)  Cheney,  the 
former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  and  Abigail's  parents  were 
Josiah  and  Jemima  (Nutting)  Blodgett  of 
Dunstable.  Mrs.  Polly  Linscott  became  the 
mother  of  nine  children:  i.  Newton,  born 
February  26,  1809,  married,  and  had  a  fam- 
ily of  four  children.  2.  Andrew,  born  August 
10,  1810, "married  a  Miss  Butterfield,  and  his 
son  Andrew  is  now  residing  in  Jay,  Maine.  3. 
Abby,  born  December  17,  1812,  became  the 
wife  of  Benjamin  Kendall.  4.  John,  born 
April  30,  181 5.  5.  Jacob,  born  September  8, 
1817.  6.  Josiah.  born  August  3.  1820,  mar- 
ried Mary  Small,  who  is  now  residing  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  7.  Charles,  born 
.August  I,  1824.  8.  Dorcas,  born  March  8, 
1827,  became  the  wife  of  George  Holt,  and 
their  son  Clarence  is  now  residing  in  New 
York  City.  9.  Daniel  B.,  born  March  26. 
1831,  died  in  childhood. 
Jacob    Linscott,   born   September   8,    1817, 


fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of  Andrew  D. 
and  Polly  (Cheney)  Linscott.  was  hum  ni  jay, 
or  Wilton,  September  8,  1817.  He  spent  his 
boyhood  and  youth  at  the  homestead,  attend- 
ing the  district  school  wiiUers,  and  assisting" 
his  father  upon  the  farm  during  the  rest  of 
the  year,  and  when  a  young  man  learned  the 
blacksmith's  trade.  Shortly  after  his  mar- 
riage lie  came  to  Massachusetts,  going  first 
to  Burlington  and  establishing  himself  as  a 
blacksmith  in  the  centre  of  the  town.  A  few 
years  later,  however,  he  decided  to  change 
his  calling,  and  removing  to  Woburn  he 
learned  the  shoemaker's  trade.  Entering  the 
employ  of  Messrs.  Nichols  &  Winn,  shoe 
manufacturers,  he  followed  his  trade  as  ■  a 
journeyman  in  their  factory  until  about  i860, 
when  he  was  given  a  position  in  the  stoek  de- 
partment, and  he  remained  there  some  ten 
years.  About  1871  his  services  were  secured 
by  Daniel  Bond,  and  he  continued  in  the  lat- 
ter's  employ  as  a  leather  trimmer  until  about 
1886,  when  he  retired.  He  thenceforward  re- 
sided with  his  son,  Andrew  R.  Linscott,  on 
Poole  street,  and  his  death  occurred  in  1903. 
Both  in  stature  and  disposition  he  resembled 
his  father,  being  jovial,  kind-hearted,  honest 
and  sympathetic:  was  strictly  temperate  and 
exceedingly  fond  of  children.  In  politics  he 
was  originally  a  Whig,  but  readily  accepted 
the  principles  of  the  Republican  party  at  its 
formation,  and  rendered  his  share  of  public 
service  by  serving  upon  the  school  board.  His 
views  in  religious  matters  were  broad  and  op- 
timistic, and  he  united  with  the  Unitarian 
church.  He  married  Lucy  Ann  Ross,  who 
was  born  in  181 1,  and  died  in  May,  1894.  She 
was  the  mother  of  two  children,  Andrew,  who 
died  in  childhood;  and  Andrew  Roscoe. 

Andrew  Roscoe  Linscott,  youngest  son  of 
Jacob  and  Lucy  (Ross)  Linscott,  was  born  in 
Wiltou,  March  6,  1844.  At  the  age  of  six 
vears  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Woburn, 
where  he  acquired  his  education,  and  when 
leaving  the  high  school  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Messrs.  Nichols  &  Winn  as  a  clerk 
in  their  general  store  at  North  Woburn.  In 
August,  1862,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  K,  Thirty-nintii  Regiment  Massa- 
chusetts Volunteer  Infantry,  for  service  in 
the  civil  war.  LTpon  reaching  Washin,gton 
the  regiment  was  quartered  at  Arling- 
ton Heights,  and  for  a  time  was  em- 
ployed in  picket  duty  along  the  Potomac 
river,  going  into  winter  quarters  in  December 
at  Pooleville,  Maryland.  The  following  spring 
it  was  ordered  to  provost  duty  at  the  capitol, 
whence  in  July,  1863,  just  after  the  battle  of 


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Gettysburg,  it  joined  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
iiiac  under  General  Meade,  first  forming  a 
part  of  the  I'irst  Corps,  and  later  being  trans- 
ferred to  the  Vilth  Corps.  Once  in  the  field, 
the  Thirty-ninth  had  ample  opportunities  to 
display  its  h.jtal,  as  it  was  called  into  action 
in  the  Wilderness,  and  subsequently  at 
Spottsylvania.  North  Ann  River,  Cold  Har- 
bor, Pete.sburg,  and  the  Weldon  Railroad, 
and  in  each  of  these  encounters  rendered  able 
and  meritorious  service.  In  October,  1864, 
Air.  Linscott  was  detailed  from  the  ranks  as 
i.  suing  clerk  in  the  commissary  department 
of  the  Second  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Fi£th 
Army  Corps,  and  served  as  such  until  hon- 
orably discharged  in  July,   1865. 

Upon  returning  from  the  army  he  resumed 
his  position  with  the  Xichols  &  Winn  Com- 
pany at  Xorth  Woburn.  but  in  1866  he  turned 
his  attention  to  educational  pursuits,  entering 
the  service  of  the  (then)  town  of  Woburn  as 
schoolmaster,  and  for  forty  years  he  was  ac- 
tively identified  with  the  Woburn  public 
schools,  teaching  at  intervals  in  the  Rumford, 
the  Central  Grammar  and  the  Cummings 
schools,  and  at  length  was  chosen  principal  of 
the  Rumford  school.  There  he  continued  to 
labor  until  ill  health  compelled  him  to  resign 
in  1906,  and  he  not  only  retired  with  the  repu- 
tation of  being  a  most  able  and  faithful  instruc- 
tor. Init  carried  with  him  the  esteem  and  gCHxl 
will  of  his  subordinates,  and  the  sincere 
respect  of  the  thousands  who  have  profited 
by  his  instructions.  Mr.  Linscott  occupies 
a  comfortable  residence  at  No.  2  Poole 
street.  North  Woburn,  which  he  inherited 
from  his  father.  Politically  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  in  addition  to  serving  as  a 
delegate  to  various  conventions  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  aldermen  in  1899  and  1900, 
and  is  on  the  cemetery  commission,  and  was 
elected  to  the  state  legislature  in  1906,  being 
assigned  to  the  house  committee  on  public  edu- 
cation. A  Unitarian  in  his  religious  belief,  he 
was  for  twenty-five  years  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school,  and  formerly  served  upon  the 
parish  committee.  He  is  a  member  and  past 
chaplain  of  Mount  Horeb  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  .\ccepted  ]\Tasons ;  is  at  the  present 
time  serving  as  chaplain  of  Rurbank  Post  No. 
33,  Grand  .\rmy  of  the  Republic :  is  secretary 
of  the  Rumford  Historical  .^ssociation  of  North 
Woburn,  and  a  life  member  of  the  National 
Unitarian    .'\s.sociation. 

On  July  3,  1867,  Mr.  Linscott  was  joined 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Hall  Ryder,  born 
in  Annapolis.  Nova  Scotia.  July  20.  1844. 
daughter  of  .\mos  and  Ann  (Hall)  Ryder,  of 


that  town.  Mrs.  Linscott  died  July  19,  1891. 
She  was  the  mother  of  six  children:  i.  Percy 
William,  born  July  22,  1868;  married  (first), 
Stenia  Jane  Levers,  of  North  Woburn ;  (sec- 
ond), Grace  Bond,  of  Woburn,  in  1904,  and 
has  one  son,  Daniel  Bond.  2.  Arthur  Hall, 
who  is  referred  to  at  length  in  the  succeeding 
paragraph.  3.  Alice  Ross,  born  March  31, 
1874,  became  the  wife  of  Eugene  Warren 
Poole,  of  Woburn,  in  1894,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren, Allen  Linscott,  born  September  6,  1895, 
and  Mary  Linscott,  born  May  9,  1906.  4.  Louis 
Roscoe,  born  December  21,  1876;  married  in 
1902  to  Katherine  Bennett,  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, and  has  two  children :  Dorothy  Bennett, 
torn  in  1903,  and  Virginia,  born  in  1907.  5. 
Harry  DeLuce,  born  February  22,  1881  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  Josephine  Riley,  of  North  Woburn, 
in  1905.  6.  Robert  Newton,  born  Mav  i, 
1886. 

Arthur  Hall  Linscott,  second  child  of  An- 
drew R.  and  Mary  H.  (Ryder)  Linscott,  was 
born  in  Woburn.  February  16,  1871.  He  con- 
cluded his  attendance  at  the  W^oburn  high 
school  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  working  in 
the  Woburn  Library  during  his  leisure  hours 
while  still  a  pupil,  and  at  the  completion  of 
his  studies  he  became  an  office  assistant  for 
the  J.  B.  Lewis  Company,  a  wholesale  shoe 
house  in  Boston.  Two  years  later  he  was 
ad\'anced  to  the  position  of  traveling  sales- 
man, which  he  retained  for  fifteen  years,  and 
was  very  successful.  In  1903  he  established 
himself  in  business  at  North  Woburn  as  a 
manufacturer  of  leather  heels,  originating  the 
now  well-known  trademark  "Honest  Heels  for 
Honest  Shoes,"  and  in  order  to  develop  the  en- 
terprise, thereby  exending  the  trade,  a  corpora- 
tion was  formed  in  1906,  under  the  laws  of 
Ma  sachusetts,  with  Mr.  Linscott  as  president 
and  treasurer.  The  capacity  of  the  Ward 
street  plant  was  largely  increased,  as  was  al- 
so the  working  force,  and  as  the  volume  of 
trade  has  already  expanded  into  large  propor- 
tions, the  success  of  this  new  addition  to  Wo- 
burn's  industrial  establishments  is  assured. 
.\t  the  present  time  the  concern  is  making  a 
specialty  of  high  grade  heels  for  women's  and 
misses'  shoes,  and  its  products  find  a  ready 
market  in  the  various  shoe  centres  through- 
out the  Lnited  States. 

For  the  years  1903  and  '04  Mr.  Lins- 
cott was  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen, 
served  on  the  school  board  in  1905,  and  in 
1906  was  chosen  mayor  of  the  city,  being  the 
first  successful  Republican  candidate  for  that 
office  in  seven  years.  During  his  adminis- 
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projected  and  completed,  notably  the  new- 
high  school  edifice,  the  new  Central  Square 
fire  station,  and  the  Jonathan  Thompson  Me- 
morial Library  building  at  North  Woburn. 
His  popularity  as  chief  magistrate  of  the  city 
was  so  universal  that  at  conclusion  of  his 
term  of  office  he  was  solicited  by  influential 
citizens  irrespective  of  party  to  accept  a  re- 
nomination,  but  business  pressure  compelled 
him  to  decline.  In  1907  he  resumed  his 
former  seat  upon  the  school  board.  He  is  a 
member  of  iNIount  Horeb  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  Woburn 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  also  of  the  To- 
wanda  Club,  and  was  formerly  a  mendaer  of 
the  Aleshawun  Club.  He  is  secretary  of  the 
L'nited  Heel  Manufacturers'  Association  and 
a  director  of  the  Woburn  Co-operative  Bank. 
His  religious  affiliations  are  with  the  Unitar- 
ian church.  He  is  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school,  and  is  at  present  serving  on  the 
parish  conmiittee.  He  occupies  a  handsome 
residence  on  W'ard  street. 

January  i,  1900,  Mr.  Linscott  married 
Gertrude  De^Forest  Smith,  born  February  18, 
1878,  daughter  of  Louis  L.  and  Abbie  Winn 
(Tidd)  Smith.  Her  father,  who  was  a  shoe 
merchant  in  Boston,  having  died,  her  mother 
married  for  her  second  husband  a  Mr.  Wat- 
son, and  she  assumed  the  latter  name.  Mrs. 
Linscott  is  a  descendant  of  John  Tidd,  who 
came  from  Yarmouth,  England,  in  1637.  and 
was  one  of  the  original  settlers  in  Woburn, 
where  he  died  April  24,  1657.  His  first  wife, 
Margaret,  who  accompanied  him  from  Eng- 
land, died  in  165 1,  and  by  his  will  it  appears 
that  he  had  a  second  wife,  .\lice.  The  Wo- 
Inirn  Tidds  are  descended  from  him  through 
his  only  son,  John  Tidd,  who  was  born  in 
England.  Mir.  and  Mrs.  Linscott  have  two 
children,  Mildred,  born  November  16.  1900; 
and  Mary  Ryder,  born  January  8,  1902. 


John  Tidd,  of  Charlestown  and 
TIDD     "Woburn,     Massachusetts,    died    at 

Woburn,  April  24,  1657 ;  his  first 
wife  Margaret,  died  at  Woburn  in  1651  ;  he 
married      (second),     date     unknown,      Alice 

,  who  married  at  Cambridge,  June  11, 

1657,  William  Mann.  He  was  sergeant  of  the 
military  contingent  of  Woburn  in  1646,  the 
first  citizen  of  Woburn  named  by  military  title 
in  the  records.  After  careful  consideration  the 
compilers  of  this  sketch  have  come  to  the  con- 
clusion that  it  is  difficult  for  them  to  decide 
what  is  true  or  what  is  false  in  much  that  has 
been  stated  by  different  writers  concerning  the 


early  history  of  the  first  John  Tidd  who  came 
an  immigrant  undoubtedly  from  England  and 
settled  in  this  country  after  1630.  The  diffi- 
culty seems  to  arise  from  the  different  spell- 
ings of  this  short  name  of  four  letters.  For 
example,  there  is  Tead,  Teed,  Tedd.  and  Todd, 
items  concerning  different  individuals  of  these 
names  being  easily  confounded  with  Tidd  or 
with  names  of  similar  lengths  or  likeness.  We 
are  willing  to  accept  the  fact  that  this  John 
Tidd  came  to  Charlestown  where  he  was  an 
inhabitant  in  1637,  admitted  to  tiie  church 
there  1639,  and  soon  afterwards  a  resident  of 
Woburn.  This  appears  to  be  so  from  the  fact 
that  he  was  allowed  to  buy  Thomas  Moulton's 
old  house,  and  had  liberty  to  sell  house  to 
Nathaniel  Hadlock,  1638.  He  owned  eight  lots 
in  Charlestown  limits,  according  to  Book  of 
Possessions,  1638,  the  sixth  of  which  was 
twenty-five  acres  at  Waterfield.  or  in  the  part 
now  Woburn.  He  also  owned  twenty  acres  in 
West  Rockfield,  also  in  present  Woburn.  In 
his  will  he  styles  himself  a  tailor.  "John  Dane's 
Relation''  (a  sort  of  tract  giving  an  account  of 
Dane's  spiritual  and  temporal  experience 
during  his  lifetime)  mentions  incidentally  a 
John  Tidd,  a  tailor,  from  Hartford,  Old  Eng- 
land, who  may  be  the  same.  In  Woburn 
there  was  a  lot  near  the  common  called  the 
Tidd  lot,  which  received  its  name  from  him. 
On  this  lot  now  stands  the  edifice  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church.  The  quotation 
from  "Dane's  Narrative"  is,  in  part,  as  fol- 
lows :  "I  now  being  at  Hartford  (Hertford, 
Hartford?)  I  then  wrought  with  Mr.  Tead 
that  (now)  lives  at  Charlestowne  (Charles- 
town, Massachusetts).  He  was  a  young  man 
then.  He  and  I  was  going,"  etc.  Dane  died 
at  Ipswich.  September  29,  1684,  and  wrote  his 
"Narrative"  in  1682.  This  leaves  it  still  un- 
certain whether  the  John  Tidd  then  of 
Charlestown  was  the  John  Tidd  who  settled 
in  Woburn  and  died  there  in  1657.  Children: 
I.  John,  see  forward;    2.  Samuel,  died   165 1, 

married   Sarah  ;  had  daughter.   Eliza, 

born  May,  1642.  3.  Elizabeth,  married  June  13, 
1642.  Thomas  Fuller,  of  Woburn.  4.  Mary, 
married  December  24,  1644,  Francis  Kendall, 
of  Woburn.  5.  Hannah,  married  W^illiam 
Savell,  of  Braintree. 

(II)  John  Tidd,  son  of  John  Tidd  (i)  died 
at  Cambridge  Farms,  now  Lexington,  .\pril 
'3-  I703'  aged  seventy-eight  years;  married 
at  Woburn,  April  14,  1650,  Rebecca  Wood,  of 
Woburn;  she  died  at  Lexington,  January  10, 
1717,  aged  ninety-two  years.  This  John  Tidd 
after  his  marriage  resided  for  a  time  in  Wo- 
burn, and     in    1686.     moved    to    Cambridge 


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Farms,  or  the  present  tuwn  of  Lexington 
where  by  gift  from  the  proprietors  of  Cam- 
bridge and  by  purchase  of  several  individuals 
he  acquired  a  large  amount  of  real  estate,  fiis 
homestead  there  was  probably  bought  of 
David  Fiske  on  June  i,  1686.  and  the  proper- 
ty remained  in  the  hands  of  his  descendants 
almost  to  (if  not  toj  the  present  day.  It  was 
a  lot  of  forty  acres.  Children:  i.  Han- 
nah, born  September  21,  1652;  married,  De- 
cember I,  1674,  Joseph  Smith,  of  Watertown. 
2.  John,  born  February  26,  1654-5  ;  see  for- 
ward. 3.  Mary,  born  November  13,  1656; 
married  March  7,  1680-1 ;  Joseph  Simonds, 
of  Lexington.  4.  Samuel,  born  January  16, 
1658-9,  died  at  Lexington,  May  9,  1699,  un- 
married.    5.  Joseph,  born  January  18,  1660- 

1,  died  February  i,  1 660-1.     6.  Joseph,  born 

January  20,  1661-2,  married  (first),  Mary 

who  died  January  23,  1694;  married  (second) 
Mary  ,  who  died  January  9,  17 18;  mar- 
ried (third)  Mary  ,  who  died  January  4, 

1734.  He  resided  at  Lexington.  7.  Daniel, 
married  December  21,  1694,  Lydia  Carley,  of 
Cambridge.  8.  Rebecca,  married  November 
II,  1685,  Thomas  Blodgett,  of  Woburn  and 
Lexington. 

(Ill)  John  Tidd,  son  of  John  Tidd  (2), 
born  at  Woburn,  February  26,  1654-5,  died 
there  August  3,  1743;  married  June  12,  1678, 
Elizabeth  Fifield.  born  September  7,  1657, 
died  at  Woburn,  October  6,  1732,  daughter 
of  William  and  Mary  Fifield,  of  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire,  John  Tidd  served  in  King 
Philip's  war,  1675  and  '76,  first  in  the  garri- 
son at  Groton;  second  under  Lieutenant  Ed- 
ward Oakes,  in  Captain  Thomas  Prentice's 
troop,  June,  1676.  It  was  he  who  was  ser- 
geant in  the  Woburn  militia  from  1694  to 
1737.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1679;  married  September  24,  1701, 
Joseph   Stephens.     2.  John,  born   November 

2,  1681;  married  November  6,  1729,  Abigail 
Gould,  of  Stoneham.  3.  Joseph,  born  March 
8,  1684,  married  November  22,  1732,  Martha 
Pierce,  of  Woburn.  4.  Rebecca,  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1687,  died  May  21,  1738.  5.  Mary, 
born  April  25,  1690.  6.  Ebenezer,  born  Au- 
gust 31,  1693,  see  forward. 

(TV)  Ebenezer  Tidd,  son  of  John  Tidd  (3), 
born  at  Woburn  August  31,  1693,  died  there, 
August  t8,  1725;  married  Martha  Wyman, 
born  October  13,  1695,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Elizabeth  (Richardson)  Wyman,  of  Wo- 
burn; she  married  (second)  March  23,  1731, 
Major  Joseph  Richardson,  of  Woburn.  On 
August  30,  1717,  Ebenezer  Tidd  and  Edward 
Winn   were   chosen   guagers;   the    notice    of 


which  appointment  is  preserved  in  the  Wo- 
burn Public  Library,  (Wyman  Coll.  Mss. 
1 :59.  Children :  i.  Samuel,  born  August 
20,  1716;  married  (first),  September  14,  1738, 
Phebe  Sawyer,  of  Woburn,  who  died  Novem- 
ber 18,  1765;  married  (second),  December  28, 
1769  Lucy  (Fowle)  Gardner,  of  Woburn.  2. 
Ebenezer,  born  September  24,  1718,  married 
(first).  May  8,  1744,  Elizabeth  Faulkner,  of 
Medford,  who  died  May  19,  1752;  and  mar- 
ried (second),  January  i,  1755,  Lucy  Polly, 
of  Medford.  3.  Jonathan,  born  November  7, 
1724,  see  forward. 

(\')  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Tidd,  son  of 
Ebenezer  Tidd  (4),  born  at  Woburn,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1724,  died  there  August  16,  1785;  mar- 
ried at  Boston,  January  29,  1747,  Serviah 
Baker,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Baker, 
of  Woburn;  she  died  his  widow.  May  8,  1791, 
aged  sixty-four  years.  In  1750  Samuel  Bak- 
er Sr.,  in  a  will  of  that  date,  has  a  paragraph 
to  this  effect:  "Item.  To  my  grandson-in-law 
Jonathan  Tidd  that  now  liveth  in  my  house 

"  ■'  *  I  give  and  bequeath  all  and  sing- 
ular my  housing  and  lands  *  *  *  with 
my  movable  estate."  Previously  on  Decem- 
ber 12,  1748,  Samuel  Baker,  yeoman,  sold  for 
£700  one-half  of  his  lands  in  Wilmington  and 
Woburn  to  the  said  Jonathan  Tidd  of  Wo- 
burn, currier.  This  is  the  earliest  mention 
that  the  compilers  have  found  of  the  occupa- 
tion of  this  the  first  most  important  currier 
car  leather  dresser  known  in  the  annals  of 
Woburn.  There  had  been  others  like  the  first 
members  of  the  Wyman  family  who  had  been 
previously  engaged  on  a  smaller  scale  in  this 
Inisiness  in  Woburn,  but  to  Jonathan  Tidd 
belongs  the  honor  of  starting  the  trade  which 
has  had  such  an  extensive  vogue  in  Woburn 
as  to  give  the  city  a  national  as  well  as  a 
w^orld-wide  reputation. 

Pie  was  a  man  of  such  account  that  he  early 
became  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia  company 
located  in  that  part  of  Woburn  known  as  the 
second  parish  of  the  town,  now  belonging  ter- 
ritorily  to  the  town  of  Burlington,  to  which 
district  the  estate  of  Jonathan  Tidd  was  at- 
tached. He  was  therefore  during  the  period 
of  the  revolutionary  war  first  lieutenant  of 
Walker's  company  of  the  Second  Precinct, 
and  as  such  was  present  with  that  command 
in  the  battle  of  Lexington  and  Concord, 
.\pril  19.  1775,  and  rendered  service  of  ten 
davs  at  that  time.  The  members  of  this  com- 
pany being  largely  called  into  service  in  other 
conimands  at  the  front,  we  find,  perhaps  from 
his  age  or  the -manufacture  of  leather  or  for 
some  other  cause  now  unknown,  that  on  Mav 


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13,  1775,  he  was  listed  on  a  roll  as  lieutenant 
of  the  third  foot  company  in  Woburn  under 
the  command  of  Captain  Timothy  Winn.  In 
March  and  also  again  in  July,  1776,  his  name 
was  entered  in  the  alarm  list  of  Walker's 
Company,  in  which  officers  who  had  already 
rendered  active  service  previously  were  en- 
rolled. His  militia  service  did  not  end  then, 
for  he  was  lieutenant  still  of  Walker's  com- 
pany in  1780,  actively  so,  and  again  on  the 
alarm  list  in  1781.  He  was  drafted  m  Au- 
gust, 1777,  for  the  service  in  the  northward 
army  against  Burgoyne  and  provided  a  sub- 
stitute. The  above  was  his  most  important 
military  service,  but  previously  to  the  revolu- 
tion we  ought  to  remark  that  he  held  the  of- 
fice of  ensign  or  color  bearer  of  infantry, 
ranking  equivalently  with  that  of  second  lieu- 
tenant, from  tlie  year  1762  to  1773,  and  as 
lieutenant,  ranking  as  at  present  as  first  lieu- 
tenant, in  the  same  army,  in  1774.  His  funeral 
occurred  August  17,  1785,  the  day  following 
his  death,  .^mong  the  real  estate  he  left 
there  was  listed  as  late  as  October  i,  1793,  a 
tan  house,  currier's  shop  and  an  old  chaise 
house.  This  property  was  located  on  the 
corner  of  Ward  and  Pearl  street,  in  present 
North  Woburn.  Children:  i.  Serviah,  born 
February  10,  1748;  married,  April  18,  1769, 
Jonathan  Fix,  of  Woburn.  2.  Hannah,  born 
February  17,  1749;  married  November  6, 
1769,  John  Feagg,  of  Woburn.  3.  Lucy, 
born  April  18,  1751;  married  May  12,  1779, 
Benjamin  Tidd,  of  Woburn.  4.  Azubah, 
born  June  2-j ,  1733;  married  March  18,  1773, 
John  Eames  Jr.,  of  Wilmington.  5.  Mary, 
born  August  or  iNlarch  3,  1755;  married 
March  9,  1773,  .\sahel  Simonds,  of  Woburn. 
6.  Jonathan,  born  .August  3.  1757;  see  for- 
ward. 7.  Samuel,  born  December  7,  1759; 
married  May  24,  1781,  Ruhannah  Richard- 
son, of  Woburn.  8.  Martha,  born  January  7, 
1762;  married  March  22.  1780,  Josiah  Con- 
verse, of  Woburn.  9.  Ebenezer,  born  Janu- 
ary 17,  1764:  married  April  27,  1807,  Han- 
nah Thompson,  of  Woburn;  resided  at 
Charlestown,  New  Hampshire.  10.  Comfort, 
born  .\pril  3,  1766;  married  (first),  August 
18,  1791,  Jesse  Tay,  of  Woburn;  married 
(second),  November  5,  1809,  Benjamin  Ni- 
chols, of  Bedford,  New  Hampshire.  11.  Ja- 
cob, born  January  10,  1768;  married  Novem- 
ber 16,  1795,  Deborah  Wright.  12.  Susanna, 
born  October  6,  1770;  married.  February  3, 
1791.  Jes?e  Barnard.  re=ided  at  Harvard, 
Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Jonathan    Tidd,    son    of    Lieutenant 
Jonathan  Tidd  (5),  born  at  Woburn,  .August 

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3,  1757,  died  there,  February  17,  1842,  aged 
eighty-four  years;  married  (Jctober  19,  1780, 
Rhoda  Thompson,  born  November  5,  1763. 
died  January  15,  1836,  aged  seventy-two 
years  two  months  and  ten  days,  daughter  of 
-\bijah  and  Abfgail  (Wyman)  Thompson,  of 
Woburn.  This  Jonathan  Tidd  was  a  pen- 
sioner for  revolutionary  or  military  service  in 
1840,  at  that  time  aged  eighty-four,  and  resid- 
ing with  his  son  William  Tidd.  With  his 
father  he  was  also  a  member  of  Walker's 
company  in  1775,  and  his  name  appears  on 
the  roll  of  the  same  company  as  late  as  1780 
and  1782.  He  was  a  private  for  nine  days 
service  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Lexington, 
in  the  same  company;  a  private  in  Captain 
Timothy  Winn's  (third  foot  company)  Mav 
'3'  1775;  a  private  (enlisted  May  7,  1775)  in 
Captain  John  ^Vood's  (Woburn)  company, 
Colonel  Loammi  Baldwin's  regiment,  in  ac- 
tive service  on  .-August  i,  1775.  He  was 
drafted  for  Canada  from  Walker's  company, 
July  5,  1776,  and  was  reported  as  serving  in 
the  present  expedition  to  Canada,  five  months 
July  26,  1776.  He  was  elected  fourth  cor- 
poral (if  Walker's  company  when  at  home, 
l--ebruary  12,  1777,  and  was  detailed  from 
Walker's  company  for  two  months  guarding 
stores  at  Cambridge  under  Lieutenant  Jo- 
seph Johnson,  of  Woburn,  from  September  1, 
1777.  He  appears  at  times  to  be  sickly,  and 
the  records  show  that  he  was  sick  and  ab- 
sent from  his  company  and  probably  at  home 
on  .August  10,  1775,  and  again  on  December 
31,  1776,  when  Marrett,  the  second  precinct 
minister,  placed  in  his  almanac  the  entr\; 
"visited  Jonathan  Tidd,  jr.,  being  sick."  He 
was  lieutenant  of  the  militia  in  Woburn  be- 
tween the  years  1792  and  1816.  He  was  for 
a  long  period  called  Jonathan  i  idd  junior. 
He  was  engaged  like  his  fatiier  in  the  tanning 
and  currying  business  at  North  Woburn.  and 
his  estate  there  is  scheduled  in  the  famous 
list  of  Woburn  estates  in  the  year  1798.  He 
was  one  of  the  last  survivors  of  the  revolu- 
tionary soldiers  of  Woburn.  Children:  i. 
Jonathan,  born  December  15,  1781,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Nabby  (or  Abigail),  born  June  16, 
1787,  died  December  16,  1854,  aged  sixtv- 
seven  years  and  six  months;  married  Septem- 
ber I,  1807,  Stephen  Nichols,  of  Woburn, 
who  December  16,  1854,  was  aged  sixty-eight 
\  ears  and  seven  months.  3.  Child,  buri,>l 
January  ti.  1790.  4.  William,  born  .\pril  12, 
1792,  died  February  13.  1874.  aged  eighty- 
one  years  and  ten  months;  married  (first) 
May  13,  1813,  Rosanna  Bnckman,  who  died 
May   19.   1816.  aged  twenty-one  years;  mar- 


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ried  (second),  Luthera  Bond,  who  died  May 
21,  1876,  aged  eighty-one  years  eight  months 
and  six  days.  5.  I'Vanklin,  died  December 
26,  1798,  aged  three  years.  6.  Mary  Thomp- 
son, born  ]<'ebruary  17,  1806,  died  October 
15,  1878,  aged  seventy-two  years  and  eight 
months;  married  May  6,  1824,  Joseph  Eaton, 
who  died  September  i.  1878,  aged  eighty-two 
years  eight  months  and  seventeen  days. 

(VII)  Jonathan  Tidd,  son  of  Jonathan 
Tidd  (6),  born  at  Woburn,  December  15, 
1781,  died  there,  April  19,  1830;  married  Jan- 
uary 29,  1806,  Cynthia  Eames,  born  at  Wo- 
burn, October  7,  1782,  died  there  August  25. 
1872,  aged  eighty-nine  years  and  eleven 
months,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Thompson)  Eames.  He  resided  at  North 
Woburn  on  the  estate  of  his  ancestors.  He 
was  a  man  of  unique  and  unusual  ability, 
and  an  odd  literary  composition  of  his  on  a 
political  subject,  in  the  form  of  two  letters  to 
Colonel  John  Wade,  a  noted  leader  after- 
wards of  the  Jacksonian  Democratic  party, 
under  dates  of  February  19,  and  March  30, 
1829,  is  extant.  But  his  powers  of  locomo- 
tion were  sadly  impaired  by  an  accident 
which  made  him  famous,  for  on  July  14,  1807, 
in  the  fall  of  the  house  frame  of  Major  Clapp, 
in  \\'oburn,  in  which  four  persons  were  killed 
and  thirty  or  forty  severely  injured.  He  sus- 
tained a  severe  injury  of  the  spine  and  also 
a  fractured  rib.  He  survived,  to  the  wonder 
of  everybody  at  that  time,  though  he  was 
never  able  to  walk  readily  afterwards.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Cynthia,  born  May  17,  1807,  died 
July  26,  1834:  married  October  2J .  1833,  Jo- 
seph P.  Howard,  who  died  July  8,  1876,  aged 
seventy-four  vears.  2.  Jonathan,  born  C)cto- 
ber  18,  1808,  see  forward.  3.  Lydia,  born 
May  I,  1810,  died  August  21,  1878;  married 
October,  183 1,  Charles  Bond,  who  died  No- 
vember 21,  1878.  4.  Franklin,  born  October 
6,  1813,  died  January  2,  1837.  5.  Alfred, 
born  December  11,  1815,  died  May  27,  1821. 
6.  Daniel,  born  December  29,  181 7,  died  No- 
vember I,  1867,  aged  forty-nine  years  and 
eleven  months.  7.  Marshall,  born  January 
14,  1820,  died  May  n.  1904,  aged  eighty-four 
years,  three  months  and  twenty-eight  days; 
married  June  16,  1846,  Sarah  B.  Hitchcock, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sallie  (Bond)  Hitch- 
cock, of  Claremont.  New  Hampshire.  She 
died  May  7,  1895,  aged  seventy-two  years 
nine  months  and  twenty-four  days.  8. 
Rhoda.  born  March  14,  1822,  died  August 
14,  1898:  married  (first),  December  5,  1844, 
William  P.  Reed,  who  died  February  10,  1865, 
aged  forty-six  years  and  eight  months;  mar- 


ried (second)  October  31,  1872,  Charles  W. 
(ireeley.  9.  Alfred,  born  October  26,  1825, 
died  February  7,  1907,  aged  eighty-three 
years  three  months  and  twelve  days. 

(Vni)  Jonathan  Tidd,  son  of  Jonathan 
Tidd  (7),  born  at  Woburn,  October  18,  1808, 
died  there  June  2j,  1892,  aged  eighty-three 
years  eight  months  and  nine  days;  married 
June,  1836,  Sally  Johnson  Tay,  born  June  25, 
1814.  died  December  17,  1841,  aged  twenty- 
seven  years  and  six  months,  daughter  of  Jo- 
siah  and  Susanna  fjohnson)  Tay.  Married 
(second),  at  Claremont,  New  Hampshire,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1842,  Harriet  De  Forest  Hitchcock, 
born  at  Claremont,  August  9,  18 18,  died  at 
Woburn,  January  10,  1870,  aged  fifty-one 
years  five  months  and  one  day,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sally  (Bond)  Hitchcock. 

Jonathan  Tidd  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Woburn,  and  when  old  enough 
entered  the  trade  of  his  father  and  grand- 
father and  followed  it  with  success  through- 
out his  life.  He  was  a  man  of  more  than  us- 
ual intelligence,  possessed  of  great  natural 
shrewdness,  and,  with  an  iron  constitution 
and  an  indomitable  will,  was  enabled  fortu- 
nately to  carry  out  an\'  undertaking  which  he 
attempted  to  accomplish.  Unfortunately,  as 
a  boy  he  was  thrown  on  his  own  resources 
by  his  father's  having  been  crippled  for  life 
in  the  terrible  accident  which  we  have  de- 
scribed in  this  sketch  under  his  name,  and 
without  any  favorable  opportunities  for  edu- 
cation such  as  his  mental  equipment  and 
natural  endowments  tleserved,  was  forced  to 
begin  life  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder.  He 
fought  his  way  upward,  became  one  of  the 
most  prominent  and  wealthiest  citizens  in  that 
part  of  Woburn  in  which  he  was  born.  The 
house  in  which  he  lived  all  his  life  was  his 
birthplace,  and  is  still  preserved  in  excellent 
condition.  In  company  with  his  neighbor 
and  brother-in-law  Charles  Bond,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Bond  &  Tidd,  he  did  business 
for  many  years  as  one  of  the  best  known 
leather  manufacturers  of  Woburn,  and  in  the 
financial  panic  of  1857  this  concern  was  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  strongest  in  the  town, 
keeping  a  regular  deposit  of  $20,000  in  the 
Woburn  Bank.  Mr.  Tidd  continued  busi- 
ness after  the  death  of  Mr.  Bond  in  1878,  and 
retired  from  the  active  part  a  few  years  be- 
fore his  death. 

In  the  administration  of  nnmicipal  affairs 
he  was  never  prominent,  and  the  only  office 
he  ever  held  was  that  of  assessor  in  1859.  In 
many  traits  of  character  Mr.  Tidd  was  con- 
sidered by  many  as  a  thorough  Yankee.     He 


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was  a  fine  mechanic,  of  an  inquiring  turn  of 
mind,  which  he  turned  to  account  as  an  in- 
ventor of  many  curious  and  useful  contriv- 
ances. In  fact,  had  he  given  his  attention  to 
the  subject  of  patents  and  taken  proper  steps 
to  put  on  the  market  some  of  the  machines 
he  originated,  he  might  have  amassed  a  large 
fortune.  Interested  in  his  younger  days  in 
sporting,  and  familiar  with  the  use  of  rod  and 
gun,  his  inventive  mind  was  led  to  originate 
improvements  in  the  construction  of  firearms. 
The  "Choate  bore"  and  the  gain-twist  of  rifle 
barrels  were  among  his  creations.  The  mill 
now  used  by  curriers  was  his  invention,  and 
the  first  leather  splitting  machine  ever  made 
was  built  in  his  factory  by  himself  and  Seth 
Parker.  He  was  a  kindhearted  and  genial 
gentleman;  fair  and  honorable  in  his  social 
and  business  relations;  kind  and  faithful  hus- 
band; a  fond  father;  a  good  citizen.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  Augustus,  born  May  22, 
1837,  died  young.  2.  Sally  Augusta,  born 
October  29,  1838,  married  June  19,  1878, 
Nathan  H.  Marion,  of  Burlington;  children: 
i.  Henry  Seward  (Marion),  born  at  Burling- 
ton, died  at  Woburn,  March  9,  1880.  ii.  Hor- 
ace Humphrey  (Marion),  born  at  Woburn, 
July  27,  1879,  died  June  15,  1880.  iii.  Jona- 
than Tidd  (Marion),  born  at  Woburn,  April 
27,  1881,  died  August  10,  1881.  iv.  Marshall 
Prescott  (Marion),  born  at  Woburn,  April  27, 
1881,  died  August  10,  1881.  3.  Don,  born 
February  9,  1840,  died  February  12,  1851. 
Children  by  second  wife:  4.  Samuel  Hitch- 
cock, bom  October  25,  1846,  died  August  30, 
1873;  married,  December  17,  1871,  Lucretia 
K.  Clark.  Child:  i.  Arthur  Warren,  born 
December  9,  1872;  married  August,  1906,  Ida 
Smith,  of  Kendall,  New  York.  5.  Abby 
Winn,  born  October  12,  1855;  married  (first) 
February  i,  1877,  Touis  L.  Smith,  of  Boston; 
he  died  September  23,  1879,  aged  thirty-one 
years  five  months  and  nine  days;  married 
(second),  April  27,  1882,  Nathaniel  S.  Wat- 
son. Child  by  first  marriage:  i.  Gertrude  De 
Forest  (Smith),  born  February  18,  1878,  le- 
gally adopted  by  her  stepfather.  Nathaniel  S. 
Watson,  and  name  changed  to  Gertrude 
Smith  Watson,  married  January  i,  1900,  Ar- 
thur Hall  Linscott,  of  Woburn,  and  have : 
.Mildred  (Linscott),  born  November  16.  1900; 
and  Mary  Ryder  (Linscott),  born  January  8, 
1902.     (See  Linscott  Familv). 


The  surname  Bradburv  is 
BRADBURY     of  Saxon  origin,  and  of  the 

class  styled  local.  It  is 
from  the  words  Brad,  meaning  broad,  and 
Bury   meaning  town,   domain,   house   or  hill. 


It  is  found  variously  spelled  in  English  records 
as  Bradberrie,  Bradberrye,  Bradberry  and 
Bradbury.  The  latter  is  the  spelling  adopted  by 
the  American  immigrant  and  followed  general- 
ly by  his  descendants.  The  family  seeins  never 
to  have  been  widely  diffused  through  Eng- 
land, though  of  ancient  origin.  The  point 
from  which  all  of  the  name  had  their  ances- 
tral origin  seems  to  be  OUerset,  Parish  Glos- 
sop,  in  the  northern  part  of  Derbyshire.  The 
earliest  mention  of  this  surname  is  found 
there  in  1433  when  Roger  de  Bradbury  and 
Rodolphus  de  Bradbury  were  among  the  gen- 
try of  that  vicinity.  The  coat-of-arms  of  this 
family  is:  Sable  a  chevron  ermine  between 
three  round  buckles,  the  tongues  hanging 
downward.  Crest — A  demidove  volant  arg. 
fretty  gu  holding  in  beak  a  slip  of  barberry, 
vert. 

(I)  Robert  Bradbury,  of  Ollerset  in  Der- 
byshire, married  a  daughter  of  Robert  Dav- 
enport, of  Bramhall,  county  of  Chester.  She 
was  buried  at  Stansted,  Mount  Fitchet,  coun- 
ty Essex.  He  was  born  as  early  as  the  year 
1400.  Children:  i.  William^  of  Braughing, 
married  Margaret  Rockhill.  2.  Thomas,  in- 
ducted rector  of  Meesdon,  county  Essex, 
February  6,  i486;  died  15 13. 

(II)  William  Bradbury,  son  of  Robert 
Bradbury  (i),  of  Braughing  in  Hertford- 
shire, was  patron  of  the  church  of  Westmill  in 
Hertfordshire  in  1462;  married  Margaret 
Rockhill,  daughter  of  and  co-heir  of  Geoffrey 
Rockhill,  of  Wormingford,  county  Essex. 
Children:  i.  Robert;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Sir  Thomas,  sheriff  of  London  in  1498;  lord 
mayor  1509;  lord  of  several  manors  in  Hert- 
fordshire, Essex  and  Kent;  married  Joan, 
daughter  of  Denis  and  Elizabeth  Leach;  he 
had  no  issue,  surviving.  3.  George,  a  Lon- 
don merchant,  died  unmarried.  4.  Henry, 
executor  of  his  brother  George's  will  and 
named  in  will  of  his  brother  Sir  Thomas;  his 
will  is  dated  February  13,  1532-33,  and 
proved  January  23,  1533-34.  5-  Philippa, 
second  wife  of  John  Jocelyn,  of  High  Rid- 
ing, Essex;  he  died  July  14,  1525. 

(III)  Robert  Bradbury,  son  of  William 
Bradbury  (2),  was  named  in  the  inquisition  of 
his  brother;  is  said  to  have  married  .\nne 
Wyant,  daughter  of  Tnfans  Wyant.  He  is 
supposed  to  have  been  justice  of  the  assizes. 
Isle  of  Ely,  February  4,  i486;  witness  to  will 
of  George  Xicoll,  of  Littlebury,  December  2, 
1481  ;  died  1489  and  buried  in  Church  of  Grey 
Friars,  London.  Child:  i.  William,  born 
1480,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  William  Bradbury,  son  of  Robert 
Bradbury   (3),  named  in  an  inquisition  post 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


mortem  on  the  estate  of  his  uncle,  Sir  Thom- 
as Bradbur)'  in  1510,  then  aged  thirty  years; 
named  in  this  will  heir  of  his  uncle's  estate, 
Lord  of  Manor  Mancendon;  acquired  the 
manor  of  Catmere  Hall  in  Littlebury,  Essex, 
in  1543,  and  was  buried  at  Littlebury,  June 
15,  1546.  Children:  i.  William;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Phillippa,  married  (first)  Michael 
Welbore,  of  Pondes  in  Clavering,  Esse.x;  and 
(second)  John  Barlee,  of  Stapleford  Abbots, 
Essex.  3.  Matthew,  married  Margaret 
Rowse,  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  England. 

(\')  William  Bradbury,  son  of  William 
Bradbury  (4),  was  of  Littlebury,  county  Es- 
sex, Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Catmere  Hall ;  also 
of  Meesden;  acquired  the  manor  of  GifTords 
in  Great  Tampford,  Essex,  about  1548  and 
the  manor  of  Langley  Hall  in  Clavering  Hall 
in  1550.  He  was  mentioned  as  son  and  heir 
and  was  proved  November  9,  of  that  year. 
The  inquisition  post  mortem  was  held  Octo- 
ber 4,  1550.  He  married  Helen  or  Eleanor 
Fuller,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Barbara  Ful- 
ler. She  was  executrix  of  her  first  husband's 
will  and  was  succeeded  in  that  office  of  her 
son  Robert  in  1561.  She  married  (second) 
Giles  Poulton,  of  Desborough  in  Northamp- 
tonshire, January  15,  1551-52.  Children;  i. 
Robert,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Ed- 
mund Tyrrell.  2.  Henry,  married  Joan  Poul- 
ton, daughter  of  Giles  Poulton;  (second)  Mar- 
ian Nichols,  daughter  of  George.  3.  Thomas, 
named  in  wills  of  father  and  brother  Robert; 
had  children  Thomas,  Godfrey  and  Phillippa. 
4.  Samuel,  baptized  January  27,  1548-49,  bur- 
ied at  Wicken,  March  4,  1551-52.  5.  Anne, 
married  Christopher  Fulhathy,  of  Chelms- 
ford, county  Suffolk-,  February,  5.  I57i-  6. 
Elizabeth,  married,  February  2,  1562-63, 
Richard  Tyrrell  or  Trymell,  of  Wyoolston, 
Bedfordshire.  7.  Mary,  baptized  January  ig, 
1549-50,  married  Thomas  Webb.  8.  Bar- 
bara, baptized  March  5,  1551,  married  Thom- 
as Paget,  of  the  Middle  Temple. 

(V)  Alatthew  Bradbury,  son  of  William 
Bradbury  (4),  was  lord  of  the  manor  of  Wick- 
en Hall  in  the  parish  of  Wicken  Bonhunt, 
which  he  bought  in  1557.  He  purchased  the 
manor  of  Grange  in  Thaxted,  county  of  Es- 
sex, in  1 55 1,  but  sold  it  the  year  following. 
He  is  mentioned  in  the  wills  of  his  brother 
William  and  his  nephew  Robert.  He  died 
June  19,  1585,  and  an  inquisition  post  mor- 
tem was  held  October  26,  1587.  His  son  Wil- 
liam was  appointed  administrator  of  his  es- 
tate June  30,  1585.  He  married  Margaret 
Rowse,  of  Cambridge.  Children:  1.  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below.     2.  Tliomas,  marricfl 


Dorothy  Southwell.  3.  Barbara,  married 
(first)  Sir  Henry  Cutts;  (second)  Sir  Thomas 
Fludd;  (third)  Edward  Gill;  (fourth)  Walter 
Covert,  of  Boxley,  Kent. 

(\T)  William  Bradbury,  son  of  Matthew 
Bradbury  (5),  was  of  Wicken  r)onhunt,  born 
in  1544,  aged  forty-one  years  in  1585,  named 
in  the  wills  of  his  cousin,  Robert  Bradbury, 
and  brother  Thomas.  His  own  will  was  dated 
April  19,  1622,  and  was  proved  May  6,  1623. 
He  died  November  30,  1622,  and  was  buried 
at  Wicken.  He  married  Anne  Eden,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard,  Esq..  LL.D.,  of  Bury  St.  Ed- 
munds, Suffolkshire,  who  died  and  was  bur- 
ied at  Wicken,  February  8,  1611-12.  Children: 
I.  Matthew,  mentioned  below.  2.  Wymond, 
married  Elizabeth  (Whitgift),  daughter  of 
William,  and  was  her  third  husband.  3.  Hen- 
ry, died  young,  buried  at  Wicken,  August  20, 
1616.  4.  Thomas,  died  young.  5.  Thomas, 
died  young.  6.  Bridget,  married  Francis 
Bridgewater.  7.  Anne,  married  Thomas 
Kinethorpe,  of  Louth,  county  Lincoln.  8. 
Alice,  baptized  at  Newport  Potid,  February 
2^,  1572-73,  married  (first)  George  Yardley, 
of  Weston,  Hertfordshire;  (second)  Thomas 
Wadeson. 

(\  II)  Matthew  Bradbury,  son  of  William 
Bradbury  (6),  was  of  Wicken  Bonant  and 
died  there  September  22,  1616.  His  marriage 
settlement  is  dated  June  6,  1594.  He  married 
Jane  Whitgift,  daughter  of  William  Whitgift, 
of  Clavering,  county  Essex.  She  married 
(second)  Henry  Bradbury,  supposed  to  be 
son  of  Henry  Bradbury,  of  Littlebury.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  of  Wicken,  married  Mary 
Morsetrod,  daughter  of  Michael,  of  Croyden, 
county  Sussex;  he  died  August  i,  1624;  she 
married  (second)  Charles  Millicent  atid  she 
died  November,  1628.  2.  Francis,  baptized 
January  12,  1600-01,  died  1644.  3.  Matthew, 
named  in  the  will  of  his  grandfather,  William 
Whitgift,  June  13.  1615.  4.  Edward,  not 
named  by  Matthew  as  an  heir  in  his  suit 
tirought  against  the  executors  of  the  will,  of 
George  Whitgift.  5.  Phillippa,  married 
l-'erdinando  Clark.  6.  Barbara.  7.  Margaret 
married  William  Hyde.  8.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Wells,  a  minister.  9.  Martha, 
baptized  Ajiril  14,  1606. 

(VH)  Wymond  Bradbury,  son  of  William 
Uradbury  (6),  was  of  Wicken  Bonant  after- 
ward of  the  Parish  of  Whitechapel,  county 
.Middlesex.  England.  He  died  in  1650  and 
his  daughter,  Anne  Stubbles,  was  appointed 
administratrix  November  20,  1650.  He  was 
baptized  at  Newport  Pond,  May  16,  I574'- 
was  in  London  as  early  as  October  17,  1628. 


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He  married  Elizabeth  Whitgift,  daughter  of 
William  Whitgift,  and  sister  of  the  wife  of 
-Matthew  Bradbury,  his  brother,  mentioned 
above.  Elizabeth  died  June  26.  1612.  aged 
thirty-eight  years  and  three  months,  and  was 
buried  at  Croyden,  county  Surrey.  Her  first 
husband  was  Richard  Coles,  of  Leigh,  Wor- 
cestershire, who  died  November,  1600.  She 
married  (second)  Francis  Gill,  of  London, 
who  died  in  1605.  Bradbury  was  her  third 
husband.  Children:  i.  William,  baptized  at 
Newport  Pond.  September  28,  1607;  born 
September  13,  1607.  2.  Thomas,  born  1610, 
baptized  February  28.  161 1,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Jane,  baptized  at  Wicken  Bonant,  June  2, 
1606.     4.  Anne,  baptized  at   Newport  Pond. 

February   20,    1608-09,    married    (first)   

Troughton;  (second)  Stibbles,  adminis- 
tratrix of  her  father's  estate  in  1650. 

(\in)  Thomas  Bradbury,  son  of  Wymond 
Bradbury  (7),  was  baptized  at  Wicken  Bo- 
nant, Essex  county,  England,  February 
28,  1610-11.  Early  in  1634  he  ap- 
peared in  Agamenticus,  now  York, 
Maine,  as  the  agent  or  steward  of  Sir 
Ferdinando  Gorges,  the  proprietor  of  the 
Province  of  Maine.  Bradbury  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  the  town  of  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts;  one  of  its  earliest  settlers  and 
a  foremost  citizen  for  more  than  a  half  cen- 
tury. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  13. 
1640;  was  at  various  times  school  master, 
town  clerk,  justice  of  the  peace,  deputy  to  the 
general  court,  in  1651-57-60-61-66;  clerk  of 
the  writs  in  1641,  and  for  years  afterward 
county  recorder,  associate  judge  and  captain 
of  the  military  company.  He  wrote  an  easy, 
grace*'ul,  legible  hand,  as  shown  by  the  rec- 
ords he  kept. 

He  died  March  16,  i6f)4-95-  His  will  dated 
February  14,  1693-94.  proved  March  26,  1695. 
He  married  Mary  Perkins,  daughter  of  John 
and  Judith  Perkins,  of  Ipswich.  Her  father 
was  born  in  Gloucestershire,  England,  in 
T590;  came  to  America  in  1631;  has  a  num- 
erous and  distinguished  posterity,  especially 
in  Essex  county,  Massachusetts.  Mrs.  Brad- 
bury in  her  old  age  was  tried  for  witchcraft 
and  convicted  July  28,  1692.  The  evidence 
in  her  defense  is  a  fine  testimonial  to  a  worthy 
life.  Her  husband's  testimony  was:  "We  have 
been  married  fifty-five  years,  and  she  has 
been  a  loving  and  faithful  wife  unto  me  unto 
this  day.  She  hath  lieen  wonderful  laborious, 
diligent  and  industrious  in  her  place  and  en- 
ployment  about  the  bringing  up  of  our  fami^ 
ly  which  have  been  eleven  children  and  four 
grandchildren.      She    was   both    prudent    and 


provident,  of  a  cheerful  spirit,  liberal  and 
charitable.  She  being  now  very  aged  and 
weak,  and  grieved  under  afflictions,  may  not 
be  able  to  speak  much  for  herself,  not  being 
so  free  of  speech  as  some  others  might  be.  I 
hope  her  life  and  conversation  among  her 
neighbors  has  been,  such  as  gives  a  better  or 
more  real  testimony  than  can  be  expressed  by 
words."  One  hundred  and  eighteen  of  her 
friends  signed  a  statement  commending  her 
good  character:  "she  was  a  lover  of  the  min- 
istry in  all  appearance,  and  a  diligent  attender 
upon  God's  holy  ordinances,  being  of  a  cour- 
teous and  peaceable  disposition  and  carriage, 
neither  did  any  of  us  (some  of  whom  have 
lived  in  the  town  with  her  above  fifty  years) 
ever  hear  or  know  that  she  had  any  difference 
or  falling  out  with  any  of  her  neighbors,  man 
woman  or  child,  but  was  always  ready  to  do 
for  them  what  lay  in  her  power,  night  and 
day,  though  with  hazard  of  her  health  and 
other  danger." 

Rev.  James  Allen,  her  pastor,  said:  "I  hav- 
ing lived  nine  years  at  Salisbury,  in  the  work 
of  the  ministry  and  now  four  years  in  the  of- 
fice of  pastor,  to  my  best  notice  and  observa- 
tion of  Mrs.  Bradbury,  she  hath  lived  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  of  the  Gospel  amongst  us; 
was  a  constant  attender  upon  the  ministry  of 
the  word,  and  all  the  ordinances  of  the  gospel 
full  of  works  of  charit}'  and  mercy  to  the  sick 
and  poor;  neither  have  I  seen  or  heard  any- 
thing of  her  unbecoming  the  profession  of  the 
gospel."  The  evidence  against  her  was  as 
scant  as  it  was  nonsensical.  Mrs.  Bradbury 
was  defended  by  Major  Robert  Pike.  She 
was  convicted  with  four  others  who  were 
hanged  in  September,  1692.  Mrs.  Bradbury's 
execution  was  postponed,  why  we  know  not, 
but  the  delusion  passed  and  her  life  was 
spared. 

Children:  i.  Wymond.  born  April  i,  1637, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Judith,  born  October  2, 
1638.  married,  October  9,  1665,  Caleb  Moody, 
of  Newbury.  3.  Thomas,  born  January  28, 
1641.  4.  Mary,  born  March  17,  1643,  mar- 
ried, December  17,  1663,  John  Stanyan,  of 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  5.  Jane,  born 
May  II,  1645,  married,  March  15,  1668,  Hen- 
ry True.  6.  Jacob,  born  June  17,  1647,  cl'^d 
at  Barbadoes  unmarried.  7.  William,  born 
September  15,  1649,  married,  March  i'2.  1676, 
Rebecca  Maverick,  nee  Wheelwright.  8. 
Elizabeth,  born  November  7.  1651.  married 
IMay  12,  1673.  John  Buss,  of  Durham,  New 
Hampshire.  9.  John,  born  .'Kpril  20,  1654; 
died  unmarried.  November  24,  1678.  10. 
Ann.  born  April  16,  1656,  died  1659.     11.  Ja- 


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bez,  born  June  27,  1658,  died  April  28,  1677. 

(IX)  VV.vniond  llradbury,  son  of  Thomas 
Bradbury  (8),  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  I,  1637;  married,  May  7,  1661, 
Sarah  Pike,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah 
(Sanders)  Pike.  He  died  April  7,  1699,  on 
the  Isle  of  Nevis.  This  is  stated  in  a  record 
made  by  his  father  and  preserved  in  the  Es- 
sex county  archives,  Salem.  Sarah  Bradbury 
his  widow,  married  (second),  John  Stockman, 
who  died  December  10,  1686.  Children  of 
Wymond  and  Sarah  Bradbury:  i.  Sarah, 
born  February  26,  1662,  married  Abraham 
Merrill.  2.  Ann,  born  November  22,  1666, 
married  Jeremy  .Allen.  3.  Wymond,  born 
May  13,  1669,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Wymond  Bradbury,  son  of  Wymond 
Bradbury  (9),  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, Mky  13,  1669,  married  Maria  Cot- 
ton, who  was  born  January  14,  1672,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  John  Jr.,  and  Joanna  (Rosseter) 
Cotton,  granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Sar- 
ah (Story)  Cotton.  Her  mother  was  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Bryan  Rosseter,  of  Guilford.  Con- 
necticut. Bradbury  died  in  York,  Maine, 
April  17,  1734.  His  widow  married  (second) 
John  Heard,  of  Kittery,  Maine,  and  died 
there  January  30,  1736.  Children  of  Wymond 
and  .Maria  Bradbury:  i.  Jabez,  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1693,  "^iecl  in  Boston,  January  13, 
1781:  unmarried.  2.  Wymond,  born  .August 
18,  1695.  married  Phebe  Young.  3.  John, 
born  .September  g,  1697,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Rowland,  born  December  15,  1699,  married 
Mary  Greenleaf.  5.  Ann,  born  March  9, 
1702,  married,  1743,  Jabez  Fo.x,  of  Falmouth. 
6.  Josiah,  born  July  2^.  1704,  married  Ann 
Woodman.  8.  Maria.  l:)orn  1708,  married 
Samuel  Service,  of  BoFton.  9.  Jerusha,  born 
July  5,  171 1,  married  John  Dulling,  of  Salem. 

(XI)  John  Bradbury,  son  of  Wymond 
Bradbury  (10),  was  born  in  Salisbury. 
September  9,  1697,  married  Abigail  Young, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Abi- 
gail (Donnell)  Young,  of  York.  He  was 
the  founder  of  the  York  family  of  Bradbury, 
a  leading  man  in  town  afifairs  and  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church  of  which  he  was  an  elder.  At 
the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution  he  was  a 
stanch  Whig  and  on  one  occasion  openly  re- 
buked in  meeting  the  loyalist  sentiments  ex- 
pressed by  tlie  minister.  He  died  December 
3,  1778,  and  his  widow  died  September  28, 
1787.  He  was  several  terms  a  member  of 
the  provincial  legislature,  and  ten  years  of  the 
executive  council.  He  was  also  judge  of  pro- 
bate in  his  county.  Children:  I.  Cotton,  born 
October    8.    1722.    married    Ruth    Weare.    of 


York.  2.  Lucy,  born  January  18,  1725.  3. 
Bethulah,  born  March  20,  1727,  married 
James    Sayward.      4.  Maria,    born    April    5, 

1729;  married Simpson.  5.  Abigail,  born 

August  12,  1731.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  January 
5'  '734-  7-  John,  born  September  18,  1736, 
married  Elizabeth  Ingraham.  8.  Joseph,  born 
(Jctober   2^,    1740,   married    Dorothy    Clark. 

9.     .Anne,  born  June  2,    1743,   married  

Moulton. 

(XII)  John  Bradbury,  son  of  John  Brad- 
bury (11),  was  born  September  18,  1736,  in 
York,  Maine.  He  married,  January  26,  1764, 
Elizabeth  Ingraham.  born  in  York,  August  6, 
1743,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Lydia  (Holt) 
Ingraham.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French 
war,  lieutenant  of  Captain  Moulton's  com- 
pany of  Provincial  troops  near  Lake  George 
in  1760-61,  and  kept  a  journal  of  the  cam- 
paign which  has  been  preserved.  He  contin- 
ued his  diary  up  to  near  the  close  of  life.  He 
was  a  deacon  of  Christ  Church  of  York  and  a 
useful  citizen.  He  lived  for  a  time  in  New- 
town, but  returned  to  York  and  died  there 
July  II,  1821.  Several  of  his  family  settled 
in  Chester,  now  Chesterville,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  born  October  29,  1764,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  William,  born  January  18, 
1766,  married  .Anna  Mitchell.  3.  Lydia,  born 
August  2y.  1767,  married,  January  27,  1791, 
Thomas  Davenport,  of  Hallowell.  4.  Joanna, 
born  November  6,  1768,  married,  February  9, 
1801,  Jonathan  Davenport,  of  Hallowell.  5. 
Samuel,  born  February  9,  1771,  married  Dor- 
cas Remick.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  January  25, 
1773,  married  Samuel  Linscott,  and  removed 
to  I'tica,  New  York.  7.  Mary,  born  Novem- 
l)er  8.  1774,  died  unmarried.  8.  Joseph,  born 
November  9.  1776.  died  .August  27,  1778.  9. 
Joseph,  born  March  24,  1779,  married  .Abigail 
Chaney.  10.  Dorcas,  born  May  8,  1781.  mar- 
ried, October  7,  1803,  Rufus  Simpson,  of  New 
York.  II.  Jotham,  born  July  8,  1783.  12. 
David,  born  June  5,  1785,  married  Sophia 
Chase. 

(XIII)  John  Bradbury,  son  of  John  Brad- 
burv  (12),  was  born  in  York,  October  29, 
1764,  married  Priscilla  Burbank,  who  was 
born  August  2.  1764,  and  died  .April  8,  1831. 
He  died  July  24,  185 1.  He  moved  from  York 
to  Chesterville,  Maine.  Children:  i.  Abi- 
gail Sewell,  born  July  11,  1789,  died  January 
31,  1797.  2.  Eliza  Jane,  born  November  2, 
1 791,  married,  March  2,  1812.  John  Storer, 
of  Carthage,  Maine.  3.  Rachel  Crosby,  born 
March  7,  1794,  married  Rev.  Jotham  Sewell, 
Jr..  Congregational  minister  at  Newcastle, 
Maine,  fifteen  years.    4.   Maria,  horn  June  11, 


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1796,  married,  June  11,  1816,  Elisha  Bennett, 
of  Chesterville.  5.  Sabrina  Ann,  born  May 
13,  1798,  married,  March  8,  1821,  Jonas  M. 
(Jakes.  6.  John  Roger  Wilhams,  l)orn  June 
4,  1800,  married  Phebe  R.  Mayhew.  7.  Ben- 
jamin Burbaiik,  born  September  24,  1802, 
mentioned  below.  8.  Lois  Palmer,  born  May 
26.  1806,  married,  December,  1823,  Reuben, 
Lowell,  of  Chesterville. 

(XIVj  Benjamin  Burbank  Bradbury,  son 
of  John  Bradbury  (13),  was  born  at  Chester- 
ville, Maine,  September  24,  1802,  married 
there,  January  8,  1823,  Betsey  Lowell,  of 
Chesterville,  who  was  born  July  20,  1804.  He 
was  captain  of  the  militia  company  of  that 
town;  removed  from  Chesterville  to  Newport, 
.Maine,  where  he  engaged  in  the  business  of 
druggist.  Later  he  removed  to  Bangor.  He 
was  a  musician  of  skill  and  training.  He  died 
in  January,  1878.  Children:  i.  Hannah 
Elizabeth,  born  March  16,  1827,  married,  July 
17,  1859,  George  C.  Goodwin,  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts.  2.  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, born  February  28,  1829,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Julia  Maria,  born  May  8,  1835,  mar- 
ried, December  13,  1855,  Robert  F.  Patter- 
son, of  Bangor,  deceased;  she  died  in  1857. 
4.  Sarah  Eliza,  born  February  23,  1837.  5. 
Rachel  Annie,  born  July  3,  1838,  married  Oc- 
tober 14,  1862,  Rev.  Charles  F.  Holbrook,  of 
West  Boylston,  Massachusetts,  later  of  Dav- 
en]jort,    Massachusetts    (deceased). 

(XA'l  Benjamin  Franklin  Bradbury,  son  of 
Benjamin  Burbank  Bradbury  (14),  was  born 
in  Chester\ille,  Franklin  county.  Alaine,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1829.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  academy  and  for  one  term  at- 
tended a  School  of  Pharmacy  in  Philadelphia. 
L'pon  his  return  home  he  went  to  work  in  a 
drug  store  in  Bangor  and  learned  the  busi- 
ness. In  1874  he  removed  to  Melrose,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  established  a  drug  store  on 
the  corner  of  Winter  and  Washington  streets, 
Boston,  where  he  carried  on  business  for  a 
period  of  eighteen  years.  In  1892  he  took 
quarters  near  Boylston  street,  and  in  1903  re- 
moved to  the  corner  of  Beach  street  and  Har- 
rison avenue.  He  retired  in  1907.  Mr.  Brad- 
bury has  always  been  interested  in  public  af- 
fairs, especially  in  those  meetings,  movements 
and.  organizations  designed  to  promote  pa- 
triotism and  to  defend  from  attack  the  Ameri- 
can public  school  system.  For  more  than 
twenty  years  he  has  been  prominent  in  pa- 
triotic movements,  and  is  today  as  earnest 
and  zealous  as  ever  in  this  line  of  activity. 
In  politics  he  is  an  independent  Republican. 


In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist,  and  attends  the 
'Fremont  Temple,  Boston,  and  is  a  deacon  of 
the  Church  Society. 

He  married  (first)  March  31,  1856,  Anna 
M.  Pierce,  daughter  of  Samuel  Pierce,  of 
Bangor.  She  died  at  Bangor,  July  28,  1863. 
He  married  (second),  November  15,  1864, 
Sarah  Horton  Woodman,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Edwin  Woodman,  of  Charlestown;  she 
died  C)ctober  31,  1905.  He  married  (third) 
Mrs.  Clara  .\.  Beal.  Children  of  Benjamin 
F.  and  Anna  M.  Bradbury:  i.  Samuel  Pierce 
born  at  Bangor,  September  7,  1857,  died  Sep- 
tember 10,  1858.  2.  William  Benjamin,  born 
October  18.  1859,  married,  July  30,  1883,  Ber- 
tha Grace  Pittsinger,  who  was  born  in  Keene, 
New  Hampshire,  May  9,  1859.  Children;  i. 
Edward  Benjamin,  born  at  Keene,  New 
Hampshire,  died  July  18,  1884;  ii.  William 
Pittsinger,  born  in  New  York  City,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1885;  iii.  Annie  Congdon,  born  at 
Mount  \'ernon.  New  York.  January  9,  1887, 
died  December  15,  1889;  iv.  Edward  Lowell, 
born  October  9,  1890.  3.  .A^nn  Pierce,  born 
May  15,  1863,  died  at  Barre,  Massachusetts, 
June  25,  187 1.  Children  of  Benjamin  F.  and 
Sarah  H.  Bradbury :  4.  Woodman,  born  at 
Bangor,  .\pril  9,  1866,  married  Mary  E.  Farr, 
of  Waterville.  Maine,  now  pastor  of  Old  Cam- 
bridge Baptist  Church,  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts; one  child,  Elizabeth  F.,  born  Jan- 
uarv  12,  189Q.  3.  George  Goodwin,  born 
January  7,  t868,  died  1886.  6.  Marion  Eliz- 
abeth, born  September  5,  1871.  married,  No- 
vember 12,  1907,  Thomas  Wilson  Pomeroy. 
7.  Grace  Lowell,  born  March  26,  1873.  ^■ 
Hannah  Edith,  born  at  Melrose,  August  i, 
1877.  married  June  18,  1903.  .\lbert  P..  Frank- 
lin, Jr.;  they  have  one  child,  .Sarah  Wood- 
man, born  July  8,  igo6. 


The  name  of  Bennett  is  a 
BENNETT  common  one  in  Great  Bri- 
tain under  the  dififerent  spell- 
ings of  P.ennet  and  Bennett.  The  tratlition 
in  some  quarters  has  been  that  the  familx'  in 
Middlesex  county  were  of  Scotch  origin.  But 
the  number  of  immigrants  to  New  England 
in  the  seventeenth  century  bearing  the  name 
of  Bennett  was  so  numerous  that  it  is  difficult 
to  determine  with  certainty  whether  this  is 
true  or  not.  The  name  is  found  in  the  differ- 
ent counties  in  England,  and  also  in  Scot- 
land, Ireland,  and  Wales,  but  the  English 
branches  of  the  family  appear  to  be  the  most 
numerous. 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


The  name  of  Bennett  is  very  familiar  to 
the  residents  of  Middlesex  county,  from  the 
prominence  which  a  number  of  the  persons 
bearing  the  name  have  had  in  the  financial, 
legal,  commercial,  political  and  religious  af- 
fairs of  the  county  from  the  time  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary War,  in  which  a  large  contingent 
of  the  family  served. 

(I)  Henry  Bennett,  the  ancestor  of  the 
Bennett  family  of  Ipswich.  Essex  county, 
who  was  born  in  England  about  1629,  came 
to  this  country  before  1650,  and  is  presumed 
to  be  the  ancestor  of  the  Bennett  family  of 
Woburn  and  Billerica.  In  1651,  he  married 
(first)  Lydia.  daughter  of  John  and  Judith 
Perkins,  and  he  married  (second)  Mary 
(.Smith-Call)  Burr,  widow  of  Philip  Call  Burr, 
and  daughter  of  Riciiard  Smith,  of  Shrop- 
shire, county  Norfolk,  England.  She  died 
January  12,  1707-8,  and  the  date  of  Henry 
Bennett's  death  is  not  known — it  was  after 
October  3,  1707.  Children  (all  by  the  first 
wife)  born  in  Ipswich:  i.  Jacob,  born  1651, 
see  forward.  2.  John,  born  1655,  killed  at 
Bloody  Brook,  September  18.  1675.  3-  Wil- 
liam, born  1657.  4.  Henry,  born  1(564.  3- 
Thomas;  and  perhaps  others. 

(II)  Jacob  Bennett,  son  of  Henry   Bennett 

(  I ),  born  i6s'i ,  married  Sarah .     He  died 

March  5.  1685-6.  Children:  i.  Jacob,  born 
October  9,  1675.  2.  William.  3.  Stephen,\ 
see  forward.    4.  Ebenezer,  born  June  20,  1686. 

(III)  Stephen  Bennett,  son  of  Jacob  Ben- 
nett (2),  resided  in  Ipswich  and  its  vicinity. 
He  married,  in  1709,  Susanna  Fuller.  They 
were  living  in  1743.  Children:  I.  Susannah, 
baptized  in  Ipswich,  July  21,  1712.  2.  Ste- 
phen, baptized  in  Ipswich,  June  3,  1722.  3. 
James,  baptized  in  Wenham,  May  14,  1727; 
see  forward;  and  probably  others. 

(IV)  James  Bennett,  son  of  Stephen  Ben- 
nett (3),  baptized  in  Wenham,  May  4,  1727, 
married  in  Ipswich.  July  3.  175 1.  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Dodge) 
Dodge,  of  Ipswich  Hamlet,  now  Hamilton. 
He  came  to  \\'ol)urn  in  1754.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1759, 
serving  in  Captain  Jonathan  Butterfield's 
company  at  Crown  Point,  from  ."^pril  12,  to 
Novemlier  22.  of  that  year.  He  was  also  a 
soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war,  serving  six 
days  at  the  time  of  the  Lexington  .'\larm, 
April  19,  1775.  as  a  private  in  Captain  Joshua 
Walker's  (Woburn)  company,  Colonel  Dav- 
id Green's  (second  Middlesex  county)  regi- 
ment. He  was  next  a  member  of  Captain 
John  W^ood's  (the  ca])tain  being  of  Woburn) 
ccimpany.  in  Gerrish"s  and  Baldwin's  (Colonel 


Loammi  Baldwin  of  Woburn)  regiment,  af- 
ter May  I,  1775.  He  was  also  in  this  regi- 
ment as  late  as  .\ugust  12,  1776,  and  may 
have  served  longer,  his  wages  for  1776  being 
]5aid  in  an  order  dated  Woburn,  September 
20,  1777.  It  may  be  he  whose  name  was  in- 
cluded in  the  list  of  men  who  left  the  service 
December  31,  1775,  having  been  stationed  at 
Chelsea  and   Medford. 

Mr.  Bennett  was  a  large  landowner  in  Wo- 
burn and  Billerica.  In  1782  he  sold  his  home- 
stead in  Woburn  to  David  Blanchard,  of  Wo- 
burn, and  purchased  in  the  same  year  a  farm 
of  some  two  htmdred  acres  in  Groton,  of 
Ebenezer  Parker.  He  died  in  Groton  in  1809. 
His  will,  dated  June  16,  1809,  and  probated 
August  29,  1809,  mentions  his  wife,  to  whom 
he  gave  his  property ;  his  son  Stephen  Ben- 
net;  and  his  son  James  Bennett,  of  Billerica, 
who  was  named  as  his  executor:  Children: 
I.  Betty,  bom  at  Ipswich  Hamlet ;  married  at 
Woburn,  September  20,  1768,  Nathaniel  Cut- 
ler, Junior,  and  died  (Jctober  6,  1847,  in  her 
ninety-sixth  year.  2.  Stephen,  married  Han- 
nah Wakefield,  resided  in  Billerica.  3.  Thom- 
as, ba])tized  in  \\'ohnrn  Second  Parish,  Au- 
gust 21.  1757.  4.  James,  baptized  April  9, 
1758;  see  forward.  5.  .Sarah,  baptized  March 
I,  1761;  married  June  2.  1778,  John  Wyman. 
6.  John,  baiitizecl  May  22,  1763.  7.  Jacob 
baptized  August  18,  1765.  8.  Susie,  baptized 
September  27,  1767.  9.  Joseph,  baptized  July 
23,  1769.  10.  Joseph,  baptized  November 
17,  1776.  II.  Jonathan,  baptized  November 
17,  1776.  12.  Jerusha.  baptized  November 
17.  1776. 

(V)  James  Bennett,  son  of  James  Bennett, 
(4),  baptized  in  Woburn  Second  Parish,  .\pnl 
(),  1758,  died  September  4,  1842,  aged  eighty- 
four  years;  he  married,  April  13,  1780,  Mary 
Walker,  born  December  9,  1758,  died  .Marcli 
30.  1857,  in  her  ninety-ninth  year,  daughter 
of  Captain  Joshua  and  Mary  (Proctor)  Walk- 
er, of  Woburn.  In  1840  he  was  a  revolution- 
ar\-  pensioner  living  in  Billerica.  His  epitajjh 
at  Burlington  says  he  was  an  officer  in  Wash- 
ington's army,  and  served  about  five  yea'-s  in 
the  struggle  for  his  country's  independence; 
that  he  was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and 
Trenton,  and  in  other  important  actions.  He 
was  first  taxed  in  the  Woburn  precinct  (now 
Burlington)  list  in  1780.  Like  his  father,  he 
served  in  the  Lexington  battle,  in  Walker's 
company,  on  .April  19,  1775,  and  for  the  per- 
iod of  six  days  at  that  time.  In  1775  he  was 
one  iif  the  men  who  served  in  Wood's  com- 
pany. Baldwin's  regiment:  was  one  of  the 
men  from  the  same  company  serving  in  the 


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Continental  army  for  twelve  months  in  1776. 
He  was  one  of  the  men  who  lost  articles  at 
the  evacuation  of  New  York,  September  14. 
1776.  He  was  in  the  Continental  service  in 
1777  as  a  three  years  man;  ensign  in  1778. 
in  a  regiment  raised  tor  service  at  Rhode  Isl- 
and. His  wife's  epitaph  says,  "She  was  ex- 
empt in  a  remarkable  degree  from  the  iniirm- 
ities  of  extreme  old  age.  Her  peaceful  and 
affectionate  disposition  together  with  a  pa- 
tient and  Christian  resignation  to  the  last,  will 
long  be  remembered  by  all  who  knew  her.' 
The  whole  family  of  Bennetts  belonging  to 
Woburn  were  remarkable  for  the  extent  and 
number  of  their  terms  of  revolutionary  ser- 
vice. Mr.  Bennett,  like  his  father,  was  a  large 
landowner  and  raised  large  quantities  of  hops, 
which  he  sold  in  the  southern  markets.  He 
was  a  man  of  large  frame,  and  this  character- 
istic is  inherited  by   his  descendants. 

Children:  i.  James,  born  September  2, 
1780,  died  .September  5,  1856:  married,  June 
9,  1805,  Dorcas  Nevers,  born  December  31, 
1783,  died  November  26,  i860,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Anna  (Wyman)  Nevers,  of  Bur- 
lington ;  children :  i.  Mary  Ann,  born  June  3, 
1806.  ii.  James,  born  August  1808.  iii.  Su- 
san M..  born  January  17,  181 1;  married  Oc- 
tober 29,  1843,  deorge  Gleason,  of  Burling- 
ton, iv.  John,  born  September,  1814.  v. 
Charles  W.,  born  July  29,  1817;  married  No- 
vember 27,  1845,  Susan  K.  Skelton,  of  Bur- 
lington, vi.  William  S.,  born  June  11,  1821  ; 
married  January  9,  185 1,  Charlotte  J.  John- 
son, of  \\'oburn.  vii.  Harriet  M.,  born  Jan- 
uary 30.  1828;  married  Noveml^er  9,  1845, 
Henry  Nichols,  of  Burlington.  2.  Edward, 
born  1782,  see  forward.  3.  Mary,  born  1785; 
married  Jul}-  20,  1834,  James  C.  McPherson, 
of  Chelmsford.  4.  John.  3.  Lucy,  married 
April  28,  1822,  Reuben  Richardson,  of  Dra- 
cut.  6.  Nancy,  married  May  27,  18 19,  Jo- 
seph Thompson  Bowers,  of  Billerica ;  chil- 
dren: i.  Joshua,  horn  April  20,  1820.  ii.  Nan- 
cy, born  December  31,  1821.  iii.  Maria  Fran- 
ces, born  January  29,  1824.  7.  Joshua,  born 
November  27,  1792,  died  August  6,  1865; 
married,  October  8.  181 5,  Eleanor  Richard- 
son, born  September  11,  1794,  died  1896, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Rebecca  (Walker) 
Richardson,  of  Billerica,  a  sister  of  Rebecca, 
who  married  Edward  Bennett,  Joshua 
Bennett  in  early  life  taught  school  several 
years  in  Dorchester.  He  was  later  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Bennett  &  Felton,  Boston. 
He  was  largely  interested  in  real  estate  in 
Boston,  and  prominent  in  financial  affairs.  He 
contributed  liberallv  for  the  cause  of  the  Un- 


ion during  the  civil  war.  Children:  i.  Ellen, 
born  l-'ebruary  15,  1816;  married  .\pril  2-], 
1841.  George  Holden.  ii.  Rebecca,  born 
June  ly,  1818;  married  October  17,  1837,  Wil- 
liam Wilkins  Warren,  of  West  Cambridge. 

(\T)  Edward  llennett,  son  of  James  Ben- 
nett (5),  was  born  at  Billerica,  1782.  He  re- 
ceived the  education  common  to  the  farmer 
boy  of  those  times,  and  remained  on  his  fath- 
er's farm  up  to  the  time  he  was  married,  1806. 
when  he  moved  to  Burlington,  his  father  hav- 
ing built  his  home  for  him,  on  the  farm  where 
his  grandson  (ieorge  H.  Bennett  now  lives. 
His  farm  contained  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
five  acres,  partly  in  Billerica  and  partly  in 
Burlington.  Here  he  continued  at  farming 
up  to  the  time  he  died.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Burlington  church,  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  and  was  early  trained  in  a  military 
company.  He  married,  June  8,  1806,  Rebec- 
ca Richardson,  born  at  Billerica,  September 
13.  1778,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Rebecca 
(Walker)  Richardson,  of  Billerica,  Massachu- 
setts. The  only  child  of  Edward  and  Rebecca 
was  George,  born  January  6,  1815,  see  for- 
ward. 

(VH)  George  Bennett,  son  of  Edward  Ben- 
nett (6),  was  born  at  Burlington,  January  6, 
1815,  died  April  6,  1887.  He  was  educated 
in  the  Burlington  district  school,  which  he 
attended  until  about  twenty,  going  to  school 
mostly  during  the  winter  months,  working  on 
his  father's  farm  and  at  farming  and  teaming 
during  the  remainder  of  the  year.  At  the 
death  of  his  father  the  entire  property  came 
to  him.  and  he  conducted  the  farm  until  about 
1866-67.  when  he  traded  farms  with  his  son, 
George,  residing  on  and  operating  the  same 
until  his  death.  He  also  dealt  in  wood,  buy- 
ing and  selling  in  large  quantities.  He  was 
a  man  of  large  stature,  six  feet  tall,  and  of 
great  strength,  and  there  was  not  a  man  in  all 
the  country  round  who  could  outdo  him  in 
work.  He  attended  the  Congregational  (Orth- 
odox) church  at  Burlington,  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  and  was  trained  in  one  of  the 
early  military  companies.  He  married  Sar- 
ah R.  Coburn,  born  in  Billerica,  July  i,  1819, 
died  at  Burlington,  daughter  of  Phineas  and 
Sarah  Coburn.  Children:  George  Holden, 
born  January  24,  1841,  see  forward.  Edwin 
.\lonzo,  born  October  11,  1843,  see  forward. 
(VHT)  George  Holden  Bennett,  son  of 
George  Bennett  (7),  was  born  at  Burlington, 
^lassachusetts,  January  24,  1841.  He  received 
his  ei.iucation  in  the  common  schools  at  Bur- 
lington up  to  seventeen  years  of  age,  in  the 
meantime    assisting   his   father   on    the    farm. 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


He  remained  with  his  father  until  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  when  he  moved  to  a  nearby 
farm,  in  the  edge  of  Billerica,  where  he  re- 
mained three  years.  He  subsequently  pur- 
chased the  George  Berry  farm,  consisting  of 
forty  acres,  in  the  center  of  Burlington,  which 
he  comlucted  three  years.  This  he  traded 
with  his  father  for  the  old  homestead,  where 
he  has  remained  up  to  the  present  time 
(1907).  His  present  farm  consists  of  one 
hu'idrcd  and  thirty-five  acres,  and  in  addition 
to  this  he  is  the  owner  of  fifty  acres  in  Bur- 
lington and  one  hundred  in  Bedford.  He  has 
dealt  extensively  in  wood,  cutting  ofif  lumber 
more  or  less,  cattle,  milk  and  market  garden- 
ing. Mr.  Bennett  is  respected  by  his  towns- 
people for  his  honesty  and  square  dealing  in 
all  transactions.  He  attends  the  Congrega- 
tional fOrthodox)  church  at  Burlington,  and 
is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  h^s  served  his 
town  as  selectman,  assessor,  overseer  of  the 
poor  and  road  commissioner.  He  married, 
November  6,  1870,  Mary  T.  Foster,  born  at 
Dublin,  New  Hampshire,  February  9,  1836, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Julia  T.  (Fiske)  Fos- 
ter, of  Burlington.  Massachusetts.  Edward 
Foster  was  a  teacher  for  many  years,  after 
which  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming. 
Children  of  George  H.  and  Mary  T.  Ben- 
nett: I.  Edward  Dana,  born  April  6,  1871. 
married,  at  Woburn,  Nellie  Louise  Sewell, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Sewell,  and  their  chil- 
dren are:  Joshua  Holden,  born  August  11, 
1900;  Elizabeth  Mary,  born  August  22,  1902. 
2.  Farold  Wilson,  born  June  7,  1872.  unmar- 
ried, resides  at  home.  3.  Julia  Alice,  born 
February  2J,  1874,  married,  October  8,  1901. 
William  M.  Roper,  of  Princeton,  Mas-achu- 
setts,  and  their  children  are:  Mary  Alice,  born 
March  7,  1903;  Julia  Adeline,  born  June  24, 
1905.  4.  Webster,  born  August  31,  1877, 
married,  1904,  Josephine  Cox,  of  Woburn: 
two  children,  Trueman,  born  September  26, 
1905,  and  George  Holden,  born  February  11, 

1907. 

(Vni)  Edwin  Alonzo  Bennett,  son  of 
George  Bennett  (7),  was  born  at  Burlington, 
Massachusetts,  October  11,  1843.  He  at- 
tended the  common  schools  until  the  age  of 
seventeen,  in  the  meantime  assisting  his 
father  on  the  farm,  and  continued  farming  and 
teaming  until  1871,  when  he  moved  to  a  farm 
in  the  center  where  the  present  town  park  is 
located.  In  1884,  after  conducting  this  farm 
for  thirteen  years,  he  purchased  his  present 
farm  of  about  fifty  acres,  known  as  the  Henry 
Nichols  place,  ^tr.  Nichols  being  the  father 
of  Mrs.  Bennett.     The  farm  is  mostly  tillage 


and  pasturage.  Mr.  Bennett  is  engaged  in 
general  farming,  milk  raising,  having  a  herd 
of  from  ten  to  twenty  head,  and  the  wood  bus- 
ness,  having  a  market  for  the  latter  commodi- 
ty from  Woburn  to  Boston,  and  a  large 
amount  goes  to  Cambridge,  near  Harvard 
College.  Mr.  Bennett  is  a  man  of  retired 
manners  and  habits,  methodical  and  painstak- 
ing in  the  performance  of  his  labor,  honest 
and  conscientious  in  his  transactions,  and  his 
word  is  considered  as  good  as  his  bond.  He 
has  served  his  town  as  selectman,  overseer  of 
the  poor,  assessor  and  highway  surveyor. 
He  attends  the  Congregational  (Orthodox) 
church  at  Burlington.  He -.was  formerly  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  but  now  gives  his  alle- 
giance to  the  Republican  part)-.  He  married, 
December  21,  1871.  Susan  Emily  Nichols, 
born  August  14,  1852,  at  Burlington,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Nichols,  who  was  a  farmer  and 
teamster,  and  Harriet  (Bennett)  Nichols,  of 
Burlington. 


Sairaiel    Scripture,   the   im- 
SCRIPTIJRE     migrant  ancestor,  was  born 

about  1650.  He  settled  in 
Groton,  Massachusetts,  just  before  the  out- 
break of  King  Philip's  war,  and  late  in  1675, 
with  the  other  inhabitants,  had  to  leave  that 
town  to  its  fate.  He  appears  to  have  been 
among  the  first  to  return  from  his  place  of 
refuge  in  some  older  town,  for  his  daughter 
Mary,  according  to  the  records,  was  born  in 
1680,  in  Groton.  He  was  of  Lieutenant  Jonas 
Prescott's  company  in  garrison  March  17, 
1691-2.  Scripture  seems  to  have  been  living 
i"  1733'  anfl  he  may  have  been  the  Samuel 
Scripture.  Sr.,  who  joined  the  Groton  church. 
July  13,  1728,  for  no  reason  appears  why  his 
son  Samuel  should  be  called  Sr,  at  that  time. 
He  married  first  Elizabeth  .  He  mar- 
ried  second,   about    1707,   Sarah   .   and 

both  owned  the  covenant  March  30,  1707,  at 
Groton.  Children:  t.  Samuel,  born  at  Groton, 
October  4,  1675  :  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary, 
born  February  7,  i68o.  3.  Sarah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1682.  4.  Deborah,  married  Septem- 
ber 4.  T/io.  Jonathan  Whitcomb,  of  Groton. 
5.  Abigail,  born  January  28,  1686-7.  6-  Ruth, 
born  February  2,  1696.  7.  Lydia,  born  June 
28,  1700.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Sarah:  8. 
Jacob,  baptized  March  30,  1707.  9.  Eunice, 
baptized  May  22,  1709;  married  June  21, 
1733.  John  Goodridge,  of  Lunenburg,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

fll)     Samuel     Scripture,    son    of    Satnuel 
Scripture  fi),  was  born  in  Groton.  ]\Tassachu- 


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setts,  October  4,  1675,  and  died  September  28, 
1723.  He  married  February  8,  1699-1700, 
Mary  Green,  of  the  family  of  whicli  Dr.  Sam- 
uel A.  Green,  of  Boston,  belongs.  She  died 
at  Groton,  September  25,  1723.  The  Boston 
Neivs  Letter  of  October  3,  1723,  states  that  a 
man,  his  wife  and  two  children  died  at  Groton 
of  spotted  fever  within  a  week.  The  record  of 
this  family  corresponds  with  the  news  item. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  December  16,  1700. 
2.  Jemima,  born  April  19,  1702;  died  Septem- 
ber 30,  1723.  3.  Samuel,  born  April  25,  1707. 
4.  James,  died  September  28,   1723. 

Samuel  Scripture  (2)  was  in  the  service  in 
1706,  and  testified  as  to  the  events  of  February 
6,  1706,  at  a  court-martial  of  his  lieutenants, 
Seth  Wyman  and  Thomas  Tarbell,  February 
16,  1706,  as  follows:  "That  on  the  sixth  of 
February  upon  our  incamping  I  was  sent  upon 
discovery  about  Sun  an  hour  high  at  night  to 
march  on  the  left  wing  and  having  marched 
about  a  mile  and  a  quarter  wee  met  with  a 
Track  which  Jonathan  Butterfield  who  was 
with  me  (another  scout j  thought  to  have  been 
a  bitch  wolfe  and  her  whelps,  but  I  thought 
to  be  Indian  Doggs  and  followed  their  trail 
about  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  and  after  a  small 
Stop  wee  saw  Tarbol's  (Tarbell)  scout  who 
call'd  us  away  and  told  uls  they  believd  there 
was  a  thousand  Indians  upon  which  wee  has- 
tened away,  but  Tarbols  Scout  ran  so  fast  that 
I  could  not  come  up  with  them  to  understand 
what  their  discovery  was  till  I  came  to  the 
Camp ;  where  Tarbol  related  what  he  had 
seen,  all  our  men  crowded  to  hear  the  news ; 
Lieut.  Wyman  ordered  his  men  to  stand 
farther  off  and  give  room  that  he  might  dis- 
course his  officers  upon  which  many  of  them 
ran  away  and  the  captain  sent  Sergt.  Parham 
to  stop  them  Lieut,  Wayman  seing  his  men  de- 
sert him,  and  Tarbols  men  representing  ye 
Enemy  as  so  very  numerous,  thought  it  ad- 
visable to  draw  off  and  accordingly  wee  made 
the  best  of  our  way  home."  The  other  scout 
Jonathan  Butterfield  confirmed  the  testimony 
of  Scripture. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Scripture,  son  of  Samuel 
Scripture  (2),  was  born  in  Groton,  April  25, 
T707.     (See  Dr.  Green's  Groton  Records,  vol-. 

iv,  page  325).     He  married  Elizabeth  

about  1726.  Their  only  child  was  Samuel, 
born  April  27,  1727;  mentioned  below.  Dur- 
ing the  revolution  Samuel  Scripture  and  Sam- 
uel Scripture.  Jr.,  served  in  the  same  com- 
pany. This  fact  supports  the  authority  of 
Dr.  Green  in  correcting  Butler's  "History  of 
Groton."  in  which  Samuel,  born  .April  ij, 
1727,  is  made  a  son  of  .Sanniel,  iKirn  1675.     It 


is  not  probable  that  Samuel,  born  1760,  stayed 
at  home,  and  that  his  father  and  grandfather 
who  would  be,  according  to  Butler,  a  hun- 
dred years  old,  went  into  service.  It  may  be 
possible  that  Samuel,  born  1707,  was  one  of 
the  Samuels  in  the  revolution  in  1775,  though 
not  likely.  \'ery  little  is  known  of  Samuel 
Scripture  (3).  He  enlisted  at  Groton  in  1723 
in  Captain  Jabez  Fairbank's  company,  and 
served  from  November  10,  1723,  to  June  13, 
1724,  receiving  fifteen  pounds  ten  shillings. 
He  had  a  negro  servant  Margaret  who  was 
baptized  January  30,  1733-4.  an  adult  mulatto. 
She  married  Priamus,  and  their  son  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  Samuel  Scripture 
was  living  in  1746. 

(IV)  Samuel  Scripture,  son  of  Sanuiel 
Scripture  (3),  was  born  in  Groton,  April  27, 
1727.  He  was  a  private  in  Captain  William 
Lawrence's  Groton  company  in  1746  for  the 
short  time  that  King  George's  war  lasted.  He 
and  his  son  Samuel  Scripture.  Jr.,  were  in 
Captain  Benjamin  Mann's  company.  Colonel 
James  Reed's  regiment,  both  of  Mason,  New 
Hampshire  (Eighth  Company)  in  1775  and 
1778.  His  son  James  was  also  a  revolutionary 
soldier.  Samuel.  Jr.,  appears  also  as  of  Town- 
send  in  a  Massachusetts  regiment.  Townsend 
is  an  adjacent  town  to  Mason.  Samuel,  Sr., 
appears  also  to  have  served  .\pril  19,  1775,  in 
Captain  Samuel  Douglas's  company.  Colonel 
James  Prescott's  regiment  (Massachusetts 
Records)  but  this  record  may  be  that  of  Sam- 
uel Scripture    (3). 

Samuel  Scripture  (4)  was  a  leading  man  of 
the  church  at  Mason.  He  was  appointed  to 
procure  preaching,  and  out  of  his  arrangement 
with  Rev.  Mr.  Brown  grew  considerable  liti- 
gation. He  asked  the  town  meeting  of  August 
10,  1770,  to  release  him  from  the  difficulty 
about  Mr.  Brown's  preaching,  but  failed  to  get 
a  vote  in  his  favor.  At  another  town  meeting, 
June  3,  1771.  "and  article  was  in  the  town 
warrant  to  see  if  the  town  will  make  any 
allowance  with  respect  to  the  charge  and 
trouble  he  (Scripture)  has  been  put  to  relative 
to  Mr.  Brown,  a  late  preacher  in  said  town; 
he  the  said  Scripture  being  the  person  that 
employed  him  for  that  business,  and  he  has 
been  sued  and  put  to  cost  and  charge  upon  this 
account,  and  to  say  what  he  shall  have  allowed 
him  for  the  same."  The  town  again  voted 
against  Scripture,  the  voters  apparently  being 
too  stingy  to  pay  bills  that  belonged  to  the  pub- 
lic not  private  individuals  to  pay.  but  no  reason 
appears  on  the  town  records.  Samuel  Scripture 
(4)  was  called  Jr.  and  he  or  his  son  "3d."  on 
the    records    indicating    that    his    father    and 


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grandfather  were  both  Hving.  He  inarried  Oc- 
tober 9,  1745-6,  at  Groton,  Mary  Green.  They 
settled  in  Mason  in  or  about  1759.  Children, 
born  in  Groton:  i.  Mary,  born  May  5,  1747. 
2.  James,  born  January  11,  1749;  resided  at 
Mason.  3.  Oliver,  born  December  19,  1750; 
mentioned  below.  Born  at  Mason :  4.  Sarah, 
born  about  1757-8.  5.  Samuel,  bom  December 
9,  1760.  6.  Hannah,  born  June  3,  1763.  7. 
John,  born  September  18,  1765. 

(V)  Oliver  Scripture,  son  of  Samuel  Scrip- 
ture {4),  was  born  at  Groton,  December  19, 
1750,  and  died  July  27,  1821.  He  resided  at 
Mason  until  1785  or  1786,  and  then  settled  at 
New  Ipswich,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  bridge  builder.  In  politics  he  was 
active  in  the  revolutionary  cause,  and  his 
father  and  brothers  were  in  the  service.  He 
married  Jane  Patterson.  Children,  born  in 
Mason:  i.  Betty,  born  August  7,  1777.  2. 
Sarah,  October  5,  1779.  3.  Jane,  June  23,  1781. 
4.  Oliver,  June  16,  1783.  5.  Lucinda,  July  24, 
1785.  Born  in  New  Ipswich :  6.  Nabby,  7. 
Sybil.  8.  Nancy.  9.  James  P.  10.  Betsey. 
II.  Calvin.     12.  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Isaac  Scripture,  son  of  Oliver  Scrip- 
ture (5),  was  born  in  New  Ipswich,  Novem- 
ber 9,  180 1,  and  died  in  Lowell,  August  7, 
1852.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  he  was  apprenticed  to  Bond,  the  baker, 
at  Wilmington,  Massachusetts.  He  worked 
there  seven  years,  then  removed  to  East 
Chelmsford,  which  later  became  Lowell,  and 
established  his  bakery.  From  a  humble  be- 
ginning this  bakery  grew  until  it  took  the 
leading  place  in  that  line  of  business.  The 
Scripture  Bakery  has  for  many  years  in  Low- 
ell represented  the  best  grade  of  bread  and 
pastry.  He  was  successful,  and  acquired  an 
enviable  business  reputation  for  shrewdness 
and  integrity.  In  politics  he  was  an  old  line 
Whig.  He  was  interested  in  politics  and  mu- 
nicipal affairs,  and  was  an  alderman  of  the 
city,  and  a  representative  from  Lowell  to  the 
general  court.  He  was  a  faithful  member  of 
the  LInitarian  church,  and  for  many  years  was 
a  deacon.  He  died  in  Lowell,  August  7,  1852. 
He  married  Lydia  Mead,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Mead,  of  Waltham.  She  was  born  July  26, 
1806,  and  died  February  17,  1892.  Her  father 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Children. 
born  in  Chelmsford  and  Lowell:  i.  Isaac 
Fiske;  see  forward.  2.  Sarah  E.,  born  Janu- 
ary 2q,  i82g.  died  December  26,  1903: 
married,  Xovemher  19.  1850,  Benjamin 
Franklin  fl.-u-l:,  w  iio  died  Ma'rch,  1876: 
children:  .Mrs.  Cannalt,  of  Pittsburg.  Pennsyl- 


vania ;  Frank  S.,  of  Hopedale,  Massachusetts ; 
three  grandsons — Franklin  R.,  Thornton  W.. 
and  Fiske,  now  living.  3.  Martha,  born  1830, 
died  December  10,  1907.  4.  Stephen,  born 
1832 ;  died  young.  5.  Stephen  A.,  see  for- 
ward. 6.  Abbie  B.,  born  1835  >  died  in  in- 
fancy. 7.  Henry,  born  1836;  died  in  infancy. 
8.  Henry  W.,  born  1838;  died  young.  9. 
James  Oliver,  see  forward.  10.  George  E. ; 
see  forward.  11.  Charles  F.,  born  1842.  12. 
Mary  J.,  born  1844.  13.  Emily  P.,  born  1846. 
14.  Lydia,  born  1848.  15.  Fannie  A.,  born 
1850.  Two  of  the  daughters,  Mary  J.  and 
Fannie  A.,  reside  on  the  homestead  in  Lowell,' 
and  arc  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  by 
many  friends  and  acquaintances  in  their  na- 
tive city.  They  are  members  of  the  Unitarian 
church. 

(VH)  Isaac  Fiske  Scripture,  son  of  Isaac 
Scripture  (6),  was  born  in  Keene,  New 
Hampshire,  1827.  He  was  two  years  old 
when  his  father  removed  to  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  with  the  intention  of  fitting  for  col- 
lege. At  graduation  from  the  high  school 
he  suspended  his  studies,  his  father  being  in 
need  of  his  services  in  his  business.  After  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1852.  he  took  charge 
of  the  business,  which  he  conducted  with  suc- 
cess. He  established  a  bakery  in  Montreal, 
Canada,  in  1862,  remaining  tliere  until  1876, 
and  being  very  successful.  In  the  latter  year 
he  established  the  Scripture  Laundry  in  Low- 
ell, Massachusetts,  continuing  until  he  sold 
out  to  Frank  K.  Stearns.  He  then  went  to 
South  Boston,  where  he  built  up  a  laundry 
which  he  conducted  for  several  years.  Re- 
turning again  to  Lowell,  he  again  took  up 
the  bakery  business,  which  he  managed  suc- 
cessfullv  until  his  health  gave  way,  and  he 
died  December  13.  1906.  He  was  a  man  of 
industrious  habits  and  strict  integrity.  He 
served  as  alderman.  He  was  prominent  in 
Masonic  circles,  having  attained  to  the  Thirty- 
third  degree,  Scottish  Rite.  He  married  Isa- 
belle  Witherell.  of  Lowell,  whose  death  oc- 
curred before  that  of  her  husband.  No  issue. 
(VH)  Stephen  Augustus  Scripture,  son  of 
Isaac  Scripture  (6),  was  born  in  Lowell,  Mas- 
sachusetts, .\ugust  30,  1834.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  the 
academies  at  Derry,  New  Hampshire,  and  the 
Norwich  (\'ermont)  Military  .Academy.  He 
enlisted  in  the  Union  army  during  the  civil 
war,  and  served  under  General  Benjamin  F. 
Butler,  at  Ship  Island,  where  he  was  placed  in 
chanje  of  the  government  liakery.  and  he  was 
similarlv  employed  under  the  same  officer  at 


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New  Orleans  and  Yorktown.  After  the  war 
he  engaged  in  the  bakery  business  in  Lowell, 
which  he  conducted  with  success  until  within 
a  few  years  of  his  death.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Universalist,  in  politics  a  Republican,  and 
he  was  a  member  of  Post  No.  185,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  Department  of  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  .\pril  30,  1868,  at 
Waltham,  Martha  Maria  Carey ;  no  issue.  He 
died  December  2,  1900. 

(VII)  Rev.  James  Oliver  Scripture,  son  of 
Isaac  Scripture  (6),  was  born  June  26,  1839. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  Lowell  schools 
and  Dartmouth  College,  leading  his  classes 
and  making  a  brilliant  record  in  the  last  named 
institution.  He  taught  for  several  years  in  the 
Lowell  high  school.  He  afterward  attended 
the  General  Theological  Seminary,  New  York, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  July,  1865.  He 
entered  upon  the  rectorship  of  St.  Peter's 
church  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  labored 
in  that  capacity  until  his  death,  August  8, 
1868.  He  married,  October  18,  1865,  .\ugivsta, 
daughter  of  Abel  Wheeler,  of  Lincoln,  Massa- 
chusetts. His  widow  and  two  daughters.  Ber- 
tha and  Mary  J.,  reside  on  the  old  homestead 
in  Lincoln. 

(VII)  George  E.  Scripture,  son  of  Isaac 
Scripture  (6),  was  born  in  Lowell,  Sepetmber 
26,  1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
that  city.  He  was  afterwards  engaged  for 
years  in  the  bakery  business  in  Scripture  Bak- 
ery and  elsewhere  in  Lowell,  and  afterward 
followed  the  same  occupation  in  Montreal, 
Canada,  and  Milford,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
in  the  Lowell  city  government  for  several 
years  as  an  alderman.  He  married,  February 
4,  1880.  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Bangs,  a  widow,  born 
Scammell,  of  Milford,  where  they  now  reside. 


Peter  'i'ufts,  the  immigrant  an- 
TUFTS  cestor,  was  iiorn  in  England  in 
1616,  probably  in  the  southern 
part  of  Norfolk  county.  He  was  a  yeoman  and 
planter  of  Charlestown,  .Massachusetts,  in 
1638,  anfl  in  1646  and  perhaps  earlier  was  the 
ferryman  with  his  hrother-in-law,  William 
Bridges.  He  removed  to  Maiden  early  and 
resided  where  the  city  of  Everett  is  now  lo- 
cated on  the  site  of  the  nitre  storehouse.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  May  3,  1665.  He 
died  May  13,  1700.  aged  eighty  three.  His 
will  was  dated  March  i,  1693.  codicil  dated 
July  8,  1605.  3nd  proved  June  10,  1700,  be- 
queathing to  his  wife  Mary:  sons  Peter,  Jona- 
than  and   John:   daughters   Mary,   widow   of 


John  Eades:  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Joseph 
Lynde ;  Mercy,  widow  of  Joseph  Waite,  called 
Alercy  Jenkins  in  codicil;  and  Sarah,  wife  of 
Thomas  Oakes:  to  grandchild,  James  Tufts; 
the  three  sons  of  Peter  Tufts.  Tlie  widow 
died  January,  1702-03,  aged  seventy-five 
years.  He  married  Mary  Peirce,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Peirce.  Children:  i. 
Peter,  born  about  1648.  2.  James.  3. 
John,  May  7,  1653,  died  young.  4.  Mary, 
June  10,  1655.  5.  Jonathan,  June  19, 
1O57,  died  June  22,  1658.  6.  Jonathan,  about 
May  2,  1659.  7.  Elizabeth,  about  1660,  mar- 
ried, November  22,  1673,  Joseph  Lynde.  8. 
John,  mentioned  below.  9.  Mercy,  married, 
April,  1688,  Joseph  Waite.  10.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried, 1689,  Thomas  ( )akes.  u.  Persis,  died 
October  2,  1683,  unmarried.  12.  Lydia,  died 
July  26,  1^83,  unmarried. 

(II)  John  Tufts,  son  of  Peter  Tufts  (i),  was 
born  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  in  1665,  died 
there  March  28,  1728.  He  inherited  the 
homestead  and  his  brothers  inherited  various 
lands  and  farms  of  their  father  at  what  is  now 
Everett.  Medford,  Somerville.  Maiden  and 
Charlestown.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
March  22,  1689-90.  His  will  was  dated  May 
9,  1727,  and  proved  April  12,  1728.  He  gave 
his  son  Benjamin  a  farm  at  Medford;  Na- 
thaniel at  Charlestown,  and  the  farm  at  Mai- 
den or  Charlestown  to  Thomas  and  Stephen. 
He  married  Mary  Putnam,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Nathaniel  Putnam,  who  was  born  Sep- 
tember 15.  1668,  and  died  1758  in  Salem 
Village.  The  first  three  children  were  born 
at  Medford :  the  others  at  Maiden  and 
Charlestown.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born 
April  II,  1688,  married  John  Willis.  2.  John, 
Mlay  28,  1690.  3.  Nathaniel,  February 
23,  1692.  4.  Peter,  May  10,  1697,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Benjamin,  November  28,  1699.  6. 
Timothy,  October  14,  1703,  died  May  2,  1727, 
at  Maiden.  7.  Thomas,  December  4,  1706. 
8.  Stephen.  May  I,  1711,  died  in  Maiden,  De- 
cember 5,  1785.  9.  Mary.  September  6,  1716, 
married  Samtiel  Bleigh. 

(III)  Peter  Tufts,  son  of  John  Tufts  (2). 
was  born  at  Charlestown,  Alassachusetts. 
A'lay  10,  1697,  died  there  December  5,  1776. 
He  was  a  housewright  by  trade  and  was  a 
taxpayer  in  Charlestown  1727  to  1737  and 
1744  to  1747.  His  will  was  dated  .August  9, 
1774.  and  proved  August  18,  1777.  He  con- 
veyed his  real  estate  to  his  heirs  before  hi? 
death.  He  married  Lydia  Bucknam.  son  of 
Joses  and  Judith  (Woiih)  Bucknam,  of  Mai 
den.      She    died    October    31,    1776,    in    he> 


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seventy-second  )ear,  and  her  gravestone  is  to 
be  seen  in  Charlestown,  by  the  side  of  her 
husband's.  Children:  i.  Nathan,  born  May 
14,  1724,  married  Mary  Adams.  2.  Peter, 
April  24,  1/23,  mentioned  below.  3.  Lydia, 
June  5,  173 1,  married  John  Ranks.  4.  Timo- 
thy, Januar,    20,   1734,  married  Ann  Adams. 

5.  Samuel,  .\ovember  24,  1737,  married 
Martha  Adams.  6.  Aaron,  December  16, 
1739,  married  Mary  Stone.  7.  Susanna,  July 
28,  1742,  died  April  23,  1746. 

(iV)  Peter  Tufts,  son  of  Peter  Tufts  (3), 
was  born  in  Charlestown.  now  Somerville, 
-April  24,  1728.  He  was  an  active  Patriot  dur- 
ing the  Revolution  and  Chapter  Ann  Adams 
Tufts,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, is  named  for  his  patriotic  wife  (or  Mrs. 
Timothy  Adams).  He  married,  .\pril  19,  1750, 
Ann  .Vdams,  of  the  famous  Adams  family  of 
Massachusetts;  she  died  at  tthe  advanced  age 
of  eighty-four  years,  February  7,  1813  He 
died  March  4,  1791,  aged  sixty-three.  He 
was  a  taxpayer  in  Charlestown  from  1756  to 
1770.  His  will  was  dated  March  i,  1791,  and 
proved  Alay  3  following.  In  it  he  mentions 
his  wife  and  ten  children.  Children;  i.  Peter, 
born  May  20,  1751,  died  Alarch  19.  1752.  2. 
Peter,  Janiiary  9,  1753.  3.  John,  November 
24,  1754,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ann,  January 
■2.  1757.  married  Abel  Richardson.  5.  Eliza- 
beth. October  it,.  1738,  married  Daniel  Swan. 

6.  Joseph,  July  12,  1760.  7.  Lydia,  June  10, 
1762,  married  Rev.  Robert  Gray.  8.  Asa, 
July  2,  1764.  9.  Thomas,  May  18,  1766.  10. 
Lucy,  November  12,  1767,  married  Jacob  Os- 
good. II.  Rebecca,  September  20,  1769, 
married  Nathan  .Adams.  12.  Sarah,  married 
Joseph  Adams. 

(\')  John  Tufts,  son  of  Peter  Tufts  (4), 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  November  24,  1754. 
He  married.  May  19.  1778,  Elizabeth  Perry, 
of  Cambridge.  Both  were  dismissed  from  the 
church  at  Medford  to  the  Second  Unitarian 
Church  of  whicli  they  were  covenant  mem- 
bers in  1817.  His  estate  was  valued  at  $16,- 
909  in  1806,  when  he  had  a  guardian  appoint- 
ed on  account  of  failing  health.  Children,  all 
born  at  Charlestown:  i.  John,  Jr.,  Septem- 
ber 12.  1780,  married,  September  28,  1806, 
Abigail  Wheeler,  of  Shrewsbury.  2.  Benja- 
min, .August  27,  1782.  3.  James,  May  12,  1784. 
4.  Elizabeth,  March  i6,-  1786.  5.  Leonard, 
Alarch  20,  1788.  6.  Cynthia,  March  5,  1790, 
died  November  18,  1871.  7.  William,  Alay  6, 
'793-  ^-  Lydia,  April  5.  1795,  married  David 
Sanborn.  9.  Sophia,  March  20,  1797,  died 
September  23,  1799.  10.  Asa.  Alay  16.  1799. 
mentioned  below.      11.   Oliver,   1801.  married 


Dorothy  Tufts,  widow  of  his  brother,  Asa 
Tufts. 

(\T)  .Asa  Tufts,  son  of  John  Tufts  (5),  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  Alay  16,  1799.  He  mar- 
ried Dorothy  Danforth  and  she  married  (sec- 
ond) his  brother,  ( )liver  Tufts.  For  the  chil- 
dren by  this  second  marriage  see  sketch  of 
Bacon  family  of  Somerville.  Children  of  Asa 
and  Dorothy  (Danforth)  Tufts;  I.  William 
Sumner,  (see  sketch  of  Oliver  Bacon,  of  Som- 
erville. who  married  his  only  daughter,  Clara 
Belle  Tufts).  2.  Caroline  E.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  .Anna  Louise,  married  Dr.  William 
F.  Fletcher,  of  Cutter  Square,  West  Somer- 
ville, AJassachusetts;  no  children. 

(VIIj  Caroline  E.  Tufts,  daughter  of  Asa 
Tufts  (6),  was  born  in  Charlestown,  April  4, 
1826.  She  married,  January  7,  1849,  Frank- 
lin Henderson,  son  of  Andrew  and  Ruth 
(Elodgett)  Henderson,  of  Newbury,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  was  born  September  27,  1818. 
He  died  at  Somerville,  February  12,  1898.  His 
father  was  a  paper  maker  at  Bellows  Falls 
and  Montpelier,  Vermont.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  district  schools  of 
Montpelier.  He  left  home  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one,  and  in  1839  entered  the  employ 
of  a  farmer  named  Frost  in  Charlestown,  now 
Somerville.  The  farm  was  on  the  street  now 
called  Somerville  avenue.  A  few  years  after- 
ward the  section  known  now  as  Somerville 
was  set  ofT,  Air.  Henderson  voting  with  the 
majority  for  the  division  of  the  town,  and 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  a  citizen 
of  Somerville.  P'rom  1844  to  1848  Mr.  Hen- 
derson was  superintendent  of  streets;  then 
for  sixteen  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Biiston  &  Alaine  railroad  as  track  layer.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  he  returned  to  the  employ 
of  Somerville  in  the  street  department  and  re- 
mained twelve  years,  during  which  among 
other  important  public  improvements  under 
his  supervision  he  laid  the  sidewalks  on 
Somerville  avenue.  He  built  his  home  on 
Central  street,  Somerville,  in  1848.  the  year 
previous  to  his  marriage.  They  had  only  one 
child,  Evelyn  Louise,  born  January  27,  185 1, 
married  Edward  B.  A'reeland  and  resides  at 
Winthrop;  their  children:  i.  Dolly  Vreeland, 
died  voung.  ii.  Carolyn  Elizabeth  Vreeland, 
married  Stanley  Richmond  Ells,  and  lives  at 
21  Pembroke  street,  Somerville;  iii.  Louisa 
.A.  Vreeland,  married  William  J.  Mitchell, 
born  in  England,  stationary  engineer;  have 
one  son.  William  Franklin  Afitchell,  born 
February  16,  1903;  iv.  Elsie  Ladd  A'reeland, 
married  .Arthur  W.  Collier,  and  they  have  one 
son.  Charles  Collier. 


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John  Brewer,  the  immigrant 
BREWER  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1620.  He  settled 
in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
a  proprietor  as  early  as  1644-45.  Very  little 
is  known  about  him.  He  married  Ann 
.  He  removed  to  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1646.  His  first  two  children 
were  born  in  Cambridge,  the  other  three  in 
Sudbury.  There  was  another  John  Brewer 
among  the  early  settlers  at  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts. Thomas  Brewer,  very  likely  his 
brother,  was  also  a  pioneer  at  Ipswich.  The 
only  other  early  settler  in  Massachusetts  was 
Daniel  Brewer,  of  Roxbury,  who  may  have 
been  related  to  John  Brewer,  of  this  pedigree. 
Children  of  John  and  Ann  Brewer;  i.  John, 
born  October  10,  1642,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Hannah,  born  January  18,  1645,  married,  at 
Sudbury,  February  25,  1664,  Daniel  Goble.  3. 
Mary,  born  September  2^.  1648.  4.  William, 
born  October  6,  1653.  5.  Sarah,  born  March 
27.1658. 

(II)  John  Brewer,  son  of  John  Brewer  (i), 
was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 10.  1642,  died  January  i,  1690-91.  He 
lived  in  Sudbury,  married  Elizabeth  Rice, 
daughter  of  Henry  Rice,  and  granddaughter 
of  the  pioneer,  Edmund  Rice.  (See  Rice 
sketch).  She  died  in  February,  1693.  Children: 

1.  Lieutenant  John,  born  September  29,  1669, 
married  Mary  Jones,  settled  in  Watertown.  2. 
Elizabeth,  born  May  21,  1670.  3.  Hannah, 
born  March  22.  1672.  4.  James,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1675,  deacon  of  Sudbury  church; 
married,  in  1703,  Elizabeth  Grout.  5.  Sarah, 
born  January  14.  1678.  6.  Mary,  born  March 
17,  1679-80.  7.  Abigail,  born  April  5,  1682. 
8.  Martha,  born  March  5,  1685.  9.  Jonathan, 
born  June  21,  1689,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Jonathan  Brewer,  son  of  John 
Brewer  (2),  was  born  in  Sudbury,  June  21, 
1689.  He  settled  in  Framingham  which  ad- 
joins Sudbury  on  the  south,  and  his  farm  is 
that  now  known  as  the  Edward  Goodnow 
farm.     He  died  in  Framingham.     He  married 

Arabella ,  who  owned  the  covenant  in 

the  Framingham  church,  April  17,  1717. 
Children,  all  born  in  Framingham:  i. 
Samuel,  November  4.  1716.  2.  Abner.  July 
10.  1718,  eccentric  character,  died  unmarried. 
3.   Peter,  .\pril  17.   1720.     4.   Elizabeth,  Jime 

2,  1722,  married.  May  20,  1745,  David  Pratt, 
Jr  5.  .'Vbigail,  born  1724,  laaptized  March 
29,  1724;  married,  January  16,  1755,  Edmund 
Town,  of  Floosack  Fort.  6.  Colonel  Jona- 
than, baptized  February  3,  1725-26,  com- 
manded a  regiment  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 


Hill;  resided  at  Framingham,  Watertown, 
Waltliam  and  Boston;  buried  January  9,  1784. 
7.  Moses,  born  March  26,  1728,  mentioned 
below-.  8.  David,  born  December  24,  1731, 
father  of  Colonel  David  Brewer,  of  Framing- 
ham, who  was  born  about  1763.  9.  Martha, 
born  June  16,  1734.     10.  Eliab,  May  14,  1737. 

(IV)  Captain  Moses  Brewer,  son  of  Jona- 
than Brewer  (3),  was  born  in  Framingham, 
Massachusetts,  March  26,  1728.  He  resided 
in  Sudbury,  removed  to  Sherborn,  Alassachu- 
setts,  adjoining  Framingham,  and  his  chil- 
dren, whose  guardians  were  appointed  in 
Worcester  count)',  had  their  residence  given 
as  Sherborn.  Captain  Moses  Brewer  com- 
manded a  company  of  militia.  He  died  about 
August,  1765.  Aaron  Willard,  Abijah  Will- 
ard  and  John  Phillips  were  on  the  bond  of  the 
guardian  of  his  son,  Moses  Brewer,  Jr.,  dated 
.\ugust  21,  1765.  He  married,  December  4, 
1751,  Elizabeth  Davis.  Children:  I.  Jona- 
than, born  June  3,  1752,  at  Sudbury.  2.  Eli- 
sha,  born  at  Sudbury,  June  10,  1754.  3. 
James,  born  1756,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Moses,  Jr.,  born  at  Sudbury,  served  from 
Lancaster  in  the  Revolution.  5.  Elizabeth, 
born  in  Sherborn  (recorded  also  at  Sudbury), 
January  6,  1761. 

(V)  James  Brewer,  son  of  Captain  Moses 
Brewer  (4),  was  born  in  Sudbury  or  Sher- 
born in  1756,  died  July  2^,  1839,  at  Boylston, 
Massachusetts,  aged  seventy-four  years.  His 
father  died  when  he  was  very  young,  and  he 
was  brought  up  in  the  family  of  relatives  in 
Boston,  perhaps  living  with  his  uncle,  Colonel 
Jonathan  Brewer.  Fie  settled  in  Berlin,  form- 
erly Lancaster,  near  his  brother  Moses.  His 
house  was  east  of  the  road  just  by  Captain 
-Samuel  Spofford's  place,  the  site  of  the  dwel- 
ling being  no  longer  recognizable.  He 
moved  to  Berlin  in  winter  on  a  hand  sled, 
having  a  young  child  stowed  away  among 
the  pots  and  kettles.  He  bought  of  Abijah 
Pratt  two  pieces  of  land  in  Berlin  on  the  east 
side  of  the  road  from  the  Berlin  meeting 
house  to  Bolton,  December  18,  1786.  .\bout 
iSoohe  removed  on  racquets  across  lots  to  the 
east  woods  of  Boylston,  where  the  family 
lived  for  many  years  afterward.  He  bought 
the  farm  of  Eber  Eager,  of  Boylston,  the  farm 
that  he  deeded  to  his  son,  Eber  Brewer,  in 
1828  and  1829.  He  disposed  of  his  other 
propert\'  by  will  filed  at  Worcester,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1830,  naming  as  trustee  for  certain  pur- 
poses James  Brewer,  Jr.,  Abijah  Brewer  and 
Stephen  Williams.  Eleven  of  his  children 
were  living  when  the  will  was  made. 

lames    Brewer,    of    Boston,    ])robably    this 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


James,  as  there  is  trace  of  no  other  at  that 
time,  was  a  mat'ross  in  Captain  Edward  Bur- 
beck's  company,  Colonel  Richard  Gridley"s 
regiment  of  artillery  in  1775.  He  was  also  in 
Captain  Jonathan  Stoddard's  company. 
Colonel  Thomas  Craft's  regiment  of  artillery 
in  1777.  He  married,  about  1779,  Deborah 
Moore,  of  the  Sudbury  family,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Moore,  of  Sudbury.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), March  3,  1803,  at  Boylston,  Betsey 
Moore,  probably  sister  of  his  first  wife.  She 
died  at  Boylston,  December  6,  1837,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  Children  of  James  and 
Deborah  Brewer :  James,  baptized  at  Ber- 
lin in  1780.  John,  born  1782,  died  young. 
John,  born  1783,  married  Dorcas  Bruce, 
daughter  of  John.  Mary,  born  1785.  Thomas, 
born  1788.  Abijah,  bom  1790,  died  Oc- 
tober 26,  1838,  aged  forty-eight,  leaving 
all  his  estate  to  his  brother  Eber;  was  never 
married;  famous  as  a  blaster  of  rocks. 
Charity,  born  1793,  married.  1816,  Nathan 
Ball  (2),  of  Ball'  Hill.  Mary,  born  1794. 
Cyrus,  born  1797.  Eber,  born  1804.,  men- 
tioned below.  Deborah,  nientioiled  in  will. 
Joseph,  mentioned  in  will.  Henry,  men- 
tioned in  will. 

(VT)  Eber  Brewer,  son  of  James  Brewer 
(5),  was  born  about  1804,  in  Boylston,  and 
died  October  12,  1885.  He  married  Lucy  W. 
Fay,  of  Berlin,  April  27,  1829,  daughter  of 
Dexter  Fay,  descendant  of  the  old  Marl- 
borough and  Soulhborough  family.  He  set- 
tled in  Northborough.  adjoining  Boylston, 
Massachusetts,  and  his  three  children  were 
born  there.  Children:  1.  Ann  Jennette,  born 
April  I,  1830.  2.  Lucy  Jane,  born  September 
10,  1832,  mentioned  below  in  Mentzer  sketch. 
3,  George  Boardman,  born  March  26,  1838. 


(I)  Philip  Mentzer,  born 
MENTZER  about  1790,  settled  in  West- 
ford,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried Orinda  Miles,  daughter  of  Charles  Miles. 
Children:  i.  .'\ndrew,  whose  children  were: 
i.  William,  three  years  civil  war  color-bearer, 
resides  in  Hudson,  Massachusetts,  and  has 
children :  Evelyn  and  .A.lbert.  ii.  Edward,  re- 
sides in  Indiana,  iii.  Henry,  three  years  in 
same  regiment  with  brother,  resides  in  Bol- 
ton, Massachusetts,  iv.  Samuel,  v.  Louisa 
P.  2.  Cyrus  has  children:  i.  Cyrus  H.,  three 
years  in  Fifty-first  Regiment,  lives  in  Xortli- 
boro:  married  Abbie  Nelson  and  Irene  Har- 
ris: ii.  ■■\ngusta,  married  Walter  Valentine; 
iii.  Mary  F,.,  married  a  Mr.  Sawyer,  and  has 
one  child;  iv.   Fmnia.  married  Dr.  Harriman. 


of  Hudson,  Massachusetts;  v.  Thornton  E., 
married  Mat-y  Mack,  had  children;  Albert, 
Everett,  Lila,  Clara  and  Eunice  Eleanor.  3. 
John  settled  in  Brighton  (now  Boston),  Mas- 
sachusetts; married  Olive  Pierce,  a  native  of 
Maine.  Children;  i.  Augusta;  ii.  John  F.; 
iii.  Louisa  B.,  married  Fred  Cushman;  iv. 
George  P.,  resides  in  Brighton,  married  Ger- 
trude Lynde,  of  Melrose.  4.  George,  three 
years  in  Civil  war,  Twenty-fourth  Regiment, 
settled  in  Kansas;  children:  Susie,  Charles, 
.Albert,  Carrie.  John.  5.  Rufus,  settled  in 
Denver,  Colorado;  children:  Herbert,  resides 
in  N'ictor,  Colorado;  Laura.  6.  Charles  L., 
born  Westford,  October  24,  1825,  mentioned 
below.  7.  Augusta,  married  James  Stratton, 
principal  of  a  'San  Francisco  school;  had  two 
children.  8.  Sarah,  resides  in  Berlin,  Massa- 
chusetts; married  James  Oman,  and  had 
daughter  .Alice,  who  married  a  Mr.  Wheeler; 
and  a  son  Henry;  Sarah  married  (second) 
Mr.  Stiles;  and  (third)  William  Green.  The 
children  of  .Mice  (Oman)  Wheeler  were:  For- 
est, .Alice,  married  a  Mr.  Harrison.  9.  Orin- 
da, who  married  Charles  Pierce,  of  Worcester. 
Children:  Charles  and  Edward. 

(II)  Charles  L.  Mentzer,  son  of  Philip 
.Mentzer  (i),  was  born  in  Westford,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  24,  1825.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  For  a  time  he  re- 
sided at  Brady's  Bend,  Pennsylvania.  He 
learned  the  butcher's  trade,  and  was  during 
his  active  life  a  dealer  in  meats  and  provi- 
sions. He  was  a  Baptist  in  religion,  and  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  served  over  three 
years  as  a  corporal  in  Company  D,  Third 
Massachusetts  ("avalry,  in  the  Civil  war.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  members  of  Post  2  of 
South  Boston.  He  died  April  28th,  1868.  He 
married  Lucy  Jane  Brewer,  who  was  born  in 
Northborough,  Massachusetts,  September  10, 
1832.  (See  Brewer  sketch  above).  Children; 
I.  William,  born  in  Brady's  Bend,  Pennsyl- 
vania, I'^bruary  22,  1851,  died  at  the  age  of 
three  years.  2.  Walter  C,  born  in  Brady's 
Bend.  October  26,  1852,  mentioned  below.  3. 
.Albert  F.,  born  in  Northboro,  February  10, 
1855,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ida  J.,  born  i860, 
died  November  22,  1872,  unmarried. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Jane  (Brewer)  .Mentzer  married 
(second)  Oliver  Wilson,  of  .Arlington,  Alassa- 
chusetts.  born  .March,  1827,  died  April  27, 
i8()S.  son  of  .Samuel  and  .Antoinette  (Cooper) 
W'il  i)n,  of  X'ermont.  Oliver  Wilson  served 
in  the  .Sixth  Massachusetts.  She  had  no  chil- 
dren b\-  her  second  marriage.  Mr.  Wilson 
was  educated  and  brought  up  in  .Arlington, 
where  he  went  to  work  first  for  his  brother. 


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who  was  an  ice  dealer.  He  was  for  fourteen 
years  a  member  of  the  Boston  fire  depart- 
ment, and  was  the  first  man  to  drive  a  steam 
engine  in  llostoti.  Later  he  removed  to 
Northborough  and  carried  on  a  farm  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  Mrs.  Wilson  is  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  highly  respected  women 
of  Northborough,  where  she  has  lived  nearly 
all  her  life. 

(Ill)  Walter  C.  M'entzer,  son  of  Charles 
L.  Mcntzer,  was  born  at  Brady's  Bend,  Penn- 
sylvania, October  26.  1852.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Northboro,  graduating 
with  class  of  1868.  Since  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  meat 
business.  He  began  with  his  brother  in  the 
Old  Boylston  Market,  Boston.  In  1872  each 
began  business  with  butcher  carts  and  con- 
tinued three  years.  In  1881  Mr.  Mentzer 
established  a  slaughter  house  at  North  Cam- 
bridge, and  soon  afterward  opened  a  meat 
and  provision  store  at  44  North  Market 
street,  Boston.  Business  prospered  and  after 
five  years  he  moved  to  large  quarters,  25  and 
27  North  Market  street.  In  1900  the  old  firm 
was  dissolved  and  the  business  incorporated 
with  headquarters  at  3  and  4  North  Market 
street.  The  Mentzer  house  does  a  large 
business  in  dressed  beef,  etc.,  all  over  New 
England,  emploving  twenty  or  more  clerks 
and  butchers.  The  store  does  a  commission 
business  in  beef,  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  poultry, 
etc.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known  merchants  in 
the  meat  business  in  Boston.  He  has  been 
active  in  the  Republican  organization  for 
many  years.  He  was  for  twenty-five  years  a 
member  of  the  Republican  city  committee  of 
Somerville,  and  chairman  in  1891-92-93-94, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  state  committee, 
1893-94.  He  is  at  present  chairman  of  the 
Republican  (eighth  district)  congressional 
committee,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member 
since  1893.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Somer- 
ville common  council  in  1885-86,  and  presi- 
dent during  his  second  year.  He  was  an 
alderman  in  1887.  He  is  a  prominent  Free 
Mason,  a  member  of  Charity  Lodge  of  North 
Cambridge:  of  Somerville  Royal  Arch  Chap- 
ter; of  De  Molay  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar  of  Boston ;  of  the  Order  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shrine;  of  Elm  Council,  Royal  .\rcanum; 
of  the  Ancient  Order  of  LTnited  Workmen; 
of  the  Knights  of  Honor;  of  Mount  Sinai, 
Lodge  No.  69,  C)dd  Fellows  of  Cambridge. 
He  attends  the  North  Avenue  Congregation- 
al Church.  He  has  been  a  director  of  the 
West  Somerville  Co-operative  Bank  since  it 
was  organized,  is  interested  in  the  new  Som- 

ii-  20 


erville  Trust  Company  in  Somerville,  also  a 
director  and  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
Somerville  National  Bank. 

December  31,  1876,  he  married  Clara  B. 
Thurston,  of  Barre,  Vermont.  Their  only 
child  is  Charles  A.  Mentzer,  born  at  Somer- 
ville, November  6,  1877,  graduate  of  the  pub- 
lic and  high  schools  of  that  city,  now  associ- 
ated in  business  with  his  father.  He  married, 
at  .Somerville,  Gertrude  \'inton,  who  was 
born  in  Hancock,  Vermont,  and  they  have 
one  child,  Julia,  born  December  4,  1905. 

(Ill)  Albert  F.  Mentzer,  son  of  Charles 
L.  Mentzer,  was  born  at  Northborough,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1855.  He  had  been  in  business 
with  his  brother  most  of  his  active  life,  and 
is  now  in  business  for  himself  under  the  firm 
name  of  A.  F.  Mentzer  Company,  Inc.,  1902. 
He  is  president,  and  John  F.  Mentzer  is  sec- 
retary of  the  company.  He  resides  in  Cam- 
bridge, and  is  a  member  of  John  Abbott 
Lodge;  of  Somerville  Encampment  of  Odd 
Fellows;  of  John  Abbott  Lodge  of  P^ree 
Masons;  of  Somerville  Royal  .\rclT  Chapter; 
of  De  Molay  Commandery,  Knights  Temp- 
lars; of  Aleppo  Temple,  Order  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  Boston.  He  married  Susie  F.  Cald- 
well, of  Woburn.  Children:  i.  Angie  Belle, 
married  William  M.  Fawcett,  and  has  one 
child.  Bernice  Fawcett.  born  1900.  2.  Ida, 
born  1879.  3.  -Albert  F.,  born  1881,  died  at 
age  of  three.  4.  Lewis  Oliver,  born  January 
2"],  1886,  educated  in  the  Somerville  and 
Cambridge  high  school,  and  the  Highland 
Military  ,\cademy  of  Worcester,  where  he 
graduated  in  1904.  He  is  now  with  his  father. 
5.   Ruth  Evelyn,  born  1892,  died  in  1893. 


The  surname  Howard  is  of 
HOWARD  ancient  English  origin.  In 
\merica  there  were  a  num- 
ber of  immigrants  of  this  name.  John 
and  James  Howard  came  from  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Duxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1643,  ^"^  John 
settled  in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts, 
where  all  of  his  descendants  (and  they  are 
very  numerous)  favor  the  spelling  Howard, 
but  many  of  the  Howard  family  have  spelled 
their  names  Hayward,  Haywood,  and  Ha- 
word.  The  family  sent  pioneers  to  Boston, 
Concord,  Braintree,  Charlestown,  Maiden,  Wo- 
burn, Watertown  and  Plymouth,  Massachu- 
setts. 

John  and  James  Hayward  (or  Howard), 
doubtless  brothers,  came  from  England  in  the 
ship  "Planter,"  1634,  and  in  1635,  both  giving 


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their  ages  on  the  passenger  hst  as  twenty-two, 
and  haihng  from  Stepney  parish,  London. 
James  settled  in  Charlestown  in  1636,  and  re- 
moved to  Woburn,  where  he  was  a  proprietor 
in  1642.  He  brought  a  suit  in  the  Ipswich 
court  in  1642.  He  died  November  29,  1642. 
His  widow  Judith  married  second,  January  18, 
1643,  Wilham  Simonds  of  Woburn.  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  James  and  Judith  Howard,  was 
born  December  4,  1641 ;  died  December  4, 
1642.  They  may  have  had  other  children. 
John  Hayward  (or  Howard)  came  on  the 
"Planter,"  sailing  Alarch  22,  1634,  and  prob- 
ably at  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  as  mentioned 
above.  George  Hayward,  another  immigrant, 
settled  at  Concord,  Massachusetts.  John  Hay- 
ward of  Concord  married,  August  17,  1656, 
Rebecca  Atkinson.  Children  of  John  and  Re- 
becca Hayward,  born  at  Concord  :  i .  Rebecca, 
born  and  died  1657;  2.  John,  born  April  5, 
1661 ;  mentioned  below  ;  3.  Persis,  born  .\pril 
24,  1664;  4.  Benoni,  born  and  died  in  1665. 
He  married  second,  Sarah  Symonds,  born  July 
28,  1644,  daughter  of  William  Symonds  and 
Judith  (Haywood)  Symonds,  November  30, 
1665,  his  first  wife  dying  August  5,  1665.  The 
Symonds  family  resided  at  Woburn  and  Con- 
cord. John  was  the  son  of  the  immigrant 
John,  and  nephew  of  James.  No  record  ap- 
pears as  to  what  became  of  John  (i).  This 
John  who  married  Sarah  Symonds  could  not 
have  been  a  son  of  James  ( i ) ,  for  in  that  case 
Sarah  would  have  been  a  half-sister.  John 
and  Sarah  Hayward  had  one  child,  Sarah,  born 
August  30,  1666.  Sarah  Hayward,  perhaps 
widow  of  John,  married  at  Woburn,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1680,  Samuel  Richardson.  Persis  mar- 
ried, January  2,  1683,  Jacob  Kendall,  at  Wo- 
burn." John  Hayward,  brother  of  the  forego- 
ing also  married  at  Woburn,  January  7,  1687, 
Sarah  Blodgett,  of  Woburn. 

(I)  James  Hayward  (or  Howard)  of  Wo- 
burn (i),  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Hayward, 
grandson  of  John  and  Rebecca  Hayward,  of 
Concord,  was  born  about   1689.     He  married 

Bathsheba    ,    and    settled    in    Woburn. 

Children:  i.  Bathsheba,  born  April  28,  171 1.  2. 
James,  born  April  16,  1712;  died  young.  3. 
Huldah,  born  April  18,  1714.  4.  Abigail,  born 
July  23,  1716.  5.  James,  born  August  24, 
1718 ;  mentioned  below.  6.  Nathaniel,  born 
March  15,  1722.  7.  Thomas,  lx>rn  March  22, 
1724.   8   Mary,  born  June  5,  1728. 

(II)  James  Hayward,  son  of  James  Hay- 
ward (or  Howard)  (i),  was  born  at  Wo- 
burn, Massachusetts,  August  24,  1718.  He 
married  Susanna  Wilson,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Wilson,   of   Woburn,   where   they   lived   until 


\-/']2-j„  when  they  came  to  Maine,  and  settled 
upon  land  now  composing  the  town  of  Brown- 
field.  He  died  December  20,  1803 ;  his  widow 
died  August  27,  1816,  in  her  ninety-third 
year.  Children:  i.  Susanna,  born  October  7, 
1742;  married  John  Walker.  2.  James,  .born 
November  7,  1744;  settled  in  New  York,  on 
the  Mohawk,  and  died  there.  3.  Samuel,  born 
May  2,  1747:  was  a  sailor  in  early  life;  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  and  one  of  the  Boston  Tea 
Party  ;  removed  to  Brownfield  after  the  revolu- 
tion. 4.  Sarah,  born  April  12,  1750;  married 
Daniel  Cross.  5.  Lemuel,  born  April  6,  1752; 
died  March  20,  1842 ;  married  Hannah  Clem- 
ens. 6.  Benjamin,  born  January  6,  1755  ;  died 
ne.xt   month.     7.    Wilson,   born  February   15, 

1756;  died  January  25,  1845;  married  

Wood.  8.  Joseph,  born  November  9,  1758; 
married  Rebecca  Gleason,  of  Billerica :  re- 
moved to  Brownfield  in  June,  1786,  and  resid- 
ed there  the  rest  of  his  days. 

(Ill)  Frederick  Howard,  grandfather  of 
Abraham  L.  Howard,  settled  in  Brownfield, 
vicinity  of  Denmark.  He  was  a  grandson  of 
James  Howard  (2). 

(I\')  Frederick  H.  Howard,  son  of  Fred- 
erick Howard  (3),  was  born  in  Denmark, 
Maine,  July  14,  1833,  and  died  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  April  i,  1890.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  the  ice  business  in  Watertown  during 
his  active  years,  and  was  a  shrewd  and  suc- 
cessful merchant.  He  served  in  the  Eleventh 
Massachusetts  Battery  during  the  civil  war. 
He  married  February  14,  1865,  Sarah  E.  Moss- 
man,  born  February  21,  1844,  daughter  of 
Gardner  Mosman,  of  Thomaston,  Maine. 
(See  sketch  of  Mosman  family).  Children: 
I.  Edward  E.  2.  Frederick  H.  3.  Claudia 
Odela,  married  H.  Eugene  Fleming,  of  Water- 
town  :  child,  Howard  C.  Fleming.  4.  Laura 
Belle. 

(V)  Abraham  L.  Howard,  son  of  Fred- 
erick H.  Howard  (4),  was  born  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools  and  the  Bryant  and 
.Stratton  Business  College  of  Boston,  Alassa- 
chusetts.  He  became  associated  in  business 
with  his  father,  and  succeeded  him.  He  deals 
in  Otto  coke  and  bundle  wood,  in  addition  to 
the  ice  business.  He  resides  in  the  old  home 
with  his  mother.  He  is  a  member  of  Pequa- 
sette  Lodge  of  Free  Masons ;  of  Watertown 
Lodge  No.  143,  Knights  of  Pythias;  of  Sons 
of  Veterans  Camp,  No.  49 ;  the  Commonwealth 
Motor  and  Driving  Qub,  and  the  Watertown 
Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  The 
family  attends  the  Unitarian  church  at  Water- 
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This  family  is  of  ancient 
MOSMAN     origin,      liaving     a      pedigree 

reaching  back  to  one  Thomas 
Mosman,  who  lived  in  Scotland  as  long  ago 
as  1426,  when  he  was  a  witness  to  a  legal  in- 
strument still  preserved  in  the  Scotch  ar- 
chives. A  descendant  living  in  Glasgow  had  a 
son  John,  who  was  incarcerated  in  the  cele- 
brated Tobooth  prison,  Edinburgh,  in  the  time 
of  James  V  (1513-1532)  on  account  of  his  loy- 
alty to  the  crown.  Through  the  leniency  of  the 
warder  he  effected  an  escape,  tleeing  to  Hol- 
land for  safety,  and  taking  with  him  among 
other  effects  a  famous  old  family  clock,  which 
within  a  few  years  has  been  recovered  and 
brought  to  America.  This  precious  heirloom 
was  lately  owned  by  Mrs.  G.  T.  C.  Holden,  of 
Hudson,  now  deceased,  who  had  also  many 
other  relics  of  the  Mosman  ancestors  in  Scot- 
land. John  Mosman  had  a  son  James,  who 
was  goldsmith  to  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  and 
manufactured  some  of  her  choicest  jewelry. 
He  was  captured  by  the  English  while  engaged 
in  defending  one  of  the  castles  of  Mary,  and 
was  hanged  and  quartered  according  to  the 
brutal  custom  of  the  times.  John  Mosman,  de- 
scendant of  this  James  Mosman,  was  born  in 
1600;  married  Isabel  Gardner. 

(I)  James  Mosman,  son  of  John  and  Isabel 
(Gardner)  Mosman,  of  Scotland,  was  the  im- 
migrant ancestor.  He  was  born  July  9,  1626. 
He  same  to  New  England  before  1667,  in 
which  year  he  appears  as  an  inhabitant  of  the 
town  of  Wrentham,  Massachusetts.  But  most 
of  the  Scotch  settlers  of  that  period  were  sent 
over  in  the  fifties  as  prisoners  of  war  by  Crom- 
well. They  became  settlers  after  serving  a 
time  according  to  the  customs  of  war  at  that 
time.  He  may  have  been  one  of  these  Scotch 
soldiers.     He  married,  rather  late  in  life,  Ann 

.      Children:      i.     Elizabeth,    born    at 

Wrentham,  May  24,  1675,  died  March  6,  fol- 
lowing. 2.  George,  born  August  21,  1677; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Timothy,  born  Novem- 
ber 17,  1679 ;  settled  in  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  there  February  27,  1773;  mar- 
ried July  27,  1701,  Sarah  Hicks,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Hicks,  of  Boston,  a  soldier  in  the 
Expedition  of  1690  against  Canada,  whose  de- 
scendants were  granted  land  in  Dorchester, 
Canada,  for  his  service.  4.  James  (?),  had 
a  daughter  Elizabeth  at  Roxbury,  December 
i8,  1696. 

(II)  George  Mosman,  son  of  James  Mos- 
man (i),  was  born  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts, 
August  21,  1677.  His  father  removed  to  Rox- 
bury, according  to  various  authorities,  and 
died   there.     His   brother,   Timothy   Mosman, 


settled  in  Sudbury,  and  had  a  large  family 
there,  many  of  his  descendants  having  lived  in 
Sudbury,  Ashbuniham  and  Westminster,  Mas- 
sachusetts. George  may  also  have  lived  there, 
though  the  vital  records  give  no  proof  of  it. 
His  son  George  was  called  "]t."  in  the  town 
records  until  about  1758,  however,  and  it  is 
likely  that  the  father  was  then  living  in  Sud- 
bury also,  to  call  for  this  addition  to  distin- 
guish the -two  George  Mosmans. 

(III)  George  Alosman,  son  of  George  Mos- 
man (2),  was  born  in  Roxbury  or  Sudbury, 
about  1720.  He  married  January  19,  1748-9, 
Sybel  Walker,  of  Sudbury.  Qiildren,  born 
in  Sudbury:  i.  Sybil,  born  December  8,  1749. 
2.  Daniel,  born  IJecember  26,  175 1;  died  No- 
vember 17,  1757.  3.  Jesse,  born  September  8, 
1754.  4.  Silas,  born  May  27,  1757.  5.  Aaron, 
born  October  22,  1759;  mentioned  below.  6. 
Ezra,  bom  November  27,  1763.  7.  Micah, 
born  July  25,  1769. 

(IV)  Aaron  Alosman,  son  of  George  Mos- 
man (3),  was  born  October  22,  1759,  in  Sud- 
bury, Massachusetts.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  Sudbury  in  Captain  Aaron 
Haynes's  company,  Colonel  Jonathan  Brewer's 
regiment,  in  the  summer  of  1775  ;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Asahel  Wheeler's  company,  Colonel  John 
Robinson's  regiment,  in  1776,  and  in  the  same 
company  under  Colonel  Jonathan  Reed  in  the 
Northern  Department  in  1777.  After  the  rev- 
olution he  settled  south  of  Chaickawauka  Pond, 
in  Thomaston,  Maine,  and  had  a  grist  mill  and 
a  saw  mill  there.  He  married  May  28,  1782, 
Hepzibah  Hosmer,  born  in  Concord,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  24,  1759,  and  died  June  11,  1812. 
He  married  second,  June  16,  1814,  Sarah  Gard- 
ner, who  was  born  April  11,  1778,  in  Edge- 
combe, Maine,  and  died  October  28.  1844.  He 
died  November  27,  1840.  Children  of  the  first 
wife:  I.  Hepzibah,  married  Nathaniel  Pack- 
ard :  resided  in  Rockland.  Maine.  2.  Captain 
Reuben ;  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  married 
Daniel  Packard,  and  removed  to  Camden.  4. 
William,  married  Lucy  Safiford,  of  Hope,  De- 
cember 6,  1817:  resided  at  Rockland,  Maine.  5. 
Aaron,  married  Experience  .Andrews,  and 
lived  in  Camden.  6.  Betsey,  born  November 
r,  1800;  married  April  19,  1821,  Alanson  Dean, 
and  lived  in  Rockland.  7.  Merrick,  born  De- 
cember 9,  1803 :  married  October  10,  1824, 
Elizabeth  Ott :  resided  in  Rockland,  on  the 
homestead:  died  October  17,  1847. 

("V)  Captain  Reuben  Mosman,  son  of 
George  Mosman  (4),  was  born  about  1785,  in 
Thomaston,  Maine,  and  resided  at  Camden 
and  Rockland,  Maine;  married  (published 
January  31),    1808,   Margaret  Studley.    Chil- 


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dren :  i.  Hannah  S.,  died  June  15,  1840; 
married  James  Murch.  2.  Mary  S.,  married 
August  12,  1832,  Robert  S.  Stockbridge,  of 
Castine.  3.  Reuben  H.,  mate  of  the  schooner 
"Ann ;"  died  at  Nantucket,  March  2,  1829.  4. 
Elbridge,  steward  of  the  schooner  "Ann,"  died 
at  the  same  time  as  his  brother.  5.  Captain 
Gardner,  born  about  1810;  mentioned  below. 
6.  Sarah,  married  Burton  Fales,  of  Thomas- 
ton,  where  she  resided  and  died  December  30, 
1840.    9.  Daniel. 

(VI)  Captain  Gardner  Mosman,  son  of 
Captain  Reuben  Mosman  (5),  was  born  about 
1810;  married  first,  Sarah  H.  Shepherd,  May 
16,  1840;  second.  May  21,  1843,  Emeline 
Ghenter.  Children:  i.  Sarah  E.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1844;  married  February  14,  1865, 
Frederick  H.  Howard.  (See  Howard  sketch). 
2.  Gardner  M.,  born  September,  1853 ;  died 
January  16,  1855. 


Families  by  the  name  of  Hart  are 
HART     found   in   England,   Scotland,   and 

Ireland.  One  Stephen  Hart  was 
seated  at  Westmill,  county  Hereford,  England, 
in  the  time  of  Edward  III.  Others  of  the  name 
were  living  at  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
and  others  belonged  to  Boston,  county  Lin- 
coln, England,  and  others  were  of  London, 
where  one  of  the  family  was  Lord  Mayor  in 
1589.  Others  bore  the  name  of  Harte  and  Herte 
and  are  found  in  the  county  of  Kent  and  other 
counties  of  England,  and  still  others  bore  the 
name  of  Heart,  and  one  of  these  bore  on  his 
shield  three  human  hearts  proper ;  the  same 
name  is  found  in  Scotland  with  a  similar  de- 
sign on  their  shield.  There  are  several  fam- 
ilies of  Hart  in  this  country  who  came  from 
England  with  the  early  immigrants,  and  two 
families  bearing  the  name  of  Hart  settled  in 
Lynn  and  Reading,  Massachusetts.  One 
spelled  the  name  Hartt  and  the  other  in  which 
we  are  interested,  Hart. 

(I)  Isaac  Hart,  of  Watertown,  Reading, 
Lynn,  and  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts,  died  at 
Lynnfield,  February  10,  1699- 1700,  married 
about  1650,  Elizabeth  Hutchins,  who  died  his 
widow,  November  28,  1700.  Isaac  Hart,  aged 
twenty-two,  embarked  with  other  passengers 
at  Yarmouth,  England,  April  11,  1637,  on  the 
"Rose,"  Anderson  master,  for  New  England. 
He  is  supposed  to  have  been  born  at  Scratley, 
county  Norfolk,  England,  about  161 5.  He  first 
settled  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  Subse- 
quently he  removed  to  Lynn,  and  later  to  Read- 
ing, and  was  residing  there  March  3,  1656, 
when   he   witli    his   wife    Elizabeth    conveyed 


property  at  Watertown  consisting  of  a  house 
and  several  parcels  of  land,  to  Samuel  Strat- 
ton,  of  Watertown.  He  afterwards  removed 
to  the  north  part  of  Reading,  having  purchased 
a  large  estate  there,  and  having  in  1673  pur- 
chased some  five  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the 
adjoining  village  of  Lynnfield,  then  a  part  of 
Lynn,  removed  there  and  there  finally  settled. 
He  was  a  member  of  Captain  Gardner's  com- 
pany in  King  Pliilip's  war,  serving  from  Feb- 
ruary to  November,  1676.  In  his  will,  pro- 
bated February  19,  1699- 1700,  he  names  his 
sons  Thomas,  John,  Samuel  and  Adam ;  and 
his  daughters  Elizabeth  Winborne  and  De- 
borah Proctor.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born 
December  11,  165 1,  married,  April  11,  1667, 
John  Rosseter  Winborn,  of  Maiden,  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  Deborah,  married,  February  15, 
1673,  Benjamin  Proctor,  of  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts. 3.  Thomas,  died  March  8,  1730- 1, 
unmarried.  4.  John.  5.  Samuel,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1656,  see  forward.  6.  Adam,  born 
April  4,  1666,  died  at  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
September  17,  1745,  married  (first)  about 
1703,  Elizabeth  Collson,  of  Reading;  married 
(second),  September  29,  1725,  Abigail  Dale, 
of  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  who  died  February 
9,  1735;  and  married  (third),  October  21, 
1735,  Dorcas  Brown. 

(II)  Captain  Samuel  Hart,  son  of  Isaac 
Hart  (i),  born  at  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
February  9,  1656,  died  at  Lynnfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, December  30,  1730;  married  Sarah 
Endicott,  reputed  to  be  a  niece  of  Governor 
John  Endicott,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Sam- 
uel Hart  was  a  sea-captain,  and  followed  the 
sea  for  nearly  half  a  century.  Subsequently 
he  resided  on  his  farm  in  Lynnfield.  Children: 
I.  Elizabeth,  bom  November  16,  1686;  mar- 
ried, April  I,  1709,  Samuel  Potter,  resided  at 
Lynn,  Massachusetts.  2.  Thomas,  born  Au- 
gust 12,  1696.  3.  Samuel,  born  October  30, 
1698;  married  Hepzibah  Eaton,  of  Lynn.  4. 
John,  born  March  25,  1703,  see  forward.  5. 
Jonathan,  born  November  2,  1710;  married, 
1735,  Mercy  Hawkes ;  resided  in  Lynn  and 
Lynnfield,  Massachusetts,  and  about  1760  re- 
moved to  Maugerville,  Nova  Scotia. 

(III)  John  Hart,  son  of  Captain  Samuel 
Hart  (2),  born  at  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts, 
March  25,  1703,  died  there  in  1777;  married 
(intention  dated  May  21,  1732)  Mehitable 
Endicott,  born  Augiist  14,  1699,  daughter  of 
Zembbabel  and  Grace  (Simonds)  Endicott, 
of  Boxford,  Massachusetts,  and  a  great-grand- 
daughter of  Governor  John  Endicott,  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts.  Mr.  Hart  was  a  farmer.  His 
will,  dated  April  9,   1777,  probated  December 


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I,  1777,  names  his  sons  John  and  Zerubbabel 
Hart,  and  daughter  Sarah  Buxton.  Children : 
I.  John,  born  1733,  see  forward.  2.  Zerubba- 
bel, born  1738,  died  February  14,  1797;  mar- 
ried, June  22,  1762,  Eunice  Curtis,  of  Danvers ; 
resided  at  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts ;  he  was  a 
member  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Bancroft's 
(Lynn)  company,  which  marched  on  the  alarm 
of  April  19,  1775,  to  Lexington  and  Concord. 
3.  Mehitable,  born  1743,  died  April  9,  1766, 
aged  twenty-three  years.  4.  Sarah,  married, 
November  7,  1776,  Anthony  Buxton,  of  Dan- 
vers, Massachusetts. 

(IV)  John  Hart,  son  of  John  Hart  (3), 
born  at  Lynn,  about  1733,  died  at  Lynnfield, 
Massachusetts,  April  11,  181 1,  aged  seventy- 
eight  years ;  married,  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
April  19,  1757,  Lydia  Curtis,  who  died  April 
10,  1818,  aged  eighty-four  years.  John  Hart 
was  a  farmer.  He  was  a  sergeant  in  a  com- 
pany of  men  belonging  to  Lynn  (now  called 
Lynn,  Lynnfield,  and  Saugus),  who  served  at 
Concord  and  elsewhere  on  the  alarm  of  April 
19'  1775  ;  also  a  member  of  Captain  Ebenezer 
Winship's  company.  Colonel  Ni.xon's  (fifth) 
regiment,  enlisted  May  3,  1775,  service  three 
months.  Children:  i.  Jacob,  baptized  No- 
vember 12,  1758;  married  (first),  April  24, 
1777,  Hannah  Cox,  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts  ; 
married  (second),  1829,  Hannah  M.  Brown,  of 
Wenham,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  2.  John,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 13,  1760,  died  about  1793;  married, 
March  20.  1780,  Dorcas  Brown,  of  Danvers, 
Massachusetts,  who  married  second,  August 
31,  1794,  John  Day,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
3.  Ebenezer,  born  November  15,  1762,  died 
March  26,  1849,  aged  seventy-seven  years ; 
married,  October  25,  1792,  Polly  Smith,  of 
Danvers,  Massachusetts.  4.  Mehitable,  bap- 
tized December  16,  1764;  married,  June  18, 
1789,  Phineas  Green,  resided  at  Maiden,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 5.  William,  born  in  1766,  died  in 
1799:  married,  December  12,  1793,  Mary 
Smith,  of  Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  who 
married  second,  James  Newhall,  of  Lynn,  Islas- 
sachusetts,  and  died  February  18,  1855,  aged 
seventy-seven  years.  6.  Sarah,  baptized  .April 
23,  1769,  died  unmarried  September  22,  1815, 
aged  forty-six  years.  7.  Daniel,  baptized  No- 
vember 10,  1771,  see  forward.  8.  Joseph, 
baptized  November  19,  1774,  died  at  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  December  3,  1830 ;  married, 
March  25,  1799,  Elizabeth  Tapley ;  resided  at 
Lynnfield  and  Salem,  Massachusetts.  9.  Ly- 
dia, baptized  August  25,  1775,  never  married. 
16.  Molly,  baptized  July  18,  1779;  married 
Theodore  Flagg.  of  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts. 


(V)  Daniel  Hart,  son  of  John  Hart  (4), 
born  at  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts,  baptized 
there,  November  10,  1771,  died  at  Lynnfield, 
October  20,  1827;  married,  December  13,  1792, 
Polly  Tapley,  of  Lynnfield,  died  at  North 
Reading,  November  2,  i860,  aged  eighty-four 
years  ten  months  and  twelve  days,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Smith)  Tapley.  Daniel 
Hart  was  a  farmer.  Children:  i.  David,  born 
April  22,  1793 ;  see  forward.  2.  Daniel,  born 
October  23,  1794,  died  May  31,  1855;  mar- 
ried, January  25,  1821,  Margaret  Norton,  of 
Royalston,  Massachusetts,  who  died  at  Read- 
ing, Massachusetts,  February  4,  1867,  resided 
at  North  Reading,  Massachusetts.  3.  Betsey, 
born  May  22,  1797;  married,  April  21,  1816, 
Daniel  Townsend,  of  Lynnfield.  4.  William, 
born  June  13,  1799,  died  at  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, November  11,  1883;  married,  September 
29,  1833,  Elizabeth  Bruce,  of  Marblehead,  who 
died  his  widow  September  10,  1884.  5.  Lucy, 
born  August  21,  1801  ;  married  her  cousin, 
Martin  Hart,  of  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  about  1828.  6.  Phebe,  born  October  13, 
1803;  married  John  Wheeler,  of  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 7.  .\aron  Tapley,  born  March  13, 
1806,  died  unmarried,  August  3,  1846.  8. 
Elijah  Tapley,  born  September  23,  1808,  died 
unmarried,  January  18,  1848.  9.  Polly,  born 
March  23,  181 1,  died  August  16,  1820.  10. 
Joseph  Tapley,  born  March  10,  1813,  died  at 
Woburn,  Massachusetts,  April  20,  1894 ;  mar- 
ried December  17,  1834,  Nancy  Holt,  who  died 
at  Lynn,   Massachusetts,   November    17,    1883. 

11.  Sally  Avery,  born  April  8,  1815  ;  married 
Benjamin    Simons,   of    Salem,    Massachusetts. 

12.  Clarissa  Tapley,  bom  February  20,  1818; 
married,  September  29,  1848,  Sylvester  S. 
Eeard,  of  North  Reading,  Massachusetts.  13. 
Polly,  born  November  23,  1820,  died  October 
20,  1851 ;  married,  April  25,  1839,  Charles 
Norwood,  of  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  David  Hart,  .son  of  Daniel  Hart  (5), 
born  at  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts,  .\pril  22, 
1793,  died  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  Decein- 
ber  9,  1855,  aged  sixty-two  years  and  eight 
months;  married,  November  10,  1816,  Susan 
Fames,  born  at  Wilmington,  Massacliusetts, 
August  23,  1796,  died  at  Woburn,  April  9, 
1 87 1,  aged  seventy-four  years  and  seven 
months,  daughter  of  Ensign  Nathan  and  Sus- 
anna (Harnden)  Fames,  of  Wilmington. 
David  Hart  received  his  schooling  in  his  na- 
tive town,  and  early  learned  the  trade  of  a 
butcher.  He  continued  in  the  meat  business 
all  his  life,  or  as  long  as  he  was  able  to  trans- 
act business.  An  accident  which  occurred  to 
him  impaired  his  physical  powers  and  affected 


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him  greatly  to  the  detriment  of  his  business. 
He  was  a  trader  in  cattle,  and  patronized  the 
Brighton  market  for  his  stock.  In  Woburn 
he  lived  on  the  George  Baldwin  farm  for  about 
ten  years,  on  which  he  did  some  farming  in 
connection  with  his  other  affairs.  He  was  a  re- 
ligious man,  being  a  member  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational church  of  Woburn,  a  Whig  in 
politics,  and  one  of  quiet  habits  and  bearing. 
Four  of  his  children  (Lavinia,  David  Dexter, 
Sylvania,  and  ^lary)  were  baptized  July  4, 
1830.  Children:  i.  Lavinia.  born  1817 ;  mar- 
ried, May  2,  1839,  John  B.  Kendall,  of  Tewks- 
bury,  Massachusetts.  2.  David  Dexter,  born 
March  5,  1819,  see  forward.  3.  Sylvania, 
married,  December  26,  1847,  ]ohn  Wood,  of 
Burlington,  Massachusetts ;  resided  in  Bur- 
lington until  about  1866,  then  removed  to  Wo- 
burn, and  then  to  Brighton,  where  he  died  in 
1876;  she  died  in  California,    4.    Mary,  born 

;  married,  January   10,   1843,   Stephen 

A.  Coburn,  of  Lowell,  Massachusetts.  5.  Child, 
died  at  Woburn,  September  6,  1826. 

(VH)  David  Dexter  Hart,  son  of  David 
Hart  (6),  bom  at  North  Reading,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  5,  1819,  died  at  Woburn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, March  2,  1882,  aged  sixty-two 
years  eleven  months  and  seventeen  days ; 
married,  at  Boston  ,  Ruth  Richard- 
son, born  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  January 
5,  1817,  died  there,  March  6,  1902.  aged 
eighty-five  years,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Ruth  ( Richardson)  Wood  of  Stoneham,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Mr.  Hart  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  Reading  and  at 
North  Woburn,  and  that  mostly  during  the 
winter  months.  He  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  during  his  youth  and  early  manhood,  and 
early  started  in  the  express  business,  driving 
a  four-horse  team  between  Woburn  and  Bos- 
ton for  himself.  He  came  to  Woburn  to  re- 
side when  he  w'as  young,  and  the  express  busi- 
ness with  teams,  as  conducted  by  him,  was  end- 
ed by  the  opening  of  the  steam  railroad.  He 
then  entered  the  employ  of  the  ]  ioston  &  Low- 
ell railroad,  first  as  a  brakeman,  later  as  a  con- 
ductor, and  lastly  as  a  ticket  agent  at  the  sta- 
tion in  Boston,  where  he  remained  fifteen 
years.  At  the  time  he  was  ticket  seller  he  es- 
tablished a  sales  stable  in  lioston  in  two  stables 
which  he  built  on  Friend  street,  and  they  are 
still  standing.  In  the  early  part  of  his  ticket 
agency  he  invested  largely  in  real  estate,  and 
in  time  owned  in  Woburn  what  is  called  Meet- 
ing House  Hill.  He  sold  much  of  this  prop- 
erty to  advantage,  including  the  six>t  where  the 
present  Lyceum  Hall  stands.  In  1864,  having 
resigned  his  position  in  the  ticket  office  in  Wo- 


burn, on  April  i,  with  Charles  S.  Converse  as 
partner  of  one-third  interest,  he  established  the 
present  Hart  &  Company  Express.  He  was 
for  a  time  interested  in  the  stable  business  on 
Walnut  street,  Woburn,  and  on  January  i, 
1871,  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  express  busi- 
ness to  his  sons  Charles,  George  and  Ward, 
and  practically  retired,  returning  to  the  work 
on  his  farm  at  Central  Square  where  he  con- 
tinued until  his  death.  After  1871  the  history 
of  the  express  business  as  conducted  by  Hart 
&  Company,  was  briefly  as  follows :  George 
G.  Hart  sold  his  interest  to  his  brothers,  who 
were  then  in  equal  partnership.  This  con- 
tinued under  the  remaining  brothers  until  Mr. 
Converse  sold  his  interest  on  January  i,  1886, 
to  the  American  Express  Company,  who  oper- 
ated independent  of  Hart  &  Company  in  Wo- 
burn and  established  its  own  line.  About  one 
year  and  nine  months  after  the  American  Ex- 
press Company  deal,  Mr.  Charles  C.  Hart  sold 
his  interest  to  Ward  W.  Hart  (October  i, 
1887),  who  continued  the  business  under  the 
old  firm  name.  The  Boston  offices  have  been 
on  Leverett  street,  the  main  office ;  and  32 
Court  Square,  89  Broad  street,  jj  Kingston 
and  108  Arch  street,  branches.  The  company's 
general  business  is  between  Boston,  Wobu'm, 
and  North  Woburn.  Jairus  Foster  drove  the 
first  team  of  this  concern  at  the  Boston  end, 
and  Louis  Neville  drove  the  first  team  at  the 
Woburn  end.  Such  was  the  beginning  of  the 
present  large  business,  which  now  employs 
thirty-two  horses  and  twenty-five  drivers.  The 
great  bulk  of  the  business  is  handled  over  the 
Boston  and  Maine  railroad  with  one  team  trav- 
elling overland. 

David  Dexter  Hart,  during  the  time  that  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Boston  &  Lowell 
railroad,  was  superintendent  of  affairs  between 
Winchester  and  Woburn,  and  the  building  of 
the  station  in  AV^oburn,  now  discontinued,  was 
done  under  his  supervision.  In  1872  Mr.  Hart 
went  to  California,  where  he  had  the  settling 
of  two  estates.  He  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  church,  was  on  the  parish  com- 
mittee, and  also  on  the  building  committee 
when  the  present  church  edifice  was  erected. 
He  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  later  a  Repub- 
lican. He  held  the  office  of  selectman  and 
chairman  of  the  highway  commissioners,  di- 
rector of  the  Savings  Bank,  representative  to 
the  legislature,  and  belonged  to  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  and  at  one  time  was  a  member  of 
the  noted  military  company  known  as  the  Bos- 
ton Lancers.  Mr.  Hart  was  a  great  speech- 
maker,  being  bright  and  witty,  a  good  judge 
of  human  nature,  and  had  also  a  trait  common 


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to  his  family  in  general,  an  unusually  good 
judgment  of  horseflesh.  The  following  tribute 
by  one  of  his  best  educated  and  influential  ac- 
quaintances was  published  at  the  time  of  his 
decease  : 

"Mr.  Hart  was  one  of  Woburn's  best  known 
citizens.  He  started  life  with  few  advantages 
of  education  or  social  connections,  but  not- 
wuhstanding  the  want  of  these  accomplish- 
ments which  come  so  easy  to  many  in  these 
modern  days,  he  acquired  to  a  remarkable  de- 
gree a  pleasant  and  manly  bearing  in  society, 
a  free  and  happy  address  in  public  meetings, 
and  in  his  correspondence,  and  a  high  degree 
of  executive  ability  in  business.  He  was 
frank,  fearless,  and  outspoken  in  private  con- 
versation and  in  all  matters  of  public  interest, 
and  yet  he  was  so  considerate  and  charitable 
in  spirit  that  he  won  the  respect  of  those  from 
whom  he  differed  in  opinion,  and  left  the  im- 
pression upon  all  who  knew  him  that  he  was  a 
true,  upright,  and  thoroughly  honest  man.  Few 
persons  in  his  circumstances  gained  more  or 
faster  friends.  And  few  have  held  friends 
once  gained  with  a  firmer  grasp.  Warm  and 
impulsive  in  temperament,  he  was  still  so  kind 
in  spirit  and  so  just  in  judgment  that  he  held 
fast  the  confidence  of  those  who  trusted  him 
and  the  affection  of  those  who  loved  him.  The 
poor  and  afflicted  lost  in  him  a  generous  and 
sympathizing  friend.  From  the  time  that  he 
united  with  the  First  Qiurch  of  Woburn,  twen- 
ty-five years  before  his  death,  he  was  faithful 
to  the  practice  of  its  precepts  and  to  his  duty 
to  his  fellowmen.  He  gave  cheerfully  and  gen- 
erously to  every  good  cause.  His  life  of  noble 
persevering  effort  in  self-culture  and  in  doing 
good  to  others  is  an  encouragement  to  all  who 
begin  life  in  similar  circumstances  to  rise  above 
difficulties." 

Children:  i.  Charles  Qioate,  born  Septem- 
ber 5,  1845,  died  December  9,  1889;  married, 
.\pril  12,  1868,  Philena  Green  Richardson,  of 
Stoneham ;  children :  i.  David  Dexter,  born 
September  15,  1869:  luarried,  September  19, 
1891,  Mary  M.  Larrabee.  ii.  ]\lary  Coburn, 
born  June  6,  187 1.  2.  George  Gould,  born 
March  i,  1848,  married  at  Woburn,  May  20, 
1875,  Mrs.  Phebe  (Weed)  Weeks,  of  Stone- 
ham,  children :  i.  Grace  May,  born  May  i, 
1877,  uiarried  Herbert  S.  Carlisle ;  ii.  Ruth 
Richardson,  born  February  6,  1879.  iii.  Jos- 
ephine Weed,  bom  August  13,  1880.  iv. 
Helen  Gould,  Ixirn  December  30,  1890.  3. 
Ward  Wyman,  born  January  31,  1850,  see 
forward.  4.  David  Dexter,  born  December 
27,  185 1,  died  June  26,  1853.  5.  Lavina 
Louisa,  born  July  11,  1854;  married,  April  30, 


1878,  William  Hamlin  Curtis,  had  daughter 
Blanche  Hart  (Curtis),  born  January  20,  1879, 
married  Homer  W.  i3anforth,  of  North  Wo- 
burn, children:  i.  Florence  (Danforth),  born 
April  17,  1904,  died  ]\lay  8,  1904.  ii.  Warner 
Curtis  (Danforth),  born  April  7,  1905. 

(Vni)  Ward  Wyman  Hart,  son  of  David 
Dexter  Hart  (7),  born  at  Woburn,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  31,  1850;  married  at  South 
Dartmouth,  Massachusetts,  October  26,  1875, 
Elizabeth  Williams  Dexter,  born  at  South 
Dartmouth,  December  25,  1854,  daughter  of 
Calvin  and  Eunice  Kingman  (Southworth) 
De.xter.  Ward  Wyman  Hart  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  and  Warren  Academy 
in  Woburn  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age, 
when  he  began  helping  his  father  on  the  home 
place  until  he  was  nineteen  years  old,  at  which 
time  he  worked  for  a  few  months  in  the  express 
business.  He  then  took  charge  for  four  years 
of  the  North  Woburn  street  railway,  in  which 
company  his  father  was  an  owner.  Shortly 
after  he  took  a  course  of  study  in  Eastman's 
Business  College,  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 
He  subsequently  entered  the  express  business 
under  the  employ  of  his  father,  and  in  1871, 
when  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  bought 
an  interest  in  that  business.  At  present  Mr. 
Hart  is  manager  in  charge  of  the  Boston  end 
of  the  business,  and  resides  at  No.  5  Plymton 
street,  Woburn,  in  a  house  which  he  purchased 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Wright,  in  1883.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  church,  which 
organization  he  has  twice  served  as  deacon 
since  190 1,  and  is  a  member  of  the  welcome 
committee  of  the  church.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics ;  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
L^nited  Workmen,  and  of  the  Boston  Express- 
men's League.  Children:  i.  Edward  Dexter, 
born  November  3.   1876,  see  forward. 

(IX)  Edward  Dexter  Hart,  son  of  Ward 
Wyman  Hart  (8),  born  at  Woburn,  Massa- 
conipany,  and  in  1757  corporal  in  John  Car- 
ter's company,  in  the  French  and  Indian  war. 
chusetts,  November  3,  1876,  married,  July  8, 
1902,  Lillian  May  Bustead,  bom  April  19, 
1877,  daughter  of  Adam  and  Mary  (Graham) 
Bustead,  of  Woburn.  Edward  Dexter  Hart 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Woburn,  and  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  there  in  1895.  He  pursued  a  course 
afterwards  at  Burdett's  Business  College  in 
Boston.  While  attending  school  he  assisted 
his  father  in  the  express  business,  and  after 
completing  his  Burdett  course  entered  the  Bos- 
ton office  of  Hart  &  Company's  express,  where 
he  remained  until  March,  1897,  when  he  as- 
sumed charge  of  the  Woburn  office,  a  place 


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which  he  still  retains,  his  father  having  charge 
of  the  Boston  office.  He  has  been  successfvil 
from  the  start  as  an  express  agent,  and  in  the 
continuing  and  building  up  of  the  large  busi- 
ness of  Hart  &  Company,  which  firm  was  es- 
tablished by  his  grandfather  on  April  i,  1864, 
under  the  same  firm  name.  Practically  from 
July  I,  1898,  the  business  of  the  company  has 
been  in  Mr.  Edward  Dexter  Hart's  charge.  His 
residence  is  at  No.  17  Davis  street,  Woburn. 
Mr.  Hart  is  a  member  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional church,  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Expressman's  League. 
Children:  i.  Edward  Dexter,  born  Septem- 
ber 16,  1903.  2.  Charles  Ward,  born  April  27, 
1907. 


The  ancient  home  of  the 
SKELTON     Skelton     family     is     in     the 

north  of  England.  There  is 
a  town  of  Skelton  in  Cumberland,  near  Pen- 
rith, and  as  early  as  the  reign  of  Edward  L, 
Christiana  de  Skelton  was  defendant  in  an  ac- 
tion in  the  court  of  that  county  respecting  a 
land  title.  In  the  East  Riding  of  Yorkshire 
there  is  a  township  of  Skelton  in  the  parish 
of  Howden,  and  in  the  West  Riding  a  hamlet 
named  Skelton  in  the  parish  of  Leeds.  There 
is  a  township  of  Skelton  also  in  the  parish 
of  Ripon  in  Yorkshire.  The  records  of  the 
time  of  Edward  I  mention  William,  son  of 
Robert  de  Skelton,  contesting  with  William 
Skelton,  son  of  William  de  Skelton,  for  pos- 
session of  lands.  In  1417  Richard  de  Skelton, 
the  younger,  of  Cumberland,  and  in  1418 
Richard  Skelton,  of  Carlisle,  were  named  in 
the  French  rolls  in  tlie  retinue  of  the  Duke 
of  Gloucester,  taking  part  in  the  subjection 
of  the  northern  provinces  of  France.  The 
name  was  common  in  the  city  of  York  many 
centuries  ago.  .Adam  de  Skeltone's  will  was 
proved  October  18,  1330.'  Dr.  Barber  states 
that  the  name  is  derived  from  Sheet,  a  Dan- 
ish personal  name,  and  Titii,  old  Norse,  mean- 
ing a  fortified  town.  The  name  occurs  in 
Domesday  Book,  spelled  Scheltun,  probably 
pronounced  skeleton ,  as  it  is  found  written 
later.  Tlie  variation  in  spelling  is  very  great  in 
the  old  records.     (See  N.   E.   Reg.,'  i8g8,  p. 

347^- 

(I)  Rev.  Sanuicl  .Skelton.  llie  innni^ianl 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England  in  1584.  and 
died  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  .'\ugust  2,  ir)34. 
He  was  rector  of  the  Sempringham  Church, 
Lincolnsliire,  from  about  t6i8  for  three  years 
or  more.  This  church  is  a  relic  of  Norman 
architecture,  to  which  a  tower  was  added  in 


1725.  It  is  a  parish  of  extensive  area  com- 
prising the  chapelries  of  Pomton  and  Ber- 
thorpe,  while  the  village  near  the  church  has 
long  since  disappeared.  The  manor  house, 
formerly  the  seat  of  the  earls  of  Lincoln,  is 
also  destroyed.  He  married  there,  April  27, 
i6ig,  Susanna  Travis,  daughter  of  William. 
Her  father's  will  was  dated  April  22,  1635, 
and  proved  June  17,  1635,  at  Lincoln.  He 
was  of  Horbling.  His  daughter  Sarah  was 
baptized  August  14,  and  was  buried  at  Sem- 
pringham, August  27,  1621.  He  removed  to 
Tattershall,  seventeen  miles  northeast  of  Sem- 
pringham, and  there  three  children  were  bap- 
tized. It  seems  likely  that  Susanna  was  his 
second  wife,  and  that  Benjamin  and  Nathaniel 
were  by  a  former  marriage.  He  was  about 
thirty-six  years  old  when  he  married  Susanna 
Travis.  He  came  under  the  appointment  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  in  the  ship 
"George  Bonaventure  to  Salem,"  sailing  May 
4,  1629,  and  he  welcomed  Winthrop's  party 
next  year.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May 
18,  [631.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  in  Salem  in 
1630.  (See  Mass.  Hist.  Society,  second 
series,  vol.  x.,  p.  108).  He  died  .\ugust  2, 
1634:  his  wife  March  15,  1631,  at  Salem.  With 
■'the  consent  of  Mrs.  Beggerly,"'  the  division 
of  the  estate  was  ordered  in  June,  1638,  his 
three  eldest  children  to  receive  the  personal 
effects.  The  house  in  which  he  lived  passed 
to  the  ownership  of  Nathaniel  Felton,  his 
son-in-law,  who  sold  it  in  1643  to  William 
Brow'ne.  His  farm  was  bought  by  John 
Porter;  the  final  deed  being  given  him  by  the 
son  Samuel,  March  30.  1663.  Children:  i. 
Benjamin,  had  son  John,  baptized  at  Salem  in 
1639.  2.  Nathaniel,  had  son  John,  born  1648, 
at  Salem.  3.  Sarah,  born  and  died  1621.  4. 
Samuel,  baptized  January  8,  1622.  5.  Susan- 
nah, baptized  April  3.  1627,  married  John 
Marsh,  of  Salem.  6.  Mary,  baptized  June  28, 
1728:  married  Nathaniel  Felton.  7.  Eliza- 
beth, born  about  1631,  in  Salem:  married 
Robert  Sanford.  of  Boston. 

(II)  Samuel  .Skelton,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Skelton  (i),  was  baptized  in  Tattershall.  Eng- 
land, January  8,  1622.  In  1644  and  1649  he 
conveyed  land  formerly  his  father's,  calling 
himself  "son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Skelton."  and  in 
ir/13  completed  the  transfer  of  his  land  in 
Salem.  He  returned  to  England  before  1645. 
lie  died  at  Tatter.shall,  Wa.}'  12,  1695.  His 
will  was  dated  February  15,  1663-4.  It  men- 
tioned his  w'ife  Margaret  and  children  Samuel, 
Zerrubbabel,  Israel  and  Nathaniel,  and 
cousin  John  Skelton.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
mentioned    below.      2.  Samuel,    baptized    in 


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England,  1645.  3.  Zerrubabel,  born  1647.  4. 
Israel,  baptized  1650.  5.  Nathaniel,  baptized 
1656.  6.  John.  7.  Margaret,  buried  March 
14.  1695-6. 

(III)  Joseph Skelton, son  of  Samuel  Skelton 
(2).  was  probably  bom  at  Salem,  and  brought 
up  by  his  aunts  or  other  relatives  as  his  father 
returned  to  England  when  he  was  very  young. 
(See  "History  of  Billerica,"  Dedham  Hist. 
Reg.,  vol.  7,  p.  11).  In  any  case  he  seems  to 
be  grandson  of  Rev.  Samuel  (i).  He  was  ap- 
prenticed to  Captain  John  Carter,  and  resid- 
ed in  Woburn  as  early  as  1653.  He  married 
at  Dedham,  February  25,  1673,  Deborah 
Howe,  daughter  of  Abraham  Howe,  of  Dor- 
chester. She  died  at  Woburn  in  171 1,  and  he 
died  there  June  30,  1705.  Children,  born  in 
Dedham:  i.  Thomas,  born  April  10.  1674; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Deborah,  born  Febru- 
ary 12.  1676:  married  at  Woburn  August  13, 
1700,  John  Cragin. 

(IV)  Thomas  Skelton,  son  of  Joseph  Skel- 
ton (3),  was  born  at  Dedham,  April  10,  1674; 
married  at  Woburn,  December  29,  1701, 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Cragin. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  a  tailor.  In  1696  he 
deeded  lands  in  Woburn,  and  in  1709  his 
father's  homestead  at  Woburn.  His  will  was 
dated  November  13.  1650,  bequeathing  to 
wife  Mary,  son  Thomas,  daughter  Mary  and 
grandson  Thomas.  Children,  born  at  Wo- 
burn: I.  Thomas,  born  November  20,  1702; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Mercy,  bom  February 
10,  1704.  3.  Daze,  born  August  17,  1705; 
died  at  Woburn,  December  15,  1711.  4.  Anna, 
born  Januarv  11,  1710.  3.  Marv.  died  after 
1750. 

(V)  Thomas  Skelton,  son  of  Thomas  Skel- 
ton (4),  was  born  at  Woburn,  November  20, 
1702.  and  died  there  March  23,  1796.  He 
married  at  Woburn,  November  3,  1729,  Ruth 
Reed.  His  will  is  dated  February  20,  1773, 
with  a  codicil  in  1782,  and  was  proved  in  1797. 
It  mentions  his  wife  Ruth,  daughters  Mercy, 
Sarah.  Susanna  and  .Anna,  and  sons  Daze, 
Thomas,  John  and  Matthew.  Children,  born 
in  Woburn:  i.  Ruth,  born  August  3,  1730.  2. 
Mercy,  born  February  9.  1731;  married  Janu- 
ary 18.  1753,  Elkanah  Welch,  of  Cambridge. 
3.  Sarah,  born  April  23,  1734;  married  July  9, 
1767,  Abiathar  Johnson.  4.  .\nna,  born  Janu- 
^•".v  3-  1736.  5.  Susanna,  born  July  24,  1737; 
married  December  24.  1761.  Simeon  Blod- 
gett.  of  Lexington.  6.  Thomas,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1740:  soldier  in  the  Revolution;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Johnson.  7.  Daze,  born  De- 
cember 21,  1742;  mentioned  below.  8.  John, 
born  December  31.  1744:  died  June  10,  T821: 


married  February  2,  1768,  Joanna  Johnson, 
and  settled  in  Billerica,  Massachusetts;  from 
him  descend  most  of  the  name  in  Billerica 
and  vicinity.  9.  Matthew,  born  June  19,  1746, 
soldier  in  Revolution;  married  September  6, 
1769,  Sarah  Wyman.  10.  Anna,  born  June 
19,  1750;  married  March  5,  1782,  Edward 
Wood. 

(VI)  Daze  Skelton,  son  of  Thomas  Skelton 
(5),  was  born  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 21,  1742.  His  given  name  is  common 
in  this  family,  though  the  spelling  varies.  It 
is  probably  the  surname  of  some  ancestor. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  in  Cap- 
tain Joshua  Walker's  Company,  Colonel 
David  Greene's  regiment,  April  19,  1775;  also 
a  training  soldier  in  the  third  Woburn  com- 
pany. Captain  Timothy  Winn,  in  the  summer 
of  1775.  He  marched  to  Horse  Neck  in  a 
company  drafted  for  the  purpose,  Captain 
Belknap,  Colonel  Brooks.  He  married  June 
19,  1770,  Ruth  Hartwell,  of  Bedford.  Massa- 
chusetts. Children,  born  at  Woburn:  i. 
Daze,  Jr.,  born  June  i,  1771;  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  William,  born  April  21,  1773.  3. 
Samuel,  born  June  25,  1775.  4.  Ruth,  born 
October  16,  1777.  5.  Samuel,  born  Septem- 
ber 6,  1781.    6.    Stephen,  born  May  28,  1784. 

7.  Rebecca,  born  July  9,    1786.  died  young. 

8.  Rebecca,  born  September  13,  1788.  9. 
Desire,  bom  February  2,  1791.  10.  Asa,  born 
August  2,  1795. 

(VII)  Daze  (or  Daize)  Skelton,  son  of 
Daze  Skelton  (6),  was  born  in  Woburn,  June 
I,  1771.  He  married  at  Woburn,  February 
12.  1792,  Keziah  Simonds.  .Some  of  the  chil- 
dren were  born  at  Woburn,  the  others  at  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts,  where  he  settled.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Horace,  born  at  Woburn,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1793.  2.  Artemas,  bom  at  Bedford 
May  21,  1794;  mentioned  below.  3.  Lendell. 
born  October  6.  1795,  died  young.  4.  Lend- 
ell, (twin),  born  July  3,  1797.  5.  Lowell, 
(twin),  born  July  3,  1797. 

(VIII)  Artemas  Skelton,  son  of  Daze  Skel- 
ton (7),  was  born  at  Bedford,  Massachusetts, 
May  21,  1794,  and  died  in  t866,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-two.  He  was  a  farmer  on  the 
present  Skelton  farm  in  Carlisle,  formerly  the 
Hodgman  farm.  He  married  Mars'  Hodg- 
man,  daughter  of  Tliomas  and  Sarah  (Green) 
Hodgman,  of  Carlisle.  Thomas  Hodgman 
and  his  brother  John  built  the  house  now 
occupied  by  the  Skeltons,  shortly  after  the 
Revolutionary  war,  and  after  her  farmer's 
death  the  Skelton's  settled  on  the  old  home- 
stead. She  was  also  seventy-two  years  old 
when   she  died.     .\t  one  time  thev   lived   in 


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Dunstable.  Massachusetts,  now  Nashua,  New 
Hampshire,  and  Candia,  New  Hampshire. 
Chikhen:  i.  Louisa,  married  Henry  Upton, 
of  Lowell,  Massachusetts.  2.  Elizabeth, 
never  married.  3.  George  Stearns,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1827;  mentioned  below.  Others 
died  young. 

(IX)  George  Stearns  Skelton,  son  of  Arte- 
mas  Skelton  (8),  was  born  September  3,  1827, 
in  Dunstable.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Bedford  and  Carlisle,  Massachusetts,  and  in 
early  manhood  went  to  work  on  ship  timber. 
When  he  was  about  forty  years  old  he  bought 
part  of  the  farm  owned  by  his  parents,  and 
at  their  death  inherited  the  remainder.  He 
carried  on  his  farm  on  a  large  scale,  and  cut 
and  sold  much  wood  and  lumber.  He  was 
shrewd,  farsighted  and  prosperous  in  business, 
prominent  and  influential  in  town  afTairs.  He 
was  elected  to  various  positions  of  trust  and 
honor,  and  for  twelve  years  between  1869 
and  1885  was  a  selectman  of  the  town,  most 
of  the  time  its  chairman.  He  died  March  14, 
1885,  after  a  short  illness  with  pneumonia, 
mourned  by  many  friends.  For  some  time 
after  his  death  the  farm  was  conducted  by  his 
widow,  a  very  capable  and  enterprising  wo- 
man, but  she  finally  relinquished  her  cares  to 
her  sons.  Mr.  Skelton  was  deacon  of  the 
Bedford  Orthodox  Congregational  Church, 
and  his  wife  was  also  a  member. 

He  married.  May  25,  1870,  Martha  Jane 
Hartwell.  daughter  of  Josejjh  and  Elizabeth 
(Page)  Hartwell.  Her  father  was  a  native  of 
Bedford;  her  mother  of  Carlisle.  Children;  i. 
Chailes  Artemas,  bom  1871;  manages  the 
farm,  making  a  specialty  of  small  fruits;  has 
been  selectman  for  several  years;  member  of 
the  ( )rder  of  the  Golden  Cross;  is  unmarried. 
2.  Joseph  Hartwell,  born  1872 ;  killed  at  the 
Carlisle  station  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
1  lartford  railroad,  while  crossing  the  track  in 
a  carriage  with  a  friend,  John  Percy  Wilkins, 
who  was  also  killed,  .August  4,  1895;  had 
worked  four  years  as  clerk  in  a  grocery  store 
in  Carlisle;  was  a  member  of  the  Order  of 
the  Golden  Cross.  3.  George  Arthur,  born 
January  3,  1878;  mentioned  below. 

(X)  George  .\rthur  Skelton,  son  of  George 
Stearns  Skelton  (9),  was  born  in  Carlisle, 
Massachusetts,  January  3,  1878.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  in  Burdett's  Business  College.  Bos- 
ton. He  began  his  mercantile  career  as  clerk 
in  a  grocery  in  Carlisle,  where  he  worked  for  a 
>  ear  and  a  half.  In  1899  he  went  to  Bedford  and 
in  February,  1903,  bought  the  general  store  of 
C.  F.  Spaulding,  in  Bedford,  his  former  em- 


ployer. His  business  is  flourishing.  Fie  is  a 
member  of  Thomas  Talbot  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons,  Billerica;  of  Walden  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  Concord;  of  the  United  Order 
of  the  Golden  (?ross,  of  which  he  has  been 
treasurer  for  six  years.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  has  been  town  treasurer  of 
Bedford  three  years.  He  is  a  Congregational- 
ist  in  religion. 

He  married,  October  2Ti.  1906,  Lillian 
Hammond,  born  December  2,  1879,  daughter 
of  Thomas  M.  and  Susan  (Rounds)  Ham- 
mond, of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Skelton  are  the  parents  of  one  child, 
Priscilla,  born  November  13,  1907. 


This  Day  family  descended,  accord- 
D.A.Y  ing  to  all  the  evidence  obtainable, 
from  Randolph  Day,  an  English- 
man b\  birth  and  ancestry,  who  in  1630  was 
a  tenant  or  lessee  of  John  Sedborough,  who 
had  in  1610  or  soon  afterward  received  a 
grant  of  escheated  lands  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land. This  grant  was  located  in  county  Fer- 
managh, precinct  of  Clancally,  in  the  north- 
west part  of  the  island,  near  the  coast,  and 
just  south  of  Tyrone,  whence  came  so  many 
of  the  Scotch-Irish  (as  they  are  popularly 
called),  from  1718  to  1750.  Tliey  were  Pro- 
testants, and  had  been  at  war  with  the  Roman 
Catholic  Irish,  whom  they  had  supplanted  in 
that  section  of  the  country.  Day  went  to  Ire- 
land probably  with  neighbors  from  England. 
Some  of  the  other  twelve  lessees  on  the  same 
estate  were  Hugh  Stokes,  Robert  Allen, 
.Stephen  Allen,  Joseph  Dickinson,  all  British, 
as  well  as  their  landlord,  or  "undertaker,"  as 
the  proprietors  were  called. 

(I)  Deacon  Richard  Day,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  Ireland  about  1720.  He 
came  to  America  when  a  young  man,  and 
lived  for  a  time  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 
Many  efforts  have  been  made,  owing  to  the 
fact  that  he  came  from  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, to  Ipswich,  Canada  (now  Winchendon), 
to  trade  a  connection  with  the  Day  family  of 
Ipswich,  of  which  Robert  Day  was  progeni- 
tor. Richard  Day  may  have  known  of  these 
distant  relatives  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 
Robert  Day  came  to  New  England  about  the 
same  time  that  Randolph  Day  went  to  Ire- 
land. The  two  immigrants  may  have  been 
brothers  or  cousins.  Randolph  Day  was  the 
only  man  of  this  surname  among  the  twenty 
thousand  English  and  hundred  thousand 
.Scotch  who  removed  to  Ireland  when  King 
fames  sought  to  suppress  the  Irish  Catholics 


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by  introducing  loyal  Protestant  subjects  by 
the  thousands  into  Irish  homes,  dispossessing 
the  Catholics  from  nearly  four  million  acres 
of  land. 

Richard  Day  removed  to  Groton  after  liv- 
ing a  short  time  in  Lunenburg.  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  married  December  8,  1748,  at 
Lunenburg,  Massachusetts  (by  Rev.  David 
Sterns)  to  Ruth  Pushee  (Pouchee,  Pushey 
and  various  other  spellings  were  in  use).  Both 
were  recorded  as  of  Lunenburg,  but  their 
first  child  was  born  in  Groton,  in  the  summer 
of  1749.  They  removed  to  the  adjacent  town 
of  Winchendon  in  1752.  Airs.  Day  was  the 
daughter  of  Ciabriel  Pushee.  an  Arcadian 
French  exile.  Her  mother  lived  to  the  ex- 
treme age  of  one  hundred  and  four  years. 
The  Pushee  family  was  in  Winchendon  be- 
fore the  Day  family,  and  Nathan  Pushee.  of 
Ipswich,  Canada,  sold  Lot  No.  2,  first  divi- 
sion, originally  Thomas  Berry's  lot  or  draft 
in  1752,  and  Thomas  Berry  himself,  then  of 
Ipswich,  sold  December  15,  1752,  his  first 
division  lot  in  Ipswich,  Canada  (Winchendon), 
to  Richard  Day,  of  Groton.  Day  also  bought 
a  liundred  acres  of  land  of  Thomas  Epes,  of 
Ipswich,  November  8.  1757.  C)n  this  exten- 
sive tract  of  land  Deacon  Day  built  in  1752 
what  was  then  the  first,  the  finest  and  largest 
frame  house  in  the  town,  and  at  last  accounts 
it  was  still  standing  in  good  repair.  He  also 
built  a  log  tavern,  the  location  of  which  was 
south  of  the  Isaac  Cummings  house,  where 
he  kept  a  hotel  and  where  the  first  white  child 
in  that  town  was  born.  He  was  a  cooper  by 
trade.  Deacon  Day  was  the  foremost  citizen 
of  the  town  while  he  lived;  was  moderator  of 
the  first  town  meeting,  which  was  held  in  his 
house;  was  town  treasurer  for  several  years; 
and  selectman  in  1766-71-73.  He  was  the 
first  deacon  of  the  church,  and  held  many 
other  oiifices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  a 
man  of  great  strength  and  endurance,  of  high 
character,  and  was  greatly  respected.  His 
death  was  caused  by  injuries  received  from  a 
falling  tree.  He  died  in  the  prime  of  life.  May 
3,  1774,  intestate.  Three  of  his  sons  fought 
in  the  Revolution.  His  estate  was  divided 
among  the  heirs  in  1782,  the  papers  being 
signed  by  John  Day,  Sarah  Hale,  Ruth  Sher- 
win,  Lydia  Day,  Susanna  Day,  Daniel  Day, 
"his  other  son,"  and  Elizabeth  Day.  His 
widow  was  living.  Children:  i.  John,  born 
-August  31,  1749;  mentioned  below.  2.  Han- 
nah, born  in  Groton,  May  26,  1752,  died  April 
22,  1774.  3.  Nathan,  born  in  Lunenljurg  (re- 
corded there)  October  2.  1754;  died  in 
Charlestown,      Massachusetts,      .\ugust      12, 


1775.  4.  Sarah,  born  at  Winchendon,  April 
II-  1757-  5-  Ruth,  born  October  2"/,  1759, 
at  Winchendon,  where  all  the  others  follow- 
ing were  about  born.  6.  Daniel,  born  July  27, 
1762.  7.  Lydia,  born  October  17,  1764;  died 
-August  29,  1767.  8.  Elizabeth,  born  May  12, 
1767.  9.  Lydia,  born  August  3,  1770.  10. 
Susannah,  born  September  9,  1773. 

(II)  John  Day,  son  of  Richard  Day  (i), 
was  born  in  (iroton,  Massachusetts,  -August 
31,  1749;  removed  in  1752  to  Ipswich,  Can- 
ada, where  he  received  a  rather  meagre 
schooling  and  spent  a  large  part  of  his  boy- 
hood working  on  his  father's  farm.  He  at- 
tended the  first  school  in  the  town,  estab- 
lished -May  5,  1765.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  and  marched  on  the  Le-xington 
alarm  under  Deacon  and  Captain  Moses  Hale, 
who  served  without  a  commission.  This 
company  was  notified  that  its  services  were 
not  needed  before  it  had  reached  Cambridge. 
Day  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  in  Cap- 
tain Abel  Wilder's  company  of  minute  men. 
Colonel  Doolittle's  regiment,  and  returned 
with  the  company  soon  after  the  battle.  His 
brother  Nathan  died  in  the  camp  at  Som- 
erville,  then  Charlestown.  In  1778  he  was 
on  a  committee  of  the  town  to  estimate  the 
cost  of  services  of  the  soldiers,  and  March  20, 
1780,  he  was  chosen  on  a  committee  to  hire 
men  for  the  Continental  army.  He  was  a 
shoemaker  by  trade,  and  it  is  said  that  he 
made  a  pair  of  shoes  for  Moses  Potter,  one  of 
his  recruits,  with  heels  high  enough  to  make 
Moses  meet  the  army  rec|uirements  as  to  the 
stature  of  a  soldier.  John  Day  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Winchendon  school  committee  in 
1778,  and  selectman  in  1781.  Besides  the 
trade  of  shoemaker.  Day  was  also  called  a 
carpenter.  He  established  a  saw-mill  and 
grist-mill  at  what  is  now  called  New  Boston, 
and  was  the  chief  miller  of  the  vicinity  for 
many  years.  He  became  the  owner  of  the 
greater  part  of  what  is  now  Waterville  Vil- 
lage, Winchendon.  He  retired  from  active 
business  several  \ears  before  his  death.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Baptist.  He  was  married, 
January  30,  177 1,  to  Elizabeth  Joslyn,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  and  Sally  Joslyn,  of  Winchendon, 
and  she  died  August  20,  1829.  Children  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Day:  i.  Elizabeth,  born 
February  20,  177 1-2.  2.  John,  born  March 
14.  1773,  died  -August  27,  1821 ;  mentioned 
below.  3.  Joseph,  born  March  27,  1775  ;  died 
March  29,  1853;  settled  in  Templeton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, with  brother  John,  married 
March  14,  1709.  Lucy  Sherwin,  both  of 
Winchendon.     4.   Lucy,  born  June    14.    1777. 


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5.  Hannah,  born  December  29,  1779.  6. 
Richard,  born  March  6,  1782;  died  August  8, 
i8o2.  7.  Peter  Joslyn,  born  June  6,  1784.  8. 
Daniel,  born  February  18.  1787;  died  ]\Iay  23, 
1875;  married  Catherine  Rice,  daughter  of 
Lieutenant  Benjamin  and  Ruth  (Budge)  Rice. 
9.  Susanna,  born  June  8,  1789.  10.  Sally, 
born  October  16,  1791.  11.  Silence,  born 
July  19,  1794;  died  August  26,  1795.  12. 
Mason  Spencer,  born  December  7,  1798. 

(III)  John  Day,  son  of  John  Day,  (2),  was 
born  in  Winchendon,  ?\  larch  14,  1773;  died 
at  Templeton  August  17,  182 1,  aged  forty- 
nine  years.  He  and  his  brother  Joseph  set- 
tled in  Templeton,  Massachusetts.  His  wife 
Lois  died  March  16,  1823,  aged  fifty-seven 
vears,  and  was  therefore  several  years  older 
than  her  husband.  His  son,  Chauncey  N. 
Day,  was  appointed  administrator,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1821.  Children:  i.  Chauncey  Newell, 
mentioned  below.  2.  David  Walker,  baptized 
at  Templeton  September  13,  1801. 

(IV)  Chauncey  Newell  Day,  son  of  John 
Day  (3),  was  born  in  Winchendon  (or 
Templeton),  Massachusetts,  about  1800.  He 
married  at  Rutland,  Massachusetts,  May  10, 
1821,  .^daiine  Hooker,  born  at  Rutland,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1799,  baptized  in  Rutland,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  granddaughter  of  John 
Hooker,  Jr.  Her  mother  was  Abigail  Stone, 
married  November  2,  1797.  His  first  wife 
died  Februray  4,  1826,  at  Templeton,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  he  married  second  (intentions 
dated  September  2,  1826)  Abigail  Garfield,  of 
Troy,  New  Hampshire.  Mr.  Day  died  at 
Winchendon  in  1852,  and  his  will  was  filed  for 
probate  November  5,  1852.  He  bequeathed 
to  wife  Abigail:  children:  David  W.,  Ceorge 
G..  .\ugusta  A.  and  Marv  Lane.  Children: 
I.  .^daline.  2.  David  Walker.  3.  George 
Garfield,  mentioned  below.  4.  Augusta 
A.  5.  Mary  Lane.  George  C.  and  Mary  Lane 
are  the  only  surviving  children  in  1908. 

(V)  George  Garfield  Day,  son  of  Chaun- 
cey Newell  Day  (4),  was  born  at  Templeton, 
Massachusetts  (now  Otter  River),  February 
17'  1^33-  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Winchendon,  Massachusetts,  until  he  was  fif- 
teen years  old,  when  he  became  a  clerk  in  the 
grocerv-  store  of  J.  H.  Clapp,  later  with  the 
firm  of  Pierce  8i  Burney.  and  finally  with  S. 
D.  Morley.  He  was  then  bookkeeper  and 
salesman  in  a  millinery  store  in  ( )tter  River. 
He  became  depot  master  at  the  Templeton 
railroad  station,  but  resigned  after  a  year  of 
service,  and  in  T862  removed  to  .^yer,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  at  one  time  a  clerk  in  the 
Tavlor  House,  and  after  holding  various  posi- 


tions in  mercantile  places  bought  a  store 
himself.  He  accepted  the  position  of  assist- 
ant postmaster  under  L.  A.  Buck,  postmaster, 
and  later  became  postmaster  hiself.  After  his 
term  as  postmaster  expired  he  established  a 
cigar  and  tobacco  business,  which  proved 
highly  prosperous  and  which  he  conducted 
until  recently.  He  also  owns  the  building  in 
which  his  store  was  situated.  He  has  practi- 
cally retired  from  active  business.  In  politics 
Mr.  Day  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Unitarian  church.  He  commands  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  all  his  townsmen,  and  is 
reckoned  among  the  most  influential  and  use- 
ful citizens  of  the  town. 

He  married,  May  11,  1863,  Frances 
Augusta  Wheeler,  of  Albany,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Amasa  Wheeler,  of  East  Had- 
dam,  Connecticut,  a  dyer  by  trade,  and  his 
wife  Roxalana  (Hammond)  of  Middle- 
borough,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Day 
have  no  children. 


Arthur  Hudson,  pharmacist, 
HUDSON  bacteriologist,  analytical  chem- 
ist, was  born  in  Newcastle-on- 
Tyne,  England,  September  7,  1847,  son  of 
Henry  and  Isabella  (Arthur)  Hudson.  Henry 
Hudson  was  born  in  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  Eng- 
land, in  1827,  and  was  a  glass  manufacturer, 
and  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England.  Isa- 
bella Arthur,  l3<irn  in  183 1,  was  also  a  native  of 
Newcastle.  Arthur  Hudson  was  instructed 
in  the  science  of  pharmacy,  analytical  chem- 
istry, and  medicine  at  Durham  University, 
England.  He  served  for  four  years  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Victoria  Rifle  Volunteers.  His  re- 
lations who  became  citizens  of  the  United 
States  were :  Thomas  Smith  Hudson,  an 
uncle,  who  came  to  America  in  1848  or  1849, 
and  settled  in  East  Cambridge.  His  son,  John 
Fenwick  Hudson,  came  with  him  to  America 
as  an  infant,  having  been  born  in  Newcastle- 
on-Tyne,  England,  1847,  early  in  1848.  The 
other  children  of  Thomas  Smith  Hudson  were : 
Thomas  Henry  Hudson,  born  in  the  United 
States  about  1849 ''  Annie  Maria  Hudson,  who 
died;  Francis  Hudson,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Robert  S.  Hudson,  who  became  a  merchant 
and  lived  in  Cambridge;  James  Hudson,  who 
died  young;  and  Isabella  Hudson,  who  mar- 
ried, and  was  living  in  1907. 

Dr.  Arthur  Hudson  came  to  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1867,  and  has  for  one  year  con- 
ducted the  laboratory  of  Weeks  &  Potter, 
wholesale  druggists  and  chemists  of  Boston. 
In    1868   he  became   associated   with   a   retail 


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druggist  in  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  where 
in  addition  to  his  duties  as  pharmaceutist  he 
was  assistant  postmaster,  the  postotifice  being  in 
the  same  building  with  the  drug  store.  In 
1869  he  was  employed  by  Charles  I.  Eaton, 
fonnerly  John  I.  Brown  &  Sons,  of  Boston,  as 
pharmaceutical  chemist,  serving  that  establish- 
ment 1869-76.  In  1876  he  removed  to  Newton 
where  he  purchased  the  drug  store  and  good 
will  of  E.  T.  Billings,  at  Newton  Corner,  and 
he  subsequently  added  to  his  business  two 
other  drug  stores  at  Newton.  Besides  attend- 
ing to  the  regular  routine  of  these  drug  stores 
with  their  allied  businesses,  he  was  engaged  in 
cheinical  research  in  his  laboratory  connected 
with  his  principal  drug  store,  from  1880,  for 
the  department  of  commissary  supplies  for  the 
United  States  army.  He  was  inspector  of  milk 
for  the  city  of  Newton  from  1892,  and  bacteri- 
ologist for  the  board  of  health  of  Newton  from 
1894.  He  was  elected  to  membership  in  the 
Massachusetts  Associated  Boards  of  Health, 
the  Milk  Inspectors  Association,  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  His 
fraternal  and  patriotic  affiliations  included 
membership  in  Newton  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  Sons  of  St.  George ; 
British  American  Association  ;  the  Royal  Ar- 
canum, Channing  Council ;  and  Nonantum  Col- 
ony of  the  United  Order  of  Pilgrim  Fathers. 

Dr.  Hudson  married,  September  23,  1870, 
Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  James  F.  and  Anne 
(Smith)  Guthrie,  of  North  Bridgewater,  Mas- 
sachusetts, who  was  born  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts. Her  father  was  bom  in  Dundee, 
Scotland.  The  children  of  Dr.  Arthur  and 
Mary  Anne  (Guthrie)  Hudson  were:  i.  An- 
nie Hudson,  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
February  7,  1872 ;  married  July  7,  1897,  James 
Adelbert  Morse,  and  in  1907  were  residing  in 
Newton,  Massachusetts.  2.  Arthur  Stanton 
Hudson,  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1874;  after  receiving  a  thorough 
education  in  E.  H.  Cutler's  Academy  of  New- 
ton, he  was  a  student  in  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  and  on  receiving  his  degree  practiced 
medicine  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried Minnie  Ladd,  June  24,  1895,  daughter  of 
Henry  C.  Ladd,  and  they  make  their  home  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts. 


Albert     Brackett,     son     of 
BRACKETT     Cephas    and    Lucy    (Liver- 
more)  Brackett,  was  born  in 
Brighton,    Middlesex    county,    Massachusetts, 
April  20,  1828.    He  was  a  graduate  of  Brigh- 


ton high  school,  and  in  1850  established  the 
coal  business  in  the  city  of  Newton,  which 
he  carried  on  the  entire  period  of  his  business 
life.  He  was  a  Republican  in  party  politics, 
but  never  held  public  office.  He  was  brought 
up  in  the  Unitarian  religious  faith.  He  was 
married,  October  20,  1859,  to  Mary  Addie, 
daughter  of  Rufus  and  Mary  Addie  (Guild) 
Stone.  Rufus  Stone  was  a  paper  manufactur- 
er in  Unionville,  Connecticut ;  Mary  Addie 
Stone  was  born  in  Unionville,  Connecticut, 
May  3,  1839.  The  children  of  Albert  and  Mary 
Addie  (Stone)  Brackett  were :  i.  Albert  Clin- 
ton Brackett,  born  in  Newton,  Middlesex  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts,  June  16,  i860,  and  attend- 
ed the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Newton 
and  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  of 
Boston.  He  married,  June  30,  1887,  Florence 
Stoughton,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Caleb 
Hoggs,  of  Newtonville,  and  made  his  home  at 
Newton  Centre.  2.  Arthur  Lewis  Brackett; 
see  forward.  3.  Winthrop  Stewart  Brackett, 
born  in  Newton,  Massachusetts,  April  29,  1864; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city, 
graduating  at  the  Newton  high  school  in  1883. 
He  was  married  April  12,  1899,  to  Sarah 
Eunice,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Shannon,  of  New  York,  and  resided  in  Den- 
ver, Colorado,  in  which  city  Mrs.  W.  S.  Brack- 
ett died,  April  23,  1901.  He  married  December 
12,  1907,  Laura,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Cora  Van 
Winner,  of  Denver.  4.  Edwin  Raymond 
Brackett,  born  in  Newton,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 8,  1874 ;  was  a  graduate  of  the 
grammar  and  high  school  of  Newton,  and  a 
graduate  of  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, Boston.  He  was  married  No- 
vember 7,  1906,  to  Evelyn,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Mandell,  of  Newton,  and  they 
made  their  home  in  Newton,  where  he  was  as- 
sociated with  his  father  and  brother  in  the 
coal  and  grain  business.  Albert  Brackett  was 
a  member  of  the  Channing  Unitarian  church. 
His  home,  in  which  his  four  sons  were  born, 
is  located  on  Sargent  street,  Newton,  and  em- 
braced a  fine  estate,  beautifully  located,  and 
with  a  splendid  mansion  house.  He  died  in 
Italy,  March  17,  1905. 

Arthur  Lewis  Brackett,  son  of  Albert  and 
Mary  Addie  (Stone)  Brackett,  was  born  in 
Newton,  Massachusetts,  April  22,  1862.  He 
was  graduated  at  the  grammar  school  of  New- 
ton and  the  Newton  high  school,  and 
at  once  entered  the  establishment  of  his 
father.  He  is  a  Republican  in  party 
politics,  inheriting  his  political  faith  from 
his  father,  and  like  him  is  a  member  of 
the  Channing    (Unitarian)   church.     His  club 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


membership  includes  the  Hunnewell,  Newton, 
Newton  Boat  and  Boston  Yacht  Clubs.  He  is 
not  married  and  resides  at  the  family  home- 
stead. 


Hon.  Brooks  Trull  Bat- 
BATCHKLLER     cheller  was  born  in  Bil- 

lerica,  Middlesex  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts,  January  7,  1812.  He 
was  a  descendant  from  William  Batchelder, 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  established  as  a 
town  August  20,  1630.  He  began  life  as  a 
tow-boy  on  the  old  Middlesex  canal,  which 
extended  from  Boston  to  Lowell,  he  driving 
the  horses  attached  to  a  packet  boat  that  made 
regular  trips  between  the  two  places,  carrying 
passengers  at  extra  speed.  He  was  promoted 
to  captain  of  the  packet,  and  from  that  position 
to  stage  driver  on  the  Boston  and  Lowell  stage 
line  that  succeeded  the  packet  line,  and  in  that 
capacity  he  was  entrusted  with  carrying  the 
United  States  mail.  He  continued  as  stage 
driver  on  the  route  up  to  and  after  the  intro- 
duction of  the  railroad  between  the  two  cities, 
and  he  then  became  the  keeper  of  a  boarding, 
boating  and  general  livery  business  in  Boston, 
his  stables  being  located  on  Devonshire  street 
where  the  post  office  now  stands.  He  retired 
from  this  business  in  1867,  and  purchased  a 
house  on  Hancock  street,  Lexington,  in  that 
year,  where  he  resided  for  thirty-five  years  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  August  21,  1902.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  denomination  in 
early  life.  He  was  a  Whig  and  subsequently 
a  Lincoln  and  Grant  Republican,  and  a  friend 
as  well  as  supporter  of  Governor  Andrew  and 
an  intimate  friend  of  Governor  Talbot.  As  a 
resident  of  Billerica  he  was  an  unsuccesful  can- 
didate for  state  senator,  and  while  defeated,  re- 
ceived a  larger  majority  in  his  senatorial  dis- 
trict than  was  given  in  the  same  district  for 
candidate  on  the  same  ticket  for  governor.  He 
was  elected  to  the  state  senate  in  1874.  On  re- 
moving to  Lexington  he  became  a  member  of 
the  investment  committee  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Lexington  .Savings  Bank. 

Mr.  Batcheller  was  married  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, .August  13.  1838,  to  Rachel  Camp- 
bell, daughter  of  John  and  Rachel  (House) 
Dodge,  of  Edgcombe,  Maine,  and  they  lived 
together  for  sixty-five  years.  They  had  four 
children  born  to  them,  but  the  only  one  sur- 
viving at  the  present  time  (1907)  is  Warren 
M'.,  with  whom  his  venerable  mother  lived  at 
the  time  of  her  death,  .August  21,  1907,  just 
five  years  after  the  death  of  her  husband.   Mrs. 


Batcheller  was  a  woman  of  remarkable  vigor. 
She  was  gentle,  sympathetic,  patient,  refined, 
home-loving  and  industrious.  Economical  and 
saving  where  her  own  wants  were  concerned, 
she  was  charity  herself  to  the  wants  of  others. 
Modest  and  retiring,  her  greatness  of  char- 
acter e.xcelled  even  her  good  reputation.  Un- 
selfishly devoted  to  the  welfare  of  her  husband 
and  children,  her  place  is  among  the  many  mod- 
est, high-minded  American  wives  and  mothers 
who  have  moulded  the  characters  of  our  no- 
blest citizens.  Up  to  the  time  she  was  confined 
to  her  bed  she  superintended  the  care  of  her 
houseliold,  and  she  held  all  her  faculties  intact 
up  to  a  week  before  her  death.  The  funeral 
services  were  conducted  at  her  late  home  on 
Hancock  street  by  the  Rev.  John  M.  Wilson, 
the  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  church. 

Warren  M.  Batcheller,  son  of  Brooks  Trull 
and  Rachel  Campbell  (Dodge)  Batcheller,  was 
born  on  Lowell  street,  Boston,  August  11, 
1842.  In  1850  he  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  Billerica,  where  he  attended  the  district 
school  and  the  Howe  School.  When  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age  he  was  taken  to  Boston 
by  his  parents  and  there  worked  in  his  fath- 
er's livery  stable  in  Devonshire  street  from 
1858  to  1865.  In  the  latter  named  year  he 
secured  employment  in  the  stable  of  A.  Gars- 
ton  on  the  corner  of  Bedford  and  Kingston 
streets, an<l  later  removed  to  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  was  a  clerk  for  two  years  in 
a  shoe  store,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  he 
bought  out  his  employer  and  carried  on  the 
business  on  his  own  account  from  1867  to  1875, 
eight  years.  His  health  failing,  and  his  par- 
ents then  residing  in  Lexington,  needing  their 
care  and  company,  he  removed  to  that  place 
and  looked  after  his  interests.  Ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  spend  his  winters  in  a  warmer 
climate  and  he  lived  in  California,  the  Caro- 
linas  and  Georgia,  alternately,  and  thus  to  a 
degree  retarded  the  progress  of  disease.  He 
attends  the  Unitarian  church,  and  is  a  Republi- 
can in  political  faith.  Warren  M.  Batcheller 
never  married. 


Barnard  Capen  (i  562-1633), 
C.\PEN     the    immigrant    ancestor   of   the 

Capens  of  Middlesex  county, 
was  made  a  freeman  of  the  town  of  Dorches- 
ter in  1630,  and  thus  became  a  member  of  the 
church,  which  was  founded  September  7, 
1630,  by  immigrants  who  settled  on  com- 
mon lands  called  Mattapan.  Tlie  oldest 
marked  grave  in  .America  is  in  the  churchyard 
at    Dorchester,    Massachusetts,    and    reads: 


I3.jru^   f./JcotcA^tt^ 


MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


639 


"Here  lies  the  bodies  of  Mr.  Barnard  Capen 
&  Joan  Capen  his  wife.  He  died  November 
8,  1638,  aged  76  years  &  she  died  Alarch  26, 
1633,  aged  75  years." 

(H)  John  Capen,  son  of  Barnard  and  Joan 
Capen,  was  for  a  quarter  a  century  deacon  of 
the  First  Church  of  Dorchester,  and  served 
the  town  as  selectman  and  as  a  representative 
in  the  general  court  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony.  He  was  also  town  clerk,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  militia  company  organized  for  the 
defense  of  the  colony,  and  his  military  service 
extended  over  a  period  of  fifty  years,  and  by 
promotion  he  gained  the  rank  and  title  of 
captain.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Samuel  Bass,  of  Braintree. 

(HI)  Preserved  Capen,  son  of  Deacon 
John  and  Mary  (Bass)  Capen,  married  in 
1682,  Mary  Rayson,  of  Dorchester. 

(IV)  John  Capen,  son  of  Preserved  and 
Mary  (Payson)  Capen,  married  in  1722,  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  (Bass)  Thay- 
er, and  settled  at  Braintree. 

(V)  Christopher  Capen,  son  of  John  and 
Ruth  (Thayer)  Capen,  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Faxon)  Thay- 
er, and  they  established  a  home  in  that  por- 
tion of  the  town  of  Stoughton,  Norfolk  coun- 
ty, which  on  February  23,  1797,  was  set  ofif  as 
the  town  of  Canton. 

(VI)  Samuel  Capen,  son  of  Christopher 
and  Abigail  (Thayer)  Capen,  was  born  in 
Stoughton,  Norfolk  county,  November,  1760. 
\\'hen  nineteen  years  of  age  he  is  described 
on  the  roster  of  soldiers  raised  in  June,  1780, 
to  reinforce  the  Continental  army  for  six 
months  as:  stature,  five  feet,  five  inches,  resi- 
dence Stoughton.  He  served  other  brief 
terms  in  the  latter  years  of  the  revolution. 
He  lived  in  Dorchester,  and  was  twice  mar- 
ried, his  second  wife,  being  Hannah  White, 
and  among  his  children  were  Samuel  Childs 
and  Edward  William  Capen. 

(VII)  Samuel  Childs  Capen,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Hannah  (White)  Capen,  was  born  in 
Dorchester,  December  24,  1812.  On  March 
21,  1839,  he  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Jesse 
and  Abigail  Billings,  granddaughter  of  Cap- 
tain William  Billings,  a  soldier  of  the  Ameri- 
can revolution,  of  which  the  records  make 
mention:  "William  Billings  of  Stoughton- 
ham,  a  Revolutionary  soldier  in  1775,  in  1776 
and  early  in  1777,  reported  died  in  May  1777;" 
and  of  another:  "William  Billings,  of 
Wrentham,  enlisted  for  three  years  to  expire 
August.  1780."  Ann  Billings  was  a  descend- 
ant of  Roger  Billings,  who  appears  as  a  resi- 
dent of  Dorchester  in   1640.     Samuel  Childs 


and  Ann  (Billings)  Capen  had  two  children: 
Joseph  Henry  Capen,  born  in  Dorchester, 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  April.  1840,  and 
Samuel  Billings  Capen,  the  founder  of  the 
Municipal  League  of  Boston  in  1894,  bom 
December  12,  1842. 

(\TI)  Edward  William  Capen,  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  (White)  Capen,  and  brother 
of  Saiuuel  Childs  Capen,  was  born  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  May  23,  1810.  He  married,  De- 
cember 29,  1835,  Lucretia  Augusta  Marston, 
born  August  5,  1813.  He  was  a  drygoods  mer- 
chant in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  a  Baptist  in  re- 
ligion, and  a  Whig  and  Republican  in  national 
politics.  He  died  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
September  23.  1881,  and  his  v\'idow  died  May 
5,  1889.  ■' — 

(VIII)  William  Henry  Capen,  son  of  Ed- 
ward William  and  Lucretia  A.  (Marston) 
Capen,  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
July  II,  1853.  He  was  a  pupil  in  the  gram- 
mar and  high  schools  of  Boston,  and  engaged 
in  the  leather  business,  and  on  the  death  of 
his  father  in  1881  he  became  in  January',  1883, 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Chandler  &  Com- 
pany, of  which  firm  he  was  the  senior  partner 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  Alarch  4,  1899.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  on  Shaw- 
met  avenue,  Boston,  and  later  of  the  Water- 
town  Baptist  Church,  where  he  was  promin- 
ent in  both  the  above  churches  in  Sunday- 
school  work.  He  was  married  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  June  5,  1884,  to  Hattie  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Henry  Alartin  Wiswall,  of  New- 
ton, a  descendant  of  Captain  Noah  Wiswall,  a 
captain  in  the  Colonial  army  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war.  At  the  time  of  the  alarm  at 
Lexington,  April  17,  1775,  (although  seventy- 
six  years  of  age,  and  occupying  the  home- 
stead, previously  occupied  by  Elder  Thomas 
Wiswall,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town 
and  which  had  been  in  the  Wiswall  family  for 
generations,  located  on  the  east  side  of  the 
"pond,"  Chrystal  Lake,  Newton  Centre), 
Captain  Noah  Wiswall  walked  to  Lexington 
on  that  day  to  "see  what  the  boys  were  do- 
ing," and  as  he  pointed  out  to  his  com- 
panions three  British  soldiers  on  the  battle- 
field, his  uplifted  hand  was  pierced  by  a  rifle 
ball,  and  he  staunched  the  blood  by  binding 
it  in  a  handkerchief,  and  pressed  forward  as 
the  British  troops  were  retreating,  and  as  one 
of  the  regulars  fell  he  took  up  his  then  useless 
rifle  and  carried  it  home  a  trophy  of  his  ad- 
venture. Captain  Jeremiah  Wiswall  command- 
ed the  East  Company  of  Newton  minutemen 
on  that  day.  The  city  government  of  Newton 
has  perpetuated  the  name  in  Wiswall  street 


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and  Wiswall  road.     Hattie  Ellen  Wiswall  was 
graduated  at  the  Watertown  high  school. 

The  children  of  William  Henry  and  Hattie 
Ellen  (Wiswall)  Capen  were:  William  Henry 
Capen,  born  in  Newton,  August  13,  1890,  and 
Alarjorie  Helen  Capen,  born  in  Newton, 
January  9,  1899.  These  children,  with  their 
widowed  mother,  are  living  at  No.  243  Park 
street,  Newton,  in  1907. 


This  name  is  derived  from 
WASHBURN  two  simple  words — wash, 
which  implies  a  swift  cur- 
rent of  a  stream,  and  burne  or  bourne,  signi- 
fying a  brook  or  small  stream.  It  has  been 
said  of  this  family,  whose  origin  is  in  England, 
carrying  a  coat-of-arms,  that  the  posterity  of 
John  Washburn,  who  was  the  first  of  the  name 
to  locate  in  New  England  in  1632,  "will  sel- 
dom find  occasion  to  blush  upon  looking  back 
upon  the  past  lives  of  those  from  whom  they 
have  descended.  Fortunate  indeed  may  the 
generations  now  in  being  esteem  themselves,  if 
they  can  be  sure  to  bequeath  to  their  posterity 
an  equal  source  of  felicitation." 

(I)  John  Washburn,  the  immigrant,  settled 
in  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1632.  He  was 
secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
and  with  his  two  sons,  John  and  Philip,  was 
able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  He  and  his  son 
John  were  among  the  original  fifty-four  per- 
sons who  became  proprietors  of  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  in  1645.  They  bought  the 
lands  of  the  old  Sachem,  Massasoit,  for  seven 
coats  of  one  and  one-half  yards  each,  nine 
hatchets,  eight  hoes,  twenty  knives,  four  moose 
skins,  ten  and  a  half  yards  of  cotton  cloth.  The 
transfer  was  signed  by  Miles  Standish,  Samuel 
Nash  and  Constant  Southworth.     He  married 

Margery .      Children:     i.    John,   born 

1621 ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Philip,  born  in 
England  in  1624 ;  died  unmarried.  Probably 
others. 

(H)  John  Washburn,  son  of  John  Wash- 
burn (i),  was  born  in  England  in  1621.  He 
came  to  New  England  with  his  parents.  He 
married  Eliza  Mitchell,  in  1645,  daughter  of 
Experience  Mitchell.  A  letter  to  Mrs.  Wash- 
bum  from  her  nephew,  Thomas  Mitchell,  dated 
at  .\msterdam,  has  been  preserved.  John 
Washburn  sold  in  1670  the  house  and  land  that 
his  father  gave  him  at  Green  Harbor  Diixbury. 
His  will  was  made  in  1686.  His  sons  John  and 
Samuel  were  executors,  and  his  brother-in-law 
Edward  Mitchell  and  his  "kind  friend"  John 
Tomson  were  made  trustees  and  overseers. 
Children:    i.    John,  married  Rebecca  Lapham. 


2.  Thomas,  married  first  Abigail  Leonard; 
second.  Deliverance  Packard.  3.  Joseph,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Latham.  4.  Samuel,  born  1651 ; 
mentioned  below.  5.  Jonathan,  married  Mary 
Vaughan.  6.  Benjamin,  died  on  the  Phipps 
expedition  to  Canada.  7.  Mary,  born  1661 ; 
married,  1694,  Samuel  Kinsley.  8.  Elizabeth, 
married  first  James  Howard ;  second,  Edward 
Sealey.    9.   Jane,  married  William  Orcutt,  Jr. 

10.  James,  born  1672 ;  married  Mary  Bowden. 

11.  Sarah,  married,  1697,  John  Ames. 

(HI)  Sergeant  Samuel  Washburn,  son  of 
John  Washburn  (2),  was  born  in  Duxbury,  in 
1651.  He  married  Deborah  Packard,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Packard.  He  died  in  1720,  aged 
si.Kty-nine.  His  will  made  in  1720  shows  that 
his  sons  Noah  and  Israel  were  dead  at  that 
time.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  1678.  2. 
Noah,  born  1682;  mentioned  below.  3.  Israel, 
born  1684.  4.  Neheiniah,  born  1686.  5.  Ben- 
jamin.  6.   Hannah,  married  John  Kieth. 

(IV)  Noah  Washburn,  son  of  Samuel 
Washburn  (3),  was  born  in  1682,  and  died  in 
1717.  He  married,  in  1710,  Elizabeth  Shaw, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Shaw  and  sister  of  Rev. 
John  Shaw.  She  married  second,  Isaac  Harris, 
in  1 7 19.  He  resided  at  East  Bridgewater. 
Children:  i.  Eleazer,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Noah. 

(V)  Eleazer  Washburn,  son  of  Noah  Wash- 
burn, resided  at  East  Bridgewater.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1738,  Anna  Alden,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Ebenezer  Alden.  She  died  in  1788,  aged 
seventy.  He  died  before  1770.  Children:  I. 
Susanna,  born  1740;  married  Jepthah  Byram. 
2.  Zenas,  born  1741.  3.  Anne,  born  1742: 
died  young.  4.  Anne,  bom  1743;  married 
Amos  Whitman,  in  1764.  5.  Eleazer,  born 
1746.  6.  Asa,  born  1749;  removed  to  New 
York.  7.  Levi,  born  1752.  8.  Oliver,  born 
1755  ;  married  Hannah  Gannett,  daughter  of 
Seth  Gannett ;  died  1781 ;  removed  to  New 
Hampshire.  9.  Alden,  born  1758;  mentioned 
below.    10.    Isaac,  born  1760. 

(VI)  Alden  Washburn,  son  of  Eleazer 
Washburn  (5),  was  born  in  1758  at  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts.  Mitchell  says  he  re- 
moved to  Maine  or  New  Hampshire.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Harden,  and  had  one  child,  Oliver, 
born  August,  1785,  mentioned  below. 

(Ml)  Oliver  Washburn,  son  of  .\lden 
Washburn  (6),  was  bom  in  New  Hampshire, 
August,  1785,  and  died  April  5,  1871.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  district  schools,  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  of 
age.  Then  he  followed  an  inclination  to  go  to 
sea.  On  his  return  from  a  voyage  to  the  West 
Indies  the  vessel  encountered  a  heavy  storm  in 


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winter,  and  during  the  exposure  he  suli'ered 
he  had  both  feet  frozen,  necessitating  the  am- 
putation of  all  his  toes  after  landing  in  Port- 
land, Maine.  That  ended  his  career  as  a 
mariner,  and  he  engaged  in  the  furniture  busi- 
ness in  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  for  a  time. 
He  returned  to  Portland  and  began  to  manu- 
facture carriages  and  wagons.  He  built  the 
first  wagon  ever  seen  in  the  town  of  Tamworth, 
New  Hampshire,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  this  line  of  business.  He  then  removed  to 
Lowell,  and  took  charge  of  the  wood  repair 
shop  in  the  Lawrence  Manufacturing  Company 
until  May  23,  1840,  when  he  removed  to 
Tyngsborough,  Massachusetts,  to  build  his 
shop  for  the  manufacture  of  brushes.  The 
company  was  unable  to  get  good  brushes,  and 
induced  him  to  establish  this  business.  He 
built  his  factory  on  the  Nashua  road,  in  Tyngs- 
borough, just  about  halfway  between  Lowell 
and  Nashua,  and  he  established  there  the  large 
and  flourishing  business  which  since  his  death 
has  been  continued  by  his  son  Horace  A.  Wash- 
burn. Oliver  Washburn  was  a  shrewd  and 
successful  business  man,  knowing  his  trade 
thoroughly  and  producing  the  best  possible 
goods.  He  married  first,  Harriet  Stearns,  born 
at  Portland,  Maine;  they  had  three  children: 
John  M.,  Thomas  and  Maria.  He  married 
second,  Betsey  William  Giddings,  of  Lyde- 
borough.  New  Hampshire.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth  S.,  bom  1835.  2.  Horace  Augustus, 
born  1837:  mentioned  below.  3.  Harriet  Ade- 
laide, bom  1843;  died  May  5,  1863.  4. 
Amelia  C. 

(VTII)  Horace  Augustus  Washburn,  son 
of  Oliver  Washburn  (7),  was  born  in  1837.  in 
Lowell,  Massachusetts.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  in  Winslow  Academy. 
He  worked  during  his  vacations  and  spare  time 
in  his  father's  brush  factory  in  Tyngsborough, 
and  continued  as  a  steady  hand  after  that,  ac- 
quiring a  thorough,  practical  knowledge  of  the 
manufacture  of  brushes  and  the  conduct  of  the 
business.  He  became  foreman  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one,  and  continued  in  that  position  un- 
til the  death  of  his  father,  April  5,  1871.  when 
he  succeeded  to  the  business  and  has  conducted 
it  to  the  present  time.  He  bought  the  interests 
of  the  other  heirs  in  his  father's  house.  Origin- 
ally he  had  only  five  acres  of  land,  but  he  has 
added  by  purchase  until  he  now  owns  a  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  of  farm  land.  He  has 
bought  and  sold  much  wood  land  also,  in 
Tyngsborough  and  vicinity.  He  conducts  his 
farm  along  modern  lines  and  has  a  first-class 
dairy. 

The  beginning  of  the  industry  with  which 

ii— 31 


Mr.  Washburn  has  been  connected  from  his 
early  youth  has  been  given  in  the  sketch  of  its 
founder,  his  father.  From  the  beginning  the 
brushes  of  this  concern  have  been  made  on 
honor  and  under  the  personal  supervision  of 
the  Washburns  who  know  everything  about 
brushes  that  is  known  to  brush  manufacturers. 
Their  goods  have  been  in  constant  demand 
from  the  beginning  by  all  the  large  mills  of 
Lowell  and  many  other  cities,  the  Washburn 
brushes  being  constructed  according  to  the 
needs  of  the  mills  and  of  the  best  material 
available.  It  is  not  uncommon  for  the  big 
Merrimack  Mills  of  Lowell  to  order  twenty 
gross  of  loom  dusters  at  a  time,  and  the 
woolen  mills — the  Middlesex,  Ix)well  and  oth- 
ers— use  large  quantities  of  machine  brushes. 
The  Washburn  factory  makes  no  pretence  to 
elegance,  but  is  admirably  adapted  to  its  pur- 
pose. It  stands  upon  a  small  stream  which 
flows  into  the  Alerrimac  river,  yielding  con- 
stantly about  eight-horse  power  for  driving  the 
machinery  used.  To  supply  this  stream  Mr. 
Washburn  built  a  reservoir  in  1874  containing 
twenty  acres,  saving  the  water  on  the  same 
plan  as  the  owners  of  the  Lowell  mill  privi- 
leges save  the  water  in  Lake  Winnepesaugee 
for  the  maintenance  of  a  steady  supply 
throughout  the  year.  In  the  shop  a  number  of 
hands  are  employed  in  constructing  the  brush- 
es. The  best  pig  bristles  are  used  as  a  rule, 
though  some  manila  and  tampico  are  required 
for  certain  kinds  of  work.  These  bristles  come 
from  New  York  in  barrels,  rolled  in  packages 
of  a  pound  or  more  each,  and  ready  for  use. 
The  wooden  parts  of  the  brushes  are  made  as 
ordered  in  Vermont  at  the  source  of  supply  of 
wood.  In  the  factory  the  holes  are  drilled  and 
the  bristles  inserted  and  fastened  by  wires  on 
the  ))ack  by  adhesive  pitch.  The  construc- 
tion and  finishing  of  the  brush  form  an  inter- 
esting process.  The  shop  produces  all  kinds 
of  house  brushes,  stove,  scrubbing,  boot  and 
window  brushes,  dusters,  machine  brushes  of 
every  sort,  and  whitewash  and  paint  brushes. 
Mr.  Washburn  is  one  of  the  most  prominent 
citizens.  He  has  been  town  treasurer  for  ten 
successive  years;  selectman,  overseer  of  the 
poor,  assessor,  member  of  the  school  commit 
tee  six  years,  member  of  the  road  committee 
three  years,  and  justice  of  the  peace  for  seven 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lhiiversalist 
church.     In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  1858,  Rebecca  Kemp  Cum- 
mings,  born  December  7,  1834,  and  died  June, 
1903,  daughter  of  John  G.  and  F.  (Parker) 
Cummings.  and  granddaughter  of  Willard  B. 
Cummings.     The  other  children   of  John   G. 


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Cummings  were :  John  P.,  George  G.,  Morti- 
mer T.,  Mary  and  Willard  B.  Cummings. 
Children  of  Horace  A.  and  Rebecca  K.  Wash- 
burn:  I.  Mortimer  C,  born  July  31,  1863, 
educated  at  Nashua  high  school.  2.  Mary 
Ellen,  born  June  14,  1870;  died  July  10,  1872.  _ 
3.  Grace  A.,  born  January  22,  1873,  educated' 
at  Lowell  high  school ;  he  was  guardian  of  his 
niece,  who  was  brought  up  in  his  family ;  mar- 
ried Sumner  Queen,  of  West  Chelmsford,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 


William  Kitchin,  the  immi- 
KITCHIN     grant    ancestor,   was   born   in 

Wiltshire,  England.  He  came 
to  this  country  and  settled  at  China,  Maine, 
where  he  followed  farming  and  carriage  paint- 
ing for  his  occupation.  He  married  there 
Mary  McCreedy,  a  native  of  Canada,  of 
Scotch  ancestry.  Their  children:  1.  Joseph, 
enlisted  in  the  civil  war  in  a  Maine  regiment. 

2.  James,  enlisted  in  the  civil  war  in  a  Maine 
regiment.  3.  Lindley,  enlisted  in  the  civil 
war  in  a  Massachusetts  regiment.  4.  Charles, en- 
listed in  the  civil  war  in  a  Maine  regiment.  5. 
Alonzo  McCreedy,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Rhoda,  married  John  Raymond,  president  of 
St.  John's  College,  St.  John,  New  Bruns- 
wick. 

(H)  Alonzo  McCreedy  Kitchin,  son  of 
William  Kitchin  (i),  was  born  in  China, 
Maine,  October,   1840.   He  married,  August, 

1866,  Ellen  Wentworth,  who  was  born  July 

3,  1840,  (see  Wentworth  family),  and 
died  October  26,  i80,  at  Lawrence, 
Massachusetts;  he  died  January  21,  1887. 
Children:     i.  Charles     H.,     born     July     25, 

1867,  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools; 
married  first,  Harriet  Palmer,  and  had 
child:  i.  Harold  Palmer,  born  March  i,  1892; 
married  second,  in  1894,  Elizabeth  Wilkinson; 
children:  ii.  Donald,  born  May,  1896;  iii. 
Phyllis,  born  1898,  died  young;  iv.  Charlotte 
Allen,  born  1906;  all  born  in  Lawrence,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 2.  Mark  Wentworth,  born  April 
14,  1869;  married,  1891,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Pierson;  children:  i.  Ellen  Elizabeth;  ii.  Ruth 
Mabel;  iii.  Mark  Wentworth;  iv.  Sarah  Char- 
lotte; V.  I'riscilla;  vi.  Raymond  Charles;  vii. 
Mary;  viii.  William;  residence,  .Methuen, 
Massachusetts.  3.  Seth  Raymond,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1870;  mentioned  below.  4.  Will- 
iam, died  at  age  of  ten  days.  5.  Child  died  in 
infancy.  6.  Mabel  Ellen,  born  at  Maiden, 
1876;  married,  1902,  Henrv  S.  Pratt,  son  of 
Edgar  G.  and  Adalinc  C.  (Richards)  Pratt; 
he  graduated  at   Brown  University  in    1900, 


and  is  at  present  a  teacher  in  the  North  Easton 
high  school ;  was  prominent  in  college  athletics, 
and  held  the  record  for  Brown  for  strength 
in  1900;  one  of  the  most  popular  and  best 
known  men  in  college,  captain  of  the  varsity 
football  team,  and  played  quarter-back  for 
four  years;  child,  Richard  Wentworth,  born 
March  18,  1907.  7.  l^ercival  Alonzo,  born  at 
Arlington,  deceased.  8.  Maud,  born  at  Bos- 
ton, deceased. 

(Ill I  Seth  Raymond  Kitchin,  son  of  Alon- 
zo McCreedy  Kitchin  (2),  was  born  in  China, 
Kennebec  county,  Alaine,  September  29,  1870. 
His  parents  moved  often  during  his  youth. 
He  lived  but  three  years  in  his  native  town, 
removing  to  Chelsea,  Massachusetts.  The 
family  lived  there  three  years,  and  then  at 
Arlington,  .Massachusetts,  for  the  same  length 
of  time;  one  year  at  Hyde  Park;  the  ne.xt  at 
Maiden;  and  a  year  each  in  Boston  and  in 
Chelsea.  He  resided  in  Lawrence,  Massachu- 
setts, from  1883  to  1891,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  and  grammar  schools.  He  went  to 
work  in  1886  in  the  Washington  Mills  of  the 
.'\merican  Woolen  Company,  In  1901  he  re- 
moved to  Maynard,  and  worked  in  the  .Assa- 
bet  Mills,  owned  by  the  same  company,  as 
cashier.  He  has  charge  of  the  buying  for  this 
plant  and  of  the  rented  property  of  the  com- 
pany. He  is  also  the  manager  of  the  Maynard 
electric  light  station  and  of  the  Acton  electric 
light  station.  He  is  trustee  of  the  .A.ssabet 
Institution  for  Savings,  and  member  of  the 
board  of  investment;  also  director  of  theAssa- 
bet  Improvement  Association,  of  which  he 
was  a  charter  member.  He  is  a  member  of 
Charles  .A..  Welch  Lodge,  Free  Masons.  May- 
nard, and  of  Summerhill  Lodge,  .Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen.  He  is  a  Baptist 
in  religion;  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Republican  town  com- 
mittee. His  residence  is  at  10  Brooks  street, 
Maynard.  He  is  one  of  the  most  active  and 
public-spirited  men  of  the  town,  energetic, 
able,  upright  and  influential.  He  married, 
November  23,  1893,  Charlotte  Isabelle  Pratt, 
daughter  of  Edgar  and  Adaline  C.  (Richards) 
Pratt  of  Lawrence.  Massachusetts.  She  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  was 
graduated  in  1892  from  the  Lawrence  high 
school,  one  of  the  youngest  pupils  ever  given 
a  diploma;  was  prize  essayist  in  her  senior 
year,  winning  the  Valpey  Prize.  At  the  time 
of  her  marriage  she  was  studying  music, 
vocal  and  instrumental,  under  Professor 
Homer,  of  Lawrence,  and  was  leading  so- 
prano in  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Law- 
rence.    She  has  one  brother,  Henry  S.,  who 


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married  her  husband's  sister,  Mabel  Ellen 
Kitchin^and  a  sister,  Eleanor  R.  Pratt,  bom 
1885.  One  brother  died  young.  Her  father 
was  a  native  of  Freeport,  Alaine;  his  father's 
children  were:  Melissa,  Ellen,  Isabella,  Ed- 
gar G.,  mentioned  above,  Emma  and  Enoc 
Pratt.  Children  of  Seth  R.  and  Charlotte 
Isabelle  Kitchen:  i.  Doris  Richards,  born 
August  30,  1894.  2.  Rachel  Wentworth,  born 
March  16,  1896.  3.  Barbara  Pratt,  born  June 
27,  1907;  died  October  9,  1907. 


(For  English  ancestry  and  immigrant,  Elder  William  Went- 
worth, see  William  Wentworth.) 

(II)  John  Wentworth, 
U'ENTWORTH     son    of    Elder    William 

Wentworth,  the  im- 
migrant ancestor,  who  is  the  twenty- 
first  in  the  line  of  descent  given,  was 
born  about  1650.  He  was  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  from  1668  to  1672;  took  the  oath 
of  fidelity  June  21,  1669.  He  was  of  York, 
Maine,  August  28,  1699,  and  again  in  1704 
we  find  him  located  near  Canton,  Massachu- 
setts.   He  married  Martha .    Children: 

John,  born  1675,  mentioned  below.  2.  Edward, 
was  in  Newbury,  1693.  3.  Charles,  died  at 
Canton,  Massachusetts,  July  8,  1780,  aged 
ninety-six  years.  4.  Shubael,  died  1759.  5. 
Elizabeth,  married  May  16,  1728,  John  Ken- 
ney.  6.  Abigail,  married  December  30, 
1715,  Benjamin  Jordan.  7.  Mary,  married 
September  24,  1712,  James  Wright. 

(III)  John  Wentworth,  son  of  John  Went- 
worth (2),  was  bom  in  York,  Maine,  prob- 
ably in  1675;  died  January  6,  1772,  aged  nine- 
ty-five years.  He  resided  near  Stoughton, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Burley.  She  died  January  14, 
1761,  and  be  died  January  6,  1772,  at  Stough- 
ton. Children:  i.  Mary,  bom  August  15, 
1705;  married  June  22,  1742,  Nathaniel  Ad- 
ams ;  second  Benjamin  Smith.  2.  John,  born 
November  8,  1709.  3.  Merc)%  born  May  8, 
1713;  married  October  24,  1731,  John  Qark. 
4.  Martha,  born  March  23,  1716;  married 
January  22,  1746,  John  Withington,  Jr.  5. 
Moses,  born  April  4,  1720.  6.  Aaron  f<-win), 
born  April  4,  1720;  married  September  11, 
1766,  Ruth   Blackmer.     7.  Ebenezer. 

(IV)  Moses  Wentworth,  son  of  John  Went- 
worth (3),  was  bom  in  Stoughton,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  4,  1720.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 10,  1757,  Susanna  Warren.  Children:  i. 
Ebenezer.  2.  Rebecca,  bom  1768,  died  young. 
3.  Aaron,  born  1769,  died  April  16,  1769.  4. 
Moses;  married  at  Northampton,   Massachu- 


setts,  March   23,    1787,   Catherine   Merrifield: 

married  Fowler.     5.    Benjamin,  born 

about    1760;  mentioned  below.     6.    Rebecca, 

bom  June  10,  1770;  married Eaton ;  no 

issue. 

(V)  Benjamin  Wentworth,  son  of  Moses 
Wentworth  (4),  was  born  about  1760;  married 
September  9,  1784,  Rachel  Lewis.     Children: 

1.  Martha,  born  September  11,  1785;  married 
April  16,  1812,  Josiah  Richardson,  of  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts.  2.  James,  born  July  30, 
1787 ;  married  Hannah  Blackman,  of  Augusta, 
Maine.  3.  Andrew,  born  December  18,  1789; 
mentioned  below.  4.  Lucy,  born  June  i,  1792; 
died  1862;  married  three  times.  5.  Elizabeth, 
born  March  2,  1786;  died  unmarried  at  Can- 
ton, Massachusetts,  March  29,  1858. 

(VI)  Andrew  Wentworth,  son  of  Benjamin 
Wentworth  (5),  was  bom  in  Canton,  M(as- 
sachusetts,  December  18,  1789;  married  Janu- 
ary I,  1818,  Sally  Howard,  who  died  April 
1835 ;  second,  June  16,  1837,  Rosilla  Thomp- 
son, who  died  August  8,  1882.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1852.  Children:  i.  Susan  R.,  born 
October  8,  1818;  married  June  5,  1835,  Daniel 
Hilton,  of  Emoden,  Maine,  June  5,  1835 ; 
child,   Martha   Hilton,  bom   March  26,    1840. 

2.  Lois,  born  March  19,  1820;  died  July  26, 
1897;  married  May  20,  1839,  William  R. 
Jackson;  children:  i.  Eliza,  born  February 
20,  1840;  ii.  Alle,  born  April  8,  1842;  iii.  An- 
drew W.,  born  July  4,  1844;  iv.  Sylvester, 
born  April  26,  1849;  v.  Olive,  born  February 
17,  1852;  vi.  Flora,  born  February  2,  1857, 
died  February  22,  1865;  vii.  Mary,  born  Au- 
gust 22,  1865.  3.  Seth,  born  November  17, 
1821;  died  April,  1883;  married  in  Winslow, 
Maine,  May  10,  1846;  child,  Albert  C,  born 
March  11,  1849,  died  December  6,  1864.  4. 
Lewis,  born  July  13,  1823;  Methodist  Epis- 
copal clergyman;  married  September  3,  1846, 
Mary  Hawes.  5.  Howard,  born  June  3, 
1825;  died  June  13.  1832.  6.  Alary,  born 
June  12,  1828,  died  .\pril  11,  1864:  married 
July  25,  1847;  William  H.  Hodges;  children: 
i.  Lewis  H.  Hodges,  born  February  15,  1848; 
ii.  Emma  Ellen  Hodges,  born  May  29,  1849; 
iii.  Alton  A.  Hodges,  born  September  22, 
1854.  7.  Nathan,  born  October  14,  1830:  died 
April  26,  1891;  married  Didemia  Abbott, 
February  14,  1856;  he  died  April  26,  1891; 
she  died  September  26,  1896.  Children  of 
Andrew  and  Rosilla  Wentworth:  8.  Sarah, 
born  Alarch  13,  1838;  married  June  24,  1863, 
Bateman  Conforth,  who  died  October  24, 
1881,  in  China,  Maine.  9.  Daniel  W.,  born 
March  23,  1839;  married  December  25,  186 — •, 
Eliza  F.  Mitchell;  (children:  i.  Elmer  E.,  born 


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March  31,  1868,  married  Lizzie  Wiggin,  May 
23,  1891;  children  of  Ehiier  E.  and  Lizzie: 
Alfred  D.,  born  November  28,  1891 ;  George 
E.,  born  December  18,  1892,  died  January 
17,  1893;  Eva  Bell,  born  February  3,  1895, 
died  October  2;^,  1895;  Maud  Hazel,  born 
January  2^,  1899;  Clara  Mabel,  born  January 
19,  1901);  ii.  Julia  E.,  born  May  14,  1871; 
married  November  27,  1889,  Benjamin  D. 
Patterson;  (children  of  Benjamin  D.  and  Ju- 
lia E.  Patterson:  Lester  D.  Patterson,  born 
June  18,  1893;  Howard  M.,  born  October  i, 
1896;  Helen  L.,  born  July  16,  1900);  iii. 
George  W..  born  December  26,  1873;  married 
September  6,  1895;  (children:  Daniel  VV., 
born  July  19,  1896;  Inez  E.,  born  September 
28,  1897;  Charles  W.,  born  January  10,  1900; 
Effie  W.,  born  January  10,  1900:  Effie  Mae, 
born  November  21,  1901);  iv.  Bateman  C, 
born  June  26,  1876.  10.  Ellen,  born  July  3, 
1840;  married  Alonzo  M.  Kitchin  (see  sketch 
of  Kitchin  family  herewith).  11.  Amos  J., 
born  January  20,  1841;  died  September  22, 
1863,  while  in  the  service  in  civil  war.  12. 
Mark  C,  born  April  9,  1844:  died  in  City 
Point  hospital  in  \'irginia,  in  the  civil  war, 
June  8,  1864. 


Mathew  Pratt,  the  immigrant  an- 
PRATT  cestor  of  all  the  Pratts  in  Ameri- 
ca, settled  in  Weymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  land  was  granted  to  him  Decem- 
ber 7,  1636.  He  was  selectman  in  1648,  and 
had  several  other  grants  of  land.  He  fre- 
quently held  town  offices,  and  was  a  promi- 
nent man.  His  will  was  dated  March  25,  1672, 
and  proved  April  30,  1673.  He  mentions  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  his  children  and  grandchil- 
dren. He  died  August  29,  1672.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Bate  (?).  Children:  i.  Thomas, 
born  before  1628;  died  April  19,  1676.  2. 
Matthew,  born  1628;  died  January  12,  1713. 
3.  John,  died  October  3,  1716.  4.  Samuel, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Joseph,  born  June  10, 
1637;  died  December  24,  1720.  6.  Elizabeth 
died  February  26,  1726.     7.  Mary. 

(II)  Samuel  Pratt,  son  of  Mathew  Pratt 
(i),  was  born  about  1633,  and  died  in  1678. 
He,  like  his  brothers,  was  a  town  officer  and 
a  large  land  owner  in  Weymouth.  His  estate 
was  valued  at  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
pounds  twelve  shillings.  His  son  Samuel 
moved  to  Taunton,  and  became  the  ancestor 
of  most  of  the  Pratts  in  that  vicinity.  Samuel 
Pratt  married,  July  19,  1660,  Hannah  Rogers, 
who  died  (Vnober  16,  1715-  Children:  i.  Ju- 
dith, born  July  25.  1661.     2.  John,  born  Au- 


gust 17,  1663;  died  F'ebruary  8,  1744.  3.  Han- 
nah, born  December  21,  1665.  4.  Mary,  born 
March  3,  1668;  married  William  Dyer.  5. 
Samuel,  born  November  15,  1670.  6.  Exper- 
ience, born  January  8,  1672.  7.  Ebenezer, 
born  1674,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Ebenezer  Pratt,  son  of  Samuel  Pratt 
(2),  was  born  in  Weymouth,  in  1674,  and  died 
in  1752.  He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs, 
and  held  office.  In  1714  he  was  identified  with 
the  establishment  of  the  fishing  trade  be- 
tween Weymouth  and  Cape  Sable,  being  with 
others  granted  land  called  Hunt's  Hill  and 
the  Beach,  in  North  Weymouth,  on  which  to 
carry  on  the  business.  He  paid  four  pounds 
five  shillings  for  a  pew  in  the  meeting  house, 
on  the  "West  side  of  the  great  dore."     He 

married   first    Martha  ,   who    died    May, 

1720.  He  married  second,  December  25, 
1720,  Waitstill  Washburn.  Children,  all  by 
the  first  wife:  i.  Ebenezer,  born  August  6, 
1702.  2.  Ann,  born  April  24,  1704.  3.  Mary, 
born  August  2^,  1706.  4.  Sarah,  born  Octo- 
ber 3,  1708.  5.  Samuel,  born  December  19, 
1 712;  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Samuel  Pratt,  son  of  Ebenezer  Pratt 
(3),  was  born  in  Weymouth,  December  19, 
1712,  and  died  December  28,  1793.  He  mar- 
ried first,  February  17,  1737,  Betty  Bicknell, 
born  July  16,  1720,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Susanna  (Humphrey)  Bicknell.     He  married 

second  Mary  .    (Children:    I.   Betty,  born 

April  15,  1738;  married  James  Humphrey  Jr. 
2.  Asa,  born  July  8,  1742.  3.  David  (twin), 
born  February  12,  1745;  mentioned  below.  4. 
Jonathan  (twin)  born  February  12,  1745.  5. 
Benjamin,  born  May  20,  1747;  married  Jan- 
uary 18,  1783,  Betty  Dyer.  6.  Peter,  born 
1750:  married  December  26,  1772,  Amity 
Porter.  7.  Chloe,  born  1755;  married  March 
19,  1775,  Matthew  Pratt.  8.  Sylvanus,  born 
June  8,  1758:  married  June  22.  1782,  Hannah 
Bates.     9.  Thomas,  married   Mary  . 

(V)  David  Pratt,  son  of  Samuel  Pratt  (4), 
was  born  at  Weymouth,  February  12,  I745- 
He  removed  to  Freeport,  Maine,  and  married 
March  28,  1 77 1,  Rebecca  Chandler,  of  North 
Yarmouth.  Maine,  who  was  born  April  30, 
T753;  children:  i.  Edmund,  born  January  11, 
1772;  mentioned  below.  2.  Betsey,  born  Oc- 
tober 13,  1773.  3.  Samuel,  born  May  6,  1776. 
4.  David,  born  July  9,  1778.  5.  Timothy, 
born  July  27,  1780.  6.  Joseph,  born  Septem- 
ber 23,  1783.  7.  Mercy,  born  April  3,  1785. 
8.  Rebecca,  born  March  18,  1788.  9.  Enos, 
born  June  28,  1790.  10.  Jonathan,  born  Au- 
gust 25,  1792.  II.  Rizpah.  born  August  i, 
1794.     12.  Sally,  born  June  30,  1798;  married 


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Enos  Soule.  13.  Rachel,  born  July  26,  1800; 
married  Joshua  Soule  of  Freeport. 

(VI)  Edmund  Pratt,  son  of  David  Pratt 
(5),  was  born  January  11,  1772,  at  Freeport. 
He  removed  to  Xorth  Yarmouth  in  1789.  He 
married,  January  19,  1797,  Sarah  Talbot,  born 
September  28,  1776,  and  died  April  2,  1866. 
Children:  i.  Simeon,  born  November  14, 
1797.  2.  Joseph,  born  August  17,  1799;  died 
November  19,  1803.  3.  Rufus,  born  August 
21,  1801 ;  married  Joanna  Harvey.  4.  Enoch 
born  August  13,  1803;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Thomas,  born  July  7,  1805;  married  Lydia 
Ann  Robinson.  6.  Mary,  born  October  7, 
1808.  7.  Rebecca,  born  February  19,  1809; 
married  Hosea  Pierce.  8.  Ambrose,  born 
April  25,  1811.  9.  Samuel,  born  October  9, 
1813;  died  April  9,  1815.  10.  Edmund,  born 
September  10,  1815.  11.  Parmenas,  born  July 
12,  1818;  married  Tryphena  Moore. 

(VH)  Enoch  Pratt,  son  of  Edmund  Pratt 
(6),  was  born  August  13,  1803,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 26.  1877.  He  married  November  28, 
1827,  Eliza  Porter,  born  February  2,  1807, 
and  died  April  17,  1883.  He  was  a  mason  and 
contractor.  Children:  I.  Melissa,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1828;  died  October  28,  1907.  2. 
Ellen,  born  March  3,  1830:  married  O.  H.  P. 
Norcross.  3.  Emma  Hobbs,  born  January  7, 
1832.  4.  Joseph     Porter,    born    January     12. 

1834.  5.  Isabella   Hobbs.  born   October   11, 

1835.  6.  Enoch,  born  February  10,  1842;  en- 
tered Brown  University  and  died  in  i860.  7. 
Edgar  Gray,  born  November  24.  1843:  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Edgar  Gray  Pratt,  son  of  Enoch 
Pratt  (7),  was  born  November  24,  1843.  He 
is  a  mason  and  contractor.  He  married  April 
30,  1874,  .Adeline  C.  Richards,  born  August 
17,  1849.  and  died  August  7,  1898.  Children: 
I.  Charlotte  Isabel,  born  February  i,  1875; 
married  S.  Ravmond  Kitchin:  see  Kitchin 
sketch  herewith.  2.  Edgar  Richards,  born 
April  4,  1876;  died  April  7,  1878.  3.  Henry 
Selden,  born  April  20.  1877:  married  Mabel 
Kitchin.  4.  Eleanor  Richards,  born  August 
6.  1886. 


Francis  Charles  Plunkett. 
PLUNKETT  M.  D.,  was  born  at  Castle- 
more  House,  county  Mayo, 
Ireland,  March  13,  1844.  His  education  was 
received  in  the  Diocesan  Seminary  of  Acowry 
at  Ballaghderrin  in  the  same  county.  In  1859 
he  passed  the  preliminary  examination  at  the 
Royal  College  of  Surgeons  in  Dublin  and  was 
apprenticed  to  Dr.  Andrew  Dillon.  He  received 


his  degree  in  1863,  and  served  a  year  afterward 
at  the  Ballaghderrin  and  Loughlin  dispensa- 
ries. He  came  to  this  country  during  the  Civil 
war  when  the  need  of  physicians  and  surgeons 
was  very  great,  and  in  1864  was  appointed  as- 
sistant surgeon  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-third  Ohio  Volunteer  Regiment.  He 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Berry  House  Hos- 
pital at  Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  and  later 
served  on  the  Invalid  Corps  at  Washington. 
He  passed  the  examination  for  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  regular  army  at  the  close  of  the 
war,  but  decided  afterward  not  to  accept  a 
commission.  He  located  in  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, and  practiced  there  from  the  close  of  his 
military  service  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  on  the  original  staff  of  St.  John's  Hos- 
pital, Lowell,  and  was  a  consulting  physician 
to  the  board  of  health  in  the  small  pox  epi- 
demic in  1871.  He  was  surgeon  and  president 
of  the  Medical  Staflf  of  St.  John's  Hospital  and 
president  of  the  North  Middlesex  District 
Medical  Society,  being  a  member  of  the  Al'as- 
sachusetts  Medical  Society.  Dr.  Plunkett  was 
verv  successful  in  his  profession,  and  he  had  a 
very  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  practiced 
without  interruption  until  about  four  years  be- 
fore his  death,  when  he  turned  his  practice 
over  to  his  son  and  virtually  retired.  He  died 
at  Lowell,  November  29,  1899.  Dr.  Plunkett 
was  interested  in  public  affairs  and  did  his  full 
duty  as  a  citizen.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics, and  in  1887  was  a  member  of  the  Lowell 
board  of  aldermen.  In  this  office  he  served  on 
important  committees  and  made  a  record  for 
faithful  and  efficient  service.  He  was  appoint- 
ed a  member  of  the  City  Hall  commission  in 
October.  1892,  to  succeed  John  F.  Philip,  de- 
ceased. 

He  married,  in  1876,  Mary  A.  MacDuff, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Hannah  MacDuff,  of 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia.  Children,  born  in  Low- 
ell:  I.  Harold  B.,  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  Lowell ;  graduated  at  Fordham 
and  Harvard  Medical  School,  became  associ- 
ated with  his  father  in  his  practice  in  Lowell, 
and  when  his  father  retired  in  1899  succeeded 
to  that  practice  which  he  has  held.  2.  Frances 
F.    3.  Florence  T. 


Captain  William  Trask.  the  im- 
TRASK  migrant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
England  in  1587-8.  He  was  a 
very  earl}-  settler  of  Salem.  Massachusetts, 
probably  coming  in  1626  before  Governor 
Endicott.  He  was  certainly  there  as  early  as 
1628.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Salem  Church 


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August  6,  1629,  and  made  his  application  to 
become  a  freeman  October  19,  1630.  He  was 
appointed  commissioner  of  the  general  court 
in  1632,  and  was  captain  of  his  militia  com- 
pany that  year  in  the  East  Regiment  and  was 
muster  master.  He  commanded  a  company 
under  Endicott  in  the  expedition  against  the 
Pequot  Indians  in  1637,  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1635-36-37-39.  After  the  Pe- 
quot war  he  was  granted  two  large  tracts  of 
land  for  his  services,  one  of  four  hundred 
acres,  the  other  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
acres.  Before  1640  he  had  set  up  a  water  mill 
for  grinding  corn  and  also  a  fulling  mill.  His 
date  of  birth  is  fixed  from  two  statements  on 
the  court  records,  one  giving  his  age  April  22, 
1657,  as  about  sixty-nine,  another  November 
29,  1664,  giving  his  age  as  seventy-seven 
years.  When  about  to  go  to  Delft,  Holland, 
he  made  an  affidavit  in  London,  England, 
January  15,  1623,  that  he  was  thirty-four 
years  old. 

He  died  May  15,  1666.  His  will  dated  May 
15,  1666,  was  proved  June  24,  1666.  He  be- 
queathed to  his  wife  Sarah,  providing  for  the 
remainder  of  her  life;  sons  William  and  John; 
daughters  Sarah,  Susan  and  Mary  and  to  his 
grandchildren.  William  was  a  brother  of  Os- 
man  Trask,  of  Salem  and  P>everly,  Massachu- 
setts, Children:  i.  Sarah,  married  Elias 
Parkman.  2.  Mary,  baptized  January  i, 
1637,  died  young.  3.  Susanna,  born  June 
10,  1638,  married.  February  19,  1664, 
Samuel  Ebborne.  4.  William,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1640;  married  Ann  Putnam.  5.  John, 
born  September  18,  1642,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Eliza,  born  September  21,  1645,  died 
young.  7.  Mary,  born  August  14,  1652  (twin). 
8.  Ann  (twin),  born  August  14,  1652. 

(II)  John  Trask,  son  of  Captain  William 
Trask  (i),  was  baptized  September  18,  1642, 
at  Salem.  Married  there  February  19,  1662, 
Abigail  Parkman,  daughter  of  Elias  and  Brid- 
get Parkman.  He  married  (second),  Febru- 
ary 13,  1717-18.  He  was  a  miller,  and  was  in 
business  for  a  time  with  his  son-in-law,  Jo- 
seph Boyce,  Jr.  He  bought  the  rights  of  his 
nephew,  William  Trask.  of  Weymouth,  on  the 
North  river.  His  will  was  dated  November  I, 
1729.  Children:  1.  Abigail,  liorn  November 
I,  1664,  married  (first)  John  Rowland;  (sec- 
ond) Captain  Thomas  Larimore;  and  (third) 
William  Jacobs.  2.  John,  born  January  7, 
1666.  3.  Mary,  born  July  14,  1669,  married 
John  Shillaber.  4.  Samuel,  born  August  14, 
1671.  5.  Rebecca,  born  April  23.  1674,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Boyce,  Jr.,  and  (second)  Benja- 
min Very.    6.   Nicholas,  born  March  26.  1677, 


mentioned  below.      7.  Elias,    born    July    13, 
1679.     8.  Jonathan. 

(HI)  Nicholas  Trask,  son  of  John  Trask 
(2),  was  born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  March 
26,  1677.  He  married  (first)  Anna  Wilson, 
daughter  of  Robert  Wilson;  married  (second) 
Anna  Trask.  who  was  born  April  14.  1654, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Southwick) 
Trask.  Anna  (Trask)  Trask  married  (sec- 
ond), November  21,  1683,  Joseph  Foster,  son 
of  John  Foster,  of  Salem.  Nicholas  Trask 
was  a  miller,  clothier  and  fuller  as  his  ances- 
tors had  been  before  him.  Some  records  also 
call  him  a  blacksmith.  He  removed  from  Sa- 
lem to  Mendon  and  had  a  mill  there  on  the 
Great  river  (now  the  Blackstone)  at  Millville. 
Children:  i.  Nicholas,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Abba,  married  January  4,  1727,  Joseph  King, 
of  Salem;  (second)  Ebenezer  Cook,  of  Men- 
don. 3.  Robert.  4.  Mary,  married  Sar- 
gent.    5.    Henry.    6.    Abigail. 

(IV)  Nicholas  Trask,  son  of  Nicholas 
Trask  (3),  was  born  in  Salem  about  1700.  He 
also  was  a  miller.  He  resided  in  Salem  and 
Mendon.  He  married.  March  2,  1727-28, 
Mary  Alartin.  daughter  of  Robert  and  Bethia 
(Bartlett)  Martin,  of  Marblehead,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  i.  Nicholas,  soldier  in  Co- 
lonial wars;  miller  in  Douglas  in  1779;  later 
of  Swanzey,  New  Hampshire;  married  Com- 
fort Hay  ward,  of  Mendon.  2.  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Sarah,  married.  February  9, 
1760,  Robert  Bigsley,  of  Dighton,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(V)  Jonathan  Trask,  son  of  Nicholas  Trask 
(4),  was  born  about  1740.  He  lived  in  Men- 
don in  his  youth,  and  bought  land  of  his 
brother  Nicholas  formerly  his  father's  in 
Mendon.  This  family  scattered  widely.  Dan- 
iel, a  cousin,  was  for  a  time  in  Smithfield, 
Rhode  Island.  In  1775  Jonathan  Trask  was 
in  a  Deerfield  company,  giving  his  residence 
as  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  though  no  trace 
of  him  appears  there.  He  was  in  Captain 
Hugh  IMaxwell's  company.  Colonel  Prescott's 
regiment.  He  married  Lydia  Cullan.  It  is 
believed  that  he  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Deer- 
field  family;  father  of  Jesse. 

(A'T)  Jesse  Trask,  son  of  Jonathan  Trask 
(5)  probably  bom  March,  1762.  He  resided 
in  Deerfield  in  1784.  removed  to  Stockbridge, 
returned  to  Deerfield,  thence  to  New  Salem, 
ATassachusetts,  where  he  died  in  1855,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety-three  years.  He  mar- 
ried, June  Ti,  1782,  Lucy  Wise,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Judith  Wise,  of  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut. She  was  born  and  died  in  the  same 
month  as  her  husband.     Children:    i.  Jesse, 


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Jr..  born  1784.  resided  in  Deerfield.  2.  Elihu, 
born  1786.  taxed  in  1806,  married  Nancy 
.  3.  John,  born  about  1788.  4.  Cal- 
vin, born  about  1790.  married  Lucretia 

and  settled  in  Springfield.  6.  William,  born 
about  1794.  7.  Daniel,  born  1796,  mentioned 
below.    8.  Seth.    9.  Lucy.     10.  Martha. 

(\'II)  Daniel  Trask,  son  of  Jesse  Trask 
(6),  was  born  in  1796.  He  resided  in  Deer- 
field  in  early  youth  and  perhaps  at  Stock- 
bridge,  Massachusetts.  He  settled  when  a 
young  man  in  Hillsborough,  New  Hamp- 
shire, on  a  farm,  but  removed  later  to  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  worked  in  one  of  the 
mills.  He  returned  to  Hillsborough,  how- 
ever, and  died  there.  He  was  well  educated 
and  something  of  a  lawyer.  He  was  frequent- 
ly called  upon  in  the  settlement  of  estates.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order.  In  re- 
ligion he  was  a  Baptist  and  a  constant  at- 
tendant on  the  services  of  the  church  to  which 
he  belonged.  He  married  Annie  Pike,  a  na- 
tive of  New  Hampshire,  born  in  1798.  She 
died  in  Hillsborough.  Children:  James  H., 
born  January  11.  1823.  mentioned  below; 
Ruth  A..  Joseph,  Susan  .\.,  Daniel  P..  Harry 
E..  Francis  T.,  Katherine,  Elijah  T. 

(VIII)  James  H.  Trask,  son  of  Daniel 
Trask  (7),  was  born  in  Lowell,  January  11, 
1823,  and  died  in  Lowell  in  1904.  He  was 
educated  in  Hillsborough,  New  Hampshire, 
whither  he  went  with  his  parents  when  he  was 
eight  years  old.  His  father  was  a  farmer  and 
he  assisted  in  the  work  on  the  homestead  un- 
til nineteen  years  old.  when  he  left  home  and 
secured  a  position  in  the  powder  mills  in 
Lowell,  .\fter  working  there  a  few  years  he 
entered  the  employ  of  Livingston,  the  con- 
tractor. .\fterward  he  took  charge  of  the 
Brook  Lumber  Company's  yards  at  Lowell, 
a  position  he  filled  for  fifteen  years.  He  then 
entered  the  Boston  and  Maine  railroad  and 
remained  there  seven  years.  He  then  engaged 
in  the  local  express  and  baggage  business, 
with  which  his  name  has  been  associated  for 
so  many  years,  and  built  up  a  flourishing 
trade  and  made  a  fortune.  He  had  one  of  the 
largest  concerns  of  its  kind  in  that  section 
of  the  state.  Aher  twenty-eight  years  in  this 
business  he  retired  and  enjoyed  a  few  years 
of  rest  and  ease.  He  was  a  man  of  influence 
in  business  and  political  circles.  He  was  a 
steadfast  Republican  and  supported  his  party 
loyally.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows, and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the  old- 
est member  of  that  order  in  the  city  of  Low- 
ell. He  was  also  a  member  of  Wannalancet 
Encampment.     In  religion  he  was  a  Baptist 


and  was  an  active  and  devout  member  of  the 
First  Fiaptist  Church.  He  was  well-known 
and  popular  in  Lowell,  and  enjoyed  the 
friendship  of  many  people  in  all  walks  of  life 
and  commanded  the  respect  of  all. 

He  married  (first)  Martha  Lund,  of  Hollis, 
New  Hampshire.  He  married  (second),  1900, 
Mrs.  Marv'  E.  Robinson,  widow  of  the  late 
Walter  S.  Robinson,  and  a  daughter  of  the 
late  Calvin  Fuller,  of  Mason,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Her  son  by  her  first  marriage,  Harry 
E.  Robinson,  married  Bessie  Snow  and  they 
have  one  child.  Mrs.  Trask  lives  in  the  home- 
stead, Lowell,  and  is  well  known  in  the  city 
of  her  home.  She  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church.  The  only  child  of  James  H. 
and  Martha  Trask  was:  Diogenes,  married 
and  has  one  son.  and  is  living  in  Beverly, 
Massachusetts. 


Francis  Coward  was  born  in 
COWARD  1739.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
settled  in  Easton,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  soldier  from  Easton  in  the 
Revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Macy  Wil- 
liams's company  on  the  Lexington  Alarm, 
April  19,  1775 ;  he  served  three  months  at 
Providence  in  1777  during  the  Rhode  Island 
campaign,  and  in  1780  was  still  in  the  service 
in  Captain  Josiah  Keith's  company.  Colonel 
Isaac  Dean's  regiment.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Baptist,  and  probably  of  an  English  family. 
His  farm  was  on  the  old  road  from  Easton  to 
Mansfield.  His  wife  Mary  died  in  Easton  in 
1832,  aged  eighty-five  years.  Children:  i. 
Francis.  Jr.,  born  August  20,  1773,  died  in 
Easton.  1867,  aged  ninety-four  years.  Mar- 
ried Polly  Kimball.  February  5,  1899 :  chil- 
dren:  William,  August  14.  1800;  Dwelly, 
March  14,  1802:  Charles,  July  9,  1803;  Maria 
F.,  October  20,  1812:  Emory,  May  5,  1814.  2. 
Israel,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Israel  Coward,  son  of  Francis  Coward 
(i).  was  born  December  5.  1779,  at  Easton. 
and  died  in  1859  at  Mansfield,  Massachusetts, 
the  adjoining  town.  He  settled  in  Mansfield 
after  leaving  home,  and  owned  a  farm  there. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812 ;  a  private 
in  Lieutenant  Elijah  Smith's  company.  Captain 
Samuel  Cushman.  Later  John  'Willis,  Jr.,  ap- 
pears on  the  records  as  substitute  for  Coward. 
The  war  of  1812  was  very  unpopular  in  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  married.  January  g.  1807. 
Martha  Williams,  who  was  born  in  Easton, 
October  9,  1779,  and  died  at  Mansfield  in 
1857.  In  the  cemetery  at  Furnace  Village 
are   buried    Francis    Coward.   Jr.,    mentioned 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY, 


above;  Dvvelly  Goward,  son  of  Francis,  Jr., 
who  married,  February  7,  1728,  at  Norton, 
Eliza  Hodges;  whose  residence  was  near 
Granny  meadow  and  Cold  Spring  meadow  on 
the  road  to  Mansfield;  and  Emory  Goward, 
son  of  Francis,  Jr.  Another  Goward  of  this 
generation  in  Easton  was  William  Goward, 
son  of  Francis,  Jr.,  who  married  Eliza  Dick- 
erman,  of  Dedham,  April  8,  1829,  at  Dedham. 
Children:  Zephaniah,  born  May  24,  1813, 
mentioned  below.  Francis,  born  July  8, 
i8t8,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Zephaniah  Goward,  son  of  Israel 
Goward  (2),  was  born  at  Easton,  Massachu- 
setts, May  24,  18 1 3,  and  died  at  Lowell,  Mas- 
sachusetts, March  17,  1886.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  district  schools  of 
Mansfield.  He  worked  with  his  father  on  the 
homestead,  and  remained  at  home  until  after 
he  was  of  age.  He  drove  a  produce  wagon 
to  Providence  regularly  for  several  years  for 
his  father.  When  he  finally  left  home  he  ap- 
prenticed himself  to  the  iron  moulder's  trade 
in  the  iron  foundry  of  General  Leach  at 
North  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts.  Later  the 
foundry  was  owned  by  Lincoln  Drake.  Mr. 
Gow^ard  worked  at  his  trade  for  a  period  of 
seventeen  years.  In  1844  or  1845  ^^  came  to 
Lowell  and  began  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count as  member  of  the  firm  of  Pressey  & 
Goward,  grocers.  Their  store  was  on  Mid- 
dlesex street.  After  one  year  Mr.  Goward 
sold  his  interests  and  with  his  brother,  Fran- 
cis Goward,  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness in  which  they  achieved  a  great  success 
and  ac(]uired  substantial  fortunes.  In  politics 
Mr.  Goward  was  a  Republican,  and  was  in 
1858  in  the  Lowell  common  council,  a  careful 
and  conscientious  public  servant.  He  was 
never  greatly  interested  in  secret  societies 
and  fraternal  organizations,  though  for  a  time 
he  was  a  member  of  an  Odd  Fellows  Lodge 
in  Lowell.  In  early  life  he  was  a  Universalist, 
but  later  became  what  was  known  in  the  days 
of  theological  controversy  as  a  Free  Thinker. 
His  religion  is  now  general  in  all  denomina- 
tions, modifying  all  creeds  to  some  extent. 
Mr.  Goward  won  a  high  place  in  the  esteem 
and  confidence  of  his  townsmen.  His  char- 
acter was  high,  his  record  clean.  He  was  a 
just  and  upright  man,  faithful  and  honorable 
in  lousiness,  farsighted  and  sagacious.  His 
common  sense,  his  fund  of  general  knowledge 
and  his  ability  gave  him  a  large  and  whole- 
some influence  in  the  community. 

He  married,  .Vj^ril  10,  1841,  Martha  Helen 
Newcomb.  of  Mansfield.  She  was  born  there 
h'ebruarv  6,   1821.     Children:    i.  Evelyn   A., 


born  November  10.  1842,  died  September  16, 
1847.  2.  Clara  A.,  born  August  3,  1848.  3. 
Marelyn,  born  April  4,  1851.  4.  Edward  T., 
born  August  10,  1862,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Francis  Goward,  son  of  Israel  Gow- 
ard (2),  was  born  in  Easton,  Massachusetts, 
July  8,  1818,  and  died  in  Lowell,  June  20, 
1885.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Mansfield,  and  helped  his  father  on  the  home- 
stead farm  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age. 
Then  he  removed  to  North  Chelmsford,  Mas- 
sachusetts, with  his  brother  Zephaniah,  and 
apprenticed  himself  in  the  iron  foundry  of 
General  Leach.  He  continued  to  work  in  the 
Chelmsford  foundry  as  a  journeyman  until 
he  and  his  brother  went  into  the  real  estate 
business  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Lowell. 
Tlie  two  brothers  took  a  leading  position  in 
the  real  estate  business  of  the  thriving  city  of 
Lowell,  and  acquired  each  a  competence.  Mr. 
Goward  was  a  shrewd  investor,  an  unexcelled 
judge  of  property  values  and  a  faithful  agent 
for  the  transactions  of  others.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  industry  and  close  application  to  bus- 
iness. He  was  possessed  of  a  strong  sense  of 
humor  and  loved  a  good  joke.  He  com- 
manded the  esteem  and  confidence  of  every- 
body. He  remained  in  active  business  vmtil 
his  death.  In  early  life  he  was  a  Universalist, 
but  in  later  years  came  to  believe  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  Spiritualism  and  was  prominent  in 
that  sect  in  Lowell.  In  politics  he  was  a 
steadfast  Republican.  From  1873  to  1885  he 
was  on  the  board  of  assessors  of  the  city  of 
Lowell.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias. 

He  married  (first). in  1841,  .-Xlmira  William- 
son, and  (second),  in  1848,  Sarah  A.  Bick- 
ford,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Glines) 
Bickford,  of  Campton,  New  Harnpshire.  Chil- 
dren of  Francis  and  Ahnira  Goward:  i. 
Flora  E.,  died  in  1905  ;  she  married  George 
FI.  Wood.    Two  others  died  young. 

(lY)  Edward  T.  Goward,  son  of  Zephaniah 
Goward  (3),  was  born  in  Lowell,  August  10, 
1862,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  and  at  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Commercial  college  in  Boston,  class  of  1881. 
Fie  entered  the  real  estate  firm  of  his  father 
and  succeeded  to  his  property  and  business. 
He  was  clerk  and  bookkeeper  for  various 
concerns.  He  has  successfully  maintained  the 
reputation  of  his  father  and  uncle  in  the  real 
estate  world,  and  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  best 
expert  judges  of  real  estate  values  in  Low- 
ell. He  is  also  a  manufacturer.  In  politics 
Mr.  Goward  is  a  Republican,  and  has  been 
active  and  influential  in  the  counsels  of  his 


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party  and  generous  in  supporting  its  cam- 
paigns and  candidates.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Lowell  common  council  in  1895;  '^"d  al- 
derman in  1897-98.  In  1901  he  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  from  his  district 
in  Lowell,  and  served  on  committees  on  ways 
and  means.  He  is  also  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican County  Committee.  In  all  his  pub- 
lic positions  he  has  shown  his  ability  to  fill 
them  with  credit  and  honor  to  himself  and  his 
constituents.  He  was  an  efficient  legislator 
and  was  appointed  upon  important  commit- 
tees, and  is  credited  with  a  large  and  excel- 
lent influence  when  in  the  house  of  repre- 
sentatives. He  is  well  known  in  Masonic  cir- 
cles, a  member  of  William  North  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons;  of  Pilgrim  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar;  thrice  illustrious  master  of 
Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and  member  of  all 
bodies  to  the  thirty-second  degree.  He  be- 
longs also  to  Passaconaway  Tribe,  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men  and  to  Knights  of  Malta. 
He  is  a  Universalist  in  religion  and  with  his 
family  regularly  attends  the  First  Universalist 
Church,  of  which  he  is  a  member. 

He  married,  1891.  Gertrude  F.  Harper, 
daughter  of  Alexander  and  Clara  (French) 
Harper,  of  Lowell.  Children:  Paul  F.,  Ken- 
neth N..  Francis  H.,  Dorothy.  Phvllis. 


William  Hannum,  the  immi- 
HANNUM  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
England,  and  settled  in  Dor- 
chester, in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  as 
early  as  1635,  when  he  appears  among  the  pro- 
prietors of  that  town.  He  sold  his  land  there 
September  10,  1637,  to  Jonas  Humphrey,  and 
removed  to  Windsor,  Connecticut.  In  1653 
he  went  up  the  Connecticut  river  and  estab- 
lished himself  as  one  of  the  original  planters, 
some  twenty  in  number,  of  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  there  Jnne  i,  1677. 
His  will  was  dated  May  15,  1677.  His  widow 
Honor,  the  mother  of  his  children,  died  at 
Westfield  in  1680.  She  was  a  sister  of  the 
wife  of  Nicholas  LIpsall,  of  Dorchester,  and 
her  maiden  name  was  probably  Capen.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  John,  born  1636:  mentioned  below. 
2.  Abigail,  born  1640,  baptized  November  22, 
1640;  married  John  Sackett.  3.  Joanna,  born 
July  24,  1642,  probably  died  young.  4.  Eliza- 
beth, born  April  24,  1645  ;  married  Peter  Bush- 
rod.  5.  Mary,  born  April  3,  1650,  married 
John  .A.llen. 

(II)  John  Hannum,  son  of  William  Han- 
num (i),  was  born  in  Dorchester,  in  1636; 
settled  at  Northampton:  married   (first),  No- 


vember 20,  1662,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard 
Willis,  or  Weller.  She  died  .March  30,  1673, 
and  he  married  (second),  April  20,  1675,  Es- 
ther Langton  (or  Langdon),  daughter  of 
George,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and 
Nortiiampton.  She  was  born  August  22,  1649, 
and  was  mentioned  in  her  father's  will  Novem- 
ber 28,  1767.  She  died  in  1712.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1712,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Abigail,  born  August  16, 
1664.  2.  Hannah,  born  October  12,  1667.  3. 
Sarah,  born  December  9,  1671.  4.  Mindwell 
(twin),  born  .March,  1673,  "^'ied  young.  5. 
Experience  (twin),  born  March,  1673,  died 
young.  Children  of  John  and  Esther,  his 
second  wife:  6.  John,  born  1676;  mentioned 
below.  7.  Eleazer,  born  1678.  8.  Ruth,  born 
1680.  9.  Daughter,  born  1687,  died  young. 
10.  Joanna,  born  1688.  n.  William,  born 
1690.      12.  Samuel,  born    1692. 

(III)  John  Hannum,  son  of  John  Hannum 
(2),  was  born  in  Northampton  in  1676,  and 
died  in  1757.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Easthampton,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a 
prominent  citizen.  He  tnarried  (first)  in  1698, 
Elizabeth  Clesson,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Mary  (Phelps)  Clesson,  of  Northampton.  She 
died  in  1709,  and  he  married  (second)  in  1715, 
Elizabeth  Stebbins,  widow  of  John  Stebbins. 
Children  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Hannum:  i. 
John,  had  son  John  and  others.  2.  Eleazer, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Eleazer  Hannum,  son  of  John  Han- 
num (3),  was  born  in  1707.  He  settled  in  the 
neighboring  town  of  Southampton,  Massachu- 
setts, and  was  one  of  the  early  proprietors.  He 
married  (first)  in  1729,  Martha  Root,  who 
died  in  1740.  He  married  (second)  in  1743, 
Dorothy  Danks,  by  whom  he  had  five  sons  and 
live  daughters.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution, a  sergeant  in  Captain  Elijah  Clapp's 
company.  Colonel  John  Dickerson's  regiment, 
in  1777,  to  reinforce  the  Northern  army  at 
Bennington. 

(V)  Joel  Hannum,  eldest  son  of  Eleazer 
Hannum  {.\).  was  torn  at  Southampton.  Mas- 
s.ichusetts,  in  1745,  and  died  in  1813.  He  set- 
tled in  what  was  then  called  Nashawannuck. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  from  East- 
hampton and  Northampton,  private  in  Captain 
Sanniel  Fairfield's  company.  Colonel  Nathan 
.Sparhawk's  regiment,  in  1778,  in  the  service 
at  Dorchester,  discharged  December  12.  1778. 
He  married,  1773,  Esther  Coleman,  who  was 
born  1743  and  died  1817,  aged  seventy-four 
years.  They  had  six  daughters  and  six  sons. 
Among  their  children  were:  I.  Paul,  mention- 
ed  l>elow.      2.    Tidius,    shared    the    homestead 


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after  his  father's  death  with  his  brother  Paul. 
3.  Esther,  married  Simeon  Clark.  4.  Phebe, 
married  Oliver  Clark.  5.  Jerusha,  married 
Elijah  Gloyd.  6.  Diana,  resided  in  Washing- 
ton. 

(VI)  Paul  Hannum,  son  of  Joel  Hannum 
(S),  was  born  in  1785  and  died  in  1861  ;  mar- 
ried Sally  Miller,  who  was  born  in  1784  and 
died  in  1850.  Children:  I.  Arlow.  2.  Lucas 
W.     3.  Alexander  C. 

(VII)  Alexander  Chessman  Hannum,  son 
of  Paul  Hannum  (6),  was  born  April  3,  181 1, 
and  died  October  23,  1875.  He  married,  in 
1834,  Laura  Ann  Moody,  daughter  of  Ezra 
Moody,  of  New  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Leander  Moody,  born  December  22. 
1837:  mentioned  below.  2.  Esther  F.,  born 
April  13,  1839.  3.  Harriet  Flora,  born  June 
30,  1850;  died  August  12,  1885. 

(VIII)  Hon.  Leander  Moody  Hannum,  son 
of  Alexander  C.  Hannum  (7),  was  born  at 
Northampton,  December  22,  1837.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  at  the  Williston  Seminary,  and  at  the 
English  and  Classical  Institution  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  At  the  age  of  sixteen, 
in  1854,  he  went  to  California  with  his  father 
by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  After 
spending  two  years  there  he  returned  to  Mas- 
sachusetts and  entered  the  wholesale  grocery 
business  at  Springfield  as  clerk  in  the  firm  of 
Bemis,  West  &  Company.  Two  years  later 
he  went  to  New  York  City  in  the  capacity  of 
cashier  and  correspondent  of  the  Howe  Sew- 
ing Machine  Company,  then  in  its  first  period 
of  prosperity  and  development.  In  1864  he 
started  in  the  grocers'  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count on  old  Main  street,  in  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  after  a  few  years  gradually  de- 
voted himself  to  real  estate,  and  finally  dis- 
posed of  his  grocery  and  devoted  himself  ex- 
clusively to  dealing  in  and  managing  real  es- 
tate in  Cambridge.  Since  1878  he  has  betfn 
one  of  the  leading  real  estate  brokers  and  ex- 
perts of  the  city.  He  has  himself  large  invest- 
ments in  real  estate  in  Cambridge.  He  is  a 
justice  of  the  peace  and  notary  public.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican  of  prominence.  He 
served  in  the  Cambridge  common  council  in 
1873:  in  the  board  of  aldermen  in  1874  and 
1875 ;  represented  his  district  in  the  general 
court  in  1876  and  1877;  and  was  in  the  state 
senate  in  1881  and  1882.  While  a  member  of 
the  lower  house  he  served  as  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  public  buildings  and  of  street 
railways,  and  while  in  the  senate  as  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  prisons,  of  the  committee 
on  the  state  house,  and  on  the  committee  on  in- 


surance. He  was  chairman  of  the  Republican 
city  committee  of  Cambridge  for  seven  years, 
and  regularly  served  his  party  as  delegate  to 
nominating  conventions.  He  was  a  special 
commissioner  of  Middlesex  county  for  several 
years,  and  for  ten  years  a  member  of  the 
Cambridge  board  of  water  commissioners.  He 
resigned  the  latter  office  in  1894.  He  is  a 
prominent  Free  Mason,  a  member  and  past 
master  of  Amicable  Lodge ;  member  and  past 
officer  of  Cambridge  Royal  Arch  Chapter;  of 
Boston  Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  and 
for  two  years  was  district  deputy  grand  mas- 
ter of  his  district.  He  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  Cambridge  and  Colonial  Clubs :  member  of 
the  Citizens'  Trade  Association,  Boston  Yacht 
Club,  and  honorary  member  of  several  Grand 
Army  Posts  and  other  military  organizations. 
He  has  been  for  years  chairman  of  the  stand- 
ing committee  of  the  Third  Congregational 
Church  of  Cambridge ;  and  is  interested  in  the 
Cambridge  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  he  is  auditor  and  chairman 
of  the  advisory  board.  He  is  vice-president  of 
the  Cambridgeport  Savings  Bank,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  several  political  clubs. 

He  married,  December  15,  1869,  Annie  H. 
Demain,  of  Cambridge,  daughter  of  William 
C.  Demain.  They  had  two  children,  both  of 
whom  died  in  infancy. 


The  surname  Maloney  or 
MALONEY  Malone  is  of  ancient  Irish- 
origin.  The  ancient  seat  of 
this  family  is  at  Ballynahoun  and  Baronstown, 
Ireland.  Richard  Malone,  of  Baronstown, 
was  created  Baron  of  Sunderlin  in  1785.  His 
brother,  Edmund  Malone,  was  the  celebrated 
commentator  on  Shakespeare.  The  armorial 
bearings  of  the  Malone  or  Maloney  family  of 
Ireland  are:  Gu.  a  lion  rampant  between  three 
mullets  or.  Crest — .\  man  in  complete  arm- 
or, holding  in  his  dexter  hand  a  lance  and 
in  his  sinister  arm  a  shield  all  ppr.  Motto — 
Fidelis  ad  urnam  (Faithful  unto  deathV 

(I)  Michael  Maloney,  progenitor  of  this 
family,  was  a  native  of  county  Clare,  Ireland. 
He  conducted  a  large  farm  in  his  native 
place,  and  raised  large  quantities  of  flax  which 
he  shipped  to  Belfast  for  the  linen  manufac- 
turers there.  He  raised  sheei),  cattle  and 
horses  and  was  a  very  successful  farmer.  He 
was  a  jovial,  jollv,  companionable  man,  pious 
and  strict  in  his  religious  observances,  and  a 
devout  Roman  Catholic.  He  was  of  large 
physique,  sturdy,  and  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age. 
He  married  Marv  O'Connor,  from  an  adja- 


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cent  parish  in  the  same  county.  Their  chil- 
dren: I.  James,  mentioned  below.  2.  Hon- 
ora,  married  Michael  Curtiss.  3.  Bridget, 
married  Michael  Guthrie.  4.  Mary,  married 
John  Flanagan. 

(II)  James  Maloney,  son  of  Michael  Ma- 
loney  (i),  was  born  at  Donagore,  county 
Clare,  Ireland.  He  was  brought  up  in  his  na- 
tive parish  and  attended  the  local  schools.  He 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  in  his  youth  and 
later  carried  on  a  farm  for  himself.  His  farm 
was  near  the  center  of  the  township  and  con- 
tained twenty-five  acres  or  more.  He  raised 
much  flax  and  other  produce,  and  had  large 
herds  of  cattle  and  sheep  and  many  horses. 
He  was  prosperous  and  influential,  upright 
and  honest,  quiet  and  unassuming.  He  was 
an  earnest  advocate  of  temperance.  He  was 
indefatigable  in  his  daily  work;  of  large 
frame  and  great  strength,  well  suited  to  the 
tasks  he  set  himself  in  life.  He  was  a  devout 
member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  in  the 
parish  of  Killila.  In  politics  he  was  Liberal. 
He  died  in  his  native  town  in  1878.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Sheehan,  who  was  born  in  county 
Clare,  and  died  there  in  1854,  daughter  of 
Patrick  and  Mary  (O'Connor)  Sheehan.  Her 
father  was  a  farmer.  Children:  i.  Patrick, 
married  Bridget  Considene.  2.  James,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Burke.  3.  Michael,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1838,  married,  in  Woburn,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  187 1,  Mary  O'Connor;  children: 
Mary  Elizabeth,  Susan,  James  Henry,  John 
Fred.  4.  Mary,  married  (first)  Patrick  Swee- 
ney; (second)  John  Maher.  5.  Thomas,  mar- 
ried Margaret  Pendergast,  of  Boston.  6. 
Bridget,  married  John  Maloney,  of  Ireland. 
7.  Johanna,  unmarried.  8.  John,  born  Octo- 
ber 16,  1854,  mentioned  below. 

I  III)  John  ^laloney,  son  of  James  Maloney 
(2),  was  born  at  Donagore,  county  Clare,  Ire- 
land, October  16,  1854.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  national  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  to  the  age  of  fourteen  helped  his 
father  on  the  farm.  ;\t  the  age  of  nineteen 
he  came  to  .'America,  arriving  June  i,  1874,  in 
Boston,  and  immediately  finding  employment 
in  Woburn  in  the  street  department  of  the 
town.  Aker  a  short  time  he  went  to  Law- 
rence. In  1875  he  began  an  apprenticeship 
with  the  firm  of  Skinner  &  True,  tanners, 
lasting  three  years.  *He  worked  at  his  trade 
in  tanneries  at  Maiden,  .Salem,  and  Stoneham 
for  two  years.  Then  he  became  clerk  in  the 
grocery  store  of  Moore  &  Morris,  Main 
street,  Woburn,  and  worked  their  until  he  left 
to  embark  in  business  for  himself.  In  1881  he 
anfl  his  brother,  Michael  MaloneN ,  mentioned 


above,  formed  a  partnership  to  carry  on  the 
grocery  business  in  Woburn,  in  the  building 
at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Salem  street,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Maloney  Brothers.  They 
built  up  a  thriving  business.  After  twenty- 
three  succes.^ful  years  together,  John  bought 
out  his  brother,  continuing  since  at  the  old 
stand.  The  building  in  which  his  store  is 
now  located  is  known  as  the  Flagg  Tavern 
and  has  an  interesting  history.  Mr.  Maloney 
has  a  large  trade  in  Woburn  and  Winchester 
among  the  best  families.  He  owns  the  prop- 
erty in  which  his  store  is  located  and  much 
real  estate  in  the  city,  notably  the  old  Rich- 
ardson estate  at  the  corner  of  Salem  and  Bow 
streets.  He  resides  in  an  elegant  home  at  103 
Montvale  avenue,  built  for  him  a  few  years 
ago.  He  is  a  man  of  quiet  manner,  enjoying 
the  fullest  esteem  and  confidence  of  his 
townsmen.  He  is  a  member  and  a  generous 
supporter  of  St.  Charles  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  Woburn.  He  is  independent  in  poli- 
tics and  has  never  sought  public  office.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Woburn  Council,  Knights 
of  Columbus,  No.  yj;  of  Woburn  Lodge,  No. 
go8.  Benevolent  C3rder  of  Elks;  of  Division 
No.  3,  .\ncient  Order  of  Hibernians:  of  the 
United  Order  of  Pilgrim  Fathers;  of  the  Cel- 
tic .Association  of  Woburn;  of  the  Irish  Char- 
itable Association  of  Boston.  He  has  for  a 
number  of  years  been  a  director  of  the  Wo- 
burn Co-operative  Bank,  director  of  the  Elk 
River  Milling  Company  of  Minnesota,  having 
offices  in  Lawrence,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
at  one  time  a  trustee  of  the  Woburn  Five 
Cents  Savings  Bank.  He  married  (first),  Sep- 
tember 18,  1879,  Mary  A.  Hayes,  born  in  Wo- 
burn, and  died  there  January  7,  1885,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Johanna  (Highland) 
Hayes,  of  Woburn.  Her  father  was  a  tanner. 
Children:  Mary  Ann,  James  Edward,  Ella 
Josephine.  He  married  (second),  June  28, 
1893,  Mary  Ellen  Kelleher,  born  at  Woburn, 
July  16,  1862,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
(Corbett)  Kelleher,  of  Woburn.  Her  father 
was  a  currier  by  trade.  Children  of  the  sec- 
ond wife:  Margaret  Louise,  Gertrude  Eliza- 
beth, John  Henry,  Charles  William.  All  his 
children  wore  born  in  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts. 


This  surname  was  variously 
DIKE     spelled  in  the  early  Colonial  days, 

and  descendants  of  the  same  pro- 
genitor today  dififer  widely  in  the  spelling  of 
their  names.  The  descendants  of  Anthony 
Dike,    of    Salem,     for     instance,     spell     their 


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names,  Dix,  Dixi,  Dick,  Dixie,  Dixer,  and 
Dixey,  perhaps  in  other  ways.  Other  early 
spellings  found  were  Dickes,  Deike,  Deeks, 
Dixe,  Dykes.  The  attempts  to  trace  these 
families  is  rendered  very  difficult  by  the  var- 
iations of  spelling.  The  names  of  the  immi- 
grants bearing  this  name,  but  spelled  in  a  mul- 
titude of  ways  were:  Anthony  of  Salem  and 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts;  Edward  of  Charles- 
town  and  Watertown:  Ralph  of  Ipswich  and 
Reading;  Thomas  of  Marblehead;  William  of 
Salem  and  Beverly,  all  of  Massachusetts,  all 
within  a  few  miles  of  each  other.  The  pre- 
sumption that  they  were  brothers  or  closely 
related  seems  reasonable. 

(I)  Anthony  Dike,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England.  He  was  a  merchant  and 
ship-master.  He  came  to  America  first  in  1623 
on  the  ship  "Ann"  and  took  a  share  in  the 
division  of  land  at  Plymouth  in  1624.  But  be- 
fore 1627  he  had  left  New  Plymouth  and  did 
not  share  in  the  division  of  cattle  that  year. 
He  joined  Conant  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  and  made  his  home  with  the  first  set- 
tlers at  Salem.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman, 
May  18,  163 1.  In  1632  he  was  taken  prisoner 
by  the  pirate  Bull,  refused  to  act  as  pilot  and 
was  allowed  to  escape  through  perhaps  inten- 
tional carelessness  of  guards.  He  resided  in 
Charlestown  or  Salem  in  1637,  but  must  have 
been  away  on  the  sea  most  of  the  time.  Roger 
Conant,  Francis  Johnson,  Peter  Palfrey  and 
Dike  formed  a  partnership  for  traffic  in  furs 
and  had  a  truck-house  located  at  the  eastward 
(in  Maine).  After  doing  business  for  three 
years,  they  sold  out  to  Richard  Foxwell  at 
Blue  Point,  near  Saco,  Maine,  with  debts  due 
from  certain  Indians,  provided  Massachusetts 
authorities  confirmed  the  sale.  But  there  was 
trouble  about  getting  the  consent  and  Eoxwell 
was  later  dispossessed  by  French  traders.  Dike 
appears  to  have  continued  in  the  business.  He 
had  a  cargo  of  furs,  etc.,  from  Maine  when 
wrecked  on  Cape  Cod  in  the  storm  December 
15,  1638.  In  that  same  gale  Dinely  ])erished  at 
Boston  (Danforth's  Almanac).  Winthrop 
spelled  the  name  "Dick,"  Felt  preferred  "Dike" 
and  both  "Dikes"  and  "Dickes"  are  found  in 
the  same  record. 

His  widow's  land  is  mentioned  in  a  deed 
dated  July  25,  1639,  at  Salem.  She  appears  to 
have  settled  at  Ipswich,  later.  She  married 
(second)  Nathaniel  Pickman  (Pitman).  Pit- 
man was  also  a  partner  of  Conant  in  the  eas- 
tern trade,  was  Ixirn  about  1615,  probably  the 
age  of  Dike.  Tabitha,  his  wife,  deposed  in 
1657  concertiing  her  marriage  to  Pitman  after 
the  death  of  her  husband  Dike.     Pitman  died 


1685.    The  only  child  of  Anthony  and  Tabitha 
known  was  Anthony,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Anthony  Dike,  son  of  Anthony  Dike 
(i),  was  born  in  Salem  or  vicinity  about  1635. 
He  resided  in  Ipswich  where  he  and  his  son 
Nathaniel  were  both  commoners  in  1707.  His 
only  child  known  was  Nathaniel,  born  about 
1665,  mentioned  below.  ( See  history  of  Sut- 
ton). 

(III)  Nathaniel  Dike,  son  of  Anthony  Dike 
(2),  was  born  probably  in  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1665.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Ex- 
pedition to  Canada  under  Phipps  in  1690,  his 
name  appearing  twice  in  the  list.  One  may  be 
for  another  of  similar  name,  but  more  likely  is 
a  repetition.  He  had  a  seat  in  the  church  at 
Ipswich  in  1700,  and  was  a  commoner  there  in 
1707.  When  the  movenient  of  settlers  from 
Ipswich  and  other  Essex  county  towns  to  Sut- 
ton, Massachusetts, began. Dike  became  inter- 
ested. His  family  was  grown  up  or  nearly  so. 
Accordingly  July  19,  1720,  he,  then  of  Ipswich, 
bought  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-six 
acres  of  land  adjoining  the  farm  of  John  Stock- 
well,  Joseph  Fellows,  Samuel  Bigsbee,  Samuel 
Parker,  Caleb  Bigsbee  and  Benjamin  Marsh 
and  moved  immediately  to  Sutton.  He  and  his 
wife  joined  the  church  soon  after  it  was  or- 
ganized in  1 72 1. 

During  his  active  life  Dike  lived  on  his  Sut- 
ton farm,  but  his  last  years  were  spent  with 
some  of  his  children  in  Dudley,  where  he  died 
m  the  summer  of  1746.  In  1734  he  deeded  the 
Sutton  homestead  to  Daniel,  his  son.  He  made 
his  will  May  2,  1746;  it  was  filed  for  probate 
August,  1746,  and  proved  August  19.  His 
son  Ebenezer  was  executor.  He  mentions  also 
sons  Daniel.  Benjamin,  James ;  daughters 
Hannah,  Martha,  Sarah  and  i\Iary.  The  wit- 
nesses were  Jacob  and  Mary  Bradbury  and 
Jeremiah  Barstow.  Children,  born  at  Ipswich  : 
I.  Nathaniel,  born  about  1690.  2.  Hannah, 
married  Robert  Fitts,  of  Ipswich.  3.  Sarah, 
married.  July  4,  1726,  William  Sibley.  4. 
Martha,  married,  August  6.  1722,  at  Sutton, 
Samuel  Daggett.  5.  Mary,  married  Joseph 
Wight  or  Wait  (Weight  in  will,  also  Waight). 
6.  Daniel,  settled  in  Sutton,  had  a  son  Anthony ; 
died  February  t8,  1777,  aged  alxiut  sixty-six; 
married.  September  26,  1734,  Mary  Witt,  of 
Marlborough,  who  died  August  6,  1785,  at 
Sutton,  aged  seventy-three.  7.  Ebenezer,  bom 
about  1700,  mentioned  below.  8.  Benjamin, 
removed  to  Thompson,  Connecticut;  wife  died 
March  21,  1782,  about  fifty-eight  years  old, 
and  is  buried  in  Sutton,  q.  James,  removed  to 
Thompson,  Connecticut,  and  died  there. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Dike,  son  of  Nathaniel  Dike 


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(3),  was  born  iii  Ipswich,  jNIassachusetts, 
about  1700-1710  and  moved  with  his  father  and 
the  family  to  Sutton,  Massachusetts,  in  1720. 
In  middle  life  he  removed  to  Woodstock,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  was  one  of  the  founders.  He 
was  appointed  to  take  the  census  by  the  gov- 
ernment in  1771,  and  reported  forty-two  in- 
habitants in  the  families  of  Andrew  Powers, 
Abraham  Powers,  James  Herwood,  James 
Sanderson,  Joseph  Call,  John  Sanderson,  Ebe- 
nezer  Call,  James  Powers  and  Ebenezer  Dike. 
The  history  of  Woodstock  says  that  Dike  was 
rather  advanced  in  point  of  education  over  his 
neighbors.  He  had  a  hundred  acre  lot  adjoin- 
ing the  Sanderson  farm  on  the  west,  the  deed 
of  which  he  did  not  receive  until  June  6,  1774, 
David  Slayton,  grantor.  His  farm  was  in  the 
southeast  part  of  the  town.  He  made  various 
additions.  In  1802  he  (or  son  Ebenezer)  sold 
a  section,  the  largest  part,  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  acres,  to  Haskell  Pelton,  of 
Chatham,  Connecticut,  and  in  1805  the  balance 
of  about  sixty  acres  to  Arnold  Smith.  He 
never  took  an  active  part  in  town  affairs,  and 
his  descendants  finally  removed  from  the  town 
altogether.  He  had  a  grandson  Calvin  in  the 
War  of  1812  from  Woodstock.  Children:  i. 
Ebenezer.  soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  1777, 
Captain  Seth  Hodges"s  company,  Colonel  Jo- 
seph Marsh's  regiment ;  probably  had  the 
homestead  after  his  father.  2.  Alden  or  Adin, 
soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  1778  in  Captain 
Jesse  Safford's  company:  in  1776  in  Captain 
Benjamin  Wait's  company  (perhaps  from  Sut- 
ton) ;  in  1781  in  Captain  John  Benjamin's 
company.  3.  Nathan,  soldier  in  Revolution  in 
Vermont  company  of  Captain  Benjamin  Co.x, 
regiment  of  Colonel  Seth  Warner ;  also  in 
1780.  4.  Samuel,  soldier  in  same  company 
with  Nathan  1780:  in  Captain  John  Burt's 
1779;  in  Captain  Peter  Page's  company  in 
1781 ;  in  Captain  Samuel  Payne's  company. 
Major  John  Wheelock's  regiment,  in  1777.  and 
in  Captain  Samuel  Ashley's  company,  Whee- 
lock's regiment,  in  1777.  All  the  sons  served  in 
Vermont  organizations.  5.  Calvin,  mentioned 
below.  Probably  daughters,  names  unknown. 
(V)  Calvin  Dike,  son  of  Ebenezer  Dike  (4), 
was  born  about  1750.  He  removed  to  Stone- 
ham  after  the  Revolution,  and  was  a  taxpayer 
there  in  1784.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, a  private  in  Captain  Jesse  Safford's  com- 
pany from  January  18,  to  December  i.  1780, 
from  Woodstock.  Vermont.  He  occupied  a 
farm  in  Stoneham  near  Spot  pond  in  the  south- 
western part  of  the  town.  He  married  Abigail 
Holden.  Only  child,  Jesse,  born  in  Stoneham, 
January  2,  1785,  mentioned  below. 


(VI)  Jesse  Dike,  son  of  Calvin  Dike  (5), 
was  born  in  Stoneham,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1785,  and  spent  his  entire  life  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  birthplace.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  there.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  shoemaker  and  made  shoes  for  a  livelihood 
during  his  active  years.  He  died  in  Stoneham, 
April  20,  i860.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  in 
public  life.  He  was  one  of  three  men  who  were 
the  means  of  establishing  the  Universalist 
church  in  his  town,  and  it  was  due  to  his 
earnest  efforts  that  the  society  weathered  its 
early  storms.  He  remained  always  a  faithful 
member  of  the  church,  and  his  character  was  a 
model;  liberal  in  judgment,  charitable  in  spirit 
and  deed,  sympathetic  and  helpful  in  every 
way  possible.  He  held  every  position  of  trust 
and  honor  within  the  gift  of  his  townsmen. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  was  for 
twenty  years  a  member  of  the  Stoneham  school 
committee,  and  in  1859-fxD  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  court.  He  was  devoted  to 
the  interests  and  welfare  of  his  native  town, 
and  no  public  officer  was  more  earnest  in  the 
discharge  of  his  dvtties. 

He  married,  December  23.  1804,  Elizabeth 
Willey,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Priscilla  Wil- 
ley,  of  Stoneham.  Children:  i.  Alfred,  born 
March,  1805,  died  September  12,  1872;  mar- 
ried Sallie  Jones,  of  Woburn  ;  children  :  Dens- 
more  and  Henry.  2.  George  Willey,  born 
April  14,  1807,  mentioned  below.  3.  Solon, 
born  March  21,  1810,  died  January  27,  1883: 
married  Elizabeth  Greene  ;  children  :  Augustus, 
Warren,  Clara,  Ella,  P'rancis  and  Clara  (sec- 
ond). 4.  Nathaniel  D.,  born  August  28.  1814. 
died  December  2,  1828;  accidentally  shot.  5. 
Elizabeth,  born  December  15,  1816,  died  June 
2,  1906;  married  Samuel  Hosea;  children: 
Samuel,  George  P.,  Mary  E.  Hosea.  6.  Ada- 
line,  born  March  10,  1819,  died  February  24, 
1895;  married  Thomas  U.  Lyon;  children: 
William  and  Albert  Lyon.  7.  Lyman,  born 
August  21,  1821,  mentioned  below.  8.  Charles 
C,  born  October  7,  1827.  9.  Lorinda,  married 
Edward  W.  Blandin.  Children  :  .'^bbie,  Charles 
A.,  Lizzie. 

(\'II)  George  W.  Dike,  son  of  Jesse  Dike 
(6),  was  born  in  Stoneham,  April  14,  1807. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  shoe  making,  the  trade 
of  all  the  farmers  of  the  vicinity.  He  com- 
menced business  on  his  ovi'n  account  at  his 
father's  house  on  Marble  street.  The  west 
end  of  this  house  is  in  Winchester,  the  eastern 
end  in  Stoneham.  He  manufactured  his  shoes 
and  at  first  carried  them  on  his  back  to  the 
Boston  markets,  returning  with  the  stock  in 


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the  same  way.  Subsequently,  he  moved  to  a 
building  on  the  present  site  of  Arad  Gerry's 
residence  and,  besides  making  shoes,  had  a 
general  store  and  was  the  village  postmaster. 
Later  he  moved  to  the  present  site  of  Holden 
Brothers'  store,  and  finally  to  the  building 
owned  by  H.  H.  Mawhinney  on  Central 
street,  built  for  their  factory  by  Lyman  and 
George  W.  Dike. 

Mr.  Dike  was  in  his  day  one  of  the  most 
prominent  citizens  of  the  town.  He  was 
elected  to  all  the  important  offices  of  trust 
and  honor  by  his  townsmen;  selectman,  over- 
seer of  the  poor,  assessor,  highway  surveyor, 
town  treasurer,  member  of  the  school  com- 
mittee, trustee  of  the  Public  Library,  trustee 
of  Lindenwood  cemetery,  town  auditor,  etc. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  council  during  Gov- 
ernor Boutwell's  administration.  He  was 
Democratic  candidate  for  congress  in  the  for- 
ties against  Daniel  P.  Ring,  of  Danvers,  the 
Whig  leader.  He  was  postmaster  under 
President  Polk.  President  Taylor  displaced 
him,  appointing  John  Hill.  At  the  next 
change  of  administration  Dike  was  re-ap- 
pointed, losing  the  office  again  under  Bu- 
chanan, Edward  T.  Whittier  being  appointed. 
One  simple  duty  he  used  to  do  efficiently  and 
with  some  pleasure — taking  the  census  of 
school  children.  In  this  way  he  kept  up  an 
acquaintance  with  every  family  in  town.  He 
liked  politics  and  was  interested  all  his  life 
in  public  questions.  He  sold  periodicals  and 
newspapers,  and  his  store  was  a  great  cen- 
tre of  political  discussion  and  argument  in 
which  no  one  delighted  more  than  Mr.  Dike. 
He  was  a  prominent  and  popular  Odd  Fellow, 
had  'passed  through  the  chairs  of  his  lodge, 
and  had  been  re]5resentative  to  the  grand 
lodge.     He  died  July  5,  1883. 

He  married  (first)  Martha  Howard,  of 
Stoneham,  who  died  November  19,  1839.  He 
married  (second)  in  Stoneham,  April  2,  1840, 
Clarissa  Howard,  widow  of  John  Howard. 
She  died  November  17,  1846.  He  married 
(third)  at  Ipswich,  in  January,  1848,  Lavinia 
S.  Fellows,  of  Ipswich.  There  were  four  chil- 
dren by  the  first  marriage,  two  by  the  second 
and  two  by  the  third.  Children:  i.  Martha  J. 
2.  George  L.  3.  John  Howard,  captain  of 
Company  C,  Sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment, 
famous  iov  its  march  through  Baltimore  in 
April,  i86t;  was  shot  through  the  thigh  dur- 
ing that  memorable  march. 

(VII)  Lyman  Dike,  son  of  Jesse  Dike  (6), 
was  born  in  Stoneham,  August  21,  1821,  and 
died  there  July  9,  1898.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  and  private  schools  of  his  native 


town,  and  like  the  other  youths  of  the  town 
learned  to  make  shoes.  He  worked  for  five 
years  as  clerk  in  the  general  store  of  his  eld- 
er brother,  George  W.  Dike.  In  1843  'le  formed 
a  co-partnership  with  .'\lfred  J.  Rhoades  and 
began  to  manufacture  shoes.  At  first  they 
made  shoes  alone,  but  as  fast  as  they  gained 
the  necessary  capital  and  business  they  em- 
ployed help  and  from  a  small  beginning  they 
soon  had  an  extensive  trade.  They  made  a 
high  grade  of  shoes  and  virtually  introdtjced 
a  new  class  of  goods,  which  in  time  revolu- 
tionized the  business  in  Stoneham.  Previous 
to  their  venture,  only  two  kinds  of  sewed 
shoes  and  one  kind  of  pegged  shoes  were 
made,  principally  a  cheap  class  of  goat  and 
kid  shoes  for  children.  Rhoades  &  Dike  man- 
ufactured light  kid  and  goat,  light  bottom, 
pegged  shoes,  and  at  length  the  orders  came 
faster  than  they  could  fill  them,  thus  bringing 
the  other  manufacturers  to  make  the  same 
class  of  goods.  The  firm  of  Rhoades  &  Dike 
was  dissolved  in  1848  and  succeeded  by  the 
firm  of  Lyman  Dike  &  Company,  the  partners 
were  Lyman  and  George  W.  Dike  and  they 
continued  together  until  1855,  manufacturing 
about  half  a  million  dollars  worth  of  goods 
annually,  chiefly  for  the  western  and  southern 
trade. 

After  1855  Lyman  Dike  continued  in  busi- 
ness alone  until  1885,  when  he  retired.  From 
that  time  he  devoted  his  attention  to  Mar- 
ble Ridge  Farm,  of  which  he  was  the  owner. 
This  farm  consisted  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  town  of 
Stoneham.  Much  of  the  land  is  what  is 
called  Bear  Hill  meadow,  and  was  redeemed 
by  Colonel  Dike  from  the  most  unproductive 
land  into  choice  arable  soil.  Through  this 
meadow  runs  the  brook  which  supplies  the 
Winchester  reservoir  with  water.  At  one 
time  Colonel  Dike  had  about  seventy  cows 
and  had  a  fine  dairy.  His  homestead  was  on 
Franklin  street,  corner  of  Pine,  built  in  1858. 

Colonel  Dike  took  a  great  interest  in  the 
militia  and  was  largely  instrumental  in  rais- 
ing and  forming  Company  C  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment  in  1851,  and  was  unanimously 
elected  its  captain.  Two  years  later  he  was 
appointed  major  of  his  regiment  and  served 
until  1835,  when  the  organization  was  dis- 
banded by  Governor  Gardner,  but  was  im- 
mediately re-organized  and  he  was  unani- 
mously elected  major.  In  1856  he  was  ap- 
pointed lieutenant-colonel  and  in  1858  colo- 
nel of  his  regiment,  receiving  every  vote  at 
both  elections.  In  Camp  Banks,  in  1859,  at 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  when  all  the  militia 


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of  the  state  was  gathered  together  for  the 
only  time  in  its  history,  he  was  the  senior  col- 
onel and  for  two  days  was  in  command  of  the 
Fourth  Brigade.  In  1861  lie  was  detailed  by 
Governor  Andrew  to  command  a  camp  of  in- 
struction at  Lynnfield,  where  four  regiments 
were  formed  and  sent  to  the  front,  the  sev- 
enteenth, nineteenth,  twenty-second  and 
twent)-third.  Early  in  the  Civil  war.  Colonel 
Dike  offered  to  form  a  regiment  composed 
exclusively  of  colored  troops,  but  the  propo- 
sition was  not  accepted  by  President  Lin- 
coln. On  the  second  call  for  men  for  service 
in  the  militia.  Colonel  Dike's  regiment  was 
the  first  to  report  at  headquarters  in  Boston, 
outside  of  the  regular  Boston  troops. 

In  1858  Dr.  William  H.  Heath  proposed 
to  Colonel  Dike  that  if  possible  all  the  pri- 
vate libraries  in  Stoneham  be  formed  into  a 
public  library.  They  went  to  work  to  bring 
about  this  result  and  succeeded  in  getting 
more  than  fourteen  hundred  volumes  from 
private  libraries  for  their  purpose  and  the 
public  library  began  business  in  1859.  For 
thirteen  years  Colonel  Dike  was  chairman  of 
the  board  of  trustees  and  the  purchasing  com- 
mittee. This  was  one  of  the  first  public  li- 
braries in  the  state,  and  was  instituted  before 
towns  were  allowed  to  support  libraries  from 
public  taxation. 

Colonel  Dike  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
leading  citizens  in  public  affairs.  He  was  se- 
lectman in  1853-81-82-86;  assessor  several 
years ;  member  of  the  school  committee  for 
eight  years,  of  the  water  committee  four  years 
when  the  water  system  was  built,  member  of 
the  committee  on  appropriations,  and  chair- 
man several  years.  He  was  special  county 
commissioner  for  about  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  represented  his  district  in  the  general 
court  in  i860. 

Colonel  Dike  was  one  of  the  seven  men 
who  built  the  Stoneham  street  railroad,  and 
was  a  director  of  the  company  from  i860  to 
the  date  of  its  transfer  to  the  East  Middlesex 
Company  in  1888,  being  superintendent  sev- 
en years  and  treasurer  twenty-six  years.  He 
was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  in  1851 
and  held  that  office  the  remainder  of  his  life; 
he  was  notary  public  from  1885  to  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  was  a  trustee  many  years  and 
for  a  time  vice-president  of  the  Middlesex  Ag- 
ricultural Society;  also  a  trustee  of  the  Bay 
State  Agricultural  Society.  He  was  active  in 
the  fire  department  and  was  foreman  one  year 
and  treasurer  two  years  of  the  General 
Worth    Fire    Engine    Company.      He   was   a 


member  of  Columbian  Lodge  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, the  oldest  member  in  town  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  having  joined  Crystal  Fount 
Lodge  in  Woburn  in  1843.  He  went  through 
the  chairs  of  Columbian  Lodge  several  times, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  He 
also  belonged  to  Columbian  Encampment,  of 
Odd  Fellows;  was  a  charter  member  of  King 
Cyrus  Lodge  of  Free  Masons;  charter  mem- 
ber of  Waverly  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of  Mel- 
rose, and  was  at  one  time  its  senior  warden. 
He  was  also  charter  member  of  Council  of 
Royal  and  Select  Masters  of  Melrose,  and 
charter  member  and  captain  general  of  Hugh 
de  Payens  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Alelrose.  Fie  belonged  to  the  various  higher 
bodies  of  Masonry  to  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree. 

Colonel  Dike  was  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  Stoneham  Board  of  Trade,  and 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Unitarian  church, 
on  the  standing  committee  of  which  he  served 
during  its  separate  existence  as  a  society.  He 
was  the  first  president  of  the  Stoneham  Co- 
operative Bank,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
founders,  for  three  years,  and  was  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  Stoneham  Five  Cents  Savings 
Bank  almost  from  its  organization  to  his  death, 
was  on  the  investing  board  twelve  years  and 
president  eight  years.  For  several  years  during 
the  civil  war  he  was  a  director  of  the  Monu- 
mental Bank  of  Charlestown.  He  died  July 
9,  1898. 

He  married,  December  15,  1845,  ^  daughter 
of  Captain  William  and  Sarah  (Gerry)  Willey, 
Elizabeth  Gerry  Willey,  who  died  October 
29,    1902,  aged  eighty-one  years.     Children: 

I.  Sarah  J.,  born  April  21,  1848,  married 
Daniel  S.  Davis,  of  Acton,  Massachusetts; 
children;  i.  Ethel  B.  Davis,  born  October  i, 
1876;   ii.  Elsie   Cora   Davis,  born   December 

II.  1878,  married,  July  15,  1903,  Francis  S. 
Smith,  of  Boston,  and  had  Lyman  Bradford 
Smith,  born  in  1904,  and  Marion  Jane  Smith, 
born  October  24,  igo6.  2.  Cora  Elizabeth, 
born  January  9,  1854.  resides  in  the  Dike 
homestead,  Franklin  street,  Stoneham. 

(VII)  Charles  Carroll  Dike,  son  of  Jesse 
Dike  (6),  was  born  in  Stoneham,  October  7, 
1827,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  He  helped  his  father  at  home  on 
the  farm,  and  in  early  youth  used  to  assist 
his  father  in  his  duties  as  keeper  of  the  toll 
gate  at  Medford  on  the  .'\ndover  and  Medford 
Pike.  This  toll  was  abolished  in  1834.  He 
began  to  work  in  the  general  store  of  his 
brother  George  W.,  mentioned  above,  when 


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he  was  twenty  years  old.  When  his  brothers 
were  in  partnership  in  manufacturing  shoes 
he  had  charge  of  the  sole  leather  room. 

In  1869  he  began  to  manufacture  shoes  in 
Haverhill  on  his  own  account.  .-Vfter  a  few 
years  he  sold  out  and  removed  to>  Boston, 
where  he  was  in  business  until  the  Great  Fire 
of  1872,  in  which  his  place  of  business  was 
destroyed,  and  he  lost  all  his  property.  He 
was  appointed  to  a  responsible  position  as  as- 
sistant inspector  for  two  years,  after  which  in- 
spector in  the  Boston  Custom  House,  where  he 
continued  until  1886,  when  he  retired  from 
active  labor.  He  has  made  his  home  for  many 
years  in  his  native  town. 

During  the  Civil  war  he  was  active  in  the 
enrollment  of  recruits  for  the  service ;  he  was 
captain  of  a  company  of  militia,  but  the  com- 
pany was  not  called  into  service  at  the  front. 
In  politics  he  is  an  active  and  loyal  Republican 
of  the  old  school.  He  has  been  superintendent 
of  streets  in  Stoneham,  member  of  the  board 
of  highway  surveyors,  and  for  twenty  years  a 
member  of  the  Lidenwood  cemetery  committee. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Stoneham  Uni- 
tarian church,  of  which  he  was  on  the  parish 
committee  eight  years,  treasurer  two  years. 

In  the  Masonic  fraternity  for  fifty  years  he 
has  been  a  prominent  figure.  He  has  been  a 
member  and  worshipful  master  of  Wyoming 
Lodge,  high  priest  of  Waverly  Chapter,  and 
is  one  of  the  oldest  .Masons  of  the  town.  He 
has  held  all  the  offices  in  his  lodge  and  is  one 
of  the  oldest  past  grand  patrons  of  Eastern 
Star  Lodge,  member  of  Signet  Chapter  of 
Cambridge,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  local  lodge  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, and  was  for  many  years  prominent  in  the 
Legion  of  Honor.  At  the  age  of  eighty  years, 
Mt.  Dike  enjoys  the  best  of  health.  He  is  uni- 
versally respected  and  beloved  by  his  towns- 
men, an  admirable  representative  of  one  of  the 
leading  families  of  the  town.  He  is  an  upright, 
just  and  straightforward  man.  striving  to  do 
all  the  good  within  his  power.  He  is  member 
of  Lincoln  Farm  Association. 

He  married  (first),  September  24,  1850, 
Harriet  Robinson  Woodward,  who  was  born 
October  9,  1832,  and  died  July  19,  1854, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Woodward,  of  Melrose. 
He  married  (second),  November  28,  1855, 
Susan  Foss  Nason.  Children  of  Charles  C. 
and  Harriet  R.  Dike:  i.  Ida  A.,  born  April  27, 
185 1,  died  August  7.  1852.  2.  Hattie  R.,  born 
December  3,  1853,  died  May  3,  1854.  Child 
of  Charles  C.  and  Susan  F.  Dike:  3.  Jessie  E., 
born  October  25,  1838,  married,  .'Vpril  25,  1895, 
Joseph  W.  Yeaton ;  no  children. 


Ralph  Shepard,  the  immi- 
SHEPARD     grant   ancestor,   was   born   in 

England  and  came  to  this 
country  in  July,  1635,  on  the  ship  "Abigail," 
giving  his  age  as  twenty-nine.  His  gravestone 
states  that  he  died  September  11,  1693,  at  the 
age  of  ninety.  His  birth  year  was  probably  be- 
tween 1003  and  1606.  With  him  came  his  wife 
Thanks,  aged  twenty-three,  and  daughter 
Sarah,  aged  two  years.  He  was  a  tailor  by 
trade  and  settled  in  Charlestown.  He  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  at  Dedham  in  1636;  removed  to 
Weymouth,  where  he  was  a  town  officer  in 
1645 ;  removed  to  Concord  and  finally  to  Mai- 
den. He  bought  lots  of  R.  Palgrave  in  1650- 
51  at  Maiden.  His  gravestone  is  in  the  old 
Maiden  graveyard.  About  1644  he  was  for  a 
short  time  in  Rehoboth.  Children:  i.  Sarah, 
born  in  England  in  1633.  2.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Isaac,  bom  at  Weymouth, 
June  20,  1639.  4.  Trial,  born  December  19, 
1641,  married  Walter  Power.  5.  Abraham. 
6.  Thanks,  born  at  Maiden,  February  10,  165 1- 
52,  married  at  Chelmsford,  December  13,  1669, 
Peter  Dill.    7.  Jacob,  born  June,  1653. 

(II)  Thomas  Shepard,  son  of  Ralph  Shep- 
ard ( i),  was  born  about  1635.  He  resided  at 
Maiden  and  Milton,  Massachusetts ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church,  September  2,  1677,  at 
Charlestown,  and  dismissed  to  Alalden,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1689-90.  He  married  at  Charles- 
town, November  19,  1658,  Hannah  En- 
sign, daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  En- 
sign, of  Scituate.  She  died  March  14,  1697- 
98,  aged  fifty-nine.  He  married  (second) 
Joanna  .  Children  :  i .  Thomas,  men- 
tioned in  the  will  of  his  grandfather  Ensign ; 
removed  to  Bristol  and  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut ;  married,  December  7,  1682,  Hannah 
Blanchard.  2.  Hannah,  married  Joseph 
nianchard.  May,  1681.  3.  John,  born  at  Mai- 
den, married,  March  26,  1690,  Persis  Peirce; 
(second)  William  Rand.  4.  Ralph,  born  Jan- 
uary, 1666-67,  nientioned  below.  5.  Jacob, 
married  Mercy  Chickering,  November  22, 
1699.  6.  Isaac,  born  May.  1682,  resided  at 
Concord  and  Norton,  Massachusetts.  Thom- 
as Shepard  (2)  died  at  Milton,  September  29, 
1 719.  His  will  was  dated  at  Milton,  .\pril  10, 
1719,  and  proved  December  22,  1719.  His 
wife  died  .\ugust  5.  1709,  at  Milton.  He 
owned  many  lots  in  Charlestown.  He  be- 
(|ueathed  to  son  Ralph,  to  John,  Jacob  and 
David,  children  of  Hannah. 

(III)  Ralph  Shepard,  son  of  Thomas 
Shepard  (2).  was  bom  at  Maiden.  Massachu- 
setts, January.  1666-67.  He  lived  in  Brook- 
line  atid  -Milton,  and  died  in  Milton,  January 


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6;/ 


26,   1722.     He  married  Marah  .     His 

children  lived  in  Alilton  and  Canton:  i.  Ralph, 
married,  April  28,  1726,  Sarah  Spur.  2.  John, 
married,  Alay  18,  1 721,  Rebecca  Fennoo,  at 
Milton.  3.  JMary,  married,  February  6, 
1718,  Jason  Williams,  at  Milton.  4.  Han- 
nah, married,  November  29,  1716.  Manasseh 
Tucker.  5.  Nathaniel,  born  1705,  died  May 
15,  1753.  6.  Sarah,  married.  March  30,  1727, 
John  Ireland,  at  Milton.  7.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Thomas  Shepard,  son  of  Ralph  Shep- 
ard  (3),  was  born  about  17 10,  at  Milton  or 
Brookline  (Muddy  River).  He  married  (inten- 
tions dated  November  29,  1735.)  Amity  Morse. 
daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Morse,  of  Stoughton, 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  Priscilla  (Col- 
burn)  Morse,  great-granddaughter  of  John  and 
Annie  Morse,  of  Dedham  ;  John  was  the  son  of 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Morse,  the  immi- 
grants. She  died  March  7,  1747-48,  in  her 
thirty-eighth  year.  He  deeded  the  lot  for  the 
burying  ground  to  the  town  of  Canton.  The 
consideration  was  five  pounds  and  the  lot 
was  deeded  to  John  Puffer  and  Benjamin 
Blackman  as  trustees.  It  was  on  the  west 
side  of  Shepard's  farm  some  six  or  seven  rods 
from  the  highway  to  the  southward:  it  had 
been  used  as  a  burial  place  thirty  years. 
Thomas  Shepard,  Ezekiel  Fisher  and  Stephen 
Badlam  were  allowed  to  build  the  porch  on 
the  east  end  of  the  church  about  1750,  at  their 
own  expense.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  bom  at 
Canton,  March  i,  1736-37.  2.  Joseph,  died 
November  11, 1743,  aged  five  years.  3.  Jacob, 
born  April  17,  1739.  4.  Amity,  born  March 
31,  1741.  5.  Unity,  born  April  5.  1745.  6. 
William  Ensign,  born  January  9.  1746-47, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  William  Ensign  .Shepard,  son  of 
Thomas  .Shepard  (4),  was  born  in  Canton, 
Massachusetts,  January  9,  1746-47,  and  died 
there  July  7,  1826.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution  in  Captain  James  Endicott's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Lemuel  Robinson's  regiment, 
on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  April  19,  1775,  and 
again  his  name  appears  on  a  pay  roll  or  list 
of  wages  for  service  in  the  war  previous  to 
November  19,  1783.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Tolman,  of  Stoughton,  (intentions  dated  Sep- 
tember 2,  1769,)  January  9,  1770.  She  died 
September  9,  1832,  aged  seventy-two  y^ars. 
Children:  Jesse,  born  at  Canton,  December 
12,  1772,  mentioned  below.  John.  Amity, 
born  1775,  died  September  11,  1829,  aged  fif- 
ty-four years. 

(VT)  Jesse  Shepard,  son  of  William  En- 
sign Shepard  ("3),  was  born  in  Canton.  Mas- 


sachusetts, December  12,  1772,  and  died  there 
January  14,  1806,  in  the  prime  of  life.  He  was 
a  farmer.  He  married  Sally  Swift  Tucker, 
June  29,  1794,  at  Canton.  She  was  born  at 
Canton  June  3,  1773,  and  died  October  23, 
1842.  Children:  i.  William,  born  July  29, 
1795,  died  March  26,  1819,  buried  at  Canton. 
2.  Rebecca  Swift,  born  .May  16,  1797.  died 
June  I,  1868.  3.  Phally,  born  July  26,  1797, 
died  January  28,  1861.  4.  Elizabeth,  born 
June  I.  1803,  died  in  Clinton,  1881.  5.  Jesse, 
born  February  20,  1805,  mentioned  below. 

(\TD  Jesse  Shepard,  son  of  Jesse  Shepard 
(6),  was  born  at  Canton,  February  20,  1805, 
and  died  there  September  12,  1828,  a  young 
man  like  his  father  at  the  time  of  death.  His 
death  was  caused  b\-  a  well-sweep  falling  up- 
on his  head.  .Vt  the  time  he  was  engaged  in 
the  express  business  between  Canton  and 
Boston.  He  married  Harriet  Brown,  who 
was  born  at  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  March 
20.  1807,  and  died  November  20,  1890,  at 
the  residence  of  her  son  in  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  i.  William,  born  in  Salis- 
bury, February  23,  1826.  2.  Jesse,  Jr.,  bom 
in  Canton,  Mav  26,  1828,  died  September  10, 
1830. 

(\TII)  William  Shepard,  son  of  Jesse  Shep- 
ard (7),  was  born  in  Salisbury,  February  23, 
1826.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of 
Canton  and  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
also  the  Providence  Conference  Academy  at 
East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  and  the  acad- 
emy at  .A-mesbury  until  about  sixteen  years  of 
age.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of  carriage 
making.  In  1846,  when  he  was  twenty  years 
of  age,  he  removed  to  Lowell  with  his  em- 
plover,  J.  B.  Eaton,  carriage  manufacturer, 
formerly  of  Haverhill.  He  was  first  a  car- 
riage trinmier,  doing  the  leather  and  cloth 
work  on  carriages.  Later  he  bought  a  part 
of  his  employer's  business  and  became  a  man- 
ufacturer of  carriages  and  harness  on  his  own 
account,  and  he  continued  with  fair  success 
until  1861.  He  made  a  study  of  financial  mat- 
ters, invested  his  savings  wisely  and,  when  the 
conditions  of  business  became  unfavorable  in 
his  line  on  account  of  the  Civil  war,  he  be- 
came a  broker.  He  opened  an  office  first  on 
Merrimac  street,  Lowell,  and  later  for  more 
than  twenty-five  years  had  his  office  over  the 
Prescott  National  Bank  on  Central  street. 
He  obtained  his  start  in  this  business  as  a 
commission  broker,  handling  chiefly  govern- 
ment bonds.  He  afterward  engaged  in  a  gen- 
eral brokerage  business,  dealing  in  railroad, 
industrial  and  other  securities,  especially  in 
the   stocks   and   bonds  of  the   manufacturing 


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companies  of  Lowell.  For  many  years  he 
furnished  the  quotations  for  the  industrial 
corporation  securities  of  Lowell,  published 
in  the  Lowell  Courier,  Lowell  Mail  and  the 
New  York  Journal  of  Commerce.  He  in- 
vested largely  in  these  companies  on  his  own 
account  and  was  vitally  interested  in  their 
prosperity.  He  was  a  vital  factor  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  great  industrial  city  into 
which  Lowell  grew  after  he  became  a  citizen. 
He  was  also  a  director  of  the  Washington 
Mills  Company  of  Lawrence,  and  was  for 
many  years  a  director  of  the  Merchants'  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Lowell.  He  died  at  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire,  July  2ij,  1905,  while  tempo- 
rarily there  for  a  summer  outing. 

Mr.  Shepard  was  another  instance  of  the 
success  of  an  .\merican  mechanic  in  the  world 
of  business  and  finance.  He  was  a  self-made 
man,  and  his  years  in  the  carriage  shop  were 
doubtless  the  essential  training  for  large 
things  in  his  life.  His  father's  early  death 
compelled  him  to  become  self-supporting  at 
an  early  age.  He  was  self-reliant,  energetic 
and  industrious.  He  was  a  man  of  upright 
character,  careful  but  far-sighted,  and  his 
opinions  were  taken  bv  many  business  men 
who  had  absolute  faith  in  his  knowledge  and 
judgment.  In  politics  he  was  an  active  and 
earnest  Republican.  In  1872  he  was  a  member 
of  the  common  council,  but  his  efforts  were 
mainly  directed  to  secure  the  nomination  and 
election  of  suitable  men  of  his  party  and  he 
never  sought  political  honors  for  himself. 
Practically  to  the  end  of  life  he  retained  his 
"faculties  and  attended  to  his  business,  al- 
though after  he  was  seventy-five  years  old 
he  gave  up  regular  office  duties.  He  at- 
tended the  Worthen  Street  Baptist  Church, 
for  fifty  years  or  more,  and  always  exerted  his 
influerice  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the 
church  and  had  held  every  office,  except  that 
of  treasurer,  to  which  laymen  are  eligible,  in 
both  church  and  society. 

He  married,  March  27,  1849,  Abbie  Little 
Hoyt,  of  Hampstead,  New  Hampshire,  who 
survives  him.  She  was  born  April  23.  1827. 
Children:  i.  Arvilla.  B..  born  September  30, 
1852,  died  February  25,  1879.  She  married 
Thomas  H,  Elliott,  of  Lowell,  March  18,  1874, 
and  left  one  child,  Robert  H.  Elliott,  born 
September  8,  7878,  and  now  living.  2.  Jesse 
H.,  born  September  it.  1854:  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  William,  born  November  26,  1857. 
died  May  29.  1858.  4.  Charles  S.,  born  July 
9,  1859,  proprietor  of  the  Middlesex  Machine 
Company  of  Lowell.  5.  William,  born  June 
2y,  1865,  died  Mav  9,  1866. 


(IX)  Jesse  Hazen  Shepard,  son  of  William 
Shepard  (8),  was  born  in  Lowell,  September 
II,  1854.  He  was  educated  in  Lowell  pub- 
lic schools  and  Warren  Academy  at  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  March  6,  1879,  he  married 
Fannie  A.  Long,  at  Hoosick  Falls,  New 
York,  daughter  of  David  W.  Long.  Had  one 
child,  William  Long  Shepard,  born  April  6, 
1880,  died  January  28,  1896.  In  1876  he  or- 
ganized the  firm  of  Shepard,  Russell  and  Ful- 
ler, and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business; 
this  firm  for  thirty  years  has  been  active  in 
buying,  selling  and  building  in  all  sections  of 
the  city  and  especially  in  the  Highlands,  where 
they  owned  many  acres  of  land,  laid  out  build- 
ing lots,  built  streets,  erected  houses  and 
were  largely  instrumental  in  the  successful 
growth  of  that  section.  In  1888  they  secured 
the  annexation  of  a  portion  of  Tewksbury  in- 
to Lowell  and  laid  out  a  section  of  nearly  two 
hundred  acres  into  building  lots,  naming  it 
the  Oaklands.  Streets  and  avenues  were  laid 
out  and  graded,  many  houses  were  erected 
and  in  three  years  the  assessed  valuation  of 
the  section  increased  more  than  half  a  mil- 
lion dollars.  He  has  been  an  active  member 
of  the  board  of  trade  from  its  organization, 
has  been  annually  re-elected  as  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  and  was  for  two  years 
its  president.  In  1892  he  helped  organize 
the  Middlesex  Co-operative  Bank  and  has 
been  its  president  since  that  time.  He  was 
formerly  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank, 
and  is  now  a  director  of  the  Appleton  National 
Bank.  He  attends  Eliot  Congregational 
Church,  and  is  active  in  its  business  affairs. 
Republican  in  politics,  member  of  Lowell  city 
council  in  1887  and  1888.  Is  a  Free  Mason 
a  member  of  several  masonic  bodies,  and  a 
member  of  the  Countrv  Club. 


Thomas  Williams,  immi- 
WILLL\MS     grant  ancestor  of  the  Groton 

family  of  this  name,  may 
have  been  a  son  or  closely  related  to  one  of  the 
earlier  pioneers  of  this  surname.  He  was 
probably  born  in  England,  however,  as  early 
as  1640,  and  is  first  heard  of  in  Groton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, when  he  married,  July  11,  1666, 
Mary  Holden.  He  died  Augus't  5,  1704.  He 
was  active  in  town  affairs  and  one  of  the  lead- 
ing citizens.  In  1676  he  and  the  town  clerk, 
James  Blanchard,  represented  Groton  in  a 
conference  concerning  the  building  and  main- 
tenance of  the  Billerica  bridge,  besides  Billerica 
and  Groton,  Dunstable  also  was  represented. 
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were:  i.  Thomas,  born  at  Groton,  March  17, 
1666-67,  mentioned  below.  2.  John,  born  No- 
vember 3,  1668.  3.  Mary,  born  February  3, 
1672.     4.  Hannah,  born  February  i,  1674-75. 

(II)  Thomas  WilHams,  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
and  Mary  (Holden)  Williams,  was  born  at 
Groton,  Massachusetts,  March  17,  1666-67. 
He    settled    there,    probably    on    his    father's 

homestead,    and    married    Elizabeth    . 

Their  children,  all  born  there,  were:  i.  Sarah, 
born  June  8,  1692.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  Febru- 
ary 21,  1694.  3.  Jason,  born  about  1696,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Isaac,  born  June,  1699.  5. 
Anna,  born  April  i,  1702,  married  Samuel 
Shattuck.     6.  Abigail,  born  July  5,  1704. 

(III)  Jason  Williams,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  Williams,  was  born  in  Groton, 
1696,  and  settled  in  that  place.  He  was  a  sub- 
scriber to  the  fund  for  building  a  school  house 
July  10,  1739.  Children:  i.  Jason,  born  De- 
cember 25,  1721,  mentioned  below.  2.  Josiah, 
born  August  9.  1725.  3.  Mary.  4.  Isaiah,  born 
May  II,  1734.    4.  Josiah,  born  Ajpril  4,  1735. 

(IV)  Jason  Williams,  Jr.,  son  of  Jason  Wil- 
liams (3),  was  born  at  Groton,  Massachusetts, 
December  25,  1721.  His  gravestone  at  Groton 
shows  that  he  died  December  8,  1774,  in  his 
fifty-third  year.  He  married,  April  5,  1749, 
Jemima  Nutting,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Mary  (Green)  Nutting.  She  was  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1720.  Her  father  was  one  of  the 
prominent  citizens  of  the  town.  Jason  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Groton.  Children:  i.  Jemima,  born  Oc- 
tober 10,  1749.  2.  EHzabeth,  born  March  14, 
1751-  3-  Jason,  born  October  5,  1752.  4. 
Daniel,  born  February  17,  1754.  5.  Simeon, 
born  June  10,  1758.  6.  Eunice,  born  July  23, 
1760.  7.  Levi,  born  January  26,  1762.  8. 
Jacob,  born  August  28,  1765,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Jacob  Williams,  son  of  Jason  and 
Jemima  (Nutting)  Williams,  was  born  at  Gro- 
ton, August  28,  1765,  died  there  May  2,  1829. 
He  married  Hannah  Shepley,  who  was  bom 
August  26,  1 76 1,  and  died  November  25, 
1826,  a  sister  of  John  Shepley,  Sr.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  the  second  com- 
pany of  Colonel  Read's  regiment  in  1776.  This 
company  was  called  the  North  End  Company 
of  Groton.  Children:  i.  Josiah  Sawtell,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Dr.  Jacob,  born  July  16, 
1789:  married  (first)  Irene  Locke,  who  died 
March  11,  1831 ;  (second),  Betsey  Wakefield, 
of  Biddeford,  Maine.  3.  Mary,  died  March  27, 
1872, unmarried.  4.  Samuel,  died  May  2,  1879. 
5-  Asa,  died  June  21,  1874,  aged  eighty-two, 
unmarried.  6.  James,  died  August  i,  1852, 
aged     sixty-three,     unmarried.      7.   Hannah, 


died  January  5,  1881,  aged  eighty-three  years, 
six  months;  married  .\bel  Prescott.  8.  Rich- 
mond, bom  January  12,  1803,  died  (Jctober 
6.  1842;  married,  .April  25.  1832,  Susanna 
Shattuck. 

(VT)  Josiah  Sawtell  Williams,  eldest  son  of 
Jacob  (5)  and  Hannah  (Shepley)  Williams, 
was  born  November  9,  1781,  died  December 
17,  1865.  He  was  named  for  Colonel  Josiah 
Sawtell,  of  Groton.  He  lived  where  Samuel 
P.  Williams,  his  grandson,  lived  later.  He  re- 
ceived a  good  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  became  a  school  teacher.  "He  was  stout, 
strong-built  and  weighty,  withal,"  writes  Mr. 
Green,  the  Groton  historian,  "and,  consequent- 
ly, was  called  on  to  teach  some  very  difficult 
schools,  both  in  Groton  and  adjoining  towns. 
He  never  failed  to  go  through  with  the  schools 
in  a  winter,  though  the  school  terms  were  gen- 
erally short."  He  was  brought  up  on  a  farm, 
followed  farming  between  terms  of  school  and 
finally  devoted  all  his  time  to  agriculture.  His 
place  was  on  the  Qiipopee  road  in  the  north 
part  of  the  town  and  comprised  about  fifty 
acres.  He  was  Orthodox  in  religion ;  belonged 
to  the  state  militia ;  was  a  member  of  the  school 
committee  of  Groton,  an  active,  upright,  able 
and  influential  citizen.  He  married,  November 
20,  1804,  Lydia  Simonds,  born  September  8, 
1784,  died  June  25,  1865.  Their  children:  i. 
Josiah,  born  June,  1805,  married  Olive  Wake- 
field, who  died  November  12,  1832 ;  married 
(second),  Elizabeth  M.  Mansfield.  February 
-5'  1835:  Josiah  died  January  23,  1847. 
2.  Lydia,  born  January,  1807,  died  Au- 
gust I,  1878;  married,  November  24, 
1825,  Leonard  Farwell,  and  lived  at 
Nashua.  3.  Rufus,  born  September  6,  1808, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Mary,  bom  February  2, 
1812,  died  May  i,  1896;  married  Warren  F. 
Stone,  who  died  February  5,  1858 ;  he  was  a 
prominent  citizen,  a  school  teacher,  and  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court.  5.  Sarah  F.. 
who  was  a  school  teacher  at  Chicopee.  South 
Braintree  and  Groton,  Massachusetts :  mar- 
ried, November  28,  1850,  Dr.  Luther  F.  Locke, 
of  Nashua,  in  which  city  her  death  occurred 
May  5,  1861. 

(VII)  Rufus  Williams,  son  of  Josiah  Saw- 
tell and  Lydia  (Simonds)  Williams,  was  born 
in  Groton,  September  6,  1808.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  working  meanwhile  on  his  father's 
farm.  He  was  particularly  interested  in  fruit 
culture  and  became  expert  in  budding,  grafting 
and  raising  tree  stock.  He  bought  a  farm  in 
Groton  when  a  young  man  and  conducted  it 
with  profit.     After  his  marriage  he  bought  the 


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old  Sawtell  farm  of  sixty  acres,  besides  his 
farm  and  nursery.  He  was  a  dealer  in  rough 
and  sawed  lumber  and  owned  considerable 
woodland  in  and  near  Groton.  After  culti- 
vating the  Sawtell  place  twenty  years  he  ex- 
changed it  for  the  farm  known  as  the  Blood 
Place  and  owned  by  Albert  F.  Parkhurst,  situ- 
ate in  the  northern  part  of  the  town  and  con- 
taining one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres. 
He  sold  part  of  the  land  and  built  a  new  house 
in  which  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
attended  the  Groton  Congregational  church. 
In  his  later  life  he  was  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  served  the  town  at  various  times  in  posi- 
tions of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  married 
Margaret  Shattuck  Hartwell,  daughter  of  Ol- 
iver and  Rachel  (Shattuck)  Hartwell.  She 
died  at  Groton,  September  i6,  1878.  Children : 
I.  Sarah  Margaret,  born  at  Stetson,  Maine, 
August  8,  1834;  died  at  Groton,  September 
14,  1852.  2.  George  Henry,  born  May  4, 
1836;  married,  November  20,  1861,  Susan  A. 
Eaton,  of  Framingham,  Massachusetts  ;  he  was 
killed  near  Dallas,  Georgia,  in  the  Civil  war. 
May  25,  1864;  member  of  Company  E,  Thirty- 
third  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteers. 
Child,  Lina  Louise,  bom  November  27,  1863, 
died  July  2,  1870.  3.  Marcelina  Phoenicia, 
born  July  4,  1839,  married,  April  15,  1862,  Al- 
bert F.  Parkhurst,  of  Dunstable  and  Groton; 
child,  Alice  Theresa  Parkhurst,  married  Gar- 
diner Rockwood,  of  Groton,  and  has  three 
children;  Horace  H.,  Ruth  and  Christine.  4. 
Adelaide  Louise,  born  December  16,  1841, 
married  David  H.  Cochrane,  of  Brookline, 
New  Hampshire,  November  26,  1865;  child, 
Earle  Wadley  Cochrane.  5.  Frances  Adelia, 
born  August  28,  1843  ;  married,  March  9,  1865, 
Albert  Lawrence  Blood,  of  Groton.  6.  Asa, 
married  Caroline  Adams,  of  Townsend,  Mas- 
sachusetts;  children:  Guy,  Ethel,  Arthur, 
Eleanor,  Myron  and  Richard  G.  7.  Josiah 
Sawtell,  born  xA.ugust  13,  1848,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VIII)  Josiah  Sawtell  Williams,  third  son 
and  seventh  child  of  Rufus  (7),  and  Margaret 
H.  (Shattuck)  Williams,  was  born  in  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  August  13,  1848.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  Lawrence  Academy  in 
Groton,  When  eighteen  years  old  he  also  be- 
gan to  teach  school.  In  the  next  few  years 
he  had  schools  at  Groton  and  at  Brookline, 
New  Hampshire.  Between  terms  of  school  he 
was  selling  agent  of  the  Massachusetts  Life  In- 
surance Company  of  Boston  for  three  years. 
About  1869  he  removed  to  Townsend,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brother  Asa  to  carry  on  a  general  store  busi- 


ness. After  two  years  he  sold  out  to  his  part- 
ner, and  in  1872  took  charge  of  the  farm  at 
Nobscot,  F"ramingham,  Massachusetts,  owned 
by  his  wife's  father,  Elbridge  G.  Eaton.  He 
succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the  farm  later 
and  has  added  to  it  large  tracts  of  woodland, 
from  which  he  cuts  timber.  He  also  makes  a 
specialty  of  market  gardening,  finding  an  ex- 
cellent market  for  small  fruits  and  vegetables 
in  Boston.  His  farm  was  formerly  known  as 
the  old  Brackett  Place. 

When  the  post  office  was  established  at  the 
village  of  Nobscot  he  was  appointed  postmas- 
ter and  served  fifteen  years  in  that  position. 
He  attends  the  Plymouth  Congregational 
Church  at  Framingham  Centre.  In  politics 
Mr.  Williams  is  a  Republican,  and  has  served 
on  various  occasions  as  delegate  to  state,  coun- 
cilor and  representative  conventions.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Framingham  school 
committee,  and  was  for  two  years  on  the  board 
of  assessors.  He  has  also  been  on  the  board 
of  fire  engineers,  and  town  constable.  He  was 
a  charter  member  of  the  Framingham  Grange, 
No.  II 13,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  was  lecturer 
for  that  body,  and  now  master  of  the  degree 
staiif.  He  is  a  member  and  has  been  one  of 
the  trustees  of  the  Middlesex  South  Agricul- 
tural Society.  He  served  eight  years  in  Com- 
pany B,  Sixth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  and  was  for  three  years  captain 
of  the  company. 

He  married,  September  28,  1871,  Mary  Ella 
Prentice  Eaton,  who  was  born  January  19, 
1850,  daughter  of  Elbridge  Gerry  and  Lydia 
Kingsbury  (Brackett)  Eaton,  of  Framingham. 
Her  father  was  a  carpenter  and  farmer,  prom- 
inent in  the  militia,  active  member  of  Plymouth 
church,  and  a  Republican.  Their  children  :  i. 
Bertha  Louise,  born  September  2,  1873,  mar- 
ried, November  15,  1892,  John  Minot  Harring- 
ton, of  Framingham  ;  children :  i.  Helen  Ten- 
ney,  born  May  24,  1894;  ii.  Catherine,  bom 
April  20,  1900;  iii.  Margaret  Williams,  born 
April  28,  1904.  2.  Carleton  Hartwell,  bora 
Mtiy  9,  1875  ;  married,  August  18,  1898,  Fan- 
nie Louise  Bigelow,  of  Framingham  ;  children  : 
i.  Philip  Loraine,  born  May  6,  1901 ;  ii.  Grace, 
born  April  2,  1906.  3.  Gladys  Idella,  bora 
February  2,  1877,  married,  December  28,  1898, 
I'Ved  E.' Barrett.  4.  Harold  Gerry,  born  July 
12,  1879,  florist,  Sudbury,  Massachusetts.  5. 
Laurence  Lincoln,  born  February  13,  1882, 
resides  with  parents.  6.  Meredith  Gilbert, 
born  March  25,  1884,  graduate  of  Bates  Col- 
lege, teacher  in  high  school,  Abington,  Massa- 
chusetts. 


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Thomas  Davenport,  im- 
DAVENPORT  migrant  ancestor  of  this 
family,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land. He. settled  in  Dorchester  in  New  Eng- 
land before  November  20,  1640,  when  the 
records  show  he  was  a  member  of  the  church 
there.  His  wife  joined  the  church  March  8, 
1644.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  18, 
1642,  and  was  constable  in  1670.  His  dwell- 
ing house  was  on  the  east  slope  of  Mt.  Bow- 
doin,  near  the  corner  of  Bowdoin  street  and 
Union  avenue,  Dorchester,  now  part  of  Bos- 
ton. He  bought  a  house  and  land  of  William 
Pigrom,  November  25,  1653,  and  more  land 
February  5,  1665,  of  William  Blake.  He  left 
the  homestead  to  his  youngest  son  John  after 
the  death  of  widow.  He  died  November  9, 
1685:  his  widow  October  4,  1691.  His  will 
was  dated  July  24,  1683,  and  in  it  he  calls 
himself  aged.  The  estate  was  valued  at  three 
hundred  and  thirty-two  pounds,  sixteen  shill- 
ings and  eightpence.  Children:  i.  Sarah, 
born  December  28,  1643,  married  Samuel 
Jones.  2.  Thomas,  baptized  March  2,  1645, 
killed  in  King  Philip's  war  at  the  Narragan- 
sett  Fort,  December  19,  1675,  in  Captain 
Johnson's  company.  3.  Alary,  baptized 
January  21,  1649,  married  Samuel  Maxfield. 
4.  Charles,  baptized  September  7,  1652.  5. 
Abigail,  baptized  July  8,  1655.  6.  Mehitable, 
born  February  14,  1657.  7.  Jonathan,  born 
March  6,  1659.  8.  Ebenezer,  born  April  26, 
1661.  9.  John,  bom  October  20,  1664,  men- 
tioned below. 

(H)  John  Davenport,  son  of  Thomas 
Davenport  ( i),  was  born  at  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, October  20,  1664,  died  at  Milton, 
March  21,  1725.  His  wife  Naomi  died  Janu- 
ary 7,  1739,  probably  daughter  of  Timothy 
Foster,  of  Dorchester,  born  February  11, 
1668.  John  inherited  the  homestead  at  Dor- 
chester after  the  death  of  his  parents  accord- 
ing to  his  father's  bequest,  but  he  removed  to 
the  adjoining  town  of  Milton  in  1706,  his 
name  appearing  on  the  tax  list  in  1707.  He 
lived  on  the  old  Isaac  Davenport  estate  as  his 
farm  has  been  known  in  later  years  from  the 
name  of  his  descendant,  Isaac.  His  children 
are  mentioned  in  his  will.  Children:  all  born 
in  Dorchester,  except  the  youngest:  i.  John, 
born  June  10,  1695,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Samuel,  born  October  20,  1697,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Ephraim,  baptized  August  6,  1699, 
buried  February  25,  1774,  unmarried.  4. 
Joseph,  born  August  30,  1701,  married  Sarah 
Ware.  5.  Stephen,  born  October  8.  1703, 
married  Thankful  Bent.  6.  Mehitable,  born 
August   30,    1705.   married  James   Mears,   of 


Roxbury.  7.  Benjamin,  born  at  Milton, 
August  12,  1707. 

(Ill)  John  Davenport,  son  of  John  Daven- 
port (2),  was  born  at  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, June  ID,  1695,  died  at  Stoughton,  July 
20,  1778.  He  married,  June  10,  1725,  at  Mil- 
ton, Mary  Bent,  daughter  of  Joseph,  bap- 
tized January  28,  1699,  died  July  20,  1768. 
Children,  born  in  Stoughton,  now  Canton, 
Massachusetts:  i.  Mary,  born  November  19, 
1729,  married  Joseph  Houghton.  2.  Miriam, 
born  April  15,  1732,  married  February  23, 
1749,  Ebenezer  Billings.  3.  Mariah,  born 
November  13,  1735,  married,  March  23,  1754, 
Isaac  F"enno,  Jr.  4.  John,  Jr.,  born  Novem- 
ber I,  1737,  mentioned  below.  5.  Mehitable, 
born  April  30,  1740,  married,  January  6,  1757, 
Oliver  Billings,  of  Dorchester. 

(HI)  Samuel  Davenport,  son  of  John 
Davenport  (2),  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1697,  and  died  in  Mendon,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  29,  1773.  He  married  Re- 
becca Craft,  who  was  born  in  Milton,  Febru- 
ary 9,  1699,  and  died  in  Mendon,  September 
23-  '^777-  Their  first  two  children  were  born 
in  Roxbury,  the  others  in  Milton.  He  gave 
his  Milton  homestead  to  his  eldest  son  and 
removed  to  Mendon  about   1741.     Children: 

I.  Samuel,  Jr.,  born  September  i,  1720,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Rebecca,  born  May  3,  1723, 
married  Jonathan  Wadsworth.  3.  Abigail, 
born  April  15,  1726,  died  July  7,  1738.  4. 
Sarah,  born  July  22,  1730,  died  July  21,  1738. 
5.  Benjamin,  born  February  4,  1733,  died 
June  30,  1738.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  April  2, 
1736,  died  July  4,  1806;  married  James  Lov- 
ett,  of  Mendon.  ■  7.  Seth,  born  November  2, 
1739,  ancestor  of  the  Mendon  Davenports. 

(IV)  John  Davenport,  son  of  John  Daven- 
port (3),  was  born  at  Canton,  Massachusetts, 
November  i,  1737,  died  at  Stoughton,  April 
25.  1776.  He  married,  1759.  Lois  Badlam.  of 
Weymouth,  who  died  at  Stoughton,  February 

II,  1809,  aged  seventy-two  years.  Many  de- 
scendants reside  in  and  about  Canton.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Canton:  i.  Mary,  born  No- 
vember 9,  1757.  2.  Jesse,  born  October  14, 
1 76 1,  mentioned  later  at  length.  3.  Hannah, 
born  May  9,  1764.  4.  John,  born  January  16, 
1767,  married  Lucy  Lewis.  5.  Lois,  born 
September  16,  1768.  6.  Mehitable,  born  April 
22,  1771.  7.  Sarah,  born  June  5,  1773.  8. 
Samuel,  born  August  23,  1776. 

(IV)  Samuel  Davenport,  Jr.,  son  of  Samuel 
Davenport  (3),  was  born  at  Milton,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  i,  1720,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  1793.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade 
and  carried  on  business  in  Milton.  He  was  one 


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of  the  jury  that  tried  Captain  Preston  on  ac- 
count of  the  Boston  massacre.  November  27. 
1770.  He  is  the  progenitor  of  most  of  the 
Suffolk  and  Norfolk  county  lines.  He  mar- 
ried, June  4,  1741,  Sarah  Whiting,  of  Ded- 
hami.  She  died  June  1 1,  1764.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), September  24.  1769.  Sarah  Tuck- 
er, widow  of  Nathaniel  Tucker.  Chil- 
dren of  Samuel,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  (Whit- 
ing) .Davenport:  i.  Lemuel,  born  March 
10,  1742,  married,  October  4,  1764, 
Patience  Stone,  of  Stoughton.  2.  Sarah, 
born  July  29,  1744,  married,  1761,  John  Cre- 
hore,  of  Milton.  3.  Nathaniel,  born  .\pril  12, 
1747,  mentioned  below.  4.  Abigail,  born  .'\u- 
gust  16.  1749,  married,  July  6,  1769,  Lemuel 
Gay.  5.  Kufus.  born  January  19,  1752,  died 
April  12,  1752.  6.  Isaac,  born  November  12, 
1753-  7-  Mehitable,  born  April  14,  1759, 
married,  1777,  John  Vose,  of  Milton. 

(V)  Jesse  Davenport,  son  of  John  Daven- 
port (4),  was  born  at  Canton,  Massachusetts, 
October  14,  1761.  Married  Hannah  Crane, 
January  12,  1784.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  in  Captain  Samuel  Holden's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Ebenezer  Thayer's  regiment 
(Suffolk  county),  in  1780.  raised  to  reinforce 
the  Northern  army.  Children,  born  at  Can- 
ton: I.  Nancy,  born  December  16,  1784, 
married  Nathaniel  Davenport  (6),  mentioned 
below.  2.  Catherine,  February  15,  1787.  3. 
John,  June  4,  1789.  4.  Hannah  Crane,  De- 
cember 8.  1 71)1.  5.  Silas,  October  8,  1794.  6. 
Jesse,  Jr.,  .\pril  22,  1798. 

(V)  Nathaniel  Davenport,  son  of  Samuel 
Davenport  (4),  was  born  at  Milton,  .A^pril  12, 
1747,  died  June  13,  1813.  He  was  a  butcher 
by  trade  and  conducted  business  in  the  Bos- 
ton market.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, a  private  in  Captain  Josiah  Vose's  com- 
pany that  guarded  the  coast  in  1776.  He 
married,  February,  1767,  Lydia  Stone,  of 
Stoughton,  who  was  born  July  25,  1747, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Lydia  Stone.  Chil- 
dren: I.  .Samuel,  born  April  9,  1769,  died 
young.  2.  Phinehas,  March  9.  1772.  3. 
Avis.  4.  .Avis.  May  3,  1779,  married,  Decem- 
ber, 1794,  Dr.  Benjamin  Turner,  of  Milton.  5. 
Nathaniel,  born  March  7,  1781,  mentioned 
below. 

(VT)  Nathaniel  Davenport,  son  of  Nathan- 
iel Davenport  (5),  was  born  at  Milton,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  7,  1781,  and  died  May  5, 
1863.  FTis  children  were  de^^cended  as  is  shown 
by  the  lineage  both  through  mother  and 
father  from  Thomas  Davenport,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor.    He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 


lic schools  of  Milton  and  at  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover.  He  began  life  as  a  farmer  on  the 
homestead  at  Milton,  owned  by  the  family 
since  1706,  but  which  he  afterward  sold  to 
Augustus  Heminway,  father  of  the  donor  of 
the  Heminway  tiymnasium  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. Mr.  Davenport  made  a  specialty  of 
ffower  culture  and  sale.  He  was  the  first  man 
in  the  town  to  make  the  cultivation  of  flowers 
a  special  vocation,  beginning  in  1827  and 
carrying  on  the  business  of  florist  for  full 
thirty  years.  His  greenhouses  were  on  Can- 
ton avenue.  He  was  a  Unitarian  in  religion, 
a  Whig  and  finally  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  married  Nancy  Davenport,  daughter  of 
Jesse  Davenport,  (5),  who  died  March  I, 
1865.  Children:  1.  Nancy,  born  March  3, 
i8oi,  married,  January  11,  1821,  Jason  W. 
Houghton,  of  Milton.  2.  George,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1805,  married,  November  30,  1828, 
Harriet  C.  Davenport,  daughter  of  Elijah 
Davenport.  3.  Lewis,  born  September  25, 
1808,  married,  December  g,  1834,  Margaret 
L.  Babcock,  of  Milton.  4.  Nathaniel  T.,  born 
January  8,  181 1,  married,  January  29,  1834, 
Sarah  Dunham,  of  Milton.  5.  Lydia,  born 
I'^ebruary  22,  1814,  married,  July  20,  1837, 
James  Breck,  of  Milton.  6.  Edward,  born 
.\ugust  21,  1816.  married,  September  27, 
1855,  Sarah  M.  Sampson.  7.  Edwin,  born 
.•\ugust  2r,  1816,  married,  February  14,  1855, 
Ellen  M.  Bennett.  8.  Henry  Seth,  born  June 
27,  1819.  9.  Fred  Jason,  born  January  5, 
1824.  married,  October  6,  1845.  Hannah  M. 
Cutting.  10.  Lyman,  born  June  26,  1829, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Lyman  Davenport,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Davenport  (6),  was  born  at  Milton,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  26,  1829,  died  August  4,  1900. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
started  in  his  business  career  in  the  employ 
of  George  Greene,  at  Milton.  He  soon  left 
that  position  to  work  for  his  brother  Lewis, 
a  florist.  About  1862  he  was  appointed  city 
forester  of  Boston  and  filled  that  position 
four  years.  He  then  engaged  in  the  business 
of  florist  on  his  own  account,  growing  roses 
for  the  Boston  market.  He  sold  out  his  busi- 
ness in  1890  to  Charles  Rogers,  a  Boston 
florist,  and  removed  to  South  Framingham  to 
live  with  his  son,  Harrie  L.  Davenport,  and 
there  he  spent  his  last  years,  free  from  the 
cares  of  business.  Air.  Davenport  was  a  Uni- 
tarian in  religion.  In  politics  a  Republican. 
He  filled  the  office  of  member  of  the  school 
committee  in  Milton.  He  married,  November 
29,  1855,  Harriette  Low  Blaney,  born  April  27, 


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663 


1832,  at  Boston,  died  at  South  Franiiiigham. 
February  24,  1906,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Abigail  Miller  (Bowman)  Blaney,  of  Boston. 
Benjamin  was  a  mason  by  trade  ;  manufactured 
and  installed  furnaces  and  heaters:  was  cap- 
tain 151  the  volunteer  fire  department;  repre- 
sented his  district  in  the  general  court.  Chil- 
<lrcn:  1.  Harriette  Louise,  born  July  7,  1857, 
died  April  28,  1859.  2.  Lyman,  Jr.,  born 
April  13,  i860,  died  December  19,  i860.  3. 
Harrie  Lyman,  born  January  17,  1862,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Edith  Blaney.  born  Octo- 
ber 29,  1865,  died  November  20,  1866.  5. 
Mabel  Blaney,  born  July  9,  1868,  died  Janu- 
ary 29.  1882. 

(\TII)  Harrie  Lyman  Davenport,  son  of 
Lyinan  (7)  and  Harriette  Low  (Blaney) 
Davenport,  was  born  at  Alilton,  Massachu- 
setts, January  17.  1862,  on  the  original 
Davenport  estate  held  by  the  family  since 
1707.  He  was  educated  at  the  Chauncy  Hall 
School,  Boston,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1880.  He  entered  the  employ  of  Houghton, 
Coolidge  &  Company,  manufacturers  of  boots 
and  shoes.  High  street,  Boston,  in  the  same 
year,  and  in  1882  was  transferred  to  the  Para 
Rubber  Shoe  Company  plant  at  South  Frani- 
ingham.  of  which  Houghton,  Coolidge  & 
Company  were  the  selling  agents.  At  the 
rubber  mills  Mr.  Davenport  acted  as  the 
purchasing  agent  of  the  company,  a  position 
which  he  filled  until  the  mills  were  closed 
some  ten  years  later.  In  1889  the  South 
Framingham  Co-operative  Bank  was  organ- 
ized, pnncipally  among  the  employees  of  the 
Rubber  Company,  and  Mr.  Davenport  was 
elected  its  treasurer,  a  ])Osition  which  he 
holds  at  the  present  time.  He  is  also  the 
treasurer  of  Westborough  Insane  Hospital,  a 
state  institution  located  at  Westborough, 
Massachusetts,  being  appointed  to  that  office 
in  1895.  In  1907  he  was  elected  one  of  the 
members  of  the  first  board  of  water  commis- 
sioners of  the  town  of  Framingham,  being 
its  secretary  and  also  acting  as  water  registrar. 
Mr.  Davenport  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Ma.- 
son,  being  a  member  of  Massachusetts  Consis- 
tory and  subordinate  Scottish  Rite  lodges  of 
Boston,  and  a  member  of  Alpha  Lodge,  A.  F. 
and  A.  M.  and  Concord  Royal  Arch  Chapter, 
of  South  Framingham.  and  Natick  Command- 
ery  of  Natick.  He  married.  November  14,  1897, 
Helen  Cliff,  born  April  28.  1878.  daughter  of 
James  S.  and  Jennie  (Dykemani  ClifT,  of 
Lower  Line.  Queensburv.  York  county. 
New  Brunswick,  Canada.  Children:  i.  Edith 
Qiflf,  born  July  5,  1899.  2.  Harriet  Qiflf,  born 
January  30,  1902. 


Thomas  Gerry,  the  immigrant 
GERRY     ancestor,  is  said  to  have  been  of 

Irish  ancestry.  He  was  born  in 
1638.  Two  immigrants  of  this  surname  came 
to  Massachusetts  early, — Dennis  Gerry, 
who  settled  at  Saugus,  but  died  in  1637  and 
provided  for  the  return  of  his  wife  and 
daughters  to  England;  and  William 
Gerry,  who  settled  in  Salem  about  1638, 
and  left  sons  and  daughters.  Thomas 
Gerry  lived  for  a  time  in  Reading 
where  he  owned  land,  but  about  1668  settled 
in  Charlestown  End,  now  Stoneham.  Dean 
tells  us  that  he  was  a  boatswain  on  an  English 
man-of-war;  that  when  in  Boston  he  fell  in 
company  with  Patrick  Hay,  a  Scotch- 
man, and  they  decided  to  settle  in  this  country. 
He  w-as  allowed  to  leave  his  ship  on  condition 
that  he  return  to  service  if  war  with  France 
broke  out.  The  historian  of  Stoneham  names 
Gerry  first  in  the  list  of  founders  of  that  town. 
In  1678  the  inhabitants  were  Thomas  "Gery," 
John  Gould,  Sr.,  John  Gould,  Jr.,  William 
Rogers,  Thomas  Cutler  and  Matthew  Smith. 
"The  monuments  that  survived  them  were  the 
fields  they  cleared,  the  walls  they  built  and  the 
families  they  reared.  The  records  have  saved 
a  little  and  tradition  some  more."  Gerry  made 
his  clearing  and  built  a  house  just  beyond  the 
northern  slope  of  Farm  hill,  on  or  near  the 
present  High  street,  and  had  his  home  there 
during  King  Philip's  war.  As  early  as  1668 
he  was  complained  of  for  cutting  an  acre  of 
grass  without  authority  in  Qiarlestown  mea- 
dows. Thomas  Gerry  was  a  soldier  in  King 
Philip's  war,  impressed  as  soldiers  in  Captain 
Hutchinson's  company.  Gerry  was  third  on 
the  list  of  subscribers  for  the  new  Charlestown 
meeting  house  in  1688.  He  was  at  the  same 
time  a  cunning  and  courageous  man.  It  is  re- 
lated that  on  a  certain  occasion,  having  risen 
early  in  the  morning,  his  attention  was  at- 
tracted by  the  suspicious  movements  of  an  In- 
dian lying  concealed  behind  a  log,  and  having 
reason  to  believe  that  he  was  lying  in  wait  for 
him,  but  not  caring  unnecessarily  to  expose 
himself,  he  extended  through  the  partly  open 
door  his  coat  and  hat  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
draw  the  arrow  of  the  unwary  savage,  and 
the  next  instant  the  ball  had  whizzed  from  his 
unerring  musket  with  fatal  effect.  Fearing  the 
vengeance  of  the  tribe  should  they  discover  the 
dead  body,  he  buried  it  in  his  own  cellar.  On 
another  occasion,  as  the  story  goes,  he  had 
been  away  from  home  one  winter's  day  cutting 
wood,  and  on  his  return,  just  after  dark,  stop- 
ped at  the  house  of  his  neighbor.  Thomas  Cut- 
ler, who  invited  him  to  remain  and  spend  the 


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night,  urging  upon  him  the  danger  of  proceed- 
ing, as  a  pack  of  wolves  had  been  heard  in  the 
neighborhood.  Mr.  Gerry,  however,  thought 
of  his  family  and  their  anxiety  if  he  failed  to 
return,  so  he  declined  the  invitation,  shouldered 
his  ax  and  set  forth  again.  He  had  gone  but 
a  short  distance  when  he  was  attacked  by  the 
wolves.  With  his- back  against  a  big  tree,  he 
fought  the  hungry  pack  with  his  sharp  ax  and 
finally  drove  them  away.  When  he  returned 
to  the  scene  of  the  battle  next  day,  he  found 
the  carcasses  of  four  wolves.  He  died  in  No- 
vember, i6go,  on  the  return  of  the  Phipps  Ex- 
pedition against  Canada.  His  descendants 
have  held  a  prominent  place  in  every  genera- 
tion since  in  the  town  he  helped  to  establish 

in  the  wilderness.     He  married  Sarah  — , 

who  survived  him.  The  inventory  shows  an 
estate  valued  at  one  hundred  and  fifty-nine 
pounds.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  mentioned 
below.     2.    Benjamin,  of  Lynn. 

(H)  Thomas  Gerry,  son  of  Thomas  Gerry 
(i),  was  born  about  1670.  He  bought  land  at 
Charlestown  in  1703-04,  and  various  lots  of 
land  from  1708  to  1725,  probably  in  what  is 
now  Stoneham.  June  26,  1710,  the  selectmen 
of  Charlestown  put  on  record  that  they  "have 
ordered  and  impowered  Henry  Green  and 
Thomas  Gary,  both  inhabitants  of  Charlestown, 
to  demand  and  receive  of  every  person  that  shall 
lay  any  cord  on  either  part  of  said  bank  that 
belongeth  to  Charlestown,  except  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Charlestown  the  sum  of  three  pence 
per  cord."  (to  protect  the  fisheries).  He  mar- 
ried, April  10,  1701,  Hannah  Streeter,  of  Read- 
ing, Children:  Captain  Benjamin:  and  Thom- 
as, Jr,,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Thomas  Gerry,  son  of  Thomas  Gerry 
(2),  was  born  in  Stoneham  about  1702.  Pos- 
sibly Hannah  Streeter  was  his  father's  second 
wife.  He  was  of  age  and  a  taxpayer  in  1725, 
when  his  father  and  cousin  of  the  same  name 
were,  also  living  there.  He  married  .A.bigail 
Vinton,  who  was  born  at  Reading,  December 
28,  1704,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Vinton,  a 
leading  man  and  the  largest  land  owner  of 
Stoneham.  Children  :  i.  David,  born  at  Stone- 
ham, November  27,  1728,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Thomas,  born  1732,  married  (first)  Jane  Wil- 
der, of  Lancaster,  .April  22,  1756;  (second), 
October  24,  1765,  Priscilla  Jewett,  of  Lancas- 
ter :  settled  at  Chocksett  in  Lancaster.  He  wa.s 
a  .soldier  in  the  Revolution  from  Stoneham  in 
Captain  Isaac  Hall's  company.  Lieutenant  Col- 
onel William  Bond's  regiment,  in  1775  and 
1776.     3.    John. 

(IV)  David  Gerry,  son  of  Thomas  (ierry 
(3),    was    burn    at    Stoneham,    November    27. 


1728,  and  married,  March  30,  1748,  Keziah 
Holden,  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  the 
town  of  Stoneham.  Samuel  Holden  came  to 
Stoneham  from  Groton  in  1690.  He  was  the 
son  of  the  immigrant,  Richard  Holden,  who 
was  born  in  England  in  1607,  settled  at  Water- 
town,  then  Wobum,  then  Groton,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  at  Groton,  March  i,  1696.  The 
Holdens  left  Groton  on  account  of  King 
Philip's  war,  and  Samuel  died  there  in  1739, 
aged  eighty-eight  years.  The  Holdens  owned 
an  extensive  territory  in  the  southwest  part 
of  Stoneham  and  easterly  of  Bear  Hill.  Many 
of  the  family  achieved  prominence  in  later 
generations.  Children  of  David  and  Keziah 
Gerry:  i.  David,  born  September  3,  1751, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Reuben,  grandfather  of 
Robert  Gerry,  of  Maiden. 

It  should  be  said  at  this  point  that,  notwith- 
standing the  similarity  of  names,  the  Stoneham 
family  is  not  related  to  the  family  from  which 
Elbridge  Gerry,  the  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  sprang.  Elbridge  Gerry, 
governor  of  Massachusetts,  vice-president  of 
the  LTnited  States  and  one  of  the  leading  men 
of  his  day  in  Massachusetts  and  the  nation, 
was  born  in  Marblehead,  July  17,  1744,  and 
died  November  23,  1814,  son  of  Thomas  Gerry, 
who  was  born  at  Newton  Abbot,  Devonshire, 
England,  March  15,  1702,  and  died  in  Marble- 
head,  whither  he  came  when  a  young  man ; 
he  was  captain  of  a  trading  vessel ;  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Greenleaf,  daughter  of  Russell 
and  Rebecca  (Elbridge)  Greenleaf.  Elbridge 
was  named  for  his  mother's  family.  The 
grandfather  of  Elbridge  was  Daniel  Gerry,  of 
Newton  Abbot. 

(V)  Captain  David  Gerry,  son  of  David 
Gerry  (4),  was  born  in  Stoneham,  September 
3,  1751.  Married  (first),  December  31,  1772, 
Elizabeth  Damon,  of  Reading;  (second),  1777, 
.Anna  Bucknam,  born  July  3,  1757,  daughter 
of  John  and  Anna  Bucknam,  of  Stoneham,  and 
sister  of  Nathan  Bucknam  :  he  married  (third), 
Sarah  Richardson,  a  descendant  of  Samuel 
Richardson,  one  of  the  founders  of  Woburn. 
(See  Richardson  sketch).  Her  lineage  is: 
Sarah  (6),  Caleb  (5),  Reuben  (4),  Joseph 
(3),  Joseph  (2),  Samuel  (i).  Captain  David 
died  in  Stoneham,  September  16,  1807.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  a  drummer  in 
Captain  Samuel  Sprague's  company  at  the 
Lexington  Call,  .April  19,  1775 :  private  in 
Captain  Jesse  Wyman's  company,  Colonel 
Josiah  Whitney's  regiment,  in  1777,  at  Point 
Judith  in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign ;  private 
in  Captain  Edward  Richardson's  company. 
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1779,  serving  at  North  river,  King's  Ferry  and 
elsewhere  in  New  York ;  private  in  1780  in 
Captain  William  Green's  company,  Colonel 
Cyprian  How's  regiment.  It  is  possible  that 
some  of  this  service  should  be  credited  to  David 
Gerry,  his  father.  The  word  Jr.  is  applied 
carelessly.  One  record  makes  him  in  Captain 
Abraham  Gould's  company  in  1778,  and  calls 
him  Junior.  He  attained  the  rank  of  captain 
after  the  Revolution.  His  wife  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  Stoneham,  April  6,  1787.  He 
was  a  leading  citizen  of  the  town  many  years. 
He  died  May  17,  1807,  aged  fifty-six  years. 
His  widow,  Sarah,  died  thirty-two  years  after- 
ward, January  14,  1839,  aged  seventy. 

Child  of  Captain  David  and  Elizabeth  (Da- 
mon) Gerry:  i.  David,  born  March  26,  1773, 
deacon  of  the  Stoneham  church;  died  there 
January  4,  1853,  at  an  advanced  age.  Children 
of  Captain  David  and  Anna  (Bucknam) 
Gerry.  2.  Anna,  bom  December  29,  1777, 
married  Rufus  Richardson.  3.  Abner.  4. 
Betsey.  5.  Thomas.  6.  Zaccheus.  Children  of 
Captain  David  and  Sarah  (Richardson)  Gerry  : 
7.  Reuben,  bom  November  11,  1791,  married 
(published  September  28,  18 1 6,)  Sarah  Green, 
who  died  December  12,  1832;  married  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  Baker,  widow,  of  Ipswich ;  he 
died  1840,  a  noted  trader  at  Stoneham  and 
South  Reading,  Massachusetts,  and  Alton,  Il- 
linois. Children :  i.  Sarah,  born  February  10, 
1818;  ii.  Reuben,  Jr.,  born  April  20,  1820; 
iii.  Elizabeth  Andrews,  born  March  13,  1823 ; 
iv.  Ellen,  died  young ;  v.  Lyman,  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1832,  married Bonny,  Oxford, 

Maine.  8.  Elbridge,  born  August  20,  1793, 
mentioned  below.  9.  Joshua,  born  October 
12,  1795,  died  August  13,  1796.  10.  Sarah, 
bom  May  21,  1797,  married,  December  29, 
1814,  Captain  William  Willey,  who  was  born 
April  5,  1790,  son  of  Phineas  and  Susanna 
(Green)  Willey:  she  died  August  16,  1835  ;  he 
died  August  11,  1831  :  children:  i.  Sarah 
Willey,  born  .August  3,  1816,  died  August  5, 
1836 ;  ii.  William  Willey,  born  February  22, 
1818,  married.  May  14,  1841,  Mary  Allen; 
he  died  January  28,  1846 ;  iii.  Eliza  Willey, 
born  June  10,  1821,  married,  December  18, 
1845,  Lyman  Dike  (See  sketch)  ;  iv.  Mary 
Jane,  born  May  14,  1828,  married  John  Pike. 
II.  Caleb,  born  .August  9,  1799,  died  Septem- 
ber 27,  1 80 1.  12.  Eliza,  born  July  5,  1801, 
married,  June  5,  1823,  Joseph  Leeds ;  she  died 
January  19,  1824.  13.  Arad,  born  February 
28,  1804.  died  March  23,  1833;  married,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1826,  Sally  Lynde,  born  May  24,  1802 ; 
resided  at   Stoneham:  she  married    (second), 


September  24,    1835,   Peter  Green.      14.  Ira, 
born  June  29,  1806,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Colonel  Elbridge  Gerry,  son  of  David 
Gerry  (5),  was  born  in  Stoneham,  August  20, 
1793.  and  died  there  December  18,  1868.  He 
was  a  noted  sportsman,  a  citizen  of  wealth 
and  distinction ;  colonel  of  his  regiment  in  the 
state  militia  and  prominent  in  town  affairs. 
He  married  (first),  January  16,  1817,  Betsey 
Cowdrey,  daughter  of  Captain  George  Cow- 
drey.  She  was  born  July  2,  1794,  and 
died  April  20.  1826.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Minerva  (iriffin,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Griffin,  of  .\ndover.  She  was  born 
October  10,  1805.  He  married  (third) 
Catherine  Bryant  Gilson,  daughter  of 
Leonard  and  Sally  Gilson,  of  Stoneham,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1830.  Children  of  Colonel  Elbridge 
and  Betsey  Gerry:  i.  Mary  Stevens,  born 
September  2,  1818,  married  Alfred  Johnson 
Rhoades,  a  trader  in  Stoneham ;  child,  Mary 
Louise  Rhoades.  2.  Elbridge,  born  June  17, 
1825,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Ira  Gerry,  son  of  Captain  David 
Gerry  (5),  was  born  in  Stoneham,  June  29, 
1806.  Losing  his  father  when  he  was  nine 
months  old  he  had  the  good  fortune  to  grow 
up  under  the  influence  of  a  strong-minded  and 
affectionate  mother.  His  early  advantages 
were  limited,  and  he  obtained  only  the  meagre 
education  afforded  by  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  yet  in  after-life  he  became  a  man 
of  large  information,  sound  judgment,  and 
possessed  a  well-trained  mind.  He  had  barely 
reached  the  age  of  majority  when,  in  company 
with  his  brother  Arad,  he  opened  a  store  and 
commenced  the  manufacture  of  children's 
shoes,  remaining  with  him,  however,  only  a 
few  years  on  account  of  his  brother's  failing 
health,  after  which  he  continued  for  some  years 
alone,  till  1844,  when  his  own  physical  weak- 
ness compelled  him  to  close  up  his  business  and 
engage  in  pursuits  which  required  less  con- 
finenient  and  application.  About  this  time 
"Square"  Peter  Hay,  as  he  was  called,  died. 
Mr.  Hay  for  many  years  had  been  the  principal 
conveyancer  of  the  town,  and  after  his  death 
Mr.  Gerry  took  his  place,  and  gradually  ab- 
sorbed almost  all  the  business  of  this  character. 
The  deeds  and  wills  and  contracts  that  he 
wrote  during  the  remainder  of  his  life  would 
have  afforded  a  lucrative  office  practice  to  a 
well-established  lawyer.  In  addition  to  his 
occupation  as  a  conveyancer  and  a  considerable 
probate  business,  he  engaged  in  fire  insurance 
and  became  a  sound  and  prosperous  financier. 
He  was  repeatedly  called  to  fill  almost  every 


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office  within  the  gift  of  the  town,  and  at  the 
age  of  thirty  was  elected  a  representative  to 
the  general  co\irt. 

When  the  Stoneham  Five  Cents  Savings 
Bank  was  organized,  he  became  its  first  presi- 
dent, and  in  1862  its  treasurer,  which  office 
he  held  for  eleven  years,  and  under  his  able 
and  conservative  management  the  deposits  in- 
creased from  $g,ooo  to  a  quarter  of  a  million. 
In  financial  matters  and  business  Mr.  Gerry 
was  a  man  of  rare  judgment  and  sound  sense. 
He  was  a  safe  counselor  and  trusty  friend.  But 
few  men  in  any  community  ever  enjoyed  a 
more  universal  confidence  of  his  townsmen, 
which  prompted  them  constantly  to  seek  his 
advice  and  entrust  to  him  the  settlement  o? 
their  estates.  While  not  inclined  to  large  pub- 
lic benefactions,  or  to  much  display,  he  was  a 
man  of  scrupulous  honesty  and  a  lover  of  jus- 
tice. In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  though  a 
firm  believer  in  equal  rights.  In  the  bitter  anti- 
slavery  agitation  of  1837,  notwithstanding  his 
politics,  he  demanded  for  all  parties  the  right 
of  free  speech.  He  was  a  large  owner  and 
dealer  in  real  estate,  inheriting  from  his  father 
land  which  afterwards  became  some  of  the 
most  valuable  in  town.  Like  his  brother.  Col- 
onel Elbridge,  he  was  an  ardent  sportsman, 
and  from  his  gun  and  dog  derived  through  life 
the  greater  part  of  his  recreation.  Thoroughly 
conscientious,  he  combined  great  natural  cour- 
age with  gentleness,  and  possessed  feelings 
as  sensitive  as  tliose  of  a  woman.  He  was 
reared  a  Congregationalist  Orthodox,  but  in 
mature  life  became  liberal  in  his  faith,  and  tol- 
erant of  the  views  of  others.  When  first  in 
business,  like  most  of  their  contemporaries,  he 
and  his  brother  kept  a  stock  of  liquor  among 
their  goods,  but  becoming  convinced  of  the 
evils  of  intemperance,  and  the  dangers  attend- 
ing the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  they  closed 
them  out  and  determined  to  have  no  further 
connection  with  such  traffic.  He  died  Novem- 
ber 23,  1875,  i"  li's  seventieth  year.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1832,  Paulina  Gerry,  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert Gerry.  They  lived  together  for  forty-four 
years.     They  had  no  children. 

(VII)  Elbridge  Gerry,  son  of  Colonel  Gerry 
(6).  was  born  in  Stoneham,  June  17,  1825.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  in  Phillips  .Academy  at  .Andover, 
Massachusetts.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he 
became  a  clerk  in  his  father's  grocery  store.  He 
al.so  assisted  his  father  in  the  management  of 
the  farm.  Rut  most  of  Mr.  Gerry's  life  has 
been  spent  in  the  care  and  improvement  of 
the  family  estates  and  investments.  He  in- 
herited from  his  father  andgrandfatlier  a  fond- 


ness for  fishing  and  hunting,  and  until  his  age 
prevented  him  followed  these  sports  with  great 
zest  and  delight.  He  traveled  much  and  dur- 
ing his  rambles  in  various  parts  of  the  world, 
especially  in  this  country,  he  gathered  an  in- 
teresting collection  of  souvenirs  and  antiques. 
As  a  traveler  he  observed  as  well  as  enjoyed 
the  novelties  of  new  scenes  and  new  faces,  and 
he  has  a  wonderful  cosmopolitan  knowledge  of 
American,  history,  manners  and  customs.  He 
takes  much  pleasure  in  showing  his  trophies 
to  friends  and  visitors  who  are  in  turn  enter- 
tained by  the  many  unique  and  interesting  ob- 
jects in  his  possession.  Mr.  Gerry  has  always 
been  interested  in  the  public  affairs  of  his 
native  town  where  he  has  always  made  his 
home,  although  never  caring  for  public  honors 
and  responsibilities.  At  the  age  of  eighty-two 
he  retains  a  good  measure  of  health  with  fac- 
ulties unimpaired,  and  enjoys  the  fullest  re- 
spect and  confidence  of  his  townsmen. 

He  married  (first),  1846,  Catherine  Gilson, 
who  was  born  in  Stoneham  in  1828.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Susan  Scarlett,  of  Tewksbury, 
Massachusetts.  The  only  child  of  Elbridge  and 
Susan  (Scarlett)  Gerry  was:  Elbridge,  Jr., 
born  April  3,  1866,  who  married  Sarah  Long- 
more  ;  no  issue. 


(For  earl.\  tiriieral  ions  see  Tliom^s  (3).) 

(I\')  Nathaniel  Gerry,  son  of 
GERRY  Thomas  Gerry  (3),  grandson  of 
Thomas  (2),  and  great-grandson 
o'  the  inmiigrant,  Thomas  Gery  or  Gary,  of 
Stoneham,  was  born  in  Stoneham  in  1733  and 
died  in  his  fifty-ninth  year  at  Harvard.  Massa- 
chusetts, January  29.  1791  (gravestone).  He 
resided  in  Stoneham,  Reading,  Charlestown 
and  Harvard.  He  was  a  soldier  from  Reading 
in  the  Revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  John 
Walton's  company,  Colonel  David  Green,  on 
the  Lexington  call,  April  19.  1775.  This  was  a 
train-hand.  He  was  a  cordwainer  (shoemak- 
er) by  trade:  also  a  farmer.  He  was  on  the 
valuation  list  of  Qiarlestown  in  1771.  and  was 
taxed  there  in  1773.  His  home  may  have  been 
in  Stoneham,  however,  until  he  removed  to 
Harvard.  He  bought  his  farm  at  Harvard, 
September  10.  1783.  of  John  and  Ruth  Hill, 
of  Stoneham,  but  he  was  in  Harvard  before 
1778,  when  he  took  a  mortgage  on  this  place, 
then  owned  by  Martha  Rider,  Widow,  of  Phan- 
outh,  Massachusetts.  The  Gerry  homestead 
was  northwest  of  the  meeting  house;  had  two 
dwelling  houses  and  a  barn  :  was  bounded  by 
the  land  of  .Sanniel  and  I'.enjamin  Barnard, 
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prised  forty-eight  acres.  The  mortgage  was 
made  payable  to  his  sons  John  and  Peter  as 
well  as  himself,  and  was  of  date  April  3,  1778. 
Nathaniel  Gerry,  his  son,  was  a  licensed  inn- 
holder  in  Harvard  in  1796.  His  will  was  dated 
January  15,  1791,  and  proved  May  17  follow- 
ing.    He  married  Susanna  .    Children : 

I.  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  married,  October  24,  1784, 
Betty  Farnsworth  at  Harvard  ;  settled  in  Wat- 
erford,  Maine.  2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Peter,  removed  to  Waterford  about  1786.  4. 
Susannah,  married  Whitney.  5.  Abi- 
gail. A  child  of  Nathaniel,  not  one  of  these, 
died  April  29,  1791 ;  perhaps  child  of  Nathan- 
id,    Jr. 

(V)  John  Gerry,  son  of  Nathaniel  Gerry 
(4),  was  born  in  Stoneham  about  1775;  re- 
moved to  Harvard  with  his  father's  family 
when  about  three  years  old.  He  joined  his 
mother,  the  Widow  Susannah,  his  brothers 
Nathaniel  and  Peter  of  Waterford,  Maine,  in 
deeding  the  homestead  mentioned  above  to 
Jonathan  Symonds,  of  Harvard,  January  22, 
1800.  He  married,  August  4,  1795,  Sarah 
(Sally)  Merriam.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Second  Universalist  Church,  March  29. 
1830.  Children:  i.  George,  born  June  14, 
1799,  captain,  assessor  1833,  1846-49,  1851-53; 
selectman    1830-32:  died  January  3,    1854.  at 

Harvard ;  married   Sabra  .    2.    Fanny, 

born    May   5,    1802 ;    married   Lewis ; 

children  :  William  A.  Lewis,  of  East  Sagjinaw, 
Michigan ;  Mrs.  N.  L.  Miller,  of  Mount  Clem- 
ens, Saginaw,  Michigan:  George  F.  Lewis.  3. 
Ward  Safford,  born  June  6,  1804,  died  at  Har- 
vard, January  10,  1881.    4.  John,  born  March, 

1806,  died  1847:  married  Rebecca ;  left 

children  :  Mrs.  George  Chase,  of  Harvard,  and 
Nellie,  wife  of  W.   O.  Willard,  of  Harvard. 

5.  Mrs.  S.  P.  M.  Kittridge,  of  Peabody,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 6.  Caleb  S.,  died  at  Harvard, 
April  23,   1885  ;  \yidow  Sarah,  died  February 

6,  1894:  only  child  Mary  N.:  he  was  selectman 
in  1852-63-75.  7.  Atalanta  A.,  married  George 
Tuttle,  of  Littleton.  8.  Gustavus  Adolphus, 
born  June  22,  1831,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Gustavus  Adolphus  Gerry,  son  of 
John  Gerry  (5),  was  born  at  Harvard,  June 
22,  183 1,  and  died  at  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
October  24,  1890.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Harvard.  He  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  until  he  left  home  to  learn  the 
profession  of  dentistry  in  a  dentist's  office  at 
Clinton.  In  1857  he  went  to  Lowell  and  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  .After  the  Bos- 
ton Dental  College  was  established  he  took  the 
course  of  study  and  received  his  diploma,  July 
4,    1874.      He    followed    his    profession    with 


marked  success  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  prominent  in  his  profession,  not  only  in 
the  city  of  his  home,  but  throughout  that  sec- 
tion of  the  state.  He  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  board  of  examiners  of  the  Bos- 
ton Dental  College,  member  of  the  Academy  of 
Dental  Science  of  Massachusetts,  member  of 
the  Dental  Society  of  Massachusetts  and  of  the 
New  England  Dental  Society.  He  was  prom- 
inent also  in  public  life.  A  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, he  was  a  member  of  the  Lowell  city  coun- 
cil in  1865-66-67,  and  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men in  1872.  He  was  a  prudent,  careful  and 
useful  city  officer.  He  was  a  valued  member 
of  the  school  committee  and  was  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  training  and  teachers.  He 
was  a  well  known  Free  Mason,  a  member  of 
Pentucket  Lodge  of  Lowell,  of  Royal  Arch 
Masons  and  of  Pilgrim  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar.  He  was  a  member  also  of  the  Odd 
Fellows.  He  was  an  active  and  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Unitarian  church  of  Lowell,  being 
specially  interested  in  the  Sunday  school, 
serving  on  important  committees. 

He  married,  January  29,  1861,  Frances  Ade- 
line Crowell.  Children:  i.  George  Henry,  born 
May  20,  1862,  graduate  of  the  Harvard  Den- 
tal School;  practicing  in  New  York  City.  2. 
.■\rthur  Crowell,  born  November  3,  1863, 
graduate  of  the  Harvard  Dental  School ;  prac- 
ticing in  Lowell;  married  Florence  Churchill, 
of  Montpelier,  Wrmont:  child,  Churchill, 
born  March  14,  T8g5. 


(For  early  generations  see  David  i5).) 

(VI)  Arad  Gerry,  son  of  David 
GERRY  Gerry  (5),  was  born  in  Stone- 
ham,  ]\Tassachusetts,  February 
28,  1804,  died  March  23,  1833.  He  married, 
January  22,  1824,  Sally  Lynde,  born  May  24, 
1802.  She  married  (second)  Peter  Green. 
Children  :  Arad,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah  and 
Betsy. 

(VII)  Arad  Gerry,  son  of  Arad  Gerry  (6), 
was  born  in  Stoneham,  Massachusetts.  Novem- 
ber 9,  1828.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Phillips  .\nd- 
over  Academy.  His  first  employment  was  as 
clerk  in  a  store,  after  which  he  was  engaged 
in  the  manufacttire  of  shoes,  and  later  for  nine 
years  was  engaged  in  the  leather  business  in 
Cincinnati.  Ohio.  He  then  retired  from  active 
pursuits,  and  returned  to  Stoneham,  where  his 
death  occurred  December  22,  1904.  He  was  a 
meber  of  the  investing  committee  of  the 
Stoneham  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank,  also  a 
trustee.    He  was  a  Republican  in  politics.    He 


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married  Eliza  Jane  Gerry,  born  in  Melrose, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Robert  Gerry,  a 
distant  relative.  She  died  September  17,  1897. 
Children:  i.  Arad  Winthrop,  born  April  19, 
1854,  died  April  25,  1856.  2.  Alice  May,  mar- 
ried Frederick  Kimball  Daggett,  of  Maiden, 
and  has  two  daughters,  Pauline  G.  and  Marion 
P.  3.  Arad,  born  August  15,  1859,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Arad  Gerry,  son  of  Arad  Gerry  (7), 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  August  15,  1859. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  was  employed  as  a  shipper  in 
a  leather  business  for  a  number  of  years,  but 
retired  from  active  pursuits,  and  has  since 
lived  quietly  at  his  handsome  home  in  Stone- 
ham.  In  politics  Mr.  Gerry  is  a  Republican. 
He  attends  the  Unitarian  church.  He  married 
Mrs.  Anna  B.  Phillips,  April  22,  1905. 


There  were  several  early  set- 
NORTON  tiers  bearing  the  surname 
Norton.  George  Norton,  of 
Ipswich,  Saletn  and  elsewhere,  came  from 
London  early;  took  the  oath  of  freeman  in 
1634  and  died  in  1659,  leaving  a  widow  who 
married  Philip  Fowler,  and  ten  children,  but 
no  son  Joseph.  Mr.  William  Norton,  born 
1610  in  England,  came  in  the  "Hopewell"  in 
1635,  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1635-36; 
brother  of  Rev.  John  Norton;  left  son  John, 
ancestor  of  Professor  Charles  Eliot  Norton, 
of  Harvard;  son  Bonus  who  settled  in  Hamp- 
ton, and  no  others  mentioned  in  will;  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth. 

Rev.  John  Norton  was  born  at  Stortford 
in  Plertfordshire,  May  6,  1606,  a  godly  man 
and  preacher  in  England,  came  with  his  fam- 
ily to  the  invitation  of  Governor  Edward 
Winslow  in  the  autumn  of  1635,  preached  at 
Plymouth,  but  settled  at  Ipswich;  removed 
to  Boston  as  teacher  of  the  first  church;  died 
April  5,  1663;  mentions  brothers  William  and 
Thomas  Norton;  left  no  sons. 

Nicholas  Norton  settled  in  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  1635-40,  removed  to  Martha's 
Vineyard  and  had  son  Joseph  born  1652,  too 
young  to  he  Joseph  (il  mentioned  below. 
George  Norton,  a  carpenter,  settled  in  Salem 
in  1629;  admitted  freeman  May  14,  1634,  re- 
moved to  Gloucester,  removed  to  Wenham; 
no  son  Joseph  in  list  of  children  attached  to 
inventory  of  estate  in  1659.  Francis  Norton 
of  London  was  in  Charlestown  as  early  as 
1630;  had  charge  of  the  armory  at   Boston: 


had  interests  at  Salem,  Massachusetts.  There 
were  several  others  from  England  before 
1650. 

(I)  Joseph  Norton,  born  about  1640,  may 
have  been  nephew  of  some  of  the  immigrants 
named  above,  though  no  actual  proof  of  re- 
lationship has  been  found.  He  settled  in  Sal- 
isbury, Massachusetts,  in  the  vicinity  of  which 
the  Nortons  named  above  settled.  He  took 
the  oath  of  allegiance  and  fidelity  in  1677; 
was  a  soldier  against  the  Indians  in  1697.  He 
died  November  16,  1721,  at  Salisbury.  He 
married,  March  10,  1662,  Susanna  Getchell, 
who  died,  his  widow,  August  19,  1724.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Salisbury:  i.  Son,  born  1662, 
died  young.  2.  Samuel,  born  October  11, 
1663,  a  soldier  to  Wells,  Maine,  in  1696.  3. 
Joseph,  born  August  14,  1665,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Priscilla,  born  December  16,  1667, 
married  John  Ring,  son  of  Robert  (i).  5. 
Solomon,  born  January'  31,  1669-70,  died  May 
2,  1721.  6.  Benjamin,  born  March  24,  1671- 
"^2,  died  October,  1693.  7.  Caleb,  born  June 
25,  1675,  married,  March  6,  1699-1700,  Su- 
sanna Frame;  was  soldier  in  1697-98;  re- 
moved to  Brunswick,  Maine.  8.  Flower 
(daughter),  born  November  21,  1677.  9. 
Joshua,  born  October  13,  1680,  died  January 
22,  1692-93. 

fll)  Joseph  Norton,  son  of  Joseph  Norton 
(i),  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts, 
.\ugust  14,  1665.  He  married,  November  16, 
1699,  Elizabeth  Brown,  and  made  his  home 
in  Salisbury.  He  was  a  soldier  against  the 
Indians  in  1697.  Children,  born  in  Salisbury: 
I.  Joshua,  born  February  18,  1700-01,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Mary,  born  February  28, 
1702-03,  died  May  7,  1703.  3.  Judith,  born 
March  3,  1703-04,  baptized,  an  arlult,  April  28, 

(HI)  Joshua  Norton,  son  of  Joseph  Norton 
(2),  was  born  in  Salisbury,  February  18,  1700- 
01.  He  settled  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  petition 
dated  March  9,  1762,  presented  to  the  town 
of  Newbury  stating  that  a  company  had  been 
formed  to  care  for  the  fire  engine  and  asking 
that  members  be  relieved  from  certain  other 
minor  public  duties  while  serving  as  firemen. 
The  road  known  as  Elbow  Lane  is  mentioned 
in  the  Newbury  records  as  running  between 
his  house  and  that  of  Samuel  .Swazcy  and  this 
lane  had  been  in  use,  though  not  accepted  as 
a  public  way,  for  fully  thirty  years.  It  is  now 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Newburyport 
and  extends  from  Market  square  to  Liberty 
street.  In  1763  it  probably  extended  through 
what  is  Udw  Center  street  to  New  Lane,  now 


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?kliddle  street.  Children:  i.  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Bishop,  a  prominent  citizen 
of  Newburyport.    3.  William. 

(IV'j  Benjamin  Norton,  son  of  Joshua 
Norton  (3),  was  born  in  Newbury  in  1747; 
married,  November  18,  1775,  Sarah  Wyatt. 
He  was  a  private  on  the  brigantine  "Freedom," 
Captain  John  Clouston,  in  June,  1776.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Benjamin,  born  July  21,  1777.  2. 
Joshua,  born  December  18,  1778,  died  Febru- 
ary 7,  1786.  3.  Sarah,  born  November  9,  1780. 
4.  Hannah,  born  August  11,  1782.  5.  Caty, 
born  February  27,  1784.  6.  Joshua,  born 
January  5,  1786,  mentioned  below.  7. 
Stephen,  born  January  8,  1788.  8.  Mary 
Brown,  born  October  3,  1790.  y.  William, 
born  January  28.  1792.  10.  Elizabeth,  born 
February  18,  1794.  11.  Daniel,  born  Febru- 
ary 18,  1796.     12.  Charles,  born  May  4,  1798. 

(V)  Joshua  Norton,  son  of  Benjamin  Nor- 
ton (4),  was  born  at  Newburyport,  Massachu- 
setts, January  5,  1786.  He  was  educated  in 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  sailmaker  which  he  fol- 
lowed in  after  years.  He  had  a  sail  loft  at 
Newburyport  and  fitted  out  vessels  sailing 
from  that  port.  In  later  years  he  had  a  simi- 
lar business  in  Boston.  He  was  very  energetic, 
systematic  and  orderly  in  his  afifairs;  proud, 
dignified  and  rather  austere  in  his  bearing; 
tall,  spare  and  always  well-groomed.  He  was 
liberal  in  his  religious  views.  He  was  a  Whig 
in  politics,  and  an  ardent  Abolitionist.  He 
married  Sarah  Remick,  who  was  born  in 
Newburyport,  daughter  of  Samuel  Remick,  a 
Revolutionary  soldier.  He  enlisted  at  George- 
town, Massachusetts ;  he  died  at  Derry,  New 
Hampshire,  where  his  remains  were  interred. 
It  is  stated  that  her  father  was  called  upon  to 
make  the  coffin  in  which  Major  Andre  was 
buried.  Children  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Nor- 
ton: I.  Joshua,  Jr.,  born  in  Newburyport, 
December  3,  181 1,  mentioned  below.  2.  Gor- 
ham  N.,  bom  about  1812,  was  lost  or  died  at 
sea  about  1646.  3.  Alfred  (twin),  born  January 
23,  181 5,  mentioned  below.  4.  Albert  (twin), 
born  January  23,  1813,  married  Mary  Ann 
Moore;  their  daughter  Fanny  married  Rev. 
Albert  Moore  and  resides  in  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts. 5.  Charles  Stephen,  born  1821,  died 
December  i,  1833. 

(VI)  Joshua  Norton,  son  of  Joshua  Nor- 
ton (5).  was  born  at  Newburyport,  December 
3,  t8ii.  died  March  29,  1894.  Married,  Sep- 
tember 27.  T833.  Elizabeth  Woodman,  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Truesdale)  Wood- 
man, of  Newburyport.  Children:  i.  Charles 
.Stephen  N..  born   November  28,   1834,  died 


January  15,  1881 ;  married,  1864,  Nancy  Pren- 
tice. 2.  Joshua  3d,  born  July  24,  1836,  died 
February  29,  1907;  married,  1864,  Margaret 
Mitchell,  of  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts;  she 
died  in  1868  and  he  married  (second).  May 
13,  1869,  Harriet  Downe,  of  Michigan.  3. 
David  Woodman,  born  January  31,  1838, 
killed  June  3,  1865.  4.  John  Homans,  born 
June  9,  1839,  married,  November  26,  1867, 
Nellie  M.  Leavitt.  5.  Elizabeth  Woodman, 
born  December  21,  1841,  married,  October  i, 
1863,  John  B.  Young.  6.  Anna  Jane,  born 
April  15,  1843.  7-  Sarah  Remick,  born  May 
15,  1844,  died  April  7,  1895.  8.  Charlotte 
Hovey,  born  Julv  31,  1848,  married,  July  29, 
1875,  Robert  Hendrig  McGloshan.  9.  Wal- 
ter F.,  born  .A.ugust  8,  1852,  married,  1875, 
Amnii  Bartlett.  Three  other  children  died  in 
infancy  unnamed. 

(VI)  Colonel  Alfred  Norton,  son  of  Joshua 
Norton  (5),  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1815.  At  an  early  age  he  renioved 
with  his  parents  to  Boston,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  that  city  and  at 
the  Boston  Latin  School,  then  located  on 
School  street  on  the  present  site  of  the  Parker 
House.  He  entered  Harvard  College,  but 
left  before  graduation.  His  first  business 
venture  was  in  the  manufacture  of  paper  at 
Lowell  and  Lawrence,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  owned  mills,  having  his  offices  in  State 
street,  Boston.  In  1837  Colonel  Norton  was 
appointed  deputy  naval  officer  of  the  Boston 
custom  house,  at  the  time  that  George  Ban- 
croft, the  historian,  was  collector  of  the  port. 
He  was  a  strong  anti-slavery  man,  and  when 
young-  he  went  to  South  Carolina  for  his 
health,  but  was  sent  home  by  the  citizens 
there  who  resented  his  taking  the  part  of  an 
abused  slave,  .^t  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
war,  he  offered  his  services  and  was  appoint- 
ed commissary  of  subsistence  in  the  Federal 
army.  At  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Mary- 
land, he  won  his  promotion  to  the  rank  of 
major,  being  the  first  officer  to  cross  the  pon- 
toon bridge  into  the  city.  He  was  one  of  the 
last  of  the  volunteers  to  be  mustered  out  at 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  occupied  for 
some  time  in  closing  up  the  business  of  the 
commissary  department  in  New  Hampshire, 
then  he  returned  to  the  custom  house  and 
continued  in  faithful  service,  until  his  death. 

The  Springfield  Republican  said  of  him : 
"Colonel  Norton  was  one  of  the  old  guard  of 
liberty  and  literature.  Born  in  New4jurvport 
ninety  years  ago,  a  yovmger  toviiisman  of 
Garrison,  he  seems  to  have  been  a  Democrat 
originally,  as  Bancroft  and  Hawthorne  were. 


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and  he  entered  the  Boston  Custom  House  in 
the  collectorship  of  Bancroft  two  years  be- 
fore Hawthorne  did.  But  while  Hawthorne 
soon  tired  of  his  inspectorship  (being  tech- 
nically a  weigher  and  measurer)  and  resigned 
before  the  Whigs  under  Harrison  could  re- 
move him,  as  perhaps  they  would  have  done, 
Colonel  Norton  remained  and  served  the  port 
at  intervals  for  half  a  century.  He  joined 
the  anti-slavery  party  early.  In  the  tirst 
months  of  1849,  when  Emerson,  Olcott  and 
others  formed  the  Town  and  Country  Club 
with  rooms  at  12  West  street,  Boston,  Alfred 
Norton  was  one  of  its  members  for  a  long 
time,  affiliating  with  the  men  of  letters  of  the 
country  and  others.'" 

At  the  death  of  John  Brown,  the  citizens 
of  Winchester  invited  Colonel  Norton  to  de- 
liver an  address  on  the  day  of  the  execution. 
His  address  on  that  occasion  was  printed  and 
widely  distributed.  ,'\t  the  dedication  of  the 
National  Cemetery  at  Gettysburg.  Colonel 
Norton  had  the  good  fortune  to  be  seated  on 
the  platform  and  to  hear  the  immortal  ad- 
dress of  Lincoln.  Colonel  Norton  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Mercantile  Library  As- 
sociation of  Boston;  secretary  of  the  Boston 
Lyceum  when  Alexander  Everett,  brother  of 
Edward,  was  present.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Radical  Club,  of  which  Emerson  and  other 
Transcendentalists  were  prominent  members. 
He  was  a  man  of  culture  and  learning,  hold- 
ing views  and  opinions  in  advance  of  his  gen- 
eration. In  later  years  he  was  ever  ready  to 
talk  of  the  great  historical  period  in  which 
he  had  been  active,  and  he  was  a  ready  and 
interesting  conversationalist.  He  was  a  Uni- 
tarian, being  a  member  of  Dr.  Samuel  Croth- 
ers's  church  in  Cambridge,  Mas.=achusetts. 
After  the  Republican  party  was  originated  he 
supported  it  loyally  for  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  was  a  Eree  Mason.  He  belonged 
also  to  the  Walt  Whitman  Club,  the  Ruskin 
Club,  the  Radical  Club,  all  of  Boston,  and  to 
the  Arlington  Improvement  Society.  He  was 
a  member  of  Francis  Gould  Post,  No.  36, 
Grand  .Army,  of  .'\rlington.  He  died  August 
28,  1904.  Of  unusual  ability,  personal  magne- 
tism, sympathy  and  generosity,  he  had  the 
qualities  that  make  men  beloved. 

He  married,  April  25,  1844,  Eliza  .'\bra- 
hams,  born  November  11,  1822.  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Harrod)  Abrahams,  of 
Boston.  Her  father  was  a  merchant  and  ship- 
owner of  Boston.  Children:  i.  .\lfred,  Jr., 
born  M'arch  28,  1845,  died  at  Chicago,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1892;  married,  December  27,  1883, 
Elise  Lee  Clark,  of  Nevir  York  City ;  had  no 


children.  2.  Benjamin  .\brahams,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1847,  nientioned  below.  3. 
George,  born  at  Winchester,  August.  185 1, 
died  in  1853. 

(\TI)  Benjamin  Abrahams  Norton,  son  of 
Colonel  Alfred  Norton  (6),  was  born  at  Chel- 
sea, Massachusetts,  November  30,  1847.  He 
removed  when  an  infant  with  his  parents  to 
Medford,  Massachusetts,  and  thence  after  a 
time  to  Winchester,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  graduat- 
ing from  the  Winchester  high  school  at  the 
age  of  sixteen.  He  also  took  a  commercial 
course  at  Bryant  &  Stratton"s,  Boston.  He 
began  his  business  career  as  clerk  in  the  store 
of  Kendall,  Brigham  &  Barrows,  dealers  in 
woolens,  on  Milk  street,  in  the  old  Franklin 
.building.  He  became  a  salesman  and  re- 
mained with  the  firm  until  it  went  out  of  busi- 
ness, then  with  its  successors,  Kendall,  Bar- 
rows &  Company,  until  the  senior  partner 
died,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  the 
name  being  unchanged.  Kendall,  Barrows  & 
Co.  were  importers  of  fine  Scotch  and  English 
woolens,  and  their  place  of  business  was  on 
Essex  street.  After  twenty-five  years  as  sales- 
man and  partner  in  the  two  firms  owning  this 
concern,  he  retired  and  associated  himself 
with  E.  S.  Fessenden  under  the  firm  name  of 
Norton,  Fessenden  &  Company,  with  store  at 
68  Chauncey  street,  making  a  specialty  of 
Scotch  and  English  as  well  as  domestic  wool- 
ens. 

He  married,  November  10,  1875,  Mary 
Pamelia  Fessenden.  born  March  26,  1855, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
(Fiske)  Fessenden,  of  Arlington.  Her  father 
was  a  spice  merchant ;  representative  to  the 
general  court ;  held  various  town  offices  in  Ar- 
lington ;  was  secretary  of  Hiram  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons.  Children:  Leslie,  born  May  28.  1881. 
2.  Therese,  January  3,  1884.  3.  Rachel,  .\pril 
12,  1888. 


This  surname  was  written 
MUZZEY  Muzzy,  Mussey,  Musse,  Muse 
and  Mussel,  in  the  early 
records.  The  first  of  the  name  was  Esther, 
who  was  settled  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, as  early  as  1633,  and  two  years  later  is 
on  record  as  owner  of  a  house  on  the  west- 
erly side  of  Holyoke  street,  Cambridge,  where 
the  printing  house  now  stands.  In  1635  she 
married  William  Ruskow  (Roscoe)  and  soon 
afterward  removed  to  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut. 

fl)  Benjamin    Muzzey,   the   immigrant  an- 


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cestor,  was  doubtless  related  to  Esther.  He 
lived  at  Maiden  and  Rumney  Marsh,  Massa- 
chusetts. In  1678  he  Ipought  a  lot  of  fifteen 
acres  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  selling 
it  again  in  1682.  In  i68o  he  bought  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  in  Billerica,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  then  living  at  Rumney  Marsh. 
He  died  before  January  26,  1696-7.  Some 
authorities  give  him  as  the  son  of  Robert 
Muzzy,  of  Ipswich,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
that  town,  admitted  freeman  September  3, 
1634.  Robert  mentions  his  son  Benjamin  in 
his  will  dated  January  5,  1642,  and  March  18, 
1643-4,  proved  May  16,  1644;  his  second  wife 

Bridget    married    Rowlandson.     The 

other  children  mentioned  in  the  will  are: 
Mary,  Joseph,  and  Ellen.  Perhaps  Esther  was 
widow  of  Benjamin's  brother,  perhaps  daugh- 
ter. Children  of  I'enjamin:  i.  Benjamin, 
born  .\pril  16,  1657:  mentioned  below.  2. 
Joseph,  born  March  1.  1658-9.  3.  Richard.  4. 
Sarah,  married  John  Waite. 

(II)  Benjamin  Muzzey.  son  of  Benjamin 
(2)  and  grandson  of  Robert  Muzzey  of  Ips- 
wich, was  born  in  Maiden,  .April  16,  1657; 
married  fir?t  Sarah  ,  who  died  at  Lex- 
ington, January  28.  1710,  aged  fifty.  He  mar- 
ried second,  Jane  .  He  was  of  Rum- 
ney Marsh  (Chelsea),  in  1675,  when  he  was  a 
trooper  in  King  Philip's  war.  He  removed  to 
Cambridge  before  i68i,and  in  i693he  bought 
two  hundred  and  six  acres  of  land  of  Ed- 
ward Pelham,  of  Rhode  Island,  at  the  Farms 
(Lexington),  where  he  subsequently  resided 
and  where  his  posterity  dwells  to  this  day.  He 
was  one  of  the  largest  taxpayers  after  1693  in 
the  Farms,  or  North  Precinct;  was  one  of  the 
subscribers  to  the  meeting  house  fund  in 
1692.  He  owned  much  land  in  the  center  of 
the  town.  In  1693  he  was  on  a  committee  with 
David  Fiske,  Sr.,  Samuel  Stone,  Sr.,  and 
others,  to  negotiate  with  Cambridge  for  the 
purchase  of  a  tract  of  land  for  the  support  of 
the  ministry.  He  was  constable  in  1694,  as- 
sessor in  1700,  t}^hingman  in  1716.  In  1771  he 
sold  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  district  two 
acres  of  land  for  a  village  common  and  site 
for  the  meeting  house.  He  and  his  sons  John 
and  Richard  also  contributed  to  the  fund 
raised  to  buy  the  common.  He  resided  on  or 
near  the  site  of  the  Rufus  Merriam  house. 
Here  was  opened  the  first  public  house  in  the 
place,  his  son  John  being  licensed  for  that 
purpose  in  1714.  He  died  May  12.  1732, 
possessed  of  a  large  landed  property.  The  in- 
ventory mentions  his  mansion  house,  barn, 
cider  mill  and  homestead  of  iii  acres. 
Among  other  articles   appraised   were   three 


slaves,  a  man  valued  at  eighty  pounds,  and  a 
woman  and  child  at  sixty.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
born  July  13,  1683.  2.  John,  born  1685,  died 
March  8.  I7t8.  3.  Benjamin,  born  February 
20,  1689.  4-  Richard,  drowned  in  1719.  5. 
Amos,  baptized  January  7,  1699:  mentioned 
below.  6.  Bethia,  born  1701,  baptized  in 
June:  married  Ebenezer  Fiske.  7.  Thomas, 
baptized  September  i.  1706:  died  November 
26,  1740. 

(III)  Amos  Muzzey.  son  of  Benjamin 
Muzzey  (2).  was  born  in  Lexington,  baptized 
there  January  7,  1699:  married  September  26, 
1734,  Esther  Cireen,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Esther  Green.  He  died  June  26,  1752.  His 
widow,  probably  a  second  wife,  married 
second,  Alarch  4,  1758,  Thomas  Prentice, 
Esq.,  of  Newton.  Muzzey  had  a  large  estate 
for  his  time.  He  also  owned  a  man  and  wo- 
man slave,  the  former  valued  at  350  pounds, 
the  latter  at  one  hundred.  His  mansion  house 
was  on  the  spot  where  David  W.  Muzzey  now 
resides,  and  the  land  e.xtended  down  upon 
Waltham  street,  to  what  is  now  called  Grape- 
vine Corner.  He  also  owned  land  in  Woburn 
and  Townsend.  He  was  assessor  in  1744; 
selectman  in  1750.  Children:  i.  Esther,  born 
July  II,  1735,  died  October  9,  1789,  unmar- 
ried. 2.  Sarah,  born  March  30,  1737;  married 
October  19,  1758,  Bezaleel  Lawrence.  3. 
.A.mos,  Jr.,  born  June  7,  1739;  died  July,  1740. 
4.  .Amos,  born  May  24,  1741;  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  William,  born  July  31,  1743:  married 
Lydia  Reed.  6.  Samuel,  born  July  12,  1745; 
died  August  23.  1747.  7.  Bethiah,  born  July 
8,  1747;  married  November  16,  1769,  Thad- 
deus  Brown.  8.  Mary,  born  September  8, 
1749.  9.  Benjamin,  born  January  25,  1752, 
graduate  of  Harvard  1774,  chaplain  of  the 
privateer  "Hero  Revenge,"  in  the  Revolu- 
tion; lost  at  sea.  sailing  from  Boston  last  in 
September,   1777. 

(IV)  Amos  Muzzey,  son  of  Amos  Muzzey 
(3),  was  born  in  Lexington,  Massachusetts, 
May  24,  1741;  married  November  29,  1764, 
Abigail  Bowers,  of  Billerica.  They  were  ad- 
mitted to  the  Lexington  church,  June  26, 
1766.  She  died  March  15,  1803,  aged  fifty- 
eight.  He  married  second,  Abigail  Smith, 
widow  of  Captain  Joseph  Smith.  December 
2^.  1806.  She  died  February  t8,  1814,  aged 
sixty-three.  He  died  December  10,  1822, 
aged  eighty-three.  His  tomb  at  Lexington  is 
inscribed:  "The  northwest  corner  of  this 
tomb  is  reserved  for  ^Ir.  Amos  Muzzy  and 
wives,  and  no  other  corpse  to  be  laid  there." 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  in  the 
battle  of  Lexington.  .April  19,  1775:  also  in  a 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


detachment  from  the  Lexington  militia  com- 
pany commanded  by  John  Bridge  at  Cam- 
bridge the  following  month,  by  order  of  the 
committee  of  safety.  He  was  five  months  at 
Saratoga  and  three  months  at  Cambridge  in 
1778.  Children,  born  at  Lexington:  i.  Amos, 
born  April  ig,  1766;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Josiah,  baptized  November  7,  1767;  died  No- 
vember 26,  1767.  3.  Abigail,  born  Alay  T], 
1769;  married  1800,  Thomas  Conant,  of  Bos- 
ton. 4.  William,  born  May  25,  1771;  died 
April  16,  1835. 

(V)  Amos  Muzzey,  son  of  Amos  Muzzey 
(4),  was  born  in  Lexington,  April  19,  1766; 
married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Timothy  Boutelle, 
of  Leominster.  Both  were  admitted  to  the 
Lexington  church,  April  28,  1798.  He  was 
chosen  deacon  April  14,  1822.  He  died  May 
20,  1829:  she  died  December  24,  1838.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Lexington:  i.  Elmira,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  1794;  married  October  12,  1817, 
Charles  Reed.  2.  Benjamin,  bom  December 
13,  1795;  mentioned  below.  3.  Lydia.  born 
June  II,  1799;  married  October  29,  1818, 
Samuel  Chandler.  4.  Artemas  Bowers,  born 
September  21,  1802;  graduate  of  Harvard  in 
1824;  studied  theology,  was  ordained  at 
Framingham,  June  10,  1830,  installed  at  Cam- 
bridgeport  in  1834,  at  the  Lee  Street  Church 
of  Cambridgeport  in  1846,  resigning  the  same 
year,  and  was  settled  over  the  Second  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire; married  June  26,  1831.  Hepsabeth  Pat- 
terson, daughter  of  Enoch.  5.  .\bigail,  born 
November  26,  1804;  married  September  11, 
1834,  Samuel  Chandler.  6.  Amos  Otis,  born 
June  14,  1808;  died  January  20,  1812. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Muzzey,  son  of  .\mos  Muz- 
zey (5),  was  born  in  Lexington,  December  13, 
179s ;  married  there  June  19,  1822,  Elizabeth 
Wood,  of  Newburyport.  He  commenced 
business  in  Boston  as  a  trader,  and  continued 
there  until  1830,  when  he  came  back  to  Lex- 
ington. He  was  popular  among  his  towns- 
men, and  elected  to  many  positions  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace.  The 
Lexington  history  says  that  the  "Lexington 
railroad  is  a  standing  monument  of  his  pub- 
lic spirit  and  energy  of  character."  He  was 
attacked  with  apoplexy  while  on  'change  in 
Boston,  April  21,  1848,  and  was  taken  to  the 
Exchange  Coffee  House,  where  he  died.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  O..  bom  in  Boston,  August 
17,  1824;  entered  the  navy  in  the  civil  war, 
November,  1861,  as  secretary  to  Captain 
Pickering,  of  the  U.  S.  S.  "Kearsarge;"  was 
transferred  to  the  "Housatonic,"  May,  1863, 
and  killed  by  an   explosion  of  a  torpedo  in 


Charleston  harbor,  destroying  his  ship,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1864.  2.  Susan  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Boston,  July  21,  1826;  died  September  12, 
1827.  3.  Helen  Elizabeth,  born  in  Boston, 
June  25,  1828;  married  November  22,  1854, 
Richard  F.  Hooper,  of  Charlestown;  died 
July  31,  1905.  4.  Loring  W.,  born  in  Lex- 
ington, August  28,  1831;  mentioned  below. 
5.  David  Wood,  born  July  18,  1833;  married 
December  13,  i860,  Anna  W.  Saville,  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Anna;'child,  Benjamin,  born 
September  19,  1866.  6.  George  Eveleth,  born 
.\ugust  4,  1838;  entered  Twelfth  Massachu- 
setts \'olunteers  in  1861,  was  appointed  quar- 
termaster-sergeant in  1862,  first  lieutenant  in 

1863,  and  quartermaster  in  1864.  7.  Benjam- 
in Lyman,  born  November  14,  1840;  died 
March  13,  1855. 

(\TI)  Major  Loring  W.  Muzzey,  fourth 
child  and  second  son  of  Benjamin  and  Eliza- 
beth (Wood)  Muzzey,  was  born  in  Lexing- 
ton, Massachusetts,  August  28,  1831.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  began 
his  active  career  as  clerk  in  a  hardware  store 
in  Boston.  On  reaching  his  majority  he  en- 
gaged in  the  coal  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, at  the  end  of  the  Cambridge  bridge,, 
and  built  up  an  extensive  trade  in  Boston. 
.\fter  five  years  he  relinquished  this  and  re- 
turned to  the  hardware  business,  in  which  he 
continued  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil 
war.  He  enlisted  June  21,  1861,  under  Presi- 
dent Lincoln's  first  call  for  three  years  troops, 
in  the  Twelfth  Regiment  Alassachusetts  In- 
fantry, known  as  the  Webster  Regiment,  in 
the  capacity  of  quartermaster-sergeant;  was 
promoted  to  first  lieutenant  and  regimental 
quartermaster,    May    17,    1862;    on    May   30, 

1864,  was  commissioned  by  President  Lin- 
coln as  captain  and  commissary  of  subsist- 
ence,  U.   S.   v.,   May  30,   1864;  and  July  7, 

1865,  was  brevetted  major  U.  S.  V.,  "for  effi- 
cient and  meritorious  services."  He  was 
present  at  many  hard  fought  engagements 
and  participated  in  many  of  the  most  dramatic 
campaigns  of  the  civil  war  period:  Cedar 
Mountain.  August  9,  1862;  Bull  Rvm,  August 
30,  1862;  .-\ntietam, September  17,1862;  Fred- 
ericksburg, December  13,  1862;  Chancellors- 
ville.  May  I.  1863;  Gettysburg.  July  3-5.  1863; 
Bristow  Station;  the  Rappahannock  River; 
:\line  Run;  tlie  Wilderness;  Cold  Harbor; 
Spotsylvania;  siege  of  Petersburg  in  1864;  and 
the  subsequent  operations  culminating  in  the 
surrender  of  General  Lee,  April  9,  1865, 
and  had  in  charge  the  provisioning  of 
the  captured  rebel  army,  (Headquarters 
.Armv     (if     the     Potomac,     .April     10,    1865, 


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General  Orders,  No.  13,  by  Command 
of  General  Meade,  Geo.  D.  Ruggles,  Assist- 
and  Adjutant-General).  During  this  period  he 
was  brought  into  close  association  with  many 
of  the  most  distinguished  officers  of  the  .\rmy 
of  the  Potomac,  serving  at  various  times  in 
each  of  the  First,  Second,  Fifth  and  Sixth 
Corps,  as  a  staff  officer  at  corps  headquar- 
ters. After  the  war  had  closed,  he  was  or- 
dered to  join  General  Devens  at  Hilton  Head, 
South  Carolina,  and  subsequently  served  with 
General  Adelbert  Ames,  commanding  Dis- 
trict of  South  Carolina,  with  headquarters  at 
Columbia,  the  capital  of  that  state.  He  was 
honorably  mustered  out  of  the  service  of  the 
United  States  on  October  13,  1865.  Return- 
ing home  with  this  brilliant  military  record, 
he  was  commissioned  by  Governor  Bullock 
as  captain  and  engineer  officer  of  the  Second 
Brigade,  Massachusetts  Militia,  General  Pier- 
son  commanding,  and  served  in  that  capacity 
until  1876,  when  he  resigned,  thus  bringing  to 
a  close  an  active  military  career  of  sixteen 
years. 

Immediately  after  the  war  Major  Muzzey 
became  treasurer  of  the  Boston  Car  Spring 
Company,  serving  for  eight  j^ears;  was  then 
treasurer  of  the  Boston  Drug  ]\Iills  for  two 
years:  treasurer  of  the  Equitable  Safe  and 
Deposit  Company  for  six  years;  and  for  a 
number  of  years  was  proprietor  of  the  Alassa- 
chusetts  House  at  Lexington.  He  was  ap- 
pointed tax  collector  for  the  town  of  Lexing- 
ton in  1899,  and  has  creditably  discharged 
the  duties  of  the  position  to  the  present  time. 
He  is  a  companion  of  the  Military  Order  of 
the  Loyal  Legion,  Massachusetts  Command- 
ery;  a  comrade  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public; is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fratern- 
ity; politically  is  a  Republican;  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  Society  of 
Lexington. 


The  GrafTam  family  is  of 
GRAFFAM     Scotch  origin,  and  the  early 

form  of  the  name  seems  to 
have  been  Grafton.  A  coat-of-arms  was  grant- 
ed to  the  family  of  that  name  in  England.  Jos- 
eph Grafton,  of  Salem  in  1636,  was  a  freeman 
May  17,  1637.  His  wife  Mary  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1674.  He  was  a  mariner  and  merchant, 
and  was  master  of  the  ship  "Endeavor"  in 
1641.  He  made  two  imperfect  wills,  which 
were  set  aside  at  his  death.  His  second  wife 
was  Bethia,  the  widow  of  Captain  Thomas 
Lothrop,  and  daughter  of  Samuel  Rhea.  Jos- 
eph Grafton's  children  were:  i.  Priscilla,  who 
married,   February   20,    1654,  John   Gardiner. 


2.  Joseph,  Jr.,  baptized  January  24,  1636,  mar- 
ried October  29,  1657,  Hannah  Hobart,  of 
Hingham,  Massachusetts,  and  had  children; 
married,  second,  Elizabeth  Brown,  June  30, 
1664.  3.  John,  baptized  April  28,  1639;  mar- 
ried, December  I,  1659, Gardiner,  and 

had  children.  4.  Nathaniel,  baptized  April  24, 
1642,  died  at  Barbadoes,  February  11,  1671; 
married,  April  6,  1665,  Eliza  Maverick,  and 
had  children. 

It  is  not  known  whether  Joseph  Grafton, 
above  mentioned,  was  an  ancestor  of  Captain 
Caleb  Graifam,  of  Windham,  with  whom  the 
authentic  genealogy  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  begins.  There  was  a  Thomas  Grafton 
who  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  New 
Hampshire.  Captain  Caleb  Graffam's  name 
was  called  Grafton  at  Scarborough  and  Wind- 
ham, though  he  did  not  sign  it  that  way  in 
Windham,  at  least.  A  fac-simile  of  his  signa- 
ture, with  date  of  1770,  reads  "Caleb  Graffam," 
in  a  bold  and  legible  hand,  not  one  letter  of 
which  could  be  misread.  The  statement  in  the 
history  of  Scarborough  that  Caleb  Graffam 
became  an  inhabitant  of  that  town  in  1714,  if 
applying  to  Captain  Caleb  Graffam,  as  it  ap- 
parently does,  is  a  mistake,  as  he  was  then  but 
two  years  old.  The  same  history  says  that  from 
1727  until  1731  he  lived  at  Dunstan  as  a  tenant 
of  William  A'aughn,  of  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  who  owned  a  jxjrtion  of  Robert 
Elliot's  estate  there. 

Caleb  Graffam  removed  to  Windham  about 
1743.  and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that 
town,  where  he  became  a  useful  citizen.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  French  and  Indian  war  in 
1745,  he  removed  to  Falmouth,  now  Portland, 
where  his  family  resided.  He  was  a  corporal 
in  Captain  George  Berry's  company  of  scouts 
from  May  19,  1746,  until  January  19,  1747. 
In  a  report  made  in  regard  to  the  settlement  of 
New  Marblehead,  now  Windham,  in  1749,  now 
preserved  in  the  Massachusetts  Archives,  Caleb 
Graffam  is  said  to  have  cleared  nine  acres  of 
home  lot  No.  61,  and  at  that  date  built  a  gar- 
rison house  on  the  lot.  He  was  a  garrison  sol- 
dier there  from  April  8  to  October  31,  1757, 
for  which  service  he  was  paid  by  the  colony. 
He  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  petition  to 
Governor  Pownell  in  1758  for  a  minister  an8 
meeting-house  for  Windham,  and  the  next 
May  he  signed  a  statement  that  the  meeting- 
house had  not  been  properly  built  and  that  it 
was  not  completed.  On  April  12,  1762,  the 
year  of  the  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Wind- 
ham, he  signed  a  letter  of  thanks  for  the  set- 
tling of  the  Rev.  Peter  Thatcher  Smith  over 
the  Windham  church,  and  Mav  =;  of  the  same 


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year  he  was  elected  the  first  selectman  of  the 
town  at  its  incorporation.  He  was  also  elected 
a  church  warden  and  a  tithingman.  Soon  af- 
ter, on  August  4,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
cormnittee  to  repair  the  fort,  or  block-house, 
to  make  it  suitable  for  public  religious  service, 
and  to  procure  provisions  for  the  ordination 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Smith,  and  he  was  one  of  those 
who  signed  the  agreement  of  the  new  minister. 

In  1762  Caleb  Graft'am  was  the  captain  of 
the  town  military  company,  which  was  a  part 
of  Colonel  Samuel  Waldo's  regiment.  In  the 
report  of  that  regiment  his  name  is  given  as 
Grafton.  He  '  ,  town  clerk  in  1770,  and  kept 
the  town  records.  At  a  town  meeting  held 
February  16,  1773,  which  was  called  to  answer 
a  letter  from  the  town  of  Boston,  Caleb  Graf- 
fani  was  the  moderator.  He  was  put  on  the 
committee  that  was  chosen  to  prepare  an  an- 
swer, and  that  committee  reported  the  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  printed  in  Smith's  "His- 
tory of  Windham,"  pages  25  and  26.  At  a 
town  meeting  held  March  15,  1775,  Captain 
Caleb  Grafifam  was  chosen  to  fix  up  the  great 
gun  and  swivel  as  soon  as  possible,  for  services 
for  the  then  impending  Revolutionary  war.  Be- 
sides being  the  chairman  of  the  selectmen  in 
1762,  he  was  selectman  in  1764,  chairman 
again  in  1768,  1769,  1770,  and  1773,  selectman 
in  1779,  and  chairman  again  in  1780.  He  died 
November  11,  1784,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two 
years,  highly  honored  as  a  patriotic  and  public- 
spirited  citizen.  His  wife  was  Lois  Bennett, 
and  the  date  of  their  marriage  1740.  She  was 
admitted  to  full  communion  in  the  Windham 
church,  February  19,  1774,  and  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  membership  in  the  same  church,  April 
8,  1770.  She  died  January  12,  1804,  aged 
eighty-three  years.  They  were  both  buried 
in  the  Smith  cemetery  at  South  Windham, 
where  their  gravestones  are  in  good  condition. 
They  had  ten  children — Peter,  Abigail,  Han- 
nah, Mary,  Sarah,  Enoch,  Caleb,  Jr.,  Rebecca, 
Lois  and  Elizabeth. 

Peter  (2),  born  at  Falmouth,  April  31,  1742, 
eldest  child  of  Captain  Caleb  Graffam,  (i), 
married  at  Windham,  February  16,  1764,  Mary 
Wilson  ;  secondly,  at  NewGloucester,  December 
21,  1775,  M&ry  Allen.  His  children  by  the 
first  wife  were:  Peggy,  born  February  3, 
1765  ;  and  Mary,  February  7,  1768.  By  his 
second  wife  he  had:  Dorcas,  born  October  21, 
1776,  married  October  25,  1798,  Joshua  Bailey, 
of  Falmouth;  Lois,  born  September  29,  1779, 
died  May  21.  1798;  Lucy,  born  March  11. 
1782;  and  Sarah  born  Jmie  14  1783.  Peter 
Graffam  moved  from  Windham  to  New  Glou- 
cester.     Pie    served    as    second    lieutenant    in 


Captain  Nathaniel  Merrill's  company,  Colonel 
Jonathan  Mitchell's  regiment,  in  the  Bagaduce 
expedition  in  1779.  He  died  May  3,  1783,  aged 
forty-one  years. 

Abigail,  born  in  Windham,  April  11,  1744, 
baptized  May  13,  1744,  married  November  25, 
1766,  Joseph  Chesley;  lived  in  Windham  and 
Buckfield,  and  had  eleven  children;  her  hus- 
band, who  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  died 
at  Paris,  Maine,  in  1825,  aged  eighty-five 
years.  Hannah  Graffam,  born  at  Falmouth, 
May  31,  1746,  died  unmarried  December  13, 
1789;  her  grave  in  the  Smith  cemetery  at 
Windham  is  marked  by  a  gravestone.  Mary 
Graft'am,  born  in  Falmouth  October  23,  1748, 
baptized  November  20,  1748,  married  Decem- 
ber 14,  1786,  Samuel  Elder  (second  wife),  and 
had  four  children ;  she  died  May  27,  1829 ;  he 
died  May  lO,  1819. 

Sarah  Graft'am,  born  in  Windham,  Febru- 
ary 23,  1 75 1,  baptized  April  7,  1751,  married 
October  21,  1773,  Ezra  Brown,  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Windham,  born  April  3,  1750;  she 
died  December  12,  1797;  she  had  nine  children. 
Caleb  Graft'am,  Jr.,  born  in  Windham,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1755,  married  January  3,  1783,  Eunice 
Bailey,  of  Falmouth,  Maine ;  he  was  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier.  Rebecca,  born  in  Windham, 
May  I,  1757,  married  June  21,  1781,  John  El- 
der, and  lived  in  Windham ;  he  was  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1752,  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  died 
May  15,  1828;  she  died  October  5,  1829;  no 
children.  Louis,  born  in  Windham,  April  30, 
1759,  married  in  November,  1781,  Robert  Mug- 
ford,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Evans)  Mug- 
ford;  she  died  February  10,  1820,  aged  sixty 
years  ;  he  died  February  14,  1835.  Tliey  had  six 
children,  bom  in  Windham.  Elizabeth  Graffam, 
born  in  Windham,  April  30,  1766,  baptized 
May  II,  1766,  died  July  17,  1792,  at  Gambo, 
Maine;  she  married  in  Windham,  February  9. 
1786,  Samuel  Swett,  born  in  Newburyport. 
Massachusetts,  June  8,  1759,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  Swett.  Enoch  (2)  Graffam,  sixth  child 
of  Captain  Caleb  and  Lois  (Bemiett)  Graft'am, 
was  born  in  Windham,  Maine,  April  14,  1753. 
He  married,  August  25,  1774,  Charity  May- 
berry,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Den- 
nis) Mayberry,  and  granddaughter  of  William 
Maj'berry,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  family; 
she  was  born  August  30,  1755,  at  Windham. 
Enoch  Graffam  was  a  chairmaker  and  a  farm- 
er. He  lived  on  the  river  road  at  Windham, 
nearly  opposite  where  William  Frank  May- 
berry  now  (looi)  lives.  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  Revolution,  serving  first  as  a  private  in 
Captain  William  Knight's  company  at  Fal- 
mouth Neck  (now  Portland),  October  18  until 


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October  23,  1775,  and  eight  days  in  Novem- 
ber. He  enlisted  February  i,  1776;  served  two 
months  at  the  siege  of  Boston,  but  probably 
was  transferred  to  Captain  Bartholomew 
York's  company,  Colonel  Edmund  Finney's 
Eighteenth  Continental  Regiment,  after  arriv- 
ing at  Cambridge,  as  his  term  of  service  covers 
the  same  period  in  that  regiment.  He  was 
discharged  December  31,  1776.  In  August, 
Colonel  Finney's  regiment  marched  and  joined 
the  Northern  army  near  Lake  Champlain. 
While  in  this  regiment  he  re-engaged  to  serve 
three  years  in  Captain  George  Smith's  com- 
pany, in  Colonel  Joseph  Vose's  First  Massa- 
chusetts Regiment,  and  served  from  January  i, 
1777,  until  January  i,  1780.  He  was  at  Still- 
water and  Saratoga,  spent  the  winter  of  1777- 
78  at  Valley  Forge,  and  took  part  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Monmouth  and  Quaker  Hill.  His  total 
service  was  forty-seven  months  and  thirteen 
days.     He  died  at  Raymond,   Maine,  August 

28,  1827,  aged  seventy-four  years. 

The  children  of  Enoch  and  Charity  (May- 
berry)  Graffam  were  as  follows:  Barsheba, 
bom  September  9,  1775,  baptized  January  7, 
1787,  died  unmarried,  December  30,  1837,  aged 
sixty-two  years.  Hannah,  born  August  26, 
1776,  baptized  January  7,  1787,  married  Jedi- 
diah  Loveitt,  January  24,  18--—,  and  lived  in 
Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine ;  he  was  born   March 

29,  1776,  and  had  the  following  children: 
Caleb,  born  April  23,  1802.  married  Susan 
Davis ;  Enoch,  born  April  23,  1802,  mar- 
ried  Hannah    Pillsbury ;   Nathan,   born    April 

30,  1804;  married  Maria  P.  Angell ;  Re- 
becca, born  August  29,  1806,  married  John 
Pillsbury ;  John,  born  April  20,  1809 ; 
Mary,  born  September  18,  181 1,  mar- 
ried James  Boothby :  David,  born  June  16, 
1814,  married  Betsy  Cobb;  George,  born  Au- 
gust 31,  1816,  married  October  21,  1839,  La- 
vina  Goold ;  James,  born  December  20,  1820, 
married  Lucinda  Goold.  Caleb  (3),  born  Oc- 
tober 17,  1780,  baptized  January  7,  1787  ;  Peter 
(4),  bom  May  31,  1783,  baptized  January  7, 
1787;  Enoch,  Jr.,  born  July  29,  1785,  baptized 
July,  1787,  died  young.  Enoch  Jr.,  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1787,  of  whom  there  is  no  detailed  re- 
cord. Rebecca,  born  August  26,  1789.  baptized 
October  11,  1789,  died  August  18,  1805.  Eliza- 
beth, born  March  29,  1792,  died  October  23, 
1861,  married  1810,  Samuel  Willard,  of  Cape 
Elizabeth,  Maine,  born  February  16,  1792,  and 
died  June  4,  1863.  Charity,  born  August  31, 
1794,  married  August  4,  1816,  Jonathan  Goold, 
of  Cape  Elizabeth,  who  was  bom  at  Eliot, 
Maine,  September  23,  1793;  he  was  the  son 
of  Alexander  and  Margaret   (Emery)   Goold. 


Alexander  Goold  was  a  soldier  in  the  army 
and  marine  in  the  navy  of  the  Revolution.  His 
full  record  can  be  found  in  the  publication, 
"The  Soldiers  and  Sailors  of  the  Revolution 
from  Kittery  and  Eliot,"  by  Lieutenant  O.  P. 
Remick.  Jonathan  Goold  served  in  the  war 
of  1812,  in  Captain  Nathan  Goold's  Windham 
company.  He  was  married  in  Windham, 
moved  to  Denmark,  where  his  wife  died.  He 
went  to  Willard,  Cape  Elizabeth,  about  1849, 
where  he  married  for  his  second  wife,  Sarah 
R.  (Graffam)  Cobb,  in  April,  1859;  she  was 
the  widow  of  Samuel  Cobb,  of  Cape  Elizabeth, 
and  was  born  in  Windham,  June  9,  1807,  and 
died  at  Willard,  May  1,  1894,  aged  eighty-six 
years.  By  her  first  husband  she  had  a  daugh- 
ter, Mary  Cobb,  who  married  Samuel  Angell, 
of  Cape  Elizabeth.  Jonathan  Goold  died  at 
Willard  January  5,  1875,  ^g^d  eighty-one 
years.  The  Goold  pedigree  is  :  Jonathan  (6), 
Alexander  (5),  Benjamin,  Jr.  (4),  Benjamin 
(3),  John  (2),  and  Jarvice  Goold  (i).  Char- 
ity (Graflfam)  Goold  died  at  Denmark,  Maine, 
March  3,  1848,  aged  fifty-three  years.  The 
children  of  Charity  (Graffam)  and  Jonathan 
Goold  are:  i.  Lavina,  born  December  15, 
1817,  married  October  21,  1839,  George  Love- 
itt, of  Cape  Elizabeth;  she  died  July  21,  1847, 
aged  thirty  years ;  they  were  cousins,  he  being 
a  son  of  Jedidiah  and  Hannah  (Graffam) 
Loveitt;  children:  Lucina,  born  August  11, 
1842,  died  young;  Rufus  C,  born  August  18, 
1844;  Daniel  G.,  born  July  25,  1852.  2. 
Nathaniel,  born  August  30,  1819,  married  De- 
cember 7,  1847,  Eveline  L.  Twombly ;  she 
died  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  January  13,  1892,  aged 
seventy-two  years ;  he  died  there  July  22, 
1896,  aged  seventy-six  years  ten  months  ;  their 
children  were :  George  Loveitt,  born  Septem- 
ber 20,  1848,  married  Sarah  L.  Graffam ;  Abba 
Allen,  born  January  7,  185 1,  died  in  1897,  mar- 
ried September  25,  1870,  Edward  Bouther- 
house ;  Sarah  Hicks,  born  September  2,  1855, 
died  July  7,  1883.  3.  Lucinda,  born  January 
30,  1822,  married  July  19,  1846.  James  Loveitt ; 
she  died  July  10,  1865,  aged  forty-three  years ; 
he  married  second,  Lydia  Cameron ;  the  chil- 
dren were :  Loenah,  born  August  26,  1847 ; 
Charity,  born  July  18,  1849,  married  Mr. 
Therar;  Lois,  born  December  20,  1851  ;  twin 
boys  died  in  infancy.  4.  Rebecca,  born  No- 
vember I,  1824,  died  at  six  months.  5.  Dan- 
iel, born  March  7,  1826,  died  October  3,  1835. 
6.  Lois,  born  August  2,  1828,  married  Captain 
Benjamin  J.  Willard  ;  she  married,  second,  Ber- 
nard Holmes.  7.  Jonathan,  born  June  ID,  1831, 
married,  first,  Lizzie  Butland ;  second,  Mar- 
garet Doyle ;  children  by  first  wife :  George  L., 


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married;  Francis;  Eenjamin  Willard,  married. 
8.  Daniel,  born  September  16,  1833,  married 
Jessie  McDonald ;  he  was  accidentally  shot 
while  unloading  guns  from  the  privateer  "la- 
cony,"  during  the  civil  war.  Children:  Ella 
Frances,  married  William  Allen ;  Cora  Belle, 
died  young ;  and  Emma.  9.  Mary  Elizabeth, 
born  January  27,  1837,  married  JNovember  20, 
1859,  Henry  Pillsbury,  lived  at  South  Port- 
land; children:  Alice  A.,  born  June  24,  18O4; 
Wintield  Henry,  born  January  4,  1867.  10. 
Dennis,  born  March  23,  1841,  was  drowned  off 
Two  Lights,  Cape  Elizabeth,  March  19,  18O0, 
aged  nearly  nineteen  years.  Polly,  a  twin 
sister  of  Charity,  born  August  31,  1794,  mar- 
ried Ithiel  Rand,  March  29,  1830.  John,  born 
September  15,  1796,  married,  iirst,  Mary  Gay, 
ot  Raymond,  died  February  16,  1833 ;  second, 
M'argaret  True,  of  Denmark,  died  February  17, 
1835.  James,  born  October  21,  1799,  married 
Dorcas  Pillsbury,  of  Cape  Elizabeth.  Lois, 
born  July  5,  1802,  married  John  Lowe,  of  Sac- 
carappa ;  no  children. 

Caleb  (2)  Grafiam,  eldest  son  of  Enoch 
(2),  married  April  2,  1801,  Polly  Joseph.  She 
died  June  10,  1807.  Their  children  were: 
Sally  Joseph,  born  May  17,  1802;  Peter,  born 
July  4,  1803  ;  Mary,  born  April  2,  1805 ;  Sarah 
R.,  born  June  9,  1807,  died  May  4,  1894.  His 
second  wife  was  Polly  Cloudman,  whom  he 
married  December  i,  1808,  died  July  3,  1814; 
children :  Hannah,  Nancy,  and  Jedidiah,  born 
June  6,  1813,  living  now  (1901)  at  Cape  Eliza- 
beth, Maine.  His  third  wife,  Rachel  Clay, 
married  March  17,  1815,  died  August  13,  1816; 
one  child,  Thomas,  who  died  at  sea.  His 
fourth  wife  was  Mary  Swett,  of  Gorham, 
children  were :  Annie ;  Clement  P.,  born 
March  16,  1817,  married  November  17,  1839, 
Mary  A.  Sanborn,  lived  at  418  Cumberland 
street,  Portland,  Maine ;  he  died  August  16, 
1887 ;  Joshua  S.,  born  February  24,  1819,  died 
September  16,  1819 ;  Mary  J.,  born  March  20, 
1820;  Rachel  A.,  born  March  15,  1822;  Sophia 
S.,  born  March  20,  1824;  Caleb  S.,  born  March 
17,  T826;  Rebecca,  born  March  29,  1828,  died 
1849 ;  Leander  L.,  born  February  14,  1830, 
lives  in  Bangor ;  Ben  R.,  born  June  24,  1832, 
died  June  19,  1833;  Caroline  E.,  born  June  27, 
1833 ;  David  H.,  born  April  10,  1835 ;  Joseph 
F.,  born  February  25,  1837 ;  William  C,  born 
February  20,  1839,  died  February  23,  1839; 
Evelyn  B.,  born  March  19,  1840 ;  Charles  W., 
born  October  23,  1841,  died  March  8,  1843. 

Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Graffam)  Willard, 
of  Cape  Klizalieth,  Maine,  had  eleven  children; 
I.  Mary  R.,  born  December  6,  18 12,  married 
Benjamin  Franklin  Woodbury;  children  :   Ben- 


jamin Franklin,  Jr.,  and  Carrie.  2.  Samuel, 
born  March  12,  181 5,  married  February  6, 
1840,  Jane  Trundy,  and  was  lost  at  sea,  1852; 
children :  Freeman  Gilman,  born  1845,  died 
August  3,  1867 ;  Augustavus  ;  Georgianna ;  Lu- 
cinda,  died  December  29,  1841.  3.  James, 
born  April  6,  1817,  died  young.  4.  Elizabeth, 
born  May  12,  1818,  married  August  13,  1839, 
Edward  H.  Woodbury,  died  August  4,  1901, 
aged  eighty-three  years;  children;  Joseph  H., 
Edward  Israel,  Clara,  Eldredge,  Willard, 
Charles,  Almeda,  and  William.  5.  William, 
born  December  12,  1820,  married  Sarah  Mar- 
iner, died  May  10,  1877,  aged  fifty-six;  chil- 
dren :  William  H.  and  Sarah  Adelaide.  6. 
Enoch  Graft'am,  born  February  28,  1823,  mar- 
ried Sarah  D.  Loveitt,  lives  in  Portland  (1902); 
children:  Enoch  Franklin,  born  May  21,  1853, 
died  March,  1883 ;  Sarah  Frances,  born  Febru- 
ary 24,  1857;  Mary  Ellen,  born  June  15,  1859; 
Martha  Pauline,  born  May  21,  1861.  7.  Char- 
ity G.,  born  May  8,  1825,  married,  first,  Nath- 
aniel Jordan  ;  second,  William  T.  Rolfe  ;  chil- 
dren :  Susan  and  John.  8.  Captain  Benjamin 
Jesse,  bom  October  30,  1828,  married,  first, 
Lois  Goold :  second  Henrietta  Gardiner ;  she 
was  born  March  14,  1839,  died  November  19, 
1885,  aged  forty-six  years.  He  lived  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  had  no  children,  died  April  4, 
1899.  9.  Susan  D.,  born  November  20,  1831, 
married  Caleb  Willard;  she  died  December  i, 
1886 ;  children :  Elizabeth,  Mlary  F.,  Warren. 
10.  Captain  Charles  Joseph,  born  December 
7,  1834,  married  1861,  Ellen  Elizabeth  GrafT- 
am;  he  was  lost  at  sea  in  March,  1872,  aged 
forty-seven  years  ;  children  :  Samuel  W.,  born 
August  17,  1862,  died  August  i,  1873;  Charles 
Wilton,  born  .August  7,  1868,  died  May  i, 
1869;  Charles  Joseph,  born  April  26,  1872.  11. 
Captain  Henry  E.,  born  November  9,  1837, 
married  Appia  D.  Loveitt ;  children :  Charles 
H.,  Albert,  and  Amelia. 

John  (3)  and  Margaret  (True)  GrafFani  had 
four  children:  Enoch,  born  March  30,  1836, 
married  Lemara  C.  Washburn,  January  24, 
1856;  Robert,  born  September  18,  1837,  mar- 
ried Mary  A.  Custin,  and  died  March  10,  i860; 
Joseph  A.,  born  April  9,  1839,  married  Pa- 
trinea  D.  Morill,  November  26,  1862 ;  Harriet, 
born  March  9,   1842. 

James  (3)  GrafTam  and  his  wife,  Dorcas 
Pillsbury,  had  thirteen  children,  all  born  at 
Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine ;  children :  Rebecca, 
born  September  26,  1826.  Solomon  Berry, 
born  July  10,  1827,  married  in  1848,  and  had 
ten  children.  George  Henry,  born  September 
9,  1828,  married  Mary  Jane  Clark  May  13, 
1853.  and  died  March  25,  1878;  had  one  child. 


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Lucy  Jane,  born  July  25,  1830,  married  in 
1853,  Joshua  Pillsbury,  born  October  i,  1829, 
died  December  31,  1892;  had  two  children. 
Barsheba,  born  September  9,  1832,  married 
March  8,  1857,  John  Berry,  born  September 
23,  183 1  ;  no  children.  Daniel  Pillsbury,  born 
December  26,  1834;  married  Annie  Scott;  had 
three  children.  Margaret,  born  May  30,  1837, 
married  Gustavus  Woodsum ;  he  died  aged 
fifty-four  years:  she  died  January  i,  1899:  no 
children.  Joshua  P.,  born  September  26,  1839, 
died  July  22.  1841.  Joshua  P.,  born  May  10, 
1842,  died  unmarried,  March  31,  1865;  he  was 
in  the  battle  of  Petersburg.  Mary,  born  Au- 
gust 25,  1843.  James  Osgood,  born  Septem- 
ber 10,  1845,  married  Mary  Jane  Hall,  and 
had  seven  children.  Benjamin  J.,  born  Sep- 
tember 18.  1847,  married  Clara  Paul,  of  Rock- 
land. Sarah  L.,  bom  October  8,  1850,  mar- 
ried George  L.  Goold,  January  14,  1873;  had 
one  child. 

Peter  (3)  GrafTam,  fourth  child  of  Enoch 
(2)  and  Charity  (Mayberry)  Graffam,  mar- 
ried, first,  in  1812,  Betsey  Boston,  who  was 
born  in  1 79 1,  and  died  February  9,  1833.  He 
married  for  his  second  wife,  in  1834,  Jane  Jel- 
lison,  who  died  April  10,  1853,  aged  seventy 
years.  He  died  June  17,  1870,  aged  eighty- 
three  years.  He  had  five  children  by  each 
marriage.  His  children  by  his  first  wife  Betsey 
Boston  were  :  William  H.,  born  1814  (Decem- 
ber 31),  who  died  March  8,  1875;  Rebecca, 
born  1816  (November  28)  :  Mary  Jane,  born 
October  24,  1818,  died  young;  James,  born 
1821  (September  13),  married  Louisa  Smith, 
and  had  three  children — Sarah  Jane,  Shirley 
E.,  and  James,  Jr. ;  and  Mary  Jane,  second, 
born  June  24,  1824,  died  January  4.  1903,  mar- 
ried November  26,  1846.  Henry  Witham,  and 
had  two  children  ;  Mary  E.,  born  May  22,  1854, 
married  first,  George  Young,  of  Windham,  and 
had  two  children;  she  married  again,  John 
Colby  Mayberry,  of  Windham,  and  had  two 
sons.  Sadie  H.,  born  December  31,  1857,  mar- 
ried 1894,  A.  A.  Maines,  of  Raymond.  Henry 
Witham  served  in  the  civil  war,  and  was  killed 
in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  July  2,  1863.  His 
widow  married  Josiah  Webb,  of  Casco.  Maine. 
By  his  second  wife,  Jane  Jellison,  Peter  (3) 
Graffam  had :  Betsey,  born  January  ig,  1835, 
(who  married  in  1853,  Ebenezer  Proctor,  and 
had  three  children;  Charles,  born  .'Kugust  16, 
1857 :  Arthur,  born  July  29,  1861 ;  Irvin,  born 
May  9,  1865)  ;  Henry,  born  December  19, 
1836:  Barsheba,  born  1839;  Mark,  born  1841, 
and  Eliza,  born  1843.  Henry  GrafTam  was 
mustered  into  the  LTnited  States  service  (.Sev- 
enteenth Maine  Regiment)    .August   18.   1862, 


and  served  in  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg, 
Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg  (three  days), 
Warpen  Heights,  Mine  Run,  Locust  Grove, 
Wilderness  (May  5,  1864,  where  he  was 
wounded).  Deep  Bottom,  Bull  Run,  Hatcher's 
Run,  and  Petersburg  (April  2 — 3,  1864).  He 
was  mustered  out  June  10,  1865. 

William  Henry  Graflfam,  eldest  child  of 
Peter  and  Betsey  (Boston)  Graffam,  was  born 
December  31,  1814.  He  married  November 
9,  1842,  Charlotte  Gardner,  of  Otisfield,  Maine, 
a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Eleanor  (Johnson) 
Gardner.  Richard  Gardner,  who  was  born 
December  9,  1772,  went  from  Saccarappa  to 
Otisfield  in  1800,  and  died  March  12,  1853. 
His  wife  Eleanor,  who  was  born  August  20, 
1778,  died  in  Naples,  Maine,  in  May,  1859. 
William  H.  Graffam  and  his  wife  Charlotte 
lived  on  the  Gardner  homestead  at  Otisfield. 
They  had  five  children — Ellen  Elizabeth, 
Sarah  Adeline,  Peter,  William,  Henry  and 
Edwin  Mayberry.  Ellen  Elizabeth,  born  De- 
cember 26,  1843,  married  in  1861,  Captain 
Charles  J.  Willard,  of  Cape  Elizabeth,  and 
lived  on  the  old  Willard  homestead  at  Cape 
Elizabeth ;  their  children  were :  Samuel  W., 
born  August  17,  1862,  who  died  May  i,  1873; 
Charles  W.,  born  August  7,  1868.  who  died 
September  18,  1869;  and  Charles  J.,  born 
April  26,  1872.  Sarah  .Adeline,  born  .August 
ID,  1847,  married  October  9,  1867,  Charles  L. 
-Abbott,  of  Brunswick,  Maine,  born  1840,  a  son 
of  Lewis  and  Dorcas  Abbott.  Her  children 
were :  Lewis,  born  at  Cape  Elizabeth.  .August 
3,  1868,  died  October  20,  1868;  Charles  Wood- 
bury, born  at  Naples,  .April  10,  1869;  William 
Henry,  born  at  Bath,  May  16,  1871  ;  Edward, 
born  at  South  Thomaston,  Maine,  March  10, 
1873 ;  Martha  Ellen,  born  at  Vinalhaven, 
Maine,  April  2,  1878. 

(VII)  Peter  Graffam,  son  of  William 
Henry  Graffam  (6),  was  born  .August  5,  1849, 
in  Otisfield,  Maine.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Naples  and  Portland,  Maine, 
and  at  a  commercial  college  in  Boston.  In 
1875  he  removed  to  Maiden,  Massachusetts, 
and  engaged  in  the  contracting  and  building 
business  on  his  own  account.  .Among  oth- 
er contracts  he  had  the  building  of  the 
Maplewood  scliool  building  and  the  factory 
of  the  Boston  Rubber  Company.  After  ten 
years  of  successful  business  in  Maiden  and 
vicinity  he  took  several  larger  contracts  in 
Boston,  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness on  a  large  scale.  He  promoted  building 
and  the  development  of  the  Back  Bay  section 
of  Boston, Beacon  street,  and  HtuUiugton  and 
Commonwealth  avenues.     In    1889  he  bought 


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twelve  acres  of  land  in  Roxbury,  and  has  built 
seventy  houses  there.  He  had  twelve  acres  in 
Brookline,  where  he  has  built  and  placed  on 
the  market  sixty-five  houses.  He  built  Hotel 
Graiifam,  Beacon  and  Dartmouth  streets,  in 
1891,  in  Boston.  After  a  remarkably  active 
and  successful  career  in  real  estate,  Mr.  Graff- 
am  retired,  and  has  since  been  occupied  in  the 
care  of  his  rented  property  and  other  invest- 
ments. 

He  has  resided  in  Maiden  since  1875.  His 
home  is  at  181  Clifton  street.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  but  has  had  no  time  to  spare 
from  business  to  hold  public  office.  He  is  a 
director  in  the  Maiden  Trust  Company.  He  is 
an  active  member  and  for  twenty  years  trustee 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  chun  .i,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  building  of  the  present 
edifice,  and  he  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  Mount  Vernon  Lodge  Free 
and  .A.ccepted  Masons ;  Melrose  Council :  and 
Beauseant  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Maiden  ;  and  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

He  married,  November  12,  1879,  Alice  Susan 
Tufts,  born  in  Maiden,  December  30,  1851, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Susan  (White)  Tufts. 
Edward  Tufts  was  born  in  Medford,  April 
28,  181 5.  Later  he  removed  to  Maiden,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  of  blacksmithing.  His 
political  affiliations  were  with  the  Republican 
party.  He  married,  February  20.  1844,  Susan 
White,  of  Carlisle,  Massachusetts,  died  De- 
cember 31,  1866,  and  they  were  the  parents  of: 
T.  Edward, born  in  Maiden, December  4, 1844. 
He  is  a  foreman  in  a  last  factory.  He  married 
Ella  Kite,  of  Connecticut,  and  they  have  chil- 
dren :  Marian  Lina  and  Edward  Harold.  2. 
George  Francis,  born  August  10,  1847,  died 
May  22,  1891,  dry  goods  merchant  of  Maiden  ; 
he  married  Etta  J.  Winship.  and  had  one 
daughter,  Jennie  Barnard,  burn  May  30,  1873. 
who  married  Frederick  M.  Bartlett,  of  Marl- 
boro. Massachusetts.  3.  Alice  Susan,  who 
married  Mr.  Graffam.  4.  Austin  Noyes,  born 
December  21,  1859,  died  February,  1863. 
David  Tufts,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Graffam, 
was  born  at  Maiden,  August  28,  1753;  mar- 
■  ried,  IMarch  31,  1784,  Elizabeth  Pratt,  of  Mai- 
den; died  November  28,  1804.  Steplien  Tufts, 
great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Graffam.  was  born 
in  1710,  died  in  Maiden,  December  5,   1785; 

he  married   Catherine  ,   born   in    1714: 

died  June  23,  1787.  John  Tufts,  great-great- 
grandfather of  Mrs.  Graffam,  was  the  son  of 
Peter  Tufts,  of  Charlestown,  who  was  the  em- 
igrant ancestor.  (See  sketch  of  Tufts  family 
elsewhere  in  this  work.)     John  Tufts  married 


Mary  Putnam,  who  died  May  28,  1728.  Their 
children  were  born  in  Medford  and  Maiden, 
whither  he  removed  in  1705-6. 

Peter  and  Alice  Susan  (Tufts)  Graffam 
have  had  children:  i.  Grace  Ellen,  born  No- 
vember 18,  1 88 1.  She  was  educated  in  the 
Maiden  schools  and  at  the  Lasell  Seminary, 
Auburndale,  Massachusetts.  2.  George  Fran- 
cis, born  December  5,  1884,  died  April  23, 
1891. 

William  Henry  Graffam  (second),  real  es- 
tate dealer.  Maiden,  born  February  10,  1852, 
married  in  Maiden,  January  19,  1887,  Mary  L. 
Worcester,  daughter  of  Leigh  R.  and  Ann  B. 
Worcester,  of  Maiden.  Born  in  Ipswich,  Mas- 
sachusetts, October  24,  i860,  she  died  July  8, 
1892,  aged  thirty-one  years.  They  had  two 
children  :  a  son.  born  May  30,  1889,  who  died 
June  2,  1889 ;  and  a  daughter,  Lizzie  Leigh, 
born  May  28,   1890. 

Edwin  Mayberry  Graffam,  real  estate  dealer. 
Maiden,  born  February  11,  1854,  is  unmarried 
(1908),  and  resides  in  Maiden. 


The  surname  Pattee  is  vari- 
PATTEE  ously  spelled  in  the  early 
records  Pettee,  Petty,  Patty 
and  Pattee.  According  to  family  tradition  the 
progenitor  was  a  French  Huguenot  who  set- 
tled in  the  Isle  of  Jersey  wlien  he  fled  from 
France. 

(I)  -Sir  William  Pattee,  the  ancestor  of  this 
family,  was  a  jjrominent  physician.  He  was 
physician  to  Cromwell  under  the  Common- 
wealth, and  later  to  King  Charles  the  Second 
also.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Royal 
Society  established  by  the  physicians,  and  he 
was  knighted  in  1660.  He  was  a  copious 
writer  on  political  economy  and  is  mentioned 
as  an  authority  in  Macaulay's  History  of  Eng- 
land. 

(II)  Peter  Pattee,  son  of  Sir  William  Pat- 
tee (1),  was  born  in  Lansdown,  England,  in 
1648.  In  1669,  on  account  of  certain  political 
notions  which  he  entertained,  he  found  it 
necessary  to  take  a  hasty  departure  from  his 
country,  and  he  settled  in  \'irginia.  In  1676 
or  1677  he  left  \'irginia,  possibly  from  domes- 
tic troubles,  as  we  find  him  accused  of  leav- 
ing a  wife  in  \'irginia,  after  he  had  married  in 
Massachusetts.  The  merits  or  the  disposition 
of  the  charge  do  not  appear.  He  apparently 
won  his  case,  for  he  was  a  citizen  of  Haver- 
hill the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  November, 
1677,  he  took  the  prescribed  oath  of  fidelity 
and  allegiance  to  England.  We  are  told  that 
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name  and  that  it  was  the  first  in  the  town  of 
Haverhill.  Somewhere  he  had  picked  up  the 
trade  of  shoemaker,  and  at  the  annual  town 
meeting  of  Haverliill,  in  the  spring  of  1677.  a 
year  after  an  application  of  William  Thomp- 
son asked  "to  be  accepted  a  Townsman,  to 
dwell  here  and  follow  his  trade  of  shoe-mak- 
ing" had  been  refused.  Pattee  made  a  similar 
application  and  met  with  the  same  refusal. 
The  record  of  the  transaction  is :  "Petter  Patie 
making  a  motion  to  the  town  to  grant  him  a 
piece  of  land  to  settle  upon,  it  not  being  till 
then  known  to  the  town  that  he  was  a  married 
man  and  a  stranger,  having  hitherto  accounted 
of  him  as  a  journeyman  shoe-maker,  his  mo- 
tion, according  to  law,  was  rejected.  And 
the  Moderator  declared  to  him  before 
the  public  assembly  that  the  town  doth 
not  own  him,  or  allow  of  him  for  an  inhabit- 
ant of  Haverhill,  &  that  it  was  the  duty  of 
the  Grand-jury  men  to  look  after  him."  But 
this  was  in  line  with  a  general  custom  in  the 
towns  at  that  period.  The  very  best  famili- 
lies,  when  removing  from  one  town  to  an- 
other, were,  according  to  this  custom, 
"warned  out,"  so  that  in  case  any  of  the  fam- 
ily became  paupers  they  would  not  have  a 
legal  residence  where  they  dwelt.  As  a  rule 
no  attention  was  paid  to  these  warnings.  Nor 
did  the  refusal  of  the  people  of  Haverhill  dis- 
courage Peter  Pattee.  He  settled  there  and 
lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life,  even 
holding  town  offices  at  a  later  period.  In  1680 
he  was  presented  to  the  court  for  being  absent 
from  his  \'irginia  wife  several  years,  but  no 
record  of  action  taken.  Ne.xt  year  he  was 
presented  for  having  another  wife  in  \'ir- 
ginia.  But  this  again  seems  to  have  had  no 
effect  on  Pattee,  and  in  1694  we  find  him 
chosen  to  the  important  office  of  constable 
in  Haverhill  by  a  "Plentiful,  clear  and  legal 
paper  vote."  .A-s  late  as  1710  he  was  the  regu- 
lar ferryman  at  "Pattee's  Ferry."  It  appears 
that  Pattee  was  the  first  shoemaker  regularly 
to  follow  his  trade  in  a  place  since  famous  for 
the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes,  for  he  paid 
no  attention  to  the  town  vote.  He  was  un- 
doubtedly of  different  faith  and  standards  of 
life  from  the  stern  old  Puritans  of  Haverhill 
who  were  in  control.  The  same  opposition  to 
Pattee  is  shown  when  he  asked  to  be  accepted 
as  a  townsman,  persisted,  and  in  1695  when 
he  asked  permission  to  erect  a  grist  mill  at 
East  River  Meadow  he  was  refused.  The 
reason  given  was  that  the  town  was  under 
obligations  to  Currier  &  Greeley,  who  were 
also  in  the  mill  business.  But  if  tradition  is 
correct   he  built  a  mill   at   Haverhill,  one   of 


the  earliest  in  that  town.  He  had  a  tavern  m 
1696  when  Nathaniel  Saltonstall  complained 
that  there  were  too  many  taverns  licensed  in 
the  vicinity.  His  second  wife  was  Sarah  Gile. 
whom  he  married  November  8,  1682.  There 
is  no  record  of  children  by  the  Virginia  wife. 
Eight  children  were  born  in  Haverhill  be- 
tween July  28.  1683.  and  May  15,  1696,  viz: 
I.  Moses,  born  1683.  -■  Benjamin,,  died 
young.  3.  Jeremiah.  4.  Samuel,  had  a  seat 
in  the  meeting  house  in  1709.  5.  Hannah.  6. 
Alercy.  7.  Jemima.  8.  Benjamin,  born  May 
15,  1696,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Benjamin  Pattee,  son  of  Peter  Pat- 
tee (2),  was  born  May  13,  1696.  He  settled 
in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  In  1745  he  was 
the  only  one  of  the  family  remaining  in  Hav- 
erhill and  paying  taxes  there. 

|I\")  Captain  Asa  Pattee,  son  of  Benjamin 
Pattee,  it  is  said,  and  certainly  grandson  of 
the  redoubtable  Peter  Pattee  (2),  was  born  in 
Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  in  1732.  He  set- 
tled first  at  Goifstown,  New  Hampshire,  and 
at  about  the  close  of  the  Revolution  settled  in 
Warner,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  captain  of 
a  company  in  the  old  French  and  Indian  war, 
and  was  present  at  the  taking  of  Quebec  in 
1759,  under  General  Wolfe  against  General 
Montcalm.  In  the  Revolution  he  was  a  Loyal- 
ist, and  the  place  of  his  residence  in  Warner 
came  to  be  called  from  him  Tory  Hill.  His 
residence  was  where  the  village  of  Warner  is 
located  and  his  was  the  first  frame  house  built 
there.  It  is  now  called  the  Dr.  Eaton  house. 
In  it  for  several  years  he  kept  hotel.  He  had 
the  largest  farm  in  the  town,  and  raised  much 
stock,  cattle,  sheep  and  horses.  He  became 
well-to-do,  and  notwithstanding  political  dif- 
ferences was  highly  esteemed  and  trusted  by 
his  townsmen.  He  was  married  twice  and 
according  to  famiily  tradition  had  twenty-two 
children  by  his  second  wife.  .Among  his  chil- 
dren were:  I.  John,  born  September  2,  1769, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Daniel,  born  about 
1775,  settled  in  Canaan,  New  Hampshire: 
father  of  Mrs.  Daniel  Bean  and  Mrs.  Jacob 
Currier. 

(V)  John  Pattee.  son  of  Captain  Asa  Pat- 
tee (4),  was  born  at  Gofifstown,  New  Hamp- 
.shire,  September  2,  1769,  and  died  at  Warner, 
New  Hampshire,  August  19,  1865.  He  was 
brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  acquirin.g  the 
usual  common  school  education  of  his  day. 
He  removed  to  \\'arner.  New  Hampshire, 
about  the  time  of  his  marriage  in  1 791.  He 
bought  the  farm  of  his  father  and  lived  all  the 
remainder  of  his  life  on  the  homestead  on 
Torv   Hill.      It   was   the   largest   farm   in    the 


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town,  consisting  of  about  five  hundred  acres 
about  a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  village  to 
the  north.  He  also  owned  a  large  tract  of 
land  on  the  side  of  the  Lower  Kearsarge 
Mountain  on  what  was  called  the  Gore.  He 
raised  large  flocks  of  sheep  and  the  wool  was 
spun  into  yarn  on  the  farm.  He  also  raised 
cattle  and  horses  for  the  market.  He  was  a 
very  devout  man,  and  the  visiting  ministers 
of  the  town  were  in  the  habit  of  staying  at  his 
house.  He  knew  the  Bible  by  chapter  and 
verse  and  was  fluent  in  quoting  from  it.  He 
enjoyed  nothing  more  than  a  Scriptural  argu- 
ment with  a  clerical  guest,  and  often  he  was 
more  than  a  match  in  Biblical  learning  and 
interpretation  for  his  antagonists.  He  was  a 
skilful  penman,  though  the  paper  used  in 
those  days  was  costly  and  difficult  to  get.  For 
ordinary  purposes  birch  bark  was  used.  He 
was  called  a  natural  physician  and  bone  set- 
ter, so  readily  did  he  acquire  the  art,  and 
often  he  was  called  in  cases  of  sickness  rather 
than  physicians.  He  was  an  active  and  liberal 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Warner,  re- 
sponding to  every  proper  call  upon  his  purse 
in  charitable  ways.  He  served  in  the  militia 
and  was  a  Democrat  in  politics. 

He  married,  June  i6,  179 1,  Eunice  Sargent, 
of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  born  1770,  and 
died  at  .\rlington,  Massachusetts.  October  5, 
1837.  Among  their  children  are:  [.  Hannah 
Dustin,  born  May  28,  1792,  died  in  Cam- 
bridgeport,  April  14.  1877;  married,  January 
15,  1812,  Asa  D.  Flanders,  of  Warner:  chil- 
dren: i.  Lucy  Buzzell  Flanders,  born  No- 
vember 3,  1812,  died  October  16,  1896;  mar- 
ried, February  5,  183 1,  John  Hammond  (chil- 
dren: John  F.  C.  Hammond,  born  January  20, 
1833:  Adelaide  Hannah  Hanunond.  born  De- 
cember 5,  1834;  Harrison  James  Hammond, 
born  May  29,  1838:  Laura  A.  Hammond, 
born  November  4,  1842;  Charles  W.  Ham- 
mond, born  February  19,  1847;  Ella  H.  Ham- 
mond, born  February  5,  1850);  ii.  Moses 
Gould  Flanders,  born  June  25,  1814,  died 
April  II,  1899,  married,  September  26,  1841, 
Lucy  .\nn  Cutler  (children:  Ann  Maria 
Flanders,  born  January  3,  1843;  Laura  Jane 
Flanders,  born  October  13,  1849;  Lucy  Jane 
Flanders;  Ada  Elizabeth,  born  June  26,  1854; 
Asa  Warren  Flanders,  born  April  18.  1859"); 
iii.  Laura  Bartlett  Flanders,  born  March  30, 
1816.  died  November  12,  1889,  married,  1838. 
Asa  Dustin  Pattee  (and  had  children:  George, 
born  1838:  Charles,  born  October  8,  1842, 
died  Augu'-t,  1882;  Laura,  born  .\ugust  26. 
1845,  died  November  15,  1892).  2.  Sarah  Sar- 
gent, born  June  16.  T794.  died  September  30, 


1823,  unmarried.  3.  Susanna,  born  Decem- 
ber 9,  1796,  died  March,  1823;  married  Silas 
Rowell,  of  Warner.  4.  Lavinia,  born  Alarch 
II,  1799,  died  October  5,  1854;  married  David 
Watson,  of  Warner  (children:  Lenson  Wat- 
son, Hiram  Watson,  Cyrus  Watson,  John 
Watson).  5.  Asa,  born  October  14,  1800, 
was  selectman  and  representative  to  the  legis- 
lature; died  January  9,  1876;  married,  1827, 
Sally  Colby,  daughter  of  Stephen  Colby,  of 
Warner;  children:  Stephen  B.,  John,  Susan, 
Dr  L.uther,  Dr.  Asa  F.,  Emma.  6.  Judith, 
born  October  9,  1802,  married  Dudley  Mor- 
rill, of  Warner.  7.  Jesse  Peasley,  born 
August  12,  1804,  mentioned  below.  8.  Cyrus 
Cressey,  born  March  16,  1807,  married  Hul- 

dah  .     9.  Dorcas  F.,  born   March  8, 

1810,  died  May  13,  1840;  married  Dudley 
Kendrick;  no  children. 

(VI)  Jesse  Peaslee  Pattee,  son  of  John 
Pattee  (5),  was  born  at  Warner,  New  Hamp- 
shire, August  12,  1804,  and  died  at  Warren, 
New  Hampshire,  August  12,  1863.  He  at- 
tended the  common  schools,  the  Hopkinton 
Academy  at  Hopkinton,  New  Hampshire,  and 
Weare  Academy  at  Weare.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  began  to  teach  school,  and  after 
completing  his  schooling  he  continued  for 
some  years  to  teach  in  the  district  schools  of 
the  vicinity.  He  remained  at  home  and  as- 
sisted his  father  on  the  farm  until  he  was 
twenty  years  old,  when  he  went  to  Arlington, 
Massachusetts,  and  learned  his  trade  in  Cot- 
ton's bakery.  After  a  time  he  established  a 
business  of  his  own,  running  a  baker's  cart 
and  buving  his  goods  of  his  former  employer. 
He  was  thus  engaged  for  five  years,  and  then 
he  bought  out  his  old  employer.  While  driv- 
ing his  baker  cart  he  conducted  evening 
schools  in  penmanship  in  Cambridge  and 
Brookline.  He  bought  the  house  which  is 
now  the  corner  of  Main  and  Central  streets, 
Arlington,  and  five  years  later  purchased  a 
house  and  lot  comprising  about  two  acres  at 
the  southwest  corner  of  Academy  street  and 
Massachusetts  avenue,  and  resided  there  up 
to  a  month  prior  to  his  demise.  In  1855  he 
leased  his  bakery  and  about  two  years  later 
sold  it  to  his  son,  William  H.  Pattee.  He  was 
the  first  baker  to  ship  bread  to  California 
after  the  discovery  of  gold,  sending  it  in  large 
hogsheads  made  for  the  purpose.  He  was  as- 
sociated with  Hon.  John  Schouler  in  the  West 
Cambridge  Street  Railway  Company  and  was 
successful  for  a  few  years,  but  later  suffered 
heavy  losses.  He  was  the  most  active  man 
of  the  company,  procuring  its  charter,  selling 
the   stock,   and   building  the   horse   railroad. 


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Tlie  first  trip  was  made  in  June,  1859.  After 
Mr.  Pattee's  death  the  lease  of  the  road  was 
sold.  He  was  one  of  the  most  generous  and 
energetic  of  men,  always  ready  to  help  the 
unfortunate  and  poor.  A  man  of  sterling 
character,  he  enjoyed  fully  the  confidence  of 
his  townsmen  and  friends.  Though  reared 
in  the  Baptist  church,  he  was  liberal  in  re- 
ligious belief  and  joined  the  Universalist 
church  at  Arlington,  being  collector  and 
treasurer  many  years,  serving  on  its  standing 
committee;  a  charter  member.  He  sub- 
scribed liberally  to  the  building  fund  and 
served  on  the  building  conmiittee  when  the 
church  was  built;  was  also  a  pew  holder  and 
an  attendant  of  the  Universalist  church  at 
Warner,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  and  was  a  representative  to 
the  general  court  from  his  district  about  1844. 
He  was  collector  of  taxes  and  held  other  town 
offices.  He  was  made  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  June  6,  1844,  of  which 
he  was  worshipful  master  for  a  period  of  three 
years,  1852-53-54.  He  was  junior  grand 
warden  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachu- 
setts in  1861.  He  was  also  a  member  of  St. 
Paul's  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of 
Boston;  of  Boston  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar;  of  .Massachusetts  Consistory,  thirty- 
second  degree,  Scottish  Rite  Masonry;  also 
of  Bethel  Lodge,  No.  12,  Odd  Fellows,  join- 
ing September  20,  1842.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany of  Boston  and  of  the  National  Lancers 
of  Boston. 

He  married,  at  Arlington,  December  i, 
183 1,  Adeline  Nourse  Hill,  who  was  born 
in  Arlington,  .August  17,  1809,  died  July  26, 
1873,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Bow- 
man) Hill.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Solomon 
Bowman,  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  William 
Hill  was  a  cabinetmaker  and  fancy  painter. 
Children:  i.  William  Henry,  born  June  13, 
1833,  mentioned  below.  2.  John  .Augustus, 
born  December  2,  1836,  died  February  28, 
1873,  married,  October  17,  1861,  Sarah  Matil- 
da Allen  of  Cambridge;  children:  i.  Bertha 
Adeline,  born  May  18,  1863,  married,  Sep- 
tember 22.  1880,  Fred  O.  Petts,  of  Keene, 
New  Hampshire;  (children:  Beatrice  Edith 
Petts,  born  May  18,*  1883,  died  March  29, 
1892;  Arthur  Fowler  Petts,  born  April  i, 
1890)  ;  ii.  Edith  Augusta,  born  December 
8,  1866,  married,  October  23,  1887,  Albert 
Edwin  Fowler,  of  Newburyport,  Massa- 
chusetts :  (children :  Harold  Richard  Fow- 
ler, born  November  13,  1888;  Edith  Al- 
len   Fowler,   born    November   30.    189 1,   died 


March  17,  1892;  Albert  Edwin  Fowler,  Jr., 
born  June  11,  1897).  3.  Mary  Eliza,  born 
January  20,  1843,  married,  June  to,  1878,  Otis 
Thatcher  Cobb,  of  New  Bedford,  Massachu- 
setts, child,  Mary  Florence,  born  May  29, 
1879.  4-  Frances  Adeline,  born  June  30,  1846, 
died  August  9,  1846. 

( VHj  William  Henry  Pattee,  son  of  Jesse 
Peaslee  Pattee  (6),  was  born  at  West  Cam- 
bridge, June  13,  1833.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  until  he  was  four- 
teen years  old  when  he  removed  to  Bradford, 
New  Hampshire,  and  went  to  school  there. 
He  then  took  a  course  of  study  at  Sanborn 
Academy  at  Washington,  New  Hampshire. 
After  completing  his  education  he  was  associ- 
ated with  his  father  in  business  at  Arlington, 
JMassachusetts,  as  clerk  in  his  father's  bak- 
ery establishment.  Later  he  worked  for 
Prescott  &  Proctor,  drygoods  dealers,  one 
year,  and  for  Lyman,  Nichols  &  Co.,  whole- 
sale drygoods  dealers,  afterward  the  firm  of 
Cushing,  Pierce  &  Moore,  80  Milk  street, 
Boston.  Upon  attaining  his  majority,  he  went 
to  Arlington  to  work  for  his  father.  He  drove  a 
baker's  cart  for  a  year  and  then  with  his  cousin, 
Enoch  D.  Pattee,  bought  out  his  father's  busi- 
ness establishment  about  1857.  The  firm  name 
was  E.  D.  &  W.  H.  Pattee.  The  bakery  was 
located  near  the  corner  of  Academy  and  Main 
streets,  Arlington.  After  two  years  the  busi- 
ness was  sold  again  to  his  father  and  he  con- 
tinued in  his  father's  employ  for  one  year.  In 
the  winter  of  1859  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  West  Cambridge  Street  Railroad  as  con- 
ductor, his  father  being  one  of  the  principal 
owners,  and  in  1857  be  became  a  member  of 
Company  E,  Fifth  Regiment  Massachusetts 
volunteer  militia  of  which  he  was  elected 
lieutenant  in  1859.  This  company  was  known 
as  the  Lawrence  Light  Guards  at  Medford. 
The  regiment  proceeded  among  the  first  sol- 
diers to  Fortress  Monroe,  thence  to  Annapolis, 
Relay  House,  and  then  to  W^ashington  where 
the  regiment  guarded  the  United  States  treas- 
ury building.  Later  he  was  in  camp  with  his 
company  at  Alexandria,  where  he  served  as 
lieutenant  of  provost.  He  went  with  the  regi- 
ment to  Fairfax  Courthouse,  where  he  was  de- 
tailed on  hospital  work  at  camp.  He  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Bull  Run.  When  the  time 
of  his  enlistment  expired  he  returned  to  his 
native  town  and  entered  the  employ  of  J.  K. 
I-^outhmayd  as  head  salesman  for  three  years. 
He  then  took  up  insurance  business.  He  was 
agent  of  the  Phoenix  of  Hartford  and  had  of- 
fices on  W'ashington  street,  Boston,  but  two 
years  later  he  again  took  up  his  business  as  a 


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baker  in  his  father's  old  estaWishment  at  Ar- 
lington, which  he  had  formerly  owned,  and 
which  had  been  idle  for  a  long  time.  In  1878 
he  entered  the  employ  of  Estabrook  &  Eaton 
C'igar  Company  as  salesman  and  confidential 
clerk,  a  position  he  has  held  for  many  years. 
The  firm  has  stores  in  Worcester  and  Bos- 
ton. Mr.  Pattee  has  a  beautiful  residence  at 
24  Jason  street,  Arlington.  He  is  a  Universal- 
ist  in  religion,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He 
has  served  his  party  as  delegate  to  the  various 
conventions  and  has  been  treasurer  and  chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  town  committee.  He 
was  on  the  board  of  registrars  of  Arlington 
from  the  time  of  the  introduction  of  the  Aus- 
tralian ballot  system  to  1905.  He  was  made  a 
member  of  Hiram  Lodge  of  Free  Masons, 
June  8,  1854.  and  was  worshipful  master  in 
1862-63-64-65 ;  was  made  honorary  member  of 
the  lodge  April  28,  1904 ;  was  made  member  of 
Menotomy  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  ]\Iasons, 
one  of  its  charter  members,  and  in  1872-73-74, 
and  1880  was  its  high  priest.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Boston  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  and  of  the  Massachusetts  Consistory, 
thirty-second  degree,  Scottish  Rite  Masonry. 
He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Old  Men- 
otomy Social  Club,  and  the  Arlington  Boat 
Club,  and  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  .Artillery 
Company  of  Boston. 

He  married,  March  3,  1857,  Frances  Helen 
Grant,  born  June  13,  1838,  at  Boston,  and  died 
at  /Arlington,  February  10,  1896,  daughter  of 
Daniel  A.  and  Mary  (Parker)  Grant,  of  Bos- 
ton. Her  father  was  a  successful  carpenter 
and  contractor  of  Boston.  Children  :  1 .  Wil- 
liam Herbert,  born  December  31,  1857;  mar- 
ried   (first),  ;  married    (second),  July 

13,  1884,  Alice  C.  McGregor,  of  Cambridge; 
no  chik'ren.  2.  Jesse  Cjrant,  born  May  22, 
1867,  mentioned  below.  3.  Alabel  Frances, 
born  January  24,  1870,  married,  October  16, 
1890,  Albert  E.  Pond,  of  Boston:  children:  i. 
Helen  Pond,  born  September  11,  1892:  ii. 
Laura  Cushman  Pond,  born  July  11,  1895:  iii. 
Alberta  Pond,  born  September  24,  1900:  iv. 
Madalaine,  born  January  26,  1903.  4.  Win- 
throp,  born  November  24,  1874. 

(\TII)  Jesse  Grant  Pattee.  son  of  \\'illiam 
Henry  Pattee  (7),  was  born  at  .\rlington. 
Massachusetts,  May  22,  1867,  and  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  He  graduated 
from  the  Russell  grammar  school  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  and  afterward  assisted  his  father  in 
the  bakery.  Later  he  entered  the  employ  of 
liradford  &  ,\nthony.  later  known  as  James 
Stoddard  &  Kendall,  wholesale  Cutlery  etc.,  at 
374   Washington    street,    Boston.      After   two 


years  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  brother, 
William  Herbert  Pattee,  broker,  at  "]"]  Devon- 
shire street,  Boston,  and  continued  there  three 
years.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  W.  K.  Hutch- 
inson, market  gardener,  for  a  short  time  and 
then  was  for  two  years  with  the  firm  of  Cram 
&  Carter,  brokers,  Washington  street,  Boston. 
In  1889  he  removed  to  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  was  employed  by  the  Winchester 
Avenue  Railroad  Company.  At  the  end  of  one 
year  he  was  appointed  foreman  of  the  electrical 
department.  In  1892  he  returned  to  Arlington 
in  the  employ  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railroad 
Company.  He  worked  two  years  for  W.  K. 
Hutchinson,  and  then  in  1896  established  him- 
self in  the  laundry  business  in  .Arlington.  Two 
years  later  he  sold  out  to  the  Traver  Laundry 
Company  of  Somerville  and  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  H.  R.  Leighton  &  Company,  brokers, 
16  State  street  and  274  Washington  street, 
Boston,  remaining  in  that  position  some  four 
years.  In  June,  1906,  he  purchased  the  old 
established  business  of  W.  H.  Webber  &  Son, 
fish  dealers.  464  Massachusetts  avenue,  .Ar- 
lington. He  has  the  patronage  of  the  best 
trade  in  the  town  and  enjoys  a  flourishing 
business.  He. attends  the  First  LIniversalist* 
church,  and  has  been  librarian  of  its  Sunday 
school.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  has 
been  delegate  to  various  representative  and 
senatorial  conventions  of  his  party.  He  is  a 
member  of  Menotomy  Council,  No.  1 105,  Roy- 
al Arcanum,  and  has  been  an  officer  of  that 
body ;  of  Charles  B.  Marsh  Camp,  Sons  of 
A'eterans :  of  the  Young  Mien's  Universalist 
Club.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  Hose  3, 
.Arlington  fire  department,  and  was  clerk  of  the 
company. 

He  married.  May  18.  1888,  Julia  Desmond, 
of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  born  July  31,  1877, 
daughter  of  Dennis  Gerald  and  Eliza  Olden 
(Conklin)  Desmond,  of  Brooklyn.  Children: 
I.  Mildred  Rogers,  born  May  4,  1891.  2. 
Mabel  Grant,  October  5,  1899. 


The  surname  Dwelley  is  a 
DWELLEY     contraction    of    the    ancient 

English  or  Norman  family 
name  De  Welle.  It  is  quite  likely  that  the 
name  has  been  radically'changed  by  some  de- 
scendants V>y  drop]Mng  the  particle  de  (of) 
and  making  the  name  Will,  Willey,  Welle 
and  Welling.  We  find  also  a  family  of  de 
Wellyoge  in  county  Norfolk.  England,  and  a 
fam.ily  of  de  Welling.  A  family  of  Welley 
dwells  in  Houghton,  Durham  county,  Eng- 
land.     The   present    English    branch    bearing 


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683 


the  coat  of  arms  spells  the  name  De  Well,  De 
Welle  or  De  Will.  There  is  but  one  crest  for 
this  family:  On  a  mount  vert  a  horse  courant 
ar  bridged  sa.  The  coat  of  arms;  .A.r  two 
palets  gu.  each  charg;ed  with  five  bezants,  is 
substantially  the  same  in  all  the  branches. 
One  family  has  ar  two  palets  gu.  on  each 
four  bezants  in  pale.  The  coats  of  arms  indi- 
cate that  this  family  is  of  the  same  origin. 
Tlie  name  is  not  common,  and  its  verv  rare- 
ness is  an  indication  that  the  American  im- 
migrant is  from  the  English  stock  bearing 
arms  described  above. 

(I)  Richard  Dwelley,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  all  the  American  families,  was  bom  in 
England  about  1630.  He  was  in  Lancaster, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1654,  and  in  Hing- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  a  few  vears  later.  He 
had  settled  permanently  in  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1665,  and  his  farm  was  on  the 
road  leading  from  the  Third  Herring  brook 
to  the  harbor,  one  mile  north  of  the  brook, 
and  has  stood  on  the  site  of  that  of  Captain 
Sety  P'oster  of  a  generation  since.  He  also 
owned  land  on  Till's  brook,  since  known  as 
Dwelley's  brook  or  creek,  and  this  land  re- 
mained in  possession  of  his  descendants  until 
sold  by  his  great-grandson,  Lemuel  Dwellev. 
He  had  land  in  Scituate  between  Cornet's 
mill  and  Plymouth  road,  granted  to  him  for 
his  service  as  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war 
in  1675-76.  This  land  is  on  what  is  now  East 
street,  Hanover,  Massachusetts.  He  died 
May  27,  1692.  Children:  i.  Richard,  mar- 
ried, April  4,  1682,  Eamie  Glass,  daughter  of 
Roger  Glass,  of  Duxburv';  (second)  Elizabeth 
Simons  in  1690:  eight  children  born  in  Han- 
over. 2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3.  Samuel, 
died  in  1690  in  the  ill-fated  expedition  to 
Canada. 

(H)  John  Dwelley,  son  of  Richard  Dwel- 
ley ( I ),  was  born  about  1670.  Married  Ra- 
chel Buck,  daughter  of  Cornet  John  Buck, 
January  4,  1692-93.  It  is  said  the  Rhode  Isl- 
and branch  of  the  family  is  descended  from 
John.  Children,  born  in  Hanover:  i.  John, 
born  January  T5,  1693,  married,  December 
20,  1 72 1.  Judith  Bryant.  2.  Rachel,  born 
September  ij.  1695,  married,  October  27, 
17 1 3.  Caleb  Turner.  3.  Ichabod,  born  De- 
cember 30,  1696.  4.  Obadiah,  born  Febru- 
ary 21,  1697;  died  March  17,  1706.  5.  Jede- 
diah,  born  September  5,  1698,  mentioned  be- 
low. 6.  .Abner.  born  March  7,  1700.  7.  Sim- 
eon, born  December  22,  1701.  8.  Deborah, 
born  July  25,  1703,  married,  February  17, 
1724,  Isaac  Keen,  of  Pembroke.  9.  Joseph, 
born  1705,  baptized  May  6,  1705.     10.  Thank- 


ful, born  December  12,  1706,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1725,  William  Fobes,  of  West  Bridge- 
water.  II.  Mary,  born  May  18,  1708,  died 
_\oung.  12.  Benjamin,  born  May  22,  17 — . 
13.  Susannah,  born  December  19,  171 1.  14. 
Mary,  born  September  24,  1714,  married 
Joshua  Lincoln,  February  18,  1731.  15.  Lem- 
uel, born  June  25,  1717. 

(Ill)  Jedediah  Dwelley,  son  of  John  Dwel- 
ley (2),  was  born  in  Hanover,  Massachusetts, 
September  5,  1698.  Married  Elizabeth  House. 
His  autograph  is  shown  in  the  Hanover  his- 
tory. He  died  at  Hanover,  April  16,  1738, 
in  the  prime  of  life.  Children,  born  in  Han- 
over: I.  Elizabeth,  born  April  2j,  1726.  2. 
Deborah,  born  September  22,  1728.  3.  Lu- 
sanna,  born  March  20,  1730.  4.  Abner,  born 
March  6,  1733.  5.  Joshua,  born  July  20,  1736, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Jedediah,  born  March 
15,  1737,  soldier  in  Revolution.  7.  Lot,  born 
April  6,  1740.  baptized  March  16,  1741  "be- 
ing sick;"  w-as  soldier  in  Revolution. 

(I\')  Joshua  Dwelley,  son  of  Jedediah 
Dwelley  (3),  was  born  in  Hanover,  July  20, 
1736:  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  a 
I)rivate  in  Captain  Lemuel  Curtis's  company, 
Colonel  .\nthony  Thomas's  regiment  (Ply- 
mouth county),  marching  from  Cohasset  on 
the  Lexington  alarm:  also  private  in  Captain 
Hey  wood  Peirce's  company.  Colonel  Theo- 
philus  Cotton's  regiment,  in  1777,  marching 
to  Tiverton  on  a  secret  expedition.  He  was 
second  lieutenant  in  Captain  Joseph  Soper's 
company.  Colonel  John  Cushing's  regiment, 
marching  to  Rhode  Island,  December  10, 
1776,  on  an  alarm;  also  lieutenant  in  Captain 
Joseph  Clift's  company.  Colonel  Josiah  Whit- 
ney's regiment,  in   [778. 

He  bought  his  farm  in  the  spring  of  1765. 
His  house  is  standing  at  the  corner  of  Maine 
and  Union  streets.  Hanover,  and  was  owned 
bv  George  E.  Dwelley  in  later  years.  He 
died  March  15.  1787.  aged  only  fifty-one.  He 
married,  December  24,  1761,  Avis  Ramsdell, 
who  died  March  19,  1831,  aged  ninety. 
Children,  all  born  at  Hanover:  I.  Deborah, 
bprn  October  18,  1762,  married,  .\pril  13. 
1786,  Asa  Whiting.  2.  Lemuel,  born  No- 
vember 7.  1764,  mentioned  below.  3.  Joshua, 
born  December  13,  1766.  4.  Joseph,  born 
November  2,  1772,  moved  to  Maine  and  died 
there.  5.  Lucy,  born  September  18,  1775. 
married,  December  4,  1798,  Seth  Rose;  she 
died  .\])ril  25,  1845.  6.  Priscilla,  born  May 
20,  1780,  married,  October  20,  1804,  Joshua 
Stetson;  died  November  27,  1845. 

(\n  Lenuiel  Dwelley,  son  of  Joshua  Dwel- 
lev ('4'),  was  born  at  Hanover,  Massachusetts, 


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November  7,  1764,  and  died  October  29,  1846. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and 
at  an  early  age  learned  the  trade  of  a  black- 
smith. He  engaged  in  the  forging  business 
and  made  anchors  for  ships,  most  of  his  work- 
going  to  Boston.  Scituate  and  the  shipyard  on 
North  river  at  Hanover,  Massachusetts.  He 
inherited  his  father's  farm  of  seventy-five 
acres  near  the  present  farm  of  his  grandson 
Jedediah.  It  is  known  as  the  old  Curtis 
place  and  the  old  house  is  still  standing,  be- 
ing over  two  hundred  years  old.  The  place 
has  been  in  the  family  two  hundred  and  sev- 
enteen years.  Mr.  Dwelley  raised  cattle  and 
sheep  and  general  farm  products.  He  was  a 
hard  working  man  of  sturdy  frame.  He  was 
of  medium  height,  slender,  erect  and  with  a 
keen,  intellectual  face.  He  received  an  injury 
to  one  of  his  feet  which  made  walking  pain- 
ful, and  as  he  was  of  an  active  temperament 
with  many  interests  to  superintend,  he  used 
to  ride  much  on  horseback,  and  became  an 
accomplished  rider.  He  had  two  farms  with 
much  outlying  land,  and  was  besides,  half 
owner  of  s(5me  iron  works  on  the  North  river 
and  he  accumulated  considerable  property. 
He  was  brought  up  in  the  Orthodox  Congre- 
gational church,  but  later  became  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  was  tax  collector  at  one  time 
in  Hanover.  He  served  in  the  early  militia. 
He  resided  on  the  corner  of  Union  and  Main 
streets,  Hanover. 

He  married  (first),  November  5,  1796,  Jane 
Cushing,  born  in  1772,  died  December  i,  1816. 
daughter  of  David  and  Mary  W.  (Gardner! 
Cushing.  Her  father  was  a  colonel  in  the 
Revolution.  He  married  (second)  Lucia 
Turner,  of  Charlestown,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Patience  (Oldham)  Turner,  of  Lunen- 
burg, Massachusetts,  December  6,  1818.  Chil- 
dren of  the  first  wife:  i.  Lemuel,  born  June 
18,  1798,  mentioned  below.  2.  Jane  Russell, 
born  December  9,  1804,  died  December  11, 
1886:  married  (first),  April  21,  1827,  George 
Merriam :  married  (second),  September  26. 
1839,  William  H.  Curtis ;  children  of  the  first 
hu.sband :  i.  George  Russell  Merriam,  born 
February,  1828,  died  unmarried  May,  1842. 
ii.  Jane  Russell  Merriam,  born  November  12, 
1829,  died  July  6,  1907:  married,  June  8,  1851, 
Ludol  .'\ugustus  Poole  and  had  Georgianna 
Russell  Poole,  born  Mlay  24,  1852 ;  Celig  Mer- 
riam Poole,  born  January  14,  1856,  married 
Lewis  Corbett,  of  Rockland,  Massachusetts : 
Mary  Jane  Poole,  born  September  12,  1858, 
married  Charles  F.  Forbes,  of  Rockland,  Mas- 
sachusetts;  .Abel  Merriam  Poole,  born  May  i, 


i860;  Viola  Lincoln  Poole,  born  December  23, 
1863,  married,  July  18,  1888,  Albert  L.  Stud- 
ley,  of  New  York  City  ;  Grace  Ellsworth  Poole, 
born  February  20,  1867,  married  Traverse 
Blenis ;  Chester  Allen  Poole,  born  October  23, 
1872 ;  Frederick  Irving  Poole,  born  October 
2T„  1874.  Children  of  the  second  husband:  iii. 
Edward  Revere  Curtis,  born  February  11, 
1840.  iv.  George  Merriam  Curtis,  born  April 
23,  1844,  married,  June  13,  1868,  Matilda  A. 
Cody,  of  Killingly,  Connecticut,  and  had  Velma 
L.  Curtis,  born  August  16,  1870,  married,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1902,  William  C.  Whiting;  George  A. 
Curtis,  born  June  17,  1881  ;  v.  Ellen  M.  Curtis, 
born  August  12,  1849,  died  unmarried  July  24, 
1870.  3.  George  Russell,  born  September  27, 
1807,  died  November,  1827 ;  was  master  of  a 
vessel.  4.  Jedediah,  born  1815,  died  March 
26,  1834.  Children  of  the  second  wife:  5.  Jo- 
seph Turner,  born  September  23,  1819,  died 
October  8,  1836.  6.  Mary  Turner,  born  No- 
vember 10,  182 1,  married,  November  24,  1842, 
Joseph  Briggs,  Jr.,  who  died  May  28,  1869; 
children  :  i.  Sarah  Frances  Briggs,  born  Au- 
gust 18,  1843,  died  April  3,  1867:  ii.  Joseph 
Austin  Briggs,  born  May  8,  1851,  married, 
November  18,  1874,  Fanny  Ella  Damon,  and 
had  May  Alma  Briggs,  born  July  28,  1884,  and 
Stanley  Austin  Briggs,  born  May  4,  1889.  iii. 
Charles  Williams  Briggs,  born  July  15,  1853, 
married,  November  24,  1879,  Ruthena  Stock- 
bridge,  and  had  Amy  Newton  Briggs,  born 
September  19,  1880;  Louise  Homer  Briggs, 
born  November  24,  1882;  Christine  Taylor 
Briggs,  born  February  8,  1892,  died  June  5, 
1892.  iv.  Lucy  Ann  Briggs,  born  October  28, 
1858,  died  September  15,  1862. 

(VI)  Lemuel  Dwelley,  son  of  Lemuel 
Dwelley,  was  born  at  Hanover,  Massachusetts, 
June  18,  1798,  and  died  April  15,  1878.  He 
had  a  common  school  education,  and  when  he 
was  seventeen  years  old  was  ofifered  the  choice 
of  going  to  college  or  having  a  business  part- 
nership with  his  father.  He  chose  the  latter. 
For  some  vears  he  conducted  the  farm  and 
drove  with  the  forgings  from  the  iron  works 
to  Hingham.  The  family  tradition  states  that 
lie  also  owned  one-half  interest  in  the  Fore 
River  Iron  Works.  When  he  was  thirty  years 
of  age  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  iron  business 
and  invested  the  money  in  a  large  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  acres,  adjoining  that  of  his 
father.  He  raised  large  quantities  of  rye  and 
corn.  In  early  life  he  taught  the  district  schools 
in  the  winter  months.  In  later  years  he  made 
trips  to  the  Brighton  market  where  he  bought 
and  drove  cattle  to  Hanover,  selling  them  alive 
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quite  profitable.  He  was  also  engaged  in  ap- 
praising estates.  He  was  a  very  popular  man 
in  the  county,  being  sociable,  and  a  great  joker. 
He  attended  the  Congregational  church  and 
served  on  its  parish  committee.  He  believed 
in  going  to  church  and  was  deeply  interested 
in  church  work.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  later 
a  Republican.  He  was  selectman  of  Hanover 
from  1827  to  1831,  inclusive,  and  from  1842 
to  1844.  He  was  a  member  of  the  prudential 
committee,  was  highway  surveyor  and  held 
other  minor  offices.  He  was  lieutenant  of  a 
company  of  militia  at  Hanover. 

He  married,  April  21,  1827,  Sarah  Jacobs 
Bailey,  born  August  20,  1805,  and  died  April 
23,  1893,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Sarah 
(Jacobs)  Bailey,  of  Hanover,  Massachusetts. 
Children :  i .  George  Russell,  born  December 
5,  1829,  mentioned  below.  2.  Edwin  Bailey, 
born  January  2,  1831,  died  August  17,  1898; 
married,  January  i,  1859,  Catherine  L.  White, 
of  Hanover ;  children :  i.  Edwin  Forest,  born 
August  24,  1864,  married,  June  29,  1890,  Mary 
A.  Turner,  and  had  Eleanor  White,  born  July 
16,  1897 ;  ii.  Percy  White,  born  September  29, 
1866,  married,  November  8,  1891,  Sarah  E. 
Bailey,  of  Hanover,  and  had  Edwin  Bailey, 
bom  March  13,  1901.  3.  Jedediah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1834,  married,  February  2,  1862, 
Elizabeth  .\.  HoUis,  of  Hanover :  they  had  one 
child,  Josephine  Sumner,  born  September  12, 
1862,  married,  October  27,  1881,  Rev.  Melvin 
S.  Nash,  of  Abington,  Massachusetts.  4.  Sarah 
Bailey,  born  March  6,  1836,  died  May  2,  1896: 
married,  December  31,  1866,  Joshua  E.  Bates, 
of  Hanover,  who  died  in  the  Civil  war.  5. 
Charles  Henry,  born  October  7,  1843,  married, 
December  31,  1866,  Myra  A.  Chamberlain,  of 
Hanover,  Massachusetts. 

(VH)  George  Russell  Dwelley,  son  of  Lem- 
uel Dwelley  (6),  was  born  at  Hanover,  Massa- 
chusetts, December  5,  1829,  and  died  at  Arling- 
ton, Massachusetts,  April  13,  1901.  He  was  of 
Puritan  descent  on  both  sides  of  the  family. 
He  attended  the  district  school  and  Hanover 
Academy,  and  entered  Phillips  Academy  at 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  where  he  fitted  for 
college.  He  entered  Yale  college  with  the  fa- 
mous class  of  1853,  and  attended  three  years, 
but  then  went  to  Harvard,  where  he  studied  a 
year  and  graduated  at  that  institution.  Presi- 
dent Elliot  graduated  with  the  same  class.  His 
first  chum  at  college  was  Edmund  Clarence 
Stedman,  the  poet  and  critic.  In  his  sopho- 
more year  at  Yale  he  became  associated  witl: 
Joseph  Ashley  Welch,  who  in  i860  was  candi- 
date for  city  attorney  in  New  York  City,  but 
was  beaten   by   B.   K.   Phelps,   another  class- 


mate. His  third  year  chum  was  John  S. 
Marmaduke,  who  was  president  of  the  college 
debating  society,  and  later  major  general  of 
the  Confederate  army.  In  Harvard  his  chum 
was  Captain  Crawford,  of  the  Confederate 
army.  After  graduating  from  Harvard  he 
taught  school  at  Hanover  and  Hingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  later  became  principal  of  the 
Rockland  high  school,  where  he  remained  till 
1862.  He  then  accepted  a  similar  position  at 
the  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  high  school, 
remaining  until  1866.  He  then  resigned  to 
take  the  position  of  treasurer  of  the  Copper 
Falls  Mining  Company  at  Copper  Falls,  Michi- 
gan. He  returned  to  Watertown  to  marry  one 
of  his  former  pupils  who  had  graduated  under 
him.  They  returned  to  Michigan  and  stayed 
at  Copper  Falls  three  years.  At  the  urgent 
request  of  the  Watertown  school  committee,  he 
again  returned  in  187 1  and  became  principal 
as  before  until  1874,  when  he  resigned.  He 
then  became  treasurer  of  the  Mechanics'  Sav- 
ings Bank  in  Boston,  where  he  remained  until 
the  great  financial  crash  a  few  years  later.  Mr. 
Dwelley  then  taught  in  Lexington  for  four 
years  as  principal  of  the  high  school,  and  in 
1881  went  back  to  Watertown  to  his  old  posi- 
tion. In  1884  he  was  elected  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Watertown  and  filled  both  positions 
until  1896,  and  was  also  superintendent  of 
schools  at  Groton  in  1897,  when  he  resigned 
from  professional  activities.  He  taught  in  all 
in  Watertown  twenty-five  years.  He  was  a 
brilliant  and  at  the  same  time  a  thorough  stu- 
dent, as  well  as  a  teacher  of  exceptional  ability, 
and  the  title  "The  Old  Man"  which  was  so 
familiar  to  the  pupils  of  his  later  years,  carried 
with  it  in  the  minds  of  his  scholars  no  disre- 
spect, but  rather  a  spirit  of  deep  regard  and 
veneration.  He  was  especially  fond  of  his 
home.  He  was  a  member  of  the  .Arlington 
Heights  Land  Company,  and  president  of  the 
Village  Improvement  Society.  He  was  an  at- 
tendant at  the  Arlington  Congregational 
church.  He  was  always  a  Republican.  In 
early  life  he  was  town  clerk  at  Hanover.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Eagle  Harbor,  Michigan, 
lodge  of  Masons.  He  belonged  to  the  .Asso- 
ciation of  School  Superintendents  of  Boston. 

He  married,  June  4,  1868,  Florence  Grace 
Pinkham,  born  January  14,  1846,  daughter  of 
John  S.  and  Lydia  .Ann  (Harrison)  Pinkham, 
of  Watertown.  Children:  i.  Gertrude  Flor- 
ence, born  October  31,  1869,  married  Henry 
Lawrence  Chadwick,  of  Philadelphia.  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  children :  Horace  Edmund  Chadwick 
and  Dora  Bernice  Chadwick.  2.  Dora  Louise, 
born  January  to.  1878,  married,  July  2,  1902, 


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George  William  Hill,  of  Stoneham,  Massachu- 
setts. 3.  Grace  Russell,  born  January  14,  1881, 
married,  October  2,  1907,  Frederick  Herschel 
Curry,  of  Melrose,  Massachusetts.  4.  Charles 
Theodore,  born  November  10,  1883.  5.  George 
Merriam,  born  September  3,  1886. 


Horace  l-'helps  Blackman, 
BLACK  .MAX  now  leading  a  retired  life 
at  his  home  in  Cambridge, 
which  is  a  fitting  sequel  to  a  life  of  activity 
and  toil,  is  a  native  of  Augusta,  Maine,  born 
July  I,  1S33.  He  is  a  son  of  Henry  B.  and 
Mary  E.  (Sortell)  Blackman,  the  former  of 
whom  was  a  carpenter  and  builder,  and  re- 
sided in  Augusta,  Maine,  and  the  latter  was  a 
daughter  of  a  clergyman  in  Sydney,  Maine, 
Henry  B.  and  Mary  E.  (Sortell)  Blackman 
were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  namely: 
I.  Henry  R.,  deceased.  2.  Josiah  B.,  de- 
ceased, was  unmarried.  3.  Nancy,  deceased, 
was  the  wife  of  Moses  Dyer.  4.  Hannah  L., 
married  Sheppard  Randall.  5.  Charles  Wes- 
ley, a  Methodist  Episcopal  clergyman,  mar- 
ried Clara  Prince.  6.  Mary  E.,  married  (first) 
Orrison  Woods,  who  was  killed  at  the  first 
battle  of  Bull  Run;  married  (second)  Rev. 
John  Gibson;  they  reside  in  Augusta,  Maine. 
7.  Horace  Phelps,  see  forward.  8.  William 
.Augustus,  married  Lucy  Fellows,  now  de- 
ceased. 

Horace  P.  Blackman  attended  the  schools 
of  Augusta,  and  after  com])leting  his  studies 
located  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
learned  the  trade  of  cabinet  making  with 
Chickering  &  .Sons,  the  celebrated  piano 
makers.  Later  he  worked  three  years  for  the 
firm  of  Hallett  &  Davis  as  foreman  in  their 
mill  department,  and  then  entered  the  employ 
of  Ma.'^on  &  Hamlin,  of  Cambridge,  where  he 
became  a  contractor  of  cabinet  work  and 
where  he  remained  from  1862  to  1892,  a  per- 
iod of  thirty  years,  when  he  retired  from  ac- 
tive labor,  having  accumulated  a  competency 
for  his  declining  years.  Mr.  Blackman  takes 
an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  adopted 
city,  and  in  1893  was  chosen  by  his  townsmen 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  in  which 
capacity  he  rendered  efficient  service.  He  is 
a  member  of  Mizpah  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  the  Royal  .Arch  Chapter.  Bos- 
ton Council.  Boston  Commandery  Knights 
Templar,  Lafayette  Lodge  of  Perfection  of 
Boston,  and  Cambridge  Lodge,  No.  13,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Newtowne  Club. 

Mr.  Blackman  married,  July  15,  T857,  I^y- 


dia  Flint,  daughter  of  John  FHnt,  a  native  of 
.Andover,  Massachusetts;  he  was  a  banker 
and  railroad  director,  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad,  of  which  he 
was  the  treasurer  for  a  number  of  years,  the 
treasurer  of  the  Andover  Savings  Bank  and 
the  president  of  the  Andover  National  Bank. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  are;  i.  Gertrude 
Flint,  married  (first)  Chester  F.  Sanger,  of 
Cambridge,  who  was  appointed  judge  of  the 
district  court;  they  had  one  child,  Paul  A.; 
she  married  (second)  Rev.  Francis  E.  Web- 
ster, of  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  a  director  of 
Christ  Church,  and  they  have  three  children; 
Kirby,  Stevens  and  Francis.  2.  .Arthur 
Wright,  graduate  of  the  Cambridge  high 
school;  he  learned  the  provision  business  in 
Boston,  but  later  entered  the  employ  of  Wil- 
liam H.  Claflin,  wholesale  paper  dealer,  with 
whom  he  has  remained  up  to  the  present 
time.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hamilton  Club 
of  Boston.  He  married  Marion  Floyd,  of 
Houghton,  Maine;  children;  Floyd  Horace, 
Ruth,  John,  Constance,  who  died  in  infancy, 
and  Marjorie.  He  resides  at  27  Agassiz  street, 
next  door  to  his  father. 


John  Houghton,  the  im- 
HOUGHTON     migrant  ancestor  of   this 

family,  is  believed  to  be 
the  son  of  Thomas  and  Katherine  Houghton, 
and  nephew  of  Sir  Richard  Houghton,  Tower, 
England.  He  was  born  about  163 1,  in  Lan- 
cashire, and  came  to  this  country  at  the  age 
of  four  years  in  the  ship  "Abigail,"  of  Lon- 
don. A  certificate  of  two  justices  and  the 
minister  of  Eaton  Bray  near  Dunstable,  coun- 
ty Bedford,  England,  is  on  the  custom  house 
records.  He  spent  his  youth  in  Dedhain, 
Massachusetts,  and  about  1652,  settled  in 
Lancaster.  His  first  home  in  that  town  was  on 
Dean's  brook,  between  Clinton  and  South 
Lancaster.  After  the  massacre  in  King  Phil- 
ip's war  he  settled  on  the  old  common  south 
of  the  road  and  nearly  opposite  the  present 
reforrri  school.  He  acquired  nnich  land  in 
what  is  now  Berlin,  Clinton  and  Bolton.  He 
owned  the  land  from  Clamshell  Pond  to  the 
William  Fife  lands,  thence  southward  includ- 
ing Baker  Hill.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen, 
a  deputy  of  Lancaster  to  the  general  court 
in  1690  and  several  years  afterward.  He  mar- 
ried Beatrix .  During  the  King  Philip's 

war  he  and  his  family  retreated  to  Woburn. 
Children;  i.  John,  born  1650.  2.  William, 
born  and  died  young  at  Dedham.  3.  Robert, 
born  March  28,  1659;  see  forward.    4.  Jonas, 


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born  about  1660,  settled  in  Bolton.  5.  Mary, 
bom  March  22,  1661-62.  Born  at  Lancaster: 
6.  Beatrix,  born  December  3,  1665 ;  married 
September  20,  1683,  John  Pope.  7.  Benjamin, 
bom  May  25,  1668.  8.  Sarah,  born  July  30, 
1672. 

(II)  Robert  Houghton,  son  of  John  Hough- 
ton (i),  was  born  at  Dedham,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  28,  1659.  He  returned  to 
Lancaster  with  the  family  after  King  Philip's 
war.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  was 
the  builder  of  the  new  meeting  house  in  1705. 
He  received  twenty-five  acres  of  land  for 
"building  the  pulpit."  He  was  in  the  garrison 
at  Lancaster  in  1704,  with  his  father  (in 
charge  of  John  Houghton,  Sr.,  and  Captain 
Thomas  Wilder),  also  with  his  brothers  Jonas, 
John  Jr.   and   nephew  Joseph.     He  married 

Esther before  his  return  to  Lancaster 

and  a  daughter  Isabel  was  born  in  Woburn, 
where  John  Jr.,  also  lived  temporarily.  Es- 
ther, his  wife,  died  January  13,  1740-41,  in  her 
eighty-second  year,  at  Lancaster.  Robert  died 
there  November  7,  1723,  in  his  sixty-fifth 
year.  Both  their  graves  have  stones  suitably 
inscribed.  Children  of  Robert  and  Esther; 
I.  Isabel,  born  at  Woburn  August  6,  1682; 
died  young.  2.  Hannah,  born  November  2, 
1683.  3.  Beatrix,  born  September  3,  1685. 
4.  Isabel,  born  June  6,  1687.  5.  Abigail, 
born  April,  1689;  admitted  to  church  171 1.  6. 
Eleazer,  owned  covenant  August  3,  17 18,  at 
Lancaster.  7.  Gershom;  mentioned  below.  8. 
Joshua,  born  1695.  9.  Ebenezer,  owned 
covenant  at  Lancaster,  August  3,  1718.  10. 
Esther. 

(III)  Gershom  Houghton,  son  of  Robert 
Houghton  (2),  was  born  in  Lancaster,  about 
1695  to  1700;  owned  the  covenant  at  the  same 
time  as  his  brothers  Ebenezer  and  Eleazer, 
"sons  of  Robert  and  Esther"  August  3,  1718, 
and  were  baptized.  He  married  at  Lancaster, 
February  23,  1724-25,  Elizabeth  Rugg,  who 
was  admitted  to  the  church  June  2,  1728.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Louisburg  expedition 
with  five  others  from  Lancaster  in  1748,  un- 
der Captain  Jonathan  White.  In  1725  he  and 
James  Boutelle  ventured  a  few  miles  farther 
north  than  Sterling,  and  erected  houses  in 
what  is  now  the  south  and  southwest  part  of 
the  town  of  Leominster.  The  town  of  Leo- 
minster was  incorporated  July  4,  1740.  His 
will  was  dated  January  14,  1757,  and  was 
proved  May  10,  1757.  He  bequeathed  to 
wife  Elizabeth:  son  Abiathar,  and  daughter 
Tamar.  He  had  among  other  real  estate  two 
whole  rights  in  Ipswich,  Canada.  Eleazer 
Houghton,   who    signed   the   will   as   witness 


probably  was  brother  of  Gershom.  Children, 
born  in  Lancaster:  1.  .Abiathar,  born  Janu- 
ary 21,  1725-26;  mentioned  below.  2.  Tamar, 
born  December  5,  1733;  baptized  December 
16,  1733,  at  First  Church. 

{1\')  Abiathar  Houghton,  son  of  Gershom 
Houghton  (3J,  was  born  at  Lancaster,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1725-26,  and  baptized  in  the  First 
Church,  April  26,  1726.  His  descendants  are 
eligible  to  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  as 
well  as  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  He  was  in  the  service  first,  in 
1748  against  the  Indians,  under  Captain  Eph- 
raim  Wilder,  just  after  the  two  soldiers  at 
Ashby  were  slain  and  the  family  of  John 
Fitch  taken  into  captivity.  In  1755  he  was 
a  sergeant  in  Captain  Benjamin  Ballard's 
He  was  in  Captain  Joshua  Wood's  company 
from  Leominster  and  marched  on  the  Lex- 
ington alarm.  His  son  .Abiathar  was  in  the 
same  company,  and  served  later  in  the  war 
also.  He  married  Millicent  Carter,  of  Lan- 
caster. He  died  intestate,  and  his  widow  Mil- 
licent administered  his  estate  and  was  guar- 
dian of  their  two  minor  children,  Peter  and 
Jemima  Houghton.  The  inventory  is  dated 
October  3,  1777,  soon  after  his  death.  He 
had  land  at  Winchendon  among  other  real 
estate  mentioned.  The  estate  was  finally  par- 
titioned June  3,  1784,  the  oldest  son  receiving 
all  the  real  estate  and  paying  their  shares  to 
the  others.  Children:  i.  Samuel.  2.  Eliz- 
abeth. 3.  Abiathar  Jr.;  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution. 4.  Alice.  5.  John.  6.  Abigail.  7. 
Peter,  mentioned  below.     8.  Jemima. 

(V)  Peter  Houghton,  son  of  Abiathar 
Houghton  (4),  was  born  at  Leominster,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1768.  and  died  at  Fairlee,  Vermont, 
August  15,  1853.  He  married,  in  1801,  Nancy 
Ann  Storms,  at  Stillwater,  New  York.  Cliil- 
dren :  1.  David,  born  June  17,  1804;  died  in 
1846.  2.  Abiathar,  born  March  9,  1806 ;  left 
home  in  1826  and  was  never  heard  from  again. 
3,  William  Isaac,  born  December  25,  1808; 
married  at  Wiscasset,  Maine,  Sophia  Lam- 
bert, and  died  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  in 
1872.  4.  Geprge  Washingfton,  born  April  23, 
181 1  ;  married  Julina  A.  Coolidge,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  and  died  in  February, 
1900.  5.  Henry,  born  October  18,  1813.  died 
very  young.  6.  Pamelia  Ann,  born  January  4, 
1815 ;  married  Eben  Eaton,  of  Boston,  and 
died  in  1900.  7.  Alonzo  (twin),  born  March 
II,  1817;  married  Mrs.  Lucy  .Ann  Hobart,  of 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  died  in  Chelsea, 
Massachusetts,  December  16,  184.3,  8,  Alan- 
sing  (Alanson?),  born  March  11,  1817  (twin), 
married    Laura    Kendrick,    of    Lyme,    New 


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Hampshire,  and  died  October,  1868.  9. 
Louisa,  born  May  4,  1820;  married  R.  H. 
M&cy,  the  great  dry  goods  merchant  of  New 
York  city,  founder  of  the  house  of  R.  H.  Macy 
&  Company  ;  she  died  January,  1888.  10.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  1822,  died  in  infancy.  11.  Samuel 
Storms,  born  September  10,  1824 ;  mentioned 
below.  12.  Mary  Ellen,  born  June  18,  1826; 
married  John  Clark,  of  Williamsburg,  New 
York;  died  in  April,  1893. 

(VI)  Samuel  Storms  Houghton,  son  of 
Peter  Houghton  (5),  was  born  September  10, 
1824,  in  the  town  of  Fairlee,  Orange  ctnmty, 
Vermont.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools,  and  spent  his  early  youth  chiefly  in 
farming  on  his  father's  place  in  his  native  town. 
He  came  to  Boston  when  he  was  only  fourteen 
years  old  to  live  with  his  brother  George  W. 
Houghton,  who  was  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
dry  goods  trade.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  in  Boston  two  years,  and  then  became 
a  clerk  in  his  brother's  store.  In  1848  he 
started  in  business  for  himself  with  a  small 
store  in  Lamb's  Hotel.  Washington  street, 
Boston,  having  a  stock  of  fancy  goods.  He 
established  a  flourishing  business,  and  after  five 
years  located  at  70  and  72  Tremont  street,  the 
site  of  the  new  addition  to  the  Parker  House 
and  of  the  Tremont  Building.  For  a  short 
time  he  was  in  partnership  with  George 
Brooks,  but  the  firm  was  dissolved  by  his  part- 
ner's death.  In  1858  Mr.  Houghton  became 
a  partner  of  R.  H.  Macy,  his  brother-in-law, 
in  the  dry  goods  business  in  New  York  City. 
After  remaining  in  New  York  five  years  he 
withdrew  from  Mr.  Macy's  house  and  returned 
to  Boston,  where  he  had  retained  his  interests 
in  the  business  he  had  established  on  Tremont 
street.  The  firm  of  S.  S.  Houghton  &  Com- 
pany then  became  Houghton,  Dutton  &  Com- 
pany, and  the  foundation  of  the  present  de- 
partment store  was  laid  in  the  building  at  55 
Tremont  street,  nearly  opposite  the  former 
location.  The  Albion  Building  was  added  to 
the  store.  From  time  to  time  enlargements 
and  improvements  have  been  made  in  the 
buildings  occupied  by  the  business,  which  has 
for  many  years  attained  mammoth  proportions. 
The  Houghton,  Dutton  Company,  the  name  of 
the  present  corporation,  is  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  successful  department  stores  of  Bos- 
ton. The  success  of  this  department  store  is 
due  chiefly,  if  not  entirely,  to  the  force  of 
character  and  business  ability  of  the  founder. 
Mr.  Houghton  knew  the  dry  goods  business 
from  top  to. bottom,  and  he  kept  abreast  of  the 
times ;  he  was  shrewd,  farsighted  and  keen  in 
buying.     He  knew  the  popular  taste,  and  his 


store  attracted  the  masses.  He  was  a  large 
and  successful  advertiser  in  the  daily  news- 
papers, and  the  name  of  his  firm  is  one  of  the 
most  familiar  to  the  readers  of  newspapers  of 
the  department  stores  of  New  England.  He 
was  enterprising,  original  and  adventurous 
along  the  legitimate  lines  of  business.  He 
made  a  fortune  in  business.  Largely  self-edu- 
cated, he  made  his  own  way  in  the  world,  and 
his  life  affords  a  brilliant  example  of  a  self- 
made  man,  of  a  brilliant  mercantile  career,  and 
of  the  possibilities  for  the  young  men  in  busi- 
ness who  have  the  degree  of  industry,  courage 
and  perseverance  that  distinguished  Mr. 
Houghton. 

He  resided  in  Melrose,  Massachusetts,  from 
January,  1849,  to  the  date  of  his  death,  July  6, 
1893,  with  the  exception  of  the  five  years  he 
spent  in  New  York  City.  He  was  an  active 
member  and  a  generous  contributor  to  the 
charities  of  the  Congregational  church  of  Mel- 
rose. In  politics  he  was  an  earnest  and  loyal 
Republican,  though  he  confined  his  attention 
during  his  active  years  to  business,  excluding 
ambition  for  public  honors  and  other  distinc- 
tion to  make  successful  his  main  purpose.  Mr. 
Houghton  had  a  very  fine  stock  farm  at  Or- 
ford.  New  Hampshire,  and  took  much  pleasure 
in  conducting  the  farm  and  raising  stock.  He 
was  a  prominent  Free  Mason,  a  member  of 
Wyoming  Lodge  and  of  the  Knights  Templar. 

He  married,  <  )ctober  27,  1846,  at  Lym^e, 
New  Hampshire,  Mary  Cross  Converse, 
daughter  of  Marquis  and  Electa  (White)  Con- 
verse, and  a  lineal  descendant  of  Edward 
Converse,  of  Charlestown  and  Wobiirn,  who 
came  to  Massachusetts  Bay  in  1630;  was  dea- 
con, town  officer  and  of  large  influence;  the 
proprietor  of  the  first  ferry  between  Boston 
and  Charlestown.  Marquis  Converse  was  a 
farmer  and  teacher,  and  held  various  offices 
in  Lyme.  New  Hampshire,  including  that  of 
selectman;  he  was  bom  in  Lyme,  July  12, 
1779,  and  died  there  November  21,  1840.  Mrs. 
Houghton  resides  at  the  home  in  Melrose. 
They  had  two  children:  i.  Edward  Howard, 
born  June  17,  1851;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Mary  Alice,  born  April  28,  1836;  educated  at 
William's  private  school,  in  Boston,  and  in 
the  Melrose  high  school;  married  October 
17,  1877,  Harry  Dutton  Jr.,  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Houghton  &  Dutton.  (see  Dutton 
family);  children:  i.  Marion  Houghton  Dut- 
ton, born  November  7.  1880;  ii.  Mary  Con- 
verse Dutton,  born  July  23,  1884;  iii.  Alice 
Dutton,  born  July  i.  1893. 

(VIT)  Edward  Howard  Houghton,  son  of 
.Samuel  Storms  Houghton  (6),  was  bom  at 


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Melrose,  Massachusetts,  June  17,  1851.  He 
was  educated  in  the  pubhc  schools  of  Melrose 
and  in  Phillips  Academy  at  Andover.  After 
leaving  school  he  was  engaged  in  the  fancy 
goods  business  on  Milk  street,  Boston,  and 
later  was  for  seven  years  with  the  iHcrcantile 
firm  of  Willoughby,  Hill  &  Company  of  Chi- 
cago. Mr.  Houghton  is  now  traveling  abroad 
and  is  not  in  active  business. 


John  Brown,  or  (Browne)  the 
BROWN     immigrant   ancestor,   was   born 

in  England,  and  was  associated 
with  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth.  While  he  was 
traveling  in  his  youth  he  became  acquainted 
with  Rev.  John  Robinson,  pastor  of  the  Pil- 
grims, and  through  him  met  many  of  his  peo- 
ple in  the  same  way  that  Governor  Winslow 
and  Miles  Standish  came  to  join  the  Pilgrims. 
He  did  not  come  in  the  "Mayflower,"  how- 
ever. It  was  not  until  March,  1629,  that  he 
reached  New  England  and  then  he  landed  at 
Salem.  Two  years  earlier,  however,  March 
19,  1627,  the  council  for  New  England  ap- 
proved a  patent  for  trade,  soil  and  planting  on 
which  a  Royal  Charter  was  obtained  March  4, 
1628,  to  certain  patentees  and  their  associates 
among  whom  were  John  Browne,  John  Sal- 
tonstall  and  others  who  became  well  known 
in  the  colonies.  He  was  elected  to  Governor 
John  Endicott's  council.  April  3,  1629,  with 
F"rancis  Higginson.  Samuel  Skelton,  Francis 
Bright,  Samuel  Browne,  Thomas  Graves  and 
Samuel  Sharp.  He  went  from  Salem  to  Plym- 
outh and  thence  to  Taunton  with  his  son 
James.  In  1643  John  Brown  (i)  and  his  sons 
John  and  James  Brown,  were  residents  of 
Taunton,  but  next  year  they  settled  at  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts.  There  John  Brown  (i) 
and  John  Brown,  Jr.  stayed  and  were  among 
the  first  settlers,  but  James  Brown,  being  a 
Baptist,  was  forced  to  leave  town  in  1663,  and 
with  others  of  his  sect  founded  the  town  of 
Swansea,  Massachusetts.  The  designation 
"Mr."  always  given  to  him  in  the  records 
shows  that  he  was  counted  among  the  gen- 
try. His  sons  and  grandsons  were  leaders  in 
civic,  judicial  and  militars-  affairs.  John 
Brown  was  appointed  one  of  the  townsmen 
(an  office)  in  Rehoboth,  March  16.  1645,  ^"d 
again  1650-51,  and  he  served  the  town  on  im- 
portant comniissions.  He  was  on  the  pru- 
dential committee;  was  for  seventeen  years 
from  1636  to  1653  one  of  the  governor's  as- 
sistants. In  1638  the  assistants  were:  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  Edward  Winslow,  Captain 
Miles  Standish,  John  Alden,  John,  Jenny  and 

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John  Brown.  He  was  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners of  the  United  Colonies  of  New  Eng- 
land (which  fore-shadowed  the  later  confeder- 
ation) from  i6zj4  to  1655.  In  the  governor's 
court,  June  4,  1652,  he  won  a  not- 
able suit  for  damages  for  defamation 
against  Samuel  Newman,  the  judgment 
being  one  hundred  pounds  and  costs. 
Mr.  Browne  waived  the  judgment,  how- 
ever, and  let  Newman  off  on  payment  of 
the  costs.  Browne  was  a  friend  of  Massasoit, 
and  the  proof  of  their  friendship  was  shown 
when  the  life  of  his  son  James  was  spared  by 
King  Philip,  son  of  Massasoit,  when  he  came 
on  a  mission  from  the  governor  to  the  In- 
dians. Colonel  Church,  in  his  narrative, 
says:  "that  the  Indians  would  have  killed  Mr. 
Browne,  who  with  Mr.  Samuel  (jorton  and 
two  other  men  bore  the  letter,  but  Philip  pre- 
vented them,  saying  that  his  father  had 
charged  him  to  show  kindness  to  Mr. 
Browne."  It  is  said  in  his  honor  that  he  was 
the  first  magistrate  to  raise  his  voice  against 
the  coercive  support  of  the  ministry,  taking 
the  stand  that  all  church  support  should  be 
voluntary  and  backed  his  precepts  by  liberal 
example.  He  was  a  man  of  ability,  intellect, 
piety  and  patriotism,  and  was  buried  with  civ- 
ic and  military  honors  in  1662.  His  wife 
Dorothy  died  in  1674.  His  eldest  son  died 
the  same  year,  1662.  His  other  son,  James, 
was  afterward  in  the  magistracy.  His  grdnd- 
son,  John  Browne,  became  useful  and  emin- 
ent. In  1685  John  Browne  was  one  of  the  first 
associate  justices  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas  in  the  county  of  Bristol.  In  1699,  dur- 
ing the  administration  of  Lord  Bellamont,  he 
was  again  appointed  a  magistrate. 

John  Brown  (i)  was  born  in  1595  and  died 
April  10,  1662 ;  his  wife  died  at  Swansea,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1673-74.  Children:  i.  Ensign  John, 
Jr.,  born  in  England,  died  last  of  March,  1662; 
settled  in  Rehoboth ;  children :  i.  John,  born 
last  Friday  in  September,  1650;  ii.  Lydia,  born 
August  5  or  6,  1656 ;  iii.  Annah,  born  January 
29,  1657 ;  iv.  Joseph,  born  April  9,  1658 ;  v. 
Nathaniel,  born  June  9,  1661.  2.  M^jor  James, 
of  Swansea,  born  1623,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Mary,  born  in  England,  married,  July  6,  1636, 
Captain  Thomas  Willett,  the  first  English 
mayor  of  New  York  City,  twice  elected  to  that 
office.  4.  William,  not  mentioned  in  the  will 
of  John  (i)  and  not  proved  to  be  his  son.  but 
believed  to  be. 

(II)  Major  James  Brown,  son  of  John 
Brown  (i),  was  born  in  England  in  1623,  and 
was  in  Taunton  in  1643  with  his  father,  the 
assistant,  and  went  with  him  to  Swansea,  Mas- 


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sachusetts.  He  was  said  to  be  a  Baptist,  as 
stated  above,  and  a  preacher  in  that  denomina- 
tion. He  was  chosen  assistant  in  1665.  He 
married  Lydia  Howland,  daughter  of  John 
Howland,  who  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower," 
and  all  his  descendants  are  therefore  of  "May- 
flower" ancestry.  He  died  October  29,  1710, 
aged  eighty-seven  years.  Children:  i.  James, 
born  at  Rehoboth,  May  4,  1655,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Dorothy,  born  at  Swansea,  Massachu- 
setts, August  29,  1666,  married  Kent. 

3.  Jabez,  born  July  9,  1668,  at  Swansea. 

(HI)  James  Brown,  son  of  Major  James 
Brown  (2),  was  born  in  Rehoboth,  May  4, 
1655  (or  May  21),  and  died  April  15,  1718  (  ?) 
or  in  1725,  at  Harrington,  Rhode  Island.  He 
married,  June  5,  1678,  Margaret  Dennisdn, 
who  died  May  5,  1741,  aged  eighty-four  years. 
He  was  sergeant  in  the  militia.  Children,  as 
recorded  at  Swansea:  i.  Lydia,  born  January 
23,  1678-79, died  February  1,1678-79.  2.  Mary, 
born  September  11,  1680.  3.  Margaret  (as 
given  by  Savage),  June  28,  1682.  4.  Lydia, 
born  July  28,  1684.  5.  James,  born  Septem- 
ber 7.'  1685.  6.  Mary,  born  July  5,  1687.  7. 
Peleg.  born  February  28,  1688.  8.  William, 
born  June  2,  1690.  9.  Dorothy,  born  May  7, 
1694." 

(IV)  William  Brown,  son  of  James  Brown 
(3),  was  born  June  2,  1690,  at  Swansea,  Mas- 
sachusetts.      He     married     (first)     Elizabeth 

,   and    she   died   April   27,    1725,   aged 

twenty-seven  years.  He  married  (second), 
October  27,  1725.  He  died  February  26,  1731- 
32.  He  settled^  at  Rehoboth.  Massachusetts, 
where  all  his  children  as  given  here  were  re- 
corded, except  William,  and  the  record  is  clear 
that  William.  Jr.,  must  have  been  his  son. 
Children:  i.  William,  born  about  1710.  2. 
Consider,  born  September  8,  171 1.  3.  Amos, 
born  May  28,  1714.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  June 
14,  1716.  5.  Bethiah,  born  July  8,  1718.  6. 
Jerusha,  born  August  27,  1720.  7.  Ezra,  born 
August  18.  1722.  8.  Rebecca,  born  April  17, 
1725.  9.  Noah,  born  August  7,  1726.  10. 
Isaac,  born  August  24,  1728,  mentioned  below. 
II.  Ann,  born  March  13,  1729,  died  October 
27,  1 73 1.     12.  Ann,  born  January  8,  1731-32. 

(V)  Isaac  Brown,  .son  of  William  Brown 
(4),  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
August  24,  1728.  He  married,  February  28, 
1756,  Susanna  May,  of  Attleborough,  Massa- 
chusetts. Late  in  life  he  removed  to  Royalston, 
Massachusetts.  Children  of  Isaac  and  Susanna 
Brown,  all  recorded  as  born  at  Rehoboth:  i. 
Anne,  born  March  22,   1756.     2.  Chloe,  born 

December  30,  1758,  married Cutler.    3. 

Isaac,  born  February  8,  1761,  died  at  Royal- 


ston, Massachusetts,  March  20,  1832,  aged 
seventy-two ;  married,  February  17,  1786, 
Huldah  Carpenter.  4.  William,  born  March 
18,  1764,  mentioned  below.  5.  Captain  Benja- 
min, born  May  15,  1766,  married  at  Royalston, 
January  24,  1790,  Ada  Warren;  (second),  De- 
cember 8,  1834,  (intention  dated)  Mrs.  Cath- 
erine Townsend,  of  Keene,  New  Hampshire. 
6.  Elisha,  born  October  4,  1768.  7.  James, 
born  September  22,  1770.  8.  Susanna,  born 
August  12,  1772.  9.  Lucy,  born  August  27, 
1776. 

(\  I)  William  Brown,  son  of  Isaac  Brown 
(5),  was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
M'arch  18,  1764.  He  removed  to  Royalston, 
Massachusetts,  with  his  father's  family  during 
the  Revolution  or' shortly  afterward.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Royalston,  removing  in  1801  to 
Waterford,  Vermont.  Children:  i.  Elisha, 
born  August  29,  1787,  mentioned  below.  Born 
at  Royalston :  2.  Lydia,  born  March  10,  1790, 
died  February  10,  1795.  3.  William,  born  De- 
cember 28,  1792.  4.  Martha,  born  September 
2"/,  1794.     5.  Betsey,  born  July  20,  1797. 

(VII)  Elisha  Brown,  son  of  William  Brown 
(6),  was  born  August  29,  1787,  and  died  July 
30,  1853,  at  Waterford,  Vermont.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  Waterford.  He  married  Mehitable 
Taylor,  of  Waterford,  born  March  11,  1788, 
died  at  Waterford,  January  8,  1879.  Children: 
I.  Lydia  F\,born  March  25,  1807,  died  immar- 
ried  April  25,  1843.  2.  Louise,  born  April  2, 
1809,  died  May  8,  1890.  She  married  a  Mr. 
liickford,  of  Littleton,  New  Hampshire.  3.  Lo- 
rana,  born  October  4,  181 1,  died  December  9, 
1893.  She  married  a  Mr.  Stiles.  4.  Susan,  born 
January  28,  1814,  died  unmarried  August  31, 
1832.  5.  Oliver  T.,  born  January  2,  1816.  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Bradley  P.,  bom  December  i, 
1818,  died  May  16,  1900;  married  Mary  M. 
Ross,  who  died  March  21,  1881  ;  children  :  i. 
Amanda  L.,  born  March  11,  1847:  ii.  Elisha 
W.,  born  May  22,  1852;  iii.  Dwight  B.,  born 
December  29,  1859,  died  March  9,  1881. 
(Elisha  W.,  his  son,  is  town  clerk  of  Water- 
ford, \^ermont,  1907 ;  married  Eliza  Cutler, 
Ixirn  March  4,  1854,  and  had  Harris  K., 
horn  June  30,  1884,  and  Dwight  B.,  born 
July  28,  1889.)  7.  Elizabeth,  born  Sep- 
tember 12,  1822,  died  May  id,  1899 ;  mar- 
ried Charles  Gates,  and  lived  and  died  at 
Hartford,  Vermont ;  children :  Elisha  Gates, 
Charles  Gates,  Harriet  Gates,  Mary  Gates.  8. 
Harriet  A.,  born  April  15,  1826,  died  January 
26,  1880. 

(VIII)  Oliver  T.  Brown,  son  of  Elisha 
Brown  (7),  was  born  at  Waterford,  Vermont, 
January  2,   1816.  and  died  in  St.  Johnsbury, 


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March  13,  1881.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic and  high  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vermont,  where  he  settled  and 
practiced  his  profession  for  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  was  an  active  and  useful  citizen ; 
of  high  character  and  large  influence  in  the 
community.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
the  oldest  lawyer  at  the  Caledonia  bar. 

He  married  Melinda  Bean,  who  was  born  in 
Coventry,  Vermont,  in  1825.  Children:  i. 
Edward,  born  in  1855,  removed  to  Minneapo- 
lis, Minnesota,  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business ;  married  Etta  Sykes ;  children  :  Oli- 
ver, Mildred,  Doris  and  Elizabeth.  2.  Ellen, 
born  in  1856,  resides  in  Lexington,  Massachu- 
setts, unmarried.  3.  Flora  B.,  born  in  1858, 
married  E.  K.  Houghton  in  1885,  son  of  Dr. 
H.  A.  Houghton,  of  Lyndon,  Vermont,  now 
practicing  in  Boston,  and  had  children :  i.  Mar- 
jorie  E.  Houghton,  born  in  1886,  unmarried, 
residing  at  home;  ii.  Randall  B.  Houghton, 
born  in  1887 ;  associated  with  the  Mohair 
Plush  Company  of  Boston.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E. 
K.  Houghton  reside  in  Lexington,  Massachu- 
setts. 


(I)  Hrolf  Nefja  Jarl,  a  Vik- 
CUSHING  ing,  we  are  reliably  informed 
was  the  progenitor  of  the 
Cushing  family,  and  the  lineage  connecting 
the  American  family  with  this  Norse  chief  is 
remarkably  interesting.  In  the  Scandinavian 
Sagas  relating  to  the  latter  half  of  the  eighth 
century  from  750  to  800,  which  may  be  re- 
garded as  the  period  in  which  reliable  Norse 
history  begins,  frequent  mention  may  be 
found  of  this  viking  and  his  ancestors  in 
Throndjem  and  the  Maeras  of  Norway,  and 
in  later  centuries  of  his  descendants  in  Nor- 
mandy and  England  as  well.  Hrolf  Nefja 
had  at  least  one  son  Malahjulc,  and  a  daugh- 
ter, Hild  or  Ragnhild,  who  married  Rognvald 
Maera-Jarl,  who  in  return  for  assistance  ren- 
dered him  by  fiarold  Fair  Hair  in  the  Con- 
quest of  Norway  was  made  chief  ruler  over 
not  only  the  two  Maeras  but  also  Ramsdel. 

(II)  Hild  or  Ragnhild,  daughter  of  Hrolf 
Nefja  (i),  married  Rognvald  Maera-Jarl. 
They  had  three  sons  and  a  daughter. 

(III)  Gongu  Hrolf,  second  son  of  Rohgn- 
vald  Maera-Jarl  and  Hild  (2),  was  called 
Walking  Rolf.  He  became  early  a  great  Vik- 
ing leader,  especially  in  the  east.  Returning 
from  one  of  his  expeditions  soon  after  Har- 
old's Conquest,  he  committed  acts  of  depre- 
dation in  Vikin,  and  King  Harold,  who  was 


then  in  Vikin,  was  very  angry  when  he  heard 
of  it,  for  he  had  strictly  prohibited  robbery 
within  his  country  and  he  announced  at  a 
Thing  the  outlawry  of  Hrolf  from  Norway.  In 
vain  Hrolf's  mother  appealed  to  the  King. 
Accordingly  Hrolf,  accompanied  by  his  Uncle 
Malahjulc  as  councillor  and  a  numerous  fol- 
lowing of  disaffected  Hersirs  sailed  for  the 
Hebrides,  whence  they  made  conquests  ul- 
timately gaining  from  Valland  (now  France), 
about  912  A.  D.,  the  great  Jarl's  Realm, 
known  soon  after  as  Normandi.  Thus  Hrolf, 
so  well  known  in  later  history  as  RoUo,  be- 
came the  founder  and  first  earl  or  Duke  of 
Normandy,  establishing,  according  to  near- 
ness of  kin  with  his  own  and  the  families  of 
his  chief  leaders,  the  great  Ruda-Jarls  or  feu- 
dal nobility  of  Ruen,  ancestors  of  the  sover- 
eign families  and  Norman  barons  of  Norman- 
dy and  England  alike,  in  later  centuries.  In 
this  manner  Malahulcinus  de  Toesini,  or 
Toedini,  as  Malahjulc  was  called,  became  pos- 
sessed of  Toesini  and  Conches. 

(HI)  Hugo  de  Toesini,  son  of  Malahjulc 
(2),  became  Lord  of  Cavalcanip  in  Nuestria 
and  had  two  sons:  i.  Ralf,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Hugo,  Archbishop  of  Rouen,  942-980,  who 
gave  to  his  brother  Ralf  the  estates  of  Toesini. 

(I\^)  Ralf  was  next  in  line. 

(\')  Ralph  or  Ranulph  of  .\pulia,  son  of 
Ralf  (4),  was  celebrated,  for  his  conquests  of 
Apulia  and  elsewhere:  inherited  Toesini. 

(VI)  Ralf,  son  of  Ranulf  of  Apulia  (5),  was 
appointed  castellan  of  Tillieres  jointly  with 
Nigel,  Viscount  of  Coutances  in  loii.  Ralf 
had  issue:  i.  Roger  de  Toesini,  surnamed 
D'Espagne,  on  account  of  his  prowess 
against  the  Saracens  in  Spain,  progenitor  of 
the  De  Toesinis,  hereditary  standard  bearers 
of  Normandy,  barons  of  Toesini  and  Conches, 
and  of  Stafford  and  Belvoir  in  England,  an- 
cestors of  the  English  houses  of  Cholmon- 
deley,  Egerton,  Grisley  and  others.  2.  Hugh 
de  Toesini,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Hugh  de  Toesini,  son  of  Ralf  (6) 
surnamed  de  Limesay  from  his  Norman  seig- 
neurie,  was  living  in  1060  and  had  several 
sons  who  accompanied  William  the  Conquer- 
or, to  whom  they  were  related  as  nephews 
through  their  mother,  who  was  William's  half 
sister. 

(VIII)  Ralf,  son  of  Hugh  de  Toesini  (7), 
received  from  hjs  uncle,  William  of  Norman- 
dy, the  barony  of  Oxburg,  or  Oxenburg,  in 
Norfolk,  and  forty-one  other  manors  in  sev- 
eral counties,  with  the  lands  of  Christina,  one 
of  the  sisters  of  Prince  Edgar  whom  Ralf 
married. 


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(IX)  Ralf,  son  of  Ralf  (8),  married  daugh- 
ter of  Hadewise. 

(X)  Alan,  son  of  Ralf  (9),  was  next  in  line. 

(XI)  Gerard,  son  of  Alan  (10),  married 
Amy,  daughter  of  Trian  de  Hronelade,  of  Bi- 
dun  Limisi. 

(XII)  Ralf,  younger  son  of  Gerard  (ti), 
was  surnamed  Le  Cusyn  (or  Le  Cosyn)  de 
Limisi,  whence  the  name  Gushing  is  derived; 
held  Choseley. 

(XIII)  Roger,  son  of  Ralf  (12),  had  a 
brother  Richard.  One  of  these  was  ancestor 
of  Galfridus  Cusyn,  mentioned  below. 

(XIV)  Galfridus,  Gerard  (or  Geofifrey) 
Cusyn,  was  born  in  Norfolk  county,  of  the 
family  as  given  above,  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
thirteenth  century.  He  possessed  estates  in 
Hardingham,  in  that  county,  and  in  1327  was 
assessed  to  the  King's  subsidies,  Edward  II. 

(XV)  William  Gushing,  son  or  grandson 
of  Geoffre\'  or  Galfridus  Cusyn  ( 14),  added 
to  the  original  estates  of  his  ancestors  lands 
in  Hingham. 

(XVI)  Thomas  Gushing,  son  of  William 
Gushing  (15)  (spelled  also  Cussyn,  Cussheyn, 
etc.)  was  born  in  Hardingham,  N^orfolk  coun- 
ty, England,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  Reign 
of  Richard  II,  1377- 1399;  had  large  estates 
at  Hardingham,  Hingham  and  elsewhere. 

(XVII)  William  Gushing,  son  of  Thomas 
Gushing  (16),  was  born  at  Hardingham  early 
in  the  fifteenth  century,  and  married  Emma 
;  lived  in  Hingham.  His  long  and  ex- 
plicit will  was  dated  September  26,  1492,  and 
proved  March  11,  1493.  His  wife  Emma  died 
in  1507.  Children:  i.  John,  the  elder,  there 
being  two  children  of  the  same  name  living 
at  the  time  the  will  was  made — a  perplexing 
custom  of  that  day.  2.  Robert  of  Hingham, 
stvled  "Gentleman."  3.  Thomas,  of  Hard- 
ingham, and  afterwards  of  East  Dereham,  in 
Norfolk.  4.  John  Jr.,  inherited  his  father's 
house  at  East  Row,  Hingham.  5.  Elyne.  6. 
.•\nnable.  7.  Margaret,  married  Thomas 
Crowe.    8.  Agnes. 

(XVIII)  John  Gushing,  son  of  William 
Gushing  (Cushyng  or  Gushyn)  (17),  was  born 
in  Hingham,  but  lived  in  Hardingham,  where 
he  owned  estates.  He  also  owned  large  prop- 
erties in  Lombard  street,  London.  His  will 
was  dated  February  21,  1522,  and  proved 
March  5,  1523;  mentions  his  wife  and  six  chil- 
dren: I.  John  of  Hingham.  2.  Thomas  of 
Hardingham;  mentioned  below.  3.  William 
of  Hardingham.  4.  Margaret.  5.  Isabel.  6. 
Margery.     7.  Elync.     8.  .\gnes. 

(XIX)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Gushing 
(Gushyn),    inherited    the    homestead    of  'his 


father;  died  at  Hardingham,  in  April,  1558. 
Children:  1.  John  of  Norfolk.  2.  Ursula.  3. 
Nicholas.  4.  Edward.  5.  Stephen.  6.  Peter; 
mentioned  below. 

(XX)  Peter  Gushing,  son  of  Thomas 
Gushing  (19),  was  born  at  Hardingham, 
but  removed  to  Hingham  about  1600,  m 
which  year  the  parish  register  of  Hingham 
begins.  He  married  Susan  Hawes,  at  Hard- 
ingham, June  2,  1583.  He  was  buried  at 
Hingham,  March  2,  161 5.  His  wife  was  also 
buried  in  Hingham,  England,  .April  26,  1641. 
He  was  probably  one  of  the  first  Cushings  to 
embrace  the  Protestant  faith,  for  the  wills  of 
his  father  and  eldest  brother  are  not  in  the 
Protestant  form.  Children:  i.  Theophilus, 
baptized  November  4,  1584:  came  to  New 
England  in  1633,  in  the  ship  "Griffin;"  for  a 
time  resided  on  the  farm  of  Governor  Haynes, 
as  advisor  and  secretary;  settled  with  his 
brother  Matthew  at  Hingham;  was  blind 
twenty-five  years;  died  unmarried,  March  24, 
1679.  2.  Bridget,  baptized  February  19,  1586; 
married  July  15,  1627,  George  More.  3. 
Matthew,  baptized  March  2,  1589;  mentioned 
below.  4.  William,  baptized  April  i,  1593.  5. 
Barbara,  baptized  June  16,  1596;  died  Janu- 
ary 1632.  6.  Peter  of  London;  married  God- 
ly Payne,  widow    of    Simon.      7.  Katherine, 

married  Long,  of  Carlton  Road,  near 

Wymondham.  7.  Thomas,  of  London,  bap- 
tized May   15.  1603;  died  1669. 

(XXI)  Matthew  Gushing,  son  of  Peter 
Gushing  (20),  and  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  baptized  in  Hardingham,  England, 
March  2,  1589.  He  married  August  5,  1613, 
Nazareth  Pitcher,  daughter  of  Henry  Pitch- 
er, of  the  famous  family  of  Admiral  Pitcher, 
of  England.  -She  was  baptized  October  30, 
1586,  and  died  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
January  6,  1682.  Matthew  Gushing  died  Sep- 
tember 30,  1660.  For  the  first  fifty  years  of 
his  life  he  resided  in  Hardingham  and  Hing- 
ham, England;  in  1638  with  his  wife  and  five 
children  and  his  wife's  sister,  ^Vidow  Francis 
Riccroft,  who  died  a  few  weeks  after  their  ar- 
rival, he  embarked  in  the  ship  "Diligent"  of 
Ipswich,  John  Martin,  master,  which  sailed 
from  Gravesend  on  April  26,  1638,  with  one 
hundred  and  thirty-three  passengers,  among 
whom  was  Robert  Peck,  M.  A.,  rector  of  the 
parish  of  Hingham,  England.  Tine  immediate 
occasion  of  the  emigration  was  religious  dif- 
ferences. They  settled  in  Massachusetts,  and 
called  the  place  Hingham,  after  their  old 
home.  At  a  town  meeting  in  the  new  town  in 
1638.  a  house  lot  of  five  acres,  first  below 
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was  given  Alatthew  Gushing,  and  it  contin- 
ued in  the  possession  of  the  family  until  1887. 
He  was  active  in  town  affairs  and  deacon  in 
Rev.  Mr.  Hobart's  church.  It  is  a  pretty  well 
established  fact  that  with  the  exception  of  a 
few  families  who  have  come  to  this  country 
during  the  present  century,  all  the  persons 
bearing  the  surname  of  Gushing  in  the 
United  States  and  Ganada  are  his  direct  lineal 
descendants.  He  left  a  nuncupative  will, 
dated  November  15,  1660.  Ghildren:  i. 
Daniel,  baptized  April  20,  1619;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Jeremiah,  baptized  July  21,  1621; 
married  March  11,  1662,  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
John  Wilkie;  shipmaster  plying  between  Lon- 
don and  Boston.  3.  Matthew,  baptized  April 
5,  1623;  married  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
February  25,  1653,  Sarah  Jacob,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  and  Mary  Jacob;  wheelwright  by 
trade:  died  without  issue,  January  y,  1701 ;  se- 
lectman and  lieutenant.  4.  Deborah,  baptized 
February  17,  1625;  married  May  9,  1648, 
Matthias  Briggs;  resided  at  Pear  Tree  Hill, 
Hingham.  Massachusetts.  5.  John,  born 
1627. 

(XXH)  Daniel  Gushing,  son  of  Matthew 
Gushing  (21),  was  baptized  in  Hingham,  Eng- 
land, April  20,  1619;  married  first,  January  19, 
1645,  Lydia  Oilman,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Mary  (Glark)  Oilman.  She  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  died  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
M&rch  12,  1689.  He  married  second,  March 
23,  1691,  Elizabeth  Thaxter,  widow  of  Cap- 
tain John  Thaxter,  and  daughter  of  Nicholas 
and  Mary  Jacob.  She  was  born  in  England  in 
1632,  and  died  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
November  24,  1725.  Gushing  died  December 
3,  1700.  His  will  was  dated  September  11, 
1693.  A  lot  was  granted  him  in  Hingham  in 
1665  ;  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1671  ;  was 
a  magistrate,  and  many  years  town  clerk  of 
Hingham.  A  book  has  been  published  entitled 
"Extracts  from  the  Minutes  of  Daniel  Gushing 
of  Hingham,"  with  a  photograph  of  his  manu- 
script, etc.  (1865).  From  1682  and  for  many 
years  after  he  had  a  general  store  at  Hingham ; 
he  was  selectman  in  1665,  and  many  years 
afterward  :  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1680, 
1682  and  1695.  Children,  all  born  in  Hing- 
ham: I.  Peter,  born  March  29,  1646.  2.  Dan- 
iel, born  July  23,  1648.  3.  Deborah,  born  No- 
vember 13.  165 1  :  married  September  25,  1679, 
Henry  Tarleton :  and  second,  August  31,  1686, 
Rev.  Benjamin  Woodbridge.  of  Bristol  and 
Windsor,  Connecticut ;  she  died  at  Medford, 
January  15,  1710.  4.  Jeremiah,  bom  July  3, 
1654.  5.  Theophilus,  born  June  7,  1657:  men- 
tioned below.    6.  Matthew,  l>orn  July  15,  1660. 


(XXHI)  Theophilus  Gushing,  son  of  Daniel 
Gushing  (22),  was  born  in  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  7,  1657 ;  married  November  28, 
1688,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Jacob)  Thaxter.  She  was  born  August  19, 
1667,  and  married  second,  January  11,  1722, 
Captain  Joseph  Herrick,  of  Beverly,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  in  1737.  Gushing  died  Jan- 
uary 7,  1718.  His  will  was  dated  January  3, 
1718.  He  resided  on  Main  street,  South  Hing- 
ham. He  was  a  farmer ;  was  selectman  in 
1697,  1707  and  1 71 5;  representative  to  the 
general  court  1702-4,  1707  and  17 13.  Ghildren, 
all  born  in  Hingham:  I.  Nehemiah,  born  July 
18,  1689.  2.  Mary,  bom  February  9,  1691 ; 
died  in  Boston,  August  8,  1699.  3.  Adam, 
bom  January  i,  1693:  mentioned  below.  4. 
David,  born  December,  1694.  5.  Abel,  born 
October  24,  1696.  6.  Rachel,  born  August  17, 
1698;  died  September  9,  1699.  7.  Mary,  born 
September  26,  1701 ;  died  August  30,  1716.  8. 
Theophilus,  born  June  16,  1703.  9.  Seth,  born 
December  13,  1705.  10.  Deborah,  born  Sep- 
tember 26,  1707;  died  November  20,  1730.  11. 
Lydia,  bom  February  13,  1710. 

(XXIV)  Adam  Gushing,  son  of  Theophilus 
Gushing  (23),  was  born  in  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts. January  i,  1693:  married  in  Reho- 
both,  September  25,  1718,  Hannah  Greenwood, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Greenwood  of  that 
town.  He  died  very  suddenly,  of  throat  dis- 
temper, January  21,  1752.  His  will,  made  at 
Weymouth,  was  proved  in  1752.  He  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1714;  in  1720  was 
one  of  the  selectmen  of  Hingham:  in  1726  he 
bought  an  estate  at  the  corner  of  Commercial 
and  Essex  streets,  Weymouth :  was  captain  of 
his  militia  company,  .\lmost  immediately  up- 
on his  settlement  in  Weymouth,  from  his  force 
of  character,  education  and  reputation,  he 
sprang  into  prominence  and  became  the  lead- 
ing spirit  in  all  town  and  parish  afifairs.  He 
was  almost  continuously  the  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  from  1735  to  1748.  and  held  as  reg- 
ularly the  most  important  town  offices,  .\mong 
his  other  offices  he  held  a  captain's  commission 
in  the  militia,  hence  his  military  title,  and  was 
one  of  "His  Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Peace." 
Ghildren,  first  four  born  in  Hingham,  the 
other  three  in  Weymouth  :  i.  Adam,  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1719:  mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas, 
Ixirn  Tune  4,  1721.  3.  Greenwood,  bom  Sep- 
tember 29,  1723:  died  October  9  following.  4. 
.\lethea,  born  February  21,  1726.  5!  Frederic, 
born  February  i,  1729.  6.  Beza,  born  July  11, 
1 73 1.  7.  Regemelech,  born  December  2,  1740, 
died  young. 

(X'XV)  .Adam  Gushing,  son  of  .Adam  Gush- 


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ing  (24)),  was  born  in  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, September  6,  1719;  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Weymouth  in  1726,  and  afterwards 
settled  in  Abington;  married  June  9,  1743, 
Sarah  Reed.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade. 
Children,  first  five  born  in  Abington:  i.  Green- 
wood, born  June  10,  1744;  was  in  the  French 
war  and  Revolution.  2.  John,  born  February 
24,  1746.  3.  Ezra,  born  July  13,  1748;  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Avis,  born  September  4,  1750. 
5.  Sarah,  born  1753;  married  April  15,  1779, 
Nehemiah  Whitman,  of  Weymouth.    6.  Polly. 

7.  Adam.     8.  Hannah. 

(XXVI)  Ezra  Cushing,  son  of  Adam  Cush- 
ing  (25),  was  born  in  Abington,  July  13,  1748 ; 
married  November  10,  1772,  Susannah  Shaw, 
daughter  of  Captain  Eben  Shaw.  Cushing  died 
May  5,  1820;  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution. 
He  lived  in  Abington.  Children,  born  there : 
I.  Ezra,  Jr.,  born  September  13,  1773.  2. 
Brackley,  born  October  16,  1775;  mentioned 
below.  3.  Susanna,  born  December  18,  1777. 
4.  John,  born  July,  1781.  5.  Josiah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1789.  6.  Sylvanus,  born  January  22, 
1794. 

(XXVII)  Brackley  Cushing,  son  of  Ezra 
Cushing  (26),  was  born  in  Abington,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  16,  1775 ;  married  Sarah 
Gurney,  of  Abington  (published  December  4, 
1796).  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 
Children:  i.  Brackley,  born  April  14,  1797.  2. 
Greenwood,  born  December  29,  1798  :  mention- 
ed below.  3,  Ezra,  born  1800 :  no  issue.  4. 
Charles,  had  a  son  Charles.  5.  Cyrus.  6.  John  : 
had  five  children.    7.  Henry,  had  a  son  Henry. 

8.  Mary,  married  Brigadier  General  Henry 
Dunham. 

(XXVIII)  Greenwood  Cushing,  son  of 
Brackley  Cushing  (27),  was  born  December 
29,  1798;  married  December  29,  1824,  Mary 
Hobart  Reed,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary 
(Pulling)  Reed.  Sarah  Pulling  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Major  John  Pulling,  one  of  the  "Boston 
Tea  Party,"  and  the  man  who.  hung  the  lan- 
tern signal  for  Paul  Revere  for  the  Lexington 
alarm.  April  18,  1775.  Cushing  lived  in  Ab- 
ington and  died  October,  1872.  Children,  born 
at  Abington:  i.  Lucy  Reif.  2.  Mkry  A.  3. 
Abby  P.  4.  Henry  Greenwood,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  ATaria  F.  6.  Emily  D.  7.  George 
Walter :  lives  in  East  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(XXIX)  Henry  Greenwood  Cushing,  son 
of  Greenwood  Cushing  (28),  was  born  in  .Ab- 
ington, October  8,  1834.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
Abington  Academy,  and  took  a  preparatory 
course  for  college  at  the  Willistnn   Academy, 


Easthampton,  Massachusetts.  Deciding  how- 
ever to  enter  mercantile  life,  he  gave  up  his 
preparation  for  college  and  entered  the  employ 
of  Chandler  &  Company,  dry  goods  merchants, 
of  Boston.  After  several  years  in  the  employ 
of  this  firm  he  left  to  begin  the  nianufacture  of 
shoes  on  his  own  account  in  Abington.  At  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the 
Eighth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
in  November,  1861  ;  was  commissioned  second 
lieutenant,  then  first  lieutenant,  and  served  on 
the  stafl^  of  Brigadier  Generals  Phelps,  Cahill 
and  H.  E.  Paine,  and  Major  General  William 
T.  Sherman.  After  two  years  of  service  he 
was  honorably  discharged  for  physical  disabil- 
ity caused  by  hardships  suffered  in  the  service. 
In  1867  he  resumed  the  dry  goods  business 
in  Chicago,  and  at  the  time  of  the  fire  was  con- 
ducting an  extensive  dry  goods  establishment 
there.  After  the  fire  he  removed  to  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  and  in  1875  was  appointed 
deputy  sherifif  for  Middlesex  county  by  Charles 
Kimball,  then  high  sheriff  of  the  county.  When 
Sheriff  Kimball  died  in  1879  he  was  succeeded 
by  Hon.  Eben  W.  Fiske,  who  appointed  Mr. 
Cushing  special  sheriff.  When  Sheriff  Fiske 
died  in  1883  Mr.  Cushing  was  appointed  to 
succeed  him  by  Governor  Butler.  At  the  elec- 
tion in  November  following  he  was  nominated 
by  both  parties  and  unanimously  elected  sheriff 
for  three  years.  He  was  re-elected  at  the  ex- 
piration of  his  terms  of  office,  and  served  con- 
tinuously until  his  death  in  1899,  a  period  of 
sixteen  years.  He  was  a  member  of  James  A. 
Garfield  Post,  No.  120,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  of  the  Massachusetts  Command- 
ery  of  the  Loyal  Legion.  He  was  active  in  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  and  belonged  to  the  vari- 
ous Masonic  bodies  in  Lowell  and  to  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Consistory.  He  died  in  Lowell, 
June  9,  1899.  He  married  in  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut, Susan  Watson,  the  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Cyrus  and  Susan  (Hall)  \^^atson.  of 
Woodstock.  She  was  twice  married.  Her 
daughter,  Ida,  by  her  first  husband,  married 
Julius  Chambers. 


William  Dawes,  the  immigrant 
D.'\WFS     ancestor  of  this  family,  came  to 

America  with  the  first  body  of 
Massachusetts  Bay  settlers  in  1628-9,  the 
founders  of  Boston  and  Salem,  but  soon  re- 
turned to  England.  Family  tradition  says  that 
he  was  accompanied  by  his  wife,  and  that  she 
bnrc  a  child  during  the  voyage,  named  for  the 
'.essel.  .Ambrose,  but  nothing  further  is  known 
of  father  or  son.     The  coat-of-arms  in  use  in 


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this  family  is  :  Argent  on  a  band  azure,  cottised 
gnles.  three  swans  or,  between  six  pole-axes. 

(11)  William  Dawes,  son  of  William  Dawes 
(I),  was  born  in  Sudbury,  Suffolk  county, 
England,  in  1620;  came  to  America  in  the  ship 
"Planter"  in  April,  1635,  at  the  age  of  fifteen. 
He  married,  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  Su- 
sanna Mills,  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna 
Mills,  of  that  town,  about  1641,  and  his  eldest 
son  was  born  there.  He  was  a  mason  by 
trade.  About  1652  Dawes  removed  to  Boston, 
where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life,  buy- 
ing an  estate  on  the  east  side  of  Sudbury 
street.  Part  of  this  estate  was  deeded  to  his 
son  .Ambrose,  and  the  mansion  house  remained 
in  the  possession  of  his  family  for  five  gener- 
ations ;  it  was  at  one  time  known  as  "the  Par- 
rot," and  was  finally  destroyed  by  the  British 
during  the  siege  in  1775.  Dawes  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman  May  6,  1646;  he  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  First  Church,  and  were 
among  the  founders  of  the  Third  or  Old  South 
Church  in  1669.  He  died  March  24,  1703. 
Children:  i.  Ambrose,  born  July  24,  1642.  2. 
William,  born  March  8,  1655,  died  young.  3. 
Hannah,  born  January  7,  1659,  died  January 
14,  following.  4.  Jonathan,  born  November 
3,  1661 ;  mentioned  below.  5.  Daughter,  mar- 
ried John  Nicholls,  whom  Ambrose  calls  "my 
brother." 

(HI)  Jonathan  Dawes,  son  of  William 
Dawes  (2),  was  born  in  Boston,  November  3, 
1661 :  was  a  brick-layer  and  mason.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Morse,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Morse.  She  joined  the  Old  South 
Church.  January  29,  1668.  Jonathan  died  Oc- 
tober 5,  1690,  leaving  some  debts,  including  90 
pounds  to  his  father,  and  property  amounting 
to  226  pounds.  His  widow  was  appointed  ad- 
ministratrix. Children:  i.  Hannah,  baptized 
January  13,  1683.  probably  died  young.  2. 
Hannah,  baptized  August  9,  1685,  probably 
died  young.  3.  Jonathan  or  Joanna,  born 
April  21,  1687  (perhaps  twins),  baptized  April 
24,  following.  4.  Hannah,  baptized  May  19, 
1689.  5.  Jonathan,  born  January  11,  1691  ; 
settled    in   East    Bridgewater,    Massachusetts ; 

ship-joiner ;  married  Lois  .     6.  Samuel 

(probably  twin  of  Jonathan) :  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Samuel  Dawes,  son  of  Jonathan 
Dawes  (3),  was  probably  born  January  11, 
1691.  He  went  to  East  Bridgewater  with  his 
brother  Jonathan  (see  Mitchell's  Bridge- 
water  history),  and  Samuel  bought  large  tracts 
of  land  in  Bridgewater  in  1714.  Bef(5rc  1727  he 
married  Sarah  Howland,  of  Pembroke,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  was  then  living,  and  had 


two  children.  Thence  he  came  to  East  Bridge- 
water,  where  his  other  children  were  born.  His 
widow  Sarah  married  Captain  Daniel  Reed,  of 
Abington,  Massachusetts,  in  1765,  and  died 
January  2,  1775.  He  died  in  1750.  Children : 
I.  Robert,  born  about  1722;  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Samuel,  born  February  24,  1724; 
died  November  5,  1794;  removed  from  Ab- 
ington to  Hampshire  county,  Massachusetts, 
married  Abigail  Kingman,  in  1755,  daughter 
of  Isaac  Kingman.  3.  Abigail,  born  1729, 
married  175 1,  Josiah  Vining.  4.  Content, 
born  1733.  5.  Ann,  born  1735,  married  Dan- 
iel Reed.  6.  Mary,  born  1738,  married  Na^ 
thaniel  Prior.  7.  Jonathan,  born  1745;  mar- 
ried Lydia  Snell,  1772;  soldier  in  Revolution; 
never  returned. 

(V)  Robert  Dawes,  son  of  Sainuel  Dawes 
(4),  was  born  about  1722;  married  Lydia  Har- 
den, daughter  of  John  Harden,  of  Abington, 
in  1742;  bought  land  in  Bridgewater  in  1747, 
and  became  wealthy;  was  captain,  according 
to  the  records,  and  is  called  also  "gentleman." 
He  died  in  1755.  His  widow  Lydia  married 
Bickford,  of  Littleton,  Maine.  3.  Lorana,  bom 
Isaac  Tirrell,  of  Abington,  in  1755,  and  she 
died  at  East  Bridgewater  in  1798,  aged  sev- 
enty-six. Children:  i.  Robert,  born  1747, 
settled  in  Cummington,  Massachusetts;  mar- 
ried Lydia  Tirrell,  daughter  of  Isaac.  2.  Na- 
than, born  1 751:  mentioned  below. 

(YD  Nathan  Dawes,  son  of  Robert  Dawes 
(5),  was  born  in  Bridgewater  in  1751;  married 
Abigail  White,  daughter  of  Jacob  White,  in 
1772.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  in 
Captain  David  Kingman's  company.  Colonel 
Edward  Mitchell's  regiment,  in  Rhode  Isl- 
and, in  1776.  Children,  born  in  Bridgewater: 
I.  Nathan,  born  1775;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Jacob,  born  1778,  married,  1800,  Martha 
Hearsey.  3.  Mary,  born  1781,  married,  1800, 
Samuel  Bicknell.  4.  Abigail,  born  1791,  mar- 
ried William  Hersey. 

(VH)  Nathan  Dawes,  son  of  Nathan  Dawes 
(6).  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts, 
in  1775.  He  settled  in  Hallowell,  Maine, 
where  his  wife  joined  the  Congregational 
church  in  1802.  He  married  Elizabeth  Has- 
kell. Children:  Ezra  H.,  bom  1800;  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Ezra  H.  Dawes,  son  of  Na- 
than Dawes  (7).  was  born  in  Hallowell, 
Maine,  in  1800.  .A.fter  his  first  marriage  he 
went  to  live  in  Windham,  Maine,  and  set- 
tled finally  in  Litchfield,  A-Iaine,  in  1830,  at 
the  Plains.  His  farm  is  now  or  was  lately  oc- 
cupied by  Mr.  Shepard,  Pond  Road.  He  was 
a  Free  Baptist  in  religion,  and  was  a  preach- 


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er  of  that  faith.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
irade.  He  died  at  Detroit,  Maine,  September 
6,  1890,  aged  ninety  years  five  months.  He 
married  first,  Rebecca  Frank,  who  died 
March  20,  1847,  aged  forty-two  years.  He 
married  second,  Arnice  (Grover)  Rideout, 
who  died  May  12,  1858,  and  third,  Abigail 
Clark.  Children  all  by  the  first  wife:  i.  Sarah 
A.,  born  October  7,  1824,  resided  in  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  Lucy  Elizabeth,  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1827;  married  Charles  Jenkins,  and 
died  March,  1878,  at  Whitman,  Massachu- 
setts. 3.  Lyman  Seavey,  born  May  25,  1830; 
settled  in  Florida.  4.  Sophia  Frances,  born 
March  3,  1833;  resided  at  Richmond.  5.  Al- 
fred, born  February  16,  1836;  resided  in  Chel- 
sea, Massachusetts.  6.  Philena,  born  July  24, 
1839;  married  William  Alexander.  7.  Fred- 
erick Sidney,  born  August  11.  1842;  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Cordane  Rebecca,  born 
November  2,  1846;  resided  at  South  Abing- 
ton,  Maine. 

(IX)  Frederick  Sidney  Dawes,  son  of  Rev. 
Ezra  H.  Dawes  (8),  was  born  at  Litchfield. 
Maine,  August  11,  1842.  He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Litchfield.  Maine,  and  Hudson,  Massachu- 
setts, manufacturing  cutting  dies,  and  later 
established  the  electric  light  plant  at  Hudson. 
He  died  November  7,  1897.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Morning  Star  Lodge  of  Free  Masons; 
of  Houghton  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
of  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and 
past  commander  of  Trinity  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar:  also  member  of  Aleppo 
Temple,  Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Boston. 

Mr.  Dawes  was  for  many  years  president 
of  the  Hudson   Electric   Light  Company. 

He  enlisted  .A.ugust  27,  1862,  in  Company 
C,  First  Maine  Cavalry,  in  the  civil  war,  and 
was  discharged  for  disability  January  15, 
1863.  He  re-enlisted  August  10,  1863,  in 
Company  F,  First  Battalion  Massachusetts 
Heavy  Artillery,  served  the  period  of  his  en- 
listment, and  was  mustered  out  at  Fort  War- 
ren June  28.  1865.  He  is  a  member  of  Gen- 
era! Reno  Post,  No.  9,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  He  was  one  of  the  leading  citi- 
zens of  Hudson,  a  man  of  high  character  and 
exceptional  ability.  He  married  December 
25.  1867,  Mary  E.  Bradley,  born  May  4,  1847, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Bradley.  Children:  i. 
Eva  May,  died  young.  2.  Leslie  Sidney,  boni 
January  4,  1872;  died  .'Xpril  11,  1907.  3. 
Fred  Bradley,  born  Jtmc  27,  1875:  men- 
tioned below. 

(X)  I'"red  r.radle\-  1  );uves.  son  of  Frederick 
Sidney  Dawes  (()).  was  burn  in  Hudson,  Mas- 


sachusetts, June  27,  1875.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Hudson  high  school  in  the  class  of 
1894,  and  entered  the  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology  in  the  same  year,  taking  the 
course  in  electrical  engineering.  He  was  for 
three  years  a  member  of  the  class  of  1898. 
When  his  father  died  in  1897  he  left  the  In- 
stitute and  in  the  spring  of  1898  engaged  in 
the  business  of  electrical  construction,  in 
which  he  has  prospered.  He  is  director  in 
both  the  Worcester  Electrical  Contractors 
Association  and  in  the  Massachusetts  Electri- 
cal Contractors  Association,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Electrical  Contractors  As- 
sociation. His  place  of  business  is  in  Hud- 
son where  he  resides.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Sons  of  Veterans  Camp  No.  5,  and  is  ser- 
geant of  Company  M,  Fifth  Regiment  Mas- 
sachusetts Volunteer  Militia.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  L'nitarian  Society,  and  assist- 
ant superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.  He 
married  June  23,  1899,  Ada  Taylor,  born  in 
England,  January  12,  1875,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Taylor.  Children:  i. 
Roliert  Ta\'lor.  born  .April  2,  1904.  2.  Mary 
Bradley,  born  July  4.  1907. 


.A.  recent  compiler  of  the 
BUTLER  genealogy  of  our  particular 
branch  of  the  Butler  family  in 
New  England  has  said  that  "all  of  the  name 
of  Butler  who  came  to  this  country  during  the 
first  century  of  its  existence  can  be  traced  to 
a  common  ancestry  in  Ireland."  In  bearing 
out  this  view,  Johnstone  has  furnished  in  his 
various  narratives  the  succession  of  conquests 
and  of  conquerors  from  Rolf,  or  Rollo,  to  the 
dukes  of  Normandy  and  the  ultimate  victory 
of  William  the  Conqueror,  1066,  and  after 
him  to  the  time  of  Theobald,  son  of  Harvey 
Walter,  who  was  received  into  the  royal  fav- 
or and  taken  by  his  monarch  with  the  title  of 
"Chief  Butler"  into  Ireland,  where  by  the 
bounty  of  his  sovereign  and  his  own  valor  he 
became  eminent  and  acquired  great  posses- 
sions. 

.\ccording  to  Burke's  "Peerage  and  Baron- 
etage," the  histor\'  of  the  illustrious  house  of 
Butler,  of  Ormonde  is  in  point  of  fact  the 
history  of  Ireland  from  the  time  of  the  .An- 
glo-Norman invasion;  and  from  the  same 
authority  it  is  learned  that  the  surname  Butler 
is  derived  from  the  "chief  butlerage  of  Ire- 
land, conferred  by  Henry  II,  upon  the  first  of 
the  family  who  settled  in  that  kingdom." 
Theobald  Fitz  Walter  (Theobald,  son  of  Wal- 
ter), who  accompanied  Henry  TI  into  Ireland, 
and  was  created  Chief  P.utler.   1177.  became 


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possessed  of  the  baronies  of  Upper  Ormonde, 
Lower  Ormonde,  and-  numerous  other  pos- 
sessions. 

Other  antiquarians  have  held  that  the  sur- 
name Butler  is  derived  from  Robert,  sup- 
posed to  have  been  butler  to  William  the 
Conqueror,  and  who  in  Domesday  Book  is 
called  "Robertus  Pincerua."  This  Robertus, 
with  two  others  of  the  same  name,  called 
Hugo  Pincerua  and  Richard  Pincerua,  held 
each  of  them,  from  the  king,  several  towns  in 
England. 

Such  then  is  the  ancient  lineage  of  the  But- 
ler families  who  have  been  seated  in  New 
England  more  than  two  centuries,  and  while 
chroniclers  have  traced  the  ancestry  in  Eng- 
land and  Ireland,  they  have  taken  little  ac- 
count of  the  Scotch  branches  of  the  Butlers, 
who  were  families  of  distinction  in  that  coun- 
try for  several  centuries  and  finally  were  driv- 
en out  because  of  their  Presbyterian  belief, 
and  became  seated  in  the  north  of  Ireland. 
The  particular  branch  of  the  family  proposed 
to  be  treated  in  these  annals  is  of  distinctively 
Scotch  ancestry  and  origin,  and  displays  as 
its  arms  an  uncovered  cup  or  (gold),  with 
the  motto  "sapienter  uti  bonis"  wisely  to  en- 
joy blessings. 

Large  companies  of  emigrants  from  Scot- 
land and  England  settled  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land as  early  as  1612,  and  accessions  were 
made  to  their  number  in  later  years,  but  it 
was  not  until  a  century  afterward  that  the 
descendants  of  these  emigrants  began  to  cross 
the  Atlantic  ocean  and  settle  in  the  American 
colonies  of  New  England  and  New  York, 
largely  in  New  Hampshire,  and  to  a  less  ex- 
tent in  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut.  They 
were  called  Irish  and  Scotch-Irish,  but  they 
were  not  such  in  fact;  that  name  applied  ex- 
clusively to  the  Celts  and  to  those  families 
who  in  the  course  of  generations  had  adopted 
Celtic  manners.  Of  the  Celts  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  eighteenth  century  there  were 
perhaps  a  little  less  than  a  million,  who  with 
few  exceptions  adhered  steadfastly  to  the 
teachings  of  the  Church  of  Rome ;  and  among 
them  dwelt  about  two  hundred  thousand 
Scotch  and  English  colonists,  proud  of  their 
Saxon  blood  and  their  protestant  faith. 

Whether  it  was  on  account  of  the  same 
causes  that  induced  the  emigration  of  other 
Scotch  and  English  colonists  to  New  Eng- 
land during  the  first  quarter  of  the  eighteenth 
century,  or  by  reason  of  other  impelling  in- 
fluences, is  now  difficult  to  determine,  but 
about  the  year  1720  there  came  to  America, 
Malachi  Butler  and  Jemima  Daggett.  If  they 


were  then  married  the  fact  does  not  appear, 
and  insomuch  as  their  eldest  child  was  not 
born  until  172Q,  it  may  be  assumed  that  their 
marriage  did  not  take  place  until  after  they 
settled  in  the  Connecticut  colony.  They  set- 
tled first  in  Windham,  remained  there  until 
about  1753,  ^'"id  then  located  in  Woodbury, 
where,  according  to  the  history  of  that  town, 
others  of  their  name  and  kin  were  living. 

Cothren,  in  his  "History  of  Ancient  Wood- 
bury," has  this  to  say  of  the  several  Butler 
families  in  that  town:  "Richard  Butler  was 
among  the  earliest  Stratford  settlers,  and  had 
two  daughters:  Phebe,  married  Benjamin 
Peet:  and  Mary,  married  John  Washborn,  of 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  in  1665,  and  after- 
wards Thomas  Hicks,  and  thus  became  an- 
cestress of  Elias  Hicks,  founder  of  the  Hick- 
site  sect.  There  was  in  Stratford  a  Dr.  John 
Butler,  from  1684  until  his  death  in  1695.  He 
was  a  grantee  of  lands  in  Woodbury  before 
1697.  He  was  probably  a  son  of  Dr.  John 
Butler,  of  Boston,  afterward  of  Branford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  died  in  1680.  John 
senior  had  sons,  John.  Richard,  Jonathan  and 
Jonas.  There  was  a  Deacon  Butler  in  Hart- 
ford who  died  in  1684,  and  had  sons  Thomas, 
Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Joseph  and  Daniel.  Their 
descendants  are  numerous.  Zebulon  Butler 
and  John  Butler,  who  figured  in  the  troubles 
in  Wyoming  valley  (Pennsylvania)  were  of 
this  race.  Benjamin  F.  Butler,  late  attorney 
general  of  New  York,  was  also  of  this  lineage. 
Captain  Zephaniah  Butler  was  in  the  cam- 
paign of  General  Wolfe  at  Quebec,  marching 
with  other  brave  soldiers  from  Woodbury. 
His  son,  John  Butler,  father  of  General  Ben- 
jamin F.  Butler,  now  member  of  Congress 
(1872).  was  a  captain  in  the  war  of  1812,  and 
General  Butler  has  his  commission,  signed  by 
Madison,  as  well  as  the  powder  horn  of  his 
grandfather,  who  fought  under  Wolfe, 
marked  'Zephaniah  Butler,  his  horn,  Wood- 
bury, (Connecticut)  ye  27,  1758'.  This  Zep- 
haniah and  his  brother  Benjamin  moved  to 
Nottingham,  New  Hampshire,  and  settled 
there." 

Zephaniah  Butler  was  the  fourth  son  and 
child  of  Malachi  and  Jemima  (Daggett)  But- 
ler, of  whom  mention  is  made  in  a  pre- 
ceding paragraph.  Tlieir  other  children  were 
Benjamin.  Silas,  Solomon.  Thankful,  Susan- 
nah. Margery,  Lydia  and  Mary.  Benjamin, 
the  eldest  son,  will  be  mentioned  at  length  in 
a  later  paragraph.  Silas  and  Solomon  re- 
moved to  New  York,  where  Silas  married, 
lived  and  died,  leaving  a  family.  Solomon 
settled  in  Solas  and    lived    and    died    there. 


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leaving  several  children.  (  )f  tiie  daughters 
of  Malachi  and  Jemima  little  is  known. 

Zephaniah  Butler,  son  of  Malachi  and  Jem- 
ima (Daggett)  Butler,  removed  to  Notting- 
ham, New  Hampshire,  about  1756,  and  was 
known  there  as  "the  schoolmaster,"  a  man  of 
education  and  influence.  He  married  Abigail 
Cilley.  daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  Cilley  and 
Alice  Rawlins,  and  their  youngest  son,  John 
Butler,  was  father  of  the  late  General  Benja- 
min F.  Butler,  candidate  for  the  office  of 
president  of  the  United  States  on  the  "Green- 
back" ticket  in  1880. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Butler,  eldest  son  of  Mala- 
chi and  Jemima  (Daggett)  Butler,  was  born 
in  Windham,  Connecticut,  April  9,  1729,  and 
died  in  Nottingham,  New  Hampshire,  De- 
cember 26,  1804.  He  received  a  classical  ed- 
ucation at  Harvard  College,  where  he  gradu- 
ated in  1752,  and  made  his  theology  studies 
at  ,A.ndover,  Massachusetts,  where  he  met  and 
married  Dorcas  Abbot.  After  marrying  he 
continued  his  theology  course  until  the  spring 
of  1754,  and  then  went  to  Nottingham,  set- 
tling first  at  Nottingham  Square.  Soon  af- 
terward he  purchased  the  proprietor's  lot 
formerly  set  ofif  to  Governor  Wentworth,  and 
lived  there  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
In  the  early  part  of  1757  Mr.  Butler  became 
settled  pastor  of  the  church  in  Nottingham, 
receiving  about  the  same  time  a  settlement  of 
two  thousand  pounds,  old  tenor,  and  a  salary 
of  thirty-five  pounds  sterling.  His  church 
there  was  organized  in  1742,  its  first  pastor 
being  Rev.  Stephen  Emery,  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  College  in  1730.  Mr.  Butler  was 
pastor  of  the  church  until  August  i,  1770, 
when  he  resigned  and  afterward  devoted  his 
attention  to  literary  pursuits  and  agriculture, 
and  also  for  a  time  performed  the  duties  of 
magistrate,  to  "try  small  causes."  "He  was 
a  man,"  says  one  of  his  biographers,  "of  thor- 
ough education, of  an  active  yet  disciplined  na- 
ture," and  he  used  every  effort  of  his  life  to 
educate  in  morality  and  intelligence  his  peo- 
ple and  his  associates.  He  is  spoken  of  as  a 
"christian  of  perfect  sincerity  and  earnest 
work,  whose  moral  influence  was  realized  to 
his  church  and  town." 

On  .May  7,  1753,  Rev.  Benjamin  Butler 
married  Dorcas  .Xbbot,  who  was  born  .May 
j8,  1729,  and  died  in  April,  1790.  daughter  of 
Lieutenant  Henry  and  Mary  Platts  Abbot, 
(see  .'\bbot).  Their  children.  i.  Henry, 
horn  April  27,  1754,  died  July  20,  181 3;  mar- 
ried .April  II,  1776,  Isabella  Fisk,  born  Au- 
gust 2,  1757,  died  January  17,  1808:  sec  for- 
ward.    2.   Benjamin,  l)i>rn  February  23,   1757, 


died  April  30,  1757.  3.  Benjamin,  born  June 
14,  1758,  died  .\ugust  29,  1759.  4.  Mary, 
born  Alarch  30,  1760,  died  August,  1846; 
married  Abraham  Brown,  of  Epping,  New 
Hampshire,  and  settled  in  Northfield,  New 
Hampshire,  where  both  died,  leaving  several 
children.  5.  Elizabeth,  born  August  30,  1762, 
died  October  3,  1762.  6.  Dorcas  (triplet), 
born  October  9,  1766,  died  October  22,  1857; 
married  Jonathan  Cilley,  born  March  3,  1752; 
removed  to  Ohio.  Children:  Joseph,  Benja- 
min, Sally,  Henry,  Jonathan,  Bradbury  and 
Mary  Cilley.  7.  Jemima  (triplet),  born  Octo- 
ber 9,  1766.  died  October  19,  1766.  8.  James 
Platts  (triplet),  born  October  9,  1766,  died  Oc- 
tober 19,  1766. 

Henry  Butler,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Rev. 
Benjamin  and  Dorcas  (Abbot)  Butler,  was 
born  in  .Andover,  Massachusetts,  April  27, 
1754,  and  died  in  Nottingham  Square,  New 
Hampshire,  July  20,  1813.  .\t  the  beginning 
of  the  revolutionary  war  he  had  just  attained 
his  majority,  but  he  entered  the  service  and 
was  commissioned  captain  of  a  company  of 
New  Hampshire  men  which  was  sent  to  West 
Point,  on  the  Hudson  river,  in  New  York. 
-After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  commis- 
.'^ioned  major-general  of  New  Hampshire  mi- 
litia, a  position  he  held  many  years,  succeed- 
ing General  Thomas  Bartlett,  whose  imme- 
diate predecessor  was  General  Joseph  Cilley 
These  were  notable  characters  in  early  Not- 
tingham and  New  Hampshire  history,  and 
all  of  them  lived  and  died  on  Nottingham 
Square,  each  being  in  office  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

General  Butler  was  the  first  postmaster  of 
Nottingham,  receiving  his  appointment  while 
Gideon  Granger  was  postmaster  general.  He 
was  as  well  known  and  as  highly  respected  as 
any  man  in  the  state.  i  Ic  was  one  of  the 
leading  Free-masons  in  Xcw  llampshire.  for 
manv  years  master  of  Sullivan  Lodge,  the 
meetings  of  which  v^'ere  held  in  his  house  af- 
ter 1798.  During  his  life  he  held  many  im- 
portant offices  of  a  civil  character,  and  his  in- 
tegritv  never  was  questioned,  whether  in  an 
official  capacity  or  as  a  jirivatc  citizen  in  the 
daily  walks  of  life. 

Flis  wife,  whom  he  married  .April  11,  1776, 
was  Isabella  I'isk,  who  was  Ixirn  .August  2, 
1757,  and  died  January  17,  1808.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Fisk,  of  Epping, 
New  Hampshire,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
Ward  Cotton,  the  first  settled  minister  in 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  The  wife  of  Rev. 
Ward  Cotton  was  Joanna  Rand,  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  after  tlu'  death  of  her  first 


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husband  she  married  Captain  Jonathan  Gil- 
man,  of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  after  his 
death  she  married  Deacon  Ezekiel  Morrill,  of 
Canterbury,  and  still  later  married,  for  her 
fourth  husband,  Deacon  Joseph  Baker,  of 
Canterbury.  The  last  years  of  her  life  were 
spent  in  the  home  of  General  Butler,  where 
she  died  February  25,  181 1,  aged  ninety-three 
years.  General  Henry  and  Isabella  (Fisk) 
Butler,  had  ten  children: 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  July  29,  1777,  died  July 
12,  1808 ;  married  William  Norris,  his  second 
wife ;  both  lived  and  died  in  Nottingham.  Chil- 
dren :  Joanna,  born  in  February,  1800,  married 
Joseph  Blake  of  Raymond,  New  Hampshire : 
Betsey,  born  in  August,  1802 :  William,  born 
September,  1804,  married  Abigail  Cartland  of 
Lee,  New  Hampshire. 

2.  Benjamin,  born  April  11,  1799, 
died  October  i,  1851  ;  married  July  6, 
1806,  Hannah  Hilton  of  Deerfield,  New 
Hampshire,  and  removed  to  Cornville,  Maine, 
where  both  died.  Children:  Sally,  married 
John  Judkins  of  Athens,  Maine ;  Isabelle,  mar- 
ried Bradbury  Robinson  of  Cornville,  Maine; 

Abigail,    married    Jewell    of    Solon, 

Maine:  Mary,  married  Robert  Prince  of 
Skowhegan.  Maine;  Hannah,  married  John 
Brennan  of  Detroit,  Michigan;  Joanna,  mar- 
ried John  Warren  of  New  York;  Joseph 
Henry,  married  Miss  Bartlett;  Frank,  re- 
moved to  Wisconsin. 

3.  Ebenezer,  born  March  13,  1781,  died  De- 
cember 25.  1850 :  married  October  19,  1809,  at 
Sanbornton,  New  Hampshire,  Sarah  Hersey, 
born  October  24,  1785,  died  November  27, 
1854,  daughter  of  James  Hersey  of  Sanborn- 
ton. Children ;  James  Hersey,  born  October 
27,  181 1  ;  Henrietta,  born  December  24.  1813; 
Sally  Tilton,  born  November  30,  1818,  died 
November  13,  1853;  Louisa,  born  March  30, 
1823,  died  November  11,   1830. 

4.  Henry,  Jr.,  born  June  30,  1783,  married 
first,  October  i,  1806,  Abigail  Lord,  who  died 
June  7,  1817;  married  second,  March  12,  1818, 
Nancy  Hersey  (see  post). 

5.  Sarah  Cotta,  born  August  12,  1785,  died 
January  17,  1872;  married  September  18,  1808, 
John  Haley,  of  Lee,  New  Hampshire,  who  was 
bom  February  17.  1783.  and  died  February, 
1874.  Their  married  life  covered  a  period  of 
more  than  sixty-three  years,  and  they  had 
seven  children ;  George,  born  February  22, 
1810.  married  (i)  December  16,  1840,  Betsey 
Jane  Knowlton ;  (2),  January  10.  i860,  Alice 
Smith;  Henry,  born  July  20,  1812,  married 
April  4,  1844,  Jane  Chesley ;  Samuel  Abbot, 
born  July  24,  1815,  married  August  9,  1838, 


Mary  ."Knu  French,  who  died  December  8, 
1871;  Almira,  born  February  18,  i8i8,  mar- 
ried November  16,  1842,  Caverly  Knowles; 
John  Parkman,  born  October  24,  1820,  mar- 
ried Jane  22,  i843,Lydia  .\nn  Gile;  Benjamin 
bVanklin,  born  .\prii  30,  1823,  married  Jan- 
uary 10,  i860.  ,\bbie  L.  Hill;  Harrison,  born 
May  20,  1825,  married  (i)  Isabella  S.  Huird; 
(2)  September  6,  i860,  Jennie  Gordon. 

6.  Dorcas,  born  April  15,  1787,  died  Novem- 
ber 8,  1855;  married  February  11,  1812,  Wil- 
liam Furber,  of  Nottingham.  They  had  four 
children,  Henry,  Ward  C.,  Isabella  and  Abigail 
Furber. 

7.  Samuel  Abbot,  born  July  19,  1789,  died 
January  16,  1814;  enlisted  in  Captain  John 
Butler's  company  of  cavalry  from  Nottingham 
for  service  in  the  second  war  with  Great 
Britain,  and  stationed  at  Burlington ;  promoted 
sergeant  and  clerk  of  the  company ;  while  on 
duty  in  Highgate,  Vermont,  with  a  squal  of 
eighteen  men  under  him,  he  engaged  a  party  of 
smugglers  driving  cattle  to  Canada,  and  al- 
though four  of  his  men  were  killed  and  he  him- 
self received  mortal  wounds,  he  refused  to  sur- 
render and  with  his  pistols  killed  two  of  the 
enemy  before  he  could  be  taken.  He  refused 
the  services  of  the  British  surgeon  and  died  in 
a  few  hours  after  the  fight. 

8.  A  son  (twin)  born  June  16.  1792.  died 
unnamed. 

9.  .A  daughter  (twin)  born  June  16,  1792, 
died  unnamed. 

10.  Ward  Cotton,  born  January  22,  1795, 
died  December  2.  1861;  married  September 
19,  1820,  Margaret  Anderson,  and  removed 
to  Philadelphia;  had  three  children. 

Henry  Butler,  junior,  fourth  child  and  third 
son  of  General  Henry  and  Isabella  (Fisk) 
Butler,  was  born  in  Nottingham,  New 
Hampshire,  June  30,  1783,  and  died  on  his 
farm  in  Hampden.  Maine,  1877.  After  his  sec- 
ond marriage  he  went  to  Maine,  living  for  a 
time  in  Bangor,  and  afterward  settling  on  a 
farm  in  Hampden,  a  town  about  four  miles 
west  of  Bangor.  He  was  an  industrious  man, 
of  exemplary  habits  and  was  highly  respected 
in  the  community  in  which  he  lived.  He  mar- 
ried twice.  His  first  wife,  whom  he  married 
October  i,  1806,  was  .Abigail  Lord,  of  Not- 
tingham, who  died  June  17,  1817,  having 
borne  her  husband  six  daughters.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  March  t2,  1818,  Nancy  Her- 
sey, of  .Sanbornton,  New  Hampshire,  She 
was  born  in  Sanbornton,  October  22,  1792, 
and  died  Januarv'  10,  1870,  aged  seventy-sev- 
en years,  and  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the 
old  colonial  families  of  New  England,  hence 


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MIDDLESEX   COUNTY. 


some  brief  reference  to  her  ancestors  is  appro- 
priate in  this  place. 

The  American  ancestor  of  the  Herseys  of 
Sanbornton,  and  perhaps  of  New  England  as 
well,  was  William  Hersey  of  Hingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, 1635,  who  was  made  freeman  in 
1638,  and  became  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  in  1652.  On  the 
parish  and  town  records  in  the  localities 
where  the  earlier  generations  pf  the  family 
lived,  the  name  Hersey  is  found  written  Her- 
sie,  Harsie,  Hearsey,  and  also  as  Hershey. 
Tlie  name  is  one  of  great  antiquity,  and 
doubtless  of  French  origin,  as  it  is  found  in 
the  list  of  noblemen  and  gentlemen  who  went 
over  with  William  the  Conqueror  into  Eng- 
land in  1066.  In  Hingham  it  is  still  one  of 
the  more  numerous  of  the  surnames  of  the 
early  settlers.  At  the  time  of  the  trouble 
about  the  election  of  officers  of  the  train  band 
in  Hingham,  1644-5,  William  Hersey  was  as- 
sessed a  heavy  fine  for  supporting  the  views 
of  Rev.  Peter  Hobart,  and  the  family  rate 
toward  the  erection  of  the  new  meeting- 
house was  the  largest  but  one  on  the  list. 
William  Hersey  is  believed  to  have  been  born 
in  England,  but  the  place  and  date  of  his  birth 
have  not  been  determined.  The  baptismal 
name  of  his  wife  was  Elizabeth.  He  died 
March  22,  1657-8,  and  Elizabeth  died  Octo- 
ber 8,  1671.  Their  children  were  William, 
Frances,  Elizabeth,  Judith,  John  and  James. 
( )f  the  daughters,  Elizabeth  married  Moses 
(iilman,  of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  Ju- 
dith married  Humphrey  Wilson,  of  Exeter. 
The  removal  of  these  daughters  with  their 
husbands  to  New  Hampshire  was  followed  by 
that  of  at  least  one  of  the  sons  or  grandsons 
of  the  ancestor,  but  just  which  one  of  them  is 
not  easily  determined  by  existing  records, 
and  we  only  know  that  James  Hersey,  proba- 
bly a  grandson  of  the  first  William,  lived  in 
Sanbornton,  near  Jemima  Burley  and  by  her 
had  ten  children.  James  Hersey,  son  of  James 
and  Jemima,  was  born  in  Sanbornton,  alx>ut 
1746,  and  was  a  surveyor,  in  which  capacity  he 
was  employed  by  the  last  provincial  governor, 
John  Wentworth,  to  run  a  line  from  Ports- 
mouth to  Quebec,  and  also  to  survey  several 
townshi]js.  He  was  a  man  of  influence,  and 
held  close  relations  with  Wentworth.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Hayes,  and  died  May  14, 
1817.  His  wife  died  December  26,  1829. 
They  had  ten  children,  the  fifth  of  whom  in 
order  of  birth  was  Nancy,  the  second  wife  of 
Hcnrv  P.utler,  Jr..  and  by  whom  he  had  one 
daughter  and  seven  sons. 

Bv    l)ntli    marriages    llenrx     I'.utler,    junior. 


had  fourteen  children:  i.  Isabella  Fisk: 
married  (first),  William  C.  Kelly,  of  North- 
wood,  (second)  Bryce  Hight,  of  Newp>ort, 
Maine.  2.  Elizabeth  Xorris,  married  Joseph 
Ireland,  of  St.  Albans,  Maine.  3.  Mehitable 
Ford,  died  young.  4.  Sarah  Ann,  married 
Cyrus  Bartlett,  of  Harmony,  Maine.  5.  Abi- 
gail Ford,  married  William  Folsom,  of  Strat- 
ford. 6.  Harriet,  died  young.  7.  Mary 
Frances,  born  February  16,  1819;  married 
May  25,  1843,  Thomas  P.  Emerson,  of  Lafay- 
ette, Indiana.  8.  Henry  Abbot,  born  July  22, 
1820,  married  September  23,  1847,  Sarah  C. 
Cram,  of  Bangor,  Maine.  9.  Calvin  Luther, 
born  November  6,  1821,  died  in  New  York 
citv,  C)ctober  19,  1847.  lO-  Harrison  Hersey, 
born  October  30,  1823;  died  young.  11.  Ja- 
cob Tilton,  born  January  15,  1826;  see  for- 
ward. 12.  James  Harrison,  born  May  24, 
1830:  married  June  22,  1852,  Frances  M. 
Crosby,  of  Hampden,  Maine.  13.  A  son,  born 
February  16,  1833,  died  unnamed.  14.  .A.  son, 
born  December  4,  1834.  died  unnamed. 

Jacob  Tilton  Butler,  son  of  Henry  Butler 
Jr.  and  Nancy  Hersey,  his  second  wife,  was 
born  in  Nottingham,  New  Hampshire,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1826,  and  died  in  Somerville,  IVIassa- 
cluisetts,  June  6,  1892.  He  was  given  a  good 
early  education  in  the  common  schools,  and 
after  leaving  school  he  became  a  machinist, 
and  for  many  years  was  in  the  engineering 
department  of  the  Charlestown  (Boston) 
navy  yard,  in  the  service  of  the  federal  gov- 
ernment: and  after  leaving  that  employ  he 
carried  on  a  general  furniture  business  fifteen 
years  in  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  where  the 
later  part  of  his  life  was  spent.  For  many 
years  Mr.  Butler  was  a  consistent  member  of 
the  Winter  Hill  Baptist  Church,  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
in  politics  was  a  Republican.  He  married 
June  6,  1850,  Hannah  M.  Young,  of  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  who  was  born  there  Febru- 
ary 9.  1826.  and  died  in  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  27,  1905.  They  had  three  chil- 
dren: I.  Eva  F.,  born  July,  1853:  married 
George  C.  Hallett,  of  Somerville.  and  had  two 
children,  May  and  Isabel.  2.  James  H.,  born 
November  7,  1856;  married  December  28, 
1876,  Mary  E.  Baker,  born  March  12,  1858: 
see  forward.  3.  William  E.,  born  December, 
1863,  died  in  Somerville,  May  17,  1905;  mar- 
ried" Nellie  Wilson,  and  had  one  daughter, 
Grace  E. 

James  H.  Butler,  elder  son  and  second 
child  of  Jacob  Tilton  and  Hannah  M. (Young) 
Piutler.  was  born  in  Lafayette.  Indiana.  No- 
vember 7.  1856.     He  was  educated  in  the  \mh- 


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lie  schools  of  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  grad- 
uating from  the  old  Williams  grammar  school 
in  June,  1871,  then  for  a  short  term  was  a 
student  in  the  Chelsea  high  school,  but  left 
because  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  find 
employment  and  contribute  to  the  support  of 
his  parents  and  the  family.  For  something 
like  two  years  he  worked  in  the  tool  room  of 
the  navy  yard  in  Boston,  and  when  eighteen 
years  old  went  to  Lanark,  Illinois,  and  en- 
gaged in  a  woolen  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count. Having  lived  in  Lanark  about  four 
years,  engaged  in  successful  business  opera- 
tions which  extended  into  the  east  as  well  as 
the  west,  Mr.  Butler  returned  to  Massachu- 
setts in  1887,  and  five  years  later  was  the  ac- 
tive organizer  of  the  Chandler  Adjustable 
School  Chair  and  Desk  Company,  a  corpora- 
tion formed  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts, 
and  having  its  principal  offices  in  the  city  of 
Boston.  Mr.  Butler  was  treasurer  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  company  from  the  time 
of  its  organization  until  1898,  when  it  merged 
with  the  American  School  Furniture  Com- 
pany. Still  later  this  company  was  merged 
with  the  American  Seating  Company,  a  cor- 
poration with  a  capital  of  four  million  dol- 
lars, and  which  today  controls  seventy-five 
per  cent,  of  all  of  the  business  in  its  special 
line — school  desks,  church  furniture  and 
opera  chairs,  etc. — in  this  country,  with  a 
large  business  in  Europe.  Mr.  Butler  is  New 
England  manager  of  the  business  of  the  com- 
pany, and  is  an  energetic,  capable  and  suc- 
cessful officer  in  that  capacity,  as  he  was  in 
the  establishment  of  the  original  company 
more  than  fifteen  years  ago,  and  the  organiza- 
tion of  its  affairs  on  a  secure  financial  basis. 
In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Republican,  not  an 
aspirant  for  political  honors,  although  when 
living  in  Somerville  he  did  serve  a  single  term 
as  overseer  of  the  poor,  and  for  several  years 
was  chairman  of  the  ward  committee  in  the 
ward  in  which  he  lived.  He  lived  in  that  city 
about  twenty  years,  and  removed  to  his  pres- 
ent home  in  Maiden  in  1901.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  several  masonic  bodies  of  Somerville — 
John  Abbot  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Somerville  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Oriental  Council,  Royal  and  Scot- 
tish Masons;  and  of  De  Molay  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar.  He  and  his  family  are 
regular  attendants  of  the  First  Parish  Univer- 
salist  Church  in  Maiden. 

On  December  28,  1876,  at  Lanark,  Illinois, 
Mr.  Butler  married  Mary  E.  Baker,  who 
was  bom  in  Brookfield,  Illinois,  March  12, 
1858,  a  daughter  of  George  H.  Baker  and 


Elizabeth  Herbert,  his  wife,  of  Lanark,  Illinois. 
Mr.  Baker  lived  many  years  in  Lanark,  where 
he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and  eventu- 
ally came  to  Massachusetts  and  settled  in 
Stoneham,  where  he  died  in  1905.  His  wife, 
Elizabeth  Herbert,  who  is  still  living,  aged 
seventy-seven  years,  came  of  an  old  and 
highly  respectable  family  of  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, and  of  revolutionary  ancestors.  They 
married  in  Mount  Morris,  Illinois,  1852,  and 
had  seven  children. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Butler  have  two  children. 
Their  first  child,  E.  Rose  Butler,  was  born 
in  Lanark,  Illinois,  November  22,  1877,  and 
was  educated  in  the  Somerville  grammar  and 
high  schools  and  the  state  normal  school  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts.  On  July  11,  1906,  she 
married  Captain  John  Doull,  son  of  William 
M.  Doull,  of  Montreal.  Canada,  an  officer  of 
the  English  army,  and  now  major  of  the 
Royal  Canadian  Regiment  at  present  sta- 
tioned at  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia.  He  served 
with  distinction  in  South  Africa  during  the 
Boer  war.  Major  and  Mrs.  Doull  have  one 
daughter,  Mary  Campbell  Doull,  born  in  Mai- 
den, August  4,  1907. 

James  Percival  Butler,  younger  of  the  two 
children  of  James  H.  and  Mary  E.  (Baker) 
Butler,  was  born  in  Somerville,  Massachu- 
setts, January  9.  1881,  and  was  educated  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  that  city, 
later  was  a  student  in  the  Rindge  Training 
School,  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  during 
one  year,  and  for  three  years  at  Tufts  College. 
He  is  now  associated  in  business  with  his 
father. 


John  Coggan,  the  first  of  the 
COGGAN  name  in  New  England,  ap- 
pears first  in  Dorchester  in 
1632,  and  took  the  freeman's  oath  November 
5,  1633.  The  name  on  various  records  is 
spelled  Cogan.  Coggen,  Coggin  and  Cog- 
gen.  John  Coggan  was  a  merchant  in  Bos- 
ton, and  possessed  of  considerable  wealth, 
and  he  appears,  according  to  Washburn's  Ju- 
dicial History  of  Massachusetts,  to  have  acted 
as  one  of  the  attorneys  under  the  old  charter 
of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  His 
first  wife  Ann  joined  the  church  at  Boston, 
and  had  her  daughter  Ann  recorded  to  have 
been  born  November  9.  1636,  and  baptized 
November  6,  1636,  and  another  daughter  Ly- 
dia,  bom  and  baptized  July  14,  1639.  John 
Coggan's  second  wife  was  Mary,  who  died 
January  14,  1652,  and  his  third  wife,  whom 
he    married    March    16,    1652,    was    Martha 


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daughter  of  Captain  William  Rainborow, 
widow  {I)  of  Thomas  Coytemore  and  (2)  of 
Governpr  John  VVinthrop.  By  his  third  wife 
he  had  one  child  Caleb,  born  December  15, 
1652,  baptized  December  26,  1652.  He  had 
also  as  members  of  his  household  three  chil- 
dren of  his  brother  Humphrey,  who  never 
came  to  New  England.  These  children  were: 
Mary,  born  in  England,  and  Elizabeth  who 
was  probably  born  in  Dorchester,  as  the 
mother  probably  came  with  either  one  or 
1)oth  children  at  the  time  her  brother-in-law, 
John  Coggan.  emigrated.  The  third  child  of 
Himiphrey  Coggan  was  John,  Jr.,  so  named 
to  distinguish  him  from  his  Uncle  John.  This 
John  Coggan  was  admitted  as  a  freeman  of 
the  town  of  Boston,  May  18,  1642,  married 
and  had  child  Sarah.  iDorn  December  25, 
1657,  died  1674.  Mary  Coggan  married 
(first)  John  Moody,  of  Roxbury.  and  (second) 
Thomas  Robinson,  of  Scituate.  and  had  three 
children.  Her  sister  Elizabeth  married  Jo- 
seph Rock.  John  Coggan,  the  immigrant, 
died  in  Boston  in  .-Vpril,  1658,  and  in  1660  his 
widow  Martha  administered  his  will,  made 
December  16,  1657,  and  in  it  he  mentions  his 
wife  Martha,  his  son  Caleb,  Mary  Robinson, 
Elizabeth  Rock,  and  John,  son  of  his  brother 
Humphrey,  to  whom  he  bequeathed  a  gold 
ring,  and  £20  to  the  children  of  Windsor.  A 
letter  of  the  Rev.  John  Davenport,  printed  in 
Massachusetts  Historical  Collection  forty- 
ti\e.  contains  a  story  of  unusual  interest  of  the 
widow  of  John  Coggan.  The  property  of 
John  Coggan,  the  immigrant,  named  in  his 
will,  included  besides  houses  and  a  shop  in 
the  town  of  Boston  a  farm  at  Rumney  Marsh, 
a  cor)!  mill  at  M}-jtic  Side  (Maiden),  and  five 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of  Wo- 
burn. 

(I)  Henry  Coggan,  another  immigrant,  ap- 
peared in  the  town  of  Boston  in  1634,  re- 
moved to  Scituate,  and  to  Barnstable  in 
1639,  and  died  in  England  while  there  on  a 
visit  in  June,  1649.  His  wife  Abigail  bore 
him  children:  .Abigail,  born  probably  before 
settlement  at  Boston.  Thomas,  baptized 
March  i,  1640,  died  January  26,  1659.  John, 
born  February  12,  1643.  Mary,  born  April 
20,  1645,  ^^1'^^  ^  f*^w  days  thereafter.  Henry, 
born  October  11,  1646.  Left  a  widow  in 
June,  1649,  she  married,  June  10,  1650.  John 
Phinney.  She  died  May  6,  1653.  Her  daugh- 
ter Abigail  married,  June  21,  1659.  John 
French,  of  Billerica,  and  died  early  in  her 
married  life.  We  have  here  three  brothers: 
John,  of  Boston,  who  settled  in  Dorchester, 
1632;    Humphrey,    of    England,    whose    son 


John  was  brought  up  by  John,  of  Boston; 
Henry,  of  Barnstable,  1639,  who  had  a  son 
John  baptized  February  12,  1643. 

(H)  John  Coggan,  son  of  Humphrey  Cog- 
gan, of  England,  and  nephew  of  John  Cog- 
gan, of  Dorchester,  and  probably  of  Henry 
Coggan,  of  Dunstable,  immigrants,  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  of  Boston  May  18,  1842. 
He  married  and  had  a  daughter  Sarah,  born 
December  25,  1657,  died  1674. 

(HI)  John  Coggan,  of  Charlestown,  born 
February  12,  1643,  son  of  Henry  and  Abigail 
Coggan,  married,  December  22,  1664,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Michael  Long,  and  died  at 
Charlestown,  May  7,  1681.  The  children  of 
John  and  Mary  (Long)  Coggan  were:  John, 
born  August  27,  1666.  Henry,  April  13,  1669. 
Abigail,  1671,  married,  1702,  John  Teal, 
schoolmaster. 

(IV)  John  Coggan,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Long)  Coggan,  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
August  27,  1666,  and  removed  to  Bristol, 
Maine. 

(V)  John  Coggan,  son  of  John  Coggan, 
lived  in  Bristol,  Maine,  where  he  was  a 
farmer. 

(VI)  John  Coggan,  son  of  John  Coggan, 
of  Bristol,  Maine,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Maine, 
in  May,  1790. 

(VII)  Taber  Coggan,  son  of  John  Coggan, 
was  born  in  Bristol,  Maine,  married  Betsey 
Kingsbury,  daughter  of  J\Ir.  Kingsbury,  step- 
daughter of  Mr.  Leach,  and  widow  of  Lemuel 
Bryant,  March  19,  1812,  and  had  children  in- 
cluding Leonard  Chamberlain  Coggan.  Her 
second  husband  died  in  Bristol,  Lincoln 
county,  Maine,  June  2,  1863. 

(VIII)  Leonard  Chamberlain  Coggan,  son 
of  Taber  and  Betsey  (Kingsbury)  (Bryant) 
Coggan,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Lincoln  county, 
Maine.  Married  Betsey  Martin  (born  in 
1825),  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret 
(Farrar)  Webber,  of  Bremen,  Lincoln  cOunty, 
Maine.  The  genealogy  of  the  Webber  fam- 
ily appears  in  this  article. 

(IX)  Marcellus  Coggan,  son  of  Leonard 
Chamberlain  and  Betsey  Martin  (Webber) 
Coggan,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Maine,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1847,  and  was  prepared  for  college  at 
Lincoln  Academy,  New  Castle,  Maine.  He 
was  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College,  A.  B., 
with  the  class  of  1872.  He  was  principal  of 
Nichols  Academy,  Dudley,  Massachusetts, 
1872-79,  during  which  time  he  was  chairman 
of  the  school  board  of  the  town.  He  removed 
to  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  was  a  law  student 
in  the  office  of  Child  &  Powers  in  Boston,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  1881.    He 


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practiced  in  jSIalden  and  Boston,  and  in  1886 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  William  Scho- 
field,  as  Schofield  &  Coggan,  which  partner- 
ship was  continued  up  to  1896,  when  he  prac- 
ticed alone  up  to  1904,  when  his  son,  Marcel- 
lus  Sumner  Coggan,  who  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1900,  was  received  in  the  business 
as  a  partner.  Alarcellus  Coggan  was  mar- 
ried November  28,  1872,  to  Luella  Blanche, 
daughter  of  Calvin  Chandler  and  Lucinda 
Boothby  (Butterfield)  Robbins,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Reuben  Robbins.  The  children  of 
Marcellus  and  Luella  Blanche  (Robbins)  Cog- 
gan were:  i.  Aliarcellus  Sumner,  of  the  ninth 
generation  from  Humphrey  Coggan,  the  im- 
migrant Coggan,  born  in  Dudley,  Massachu- 
setts, November  14,  1873  ;  was  prepared  for 
college  in  the  Boston  Latin  School,  was  gradu- 
ated at  Bowdoin  College,  A.  B.,  1897,  and  at 
the  Boston  University  Law  School,  LL.B., 
1900.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in 
1900,  and  became  in  1904  a  law  partner  with 
his  father  in  Boston.  He  was  married  January 
4,  1899,  to  Mattie  M.,  daughter  of  Luther  L. 
and  Alice  (Rogers)  Hanson,  of  Maiden,  and 
their  son,  Marcellus  Sumner  Coggan,  Jr.,  was 
born  December  22,  1905.  This  child  was  of 
the  tenth  generation  from  Humphrey  Coggan, 
the  immigrant.  2.  Linus  Child  Coggan,  born 
in  [Maiden,  Massachusetts,  June  10,  1884, 
graduated  at  the  Maiden  high  school,  1903, 
and  from  Tufts  College,  A.  B.,  1907.  3.  Flor- 
ence Betsey  Coggan,  born  in  Maiden,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  26,  1866,  graduated  at  the 
Winchester  high  school  in  1906.  Marcellus 
Coggan  was  a  member  of  the  school  committee 
of  Maiden,  and  was  active  in  the  civic  welfare 
of  his  adopted  city.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
party  affiliation,  and  was  elected  by  that  party 
mayor  of  Maiden  in  1886-87.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Universalist  church,  as  were  the 
other  members  of  his  family.  His  fraternal 
affiliations  were  with  the  Masonic  fraternity 
as  a  member  of  Converse  Lodge  of  Maiden, 
and  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, as  member  of  Maiden  Lodge,  No.  201. 
He  was  also  associated  with  various  other  or- 
ganizations, including  social  and  professional 
clubs  and  societies. 

(I)  Thomas  Webber,  who  lived  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Kennebec  river  as  early  as  1649, 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Parker,  Sr., 
and  have  five  sons  and  one  daughter.  The 
Webbers, came  from  Holland  early  in  the  sev- 
enteenth century. 

(II)  Samuel  Webber,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Parker)  Webber,  was  for  a  time  a 
resident  of  Gloucester,  Essex  countv,  Massa- 


chusetts  Bay    Colony,   but    he    died   in    York, 
Maine,  in  1716. 

(III)  Waitt  Webber,  son  of  Samuel  Web- 
ber, removed  from  York  to  Harpswell,  Maine, 
in  1738. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Webber,  great-grandfather 
of  Betsey  Martin  Webber,  and  son  of  Waitt 

Webber,   married   Polly  ,  and  lived  in 

Harpswell,   Maine. 

(V)  Joshua  Webber,  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Polly  Webber,  was  born  in  176 1,  and  died 
March  3,  1819.  He  married,  January  26,  1791, 
Elizabeth  [Martin,  born  in  1766,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Martin,  of  Marblehead, 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and  she  died  No- 
vember 12,  1841. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Webber,  son  of  Joshua  and 
Elizabeth  Martin  Webber,  was  born  in  Bristol, 
Maine,  November  4,  1792,  and  died  in  Bremen, 
Maine,  September  27,  1851.  He  married 
Margaret  Farrar,  December  27,  1818.  Mar- 
garet Farrar  was  born  in  Bristol,  Maine,  April 
18,  1792,  daughter  of  John  (1756-1847)  and 
Hannah  (Burns)  Farrar,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Hannah  Farrar.  John 
Farrar  died  in  1809,  and  his  wife,  Hannah 
Burns,  was  a  daughter  of  Deacon  William  and 
Jane  McClintock  Burns.  Deacon  William 
Burns  (1733-1827)  was  born  in  Cornwall, 
England,  and  was  said  to  have  been  of  noble 
blood.  John  Farrar  (1711-1809)  had  seven 
sons,  all  of  whom  served  in  the  American 
army  during  the  Revolution,  and  their  mother 
fitted  out  these  sons  with  all  the  clothing  they 
wore  and  carried,  except  their  shoes.  She 
spun,  wove,  cut  out  and  made  all  these  gar- 
ments with  her  own  hands  and  sent  them  out 
as  well  equipped  as  any  soldiers  in  the  ranks. 
They  all  returned  to  her  e.xcept  one  son  Thom- 
as, who  died  in  the  service.  The  children  of 
Benjamin  and  Margaret  (Farrar)  Webber 
were:  Betsey  M.,  Hannah  H.,  John  F.,  Betsey 
M.  (2d),  Margaret  M.,  James  F.  and  Samuel 
(twins),  Charles  M.,  Cynthia  and  Benjamin. 

(VII)  Betsey  Martin  Webber,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Margaret  (Farrar)  Webber, 
married  Leonard  Chamberlain  Coggan,  who 
was  a  farmer  in  Bristol,  Lincoln  county,  Maine. 


Few     American     families 
CARPENTER     have      been      traced      so 
thoroughly     and     accur- 
ately in  America  and  England  as  that  of  the 
Carpenter  family.    The  line  is  traced  back  for 
a  period  of  over  six  hundred  years. 

(I)  John  Carpenter,  the  first  progenitor  to 
whom  the  line  is  definitely  traced  in  the  Eng- 


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lish  records,  was  born  in  1303.  He  was  a 
member  of  parliament  in  1323. 

(II)  Richard  Carpenter,  son  of  John  Car- 
penter (i),  was  born  in    1335.     He   married 

Christina  ,  and  both  are  buried  in  St. 

Martin's,  Outwich,  Bishopsgate  street,  Lon- 
don. He  was  a  chandler  and  probably  also  a 
gunsmith. 

(III)  John  Carpenter,  son  of  Richard  Car- 
penter (2),  was  a  brother  of  John  Carpenter, 
Jr.,  the  famous  town  clerk  of  London,  whose 
bequest  to  the  city  of  certain  funds  was  the 
foundation  of  the  City  of  London  School.  It 
was  perplexing,  one  would  think,  to  have  two 
sons  in  the  same  family  of  the  sanije  name, 
but  it  was  a  common  practice,  even  when  both 
were  living.  The  younger  was  called  Junior, 
sometimes  Jenkin.  John,  Sr.,  was  one  of  the 
executors  of  John,  Jr.'s,  will,  and  was  men- 
tioned in  the  will,  as  well  as  another  brother, 
Robert,  who  was  given  "one  of  those  two 
silver  gilt  cups  with  a  lid  which  Thomas 
Knolle  gave  me."  Robert  was  also  an  execu- 
tor. 

(IV)  John  Carpenter,  son  of  John  Carpen- 
ter (3),  left  little  record. 

(V)  William  Carpenter,  son  of  John 
Carpenter  (4),  was  born  1440,  and  died  1520, 
called  "of  Homme." 

(VI)  James  Carpenter  was  son  of  William 
Carpenter  (5). 

(VII)  John  Carpenter  was  son  of  James 
Carpenter  (6). 

(VIII)  William  Carpenter,  son  of  John 
Carpenter,  (7),  was  born  in  England.  Chil- 
dren: I.  James,  heir  to  his  father's  estate. 
2.  Alexander,  born  1560,  emigrated  to  Ley- 
den:  children:  i.  William,  born  1599,  died  in 
England;  ii.  Mary,  "a  Godly  old  maid,"  lived 
with  her  sister  in  Governor  Bradford's  fam- 
ily; iii.  Alice,  married  Governor  William 
Bradford;  iv.  Julia,  married  George  Morton, 
York,  England;  v.  Agnes,  married  Dr.  Sam- 
uel Fuller;  vi.  Priscilla,  married  William 
Wright,  who  came  over  in  the  "Fortune;"  vii. 
Bridget,  married  Dr.  Samuel  Fuller,  who 
came  over  in  the  "Mayflower."  3.  William, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Richard,  of  Amesbury, 
England,  father  of  Richard,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island. 

(TX)  W^illiam  Carpenter,  son  of  William 
Carpenter  (8),  was  born  in  London,  England, 
in  1576.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He 
rented  certain  tenements  and  gardens  men- 
tioned in  the  will  of  John  Carpenter,  the  town 
clerk,  in  London,  in  1625.  He  came  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Bevis,"  in  May,  1638, 
together  with  his  son  William,  his  son's  wife 


Abigail,  and  their  four  children.  All  were 
Dissenters,  or  Puritans,  and  obliged  to  leave 
London.  He  returned  to  England  in  the 
same  ship  on  the  return  voyage  for  some  un- 
known reason,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
days  in  England.    He  lived  at  Whcrwell. 

(X)  William  Carpenter,  son  of  William 
Carpenter  (9),  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  about  1605.  He  came,  as 
stated,  in  May,  1638,  with  his  father,  wife,  and 
four  of  their  children  all  under  ten  years  of 
age.  He  settled  first  at  Weymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  on  May  13,  1640.  he  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman.  He  bought  land  of  the 
Indians,  January  30,  1641-2.  He  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court  in  1641-3,  and  was  a  con- 
stable in  1641.  He  removed  to  Rehoboth  in 
1643  or  1644,  and  was  admitted  an  inhabi- 
tant March  28,  1645.  and  a  freeman  in  the 
June  following.  Governor  Bradford,  who 
married  his  cousin,  had  a  strong  friendship 
for  him  and  aided  his  measures  in  the  legis- 
lature. He  transacted  most  of  the  legal  busi- 
ness of  Rehoboth.  He  was  on  the  commit- 
tee to  lay  out  the  road  from  Rehoboth  to 
Dedliam,  Massachusetts.  In  1647  ^nd  again 
in  1655  h^  was  a  director  of  the  town.  He 
was  appointed  a  captain  in  1642.  His  home 
lot  was  No.  10  of  the  first  division,  June  30, 
1644.  He  died  at  Rehoboth,  February  7, 
1659.  His  will  was  dated  April  10,  and  proved 
April  21,  1659.  It  showed  that  he  and  his 
cousin  William  of  Rhode  Island,  owned  land 
jointly   in    Pawtucket.      He   married    Abigail 

.  who  was  born  in  England,  1606,  and 

died  I'^ebruary  22.  1687.  Her  estate  was  ad- 
ministered September  7,  1687,  by  her  son 
William.  Children:  i.  John,  born  about  1628 
in  England;  married  Hannah  Hope;  died 
May  23,  1695.  2.  William,  born  in  England, 
about  1631.  3.  Joseph,  born  about  1633; 
married  Margaret  Sutton,  daughter  of  John 
Sutton,  May  25,  1655;  founder  of  Baptist 
church  in  Massachusetts,  1663;  buried  at  Bar- 
rington,  Rhode  Island,  May  6,  1675.  4- 
Hannah,  born  at  Weymouth,  April  3,  1640; 
5.  Abiah,  (twin),  born  April  9.  1643;  6.  Abi- 
gail, (twin),  lx)m  April  9,  1643,  at  Weymouth; 
married  1659,  John  Titus.  Jr.  7.  Samuel, 
horn  1644;  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Samuel  Carpenter,  son  of  William 
Carpenter  (10),  was  bom  at  Weymouth,  in 
1644,  and  died  February  20.  1682-3.  He  mar- 
ried, Mav  25,  1660,  Sarah  Readaway,  of  Re- 
hoboth. She  married  second,  Gilbert  Brooks, 
who  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court.  He 
was  one  of  the  purchasers,  February  5,  1671, 
of  the  "North  Purchase."    He  and  his  mother 


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worked  the  homestead  as  joint  owners,  after 
his  father's  death.  He  is  buried  in  the  old 
burying  gcound  at  Rehoboth,  now  East 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  His  grave  is  sup- 
posed to  be  a  few  rods  away  from  the  front  of 
the  Newman  meeting  house.  In  1680  the 
town  voted  to  fence  this  burying  ground,  and 
the  old  stone  wall  is  still  standing  in  good 
condition.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  Sep- 
tember 15,  1661;  married  January  8,  1683, 
Patience  Ide.  2.  Sarah,  born  January  11, 
1663-4;  married  May  17,  1683,  Nathaniel 
Perry.  3.  Abraham,  born  P'ebruary  10,  1665- 
6;  married  May  30,  i6go,  Mehitable  Read.  4. 
James,  born  April  12,  1668;  married  June  26, 
1690,  Dorothy  Bloss.  5.  Jacob,  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1670;  on  expedition  to  Canada  in 
1690.    6.  Jonathan,  born  December  11,  1672; 

married    March    13,    1699,    Hannah    . 

7.  Solomon,  born  December  23,  1677;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  TefTt,  and  resided  at  South 
Kingston.  8.  David,  born  April  17,  1675; 
married  Rebecca  Hunt.  9.  Zachariah.  born 
July  I,  1680;  mentioned  below.  10.  Abra- 
ham, born  September  20,  1682;  married  first. 
May  I,  1705,  Abigail  Bullard;  second,  April 
22,  1714,  Eleanor  Chord,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  1762,  aged  eight v-five.  He  died  April 
22,  1758. 

(XII)  Zachariah  Carpenter,  s(in  of  Sanuiel 
Carpenter  (11),  was  born  July  i,  1680,  and 
died  April  8.  1718,  aged  thirty-eight.  He 
owned  land  in  Rehoboth  and  Attleborough. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed  in  Attle- 
borough, April  23,  1718.  He  married  No- 
vember 8,  1705,  Martha  Ide,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Ide.  Children:  i.  Zachariah,  born 
October  18,  1706:  mentioned  below.  2.  Ke- 
ziah,  born  July  i,  1708;  married  Jabez 
Carpenter.  3.  Martha,  born  June  10,  17 — ; 
resided  at  Rehoboth.  4.  Abigail,  born  No- 
vember 14,  1714;  married  Peter  Perrin.  5. 
Patience,  born  March  9,  1717-8;  died  April  4, 
1727. 

fXIII)  Zachariah  Carpenter,  son  of  Zach- 
ariah Carpenter  (12),  was  born  at  Rehoboth, 
October  18,  1706,  and  died  July  25,  1765.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  married  November  27, 
1728,  Margaret  Child.  Children:  i.  Patience, 
born  June  27,  1729:  married  Joshua  Everett. 
2.  Zachariah,  born  October  22.  1730;  died 
May  18.  1733.  3.  Keziah,  born  August  29, 
1733;  married  Noah  Claflin.  4.  Zachariah, 
born  February  27,  1734-5:  mentioned  below. 
5.  Phanuel,  bom  November  19,  1736:  mar- 
ried first  1760,  Dorothy  Carpenter,  daughter 
of  Edward  Carpenter;  second.  May  8,  1777, 
Molly  Hunt;  was  in  the  Revolution.    6.  Mar- 

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tlia,  born  September  i,  1738;  married  Febru- 
ary 25,  1768,  Nathan  Ide.  7.  Caleb,  born 
March  lo,  1740-1;  married  Lucy  Carpenter; 
died  March  22,  1810.  8.  Simeon,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1742;  married  Loraine  Phelps.  9. 
Esther,  born  June  28,  1744;  married  John 
Brown.  10.  Richard,  born  June  14,  1746; 
married  Betsey  Sanborn,  and  settled  in  Rich- 
mond, Massachusetts.  11.  Grace,  born  July 
28,  1748;  married  Otis  Peck,  son  of  Jonathan 
Peck.  12.  Benjamin,  born  May  3,  1751;  mar- 
ried December,  1774,  Esther  Gerrish;  mar- 
ried second.  Abigail  (ierrish ;  married  third, 
Deborah  (Austin)  Lee,  widow;  he  was  a  sea 
captain,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Salem  East 
India  Marine  Museum.  He  served  in  the 
navy  in  the  Revolution. 

(XIV)  Zachariah  Carpenter,  son  of  Zach- 
ariah Carpenter  (13),  was  born  February  27, 
1734-5,  and  died  October  i,  1775,  at  Reho- 
both. He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Foot 
Company  of  the  militia  in  Rehoboth  in  1767. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  May  29,  1760, 
Hannah  Carpenter,  born  June  10,  1740,  and 
died  April  20,  1790,  daughter  of  Obadiah 
Carpenter.  Children:  i.  Bethia,  born  May 
12,  1762;  married  Lewis  Walker,  son  of  Abra- 
ham Walker.  2.  Benjamin,  born  December 
25.  1763;  married  April  17,  1779,  Zerviah 
Carpenter,  who  died  January  29,  1828;  he 
died  January  26.  1819.  3.  Zachariah.  born 
October  16.  1765;  mentioned  below.  4.  Han- 
nah, born  November  10.  1767;  married  Moses 
Walker,  a  lieutenant  in  the  Revolution.  5. 
Otis,  born  December  31,  1769;  married  April, 
1796,  Mehitable  Phinnev.  6.  Patty,  born 
August  7,  1772;  died  September  15,  1775.  7. 
Esther,  born  April  t8,  1775;  married  Octo- 
ber 17,  1797,  Daniel  Perrin,  son  of  David 
and  .Abigail  Perrin. 

(XV)  Zachariah  Carpenter,  son  of  Zach- 
ariah Carpenter  (14),  was  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  October  16,  1765,  and  died 
February  22,  1839.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade.  He  removed  to  Walpole,  New  Hamp- 
shire, early  in  the  century,  and  resided  near 
the  mouth  of  Cold  river.  He  kept  a  hotel, 
which  was  near  the  present  site  of  the  rail- 
road station  at  Cold  river.  He  married  No- 
vember 27.  1791,  Lydia  Whitman,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Amy  Whitman.  Children:  i. 
.\manda,  born  April  28,  1796;  married  May 
5,  18.46,  Francis  Holbrook.  2.  Almira,  born 
1798;  married  Thomas  Eaton;  died  1828;  re- 
sided at  Walpole.  3.  Amy  Ann,  born  Octo- 
ber 15,  t8o2;  resided  at  Walpole.  4.  Thomas, 
born  1804;  died  1806,  at  Providence.  5. 
Fanny,  born  January  29,  T805;  married  May 


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i6,  1826,  Samuel  Pettis;  died  March,  1841,  at 
Walpole.  6.  Thomas,  born  1806;  died  about 
1814,  at  Providence.  7.  Caroline,  born 
March  i,  1808;  married  October  31,  1834.  8. 
Samuel,  born  August  31,  1809.  9.  Albert, 
born  January  9,  1815;  mentioned  below. 

(XVT)  Albert  Carpenter,  son  of  Zachariah 
Carpenter  (15),  was  born  at  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  January  9,  1815.  He  removed 
to  Walpole,  New  Hampshire,  with  the  family, 
and  succeeded  his  father  in  the  business  of 
hotel  keeping  there.  Later  in  life  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  on  which  he  lived  the  rest  of 
his  days.  He  was  an  Episcopalian  in  religion, 
and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  died  in  1866. 
He  married  first  Mary  Wilder  of  Acworth, 
New  Hampshire,  and  second,  Mary  Gage. 
Children  of  Albert  and  Mary  (Wilder)  Car- 
penter: I.  Edward  A.,  born  1846;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Emily,  settled  in  Rutland,  Vt.  3. 
Mary  A.  4.  Henry  O.,  born  1850;  resided  at 
Rutland,  married  Catherine  Mallory,  and  had 
children,  Catherine  and  Mabel.  5.  Thomas, 
resided  in  New  York  City;  has  a  daughter 
Grace.  6.  Fred.  7.  Sarah.  Children  of  Al- 
bert and  Mary  (Gage)  Carpenter;  8.  Aman- 
da, married  Captain  Elijah  Holbrook,  of 
Swanzey.  9.  Caroline,  married  Warren  Dan- 
iels, of  Keene;  resided  in  Walpole  and  Rut- 
land.     10.  Amy,  married  Gaskell,  of 

Clarendon,   Vermont.      11.  Frances,   married 

Pettis ;  settled  in  Bellows  Falls,  \'er- 

mont.  12.  Almira,  married  Thomas  Heaton, 
of  Drewsville,  New  Hampshire.  13.  Thomas 
K.,  died  young.     14.  Samuel. 

(XVII)  Edward  A.  Carpenter,  son  of  Al- 
bert Carpenter  (16),  was  born  in  Walpole, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1846.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  there  and  at  Bellows  Falls, 
\'ermont.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  Company 
H,  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteer 
Regiment,  for  nine  months.  After  serving 
his  country  and  receiving  an  honorable  dis- 
charge, he  returned  to  Massachusetts  and  was 
employed  in  a  factory  at  Athol,  Massachu- 
setts, engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoe- 
pegs,  then  an  important  industry  conducted 
by  his  uncle,  George  Wilder.  After  two  years 
he  removed  to  South  Kuyalston,  Massachu- 
setts, an  adjacent  town,  and  was  employed  in 
the  same  line  of  business  for  twenty-one 
years.  He  became  superintendent  of  a  shoe- 
peg  factory  owned  by  C.  W.  Day.  He  then 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  South 
Royalston  for  a  year.  In  1881  he  removed 
to  North  Reading.  Massachusetts,  and 
established  his  present  business  as  a  general 
merchant,  in  which  he  has  been  very  success- 


ful. He  was  in  partnership  with  F.  S.  French 
for  twenty  years.  For  the  past  few  years 
he  has  conducted  the  business  alone.  He  has 
a  large  trade  in  grain,  hay,  stoves,  agricul- 
tural implements,  as  well  as  groceries  and 
small  wares.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church;  of  Parker  Post,  No.  123, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Athol,  Massa- 
chusetts; and  is  assistant  postmaster  of  North 
Reading.  He  is  a  member  and  the  treasurer 
of  North  Reading  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry; a  director  of  the  Reading  National 
Bank;  trustee  of  the  Alechanics  Savings  Bank 
of  Reading;  trustee  of  the  Flint  Library.  He 
has  always  been  interested  in  public  affairs. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  served 
his  party  often  as  delegate  to  nominating 
conventions;  has  been  chairman  of  the  board 
of  selectman  of  North  Reading  four  years, 
and  was  collector  of  taxes  five  years  while  liv- 
ing in  Royalston.  He  married,  1868,  Efifie 
Brooks,  of  South  Royalston,  Massachusetts, 
and  they  had  one  child,  Eugenie,  who  was 
born  1868,  and  died  1872,  at  the  age  of  four 
years.  They  have  adopted  a  daughter,  Anna 
L.  Carpenter. 


Captain  William  Gerrish, 
GERRISH     the   immigrant  ancestor,   was 

born  in  the  city  of  Bristol, 
England,  August  17,  1620.  He  came  of  a 
prominent  family  and  held  a  high  social  posi- 
tion, being  called  gentleman  or  merchant  in 
the  public  records.  He  settled  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1639-40.  He  was 
captain,  commissioner  of  the  court,  and  town 
of^cer.  He  married  April  17,  1645,  Joanna 
Goodall,  daughter  of  Mts.  Elizabeth  Goodall. 
and  widow  of  John  Oliver.  She  died  June  14, 
1677.  Gerrish  removed  to  Boston  in  1678, 
and  married  second,  Ann  Manning,  widow, 
and  they  had  a  son  Harry.  William  Gerrish 
died  in  Salem,  August  9,  1687,  while  on  a 
visit  to  relatives,  and  was  buried  there  in  the 
tomb  of  his  brother-in-law,  Walter  Price.  His 
will  was  dated  July  16,  1687,  and  proved 
December  5,  following,  bequeathing  to  his 
former  wife's  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Appleton; 
to  sons  John  Joseph  and  Benjamin;  to  Will- 
iam, Bethiah  and  Parson,  children  of  his  de- 
ceased son  William;  son  Moses  Greenleafe, 
and  daughter  Elizabeth,  his  wife;  daughter 
Mary  Dole.  His  widow  Ann,  daughter  and 
executrix  of  Richard  Parker,  of  Boston, 
gentleman,  made  her  will  February  2,  1687-8. 
It  was  proved  March  21  following,  bequeath- 
ing to  daughter  Ann   Jones  and  her  brother 


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Ephraim  r^Ianning;  to  granddaughter  Ann 
Sand3-s.  She  died  February  7,  1687-8.  Chil- 
dren of  WilHam  and  Joanna  Gerrish:  i.  John, 
born  February  12,  or  May  15,  1646  (Salem 
and  Newbury  records  differing);  mentioned 
below.  2.  Abigail,  born  May  10,  1647.  3. 
William,  born  June  6,  1648.  4.  Joseph,  born 
March  23,  1650;  graduate  of  Harvard  in  1669; 
settled  at  Salem;  minister  at  Wenham;  mar- 
ried Anne  Waldron,  daughter  of  Major  Rich- 
ard Waldron.  5.  Benjamin,  born  January  13, 
1652,  progenitor  of  many  Salem  and  Essex 
county,  Massachusetts,  families.  6.  Elizabeth, 
born  September  10  or  20,  1654.  7.  Moses, 
born  May  9,  1656.  8.  Mary,  born  April  i,  or 
May  9,  1658.  9.  Anna,  born  October  12, 
1660.  10.  Judith,  born  September  10,  1662. 
Child  of  second  wife:  11.  Harry. 

(H)  John  Gerrish,  son  of  Captain  William 
Gerrish  (i),  was  born  February  12  (or  May 
15,)  1646;  married  August  19,  1667,  Elizabeth 
Waldron,  daughter  of  Major  Richard  Wal- 
dron, of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
settled  and  became  a  prominent  citizen.  He 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  at  Dover,  June  21, 
1669.  He  was  representative  to  the  general 
court  in  1684,  member  of  the  convention  of 
1689,  and  judge.  He  received  of  Major  Wal- 
dron, his  father-in-law,  June  i,  1660,  part  of 
the  niill  at  Bellamy,  where  Gerrish  lived,  and 
also  one  hundred  acres  of  land;  also  a  house 
partly  built.  May  6,  1670.  He  died  Decem- 
ber 19,  1714;  his  wife  died  December  7,  1724. 
Children:  i.  John,  born  August  2,  1668; 
married  first,  Lydia  Watts:  second,  Sarah 
Noyes;  lived  in  Boston.  2.  Richard,  born 
April  17,  1670;  married  Jane  Jose,  of  Ports- 
mouth, and  had  one  child,  Richard:  died  1717, 
in  Portsmouth.  3.  Anna,  born  January  30, 
1671.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  May  28,  1674;  mar- 
ried September  3,  1796,  Rev.  John  Wade; 
second,  Joshua  Pierce.  5.  William,  born 
March  8,  1675-6.  6.  Samuel,  born  March  15, 
1678;  died  December  6,  1678.  7.  Nathaniel, 
born  October  19,  1679;  mentioned  below.  8. 
Sarah,  bom  July  31,  1681;  died  July  29,  1697. 
9.  Timothy,  born  April  21,  1684:  married 
Sarah  Eliot.  10.  Benjamin,  born  September 
6,  1686;  died  June  28,  1750.  11.  Paul,  born 
January  13,  1688;  married  October  2,  1712, 
Mary  Leighton,  daughter  of  John  and  Oner 
Leighton. 

(HI)  Captain  Nathaniel  Gerrish,  son  of 
John  Gerrish  (2),  was  born  October  19,  1679, 
at  Dover,  New  Hampshire.  He  lived  in  what 
is  now  South  Berwick,  Maine.  He  married 
Bridget  Vaughan,  daughter  of  Hon.  Will- 
iam and  Margery  (Cutt)  Vaughan,  of  Ports- 


mouth. She  was  born  July  2,  1676,  and  died 
September  15,  1743.  He  died  April  10,  1729. 
Both  were  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  near 
the  first  church  in  the  parish  of  Unity.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Nathaniel r  married  July  24,  1730, 
Lydia  Pierce,  of  Portsmouth;  died  1752,  and 
widow  married  Joseph  Russell.  2.  William, 
baptized  July  16,  1710:  married  February  19, 
1736,  Alary  Preble;  second,  Mary  Morell.  3. 
Charles,  born  1717;  mentioned  below.  4. 
George;  married  July  3,  1735,  Mary  Sher- 
burne; lived  in  Boston.  5.  Bridget,  married 
John  Lord,  Jr.  6.  Richard,  baptized  March 
12,  1720-1.     7.  Elizabeth,  married  John  Hill. 

(IV)  Major  Charles  Gerrish,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Gerrish  (3),  was  born  in  South  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  in  1716-17,  baptized  April  21, 
1717;  married  Mary  Frost,  daughter  of 
James  and  Margaret  (Goodwin)  Frost.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Durham,  Maine. 
He  was  a  major  in  the  revolutionary  war, 
chosen  first  major  February  5,  1776,  in 
Colonel  Jonathan  Mitchell's  regiment  (sec- 
ond Cumberland  county)  Massachusetts 
militia,  and  commissioned  February  7  follow- 
ing. He  was  also  first  major  in  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Joseph  Prime's  regiment,  serving  un- 
der Brigadier  General  Peleg  Wadsworth,  in 
defence  of  eastern  Massachusetts,  commis- 
sioned March  27,  1780. 

Gerrish  came  to  Falmouth  (now  Portland), 
Maine,  in  1748,  and  ten  }ears  later  he  moved 
to  Saccarappa.  He  sold  his  farm  at  Saccar- 
appa,  January  17,  1762,  to  Enoch  Freeman. 
He  was  by  trade  a  blacksmith  and  maker  of 
edge  tools.  His  handwriting  and  spelling  give 
evidence  of  an  unusually  good  education.  A 
fac-simile  of  a  letter  that  he  wrote  in  1763  is 
printed  in  the  "History  of  Durham"  (page 
13).  He  was  chosen  agent  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  grant  that  was  afterwards  Durham, 
Maine.  He  had  two  hundred  acres  of  land, 
which  remained  in  the  Gerrish  family  for 
nearly  a  century,  occupied  lately  by  Willard 
Svlvester.  The  first  house  was  taken  down 
many  years  ago.  It  stood  on  the  hillside  east 
of  the  old  two-story  unpainted  house  that  suc- 
ceeded it.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  houses  in 
Durham,  and  remains  in  the  style  in  which  it 
was  originally  built  over  a  century  ago.  The 
square  chimney  in  the  centre,  with  rooms 
built  around  it,  was  something  enormous. 
Here  may  be  seen  one  of  the  old  fireplaces 
that  took  in  eight-foot  sticks  of  wood.  The 
partitions  are  of  upright  pine  hoards,  some  of 
them  two  feet  wide.  The  burial  place  of 
Major  Gerrish  was  near  the  first  house.  No 
trace  of  it  can  now  be  seen,  since  the  ground 


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has  been  plowed  over.  Gerrish  was  last  taxed 
in  1797,  but  is  said  to  have  died  in  1805.  He 
was  a  man  of  ability,  and  served  often  as 
moderator  of  town  meetings  and  as  an  officer 
of  the  town.  The  date  of  the  settlement  of 
Durham  was  1763.  His  house  was  at  first  six 
miles  from  the  nearest  neighbor,  and  for  a  year 
and  a  half  his  wife  saw  no  other  person  of  her 
sex  after  making  her  home  in  Durham.  Chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  first  two  were  born  in  Ber- 
wick, the  rest  in  Falmouth,  Maine:  i.  Lieu- 
tenant William,  born  June  27,  1744.  2. 
Charles,  born  October  18,  1746,  married  Au- 
gust 7,  1770,  Phebe  Blethen.  3.  Nathaniel, 
born  April  7,  1751 ;  married  October  30,  1777, 
Sarah  Marriner.  4.  George,  born  June  16, 
1753;  mentione<l  below.  5.  James,  died  in 
the  revolutionary  war  at  the  age  of  twenty. 
6.  Mary,  married  1782,  Abner  Harris,  son  of 
Lawrence  Harris,  of  Lewiston;  removed  to 
Ohio  in  1813,  and  died  there;  had  ten  chil- 
dren. 

(V)  George  Gerrish,  son  of  Major  Charles 
Gerrish  (4),  was  born  in  Falmouth,  Massa- 
chusetts (now  Maine),  June  16,  1753.  He  re- 
moved to  Royalsborough  (now  Durham,) 
Maine,  with  his  father  and  settled  there.  He 
married  December  20,  1781,  Mary  Mitchell, 
of  Freeport,  who  was  born  June  21,  1758,  and 
died  December  7,  1816.  He  lived  on  the  or- 
iginal Gerrish  homestead,  and  cared  for  his 
father  in  declining  years.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution.  He  enlisted  in  the  Contin- 
ental army  from  Colonel  Jonathan  Mitchell's 
(second  Cumberland)  regiment  Decemljer  6, 
1777;  residence  Royalsborough,  engaged  for 
that  town ;  joined  Captain  Blaisdell's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Wigglesworth's  regiment,  for 
three  years.  He  was  also  credited  to  the  town 
of  Bradford,  Massachusetts.  He  was  at  Val- 
ley Forge.  His  brother  James  was  in  the 
same  company,  and  died  in  the  service. 
George  Gerrish,  died  May  23,  1814.  Children: 
I.  Susannah,  born  September  10,  1782;  mar- 
ried March  22,  1801,  Thomas  Bagley ;  re- 
moved to  Troy,  Maine ;  died  June,  1868.  2. 
James,  born  November  22,  1784;  mentioned 
below.  3.  John,  born  June  10,  1787.  4. 
Charles,  born  August  7,  1789;  married  April 
23,  1812,  Betsey  Woodbury,  removed  to 
New  York  state  and  died  there.  5.  Mary, 
bom  February  3,  1792;  married  May 
18,  1817,  Thomas  Winslow,  of  Freeport;  died 
May  7,  1819. 

(VI)  James  Gerrish,  son  of  George  Ger- 
rish (5),  was  born  in  Durham,  Maine,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1784;  married  October  8,  1808,  Mary 
Sylvester,  born  1787,  died  October  20,  1859, 


daughter  of  Barstow  Sylvester,  of  Freeport, 
Maine.  James  lived  near  the  homestead  on 
the  county  road.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  died 
in  Durham,  June  8,  1824.  Children:  i.  Har- 
rison S.,  born  January  27,  1810;  married  Jane 
T.  Small,  of  Lisbon;  children:  i.  Melissa 
Jane,  born  January  29,  1836,  married  WiUiam 
T.  Osgood,  of  Durham;  ii.  Charles  Harrison, 
born  April  22,  1838,  married  September  2i, 
i860,  Emily  F.  Chaffin,  of  Portland,  and  died 
there  Alarch  9,  1864,  leaving  two  children, 
Charles  Edward  and  Harry ;  iii.  Mary  Ade- 
laide, born  February  2"],  1841,  married  Moses 
Osgood,  of  Durham.  2.  George  Barstow. 
born  July  3,  181 1;  married  November  17, 
1841,  Eliza  Field;  he  died  in  Freeport,  August 
28,  1850.  3.  Emeline,  born  March  7,  1817; 
married  March  29,  1840,  Amos  Field,  of  Free- 
port.  4.  Stephen  S.,  bom  March  23,  1820; 
married  October  18,  1848,  Harriet  N.  Con- 
ner, of  Troy,  Maine;  died  in  Canaan,  Maine, 
May  6,  1864;  six  children.  5.  John  Jordan, 
born  December  21,  1821;  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  John  Jordan  Gerrish,  son  of  James 
Gerrish  (6),  was  born  in  Durham,  near  the 
old  Gerrish  homestead  December  21,  1821. 
The  meagre  schooling  of  a  rural  district  was 
supplemented  by  a  term  in  the  Bath  high 
school  and  a  winter  of  teaching  school  in 
1842  in  Webster.  He  was  employed  in  build- 
ing the  roadbed  of  Maine's  first  steam  rail- 
road and  in  1846  he  became  an  employe  of 
the  old  Atlantic  and  St.  Lawrence,  now  the 
Grand  Trunk  railway,  and  continued  in  their 
employ  until  October,  1863.  Railroading  then 
was  in  its  primitive  state,  and  those  connected 
with  the  railroads  were  expected  to  know  all 
the  departments  from  repairing  the  tracks  to 
fixing  rates.  He  served  as  freight  and 
passenger  conductor,  yard-master  and  assist- 
ant to  the  manager.  He  later  built  and  super- 
intended the  operation  of  the  Portland  Horse 
Railroad  and  also  had  charge  of  construction 
as  assistant  superintendent  of  the  European 
and  North  American  Railroad  at  Bangor. 
After  1871  he  became  a  merchant  in  Portland, 
Maine.  He  served  in  the  lower  branch  of  the 
city  government,  and  was  for  two  years  an 
alderman  and  overseer  of  the  poor.  He 
served  as  trustee  of  the  Evergreen  Cemetery 
for  fourteen  years.  In  all  positions  his  capac- 
ity, intelligence  and  integrity  of  character 
have  been  recognized. 

He  married,  December  21,  1848,  Susan  R. 
Small,  of  Lisbon,  Maine.  Children:  i.  Ella 
S.,  born  March  14,  1851,  married  Stearns  A. 
Haynes.  has  one  daughter  Florence;  resides 
in  Worcester.     2.  Mary  Ida,  married  Harvey 


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709 


W.  Merrill,  of  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  now 
living  in  Everett,  Massachusetts.  3.  John  H., 
born  October  13,  1858,  mentioned  below.  4. 
George  L.,  born  August  9,  i860,  married 
Mary  E.  Kellogg,  of  Freeport;  three  children: 
Gertrude  K.,  Stanley  Small  and  Lester  N.; 
all  now  reside  in  Portland.  5.  Hattie  Small, 
married  Roscoe  S.  Davis,  of  Portland,  and 
resides  there;  they  have  one  son,  Lawrence 
G.  6.  Elmer  G.,  born  December  28,  1865, 
married  Amy  Fernald,  one  child,  Grenvill 
Bradbury;  resides  in  Melrose,  Massachusetts. 

(VIII)  John  H.  Gerrish,  son  of  John  Jor- 
dan Gerrish  (7),  was  born  in  Portland,  Maine, 
October  13,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city,  graduating 
in  the  high  school,  class  of  1876.  He  started 
first  in  business  as  clerk  with  his  father  in  the 
railway  supply  business;  later  founded  with 
W.  L.  Blake  an  oil  and  supply  business,  and 
then  engaged  in  the  dredging  business  in 
which  he  has  met  with  signal  success.  He 
moved  to  Medford,  Massachusetts,  in  1887, 
and  was  a  founder  of  the  Boston  Binding  and 
Nailing  Company,  the  first  company  of  its 
kind  in  New  England.  He  is  at  present  gen- 
eral manager  and  treasurer  of  the  Eastern 
Dredging  Company  of  Portland  and  Boston, 
and  also  of  the  Atlantic  Dredging  Company 
of  New  York  City.  He  was  also  a  contractor 
for  submarine  work.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce;  Boston  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers :  several  clubs  in  Bos- 
ton and  Melrose,  and  the  Transportation 
Club  of  New  York  City.  He  is  a  member  of 
Harmony  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  Medford. 
He  served  in  the  city  council  of  Medford,  and 
resided  there  until  1898,  moving  to  Melrose 
in  .'\ugust  of  that  year  and  has  since  resided 
at  20  Farwell  street,  Melrose  Highlands.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  and  his  fam- 
ily are  members  of  the  Melrose  Highlands 
Congregational  Church. 

He  married,  September  25,  1883,  Ida  L. 
Thurston,  born  February  4,  1861,  in  Portland, 
Maine,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  L. 
(Waters)  Tliurston.  Children:  i.  Louise 
Waters,  born  in  Portland,  Maine,  August  22, 
1884,  educated  in  Medford  and  Melrose,  and 
graduated  as  trained  nurse  from  the  Worces- 
ter City  Hospital.  2.  Herbert  Thurston,  born 
in  Portland,  ]\Iaine,  July  6.  1886  (city  of  Port- 
land centennial  year),  educated  in  schools  of 
Medford  and  Melrose,  graduating  in  1908 
from  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, serving  as  president  of  the  junior 
class.     3.  Alice  Small,  born  April  7,  1888,  in 


Medford,  graduated  from  the  high  school  of 
Melrose,  class  of  1906;  composed  the  music 
for  class  ode  and  made  the  class  presentations 
at  Class  Day  exercises;  later  took  advanced 
course  in  music.  4.  Mildred  Gardner,  born 
January  2,  1890,  died  September  30,  1890. 
5.  Maurice  Sylvester,  born  in  Medford,  No- 
vember 30,  1 89 1.  6.  Ruth  Merrill,  born  in 
Medford,  September  18,  1893.  7.  John  Jor- 
dan, second,  born  in  Medford,  October  20, 
1895.  8.  Leila  Southworth,  born  in  Medford, 
May  3,  1898.  9.  Alma  Brown,  born  in  Mel- 
rose. December  23,  1899. 


Lieutenant  Joseph  French  (i), 
FRENCH  born  in  England,  in  1649,  was 
living  in  the  town  of  Concord, 
Masachusetts  Bay  Colony,  in  1674.  He 
served  as  a  selectman  of  the  town  of  Concord 
in  1689,  and  in  1699  he  was  a  member  of  the 
committee  to  locate  the  boundary  line  between 
the  towns  of  Billerica  and  Concord,  which 
line  was  established  June  27,  (O.  S.)  1701. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
town  and  church  established  at  Bedford,  and 
set  off  from  the  towns  of  Concord  and  Biller- 
ica. September  23,  1729.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  his  town  lot,  or  farm,  was  located  in  the 
southwesterly  part  of  the  new  town  of  Bed- 
ford, near  the  Concord  line.  His  residence 
was  one  of  prominence  in  the  community, 
strongly  built,  and  occupying  a  commanding 
position,  and  on  this  account  it  was  used  as 
a  garrison  house  at  which  the  neighbors  met 
on  the  approach  of  hostile  Indians,  especially 
when  the  men  were  away  from  home  conduct- 
ing regular  military  warfare  against  the  In- 
dians. This  historic  home  was  destroyed  in 
September,  1815,  in  the  terrible  gale  that 
visited  the  locality.  Joseph  French  married 
January  2,  1672,  Elizabeth  Knight,  of  Con- 
cord, and,  through  their  son  Jonathan,  Sam- 
uel Wales  French  is  connected  with  this  im- 
migrant ancestor. 

(11)  Jonathan  French,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Knight)  French,  was  born  in  Bed- 
ford, Aliddlesex  county,  Massachusetts.  May 

8,  1690.    He  married  Elizabeth ,  and  in 

1732  was  living  with  his  family  in  Shrews- 
bury, Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  that 
town  having  been  established  December  6, 
1720.  and  was  one  of  the  frontier  towns  en- 
dowed with  equal  rights  and  powers  as  other 
towns  in  the  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay, 
December  19,  1727.  About  1750  he  is  re- 
corded as  a  freeman  of  the  town  of  Hollis, 


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New    Hampshire.      Jonathan    and    Elizabeth 
French  had  children,  including  one  son  John. 

(III)  John  French,  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Elizabeth  French,  was  born  in  Bedford,  Mid- 
dlesex county.  Massachusetts,  May  17,  1727. 
He  married  Mary  Whitcomb,  of  Bolton  (born 
June  19,  1730),  probably  about  1750,  and 
after  his  marriage  settled  in  Hollis,  New 
Hampshire,  where  his  father  migrated  about 
the  same  time  and  where  his  children  were 
born.  In  March,  1775,  he  removed  with  his 
family  to  Packersfield,  New  Hampshire,  (the 
place  being  subsequently  known  as  the  town 
of  Nelson),  and  after  living  in  that  place  about 
ten  years  removed  to  Dublin,  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  son.  William  French,  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  June  19,  1775.  It 
is  through  his  son  Whitcomb  that  we  trace 
the  direct  descent  from  Lieutenant  Joseph  to 
Samuel  Wales  French. 

(IV)  Whitcomb  French,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Whitcomb)  French,  was  born  in  Hol- 
lis, New  Hampshire,  October  26,  1767.  He 
married  Sally  Patrick,  of  Fitchburg,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  g,  1793.  She  was  born  No- 
vember 6.  1772,  and  died  in  1865.  They  lived 
in  Dublin,  New  Hampshire,  for  forty-six 
years,  and  Whitcomb  French  served  as  se- 
lectman of  the  town  in  1816.  In  1840  he  re- 
moved to  Peterborough,  New  Hampshire, 
and  in  1850  to  Keene,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  died. 

(V)  Whitcomb  French,  Jr.,  son  of  Whit- 
comb and  Sally  (Patrick)  French,  was  born 
in  Dublin,  New  Hampshire,  January  9,  1794. 
He  married  Mary  Kendall,  of  Dublin,  born 
May  25,  1797;  the  date  of  the  marriage  was 
November  27,  1817.  He  carried  on  a  farm  in 
Dublin  and  Nelson,  New  Hampshire,  up  to 
1822,  when  he  removed  to  Jafifrey,  New 
Hampshire,  and  engaged  in  the  stage  busi- 
ness. In  Octo]:)er,  1827,  he  became  stage 
agent  at  Keene,  New  Hampshire,  for  lines  to 
Boston  by  way  of  Keene  and  Fitzwilliam,  he 
having  acquired  an  interest  by  ownership  in 
each  line.  In  1832  he  sold  a  greater  part  of 
his  stage  interests,  and  removed  to  Fitzwill- 
iam, where  he  owned  and  kept  the  Fitzwill- 
iam Hotel.  In  1833  he  established  a  new 
hotel  in  Peterborough,  New  Hampshire, 
which  he  finally  purchased,  and  in  1834  he 
purchased  a  farm  at  Peterborough  which  he 
cultivated  in  connection  with  his  hotel  busi- 
ness. He  sold  his  hotel  in  1849  to  his  son 
Henry  K.  French,  and  shortly  after  retired 
from  business.  He  died  in  Peterboro,  New 
HamT>shirc,  May  31,  1882. 


(VI)  Marshall  Whitcomb  French,  son  of 
Whitcomb,  Jr.,  and  Mary  (Kendall)  French, 
was  born  in  Jafifrey,  New  Hampshire,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1827.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic school  of  Peterboro,  and  at  the  age  of 
seventeen  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  a  general 
merchandise  store  in  Palmer,  Massachusetts, 
and  subsequently  established  a  business  in 
which  he  was  a  partner,  under  the  iirmi  name 
of  Nichols  &  French,  changed  subsequently 
to  Nichols,  French  &  Tinkham,  general 
country  merchants.  He  sold  out  his  interest 
in  the  business  about  1869,  and  organized  the 
Palmer  Savings  Bank,  and  was  made  its  first 
treasurer.  He  also  helped  in  the  organization 
of  the  Palmer  National  Bank  in  1875,  and  was 
president  of  the  bank  at  its  foundation.  He 
was  married,  January  10,  1855,  to  £lizabeth 
Thomas,  daughter  of  Royal  Porter  and 
Eudotia  (Hitchcock)  Wales,  of  Wales, 
(before  1828,  South  Brimfield),  Hampden 
county,  Massachusetts.  Elizabeth  Thomas 
Wales  was  born  in  Wales,  Massachusetts, 
September  26,  1830,  and  is  now  living  in  De- 
cember, 1907. 

(VHI)  Sanuiel  Wales  French,  son  of  Mar- 
shall Whitcomb  and  Elizabeth  Thomas 
(Wales)  French,  was  born  in  Palmer,  Hamp- 
den county,  Massachusetts,  May  12,  1857. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Hitchcock 
.Academy,  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
conuuenced  his  business  life  as  bookkeeper  in 
the  Palmer  Savings  Bank,  of  which  his  father 
was  treasurer,  when  about  nineteen  years  of 
age.  He  afterwards  entered  the  Palmer  Na- 
tional Bank  as  a  clerk,  was  promoted  to  the 
position  first  of  assistant  cashier  and  then  of 
cashier.  He  was  also  made  a  director  of  the 
Palmer  National  Bank,  of  which  his  father 
was  president,  and  he  was  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  Palmer  Wire  Company,  and 
president  of  the  Young  Men's  Library  Asso- 
ciation, and  treasurer  and  trustee  of  St.  Paul's 
Ihiiversalist  church.  He  removed  to  New- 
tonville,  where  his  father  resided,  in  1886,  and 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  clothing  business  in 
Boston.  He  was  cashier  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Peterborough,  New  Hampshire, 
1890-96.  and  in  1896  returned  to  Newtonville 
to  assume  the  office  of  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  newly  established  Newtonville 
Trust  Company,  of  which  John  W.  Weeks  is 
president.  He  has  served  as  treasurer  of  the 
Newton  Club  for  five  years,  and  as  treasurer 
and  a  trustee  of  the  Newtonville  Universalist 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Unitarian 
Club,  of  tlie  Men's  Universali-t  Club,  of  the 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


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Brae  Burn  Country  Club,  and  of  the  Central 
Club  of  the  Central  Congregational  Church. 

He  was  married  (first),  June  5.  1878,  to 
Annie  Amelia,  daughter  of  Dr.  George  l'",  and 
Harriet  (Lyon)  Chamberlain,  of  Brimfield, 
Massachusetts.  She  died  December,  1879, 
and  he  was  married  (second)  June  28,  1883, 
to  Emma  Melphia,  daughter  of  Charles  W. 
and  Betsey  (Whitney)  Weller  of  Winchendon. 
Charles  W.  Weller  was  a  private  in  Company 
L  Twenty-fifth  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Regiment,  for  nine  months  in  1861-62,  having 
been  discharged  for  disability  after  nine 
months  service  in  the  field. 

Airs.  French  through  her  mother,  Betsey 
(Whitney)  Weller,  is  a  direct  descendant 
from  John  and  Elinor  Whitney,  the  first  of 
the  name  in  New  England,  natives  of  Ips- 
wich. England,  who  sailed  from  London. 
England,  in  1635,  and  settled  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and  were  the  par- 
ents of  nine  children:  Mary,  John.  Richard, 
Nathaniel.  Thomas.  Jonathan,  Joshua.  Caleb 
and  Benjamin  Whitney.  The  known  ances- 
try of  John  Whitney,  of  Ipswich.  England, 
runs  back  through  English  history,  and  in- 
cluded knights,  earls,  barons,  dukes,  kings, 
both  English  and  Scottish  and  Norman,  in- 
cluding Henry  II,  of  England  (11 34-1 189): 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  Edmund  Iron- 
sides, the  last  of  the  Saxon  Kings.  The  Whit- 
neys  in  Watertown  built  established  homes, 
and  one  of  their  residences  still  stands  near 
Kendall  (ireen.  Weston,  and  there  are  other 
Whitney  houses  in  both  Watertown  and 
Westminster  in  excellent  state  of  preserva- 
tion. Mrs.  French'  is  a  musician  of  rare  ability, 
and  has  been  a  singer  of  wide  range,  filling 
positions  of  importance  in  church,  concert 
and  operatic  work.  As  a  teacher  she  has  laid 
the  foundation  of  a  number  of  fine  voices  in 
different  parts  of  the  state. 

Mr.  French  is  a  director  of  the  Newton 
Co-operative  Bank,  and  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Arcanum  organized  in  Boston.  June 
22,.  1872.  His  daughter,  Alice  Chamberlain 
French,  married.  1902.  F.  Lincoln  Peirce.  a 
lawyer,  of  Boston.  Alassachusetts.  and  resides 
at  38  Bowers  street.  Newtonville;  and  his  son, 
Robert  W.  French,  was  graduated  at  Boston 
LTniversity  School  of  Medicine,  in  1907.  and 
is  serving  an  appointment  in  the  Homoeo- 
pathic Hospital  in  Boston.  Dr.  French  is  a 
member  of  several  college  fraternities,  and 
expects  to  make  a  specialty  of  surgery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sarnuel  W.  French  reside  at 
37  Walnut  Place.  Newtonville.  Massachu- 
setts. 


The  Stearns  family  is  of  old 
STEARNS  English  origin  and  the  name 
is  well  known  in  Notting- 
ham. Berks,  Norfolk,  Hertford,  Suffolk  and 
Cambridge  counties.  The  name  has  been 
variously  spelled  Sternes,  Sterns,  Starns, 
Sterne,  in  England.  Stearns  is  the  form 
which  is  used  by  the  American  branch  of  the 
family.  The  arms  of  the  Sterns  family  are; 
Or,  a  chevron  between  three  crosses  flory  sa- 
ble: crest,  a  cock  starling  proper.  These 
were  used  by  family  in  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  family  has  been  prominent. 
Richard  Sterne  was  archbishop  of  York. 
There  is  a  family  tradition  that  three  broth- 
ers. Daniel.  Isaac  and  Shubael.  came  from 
England  to  America  in  1630  and  settled  near 
Watertown:  that  Daniel  died  soon  afterward 
unmarried,  and  that  the  other  two  brought 
their  families  with  them.  Shubael  died  leav- 
ing two  sons.  Charles  and  Nathaniel,  eight  or 
ten  years  old.  who  were  brought  up  by  their 
Uncle  Isaac.  The  fact  that  Charles  Stearns 
was  left  ten  pounds  by  Isaac,  who  called 
him  "kinsman."  and  that  Isaac,  Charles  and 
Nathaniel  named  their  sons  John.  Isaac  and 
Samuel  would  tend  to  bear  out  this  tradition. 
It  is  certain  that  there  were  three  immigrants 
of  the  name,  probably  brothers;  Isaac  of 
Watertown,  Charles,  "kinsman"  (probably 
nephew)  of  Isaac,  and  Nathaniel  of  Dedham. 
(I)  Charles  Stearns,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  this  branch  of  the  Stearns  family  in 
.America,  came  to  New  England,  May  6,  1646, 
and  settled  in  Watertown.  He  bought,  March 
15,  1648,  of  Edward  Lamb,  of  Watertown.  a 
house  and  eight  acres  of  land  and  three  or 
four  lots;  and  the  same  day  he  bought  from 
John  Fisher  six  acres  of  upland.  He  was  elect- 
ed January  6,  1680-81,  constable  and  tax  gath- 
erer of  Watertown.  but  refused  to  take  the 
oath,  and  the  same  year  sold  his  land  in  Water- 
town  to  his  son  Samuel.  Soon  after  this,  he  and 
his  son  Shubael  moved  to  Lynn  End.  now 
Lynnfield.  Massachusetts.  One  Sainuel  Hos- 
ier bequeathed  to  him  ten  pounds.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Hannah ,  who  died  June  30, 

1650,  at  Watertown,  and  was  buried  July  2, 
T650.  He  married  (second),  June  22.  1654, 
Rebecca  Gibson,  daughter  of  John  and  Re- 
becca Gibson,  of  Cambridge.  She  was  ad- 
mitted a  member  of  the  Watertow'n  church, 
February,  1658-59.  The  births  of  the  first 
two  children  were  recorded  in  Cambridge. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  June  2,  1650.  set- 
tled in  Watertown.  2.  Shubael,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1655,  went  on  the  Narragansett 
expedition;    grandson    had    lands    in    Narra- 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


gansett  No.  2.  (Westminister).  3.  John,  born 
January  24,  1657,  mentioned  below.  4.  Isaac 
born  1658,  settled  in  Salem;  his  widow  Han- 
nah married  in  December,  1694,  John  Chap- 
man. 5.  Charles,  Jr.,  slain  in  the  King's  ser- 
vice before  1695.  6.  Rebecca,  born  1661, 
married,  Januar}-  25,  1693,  Thomas  Train,  of 

Watertown.        7.   Martha,     married     

Hutchinson. 

(II)  John  Stearns,  son  of  Charles  Stearns 
(i),  was  born  January  24,  1657,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1722.  He  was  a  housewright  and 
resided  in  Lexington,  Massachusetts,  al- 
though the  birth  of  the  first  child  was  re- 
corded at  Watertown.  The  five  eldest  chil- 
dren were  baptized  at  Watertown  by  the 
Rev.  John  Bailey,  June  22,  1690,  and  the  next 
seven  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Anger  at  Weston,  of 
the  second  church,  Watertown.  The  two 
youngest  children  are  recorded  at  Lexington. 
He  married  (first)  Judith  Lawrence,  bom 
May  12,  1660,  daughter  of  George  and  Eliza- 
beth (Crispe)  Lawrence.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), April  2,  1713,  Mary  Norcross,  born 
July  10,  1663,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary 
(Brooks)  Norcross,  of  Watertown.    Children: 

1.  Rebecca,  born  March  21,  1683.  2.  Judith. 
3.  Sarah.  4.  George,  (twin)  born  1688,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Sanderson  and  settled  in  Wal- 
tham.  5.  Benjamin  (twin),  mentioned  be- 
low. 6.  Captain  John,  Jr.,  born  1692,  mar- 
ried, August  10,  1715,  Deliverance  Bigelow 
and  settled  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  in 
1722.  7.  Captain  Thomas,  born  1694,  house- 
wright and  inn  keeper;  resided  at  Lexington. 
8.  Daniel,  born  1695.  9.  Isaac,  born  1697, 
married  Mehitable  I"'rost:  tailor  by  trade.  10. 
Mary.  11.  Elizabeth.  12,  Abigail,  born 
May  12,  1700.  in  Lexington;  married;  April 

2,  1724,  Jonas  Harrington,  and  removed  to 
Weston.  13.  Charles,  born  October  20,  1702, 
in  Lexington;  cordwainer,  in  Boston  in  1725. 

(Ill)  Benjamin  Stearns,  son  of  John 
Stearns  (2),  was  born  in  1688.  He  married, 
September  6,  1722,  Hepsibah  Shattuck,  wid- 
ow of  Nathaniel  Shattuck,  who  died  Januarv- 
13,  1718.  leaving  one  son,  Nathaniel  Shat- 
tuck, Jr.  Children:  i.  Hepzibah.  born  Sep- 
tember I.  1722,  died  1723.  2.  Benjamin, 
born  1723,  died  young.  3.  Hepzibah,  born 
March  7,  1725.  married  Josiah  Smith,  Esq.: 
(intention  ])uhlishe(l  December  8,  1744).  4. 
Lucy,  born  January  24,  1727,  married,  Febru- 
ary 28,  1748.  James  Smith,  of  Weston,  broth- 
er of  her  sister's  husband.  5.  Benjamin,  born 
December  27,  1728.  mentioned  below. 

flV)  Benjamin  .Stearns,  son  of  Benjamin 
Stearns  (t,).  was  born  December  27,  1728,  and 


died  May  26,  1801.  He  married,  September 
II,  1754,  Hannah  Segar,  of  Newton.  They 
were  admitted  to  the  church  at  Lexington, 
June  2,  1766,  and  had  five  children  baptized 
July  13,  1766.  His  wife  died  November  25, 
1805,  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolution  and  was  in  camp  at 
White  Plains  in  1776.  Children:  i.  Asahel, 
born  1/55,  baptized  June  13,  1766,  mentioned 
below.   2.  Habakkuk,  born  1757,  baptized  June 

13,  1766.  3.  Nahum,  bom  1759,  baptized 
June  13,  1766.  4.  Martha,  born  1761,  died 
May  9.  1791.  5.  Ishmael,  born  1763.  6. 
Hannah,  born  May  21,  1764,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 7,   1784,  John   Parker,  born   February 

14,  1 761,  son  of  Captain  John  and  Lydia 
(Moore)  Parker.  He  died  May  15.  1823. 
(See  sketch  of  Parker  family.)  She  was  the 
mother  of  Rev.  Theodore  Parker,  pastor  of 
Music  Hall  Church,  Boston.  7.  Noah,  born 
1766,  baptized  September  21,  1766.  8.  Hi- 
ram, baptized  October  16,  1768.  9.  Jephtha, 
born  1770,  married,  November  i,  1798,  Sally 
Fiske.  10.  Ammi,  born  1772.  11.  Elisha, 
baptized  .\pril  27,  1777,  died  April  20,  1845. 

(Y)  Asahel  Stearns,  son  of  Benjamin 
Stearns  (4),  was  born  in  1755  and  baptized 
June  13,  1766.  He  married  in  1784,  Mary 
Smith  and  settled  in  Lexington.  He  and  his 
wife  joined  the  church  September  25,  1785. 
He  served  in  the  Revolution  with  Captain 
Parker  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  .A^pril  19, 
1775.  In  1777  he  enlisted  for  three  years  and 
in  1782  was  in  Captain  Peter  Clarges'  com- 
pany. Lieutenant  Colonel  Smith's  regiment. 
He  is  described  as  a  resident  of  Waltham  and 
Lexington,  five  feet,  five  and  one-half  inches 
tall.  In  1777  he  was  in  Captain  Abijah 
Child's  company.  Colonel  Thomas  Gardener's 
regiment.  Children:  i.  Nathan,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 2,  1785,  married  Susanna  Adams.  2. 
Moses,  baptized  August  13,  1786.  3.  Amos, 
baptized  July  6,  1788.  4.  Joel,  born  June  20, 
1790.  5.  Matthew,  baptized  June  17,  1792, 
married  .\bigail  Brooks.  6.  Rhoda,  baptized 
Julv  27,  1794,  married,  October  22,  1818, 
Charles  Gove.  7.  Leonard,  baptized  August 
28.  1796,  mentioned  below.  8.  Marshall,  bap- 
tized August  26,  1798,  married  Elvira  Flagg. 
9.  Luther,  baptized  September  12,  1800,  mar- 
ried. October  5.  1830.  Lydia  Varnum.  10. 
Otis,  born  November  14.  1802,  married  Lydia 


(VI)  Leonard  Stearns,  son  of  Asahel 
Stearns  (5),  was  baptized  at  Lexington.  Mas- 
sachusetts. .\ugust  28.  1796.  died  at  Belmont, 
Massachusetts,  April  8.  1875.  He  removed  to 
Belmont,  then  ^^^est  Cambridge,  sometime  be- 


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fore  1820,  and  worked  for  Charles  Wellington 
at  market  gardening.  He  later  worked  for 
Daniel  Hawkes,  driving  his  market  wagon  and 
selling  produce.  At  the  time  of  his  marriage 
in  1820  he  leased  the  Josiah  L.  Frost  farm, 
where  he  began  market  gardening.  For  six- 
teen years  he  carried  on  this  business,  selling 
his  produce  in  the  Boston  market.  He  then 
bought  of  Jonas  Belknap  his  farm,  the  present 
Stearns  farm,  which  adjoined  the  property  of 
his  wife,  Hannah  Wilson.  He  also  bought  five 
acres  of  meadow  land.  He  erected  a  house 
and  continued  at  market  gardening  up  to  with- 
in a  few  years  of  his  death.  About  1870  he 
purchased  a  house  on  Brighton  street  of  Frank 
Frost,  and  occupied  it  until  he  died.  He  had 
great  success  growing  apples  and  peaches,  and 
besides  raised  the  early  produce,  and  became  a 
well-to-do  man.  He  was  a  man  rather  austere 
in  manner,  and  very  exact  and  exacting,  but 
was  respected  for  his  high  principles  and  strict 
honesty.  In  early  years  he  was  a  Baptist,  but 
later  became  identified  with  the  Universalist 
society  at  Arlington,  and  was  an  active  worker 
in  the  church,  being  a  member  of  the  parish 
committee.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  but 
never  aspired  to  office.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  West  Cambridge  Light  Infantry  and  of  the 
Fire  Department.  He  married  (first),  April 
6,  1820,  Hannah  Wilson,  born  at  West  Cam- 
bridge in  1797,  died  March  27,  1839,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Sally  (Belcher)  Wilson,  of 
Brighton.  He  married  (second)  June  20,  1841, 
Eliza  (Russell)  Frost,  widow  of  William 
Frost,  and  daughter  of  Walter  and  Frances 
(Cutler)  Russell,  of  West  Cambridge.  Chil- 
dren of  the  first  wife:  i.  Hannah,  born  1821, 
died   July    11,    1843,    aged   twenty-two   years. 

2.  Oliver,  born  1823,  died  January  25,  1845, 
aged  twenty-one  years  and  five  months.  3. 
Leonard,  born  November  19,  1826,  mentioned 
below.     4.   Mary,  born   1829,  died  November 

3,  1844,  aged  fifteen.  5.  Harriet  Lavina,  born 
1833,  died  December  27,  1844,  aged  eleven.  6. 
George  Austin,  born  August  4,  1836;  he  en- 
listed September  17,  1862,  in  Company  I,  For- 
ty-fifth Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteers, 
in  the  nine  months  service ;  he  took  part  in  the 
engagements  at  Kinston,  Whitehall,  Golds- 
borough  and  minor  skirmishes  in  North  Caro- 
lina: he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Read- 
ville,  Massachusetts,  July  7,  1863.  Mr.  Stearns 
married:  (first)  Ellen  Stearns,  who  died  June 
10,  1868,  aged  twenty-three  years  and  twenty- 
two  days,  leaving  no  issue;  married  (second), 
November  2,  1872,  Caroline  Amelia  Chase, 
daughter  of  Freeman   and    Adaline    (Peirce) 


Chase,  of  Athol,  Massachusetts ;  her  father 
was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  produce 
commission  business  in  Boston ;  of  this  union 
there  is  no  issue.  Mr.  Stearns  was  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  Arlington  fire  depart- 
ment. 7.  Emeline  Augusta,  born  February  8, 
1839,  died  September  19,  1883;  married,  No- 
vember 21,  1861,  John  Henry  Hartwell,  of  Ar- 
lington, born  January  16,  1835,  died  Novem- 
ber 24,  1904  ;  children — i.  Infant,  died  young ; 
ii.  George  Henry  Hartwell,  born  August  22, 
1864;  iii.  Adeline  Augusta  Hartwell,  born  Oc- 
tober 29,  1866,  married,  December  13,  1888, 
James  Wilkins  Nickles,  of  Carlisle,  Massachu- 
setts, and  had  Cleora  Adeline  Nickles,  born 
November  16,  1890;  Esther  Nickles,  born 
March  24,  1893,  Howard  Wilkins  Nickles, 
born  February  26,  1895,  died  August  21,  1898; 
Walter  Irving  Nickles,  born  September  2, 
1899;  iv.  Charles  Tilden  Hartwell,  born  De- 
cember 18,  1868,  married,  October  23,  1895, 
Annie  Muzzy  Saville,  of  Lexington,  who  died 
October  7,  1905 ;  v.  Julia  Elmira  Hartwell, 
born  January  14,  1871,  married,  June  12,  1901, 
William  Stearns  Brown,  Jr.,  of  Cambridge, 
and  had  Russell  Hartwell  Brown,  born  June 
2^,  1904. 

Child  of  the  second  wife :  8.  Frances  Elmira, 
died  June  10,  1867,  aged  twenty-five  years  and 
five  months. 

(VII)  Leonard  Steams,  son  of  Leonard 
Stearns  (6),  was  born  at  West  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  November  19,  1826.  He  was 
brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  and  received 
a  common  school  education.  In  1849  h^  went 
to  California  with  the  gold  seekers,  going 
around  the  Horn  in  the  ship  "Cheshire,"  Cap- 
tain Dix,  master.  The  trip  took  one  hundred 
and  eighty-nine  days.  He  landed  at  San 
Francisco  and  went  to  Marysville  and  Sacra- 
mento. After  two  or  three  years  in  the  gold 
fields,  he  went  into  the  express  business,  carry- 
ing goods  to  the  miners.  In  1855  he  returned 
to  his  native  town,  coming  by  way  of  Central 
-America,  and  entered  the  commission  business, 
taking  the  produce  of  his  own  and  nearby 
farms  to  the  Boston  market.  On  his  return 
from  California  he  bought  his  home  on  Brigh- 
ton street,  near  the  present  school  house.  In 
1870  he  purchased  of  his  father  the  farm 
where  his  son,  Edward  H.,  now  resides,  and 
which  his  father  then  occupied.  He  then  en- 
tered the  market  gardening  business,  and 
later  admitted  his  son  Edward  H.  as  a  partner, 
continuing  the  business  until  his  death,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1900.  In  religion  Mr.  Stearns  was 
a  Unitarian  and  later  a  member  of  the  West 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


Medford  Methodist  church,  of  which  he  was 
also  steward.  He  was  a  Whig  in  poHtics,  later 
a  Republican.  In  early  life  he  belonged  to  the 
Lexington  Artillery.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
West  Cambridge  fire  department.  He  was  a 
man  of  large  stature,  and  of  genial  nature  and 
had  a  host  of  friends.  He  married,  November 
30,  1862,  Abbie  Permelia  Hoyt,  born  at  Graf- 
ton, New  Hampshire,  July  31,  1840,  and  died 
at  Belmont,  Massachusetts,  February  5,  1898, 
daugliter  of  Collins  and  Sabra  (Moore)  Hoyt. 
Her  father  was  a  farmer  and  was  born  August 
6,  1 79 1,  at  Grafton,  New  Hampshire,  and  died 
June  6,  1879,  ^t  Hebron,  New  Hampshire.  Her 
mother  was  born  July  23,  1799,  at  Chelmsford, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  October  5,  1854,  at 
Townsend,  Massachusetts.  They  had  one  child, 
Edward  Hoyt,  born  July  25,  1867,  mentioned 
below. 

(VTII)  Edward  Hoyt  Stearns,  son  of  Leon- 
ard Stearns  (7),  was  born  at  Belmont,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  25,  1867.  He  received  his  pre- 
paratory education  in  the  schools  of  Belmont, 
and  after  attending  high  school  at  Belmont  for 
two  years,  intending  to  enter  Harvard  College, 
he  was  forced  to  relinquish  his  studies  owing 
to  impaired  health.  L'nder  his  father's  guid- 
ance he  became  a  successful  market  gardener, 
and  became  associated  with  him  in  the  busi- 
ness. At  the  death  of  his  father,  in  1900,  the 
property  came  to  him  by  inheritance,  and  he 
has  since  successfully  conducted  the  business. 
He  cultivates  about  nine  acres,  with  a  green- 
house one  hundred  and  twenty-five  by  forty 
feet  for  early  growth.  He  makes  a  specialty 
of  celery  and  lettuce  and  early  garden  produce. 
His  farm  of  fourteen  acres  is  situated  in  Bel- 
mont, and  his  house  is  No.  122  Brighton  street. 
The  residence  is  modern  and  equipped  with  all 
the  latest  improvements.  He  attends  to  the 
cultivation  of  the  farm  himself,  and  is  always 
among  the  first  to  get  the  early  crops  to  mar- 
ket. He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church 
at  West  Medford,  and  has  served  as  steward. 
At  present  he  and  his  family  attend  the  Arling- 
ton Baptist  Church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  February  5,  1896,  Mrs.  Mar- 
garet Ann  (Redding)  Harris,  born  January  i, 
1867,  daughter  of  James  Henry  and  Nancy 
(Campbell)  Redding,  of  Alberton,  Prince  Ed- 
ward Island.  Her  mother  was  daughter  of 
John  Bawn  Campbell.  Her  father  was  high 
sheriff  under  the  Dominion  government,  and 
much  government  business  was  in  his  charge, 
as  well  as  mercantile  business  for  the  governor. 
They  have  one  child,  Leonard  Parker,  born 
February  16,  1901. 


The  Bird  family  in  England  is 
BIRD  very  ancient  and  widely  distri- 
buted. They  are  or  have  been 
numerous  in  the  counties  of  Chester,  Cum- 
berland, Derb}-,  Essex,  Hereford,  Oxford, 
Shropshire,  Warwick,  York.  The  ancestry  of 
the  Birds  of  Penrith,  county  of  Cumberland, 
is  traced  to  the  year  1295.  Father  William 
P)ird,  a  Benedictine  monk,  was  a  candidate  for 
the  degree  of  P>achelor  of  Divinity  at  Oxford 
in  1504.  Wood  thinks  his  church  was  at  Bath 
and  that  he  died  there  May  22,  1525.  His 
arms  are  curiously  car\'ed  in  stone  in  this  old 
church — a  chevron  between  three  spread 
eagles,  on  a  chief  a  rose  between  two  loz- 
enges. There  have  been  many  famous  men 
of  this  surname  in  every  generation  in  Eng- 
land since  the  earliest  records. 

(I)  Thomas  Bird,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  1613,  in  the  reign 
of  lames  I.  He  came  to  America  before  1642, 
when  he  joined  the  church  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  after  its  reorganization  under 
the  distinguished  Rev.  Richard  Mather.  He 
was  made  a  bailiff  in  1654,  and  was  by  occu- 
pation a  tanner.  He  lived  oii  what  is  now 
called  Humphreys  street.  His  tanyard  was 
on  the  ground  nearly  opposite,  a  little  to  the 
northeast  of  the  residence  now  or  lately 
owned  by  Thomas  Groom,  where  not  many 
years  ago  the  old  tanyard  and  pits  might  have 
been  seen.  Jonas  Humphreys  and  his  son 
James  were  also  tanners  and  near  neighbors 
to  Bird,  owning  and  occupying  a  farm  at  the 
southern  end  of  the  same  street.  John  Corn- 
hill  and  John  Glover  were  also  tanners  in 
Dorchester  in  his  day.  Mr.  Bird  died  June 
8,  1667,  aged  fifty-four.  His  will  was  proved 
Julv  17,  1667.  The  inventory  of  his  estate 
amounted  to  about  a  thousand  pounds,  a 
large  sum  for  that  period.  His  widow  Ann 
died  August  21,  1673.  Children:  i.  Thomas, 
horn  Mux  4,  1640,  mentioned  below.  2.  John, 
born  March  ii,  1641,  died  .August  2,  1732.  3. 
Sanniel,  born  1644,  baptized  in  .April.  4. 
James,  horn  about  1647.  ^'''''1  September  I, 
1723.  5.  .Sarah,  horn  1649.  baptized  .August 
12.  1649,  died  .April  24,  T669.  6.  Joseph,  died 
September  26,  1665. 

(TI)  Thomas  Bird,  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
Bird  (t).  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, May  4,  1640.  Married  February  2, 
1665,  Thankful  Atherton.  daughter  of  General 
Humphrey  Atherton.  Thomas  Bird  was  made 
a  freeman  .April  t8,  1690 :  died  January  30, 
1709-10.  Thankful,  his  wife,  was  born  in  1644 
and  died  .April  1 1,  171Q.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate,  taken  In-  Daniel  Preston,  James  Fos- 


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715 


ter  and  James  Blake,  was  five  hundred  and 
seventy  pounds,  fourteen  shillings,  five  pence. 
Among  his  effects  was  a  negro  man  servant 
valued  at  forty-five  pounds ;  a  negro  maid  ser- 
vant at  thirty  pounds,  and  valuable  real  estate. 
The  estate  was  divided  by  agreement  of  the 
heirs  dated  March  8,  1710-11.  Children:  i. 
Joseph,  bom  October  i,  1666,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Thankful,  born  February  6,  1667, 
married,  1700,  Lieutenant  Jeremiah  Fuller,  of 
Newton,  his  third  wife,  and  had  six  children. 
3.  Sarah,  born  October  24,  1669,  married, 
April  7,  1709,  Jonathan  Jones.  4.  Anne,  born 
November  8,  1671,  married.  April  16,  1697, 
John  Clark,  of  Newton.  5.  Thomas,  born 
August  II,  1673,  took  part  in  the  expedition 
to  Canada  in  1690  under  Captain  John  With- 
ington;  his  nephew,  Benjamin  Bird,  Jr.,  drew 
land  in  Ashburnham  as  his  heir  for  services 
in  this  war.  6.  Mary,  born  January  26,  1674. 
7.  Submit,  born  May  13,  1678.  8.  Mercy, 
bom  February  6,  1679.  9.  Patience,  bom  No- 
vember 19,  died  December  25,  1681.  10. 
Patience,  born  November  27,  1683,  died  De- 
cember II,  1757.  II.  Benjamin,  born  April 
13,  1686,  died  suddenly  March  29,  1757. 

(III)  Joseph  Bird,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
and  Thankful  (Atherton)  Bird,  was  born  in 
Dorchester.  October  i,  1666.     Married   (first) 

Miriam    ;     (second)     Johanna    Leeds, 

daughter  of  Joseph  Leeds.  He  died  March  9, 
1711-12,  from  the  effects  of  an  accident. 
Blake's  Annals  describe  the  accident  thus: 
"This  year,  March  Qth,  Joseph  Bird  died  by 
a  wound  in  his  fore-head  occasioned  by  his 
Gun  flying  out  of  ye  stock  when  he  fired  it  at 
a  fowl,  being  upon  ye  water  in  his  Canoe," 
Johanna  Bird,  widow,  and  Aaron  Bird,  hus- 
bandman, were  appointed  administrators  of 
his  estate,  May  12,  1712.  Children  of  Joseph 
and  Miriam  Bird:  I.  Aaron,  born  August  28, 
1690.  died  January  i,  1745.  2.  Hannah,  born 
August  2.  1692.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Jo- 
hanna Bird :  3.  Joseph,  born  May  28,  1698. 
mentioned  below.  4.  Comfort,  born  Febru- 
ary 3,  1701-02,  lived  in  Boston.  5.  Patience, 
born  .\pril  4,  1705,  married,  June  30,  1726, 
John  Day:  she  died  March  18,  1729-30.  6. 
Thankful,  bom  December  15,  1710,  married, 
September  16,  1734. 

(IV)  Joseph  Bird,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  and 
Johanna  (Leeds)  Bird,  was  bom  in  Dorches- 
ter, May  28,  1698.  Married,  May  i,  1723, 
Ruth  Jones.  He  died  at  Dorchester,  August 
I,  1727.  His  widow  Ruth  administered  the 
estate.  He  was  a  cordwainer.  Ruth  was  ad- 
mitted to  full  communion  in  the  church, 
January   12,  1727-28.     She  married  (second). 


June  10,  1 73 1,  Robert  .Seaver,  of  Roxbiiry. 
Children  of  Joseph  and  Ruth  Bird:  i.  Isaac, 
2.  Jonathan,  born  August  17,  1726,  married, 
April  7,  1757,  Bebe  Bird,  daughter  of  Thoma.'i 
born  January  i8,  1723-24,  mentioned  below. 
and  Mary  (Clapp)  Bird;  she  died  May  8, 
1819,  aged  eighty-four;  had  eleven  children. 

(V)  Isaac  Bird,  son  of  Joseph  (4)  and  Ruth 
(Jones),  Bird  was  born  in  Dorchester,  January 
18,  1723-24.  Married,  April  13,  1748,  Elizabeth 
Searl,  of  a  Roxbury  family,  and  they  settled 
in  Roxbury.  He  was  brought  up  in  Roxbury 
in  the  Seaver  family.  Children  :  i.  Jonathan, 
born  at  Roxbury  about  1750,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Joseph,  l)a])tize(l  April  5.  1752. 
Probably  others. 

(\  I)  Jonathan  Bird,  son  of  Isaac  (5)  and 
Elizabeth  (Searl)  Bird  (record  of  birth  de- 
stroyed with  town  records  probably),  was 
born  about  1750  in  Roxbury.  He  was 
of  Roxbury,  Alarch  6,  1773.  when  he 
married  at  Dedham,  Anna  Kingsbury,  of  an 
old  Dedham  family.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  William 
Draper's  company,  second  Roxbury:  Colonel 
William  Heath's  regiment,  April  19,  1775; 
also  later  in  1775  in  Captain  Moses  Whit- 
ing's company,  Colonel  John  Greaton's 
regiment.  Children:  1.  Samuel,  born  July  12, 
1775,  mentioned  below.  2.  Daniel,  married, 
in  Newton,  September  15,  1808,  Mary  Craft, 
born  at  Newton,  March  7,  1792;  resided  at 
Watertow'n,  Massachusetts,  and  Temple,  New 
Hampshire;  he  died  May  5,  1857:  she  died 
July  23,  1859 ;  had  five  children :  i.  Harri- 
son Crafts,  born  in  Watertown,  March  6, 
1809,  married,  November  8,  1843,  Helen 
Martha  Curtis,  of  Boston;  she  died  June  20, 

1849,  ^nd  he  married  (second),  September  18, 

1850,  Cynthia  Ann  Heuston;  in  1837  removed 
to  Hamilton.  Ohio,  in  1867,  to  Ashton,  Illi- 
nois, and  in  1875  to  Clinton,  Iowa;  ii.  Anna 
Kingsbury,  born  January  11,  181 2,  married, 
April  9,  1834.  Eben  L.  Proctor,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Susanna  (Low)  Proctor,  of  Ips- 
wich; settled  in  \\^alpole.  New  Hampshire,  in 
1877;  iii,  Mary  Crafts,  born  March  5.  1813, 
married  March  10,  1842,  Charles  Hunnewell, 
of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1742;  iv.  Harriet  Jane  Bird,  born 
April  21,  1820,  married,  March  10,  1842.  El- 
bridge  G.  Cutter,  son  of  Solomon  and  Dolly 
(Rowell)  Cutter,  of  Temple,  New  Hampshire; 
died  August,  1873;  lived  at  Temple  in  1877; 
had  five  children;  v.  George  Frances,  born 
April  9,  1733 ;  he  went  west  and  was  living 
with  his  family  at  Mexico,  Missouri,  in  1867. 

(ATI)  Samuel    Bird,    son    of   Jonathan    (6) 


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and  Anna  (Kingsbury)  Bird,  was  born  in 
Dedham,  Massachusetts,  July  12,  1775.  He 
married,  January  9,  1800,  Margaret  Craft, 
born  at  Newton,  Mass.,  January  24,  1779, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Craft  (5).  Lieutenant 
Joseph  Craft,  her  father,  was  born  in  Newton, 
June  12,  1736;  married  in  Brookhne,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  19,  1762,  EHzabeth  Davis, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Ebenezer  and  Sarah 
(White)  Davis;  she  was  born  in  Brookline, 
August  30,  1742,  and  died  in  Newton,  March 
13,  1776;  he  married  (second),  in  Newton, 
January  23,  1777.  Sarah  Fuller,  born  March 
26,  1752,  died  March,  1808,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Eleanor  (Hammond)  Fuller;  he 
married  (third),  in  1808,  Mary  Fiske,  widow, 
of  Newton,  who  died  May  9,  1829;  he  died 
in  Newton,  April  21,  1821:  was  present  at  the 
battle  of  Lexington,  lieutenant  in  command 
of  the  company  of  Newton  minute-men  at 
that  time;  also  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Thomas 
Crafts'  regiment  in  1776;  also  in  1778  lieu- 
tenant in  Captain  Edward  Fuller's  company, 
Colonel  Thatcher's  regiment,  detailed  to 
guard  the  British  troops  in  1778;  finally  in 
1780  marched  with  his  company  to  reinforce 
the  Continental  army;  he  loaned  two  hundred 
pounds  to  the  town  to  help  carry  on  the  war; 
was  selectman  in  1777;  had  fifteen  children. 

Lieutenant  Moses  Craft,  father  of  Lieuten- 
ant Joseph  Craft  (3),  was  born  in  Roxbury. 
September  29,  1703,  died  in  Newton,  Decem- 
ber 3.  1768;  married,  in  Newton,  November 
15,  1729,  Esther  Woodward,  born  November 
30,  1704,  died  February  2,  1787,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Greeley)  Woodward; 
he  was  a  weaver  by  trade;  went  to  live  with 
his  uncle.  Deacon  John  Staples,  of  Newton, 
after  his  father's  death;  was  often  in  town 
office;  lieutenant  of  the  militia;  selectman 
from  1741  to  1745  in  Newton;  served  at  the 
siege  and  capture  of  Louisburg  in  1746;  left 
a  verv  large  estate  for  his  day. 

Samuel  Craft  (3),  father  of  Moses  Craft  (4), 
was  born  in  Roxbury,  June  16,  1667,  baptized 
June  23.  IVTarried,  in  Roxbury,  December 
25,  1693.  Elizabeth  Sharp,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant John  Sharp,  of  Brookline;  like  his 
father  and  grandfather  he  was  prominent  in 
public  affairs,  was  surveyor  of  highways  in 
1695;  constable  1707-08  and  1709;  died  De- 
cember 9,  1709;  widow  married.  May  8,  17 18, 
James  Shed,  of  Roxbury. 

Lieutenant  Samuel  Craft  (2),  father  of  Sam- 
uel Craft  (3),  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Decem- 
ber T2.  1637.  ATarried  there  October  16,  1661, 
Elizalietb  ."Denver,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Elizabeth  (Ballard)  Seaver.  of  Roxburv.     He 


was  admitted  freeman  May  31,  1671;  was 
lieutenant,  selectman,  tithing  man  and  con- 
stable; ser\'ed  on  various  committees  and 
commissions;  inherited  the  bulk  of  his  fa- 
ther's estate ;  was  a  grantee  of  M&shomoquet 
(Pomfret),  Connecticut;  signed  to  settle  New 
Roxbury  (Woodstock,  Connecticut)  and  had 
the  twenty-eighth  lot;  estate  partitioned 
January  23,  1696. 

Griffin  Craft,  the  immigrant,  father  of  Sam- 
uel Craft  (2),  was  born  in  England,  perhaps 
in  Yorkshire,  about  1600;  settled  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  in  1630.  with  wife  Alice  and 
daughter  Hannah;  was  admitted  freeman 
May  18,  163 1  ;  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1638-63-64;  was  lieutenant,  resigning  during 
King  Philip's  war,  February  21,  1675-76,  after 
serving  twenty-one  years. 

Samuel  Bird  lived  after  his  marriage  for  a 
time  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  the  home  of 
the  Crafts  and  of  his  father;  then  he  removed 
to  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  they 
lived  for  many  years  and  where  for  a  time  he 
kept  a  hotel'  '  Margaret  (Craft)  Bird  died 
there  December  7,  1846,  aged  sixty-seven. 
Samuel  Bird  died  at  North  Chelsea.  Massa- 
chusetts, now  Revere.  April  13.  1855,  aged 
eighty  years. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Margaret  (Craft) 
Bird:  i.  Leonard,  born  April  21,  1802,  died 
June  28,  1827.  2.  Charles,  born  June  27, 
1804,  mentioned  below.  3.  Margaret  Eliza- 
beth, born  November  16.  1806,  died  Novem- 
ber 6,  1819.  4.  Amasa  Craft,  born  November 
Ti,  181 1,  lost  at  sea  in  November,  1840.  5. 
Martha  Ann,  born  May  3,  1816,  married, 
April  3,  1839,  David  Wait  Stowers.  son  of 
Joseph  and  Sally  Stowers,  of  North  Chelsea, 
now  Revere,  Massachusetts;  born  in  Chelsea, 
April  9,  181 5,  and  resided  at  Revere,  where 
she  died  July  26,  1890,  aged  seventy-four; 
children:  i.  George  Francis  Stowers,  born 
Mav  27,  1840,  married,  April  30,  1863,  Abby 
A,  Tucker,  of  North  Chelsea,  and  live  at 
Revere,  where  he  was  superintendent  of 
streets;  ii.  Margaret  Elizabeth  Stowers,  bom 
January  29,  1844.  married,  December  5,  1876, 
Minot  F.  Derby,  of  Revere,  a  farmer,  and 
have  four  children:  iii.  .\nna  Bird  Stowers, 
born  May  26.  1848,  married  William  TT.  Rob- 
inson, of  Chelsea,  a  wheelwright  in  Chelsea: 
two  children;  iv.  Joseph  Gross  Stowers,  born 
November  22.  i86o,  married.  November  9, 
1887,  Carrie  L.  Stanley,  of  Revere,  where 
thcv  reside;  he  is  in  the  real  estate  and  in- 
surance business;  two  children. 

fVTTI)  Charles  Bird,  son  of  Samuel  (7) 
and  Margaret  (Craft)  Bird,  was  born  in  Rox- 


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bury,  June  2-/,  1804.  ]ilarried,  April  7,  1826, 
Caroline  Frances  Frost,  born  at  Charlestown. 
Massachusetts,  March  26,  1805,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Dorcas  Frost,  of  Somerville 
(Charlestown),  Massachusetts.  (See  Frost 
family  sketch).  He  died  at  South  Natick, 
Massachusetts,  December  12,  1869.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  engaged 
in  the  wood  and  coal  business.  About  1847 
he  located  his  business  and  home  at  South 
Natick,  Massachusetts,  and  continued  in  busi- 
ness there  the  remainder  of  his  days.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Caroline  Elizabeth,  born  February 
4,  1827.  2.  Charles,  born  January  15,  1829. 
3.  Thomas  Jefferson,  born  September  14, 
1830.  4.  Herman,  born  January  27,  1835.  5. 
Eliza  Frances,  born  December  11,  1833.  6. 
M^arren  Augustus,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Warren  Augustus  Bird,  son  of 
Charles  (8)  and  Caroline  F.  (Frost)  Bird,  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  October 
14,  1837.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  of  Somerville.  He 
worked  for  his  father  until  the  Civil  war  broke 
out  and  then  he  enlisted  in  Company  I,  Fifth 
Massachusetts  Regiment.  He  took  part  with 
his  regiment  in  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run. 
For  a  time  afterward  he  was  assigned  to 
guard  duty  at  the  Treasury  Building,  Wash- 
ington. After  Colonel  Ellsworth  was  killed, 
he  was  assigned  to  guard  duty  at  the  Mar- 
shall House  in  Alexandria,  Virginia,  the  scene 
of  the  crime.  After  his  term  of  enlistment  ex- 
pired he  returned  to  Cambridge.  He  re- 
moved to  South  Natick,  and  when  his  father 
died  in  1869  he  continued  the  business  which 
his  father  had  established  at  South  Natick. 
After  a  few  years  he  removed  his  office  and 
yards  to  the  center  of  the  town,  and  continued 
with  uninterrupted  success  until  shortly  before 
his  death,  when  ill  health  caused  him  to  re- 
tire. His  name  was  well  and  favorably  known 
in  business  circles  throughout  southern 
Middlesex  coimty.  An  upright  and  hon- 
orable business  man,  be  held  the  con- 
fidence of  his  customers,  year  after  year, 
by  fair  dealing  and  integrity.  He  made 
many  friends  in  business  as  well  as  in  the  so- 
cial world.  It  was  natural  for  him  to  attract 
friends  and  in  his  more  active  days  no  man 
was  more  popular  or  beloved  than  he. 

He  was  a  useful  citizen  in  public  life.  In 
politics  he  w-as  an  uncompromising  Demo- 
crat of  the  old  school.  In  a  town  usually  fav- 
oring the  party  to  which  he  belonged  he  be- 
came naturally  a  leader.  For  many  years  he 
served  the  town  as  moderator  of  town  meet- 
ings, and  for  a  long  period  of  years  he  was 


an  active  and  prominent  member  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic town  committee.  He  was  on  the 
board  of  selectmen  in  1883-84-85;  he  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  court  in  1876- 
77-82.  He  was  delegate  year  after  year  to 
the  state  and  other  conventions  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic party,  and  frequently  presided  at  the 
caucuses  and  conventions.  Mr.  Bird  was 
prominent  too  in  Masonic  circles.  He  was  a 
member  of  Meridian  Lodge  of  Free  Masons; 
of  Parker  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of  Natick  and 
of  Natick  Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  of 
the  Aleppo  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
Boston.  He  was  also  a  member  of  General 
Wadsworth  Post  No.  63,  Grand  Army.  He 
died  at  Waverly,  Alassachusetts,  where  he 
had  been  cared  for  during  his  last  few  months, 
September  9,  1907.  Mr.  Bird  married  (first), 
July  9,  1862,  Alvira  Adelaide  Sleeper,  who 
died  1885,  daughter  of  George  L.  Sleeper.  He 
married  (second)  Mary  Elizabeth  Kingsbury, 
born  at  Walpole,  Massachusetts,  May  28, 
1850,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Davis  and  Sarah 
(Guild)  Kingsbury.  Her  father  was  select- 
man fourteen  years  and  her  mother  was  re- 
lated to  Governor  Curtis  Guild,  Jr.  Children 
of  Warren  Augustus  and  Alvira  Adelaide 
Bird:  i.  Alice,  bom  November  20,  1863, 
married,  July  9,  1884,  Homer  Hammond 
Fiske,  son  of  David  F.  Fiske,  of  Natick,  ^las- 
sachusetts;  children:  i.  Vira  Bird  Fiske,  born 
July  4,  1885;  ii.  Marie  Elizabeth  Fiske,  bom 
June  12,  1887,  student  at  Wellesley  College 
two  years  and  now  a  student  at  the  State 
Normal  School,  second  year.  2.  Edith  Ja- 
nett,  born  June  15,  1869,  died  April  19,  1890. 


The  Jarvis  family  is  of  French 
JARVIS  or  Norman  origin.  The  origi- 
nal spelling  was  Gervais.  As 
early  as  1180,  at  the  very  beginning  of  the 
use  of  surnames,  we  find  Richard  Gervasius 
(the  Latin  spelling  of  the  name),  and  in  1400 
Jean  Gervais  was  living  at  the  ancient  seat 
of  the  family  in  Bretagne.  The  variations  of 
spelling  from  time  to  time  and  through  the 
ingenuity  of  various  clerks  and  recorders  are 
very  numerous.  We  note:  Jervis,  Jervies, 
Jervovs,  Jarveis,  Gervaise,  Gervays,  Gerveis, 
Garvey  (found  in  Ireland  at  present),  Jar- 
vice,  Gervase,  Gervais,  Gervasius  and  Gervys. 
The  most  ancient  coat-of-arms  of  this  family 
given  in  French  is  thus  described:  D'or  a 
une  ponime  de  pin  placee  au  canton  dextre 
au  chief ;  et  un  chouette  placee  au  canton 
senestre  accompagne  en  pointe  d'un  crapaud, 
le  tout  de  sable.     This  is  a  very  singular  de- 


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vice.  One  can  imagine  anything  he  chooses 
to  explain  the  association  of  a  pine  apple  and 
a  frog  on  the  same  shield.  Motto:  Adversis 
Major  Par  Secundis.  (Strong  in  Prosperity, 
Stronger  in  Adversity.)  Another  coat  of 
arms  of  the  Jarvis  family  of  England:  Sable 
on  a  chevron  engraved  between  three  mart- 
lets argent  as  many  cinquefoils  pierced  of 
the  first  on  a  chief  of  the  second  a  fleur  de  lis 
between  three  escallops  of  the  field.  Crest: 
A  unicorn's  head  gorged  with  a  collar  charged 
with  three  cinquefoils. 

Immigrants  of  this  name  came  to  New 
England  among  the  earliest  settlers.  John 
Jarvis,  a  merchant  of  lloston,  died  September 
28,  1648.  Captain  Nathaniel  Jarvis,  born  in 
Wales,  comanded  a  ship  plying  between  Bris- 
tol, England,  and  Jamaica,  where  he  married 
the  widow  of  a  rich  planter  and  in  1668  settled 
in  F>oston  and  became  a  prominent  merchant. 
Stephen  Jarvis  was  an  early  settler  at  Hunt- 
ington, Long  Island.  From  these  immigrants 
descended  most  of  the  families  of  the  name 
in  New  England  and  New  York.  During  the 
Revolution  a  British  brig  lay  ofif  Norwalk, 
Connecticut,  commanded  by  an  officer  named 
Jarvis,  who  sent  word  by  a  merchant  who 
went  aboard  from  shore:  "Give  my  compli- 
ments to  them  (the  Jarvis  family  of  Norwalk) 
and  tell  them  their  cousin,  John  Jarvis,  would 
l>e  happy  to  see  them  and  make  their  ac- 
quaintance." This  John  Jarvis  subsequently 
became  the  Earl  St.  Vincent. 

(I)  Edward  Jarvis,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  this  family,  came  from  Eton,  near  Lon- 
don, England.  During  the  War  of  1812,  he 
served  in  the  British  army  and  was  at  Castine, 
Maine,  when  the  English  cut  away  the  bridge. 
Curiously  enough,  about  this  time,  the  Jarvis 
family  was  represented  by  a  branch  at  Castine 
and  several  other  Maine  towns.  The  similar- 
ity of  names  indicates  at  least  some  remote 
relationship.  After  the  war  Mr.  Jarvis  re- 
mained in  America  and  located  at  Borden- 
ham,  Maine.  In  his  youth  in  England  he 
learned  the  trade  of  tanner  and  currier  and 
followed  it  at  Eton,  and  after  he  left  the  army 
he  returned  to  his  trade  in  this  country.  He 
finally  established  a  tannery  in  Gardiner, 
Maine,  Iniilt  up  a  flourishing. business  which 
was  cf)ntiinied  by  his  sons,  Kingsbury  and 
William.  He  died  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-three  in  1876;  his  wife  Catherine  Mil- 
lay,  born  April  21,  1794,  died  in  1869.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Millay.  He  was  a 
Whig  in  politics,  an  Episcopalian  in  religion. 
His  brother  James  has  descendants  living  in 
Peabodv,    Massachusetts,    where    he    settled; 


other  brothers  and  sisters,  Edward,  John,  Jo- 
seph, Maria  and  Ann  resided  at  Eton,  Eng- 
land. Children:  i.  Abigail,  born  May  24, 
18 1 7,  in  Bordenham,  married  John  Stone, 
now  deceased;  had  three  children.  2.  Jere- 
miah Joseph,  born  at  Bordenham.  May  2, 
1819,  married  Eliza  Starbird;  died  in  Cali- 
fornia; his  daughter,  Mrs.  Bush,  resides  in 
Denver,  Colorado.  3.  Mary  Ann,  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1821,  at  Bordenham,  died  August  24, 
1838.  4.  William  Edward,  born  at  Gardiner, 
Maine,  May  23,  1822,  died  1906;  married  El- 
vira Alaxcy,  of  Gardiner;  children:  Frank, 
George,  William  and  Horatio.  5.  Kingsbury 
Millay,  born  June  9,  1827,  mentioned  below. 
6.  George  Henry,  (twin),  born  February  15, 
1831,  died  January  4,  1852.  7.  Lucy  Holman, 
(twin),  born  February  15,  183 1,  married  El- 
bert Tyler  and  had  Victoria  and  Joseph  Ty- 
ler. 8.  Ann  Warren,  born  December  20, 
1835,  married  C.  Everett  Johnson;  children: 
Catherine  and  Lucy  Johnson.  9.  Horatio 
Nelson,  born  April  6,  1838,  enhsted  in  the 
Third  Maine  Volunteers,  a  famous  fighting 
regiment,  and  died  from  wounds  received  at 
the  Second  Battle  of  Bull  Run  during  a 
charge  on  the  enemy's  lines. 

(II)  Kingsbury  Millay  Jarvis,  son  of  Ed- 
ward Jarvis  (i),  was  born  at  Gardiner,  Maine, 
June  9,  1827.  He  received  a  common  school 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  at  an  early  age  entered  his  father's 
employ  in  the  tannery  and  became  associated 
with  him  in  the  management  of  the  business. 
.\fter  their  father's  death  he  and  his  brother 
William  conducted  the  business  until  1862 
when  he  removed  to  Boston.  Eight  months 
later  he  accepted  a  position  in  Peabody  as 
superintendent  of  a  tannery.  In  1872,  on  ac- 
count of  the  financial  troubles,  the  business 
met  with  reverses,  and  a  year  later  after  that 
business  had  been  wound  up  he  established 
tlie  Jarvis  Furnace  Company  in  partnership 
with  a  Mr.  Upham,  his  former  employer.  The 
company  began  the  manufacture  of  a  furnace 
which  he  had  invented  and  patented  while  at 
Peabody.  The  business  prospered  and  grew 
extensively.  After  a  few  years  a  large  cor- 
poration called  the  Jarvis  Engineering  Com- 
pany was  formed  under  the  laws  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  took  over  the  business.  The 
headquarters  of  the  concern  have  been  for 
some  years  in  Oliver  street,  Boston.  Owing 
to  the  ill  health  of  his  wife,  Mr.  Jarvis  retired 
from  business  in  1906,  selling  out  his  inter- 
ests, and  has  since  then  been  enjoying  a  well 
earned  leisure  at  his  beautiful  home  on  Main 
street.  Maiden,  where  he  has  lived  since  1884, 


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and  in  Maiden  since  1879.  Mr.  Jarvis  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  but  has  held  no  public 
offices.  He  is  a  member  of  no  clubs  nor  so- 
cieties, having  devoted  himself  to  his  home 
and  business  with  few  outside  interests.  In 
the  business  world  Air.  Jarvis  has  the  best  of 
reputations  for  ability  and  integrity.  He  is 
well  known  and  highly  respected  by  his 
townsmen. 

He  married,  March  17,  1867,  Ellen  Smart, 
who  was  born  April  7,  1840,  at  Washington, 
Maine,  daughter  of  Alfred  Smart,  a  black- 
smith by  occupation  and  Baptist  in  religion, 
born  September  15,  1804,  died  in  Gardiner, 
July  23,  1878.  Her  mother  was  Hannah 
Dodge,  born  at  Washington,  Maine,  daugh- 
ter of  David  Dodge,  a  native  of  Scotland. 
David  Dodge  married  Susan  Crummit.  born 
at  Nobleboro,  Maine,  daughter  of  an  English- 
man. Her  grandfather,  Levi  Smart,  was  a 
Methodist  in  religion  and  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation, lived  and  died  at  Vassalboro,  Maine. 
He  married  (first)  Betsey  Cowan,  children: 
Alfred  Smart,  Harrison  Smart,  Betsey  Smart ; 
married  (second)  Olive  Tibbets,  children: 
John  Smart,  Lydia  Ann  Smart,  Emily  Smart, 
Lucy  Smart,  Mary  Smart,  Olive  Smart.  Al- 
fred Smart's  grandfather  lived  to  be  one  hun- 
dred years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jarvis  have  no 
children.  Mrs.  Jarvis  is  an  active  and  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Universalist  church  of 
Maiden,   Massachusetts. 


The  first  American  ancestor  of 
TILTON  the  Tikons  in  New  Hampshire 
and  probably  of  those  of  Maine 
was  Deacon  Nathaniel  Tilton.  Harvard  Col- 
lege records  the  name  of  Daniel  Tilton, 
United  States  judge  of  Mississippi  Territory, 
who  graduated  with  the  class  of  1790,  and 
died  in  1830.  Nathan  Tilton,  A.  B.,  1796,  A. 
M.,  who  died  in  1851.  Joseph  Tilton,  A.  B., 
1797,  A.  M.,  who  died  in  1856.  In  the  Quin- 
quennial Catalogue  of  1900  there  are  ten  oth- 
ers by  the  name  of  Tilton  among  the  gradu- 
ates, two  of  whom  are  sons  of  Frederic  W. 
Tilton.  We  begin  the  family  record  in  Cam- 
bridge with  Benjamin  Tilton,  the  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Tilton,  a  sea  captain,  who  resided  in 
Damariscotta,  Maine,  and  Betsey  (Hood)  Til- 
ton. 

Benjamin  Tilton,  son  of  Benjamin  Tilton, 
the  mariner.  He  was  born  in  Damariscotta, 
Maine,  August  25,  1805.  He  came  to  Boston 
in  a  sailing  vessel  in  the  year  182 1,  and  there 
became  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store.  He 
gradually  amassed  a  fortune,  as  fortunes  in 


those  days  were  estimated,  and  he  became  a 
director  in  the  Cambridgeport  Bank.  He 
was  married  in  1828  to  Lucinda,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Anna  (Whiting)  Newell,  and 
granddaughter  of  Colonel  Daniel  Whiting 
(1732-1807),  of  Natick,  Massachusetts,  an  of- 
ficer in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  in  the 
Patriot  army  during  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. Benjamin  and  Lucinda  (Newell)  Til-" 
ton  lived  first  in  Boston,  then  removed  to 
Brookline,  and  in  1837  made  their  permanent 
home  in  Cambridge.  Besides  being  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Cambridgeport  Bank,  Mr.  Tilton 
was  instrumental  in  founding  and  organizing 
the  Harvard  Bank,  which  became  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Cambridge  in  1864,  which 
in  turn  became  the  Harvard  Trust  Company, 
in  1904.  Mr.  Tilton  was  its  president  from  its 
organization,  March  5,  1861,  to  the  time  of 
his  death  in  November,  1882.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  Cambridgeport  Savings 
Bank,  1854-1882.  Under  his  presidency  the 
Harvard  Bank  with  its  capital  of  $200,000 
paid  annual  dividends  of  from  six  to  twelve 
per  cent.  He  was  also  associated  with  large 
business  interests  in  Boston,  and  was  always 
very  successful  in  his  investments.  He  served 
as  treasurer  of  the  Prospect  Street  Church, 
Cambridge,  but  later  attended  the  First 
Church  (Congregational)  in  Cambridge,  of 
which  Dr.  Alexander  McKenzie  is  pastor. 

Henry  Newell  Tilton,  eldest  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Lucinda  (Newell)  Tilton,  was  born 
in  Boston,  May  18,  1829.  He  was  reared  in 
Cambridge,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  became  a  member  of  the  drv 
goods  firm  of  H.  N.  &  B.  R.  Tilton,  of  Bos- 
ton, his  younger  brother  being  junior  partner. 
Later  he  went  into  the  lumber  business  in 
Boston  with  his  brother,  Benjamin  R.  Gen- 
eral Robert  Cowdin,  who  distinguished  him- 
self in  the  Civil  war,  an  experienced  lumber 
merchant,  was  admitted  to  the  firm  at  the 
close  of  the  war,  and  the  firm  name  became 
H.  N.  and  B.  R.  Tilton  &  Cowdin.  Mr.  Til- 
ton retired  from  business  in  1875.  He  was 
a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Cam- 
bridge, trustee  of  the  Cambridgeport  Savings 
Bank,  member  of  the  Cambridge  Club  and  of 
the  Colonial  and  Union  clubs  of  Cambridge. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Cambridge  school 
board  for  many  years,  and  a  member  of  the 
Prospect  Street  Congregational  Church, 
Cambridge,  in  which  church  organization  he 
held  the  office  of  deacon.  Later  he  attended 
the  First  Church,  of  which  Dr.  Alexander 
McKenzie  is  pastor.  He  was  married  Octo- 
ber 5,  1854,  to  Annie  Matilda  Adams,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Ralph  and  Anna  (Adams)  Smith,  a  lin- 
eal descendant,  on  her  mother's  side,  from 
Governors  Dudley  and  Winthrop.  They 
lived  in  Boston  and  later  removed  to  Cam- 
bridge, which  became  their  permanent  home. 
Their  children  were:  Annie  Eugenia,  who 
graduated  at  Smith  College  in  1883,  and 
Florence  Newell,  who  married  Frank  Perley 
Prichard,  a  lawyer  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  has  two  daughters,  Margaret  and 
Elizabeth  Prichard.  Henry  Newell  Tilton 
died  at  Cambridge,  February  11,  1904. 

Benjamin  Radcliffe  Tilton,  second  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Lucinda  (Newell)  Tilton,  was 
born  in  Boston,  August  22,  1831.  He  re- 
ceived his  school  training  in  the  public 
schools  of  Cambridge.  He  became  a  partner 
with  his  brother,  Henry  N.  Tilton,  in  the  dry 
goods  firm  of  II.  N.  &  B.  R.  Tilton,  of  Bos- 
ton. He  was  a  member  of  the  city  council  of 
Cambridge,  trustee  and  a  member  of  the  in- 
vestment committee  of  the  Cambridgeport 
Savings  Bank,  held  membership  in  the  Cam- 
bridge Club,  and  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Prospect  Street  Church,  and  later  of  the 
First  Church.  He  was  a  highly  esteemed  and 
beloved  citizen  of  Cambridge,  and  when  he 
died  in  January,  1892,  the  community  lost  a 
useful  man  and  the  church  a  helpful  member. 
He  was  married  June  18,  1862,  to  Mary  Lov- 
ering,  daughter  of  Harrison  Prescott,  of  Lan- 
caster. They  had  two  children,  Mabel  Rad- 
cliffe, who  married  William  Estes  Hacker,  of 
Tacoma,  Washington,  and  Grace  Prescott, 
who  died  when  sixteen  years  of  age.  Mary 
(Prescott)  Tilton,  widow  of  Benjamin  Rad- 
cliffe Tilton,  died  in  Tacoma,  November  21. 
1906. 

Frederic  William  Tilton,  third  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Lucinda  (Newell)  Tilton,  was  born 
in  Cambridge,  May  14,  1839.  He  was  a  pupil 
in  the  Cambridge  grammar  and  high  schools, 
and  matriculated  at  Harvard  College  in  1858 
with  the  class  of  1862.  He  graduated  A.  B., 
1862,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.,  1865. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  eight  elected  to  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  from  his  class.  He  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  University  of  Gottingen, 
1863-64.  '  On  returning  to  this  country,  he 
taught  three  years  in  the  Highland  Militan.- 
Academy,  Worcester,  Massachtisetts,  and  in 
1867  was  elected  superintendent  of  the  public 
schools  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  He  be- 
came principal  of  Phillips  .Academy,  .A.ndov- 
er,  Massachusetts,  in  1871,  having  been  se- 
lected by  the  trustees  of  that  noted  secondary 
school  as  successor  to  the  eminent  educator, 
Dr.  Sanuiel  II.  Tavlor,  who  had  been  at  the 


head  of  the  school  from  1838  to  the  time  of 
his  death,  January  29,  1871,  and  who  was 
nominated  among  the  great  educators  of  the 
United  States  as  a  candidate  for  a  place  in 
the  Hall  of  Fame  for  Great  Americans.  Mr. 
Tilton  remained  at  the  head  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover,  until,  in  1873,  he  was  invited 
to  return  to  Newport  to  organize  and  become 
head  master  of  Rogers  High  School,  en- 
dowed by  William  Sanford  Rogers,  of  Bos- 
ton. He  continued  at  its  head  till  1890,  when 
he  retired  from  active  educational  work,  and 
resided  in  Europe  with  his  family  till  1894. 
He  served  the  citizens  of  Newport  as  a  trus- 
tee and  president  of  the  Newport  Hospital, 
and  as  a  trustee  of  the  Redwood  Library.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  edu- 
cation organized  in  the  state  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and. On  his  return  from  Europe  in  1894  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  became  a  director  in  the  Har- 
vard Trust  Company,  and  a  trustee  and  a 
member  of  the  investment  committee  of  the 
Cambridgeport  Savings  Bank,  and  has  served 
as  vice-president  of  the  bank  since  1904. 

Frederic  William  Tilton  was  married  July, 
1864,  to  Ellen,  daughter  of  John  Howe  and 
Adaline  (Richardson)  Trowbridge,  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Sally  (Howe)  Trow- 
bridge, and  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Richard- 
son, and  a  descendant  from  Chief  Justice 
Trowbridge,  of  Cambridge  Colony  under 
George  HI.  Her  brother,  John  Trowbridge, 
born  1843,  's  the  noted  physicist  who  in  1897 
completed  an  X-Ray  apparatus  with  a  battery 
of  twenty  thousand  volts,  a  power  greater 
than  that  of  any  other  similar  apparatus  in 
the  world,  and  by  which  he  discovered  that 
under  certain  conditions  a  vacuum  is  a  good 
conductor  of  electricity,  and  that  a  discharge 
of  lightning  a  mile  long  encounters  no  more 
resistance  than  a  discharge  of  only  a  foot  in 
length.  The  children  of  Frederic  William 
and  Ellen  (Trowbridge)  Tilton  are: 

I.  William  Frederic,  born  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  February  24,  1867,  pursued 
his  studies  at  Rogers  High  School,  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  at  Harvard  College,  and  at  the 
universities  of  Berlin,  Kiel  and  Freiburg,  Ger- 
many, where  he  received  the  degree  of  Ph.  D. 
in  1894.  He  remained  and  .still  lives  abroad, 
devoting  his  time  to  original  investigation  in 
historical  lines.  2.  Benjamin  Trowbridge, 
born  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  July  17,  1868, 
was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Rogers  High 
School,  Newport,  and  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard, A.  P..,  1890.  He  was  chosen  chief  mar- 
■^hal  of  his  class,  was  a  member  of  the  'Varsi- 


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ty  crew  and  of  the  'Varsity  foot  ball  team.  He 
studied  medicine  at  the  universities  of  Ber- 
lin, Kiel  and  Freiburg,  Germany,  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  last 
named  university  in  1893.  On  returning  to 
the  United  States  he  made  his  home  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  is  instructor  in  surgery 
at  the  Cornell  Medical  School.  He  holds  sev- 
eral hospital  positions.  He  translated  Till- 
mann's  Surgery,  three  volumes,  (1898).  He 
was  married  September  14,  1905,  to  Anna  B., 
daughter  of  Chauncey  W.  and  Martha  (Gal- 
lup) Griggs,  of  Tacoma,  Washington,  and  a 
daughter,  Heartie,  was  born  August  17,  1900. 
3.  Ellen  Maud,  born  in  Andover,  Massachu 
setts,  February  29,  1872,  was  educatea  in 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  going  with  her  par- 
ents to  Europe,  1890-94.  4.  Newell  Whiting, 
born  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  October  26, 
1878,  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  New- 
port, at  the  Cambridge  Latin  School,  and  at 
Harvard  University,  where  he  was  graduated 
A.  B.,  1900.  He  learned  the  business  of  cot- 
ton manufacture  in  the  Lyman  mill,  Flolyoke, 
Massachusetts,  and  is  now  with  the  firm  of 
Harding,  Whitman  &  Company  in  their  New 
York  office.  He  was  married  December  15,  1906, 
to  Mildred,  daughter  of  Poultney  Bigelow,  the 
well  known  traveler,  journalist  and  author, 
and  granddaughter  of  John  Bigelow,  bom 
1817,  United  States  minister  to  France,  1864- 
67,  editor  of  the  New  York  Evening  Post, 
1849-61,  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  New  York  Public  Library,  historian,  au- 
thor and  biographer.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newell 
Whiting  Tilton  have  a  daughter  Ellen,  born 
September  10,  1907.  Frederic  William  Til- 
ton,  father  of  these  children,  resides  at  86 
Sparks  street,  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 


John  Sherwin,  the  immi- 
SHERWIN  grant  ancestor  of  all  the  ear- 
ly colonial  families  of  this 
surname  in  New  England,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, in  1644.  of  an  ancient  and  honored  fam- 
ily. This  surname  is  variously  spelled  Shar- 
en,  Sharin,  Sherren,  Sherwine,  etc.  He  died 
at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  October  15,  1726, 
aged  eighty-two  years.  He  married  at  Ips- 
wich, i\Iassachusetts,  where  he  settled  after 
coming  to  America,  Frances  Lomas,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1667.  They  both  joined  the  church 
in  full  communion  April  12,  1674.  He  had 
granted  to  him  by  the  town  the  right  to  cut 
trees  for  fencing,  three  hundred  rails,  January 
13,  1667.  He  had  a  seat  in  the  meeting  house 
in  r7oo,  and  was  on  the  list  of  commoners  for 

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1707.  He  married  September  30,  1691,  his 
second  wife,  Mary  Chandler,  daughter  of 
William,  and  was  then  called  "senior."  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Mary,  born  August,  1679.  3.  Frances,  born 
January  27,  1681 :  married  November  23, 
1696,  Isaac  Cummings,  of  Ipswich,  at  Box- 
ford,  Massachusetts.  4.  Sarah,  born  October 
8,  1683.  5.  John.  Children  of  second  wife: 
6.  Alice,  born  February  3,  1693.  7.  Abigail, 
born  May  4,  1695.  8.  Eleanor,  born  June  28, 
1696.  9.  William,  born  June  27,  1698.  10. 
Jacob,  born  October  17,  1700. 

(II)  Ebenezer  Sherwin,  son  of  John  Sher- 
win (i),  was  born  about  1675,  in  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  at  Boxford,  Mas- 
sachusetts, February  i,  1699-1700.  Susanna 
Howlett,  of  Topsfield,  Massachusetts.  Her 
birth  appears  as  Johanna  Howlett.  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1679,  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Clark)  How- 
lett, who  were  married  January  3,  1670,  at 
Topsfield.  Susanna  died  at  Boxford,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1762,  aged  eighty-three  years.  Thom- 
as Howlett,  father  of  Samuel  and  grandfather 
of  Susanna,  was  born  in  England ;  settled  as 
early  as  1635  in  Ipswich,  which  granted  to 
him  that  year  a  houselot  adjoining  Thomas 
Hardy's,  in  the  way  leading  to  the  mill;  was 
ensign  in  the  militia,  and  in  1643  '''^  was  paid 
for  active  service  with  ten  soldiers.  He  was 
a  commoner  in  1641:  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1635;  died  1678,  aged  seventy-nine 
years:  wife  .•\lice  died  June  26,  1666:  second 
wife  Rebecca,  survived  him  ;  children  :  Samuel, 
Thomas,  Sarah  Cummings,  Mary  Perley  and 
Nathaniel,  who  died  April  28,   1658. 

Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Susanna  (Hew- 
lett) Sherwin,  born  at  Boxford  and  recorded 
also  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts:  i.  Su.san- 
na,  born  August  6  or  November  9,  1701. 
(both  are  town  records);  married  at  Boxford, 
May  20,  1725,  Matthias  Cowdrey.  2.  Jona- 
than, born  January  8,  1703-4  at  Boxford  ;"mar- 
ried  Mary  Lorvey,  of  Bradford;  town  clerk 
1740:  died  May  7,  1746;  sons  Samuel  and  Asa 
settled  at  Rindge,  New  Hampshire.  3.  Eben- 
ezer, born  January  5,  1705  ;  mentioned  below. 
(HI)  Ebenezer  Sherwin  Jr.,  son  of  Ebenez- 
er .Sherwin  (2),  was  born  June  5,  1705,  at 
Boxford.  Massachusetts,  and  married  there, 
September  21,  1726,  Hepsibath  Cole.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  cooper  at  Boxford.  Chil- 
dren, born  in"  Boxford:  i.  Ebenezer.  born 
March  12,  1728;  married.  1748,  Sarah  Hovey. 
and  settled  in  Boxford,  where  he  had  nine 
children;  sons  Ebenezer,  born  October  16, 
1752,    and    Ahirpeaz,    born    ,\ugust    7,    1759, 


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were  soldiers  in  the  Revolution,  and  both  set- 
tled in  Winchendon,  Massachusetts.  2.  Jon- 
athan, born  September  6,  1729,  settled  with 
brothers  Sampson  and  John  in  Rindge,  New 
Hampshire.  3.  Daniel  born  1730;  mentioned 
below.  4.  John,  born  May  15,  1732.  5. 
Susanna,  born  August  28,  1734.  6.  Elna- 
than,  born  March  9,  1737.  7.  Sampson,  born 
August  5,  1739.  8.  Martha,  born  December 
23,  1 74 1.  9.  Silas,  died  in  infancy  November 
22,  1744.    10.   Hepsibath,  born  April  19,  1746. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Daniel  Sherwin.  son  of 
Ebenezer  Sherwin  (3),  was  born  in  Bo.xford, 
Massachusetts,  or  vicinity,  in  1730.  He  set- 
tled in  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a 
prominent  citizen  there^  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution,  a  lieutenant  in  command  of  a 
detachment  of  the  Townsend  militia.  Colonel 
James  Prescott's  regiment,  responding  to  the 
Lexington  alarm;  also  first  lieutenant  in  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Warren's  company  (first  Town- 
send)  fifth  company  of  the  Sixth  Middlesex 
Regiment,  ordered  commissioned  April  24, 
1776;  also  first  lieutenant  in  Captain  Aaron 
Jewett's  company.  Colonel  Job  Cushing's 
regiment,  in  1777,  marching  to  Bennington, 
Vermont,  to  support  Stark;  also  Captain  Aa- 
ron Jewett's  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Bul- 
lard's  regiment,  in  1777,  at  the  time  of  taking 
Burgoyne.  His  son  Daniel  Jr.  was  also  in 
the  ariny  in  1775-76-77  and  1778.  His  son 
Captain  John  was  also  in  the  Revolution.  He 
married  Susanna  Proctor,  and  they  had  four- 
teen children,  among  whom  were:  I.  Daniel 
Jr.,  born  about  1755.  2.  Lieutenant  or  Cap- 
tain) John,  born  1758;  married  February  12, 
(793,  Eunice  Farwell.  3.  Darius.  4.  Levi, 
born  1776;  mentioned  below.  5.  Salome, 
married  November  7,  1797,  Sherman. 

(V)  Levi  Sherwin,  son  of  Daniel  Sherwin 
(4),  was  born  in  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  in 
1776;  married  there,  in  1800,  Hildreth  Town- 
send.  Children:  i.  Betsey,  born  October  30, 
1802.  2.  Laura,  born  January  21,  1805.  3.  Han- 
nah, born  February  21,  1807.  4.  Ai,  born  May 
6,  1809.  5.  Zoa,  Ixirn  May  9,  1822.  6.  Levi, 
born  February  13,  1816;  mentioned  below.  7. 
Cynthia,  born  December  20,  1817.  8.  Nero, 
born  .\pril  I,  1820.  9.  Waldo,  bom  March  7, 
1829.     Zoa  is  the  only  survivor  (1907). 

(VI)  Levi  Sherwin,  son  of  Levi  Sherwin 
(5),  was  .born  in  West  Townsend,  Massachu- 
setts, February  13,  1816.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  Fie 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  builder  in 
his  native  town,  and  followed  this  trade  for 
about  twenty  years.  In  1858  he  opened  a 
store  in  Aver,  formcrlv  called  Groton  Junc- 


tion, with  a  stock  of  periodicals,  wall  paper, 
toys,  etc.  His  business  prospered,  and  he  con- 
tinued in  it  until  his  death  in  February,  1889. 
Since  then  the  business  has  been  continued 
by  his  sons,  under  the  firm  name  of  Levi 
Sherwin  &  Co.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, and  was  active  in  towai  affairs  at  Town- 
send  and  Ayer  all  his  life. 

He  married,  in  1837,  Mary  Barrett,  of 
Townsend;  second,  in  1850,  Mary  Jane 
Fletcher,  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  who 
died  in  1889,  aged  seventy-one  years.  Chil- 
dren of  Levi  and  Marj'  Sherwin:  i.  Adela, 
born  1838,  died  young.  2.  Henry  C,  born 
1840;  has  been  deputy  sherifif  for  Ayer,  Mid- 
dlesex county,  for  many  years,  and  is  now  a 
court  officer  of  that  county.  3.  Martha  V., 
born  1 84 1.  Children  of  Levi  and  Mary 
(I-"letcher)  Jane  Sherwin,  born  in  Townsend: 
4.  William  U.,  born  in  1851;  partner  of 
Charles,  his  brother,  in  the  store  founded  by 
his  father.  5.  Charles,  born  January  31, 
1854;  mentioned  below.  6.  Mary  Hume,  born 
November  29,  1855. 

(VII)  Charles  Sherwin,  son  of  Levi  Sher- 
win (6),  was  born  in  West  Townsend,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  31,  1854,  and  was  educated 
there  in  the  common  schools,  and  at  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Groton  Junction  (now  Ayer), 
Massachusetts,  whither  the  family  removed 
when  he  was  seven  years  old.  He  com- 
pleted his  schooling  at  the  Lancaster  Acad- 
emy, and  began  as  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store 
in  .\yer.  Since  the  death  of  his  father  he  and 
his  brother  William  U.  Sherwin  have  con- 
ducted the  store.  They  have  enlarged  the 
store,  and  the  business  has  grown  constant- 
ly. At  present  this  firm  has  a  large  general 
store,  the  stock  including  hardware,  dry 
goods,  groceries,  etc.  Mr.  Sherwin  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  has  held  various  town  offices; 
has  been  registrar  of  voters,  and  selectman  of 
the  town  of  .A.yer.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
I'nitarian  Church,  and  a  cheerful  contributor 
to  its  charitable  work.  He  belongs  to  no 
clubs  or  societies  excepting  the  Board  of 
Trade. 

He  married,  September  6.  1888,  Emma 
Rhodell  .Abbott,  of  .\etna,  Maine,  born  March 
25,  1853.  daughter  of  Moses  and  .\lice  E. 
(Wilson)  .\bbott,  of  Aetna.  Her  mother  was 
from   Aroostook  countv. 


Thomas  Hanscotn,  immi- 
H.WSCOM     grant      ancestor,     born     in 

England,  in  1623,  accord- 
ing to  his  own  deposition,  came  over  with  rela- 
tives in  1629,  and  settled  first  in  Salem,  Mas- 


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sachetts.  He  came  from  Sutton  Parish,  Bed- 
ford-sliire,  England,  and  was  a  brother-in-law 
of  Richard  Clayton.  Hanscom's  name  is  found 
on.  the  records  first  in  1649  and  165 1.  He  was 
in  Kittery,  Maine,  in  1678,  and  had  a  grant  of 
land  there.  He  died  before  1697.  He  married, 
May  16,  1664,  Ann ,  who  married  (sec- 
ond) James  Tobey,  and  she  was  living  in  1720. 
Children:  i.  Thomas,  born  October  17,  1666; 
mentioned  below.  2.  John,  bom  September  15, 
1668 :  died  about  1697 ;  his  mother  adminis- 
tering his  estate.  3.  Olive,  born  March  12, 
167 1.  4.  Samuel,  born  .A^pril  10,  1675.  5. 
Moses,  born  about  1680 ;  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  RacklifT; 
was  of  Scarborough  in  1738.  6.  Job,  married 
Mary  Cowell. 

(H)  Thomas  Hanscom,  son  of  Thomas 
Hanscom  (i),  was  born  October  17,  1666,  at 
Salem,  Massachusetts.  He  removed  to  Kit- 
terv,  Maine,  in  the  vicinity  of  which  most  of 
the  Hanscom  family  have  since  lived.  He 
married  first,  Alice  Rogers,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Rogers ;  and  second,  Tamsen  Gowell, 
daughter  of  Richard  Gowell.  He  died  intestate 
1712,  and  administration  was  granted  his 
widow  Tamsen,  November  11,  1713.  Children 
of  Thomas  and  Alice  Hanscom:  i.  Thomas, 
born  December  16,  1690 ;  married  Sarah  Fogg. 
2.  Hester,  born  November  20,  1692 ;  married 
David  Libby,  Jr.,  died  March,  1761.  3.  .Anne, 
bom  August  16,  1684;  married  June  30,  1715, 
Daniel  Fogg,  Jr.  4.  John,  born  October  26, 
1696:  died  November  i,  1697.  5.  Priscilla, 
born  October  26,  1696;  died  January  17,  1697. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Tamsen  Hanscom :  6. 
Samuel,  born  July  25,  1698;  mentioned  below. 
7.  Mary,  born  July  28,  1700:  married,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1721,  John  Morrill,  Jr.  8.  Martha,  bom 
September  27,  1702;  married  March  4,  1724-5, 
Solomon  Libby;  died  February  17,  1779.  9. 
John,  born  April  15,  1705 ;  married  Mary 
Brooks.  10.  Joseph,  born  July  13,  1708;  mar- 
ried Lydia  Spinney,  March  18,  1732-3.  11. 
Moses,  born  March  2,  1712-13;  married  Mary 
Field. 

(HI)  Samuel  Hanscom,  son  of  Thomas 
Hanscom  (2),  was  born  in  Kittery,  Maine, 
July  25,  1698;  married  January  1721-2,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Matthew  and  Elizabeth 
(Brown)  Libby.  He  married,  second,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1750,  Mary  (Fogg)  Hanscom.  Sam- 
uel Hanscom's  will  was  dated  December  i, 
1774.  He  lived  at  the  Corner  in  Kittery, 
nearly  opposite  the  present  or  late  home  of 
Simon  Hanscom.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born 
December  7,  1722;  married,  1741,  Thomas 
Hanscom.  2.  Samuel,  born  October  30,  1725; 


mentioned  below.  3.  Hepsibah,  born  Octo- 
ber 30,  1725,  (twin);  married  Joshua  Staples, 
January  2-j,  1761.  4.  James,  born  .-\ugust  7, 
1727;  married  Elizabeth  Staples,  May  27, 
1755-  5-  Hannah,  born  August  7,  1729;  mar- 
ried John  Foster,  January  20,  1756.  6.  Jo- 
seph, born  September  22,  1731 ;  married,  Feb- 
ruary, 1755,  Dorcas  Staples.  7.  John,  born 
.\pril  29,  1737.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Alary 
Hanscom:  8.  Mark,  born  1753,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1753;  married  Eleanor  Fernald,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1773;  died  June  3,  1793.  9.  Reu- 
ben, baptized  September  18,  1757;  married 
September  9,  1777,  Lucy  Moore;  and  second, 
September  11,  1783,  .Alice  Abbott:  died 
March  2,  1831,  at  North  Berwick,  Maine. 

(IV)  Samuel  Hanscom,  son  of  Samuel 
Hanscom  (3),  was  born  at  Kittery,  October 
30,  1725 ;  married,  May  15,  1750,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Hannah  (Tobey) 
Staples.  He  lived  in  Kittery  and  died  there  ;  his 
will  was  dated  May  4,  1775,  shortly  before  his 
death.  His  children  :  i.  Samuel,  born  1756,  bap- 
tized June  9,  1762.  2.  Robert,  baptized  June  4, 
1762.  3.  Hannah,  baptized  June  9,  1762, 
died  young.  5.  Isaac,  bom  May  9,  1762; 
married  Abigail  Pray,  of  Berwick,  April  18, 
1785.  6.  Catherine,  baptized  June  6,  1762.  7. 
James,  born  June  16,  1767.  8.  Marv.  born 
1770,  baptized  December  4.  9.  John,  bap- 
tized July  5,  1774- 

(V)  James  Hanscom,  son  of  Samuel  Hans- 
com (4),  was  born  in  Kittery,  Maine,  June  16, 
1767,  and  died  in  Berwick,  Maine,  July  21, 
181 1,  aged  forty-six  years.  He  married  Bet- 
sy Chick,  who  survived  him  forty-nine  years, 
dying  in  Berwick,  Maine,  November  25,  i860, 
at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety  years.  They 
were  the  parents  of  six  children:  i.  Sally, 
date  unknown,  but  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age.  2. 
Hannah,  born  1798;  died  February  20,  1882, 
aged  eighty-four  years.  3.  Levi,  born  April 
13,  1801,  died  .'\pril  25,  1875,  aged  seventy- 
four  years.  4.  James,  of  whom  further.  5. 
Betsy,  born  t8o6,  died  December  15,  1815. 
aged  nine  years.  6.  David,  died  in  Benton. 
Alaine,  aged  seventy-six  years. 

(VI)  James  Hanscom,  son  of  James  Hans- 
com (5),  was  bom  in  Berwick,  Maine,  June 
26,  1803,  and  died  in  Albion,  Maine,  .August 
28,  1841.  He  married,  January  28,  1830, 
Mary  Frost,  born  in  North  Berwick,  Maine, 
October  29,  1806,  and  died  in  Albion,  Maine, 
January  4,  1894,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  She 
was  of  as  long  lived  a  family  as  was  her  hus- 
band. Her  father,  George  Frost,  lived  and 
died  in  North  Berwick,  and  lived  to  the  age 
of  eighty-seven  years;   he  was   son  of  John 


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and  Elizabeth  Frost,  of  North  Berwick.  His 
wife,  Alary  (Stevens)  Frost,  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Stevens,  of  Wells,  Maine, 
whose  wife  was  a  Horn.  Besides  Mary,  who 
became  the  wife  of  James  Hanscom,  George 
Frost  had  children:  Alvin,  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two  years;  Elizabeth,  died  in  Haver- 
hill, age  unknown;  Laura  Jane,  died  in  Read- 
ing, Massachusetts,  aged  seventy-four  years; 
Louisa  born  June  27,  1818,  yet  living,  in 
Lynn,  Massachusetts.  The  children  of  James 
and  Mary  (Frost)  Hanscom  were:  i.  George 
Gilman,  born  in  Berwick,  Maine,  December 
7,  1831.  2.  David  James,  born  in  Berwick, 
Maine,  August  23,  1833,  died  at  Eden  Lake, 
Minnesota,  May  11,  1896.  3.  Louisa  Jane, 
born  in  Albion,  Maine,  October  7.  1838:  un- 
married.   4.  Sanford,  see  forward. 

(VH)  Sanford  Hanscom,  M.  D.,  son  of 
James  Hanscom  (6),  was  born  in  Albion, 
Maine,  January  28,  1841.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Waterville  Classical  Institute, 
and  entered  Colby  University.  In  his  sopho- 
more vear  he  left  college  to  enlist  in  the  Un- 
ion army  for  the  civil  war;  in  1885  he  received 
from  his  alma  mater  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts.  He  went  to  the  front  as  first  lieutenant 
of  the  Eighth  unassigned  company  of  Maine 
volunteers,  which  was  assigned  to  the  Elev- 
enth Maine  Infantry  Regiment,  Twenty- 
fourth  Army  Corps,  Army  of  the  James.  Soon 
after  being  mustered  into  service  he  was  com- 
missioned first  lieutenant  and  adjutant,  and 
in  that  capacity  bore  a  soldierly  part  in  the 
stirring  operations  and  hard  fought  battles  in 
front  of  Richmond  and  Petersburg  in  the 
spring  of  1865,  until  the  downfall  of  those 
strongholds,  and  he  was  with  his  regiment  in 
its  last  engagement  near  Appomattox  Court 
House  on  the  morning  of  the  day  of  General 
Lee's  surrender. 

On  his  return  from  the  army  he  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  in  the  medical 
school  of  Bowdoin  College,  at  Brunswick, 
Maine,  and  completed  his  courses  in  Harvard 
Medical  School,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1868.  In  the  spring  of  the  following 
year  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Somerville,  where  he  has  since  continu- 
ouslv  resided,  engaged  in  the  arduous  and 
active  practice  of  his  profession.  His  stand- 
ing is  attested  in  marked  degree  by  the  fact 
that  for  twelve  years  he  was  state  medical  ex- 
aminer for  the  Royal  .\rcanum  for  Massachu- 
setts, resigning  that  position  in  1896  to  be- 
come medical  examiner-in-chief  of  the  same 
order,  which  position  he  has  held  to  the  pres- 


ent time.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Society  and  the  American  Med- 
ical Association.  He  has  constantly  been  ac- 
tive and  useful  in  community  affairs,  render- 
ing efficient  service  particularly  in  education- 
al matters.  He  has  served  on  the  Somerville 
school  committee  for  the  long  period  of  nine- 
teen years,  and,  following  an  excellent  local 
custom — that  of  honoring  good  public  ser- 
vants during  their  lives  by  giving  their  names 
to  public  buildings — the  school  edifice  on  the 
corner  of  Webster  and  Rush  streets,  Somer- 
ville, was  in  1896  named  the  Sanford  Hans- 
com School  in  his  honor.  For  six  years  he 
was  a  trustee  of  the  public  library.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  a  companion  of  the  Massachusetts  Com- 
mandery  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion.  He  is  affiliated  with  Soley  Lodge 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Somerville, 
and  with  various  other  fraternal  and  benevo- 
lent orders. 

Dr.  Hanscom  married,  October  26,  1874, 
Beulah  A.  Hill,  born  in  Vermont,  September 
8,  1849,  daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Cynthia 
(Morse)  Hill,  of  Vermont.  The  only  child  of 
this  marriage  is  Aline  Louisa,  born  in  Som- 
erville, March  i,  1884.  She  married  Herbert 
Brooks  Crosby,  of  Somerville,  Massachusetts, 
October  26,  1907.  Mr.  Crosby  was  born  in  At- 
lanta, Georgia,  son  of  Warren  Brooks  and 
Gertrude  (Brooks)  Crosby,  natives  respective- 
ly of  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut. 


John  Miles,  or  Myles,  the  im- 
MILES  migrant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
England  about  1618.  He  came 
to  New  England  about  1635,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  at  Boston,  December  14, 
1638.  He  settled  among  the  first  in  Concord 
Massachusetts,  and  became  one  of  the  largest 
owners  of  land.  He  had  acquired  459  acres 
or  more  as  early  as  March  14,  1638-9.  He 
was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  a  farmer  by 
occupation.  His  residence  was  about  three- 
quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  Concord  meeting 
house  on  the  road  to  Groton.  His  first  wife 
Sarah  died  July  18,  1678.  He  married  again 
late  in  life  and  had  a  family  of  children, 
named  below.  His  second  wife  was  Susan- 
nah Rediat,  widow  of  John  Rediat  Jr.,  of 
Marlborough.  Miles  died  .August  26,  1693, 
and  she  married  third,  November  10,  1698, 
William  Wilson,  of  Billerica.  The  will  of 
John  Miles  dated  1691,  mentions  the  children 
of  both  wives,  viz:  I.  Child  of  John  and  Sar- 
ah Miles:    Marv.  born  February  it,  1639-40; 


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married,  but  had  no  children.  Children  of 
John  and  Susannah  Miles:  2.  John,  born 
May  20,  1680;  mentioned  below;  ancestor  of 
the  Miles  family  of  Westminster.  3.  Deacon 
Samuel,  born  February  19,  1682;  married 
Sarah  Foster,  of  Littleton,  Massachusetts, 
1706.  4.  Sarah,  born  May  25,  1686;  mar- 
May  ID,  1705,  Edward  Putnam,  of  Salem. 

(il)  John  Miles,  son  of  John  Miles  (i),  was 
born  May  20,  1680;  died  August  23,  1725, 
aged  forty-five  years.  He  lived  on  the  home- 
stead of  his  father,  on  the  Groton  road.  He 
married,  April  16,  1702,  Mary  Prescott,  whose 
ancestor,  John  Prescott,  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers at  Nashaway  (Lancaster)  October  5, 
1647,  of  a  family  noted  for  distinguished  men 
in  civil  and  military  life.     She  married  second 

Dodd.     She  died  May,  1777.     He  was 

wealthy  for  his  day,  and  left  a  large  estate, 
valued  in  the  inventory  at  over  seventeen 
hundred  pounds.  Children  of  John  and 
Mary  Miles:  i.  John  Jr.,  born  at  Concord, 
December  24,  1704,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Jonathan,  born  February  13.  1706,  graduate 
of  Harvard  College  in  1727,  minister;  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Catherine  Barron.  3.  Mary,  born 
(Jctober  18,  1709;  married  Thomas  Jones.  4. 
Elizabeth,  born  November  16,  1714;  died 
January  2,  1716.  5.  James,  born  August  i,  1719 
married  Hannah  Ball.  6.  Benjamin,  born  No- 
vember 26,  1724;  married  Mary  Hubbard,  of 
Concord;  resided  in  Rutland,  Massachusetts. 

(HI)  John  Miles,  son  of  John  Miles  (2), 
was  born  in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1704:  died  there  February  4,  1781, 
aged  seventv-six  years.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Brooks,  of  Concord,  of  an  old  and  dis- 
tinguished family,  in  1726.  Three  weeks  be- 
fore her  death,  when  seventy-eight  years  old, 
she  made  the  trip  from  Westminster  to  Con- 
cord on  horseback.  She  died  April  4,  1784. 
They  hved  in  the  south  part  of  the  town  of 
Concord.  He  was  a  farmer.  Tlieir  children, 
all  born  in  Concord:  i.  John  Jr.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1727,  removed  to  Westminster, 
Massachusetts.  2.  Noah,  born  April  29, 
1730;  married  Hulda  Hosmer.  3.  Abel,  born 
November  9,  1733;  married  Lydia  Adams, 
February  26,  1756.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  March 
I,  1736;  married  Obadiah  Kendall.  5.  Oliver, 
born  September  11,  1738;  married  Martha 
Stone,  of  Framingham.  6.  James,  born  No- 
vember 7,  1740.  7.  Dorothy,  born  March  12, 
1743;  married  Samuel  Gardiner.  8.  Abner, 
removed  to  Westminster  about  1765;  married 
Margaret  Trowbridge. 

(IV)  Oliver  Miles,  son  of  John  Miles  (3), 
was  born  at  Concord  September  11,  1738,  and 


died  November  3,  1820,  at  Concord,  aged 
eighty-four  years.  He  married  Martha  Stone, 
of  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  who  died 
February  14,  1813,  aged  seventy-three  years, 
at  Concord.  They  resided  at  Concord,  where 
all  their  children  were  born.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  French  and  Indian  campaign,  and 
at  the  battle  of  Fort  Henry  he  was  taken  a 
prisoner  by  the  Indians,  but  escaped.  He 
served  in  the  Concord  company  in  the  Rev- 
olution, and  was  in  the  New  Jersey  campaign 
under  Washington.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
born  July  22,  1770;  married  Hannah  Brown, 
of  Lincoln;  died  June  12,  1838.  2.  Oliver, 
born  September  27,  1772;  mentioned  below. 
3.  John,  born  February  7,  1775;  settled  at 
Gardner,  Massachusetts.  4.  Martha,  born 
February  i,  1778;  married  Stephen  Holden, 
and  settled  in  Connecticut.  5.  Lydia,  born 
July  5,  1780;  married  Andrew  Conant,  of 
Concord.  6.  Burgess,  died  October  i,  1787, 
aged  four  years  and  a  half. 

(V)  Oliver  Miles,  son  of  Oliver  (4),  was 
born  in  Concord,  September  27,  1772.  He 
had  a  son  John,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  John  Miles,  son  of  Oliver  Miles  (5), 
was  born  about  1800.  He  lived  in  Concord 
and  Stow,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Sarah 
Mossman,  daughter  of  Ezra  Mossman.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ezra  M.,  born  1824,  at  Concord.  2. 
Henry,  born  at  Concord  1827;  widow  resides 
at  South  Acton,  Massachusetts.  3.  George, 
born  at  Concord,  1830;  resides  at  Kewanee, 
Illinois.  4.  Charles  C,  born  at  Concord.  Oc- 
tober 2,  1832;  resides  at  Plattsmouth,  Ne- 
braska. 5.  J.  Frank,  born  at  Stow  April  5, 
1840;  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  J.  Frank  Miles,  son  of  John  Miles  (6), 
was  born  in  Stow,  Massachusetts,  April  5, 
1840,  and  died  January  4,  1888.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  He  started  in  his 
business  career  as  clerk  in  the  store  of  Wil- 
liam Webber,  Broad  street,  Boston.  After 
a  few  years  he  accepted  a  position  as  salesman 
in  the  store  of  C.  A.  Richards,  Washington, 
street,  Boston.  He  started  in  business  for 
himself  at  422  Washington  street,  Boston,  un- 
der his  own  name.  His  store  was  burned  in 
the  big  fire,  November  9,  1872,  and  he  suf- 
fered a  total  loss,  but  started  again  immedi- 
ately with  a  new  stock  and  soon  regained  the 
lost  ground.  His  business  after  the  fire  de- 
veloped rapidly.  He  was  gifted  with  unusual 
business  foresight  and  sagacity.  He  was  a 
shrewd  buyer  and  understood  his  business 
thoroughly.  He  stood  high  in  the  business 
world,  and  his  death  in  the  prime  of  life  cre- 
ated a  noticeable  vacancv.    After  his  death  his 


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widow  sold  his  interests  to  Luther  Adams, 
whom  Air.  Aliles  had  admitted  to  partnership. 
Mr.  Miles  was  a  genial,  sociable  and  attrac- 
tive personality.  He  made  friends  readily 
and  enjoyed  social  life.  He  was  a  popular 
Free  Mason,  and  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Arch  Chapter  as  well  as  the  blue  lodge.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the 
famous  old  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company  of  Boston.  He  was  a  L'niversalist 
in  religion,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  His 
home  was  in  Somerville,  Massachusetts. 

He  married  Drusilla  Doolittle,  who  was 
born  in  Boston.  July  it,  1842,  daughter  of 
Seth  O.  and  Drusilla  Whitcomb.  Her  father 
was  a  farmer  and  a  native  of  Hinsdale,  New 
Hampshire:  her  mother  was  a  native  of  Dres- 
den, Maine.  The  children  of  Seth  O.  and 
Drusilla  I^oolittle  were — Laura  A.  Doolittle; 
Drusilla  Doolittle:  Seth  C)tis  Doolittle  Jr.; 
Daniel  Webster  Doolittle:  Clara  E.  Doolittle. 
Drusilla  Whitcomb,  her  mother,  was  the 
daughter  of  Oliver  and  Rachel  (Thompson) 
Whitcomb,  whose  children  were:  Eliza  A. 
Whitcomb:  Freeman  Whitcomb:  Tryphosa 
Whitcomb:  Samuel  Whitcomb:  Oliver  Whit- 
comb :  Arnold  Whitcomb :  Drusilla  Whitcomb, 
mentioned  above  :  Clarissa  Whitcomb  ;  Seth  H. 
Whitcomb. 

The  children  of  J.  Frank  and  Drusilla 
(Doolittle)  Miles:  i.  "Edith  M..  born  May  19, 
1865.  graduate  of  the  Somerville  public  and 
higli  schools.  2.  Viola  B.,  born  September 
'3'  ^873-  graduate  of  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Somerville:  resides  at  17  1-2  Mar- 
shall street,  Somerville:  married  Frank  M. 
Fielder :  children :  i.  Edith  Fielder,  born  Octo- 
Ijer  7,  1900:  ii.  Drusa  Miles  Fielder;  iii. 
F^rank  Monroe  Fielder,  born  .September  12, 
1904.  3.  Lillian  G.,  horn  F"ebruary  2,  1875: 
graduate  of  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Somerville ;  married  George  B.  Bishop ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Leon  Miles  Bishop,  born  June  19, 
1901.  ii.  Norman  George  Bishop,  born  Decem- 
ber 29,  1902.  iii.  Bemice  M&y  Bishop,  born 
October  7,  1905 ;  they  reside  at  Burlington, 
VeruKint. 


lames  Hogg, 
IK  )G(;  and  PRENTISS  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of 
Archer  Ruggles  Prentiss,  of  Reading,  Massa- 
chu.setts,  was  of  Scotch  Presbyterian  ancestry. 
He  lived  in  I'lster  Province.  Ireland.  His 
brother  had  two  sons,  John  and  Samuel 
Hogg,  who  settled  at  Hampstead,  New 
Hampshire,  removed  to  Londonderry,  before 


March  7,  1752,  but  they  settled  finally  at  Dun- 
barton,  New  Hampshire.  John  Hogg  was  a 
leading  man  in  Dunbarton,  but  after  a  time 
removed  to  Weare,  where  he  liyed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  and  where  he  erected  mills. 
John  owned  a  large  tract  of  wild  land  in 
Thornton,  New  Hampshire:  he  was  an  active 
man  of  business,  well  educated  and  became 
for  his  day  wealthy ;  by  authority  of  the  legis- 
lature he  and  his  children  took  the  name  of 
Raymond;  he  was  born  October  29,  1739. 
The  record  made  by  his  father  in  the  family 
Bible  has  been  preserved:  "My  own  birth  and 
marriage;  the  names  and  ages  of  my  children: 
L  myself,  born  .September  .\nno  Domini 
1704.  I  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Hambleton 
(Hamilton)  November  6,  1729. 

"My  son  Samuel  Hoog,  born  August  13, 
1730:  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Hoog,  born 
April  29,  1732:  my  daughter  Agnes  Hoog, 
born  September  2,  1734;  my  daughter  Anne 
Hoog.  Ijorn  July  4,  1736;  my  son,  John 
Hoog,  born  October  29,  1739:  my  daughter 
Mary  Hoog,  born  May  7,  1742;  my  son  Dav- 
id Hoog,  born  March  5,  1745  :  my  son  Abas- 

ser  Hoog,  born  May  :  my  son  Caleb, 

Hoog,  born  Nov.  ye  22,  17 — ." 

(H)  Robert  Hogg,  son  of  James  Hogg  (i), 
was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  February 
25,  1732,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1754 
with  brother  Joseph.  He  lived  for  a  time  at 
Dunbarton,  where  his  cousins  had  settled,  but 
in  1764  purchased  three  lots  of  land  in  New 
l:')Oston,  New  Hampshire,  including  the  farms 
of  Solomon  and  Israel  Dodge  and  John  Coch- 
ran, and  he  built  his  house  on  the  hill  just  in 
the  rear  of  Solomon  Dodge's'  house,  and 
there  he  and  his  wife  died.  He  married  Marga- 
ret Gregg,  daughter  of  Samuel  (iregg.  one  of 
the  prominent  Scotch-Irish  pioneers  of  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire.  Her  mother  was 
Mary  Moor,  of  another  prominent  Scotch- 
Irish  family.  Mrs.  Hogg  died  about  five 
years  after  the  death  of  her  youngest  child, 
of  consumption,  aged  fifty-five  or  fifty-six, 
and  Mr.  Hogg  died  January  2^.  1795.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  were  devout  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  were  highly  es- 
teemed for  their  consistent  piety.  They  had 
thirteen  children,  of  whom  several  died 
young.  Those  surviving  were:  i.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Tobias  Butler,  a  school  teacher,  and  they 
lived  near  her  father's  for  a  time,  then  re- 
moved to  .\ntrim  and  sub?e(|uently  to  Hills- 
l)orough,  where  they  died  leaving  several  chil- 
dren: Susan.  James.  Robert,  Margaret,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph.  Thiinias.  John  and  Nancy  But- 
ler.    2.    lames,  married    lennett  Morison;set- 


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tied  in  Francestown.  Xew  Hampshire,  about 
1780;  was  soldier  in  Revolution,  selectman 
1786-87-88:  was  on  the  committee  to  consid- 
er the  constitution  in  1788;  was  a  man  of 
mark  in  town,  of  strong  religious  character; 
was  cjn  the  first  list  of  buyers  of  pews  in  the 
old  church;  was  cousin  of  Hugh  Hogg,  son 
of  Joseph  Hogg,  whose  name  was  changed 
to  Hugh  Moor;  James  removed  to  Acworth 
and  finally  to  Warrensville,  Ohio.  3.  Wil- 
liam, married  Elizabeth  Ferson  (McPherson) 
and  lived  where  Mrs.  Giddings  lately  resided 
in  Xew  Boston,  removing  thence  to  More- 
town,  \'ermont,  where  they  died.  4.  X'^ancy, 
married  Thomas  Peterson,  and  died  in  Ohio. 
5.  John,  married  Polly  P)rown  and  died  in 
Plainfield.  6.  Margaret,  married  Joseph 
Cochran,  afterwards  a  deacon  in  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  lived  on  the  homestead 
owned  later  by  their  son,  John  Cochran.  7. 
Robert,  married  Eleanor  Clark  and  died  in 
Alstead,  New  Hampshire.  8.  Sarah,  married 
Stephen  Ferson  and  lived  on  the  John  Dodge 
place.  9.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  10. 
Betsey,  married  Samuel  Fisher  and  settled  in 
western  New  York  and  finally  in  Pennsylvan- 
ia. J  I.  .A.bner,  born  in  Londonderry,  Febru- 
ary 15.  1759,  and  came  to  Xew  Boston  with 
his  father;  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  army 
in  1776  under  Captain  Barnes,  of  Lyndebor- 
ough;  next  spring  he  enlisted  for  three  years 
under  Captain  Livermore  in  the  Third  New 
Hampshire  regiment  under  Colonel  Scam- 
niel ;  was  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga  and  saw  the 
surrender  of  Burgoyne:  was  later  near  Phil- 
adelphia under  Washington  and  fought  alto- 
gether in  ten  battles;  had  a  pension  later  in 
life;  was  second  lieutenant  of  the  New  Bos- 
ton company  in  1787;  married,  October  21, 
1784,  Rosannah  Ferson:  he  died  October  16, 
1836,  aged  ninety-seven  years,  eight  months 
and  one  day,  leaving  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren whose  descendants  are  numerous. 

(HI)  Samuel  (Hogg)  Prentiss,  son  of  Rob- 
ert Hogg  (2),  was  born  in  Xew  Boston,  New 
Hampshire,  October  8,  1775.  He  was  next 
to  the  youngest  son,  four  of  whom  changed 
their  names  from  Hogg  to  Prentiss  by  act  of 
the  New  Hampshire  legislature.  This  name 
was  selected,  it  is  said,  being  the  name  of  one 
of  their  ancestors.  Samuel  Prentiss  died  in 
Walpole,  New  Hampshire.  He  married  Ly- 
dia  Clark,  who  was  born  in  Methuen,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  12,  1776,  and  died  at  Walpole, 
New  Hampshire,  March  4,  1849.  Children  of 
Samuel  and  Lydia  (Clark)  Prentiss:  i.  Mary 
C,  born  at  .\cworth.  May  31,  1800,  died  in 
Cambridge,    Vermont,    July   31,    1880;    mar- 


ried January  2"/.  1829,  (iardner  Watkins,  who 
was  born  in  Walpole;  children:  i.  David 
Howard  Watkins,  born  in  Walpole,  married 
Harriet  A.  Holmes,  who  was  born  in  Graf- 
ton, Massachusetts,  June  28,  1831  (children: 
Samuel  P.  Watkins,  born  in  Cambridge,  Ver- 
mont, July  22,  1855,  a  farmer  at  Jefiferson- 
ville,  Vermont;  Harley  F.,  born  March  19, 
1857.  a  mechanic  at  jef^ersonville.  married, 
February  19,  1S79,  Frankie  J.  Moore,  born 
I)ecember  19,  1859,  in  Montgomery,  Ver- 
mont, and  had  two  children,  Clayton  M.  Wat- 
kins, born  Xovember  2,  1879,  and  Ralph  E. 
Watkins.  born  September  7,  1881 ;  Elmer  H. 
Watkins,  born  at  Jay,  X'ermont,  February  5, 
1862.  died  May  15,  1863;  Eloine  H.,  born 
-April  10,  1864;  Joe  A.  Watkins,  born  in  Jay, 
October  11,  1868);  ii.  Samuel  P.  Watkins, 
born  in  Walpole,  March  4,  183 1,  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  1875;  married  Beatrice  E.  Eliot,  born 
at  Bakersfield,  Vermont,  August  25,  1839; 
(children :  Fannie  L.  Watkins,  born  October 
20,  1859,  married  May  6,  1878,  .A.lvah  S.  Cros- 
by ;  Mary  E.  Watkins,  born  in  Boston  July  3, 
1834;  John  G.  Watkins,  born  in  Cambridge, 
Vermont,  December  16,  1864);  iii.  Fannie  A. 
Watkins,  born  in  Walpole,  July  3,  1833,  died 
December  9,  1875;  married  George  B.  Miner, 
born  in  Cambridge  in  1833;  had  two  children: 
Eugene  S.  Miner,  born  in  Cambridge.  \"er- 
mont,  April  5,  1857,  and  Fred  E.  Miner,  born 
in  Grafton,  September  7,  1870.  2.  Ephraim, 
born  September  25,  1804,  died  February  19, 
i860,  in  Walpole:  married  Olive  Ware  Hix- 
on,  born  October  30,  1806,  and  had  two 
daughters :  i.  Eunice  Maria,  born  April  23, 
1829,  married  James  Patterson,  July  25,  1851; 
residence  Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts;  two 
children:  Annie  Eloine  Patterson,  born 
April  28,  1852:  Frederic  Lawrence  Patterson, 
born  November  26,  1863:  ii.  Nancy,  bom 
April  19,  1836.  married,  February  18,  1863, 
Charles  Stephens  Xorton,  born  November 
28,  1834,  died  January  12,  1882;  two  children: 
Charles  Stephen  Norton,  Jr..  born  December 
12,  1865;  Florence  Elizabeth  Xorton,  born 
January  9,  1868.  3.  Margaret,  born  Decem- 
ber ro,  1806,  died  in  Walpole,  December  25, 
1864.  4.  Theron,  born  May  9.  1808,  died  in 
Walpole,  January  18,  1858;  married  Mary 
Scavy  and  had  one  child:  Frances,  who  re- 
sided at  Saco,  Maine.  5.  Samuel,  born  in 
Alstead,  New  Hampshire,  November  17.  1812, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Nancy  Prentiss,  born 
February  25,  1817,  married  Mark  Chase,  born 
November  17,  1817,  and  died  October  4,  1871, 
a  policeman  of  Boston;  his  widow  resided  in 
Goodwin  Place,  Boston;    child,    Marv    Ellen 


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Chase,  born  Xoveniber  21,  1849,  died  No- 
vember 9,  1869.  7.  John  Willard  Prentiss, 
the  1st,  settled  on  the  homestead  at  Walpole. 

(IV)  Samuel  Prentiss,  son  of  Samuel  Pren- 
tiss (3),  was  born  in  Alstead,  New  Hamp- 
shire, November  17,  1812,  died  in  Reading, 
Massachusetts,  March  19,  1865,  from  dis- 
ease contracted  in  the  army  during  the  Civil 
war.  He  was  fife  major  in  Thirteenth  Mas- 
sachusetts Regiment  and  also  in  the  Fiftieth 
Regiment  of  V'olunteers.  He  was  a  cabinet 
maker  and  wood  carver  by  trade.  He  mar- 
ried, April  16,  1843,  Cornelia  Ruggles,  in 
Reading,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Har- 
lev,  born  January  20,  1844,  mentioned  below. 
2.  John  Willard,  2d,  born  October  9,  1848, 
died  March  26,  1853.  3.  Walter  Samuel,  born 
January  27,  1854,  in  Reading,  clerk  for  Fitch- 
burg  Railroad,  Boston. 

(V)  Harley  Prentiss,  son  of  Samuel  Pren- 
tiss (4),  was  born  in  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
January  20,  1844.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  served 
two  years  in  the  army  during  the  civil  war 
as  sergeant  in  the  Fiftieth  Massachusetts 
Volunteers  in  1862,  re-enlisting  in  1864  in  the 
First  P)attalion  Heavy  Artiller\-.  He  was  a 
commercial  traveller  for  the  firm  of  Carter, 
Ruggles  &  Company,  207  State  street,  Bos- 
ton, and  later  with  Winslow,  Rand  &  Wat- 
son and  John  A.  Andrews  &  Company, 
wholesale  grocers.  He  always  lived  in  Read- 
ing. He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
filled  several  of  the  town  offices  including 
postmaster  at  Reading  under  the  administra- 
tions of  McKinley  and  Roosevelt.  During 
his  regime  the  free  delivery  as  well  as  the 
rural  system  were  inaugurated  in  Reading. 
He  was  one  of  the  executive  committee  as 
well  as  chief  marshal  at  the  two  hundredth 
anniversary  of  Reading,  was  trustee  of  Pub- 
lic Library,  was  member  of  Post  No.  194, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  was  char- 
ter member  of  Security  Lodge.  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  religion  he  was 
always  a  unitarian,  being  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Christian  LTnion  Society  of  Reading. 
He  married  Helen  Campbell  Lindsay,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1866.  She  was  born  in  Edinburgh. 
Scotland,  May  i,  1847.  Children,  born  in 
Reading:  i.  Harley  Lindsay,  born  March  24, 
1868.  2.  Archer  Ruggles;  born  December 
27,  1870,  mentioned  below.  3.  Marian 
Helen,  born  February  8,  1877.  4.  Cornelia, 
born  July  20,  1881. 

(VI)  Archer  Ruggles  Prentiss,  son  of  Har- 
lev  Prentiss  (5),  was  born  in  Reading.  Mas- 
i-.-^rhusetts,  December  27,  1870.     He  was  ed- 


ucated there  in  the  public  and  high  schools. 
He  engaged  in  general  insurance  business  in 
Reading,  and  became  the  senior  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Prentiss  &  Viall,  who  have  built  up 
the  largest  insurance  business  in  that  place. 
He  is  also  superintendent  of  the  insurance  of- 
fice of  Field  &  Cowles  of  Boston,  having  been 
associated  with  this  firm  since  1890.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican,  taking  an  active  part 
in  the  affairs  of  his  party  and  serving  as  chair- 
man of  the  town  Republican  committee.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Unitarian.  He  is  a  member 
of  Good  Samaritan  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Reading,  and  was  several 
years  secretary  of  the  Reading  Athletic  Club. 
He  married,  June  28,  1894,  Mabel  Thomas,  of 
Reading.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Charles 
Dwight  and  Eunice  Josephine  Thomas.  Her 
father  was  an  officer  of  the  United  States 
custom  house,  Boston.  Children:  i.  Hilda 
Cameron,  born  October  7,  1895.  2.  Donald 
Christie,  born  June  6.  1904,  died  August  12, 
1906. 


The  Hartwell  family  in 
HARTWELL  England  is  traced  back  to 
the  days  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  who  alotted  lands  to  one  of  his 
followers  from  Normandy  by  the  name  of 
Hartwell.  Fie  must  have  been  born  as  early 
as  1050,  A.  D.  Although  the  American  pro- 
genitor's ancestry  is  not  definitely  known,  he 
is  probably  a  descendant  of  this  ancient  fam- 
ily, and  he  is  undoubtedly  the  ancestor  of  all 
the  American  families  of  the  name. 

(I)  William  Hartwell,  the  American  immi- 
grant, was  born  in  England,  about  1613.  He 
was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Cfmcord,  in 
New  England,  1636;  was  admitted  a  freeman 
May  18,  1642;  and  signed  the  petition  for  the 
grant  of  Chelmsford,  1653.  He  was  com- 
missioned corporal  in  1671,  and  quartermas- 
ter, 1673.  He  had  a  homestead  in  Concord, 
line  mile  east  of  the  common  on  the  road  to 
Lexington.  In  1666  he  owned  two  hundred 
and  forty-seven  acres,  and  was  among  the 
largest  taxpayers  of  the  town.  He  died 
March  12,  1690,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 
His  wife  Jazan  (family  name  unknown)  de- 
posed May  II,  1675.  that  she  was  sixty-seven 
years  old,  which  would  fix  her  birth  in  1608. 
She  died  .\ugust  5.  1695.  Children:  i.  Sar- 
ah, died  July  8.  1674:  married,  April  18,  1661, 
Benjamin  Parker,  of  Billerica.  2.  John;  see 
forward.  3.  Mary,  probably  born  1643.  died 
February  13,  1695-6;  married  Jonathan  Hill. 
4.  Samuel,  born  March  26,  1645,  died  July  26, 


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1725 ;  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  George  and 
Catherine  Wheeler.  5.  Martha,  born  May 
25,  1649,  died  before  1690. 

(11 J  John  Hartwell,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  William  Hartwell  (i),  was  born  in 
Concord,  December  23,  1640,  and  died  of 
smallpox  January  12,  1702-3.  He  married, 
June  I,  1664,  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Priscilla  Wright;  she  died  March  3,  1680- 
I.  He  married  (second)  August  2;^.  1682, 
Elizabeth,  sister  of  his  first  wife;  she  died  De- 
cember 16,  1704.  He  served  with  Captain 
Thomas  Wheeler's  company  at  Brookfield, 
and  elsewhere  in  King  Phillip's  war.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  March  21,  1689-90.  His 
children:  I.  Ebenezer;  see  forward.  2.  John, 
born  April  15,  1669;  married  Sarah  Shepard. 
3.  Samuel,  born  October  9,  1673,  died  De- 
cember 31,  1694.  4.  Sarah,  born  February 
12,  1676-7;  married  Ebenezer  Lamson.  5. 
William,  born  December  22,  1678,  died  July 
10,  1762;  married  Abigail  Hosmer.  6.  Jo- 
seph, born  January  24,  1680-1;  married  Ruh- 
amah  Cutter,  of  Charlestown.  7.  Elizabeth, 
born  October  23,  1683,  died  young.  8.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  December  23,  1684,  probably  the 
one  who  married  Samuel  Wilson.  9.  Ed- 
ward, born  August  23,  1689,  died  February 
^7'  '"85;  soldier  in  1708-9:  was  major,  justice 
of  the  peace,  judge  of  court  of  common  pleas, 
representative  to  general  court  until  past 
eighty  years  old.  on  committee  of  safety  and 
correspondence,  and  was  the  most  conspicu- 
ous man  of  his  day  in  Concord;  married  Sar- 
ah ^Vilde^.  10.  Jonathan,  born  February  15, 
1691-2,  died  (3ctober  18,  1713;  married  first, 
Elizabeth  Brown,  and  (second)  Sarah  Wheeler. 

(HI)  Ebenezer  Hartwell,  eldest  child  of 
John  Hartwell  (2),  was  born  in  Concord, 
February  28,  1665,  and  died  in  Carlisle,  an 
adjoining  town,  January  i,  1723-4.  He  bought 
his  homestead  of  his  father-in-law,  and  the 
southern  part  of  the  house  where  John  S. 
Keycs  lately  lived,  in  Concord  village,  across 
the  line  in  Carlisle.  He  married,  March  27, 
1690.  Sarah  Smedley,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Wheeler)  Smedley ;  she  wa.s  born  1670, 
and  died  November  13,  1715.  Their  children: 
I.  John,  born  April  i,  i6qi :  was  district  clerk 
of  Carlisle  before  it  was  incorporated  as  a 
town,  and  ensign  in  the  militia.  2.  Priscilla, 
born  December  13,  1692;  died  young.  3. 
Sarah,  born  July  28,  1694;  married  Jonathan 
Melvin.  4.  Priscilla,  born  January  27,  1696- 
7,  died  August  2,  1778;  said  to  have  had  a 
lover  who  went  to  Maine,  turned  hunter  and 
hermit,  and  never  rettirned.  5.  Ebenezer, 
born    March   22,   1698-9,  died   1739;  went  to 


Groton ;   married,  August  4, 


Rachel 


Francvvorth.     6.  Samuel,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Samuel  Hartwell,  youngest  child  of 
Ebenezer  Hartwell  (3),  was  born  in  Concord, 
April  30,  1702,  died  in  Groton,  May  26,  1782; 

married,    1727,    Sarah   ,    who    died    in 

1733,  having  two  children  who  died  yoimg. 
He  married  (second)  June  7,  1737,  Sarah 
Holden,  of  Groton,  who  was  born  September 
5,  1717.  He  settled  in  the  north  part  of  Gro- 
ton, near  the  Nashua  river.  Their  children 
were  all  probably  born  in  Groton ;  i .  Sarah, 
born  March  9,  1738,  died  May  5,  1790;  mar- 
ried Job  Shattuck,  a  captain  in  the  revolution. 
2.  Rachel,  born  December  19,  1739,  died  Au- 
gust 16,  1758.  3.  An  infant,  born  May  21, 
1742,  died  young.  4.  Priscilla,  born  February 
25,  1745,  died  February  17,  1828;  married 
James  Green.  5.  Samuel,  born  July  21,  1748, 
died  young.  6.  Hannah,  born  September  27, 
1751  ;  removed  to  Springfield,  Vermont,  1805. 
7.  Lois,  born  December  19,  1758,  married 
Simeon  Lakin,  of  Groton,  a  revolutionary 
soldier.     8.  Samuel ;  see  forward. 

(V)  Samuel  Hartwell,  youngest  child  of 
Samuel  Hartwell  (4),  was  born  in  Groton, 
August  7,  1771,  and  died  there  March  24, 
1842.  He  married  Caroline  M.  Wright,  of 
Groton,  who  was  born  August  21,  1772,  died 
March  5,  1853.  He  was  a  farmer,  noted  for 
his  fine  physique  and  great  strength.  He 
lived  in  Groton.  Children:  i.  Samuel, 
born  November  7,  1804,  died  June  11, 
1825.  2.  John  H.,  born  November  11, 
1806;  married.  May  12,  1831,  Caroline  M. 
Shattuck,  of  Groton,  born  October  ri,  181 1; 
they  removed  to  Germania,  Wisconsin,  in 
i860,  and  have  many  descendants.  3.  David, 
born  August  2,  1808,  died  September  20, 
1878;  married  Harriet  N.  Hay  ward,  of  Eas- 
ton,  who  was  born  March  8,  1815,  died  De- 
cember 8,  1869;  in  1837  removed  to  Beverly, 
Ohio;  in  1849  to  Carrollton,  Illinois;  in  1854 
to  Macoupin  county,  Illinois;  in  1870  to  Val- 
ley Centre,  Kansas;  was  a  contractor  and 
builder;  left  many  descendants.  4.  Caroline, 
born  December  3,  1812,  died  July  8,  1844.  5. 
Matilda,  twin  with  Caroline:  died  April  8, 
1848;  married,  September  24,  1840,  Harrison 
J.  Searles,  of  Westford,  carpenter.  6.  Benja- 
min F.,  of  whom  later.  7.  James  C,  born 
May  12,  1817,  died  April  22,  1862;  married 
September  24,  1840.  Mary  G.  Corey,  of  Gro- 
ton, who  was  born  March  10,  1819:  removed 
to  southern  Ohio;  later  to  Carrollton,  Illinois, 
and  Medora,  Illinois;  was  farmer  and  carpen- 
ter. 

(\T)      Benjamin    Franklin    Hartwell,    sixth 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


child  and  fourtli  son  of  Samuel  Hartwell  (5), 
was  born  in  Groton,  November  5,  1814.  He 
married  November  25,  1839,  Emma  Whit- 
man, of  Stow,  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  Whit- 
man;  she  was  born  March  27,  1812,  and  died 
April  22,  1880.  In  early  life  he  was  a  teach- 
er, and  was  for  some  time  principal  of  Frank- 
lin Academy,  at  Germantown,  Pennsylvania. 
Later  he  was  a  contractor  and  builder  at  Lit- 
tleton, Massachusetts.  He  also  lived  at  Gro- 
ton  afterward,  and  at  Zanesville,  Ohio,  where 
he  died,  January  21,  1891.  The  three  genera- 
tions ending  with  Benjamin  F.  Hartwell  were 
unusually  long  lived.  His  grandfather  was 
l)orn  in  1702,  and  he  died  in  1891,  making  for 
three  generations  a  span  of  one  hundred  and 
eighty-nine  years.  Children:  I.  Josephine, 
born  December  22,  1840.  died  yovmg.  2.  Em- 
ma, born  May  20,  1843;  married  September 
13,  1871,  M.  V.  B.  Kennedy,  of  Georgetown, 
Ohio,  who  was  born  February  24,  1843,  deal- 
er in  books  and  stationery  in  Zanesville,  Ohio ; 
she  is  living  there  now  (1906);  had  son  Har- 
ris H.,  born  September  29,  1873,  late  city 
auditor  of  Zanesville.  Ohio.  3.  Benjamin 
Hall,  born  February  ij ,  1845:  see  forward. 
4.  Harris  C,  born  December  28,  1847; 
died  at  Fitchburg,  December  9,  1891  ; 
graduate  of  Harvard;  lawyer  by  profession; 
member  of  school  board,  Fitchburg;  city  so- 
licitor: representative  in  general  court  and 
state  senator;  president  of  senate,  1889:  offi- 
cially connected  with  various  financial  and 
industrial  corporations;  married  Effie  V^.  F., 
daughter  of  Colonel  Daniel  Needham,  of  Gro- 
ton."  5.  Charlotte  E.,  born  August  8,  1852; 
married,  .-\ugust  16,  1872,  Philetus  C.  La- 
throp,  of  Norwalk,  Ohio,  who  was  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1839;  he  served  in  the  civil  war;  was 
manufacturer  of  gloves  at  Gloversville;  re- 
sides in  Arlington,  Massachusetts;  no  cliil- 
dren. 

(VII)  Benjamin  Flail  Hartwell,  third  child 
and  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  Franklin  Hart- 
well, was  born  February  2"] ,  1845,  '"  Acton, 
Massachusetts.  He  began  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town;  pur- 
sued advanced  branches  in  Lawrence  Acade- 
my, where  he  graduated  and  was  later  a  trus- 
tee of  the  institution ;  and  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege :  then  taught  in  the  high  school  in  Gro- 
ton,  and  prepared  for  his  profession,  that  of 
medicine,  in  the  Jeflferson  Medical  College, 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1868,  when  twenty-three 
years  of  age.  He  subsequently  took  special 
coin-scs  in  niedicint'  in  New  "N'ork  City,  and 
London.    F.ngland.       lie    began    practice    in 


Troy,  New  Hampshire,  but  after  a  brief  resi- 
dence there  removed  to  Groton  Junction,  now 
Ayer,  Massachusetts,  in  1869.  In  the  last 
named  place  he  became  one  of  the  leading 
men,  not  only  in  the  line  of  his  profession,  but 
in  every  enterprise  that  had  for  its  object  the 
lietterment  and  develo])ment  of  the  town.  He 
combined  with  the  duties  of  physician  the 
personal  interest  and  sympathy  of  personal 
friendship,  and  in  many  cases  his  services 
were  unrequited,  as  he  never  inquired  into 
the  ability  of  his  patients  to  make  compensa- 
tion, and  never  forced  a  collection  of  a  bill  if 
it  would  work  oppression  upon  the  debtor. 
His  professional  ability  brought  him  appoint- 
ment as  surgeon  on  the  staff  of  Colonel  Kim- 
ball, Tenth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Militia, 
and  he  served  in  that  capacity  for  three  years. 
For  about  thirty  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  L'nited  States  board  of  pension  examin- 
ers. He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Medical 
Legal  Society,  of  which  he  was  president  for 
three  years;  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Fo.x- 
boro  Hospital.  Outside  his  profession  he 
rendered  public  services  of  great  value.  In 
1888  he  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  from 
.\ver,  and  served  on  the  committee  on  ways 
and  means.  He  was  an  earnest  champion  of 
the  cause  of  education,  and  it  was  through  his 
instrumentality  that  the  high  school  of  Ayer 
was  established;  he  was  chairman  of  the 
Aver  school  board  for  many  years;  and  at  the 
time  of  his  demise,  of  the  two  hundred  and 
forty-three  graduates  of  the  high  school, 
every  class,  two  only  excepted,  received  their 
diplomas  from  his  hands.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  and  a  life  trustee  of  the  Public  Li- 
brary, serving  as  chairman  of  the  board;  and 
was  the  leading  factor  in  the  organization  of 
the  Ayer  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was  a 
director;  and  of  the  North  Middlesex  Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Ayer,  of  which  he  was  president 
until  his  death.  In  all  these  public  relations 
he  never  permitted  his  personal  interests  to 
stand  before  the  performance  of  official  duty. 
He  was  prominent  in  the  Masonic  fraternity; 
he  was  affiliated  with  Caleb  Butler  Lodge,  for 
upwards  of  thirty  years,  in  which  he  was  past 
master;  he  served  as  district  deputy  grand 
master  for  three  years.  He  was  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  in  religion,  a  Republican  in  politics, 
also  was  a  member  of  the  Middlesex  Club. 

Dr.  Hartwell  married.  September  10,  1879, 
Helen  Emily  Clarke,  born  June  12,  1848,  in 
Groton,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Major 
Eusebius  S.  and  I\Iary  J.  (Shattuck)  Clarke, 
and  granddaughter  of   Robert  Clarke,  whose 


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grandfather  was  one  of  three  brothers  who 
came  from  Londonderry.  Ireland,  and  set- 
tled in  the  village  of  the  same  name  in  New 
Hampshire.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war 
Eusebius  S.  Clarke  responded  to  the  first  call 
of  President  Lincoln  for  troops,  and  entered 
the  service  as  captain  of  Company  B,  Sixth 
Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteers.  It  was 
his  regiment  which  met  the  murderous  on- 
slaught of  the  mob  in  the  city  of  Baltimore. 
It  filled  out  its  period  of  three  months  guard- 
ing the  approaches  to  Washington  City,  at 
Relay  Depot,  near  Baltimore.  On  the  expir- 
ation of  his  term  of  service  he  re-entered  the 
service  as  captain  of  Company  B,  Twenty- 
sixth  Regiment  Alassachusetts  Volunteers, 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major,  and  was 
wounded  in  action  at  the  battle  of  Winches- 
ter and  died  a  month  later  from  the  efifect 
October  i",  1864. 


Among  the  representative 
RODGERS  citizens  of  the  city  of  Maiden 
is  Millard  Filmore  Rodgers, 
a  lineal  descendant  of  Thomas  Rogers,  who 
came  over  in  the  "Mayflower"  in  1620,  with 
Joseph  Rogers,  his  son,  and  settled  in  Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  The  next 
in  line  of  descent  of  whom  we  have  any  in- 
formation was  Hezekiah  Rodgers,  who  mar- 
ried Alartha  Scott.  Their  son.  Hezekiah  Rod- 
gers, born  October  12,  7780,  married  Dorcas 
Cleveland,  born  May  13,  1777.  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  5  son,  Lucius  Cleveland  Rod- 
gers, born  in  Plymouth  Colony,  May  15, 
181 1,  a  Methodist  preacher,  and  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.  He  married  Mary  Austin, 
born  .\pril  14,  1816,  in  West  Frankfort,  New 
York,  daughter  of 'Freeborn  Austin. 

Millard  Filmore  Rodgers,  son  of  Lucius 
Cleveland  and  Mary  (Austin)  Rodgers,  was 
born  November  15,  1848,  at  Schuyler,  Herki- 
mer county.  New  York.  His  early  schooling 
was  obtained  in  the  village  school,  and  this 
was  supplemented  by  attendance  at  the  .sem- 
inary at  Whitestown.  Oneida  county.  New 
York,  and  Fort  Edward  Institute.  Fort  Ed- 
ward, Washington  county.  New  York,  from 
both  of  which  institutions  he  graduated.  He 
served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  trade  of  car- 
penter, but  did  not  follow  that  liije  of  work. 
For  several  years  he  was  employed  in  the 
manufacture  of  army  guns  for  E.  Reming- 
ton Sons,  Ilion,  New  York,  and  in  1884  took 
up  the  undertaking  business  as  a  profession 
and  has  followed  same  to  the  present  time 
(igo8).      That    good    deeds    can    be    accom- 


plished even  in  our  daily  vocations  is  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  for  many  years  and 
also  at  the  present  time.  Mr.  Rodgers  has 
taken  upon  himself  the  entire  cost  of  burial 
of  members  of  the  Maiden  Home  for  Aged 
Persons,  a  most  philanthropic  work.  Mr. 
Rodgers  is  a  member  of  the  Center  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  and  for  many  years 
has  served  in  the  capacity  of  secretary  of  dif- 
ferent Sunday  schools.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  serving  as  warden  of  ward  three 
in  the  city  of  Maiden.  He  was  formerly  a 
member  of  Olive  Branch  Lodge,  No.  40,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Frankfort,  New 
York,  of  which  he  was  secretary,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  Converse  Lodge,  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  the  Royal  Arch  Chap- 
ter of  the  Tabernacle;  and  Beauseant  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar,  all  of  which  are 
of  Maiden.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Aleppo 
Temple,  Ancient  .\rabic  Order  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Boston;  Crystal  Chapter,  (Jrder  of 
Eastern  Star,  Maiden;  Maiden  Lodge  of  Elks; 
the  Kernwood  and  Maiden  Clubs,  of  Maiden; 
associate  member  of  Post  No.  40,  Grand 
.■\rmy  of  the  Republic,  Maiden,  and  of  the 
Maiden  Young  Men"s  Christian  Association. 
That  Mr.  Rodgers  is  taking  an  active  and 
prominent  part  in  the  various  affairs  of  his 
adopted  city  is  clearly  demonstrated  by  this 
brief  account  of  his  career. 

Mr.  Rodgers  married,  October  28,  1874, 
Fannie  M.  Fairchild,  in  Ilion,  New  York. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  Robert  T.  and  Nancy 
Fairchild,  of  Ilion,  New  York.  She  was  a 
graduate  of  the  Oswego  Normal  School,  Os- 
wego, New  York,  and  had  been  a  teacher  for 
several  vears.  Children:  M.  Floyd  and  M. 
Flora  (twins),  born  January  14.  1877,  in  Ilion, 
New  York;  the  latter  was  married  to  Ralph 
.\.  Knight,  June  12,  iqo7,  and  resides  in  Mai- 
den. Ralph  Fairchild,  born  in  Frankfort, 
New  York,  November  9,  1879,  was  drowned 
in  Maranacook  Lake,  Maine,  in  .'Kugust,  1903, 
in  the  twentv-fourth  vear  of  his  age. 


The  surname  Howard  origi- 
HOW.\RD     nated  in  England  during  the 

thirteenth  century,  and  was 
derived  from  Hayward,  Harward  and  Here- 
ward.  The  first  to  adopt  the  present  form  of 
spelling  was,  undoubtedly  William  Howard, 
a  learned  and  honored  jurist  in  the  reign  of 
Edward  I.  That  monarch  married  for  his 
second  consort  Margaret,  daughter  of  Philip 
the  Hardv  of  France,  and  his  eldest  son  by 
this  marriage  was  Thomas  Plantagenet,  sur- 


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named  De  Brotherton.  The  latter's  great- 
granddaughter  Margaret,  who  was  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Thomas  de  Mowbray,  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  became  the  wife  of  Sir  Robert  How- 
ard, a  descendant  of  William  Howard,  the 
jurist  just  mentioned.  Howard  was  the  fami- 
ly name  of  several  dukes  of  Norfolk.  The 
Howards  of  America,  in  common  with 
those  of  the  mother  country,  are  the  posterity 
of  William  the  jurist.  The  Howard  family 
now  being  considered  is  thought  to  be  the 
progeny  of  Robert  and  Mary  Howard,  who 
came  from  England  and  were  early  settlers  in 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  where  Robert 
was  made  a  freeman  in  1635.  Their  children 
were:  Jonathan,  Robert,  Hannah,  Jeremiah, 
Bethia,  Mary,  Temperance  and  perhaps  oth- 
ers. 

Robert  (2)  Howard,  second  son  and  child 
of  Robert  and  Mary  Howard,  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  Boston  in  1683.  By  his  wife  Eliz- 
abeth he  had  Sarah,  Robert  and  Samuel. 

Thomas  Howard,  probably  a  grandson  of 
Robert  and  Elizabeth  Howard,  resided  in 
Boston.  He  was  the  father  of  Thomas,  Ben- 
jamin, Joseph  and  Mary.  Joseph  married 
and  reared  two  children:  Joseph  and  Mary. 

Thomas  (2)  Howard,  eldest  son  of  Thomas, 
was  born  in  1749,  probably  in  Boston.  He 
settled  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
followed  the  cooper's  trade,  and  his  death  oc- 
curred there  August  29,  1829,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-nine  years.  He  was  married  in 
Hingham,  to  Sarah  Mansfield,  born  in  that 
town,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Waters) 
Mansfield,  and  died  August  19,  1817.  She 
was  a  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Farnsworth)  Mansfield, 
the  former  of  whom  was  made  a  freeman  at 
Hingham  in  1684,  and  his  wife  was  of  Dor- 
chester. The  line  of  descent  from  John  and 
Elizabeth  is  through  John  (2),  Joseph  (3), 
and  Joseph  (4).  The  children  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (Mansfield)  Howard  were:  Sarah, 
Thomas,  Benjamin.  Molly,  Ned  (who  died  in 
infancy),  another  Ned,  Waters  (died  at  the 
age  of  one  year),  Charles,  Edmund  and  a  sec- 
ond Waters. 

Thomas  (3)  Howard,  second  child  and  eld- 
est son  of  Thomas  and  .Sarah  (Mansfield) 
Howard,  was  born  in  Hingham,  September 
30,  1779.  On  January  7,  1807,  he  married 
Hannah  Wilder,  and  in  1810  he  removed  from 
Hingham  to  a  farm  in  Ashburnham,  Massa- 
chusetts, residing  there  for  the  rest  of  his  life, 
which  terminated  NovemI)cr  3,  1861.  Ffis 
wife,  who  died  November  14.  1870,  was  a 
daughter   of   .Sanuiel     and     Hannah     (Lasell) 


Wilder,  and  a  descendant  in  the  sixth  genera- 
tion through  Samuel  (4),  Thomas  (3)  and 
Isaac  (2)  of  Edward  Wilder,  the  emigrant 
ancestor  of  all  of  that  name  who  have  resided 
in  Hingham.  The  latter  was  granted  land  in 
Hingham  in  1637,  and  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1644.  Mrs.  Hannah  Howard  was  the  mother 
of  seven  children :  Hannah,  Thomas,  Samuel 
W.,  Lewis,  George  H.,  Marv  W.  and  Lucy 
M. 

Thomas  (4)  Howard,  second  child  and  eld- 
est son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Wilder) 
Howard,  was  born  in  Hingham,  October  28, 
1809.  When  a  young  man  he  settled  in  East 
Cambridge,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  coal 
business,  and  later  employed  by  the  New 
England  Glass  Works.  He  died  November 
17,  1850.  December  3.  1835,  he  married 
Hannah  Elizabeth  Wright,  daughter  of  Joel 
S.  Wright,  who  was  at  one  time  town  clerk  of 
.\cton,  Massachusetts,  and  her  maternal 
grandfather  was  Captain  David  Brown,  who 
commanded  a  company  of  minute  men  at  the 
North  Bridge,  Concord,  April  19,  1775. 
Thomas  and  Hannah  E.  (Wright)  Howard 
were  the  parents  of  three  sons:  Frank  Edson, 
born  March  12,  1837,  died  January  14,  1863; 
George  H.,  who  will  be  again  referred  to;  and 
Thomas  Melville,  born  November  26.  1844. 
The  latter,  who  married  Mary  Elizabeth  Mat- 
tell,  died  in  Somerville,  October  12,  igoo. 

George  Henry  Howard,  second  son  of 
Thomas  and  Haimah  E.  (Wright)  Howard, 
was  born  in  Cambridge,  November  13,  1838. 
He  attended  school  in  Pepperell  and  Cam- 
bridge, and  at  the  conclusion  of  his  studies  he 
found  employment  at  the  New  England  Glass 
Works  in  East  Cambridge.  In  April,  1861, 
he  enlisted  for  service  in  the  civil  war  in  a 
company  raised  in  Cambridge  which  was  as- 
signed to  the  Sixteenth  Regiment  Massachu- 
setts Volunteer  Infantry  as  Company  A,  and 
proceeding  to  the  front  joined  the  forces  un- 
der the  command  of  General  McClellan.  In 
the  fall  of  1 86 1  he  was  promoted  to  first  lieu- 
tenant of  Company  C,  of  Groton.  which  was 
ordered  to  Baltimore  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
tecting troops  passing  through  the  city,  and 
his  regiment  subsequently  joined  the  com- 
mand of  Genera!  Wood  at  Fortress  Monroe, 
where  he  witnessed  the  famous  action  be- 
tween the<  "Merrimac"  and  the  "Monitor." 
He  afterward  served  in  the  .\rmy  of  the  Po- 
tomac, participating  in  the  battle  of  Seven 
Pines  and  several  other  important  engage- 
ments, including  the  second  battle  of  Bull 
Run.  As  his  elder  brother  was  stricken  with 
a  fatal  ilhioss.  and  his  vouiiger  lirother  was 


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also  serving  his  country  in  the  army,  he  was 
obHged  to  resign  his  commission  in  order  to 
care  for  the  family,  and  he  reluctantly  with- 
drew from  the  service  for  that  purpose.  Ac- 
cepting a  position  at  the  Portland  (Maine) 
Glass  Works,  he  had  charge  of  the  mould  de- 
partment there  for  a  period  of  four  years,  at 
the  expiration  of  which  time  he  resigned  in 
order  to  accept  a  more  lucrative  offer  tend- 
ered him  by  the  management  of  the  newly 
established  glass  works  in  Montreal,  Prov- 
ince of  Quebec,  and  he  remained  in  that  city 
some  eighteen  months.  Returning  to  Cam- 
bridge he  pursued  a  special  course  of  in- 
struction at  Bryant  and  Stratton's  Business 
College,  at  the  conclusion  of  which  he  ac- 
cepted an  appointment  as  a  constable  on  the 
police  force  under  Mayor  Jones,  and  retained 
it  until  1871.  In  the  latter  year  he  entered  as 
a  bookkeeper  the  employ  of  W.  L.  Lockhart, 
manufacturer  of  and  wholesale  dealer  in  un- 
dertakers" supplies,  and  was  admitted  to  part- 
nership in  1893  and  is  still  engaged  in  that 
business. 

In  pohtics  Mr.  Howard  is  a  Repubhcan, 
and  during  the  past  thirty-five  years  has  fre- 
quently been  elected  to  public  office.  For 
the  years  1873,  '74.  '81,  '82,  '83  and  '84  he 
served  in  the  Cambridge  common  council, 
being  president  of  that  body  for  three  years; 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen  in 
1875  and  '76;  was  appointed  one  of  the  sink- 
ing fund  commissioners  in  1887  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  water  board  in  1888.  both  of  these 
important  trusts  he  still  retains.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Wildey  Savings  Bank,  and  was 
formerly  a  director  of  the  East  Cambridge 
Savings  Bank.  He  was  made  a  Master  Ma- 
son in  Portland  Lodge  No.  i,  from  which  he 
was  demitted  to  Putnam  Lodge,  Cambridge; 
entered  the  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons  in 
1882,  and  is  a  charter-member  of  Cambridge 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  also 
affiliated  with  New  England  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  and  the 
Knights  of  Honor,  and  the  Knights  and  La- 
dies of  Honor;  is  one  of  the  original  members 
of  the  New  England  Order  of  Protection,  in 
which  he  has  occupied  all  of  the  important 
chairs;  is  a  comrade  of  Post  No.  57,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  which  he  served  as 
commander  for  twelve  terms,  or  until  declin- 
ing further  election;  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Cambridge  and  Colonial  Clubs.  For  twenty 
five  consecutive  years  prior  to  1896  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  con- 
nected with  the  Second  Baptist  Church,  and 


was   at   one    time   a    director   of   the    Young 
Men's  Christian  Association. 

April  28,  1861.  Mr.  Howard  married  Miss 
Charlotte  Bruce  Wickens,  who  was  born  in 
Shelbourne,  Nova  Scotia,  June  23,  1840, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Isabella  Wickens. 
She  is  a  great-granddaughter  of  Lady  St. 
Clair  and  Sir  Archibald  Scott  Bruce,  of  Scot- 
land. Of  this  union  there  are  twO'  daughters: 
Lottie  Evangeline,  born  March  14,  1862;  and 
Lillie  Belle,  born  March  lo,  1865.  LiUie 
Belle  is  now  the  wife  of  Herbert  W.  Pierce  of 
Newton,  and  their  children  are:  Earl  How- 
ard, born  February  3,  1888;  and  Ruth  Evan- 
geline, born  January  2,  1898. 


Edward  Cox,  the  immigrant  ances- 
COX     tor,  according   to    the    "History    of 

Plymouth.  New  Hampshire,"  was 
an  early  settler  at  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  at  Nottingham  West,  now  Hudson, 
New  Hampshire.  Mrs.  Eleanora  Cox,  who 
died  at  Londonderry,  October  2,  1749,  aged 
seventy-three,  is  believed  to  be  his  mother. 
She  was  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  at  Derry, 
where  a  stone  marks  her  place  of  burial.  Ed- 
ward Cox  married  Molly  Mitton.     Children: 

1.  Charles,  mentioned  below.  2.  John,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution  from  Londonderry. 
3.  Edward,  Jr.,  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  at 
Londonderry. 

(II)  Charles  Cox,  son  of  Edward  Cox  (i), 
was  born  probably  in  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1746.  He  was  an  early  set- 
tler and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Holderness, 
New  Hampshire.  He  married  Mary  Elliott. 
Children,  born  at  Holderness:  i.  John,  had 
a  son  Caleb.  2.  Thomas,  born  August  11, 
1782,  married.  May  28,  1807,  Miriam  Dear- 
born, daughter  of  Samuel  Dearborn,  a  farrrier 
of  Holderness,  where  he  died  May  3,  1830; 
his  wife  married  (second),  1834,  Ezekiel  Hoyt, 
of  Sandwich,  and  died  in  New  Hampton, 
April  II,  1873.  3.  Mary,  buried  in  the  old 
cemetery  at  Derry,  New  Hampshire.  4. 
James,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  James  Cox,  son  of  Charles  Cox  (2), 
was  born  about  1770.  He  was  brought  up 
in  Holderness,  New  Hampshire,  where  his 
father  was  an  early  settler.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  the  adjoining  town  of  Thornton.  He  is 
buried  in  Holderness.  He  married  Catherine 
Wallace,  who  is  buried  at  Holderness  also. 
Children:  William  Wallace,  born  June  8,  1793. 

2.  James,  Jr.,  born  December  8.  1794.  died 
Februar\-  28,    1844.     3.   Mary,  liorn  July  20. 


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1798,  died  July  26,  1844.  4.  Hannah  Wal- 
lace, born  April  29,  1800,  died  May  10,  1800. 
5.  Leonard  Jarvis.  born  July  31,  1801,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Caroline,  born  May  25, 
1804. 

(IV)  Colonel  Leonard  Jarvis  Cox,  son  of 
James  Cox  (3),  was  born  at  Holderness,  New 
Hampshire,  July  31,  1801.  He  received  a 
common  school  education,  and  during  the 
summer  season  worked  on  his  father's  farm. 
In  early  life  he  left  home  and  went  to  Boston, 
where  for  four  years  he  worked  in  various 
restaurants.  He  returned  then  to  Holderness 
and  finally  settled  on  the  Howe  farm  in  the 
northwest  part  oif  the  town,  near  Squam  pond. 
He  carried  on  this  farm  until  1843,  when  he 
removed  to  Thornton,  New  Hampshire.  In 
1850  he  removed  from  Thornton  to  Manches- 
ter, New  Hampshire,  where  he  engaged .  in 
teaming  and  farming  for  his  livelihood  until 
his  death,  September  23,  1861.  He  was  small 
of  stature,  quiet  in  manner,  and  of  great  in- 
dustry. In  religion  be  was  a  Methodist ;  in 
politics  a  Democrat.  He  was  active  in  the 
New  Hampshire  militia,  and  rose  to  the  com- 
mand of  his  regiment.  He  was  generally 
known  in  later  years  by  his  military  title, 
Colonel  Cox.  He  married  Mary  Clark,  who 
was  born  April  23,  1801,  and  died  September 
12,  1882,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  Clark, 
of  Holderness.  Children:  i.  Catherine  Wal- 
lace, born  January  8,  1826,  died  1864.  2. 
Arthur  Clark,  born  May  27,  1827,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Electa  Ann,  bom  July  7,  1829,  died 
October  9,  1889;  married  Jonathan  M.  San- 
born, of  Manchester ;  no  children.  4.  Matilda 
Jane,  born  at  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire, 
March  2,  1832,  married  Samuel  Adams  Hood, 
of  Miilford,  New  Hampshire ;  children :  i. 
Arthiur  Sumner,  born  July  21,  1857,  married 
Susie  H.  Patten,  of  Deering,  New  Hampshire 
(children:  Alice  Louise,  born  October  14, 
1885,  died  March  9,  1893;  Paul  Arthur,  born 
November  16,  1887;  Emma  L.,  born  October 
10,  1889)  ;  ii.  Lilla  May.  born  March  2,  1872, 
died  November  24,  1892.  5.  James  Loudon, 
born  June  7,  1835,  married,  September  22, 
1859,  Martha  Harris,  of  New  Hampton,  New 
Hanipshire;  children:  i.  Willis  Webster,  born 
February  12,  1867,  died  February  6,  1879;  ii. 
Lillian  Louise,  born  August  11,  1868,  died 
October  15,  1871  ;  iii.  Lura  May,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1871,  died  January  7.  1872;  iv. 
Annie  Estelle,  born  January  25,  1874,  mar- 
ried, July  I,  1896,  Ernest  C.  Wilson  (their 
children :  Mildred  Erastus  Wilson,  born  April 
12,  1897;  Erwin  Noble  Wilson,  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1898 ;  Martlm  Louise  Wilson,  born  Ju% 


3,  1902)  ;  V.  Winnie,  born  November  4,  1876, 
died  Decembejr  17,  1877 ;  vi.  Linnie,  born  Jan- 
uary 2,  1880,  married,  February  i,  1903,  Will 
S.  Morgan,  and  have  one  child,  Langdon, 
born  January  21,  1904;  vii.  Dirdie,  born  July 
3,  1883,  died  September  2.  1883.  6.  Lemuel 
M.,  born  April  15,  1837,  married,  August  20, 
1868,  Mary  Abbie  Andrews ;  children :  i. 
Harry  Leonard,  born  May  12,  1869,  married, 
October  26,  1892,  Alice  M.  Maher  (children: 
Harold  Bernard,  born  August  23,  1895 ;  Her- 
bert Donald,  born  March  26,  1897)  ;  ii.  Fred 
Earl,  born  September  18,  1877,  married,  De- 
cember 28,  1905,  Bertha  ML  Kennedy.  7. 
Charles  Parker,  born  November  22,  1840, 
married,  January  11,  1865,  Adelaide  A.  Bar- 
rus,  of  Boston ;  children :  i.  Irving  Elmer, 
bom  December  21,  1865  ;  ii.  Minerva  Louisa, 
bom  February  12,  1868;  iii.  George  Henry, 
born  September  23,  1869;  iv.  Alary  Florence, 
born  December  7,  1870;  v.  Charles  P.,  Jr., 
bom  January  14,  1872;  vi.  Alvin  Leonard, 
bora  March  30.  1873 ;  vii.  Leota  Amanda, 
born  June  7,  1875  '•  viii-  Elsie  Adelaide,  bom 
September  13,  1876:  ix.  Charlotte  Ann,  bom 
December  9,  1878,  died  April  26,  1880:  x. 
Arthur  Jewell,  born  August  7,  1885 ;  xi.  Ida 
Frances,  born  January  19,  1888.  8.  Mary 
Adelaide,  bom  December  6,  1844,  married, 
November  9,  1870,  Frank  J.  Locke,  of  Win- 
chester,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Arthur  Clark  Cox,  son  of  Leonard 
Jarvis  Cox  (4),  was  born  at  Holderness,  New 
Hampshire,  May  27,  1827.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
until  he  was  eighteen  years  old  worked  on  his 
father's  farm.  When  he  left  home  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Robinson  &  Fifield,  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  and  learned  the  uphol- 
stery business.  He  followed  this  trade  for 
about  fourteen  years.  In  1865  he  came  to 
Winchester,  Massachusetts,  buying  a  third  in- 
terest in  the  Locke  place,  and  engaged  in  mar- 
ket gardening  with  his  brother-in-law.  Oliver 
J.  Locke.  After  Mr.  Locke  retired,  Mr.  Cox 
continued  the  business  alone  until  the  time  of 
his  death,  February  22,  1892.  He  was  very 
industrious  and  prosperous,  upright  and  hon- 
est in  every  kind  of  dealing,  deserving  and 
enjoying  the  fullest  honor  and  confidence  of 
his  townsmen.  In  religion  he  was  a  Metho- 
dist, an  active  and  faithful  member  of  the 
Winchester  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In 
politics  he  w-as  a  Republican.  He  was  an 
earnest  advocate  of  total  abstinence,  and  a 
prominent  temperance  man.  He  was  a  clmr- 
ter  member  of  the  Boston  Market  Gardeners' 
.Association.      He    married,    at    Charlestown, 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


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January  i,  185 1,  Sarah  Alaria  Locke,  daug-h- 
ter  of  Jonathan  and  Betsey  (Russell)  Locke, 
of  West  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Her 
father,  Jonathan  Locke,  was  a  farmer.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Charles  Clark,  born  April  11,  1853, 
at  Charlestown ;  died  at  Winchester,  August 
4,  1883;  married  Sarah  Hovey  Rawson,  of 
Arlington.  2.  Herbert  L.,  born  November  i, 
1866,   mentioned   below. 

(VI)  Herbert  Lincoln  Cox,  son  of  Arthur 
Clark  Cox  (5),  was  born  at  Winchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  i,  1866.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  graduating  from  the  Winchester 
high  school  in  1883.  He  studied  engineering 
and  designing  for  a  year  in  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  and  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Forbes  Lithographing  Company  of 
Boston  in  the  designing  department.  He  then 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston  and  New 
York  Rubber  Company,  49  Franklin  street, 
Boston,  as  bookkeeper.  He  was  with  this 
company  one  year,  and  held  a  similar  position 
two  years  with  the  American  Rubber  Com- 
pany. In  1887  he  decided  to  return  to  the 
homestead, ,  and  associated  himself  with  his 
father  in  conducting  the  market  gardening 
business  on  Ridge  Hill.  In  1889  he  became 
foreman  for  W.  W.  Rawson  on  his  farm  at 
Arlington,  Massachusetts,  and  continued  until 
the  death  of  his  father  in  1892,  a  period  of 
three  years.  He  succeeded  to  his  father's  busi- 
ness and  farm,  and  has  carried  on  the  Ridge 
Hill  place  ever  since  then,  having  one  of  the 
most  profitable  and  valuable  farms  in  that  sec- 
tion. In  December,  1906,  he  becanie  the  own- 
er. The  farm  is  known  as  the  old  Jonathan 
Locke  place,  and  is  situated  in  the  western 
part  of  Winchester,  and  consists  of  twenty- 
seven  acres  of  the  origfinal  one  hundred  and 
seventy-six  acres  on  Ridge  street.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  fancy  cucumbers,  lettuce  and 
radishes.  Much  of  his  produce  is  sold  through 
Rhodes  Brothers,  commission  merchants, 
Boston.  The  produce  is  carted  to  Boston,  his 
produce  wagons  making  trips  to  Boston  dailv. 
September  15,  1906,  the  old  farm  house  which 
had  been  built  by  his  grandfather,  Jonathan 
Locke,  was  destroyed  by  fire.  Herbert  L. 
Cox  erected  the  present  modern  house  on  the 
site  of  the  old  house,  having  finished  the  new 
building  with  modern  improvements  and  also 
a  fine  large  cellar  for  the  storage  of  vegetables 
and  other  produce,  on  November  26,  1907. 
June  I,  1907,  Mr.  Cox  bought  the  Oliver  J. 
Locke  farm  from  the  Locke  estate.  Mr.  Cox 
is  an  enterprising  garden  farmer  and  takes 
much    interest   in    his    homestead,    which    has 


since  1887  been  known  as  Windemere  farm. 
i\Ir.  Cox  has  been  a  member  of  the  Arlington 
Baptist  Church  for  twenty  years,  and  was  in- 
strumental in  raising  the  funds  for  the  new 
edifice.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Sunday  school 
and  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  June  2,  1903,  Dorris  Farnham 
Parmelee,  who  was  born  August  9,  1880,  at 
Portland,  Maine,  daughter  of  Edward  F.  and 
Annie  (Prince)  Parmelee,  of  Portland.  Her 
father  is  with  the  National  Casket  Company 
at  Boston.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cox  have  no  chil- 
dren. 


Louis  Martin  was  born  at  Ba- 
MARTIN  den-Baden,  Germany,  March 
16,  1835.  He  came  to  Ameri- 
ca and  married  there,  February  28,  1870,  Ag- 
nes Gans,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  April 
7,  1852,  the  daughter  of  Valentine  and  Mar- 
garet Gans.  Mrs.  Martin  is  a  woman  of  im- 
usual  business  ability.  She  has  achieved  a 
remarkable  success  as  a  manufacturer  of  co- 
coanut  cakes  and  macaroons.  She  bought 
this  business  April  i,  1891,  of  Maxim  Kaiser, 
of  Dorchester.  She  brought  her  business  to 
Somerville  in  August,  1899,  and  located  at 
9  Stone  avenue  court.  She  employs  a  dozen 
hands  and  has  developed  a  good  market  for 
her  product  in  Boston,  New  York,  Philadel- 
phia. Baltimore,  Cleveland,  Providence,  St. 
Louis,  San  Francisco  and  other  centres  of 
distribution.  The  success  of  the  business  de- 
pends chiefly,  of  course,  on  her  skill  in  pre- 
paring the  ingredients  and  the  excellence  of 
the  product,  but  her  business  ability  has  cre- 
ated the  trade  and  extended  it  to  its  present 
proportions. 

Children:  i.  John  Martin,  born  April  9, 
1872,  died  at  Somerville.  May  2,  1896;  as- 
sisted his  mother  in  the  shop.  2.  Joseph, 
born  March  23.  1874,  died  June  19,  1876.  3. 
Josephine,  born  December  7,  1875,  educated 
in  the  parochial  schools;  married  Patrick  Mo- 
lan,  son  of  Martin  and  Mary  (Murphy)  Mo- 
lan,  at  Boston,  December  13,  1894.  4.  Mary, 
born  January  20.  1878,  graduate  of  the  paro- 
chial and  Somerville  high  school;  married 
George  Maywood.  5.  Frances,  born  March 
17,  1880,  educated  in  the  parochial  school  of 
Somerville;  married  M.  Blute.  6.  Louis, 
born  and  died  June,  1882.  7.  Anna,  born 
June,  1884,  died  June,  1888.  8.  William, 
born  August,  1885,  educated  in  the  parochial 
school;  associated  with  his  mother  in  busi- 
ness.    9.  Louisa,  born  March  23,   1887,  died 


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February,  1888.  10.  George,  born  February 
17,  1889,  associated  with  his  mother  in  busi- 
ness. 


Robert  Stiles,  the  first  of  the 
STILES  name  in  Massachusetts  Bay  Col- 
ony and  probably  in  New  Eng- 
land, is  credited  as  a  native  of  Yorkshire, 
England.  He  was  an  early  settler  on  "Mr. 
Ezechi  Roger's  plantation"  adjacent  to  New- 
bury, Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  which  was 
established  as  the  town  of  Rowley,  Essex 
county,  September  4,  1639,  in  that  part  of 
the  town  set  off  to  form  the  town  of  Boxford, 
September  14,  1694.  He  owned  a  farm  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  and  his  farm  res- 
idence was  near  what  became  known  in  later 
years  as  East  Parish  Village  and  East  Box- 
ford.  He  paid  taxes  to  the  town  of  Rowley, 
166064,  ancl  lie  acquired  more  lands  about 
1666-67.  He  was  married  October  4,  1660, 
to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna  Frye 
of  Andover.  Elizabeth  Frye  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1637.  Robert  Stiles  was  constable  of 
Rowley.  1686,  and  died  July  30,  1690.  His 
wife  Elizabeth  was  admitted  to  the  church  at 
Boxford  February  21,  1703,  and  their  ten 
children  were:  i.  John,  born  in  Rowley,  Jan- 
uary, 1661.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  March  15, 
1662:  married  John  Buswell,  of  Boxford.  3. 
Sarah,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Abigail,  born  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1666.  5.  Ebenezer.  born  February 
ah,  born  October  20,  1672.  7.  Robert,  born 
November  15,  1673;  married  Ruth  Bridges. 
20,  166 — ;  married  Dorothy  Ftalton.  6.  Sar 
8.  Eunice ;  married  Robert  Willis.  9.  Tim- 
othy; born  October  i,  1679;  married  Han- 
nah Foster.  10.  Samuel,  born  May  21,  1682; 
married  Elizabeth  Cor\'.  From  this  family  of 
children  of  the  immigrant  ancestor  Robert 
Stiles,  the  Stiles  family  in  the  different  lines 
may  be  traced. 

Alba  Glazier  Stiles  was  born  in  Water- 
ford,  Caledonia  county,  Vermont,  October 
28,  1828,  and  at  an  early  age  removec 
to  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  flour  and  grain  business,  and  he  con- 
tinued to  carry  on  this  enterprise  in  Lowell 
up  to  1904,  when  he  retired  with  an  ample 
fortune.  He  was  an  earnest  believer  in  the 
faith  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  and  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Worthen  Street  Baptist  Church 
of  Lowell.  He  was  a  Republican  in  political 
faith,  but  not  an  active  worker  in  the  political 
field  or  an  office  seeker.  He  was  married 
first,  on  May  15.  1853,  to  Caroline,  daughter 
of   Daniel    and    Jane    (Heagan)    Crockett,    of 


Prospect  (Maine).  She  died  May  20,  1868, 
and  he  was  married  (second)  November  25, 
1868,  to  Amelia  Ann,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
(1793-1883)  and  Adeline  (Chandler)  (1803- 
1883)  Jennison,  and  granddaughter  of  Ebe-' 
nezer  (1769-1842)  and  Sally  Webb  (1769- 
1862)  Jemiison.  The  Jennison  family  in  New 
England  trace  their  genealogy  back  to  the 
father  of  William  and  Robert  Jennison.  These 
two  sons  came  from  Colchester,  England,  in 
1630,  and  William  was  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Charles  Towne,  organized  as  a  town 
August  23,  1630,  and  located  across  the 
Charles  river  from  Tri-Mountain,  organized 
as  the  town  of  Boston,  September  7,  1630. 
He  built  a  house  in  Charles  Towne  the  same 
year,  and  the  next  year  (163 1)  sold  it  and  re- 
moved to  Water  Towne,  where  his  brother 
Robert  had  settled  August  16,  1631.  Wil- 
liam Jennison  was  ensign  of  the  militia  or- 
ganized to  protect  the  settlers  from  the  In- 
dians, 1631,  and  was  admitted  as  a  freeman 
of  the  town  May  18,  1631;  was  one  of  the 
first  selectmen  and  deputy  to  the  general 
court  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  He 
made  a  trip  to  Bermuda  in  the  ship  "Thun- 
der," in  the  capacity  of  pilot,  leaving  the  port 
of  Boston  on  October  17,  1633,  and  on  his 
return  reporting  as  to  the  condition  of  the 
English  immigrants  living  in  that  colony.  In 
1636  he  was  made  captain  of  the  militia,  and 
led  his  company,  made  up  of  all  the  able  bod- 
ied men  of  the  town,  against  the  Pequot  In- 
dians, and  he  showed  so  much  military  skill 
that  he  was  made  captain  of  the  train  band  in 
1638.  He  was  selectman  of  Watertown  1635- 
1642  and  1644,  and  deputy  to  the  general 
court  1637,  1642  and  1645,  ^"d  in  1646  he 
returned  to  England.  He  does  not  appear  to 
have  had  any  descendants  in  New  England 
but  his  brother  Robert. 

(I)  Robert  Jennison,  accompanied  by  his 
wife  Elizabeth"  settled  in  Water  Towne,  "the 
town  upon  Charles  river,"  .August  16,  1631, 
and  was  at  once  made  ensign  to  Captain 
Patrick,  who  commanded  the  military  com- 
panv.  He  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors 
of  the  town,  and  was  admitted  as  a  freeman 
in  May,  1645.  As  such  he  was  attorney  for 
the  brother  "William,  who  had  returned  to 
Colchester,  England,  and  sold  his  land  in 
1657.  His  wife  died  October  30.  1638,  leav- 
ing one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  born  in  Water- 
town,  .-Xpril  12,  1637,  who  married  Deacon 
George  Reed  (1629 — )  of  Woburn,  son  of 
\^'illiam  and  Mabel  Reed.  Robert  Jennison 
was  married,  (second)  about  1639,  to  Grace 
.  and  hv  her  had  one  daughter,  Michal, 


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born  in  Watertown,  December  17,  1640,  who 
married  Richard  Bloys,  and  (secondly)  John 
Warren,  Jr.  Widow  Bloys-Warren  died 
July  14,  1713;  and  they  had  one  son,  Samuel. 

(IIj  Samuel  Jennison,  son  of  Robert  and 
Elizabeth  Jennison,  was  born  in  Watertown, 
October  12,  1642,  and  like  his  father  was  en- 
sign of  the  military  company.  He  was  mar- 
ried October  30,  1666,  to  Judith  Macomber, 
and  their  children  were,  in  the  order  of  their 
birth:  Judith,  1667;  Mercy,  1669;  Rachel, 
1671;  Samuel,  1673;  William  (1676-1841)  and 
twin  sister  Elizabeth;  Grace,  1678;  Peter, 
1681;  Robert,  1684;  Lydia,  1688. 

(Ill)  William  Jennison,  son  of  Ensign 
Samuel  and  Judith  (Macomber)  Jennison,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  October  17,  1676:  mar- 
ried and  settled  in  Worcester,  which  was  the 
plantation  of  Quinsigamond,  first  settled  b)' 
whites  in  1673,  but  abandoned  and  estab- 
lished as  the  town  of  Worcester,  October  15, 
1684,  named  from  W'orcester,  England,  but 
again  virtually  abandoned  owing  to  troubles 
with  the  Indians  in  1702.  The  permanent 
settlement  of  the  town  dates  from  17 13,  and 
the  town  was  regularly  incorporated  in  1722. 
William  Jennison  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  permanent  town  and  one  of  the  judges  of 
the  court.  He  died  in  Worcester,  September 
19,    1741. 

(V)  Ebenezer  Jennison,  grandson  of  Wil- 
liam Jennison  (1676-1741)  was  born  in  Men- 
don,  Worcester  county,  March  27,  1767 ;  mar- 
ried Sally  Webb,  born  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, August  II,  1769,  who  married  Ebenezer 
Jennison  in  1792,  and  died  at  Charlestown, 
Maine,  October  7,  1862.  Ebenezer  Jennison  re- 
moved to  \A''arren,  and  thence  to  Charlestown, 
Penobscot  county,  Maine,  and  died  at  Dix- 
mont,  Penobscot  county,  Maine,  October  9, 
1842.  Ebenezer  and  Sally  (Webb)  Jennison 
had  eight  children,  named  in  order  of  their 
birth:  Ebenezer,  born  May  10,  1793;  Caroline, 
Harriett  (i),  Emily,  Timothy,  William,  Har- 
riett (2),  Sally. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  Jennison,  son  of  Ebenezer 
and  Sally  (Webb)  Jennison.  was  born  in 
Warren.  Penobscot  county,  Maine,  May  10, 
1793-  was  married  November  11,  1821,  at 
Garland.  Penobscot  county,  Maine,  to  Ade- 
line Chandler,  of  Hopkinton,  New  Hampshire. 
Adeline  Chandler  was  born  in  Hopkinton, 
New  Hampshire,  June  25,  1803,  and  died  in 
Foxcroft,  Maine,  February  6.  1882.  The  chil- 
dren of  Ebenezer  (1793-1883)  and  Adeline 
(Chandler)  Jennison,  all  born  in  Penobscot 
county,  Maine,  were :  John,  bom  September 
7,  1822.  died  July  23,  1863 :  William  Holmes, 

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born  January  14,  1824;  Timothy  Lendal,  born 
November  20,  1825,  died  October,  1897;  Eliz- 
abeth .Margaret,  born  April  16,  1827 ;  Frank 
Sewall,  born  May  2,  1829;  Charles  Whipple, 
born  July  10,  183 1  ;  Mary  Emily,  born  No- 
vember 4,  1832;  Amelia  Ann,  born  August 
29,  1835,  died  at  Ixjwell,  Massachusetts,  April 

22,  1886,  and  Martha  Washington,  born 
March   10,   1842. 

(VII)  Amelia  Aim  (Jennison)  Stiles, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Adeline  (Chandler) 
Jennison  and  second  wife  of  Alba  Glazier 
Stiles,  was  born  at  Charlestown,  Penobscot 
county,  Maine,  August  29,  1835,  and  died  in 
Lowell.  Massachusetts,  April  22,  1886.  The 
children  of  Alba  Glazier  and  Amelia  Ann 
(Jennison)  Stiles,  were:  Alice  Gertrude 
Stiles,  born  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  Auigust 

23,  1871 ;  Bertha  Amelia  Stiles,  born  in  Low- 
ell, Massachusetts,  August  15,  1873.  They 
were  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  Lowell. 


According  to  the  tradition  of 
DUNHAM  the  family,  Charles  B.  Dun- 
hatn  is  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Deacon  John  Dunham,  who  came  to  Plymouth 
in  1620,  in  the  "Mayflower,"  under  the  assuim- 
ed  name  of  John  Goodman.  Some  of  his  de- 
scendants of  the  third  and  fourth  generations 
went  to  Maine.  M'r.  Dunham's  great-grand- 
father 

(I)  Joseph  Dunham,  was  born  in  West 
Falmouth,  Maine,  in  1774,  and  died  there  Oc- 
tober 21,    1835.     His  son 

(II)  John  Anderson  Dunham,  was  born  in 
Falmouth,  Maine,  August  16,  181 1,  died  in 
Medford,  Massachusetts.  August  14,  1876; 
married  Elizabeth  S.  Hu.ston.  She  was  bom 
December  17.  1818,  died  March  3,  1872.  His 
son 

(III)  Ervin  Tewksbury  Dunham,  was  born 
in  Falmouth,  Maine,  March  25,  1842,  died 
June  28.  1899,  in  Medford.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth Ellen  Hicks,  of  Cumberland,  Maine. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  George  Hicks,  who 
died  at  Cumberland,  September  21.  1879, 
aged  ninety-nine  years  and  seven  months.  He 
outlived  all  his  generation.  His  powers  of 
mind  and  body  were  wonderfully  preserved, 
except  that  his  hearing  was  a  little  defective. 
He  was  erect  in  form,  and  remarkably  vigor- 
ous. He  served  for  a  time  as  a  fifer  in  the 
war  of  1812.  According  to  the  History  of 
Cumberland  County,  Maine.  George  Hicks 
was  a  leading  citizen  of  Cumberland,  and 
built  a  sawmill  there  in  1817,     (See  page  266 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


of  the  Cumberland  County  History).  The 
children  of  Ervin  Tewksbury  and  Elizabeth 
Ellen  (Hicks)  Dunham  are:  John  Ervin  Dun- 
ham, born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and 
(IV)  Charles  Blanchard  Dunham,  who  was 
bom  in  Virden,  Illinois,  February  25,  1869, 
where  his  parents  were  temporarily  residing. 
He  came  with  them  to  Medford  when  he  was 
two  years  old.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Medford,  graduating  from  the 
high  school  in  the  class  of  1886.  He  was 
president  of  the  Alumni  Association  when  the 
works  of  art  were  presented  to  the  high 
school  after  the  completion  of  the  new  build- 
ing, and  was  one  of  the  committee  making 
the  selections.  He  then  attended  the  Art 
School  of  George  H.  Bartlett,  principal  of  the 
Normal  Art  School  of  Boston.  In  1888  he 
entered  the  architectural  office  of  H.  S.  Mac- 
kay,  of  Boston,  continuing  his  studies  with 
professors  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology,  and  in  the  classes  of  the  Boston 
Architectural  Club.  In  1892  Mr.  Dunham 
was  taken  into  co-partnership  with  Mr.  Mac- 
kay.  Four  years  later  he  went  to  Europe 
to  pursue  further  study  of  architecture,  trav- 
eling extensively  on  the  continent  and  in 
Great  Britain.  In  1899  he  entered  business 
on  his  own  account,  continuing  to  the  present 
time,  with  offices  at  No.  6  Beacon  street,  Bos- 
ton. Mr.  Dunham  has  designed  many  exten- 
sive and  costly  buildings,  among  them  being 
the  Hotels  Tuileries,  Empire,  Ericson  and 
Chesterfield,  all  on  Commonwealth  avenue, 
Boston;  the  First  Baptist  Church  on  Massa- 
chusetts avenue,  Arlington;  the  Baptist 
Church  at  Watertown;  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Hamilton,  New  York;  besides  other 
churches  and  mercantile  buildings  and 
blocks.  Mr.  Dunham  designed  the  Franklin 
schoolhouse  and  other  public  buildings  in 
Medford.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Medford 
Club,  Medford  Historical  Society,  and  is  a 
life  member  of  the  Royal  House  Association 
of  Medford.  He  is  worshipful  master  of 
Mount  Flermon  Lodge  of  Medford,  a  mem- 
ber of  Mystic  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  Medford 
Council,  the  Boston  Commandery  of  Knights 
Templar,  and  the  Aleppo  Temple  of  Shriners. 
Mr.  Dunham  is  unmarried. 


The  familv  of  Whvtal,  Whit- 
WHYTAL     tall  or  Whittle,  has  been  nu- 

mercnis  in  Lancashire.  Eng- 
land, from  the  beginning  of  the  use  of  sur- 
names. The  following  coat  of  arms  was 
granted  to  the  Lancashire  family  of  Whittle, 


September  13,  1688:  Gules  a  chevron  vair  be- 
tween three  talbots  heads  erased  or.  The  fol- 
lowing had  probably  been  in  use  many  cen- 
turies; was  confirmed  in  1694:  Gules  a  chev. 
ermine  fimbriated  or  between  three  talbots 
heads  erased  of  the  last.  Crest:  A  bear's 
head  and  neck  sable  muzzled  gules.  These 
two  coats  are  almost  alike  and  probably  all  of 
the  Whytal  family,  if  the  descent  were  traced, 
would  find  themselves  entitled  to  bear  the 
ancient  coat  of  arms,  essentially  as  given 
above. 

(I)  Joseph  Whytal,  descendant  of  this  Lan- 
cashire family,  was  born  at  Mill-town,  Kerry, 
Ireland,  and  received  an  excellent  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  an 
early  age  served  an  apprenticeship  in  the 
trade  of  shoemaking.  He  left  home  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  and  went  to  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  two 
years,  and  then  engaged  in  business  on  his 
own  account.  At  that  time  shoes  were  manu- 
factured largely  to  order  and  entirely  by 
hand-work.  He  had  a  shop  and  store  com- 
bined and  soon  attracted  by  his  skill  and 
good  workmanship  the  best  trade  of  the  city. 
He  was  in  business  in  Halifax  for  a  period  of 
twenty  years,  and  enjoyed  a  large  and  profit- 
able trade.  He  was  also  engaged  in  the  tan- 
ning industry,  which  he  conducted  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  died  in  Halifax,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1847.  -'^  man  of  strong  character, 
he  was  radical  in  his  views.  He  was  an  ear- 
nest advocate  of  total  abstinence.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Radical.  Though  reared  in  the 
Church  of  England,  he  attended  the  Univer- 
salist  church  and  was  prominent  in  its  work 
and  benevolence.  He  served  in  the  militia  in 
his  younger  days  in  Halifax.  Short  in  stat- 
ure, but  broad  and  powerful,  he  was  always 
energetic  and  industrious. 

He  married,  June,  1820,  Mary  Dunlap, 
daughter  of  Hugh  and  Hannah  (Allen)  Dun- 
lap,  of  Halifax.  Hannah  Allen  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Hannah  (Lee)  Allen,  who  was  born  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  John  Les- 
lie, born  May  24,  1821,  married,  April,  1865, 
Mary  Standford,  of  Dartmouth,  Nova  Scotia; 
children:  i.  John  Leslie,  Jr.,  born  September 
27,  1866;  ii.  Mary  Ambrose,  September  i, 
1868,  died  September  9,  1888;  iii.  Arthur 
Temple,  January  11,  1870,  died  November  22, 
1904;  iv.  Annie  Stanford,  September  13, 
1872;  V.  Elizabeth  Jane,  June  25,  1874,  died 
.April  6,  1894.  2.  William,  born  January  28, 
1823,  mentioned  below.  3.  Joseph,  born  De- 
cember 18,  1824,  died  Januar}'  25,  1907;  mar- 
ried. May  2,   i860,  Helen  Reardon,  of  Hali- 


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fax,  Nova  Scotia,  daughter  of  Lawrence  and 
Elizabeth  Reardon;  children:  i.  Joseph  E., 
born  November  i,  i860,  married,  January  i, 
1890,  Nellie  McCrea,  of  Norton,  Kansas;  ii. 
Ambrose,  August  27,  1872;  iii.  Annie,  De- 
cember 30,  1875,  married,  August  9,  1905,  C. 
P.  Kenney,  of  Montana;  iv.  Bessie,  June  2, 
1877.  4.  Annie,  born  April  12,  1828,  died 
March  8,  1877;  married,  November  2,  1854, 
Rev.  William  Hooper;  children:  i.  William 
Leslie  Hooper,  born  August  2,  1855,  mar- 
ried, July  9,  1879,  Mary  E.  Heard  and  they 
have:  Blanche  Heard  Hooper,  born  Septem- 
ber 7,  1881;  William  Ellsworth  Hooper,  May 
7,  1887;  Allen  Gunnison  Hooper,  February 
ID,  1890;. Annie  Leslie  Hooper,  November  9 
1891;  Gertrude  Hellen  Hooper,  December  8, 
1892;  ii.  Ellsworth  Stanley  Hooper,  born 
September  20,  1861,  married  (first),  1881, 
Cora  Webb  (second),  in  1902,  Mrs.  Josephine 
Ward,  of  Denver,  Colorado.  5.  Mary,  born 
May  13,  1830,  married,  December  4,  1858, 
Asa  Halliday,  who  was  born  August  18,  1828, 
in  Indiana;  children:  i.  Samuel  Leslie  Halli- 
day, born  February  25,  1861,  married,  June 
19,  1883,  Ada  Henderson  and  had  Mary 
Agnes,  born  September  20,  1884;  ii.  Duncan 
Ambrose  Halliday,  March  29,  1863,  married, 
June  20,  1888,  Olivia  Swallow;  children:  Hor- 
ace Asa,  born  1889;  Grace,  1891 ;  Howard, 
1892;  Olivia,  1903;  iii.  Joseph  Allen  Halliday, 
born  Februan,'  20,  1865,  married,  September, 
1904,  Ora  R.  Overholtzer;  child:  Joseph  Al- 
len Halliday,  Jr.,  born  October  18,  1905;  iv. 
Asa  Dix  Halliday,  born  July  18,  1867,  mar- 
ried, July  I,  1899,  Ada  De  Graflf;  children: 
Marjorie  Halliday,  born  September  2,  1900 ; 
Dix  Halliday,  July  16,  1902.  6.  Ambrose,  born 
April  4,  1834,  married,  November  16,  1861, 
Margaret  Kent,  daughter  of  James  and 
Sarah  (Archibald)  Kent,  of  Truro,  Nova 
Scotia;  no  children. 

(II)  William-  Whytal,  son  of  Joseph  Why- 
tal  (i),  was  born  at  Halifax,  January  28,  1823. 
He  was  educated  there  in  the  common 
schools,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  began  to 
learn  the  trade  of  currier  in  his  father's  shop. 
In  the  spring  of  1843  he  left  home  and  came 
to  Boston  where  he  found  employment  in  the 
currier  shop  of  Mann  &  Hartshorn  in 
Charlestown,  and  later  at  Lane's  tannery, 
Boston.  He  also  worked  for  James  A.  Poll- 
ard. In  1848  he  removed  to  Chicago  and 
went  to  work  in  the  Knox  tannery,  but  at  the 
end  of  six  months  removed  to  St.  Louis  and 
followed  his  trade  there.  Then  the  California 
gold  fever  broke  out,  and  Mr.  Whytal  and 
others  joined  the  St.  Charles  County  Com- 


pany, under  Captain  Link  and  other  prospec- 
tors, and  made  the  hazardous  trip  to  Cali- 
fornia. He  remained  in  the  vicinity  of  Sacra- 
mento for  some  two  years  or  more  and  ac- 
cumulated considerable  money  in  mining.  In 
185 1  he  returned  to  Boston,  where  he  lived 
three  years.  Then  with  his  two  brothers, 
Joseph  and  Ambrose,  and  his  sister,  Eliza- 
beth, he  went  to  Kansas  and  took  up  a  gov- 
ernment claim  on  which  they  lived  two  years. 
William  gave  up  his  share  and  again  returned 
east,  and  in  1859  he  engaged  in  the  leather 
business  and  general  findings  at  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia.  He  remained  in  this  business 
and  carried  it  on  successfully  for  twenty 
years.  In  1882  he  came  to  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  started  in  the  retail  grocery 
business,  following  that  with  success  for  five 
years,  removing  in  1887  to  Arlington,  after 
selling  his  store  in  Somerville.  He  bought 
the  Boston  Grocery  Store  at  Arlington.  In 
1889  he  admitted  his  son,  Charles  R.  Whytal, 
into  partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Will- 
iam Whytal  &  Son,  and  the  firm  has  enjoyed 
a  large  and  profitable  business.  In  1902  Fred 
N.  Bennett,  his  son-in-law,  was  admitted  to 
the  firm,  and  since  then  Mr.  Whytal  has  with- 
drawn from  the  active  responsibilities  of  busi- 
ness, although  he  is  at  his  desk  daily.  Mr. 
Whytal  is  interested  to  some  extent  in  vari- 
ous stocks  and  bonds  in  which  he  has  invest- 
ed, although  his  chief  business  has  been  the 
store.  He  has  an  elegant  residence  at  19  Avon 
place,  Arlington.  Mr.  Whytal  commands  the 
utmost  respect  and  esteem  of  his  townsmen. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Boston  Retail  Grocers'  Associa- 
tion, and  the  California  Pioneer  Association. 

He  married,  December  11,  1862,  Mrs. 
Mary  (Levis)  Ray,  of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
born  in  1830.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1864,  died  December  12,  1871.  2. 
Ambrose  Hooper,  March  7,  1866,  died  Sep- 
tember TO,  1871.  3.  William  Halliday,  March 
7,  1866,  died  September  12.  1871.  4.  Charles 
Ray,  June  16,  1869,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Mary  Louisa,  January  30,  1871,  died  Septem- 
ber 14,  1871.  6.  Camille  May,  October  i, 
1872,  married,  September  12,  1897,  Fred  Nel- 
son Bennett,  of  Arlington,  Massachusetts; 
children:  i.  William  Whytal  Bennett,  born 
.September  9,  1899;  ii.  Caroline  Leslie  Ben- 
nett, January  10,  1901 ;  iii.  Fred  Mason  Ben- 
nett, March  27,  1907. 

(Ill)  Charies  Ray  Whytal,  son  of  William 
Whytal  (2),  was  born  at  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  June  16,  1869.  He  had  but  two  years 
of  schooling  in  his  native  town.     The  family 


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removed  to  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  where 
he  was  in  the  public  schools  a  year  and  a  half; 
then  to  Boston  where  he  attended  school  in 
East  Boston  one  year;  then  to  Somerville 
where  he  attended  the  Luther  V.  Bell  School 
for  five  years,  afterward  taking  a  three-year 
course  in  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial 
College,  Boston.  He  entered  the  employ  of 
Davis  Marean  Company,  dealers  in  dry  goods 
and  small  goods,  corner  of  Bedford  and  King- 
ston streets,  Boston.  After  a  year  in  that 
position  he  removed  to  Arlington  and  w^as  as- 
sociated with  his  father.  When  he  came  of 
age  his  father  made  him  an  equal  partner  in 
his  grocery  business,  under  the  firm  name  of 
William  Whytal  &  Son,  and  Charles  R. 
Whytal  is  at  present  manager  of  the  lousi- 
ness, with  Fred  N.  Bennett,  his  brother-in- 
law,  also  as  partner.  In  religion  he  is  a  Uni- 
tarian; in  politics  a  Republican.  He  was  made 
a  member  of  Bethel  Lodge,  No.  12,  Odd  Fel- 
lows, in  1901.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of 
the  Ariington  Boat  Club;  he  belongs  to  the 
Young  Men's  Club  of  Arlington,  the  Boston 
Retail  Grocers'  Association,  and  for  the  past 
six  years  has  been  a  director  of  the  Arlington 
Co-operative  Bank. 

He  married,  June  2Ti.  1903,  Anna  Maynard 
Lawrence,  who  was  born  in  Lexington,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1879,  daughter  of  Sidney  Myron  and 
Alma  (Withrow)  Lawrence,  of  East  Lexing- 
ton. Her  father  was  a  farmer,  and  dairy- 
owner.  Children:  i.  Ethel  May,  born  May 
26,  1904.  2.  Leslie  Camille.  November  15, 
1905. 


The  Porter  family  of  England 
PORTER  and  Ireland  trace  their  an- 
cestry to  the  time  of  the  Nor- 
man' Conquest.  The  prog  Uor  of  the  Porter 
family  was  William  de  la  Grande,  a  Norman 
knight  in  the  army  of  William  in  1066.  He 
had  an  extensive  estate  granted  him  at  or  near 
Kenilworth  in  Warwickshire.  His  son  Ralph 
(or  Roger)  became  the  Grand  Porteur  or 
Porter  to  King  Henry  I  from  1120  to  1140. 
and  his  descendants  assumed  his  title  as  a 
surname  when  the  law  and  custom  required 
more  than  the  christian  name. 

(I)  John  Porter,  born  about  the  middle  of 
the  eighteenth  century,  was  of  a  numerous 
family  of  this  surname  located  in  the  Protest- 
ant or  Scotch-Irish  counties  of  .\ntrim,  Down, 
Londonderry  and  Armagh.  The  family  de- 
scended doubtless  from  an  English  Porter 
some  generations  before.  This  John  Porter 
lived  in  Gilbcrtstown,  Donegal  county. 


(II)  John  Porter,  Jr.,  son  of  John  Porter 
(i),  was  born  about  1790,  at  Gilbertstown, 
county  Donegal,  Ireland.  He  was  brought  up  a 
farmer  and  continued  farming  to  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  when  he  was  in  mid- 
dle life.  He  was  successful  in  raising  flax 
and  sheep.  He  was  a  Protestant,  attending  the 
English  Church  at  Killaoghten  with  his  wife 
and  family.  He  married  Ellen  McKee,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Nellie  (Marrow)  McKee,  of 
Inver,  county  Donegal,  and  she  was  buried  in 
the  churchyard  at  Inver.  Their  children,  born 
at  Gilbertstown :  i .  Adam.  2.  Patrick,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Richard,  married  Nancy 
Hamilton.  4.  John,  was  a  weaver  by  trade ; 
died  unmarried.  5.  Mary,  married  William 
Given,  of  Gilbertstown.  6.  Eleanor,  married 
Robert  Given,  of  Castle  Rea,  Ireland ;  chil- 
dren ;  i.  Elizabeth  Given,  born  August  27, 
1844;  ii.  John  Porter  Given,  July,  1845;  iii- 
Robert  Given,  February,  1847.  7.  Catherine, 
born  at  Gilbertstown,  married  (first)  William 
Mitchell  and  had  two  children  who  died 
youmg;  married  (second)  Robert  Dean.  8. 
Alexander,  married  (first)  Catherine  McClin- 
tock ;  (second)  Margaret  Cassidy.  9.  Susan, 
married  Ephraim  C.  Parry,  of  North  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts ;  cliildren :  i.  John 
Ephraim  Parry,  born  July  3,  1854 ;  ii.  William 
Augustus  Parry,  August,  1856 ;  iii.  George  A. 
Parry ;  iv.  Richard  Henry  Parry ;  v.  Robert 
.Alexander  Parry. 

(III)  Patrick  Porter,  son  of  John  Porter, 
Jr.,  (2),  was  born  at  Gilbertstown.  His  oppor- 
tunity for  an  early  education  was  somewhat 
meagre  and  he  was  educated  largely  by  his 
own  efforts  and  study.  He  began  as  soon  as 
he  was  old  enough  to  help  his  father  with  the 
work  of  the  farm.  He  left  home  when  a  young 
man  and  came  with  his  sister  Eleanor  to  Amer- 
ica. He  settled  first  at  Montreal,  Canada, 
where  he  was  employed  in  one  of  the  large 
breweries  for  the  next  seven  years.  Subse- 
quently he  and  his  sister  returned  to  their  na- 
tive place  and  he  resumed  farming  on  the 
homestead.  When  his  father  died  the  farm 
came  to  him.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer, 
energetic  and  enterprising,  and  especially  suc- 
cessful in  raising  sheep  and  cattle.  The  more 
common  crops  of  this  farm  and  that  section,  in 
fact,  were  oats,  barley  and  flax.  His  farm 
occupied  the  center  of  the  village  and  consisted 
of  seventy-five  acres  of  the  best  tillage.  He 
lived  there  until  his  death,  January  16,  1882. 
He  was  an  Episcopalian,  a  member  of  the  Eng- 
lish Church  of  Killaoghten  parish  church. 
While  in  Canada  he  was  in  the  militia.  He 
married  Fannv  Shaw,  of  Carcar.  county  Don- 


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egal,  daughter  of  William  Shaw.  Their  chil- 
dren:  I.  Ellen,  married  William  Johnson,  of 
Inniskillen,  Donegal,  and  had  six  children.  2. 
John,  married  Mary  Ann  Boyd,  of  Donegal 
county ;  children :  i.  Fanny,  ii.  George,  iii.  Al- 
exander, iv.  Jane,  v.  Robert.  3.  William,  born 
October  24,  1850,  died  at  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts, September  28,  1888;  married,  June  20, 
1872,  Annie  Hanlon,  daughter  of  John  and 
Jane  (Boyd)  Hanlon;  children:  i.  John,  born 
August  9,  1873  ;  ii.  William  Edward,  February 
3,  1875  ;  iii.  Fannie  Jane,  February  22,  1877 ;  iv. 
Anna  Matilda,  March  8,  1881  ;  v.  Susan  Mary, 
November  4,  1884;  vi.  Frederick  A.,  June  7, 
1888.  4.  Richard,  married  Fanny  Given  ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Cassie,  born  September,  1886;  ii.  Jane, 
1888;  iii.  Annie.  5.  Jane,  married  William 
Wilson.  6.  Thomas,  married  Mary  Ann  Bas- 
comb.  7.  Robert,  married,  February  27,  1884, 
Elizabeth  Stewart ;  children,  i.  Child,  born 
August  12,  1885 ;  ii.  Emma,  February  10, 
1887;  iii.  Child,  January  3,  1889.  8.  Cassie. 
9.  Alexander,  born  August  12,  1865,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Alexander  Porter,  son  of  Patrick  Por- 
ter (3),  was  born  at  Gilbertstown,  August  12, 
1865.  Of  hardy  stock  he  followed  in  the  path 
of  his  Irish  ancestors  and  when  a  young  boy 
worked  at  home  on  the  farm,  attending  the 
short  terms  of  school  until  he  was  fourteen 
years  old,  after  which  his  education  was  large- 
ly gained  by  practical  experience.  When  he 
was  eighteen  years  old  he  left  the  farm  and 
came  to  America,  landing  in  New  York  in 
May,  1884.  After  a  short  time  he  came  to 
Boston  and  thence  to  Woburn,  where  he 
worked  first  for  John  Cummings  for  a  year 
and  a  half  on  the  farm  and  driving  produce 
carts  to  the  Boston  markets.  Later  he  had  a 
similar  position  on  the  farm  of  Frank  Flagg, 
in  whose  employ  he  remained  for  five  years. 
In  1890  he  and  his  brother,  Robert  Porter, 
bought  the  old  Jones  farm  at  Lexington,  Mas- 
sachusetts, consisting  of  about  thirty-two  acres 
of  land,  and  started  in  the  business  of  mar- 
ket gardening  imder  the  firm  name  of  Porter 
Brothers.  Their  produce  was  sold  in  the  Bos- 
ton market.  After  five  years  he  sold  out  to 
his  partner  and  Robert  Porter  continued  the 
farm.  Alexander  Porter  became  foreman  of 
the  Whipple  farm,  but  after  a  year  he  was 
ambitious  to  be  his  own  master  again.  He 
bought  the  Helen  Pearson  farm  on  Burlington 
street,  Woburn,  in  the  western  part  of  the 
town,  containing  twenty  acres,  and  erected 
thereon,  one  after  another  as  his  business 
grew  to  need  them,  seven  green  houses,  all 
devoted  exclusively  to  the  growing  of  violets 


and  chrysanthemums  for  the  Boston  florists ; 
and  to  cucumbers  and  tomatoes  for  the  Boston 
markets.  His  'houses  cover  some  fifty  thou- 
sand feet  of  land  and  he  has  installed  the 
most  modern  and  complete  equipment.  He 
purchased  also  the  Rich  place  of  four  acres 
adjoining  his  other  land  and  the  Moreland 
place  of  seven  acres  and  part  of  the  old  Cutter 
farm.  He  has  been  successful  through  a  com- 
plete knowledge  of  his  business  and  the  care- 
ful attention  given  to  it.  As  a  citizen  he  stands 
high  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  towns- 
men. He  was  born  in  the  Episcopal  faith  and 
baptized  in  the  church  at  Killaoghten,  but  at 
present  attends  the  Woburn  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Orange  Institu- 
tion of  America  at  Woburn ;  of  the  Boston 
Florists'  Association ;  of  the  Boston  Market 
Gardeners'  Association. 

He  married,  December  6,  1894,  Margaret 
McKee,  born  April  22,  1869,  at  Cranny,  Don- 
egal county,  Ireland,  daughter  of  James  and 
Margaret  (Wilson)  McKee,  of  Cranny.  Her 
father,  James  McKee,  was  a  farmer.  Children 
all  born  at  Woburn:  i.  Edith  Frances  Mar- 
garet, born  at  Woburn,  September  30,  1895. 
2.  Elizabeth  Susan  Ellen,  born  May  12,  1897.  3. 
Ethel  Jane,  bom  September  19,  1898:  died  No- 
vember 2,  189S.  4.  Walter  James,  born  January 
29.  I9CX3.  5.  Ralph  Alexander,  September  10, 
1901.  6.  Marion,  September  18,  1902.  7. 
Beatrice  McKee,  December  21,  1904. 


This  surname,  spelled  variously 
BOLES     Boles,  Bolles  and  Bowles,  belongs 

to  an  ancient  English  family.  The 
coat-of-arms  of  this  family  is :  Gules  two 
wings  disp.  or. 

(I)  Alexander  Boles  was  born  at  Florence- 
covirt,  county  Fermanagh.  Ireland.  He  was 
descended  from  a  branch  of  the  English  fam- 
ily which  some  generations  earlier  located  in 
Ireland.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  raised  a  large 
family. 

(II)  James  Boles,  son  of  Alexander  Boles 
(i).  was  born  at  \\'hite  Hill,  near  Florence- 
court,  county  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  about  1810. 
He  was  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  and 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools.  He  left 
home  when  he  came  of  age  and  began  farm- 
ing on  his  own  account.  He  raised  flax,  wheat, 
barley  and  potatoes,  as  well  as  sheep,  cattle 
and  horses.  He  became  a  well-to-do  farmer 
and  a  leading  citizen.  He  married  Polly  John- 
son, daughter  of  James  Johnson,  who  lived 
in   the    same    county    in    an    adjacent    parish. 


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Children :  John,  WilHam,  James,  Mary,  Alex- 
ander, mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Alexander  Boles,  son- of  James  Boles 
(2),  was  born  at  White  Hill,  Florence-court, 
Ireland,  January  13,  1840,  and  died  at  Arling- 
ton, Massachusetts,  October  13,  1884.  He 
attended  the  schools  of  his  native  parish  until 
fifteen  years  old,  and  then  left  his  home  and 
native  land  to  come  to  this  country.  He  lo- 
cated first  at  Winchester,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  found  employment  with  William  Adams,  a 
farmer,  and  afterward  with  Josiah  Locke.  Af- 
ter working  in  Winchester  four  years  he  came 
to  Arlington  and  entered  the  employ  of  the 
SchouJer  Print  Works,  where  he  remained  six 
months.  He  then  spent  four  years  at  Belmont, 
working  for  John  S.  Crosby,  market  garden- 
er. In  1867  he  resided  in  Wayland,  Massa- 
chusetts, for  a  time,  but  soon  returned  to  Ar- 
lington and  bought  the  farm  of  seven  acres 
which  was  the  nucleus  of  his  market  gardens. 
Subsequently  he  added  as  much  more  land  to 
his  place  and  had  fourteen  acres  of  the  best 
tillage  land  in  Arlington.  Part  of  his  place 
was  formerly  the  Elijah  Cutter  estate.  Mr. 
Boles  became  a  very  successful  market  gar- 
dener, and  made  daily  trips  to  market  with  his 
own  team.  He  was  especially  fortunate  in  the 
culture  of  celery,  strawberries  and  onions.  He 
had  some  twelve  acres  in  cultivation,  much  of 
it  covered  with  hot  beds.  The  town  of  Arling- 
ton purchased  four  acres  of  his  land  for  res- 
ervoir purposes.  He  made  successful  invest- 
ments in  real  estate  in  Woburn  and  became  a 
man  of  considerable  property.  He  was  up- 
right, straightforward  and  honorable  in  all  his 
dealings,  was  never  known  to  wrong  any  man, 
but  on  the  contrary  it  was  one  of  his  articles 
of  faith  to  do  as  much  good  as  he  could  in  this 
world.  He  was  kindly,  sympathetic,  open- 
hearted,  and  gave  freely  to  those  in  need.  Hav- 
ing a  strong  sense  of  humor,  he  was  fond  of 
a  good  joke  and  constantly  on  the  alert  for  the 
humorous  in  any  situation.  He  was  an  advo- 
cate of  temperance  and  other  reform  move- 
ments. He  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  but  attended  the  Arlington 
Baptist  church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican. He  married,  April  27,  1867,  at  North 
Cambridge.  Massachusetts,  Dorothy  Morton, 
who  was  born  July  22,  1843,  near  Florence- 
court,  Ireland,  (laughter  of  William  and  Cath- 
erine (Gaddcs)  Morton.  Her  father  was  a 
farmer.  Children:  i.  Alexander  Robert, 
born  March  18,  1869,  resides  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts ;  an  engineer  on  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  railroad ;  married, 
December    6.    1889,    Emily    Nannie    Stewart. 


born  December  4,  1867,  at  Cohasset,  Massa- 
chusetts, daughter  of  William  T.  S.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Damon)  Stewart;  children:  i.  Leila 
Emily,  born  July  2,  1890;  ii.  Jeannette,  July 
31,  1892;  iii.  Robert  Stewart,  January  9,  1894; 
iv.  Thelma  Eunice,  October  8.  1895  ;  v.  Inza 
Almena,  December  13,  1898;  vi.  Orlow  Al- 
exander, August  13,  1902.  2.  James  William, 
born    November    25,    1875,    died    August    30, 

1877.  3.    Mabel  Prescott,  born  September  8, 

1878,  died  September  3,  1880.  4.  Florence 
Marion,  born  February  19,  1883,  is  living  at 
home. 


The  Duncan  family  is  one  of 
DUNCAN     the  foremost  in  Scotland.     It 

is  believed  to  be  of  ancient 
Norse  origin.  Before  1700  the  family  was 
well  established  in  Forfarshire,  Scotland.  In 
the  Dtmcan  family  are  held  the  Earldoms  of 
Camperdown,  Gleneagles,  and  Lundie;  the 
Viscountcy  of  Duncan;  the  Barony  of  Lundie. 
Many  distinguished  men  of  this  family  have 
lived  in  Scotland  during  the  past  few  cen- 
turies. 

(I)  James  Duncan,  the  progenitor  of  the 
family  in  America,  was  born  in  Forfarshire 
about  t8oo. 

(II)  James  Duncan,  Jr.,  son  of  James  Dun- 
can (i),  was  born  in  Kerriemuil,  Forfarshire, 
Scotland.  He  received  a  good  education  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  gardening.  He  removed  after 
some  years  to  Brechen  and  later  to  Tanna- 
dice,  Scotland,  where  he  died  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-four  years.  He  was  a  quarry- 
man  and  gardener  during  his  active  years  and 
a  skiUul  craftsman.  He  was  a  typical  Scotch- 
man in  manv  ways.  Frank,  blunt  and  often 
sarcastic  in  speech  he  had  strong  opinions 
and  freely  expressed  them.  Gifted  with  an 
extraordinary  memory,  he  knew  by  heart 
much  of  the  older  Scotch  verse.  He  read  the 
modern  poets  freely  and  quoted  from  them 
often.  He  loved  Robert  Burns  as  all  true 
.Scotchmen  do.  He  was  a  highly  respected 
citizen  in  the  community  where  he  lived,  a 
man  of  influence  and  sterling  character.  In 
politics  he  was  a  pronounced  Radical  and  al- 
ways spoke  with  great  contcmiit  of  the  labor- 
ing man  who  voted  with  the  Conservatives 
or  Tories,  believing  that  the  interests  of  the 
working  man  could  not  be  with  the  Tory 
partv.  He  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  He  was  devoted  to  his  fam- 
ily and  had  few  interests  outside  of  his  daily 
labor  and  his  home.  Ho  married  [ane  Walker, 


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who  was  born  at  Tannadice,  Forfarshire, 
Scotland.  Children:  i.  James,  married  Agnes 
Ma)-  and  had  seven  children.  2.  Jessie.  3. 
Jane,  unmarried.  4.  Walter.  5.  Helen,  un- 
married. 6.  David  Watt,  born  September  z"], 
1870,  mentioned  below.    7.  William. 

(Ill)  David  Watt  Duncan,  son  of  James 
Duncan  (2),  was  born  in  Brechen,  Forfar- 
shire, Scotland,  September  27,  1870.  He  at- 
tended the  schools  of  his  native  town  until  he 
was  fifteen  years  old,  also  helping  his  father 
in  his  gardening  business.  He  was  then  ap- 
prenticed to  his  brother,  James  Duncan,  at 
Brechen  for  three  years  to  learn  the  trade  of 
florist.  In  the  spring  of  1889  he  came  to 
America,  landing  at  Boston  where  he  found 
employment  at  his  trade  with  R.  &  J.  Far- 
quhar.  South  Market  street,  and  worked  in 
their  greenhouses  at  Roslindale,  Massachu- 
setts, for  eight  months.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  George  A.  James  and  took  charge 
of  his  greenhouses  in  Nahant,  Massachusetts. 
After  two  years  in  this  position  he  leased  the 
Peck  estate  at  Arlington  and  established  him- 
self in  the  business  of  florist.  He  was  suc- 
cessful from  the  first  and  his  business  grew 
to  large  proportions.  In  igoi  he  removed  to 
his  present  location  at  133  Mystic  street,  Ar- 
lington, where  he  has  erected  three  spacious 
greenhouses,  twenty  by  one  hundred  and  fifty, 
besides  boiler  house,  sheds,  etc.  He  makes 
a  specialty  of  violets  and  ferns  for  the  Boston 
trade.  He  also  cultivates  five  acres  not  under 
glass  and  is  very  successful  with  strawberries 
for  the  local  market.  Mr.  Duncan  is  very  in- 
dustrious and  progressive,  and  is  well  known 
and  highly  respected  by  his  townsmen.  In 
religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian;  in  politics  a 
Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Florists'  Association.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1893,  Margaret  Coulter,  of  Creevin, 
Donegal  county,  Ireland,  born  (Jctober  22, 
1864,  daughter  of  George  and  Rebecca  (Mc- 
Gee)  Coulter.  Child,  George  James.  born- 
December  12,  1894. 


This  name  is  of  German  origin, 
SANGER  and  the  word  itself  is  the  Ger- 
man equivalent  for  "minstrel." 
Richard  Sanger,  of  Hingham,  county  of  Nor- 
folk, England,  the  first  of  the  name  on  this 
side  of  the  ocean,  was  evidently  of  German 
descent,  and  a  devout  Puritan.  He  was  one 
of  the  early  settlers  in  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, coming  over  in  1636,  with  the  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Peck,  who  afterward  deserted  his  flock 
and   returned   to  old   Hingham,    in    Norfolk. 


Richard  remained  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
sharing  in  the  various  allotments  of  land  to  the 
settlers,  and  information  at  hand  states  that  in 
April,  1638,  his  servants,  whom  he  had  left 
behind,  embarked  at  Southampton  to  join  their 
master  in  New  England.  He  was  undoubted- 
ly a  man  of  high  moral  character,  thoroughly 
devoted  to  his  religious  faith,  and  although  not 
an  active  participant  in  public  affairs,  he  nev- 
ertheless rendered  valuable  services  in  shaping 
the  early  affairs  of  the  town  and  providing  for 
its  future  prosperity.  His  death  occurred  in 
Hingham,  January  25,  1661.  He  married  in 
England,  but  the  maiden  name  of  his  wife 
does  not  appear  in  the  records,  and  he  is  sup- 
posed to  have  had  but  one  son. 

Richard  (2)  Sanger,  son  of  Richard,  ac- 
companied his  father  from  England,  and  in 
1646  went  to  Sudbury  as  a  blacksmith,  and 
was  admitted  a  freeman  there  in  1647.  In 
1649  he  removed  to  Watertown,  where  he 
resided  for  the  rest  of  his  life,  and  during 
King  Philip's  war  (1675-6)  he,  with  his  two 
adult  sons,  and  three  others  guarded  the  mill. 
He  died  August  20,  1690,  and  his  will  dis- 
closes the  fact  that  he  possessed  all  of  the  com- 
forts and  conveniences  of  life  available  in  that 
early  period.  The  maiden  name  of  his  first 
wife  was  Mary  Rannals,  and  the  Christian 
name  of  his  second  wife  was  Sarah.  The 
children  of  his  first  union  were  Mary,  Nath- 
aniel and  John.  Those  of  his  second  mar- 
riage were  "Sary,"  who  died  in.  infancy ;  an- 
other "Sary,"  Richard,  Elizabeth  and  David. 

Nathaniel  Sanger,  second  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Rannals)  Sanger, 
was  born  at  Watertown,  February  14,  165 1  or 
'52.  In  1687-8  he  accompanied  his  brother 
Richard  to  Sherbom,  Massachusetts,  where 
they  established  themselves  as  blacksmiths,  but 
Nathaniel  went  from  there  to  Roxbury,  and 
subsequently  removed  to  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut. He  died  in  1735.  He  was  twice 
married.  The  given  name  of  his  first  wife  was 
Mary,  -and  that  of  his  second  wife  was  Ruth ; 
the  surnames  of  both  have  thus  far  failed  to 
come  to  light.  Fie  was  the  father  of  ten  chil- 
dren :  Mehitable,  born  in  Sherborn ;  Mary ; 
Jane;  a  son  who  died  in  infancy;  Nathaniel; 
Benjamin,  who  was  bom  in  Roxbury;  David, 
Elizabeth,  Jonathan  and  Eleazer.  (N.  B.  The 
"Gazeteer  of  Massachusetts."  issued  in  1874, 
contains  the  following  in  relation  to  the  Sang- 
ers  of  Sherborn  :  ".Among  the  antiquities  of  the 
place  the  most  noted  is  the  old  Sanger  Man- 
sion, near  the  Centre,  where  General  Washing- 
ton took  breakfast  when  on  his  way  to  take 
command  of  the  American  army,  at  Cambridge, 


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July,  1775.  It  is  still  in  good  repair,  and  oc- 
cupied by  one  of  the  descendants  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary innkeeper.") 

David  Sanger,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Nathaniel,  was  born  probably  in  Wood- 
stock. He  resided  in  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  there  December  22,  1761.  His 
wife,  who  was  before  marriage  Patience  Ben- 
jamin, became  the  mother  of  eight  children: 
Patience,  Lydia,  John,  David,  William,  Nath- 
aniel, Samuel  and  Solomon. 

Samuel  Sanger,  fifth  son  and  seventh  child 
of  David  and  Patience  (Benjamin)  was  born 
in  Watertown,  June  i,  1736.  He  married 
Grace  Harrington,  and  had  a  family  of  seven 
children :  Lydia,  Samuel,  Grace,  Anna,  Eliza- 
beth, Daniel  and  Patience,  all  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Watertown. 

Daniel  Sanger,  sixth  child  and  second  son 
of  Samuel  and  Grace  (Harrington)  Sanger, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  March  12,  1773.  He 
was  three  times  married ;  first  to  Sally  Jones, 
second  to  Mrs.  Fuller,  a  widow ;  and  third  to 
Emma  Carter.  His  children  were :  Daniel, 
Sarah,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Lucy,  Charles  D., 
George,  Edward  H.  and  Nathaniel  Carter. 

Nathaniel  Carter  Sanger,  yoimgest  son  and 
child  of  Daniel  and  Emma  (Carter)  Sanger, 
was  born  in  Watertown.  He  resided  in  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  and  his  death  oc- 
curred in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  about 
1890.  He  married  Rebecca  Banks,  who  was 
born  there  .Vpril  26,  18 18,  daughter  of  Nath- 
aniel P.  and  Rebecca  (Greenwood)  Eianks, 
and  a  sister  of  General  Nathaniel  Prentiss 
Banks,  who  was  governor  of  Massachusetts 
from  1858  to  1861,  and  served  with  distinc- 
tion in  the  Civil  war.  Nathaniel  P.  Banks, 
Sr.,  and  Rebecca  (Greenwood)  Banks,  who 
were  married  at  Waltham  in  1815,  had  eight 
children :  Governor  Nathaniel  Prentiss,  born 
in  1816,  married  Mary  Palmer;  Rebecca,  born 
as  above ;  Willis  Greenwood,  born  in  1820, 
died  young;  Willis  Greenwood,  born  in  1822; 
Susan  Prentiss,  born  in  1825  ;  Eliza  G.,  born 
in  1828;  Gardner,  born  in  1830;  Hiram,  born 
in  1833,  and  William  Lester,  born  in  1837. 
Nathaniel  C.  and  Rebecca  (Banks)  Sanger 
were  the  parents  of  four  children :  George, 
Frank,  Charles  Edward  and  Susan  P.  The 
latter  became  the  wife  of  Harrison  P.  Page,  of 
Newton. 

Charles  lulward  .Sanger,  second  child  of 
Nathaniel  C.  and  Rebecca  (Banks)  Sanger, 
was  Ixjm  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1845.  He  was  reared  and  educated 
in  Waterlown,  and  while  still  a  minor  he  en- 


listed for  service  in  the  Civil  war  in  Company 
K,  Fifth  regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteers, 
with  which  he  served  with  credit.  He  subse- 
quently went  to  Michigan,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  and  for  some 
time  operated  a  planing  mill  in  Bay  City,  that 
state.  His  death,  which  was  untimely,  oc- 
curred in  Bay  City,  1882.  In  politics  he  acted 
with  the  Republican  party.  On  December  22, 
1871,  Mr.  Sanger  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Hannah  Sampson  Perkins,  who  was  born 
November  30,  1846,  daughter  of  William  and 
Hope  (Tillson)  Perkins,  of  Pocasset,  Massa- 
chusetts, probably  a  descendant  of  John  Per- 
kins, the  emigrant,  and  an  early  settler  in 
Ipswich. 

Mrs.  Hannah  S.  Sanger  survives  her  hus- 
band and  resides  in  Watertown.  She  is  the 
mother  of  two  children  :  Jessie  Perkins,  born 
in  Watertown,  July  25,  1.874;  and  Guy  Ed- 
ward, born  in  Bay  City,  October  24,  1879. 
The  family  are  members  of  the  Unitarian 
church. 


The   Mildons  of  Marlborough 

MILDON     are    of    English    descent,    and 

family  was  established  on  this 

side  of  the  ocean  during  the  first  half  of  the 

nineteenth  centur}-. 

Thomas  C.  Mildon,  son  of  Thomas,  was 
born  at  Triyerton,  England,  in  the  year  1810, 
and  acquired  the  advantages  of  a  good  educa- 
tion. .At  the  age  of  twenty-seven  he  emi- 
grated to  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  turned  his 
attention  to  educational  pursuits,  and  taught 
."^chool  there  continuously  for  a  period  of  fifty 
years.  For  many  years  he  resided  in  Wey- 
mouth (N.  S.).  and  he  died  in  1906,  nearly  a 
centenarian,  being  ninety-six  years  of  age.  He 
married  Susan  Mary  Davis,  who  was  born  in 
Londou.  England,  in  T815,  and  her  death  oc- 
curred the  same  year  as  that  of  her  husband. 
"Thev  were  the  parents  of  seven  children: 
Walter  B.,  who  came  to  the  United  States 
and  served  in  the  civil  war  with  the  Fifth 
Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  Will- 
iam S.,  who  resides  in  Eastport,  Maine,  and  is 
an  ex-mayor  of  that  city:  Thomas  C,  who  is 
still  residing  in  Nova  Scotia;  Elizabeth  Mary, 
.\mev  S.,  who  becames  the  wife  of  Sterns 
Tones,  of  Weymouth,  N.  S.;  Georgiana  M. 
and  Frederick'  R.  S.  (N.  B.  These  children 
arc  not  given  in  chronological  order). 

Frederick  R.  S.  Mildon,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Susan  ^I.  fDavis)  Mildon,  was  born  in  Wey- 
mouth, November  28,   1852.     His  early  edu- 


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cation  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools,  and 
upon  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  began 
his  business  training  as  a  store  clerk.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  accepted  a  clerkship  in  a 
grocery  store  at  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia,  and 
in  1873  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  trade 
upon  his  own  account,  continuing  in  business 
at  Yarmouth  for  seven  years,  or  until  1880. 
Selling  out  his  store  in  Yarmouth,  he  went  to 
Eastport,  Maine,  where  he  conducted  a 
variety  store  for  a  year,  but  at  the  expiration 
of  that  time  he  decided  to  seek  a  more  favor- 
able business  opportunity  elsewhere,  and  ac- 
cordingly went  to  Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 
His  stay  in  the  northwest  was  short,  how- 
ever, and  returning  to  New  England  in  1881 
he  established  a  variety  store  in  Somersworth, 
New  Hampshire,  which  he  carried  on  for 
about  nine  years  with  profitable  results.  In 
1890  he  removed  to  Marlborough,  Massachu- 
setts, and  opened  a  variety  store  which  ab- 
sorbed his  attention  for  about  fourteen 
years.  He  finally  relinquished  mercantile  pur- 
suits and  established  himself  in  the  real  estate 
and  insurance  business,  which  he  is  still  con- 
ducting. 

Since  becoming  a  citizen  of  Marlborough, 
Mr.  Mildon  has  evinced  an  earnest  interest 
in  civic  affairs,  and  has  emphasized  that  inter- 
est by  devoting  a  considerable  portion  of  his 
time  to  public  office.  In  1901  he  was  elected 
as  a  Democrat  to  the  board  of  aldermen  from 
Ward  seven,  which  is  strongly  Republican, 
thus  demonstrating  his  political  status  in  his 
own  neighborhood,  and  the  ability  and  sound 
judgment  he  displayed  in  the  upper  branch 
of  the  city  government  was  such  as  to  make 
his  popularity  general  throughout  the  city.  In 

1903  he  was  brought  forward  as  an  eligible 
candidate  for  the  mayoralty,  and  being  suc- 
cessful at  the  polls  he  gave  the  city  the  benefits 
of  his  business  ability,  administering  its  muni- 
cipal affairs  in  a  most  judicious  manner. 
When  the  new  city  hall  was  projected  he  be- 
came chairman  of  the  building  committee, 
serving  as  such  until  its  completion,  which 
covered  the  years   1904  and   1905,  and  from 

1904  to  the  present  time  he  has  been  a  trustee 
of  the  Marlborough  City  Hospital. 

In  1873  ^I''-  Mildon  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Abby  C.  Travis,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Travis  of  Kempt,  Noya  Scotia.  They 
have  three  children:  Reginald  B.,  born  March 
4,  1875;  Eleanor,  born  September  14,  1877; 
and  Alice  F...  born  September  15.  1882.  Reg- 
inald P).  Mildon  is  a  graduate  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, and  a  civil  engineer  in  Denver,  Colo- 
rado. 


Captain  William  Gerrish 
GERRISH  came  from  Bristol,  England, 
on  board  the  ship  "Jona- 
than," in  compau)-  with  Percival  Lowle  (Lo- 
well), his  wife  Rebecca  Lowle,  their  sons 
John  and  Richard  Lowle  and  their  daughter 
Joan  Lowle.  They  arrived  at  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay  Colony,  in  the  month  of  June, 
1639,  and  became  residents  of  that  town, 
where  Percival  Lowle,  then  sixty-four  years 
of  age,  engaged  in  merchandising.  Captain 
William  Gerrish,  at  that  time  a  young  man, 
was  clerk  in  Percival  Lowle's  store,  and 
gained  a  good  knowledge  of  the  mercantile 
business.  He  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Per- 
cival and  Rebecca  Lowle.  Joan  (na)  Lowle 
came  from  Norman  stock,  and  her  remote  an- 
cestors are  said  to  have  come  to  England  with 
the  Duke  of  Normandy  in  1066.  Her  first 
known  English  ancestor  was  William  Lowle, 
born  in  Yardley,  Worcestershire,  probably 
before  1250,  and  from  him  nine  generations 
have  been  traced  to  Richard  Lowle  of  Som- 
ersetshire, father  of  Percival  Lowle,  the  Bris- 
tol merchant.  Richard  Lowle  married  a 
daughter  of  Edmund  and  Elizabeth  (Park- 
hurst)  Percival.  and  was  of  a  distinguished 
family.  Captain  William  Gerrish  removed  to 
Boston  in  1678,  where  he  was  a  merchant, 
and  he  died  in  Salem  at  the  house  of  his  son 
Benjamin,  in  1687. 

(II)   Benjamin  Gerrish  was  collector  of  cus- 
toms  for   the   Crown   at  the   port   of  Salem, 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony. 
(IIIl  Captain  John  Gerrish. 

(IV)  Colonel  Timothy  Gerrish,  of  Gerrish 
Island,  in  the  court  of  Maine,  was  councillor 
for  Massachusetts  Colony  and  colonel  of  the 
Yorkshire  regiment. 

(V)  John  Gerrish  married  Margery  Pep- 
perell,  niece  of  Sir  William  Pepperell  (1696- 
1758),  and  grandniece  of  Colonel  William  and 
Margery  (the  immigrants)  (Bray)  Pepperell, 
of  Kittery,  Maine. 

(VI)  George  Gerrish. 

(VII)  Captain  George  Gerrish  was  captain 
in  the  York  county  (Maine)  militia. 

(VIII)  George  W.  Gerrish  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  Maine,  settled  in  Chelsea,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1836. 

(IX)  Hiram  Augustus  Gerrish  was  born 
in  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  1837,  and  mar- 
ried Charlotte  Emelinc,  born  in  1836.  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Lucy  (Borden)  Toppan, 
and  a  direct  descendant  from  Abraham  Top- 
pan,  who  came  from  England  in  the  ship 
"Rose,"  in  1637,  and  settled  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts  Bav  Colonv.     Hiram  A.  Ger- 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


rish  was  a  builder  in  Chelsea,  served  as  alder- 
man and  councilman,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
school  committee.  His  church  affiliation  was 
with  the  Unitarian  Society,  and  he  was  a 
Republican,  with  liberal  views  on  the  tariff 
and  reciprocity. 

(X)  Harry  Theodore  Gerrish  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public-  schools  of  Chelsea,  and 
was  graduated  in  the  Chelsea  high  school 
in  1881.  He  was  a  wholesale  provision 
dealer  in  Boston  1881-95,  and  a  commis- 
sion merchant  with  business  office  in  North 
Market  street.  Boston,  from  1895.  His  po- 
litical affiliation  was  with  the  Independent 
wing  of  the  Republican  party;  his  fraternal 
affiliation  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  his  only  club  affiliation  was  with  the 
Highland  Club  of  Melrose,  of  which  he  was 
made  president.  He  was  married,  in  Chel- 
sea. Alassachusetts,  December  15,  1886,  to 
Harriet  I.,  daughter  of  George  H.  and  Annie 
(Harrington)  Willey,  and  tenth  in  descent 
from  Thomas  Roberts,  who  settled  on  Dover 
Neck,  New  Hampshire  grants,  about  1633. 
Their  only  child.  Helen  Warrenton  Gerrish, 
was  born  in  Chelsea,  December  15,  1887,  and 
was  graduated  at  the  Melrose  high  school  in 
1906.  Mr.  Gerrish,  with  his  wife  and  daugh- 
ter, established  a  beautiful  home  at  Mielrose  in 
i8g6,  where  the  "latchstring"  was  always 
within  reach  of  their  host  of  friends. 


(I)  Edward  Coburn  or  Col- 
COBURN  bum,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  first  in  Ipswich,  i\l'assa- 
chusetts,  with  his  brother  Robert.  The  name 
is  spelled  Cobome  or  Colborne,  also.  Robert 
Colburn  was  born  in  1610,  and  died  at  Ipswich, 
May  2,  1685 ;  was  a  subscriber  to  the  Denison 
fund  in  1648 ;  was  a  commoner  of  Ipswich  in 
1664.  Both  Robert  and  Edward  may  be  re- 
lated to  Nathaniel  Colburn,  of  Dedham.  an- 
cestor of  many  of  the  name  of  Colburn.  Rob- 
ert left  no  male  descendants  of  the  name.  The 
descendants  of  Edward  spell  their  names  both 
Coburn  and  Colburn. 

Edward  Coburn  was  born  in  England  in 
1618  and  died  in  Dracut,  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1700.  He  came  over  in  the  ship 
"Defence"  in  1635,  aged  seventeen  years,  and 
was  originally  a  farmer  in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Saltonstall.  He  owned  shares  in  Hog  Island 
in  1664  and  was  a  voter  in  1679.  In  1665  he 
was  employed  to  run  a  line  between  Wenham 
and  Ipswich.  He  and  Samuel  Varnum  went 
from  Ipswich,  to  Dracut,  and  were  the  first 


settlers  in  what  became  Dracut.  Their  fam- 
ilies have  been  very  numerous  in  the  town  and 
closely  connected  by  marriage  in  every  gener- 
ation. Mr.  Coburn  bought  a  tract  of  land  in 
what  is  now  Dracut,  November  22,  1671,  and 
a  tract  of  sixteen  hundred  acres  on  the  Mer- 
rimac  river,  September  30,  1688,  of  John  Ever- 
ett, for  two  hundred  pounds.  A  part  of  this 
land  is  still  in  the  Coburn  family.  The  Co- 
burns  removed  tO'  Dracut  about  1688,  though 
some  went  earlier  probably.  In  1678  John  and 
Robert  were  not  included  with  the  other  sons 
in  the  census  of  those  able  to  bear  arms  at 
Ipswich,  and  they  may  have  located  at  Dracut 
at  that  time. 

Children,  born  at  Ipswich:  i.  John,  eldest, 
married  Susannah  Read.  2.  Thpmas,  mar- 
ried. September  17,  1681,  Mary  Richardson, 
daughter  of  Josiah  Richardson,  of  Woburn ; 
had  son  Daniel  at  Ipswich,  January  i,  1679. 
3.  Robert.  4.  Daniel,  married,  June  18,  1684, 
at  Chelmsford,  Lydia  Parker,  daughter  of 
.\braham  and  Rose  Parker.  5.  Ezra,  born 
at  Ipswich,  March  16.  1658 ;  married,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1 68 1,  Hannah  Varnum,  of  Dracut.  6. 
Joseph,  born  June  16,  1661.  7.  Hannah,  mar- 
ried, September  28,  1682,  Thomas  Richardson. 
8.  Edward,  killed  in  King  Philip's  war,  Au- 
gust 2,  1675,  at  Brookfield.  9.  Lydia,  born  at 
Ipswich,  .\ugust  20,  1666.  Edward  deeded 
land  at  Dracut  to  son  John,  December  12,  1678, 
one-eighth  of  his  land ;  to  son  Joseph  another 
eighth,  July  8,  1682 ;  to  son  Ezra,  January  3, 
1684,  another  eighth  :  to  son  Daniel,  February 
20,  1690,  another  eighth.  He  gave  land  to 
Thomas,  Daniel,  Ezra  and  Joseph,  .'\pril  14, 
1693 ;  land  to  Ezra,  December  28,  1696.  .\I1 
the  sons  had  a  deed  of  land  from  the  Indians, 
April  17,  1701. 

(II)  Ezra  Coburn.  son  of  Edward  Coburn 
(i),  was  born  in  Ipswich,  March  16,  1658-59. 

fie  settled  in  Dracut  and  married  Lucy -. 

Some  of  his  children:  i.  Ezra,  Jr.,  married 
Thankful  Richardson.  Jonathan  (3),  Josiah 
(2),  Ezekiel  (i).  2.  Edward  (?).  married 
Elizabeth  Richardson,  sister  of  Thankful.  3. 
John  (?),  married  Olive,  sister  of  Thankful 
Richardson.  4.  Samuel  (?),  married  Mary 
Richardson,   sister  of  Thankful. 

(III)  Dr.  Samuel  Coburn,  son  or  nephew 
of  Ezra  Coburn  (2),  was  born  in  Chelmsford 
or  Dracut  about  1690.  He  was  a  physician. 
He  died  in  Dracut,  December  22,  1756.  He 
married,  in  1717,  Mary  Richardson,  who  was 
born  June  26,  1699,  and  died  at  Dracut,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1754.  Her  father,  Jonathan  Rich- 
ardson, was  the  son  of  Josiah,  a  prominent 
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Richardson,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town 
of  Woburn,  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mary  Taylor,  of  Dunstable,  in 
1755.  (See  sketch.)  Samuel  Coburn  was  on 
the  board  of  selectmen  in  17 14.  Children, 
born  in  Dracut:  i.  Mary,  June  27,  1718,  died 
young.  2.  Samuel,  March  i8-,  1719-20,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Jonathan,  June  i,  1722,  died 
young.  4.  Hannah,  April  3,  1726.  5. .  Abra- 
ham, June  17,  1729.  6.  Elizabeth,  April  17, 
1732.  7.  Mary,  August  19,  1734.  8.  Heze- 
kiah,  April  7,  1737,  died  June  3,  1742. 

(IV)  Samuel  Coburn,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel 
Coburn  (3),  was  born  in  Dracut,  March  18, 
1719-20.  He  married,  (intentions  dated  Feb- 
ruary 5)  1742-43,  Mary  Bradstreet.  Children, 
born  at  Dracut:  i.  Abi,  February  9,  1743-44. 
2.  Hezekiah,  September  19,  1745,  died  Febru- 
ary I,  1747-48.  3.  Hezekiah,  March  29,  1748. 
4.  Samuel,  August  24,  1750.  5.  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 16.  1753.  6.  Moses  Bradstreet,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1758.  7.  Nathaniel,  July  8,  1761, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Nathaniel  Coburn,  son  of  Samuel  Co- 
burn  (4),  was  born  in  Dracut,  July  8,  1761, 
and  died  October  i,  1835,  or  October  25,  1813. 
He  married  Mercy  Coburn,  (intentions  dated 
January  27),  1787.  She  was  born  January 
27,  1764,  the  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Mary 
Coburn,  and  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary,  mentioned  above.  Children,  born  at 
Dracut:  i.  Mercy,  February  15,  1789.  2. 
Alvin,  January  28,  1794,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Alvin  Coburn,  son  of  Nathaniel  Co- 
burn  (5),  was  born  at  Dracut,  January  28, 
1794.  He  married,  July  19,  1824,  Susan  Has- 
kell, of  Templeton,  Massachusetts,  who  was 
born  May  17,  1801,  and  died  August  2,  1891. 
He  died  January  27,  1856.  Their  daughter 
Laura,  married,  August  14.  1862,  John  Frank 
Tabor,  born  in  Lowell,  November  28,  1836. 
He  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools. 
He  was  engaged  in  the  provision  business  all 
his  active  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republi- 
can. He  was  a  member  of  no  secret  societies 
or  clubs,  being  a  man  of  domestic  tastes  and 
devoted  to  his  home  and  family.  He  was  an 
attendant  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
died  February  ig.  1888.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Tabor:  Helen  L.,  born  June  23,  1865. 
Charles  Edward  Fitts.  January  14.  1872. 
Susan  H.,  November  27.  1876.  Both  Helen 
L.  and  Susan  H.  Tabor  were  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Lowell  and  have  always  lived 
at  home,  looking  after  the  interests  of  their 
mother.  Both  are  members  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Lowell,  and  are  inter- 
ested in  its  benevolent  work. 


James  Wilson,  of  an  ancient 
WILSON     Scotch     family,    was    born    at 

Paisley,  Scotland,  June  15, 
1739.  Among  his  children  was  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  John  Wilson,  son  of  James  Wilson  ( i), 
was  born  at  Paisley,  Scotland,  February  7, 
1775.  He  came  to  America  late  in  life  and 
settled  in  1841  at  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia,  remov- 
ing thence  to  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
died  May  14,  1847.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Scotch  Greys,  a  noted  cavalry  regiment  in  the 
English  army,  and  served  in  the  bodyguard  of 

King  George.     He  married  Margaret  . 

Children:  i.  John,  born  June  5,  1799,  men- 
tioned below.     2.    David,  died  June  15,  1839; 

he  married ;  children  :    Katherine,  born 

March  31,  1822;  Jeanette,  March  20,  1824; 
Jeanette,  April  25,  1826;  Margaret,  August  24, 
1828;- John,  July  15,  1831  ;  Martha,  October 
15,  1832.  died  November  19,  1903;  Agnes, 
January  4,  1834;  John,  December  9,  1836; 
David.  3.  Glaud,  started  the  original  mill 
with  the  hand  looms,  and  later  joined  the 
jacard  and  the  loom  together,  being  the  first 
man  to  bring  this  about.  He  came  to  this 
country  with  Alexander  Wright. 

(III)  John  Wilson,  son  of  John  Wilson 
(2),  was  born  at  Birmingham,  England,  June 
5,  1799,  while  his  father's  regiment  was  sta- 
tioned there.  He  died  at  Lowell,  February  28, 
1872.  He  came  to  New  England  in  1842  and 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Lowell  Manufactur- 
ing Company.  He  was  a  constant  attendant 
of  the  Baptist  church,  serving  in  the  capacity 
of  deacon  in  Paisley,  Scotland.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  married  (first)  Mar- 
garet Kerr,  born  August  27,  1798.  M'arried 
(second)  Martha  Carswell,  born  April  24, 
1797.  Children:  i.  John  C,  born  December 
9,  1836.  mentioned  below  ;  2.  David  Henry, 
born  June  15.  1839,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  John  C.  Wilson,  son  of  John  Wilson 
(3),  was  born  December  9,  1836.  He  served 
an  apprenticeship  at  the  trade  of  machinist  in 
the  city  of  Lowell,  and  worked  at  various 
places,  spending  five  years  in  Portland,  Maine, 
from  whence  he  returned  to  Lowell,  where  he 
was  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  David 
Henry  W'ilson.  He  retired  July  i,  1886.  He 
is  a  Baptist  in  religion,  a  Republican  in  pol- 
itics, and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Malta. 
He  married  (first)  Anna  E.  Brethrick.  bom 
June  23,  1839,  died  September  14,  1871  ;  four 
"children:  i.  John  F.,  born  July  15,  1859;  ed- 
ucated in  the  public  schools,  graduating  from 
the  high  school ;  at  time  of  death  was  with 
the  Lamson  Cash  Carrier  Company.    He  mar- 


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ried  Mabel  Richardson ;  two  children,  Ethel 
and  Irene,  ii.  Albert,  born  February  20,  1862 ; 
educated  in  public  and  high  schools,  attending 
the  latter  three  years,  and  then  learned  the  art 
of  printing;  is  now  teller  in  the  Middlesex 
Trust  Company.  He  married  Alice  Woods ; 
one  child,  Anna  M.,  born  April  29,  1885.  iii. 
David,  born  May  2,  1864,  died  in  infancy,  iv. 
Benjamin  H.,  born  July  26,  1867,  died  April 
9,  1903;  he  attended  the  public  and  high 
schools,  the  latter  two  years,  and  then  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business.  He  married 
Annie  Harris;  one  child,  Vivian,  born  Octo- 
ber 28,  1895.  John  C.  married  (second)  Mar- 
garet A.  Munroe;  two  children:  i.  Charles  C, 
born  March  21,  1879;  married,  August  29, 
1903,  Florence  E.  Williams,  bom  February  5, 
1881.  ii.  Edith,  born  December  26,  1884, 
died  May  12,  1886. 

John  C.  (4)  and  David  H.  (4)  are  brothers. 

(IV)  David  Henry  Wilson,  son  of  John 
Wilson  (3),  was  born  in  Paisley,  Scotland, 
June  15,  1839.  He  was  brought  to  this  coun- 
tr\-  by  his  parents  when  three  years  of  age, 
they  arriving  July  4,  1842.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, spending  two  years  in  the  high  school. 
In  1852,  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  he  went  to 
work  for  the  Lowell  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, studying  designing.  He  remained  in 
this  position  until  the  following  year,  when  he 
was  apprenticed  to  David  Dana  for  five  years 
to  learn  the  trade  of  coppersmith.  In  1859  he 
removed  to  Windham,  Maine,  and  for  three 
years  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
there.  Returning  to  Boston  he  worked  at  his 
trade  as  coppersmith  on  government  work 
under  Edward  Ayer.  Afterwards  he  removed 
to  Portland,  Maine,  where  for  eight  years  he 
worked  at  his  trade,  most  of  the  time  on  the 
copper  work  of  gunboats  for  the  United 
States.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  LTnion 
Machine  Company  at  Fitchburg  in  1871,  re- 
maining two  years.  In  1874  he  and  his 
brother,  John  C.  Wilson,  formed  a  partner- 
ship, and  they  established  a  successful  busi- 
ness in  Lowell  as  coppersmiths,  being  the 
first  concern  in  this  country  to  make  copper 
slasher  cylinders.  The  business  in  recent 
years  has  been  located  at  279  and  283  Dutton 
street,  ^^r.  Wilson  stands  high  in  the  con- 
fidence of  the  community,  and  has  won  sub- 
stantial success  in  his  business  career  in  Lo- 
well and  throughout  all  New  England,  his 
slashers  being  used  in  all  the  different  states 
of  the  south.  He  has  now  ( 1908)  retired 
from  business.     He  is  an  active  member  of 


the  Worthen  Street  Baptist  Church,  and  has 
held  at  various  times  all  the  offices  of  the 
church  to  which  laymen  are  eligible.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Pentucket 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  and  of  the  various 
Masonic  bodies  up  to  and  including  the 
thirty-second  degree.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  has  been  active  in  the  duties  of 
citizenship. 

He  married,  February  7.  1863,  Harriet 
Hudson,  of  Lowell.  She  died  March  18,  1899. 
He  married  (second).  October  16,  1900,  Hat- 
tie  M.  Hubbard,  of  Lowell.  Children:  i. 
Henry  D.,  born  at  Westbrook,  January  8, 
1865,  graduate  of  the  public  schools;  removed 
to  Lowell,  and  is  engaged  in  business;  mar- 
ried Lilla  Bates;  two  children,  died  in  infancy. 
2.  Arthur,  born  June  20,  1869;  graduate  of 
public  and  high  school;  engaged  in  business 
with  father:  married  Carrie  Kitteridge;  four 
children:  Natalie,  Arthur.  Harriet  L.  and 
Emma.  3.  Walter  E.  H.,  born  in  Lowell, 
May  26,  1880;  graduate  of  grammar  and  high 
schools,  and  Lowell  Textile  School.  Since 
the  retirement  of  his  father,  he  supervises  the 
business  and  is  considered  an  able  successor 
to  his  father.     4.  George,  died  young. 


Robert   Moir   and  his   wife   Eliza- 
MOIR     beth  (Moir)  Moir.  natives  of  Den- 

nypoe.  Scotland,  and  of  Paisley, 
Scotland,  respectively,  had  ten  children,  all 
born  in  Dennypoe.  Scotland,  and  named  in 
the  order  of  their  birth:  George,  Alexander 
(1825),  Robert,  Susan,  Isabella.  Jeanette, 
James,  William,  John  and  Andrew  Moir. 

(II)  Alexander  Moir.  son  of  Robert  and 
Elizabeth  (Moir)  Moir,  was  born  in  Denny- 
poe, Scotland,  April  17,  1825.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  calico  printer,  and  in  view  of  the  in- 
creasing demand  for  skilled  labor  in  the  cot- 
ton mills  of  Massachusetts,  he  came  to  that 
state  and  found  employment  at  the  Pacific 
Mills,  Lawrence,  and  in  1874  came  to  Lowell 
and  found  employment  as  a  calico  printer  at 
the  Hamilton  Mills.  He  was  married  March 
13.  T855,  at  Lowell.  Massachusetts,  to  Isabella, 
daughter  of  Duncan  and  Ann  McLardy.  na- 
tives of  Paisley,  Scotland,  where  Isabella  Mc- 
Lardy was  born  in  1831.  The  eight  children 
of  .Alexander  and  Isabella  (McLardy)  Moir 
were.  Robert,  Ann.  born  September  12.  1858. 
Elizabeth,  August  12,  i860.  Dinncan.  Septem- 
ber 8,  1862,  died  September  12.  1892.  Alex- 
ander, .'\pril  17,  1864.  George,  .\pril  15.  1866. 
John,  May  8,  1868.  James.  October  15,  1870. 
These  children  were  brought  up  in  the  relig- 


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ious  faith  of  their  parents  and  ancestors,  that 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  Hke  their  par- 
ents were  charitable  and  given  to  good  works 
as  well  as  to  strict  church  attendance  and  re- 
gard for  religious  living.  Mr.  Moir  fell  from 
a  tree  in  1888,  and  the  result  of  the  fall  was 
to  disable  him  physically,  so  as  to  confine  him 
to  his  home  for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  His 
misfortune  was  accepted  by  his  children  as 
but  another  opportunity  to  meet  the  filial  ob- 
ligation they  considered  a  pleasure  to  repay. 
The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Moir 
at  170  West  Sixth  Street,  Lowell,  was  the 
mecca  for  not  only  sons  and  daughters  by 
blood  and  marriage,  but  as  well  for  a  troop  of 
devoted  grandchildren.  Mrs.  Aloir,  wife  of 
Alexander  Moir,  died  in  September,  1896. 


Moses  Given  was  born  at  Gil- 
GIVEN  bertstown,  county  Donegal,  Ire- 
land. He  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools  of  the  parish,  and  up  to  the 
time  of  his  father's  death  was  engaged  with 
him'  in  farming.  He  succeeded  to  the  home- 
stead, a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  in  the  cen- 
ter of  Gilbertstown.  He  carried  on  general 
farming,  raising  large  crops  of  flax,  oats,  bar- 
ley, etc.,  and  having  cattle  and  sheep.  He  was 
prosperous,  as  prosperity  goes  in  the  old  coun- 
try. He  was  a  man  of  great  size  and  fine 
physique,  though  somewhat  disabled  in  later 
years  by  lameness.  He  died  at  Gilbertstown 
in  1878.  He  was  an  active  and  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
married  Fanny  Watt,  of  Drummore,  county 
Donegal,  Ireland.  Her  mother  was  of  the 
Walker  family  of  that  place,  Frances  Walker. 
Children:  I.  Margaret,  died  young.  2.  Jane, 
married  William  Given ;  no  issue.  3.  Mary, 
married  John  Graham ;  residence,  Woburn, 
Massachusetts ;  children :  i.  Elizabeth  Gra- 
ham, ii.  .Sarah  Graham.  4.  Eliza,  married 
Robert  Hazelett  at  Cambridge ;  no  issue.     5. 

William,  married Shaw  and  had  seven 

children.  6.  James,  born  March  7,  1850,  men- 
tioned below.  7.  Moses,  married  Annie  Cam- 
eron, of  Lowell,  Massachusetts ;  no  issue.  8. 
Fred,  married  Jennie  Johnson,  of  Woburn.  9. 
John.  10.  Frances,  married  Richard  Porter ; 
children,  i.  Cassie  Porter,  born  September, 
1886:  ii.  Jane  Porter,  1888:  iii.  Annie  Porter. 
(II)  James  Given,  son  of  Moses  Given  (i), 
was  born  at  Gilbertstown,  county  Donegal. 
Ireland,  March  7,  1850.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
land,  attending  during  the  winters  terms  and 
working   on   the   farm    during    the    summer 


months.  He  remained  at  home  until  sevetiteen 
years  of  age,  when  he  came  to  America,  sail- 
ing April  29,  1867.  He  landed  in  Boston  and 
secured  employment  with  the  Bay  State  Brick 
Company  at  North  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
He  worked  there  one  year,  then  started  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1868,  to  learn  the  trade  of  blacksmith 
under  James  Little,  of  Cambridge,  and  work- 
ing in  his  shop  nine  months.  He  finished 
learning  his  trade  in  the  shop  of  R.  S.  Easter, 
of  North  Cambridge,  where  he  worked  two 
years.  He  and  Mr.  Easter  then  opened  a 
blacksmith  shop  in  Woburn,  doing  business 
under  the  firm  name  of  Easter  &  Given  for  a 
year  and  a  half.  In  1873  Mr.  Given  bought 
out  his  partner  and  continued  under  his  own 
name.  In  1878  he  added  to  his  business  wheel- 
wright and  carriage  painting  departments  and 
began  later  to  manufacture  heavy  wagons. 
He  built  up  a  large  and  profitable  business  in 
Woburn  and  vicinity.  He  owns  his  place  of 
business  as  well  as  his  farm  on  Bedford  street, 
where  in  1897  he  built  his  present  residence. 
Besides  other  real  estate  he  owns  a  house  on 
Beacon  street,  Woburn,  and  is  a  large  taxpayer 
He  stands  well  in  the  business  world  and  in 
the  estimation  of  all  classes  of  his  townsmen. 
Mr.  Given  comes  of  Protestant  stock  and  was 
brought  up  in  the  Methodist  religion.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
of  Woburn,  and  has  for  twenty  years  served 
on  its  advisory  board.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican and  has  frequently  been  elected  dele- 
gate to  county  and  senatorial  nominating  con- 
ventions. He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Or- 
ange Institution  of  America  of  Orangemen, 
and  has  been  master,  secretary  and  chaplain 
of  his  lodge,  of  which  at  present  he  is  treas- 
urer. He  is  a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Auxil- 
iary of  Loyal  Orange  Institution  at  Woburn. 

He  married,  December  14,  1881,  Lora  L. 
Barnum,  who  was  born  June  11,  1858,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Nichia  Harris  (Vaughan) 
Barnum.  Her  father  was  a  blacksmith  also. 
Children:  i.  Frances  Winifred,  born  Decem- 
ber 16,  1882.  2.  James  Selwyn,  June  11, 
1884.  3.  Stanley,  May  2,  1886,  died  March 
27,  1887.  4.  Ethel  Vaughan,  September  12, 
1889.  5.  Elton  Barnum,  February  6,  1891. 
6.  Lora  L.,  July  30,  1893.  7.  Harold  Hutch- 
ings,  January  23,  1899. 


Patten  is  an  ancient  English 
P.A.TTEN     surname    dating    back    to    the 

ver\-  beginning  of  the  use  of 
surnames  in  England  and  taken,  like  many 
of  English   names,  from   localities.      Richard 


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Patten  was  a  resident  of  Pattine,  near 
Chelmsford,  Essex  county,  England,  as  early 
as  1 119.  One  of  his  descendants,  Richard 
Patten,  of  Waynefleet,  was  a  man  of  distinc- 
tion from  1422  to  1462  in  England,  was 
bishop  of  Winchester  and  lord  high  chancel- 
lor and  founded  Magadalen  College  at  Ox- 
ford. In  1490  a  branch  of  this  Patten  family 
located  in  Scotland  and  one  of  the  Scotch 
Pattens,  perhaps  several  of  them,  removed  to 
Ulster  Province  in  the  north  of  Ireland  1610- 
20,  and  a  number  of  these  Scotch-Irish  came 
to  New  England  about  a  century  later.  From 
Coleraine,  in  Ireland,  came  the  brothers  Hec- 
tor (generally  called  Actor),  Robert  and  Will- 
iam. The  latter  settled  in  Boston  and  left  no 
male  issue.  Hector  was  born,  according  to 
the  history  of  Saco  Valley,  Maine,  in  Dimbo, 

now  Belfast,  Ireland;  married  Sutor, 

and  came  to  New  England  in  1727;  married 
(second)  a  Widow  Armstrong,  of  Arundel, 
Maine;  settled  at  Old  Orchard  and  later  at 
Frenchmaris  Bay,  Maine. 

(I)  Robert  Patten,  the  third  of  the  broth- 
ers, was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this  family. 
He  came  with  his  brothers  in  1727  and  settled 
in  Arundel.  He  is  said  to  have  kept  a  public 
house  in  Arundel.  He  married  Mc- 
Laughlin, who  died  on  the  voyage  to  this 
country.  He  married  (second)  Florence 
Johnston.  He  settled  in  Arundel  and  lived 
in  that  vicinity  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
Child  by  first  wife:  i.  Actor,  married  Jane 
McLellan  and  removed  to  Topsham.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  2.  Robert,  married 
Sarah  Deering.  3.  James,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Margaret,  married  Israel  Cleaves.  5. 
Mary,  married  William  Willson.  6.  John, 
married  Sarah  Wiswall.  7.  Rachel  married 
William  Smith. 

(II)  James  Patten,  son  of  Robert  Patten 
(i),  was  born  in  Arundel,  Maine,  in  1745,  and 
died  May  8,  1817.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution  from  Topsham  and  Bowdoinham, 
Maine,  a  private  in  Captain  Asa  Haynes's 
company,  Colonel  Edward  Wigglesworth's 
regiment  in  1777;  also  in  Captain  John 
Smith's  company.  Colonel  Calvin  Smith's 
regiment  in  the  Continental  army  in  1777; 
also  in  Captain  .Aaron  Haynes's  company  and 
Colonel  Wigglesworth's  regiment.  He  was 
at  Camp  Greenage  in  1778  and  in  1779  was 
in  Captain  John  K.  Smith's  company,  Colonel 
Wigglesworth's  regiment.  In  1780  his  enlist- 
ment states  his  age  as  thirty  fhe  was  probably 
a  few  years  older,  thirty-five  according  to  the 
date  of  birth  given  by  the  family);  was  five 


feet  ten  inches  tall;  complexion  light;  eyes 
"light."  He  served  again  in  1781.  His 
brother.  Actor  (Hector)  Patten,  was  a  cap- 
tain in  the  Revolution  from  Topsham  in 
Colonel  Samuel  McCobb's  regiment  in  1779. 
He  married  (first)  Sally  Stone ;  (second)  Abby 
(Abigail)  Meservey,  who  was  born  in  1755, 
and  died  September  3,  1838.  Children  of  the 
first  wife:  i.  Johnston,  married  Lucy  Towne; 
son  James  D.,  born  August  26,  1817,  died 
October  7,  1865;  married  Mary  J.  Gardner; 
prominent  citizen  of  Gardner.  2.  Robert. 
Children  of  second  wife:  3.  Daniel,  born  June 
26,  1792,  mentioned  below.  4.  James,  born 
Jidy  3,  1795. 

(III)  Daniel  Patten,  son  of  James  Patten 
(2),  was  born  in  or  near  Topsham,  Maine, 
June  26,  1792,  and  died  March  22,  1871.  He 
married,  1817,  Phebe  Adams,  who  was  born 
July  25,  1799,  and  died  February  26,  1856. 
Children:  i.  Joseph  A.,  born  September  29, 
1818,  mentioned  below.  2.  Abigail  M.,  born 
October  25,  1821.  3.  Lydia  P.,  born  October 
16,  1823,  died  1904.  4.  James,  born  March 
25,  1826,  died  March  14,  1848.  5.  William, 
born  March  13,  1829,  died  June  6,  i860.  6. 
Priscilla  J.,  born  February  12,  1836. 

(IV)  Joseph  Adams  Patten,  son  of  Daniel 
Patten  (3),  was  born  in  Kennebunkport, 
Maine,  September  29,  1818.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  common  schools  and  in  1840  left 
home  and  located  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
He  worked  in  the  mills  eight  years,  rose  to 
the  position  of  overseer  and  held  it  for  a 
period  of  twenty-seven  years.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 27,  1897.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics, 
was  a  member  of  the  common  council  of  Lo- 
well in  1855-68-69.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Old  Residents'  Association  and  was  honorary 
member  of  Pentucket  Lodge  of  Free  Masons 
of  Lowell.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
tarian church,  Merrimac  street.  He  married, 
.Vugust  23,  1847,  Marie  .-Vntoinette  Bixby, 
born  October  19,  1826,  at  Corinth,  Vermont, 
and  died  February  9,  1906.  Children,  born 
in  Lowell:  i.  Marie  Antoinette,  born  April 
29,  1848,  died  July  6,  1849.  2.  Marcellus 
Adams,  born  December  4,  1849,  mentioned 
below.  3.  -Frank  James,  born  March  4,  1852, 
died  July  22,  1854. 

(V)  Marcellus  Adams  Patten,  son  of 
Joseph  Adams  Patten  (4),  was  born  in  Lo- 
well, Massachusetts,  December  4,  1849.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school  in  1868.    When  he  completed  his  edu- 


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cation  and  left  home  to  start  on  his  own  ac- 
count he  entered  the  employ  of  a  florist  and 
learned  the  business.  He  was  one  year  with 
Wieland  Bros.,  Harvard  street,  Cambridge, 
and  a  year  with  W.  C.  Strong,  Brighton,  Mas- 
sachusetts. In  1870  he  engaged  in  business 
on  his  own  account  with  a  store  and  hot- 
houses on  West  Fourth  street,  Lowell,  and 
continued  for  twenty  years  and  became  a 
leader  in  his  line.  In  1888  he  established 
his  present  plant  in  Tewksbury  and  made  a 
specialty  of  raising  carnations,  and  in  1890  he 
opened  a  store  on  Central  street,  Lowell,  for 
the  retail  sale  of  his  flowers. 

The  business  is  conducted  under  the  firm 
name  of  Patten  &  Co.  He  resides  in  Tewksbury. 
His  greenhouse  business  is  now  confined  ex- 
clusively to  Tewksbury.  He  is  a  Republican 
but  has  not  been  active  in  politics.  He  is  a 
member  of  Pentucket  Lodge  of  Free  Masons; 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks;  of  Tewksbury 
Grange,  No.  207,  Patrons  of  Husbandry;  of 
the  Knights  of  Malta;  of  the  American  Flor- 
ists' Society  and  of  the  Boston  Florists'  and 
Gardeners'  Club. 

He  married,  August  3,  1875,  Susan  Gene- 
vieve Allen,  born  June  11,  1852,  in  Danville, 
Vermont.  Her  father,  John  Gordon  Allen, 
was  born  February  16,  181 1,  and  died  July  i, 
1892,  in  Lowell;  her  mother,  Nancy  Martin 
(Crane)  Allen,  was  born  February  11,  1813, 
and  died  July  27,  1890;  married  February  5, 
1834;  children:  i.  Charles  H.  Allen,  born 
December  19,  1834;  ii.  Lydia  Jane  Allen, 
born  February  16,  1836,  married  M.  J.  Bart- 
lett;  iii.  Eliza  A.  Allen,  born  September  17, 
1837,  died  July  7,  1877;  iv.  George  Frank  Al- 
len, born  June  8,  1839;  v.  Fannie  A.  Allen, 
born  January  23,  1841 ;  vi.  William  Silvester 
Allen,  born  October  13,  1842;  vii.  Flora 
Helen  Allen,  born  October  22,  1844;  viii. 
John  Gordon  Allen,  born  October  28,  1848, 
died  1853;  ix.  Mary  A.  Allen,  born  October 
9,  1850,  died  in  infancy,  x.  Susan  G.  Allen, 
bom  June  10,  1852,  mentioned  above.  Chil- 
dren of  Marcellus  Adams  and  Susan  G.  Pat- 
ten: I.  Willie  (twin),  born  October  7,  1876, 
died  same  day.  2.  Fred  (twin),  born  and  died 
October  7,  1876.  3.  Wilbur  Allen,  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1879,  in  Lowell,  educated  in  his 
native  town  and  is  associated  with  his  father 
in  business;  married  Bertha  L.  Lee;  children: 
i.  Helen  L.,  born  September  12,  1903;  ii.  Do- 
herty  A.,  born  December  22,  1907.  4.  Har- 
old Joseph,  born  May  27,  1884,  at  Lowell, 
works  with  his  father  on  the  homestead. 


Nicholas  Snow,  the  immigrant 
SNOW     ancestor,  was  born  in  England.  He 

came  to  New  Plymouth  in  the 
ship  "Ann,"  in  1623,  and  had  a  share  in  the 
division  of  land  in  Plymouth  in  1624.  In  1634 
he  settled  at  Eastham,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
a  prominent  citizen.  His  home  was  on  the 
road  from  Plymouth  to  Eel  river,  on  the  west- 
erly side.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1633,  and  was  elected  town  clerk  at  the  first 
meeting  of  the  town  of  Eastham,  holding  that 
office  sixteen  years ;  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  from  1648,  three  years;  selectman 
from  1663,  seven  years.  He  and  his  son  Mark 
signed  the  call  to  Rev.  John  Mayo  to  settle 
as  their  minister  in  1655.  He  was  one  of  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Prence's  associates.  He  died  at 
Eastham,  November  15,  1676.  He  married,  at 
Plymouth,  Constance,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Hopkins,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  All 
the  descendants  of  Nicholas  and  Constance 
Snow  are  eligible  to  the  Mayflower  Society. 
Constance  herself  came  in  the  "Mayflower." 
She  died  October,  1677.  Children:  i.  Mark, 
born  May  9,  1628.  2.  Mary,  born  about  1630. 
3.  Sarah,  born  about  1632.  4.  Joseph,  born 
about  1634.  5.  Stephen,  born  1636.  6.  John, 
born  about  1638.  7.  Elizabeth,  born  about 
1640.  8.  Jabez,  born  about  1642.  9.  Ruth, 
born  about  1644.  10.  Hann?h,  born  probably 
at  Eastham,   about    1646.      if.   Rebecca,  born 

about  1648.     12. .     Bradford  states  that 

he  had  twelve  children. 

(II)  Stephen  -Snow,  son  of  Nicholas  Snow 
( I ) ,  was  born  probably  at  Plymouth,  about 
1636,  and  died  December  17,  1705,  at  East- 
ham. He  married  first,  December  13,  1663,  at 
Eastham,  Susanna  (Deane)  Rogers,  daughter 
of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth  (Ring)  Deane.  She 
was  born  in  Plymouth  before  1634;  married 
first,  Joseph  Rogers,  Jr.,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Joseph  Rogers,  who  came  as  a  boy  in  the 
"Mayflower."  Susanna  died  before  1701,  and 
Stephen  married  second,  .\pril  9,  1701,  Mary 
Bigford.  He  resided  in  what  is  now  East  Or- 
leans, Massachusetts.  Children,  born  in  East- 
ham :  I.  Bathshua,  born  July  25,  1664.  2. 
Hannah,  born  January  2,  1666.  3.  Micajah, 
born  December  22,  1669.  4.  Bethiah,  bom 
July  I,  1672.  5.  Mehitable.  6.  Ebenezer, 
born  about  1677,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Ebenezer  Snow,  son  of  Stephen  Snow 
(2),  was  born  in  Eastham,  Massachusetts, 
about  1677  ;  died  before  April  9,  1725  ;  married 
December  22,  1698,  Hope  Horton,  who  mar- 
ried (second)  Thomas  Atkins,  and  went  to 
Chatham  to  live.    Some  of  her  children  settled 


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there.  This  name  Horton  seems  to  be  a  varia- 
tion of  Houghton,  and  related  to  the  Hough- 
tons  of  Milton,  descendants  of  Ralph  Hough- 
ton, of  Lancaster,  one  of  the  immigrant  ancest- 
ors. Ebenezer  Snow's  estate  was  divided  March 
4,  1737-8.  Children,  born  in  Eastham :  i.  Sus- 
anna, born  February  6,  1699-1700.  2.  Thom- 
as, born  February  i,  1702,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Ebenezer,  born  February  16,  1703-4.  4. 
Nathaniel,  born  February  7,  1705-6.  5.  Henry, 
born  January  6,  1706-7.  6.  Aaron,  born 
March  20,  1707-8.  7.  Samuel,  born  1709-10, 
died  June  10,  1728.  8.  Thankful,  born  July 
3,  1714.  9.  Elisha,  bom  October  9,  1716.  10. 
Hope,  born  November  18,  1718.  11.  Hannah, 
born  December  11,  1720.  12.  Bashua,  born 
October  4,  1723. 

(IV)  Thomas  Snow,  son  of  Ebenezer  Snow 
(3),  was  born  in  Eastham,  Massachusetts, 
February  i,  1701-2.  He  married  January  27, 
1731,  Abigail  Doane,  daughter  of  Israel  and 
Ruth  (Freeman)  Doane,  granddaughter  of 
Daniel  Doane  (2),  son  of  the  immigrant,  John 
(page  53,  Doane  Genealogy).  Children,  born 
at  Eastham:  i.  Elnathan,  born  March  3, 
Doane.  Abigail  was  born  December  29,  1706 
1734;  mentioned  below.  2.  Abigail,  born 
March  9,  1736;  married  Isaac  Paine.  3.  Sus- 
anna, born  March  31,  1743.  4.  Ruth,  born 
April   I,  1749. 

(V)  Elnathan  Snow,  son  of  Thomas  Snow 
at  Eastham:  i.  Elnathan,  born  March  2, 
(4),  was  born  in  Eastham,  Massachusetts, 
March  3,  1734-5.  Fie  married  Phebe  Sparrow, 
of  Eastham.    Child,  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Isaac  Snow,  son  of  Elnathan  Snow 
(5),  was  born  December  8,  1757,  and  died  at 
Orleans,  Massachusetts,  March  12,  1855,  aged 
ninetj'-seven  years  five  months  and  four  days, 
one  of  the  last  of  the  revolutionary  soldiers  of 
Barnstable  county.  He  married,  March  16, 
1786,  Hannah  Ereeman,  bom  March  6,  1764, 
died  September  30,  1838,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Thankful  (Linnell),  granddaugh- 
ter of  Lieutenant  Edmund  and  Sarah  (Spar- 
row) Freeman.  Sarah  Sparrow  was  daughter 
of  Richard  Sparrow.  Edmund  Freeman  (3), 
father  of  Lieutenant  Edmund  Freeman  (4), 
married  Sarah  .Mayo  (or  Myrick).  Major 
John  (2),  father  of  Edmund  Freeman  (3), 
married  Mercy  Prence,  daughter  of  Governor 
Prcnce  and  his  wife  Patience.  Edmund  Free- 
man (i),  the  immigrant,  was  father  of  Major 
John  Freeman  (2)  ;  came  to  Sandwich  about 
1637;  from  England  about   1635. 

Isaac  Snow  was  in  Captain  Isaiah  Higgins' 
company.  Colonel  Thomas  Marshall's  regi- 
ment, stationed  at  Boston,  in  1776,  and  serving 


in  the  siege  under  Washington.  He  was  also 
in  Captain  Benjamin  Godfrey's  company,  Col- 
onel Josiah  Whitney's  regiment,  in  1777.  He 
was  also  in  the  navy,  and  was  taken  prisoner 
November  28,  1780,  in  the  brig  "Resolution," 
taken  to  Gibraltar  with  other  Cape  Cod  men, 
escaped,  was  retaken  and  committed  to  the 
old  Mill  Prison  with  other  Cape  Cod  men,  and 
was  confined  there  twenty-two  months  (See 
"N.  E.  Reg."  1855,  page  295  ;  also  "Massa- 
chusetts Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolu- 
tion." Children:  i.  Jonathan,  died  1868;  was 
selectman  and  representative  to  the  general 
court  from  Eastham.  2.  Russell,  born  August 
1,  1804;  mentioned  below.  3.  Elisha.  4. 
Dorcas.  5.  Thankful,  born  May  8,  1787;  died 
June  27,  1870;  married  Joshua  Doane,  son  of 
Azariah  Doane.  6.  Savilla.  (See  Freeman 
Genealogy,  page  185).  These  children  are 
not  given  in  the  order  of  their  birth. 

(VI)  Russell  Snow,  son  of  Isaac  Snow  (5), 
was  born  xA^ugust  i,  1804.  He  married  Han- 
nah Shaw  Sparrow,  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Mercy  (Smith)  Sparrow,  and  granddaughter 
of  Isaac  and  Rebecca  (Knowles)  Sparrow; 
great-granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  Richard 
and  Sarah  (Paine)  Sparrow;  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Hannah 
(Shaw)  Sparrow.  Jonathan  Sparrow  (2), 
father  nf  Richard  Sparrow,  married  Rebecca 
Bangs,  Hannah  Prence  and  Sarah  Cobb. 
Richard  Sparrow  ( i ) ,  the  immigrant,  father 
of  Jonathan,  married  Pandora ;  was  in 
Plymouth  before  1633;  was  constable  1630-40; 
removed  to  Eastham,  where  he  was  a  towns- 
man in  1655,  and  where  his  descendants  have 
been  one  of  the  leading  families  ever  since. 
Phebe  Sparrow,  wife  of  Elnathan  Snow,  men- 
tioned above,  was  of  this  family.  The  farm 
on  which  Jonathan  Sparrow  (2)  located  in 
1660  in  Eastham  remained  in  the  possession 
of  his  lineal  descendants  until  sold  in  1907. 
Hannah  Sparrow  was  born  there,  the  ninth 
generation  of  the  family  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead. Russell  Snow  followed  the  sea  and  be- 
came captain  of  a  vessel.  Children  of  Russell 
Snow:  I.  Julia  K.,  born  July  21,  1829,  died 
September  i,  1857.  2.  Elvira  G.,  born  July 
19,  1831,  died  April  19,  1899.  3.  Russell  L., 
see  forward.  4.  Hannah  F.,  born  1836,  died 
1839.  5.  Hannah  F.,  born  October  7,  1840; 
married  Captain  .-\lfred  Doane,  who  circum- 
navigated the  globe  many  times,  and  sailed 
more  than  a  million  miles  during  his  seagoing 
life,  beginning  with  a  vessel  of  nine  hundred 
tons,  and  when  he  retired  commanded  one  of 
nineteen  hundred  tons ;  children  :  i.  Alfred  O., 
Iwrn   M'av  2.   1862.  in  East  Orleans,  now  of 


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Newtonville ;  an  engineer  in  the  office  of  the 
IMetropohtan  Water  Board,  Boston,  ii.  JuHa 
S.,  born  Etecember  2,  1866,  in  Cambridge ;  re- 
sides with  her  mother  in  Newtonville.  iii. 
Francis  H.,  born  September  9,  1870,  in  Cam- 
bridge ;  instructor  in  International  School  of 
Correspondence,  Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  iv. 
Arthur  L.,  died  in  infancy.  6.  John  H.,  born 
March  16,  1843,  died  iS'ovember  10,  1892 ; 
married  Tempa  J.  Arey,  of  Orleans;  children: 
Marion  J.,  of  Arlington ;  Florence  D.,  deceas- 
ed ;  a  son,  died  in  infancy.  The  mother  re- 
sides in  Arlington  Heights,  Massachusetts.  7. 
Lucy  A.  S.,  born  i\lay  25,  1847. 

(VII)  Russell  L.  Snow,  son  of  Russell 
Snow  (6),  was  born  at  Orleans,  October  16, 
1834.  He  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion in  his  native  town.  When  he  was  sixteen 
years  old  he  went  to  sea  with  his  father.  When 
he  was  twenty  years  old  he  decided  to  take  up 
a  trade  other  than  the  sea,  and  learned  carpen- 
tering in  East  Boston.  He  worked  until  1858 
when,  having  saved  a  hundred  dollars,  he  went 
home  and  attended  a  private  school  kept  by 
Jonathan  Higgins,  of  Orleans,  afterwards  a 
lawyer.  In  April,  1858,  Mr.  Snow  came  to 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  to  work  on  houses 
then  building  on  Magazine  street,  and  entered 
the  employ  of  his  cousin,  James  Sparrow,  a 
builder,  who  worked  on  the  old  Harding  place 
on  Cambridge  street.  He  then  went  to  Savan- 
nah, where  he  worked  five  months,  returning 
to  Cambridge  and  building  there  a  house  for 
himself  during  the  fall  and  winter.  This  house 
is  at  190  Hamilton  street.  He  enlisted  Sep- 
tember 3,  1862,  for  nine  months,  in  Company 
I,  Forty-third  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Regi- 
ment, under  Captain  Tyler,  and  having  served 
his  term  of  enlistment  in  the  army  was  must- 
ered out  at  Readville,  A4 Massachusetts,  July  30, 
1863. 

Returning  to  his  home  in  Cambridge  he 
worked  a  year  for  the  firm  of  Blodgett  & 
Rhodes,  helping  build,  among  other  structures, 
the  high  school  building.  In  1865  Mr.  Snow 
began  in  the  building  and  contracting  business 
on  his  own  account,  his  firm  being  Rhodes  & 
Snow.  In  1 87 1  this  partnership  was  dissolved, 
and  since  then  he  has  been  in  business  alone. 
He  built  the  residence  of  J.  G.  Thorp,  Sr., 
now  occupied  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Ole  Bull, 
widow  of  the  celebrated  violinist.  The  music 
room  of  the  house  is  beautifully  finisned  .in 
teakwood,  carved  in  India  by  native  artists, 
and  put  into  place  by  Mr.  Snow  himself.  He 
built  the  .\von  Home  for  Children  in  Cam- 
bridge, the  Oilman  School  building ;  the 
Browne  &  Nichols  private  school  building ;  the 

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residence  of  Colonel  Thomas  Wentworth  Hig- 
ginson  ;  the  residence  of  Professor  Laughlin ; 
the  Radclifife  College  buildings  the  first  being 
a  house  on  Appian  Way,  for  Professor  Whit- 
ney, altered  into  a  chanical  laboratory ;  the 
residence  of  Professor  Whitney ;  three  large 
double  houses  near  the  corner  of  Harvard  and 
Trowbridge  streets,  for  Professor  Horsford ; 
the  Nurses'  Home  at  the  City  Hospital ;  the 
Ward  for  Contagious  Diseases  at  the  City 
Hospital ;  the  residence  for  Woodward  Emery, 
of  Cambridge ;  the  residence  for  J.  G.  Thorp, 
Jr..  and  many  other  residences  and  other  build- 
ings in  Cambridge  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Snow- 
is  a  charter  meml^er  of  John  A.  Logan  Grand 
Army  Post.  He  has  been  a  member  of  Pros- 
pect Street  church  since  1861,  and  has  been 
deacon  for  thirty  years.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  casting  his  first  vote  for  John  C. 
Fremont.  He  married  Phebe  Snow,  at  Or- 
leans, Massachusetts.  She  was  born  October 
9,  1833,  and  died  September  21,  1899,  the 
daughter  of  Captain  Azariah  Snow,  a  sea  cap- 
tain. They  had  no  children.  He  married,  sec- 
ond, Alarch  12,  1901,  Cordelia  H.  Snow,  sister 
of  his  first  wife.  She  died  at  Cambridge,  May 
24,  1906. 


The  English  surname  Kitson  is 
KITSON  of  ancient  origin,  belonging  to 
the  same  class  as  Dickson. 
Jackson,  Billson,  and  others,  derived  from 
nicknames  of  Richard,  John,  William,  etc. 
"Kit"  is  the  nickname  for  Christ ppher.  In 
this  same  class  of  names  we  find  all  the  sur- 
names composed  of  a  proper  name  with  "son" 
added,  and  these  names  are  older  even  than 
the  use  of  surnames  in  England  and  in  the 
Scandinavian  countries  whence  they  came. 

The  seat  of  the  most  prominent  branch  of 
the  Kitson  family  in  ancient  days  was  Hen- 
grave,  county  Suffolk,  England.  The  follow- 
ing coat-of-arms  had  been  used  by  this  family 
probably  many  years  before  the  date  of  con- 
firmatiort,  February  13,  1568:  Sable  three 
trouts  (or  lucies)  hauriant  argent  a  chief  ar- 
gent. Crest:  A  unicorn's  head  argent  attired 
and  mailed  or  environed  with  palisades  of  the 
last.  Another  crest  in  use  by  the  same  fam- 
ily: On  a  mount  or  in  flames  proper  a  uni- 
corn's head  sable.  Only  one  other  Kitson  coat- 
of-arms  is  given  by  Burke :  Paly  of  six  argent 
and  azure  on  a  chief  gules  three  bezants. 

(I)  John  Kitson  was  a  prominent  manufac- 
turer of  card  clothing  in  Cleckheaton,  York- 
shire, England,  descendant  of  an  ancient  and 
honorable  familv  of  that  county. 


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(II)  Richard  Kitsoii,  son  of  John  Kitson 
(I),  was  born  in  1814,  in  Cleckheaton,  York- 
shire, England,  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  his  native  place.  He 
learned  the  card  clothing  business  in  which 
his  father  was  engaged,  and  with  whom  he 
became  associated  in  business.  He  was  nat- 
urally a  good  mechanic  and  of  an  inventive 
turn  of  mind,  and  he  found  a  profitable  field 
for  his  genius  in  devising  machinery  used  in 
the  manufacture  of  cloth.  When  a  young 
man  he  invented  and  patented  a  very  import- 
ant machine  for  manufacturing  needle-pointed 
card  teeth  for  card  clothing  used  in  the  tex- 
tile mills.  This  machine  produced  a  revolu- 
tion in  the  card  clothing  business,  becoming 
a  necessity  to  every  manufacturer  of  card 
clothing  in  the  world,  and  the  principle  is  still 
in  general  use.  He  succeeded  to  his  father's 
business,  but  was  unfortunate  in  losing  heav- 
ily through  the  dishonesty  of  business  asso- 
ciates. In  1849  his  patent  was  about  to  ex- 
pire in  England,  so  he  decided  to  seek  new 
and  larger  opportunities  in  America,  and  at 
the  urgent  request  of  Francis  A.  Calvert,  then 
an  active  member  of  the  firm  of  Aldrich, 
Tyng  &  Company,  of  Lowell,  he  located  in 
that  city.  Mr.  Calvert  was  a  personal  friend, 
and  his'  firm  used  large  quantities  of  needle- 
pointed  card  clothing  and  had  reasons  for 
wanting  it  manufactured  in  this  country. 
Moreover,  Lowell  was  the  center  of  the  cot- 
ton manufacturing  district  through  which  the 
Merrimac  river  flows  and  for  which  it  furn- 
ishes power.  Mr.  Kitson  had  his  card  cloth- 
ing made  in  Lowell  for  Mr.  Calvert's  firm  and 
other  mills,  and  the  demand  for  his  machine 
and  this  kind  of  card  clothing  grew  very  rap- 
idly. Mr.  Kitson's  first  factory  in  Lowell  was 
removed  when  Broadway  was  laid  out.  He 
had  at  first  had  his  machines  made  by  other 
manufacturers.  In  i860  he  purchased  land  in 
the  rear  of  the  present  Kitson  machine  shop, 
on  which  stood  an  old  school  house.  A  por- 
tion of  this  land  was  taken  by  the  city  in  the 
extension  of  Worthen  street,  and  he  pur- 
chased the  land  on  which  the  present  works 
are  located  and  began  the  erection  of  the  Kit- 
son  machine  shop,  which  has  since  its  com- 
pletion been  enlarged  from  time  to  time  as 
business  increased.  In  1874  a  corporation  was 
formed  to  take  over  the  business  under  the 
name  of  the  Kitson  Machine  Company,  with 
Mr.  Kitson  president,  and  he  remained  at  the 
head  of  afifairs  until  his  death,  July  14,  1885. 
From  the  outset  he  was  successful,  not  only 
with  his  original  invention  but  with  many  oth- 
ers of  importance.    He  succeeded  in  remodel- 


ing and  improving  the  picker,  and  in  1852  he 
invented  a  single  cotton  opening  machine 
which  became  very  popular  and  was  used  ex- 
tensively in  the  textile  world.  He  was  the 
first  to  introduce  the  needle-pointed  cylinder 
to  take  the  place  of  a  beater  in  the  Whitin 
lapper  and  other  makes,  and  built  many  thou- 
sand of  them.  This  device  enabled  manufac- 
turers to  use  Surat  India  cotton,  which  they 
could  not  use  otherwise  to  advantage.  He 
afterwards  turned  his  attention  to  the  manu- 
facture of  machinery  for  opening  and  clean- 
ing cotton,  developing  the  "trunk"  system  for 
opening  and  cleaning  cotton  fibre  from  the 
crude  condition  in  which  he  found  it — a  con- 
dition dangerous  for  operatives  and  costly  to 
the  mills,  and  through  his  inventive  skill  and 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  needs  and  possi- 
bilities of  cotton  manufacture  he  brought  the 
machinery  to  its  present  perfected  state.  He 
patented  a  "preparer"  to  attach  to  the  ordi- 
nary lapper  as  an  opener,  effecting  a  large 
saving  in  manufacturing,  and  achieving  great 
popularity.  Other  patents  of  international 
importance  were  secured  by  Mr.  Kitson  on 
his  devices  both  in  the  United  States  and  for- 
eign countries.  He  will  be  long  remembered 
as  one  of  the  great  inventors  in  the  period  of 
development  of  cotton  machinery,  and  .Amer- 
ica and  his  native  land  divide  the  honors  of 
his  citizenship.  In  1902  a  building  containing 
two  hundred  and  forty  thousand  square  feet 
was  added  to  the  Lowell  Textile  School,  bear- 
ing the  name  of  Kitson  Hall,  in  his  honor. 
At  the  entrance  was  placed  a  bronze  tablet 
bearing  the  following  inscription: 

1902 


Kitson  Hall 

Erected  in  Honor 

of 

Richard  Kitson 

Inventor  of  Cotton  Alachinery  and  founder  of 

The 

Kitson  Machine  Shop. 

Born   in   England  July  3,    1814 

Died  in  Lowell    July    13,    1885 


A  resident  of  Lowell   for  nearly  forty  years. 
Charlotte  Parker  Kitson 

Emma  Kitson  Stott 

Kitson  Machine  Co. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Kitson  was  a  devoted 
member  and  constant  attendant  of  the  Kirk 
Street  Congregational  Church.  He  had,  how- 
ever, but  few  interests  outside  his  family  and 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


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business.  He  owed  his  success  in  life  entirely 
to  his  own  mechanical  and  inventive  skill,  his 
energy  and  foresight.  He  had  the  rare  com- 
bination of  inventive  genius  and  business 
ability,  and  developed  one  of  the  important 
industries  of  the  city  of  Lowell.  In  making 
his  own  fortune  he  was  of  material  aid  in  the 
development  of  the  city  itself.  Withal,  pru- 
dent, temperate  and  economical;  universally 
respected  for  his  nobility  of  character  and  sol- 
id, sterling  worth.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
the  Lowell  Daily  Courier  said  of  him :  "Rich- 
ard Kitson,  the  well  known  patentee  and 
manufacturer  of  cotton  machinery,  died  at  his 
home,  413  Merrimack  street,  near  Pawtucket 
street,  a  few  minutes  before  two  o'clock  this 
afternoon.  He  had  been  in  failing  health  for 
the  past  two  or  three  months,  having  caught 
cold  in  April,  from  which  he  never  fully  re- 
covered." Rev.  Mr.  Dickinson,  who  officiated 
at  the  funeral,  paid  a  feeling  tribute  to  his  no- 
bility of  manhood.  He  spoke  of  him  as  "pre- 
senting a  clear-cut,  full-rounded,  Christian 
manhood,  a  character  that  outvies  alabaster 
and  outlives  marble.  His  death  was  an  irre- 
parable loss  to  the  community,  which  has  lost 
a  part  of  its  strength  and  integrity:  the  church 
which  has  lost  a  faithful  supporter;  and  to  his 
home;  and  yet  there  was  much  about  him  that 
death  could  not  take.  He  who  is  most  a  man 
on  earth  leaves  most  to  comfort  those  who 
mourn  him  in  death.  Richard  Kitson 
belonged  to  that  few  who  have  been  di- 
rectly instrumental  in  promoting  the  world's 
material  progress.  Out  of  his  brain  grew 
some  of  the  most  important  inventions  which 
have  helped  to  decrease  and  simplify  labor. 
He  took  out  over  one  hundred  patents,  all 
relating  to  the  initiatory  stages  of  textile  man- 
ufacture. His  mind  dwelt  constantly  on  me- 
chanical devices.  His  brain  was  full  of  con- 
trivances for  saving  trouble  and  facilitating 
labor.  As  a  man  he  was  characterized  by  a 
modesty  that  was  almost  self-distrust.  Gen- 
tle, delicately  solicitous  of  the  welfare  of  oth- 
ers; never  overbearing  nor  dictatorial;  free 
from  suspicion  and  jealousy;  his  kindness  of 
heart  was  the  glory  of  his  character."  His 
principal  delight  was  to  aid  all  deserving  and 
well-meaning  young  men  to  succeed  in  life, 
because  he  himself  knew  the  difficulties  and 
hardships. 

Mr.  Kitson  married,  in  1837,  Sarah  Rey- 
nolds, of  Leeds,  England.  Not  a  little  of  his 
success  in  life  was  due  to  her  cheerful  com- 
panionship, wise  counsel  and  helping  hand.  In 
the  most  trying  hours  he  found  strength  and 


comfort  in  her  sympathy  and  devotion.  They 
were  together  as  man  and  wife  forty-eight 
years.  She  survived  him  until  1897.  Togeth- 
er they  shared  the  pleasure  of  helping  others, 
giving  to  the  needy  at  every  opportunity,  un- 
ostentatiously, kindly  and  sympathetically. 
The  Lowell  Times  said :  "The  mention  of 
Mr.  Kitson's  labors  would  be  incomplete 
without  allusion  to  the  assistance  and  co-op- 
eration of  his  faithful  and  gifted  wife,  and  it  is 
but  just  to  refer  to  the  peculiar  and  happy 
manner  in  which  Mrs.  Kitson  supplemented 
the  talents  of  her  husband  with  rare  business 
sagacity  and  aided  very  materially  to  round 
out  to  perfection  a  business  career  of  unusual 
success  and  usefulness  to  the  manufacturing 
world  in  which  he  strove." 

Children  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Reynolds) 
Kitson:  I.  Child  died  in  infancy.  2.  Char- 
lotte Parker.  3.  James  Parker.  4.  Elizabeth 
Ann.  5.  William.  6.  Lucy,  married  S.  E. 
Stott.  7.  Emma,  married  Thomas  Stott.  (See 
sketch  of  Stott  family). 


John  Keene,  the  immigrant  an- 
KEENE  cestor,  was  born  in  England  in 
1678.  His  name  is  spelled  in  the 
early  records  Keen,  Kean,  Kein,  and  all  other 
ways  that  suggest  themselves.  He  came  in  the 
ship  "Confidence"  from  Southampton.  Eng- 
land, sailing  April  11,  1638,  with  his  wife 
Martha  and  children,  John,  Eliza,  Martha,  Jo- 
siah  and  Sarah.  He  settled  at  Hingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  was  an  inn-holder.  He  died 
at  Hingham.  Children  of  John  and  Martha 
Keene:  i.  John,  married  in  Boston,  1662.  2. 
Eliza.  3.  Martha.  4.  Josiah,  mentioned  be- 
low.    5.     Sarah. 

(II)  Josiah  Keene,  son  of  John  Keene  (i), 
was  born  in  London.  England,  about  1620,  and 
came  with  his  parents  on  the  ship  "Con- 
fidence" in  1638.  He  removed  from  Boston 
to  Hingham  and  thence  to  Marshfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, near  Duxburv'.  He  married  (first) 
at  Marshfield,  Abigail  Little  or  Littell ;  married 
(second),  in  1665,  Hannah  Dingley,  daughter 
of  John  Dingley.  He  was  on  the  grand  jury 
from  Duxbury  in  1689.  The  town  confirmed 
to  him  a  tract  of  thirty  acres  February  24, 
1696-97,  land  that  his  son  Josiah,  Jr.,  had 
bought  of  Francis  West  on  Pudding  brook  ad- 
joining land  of  Josiah  Keene,  Sr.  He  died 
probablv  soon  after  this  date.  Children  of 
Josiah  and  Abigail  Keene:  i.  Josiah,  Jr.,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Daughter,  died  young.  Chil- 
dren of  Josiah  and  Hannah  Keene :    3.    John, 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


born  1667,  ancestor  of  the  shipbuilders  of  this 
name.  4.  Mathew.  5.  Ephraim.  6.  Hannah, 
married,  1696,  Isaac  Oldham.  7.  Elizabeth. 
8.  Abigail.  9.   Sarah. 

(III)  Josiah  Keene,  son  of  Josiah  Keene 
(2),  was  born  in  Marshfield,  Massachusetts, 
about  1660,  He  had  land  laid  out  to  him  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1690,  in  Duxbury,  and  was  doubt- 
less then  of  age.  Soon  afterward  he  bought 
nine  acres  of  land  on  Pudding  brook.  Dux- 
bury.  He  had  a  tract  of  thirty  acres  laid  out 
to  him  by  the  town  of  Duxbury,  February  24, 
1696-97,  mentioned  above,  as  confirmed  to 
his  father.  He  was  a  grand  juror  in  1703, 
and  was  then  called  "Jr."  He  married,  about 
1681,  Lydia  Baker.  Children,  born  at  Dux- 
bury: I.  Benjamin,  bom  July  26,  1682.  2. 
Josiah,  Jr.,  born  September  27,  1683,  died 
young.  3.  Abigail,  born  April  7,  1686.  4. 
Eleanor.  3.  Lydia.  6.  Josiah,  soldier  in  the 
campaign  against  the  Spanish  in  West  Indies. 
7.    Nathaniel,    born    November    11,    1692.    8. 

•  Bethia.  9.  Samuel,  married,  April  18,  1719, 
Ruth  Sprague.  10.  Isaac.  11.  Hezekiah,  born 
August  8,  1702,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Hezekiah  Keene,  son  of  Josiah  Keene 
(3),  was  born  in  Duxbury,  Massachusetts, 
August  8,  1702,  and  died  December  27,  1770. 
He  married  Alice  Howland,  bom  October  30, 
1709,  died  October  13,  1785.  Qiildren,  born 
at  Duxbury :  1.  Prince.  2.  Charles.  3.  Mark. 
4.  Robert.  5.  Alice.  6.  Diana.  7.  Bethia, 
died  May  19,  1781.  8.  Hezekiah,  Jr.,  died 
December,  1809.  9.  Daniel,  born  December 
30,  1748,  n^entioned  below.  10.  Mary.  11. 
William. 

(V^)  Daniel  Keene,  son  of  Hezekiah  Keene 
(4),  was  born  in  Duxbury,  Decem'ber  30, 
1748,  and  died  July  23,  1827.  He  settled  at 
Bristol,  Maine,  where  he  was  a  prominent 
farmer.  He  married,  July  2,  1784,  Lucy  Free- 
man. Children:  i.  Abdon,  born  June  15^ 
1785,  lost  at  sea  November  16,  1831.  2.  Mark, 
born  February  2,  1787,  died  September  28, 
1845.  3.  Catherine  T.,  born  January  6,  1789, 
died  April  28,  1877.  4.  Howland,  born  May 
3,    1792,   mentioned   below. 

(VI)  Howland  Keene,  son  of  Daniel  Keene 
(5),  was  born  in  Bristol,  Maine,  May  3,  1792, 
and  died  July  14,  1876.  (The  family  records 
from  which  most  of  the  dates  in  this  sketch  are 
taken  is  in  the  possession  of  Abdon  W.  Keene. 
of  Winthrop,  Massachusetts.  He  resided  at 
Appleton,  Maine.  He  married  Fannie  Soule. 
Children:  1.  Reuben.  2.  Asa  Howland.  3. 
Galen,  mentioned  below.     4.    Mary.    5.  Eliza. 

(VII)  Galen  Keene,  son  of  Howland  Keene 


(6),  was  born  in  Maine.  He  removed  from 
Bremen  to  Appleton,  Maine,  and  married 
Statira  Sprague.  Children:  i.  Abdon  W., 
born  April  14.  1845.  2.  Annie  L.  3.  Noah  A. 
4.  Mary  A.  5.  Ansel.  6.  Lillie  U.  7.  Sidney 
B.,  born  January  10,  i86i,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VIII)  Sidney  B.  Keene,  son  of  Galen 
Keene  (7),  was  born  in  Appleton,  Maine, 
January  10,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  working 
with  his  father  at  home  on  the  farm  until 
twenty  years  of  age.  He  started  in  his  busi- 
ness career  in  Boston.  He  became  a  salesman 
for  the  firm  of  Foster,  Weeks  &  Company, 
wholesale  dealers  in  hay.  In  1891  he  was  ap- 
pointed weigher  and  inspector  of  hay  in  the 
city  of  Boston,  a  position  he  held  for  seven 
years.  He  is  at  present  a  salesman  connected 
with  the  firm  of  Gilmore,  Smith  &  Company, 
604  Chamber  of  Commerce  Building,  Boston, 
dealers  in  hay,  and  he  is  well  known  to  the 
trade  throughout  New  England.  Since  Sep- 
tember I,  1887,  Mr.  Keene  has  made  his  home 
in  Somerville.  His  residence  is  at  56  Fells- 
way  West,  Somerville.  He  has  been  active 
in  political  life.  For  seven  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Republican  city  committee  and 
treasurer  for  four  years.  He  served  in  the 
Somerville  board  of  aldermen  in  1904-05-06, 
and  during  his  last  year  was  president  of  the 
lx>ard  and  ex-oMcio  member  of  the  school 
board.  In  1907  he  was  representative  from  the 
twenty-fifth  Middlesex  district  in  the  general 
court,  an  active  and  efficient  memljer  of  the 
committees  on  water  supply  and  library,  and 
clerk  of  both  these  committees.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Universalist.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Winter  Hill  Co-operative  Banl<,  vice-president 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  vice-president  of  the 
Sons  of  Maine  in  Somerville. 

He  married,  at  Waltham,  Massachusetts, 
December  25,  1883,  Helen  A.  Wilson,  daugh- 
ter of  Otis  D.  and  Grace  (Pendleton)  Wilson, 
whose  other  children  were :  Manly  O.,  Lester 
A.,  Everard  A.  and  Edmund  Wilson.  Edmimd 
Wilson,  father  of  Otis  D.,  and  grandfather  of 
Helen  .\.  (Wilson)  Keene,  married  thrice. 
Children  of  Edmund  and  Susan  Wilson :  Ira, 
Parker,  Martha  Wilson  and  four  who  died  in 
infancy ;  child  of  Edmund  and  second 
wife:  Horace;  children  of  Edmund  and  third 
wife,  Betsey  (Young)  Wilson  :  Joseph,  Helen, 
Otis  D.,  mentioned  above,  Alonzo  and  Maria 
Wilson.  Thomas  Pendleton  was  the  father  of 
Grace  Drinkwater,  her  mother.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Keene  had  one  son,  who  died  in  infancy. 


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Henry  McGill,  born  in  Scot- 
McGILL  land,  about  1790.  The  name  of 
his  wife  is  not  known.  His  son 
(11)  John  McGill,  was  born  in  Glasgow, 
Scotland,  August  i,  1829.  He  died  February, 
1885.  He  came  to  Boston  when  a  young  man 
and  settled  in  Charlestown,  now  a  part  of 
Boston.  He  was  a  painter  and  grainer,  mak- 
ing a  specialty  of  the  latter  business.  The 
last  years  of  his  life  his  residence  was  in 
Charlestown.  He  married  Emily  Catherine 
Williams,  who  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland, 
July  4,  1829.  She  was  the  daughter  of  an 
English  army  officer  who  was  stationed  there 
at  that  time.  Children  of  John  and  Emily 
Catherine  (Williams)  McGill,  born  in  Bos- 
ton: I.  John  H..  born  December  25,  1854.  2. 
Edwin,  born  February  17.  1859,  married  Jen- 
nie B.  Dowst,  of  Salem.  3.  Mary,  born  March 
9,  1865,  married  George  Frank  Perry.  4. 
Francis,  born  January  17,  1868,  married 
Eunice  Perry.  5.  George  William,  born  May, 
1872,  married  Eva  Colton. 

(HI)  John  Henry  McGill,  son  of  John  and 
Emily  Catherine  (Williams)  McGill,  was  born 
in  Boston,  December  25,  1854.  He  has  had 
quite  a  remarkable  career.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen, when  through  the  grammar  school, 
while  he  was  thinking  of  trying  for  a  place  in 
some  counting  room,  or  store,  an  opportunity 
came  to  him  unexpectedly  to  go  to  New 
Brunswick  for  Lombard  &  Company.  They 
had  important  interests  in  some  quarries  in 
the  provinces,  and  Mr.  McGill,  who  was 
rather  delicate  in  health,  and  did  not  weigh 
one  hundred  pounds,  was  invited  to  go 
down  there  and  make  himself  generally  use- 
ful, to  be  paid  one  hundred  dollars  and  his 
board  for  the  open  season  when  the  quarries 
could  be  worked.  The  opportunity  to  work 
sixteen  hours  a  day  and  rough  it  seems  to 
have  agreed  with  him.  He  returned  in  No- 
vember with  improved  health,  and  with  a 
reputation  of  doing  successfully  whatever  he 
imdertook  to  do.  With  him  it  was  not  a 
question  of  eight  hours  a  day,  but  of  sixteen 
hours,  if  there  was  work  that  needed  to  be 
done.  The  result  was  that  his  services  were 
in  demand,  and  he  soon  had  an  interest  in  the 
business,  and  became  the  manager  of  the  New 
Brunswick  quarries.  Gradually  the  old  pro- 
prietors retired,  and  he  came  into  possession 
of  the  entire  business  and  has  enlarged  it  in 
many  \va\'s.  though  still  under  the  old  firm 
name  of  Lombard  &  Company,  a  name  that 
has  been  known  and  honored  in  business 
circles  for  nearly  one  hundred  years.  He  now 
operates  stone  quarries  in   England,  as  well 


as  in  New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia.  He 
is  largely  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  stone 
for  use  in  pulp  mills,  for  the  manufacture  of 
paper,  especially  for  newspapers.  He  also 
imports  Mediterranean  products,  principally 
emery  ore  and  figs.  These  products  are 
brought  by  steamer  and  sailing  vessels,  chart- 
ered by  him,  to  his  wharves  in  Boston.  He 
lived  for  some  years  in  Chelsea,  but  later  re- 
moved to  West  Medford,  and  built  a  fine  resi- 
dence on  Vernon  street,  comer  of  Mystic 
street.  The  mantel-pieces  and  hearth-stones 
in  the  fireplaces  of  his  house  are  from  his  own 
quarries  in  England  and  the  provinces.  He 
belongs  to  the  Charlestown  Lodge  of  Odd 
Fellows,  West  Medford  Neighborhood  Club, 
and  Medford  Historical  Society 

Mr.  McGill  married  Fannie  Washburn 
Taylor,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Harriet 
(Washburn)  Taylor,  January  12,  1881.  Chil- 
dren of  John  Henry  and  Fannie  Washburn 
(Taylor)  McGill:  i.  Harriet  Emily,  born 
November  9,  1881,  at  .Ashland,  Massachu- 
setts. 2.  William  Harland,  born  November 
8,  1884,  at  Ashland,  Massachusetts.  3.  Wal- 
ter Lombard,  born  January  13,  1890.  at  Chel- 
sea, Massachusetts. 

(I)  James  Taylor  was  born  in  Halifax, 
England,  in  1795.  When  a  young  man  he 
came  to  America  and  settled  in  Wiscasset, 
Alaine.  He  married  Harriet  Allen,  who  was 
born  in  1797.  Children  of  James  and  Harriet 
(.\llen)  Taylor:  William,  James,  Edmund, 
John,  .Sarah,  Harriet,  Thomas,  born  January 
6,  1830:  Joseph,  Mary  Ann,  Emily,  Charlotte, 
Martha,  Richard. 

(H)  Thomas  Taylor,  son  of  James  and 
Harriet  (Allen)  Taylor,  born  January  6,  1830, 
in  Wiscasset,  Maine.  He  came  to  Boston 
when  a  young  man,  and  for  many  years  has 
held  an  important  position  with  R.  H.  White 
Company.  He  lives  on  Mystic  street.  West 
Medford,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Har- 
riet Washburn,  October  3,  1853.  Children 
of  Thomas  and  Harriet  (Washburn)  Taylor: 
I.  Henr)'  Washburn,  born  September  i,  1854, 
in  Gardner.  Maine.  He  married  Cora  Side- 
linger,  December  24,  1881.  They  live  in  .Al- 
ston, Massachusetts.  2.  Fannie  Washburn, 
born  January  24,  1858,  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island:  married  John  H.  McGill.  3.  Louise 
Marston,  born  May  31.  1866.  at  Chelsea.  4. 
Florence  May,  born  September  24,  1867,  at 
Chelsea. 

(Ill)  Fannie  Washburn  (Taylor)  McGill 
was  born  January  24,  1858,  married  John 
Henry  McGill,  January  12,  1881.  (See  Mc- 
Gill  genealogv   for   children).      Mrs.    Fannie 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


Washburn  (Taylor)  McGill  on  her  maternal 
Hne  of  ancestors  is  descended  from  Robert 
Paddock,  who  came  from  England  to  Plym- 
outh in  1634,  through  his  son  Zachariah, 
who  settled  in  Yarmouth,  Cape  Cod.  His  son 
Zachariah  was  her  g:reat-great-gTandfather. 
His  grandson.  Benjamin  Paddock,  married 
Phebe  Leonard,  of  Middleboro.  Their  daugh- 
ter, Fannie  Paddock,  born  in  Taunton,  in 
1786,  saw  all  the  presidents  of  the  LInited 
States  up  to  the  time  of  General  Grant.  Her 
uncle,  Adino  Paddock,  set  out  the  "Paddock 
elms,"  on  Tremont  street,  Boston,  adjoining 
the  Granary  burying-ground,  and  watered 
them.  He  kept  a  shop  on  Tremont  street, 
Boston,  was  captain  of  a  military  company 
when  Massachusetts  was  a  province,  but  was 
a  loyalist  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution.  Ben- 
jamin Henry  Paddock,  bishop  of  the  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  church  of  Massachusetts,  was 
of  this  family,  also  Bishop  John  Adams 
Paddock,  of  the  state  of  Washington,  and  the 
Rev.  Robert  L.  Paddock,  of  New  York  City, 
who  has  just  been  elected  missionary  bishop 
of  eastern  Oregon.  Fannie  Paddock,  born 
1786,  married  Henry  Washburn,  of  Taunton. 
Their  son,  Bradford  Washburn,  of  Taunton, 
married  Harriet  Lydia  Burt,  of  Taunton. 
Harriet  Washburn,  their  daughter,  born  .Au- 
gust 17,  1837,  married  Thomas  Taylor.  Their 
daughter.  Fannie  Washburn  Taylor,  married 
John  Henry  McGill. 


Thomas  B.  Fitzpatrick, 
FITZP.'VTRICK  concerned  in  large  busi- 
ness interests  in  the  city 
of  Boston,  is  also  widely  known  for  his  in- 
telligent effort  and  personal  liberality  in  be- 
half of  prominent  educational  institutions,  and 
is  known  as  one  of  the  foremost  Irish-.A.meri- 
cans  in  Massachusetts.  He  was  born  in  Graf- 
ton, Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 17,  1844,  son  of  Patrick  and  Mary 
(Gannivan)  Fitzpatrick,  who  were  the  par- 
ents of  other  children,  as  follows :  Maria 
Catherine,  married  Patrick  Gilmartin.  Annie, 
married  John  F.  Eaton.  Elizabeth,  married 
John  Fitzgibbon.  James,  married  Josephine 
Williams.  Margaret,  married  William  J. 
O'Reilly.  Patrick  and  Mary  (Gannivan)  Fitz- 
patrick were  of  Irish  birth ;  they  came  to  the 
United  States,  settling  first  in  Grafton,  Mas- 
■sachusetts,  and  thence  removing  to  Hopkin- 
ton,  where  they  sjjcnt  the  greater  part  of  their 
active  years  of  life,  becoming  well  known  for 
their  thrift  and  probity  of  character,  and 
where  their  deaths  occurred.     Patrick  Fitzpat- 


rick was  a  farmer  by  occupation ;  a  Roman 
Catholic  in  religion. 

Thomas  Bernard  Fitzpatrick  began  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Hopkinton, 
three  miles  distant  from  the  paternal  farm,  and 
this  distance  the  lad  walked  morning  and  even- 
ing. When  fourteen  years  of  age  he  had  com- 
pleted the  grammar  school  course,  and  entered 
the  Hopkinton  high  school.  He  passed  his 
freshman  and  sophomore  years  by  diligent  at- 
tendance, every  school  day  walking  to  and 
from  school,  and  at  times,  when  his  father 
needed  his  daily  service  on  the  farm,  he  not 
only  performed  the  required  labor,  but  he 
managed  tO'  keep  up  his  studies  at  home  by 
night  application  to  his  books,  and  with  this 
and  with  frequent  examinations  with  his  class, 
he  succeeded  in  maintaining  his  standing.  He 
graduated  as  valedictorian  in  1862,  and  he 
had  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  Roman 
Catholic  pupil  to  graduate  from  the  school. 

His  education  completed,  he  located  in  Bos- 
ton, 1862,  where  he  learned  the  dry  goods 
business  in  the  store  of  E.  D.  Bell  &  Com- 
pany, his  first  wages  being  two  dollars  per 
week.  Here  he  became  intimately  friendly 
with  Oliver  H.  Durrell,  a  fellow  clerk,  and  the 
two  became  naturally  ambitious  to  master  the 
dry  goods  business  and  engage  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible as  partners  in  an  establishment  of  their 
own.  .\t  the  end  of  his  first  year's  service 
with  E.  D.  Bell  &  Company,  the  business  was 
sold  out,  and  young  Fitzpatrick  accepted  a  po- 
sition in  the  dry  goods  house  of  Schofield, 
Barron  &  Company,  and  he  was  soon  after- 
wards entrusted  with  the  management  of  the 
New  York  branch  office,  remaining  with  the 
firm  until  its  dissolution.  He  next  accepted 
a  position  with  the  firm  of  Mason,  Tucker  & 
Company,  Boston,  who  engaged  him  as  trav- 
eling salesman,  principally  in  the  New  Eng- 
land states,  where  in  seven  years  he  succeeded 
in  buiilding  up  a  very  large  trade.  This 
brought  his  business  career  down  to  July,  1872, 
when  he  secured  a  position  as  traveling  sales- 
man with  Brown,  Dutton  &  Company,  by 
which  firm  his  friend  Oliver  H.  Durrell  was 
also  employed.  The  great  fire,  of  November 
q,  1872,  destroyed  the  store  occupied  by  the 
firm,  which  was  thereupon  dissolved  by  mu- 
tual consent,  with  the  determination  of  Mr. 
Brown  and  Mr.  Dutton  to  conduct  separate 
establishments.  This  plan  brought  to  both 
Mr.  Fitzpatrick  and  Mr.  Durrell  offers  from 
each  of  the  members  of  the  old  firm,  and  they 
both  accepted  the  proposition  luade  by  Mr. 
Brown,  and  the  firm  of  Brown.  Dtirrell  & 
Company  was  organized,  with  Messrs.  Brown, 


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759 


Durrell  and  Fitzpatrick  as  practically  equal 
partners.  The  combination  proved  a  strong 
one,  and  although  they  had  begun  with  small 
capital,  the  business  increased  rapidly,  and  the 
firm  became  the  largest  wholesale  house  in 
fancy  dry  goods  in  New  England.  No  little 
credit  for  this  result  is  due  to  the  thorough 
business  training  and  untiring  energy  of  the 
junior  member  of  the  firm,  now  the  senior  by 
reason  of  the  death  of  both  Mr.  Brown  and 
Mr.  Durrell. 

His  successful  career  as  a  merchant  marked 
him  as  a  useful  and  desirable  man  in  large 
financial,  political  and  religious  undertakings. 
He  was  elected  a  director  of  the  United  States 
Trust  Company,  and  president  of  the  Union 
Institution  for  Savings  and  for  the  Puritan 
Trust  Company  of  Boston,  and  he  still  holds 
all  of  these  responsible  positions.  He  was  a 
founder  and  is  a  director  of  the  Newton  Co- 
operative Bank,  and  he  is  actively  concerned 
in  numerous  other  financial  corporations.  His' 
earnestness  in  the  movements  for  the  better- 
ment of  the  Irish  people,  especially  in  their 
native  isle,  is  on  a  par  with  his  business 
career,  and  he  became  intimately  associated 
with  the  great  leaders  of  the  Irish  cause 
both  in  America  and  Ireland.  His  labors 
were  indefatigable,  and  he  was  recognized  for 
his  eflfective  aid  in  the  affairs  of  that  body. 
He  has  also  served  for  two  terms  as  president 
of  the  Catholic  Union  of  Boston,  the  most 
representative  Catholic  organization  in  the 
city.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Associated  Chari- 
ties, the  Working  Boys'  Home.  St.  Mary's 
Infant  .\sylum,  the  Child's  Helping  Society, 
and  of  the  Catholic  Summer  School  of  Amer- 
ica. He  also  aided  in  organizing  the  Working 
Girls'  Home  on  Union  Park  street,  in  charge 
of  the  Grey  Nuns.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Catholic  Order  of  Foresters,  the  Charitable 
Irish  Society,  and  of  various  other  Irish  pa- 
triotic and  benevolent  organizations.  He  con- 
tributed generously  to  the  Catholic  University, 
Washington,  D.  C.  On  .'Vpril  2,  1905,  the 
University  of  Notre  Dame  (at  South  Bend, 
Indiana)  conferred  on  him  the  Laetare  Medal 
in  consideration  of  his  eminent  services  in  be- 
half of  religion  and  the  welfare  of  mankind, 
he  being  the  first  representative  chosen  from 
among  the  laymen  engaged  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits to  be  so  honored.  He  has  been  treasurer 
of  the  I'nited  Irish  League  since  its  estab- 
lishment in  America,  and  his  support  of  the 
Irish  struggle  for  constitutional  rights  for 
twenty  years  past  is  well  known.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  distinguished  commission  sent 
to  Ireland  in  1907  in  the  interests  of  the  con- 


stitutional rights  of  the  Irish  people.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen  of  the  city 
of  Newton  in  1900,  in  1904  was  elected  to 
the  board  of  education  in  Brookline,  serving 
to  the  present  time  (1907),  and  in  1905  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Douglass  a  member  of 
the  state  board  of  education. 

Mr.  Fitzpatrick  married,  January  13,  1876, 
Sarah  M.,  born  June  30,  1849,  daughter  of 
Martin  Gleason,  of  Fitchburg,  Massachusetts, 
and  of  the  seven  children  born  of  this  mar- 
riage four  sons  and  two  daughters  made  up 
the  home  circle  in  their  elegant  home  on  Wal- 
tham  street.  West  Newton.  Three  of  his  sons 
— Francis  G.,  Paul  E.  and  Thomas  M'. — grad- 
uated at  the  Newton  high  school  and  Harvard 
University,  another  at  the  Brookline  high 
school,  and  his  daughters  graduated  at  Eden 
Hall  Seminary,  near  Philadelphia,  a  cele- 
brated school  largely  patronized  by  Catholic 
families.  Francis  G.  graduated  from  Har- 
vard in  1902,  and  is  now  ( 1907)  one  of  the 
instructors  in  the  department  of  fine  arts  at 
Harvard.  Paul  E.  and  Thomas  M.  graduated 
from  Harvard  in  1904  and  1905,  respectively, 
and  are  at  present  connected  with  the  firm  of 
Brown.  Durrell  &  Company.  As  a  resident 
of  Brookline,  Mr.  Fitzpatrick's  home  is  on 
Gardner  Road,  and  his  Boston  office  is  with 
Brown,  Durrell  &  Company,  104  Kingston 
street. 


The    surname    Niles   is   found   in 
NILFS     the    early   records    spelled   in   nu- 
merous   ways,    Nile,    Nille,    Nills, 
Nils,    Noyles,    Nyles,    Noills,    etc.      It    is    an 
ancient  Welsh  surname,  perhaps  originating 
in  Scandinavia. 

(I)  John  Niles,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  is 
the  progenitor  of  all  the  families,  at  least  of 
the  Colonial  period,  in  New  England,  and 
probably  of  all.  He  was  born  in  1603  in 
Wales  and  was  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1634.  In  1638  or  1639  he  removed 
to  Braintree,  an  adjacent  town,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman.  May  26,  1647.  His  wife 
Jane  died  May  15,  1659,  and  his  second  wife 
Hannah  died  January  31,  1702-03.  He  died 
February  8,  1693-94,  aged  about  ninety-one. 
Children:  i.  Hannah,  born  February  16, 
1636-37.  2.  John,  born  March  4,  1638-39.  3. 
Joseph,  born  August  15,  1640,  married,  No- 
vember 2,  1662,  Mary  Micall.  4.  Nathaniel, 
born  August  16.  1642,  married  Sarah  Sands ; 
progenitor  of  the  Niles  family  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and. 5.  Samuel,  born  May  12,  1644,  married 
Mary  Belcher,  widow.     6.  Increase,  born  De- 


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cember  16,  1646,  mentioned  below.  7.  Ben- 
jamin, born  March  12,  1650-51.  8.  Isaac,  born 
April  2,  1658. 

(II)  Increase  Niles,  son  of  John  Niles  (i), 
was  born  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 16,  1646.  Married,  December  4,  1677, 
Mary  Purchase.  He  resided  in  Braintree,  and 
was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  Captain 
Johnson's  company,  in  October,  1675.  He 
died  September  i,  1690.  Children:  i.  John, 
born  October  10,  1678,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Increase,  born  March  9,  1680.  3.  Ebenezer, 
married.  July  28,  1715,  Sarah  Littlefield ;  he 
died  May  12,  1752;  she  married  (second) 
Noah   Hayward.     4.    Mary,   married,   August 

17,    1719,   Clark,   who   died    May    17, 

1752- 

(III)  John  Niles,  son  of  Increase  Niles 
(2),  was  born  in  Braintree,  October  10,  1678, 
and  died  there  May  7,  1752,  aged  seventy- 
eight.      He    married    Margaret    ,    who 

died  May  10,  1752.  His  home  was  in  the  up- 
per or  southern  part  of  the  town,  now  Ran- 
dolph. He  was  a  worthy  citizen  and  honored 
with  various  offices.  He  was  selectman  in 
1732.  He  was  called  "Cooper  John"  or  "Jr." 
to  distinguish  him  from  his  cousin  John,  son 
of  Joseph  Niles  ;  also  "John  2d."  in  the  list  of 
members  of  the  Second  Church  in  1711.  He, 
his  wife,  two  sons,  a  brother  and  a  sister,  six 
in  all,  fell  victims  within  ten  days  to  a  "mortal 
fever  that  prevailed  in  several  of  our  towns." 
The  six  are  buried  side  by  side  and  their 
graves  are  marked  by  a  pathetic  row  of  small 
stones  in  the  old  burial  ground  at  Randolph. 
His  brother  Ebenezer  died  May  12,  1752,  his 
son  Peter  May  14:  son  Nathan  May  15,  sister 
March,  wife  of  Benjamin  Clark,  May  17, 
1752.  Children:  i.  Increase,  born  February 
5,  1703-04,  married  Hannah  Thayer.  2.  Han- 
nah, born  September  19,  1705,  married  John 
Niles.  3.  John,  born  March  17,  1708,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Nathan,  born  March  17,  17 10. 
5.  Daniel,  born  October  12,  1712.     6.  Bethiah. 

•born  April  2,  1715.  7.  Sarah,  born  May  31. 
171 7,  married  John  Hawes.  8.  Lydia,  Ixsm 
December  18,  17 19,  married  Jonathan  Rich- 
ards.    9.   Peter,  born   March  27,   1722. 

(IV)  John  Niles,  son  of  John  Niles  (3), 
was  born  in  Braintree,  March  17,  1708.  Allar- 
ried  (first)  Dorothy  Reynolds,  of  Middlebor- 
ough.  Massachusetts:  married  (second)  Ex- 
perience   .     He  died  before  March  30, 

1759,  and  guardians  were  appointed  for  his 
children  Keziah,  John,  Ebenezer,  Judith  and 
James.  In  the  records  this  John  is  called 
"secHitdns  or  fourth"  in  one  place,  and  often 
"Jr.  or  tertius." 


Children  of  John,  Jr.  and  Dorothy,  born  at 
Braintree:  i.  Jonathan,  born  May  22,  1730, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Isaac,  December  4,  1731. 
3.  Dorothy,  September  24,  1733.  4.  Margaret, 
September  24,  1735.  5.  Mary,  November  5, 
^7i7-  6.  John,  January  22,  1739.  7.  Sarah, 
July  21,  1741.  8.  Cuzziah  (Keziah),  Febru- 
ary 25,  1742.  9.  Ebenezer,  January  16,  1745. 
10.  James,  April  2,  1747.  11.  Judith,  October 
2^.  1748.  Children  of  John,  Jr.  and  Experi- 
ence: 12.  Experience,  February  11,  1750,  a 
daughter.  13.  Dorcas,  January  16,  1753.  14. 
Peter,   November   20,    1755. 

(V)  Jonathan  Niles,  son  of  John  Niles  (4), 
was   born   in    Braintree,    May   22,    1730.      He 

married  Sarah  .     A  Jonathan  Niles,  of 

Machias,  Maine,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tion in  Captain  Stephen  Smith's  company, 
Colonel  Foster's  regiment  (from  Lincoln 
county)  at  Machias  in  1777;  also  a  private  in 
the  Continental  army  in  1779-81  in  Colonel 
John  Allen's  regiment  at  Machias  :  and  was  in 
the  East  Indian  department  at  Machias, 
March  9,  1782.  Jonathan  and  Sarah  had  a 
son  John,  born  at  Braintree,  October  22,  1761. 
And  others  in  Maine. 

( \'I )  \'aranus  Niles.  son  of  Jonathan  Niles 
(5),  according  to  the  best  evidence  at  hand, 
and  descendant  of  the  generations  given 
above,  was  born  about  1790.  He  settled  in 
Jay,  Franklin  county,  Maine.  He  married 
Mehitable  Harris.  He  was  a  well-to-do  farm- 
er, held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor  in 
his  town  and  was  representative  to  the  general 
court. 

Children;  i.  Sullivan,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Jacob  H.,  married  Hattie  Burleigh :  son  Irv- 
ing. 3.  Louvill  Varanus,  married  Miss  Brew- 
er :  children :  Alice,  Gertrude,  Marion,  Harold, 
graduate  of  Dartmouth,  class  of  1907.  4. 
Silas  Harris,  never  married.  5.  Eugene  Man- 
ley.  6.  Eunice,  deceased,  married  a  Miss 
Harlow,  of  Ayer,  Massachusetts.  7.  Harriet, 
married  Granville  Keyes,  farmer,  Maine;  chil- 
dren :  three  deceased  and  one  living,  assists 
his  father  on  the  farm ;  has  two  sons  and  a 
flaughter.     8.  Eliza,  unmarried. 

(\'II)  Sullivan  Niles,  son  of  Varanus  Niles 
(6),  was  born  in  Jay,  Franklin  county,  Maine, 
November  23,  1831.  and  was  educated  there 
in  the  district  schools.  He  came  to  Boston  in 
1850  and  worked  first  for  John  P.  Squire  in 
his  meat  business  for  about  five  years,  leaving 
that  concern  to  begin  business  on  his  own 
account.  After  a  few  years  he  admitted  his 
brother  to  partnership  and  the  business  con- 
tinued to  prosper  under  the  firm  name  of  Niles 
Brothers.     The  firm  owned  a  stall  in  Faneuil 


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Hall  Market  for  forty-five  years  and  a  {X)rk- 
packing  establishment  in  North  Carolina.  This 
last-mentioned  branch  of  the  business  was 
sold  to  E.  C.  Swift  &  Company  of  Chicago. 
The  stall  was  sold  in  1907.  Mr.  Niles  has  re- 
tired from  business,  but  remains  a  director  of 
the  John  P.  Squire  corporation.  He  is  one  of 
the  best  known  men  in  the  wholesale  meat  and 
provision  business  in  New  England.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Universalist  church. 

He  married  (first)  .^bbie  .\.  Stone,  of  Dix- 
field,  Maine,  daughter  of  Thomas  Stone.  His 
wife  died  June  28,  1905,  and  he  married 
(second)  Emelia  Mackinster,  widow,  of 
Franklin,  Massachusetts,  June  21,  1907.  She 
was  the  principal  of  Dean  .\cademy  for  seven- 
teen years.  They  reside  in  a  handsome  home 
at  91  Washington  avenue,  Cambridge.  He 
had  two  children  by  his  first  wife :  Howard, 
who  died  at  twenty-four  years  of  age,  and 
Edith,  who  married  Herbert  Weed,  of  Sand- 
wich, New  Hampshire,  and  thev  have  one 
child,  Dorothy  Weed. 


The  family  of  Pfeiffer  is  of 
PFEIFFER  ancient  German  origin.  The 
name  is  also  found  in  Hol- 
land. In  .America  an  important  branch  of  the 
family  is  located  in  Pennsylvania,  descended 
from  Dr.  Francis  Joseph  Pfeififer,  who  was 
born  ]\lay  I,  1734.  sailed  in  the  ship  "Phenix" 
from  Rotterdam,  arriving  at  Philadelphia  on 
November  22,  1752.  Dr.  Pfeiffer  became  a 
leading  physician  and  one  of  the  most  proini- 
nent  citizens  of  the  town,  and  his  family  has 
been  distinguished  to  the  present  time.  The 
genealogy  of  this  branch  has  been  published. 
Charros  Pfeiffer,  father  of  William  Fred- 
erick Pfeiffer,  was  born  at  Schwerin,  Ger- 
many, 1790.  He  was  one  of  two  children,  the 
other  having  been  a  daughter,  Ida.  His  father 
was  a  manufacturer  of  broadcloth.  Charros 
Pfeiffer  was  also  a  manufacturer  of  broad 
cloth :  he  died  when  William  F.  was  a  year 
old ;  the  mill  was  conducted  by  his  widow 
until  1834 ;  her  death  occurred  in  1862.  Char- 
ros Pfeiffer  married,  at  Driesen.  Minnie  Eich- 
ler,  who  was  born  in  1800 :  their  children :  Al- 
bert Ernest,  Ferdinand,  Adolph  Charles,  Au- 
gusta, Frederick  William  (William  Freder- 
ick),  see   forward. 

William  Frederick  Pfeiff'er,  head  of  the 
family  at  Natick,  Massachusetts,  was  born  in 
Driesen,  Germany,  April  8,  1830,  and  was  ed- 
ucated there  in  the  common  schools.  When 
he  attained  the  age  of  fourteen  he  began  to 
learn  the  trade  of  shoemaking,  and  for  several 


years  followed  his  trade  as  journeyman  in 
various  cities.  That  was  the  day  of  custom- 
made  shoes,  and  a  good  mechanic  found  it 
easy  to  secure  employment,  and  often  moved 
from  place  to  place  to  see  the  world  and  to 
gain  a  varied  experience  in  their  trade.  Mr. 
Pfeiffer  finally  determined  to  seek  his  fortune 
in  the  United  States.  He  came  to  Natick, 
Massachusetts,  in  1853,  and  worked  at  his 
trade  first  for  Mr.  Cohn ;  then  for  Morse  & 
Farwell,  manufacturers  of  boots  and  shoes. 
Mr.  Pfeiffer  finally  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  boots  and  shoes  on  his  own  account, 
building  his  shop  at  South  Natick,  on  what  is 
known  as  the  Cape,  in  1870.  He  began  with 
six  employees  in  his  shoe  business,  which  has 
steadily  grown  during  the  thirty-seven  years 
in  which  he  has  been  a  manufacturer,  until  he 
employs  one  hundred  and  fifty  hands.  His 
has  been  one  of  the  staple  concerns  in  the  shoe 
business,  keeping  the  machinery  in  motion  in 
good  times  and  bad,  not  seeking  to  do  all  the 
business,  keeping  within  the  safe  limits  of  his 
capital.  Mr.  Pfeiff'er  has  displayed  business 
sagacity  in  his  affairs,  and  has  built  up  an  en- 
viable reputation  for  success  along  safe  and 
conservative  lines.  His  common  sense  and 
foresight  are  recognized  by  his  associates  in 
business  and  all  his  townsmen.  In  politics 
Mir.  Pfeiffer  is  a  Republican,  active  and  influ- 
ential in  the  party  councils  for  many  years, 
often  elected  delegate  to  important  nomina- 
ting conventions  of  his  party,  and  an  earnest 
supporter  of  the  temperance  movement  and 
other  efforts  to  advance  the  welfare  of  the 
town.  In  youth  he  was  a  Lutheran,  like  his 
ancestors.  Since  residing  in  South  Natick  he 
has  been  a  generous  supporter  of  the  Uni- 
tarian church,  the  ancient  Natick  church  at 
South  Natick. 

William  F.  Pfeiffer  married.  May  31.  1857, 
at  Natick,  Elizabeth  Decker,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Louisa  (Lyon)  Decker,  whose 
children  are :  Qiristopher,  Elizabeth,  mention- 
ed above :  Margaret,  Henry,  Jr.,  Louisa,  born 
.April  II,  1846.  Children  of  William  F.  and 
Elizabeth  (Decker)  Pfeiffer:  i.  Emma,  born 
January  31,  1858,  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Natick:  married,  1876,  Frank  F. 
Shuman :  has  seven  children  :  resides  in  South 
Natick.  2.  William  Henry,  born  November 
17,  i860,  associated  with  his  father  in  busi- 
ness :  resides  at  South  Natick :  married,  1883, 
Margie  Ida  Yeager,  of  Natick ;  two  children : 
Frederick  William  and  Ruby.  3.  Gnarles 
Francis,  born  September  11,  1862:  married, 
at  Natick,  September  24,  1887,  Victoria 
Boinay,   born   January    11,    1865:  children:   i. 


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Charles  Harrison,  born  February  19,  1890;  ii. 
Victoria  Boinay,  June  27,  1891  ;  iii.  Ralph, 
July  1,  1892:  iv.  Louise  Margaret,  November 
27,  1896;  V.  Leslie  Herbert.  May  13,  1899; 
vi.  Marion  Elizabeth,  September  17,  1903.  Re- 
sides at  South  Natick.  4.  George  William, 
born  December  25,  1863,  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  business  college ;  married,  at 
Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts,  1889,  Anna  Mor- 
phit,  one  son.  5.  Henry  Louis,  bom  January 
29,  1865,  married,  February  25,  1904,  Eleanor 
Bedell,  born  in  Woburn.  6.  Edith,  born  Jan- 
uary 30,  1867.  married,  1885,  Emert  E.  Tay- 
lor, of  Natick  ;  two  daughters.  7.  Elizabeth, 
born  November  8,  1872,  married,  1904.  Rich- 
ard Richardson :  has  one  son.  8.  Frank  Har- 
ris, born  December  25,  1875,  married,  March 
13,  1897,  Catherine  Louise  Neuschaffer ;  two 
sons :  Arthur  Edison,  born  October  7,  1897 ; 
Frank  Kenneth,  March  13,  1907.  9.  Ida,  born 
May  13.  1877,  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  the  Walnut  high  private  school.  Natick, 
making  a  specialty  of  music. 


Edgar  is  an  ancient  Saxon  prop- 
EDGAR  er  name,  later  used  also  as  a  sur- 
name in  both  England  and  Scot- 
land. The  Edgar  family  of  Berkshire,  of  the 
Red  House,  near  Ipswich,  county  Suffolk,  and 
elsewhere  in  that  county,  bears  a  coat-of-arms 
and  has  been  prominent  for  some  centuries. 
The  Edgar  family  in  Scotland  settled  first  in 
Berwickshire.  Two  branches  bearing  arms 
evidently  are  of  the  same  stock,  judging  from 
the  similarity  of  their  coats-of-arms.  The 
Wadderly,  Scotland,  family  bears :  Sable  a 
lion  rampant  argent.  Crest — A  de-xter  hand 
holding  a  dagger  point  downwards.  Motto 
over  the  crest — "Man.  do  it."  Motto  below 
the  arms — "Salutem  Disponit  Deus."  At  Kit- 
hock,  Scotland,  the  family  bears  arms :  Sable 
a  lion  rampant  a  garb  in  chief  and  a  writing 
pen  in  base  argent.  Crest — a  dagger  and  cjuill 
in  saltire.  Motto — "Fortius  ingenio,  Quam 
Vi."  The  family  at  Polland,  Scotland,  said 
by  Burke,  in  his  General  Armory,  to  be  de- 
scended from  the  Kithock  family,  bears  arms : 
Sable  a  lion  rampant  argent  between  two 
garbs  in  chief  the  second  banded  gules  and  a 
bezant  in  base.  Crest — A  withered  oak  branch 
sprouting  out  leaves  proper.  Motto — ".Xp- 
paret.  quod  latebat." 

Malcolm.  King  of  Scotland,  had  a  son  Ed- 
gar. Edgar  was  the  clan  name  of  a  border 
clan  in  Berwickshire  in  1590.  John  Edgar,  of 
Wedderlic  (Wadderly  mentioned  above),  was 
a  member  of  the  Sootch  Parliament  in   1707; 


Edward  Edgar,  of  Edinburgh,  in  1640-41, 
1646-47,  and  Alexander  Edgar,  of  Hadding- 
ton, 169097,  1702  and  1703-07.  A  branch  of 
the  family  settled  in  the  Protestant  county  of 
Antrim  and  the  name  is  common  at  the  present 
time  in  Antrim  and  Downs,  but  nowhere  else 
in  Ireland.  This  branch  is  Scotch-Irish  and 
from  it  came  the  immigrants  to  Pennsylvania 
of  this  surname.  In  Pennsylvania  the  family 
was  prominent  before  the  Revolution,  and 
James  Edgar,  a  Scotch-Irish  delegate  to  the 
convention  to  act  on  the  federal  constitution, 
was  one  of  those  who  voted  against  its  adop- 
tion in  the  form  submitted. 

The  name  is  found  among  the  Scotch  mar-^ 
tyrs  of  1685.  Lieutenant-General  James  Doug- 
las with  Lieutenant  Livingston  and  Cornet 
James  Douglas  "surprised  five  men  in  a  cave 
at  Ingleston  in  the  parish  of  Glencairn,  being 
betrayed  by  Andrew  Watson ;  their  names 
were  John  Gibson,  Robert  Grierson.  Robert 
Mitchell,  James  Bennoch  and  John  Edgar,  all 
which  were  at  the  command  of  the  said  Gen- 
eral Douglas,  (a  brother  of  the  Duke  of 
Queensberry),  they  were  brought  forth  and 
immediately  shot  dead,  without  giving  them 
so  much  time  as  to  recommend  their  souls  to 
God."  They,  with  thousands  of  others,  suf- 
fered death  for  being  Presb\'terians.  On  his 
gravestone  the  name  is  given  Robert  Edgar. 
Robert  Mitchell  and  Edgar  were  buried  under 
one   stone,   inscribed  : 

"  Halt,  passenger,  tell  it  you  ever  saw 
Men  snot  to  death  withoat  process  of  law. 
We  too,  of  four,  who  in  this  churchyard  lie 
Thus  felt  the  rage  of  Popish  tyranny." 

(I)  John  Edgar,  of  this  Scotch  family,  was 
born  at  Dumfries,  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland, 
about  1780.  He  was  a  farmer  and  gardener, 
and  worked  on  many  fine  estates  where  gar- 
dening was  the  important  feature.  Among  his 
children  was  William  Wallace,  luentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  William  Wallace  Edgar,  son  of  John 
Edgar,  was  born  in  Dumfries.  Dumfriesshire, 
Scotland,  July.  1816,  and  died  at  Waverly, 
Massachusetts,  January  11,  1899.  He  came  of 
sturdy  stock,  and  early  began  work  as  a  gar- 
dener under  his  father's  teaching,  going  to 
school  also.  When  he  was  twenty-one  he  went 
to  Liverpool  and  became  gardener  for  .Sir  Wil- 
liam F>rown.  who  at  that  time  was  the  owner 
of  many  vessels  plying  between  Liverpool  and 
America.  After  several  years  with  Sir  Wil- 
liam, he  removed  to  Nestor,  Cheshire,  Eng- 
land, and  took  charge  of  the  estate  of  William 
Horton  at  .'\shfield  Hall,  remaining  as  his  head 
gardener  for  sixteen  years.  From  here  he  went 


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with  his  family  to  North  Wales,  where  he  was 
gardener  for  William  Foulks  at  Denbeigh,  re- 
maining two  years.  Next  he  was  at  Birken- 
head, Cheshire,  and  had  charge  for  a  time  of 
the  nurseries  of  William  Henderson,  and  later 
became  gardener  for  Richard  Boult  for  five 
years.  The  following  seven  years  were  spent 
with  Mr.  Nichols  at  Oxton,  and  in  1881  be 
came  to  America,  landing  at  Boston.  He  ob- 
tained a  position  as  gardener  for  Charles  Jones, 
of  New  Bedford.  Massachusetts,  and  remained 
ten  years,  and  finally  came  to  Waverly,  where 
he  was  employed  by  his  son,  William  W.  Ed- 
gar, as  florist,  during  his  declining  years.  He 
was  in  the  second  Cheshire  volunteer  brigade 
for  five  or  six  years,  while  at  Parkgate,  work- 
ing for  a  Mr.  Edwards.  The  force  had  been 
organized  to  guard  the  coast  in  case  of  an  in- 
vasion from  France. 

Mr.  Edgar  was  a  man  of  quiet  manner,  fond 
of  reading  and  greatly  interested  in  the  topics 
of  the  day.  He  was  well  versed  in  history  and 
was  a  good  conversationalist.  He  was  five 
feet,  eight  inches  tall,  of  splendid  proportions. 
In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian  and  a  Con- 
servative in  politics,  being  a  strong  Beacons- 
field  man. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Blackwell.  born  in 
Derbyshire,  England,  1815,  died  at  Waverly, 
Massachusetts,  March  6.  1889,  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Hannah  Blackwell,  of  Derbyshire. 
Children:  i.  James,  born  August  19,  1841, 
married  Margaret  Stoner,  of  Liverpool,  Eng- 
land ;  children  :  Alice,  James,  Sarah,  Elizabeth. 
2.  William  Wallace,  born  April  28,  1843,  rnen- 
tioned  below.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  October  30, 
1845,  married  Captain  Michael  Murphy,  of 
Liverpool.  England;  childreni:  Florence  Mur- 
phy, Pauline  Murphy,  Kathleen  Murphy.  4. 
Jane,  born  August  10,  1848,  unmarried.  5. 
Ellen,  born  December  8,  1851,  married  Wil- 
liam Johnson,  and  had  these  children :  James, 
William.  Emily,  John.  Grace  and  Alice.  6. 
John,  born  October  5,  1854,  married  (first), 
November,  1879,  Mary  Ellen  Ridley,  of  Ox- 
ton,  England ;  married  (second)  Ellen  Hill,  of 
Birkenhead,  England,  who  died  April  13, 
1903  :  married  (third)  Eva  Esther  Whitman  ; 
children  of  the  first  wife:  i.  Wallace,  born  Oc- 
tober 4,  1880;  ii.  Elizabeth;  children  of  the 
second  wife :  iii.  John  Harold,  born  December 
22.  1884:  iv.  Mary  Elaine,  born  February  16, 
1887,  married.  May  6,  1903,  Thomas  F.  Lind- 
say, of  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  v.  Helen 
Jane,  born  January  i,  t888,  died  September  5, 
1888:  vi.  .\lfred  Rowland,  born  February  16, 
1889,  died  October  26,  1896:  child  of  the  third 
wife:    vii.    Mildred,  born  September  25,  1905. 


(Ill)  William  Wallace  Edgar,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Wallace  Edgar  (2),  was  born  at  Neston, 
Cheshire,  England,  April  28,  1843,  and  died 
at  his  home  in  Waverly,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 18,  1907.  He  went  to  school  in  his 
native  town  until  he  was  about  thirteen  years 
of  age,  when  he  started  as  an  apprentice  gar- 
dener, working  under  his  father,  from  whom 
he  learned  every  detail  of  the  business.  In 
1867  he  sailed  for  America,  believing  that  the 
opportunities  for  a  business  career  were  great- 
er in  the  L'nited  States.  He  landed  in  Boston 
in  April,  1867,  and  went  first  to  Belinont,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  was  employed  for  a  time, 
but  soon  went  to  Newton,  taking  charge  of 
the  grounds  of  the  beautiful  home  of  Gover- 
nor William  Claflin,  "Old  Elm."  Here  he  re- 
mained seven  years  and  subsequently  entered 
the  employ  of  a  Mr.  Galvin,  one  of  the  leading 
florists  of  Boston.  He  stayed  with  him  but  a 
short  time,  and  took  charge  of  the  Powers 
estate  at  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  the  florist  for  a  year.  He  later  became 
identified  with  Thomas  Dee,  the  Cambridge 
florist,  remaining  with  him  until  1885.  He 
then  removed  to  Waverly,  where  he  bought 
two  acres  of  land  near  the  railroad  station  on 
Trapelo  road.  He  erected  a  number  of  green- 
houses, besides  a  handsome  residence,  and 
has  built  up  a  very  lucrative  business.  He 
had  a  natural  love  for  the  work,  inherited  from 
his  father  and  grandfather,  besides  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  business  in  all  its  branches, 
and  was  especially  well  equipped  to  succeed. 
He  became  famous  for  his  Easter  lilies  and 
chrysanthemums.  The  trade  increased  until 
the  Waverly  houises  were  inadequate  to  supply 
the  demand,  and  about  igcx)  he  purchased  the 
place  of  Judge  Nathan  Nlorse  in  the  northeast 
part  of  Waltham,  just  over  the  Waverly  line, 
and  erected  two  more  greenhouses.  He  was 
the  first  florist  to  import  gloria  de  loraine  into 
this  country,  and  in  the  exhibits  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural  Society  at  Boston  he 
was  awarded  several  prizes.  The  present  cul- 
tivating space  of  the  Edgar  plant  is  seventy- 
five  thousand  square  feet,  the  greenhouses 
being  of  the  best  improved  patterns.  The  firm 
has  a  large  wholesale  trade,  and  the  present 
management  and  direction  of  the  family  inter- 
ests are  under  the  W.  W.  Edgar  Company,  in- 
corporated. 

Mr.  Edgar  was  a  refined  gentleman,  of  ex- 
emplary character,  and  was  one  of  Waverly's 
most  respected  citizens.  He  and  his  family 
were  members  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He 
was  a  Republican,  and  never  sought  public 
office.     He  was  cemetery  commissioner,  filling 


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the  position  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  was  a  member  of  Bel- 
mont Lodge  of  Free  Masons  and  received  the 
Royal  Arch  degree  December  17,  1900,  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He  became  a 
Knight  Templar  in  Coeur  de  Lion  Command- 
ery  at  Charlestown.  He  was  a  member  of 
Trapelo  Lodge,  No.  238,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  ;  of  Waverly  Council,  No.  313, 
Royal  Arcanum ;  of  the  Gardeners'  and  Flor- 
ists' Club  of  Boston ;  of  the  Flower  Growers' 
Co-operative  Association  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Edgar  was  thrice  married ;  his  first 
marriage  was  to  Mary  Ann  Martin,  December 
31,  1873 ;  he  married  (second),  Ellen  Noonan, 
born  i860,  died  May  2,  1892,  daughter  of 
Dennis  and  Ellen  (O'Brien)  Noonan.  He 
married  (third),  December  12,  1894,  Rose 
Helena  Farmer,  born  in  Montgomeryshire, 
North  Wales,  October  8,  1866,  daughter  of 
John  and  Frances  (Morris)  Farmer,  of  Mont- 
gomeryshire. Her  father  was  a  mason  by 
trade.  Children  of  the  first  wife  :  i.  William 
Wallace,  Jr.,  born  November  29,  1874.  2. 
Grace  Elizabeth,  born  January  28,  1881,  mar- 
ried, March  15,  1905,  James  ]\IcHutchison,  of 
Jersey  City,  New  Jersey.  3.  Robert  Stewart, 
born  January  22,  1882,  married  Bertha  Milton, 
of  Waverley,  Massachusetts.  4.  John  Frank- 
lin, born  October  14,  1885.  5.  Mary  Flor- 
ence, born  June  5,  1888,  died  August  17,  1889. 

6.  Helen  Margaret,  born  February  22,   1890. 

7.  Kathleen  (twin),  born  April  30,  1892,  died 
August  23,  1892.  8.  Pauline  (twin),  born 
April  30,  1892.  Children  of  the  third  wife :  9. 
Emelie  Francis,  born  June  28,  1897.  10.  Kath- 
erine  Farmer,  born  March  20,  1907. 


(I)  Deacon  Henrie  Bright  was 
BRIGHT     born    in    Bury    St.    Edmund's, 

Suffolk,  England,  and  baptized 
December  29,  1602.  His  father,  Henry 
Bright,  was  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret 
(Jervis)  Bright:  grandson  of  Walter  Bright, 
a  parishioner  of  St.  Mary's  cbuirch.  Bury  St. 
Edmund's,  and  who  di^d  in  1550,  great-grand- 
son, with  but  little  doubt,  of  John  Bright, 
malster.  who  lived  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary's. 
Bury  St.  Edmund's,  in  the  time  of  Henry  VH. 
To  Thomas  Bright,  Jr.,  of  the  parish  of  St. 
James,  Bury  St.  Edmund's,  was  confirmed  in 
161 5  a  coat-of-arms  which  was  emblazoned 
with  a  dragon's  head  vomiting  flames.  As  it 
was  ornamented  with  escallops,  it  is  reasonable 
to  be  supposed  to  have  been  adopted  in  the 
time  of  the  Crusades.  There  are  family  por- 
traits of  the  Brights  at  Nntherhall,  one  of  full 


length  being  in  armour.  A  portrait  of  Thomas 
Bright,  who  had  numerous  landed  estates,  and 
was  buried  September  i,  1587,  was  procured 
by  the  corporation  of  Bury  St.  Andrew's,  and 
hangs  in  Guild  Hall.  Henry  and  ]Marie  Bright 
had  several  children,  including  Robert,  who 
lived  in  London,  but  the  male  line  in  England 
became  extinct  by  the  death  of  all  his  sons 
without  issue,  except  Henrie,  who  was  the 
first  of  the  name  in  America.  There  is  much 
evidence  that  he  came  with  the  Winthrop  par- 
ty in  1630,  as  his  name  appears  as  the  forty- 
eighth  in  the  list  of  members  of  the  First 
Church  in  Boston,  which  was  made  up  of 
members  from  the  First  Church  in  Charles 
Towne.  He  appears  on  May  6,  1635,  as 
an  admitted  freeman  of  the  town  of 
Watertown.  Between  1640  and  1667  his 
name  appears  in  the  town  records  several 
times  as  selectman,  and  when  eighty-two  years 
of  age  he  was  a  juror,  July  22,  1684,  on  the 
court  of  assistants.  In  his  church  office  of 
deacon  two  years  later,  while  carting  chairs 
and  other  articles  from  the  church  where  they 
had  been  used  in  the  ordination  of  the  Rev. 
William  Bailey,  he  received  injuries  from 
which  he  died,  October  9,  1686.  He  left  the 
homestead  property  to  his  son  John,  but  on 
John's  death  and  the  marriage  of  John's 
widow,  it  went  to  his  second  son,  Nathaniel. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Bright,  second  son  and  sev- 
enth child  of  Deacon  Henrie  and  Anna 
(Gouldstone)  Bright,  was  born  March  5,  1647. 
He  was  proprietor  of  a  tanyard  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  Watertown,  in  addition  to  the 
homestead,  and  on  his  death.  May  11,  1726, 
the  homestead,  under  his  will,  went  to  his 
brother  Henry.  Nathaniel  Bright  was  mar- 
ried July  26.  1681,  to  Mary,  dairghter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  (Barron)  Coolidge,  and 
granddaughter  of  Ellis  Barron,  of  Watertown, 
and  they  had  ten  children  born  between  the 
years  1682  and  1698.  Of  these,  Mary  mar- 
ried Deacon  Thomas  Livermore.  of  Waltham, 
in  1704:  Henry  married  Margaret  Jackson, 
of  Newton  :  John  married  Rebecca  Wain ;  Jo- 
seph married  Elizabeth  Elliot ;  Hannah  mar- 
ried Jonas  Bond ;  Abigail  married  John 
Brown;  Mercy  married  John  Coolidge,   1726. 

(III)  Nathaniel  Bright,  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Mary  (Coolidge)  Bright,  was  born  in 
\\'atertown.  December  28,  1686.  He  enlarged 
the  tanyard  inherited  from  his  father  and 
added  to  the  property  by  purchase.  He  mar- 
ried .\nna,  daugliter  of  Captain  Nathaniel  and 
Ann  (Barnerd)  Bowman,  and  they  had  six 
children:  Anne,  born  1715.  married  Daniel 
Brown,  of  Lexington,  1736:  Nathaniel  (q.  v.)  ; 


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Hannah,  born  1720,  died  in  infancy;  Hannah, 
born  January  15,  1721  (o.  s.),  married  (first) 
Amos    Bond,    of    Watertown,    and    (second) 

Wheeler,    of    Concord;    Sarah,    barn 

1726,  married  Thomas  Clarke;  Mary,  born 
April,  1 73 1,  married  David  Bemis.  Nathaniel 
Bright,  Jr.,  died  in  Watertown,  December  14, 

(IV)  Nathaniel  Bright,  only  son  of  Nath- 
aniel (1686-1737)  and  Mary  (Coolidge) 
Bright,  died  at  the  homestead  in  Watertown, 
October  21,  1754.  He  was  a  tanner.  He 
married  Sibil,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
and  Abigail  (Reed)  Stone,  of  Sudbury,  and  a 
descendant  from  Deacon  Gregory  Stone,  of 
Cambridge  and  Watertown. 

(V)  John  Bright,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sibil 
(Stone)  Bright,  was  born  in  Watertown,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1754.  He  carried  on  the  tannery, 
as  well  as  a  small  farm.  His  father  died  in 
1754,  the  year  of  John's  birth,  and  his  mother 
married,  in  1757,  Samuel  White.  They  prob- 
ably lived  in  the  Bright  homestead  where  John 
Bright  was  brought  up.  On  reaching  his  ma- 
jority he  became  possessed  of  the  homestead. 
Ill  health  prevented  his  attending  college.  He 
was  selectman,  justice  of  the  peace,  tything- 
man,  highway  surveyor,  hay  ward,  fence  view- 
er, sealer  of  leather,  and  a  member  of  the 
school  conmiittee  at  various  times,  1780  to 
1819.  He  was  married  September  24,  1778, 
to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Esther  (Mason)  Brown,  and  a  descendant  of 
Abraham  and  Lydia  Brown,  early  settlers  of 
Watertown,  and  of  Captain  Hugh  Mason,  also 
an  early  settler  of  Watertown.  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Brown)  Bright  had  ten  children: 
John,  born  1779,  died  1858,  bachelor;  Charles, 
born  1781,  died  1823;  Mary,  born  1783,  died 
1788;  Francis,  born  1784,  died  1804;  Anna, 
born  1786,  died  1788;  Josiah,  born  March, 
1789,  married  Eulalie  Mary  Anne  Sanquinet, 
of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  after  her  death  mar- 
ried Angelique,  widow  of  Pierre  Tesson,  and 
after  her  death  Elsie  Le  Blanc,  and  he  died  in 
St.  Louis,  July,  1822;  Anne,  born  1791,  died 
1818;  Henry,  born  1793  (q.  v.)  :  Mary,  born 
1796,  died  1879;  Jonathan  Brown  Bright 
(q.  v.). 

(VI)  Jonathan  Brown  Bright,  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Bright,  was  born  in 
Waltham,  Massachusetts.  April  23,  1800,  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  and  in  the  tannery 
in  Watertown,  when  not  attending  the  district 
school  at  Waltham  and  Westford  Academy, 
1814,  and  Framingham  Academy,  1816.  In 
1817  he  accompanied  his  brother  Josiah,  a  res- 
ident of   St.   Louis,  to  that  city,  making  the 


journey  by  sea  on  board  a  brig  as  far  as  New 
Orleans,  and  thence  to  St.  Louis  by  a  river 
boat.  He  remained  in  St.  Louis  for  four 
years  in  the  employ  of  Sanquinet  &  Bright,  of 
which  house  his  brother  was  junior  partner. 
He  meantime  spent  one  winter  in  New  Or- 
leans, and  in  travel  through  Alabama  in  the 
interest  of  the  St.  Louis  house.  In  182 1  he 
went  to  St.  Stephens,  .\labama,  where  his 
brother  Henry  resided.  He  was  engaged  in 
merchandising  in  Selma,  Alabama,  1822-24, 
his  brother  Henry  having  an  interest  in  the 
store.  Here  he  was  stricken  with  fever  in 
1824,  and  took  passage  in  a  sailing  vessel  from 
Mobile  to  New  York,  where  he  was  clerk  in 
the  cotton  brokerage  house  of  James  Black- 
stock,  on  Pine  street,  and  in  1827  he  became 
a  partner  in  the  business.  He  was  married 
November  2,  1827,  to  Mary  Huguenin  Gar- 
brance,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Jane  (Van 
Buskirk)  Garbrance,  of  .'\lbany,  New  York, 
the  Rev.  James  Matthews,  of  New  York,  per- 
forming the  marriage  cerenwny,  and  their 
only  child,  Elizabeth  Garbrance,  was  born  in 
New  York  City,  September  27.  1828,  and  was 
baptized  by  the  Rev.  James  Alatthews,  in  the 
vestry  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  church  on  Gar- 
den street.  New  York.  Mrs.  Mary  Huguenin 
(Garbrance)  Bright  died  at  Red  Hook,  Dutch- 
ess county.  New  York,  in  1830,  when  twenty- 
four  years  of  age,  and  she  was  buried  in  the 
graveyard  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  church  at 
Upper  Red  Hook,  Dutchess  comity.  New 
York.  At  this  time  Elizabeth  Garbrance 
Bright  was  but  nineteen  montlis  old.  The 
concern  of  Blackstock,  Merle  &  Bright  was 
burned  out  in  the  great  fire  in  New  York  in 
1835,  and  in  1836  Mr.  Blackstock  retired,  and 
the  firm  of  Merle  &  Bright  removed  to  Han- 
over street,  and  soon  after  Mr.  Gourlie  was 
admitted  as  a  partner.  In  the  spring  of  1849 
Mr.  Bright  retired  from  business  and  returned 
to  his  early  home  in  Waltham,  where  he  soon 
after  began  the  compilation  of  a  genealogical 
record  of  the  Bright  family  not  only  in  Ameri- 
ica,  but  also  in  England,  with  its  various 
branches  traced  out  as  separate  branches  of  the 
parent  stock.  He  prepared  in  connection  with 
this  work  many  intricate  and  carefully  con- 
sidered genealogical  charts  with  corresponding 
biographical  data,  giving  personal  history  of 
great  value.  This  valuable  material  was  care- 
fully preserved  by  his  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Garbrance  Bright.  Jonathan  Brown  Bright 
died  at  the  Bright  homestead  in  Waltham, 
Massachusetts.  December  17,  1879. 

(VI)    Henry  Bright,  sixth  son  and  eighth 
child  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)   Bright, 


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was  born  in  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  August, 
1793,  and  received  his  education  in  Waltham. 
He  was  married  in  1817  to  Abigail  Fiske,  who 
was  born  in  Waltham,  November  13,  1794, 
and  died  in  Mobile,  Alabama,  November  26, 
1833.  Henry  Bright  was  a  merchant  in  St. 
Stephens,  Alabama,  and  subsequently  in  Mo- 
bile, Alabama,  and  with  interests  in  Selma. 
His  wife,  Abigail  Fiske,  died  in  Mobile,  Ala- 
bama, and  he  was  married  secondly  to  Emeline 
M.   Pinney,  of  Simsbury,  Connecticut. 

(VH)  William  EUery  Bright,  son  of  Henry 
and  Abigail  (Fiske)  Bright,  was  born  in  Mo- 
bile, Alabama,  September,  183 1.  He  was 
given  an  excellent  academic  school  training, 
and  1852-53  made  a  voyage  to  California  as 
a  seaman  before  the  mast  on  the  famous  clip- 
per ship  "Flying  Cloud."  In  1855  he  became 
member  of  the  firm  which  then  became  Torrey, 
Bright  &  Copen,  dealers  in  carpetings,  on 
W'ashington  street,  Boston.  February  28, 
186 1,  he  married  his  cousin,  Elizabeth  Gar- 
brance  Bright,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Mary  Huguenin  (Garbrance)  Bright,  and  they 
had  three  children:  i.  Mary  Huguenin  Bright, 
born  in  Waltham,  May  7,  1862,  married,  De- 
cember 19,  1893,  to  Henry  Haynie,  a  journal- 
ist, and  for  some  time  Paris  correspondent  of 
the  Boston  Herald,  Chicago  Herald,  New  Or- 
leans Picayune,  and  San  Francisco  Chronicle. 
They  made  their  home  in  Newton,  Massachu- 
setts, and  two  children,  Hylda  Haynie,  born 
May  14,  1895.  and  Helen  Haynie,  born  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1898,  were  born  of  the  marriage. 
2.  William  Ellery  Bright,  born  in  Waltham, 
October  6,  1864,  married  Josephine  Boerum 
Jackson,  of  New  York,  October  8,  1889,  and 
they  had  three  children  :  Elizabeth  Garbrance, 
born  January  14,  1891  ;  William  Ellery,  Jr., 
born  April  10,  1892,  and  Jackson  Van  Renss- 
elr.er,  born  October  7,  1899.  3.  Bertha  Tyrell 
Bright,  born  in  Waltham,  January  28,  187 1, 
who  made  her  home  with  her  mother  in  the 
family  residence  on  Main  street,  Waltham. 
William  Ellery  Bright,  Sr..  died  at  his  home 
in  Waltham  on  March  12,  1882. 

(Vni)  Elizabeth  Garbrance  (Bright) 
Bright,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Brown  and  Mary 
Huguenin  (Garbrance)  Bright,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Peter  and  Jane  (Van  Buskirk) 
Garbrance,  and  of  Lawrence  and  Jane  (Van 
Buskirk)  Van  Buskirk,  was  educated  in  New 
York  city  and  Boston,  living  in  New  York 
city  up  to  1843,  when  she  came  to  Boston, 
where  she  completed  her  education  and  was 
married  February  28,  1861,  to  her  cousin, 
William  Ellery  Bright,  merchant  (q.  v.).    She 


was  of  Dutch  extraction,  being  descended  from 
Horperd  Gerrebrants  through  his  son  Pieter 
Gerrebrants,  who  was  born  in  Belleville,  New 
Jersey,  and  baptized  by  the  Dutch  Reformed 
minister  of  Hackensack,  New  Jersey,  January 
31,  1725,  removed  on  attaining  manhood  to 
New  York  city,  where  he  was  married  in  1750 
to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Chasuerus  and  Hil- 
pah  (Cooper)  Turk,  of  New  York.  The  Turk 
family  were  emigrants  from  the  Lower  Pal- 
atinate, settling  both  on  Manhattan  Island  and 
at  Albany.  Pieter  Gerrebrants  (1754-1815) 
anglicized  the  family  name  by  spelling  it  Gar- 
brance. He  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Law- 
rence and  Jane  (Van  Buskirk)  Van  Buskirk. 
The  Van  IBuskirks  were  early  settlers  of  the 
Hudson  River  Valley.  Lawrence  Van  Buskirk 
served  in  the  British  army  during  the  revolu- 
tion, as  did  many  of  the  wealthy  class  in  and 
about  New  York  city,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
war  his  property  was  confiscated,  and  he  fled 
to  Nova  Scotia  with  other  loyalists,  and  was 
granted  lands  in  that  province  in  consideration 
of  his  services  and  the  losses  he  had  incurred 
by  loyalty  to  the  crown.  Another  of  the  fam- 
ily, Colonel  Abraham  Van  Buskirk,  served 
under  Arnold  in  his  expedition  to  New  Lon- 
don, September  7,  1781,  being  lieutenant-col- 
onel of  the  Third  Battalion  of  New  Jersey 
(loyalists)  volunteers,  found  refuge  in  Nova 
Scotia,  as  did  the  Garbrances  also,  who  were 
loyalists,  and  had  their  property  confiscated. 


George  Walter  Snow,  son  of  Har- 
SNOW     mon    and    Sarah    Sears    Deming 

Snow,  grandson  of  the  Rev.  Amos 
Deming,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and  of 
Simeon  Snow,  born  in  Mansfield,  Bristol  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts,  and  removed  to  Savoy, 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts ;  he  was  a 
pioneer  manufacturer  of  nails  at  Mansfield,  the 
flrst  of  which  he  made  on  an  anvil  under  a 
hand  hammer.  He  then  removed  to  a  large 
farm  in  Berkshire  county,  and  carried  on  the 
farm  until  his  death  about  1854.  He  married 
Polly  Phillips,  of  Mansfield,  and  they  had  six 
children:  i.  Simeon,  Jr.,  married  successive- 
ly two  sisters,  and  had  children :  Jacob,  Leslie, 
Charles,  Horatio,  Margaret,  Eliza  and  Anson 
Snow.  He  lived  in  the  town  of  Root,  New 
York.  2.  Hannah.  3.  Harmon  (q.  v.).  4. 
Abigail,  who  did  not  marry.  5.  Delsie,  mar- 
ried William  Dunham  and  had  one  son,  Ran- 
som. 6.  Russell,  who  married  twice  and  had 
children,  Zarina,  Edward  and  Leslie. 

Harmon,  son  of  Simeon  and  Polly  (Phillips) 


MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


767 


Snow,  born  in  Mansfield,  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary, 1807;  married  twice;  his  first  wife  died 
leaving  two  sons,  Richard  H.  and  Henry  A. 
Snow,  and  his  second  wife,  Sarah  Sears, 
daughter  of  Amos  Deming,  a  Baptist  minister 
of  Savoy,  Massachusetts,  bore  him  two  chil- 
dren :  I.  Sarah  Abbie,  who  married  Nathan  B. 
Baker,  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war.  2.  George 
Walter  (q.  v.).  .Amos  Deming,  who  mar- 
ried (first)  Edna  Kinney,  and  lived  in  Che- 
shire, Massachusetts.  They  liad  four  children : 
Arthur  Harmon,  Harry,  Abbe,  who  graduated 
at  Adams  high  school,  and  Walter,  a  graduate 
of  the  grammar  school.  Edna  Kinney  died 
about  1895,  and  he  married  (second)  Nettie 
Drake,  and  had  no  children.  Amos  Deming 
Snow  was  engaged  in  business  in  North  Ad- 
ams, Massachusetts,  and  lived  in  Adams,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1907. 

George  Walter  Snow,  son  of  Harmon  and 
Sarah  Sears  (Deming)  Snow,  was  born  in 
Savoy,  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 24,  1848.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  (1869) 
removed  to  Newton,  Massachusetts,  but 
worked  in  the  mahogany  mills  of  Palmer  Park- 
er &  Company  of  Boston,  and  has  remained 
with  this  firm  up  to  1885,  when  he  established 
the  hardwood,  paint  and  oil  business  at  21 
Union  Square,  Somerville,  with  William  E. 
WHiitney,  the  firm  being  Whitney  &  Snow.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Prospect  Hill  Congrega- 
tional church  and  its  treasurer  for  several 
years,  and  always  a  liberal  contributor  to  its 
various  charitable  and  institutional  work.  He 
helped  to  organize  the  Somerville  Co-operative 
Bank  and  is  its  vice-president,  serving  from 
1897.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Somerville 
Board  of  Trade  and  of  the  Republican  Club 
of  Somerville.  He  is  a  member  of  John  Ab- 
bott Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  of 
the  Oasis  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  Encampment;  of  the  American 
Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  a  member  of 
the  Workmen's  Benefit  Association. 

He  is  a  member  and  trustee  of  the  Royal 
Arcanum.  He  was  married  June  28,  1871,  to 
Martha  Baker,  daughter  of  Harvey  and  Ann 
Eliza  (Carter)  Baker.  Martha  Baker  was 
born  October  28,  1848,  was  a  pupil  of  the  Haw- 
ley  and  Charlemont  schools  and  taught  there 
about  five  years.  Their  daughter,  Clara  Belle 
Snow,  was  born  in  Somerville,  May  29,  1872, 
was  graduated  a  pupil  in  the  grammar  and 
English  high  school,  and  was  employed  in  the 
city  clerk's  office  of  Somerville  as  first  assist- 
ant city  clerk.  Mr.  Snow  resides  at  No.  12 
Sanborn  avenue,  Somerville,  Massachusetts. 


Edward   G.   Tilton,  of   Maiden, 
TILTON     Massachusetts,    traces    his    an- 
cestry  on   the   paternal   side   to 
David    (i),  and  Jane    (Greeley)    Tilton,  who 
were  the  parents  of  seven  sons,  and  whose  his- 
tory can  be  traced  back  to  the  year  1756. 

(II)  Samuel  Tilton,  son  of  David  and  Jane 
(Greeley)  Tilton,  was  born  in  Kingston,  New 
Hampshire,  July  3,  1776,  died  of  apoplexy, 
April  26,  1848,  aged  seventy-two  years.  He 
located  in  Knox,  Maine,  after  his  marriage, 
when  that  section  was  a  wilderness,  and 
cleared  for  himself  a  farm  which  he  cultivated 
and  improved  and  on  which  they  resided  for 
the  remainder  of  their  days.  He  acquired  a 
good  education  for  the  times,  was  a  shrewd 
business  man,  devoted  considerable  time  and 
attention  to  religious  subjects,  and  was  a  Whig 
in  politics.  He  and  his  wife  were  consistent 
members  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
married,  in  Kingston.  New  Hampshire,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1806,  Abigail  Bussell,  born  May  5, 
1777,  in  Kingston,  died  October  19,  1871,  aged 
ninety-four  years.  Their  children  were  :  Han- 
nah B.,  born  November  23,  1808,  died  August, 
1818.  David  G.,  born  November  6,  1813,  see 
forward.  Samuel  N..  born  January  26,  1816, 
see  forward. 

(III)  David  Greeley  Tilton,  eldest  son  of 
Samuel  and  Abigail  (Bussell)  Tilton,  born  No- 
vember 6,  18 1 3,  died  on  the  farm  where  he 
was  born,  January  31,  1893.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  of  his  neighborhood,  and  fol- 
lowed farming  as  an  occupation  throughout 
the  active  years  of  his  life.  He  married,  in 
April.  1849,  Esther  Kiles,  who  bore  him  three 
children:  Abigail  .A.nn,  bom  November  15, 
1852,  married,  November  15,  1870,  Granville 
Small.  Mary  Kiles,  born  July  19,  1855,  mar- 
ried, January  i.  1883,  ]\Iartin  Whitten.  Sam- 
uel G.,  born  February  24,  1858,  married,  No- 
vember, 1881,  Martha  Ellen  Vose. 

(IV)  Samuel  Newton  Tilton,  youngest  son 
of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Bussell)  Tilton,  born 
January  26,  1816,  in  Knox.  Waldo  countv, 
Maine,  died  on  the  farm  adjoining  where  he 
was  born,  March  15,  1892.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  for  years,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church,  and  a  Whig  and 
Republican  in  political  faith.  He  married, 
April  22,  1840,  in  Freedom,  Maine,  Christiana 
Johnson,  educated  in  the  common  schools  and 
academy,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Rachel 
(Huse)  Johnson,  the  former  of  whom  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade.  Children:  i.  Hannah 
Bussell,  born  October  7,  1843,  '"  Thorndike, 
Maine,  married,  March  24,  1874,  Ora  O.  Cros- 
by, who  died  October   12,   1906;    one    child, 


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Charles  E.,  born  August  25,  1875,  in  Albion, 
Maine.  2.  Isadore  Estelle,  born  June  22,  1847, 
in  Thorndike,  Maine,  died  1867;  married, 
March  25,  1866,  Pardon  T.  Bessey,  now  de- 
ceased ;  one  child,  Elmer  Francis,  born  Octo- 
ber 6,  1868 ;  he  resides  in  Albion.  3.  John 
Newton,  born  November  27,  1850,  in  Thorn- 
dike,  died  1901 ;  married,  January  i,  1888,  Isa- 
dore Bishop,  three  children :  Harold  Bisliop, 
born  September  29,  1889,  died  February  22, 
1897 ;  Christine,  born  September  29,  1895 ; 
John  Malcolm,  December  4,  1898.  John  N. 
Tilton  was  a  merchant,  and  resides  in  Thorn- 
dike.  4.  Edward  G.,  born  November  14,  1854. 
see  forward.  All  these  children  were  educated 
in  common  schools  and  Freedom  Academy. 

(V)  Edward  G.  Tilton,  youngest  son  of 
Samuel  Newton  and  Qiristiana  (Johnson)  Til- 
ton, was  born  in  Thorndike,  Waldo  county, 
Alaine,  November  14,  1854.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  Thorndike  and 
Pittsfield,  Maine.  When  eighteen  years  of 
age  he  came  to  Boston  and  entered  the  employ 
of  A.  W.  Hastings  &  Company,  dealers  in 
doors,  windows  and  blinds,  as  office  boy.  By 
the  exercise  of  diligence,  prudence  and  care  he 
advanced  steadily  step  by  step  until  he  was 
admitted  to  partnership  in  the  year  1896,  Feb- 
ruary I,  the  name  of  the  firm  remaining  un- 
changed. Mr.  Tilton's  business  career  is  an 
example  of  what  can  be  accomplished  by  per- 
severance, diligence  and  prudence,  and  is  well 
worthy  of  emulation  by  young  men  desirous 
of  making  their  mark  in  the  world.  Mr.  Tilton 
settled  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  after  his 
marriage,  and  has  since  resided  there,  occupy- 
ing a  fine  house  which  was  erected  in  1891. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  a  Mason  of  high 
degree,  holding  membership  in  the  blue  lodge, 
chapter,  commandery  and  consistory,  and  a 
member  of  Kernwood  Club  of  Maiden. 

Mr.  Tilton  married,  September  6,  1882, 
Irene  May  Morton,  daughter  of  Edward  F. 
and  Adelaide  (Philbrick)  Morton,  who  were 
the  parents  of  four  children:  i.  Nathan  E., 
married  Anna  Hunt :  one  child,  Nathan  E., 
died  1902.  2.  Irene  May,  above  mentioned. 
3.  Elmer  E.,  died  May,  1907.  4.  Maud  H., 
married  Charles  W.  Dodson ;  one  child,  Dor- 
othy ;  resides  in  Mialden.  Edward  F.  Morton 
was  born  in  .Standish,  Maine,  son  of  David 
Morton,  a  farmer  of  that  town,  and  later  he 
became  a  farmer  of  Thorndike,  Maine,  where 
he  passed  his  active  life.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tilton 
are  the  parents  of  one  child.  Earl  Edward,  born 
in  Maiden,  Middlesex  county,  Massachusetts, 
July  7,  1884 ;  he  was  prepared  for  college  in 
the  Maiden  public  schools  and  Phillips  Acad- 


emy,  Andover,   and   was   graduated   at   Tufts 
Medical  College,  Massachusetts,  1908. 


Robert  Woodbury  Foss,  a  native  of 
FOSS  Durham,  Strafford  county.  New 
Hampshire,  father  of  Eliphalet  Jay 
Foss,  was  a  farmer,  a  selectman  of  the  town, 
a  representative  in  the  New  Hampshire  legis- 
lature, and  a  sterling  Democrat  in  political 
faith.  His  father  was  Robert  Foss,  and  his 
grandfather  Jeremy  or  Jeremiah  Foss,  and  his 
ancestors  on  both  sides  were  early  settlers  of 
the  New  Hampshire  grants.  Robert  Wood- 
bury Foss  married  Eliza  Wedgewood,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Love  (Smith)  Jones,  of 
Durham.  William  Jones  was  a  farmer  and 
inherited  the  land  that  he  cultivated,  it  having 
been  handed  down  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion of  the  Jones  family  from  the  first  settle- 
ment in  1633,  when  it  was  taken  up  by  Stephen 
Jones,  the  emigrant,  who  come  over  with 
Thomas  Mittell  and  John  Smith. 

Eliphalet  Jay  Foss,  son  of  Robert  Wood- 
bury and  Eliza  Wedgewood  (Jones)  Foss,  was 
born  at  Strafford,  Strafford  county,  New 
Hampshire,  February  24,  1840.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  early  showed 
talent  in  portraiture  and  as  an  artist  in  oil 
colors.  He  removed  to  Boston  in  1862,  where 
he  engaged  in  photography,  and  in  1874  re- 
moved his  studio  to  ?\lalden.  He  followed  the 
profession  of  photographer  up  to  1897,  when 
he  gave  his  entire  time  to  painting  in  oil.  He 
was  an  acknowledged  master  of  all  the  arts  of 
portrait  photography,  and  he  furnished  copies 
for  the  leading  Boston  portrait  painters  and 
sculptors,  including  Young,  C)rdway,  Hunt, 
etc.  His  skill  w^as  most  apparent  in  lighting. 
He  produced  a  portrait  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emer- 
son, acknowledged  by  the  family  the  best  ever 
secured,  and  it  was  extensively  copied  and 
duly  appreciated  by  his  friends  and  admirers. 
He  also  produced  a  portrait  of  Edmund  Yates 
(1831-1894),  the  noted  English  journalist  and 
novelist,  and  one  of  James  .\nthony  Froude 
(1818-1894).  the  historian,  litterateur  and  edu- 
cator, which  were  accepted  as  the  best  ever 
published  either  in  England  or  .America.  He 
invented  and  patented  in  1871  the  screen  which 
came  into  universal  use  in  producing  half-tone 
pictures  from  photographs.  Mr.  Foss  was  an 
carlv  advocate  of  no  license  in  Massachusetts, 
casting  his  first  vote  in  that  state  against  licens- 
ing liquor  dealers. 

He  was  married  at  Thetford,  Vermont,  No- 
vemlx^r  26,  1864,  to  Louise  Woodward,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  G.  and  Mar\'  (Leighton)  San- 


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born.  Thomas  G.  Sanborn  was  a  contractor 
in  Thetford,  Vermont,  and  a  descendant  from 
the  Sanborns  who  gave  the  name  to  Sanborn- 
ton,  New  Hampshire.  Mrs.  Foss  was  a  suc- 
cessful platform  reader  and  traveled  over  the 
United  States,  reading  on  the  same  platform 
from  which  Beecher,  Phillips,  Mrs.  Livermore, 
Anna  Dickenson,  W.  H.  H.  Murray,  John  B. 
Gough,  Mark  Twain,  Charles  Dickens  and 
Charlotte  Cushman  did.  Mrs.  Foss  died  in  Sep- 
tember, 1892.  The  children  of  Eliphalet  Jay  and 
Louise  Woodward  ( Sanborn j  Foss  were:  i. 
Edward  Sanborn,  born  in  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  30,  1865,  educated  at  the 
Boston  Latin  School,  and  the  Maiden  high 
school,  graduating  in  1879,  and  from  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Institute  of  Technology  in  1883, 
and  was  instructor  in  chemistry  at  the  Institute 
1883-90,  his  death  in  1890  being  indirectly  due 
to  an  accident  in  the  laboratory  while  he  was 
experimenting.  2.  Harold  Leighton,  born  in 
Maiden,  Massachusetts,  February  14,  1883, 
was  a  graduate  of  the  grammar  and  high 
school  of  that  city,  and  matriculated  at  the 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  the  class  of  1908.  3.  Paul  Maurice, 
born  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  July  21,  1884, 
was  graduated  in  the  grammar  and  high  school 
of  JMalden  and  entered  the  Boston  University 
Law  School  with  the  class  of  1908. 


The  Gushing  family  is  one  of 
GUSHING     the  most  distinguished  of  any 

family  in  New  England  or  the 
country.  The  immigrant  ancestor  of  Walter 
F.  Gushing,  of  Medford,  and  of  nearly  all  by 
the  name  of  Gushing  in  the  LTnited  States,  was 
Matthew  Gushing,  born  in  Hardingliam,  Eng- 
land, and  baptized  there  March  2,  1589.  He 
was  a  son  of  Peter  and  Susan  (Hawes)  Gush- 
ing, and  was  descended  from  Galfridus  Gussyn, 
of  Hardingham,  Norfolk  county,  England, 
who  was  mentioned  in  the  Subsidy  Rolls  for 
Norfolk  in  1327.  He  added  to  the  original 
estate  in  Hardingham  an  estate  to  Hingham. 
The  following  is  the  line  from  Galfridus 
Gussyn  to  Matthew  Gushing:  i.  William.  2. 
Thomas.  3.  William.  4.  John.  5.  Thomas. 
6.  Peter. 

(I)  Matthew  Gushing  was  married  in  Eng- 
land, August  5,  1613,  to  Nazareth,  daughter  of 
Henry  Pitcher.  They  resided  in  Hingham, 
England,  where  their  five  children  were  born — 
Daniel,  Jeremiah,  Matthew,  Deborah  and  John. 
In  1638  they  decided  to  come  to  New  England, 
and  sailed  in  the  ship  "Diligent,"  arriving  in 
Boston,  August  10  of  that  year,  and  proceeded 


to  Hingham,  where  some  of  their  townsmen 
had  already  settled.  He  lived  on  Bachelor 
street  (Main)  ;  was  a  deacon  in  the  Rev.  Peter 
Hobart's  church,  a  man  of  influence  in  the 
community,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  town.  He  died  September  30, 
1660. 

(II)  David  Gushing  was  baptized  in  Hing- 
ham, England,  April  20,  1619.  He  was  mar- 
ried (first)  January  19,  1645,  to  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Mary  (Clark)  Gilman,  born 
m  England,  but  died  in  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, March  12,  1689.  He  was  married  a  sec- 
ond time,  March  23,  1691,  to  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  Captain  John  Thaxter,  and  daughter  of 
Nicholas  and  Mary  Jacob.  She  was  born  in 
England,  but  died  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
November  24,  1725.  Daniel  Gushing  died  De- 
vember  3,  1700.  A  lot  of  land  was  granted  to 
hmi  by  the  town  of  Hingham  in  1665.  He  be- 
came a  selectman  the  same  year,  and  served 
in  that  capacity  for  several  years.  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  general  court  in  1680,  1682  and 
1695,  and  was  elected  town  clerk  in  1669  and 
served  in  that  capacity  for  thirty  years.  It  is 
stated  in  the  "History  of  Hingham"  that  "it 
is  to  Daniel  Gushing  more  than  to  any  of  his 
contemporaries  that  the  present  generation  is 
indebted  for  much  of  the  valuable  information 
which  has  come  down  to  us  relating  to  the 
early  planters  of  the  town."  The  following 
were  the  names  of  his  children,  all  by  his  first 
wife,  and  all  born  in  Hingham :  Peter,  March 
29,  T64G.  Daniel,  July  23,  1648.  Deborah, 
November  13,  165 1.  Jeremiah,  July  3,  1654. 
Theophilus,  June  7,  1657.  Matthew,  July  15, 
1660.  For  many  years  Daniel  Gushing  kept  a 
country  store. 

(III)  Matthew  Gushing  was  married  De- 
cember 31,  1684,  to  Jael,  daughter  of  Captain 
John  and  Mary  (Russell)  Jacob.  She  was 
born  in  Hingham,  September  7,  1662,  and  died 
December  23,  1708.  He  died  June  23,  1715. 
He  resided  in  the  ancestral  homestead.  Main 
street,  below  Pear  Tree  Hill.  He  was  lieu- 
tenant and  later  was  captain,  and  was  select- 
man in  1710.  In  his  will,  proved  July  21,  1715, 
he  gave  "to  oldest  son  Solomon  all  my  estate, 
both  real  and  personal,  except  that  which  is 
named  hereafter;  to  son  Samuel,  land  in  Co- 
hasset ;  to  son  Job,  a  sum  to  pursue  his  college 
studies  and  £300  in  addition,  and  to  daughter 
Jael  £300,  she  to  be  well  educated."  Children, 
all  born  in  Hingham :  David,  June  28,  1686, 
died  September  15,  1687.  David,  February  25, 
1688,  died  February  2,  1689.  Jael,  born  Jan- 
uary 20,  1690,  died  March  6,  1693.  Solomon, 
January  29,  1692.   Job,  July  19.  1694.   Moses, 


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December  19,  1696,  died  1698.  Samuel,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1699.  Isaac,  April  28,  i/Oi,  died 
July  13,  171 1.  Obadiah,  May  15,  1703,  died 
August  10,  1705.    Jael,  February  14,  1706. 

(IV)  Samuel  Cusliing  was  born  in  Hing- 
ham,  February  14,  1699.  He  was  married 
(published  November  7,  1722)  to  Hannah  Til- 
eston,  of  Dorchester.  She  died  July  17,  1748. 
August  10,  1749,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Sparhawke,  of  Scituate.  They  resided  in 
Hingham,  second  precinct,  Cohasset.  He  was 
a  selectman  in  1731,  1732,  1746  and  1749,  was 
a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  often  engaged  in 
the  public  affairs  of  the  town.  Children,  all 
born  in  Hingham,  second  precinct,  Cohasset : 
Hannah,  July  28,  1723.  Isaac,  September  6, 
1724.  Jael,  August  27,  1726.  Samuel,  August 
21.  1728,  aied  June  15,  1729.  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1729.  Calvin,  November  18,  1731, 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war  at 
diiferent  times  between  August  i,  1775,  and 
October,  1779.  Ephraim,  January  8,  1734. 
Joel,  January  17,  1736.  Timothy,  February  2, 
1738.  Lois,  December  27,  1739.  Solomon, 
April  I,  1742.   Job,  April  17,  1744. 

(V)  Job  Cushing  was  born  in  Hingham, 
secord  precinct  (Cohasset),  April  17,  1744.  He 
was  married,  November  21,  1781,  to  Mteirtha, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Lincoln) 
Nichols.  After  her  death  he  was  married, 
April  27,  1784,  to  widow  Abigail  Peirce.  He 
was  a  deacon  in  the  church  at  Cohasset,  and 
August  I,  1775,  organized  a  company  of  fifty- 
si;c  men  and  joined  Colonel  John  Greaton's  reg- 
iment, serving  as  captain.  He  wintered  at  Val- 
ley Forge  with  Washington.  Later  he  com- 
manded another  company  of  Hingham  and  Co- 
hasset men,  and  had  the  rank  of  major  in  1782. 
His  children  were  by  his  second  wife,  and  were 
born  in  Cohasset :  Job,  September  27,  1785. 
Roland  Franklin.  May  3,  1791.  Abigail,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Wheeler.  Elizabeth,  married  Elias 
Nichols,  of  Cohasset. 

(VI)  Job  Cushing  was  born  in  Cohasset, 
September  27,  1785.  In  1820  he  was  married 
to  Elizabeth  Lincoln,  of  Cohasset.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  lived  in  Cohasset.  Children,  born 
in  Cohasset:  Charles,  1821  ;  Abigail,  1823; 
Samuel,  1825;  Martin,  1828;  Job,  1831  ;  May, 
1833;  Otis,  1836. 

(VI)  Samuel  Cushing  was  born  in  Cohasset 
in  1825.  He  was  married  in  185 1  to  Martha  S. 
Chafey,  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Asenath  (Ken- 
dall) Chafey,  of  Albany,  Vermont.  She  died 
in  /894,  and  in  1896  he  was  married  to  Harriet 
W.  Wheeler,  of  Binghamton,  New  York.  He 
died  May  21,  1904.  He  came  to  Medford  in 
1850.     He  was  a  ship  joiner,  and  worked  for 


some  time  in  the  navy  yard  in  Charlestown. 
He  also  worked  for  several  years  in  the  ship- 
yards in  Medford  for  some  of  the  ship  build- 
ers on  Ship  street,  who  made  the  old  town 
famous  the  world  over.  His  children  were  by 
his  first  wife,  and  born  in  Medford:  i.  Hiram 
Chafey,  born  1852,  married  first,  in  1876,  to 
iVIaymie  Cutter,  of  Arlington;  and  (second) 
September  14,  1896,  to  Mary  J.  Burrie,  of  Po- 
mona, California,  and  now  lives  in  South  Pasa- 
dena, California.  2.  Roland  Franklin,  born 
1854,  died  1871.  3.  Walter  Foster;  see  for- 
ward. 

(VII)  Walter  Foster  Cushing,  youngest 
child  of  Samuel  and  Martha  S.  (Chafey)  Cush- 
ing. was  born  in  Medford,  September  15,  1857, 
and  was  married  in  1881  to  Carrie  E.,  daughter 
of  Albert  Bullard,  of  Medford,  formerly  of 
Sharon.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Medford,  entered  the  high  school  of  Med- 
ford in  1871,  but  remained  only  two  weeks  on 
account  of  ill  health.  He  started  at  once  as  a 
boy  with  Thompson,  Bigelow  &  Brown,  whole- 
sale booksellers  anid  stationers,  25  and  29  Corn- 
hill,  Boston,  continuing  in  the  same  business 
until  187S,  when  he  went  to  California  for  his 
health,  returning  in  1881.  He  was  in  business 
m  Meriden,  Connecticut,  for  a  year,  and  then 
returned  to  Boston.  In  1888  be  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Greenough,  Hopkins  & 
Cushing,  wholesale  stationers  and  blank  book 
manufacturers,  Boston.  He  is  now  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Adams,  Cushing  &  Foster,  Bos- 
ton, successors  to  the  above  firm.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Stationers'  Association, 
serving  as  president  in  the  years  1899- 1902. 
He  represented  the  Association  as  delegate  in 
the  Boston  Associated  Board  of  Trade  and  also 
the  State  Board  of  Trade,  in  these  years. 

Mr.  Cushing"s  residence  is  in  Medford.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  church  of 
Medford,  also  a  deacon  and  member  of  the 
standing  committee,  and  has  been  treasurer  of 
the  society  for  the  past  twelve  years.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Boston  Baptist  Social  Union, 
and  past  president  of  the  Boston  Young  Men's 
Baptist  Social  Union.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  first  board  of  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Med- 
ford, serving  in  1893-4-5  and  6,  being  chair- 
man the  last  year.  He  was  park  commissioner 
in  1897  to  1901,  inclusive;  member  of  joint 
committee  of  Somerville  and  Medford,  serving 
as  chairman  in  charge  of  securing  the  boule- 
vard along  Mystic  river  from  Wellington  to 
Mystic  Lake.  He  was  elected  sinking  fund  com 
missioner  by  the  city  government  in  1907,  and 
was  elected  a  director  of  the  Medford  National 
Bank  1907:  is  past  grand  of  Harmony  Lodge, 


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No.  68,  I.  O.  O.  F. ;  treasurer  of  Odd  Fellows' 
Building  Association  that  built  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows' Building;  member  of  Mount  Hermon 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  and  of 
Mystic  Royal  Arch  Chapter ;  member  of  Med- 
ford  Historical  Society ;  and  charter  member 
of  Medford  Club ;  and  was  treasurer  of  the  ex- 
ecutive committee  that  had  charge  of  the  cele- 
bration of  the  275th  anniversary  of  Medford. 
The  descendants  of  Matthew  Cushing  have 
distinguished  themselves  in  different  lines  of 
activity.  Some  have  done  excellent  work  in  the 
pulpit,  others  in  the  medical  profession,  and 
others  at  the  bar  or  on  the  bench. 

(V)  Among  those  who  made  his  mark  was 
William  Cushing,  who  was  born  in  Scituate, 
March  i,  1732,  and  died  September  13,  1810. 
He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1751.  He 
became  a  lawyer,  and  commenced  practice  in 
Pownalboro,  in  the  district  of  Maine.  He  was 
appointed  the  first  judge  of  probate  in  Lincoln 
county,  and  in  1772  made  judge  of  the  superior 
court.  At  the  organization  of  the  superior 
court  in  Massachusetts,  in  1777,  he  was  ap- 
pointed chief  justice  of  the  court.  He  became 
judge  of  the  supreme  judicial  court  in  1782, 
and  became  chief  justice.  At  the  organization 
of  the  United  States  government  in  1789,  he 
was  selected  by  Washington  as  an  associate 
justice  of  the  United  States  supreme  court,  and 
administered  the  oath  of  office  to  Washington 
at  the  beginning  of  his  second  term,  March  4, 
1793.  In  1796,  after  Judge  Jay's  resignation 
he  was  nominated  by  Washington  as  chief  jus- 
tice, and  was  unanimously  confirmed  by  the 
senate,  but  he  declined  on  account  of  the  con- 
dition of  his  health. 

(VII)  Luther  Stearns  Cushing  was  born  in 
Lunenburg,  Afassachusetts,  June  22,  1803.  He 
was  a  son  of  Edmund  and  Mary  (Stearns) 
Cushing.  He  was  graduated  at  the  Harvard 
Law  School  in  1826.  He  served  as  clerk  of 
the  Massachusetts  house  of  representatives  for 
twelve  years  from  1832  to  1844.  He  was  ap- 
pointed judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  in 
Boston,  and  remained  on  the  bench  for  four 
years.  In  1848  he  was  lecturer  on  Roman  Law 
at  Harvard  College,  was  one  of  the  editors  of 
the  American  Jurist,  and  wrote  several  able 
works  on  jurisprudence.  He  was  reporter  to 
the  supreme  court  of  Massachusetts,  and  pub- 
lished eight  volumes  of  reports.  He  was  the 
author  of  "Cushing's  Manual  of  Parliamentary 
Practice,"  and  the  "Law  and  Practice  of  Par- 
liamentary Assemblies."  The  "Cushing  Man- 
ual" has  been  for  more  than  forty  years  the 
recognized  authority  for  nearly  all  the  state 
legislatures  in  the  country,  and  the  standard 
for  reference  in  nearlv  all  deliberative  assemb- 


lies and  societies.  More  than  a  half  million 
copies  of  "Cushing's  Manual"  have  been  sold 
by  the  publishers. 

(VII)  Caleb  Cushing  was  a  son  of  John 
Newmarch  and  Lydia  (Dow)  Cushing,  and 
was  born  in  Salisbury,  January  17,  1800.  He 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1817,  and  was  a 
tutor  there  in  1820  and  1821.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1822,  and  practiced  law  in 
Newbursfport  until  1829.  He  was  representa- 
tive to  the  Massachusetts  state  legislature  in 
1825-26-33-34-50-58-59,  was  senator  from  Es- 
sex county  in  1827,  and  elected  to  congress  in 
1835.  He  was  re-elected  three  times,  and  re- 
mained there  until  he  was  appointed  envoy  ex- 
traordinary and  minister  plenipotentiary  to 
China,  and  negotiated  the  famous  treaty  with 
that  country  in  1844.  On  the  15th  of  January, 
1847,  he  was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts regiment,  and  led  it  to  Mexico,  and 
was  promoted  and  made  brigadier-general. 
From  1852  to  1853  he  was  judge  of  the  su- 
preme judicial  court  of  Massachusetts,  and 
from  1853  to  1857  attorney  general  of  the 
United  States.  In  1866  he  was  appointed  one 
of  the  three  eminent  lawyers  to  revise  and 
codify  the  laws  of  the  LInited  States,  and  in 
1872  was  one  of  the  counsel  for  the  United 
States  at  the  Geneva  Conference  for  the  set- 
tlement of  the  Alabama  claims. 

The  Cushings  have  always  responded  to  the 
call  for  service  wherever  it  might  be.  As 
soldiers  they  have  shouldered  the  musket  and 
marched  for  the  defence  of  the  town,  the  state, 
and  the  country.  It  is  noteworthy  that  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution  there  were  over  one 
hundred  of  the  Cushing  family  who  served  in 
that  war. 


William  P.  Martin  is  a  de- 
MARTIN  scendant  of  Robert  (i)  and 
Hannah  (Pearl)  Martin,  of 
Windham,  Cumberland  county,  Maine.  They 
resided  for  a  time  in  Windham,  but  later  re- 
moved to  New  Gloucester,, Maine.  Their  son 
Ezekiel  Martin  (2),  was  born  in  Windham, 
November  22,  1766.  He  married  Miary  Stinch- 
field.  Their  oldest  child  Ezekiel  was  born 
about  1790.  Their  ninth  child  Pearl  was  bom 
in  New  Gloucester.  He  married,  and  settled 
in  Abbott,  Maine.  His  son,  Augustus  P.  Mar- 
tin, who  removed  with  his  father  and  family 
to  Boston,  served  in  the  civil  war  with  signal 
ability  and  success,  commanding  the  Third 
Massachusetts  Battery.  He  went  first  for  three 
months,  re-enlisted  for  three  years,  and  took 
part  in  the  siege  of  Yorktown,  and  the  battles 
of  Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  and  Chancellors- 


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ville,  having  the  rank  of  captain.  He  after- 
ward served  on  Governor  Gaston's  staff  with 
the  rank  of  general,  and  later  was  elected  may- 
or of  Boston. 

(III)  Ezekiel  Martin  was  born  in  Wind- 
ham, Maine,  about  1790.  He  lived  in  Turner, 
and  was  postmaster  at  East  Turner  when  the 
office  was  first  established  in  183 1,  and  retain- 
ed the  position  for  twenty-five  years.  At  first 
the  mail  was  brought  on  horseback  from  Win- 
throp,  later  it  was  carried  from  Auburn.  He 
was  a  farmer,  but  was  interested  in  every- 
thing that  related  to  the  prosperity  of  the  town. 
In  1854  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  trustees 
of  the  ministerial  and  grammar  school  funds, 
and  served  for  many  years.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth Cushman.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Isaac 
Allerton,  who  came  to  Plymouth  in  the  "May- 
flower," through  his  daughter  Alary,  who  mar- 
ried Elder  Thomas  Cushman.  Ezekiel  and 
Elizabeth  (Cushman)  Martin  had  seven  chil- 
dren.    The  sixth  child  was 

(IV)  Dr.  Pearl  Martin,  who  was  born  in 
Turner,  Maine,  September  29,  1829.  He  grad- 
uated at  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin 
College,  and  commenced  to  practice  his  profes- 
sion in  Lewiston,  Maine,  removing  to  Med- 
ford,  Massachusetts,  in  June,  1868.  For  more 
than  thirty  years,  till  his  health  failed,  he  was 
one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  the  city.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  active  in 
town  affairs,  serving  as  street  commissioner 
and  on  the  board  of  health  for  several  years. 
He  was  surgeon  in  one  of  the  Maine  regi- 
ments for  three  years  during  the  civil  war.  He 
gave  an  address  at  the  centennial  celebration 
of  his  native  town.  Turner,  Maine,  in  1886. 
Dr.  Martin  married  Mary  Davis  Frye.  daugh- 
ter of  John  M.  and  Alice  (Davis)  Frye,  March 
25,  1857.  She  is  a  sister  of  the  Hon.  William 
■P.  Frye,  United  States  Senator  from  Maine. 
They  are  descended  from  John  Frye,  who 
came  to  New  England  in  1670,  through  his 
grandson.  General  Joseph  Frye,  who  was  born 
in  Andover,  Massachusetts,  in  171 1,  and  dis- 
tinguished himself  as  a  soldier,  serving  as  en- 
sign in  Colonel  Hale's  regiment  in  the  siege  of 
Louisburg.  He  was  colonel  of  a  regiment  in 
the  French  and  Indian  wars,  major-general  of 
the  Massachusetts  troops  in  1775,  and  briga- 
dier-general in  the  Continental  army,  being 
the  first  officer  of  that  grade  commissioned 
by  the  Continental  Congress.  For  his  dis- 
tinguished military  services  he  received  a 
grant  of  land  forming  the  town  of  Fryburg, 
Maine,  which  took  his  name  when  he  died  in 
1794.  He  had  three  sons — Simon,  who  was 
for  many  years  a  judge;  Nathaniel,  who  was 
an  officer  in  the  Continental  army;  and  Jo- 


sepli,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  Brit- 
ish army,  but  later  in  the  United 
States  army.  Dean  Frye,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  Frye,  married  Joanna  March,  and 
had  three  sons  and  four  daughters.  One  of 
the  sons.  Colonel  John  M.  Frye,  born  in  1802, 
was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Pearl  Martin.  Colonel 
Frye  was  state  senator  and  member  of  the 
governor's  council  in  Maine.  Qiildren  of  Dr. 
Pearl  and  Mary  Davis  (Frye)  Martin,  all 
born  in  Lewiston,  Maine,  were:  i.  William 
Pierce,  born  July  30,  1858.  2.  Mary  Pearl, 
born  December  6,  1863,  married  Charles  Hol- 
yoke  of  Medford. 

(V)  William  Pierce  Martin,  born  July  30, 
1858,  came  to  Medford,  Massachusetts,  with 
his  parents  when  ten  years  old.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Medford,  gradu- 
ating in  1875.  He  continued  his  studies  an- 
other year,  and  in  1876  entered  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, graduating  in  the  class  of  1880.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  society.  On 
leaving  college  he  Ijegan  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  the  Hon.  Benjamin  F.  Hayes,  of 
Boston,  and  entered  the  Boston  University 
Law  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1883,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  July  of  the  same 
year.  For  several  j'ears  he  was  associated 
with  Mr.  Hayes  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  by  his  ability  and  energy  has  achiev- 
ed a  recognized  standing  among  the  lawyers 
of  Boston.  Mr.  Martin  is  an  ardent  Republi- 
can, and  for  about  eight  years  was  chairman 
of  the  Republican  committee  of  Medford,  and 
was  city  auditor  in  1885  and  1886.  In  1893-94 
he  represented  Medford  in  the  lower  house  of 
the  Massachusetts  legislature,  taking  a  leading 
part  in  the  legislation  of  these  years.  For  two 
years  he  was  a  member  of  Company  E,  Fifth 
Regiment  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  is 
a  member  and  past  master  of  Mount  Hermon 
Lodge  of  Masons ;  member  of  Mystic  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Medford;  of  the 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  of  the  Sons 
of  Veterans ;  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars,  of  the  Medford  Qub  and  the 
Medford  Historical  Society.  He  is  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  and  vice-president  of  the 
M'edford  National  Bank,  and  is  the  attorney 
for  that  bank,  the  Medford  Savings  Bank,  and 
the  Medford  Co-operative  Bank,  and  also  a 
trustee  of  the  Medford  Savings  Bank. 

Mr.  .Martin  married,  November  12,  1894, 
Jane  M.  Hammond,  daughter  of  Oliver  and 
Belinda  (Bertschy)  Hammond.  Children  born 
in  Medford :  i .  William  Frye,  born  June  26, 
1897.  2.  Mary,  born  June  16,  1900.  3.  Kath- 
aryn,  born  March  2,  1902. 


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The  Alead  family  is  among  tlie 
MEAD  oldest  in  England.  It  dates  back 
to  the  time  when  surnames  were 
first  used  in  the  Mother  Country,  immediately 
after  the  Norman  Conquest.  The  origin  of 
the  name  is  doubtless  found  in  the  old  Saxon 
word  meaning  meadow.  Similar  are  such 
place  names  as  Lake,  Pond,  Wood,  Hill,  Brook, 
River,  and  numerous  others.  The  name  of 
the  family  under  consideration  appears  in  the 
various  forms  of  Alede,  Meades,  and  Meade, 
as  well  as  Mead,  and  the  use  of  the  final  "e" 
is  still  common  with  some  branches  of  the 
family  in  America. 

Gabriel  Mead,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  born 
in  England  in  1589,  was  an  early  settler 
at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
living  when  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  May 
2.  1638.  In  the  adjoining  town  of  Roxbury 
settled  William  and  Richard  Mead,  known  to 
be  brothers.  William  Mead  was  very  wealthy 
for  his  day,  and  made  a  liberal  bequest  tO'  the 
Roxbury  Free  School.  There  was  another 
William  Mead  at  Gloucester  before  1639,  and 
a  Joseph  Mead  at  Stamford,  Connecticut. 
Gabriel  Mead  died  at  Dorchester,  May  12, 
1666,  in  his  seventy-ninth  year.  His  wife 
Joanna  became  a  member  of  the  Dorchester 
church  about  1638.  In  his  will,  which  was 
proved  July  17,  1667,  he  bequeathed  to  his 
wife  Joanna  and  to  his  children  Lydia,  Experi- 
ence, Sarah,  and  Patience,  minors,  not  men- 
tioning by  name  the  elder  children.  Children: 
I.  Israel,  baptized  September  2,  1639;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Lydia,  married  October  19, 
1652,  James  Burges.  3.  Experience,  bap- 
tized January  23,  1641-2:  married  December 
4.  1663,  Jabez  Heaton.  4.  Sarah,  baptized 
January  4,  1643;  married  November  30,  1664, 
Samuel  Eddy.  5.  Patience,  baptized  March 
29,  1646-7 :  married  .\pril  28,  1669,  Matthias 
Evans.     6.  David,  baptized  July  7,   1650. 

(II)  Israel  Mead,  son  of  Gabriel  Mead 
(i),  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
and  baptized  there  September  2,  1639.  He 
lived  in  Watertown,  and  in  .August,  1674, 
removed  to  Dorchester.  He  lived  later,  we 
are  told,  in  Woburn  and  Cambridge.  He 
was  elected  viewer  of  wood  in  Cambridge  in 
1683,  and  in  1693  he  was  living  in  the  north 
precinct  of  Cambridge ;  was  an  original  mem- 
ber of  the  church  in  the  north  parish  in  1696, 
and  his  son  Thomas  was  admitted  to  that 
church  in  1699.  Israel  Mead  served  on  the 
committee  to  seat  the  gallery  in  the  meeting 
house  in  1700.  His  will  was  dated  April  2, 
1713,  and  proved  September  20.  1714.  He 
married  February  26,  1669,  Mary  Hall,  daugh- 


ter of  Widow  Hall.  Children,  born  at  Dor- 
chester: I.  Thomas,  born  about  1670.  2.  John, 
born  about  1672.  3.  Hannah,  born  about  1674, 
died  January  28,  1702.  The  following  born 
at  Cambridge :  4.  Margaret,  born  January 
20,  1676;  married  Joseph  Locke.  5.  Stephen, 
bom  about  1679;  lived  in  Concord.  6.  Mary, 
born  February  10,  1682.  7.  Ruth,  born  August 
10,  1684.     8.  Ebenezer,  born  May  10,  1686. 

(III)  Thomas  Mead,  son  of  Israel  Mead 
(2),  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
about  1670.  Thomas  and  his  wife  Hasaniah 
were  admitted  to  the  church  in  the  north  pre- 
cinct of  Cambridge,  August,  1699.  In  1700 
he  had  a  seat  assigned  to  him  in  the  "front 
side  Galery."  He  was  constable  in  1704  and 
1714.  It  is  doubtful  whether  any  of  his  sons 
except  Israel  and  Cornelius  lived  permanently 
in  Lexington,  their  names  not  appearing  on 
the  tax  lists.     Children,   born  at   Lexington: 

1.  Hannah,  baptized  May  8,  1699;  died  1723. 

2.  Sarah,  baptized  May  8,  1699.  3.  Thomas, 
baptized  September,  1700;  probably  settled 
in  Littleton.  4.  Jonathan,  baptized  Septem- 
ber 6,    1702.     5.   Israel,  baptized   August    16, 

1704:    married    Sarah    .      6.    Samuel, 

baptized  May  3,  1706;  mentioned  below.  7. 
Mary,  baptized  March  3,  1709.  8.  James, 
baptized  April  8,  1711.  9.  Cornelius,  baptized 
June  3,  1714;  married  Hannah  Hadley. 

(IV)  Samuel  Mead,  son  of  Thomas  M'ead 
(3),  was  born  in  Lexington,  in  1706,  and  was 
baptized    there    May    3,    1706.      He    married 

Dinah  ,  and   resided   at  Littleton   until 

about  1735.  The  history  of  Harvard  says: 
"Samuel  Mead  was  a  cordwainer  from  Con- 
cord, who  in  1727  bought  of  Daniel  Wether- 
bee  sixty  acres  bounded  north  by  the  Groton 
line,  adjoining  the  farm  of  Jonathan  Rand 
and  west  of  it."  He  was  living  there  in  1730, 
in  what  was  called  the  Stow  Leg,  and  he 
owned  the  covenant  in  the  church  at  Harvard 
in  1733.  He  was'assigned  the  fourth  seat  in 
the  meeting  house  in  1750  and  his  son  Samuel 
had  the  fourth  seat  in  the  side  gallery.  He 
served  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  Cap- 
tain Israel  Taylor's  company,  Colonel  Oliver 
Wilder's  regiment,  in  1757.  Dinah  died 
November  26,  1754,  aged  forty- four  years. 
Children,  born  in  Littleton:  i.  Hannah,  born 
April  10,  1729.  2.  Rebecca,  born  December, 
1730.  3.  Samuel,  born  June  18,  1732:  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Beulah,  born  March  24, 
1733-4.  Born  at  Harvard:  5.  Silas,  born  1736; 
died  November  7,  1839,  aged  eighteen  months. 
6.  Lucy,  born  1739;  died  October  7,  1748, 
aged  nine  years.  7.  Lois,  born  1741,  died  at 
Harvard.    .September    29,    1748,    aged    seven 


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years.  8.  Silas,  born  1745,  died  October  3, 
1745;  aged  nine  weeks.  9.  Alice,  born  1748, 
died  October  24,  1748,  aged  three  days. 

(V)  Samuel  Mead,  son  of  Samuel  Mead 
(4),  was  born,  according  to  the  Harvard 
records,  June  18,  1732,  at  Littleton,  Massa- 
chusetts. This  birth  was  probably  several 
years  earlier.  If  it  is  correct  he  was  but 
sixteen  when  he  married,  October  12,  1748, 
at  Harvard,  Hannah  Willard.  He  was  elected 
deacon  of  the  Harvard  church  November  16, 
1775,  and  resigned  November  28,  1798.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  F"rench  war  in  1755,  under 
Colonel  Whitcomb,  Lieutenant  Judah  Clark  in 
command;  also  in  1757.  He  was  in  the  revo- 
lution in  Captain  Joseph  Fairbank's  company, 
Colonel  Asa  Whitcomb's  regiment,  on  the 
Lexington  Alarm,  April  19,  1775.  He  was 
one  of  the  largest  taxpayers  of  Harvard 
before  the  revolution,  and  a  leading  citizen  in 
every  way.  His  wife  Hannah  died  October 
I,  1778.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  September 
I,  1748;  died  September  12,  1748.  2.  John, 
born  June  29,  1749.  3.  Oliver,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  175 1  ;  mentioned  below.  4.  Hannah, 
born  August  13,  1753;  died  February  5, 
1753-4.      5.    Lucy,    born    January    15,    1756. 

6.  Lydia,  born  January  9,  1759.  7.  Samuel, 
born  May  30,  1761.  8.  Mercy,  born  February 
15,  1769. 

(VI)  Deacon  Oliver  Mead,  son  of  Samuel 
Mead  (5),  was  born  in  Harvard,  Massachu- 
setts, September  2,  1751,  and  died  at  Box- 
borough,  March  20.  1836,  aged  eighty-four 
years.  He  settled  in  the  adjacent  town  of 
Boxborough  after  his  marriage ;  was  selectman 
and  prominent  in  civil  and  military  life.  He 
had  the  second  seat  in  the  front  gallery  while 
at  Harvard.  He  was  with  his  father  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Jonathan  Davis's 
company.  Colonel  John  Whitcomb's  regiment 
April  19,  1775.  He  married,  at  Harvard, 
June  22,  1777.  Anna  Whitney,  lx)rn  at  Har- 
vard, R'lay  2,  1760,  daughter  of  Abraham  and 
-Sarah  (Whitney)  Whitney,  descendant  of 
John  Whitney,  of  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
the  immigrant.  Qiildren  :  i.  Sarah,  born  De- 
cember 19,  1778:  married  Levi  Houghton,  of 
Harvard.  2.  Lucy,  died  unmarried.  3.  Anna, 
married  William  Stevens,  father  of  Oliver 
Stevens,  of  Boxborough.  4.  Abraham,  mar- 
ried    Kimball,  of  Littleton.     5.  Oliver, 

Jr.,  married  Betsey  Taylor,  aunt  of  Captain 
Varnum.  6.  Elizabeth,  married  Reuben  Hough- 
ton, of  Harvard,  brother  of  Levi  Houghton. 

7.  Nabby  W.,  married  as  second  wife  of  Reu- 
ben Houghton,  of  Harvard.  8.  Samuel  W., 
married   Betsey  Stevens ;  second,   Mary  Stev- 


ens ;  third,  Lucinda  Conant,  of  Harvard. 
9.  Hannah,  died  aged  eight.  10.  Nathaniel, 
married  Lucy  Taylor,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  Mead,  son  of  Oliver 
Mead  (6),  was  born  in  Boxborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  30,  1798,  died  July  4,  1852. 
He  married  Lucy  Taylor,  who  was  born  in 
Boxborough,  July  26,  1801,  and  died  October 
5,  1865.  They  settled  on  the  farm  at  Box- 
borough now  or  lately  owned  by  Frank  Whit- 
comb. Children:  i.  Adelbert  (name  changed 
from  Nathaniel)  born  in  Boxborough,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1822,  died  April  6,  1905 ;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Oliver  W.,  born  October  19,  1823 ; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Sarah,  born  August  22, 
1825,  died  December  14,  1865  ;  married  John 
Lowe,  of  Fitchburg,  who  died  in  1907  at 
an  advanced  age.  He  was  the  father  of 
seventeen  children  by  his  two  wives,  all  grow- 
ing to  maturity — a  truly  remarkable  family 
"Historic  Homes,  etc.,  of  Worcester  County" 
says :  "He  has  the  unique  honor  of  being  the 
head  of  the  largest,  and  taken  altogether,  the 
most  successful  and  distinguished  family  ever 
raised  in  Fitchburg ;  he  has  seventeen  children 
grown,  and  not  a  single  black  sheep  in  the 
flock!"  4.  Maria,  born  September  7,  1827, 
died  November  24,  1905 ;  married  Andrew 
Patch,  of  Littleton,  and  settled  in  Harvard ; 
had  four  children.  5.  Mary,  born  June  9, 
1829;  married  John  J.  Lothrop,  and  lived  in 
California  until  the  death  of  her  husband,  a 
period  of  over  thirty-four  years ;  they  had  no 
children ;  she  returned  to  West  .Acton,  Massa- 
chusetts, to  reside.  6,  Anna,  born  January  i, 
183 1  ;  married  Charles  Twitchell,  of  Fitchburg, 
Massachusetts;  resided  later  in  West  Acton; 
their  son  Clarence  resides  at  home.  7.  Var- 
num B.,  born  October  16,  1832 ;  mentioned 
below.  8.  Frances  Adelaide,  born  September 
30,  1842. 

(\TII)  Adelbert  Mead,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Mead  (7),  was  born  in  Boxborough,  January 
10,  1822.  His  name  was  originally  Nathaniel 
Jr.,  but  was  changed  later  to  Adelbert.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  brought  up  on  his  father's 
farm.  When  a  young  man  he  and  his  brother 
Oliver  W.  Mead  established  the  firm  with 
which  their  names  have  ever  since  been  con- 
nected, beginning  with  the  firm  of  A.  &  O.  W. 
Mead  in  1844,  in  the  produce  commission  busi- 
ness in  Boston.  Their  business  flourished. 
With  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  of 
farming  and  market  gardening,  the  firm  united 
special  knowledge  of  the  commercial  needs  of 
their  trade  and  high  business  principles.  The 
partners    were    energetic,    capable   and    indus- 


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trious.  They  commanded  success  and  built 
on  a  solid  foundation.  Their  house  is  now 
one  of  the  oldest  in  continuous  business  in 
Boston  in  this  line. 

Before  engaging  in  the  produce  business, 
Mead  had  intended  to  follow  the  trade  of  shoe 
making,  which  he  had  learned.  In  1841  he 
began  to  sell  his  shoes  in  Boston,  and  it 
became  convenient  for  his  neighbors  and  for 
those  along  the  route  which  he  followed  on 
his  trips  to  ship  goods  to  the  Boston  markets 
in  his  care  on  commission.  He  soon  saw  the 
possibilities  of  a  large  trade  along  these  lines, 
and  thus  came  to  establish  the  business,  in 
partnership  with  his  brother.  At  first  they 
had  only  one  large  market  wagon  with  a  stand 
outside  Ouincy  Market.  After  conducting  the 
business  for  nine  years  at  this  stand  the  firm 
removed  to  50  North  Market  street,  and  in 
1866  to  the  present  location  at  35  North  Mar- 
ket street  and  35  Clinton  street,  Boston.  This 
location  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  city.  Besides 
the  facilities  at  Boston,  the  Mead  firm  had  a 
cold  storage  plant  at  West  Acton.  This  firm 
built  the  first  cold  storage  house  in  Massachu- 
setts for  holding  fruit  and  produce.  In  the 
place  of  business  this  firm  has  every  facility 
for  the  handling,  care  and  sale  of  produce  of 
all  kinds.  The  specialties  are  butter,  cheese, 
poultry,  eggs,  fruits,  etc.  Two-thirds  of  the 
business  is  from  the  west.  The  present  name 
of  the  house  is  A.  &  O.  W.  Mead  &  Company. 
Adelbert  Mead,  the  founder,  remained  in 
active  business  until  1900.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  of 
the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  and 
with  his  brothers  was  interested  in  railroads 
in  various  sections  of  the  country,  and  at  one 
time  in  live  stock  and  ranches  in  Wyoming. 
He  was  a  man  of  sterling  character. 

He  married  Almira  Hoar,  of  Littleton, 
Massachusetts.  Their  only  surviving  child, 
Estella  A.,  born  February  3,  185 1,  married 
David  C.  Cutler,  and  lived  at  West  Acton  with 
her  father ;  their  children :  Etta,  Ethel, 
Emma,  Adelbert  and  Zelia  Cutler. 

(VIII)  Oliver  W.  Mead,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Mead  (7),  was  bom  in  Boxborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  19,  1823.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  remained  on  the 
farm  which  he  conducted  until  he  came  of 
age.  Then  he  taught  school  for  two  years  in 
Lunenburg  and  Littleton.  Massachusetts,  until 
he  entered  partnership  with  his  brother  in  the 
produce  commission  business  as  related  above. 
He  was  a  first  class  business  man  in  every 
sense  of  the  word,  of  marked  financial  abilitv, 


a  clever  salesman,  shrewd  at  a  bargain,  but 
u]3right  and  straightforward  always.  He  was 
systematic  in  the  details  of  the  business  and 
of  large  executive  ability.  He  was  called  upon 
to  fill  many  positions  of  trust;  was  director  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Ayer  for  several 
years  ;  trustee  of  the  North  ^Middlesex  Savings 
Bank  of  Ayer ;  member  of  the  Boston  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce :  and  a  charter  member  of 
the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange. 

He  married  three  times.  He  married  first. 
May  22,  1 85 1,  Mary  E.  Hartwell,  of  Harvard, 
and  had  four  children.  He  married  second, 
August  22,  1867,  Susan  A.  Morrill,  who  died 
a  few  months  after  their  marriage.  He  mar- 
ried third,  January  19,  1869,  Lucy  M.  Emery 
of  Jaffrey,  New  Hampshire.  Children  of 
Oliver  W.  and  Mary  E.  Mead:  i.  Warren 
H..  born  December  18,  1853;  married  Lizzie 
Blandon,  December,  1877;  he  died  January 
29,  1879.  2.  Julian  A.,  born  April  15,  1856; 
married  Mary  D.  Emerson,  December  12, 
1889,  and  settled  in  Watertown,  where  he  is 
a  very  successful  physician.  3.  Emma  A. 
born  March  6,  1859,  married  George  Sumner 
Wright,  son  of  George  C.  Wright  (See  sketch 
of  Wright  family).  4.  Nelson  A.,  born  Jan- 
uary I,  1866:  died  young.  Children  of  Oliver 
W.  and  Lucy  M.  Mead :  5.  Hobart  E.,  born 
July  4.  1870.  6.  Louis  Guy,  born  October  3, 
1873;  graduate  of  Harvard  College  and  Har- 
vard Medical  School. 

(Vni)  Varnum  B.  Mead,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Alead  (7),  was  born  October  16,  1832,  in 
Boxborough.  He  was  brought  up  on  the  old 
homestead,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools.  He  has  had  a  varied  and  inter- 
esting career.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  went 
to  the  Hawaiian  Islands  and  was  in  business 
there  five  years.  He  then  had  a  valuable  bus- 
iness experience  in  Fitchburg  and  Acton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  Montreal,  Canada,  shipping 
produce  chiefly  to  his  brothers,  A.  &  O.  W. 
Mead,  of  Boston.  He  worked  on  salary  one 
year  for  this  firm,  and  in  1867  was  admitted 
to  the  partnership.  Among  other  positions  of 
trust  he  was  president  of  the  Franklin  and 
Alcgantic  railroad  of  Maine.  He  lived  in  West 
Acton  many  years,  but  his  present  home  is  in 
Somerville,  Massachusetts.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  Personally  agreeable  and  attrac- 
tive in  manner,  he  has  many  warm  personal 
friends.  In  business  circles  he  maintained  the 
high  standard  set  by  the  founders  of  the 
house.  He  married  first,  Martha  A.  Keyes, 
and  second,  September  18,  1859.  Direxa  E. 
Stearns,  born  July  15,   1835,  died  March  20, 


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1900,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Direxa  (Jewett) 
Stearns,  of  Townsend  (See  sketch).  Chil- 
dren: I.  George  Varnum,  born  March  18, 
1861,  mentioned  below.  2.  Frederick  Stearns, 
born  February  i,  1863;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Adelbert  F.,  born  June  11,  1866;  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  George  \'arnum  Mead,  son  of  \'ar- 
num  B.  Mead  (8),  was  born  in  Townsend, 
Massachusetts,  March  18,  1861.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Acton,  and  two 
years  at  the  Chauncy  Hall  School.  Boston.  He 
is  a  commission  merchant  in  Boston,  with  his 
place  of  business  at  35  North  Market  street. 
Since  1883  he  has  made  his  home  in  Somer- 
ville,  residing  at  present  at  66  Chandler  street. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Pro- 
duce Exchange,  also  the  National  League  of 
Commission  Merchants  of  the  United  States. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married, 
November  17,  1883,  Efifie  R.  Wright,  daughter 
of  George  C.  and  Susan  H.  (Davis)  Wright, 
of  West  Acton  (See  George  S.  Wright 
sketch).  She  is  a  member  of  the  Anne  Adams 
Tufts  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusets.  They  have  one  child,  Francis  \'ar- 
num,  born  at  Somerville,  August  19,  1885 : 
educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Somerville  and  the  Ringe  ^Manual  Training 
School  of  Cambridge :  is  now  associated  in 
business  with  his  father,  dealing  in  fruits  and 
produce  at  35  North  Market  street,  Boston. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Pro- 
duce Exchange. 

(IX)  Frederic  Stearns  Mead,  son  of  Var- 
num B.  Mead  (8),  was  born  at  West  Acton, 
Massachusetts,  February  i,  1863.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Acton,  at 
Chauncy  Hall  School  and  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  Boston.  Like  his  brothers 
he  has  followed  the  commission  business  in 
Boston.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Fruit 
and  Produce  Exchange,  and  in  1906  was  pres- 
ident of  the  organization.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
National  League  of  Commission  Merchants  of 
the  L^^nited  States,  and  the  National  Poultry' 
and  Cjame  Association.  He  resides  in  Arling- 
ton, and  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  for 
the  years  1906  and  1907.  He  married  Septem- 
ber 18,  1884,  Lizzie  M.  Gates  of  West  Acton. 
Children:  I.  I'Vederic  Stearns,  Jr.,  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  18S5.  2.  Edward  Adams,  born 
Marcli  30,  1896. 

(IX)  Adelbert  Francis  Mead,  son  of  \'ar- 
num  1).  Mead  (8),  was  born  in  West  .Acton, 
Massachusetts,  June   11,   1S66.     He  was  edu- 


cated in  the  public  schools  of  Acton,  in  the 
Chauncy  Hall  School,  Boston,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1883,  and  in  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  Boston,  which  he 
attended  two  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
alumni  of  both  of  the  latter  named  institutions. 
He  left  school  to  work  for  the  commission 
house  of  A.  &  O.  W.  Mead  &  Company,  of 
Boston.  He  is  at  present  engaged  with  his 
brothers  in  the  same  business  in  Boston.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce 
Exchange,  and  of  the  National  League  of 
Commission  Merchants  of  the  United  States. 
]\Ir.  Mead  has  been  president  of  the  Boston 
Branch  of  the  latter  organization.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, and  the  Fairbanks  Family  Association. 
His  home  is  at  74  Chandler  street,  Somerville. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married, 
November  16,  1889,  Theodosia  Bertha  Wright, 
daughter  of  George  C.  and  Susan  H.  (Davis) 
Wright,  of  West  Acton  (See  Geo.  S.  Wright 
sketch).  She  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Acton  and  the  Concord  high  school. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Anne  Adams  Tufts 
Chapter,  D.  A.  R.  of  Somerville,  and  is  treas- 
urer of  the  Woman's  L^niversalist  Missionary 
Society.  Children:  i.  Marion  Elizabeth, 
born  .August  28,  1890,  student  in  the  Somer- 
ville Latin  High  School,  class  of  1909.  2.  Sum- 
ner Adelbert,  born  October  30,  1892,  student 
in  the  Somerville  Latin  High  School,  class  of 
1910.     3.  Lucian  Wright,  born  June  15,  1895. 

4.  \'arnum   Cleveland,  born  August   5,    1898. 

5.  Lois  Bertha,  born  October  3,  1902. 
George   V.,    Fred    S.   and   Adelbert   F..   all 

sons  of  Varnum  B.  Mead,  after  leaving  school 
went  to  work  in  the  commission  house  of 
.\.  &  O.  W.  Mead  and  Company,  remaining 
there  until  1900,  when  they  purchased  the 
name  and  good  will  of  the  firm.  Since  that 
time  they  have  not  only  maintained  the  high 
standing  of  the  firm,  but  have  increased  the 
business  in  all  departments. 


The  surname  Stearns  is  of 
STEARN.S        English  origin,  the  spelling 

varying  from  Stearns, 
Sternes,  Sterns,  Strans,  to  Sterne  and  Stern. 
It  is  a  well-known  name  in  the  counties  of 
Nottingham,  Berks,  Norfolk,  Hertford,  Suf- 
folk, and  Cambridge.  The  oldest  coat-of- 
arnis  known  in  the  family  is  that  of  the  Arch- 
bishop of  York  (1664-1683),  viz:  Or,  a 
chevron  between  three  crosses  flory  sable. 
Crest:  a  cock  starling  ppr.     The  arms  at  that 


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time  were  doubtless  in  use  for  many  genera- 
tions. 

(I)  Isaac  Stearns,  the  immigrant,  was  born 
in  England  and  embarked  for  x\merica  on 
April  8,  1630,  in  the  ship  "Arabella,"  with  Sir 
Richard  Saltonstall  and  family,  Governor 
Winthrop  and  many  others,  arriving  at  Salem. 
Alassachusetts,  June  12,  following.  Three  other 
ships  were  in  the  same  party.  They  preferred 
^^'atertown  to  Salem  and  Stearns  among 
others  made  his  home  there.  He  had  a  home- 
stall  in  1642  at  W'atertown,  on  the  east  side 
of  the  highway,  bounded  by  land  of  John 
^^'arren,  John  Bisco  and  the  Pequasset  Mead- 
ow. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  18, 
1631,  and  was  selectman  several  years.  In 
1647  he  and  Mr.  Bisco  were  appointed  by  the 
selectmen  "to  consider  how  the  bridge  over 
the  river  shall  be  built,  and  to  agree  with  the 
work-men  for  doing  it,  according  to  their  best 
discretion."  This  was  the  first  bridge  over 
Charles  river.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade  as 
well  as  farmer.  He  died  June  19,  167  t,  and 
his  will  was  proved  in  October  following.  He 
married  Mary  Barker,  daughter  of  John 
Barker,  of  Stoke  Nayland,  Suffolk,  England. 
The  wife  of  John  Barker  was  Margaret,  and 

she  married  second Munnings,  of  Gaynes 

Colne,  Essex,  and  gave  a  letter  of  attorney 
August  24,  1640.  John  Barker  was  a  clothier 
by  trade.  Mary  (IBarker)  Stearns  died  April 
2,  1677.  Children:  i.  Mary,  baptized  Janu- 
ary 6,  1626,  at  Nayland ;  married  July  9,  1746, 
in  Woburn,  Isaac  Learned.  2.  Hannah,  bap- 
tized October  5,  1628,  at  Nayland;  married 
December  25,  1650,  Henry  Freeman.  3.  John 
born  about  1631.  4.  Isaac  Jr.,  born  January 
6,  1633;  mentioned  below.  5.  Sarah,  born 
September  22,  1635 ;  married  June  7,  1655, 
Deacon  Samuel  Stone.  6.  Samuel,  born  April 
24,  1638;  died  August  3,  1683.  7-  Elizabeth, 
born  1640;  married  April  13,  1664,  Samuel 
Manning.  8.  Abigail,  married  April  27,  1666, 
Deacon  John  Morse. 

(II)  Isaac  Stearns  Jr.,  son  of  Isaac  Stearns 
(i),  was  born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
January  6,  1633 ;  was  admitted  freeman  1665, 
and  died  August  29,  1676;  married  June  24, 
1660,  Sarah  Beers,  daughter  of  Captain  Rich- 
ard and  Elizabeth  Beers  of  Watertown.  Cap- 
tain Beers  was  an  original  proprietor ;  captain 
in  King  Phillip's  war,  and  was  slain  in  battle 
by  the  Indians,  September  24,  1675,  at  North- 
field.  He  settled  at  Cambridge  Farms,  now 
Lexington.  His  widow  married  second,  July 
23.  1677,  Thomas  Wheeler,  of  Concord.  Chil- 
dren:     I.  Sarah,  born  January  14,  1662;  mar- 


ried December  27,  1678,  John  Wheeler,  of 
Concord.  2.  Mary,  born  October  8,  1663; 
married  January  i,  1694,  John  Cutler,  of  Lex- 
ington, who  died  September  21,  1714.  3. 
Isaac  (3d),  born  August  26,1665.  4-  Samuel, 
born  January  11,  1667-8;  mentioned  below. 
5.  Abigail,  born  1670;  married  November  23, 
1692,  Samuel  Hartwell.  6.  John,  born  1675; 
lived  in  Concord  and  Bedford. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Stearns,  son  of  Isaac  Stearns 
(2),  was  born  in  Lexington,  January  11, 
1667-8.  He  was  tithing  man  and  assessor  in 
Lexington  for  several  years,  and  was  killed 
November  19,  1721,  by  a  falling  tree.  His 
widow  was  administratrix  of  the  estate ;  she 
removed  to  Littleton  in  1730  with  some  of  her 
children,  and  to  Chelmsford  in  1750.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Sarah,  born  January  15,  1696-7; 
married  May  21,  1729,  William  Wheeler,  of 
Stoughton.  2.  Mary,  born  January  27,  1698-9 ; 
married  John  Powers.  3.  Abigail,  born  Feb- 
ruary 8.  1700;  married  November  28,  1717, 
Joseph  Temple.  4.  .Samuel,  born  March  7, 
1702,  lived  at  Hollis,  New  Hampshire.  5. 
Ruth,  born  May  25,  1704;  married  February 
5,    1723,    Oliver    Livermore.     6.   Phebe,   born 

February  23,  1706;  married Cummings, 

of  Lxbridge.  7.  Rebecca,  born  April  15, 
1708;  married  Samuel  Whittemore.  8.  Thom- 
as, born  July  4,  1710;  mentioned  below.  9. 
Captain  John,  born  July  23,  1712;  lived  at 
Dedham  and  Attleborough,  Massachusetts. 
10.  Joseph,  born  1715,  baptized  April  15  ;  mar- 
ried June  9,  1763,  Mary  Shattuck,  of  Monson, 
Massachusetts,  and  Hollis.  11.  Benjamin, 
born  January  6,  1718,  lived  in  Rutland,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(IV)  Thomas  Stearns,  son  of  Samuel 
Stearns  (3),  was  born  July  4,  1710,  at  Lex- 
ington. He  married  Abigail  Reed,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Reed,  of  Uxbridge,  Massachusetts. 
She  had  three  children.  He  married  second 
(name  unknown),  who  had  two  daughters; 
and  third,  Mary  Heald,  of  Chelmsford,  who 
had  six  children  and  died  in  1809.  When 
his  mother  moved  to  Littleton,  Thomas  was 
twenty  years  old,  and  as  he  was  a  minor  his 
mother  bought  for  him  in  her  own  name  eighty 
acres  known  as  the  Powers  farm,  in  the  south 
l^art  of  Littleton,  near  Nagog  Pond,  for  four 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  The  next  year 
she  deeded  the  farm  to  Thomas,  and  his  chil- 
dren were  born  there.  He  left  the  homestead 
to  his  son  Noah.  He  died  December  28,  1784. 
Children:  Ebenezer,  born  January  28,  1744. 
2.  John,  born  June  2.  1745.  3.  Josiah,  born 
July    18,    1747.     4.  Abigail,   born   October   i, 


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1749,  (lied  young.  5.  Mary,  born  September 
8,  1 75 1,  died  young.  6.  Xoah,  born  March 
12,  1753:  died  September  22,  1829;  soldier  in 
the  revolution.  7.  Lydia,  born  April  9,  1758; 
married,  1778,  Jo.shua  Cheever  Fowler.  8. 
]\Iolly,  bom  February  2,  1760;  died  October 
14,  1813 ;  married,  1780,  Silas  Smith,  of  Leo- 
minster. 9.  Samuel,  born  May  25,  1762; 
died  August  2,  1838.  10.  Levi,  born  January 
12,  1765;  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Levi  Stearns,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Heald)  Steams  (4),  was  born  in 
Littleton.  Massachusetts.  January  12,  1765, 
and  died  December  25,  181 1.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  Lunenburg,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  January  7,  1794,  Elizabeth  Goodrich, 
of  Lunenburg.  She  died  October  11,  1810. 
Ten  children:  i.  Thomas,  born  April  i,  1794. 
2.  Levi  Jr.,  born  March  19,  1796,  died  Novem- 
ber II,  1800.  3.  Abel,  born  February  9,  1798, 
at  Lunenburg:  went  to  Mexico  before  1828; 
to  California,  then  in  Mexico,  in  1829;  made 
the  first  known  shipment  of  gold  in  1842,  and 
the  certificate  of  assay  that  he  received  dated 
August  6,  1843,  's  owned  by  the  San  Francisco 
Society  of  Pioneers ;  he  married  Donna  Maria 
Francisca  Paula  Arcadia  Bandini,  aged  four- 
teen years,  in  1840;  he  died  August  24,  1871  ; 
became  wealthy.  4.  William,  born  November 
1 7-  1799  (twin).  5.  Elizabeth  (twin),  born 
November  17,  1799.  6.  Levi  Jr.,  born  Decem- 
ber 15.  1802;  mentioned  below.  7.  Abigail, 
born  1804,  died  young.  8.  Theresa,  born  Jan- 
uary II,  1806.  9.  Nancy,  born  June  30,  1807. 
10.  Charles,  born  June   16,  1809. 

(VI)  Levi  Stearns  Jr.,  son  of  Levi  Stearns 
(5),  was  born  in  Lunenburg.  December  15, 
1802,  and  settled  in  Townsend,  JMassachusetts. 
lie  was  a  farmer;  justice  of  the  peace  for 
thirty  years  ;  assessor  and  selectman  ;  overseer 
of  the  poor  six  years ;  tax  collector  many 
years.  He  married.  October  5,  1826,  Direxa 
Jewett,  of  Townsend.  He  died  September  25, 
1885.  Children:  i.  Phebe  Jewett,  born  Jan- 
uary 28,  1828;  lived  at  Townsend.  2.  Noah 
Elihu.  born  h>bruary  20.  1831.  3.  Solomon 
Jewett.  born  May  19,  1833.  4.  Direxa  Eliz- 
abeth, born  July  15,  1835;  married  September 
t8,  1859,  Varnum  13."  Mead  (See  Mead 
sketch).  5.  Abel  Goodrich,  born  October  15, 
1838.  6.  Charles  Joslin,  born  September  30, 
1841;  died  August  11,  1882,  in  California. 
7.  Levi  Warren,  born  July  30,  1844.  8. 
Thirza  Melinda,  born  April  26,  1847,  in  Town- 
send,  died  October  9,  1848. 

(XTL)  Direxa  Elizabeth  Stearns,  daughter 
of  Levi  .Stearns  (6),  was  born  July  15,  1835; 


married     September     18,     1859,    Varnum    B. 
Mead.     ( See  sketch). 


Thomas     Gates,     Esquire,     who 
GATES      lived  in  1327  in  Higheaster  and 
Thursteubie,     Essex,     England, 
was  the  progenitor  of  the  Gates  family. 

(II)  Wilham  Gates  was  son  of  Thomas 
Gates  (i).  His  children  were:  i.  Sir  Geof- 
frey, mentioned  below.  2.  Ralph.  3.  Chris- 
topher. 

(III)  Sir  GeoiTrey  Gates,  son  of  William 
Gates  (2),  married  Agnes,  daughter  and  heir- 
ess of  Sir  Thomas  Baldington,  of  Aldersbury, 
county  Oxford,  Englanil,  and  had  a  son  Wil- 
liam. 

(R')  William  Gates,  son  of  Sir  Geoffrey 
Gates  (3),  married  Mabel,  daughter  and  heir- 
ess of  Thomas  Capdow,  of  Higheaster,  Essex, 
England,  and  his  wife  Ann,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Thomas  Fleming  of  Essex.  Chil- 
(Iren :  i.  Sir  Geoffrey,  mentioned  below.  2. 
.\nne,  married  Thomas  Darcy,  uncle  to 
Thomas,  Lord  Darcy  of  Chicke. 

(V)  Sir  Geoffrey  Gates,  son  of  William 
Gates  (4),  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
William  Clapton,  knight,  of  Kentwell,  Sussex, 
England.  Children:  i.  Sir  John,  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Denny.  2. 
Geoffrey,  mentioned  below.  3.  Henry.  4. 
\\'illiam.  5.  Dorothy,  married  .Sir  Thomas 
Josselyn.  of  Josselyn  Hall. 

(\'l)  Geoffrey  Ciates,  son  of  Sir  Geoft'rey 
Gates  (5),  married  a  Pascall  of  Essex,  Eng- 
land. Children:  i.  Geoffrey,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Henry.     3.  John. 

(VII)  Geoffrey  Gates,  son  of  Geoft"rcy 
Gates  (6),  married  Joan  Wentworth,  and  had 
one  child,  Peter,  mentioned  below. 

(  V1II)  Peter  Gates,  son  of  Geoffrey  Gates 
(7),  was  of  London,  England.  He  married 
Mary  Josselyn,  and  had  a  son  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Thomas  Gates,  son  of  Peter  Gates 
(8),  was  of  Norwich.  Norfolk  county.  Eng- 
land,    i  le  had  a  son  Stephen,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Stephen  Gates,  son  of  Thomas  Gates 
(9  ),  was  born  in  England,  and  was  the  immi- 
grant ancestor.  He  came  from  Hingham, 
England,  to  Hingham,  ^lassachusetts,  in  the 
ship  "Diligent"  of  Ipswich,  England,  in  1638. 
He  was  accompanied  by  his  wife,  Ann  (Hill) 
( iates.  and  two  children.  He  removed  from 
Hingham  to  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  at  the 
settlement  of  that  town,  and  was  there  in  1656, 
and  subsec|uently  went  to  Cambridge,  Massa- 


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chusetts,  where  he  died  in  1662.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1653.  Jrlis  will,  dated 
June  9,  1662,  was  proved  October  7,  1662. 
Stephen  Jr.  received  the  house  and  lot  in 
Lancaster,  his  wife  and  son  Simon  received 
the  place  in  Cambridge,  and  his  son  Thomas 
was  to  remain  with  them  at  his  pleasure.  Ann 
Gates,  his  widow,  married  second,  Richard 
\\'oodward,  of  \\'atertown,  in  1663.  Ann  was 
known  as  "Widow  Gates"  after  the  death  of 
her  second  husband,  and  she  died  at  Stow, 
February  5,  1682-3.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth, 
born  in  England,  died  August  3,  1704,  at  liing- 
ham ;  married  November  29,  1647,  John 
Lascll.  2.  Alary,  married  1658,  John  May- 
nard,  of  .Sudbury,  who  died  December  22, 
171 1.  3.  Stephen,  Jr.,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Thomas,  born  1642 ;  married  Juh'  6,  1670, 
Elizabeth  Freeman.  5.  Simon,  born  1645  ;  died 
April  21,  1693,  at  Brockton,  Massachusetts. 
T).  Isaac  (twin),  baptized  May  3,  1646;  died 
September  3,  1651.  7.  Rebecca  (twin),  bap- 
tized May  3,  1646;  died  January,  1650. 

(XI)  Stephen  Gates,  son  of  Stephen  Gates 
(10),  was  born  1640,  and  died  at  Acton, 
Massachusetts,  1706.  He  married  .Sarah 
W'oodward,  daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth 
(Hammond)  \¥oodward,  of  Watertown. 
They  resided  at  Stow,  jMassachusetts,  and  he 
was  an  early  proprietor  of  Preston,  Connecti- 
cut, where  some  of  his  descendants  are  still 
found.  His  will  was  made  at  Stow,  Septem- 
ber 5,  i/ot,  and  proved  in  1707.  Children: 
I.  .Stephen,  born  July  17,  1665.  2.  Simon, 
born  June  5.  1666.  3.  Thomas,  born  Decem- 
ber 31,  1669:  died  1740,  at  Preston;  married, 
1695,  Margaret  Geer,  of  Preston,  Connecticut. 
4.  Isaac,  born  1673 ;  mentioned  below.  5.  Na- 
thaniel, born  1675.  6.  Sarah,  born  April  27, 
1679,  at  Marlborough.     7.  Rebecca,  born  July 

23,  1682,  at  Marlborough.  8.  Daniel,  born 
April  23.  1685. 

(XII)  Isaac  Gates,  son  of  Stephen  Gates 
(11),  was  born  in,  1673,  and  died  at  Stow, 
^Massachusetts,  November  22,  1748.  He  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth    .      Children:       i.  Jacob, 

born  about  1698:  died  August  22,  1769:  mar- 
ried first,  Elizabeth  ,  who  died  January 

24,  1741-2;    second    Sarah ,    who    died 

December    3,    1762.      2.  Isaac,    married    

Frencli.      3.  Jonathan,   mentioned   below.     4. 

Stephen,  married  Betty .     5.  Phineas.     6. 

Hannah,  born  April  2,  1714.  7.  Daughter, 
born  July  8,  1716;  died  young. 

(XIII)  Jonathan  Gates,  son  of  Isaac  Gates 
(12),  died  at  Harvard,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1772.     He  married,  about   1730,  Eliz- 


abeth Farwell.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  born 
CJctober  2,  1733:  died  .August  3,  1739.  2. 
Elizabeth,  born  October  8,  1735;  married  July 
2,  1767,  Jacob  Holmes.  3.  Jonathan,  born 
May  27,  1738:  married  ]\Iay  21,  1761,  Mary 
Shedd.  4.  Hannah,  born  October  29,  1740; 
married  May  21,  1761,  William  Burt.  5. 
Mary,  born   May  30,    1743.     6.  Henry,  born 

June  19,  1745  ;  married  Lois .    7.  Josiah, 

iDorn  September  26,  1 747  ;  was  a  minute-man  in 
the  revolution.  8,  John,  born  October  31, 
1749;  mentioned  below.  9.  Susannah,  born 
October  13,  1753;  married  March  3,  1772, 
Oliver  Fairbanks,  of  Lancaster,  Massachu- 
setts.    10.  Rachel,  born  January  18,  1756. 

(XIV)  John  Gates,  son  of  Jonathan  Gates 
(13),  was  born  at  Harvard,  Alassachusetts, 
October  31,  1749.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Gates's  company,  Colonel  John  Whitcomb's 
regiment,  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19, 
1775;  sergeant  in  Captain  Gates's  company  in 
1777;  second  lieutenant  in  Captain  Francis 
Lane's  company.  Colonel  Rand's  regiment, 
(Eighth  Worcester)  in  1780.  He  settled  in 
Ashburnham,  Massachusetts,  in  1770.  He 
married,  in  1773,  Catherine  Coolidge,  born 
I\Iay  3,  1755,  daughter  of  Elisha.  Her  father 
was  born  at  Watertown,  July  9,  1720,  inn- 
holder  at  Ashburnham,  1752-61,  founder  of 
early  mills  there,  original  member  of  the 
church,  though  he  left  the  orthodox  for  the 
Baptist  church  in  1778;  died  August  29,  1807. 
Deacon  John  Coolidge,  born  1674  at  Water- 
town,  married  January  16,  1699-1700,  Mar- 
garet Bond,  born  at  Watertown,  October,  1681, 
daughter  of  William  and  Hepzibah  (Hast- 
ings) Bond  ;  he  died  April  26,  1755.  He  was 
grandson  of  the  immigrant,  John  Coolidge  of 
Watertown.  Children  of  Lieutenant  John 
Gates,  born  at  .Ashburnham:  i.  Catherine, 
born  September  15,  1773;  married  Melzer 
Hudson.  2.  Levi,  born  August  27,  1775.  3. 
Lucy,  born  September  5,  1778;  married  Lu- 
ther Brooks.  4.  Betty,  born  December  18, 
1780;  married  December  27,  1801,  Josiah 
Wheeler.  5.  John,  born  March  28,  1783.  6. 
.Sally,  born  April  7,  1785.  7.  Ezra,  born  July 
26,  1787.  8.  Amos,  born  May  22,  1790;  died 
July  4,  1794.  9.  Nancy,  born  March  18,  1792; 
died  December  13,  1796.  10.  Asa,  born  Feb- 
ruary, 1794;  died  February  19, 1794.  11.  Amy, 
born  May  4, 1795  ;  married  December  1 2, 1815, 
Samuel  Beal.  12.  Loring,  born  .September  30, 
1797 :  mentioned  belo\i'. 

(XV)  Loring  Gates,  son  of  John  Gates 
(5),  was  born  in  Ashburnham,  September  30, 


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1797.  He  married,  1819,  Nancy  Adams,  born 
in  Ashburnham,  July  27,  1800  and  they  had 
children:  i.  James  L.,  born  in  Ashburnham, 
July  27,  1820,  married  Adeline  Wyley;  no 
issue.  2.  John  Coolidge ;  see  forward.  3. 
Sarah  Eugenia,  born  in  Groton,  January  15, 
1824,  died  in  Los  Angeles,  California;  married 
Henry  Jeffers.  Children :  Addie  and  Loring. 
4.  Elizabeth  Adams,  born  in  Groton,  October 
6,  1827,  died  November,  1907;  married  Win- 
sor  Wright;  one  child,  Elizabeth  B.  5.  Wil- 
liam F.,  born  in  Groton,  December  22,  1830; 
married,  went  west,  and  reared  a  family. 
6.  Eunice  C,  born  in  Groton,  May  20,  1832 ; 
married  Newell  Spicer.  Children :  Addie, 
Arthur,  Frank  and  Nellie.  7.  Frank  A.,  born 
in  Groton,  July  27,    1835 ;  married  Adelaide 

;  children:  Frank  S.,  Clara  and  Loring. 

8.  Sumner  B.,  born  in  Somerville,  September 
20,  1837;  married;  children:  Hattie  and  Fred- 
die. 9.  Mary  A.  J.,  born  in  Charlestown, 
October  22,  1840,  married  Let  Webster;  chil- 
dren :  Bert,  I  sola,  Harry  and  Ray. 

Nancy  (Adams)  Gates  was  daughter  of 
James  Adams,  of  Ashburnham,  who  married. 
June  22,  1800,  Polly  Dickerson,  daughter  of 
Amos;  she  died  January  18,  1818,  and  he 
married  (second)  Lucy  Sawtelle,  who  died 
September  21,  1864;  he  settled  at  Harford, 
Pennsylvania,  and  died  April  30,  1855.  John 
Adams,  father  of  James,  married  July  9,  1770, 
Joanna  Munroe,  born  April  12,  1747,  daughter 
of  Jonas  and  Joanna  (Lock)  Munroe  ;  married 
(second)  1826,  Lucy  (Simonds)  Munroe, 
widow  of  Ebenezer,  brother  of  first  wife. 
Adams  died  at  Harford,  Pennsylvania,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1849,  aged  one  hundred  and  four 
years  one  month  and  four  days.  Captain 
Thomas  Adams,  father  of  John,  was  born  at 
Cambridge,  August  20,  1713;  removed  to 
Worcester  1735,  returning  to  Cambridge  1752; 
was  an  innholder  and  prominent  citizen,  and 
captain  of  company  in  French  and  Indian 
war;  married,  September  22,  1737,  Anna 
Frost,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  (Coop- 
er) Frost:  wife  died  October  6,  1740,  and  he 
married  (second)  Lydia  Chadwick,  daughter 
of  John,  of  Worcester;  and  (third)  Septem- 
ber 13,  1754,  Elizabeth  (Sanders)  Bowman, 
widow  of  Ebenezer;  Adams  died  November  9, 
1802,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  Lieutenant  Jo- 
seph Adams,  father  of  Captain  Thomas,  was 
born  1688-9;  married  January  18,  1710-11. 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  William  and  Rebecca 
(Rolfe)  Cutter.  Joseph  Adams,  father  of 
Lieutenant  Joseph,  married  February  21, 
1687-8,   Margaret,    dauglitcr   of   Thomas   and 


Mary  (Blandford)  Fames.  John  Adams, 
father  of  Joseph,  was  bom  in  England,  son  of 
Henry  Adams,  the  pioneer,  and  settled  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts. 

(XVT)  John  Coolidge  Gates,  son  of  Loring 
Gates  (15),  was  born  in  Ashburnham,  Novem- 
ber 6,  1822.  He  married,  in  Littleton,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  10,  1858,  Harriet  Louisa 
Jewett,  who  died  in  Acton,  March  23,  1900, 
and  they  had  one  child:  Lizzie  M.,  born  in 
Boxboro,  Massachusetts,  February  27,  1863, 
and  became  the  wife  of  Frederic  Stearns 
Mead.  Mr.  Gates  after  his  marriage  settled 
in  Charlestown,  where  he  was  a  musician.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  attended  the 
Universalist  church.  He  died  in  Arlington, 
March  13,  1905. 

Stillman  Jewett.  father  of  Harriet  Louisa 
(Jewett)  Gates,  was  born  in  Fitchburg,  Mass- 
achusetts, December  6,  1803.  He  married 
Sarah  Maria  Wright,  born  in  Hardwich,  New 
York,  July  24,  1816,  died  1898,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Sarah  (Snow)  Wright,  and  their 
children  were:  i.  Sarah  M.,  born  in  Little- 
ton, April  18,  1835:  married  Edward  L.  Bat- 
tles ;  one  child,  Frank  E.  2.  Harriet  L.,  born 
in  Littleton,  March  7,  1838,  died  in  Acton, 
March  23,  1900;  married  John  Coolidge  Gates, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  Lizzie  M. 
(Gates)  Mead.  3.  Sherman  H.,  born  in  Lit- 
tleton, April  9,  1840;  married  Harriet  A.  Saw- 
yer ;  three  children :  Freddie  A.,  Edgar  H., 
and  Leroy  S.  The  father  of  Sarah  M.  Wright 
was  Joseph  Wright,  who  married  Sarah  Snow, 
by  whom  he  had  Harriet.  Sarah  M.,  Sarah 
I\l.  (2d),  Joseph  W.,  William  and  Winsor ; 
he  married  (second)  Nancy  Farnsworth ; 
children ;  Jane,  James,  Joanna,  Frances,  Abbie 
E.,  George,  Hattie  and  Henry. 

Moses  Jewett,  father  of  Stillman  Jewett, 
born  1776,  son  of  Ezra  and  Lucy  J.  Jewett, 
was  the  descendant  of  an  old  Essex  county 
family.  He  was  first  a  farmer  at  Fitchburg, 
Massachusetts,  and  then  at  Jafl^rey,  New 
Hampshire.  In  1815  he  moved  to  Littleton, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  is  buried,  though  he 
died  at  Natick,  September  8.  1840,  aged  sixty- 
four  years.  He  married,  i\Iay  28,  1801,  Lydia 
Shatluck,  born  at  Pepperell,  November  13. 
1774.  died  at  Littleton,  November  10,  1846, 
daughter  of  Simeon  Shattuck.  Her  father 
was  born  at  Pepperell,  September  12,  1738, 
died  at  Fitchburg,  April  6.  1832:  he  was  for 
a  time  a  Shaker.  He  married,  December  31, 
1767,  Lydia  Jewett,  born  March  13,  1744, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah.  Ensign  David  Shat- 
luck, born  August  4,  1713.  father  of  Simeon, 


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married  February  25,  1736,  Dorothy  \'arnuni. 
born  1715,  died  December  21,  1756;  married 
(second)  Esther  Woods,  widow  of  Moses 
\\'oods.  Samuel  Shattuck,  father  of  David, 
was  born  at  Watertown,  1673,  died  at  Groton, 
July  22,  1758;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Longlcy)  Blood. 
Samuel  was  son  of  John,  born  at  Watertown, 
February  11,  1647,  and  grandson  of  William 
Shattuck  the  emigrant.  Children  of  Moses 
and  Lydia  (Shattuck)  Jewett:  i.  Lucy,  born 
March  25,  1802;  married  December  2,  1835, 
George  W.  Ramsdell.  2.  Stillman,  born  De- 
cember 6,  1803:  married  Sarah  Maria  Wright, 
mentioned  above.  3.  Shadrach  Shattuck, 
born  July  11,  1805,  died  young.  4.  Lydia, 
born  May  20,  1807 ;  married  Thomas  Richard- 
son. 5.  Sarah  L.,  born  May  10,  1809;  mar- 
ried William  Bowen,  Jr.,  of  Wayland.  6.  Re- 
becca M.,  born  February  i,  181 1  ;  died  at  Jaiif- 
rey,  July  same  year.  7.  Shadrach  S.,  born 
October  6,  1812;  married,  July,  1842,  Harriet 
X.  Parkhurst.  8.  Henry  P.,  born  February 
14,  1815:  married,  January  27,  1839,  Mary 
Damon. 


John  Wright,  the  immigrant 
WRIGHT        ancestor,  was  born  in  1601, 

in  England.  He  settled  as 
early  as  1640  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
and  became  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town 
of  Woburn,  adjoining,  and  was  selectman 
there  from  1645  to  1647  and  from  1649  to 
1658,  inclusive,  also  1660  to  1664  and  in  1670: 
was  commissioner  of  the  rate  in  1646  and 
again  in  1671  and  deputy  to  the  general  court. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  Woburn  church  from 
Xovfimber  10,  1664,  until  his  death.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  May  10,  1643.  His  wife 
Priscilla  died  April  10,  1687;  he  died  June  21, 
1688,  aged  eighty-seven  years.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  in  England  in  1630;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Joseph,  died  March  31,  1724;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Hassell.  3.  Ruth,  born  April 
23,  1646;  married  Jonathan  Knight.  4.  De- 
borah, born  January  21,  1648-9.  5.  Sarah, 
born  February  16,  1652-3 ;  married  Joshua 
Sawver. 

(II)  John  Wright,  son  of  John  Wright  (i), 
was  born  in  England,  in  1630.  He  married, 
in  1661,  Abigail  Warren,  and  was  one  of  the 
fir.st  settlers  of  the  town  of  Chelmsford,  Mass- 
achusetts, where  his  children  were  born.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  died  probably  at  Woburn, 
April  30,  1714,  aged  eighty-four  years.  His 
widow  Abigail  died  April  6,  1726,  aged  eighty- 


four.  He  was  not  in  agreement  with  the 
church  authorities,  and  for  refusing  to  take 
communion  was  presented  to  the  grand  jury 
in  1671,  yet  he  was  of  large  influence,  and 
often  honored  by  his  townsmen  in  positions 
of  trust.  He  was  selectman  in  1690,  and 
tithingman  of  Boggy  Meadow  End  in  1692. 
His  will  was  dated  May  24,  1701,  and  proved 
November  11,  1714.  He  bequeathed  to  his 
wife  and  children.  Children,  born  at  Chelms- 
ford:  I.  John,  born  1662;  mentioned  below. 
2.  Joseph,  born  in  1663.  3.  Ebenezer,  born  in 
1665.  4.  Jacob  (?),  born  1667.  5.  Abigail, 
born  1668.  6.  Priscilla,  born  1671  ;  married 
Samuel  Damon.  7.  Josiah,  born  1674;  died 
January  22,  1746-7.  8.  Sanuiel,  born  1683 ; 
removed  to  Groton.  9.  Lydia,  born  1686; 
married  Giles  Roberts.  10.  Ruth.  11.  De- 
borah, married  Nathaniel  Patten.  12.  Josiah, 
died  January  22,  1746-7. 

(III)  John  Wright,  son  of  John  Wright 
(2),  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  in  1662;  mar- 
ried Mary  Stevens ;  married  second,  about 
1702,  Hannah  Fletcher,  of  one  of  the  leading 
families  of  Chelmsford.  He  died  October  13, 
1730.  Children  born  in  Chelmsford:  i.  Jacob, 
born  in  1692,  died  young.  2.  Ebenezer,  born 
in  1693 ;  mentioned  below.  3.  Edward,  born 
in  1695.  4.  Jacob,  born  in  1698.  5.  Henry, 
born  in  1700.  6.  John  (twin),  born  in  1701, 
died  young.  7.  RIary  (twin),  born  in  1701, 
died  3'oung.  By  second  wife.  8.  Hannah, 
born  in  1704.  9.  Thomas,  born  in  1707.  10. 
.Simeon,  born  in  1710. 

( IV)  Ebenezer  Wright,  son  of  John 
Wright  (2),  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  in  1693. 
He  was  the  first  of  the  family  to  locate  in 
Westford,  where  the  name  has  been  very  num- 
erous and  prominent  ever  since.  His  farm 
was  on  the  eastern  border  of  the  town  of 
Westford,  and  several  generations  of  his  fam- 
ily lived  there  after  him.  Part  of  the  farm 
was  in  Chelmsford ;  it  is  now  or  was  lately 
owned  by  Edwin  E.  Heywood.  He  married, 
in  1730,  Deliverance  Stevens,  of  Chelmsford. 
Children,  born  at  Westford:  i.  Abigail,  born 
in  1731.  2.  Hannah,  born  in  1732;  married 
Jonathan  Perham,  of  Littleton,  in  1757.  3- 
Ebenezer  Jr.,  born  in  1734:  mentioned  below. 
4.  Caleb^  born  in_j^35.  5.  Joshua,  born  in 
1737 ;  removecrto  Templeton,  Massachusetts, 
with  his  brother  Ebenezer ;  married  November 
29,  1764,  at  Templeton  Olive  Church;  he  died 
July  2,  1822,  aged  seventy-four,  at  Templeton. 
6.  Zaccheus,  born  1738.  7.  Joel,  born  1740, 
died  1758.  8.  Silas,  born  in  1742.  9.  Amos, 
born  in  1744.     10.  Lydia,  liorn  in  1745:  mar- 


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ried,  in  1767,  Zebulon  Spanieling.  11.  Rev. 
Phineas.  born  in  1747;  minister  at  Bolton, 
^lassachusetts.  12.  Oliver,  born  in  1748; 
married  Samnel  Fletcher,  in  1771. 

(V)  Captain  Ebenezer  Wright,  son  of  Ebe- 
nezer  Wright  (4),  was  born  in  Westford, 
Massachusetts,  in  1734;  died  at  Templeton, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  settled,  aged  seventy- 
seven  years  seven  months  and  twenty-three 
days.  He  married  Lucy ,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1804,  aged  seventy-one  years  nine 
months  twenty-three  days.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  captain  of  the  Templeton 
company.  Children,  born  in  Templeton:  i. 
Joel,  born  November  4,  1759;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Ebenezer,  born  November  3,  1761. 
3.  David,  born  September  26,  1763.  4. 
Thomas,  born  May  7,  1766.  5.  Lucy,  born 
Noveinber  12,  1768.  6.  Zaccheus,  born  De- 
cember 19,  1770.  7.  Moses,  born  April  6, 
1774:  resided  in  Templeton. 

( \T)  Joel  Wright,  son  of  Captain  Ebenezer 
Wright  (5),  was  born  in  Templeton,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1759.  He  resided  in  Templeton,  Hub- 
bardston  and  Boxborough,  Massachusetts.  His 
house  in  Boxborough  was  the  brick  house 
opposite  the  Orthodox  church.  He  married 
Tabitha .  Children  :  i.  Joel  Jr.,  see  for- 
ward. 

(\'H)  Joel  Wright  Jr.,  son  of  Joel  \\'right 
(6),  was  born  in  Fitzwilliam,  New  Hampshire, 
July  7,  1793.  He  married  Dolly  H.  Reed, 
born  in  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  October  6, 
1793,  daughter  of  Poulter  and  Molly  (Hart- 
well  )  Reed,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Reed, 
of  Lexington,  Massachusetts.  Poulter  Reed 
moved  to  Littleton,  and  thence  to  Boxborough. 
His  farm  was  an  eighth  of  a  mile  east  of  the 
center  of  the  village,  nearly  opposite  the  resi- 
dence now  or  late  of  Simon  B.  Hager.  His 
daughter  Dolly  before  her  marriage  taught 
school  at  Bo.\borough,  and  George  C.  Wright 
has  in  his  possession  three  certificates  of  his 
mother's  abilit}'  to  teach  school,  signed  by 
three  different  school  boards.  Her  mother, 
Molly  ( Hartwell)  Reed,  was  in  the  sixth  gen- 
eration from  the  immigrant  William  Hart- 
well.  Children  of  Joel  and  Dolly  (Reed) 
Wright:  I.  Joel  Edward,  born  February  25, 
1821.  2.  George  Cleveland,  born  January  7, 
1823;  .see  forward.  3.  John  Reed,  born  in 
Concord,  October  24,  1824.  4.  Mary  H., 
born  in  Jaft'rey,  I<"ebruary  2,  1827.  5.  Sarah 
Pi.,  born  January  27,  1830.  6.  Emery  F.,  born 
July  19,  1832.  7.  Emeline  .A..,  born  Alarch  23, 
1834.  The  three  last  named  were  born  in  Lit- 
tleton. 


(VHI)  George  Cleveland  Wright,  son  of 
Joel  Wright  (7),  was  born  in  Bedford,  Mass- 
achusetts, January  7,  1823.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  worked  at  farming 
during  his  boyhood.  At  the  age  of  thirty-two 
years,  after  Toeing  in  the  retail  milk  business 
in  Charlestown  and  Boston  for  two  years,  he 
engaged  in  the  coffee  and  spice  business  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Hayward  &  Company, 
which  after  twenty-five  years  of  successful 
business  consolidated  with  Dwinell  &  Com- 
])any,  and  shortly  after  with  Mason  &  Company, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Dwinell,  Hayward  & 
Company,  thus  becoming  one  of  the  largest 
houses  in  its  line  in  New  England.  Though 
an  equal  partner  in  every  respect,  Mr. 
Wright's  name  did  not  appear  in  the  firm  for 
many  years.  Soon  after  Mr.  Hayward's 
retirement  in  1893  *^h^  firm  name  was  changed 
to  Dwinell-\\'right  Company,  and  on  the  death 
of  Mr.  Dwinell  in  1898  the  busmess  was 
incorporated  with  George  C.  Wright  president, 
and  his  son,  George  S.  Wright  as  treasurer 
and  general  manager.  In  1904  the  Dwinell- 
Wright  Company  moved  to  a  commodious 
factory  built  expressly  for  the  business  at  311- 
3:9  Summer  street,  Boston,  where  it  is  now 
located.  For  more  than  thirty  years  Mr. 
(leorge  C.  Wright  was  the  chief  coffee  buyer 
for  his  firm,  and  his  frequent  trips  to  the  New 
York  market  made  him  personally  known  as 
one  of  the  foremost  and  most  discerning  men 
in  the  trade.  He  was  strictly  a  selfmade  man. 
Without  rich  or  influential  friends  to  give  him 
a  start,  he  has  won  an  enviable  position  in  the 
commercial  world,  enjoying  the  confidence  of 
his  friends  and  the  respect  of  his  competitors. 

Early  in  his  career  Mr.  Wright  made  his 
hoiine  in  West  Acton,  and  built  a  beautiful 
residence  overlooking  the  village.  He  has  been 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Acton  Universalist 
parish,  and  was  one  of  the  three  chief  con- 
tributors to  the  building  ftmd  of  the  church. 
He  has  taken  a  lively  interest  in  the  afl^airs  of 
the  village  in  which  he  has  lived,  and  supported 
every  movement  for  its  betterment  and  wel- 
fare. He  has  shown  especial  interest  in  the 
schools  and  public  librar_v.  He  has  been  an 
earnest  supporter  of  the  temperance  move- 
ment. He  has  been  president  of  the  Farmer's 
Club  of  West  ,\cton  :  and  was  chairman  of  the 
building  committee  in  charge  of  the  erection 
of  the  ])resent  commodious  school  edifice  in 
the  village.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  in  1874  represented  his  district  in  the  gen- 
eral court,  comprising  the  towns  of  .^.cton, 
Wa\land  and  .Sudburv.    He  married,   Decem- 


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ber  31,  1846,  Susan  H.  Davis,  born  June  22, 
1823,  (laugbter  of  Jonathan  B.  Davis.  (See 
Davis).  Their  children:  i.  Estella  M.,  born 
December  20,  1849.  2.  George  Sumner,  born 
July  13,  1857;  see  forward.  3.  Fred  C,  died 
in  infancy.  4.  Frank,  died  young.  5.  Charles, 
died  in  infancy.  6.  Effie  Rosella,  born  June 
13,  i860;  married  George  \'.  Mead.  (See 
Mead).  7.  Theodosia  Bertha,  born  at  \\'est 
Acton,  June  s,  1866;  married  Adelbert  Francis 
Mead.     (See  Mead). 

(IX)  George  Sumner  \\'right,  son  of 
George  C.  Wright  (8),  was  born  in  Charles- 
town.  July  13,  1857.  He  lived  in  West  Acton 
until  about  his  fifteenth  year,  when  he  went  to 
Charlestown.  graduating  from  the  high  school 
there  in  1877.  He  then  took  a  year's  post-grad- 
uate course  in  Chauncy  Hall  School,  Boston, 
and  entered  his  father's  business  in  1877.  He 
never  has  aspired  to  public  position,  but  has 
been  active  in  town  and  parish  afifairs.  He 
has  been  president  of  the  Watertown  Board 
of  Trade,  trustee  and  a  member  of  the  invest- 
ment committee  of  the  W'atertown  Savings 
Bank,  director  of  the  Faneuil  Hall  National 
Bank  of  Boston,  a  member  of  the  old  Corn 
Exchange,  and  its  successor,  the  Boston 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  which  he  was  a 
vice-president  in  1906.  December  24,  1881, 
h.e  married  Emma  A.  Mead.  ( Welleslev  Col- 
lege, class  of  1881),  daughter  of  Oliver  W. 
Mead,  of  West  Acton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright 
lived  the  following  eight  years  in  Concord, 
and  removed  to  Watertown  in  1889.  Their 
children:  i.  Warren  Mead,  born  in  Concord, 
October  3,  1882;  graduated  from  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy  and  Harvard  College,  class 
of  1904,  and  that  year  entered  business  with 
his  father  and  grandfather.  2.  Mary,  born  in 
Concord,  September  29,  1886,  died  January 
25,  1892.  3.  Margaret,  born  in  Watertown, 
December  10,  1893. 


Dolor  Davis,  the  immigrant  of 
DA\'IS        the  Davis  family,  was  one  of 

the  ■  prominent  pioneers  of 
both  colonies.  His  posterity  is  very  numer- 
ous, and  among  them  have  been  some  very  dis- 
tinguislied  men,  namely:  Hon.  John  Davis, 
governor  and  United  States  senator ;  and  Hon. 
John  D.  Long,  governor,  congressman,  and 
secretary  of  the  navy.  He  married  in  county 
Kent,  England,  March  29,  1624,  Margery 
Willard,  daughter  of  Richard  Willard,  of 
Horsemondt-n,  county  Kent,  yeoman.  She 
was  baptized  at  Horsemonden,  November  7, 


1602,  and  died  before  1667.  Dolor  Davis, 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  three  children  and 
.Simon  Willard,  his  wife's  brother,  came  to 
New  England  and  settled  prior  to  August  4, 
1634,  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Simon 
Willard  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Concord ; 
he  was  captain  of  foot  in  1646,  major  in  1654, 
and  at  his  death  in  1673  "the  colony  lost  one 
of  its  most  di.stinguished  members." 

Dolor  Davis  was  a  carpenter  and  master 
builder.  He  received  his  first  grant  of  land 
in  Cambridge,  June  4,  1635,  and  others  later. 
He  removed  to  Duxbury,  August  5,  1638-39, 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  and  was  granted 
land  there  in  1640.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Barnstable  in  1643,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man there  June  2,  1646.  He  was  honored  in 
Barnstable  with  various  public  offices,  includ- 
ing those  of  highway  surveyor  and  constable. 
He  and  his  wife  were  dismissed  from  the 
Duxbury  to  the  Barnstable  church,  August  27, 
1648.  In  1656  he  left  Plymouth  colony  and 
returned  to  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  purchased 
in  Concord  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  with 
a  house  thereon.  In  1666,  however,  he  return- 
ed to  Barnstable,  and  died  there  in  June,  1673. 
LI  is  will  was  made  September  13,  1672,  and 
proved  July  2,  1673.  It  mentions  sons  Simon 
and  Samuel  as  already  having  their  portions ; 
eldest  son  John  ;  son-in-law  Lewis  and  Mary 
his  wife :  and  daughter  Ruth  Hall.  Children : 
I.  John,  born  in  England  about  1626,  to  whom 
was  bequeathed  the  Concord  homestead.  2. 
Mary,  born  in  pjigland  about  163 1.  3.  Eliza- 
beth.   4.  Lieutenant  Simon  ;  mentioned  below. 

5.  Samuel,   settled   in   Concord   and   Bedford. 

6.  Ruth,  born  in  Barnstable,  March  24,  1645. 
(II)   Lieutenant  Simon  Davis,  son  of  Dolor 

Davis  (i),  was  born  in  America  and  settled 
in  Concord.  His  homestead  was  near  his 
father's  house,  on  a  farm  given  him  by  his 
father.  He  was  one  of  Captain  Thomas 
Wlieeler's  troopers  in  the  expedition  of  1675 
to  the  Nipmuck  country,  and  he  took  com- 
mand when  the  captain  was  wounded.  He 
received  his  commission  as  lieutenant  July  2, 
1689.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  March  21, 
1699.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1689-90-92-1705.  He  died  in  Concord  June 
14,  1713,  aged  seventy-seven  years.  His  will 
was  proved  July  3,  1713.  He  married  Decem- 
ber 12,  1660,  !\Iary  Blood,  born  at  Concord, 
July  12,  1640,  daughter  of  James  and  Eleanor 
Blood.  Children:  i.  Dr.  Simon,  born  Octo- 
ber 12,  1661 :  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  born 
rjctober  3,  1663  :  married  Deliverance  Wheeler 
of   Stow.      3.  Sarah,   born    March    11    or    15, 


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1666:  married  Thomas  Wheeler.  4.  James, 
born  January  19,  1668.  5.  Eleanor,  born 
October  22,  1672.  6.  Ebenezer,  born  June  i, 
1676.  7.  Hannah,  born  April  i,  1679;  mar- 
ried Samuel  Blood. 

(III)  Dr.  Simon  Davis,  son  of  Lieut. 
Simon  Davis  (2),  was  born  in  Concord, 
Massachusetts,  October  12,  1661.  He  settled 
in  Concord,  and  was  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished physicians  of  his  day.  Children : 
I.  Dr.  John,  born  November  19,  1689;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Simon,  born  September  7, 
1692;  married  June  i,  1719,  Hannah  Bacon. 
3.  Henr}',  born  February  23,  1694.  4.  Eliza- 
beth, born  March  28,  1695  ;  died  November  15, 
1706.  5.  Mary,  born  November  8,  1701.  6. 
Samuel,  born  March  6,  1703.  7.  Eleanor, 
born  March  4,  1705-6.  8.  Peter,  born  Sep- 
tember 25,  1707;  probably  removed  to  Rut- 
land. 

(IV)  Dr.  John  Davis,  son  of  Dr.  Simon 
Davis  (3),  was  born  in  Concord,  November 
19,  1689,  and  died  November  16,  1762.  He 
lived  in  Concord  and  Acton.  He  married 
December  17,  1713,  Abigail  Dudley;  children; 
I.  John,  born  July  15,  1714;  died  young.  2. 
Ezekiel,  born  June  8,  1717;  mentioned  below. 
3.  Micah,  born  February  15,  1720.  4.  Isaac, 
born  October  24,  1723.  5.  Abigail,  born  March 
22,  1726-7.  6.  Samuel,  born  April  23,  1730; 
resided  at  Acton.  7.  John,  born  June  i,  1735, 
of  Acton. 

(V)  Ezekiel  Davis,  (or,  as  the  old  records 
almost  invariably  give  the  name  down  to  the 
last  century  (1800),  Davies)  son  of  Dr.  John 
Davis  (4).  was  born  in  Concord,  June  8,  1717. 
He  settled  in  Acton.  He  married  his  third 
cousin,  Mary  Gibson,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Gibson  (4),  Deacon  Timothy  Gibson  (3), 
John  Gibson,  Jr.  (2),  John  Gibson  (i).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Isaac,  born  February  23,  1744-5; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  born  November 
21,  1746.  3.  Sarah,  married  Stephen  Hosmer, 
brother  of  Abner  Hosmer,  who  was  killed  in 
the  Concord  fight.  4.  Ruth,  born  February  19, 
175 1.  5.  Sergeant  Ezekiel,  born  in  Acton 
June  8,  1753;  was  in  his  brother's  company  in 
the  fight  at  Concord.  6.  Josiah,  born  June  14, 
1755:  mentioned  below.  7.  Rebecca,  born  Sc]i- 
tember  11,  1757.  8.  Lois,  born  April  7,  1760. 
9.  Abraham,  born  February  10,  1764.  10. 
Olive,  born  October  29,   1765. 

(VI)  Captain  Isaac  Davis,  son  of  Ezekiel 
Davis  (5),  was  born  at  Acton,  Massachusetts, 
February  23,  1744-5,  and  was  killed  at  the 
fight  at  North  l^ridge.  Concord,  April  19,  1775, 
at  the  head  of  his  company,  the  first  commis- 


sioned ofiicer  killed  in  the  revolution.  He 
joined  the  church  February  10,  1765.  His  old 
homestead  is  or  was  lately  owned  by  Charles 
Wheeler.  It  is  located  about  eighty  rods 
southwest  of  the  present  site  of  Deacon  W. 
W.  Davis's  house.  Two  fine  elms  that  were 
planted  by  Captain  Davis  .still  mark  the  loca- 
tion, on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road  from 
where  the  house  stood,  in  which  the  Acton 
company  gathered  to  go  to  Lexington,  and  in 
which  the  funeral  of  the  three  victims  was 
held.  Captain  Davis,  the  man  who  headed 
the  first  column  against  the  King's  troops  in 
the  revolution,  was  early  on  the  ground  with 
thirty-eight  Acton  minute-men,  and  in  the 
hesitancy  of  the  older  officers  to  attack  the 
British  regulars  drew  his  sword  and  said, 
"I  am  not  afraid ;  I  haven't  a  man  that's  afraid 
to  go."  He  led  two  companies  from  Concord, 
two  from  Bedford,  and  one  from  Lincoln, 
besides  his  own.  They  advanced  to  the  bridge 
to  the  tune  of  "The  White  Cockade."  He 
was  the  first  to  fall.  The  other  two  victims  of 
the  fight  were  friends,  neigbors  and  relatives. 
Abner  Hcsmer,  son  of  Deacon  Jonathan  Hos- 
mer, was  twenty-two  years  old,  and  engaged 
to  be  married.  Sarah  Davis  married  his 
brother,  Stephen  Hosmer.  James  Hayward, 
son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Hayward,  was  killed 
after  the  battle,  near  Fiske  Hill,  on  the  road 
from  Concord  to  Lexington.  He  lived  eight 
hours  after  he  was  shot.  A  monument  was 
erected  by  the  town  and  state  jointly  in  1851 
to  the  memor_y  of  Captain  Davis  and  his  two 
soldiers,  and  their  remains  were  placed  under 
the  memorial.  Captain  Davis  married  October 
24,  1764,  Hannah  Brown,  born  in  1746. 

(VI)  Josiah  Davis,  son  of  Ezekiel  Davis 
(5),  was  born  June  14,  1755.  He  married 
first  Sally  Billings;  second,  May  28,  1794, 
Clarissa  Sawyer,  of  Princeton,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private 
in  Captain  Israel  Heald's  company.  Colonel 
Eleazer  Brooks's  regiment,  marching  from 
Acton  to  Boston,  March  4,  1776;  also  in 
Major  John  Buttrick's  company.  Colonel 
Reed's  regiment,  at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne's 
army  in  1777;  also  in  the  Continental  army, 
in  Colonel  Brook's  regiment  at  Fishkill, 
arriving  June  18,  1778.  The  record  gives  his 
age  at  twenty-three  years,  his  height  five  feet 
eight  inches,  residence  Acton.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  Acton.  Children  of  the  first  wife: 
I.  Sally,  born  December  25,  1783.  2.  Josiah 
Jr.,  born  December  5,  1785.  3.  Luther,  born 
September  21,  1787:  married  Elizabeth  Horn 
of  West  ford,  Massachusetts.     4.  Jonathan  B., 


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born  October  29,  1789;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Silas,  born  April  27,  1792.  Cbild  of  second 
wife:     6.  Dorothy. 

\'II)  Jonathan  B.  Davis,  son  of  Josiah  (6), 
was  born  in  Acton,  October  29,  1789.  He 
resided  on  what  is  known  as  the  George 
Hagar  place,  formerly  owned  by  Elias  Chaffin. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Acton  Blues,  a  fam- 
ous company  of  militia  that  served  in  the  War 
of  1812  at  Boston.  He  married,  in  Acton, 
August  24,  181 5,  Sally  Hosmer,  born  in  Acton, 
?klay  17,  1797,  died  May  16,  1883.  She  was 
daughter  of  Simon  Hosmer,  of  Acton,  at  one 
time  captain  of  the  Acton  company,  known 
as  the  "Davis  Blues."  He  was  also  a  justice 
of  the  peace.  Children  of  Jonathan  B.  and 
Sally  (Hosmer)  Davis,  born  at  Acton  were: 
I.  Silas,  born  December  16,  1815.  2.  Mary, 
born  December  17,  1818.  3.  Sarah  C,  born 
November  11,  1820.  4.  Susan  Haskell,  born 
June  22,  1823 ;  mentioned  below.  5.  Harriet, 
born  August  5,  1825.  6.  Simon  PL,  born 
January  17,  1830.  7.  George  W.,  born  July 
3.  1834. 

( Vni)  Susan  H.  Davis,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than B.  Davis  (7),  was  bom  in  Acton,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  22,  1823.  She  married  George 
C.  Wright,  born  in  Bedford  January  7,  1823. 
(See  sketch  of  Wright  family). 


The  Tufts  family  of  Middle- 
TL'FTS  sex  county,  Massachusetts,  have 
been  inhabitants  of  that  county 
from  the  period  before  the  county  was  in- 
corporated. As  a  family  it  has  been  located 
in  large  number  for  more  than  two  hundred 
and  seventy  years  in  the  cities  of  Maiden, 
Everett,  Charlestown,  Somerville  and  Med- 
ford,  in  eastern  Middlesex,  and  many  of  its 
members  have  occupied  positions  of  promin- 
ence and  usefulness  in  those  communities. 
Peter  Tufts,  the  ancestor  of  the  greater  part 
of  the  Tufts  family  in  America,  was  a  native 
of  England,  where  he  came,  it  is  believed, 
from  the  southern  part  of  Norfolk  county. 
Before  1638  he  was  settled  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  Maiden  side.  He  was 
a  yeoman,  or  planter,  by  occupation.  Ln  1646 
he  and  his  brother-in-law  William  Bridges 
had  the  Charlestown  (Maiden)  ferry.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  May  3,  1665.  He 
married  Mary  Pierce,  who  died  January  10, 
1702-3,  aged  seventy-five  years,  at  Maiden; 
he  died  there  May  13,  1700,  aged  eighty-three 
years,  according  to  his  gravestone.  His  will 
was  made  March  i,  1693,  and  proved  June  10, 


1701.  Children:  i.  Peter.  2.  James.  3. 
John,  born  1653,  died  young.  4.  RIary,  born 
June  19,  1655  ;  married  John  Edes.  5.  Jon- 
athan, born  1657,  died  1658.  6.  Jonathan, 
born  ]\Iarch  3,  1660.  7.  Elizabeth,  married 
November  22,  1673,  Joseph  Lynde.  8.  John 
born  about  1664;  see  forward.  9.  Mercy, 
married  Joseph  Waite.  10.  Sarah,  married 
Thomas  Oakes.  11.  Persis,  unmarried  ;  died 
October  2,  1683.  12.  Lydia,  unmarried;  died 
July  26,    1683. 

(H)  John  Tufts,  son  of  Peter  Tufts  (i), 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
about  1664.  He  resided  at  Maiden  and  Med- 
ford,  and  owned  much  real  property  in  the 
vicinity.  His  will  was  dated  ^lay  9,  1727, 
and  proved  April  12,  1728.  He  married  Mary 
Putnam.  He  died  March  28,  1728,  aged 
sixty- four  years.  Children  born  at  Medford : 
I.  Mary,  born  April  11,  1688;  married  John 
Willis.  2.  John,  born  May  28,  1690.  3.  Nath- 
aniel, born  February  23,  1692.  Children  born 
at  Maiden  :  4.  Peter,  born  May  10,  1697 ;  see 
forward.  5.  Benjamin,  born  November  28, 
1699.  6.  Timothy,  born  October  14,  1703; 
died  April  29,  1727.  7.  Thomas,  born  Decem- 
ber 4,  1706.  8.  Stephen,  born  May  i,  171 1  ; 
died  December  5,  1785.  9.  Mary,  born  Sep- 
tember 6,   1716:  married  Samuel  Bleigh. 

(HI)  Peter  Tufts,  son  of  John  Tufts  (2), 
was  born  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  May  10, 
1697;  married  Lydia  Buckman,  who  died 
October  31,  1776,  in  her  seventy-second  year. 
According  to  his  gravestone,  he  died  Decem- 
ber 7,  1776,  in  his  eightieth  year.  His  will 
was  dated  August  9,  1774,  and  proved  August 
18,  1777,  bequeathing  property  to  six  children 
and  others.  Children:  i.  Nathan,  born  May 
14,  1724;  see  forward.  2.  Peter,  born  April 
24,  1728.  3.  Lydia,  born  June  5,  1731  ;  mar- 
ried John  Ranks.  4.  Timothy,  born  January 
20,  1734.  5.  Samuel,  born  November  24,  1737. 
6.  Aaron,  born  December  16,  1739.  7.  Sus- 
anna, born  July  28,  1742;  died  April  23,  1746. 

(IV)  Nathan  Tufts,  son  of  Peter  Tufts 
(3),  was  born  May  14,  1724.  He  was  a  coxd- 
wainer,  or  shoemaker,  by  trade.  He  married 
June  6,  1 75 1,  Alary  Adams.  She  married 
second,  Richard  Clark,  of  Watertown.  No- 
vember 25,  1777.  Nathan  Tufts  died  Decem- 
ber 21,  1771.  Children  of  Nathan  and  Mary 
Tufts:  I.  Nathan,  born  June  7,  1752;  died 
August  5,  1762.  2.  Daniel,  born  December 
27,  1753.  3.  Susanna,  born  January  31,  1756; 
married  Jonathan  Foster.  4.  Mary,  born 
March  17,  1758;  married  Seth  Stone.  5. 
Abigail,  born  January  20,  17^10,  died  1777.    6. 


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Amos,  Jjorn  July  30,  1762;  see  forward.  7. 
Nathan,  born  March  2^,  1764. 

(\')  Amos  Tuft.s,  son  of  Nathan  Tufts  (4), 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
July  30,  1762.  Linegge :  Amos  (5)  ;  Nathan 
(4)';'Peter  (3):  John  (2);  Peter  (i)  Tufts. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmitli,  and  fol- 
lowed it  in  Medford  and  Charlestown.  He 
bought  and  sold  various  lots  of  land  in 
Charlestown.  He  married  Deborah  Frothing- 
ham,  who  died  March  24  or  27,  1843 :  he  died 
November  26,  1839,  aged  seventy-seven.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Amos,  born  July  5,  1787;  died  July 
10.  1800:  "caught  his  death  by  going  Maying.'' 
2.  Deborah,  born  October  27.  1788;  married 
Joseph  Frothingham.  3.  Joseph  Frothing- 
ham.  born  July  19.  1790:  mentioned  below. 
4.  William,  born  July  3,  1792;  died  August 
5'  1793-  5-  Abigail,  born  February  11,  1794; 
died  August  25,  1809.  6.  Mary,  born  May  4, 
1797;  married  Eliab  P.  Mackintire.  7.  Nathan 
Adams,  born  January  16,  1799;  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1873;  married  Mary  A.  Lamson.  8. 
Amos,  born  October  6,  1800:  died  July  23, 
1871  ;  married  Abigail  W.  Tapley.  9.  William, 
born  August  25,  1802;  died  June  24,  1862; 
married  Eliza  P).  Kendall.  10.  Samuel  Froth- 
ingham, born  April  7,  1804;  died  Ma\'  30, 
1869:  married  Fidelia  Harrington  and  Alartha 
McClure.  11.  Edward,  born  July  6,  1806; 
married  Rebecca  S.  Maguire :  he  died  March 
26,  1875. 

(VT)  Deborah  Tufts,  daughter  of  Amos 
Tufts  (5),  was  born  October  27,  1788;  died 
March  24,  1843  :  married  Joseph  Frothingham, 
who  was  born  about  1771,  son  of  Jonathan, 
born  Augu.st  15,  1733,  and  Huldah  (Sprague) 
Frothingham.  Nathaniel  Frothingham,  born 
December  7,  1698,  father  of  Jonathan,  mar- 
ried Susanna  Whittemore,  July  27,  1721  ;  was 
a  ])ainter  liy  trade.  Nathaniel  Frothingham, 
born  July  2,  1 671,  father  of  Nathaniel,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Rand,  April  12,  1694;  was  a 
joiner  by  trade,  and  lived  in  Charlestown. 
Nathaniel  Frothingham,  born  April  16,  1640, 
was  a  son  of  the  immigrant,  William,  who 
came  from  "^'orkshire,  England,  in  \\'inthrop"s 
fleet. 

Jose].)h  I'Vothingham  married  first,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1806,  Mary  Austin,  who  died  March 
12,  1813,  aged  forty-one.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Mary,  born  April  28,  1808.  2.  Joseph, 
Parkin  I'Vothingham,  born  March  12,  1810; 
died  June  10,  1868.  3.  Elizabeth  Si)rague 
Frothingham,  born  January  31,  1813:  died 
young.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Deborah 
(Tufts)  Frotinngham:    4.  .Amos  Tufts  Froth- 


ingham, born  .\ugust  26,  1815,  was  cashier  of 
Tremont  Hank,  Boston;  died  July  30,  1893; 
married  .\lmira  Webster.  5.  Abigail  Tufts 
I'orthingham,  born  February  20,  1817;  mar- 
ried Jacob  P'erley,  of  Danvers.  6.  Eliza  Harris 
hVothingham,  born  September  27,  1818;  died 
1840.  7.  Josiah  Austin  Frothingham,  born 
August  29,  1820,  lived  in  Danvers,  Lynn  and 
Salem.  8.  Edward  Morse  Frothingham,  born 
July  24,  1823;  died  December  13,  1847. 

(  \T  )  Mary  Tufts,  daughter  of  Amos  Tufts 
(5),  was  born  in  Charlestown,  May  4,  1797; 
married  February  20,  1822,  Eliab  P.  Mack- 
intire, who  was  born  in  Burlington,  August 
31,  1797.  They  resided  in  Charlestown.  He 
was  a  dealer  in  dry  goods ;  was  deacon  of  the 
Wintlirop  church.  Children,  born  at  Charles- 
town: I.  Mary  Ann  Mackintire:  born  De- 
cember 25,  1824;  married  Rev.  William  Salter. 
2.   George   Eliab   Mackintire.   born   December 

2,  1833;  married  Arabella  Barker. 

(  \T  )  Nathan  Adams  Tufts,  son  of  .Kmos 
Tufts  (5),  was  born  January  16,  1799.  He 
was  president  of  the  Warren  Institution  for 
Savings,  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Charles- 
town. He  married  Mary  A.  Lamson,  who 
died  January  i,  1878,  aged  seventy-six  years, 
daughter  of  William  Lamson,  who  was  twin 
son  of  Nathaniel,  and  was  born  January  17, 
1730-1.  Nathaniel  Lamson,  father  of  William, 
was  born  al)out  1700;  married  Dorothy  Mou- 
sal.  January  23,  1722-3.  Joseph  Lamson, 
father  of  the  last-named  Nathaniel,  married 
July  13,  1708,  Hannah  Newel,  of  ^lalden. 
Joseph  Lamson,  father  of  Joseph,  was  born 
1658;  married  Elizabeth  Mitchell  and  Hannah 
Welch.  William  Lamson,  of  Ipswich,  father 
of  Joseph,  was  the  immigrant.  Nathan  Adams 
Tufts  (lied  November  20,  1873,  aged  seventy- 
four  years  and  ten  months.  Children:  I. 
William  Lamson,  born  February  19,  1824: 
died  September  22,  1824.  2.  Nathan  Adams, 
born  September  4,  1825 ;  died  January  7,  1826. 

3.  Hannah  Lamson,  born  June  19,  1828;  died 
jNIarch  15,  1906;  married  N.  P.  B.  Curtiss.  4. 
Henry  .Adams,  born  July  30,  183 1 ;  died  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1885  :  married  Harriet  Newell. 

(  \T)  Amos  Tufts,  .son  of  .\mos  Tufts  (5), 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  October  6,  1800; 
died  July  23,  1871  :  married  September  2,  1822, 
.\bigail  W.  Tapley,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
.\ancy  Tapley,  of  Cambridge.  She  died 
October  23,  1851,  aged  fifty-seven  years  two 
months.  He  was  receiving  agent  for  Lowell 
mauufacluring  companies.  Children:  1.  Ed- 
win, born  July  4,  1823:  died  Octolier  9,  1887; 
married   Mary    Johnson   and   Alarv   Hutchins. 


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2.  Abigail,  burn  April  28,  1825;  died  April  25, 
1902.  3.  Caroline,  born  May  13.  1828:  died 
June  8.  1907.  4.  Amos  Francis,  born  January 
17,  1832;  died  June  23,  1836. 

( VI)  William  Tufts,  son  of  Amos  Tufts 
(5),  was  born  in  Charlestown,  August  25, 
1802;  died  June  24,  1862:  married  Eliza  B. 
Kendall,  who  was  born  July  9,  1809,  and  died 
September  9,  1899.  He  was  secretary  of  the 
Massachusetts  Alutual  Insurance  Company. 
Children:  I.  William  Clark,  born  September 
II,  1829;  died  July  11,  1840.  2.  Helen  Eliza, 
born  May  9,  1833  ;  died  1877  ;  married  Charles 
T!  Crocker,  the  paper  manufacturer  of  Fitch- 
burg,  son  of  Hon.  Alvah  Crocker,  of  that  city. 

3.  Emma  Kendall,  born  December  15,  1848; 
married  James  Adams  Jr.,  cashier  of  Bunker 
Hill  Bank  and  Black.stone  Bank;  president  of 
the  common  council.  James  Adams,  father  of 
James  Jr.,  was  the  third  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Charlestown ;  president  of  the  Warren  Insti- 
tution for  Savings  :  married  Pamelia  W.  Skel- 
ton  ;  ( lineage  :  James  ;  James  ;  Chester  ;  Ashur  ; 
Eliashib  ;  Eliashib  ;  Eliashib  :  Edward  of  Med- 
field :  Henry  Adams  of  Medfield). 

(\T)  Samuel  Frothingham  Tufts,  son  of 
.\mos  Tufts  (5),  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
April  7,  1804 ;  died  ]\Iay  30,  1869 ;  married 
Fidelia  Harrington,  September  12,  1827,  and 
(second)  ilartha  AlcClure.  He  was  agent  for 
cotton  mills.  Children:  i.  Samuel  Frothing- 
ham, Jr.,  born  August  26,  1828;  died  April  30, 
1887.  2.  Charles  Otis,  born  May  3,  1831 ; 
married  Mary  C.  Banfield ;  she  was  a  sister  of 
Helen  Hunt  Jackson. 

(AT)  Edward  Tufts,  son  of  Amos  Tufts 
(3),  was  born  in  Charlestown,  July  6,  1806; 
(lied  March  26,  1875;  married  Rebecca  S. 
Maguire.  Children:  i.  George  Edward,  born 
May  14,  1829;  died  March  16,  1832.  2. 
Frances  Elizabeth,  born  February  24,  1831 ; 
died  November  30.  1832.    3.  George. 

(VI)  Joseph  Frothingham  Tufts,  son  of 
Amos  Tufts  (5),  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  July  19,  1790;  died  September 
17,  1854.  He  was  a  tanner  and  agent  in  var- 
ious trusts,  a  prominent  and  successful  citizen 
of  Charlestown.  He  married  (published 
March  12,  181 5)  Hannah  Whitney,  who  was 
born  in  1791  and  died  August  15,  1872,  aged 
eighty-one  years  one  month  and  ten  days, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Abigail  Whitney, 
of  Watertown,  descendant  of  John  and  Elinor 
Whitney,  of  Watertown,  early  settlers  of 
Watertown.  Children,  born  in  Charlestown : 
I.  James  Bradish  Whitney  Tufts,  horn  Jan- 
uary   14,    1817;   died   November  8,   1844.'     2. 


Joseph  Frothingham,  born  November  11, 
1819:  died  June  13,  1848.  3.  Henry,  born 
CJctober  5,  1822;  died  May  5,  1847.  4.  George 
Frederick,  born  October  19,  1825 ;  mentioned 
below.     5.  Alfred,  born  August  14,  1829. 

(\II)  George  Frederick  Tufts,  son  of 
Joseph  Frothingham  Tufts  (6),  was  born  in 
Charlestown,  October  19,  1825.  He  was 
brought  up  in  old  Charlestown,  the  home  of 
his  ancestors,  and  educated  in  its  public 
schools.  He  inherited  valuable  and  extensive 
real  estate.  He  gave  the  land  for  the  Tufts 
School  of  Medford,  Massachusetts.  He  has 
been  a  prominent  figure  in  business  circles  in 
Charlestown  for  more  than  sixty  years.  He 
entered  the  Warren  Institution  for  Savings, 
April  I,  1861,  as  a  clerk,  was  chosen  treasurer 
in  October,  1865,  and  filled  that  position  with 
conspicuous  ability  and  success  for  a  period 
of  forty-one  years.  Politically  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  attends  the  Winthrop  church  of 
Charlestown.  December  11,  1856,  he  married 
Sarah  Coburn,  born  September  20,  1832, 
daughter  of  Nathan  and  ]\Iary  (Parker)  Co- 
burn,  both  of  Lisbon,  New  Hampshire.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Hannah  Whitney,  born  September 
13,  1857;  married  Arthur  R.  Robertson  (See 
Robertson  sketch).  2.  Helen  Parker,  born 
January  5.  i860.  3.  Alice,  born  October  27, 
1870;  married  Rev.  Charles  R.  Brown,  of 
Oakland,  California. 


Captain       John      Moodie 
ROBERTSON      Robertson,'     was     born 

about  1790.  He  was  a 
ship-carpenter  occupying  the  shipyard  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  exitending  from 
Lechmore  Point  Bridge  and  bordering  on 
the  street,  to  the  corner  of  Union  and 
Washington  streets  and  the  whole  water 
front  proximate.  He  lived  in  the  brick 
house  on  the  north  side  of  Washing- 
Ion  street,  opposite  his  shipyard,  and  was  an 
enterprising  and  successful  man.  He  married 
Betsey  Cutting  (published  November  14, 
1813).  She  died  in  Woburn,  February  18, 
1878,  aged  eighty-nine  years,  eight  months. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth  Ann,  born  March  27, 
1815.  2.  James,  born  April  19.  1817.  3.  Wil- 
liam Miller,  born  September  7,  1818.  4.  John 
Cutting,  born  December  31,  1820;  mentioned 
below.  5.  Charles  Moodie,  born  November 
28.  1822.  6.  George,  born  October  7,  1824. 
7.  Henry  Clark,  born  October  5.  1826.  8. 
Elizabeth  Anne,  born  August  12.  1828. 

(II)   Captain  John  Cutting  Robertson,  son 


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of  John  Moodie  Robertson  (i  ),  was  born  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  December  31, 
1820.  He  was  educated  in  the  pubhc  and  high 
schools  of  his  native  city.  He  enHsted  in  the 
Eleventh  Massachusetts  Infantry  Regiment, 
and  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg. 
He  died  in  1865.  He  was  associated  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father.  He  married  Sarah 
Fuller  Crafts.  Children:  i.  William  Crafts. 
2.  Thomas  Frothingham.  3.  Colonel  Edgar 
Brooks,  graduate  of  West  Point  Military 
Academy,  now  commanding  the  Ninth  Infan- 
try, United  States  army,  at  Houston,  Texas. 
4.  Arthur  Rhodes,  born  April  7,  1855;  men- 
tioned below.     5.  Alice  Isabelle. 

(Ill)  Arthur  Rhodes  Robertson,  son  of 
Captain  John  Cutting  Robertson  (2)  was  born 
in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  and  high  schools.  He 
is  a  partner  of  John  I.  Brown,  store  at  144 
Oliver  street ;  the  business  has  been  conducted 
for  sixty  years.  He  married  Hannah  Whitney 
Tufts,  who  was  born  in  Westborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  13,  1857,  daughter  of 
George  Frederick  and  Sarah  (Coburn)  Tufts. 
Their  only  child  is  Rhodes,  born  at  Somer- 
ville,  September  27,  1886,  fitted  for  college  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  Somerville : 
member  of  class  of  1908.  Harvard  Univer- 
sity. 


(For  early  generations  see  Nathan  Tufts,  4), 

{ \' )  Daniel  Tufts,  son  of  Na- 
TUFTS  than  Tufts  (4),  was  born  at 
Charlestown,  December  27,  1753. 
He  was  grandson  of  Peter  Tufts  (3), 
great-grandson  of  John  Tufts  (2),  son  of 
the  immigrant,  Peter  Tufts  (i).  Daniel 
resided  at  Charlestown,  Medford,  and  other 
towns.  He  was  a  brickmaker  and  bought 
and  sold  parcels  of  real  estate  in  Charlestown 
and  vicinity.  He  married  Abigail  Tufts,  born 
March  9,  1757,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Hannah  (Johnson)  Tufts.  Her  father,  Ben- 
jamin, was  son  of  John  Tufts  (2)  mentioned 
above,  and  was  born  November  28,  1699. 
Daniel  Tufts  died  April  27,  1839,  aged  eighty- 
five  years.  Children:  i.  Daniel,  born  Decem- 
ber 31,  1776,  mentioned  below.  2.  Gilbert, 
born  April  27,  1778,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Charles,  born  July  17,  1781,  mentioned  below. 
4,  Nathan,  born  March  10,  1786,  mentioned 
below, 

(\T)  Daniel  Tufts,  son  of  Daniel  Tufts 
(5).  was  born  in  Charlestown,  December  31, 
1776.     He  was  a  tanner.     He  married,  Decem- 


ber 26,  1809,  Martha  Bradshaw.  He  died 
September- 21,  1868,  in  his  ninety-second  year. 
Children:  i.  Charles,  died  October  16,  1813, 
aged  seven  months,  seven  days.  2.  Daniel, 
died  October  20,  1815,  aged  nine  days.  3. 
Martha,  married  Thatcher  Magoun,  of  Med- 
ford. 4.  Abby,  married  Dr.  James  C.  Neilson, 
homeopathic  physician ;  she  died  October  5, 
1871. 

(VT)  Gilbert  Tufts,  son  of  Daniel  Tufts 
(5),  was  born  April  27,  1778.  He  was  also 
a  tanner.  He  married,  December  26,  1810, 
Mary  Chickering,  who  died  June  24,  1863. 
lie  died  July  7,  (according  to  the  granite  mon- 
ument), or  July  9,  (according  to  the  records) 
1850.  Children:  I.  Abby,  married  Frederick 
Williams.  2.  Gilbert.  3.  Caroline,  married 
Dr.  J.  E.  Bartlett  and  she  died  in  185 1.  4. 
Sarah  Scholfield.     5.  Arthur  Webster. 

(VI)  Charles  Tufts,  son  of  Daniel  Tufts 
(5),  was  born  July  17,  1781.  He  resided  in 
Medford  and  elsewhere;  married  Hannah 
Robinson,  born  April  25,  1795,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Robinson.  He  gave  the  land  on  Walnut 
Tree  hill  in  Medford  for  the  establishment  of 
Tufts  College  by  the  Universalist  denomina- 
tion and  also  munificent  gifts  in  money  for  the 
building  of  Tufts  College,  named  in  his  honor. 
He  died  December  24,  1876,  leaving  no  issue. 

(VI)  Nathan  Tufts  2d.,  son  of  Daniel 
Tufts  (5),  was  born  March  10,  1786.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools.  He  was  a 
brickmaker,  tanner  and  slaughterer.  He  mar- 
ried, February  21,  181 1,  Sally  Miller,  who  was 
admitted  to  the  Second  (Unitarian)  Church, 
November  i,  1835,  and  died  at  the  advanced 
age  of  ninety-six  years.  He  died  August  i, 
1872,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  Children:  i. 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  November  22,  181 1, 
married  Andrew  Bradshaw  Kidder,  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1810;  music  printer,  resided  in  Som- 
erville, son  of  James  and  Susanna  (Brad- 
shaw) Kidder,  and  grandson  of  Francis  and 
Mary  (Prentice)  Kidder;  James  was  a  cooper, 
toll-gatherer  on  the  Medford  turn-pike,  1804- 
10;  Francis  was  the  son  of  Deacon  Samuel 
Kidder,  and  grandson  of  Stephen  Kidder, 
born  November  26,  1662 ;  James  Kidder, 
father  of  Stephen,  was  of  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  Mary  Tapley,  born  October  i. 
1813.  died  1833.  3.  Martha,  born  November 
I,  181 5,  living  in  Somerville  at  advanced  age 
of  ninety-two  (1907).  4.  Nathan,  born  Jan- 
uary 8,  1818,  mentioned  below.  5.  Marcel- 
lus,  born  April  12,  1820,  died  1822.  6.  Han- 
nah Johnson,  born  October  28,  1822,  living  in 
i(p7 ;   married    (first)    Dr.    Chaiuicey   Booth, 


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(second)  L'.enjaniin  F.  Allen.  7.  Daniel,  born 
May  6,  1825,  died  1825.  8.  Francis,  born 
October  13,  1827,  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1849;  LL-B.  1851;  living  in  1907,  in 
Somerville. 

(VII)  Nathan  Tufts,  son  of  Nathan  Tufts 
(6),  was  born  in  Charlestown,  January  8, 
1 818.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  town,  was  employed  by  Abel 
Fitz  in  the  grain  business  and  ultimately  suc- 
ceeded to  the  business.  He  married  Alary  Jane 
Fitz,  born  September  28,  1822,  daughter  of 
.\bel and  Sally  (Locke)  Fitz.  Children:  i.  Na- 
than Fitz,  born  November  16,  1844.  mentioned 
below.  2.  Mary  Alice,  unmarried,  resides  in 
Somerville.  3.  Charles  Francis,  married  Ida 
A.  Cunningham ;  five  children ;  resided  in 
Lancaster;  died  1887.  4.  Albert  Clifford,  mar- 
ried Alary  B.  Cotton;  one  child;  resided  in 
Somerville ;  died  1904. 

(VHI)  Nathan  Fitz  Tufts,  son  of  Nathan 
Tufts  (7),  was  born  in  Somerville,  Alassachu- 
setts,  November  16,  1844.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Charlestown 
and  became  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
grain  business.  He  is  well-known  and  esteem- 
ed in  business  circles.  He  is  a  member  of 
John  Abbott  Lodge,  Somerville  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  and  Coeur  de  Leon  Commandery,  of 
Free  Alasons.  Was  lieutenant  in  Somerville 
Light  Infantry  also  in  Charlestown  Cadets. 
A  Unitarian  in  religion  and  a  Democrat  in 
]ioIitics.  He  married,  November  15,  1866, 
Fannie  S.  Lothrop,  daughter  of  Isaac  Lothrop, 
Jr.,  born  November  22,  1808,  at  Barn- 
stable, Alassachusetts,  and  his  wife  Frances 
rSymmes )  Lothrop,  who  was  born  at  W'oburn, 
December  II,  1810.  The  children  of  Isaac 
and  Frances  Lothrop  were :  Horatio  Jenkins, 
Martha,  Alary  Frances,  Caroline,  Isaac,  Fan- 
nie S.,  mentioned  above;  the  child  of  Isaac 
and  his  second  wife,  Angeline  Phipps,  was 
Elizabeth  Rhodes  Lothrop,  all  of  Charlestown, 
Alassachusetts.  The  father  of  Isaac  Lothrop 
was  Isaac  Lothrop,  of  Barnstable,  Alassachu- 
setts. Children  of  Nathan  Fitz  and  Fannie 
S.  Tufts:  I.  Fannie  Lothrop,  married  Fred- 
erick William  Bradley,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  had  one  child  who  died  in  infancy.  2. 
Alary  Alice,  married  Dr.  John  Arnold  Rock- 
well, of  Cambridge,  and  has  no  children. 


(1)   George  Abbot,  immigrant 
ABBOTT      ancestor,  came  to   New   Eng- 
land in  1640  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  and  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 


of  Andover,  Alassachusetts.  He  was  nine- 
teenth on  the  list  of  householders  in  the  order 
that  they  came  to  town,  and  was  proprietor  in 
1643.  According  to  his  testimony  in  Joseph 
'Parker's  suit,  June  17,  1673,  he  was  about 
sixty  years  old,  and  was  accordingly  born  in 
1613.  His  house  was  well  built,  and  was  used 
as  a  garrison  both  before  and  long  after  his 
death.  His  farm  descended  to  eight  genera- 
tions of  descendants.  He  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  William  and  Annis  Chandler, 
December  12,  1646,  at  Roxbury.  He  died 
December  24,  1681.  His  widow  married  Rev. 
Francis  Dane;  she  died  June  11,  171 1,  aged 
eighty-two  years.  His  will  was  dated  Decem- 
ber 12,  1681,  and  proved  at  Ipswich,  Alarch 
28,  1682,  bequeathing  to  wife  Hannah;  to 
eldest  son  John ;  to  other  children  at  the  death 
of  his  wife ;  brothers-in-law  Thomas  and  Wil- 
liam Chandler  overseers.  Children:  i.  John, 
born  Alarch  2,  1648.  2.  Joseph,  born  Alarch 
II,  1649;  died  June  24,  1650.  3.  Hannah,  born 
June  9,  1650;  died  Alarch  2,  1740.  4.  Joseph, 
born  March  30,  1652;  died  April  8,  1676, 
killed  by  Indians.  5.  George,  born  June  7, 
1655';  died  February  27,  1736.  6.  William, 
born  November  18,  1657 ;  died  October  24, 
1713.  7.  Sarah,  born  November  14,  1659; 
died  June  28,  171 1.  8.  Benjamin,  born 
December  20,  1661 ;  died  Alarch  30,  1703.  9. 
Timothy,  born  November  17,  1663;  died  Sep- 
tember 9,  1730.  10.  Thomas,  born  May  9, 
1666;  died  April  25,  1728.  II.  Edward, 
drowned.  12.  Nathaniel,  born  July  4,  1671 ; 
died  December,  1749;  his  sons  were  important 
factors  in  the  settlement  of  Concord  and  Wil- 
ton, New  Hampshire,  ("Abbot  Register,"  pp. 
1 17-146).  13.  Elizabeth,  born  February  9, 
1673 ;  married  Nathan  Stevens. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Abbot,  son  of  George  Abbot 
( I  ) ,  was  born  in  Andover,  Alassachusetts, 
July  4,  1671 ;  died  December  12,  1749.  He 
resided  at  Andover,  where  he  married,  No- 
vember I,  1695,  Dorcas  Hibbert,  who  died 
February  7,  1743.  Children:  i.  Nathaniel  Jr., 
born  1696;  died  1770.  2.  Alary,  born  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1698.  3.  Son,  born  and  died  June  20. 
1700.  4.  Joseph,  born  February  2,  1705; 
mentioned  below.  5.  Tabitha,  born  about 
1707.  6.  Jeremiah,  born  November  4,  1709; 
died  August  28,  1748.  7.  Joshua,  born  171 1. 
8.  Sarah.  9.  Hannah.  10.  Elizabeth,  died 
July  1799.  II.  Rebecca,  born  1717;  died 
1803,  aged  eighty-six  years. 

(III)  Joseph  Abbot,  son  of  Nathaniel  Ab- 
bot (2),  was  born  in  Andover,  February  2, 
1705;  died  at  Wilton,  New  Plampshire,  .'\ug- 


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"list  23,  1787.  He  removed  to  Wilton  from 
Andover  about  1726;  was  deacon  of  the 
church ;  a  man  of  great  simplicity  and  sound 
piety.  For  many  years  he  tuned  the  psalm, 
and  his  cousin  Deacon  Isaac  Abbot  read  it 
line  by  line.  He  married  August  12,  1731, 
Deborah  Blanchard,  who  died  July,  1773.  Of 
their  children  eight  died  young ;  the  other  six 
were:  i.  Bathsheba,  born  September  16, 
1735;  died  December,  1784;  married  July  2, 
1752,  Nathan  Blanchard.  2.  Hannah,  born 
July  15,  1742;  died  1800;  married  Lieutenant 
Timothy  Dale.  3.  Joseph,  born  April  2,  1744; 
mentioned  below.  4.  Jacob,  born  March  22, 
1746.  5.  Nathaniel,  born  September  26,  1751. 
6.  Rebecca,  born  June  19,  1754;  died  June 
1796;  married,  1775,  Daniel  Batchelder. 

(IV)  Joseph  Abbot,  son  of  Joseph  Abbot 
(3),  was  born  in  Wilton,  New  Hampshire, 
April  2,  1744;  died  1792.  He  was  a  farmer 
at  Andover,  Wilton,  and  at  Nelson,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  Mary  Barker.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Joseph,  born  November  6,  1763, 
resided  at  Keene ;  married  June  10,  1785,  Bet- 
sey King.  2.  Joshua,  born  November  5,  1765; 
married  Huldah  Abbot.  3.  James,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1768;  died  July,  1810;  resided  at  Bill- 
erica.  4.  Israel,  born  January  29,  1771  ;  died 
February  26,  1831  ;  married  May  i,  1789, 
Alice  Baker.  5.  Molly,  born  June  18,  1773; 
married  Levi  Warren,  of  Nelson.  6.  Lucy, 
born  July  18,  1775;  married  Pepperell  Skin- 
ner, of  Nelson.  7.  Isaac,  born  August  3, 
1778;  died  October  17,  1781.  8.  Jedediah, 
born  August  20,  1780,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Jedediah  Abbot,  son  of  Joseph  Abbot 
(4),  was  born  August  20,  1780.  According  to 
the  Abbot  Genealogy  he  lived  at  Smithville, 
Chenango  county.  New  York,  and  in  Upper 
Canada.  Jedediah  settled  on  a  farm  in  Ossi- 
pee.  New  Hampshire,  containing  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  through  which  the  Boston 
&  Maine  railroad  was  built.  Fie  was  a  man 
of  great  physical  strength  and  high  character. 
His  children :  Ezekiel,  mentioned  below,  and 
Lemuel. 

(VI)  Ezekiel  Twombly  Abbott,  son  of 
Jedediah  Abbot  (5),  was  born  in  Ossipce, 
New  Hampshire,  May  22,  1801 ;  died  October 
27,  1862.  He  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation in  his  native  town,  and  then  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter,  which  he  followed  until 
his  marriage,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  to 
Hannah  Messer.  He  then  removed  to  And- 
over, Massachusetts,  and  went  into  business  as 
a  carpenter  and  builder.  In  1835  he  made  his 
home   in    Boston,  where  he  continued   in  the 


contracting  and  building  business.  In  his  shop 
on  Salt  Lane,  he  made  coffins  and  various 
other  cabinet  work.  In  1838  he  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  wall  paper  by  machinery 
and  had  a  large  place  of  business  on  Water 
street,  being  the  first  to  print  wall  paper  by 
the  roll.  At  the  end  of  three  years  he  gave 
it  up  and  returned  to  his  former  business  at 
the  old  stand.  In  1850  he  removed  to  West 
Wellington,  Franklin,  Ohio,  but  soon  return- 
ed;  in  1853  he  located  at  Albany,  New  York, 
and  built  the  freight  depot  of  the  New  York 
Central  railroad.  He  was  back  in  Boston  in 
1855  in  his  old  business.  He  removed  finally 
to  Somerville,  where  he  died  October  27,  1862. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church : 
a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  was  a  fifer  in  the 
militia  when  a  young  man,  and  enlisted  for 
the  war  of  1812.  He  married  first,  April  6, 
1823,  Hannah  Messer,  born  June  25,  1801. 
died  April  24,  1829;  married  second,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1829,  Frances  Pettingill,  born  January 
13,  1802,  died  September  18,  1863,  daughter  of 
Captain  Pettingill,  of  Haverhill,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  i.  Flannah  Frances,  born 
September  25,  1830;  died  December  29,  1880; 
married  Silas  Goss,  of  Vermont.  2.  Charles 
Morse,  born  September  20,  1832,  mentioned 
below.  3.  William  Henry,  born  May  12,  1834; 
married  August  9,  1858,  Caroline  Winn  March, 
of  Boston;  children:  i.  Minnie  I.,  born  No- 
vember 12,  1863,  married  Guy  W.  Britt ;  ii. 
Emma  E.,  born  October  14.  1865;  married 
George  C.  Penton.  iii.  Lillian  G.,  born  De- 
cember 2,  1870;  married  John  G.  Mason,  iv. 
\Mlliam  H..  born  September  22,  1872:  married 
Marie  Hastings.  4.  Jesse  Barker,  iDorn  March 
9,  1836;  died  February  18,  1873;  married 
Elizabeth  Friend,  of  Nova  Scotia;  served  in 
civil  war.  Company  E,  Thirty-ninth  Massa- 
chusetts Infantry  :  children  :  Emma  and  Fan- 
nie. 5.  John  Pettingill,  born  April  24,  1838; 
died  May  31,  1840.  6.  John  Pettingill,  born 
July  8,  1840;  married  April  28,  1861,  Mary 
Ann  Cassidy ;  served  in  civil  war,  Company  A, 
Second  \^ermont  Infantry;  children:  i.  John 
William,  born  May  10,  1862 ;  ii.  Charles 
James,  born  February  9,  1866;  iii.  Mary 
Ellen,  born  February  26,  1868;  iv.  Annie  Ger- 
trude, born  June  19,  1877.  7.  Nathaniel 
Twnmbly,  born  October  2,  1842 ;  served  in 
Company  B,  Fifth  Massachusetts  Infantry; 
one  child,  Maud. 

(\Tn  Charles  Morse  .\bbott,  son  of  Eze- 
kiel Twombl}'  Abbott  (6),  was  born  at 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  September  20,  1832. 
He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Boston  when 


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a  young  bo}-,  and  attended  the  Boston  public 
schools.  He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter 
of  his  father,  and  worked  for  him  a  number  of 
rears.  \\'hile  the  family  was  living  at  Rox- 
biiry  he  entered  the  employ  of  O.  P.  Paine, 
driving  an  express  team  from  Roxbury  to 
Boston,  but  later  returned  to  his  father's  busi- 
ness. Pie  was  later  in  the  railroad  business 
for  five  years,  in  the  employ  of  the  Old  Colony 
railroad,  and  lived  at  Roxbury.  When  the 
Boston  water  works  were  constructed  at 
South  Framingham,  Air.  Abbott  was  employed 
as  a  carpenter  in  charge  of  the  bridge  work 
on  the  aqueduct,  and  in  making  forms  for 
construction  of  dams.  After  several  years  in 
this  work  he  accepted  a  position  on  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  railroad,  at 
South  Framingham.  While  holding  this  posi- 
tion he  was  injured,  and  had  to  retire  from 
active  labor.  He  has  since  lived  at  99  Beacon 
street.  South  Framingham,  and  has  consider- 
able real  estate  in  that  village.  He  attends 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  February 
14,  1856,  Elizabeth  San  ford,  who  was  born 
August  II,  1835,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
(  Langley)  Sanford,  of  Cornwallis,  Nova 
Scotia.  John  Sanford  was  a  farmer.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Fred  Wales,  born  January  16,  1857; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Charles  Edwin,  born 
August  27,  1859;  died  May  29,  i860.  3.  Em- 
ily M.,  born  July  28,  1861  ;  died  October  23, 
1884.  4.  Georgianna,  born  October  3,  1863; 
married  October  10,  1883,  William  Cripps  of 
England,  now  residing  in  Framingham  ;  chil- 
dren :  I.  Alvin  Edward,  born  August  28, 
1884;  ii.  Elmer  Lyle,  born  August  6,  1886; 
iii.  Merriam  Elizabeth,  born  September  15, 
1887.  5.  Nina  j\Iay,  born  December  16,  1874; 
married  June  16,  1897,  Eugene  Sargent,  of 
Wolfborough,  New  Hampshire;  children:  i. 
Gladys  May,  born  September  20,  1898;  ii.  Ed- 
win Lj-le,  born  June  2,  1900 ;  iii.  Esther,  born 
July  13,  1903.  6.  Charlotte  H.,  born  May  7, 
1877 ;  died  Januarv  30,  1878. 

(VIII)  Fred  Wales  Abbott,  son  of  Charles 
Morse  Abbott  (7),  was  born  at  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  January  16,  1857.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Boston  and 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  He  began  his  busi- 
ness career  in  the  employ  of  F.  A.  Howard  & 
Co.,  34  Kilby  street,  Boston,  as  clerk,  and  had 
charge  of  their  receiving  the  imported  goods. 
In  1879  he  entered  the  employ  of  HoUings- 
worth  &  Whitney,  paper  dealers,  and  is  still 
connected  with  that  firm  in  a  position  of 
responsibility  and  trust.    He  resides  at  Matta- 


pan.  Massachusetts,  in  the  town  of  Milton. 
He  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at 
Milton.  He  is  a  Republican.  In  1884  he 
went  into  the  Massachusetts  State  Infantry, 
serving  in  Company  A  of  the  Ninth  Regiment 
until  1887.  In  1885  he  became  a  member  of 
Washington  Lodge,  No.  10,  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias, of  Dorchester,  of  which  he  is  a  past  chan- 
cellor. In  the  uniform  rank.  Knights  of 
Pythias,  of  which  he  is  also  a  member,  he 
worked  his  way  through  the  dilTerent  posi- 
tions until  he  was  appointed  major  on  the  staff 
of  the  brigadier-general,  which  position  he 
held  under  four  different  generals.  On  Octo- 
ber 15,  1907,  he  was  appointed  assistant  adju- 
tant-general with  the  rank  of  colonel,  in  which 
position  he  assists  the  brigadier-general  com- 
manding the  Massachusetts  Brigade.  Uniform 
Rank,  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  1897  he  became 
a  member  of  Macedonian  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons  at  Milton.  He  married,  October  30, 
1879,  Eva  Flynn,  of  South  Rawdon,  Nova 
Scotia.  They  have  one  son,  Charles  Burton, 
born  September  25,  1880. 


(For  first  generation  see  preceding  sketch). 

(II)  Benjamin  Abbott,  son 
ABBOTT  of  the  immigrant  ancestor 
George  Abbot  (i),  was  born 
December  20,  1661.  at  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  1685,  Sarah  Farnum.* 
daughter  of  Ralph  Farnum,  an  early  set- 
tler in  Andover.  (See  Farnum  sketch).  He 
cleared  and  lived  upon  a  farm  in  Andover, 
near  the  Shawshin  river.  The  place  is  now- 
known  as  the  James  Abbott  farm,  having 
remained  to  the  present  time  in  possession  of 
the  family  and  lineal  descendants  of  Benjamin 
.A.bbott.  The  Indian  Ridge  Association  have 
charge  of  thirty  or  more  acres  of  this  grant, 
bought  at  an  expense  of  thirty-five  hundred 
dollars  by  private  subscription.  It  is  to  be  pre- 
served forever  as  a  forest  reservation  for  the 
use  of  the  public,  and  is  a  memorial  of  the  two 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
incorporation  of  the  town  of  Andover.  Since 
the  purchase  in  1896,  fifteen  hundred  dollars 
more  have  been  contributed  as  a  permanent 
fund  for  its  care.  Benjamin  Abbott  was  an 
active,  enterprising  and  estimable  citizen. 
Children:  i.  Benjamin,  born  July  i,  1686; 
mentioned  below.     2.  Jonathan,  born  Septem- 

•There  were  two  George  Abbots  in  Andover.  The  George 
of  this  family  was  a  yeoman;  the  other  George,  a  tailor, 
came  later,  from  Rowley.  The  last  named  George  also 
married  a  Sarah  Farnum,  May,  1658.  Much  confusion  has 
arisen  from  these  facts. 


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ber,  1687:  died  March  21.  1770.  3.  David, 
born  January  29,  1689;  died  November  14, 
1753.  4.  Samuel,  born  May  19,  1694;  died 
October  29,  1762;  resided  in  Merrimac  Cor- 
ner; married,  1735,  Mary  Lovejoy,  widow;  no 
children. 

(III)  Benjamin  Abbott,  son  of  Benjamin 
Abbott  (2),  was  born  in  Andover,  Alassachu- 
setts,  July  I,  1686;  died  there  December  8, 
1748.  He  assisted  his  brothers  in  clearing  and 
making  their  farms.  He  was  active,  upright 
and  useful.  He  married  first,  17 17,  Elizabeth 
Abbott,  daughter  of  George  Abbott,  and 
granddaughter  of  the  immigrant,  George. 
She  died  in  1718.  He  married  second,  Octo- 
ber 23,  1722,  Mary  Carleton,  who  died  Janu- 
ary 19,  1726.  He  married  third,  1729,  Abigail 
Abbott,  daughter  of  Deacon  Nehemiah  Abbott 
(3),  of  the  George  of  Rowley.  ("Abbott 
Register,"  pp.  64,  151).  She  died  December 
8,  1753,  aged  fifty-four.  Children  of  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  Abbott:  i.  Sarah,  born  August 
13,  1718;  died  March  5,  1778.  Children  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  Abbott;  2.  Benjamin, 
born  November  i,  1723;  mentioned  below. 
3.  Daniel,  born  January  9,  1726;  died  April 
1793,  Children  of  Benjamin  and  Abigail  Ab- 
bott; 4.  Abigail,  born  April  8,  1731  ;  died 
October  21,  1733.  5.  Mary,  born  August  i, 
1731  ;  died  August  9,  1798.  6.  Abigail,  born 
January  24,  1734;  died  February  i.  1807; 
married  Captain  John  Abbott.  7.  Abiel,  liorn 
August  4,  1735  ;  died  June  24.  1764.  8.  Jacob, 
born  February  13,  1737;  died  February,  1760, 
near  Albany,  of  fatigue,  cold  and  hunger.  9. 
Elizabeth,  born  November  8,  1738;  died  Octo- 
ber 12,  1789.  10.  Anna,  born  October  23, 
1739;  died  January  15,  1810.  11.  Joel,  born 
November  f),  1742;  died  April  3,  1743.  12. 
Dorcas,  born  August  12,  1744;  died  February 
23,  1829;  married  Abiel  Abbott.  Esq.  of  Wil- 
ton, New  Hampshire.  The  '"Abbott  Register" 
notes  the  fact  that  Abigail,  Elizabeth,  Anna 
and  Dorcas  had  many  college  graduates  among 
their  children  and  grandchildren. 

(IV)  Captain  l>enjamin  Abbott,  son  of 
Benjamin  .\b])ott  13).  was  born  in  .\ndover, 
November  i,  1723,  and  died  in  Hollis.  New 
Hampshire,  January  5,  1770.  He  removed 
from  Andover  to  Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  in 
1756,  and  was  taxed  there  in  1750;  was  select- 
man there  in  1760.  He  was  lieutenant  of  Cap- 
tain Powers'  company  in  the  expedition  to 
Crown  Point.  Me  married,  April  2,  1747, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  Abbott  (3). 
Children:  i.  Benjamin,  born  April,  died  in 
July,  1748.    2.   r.enjamin.  born  April  11,  1749: 


died  September  5,  1839.  3.  Elizabeth,  born 
P'ebruary  22,  175 1  ;  died  February  19,  1836. 
4.  Samuel,  born  April  13,  1753;  died  Febru- 
ary 1794.  5.  Mary,  born  December  31,  1754; 
died  January  23,  1755.  6.  George,  born 
December  29,  1755;  mentioned  below.  7.  Joel, 
born  December  4,  1757;  died  April  12,  1806. 
8.  Jacob,  born  .April  12,  17O0;  (lied  .\pril  11, 
[815. 

(V)  George  Abbott,  son  of  Captain  Benja- 
min Abbott  (4),  was  born  in  Hollis,  New 
Hampshire,  December  29,  1755,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 15,  1818.  He  married,  in  1784,  Naomi 
Tuttle.  of  Littleton,  Massachusetts.  She  died 
in  1833,  aged  sixty-eight.  She  was  descended 
from  Roger  Tuttle,  an  early  proprietor  of  Lit- 
tleton. Children;  i.  George,  born  October 
17,  1788;  lived  in  Danvers ;  died  November, 
1841  ;  married,  1817,  Betsey  Goldthwait.  2. 
Naomi,  born  February  i,  1790,  in  Hollis; 
married,  in  1810,  Samuel  French,  of  Clymer, 
New  York.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  January  11, 
1792;  married,  December  23,  1817,  Ebenezer 
Blood,  as  his  second  wife.  4.  Mary,  born 
March  11,  1796.  5.  William,  born  June  11, 
1798;  mentioned  below.  6.  Harriet,  born  July 
24,  1802  ;  died  July  1820,  by  lightning. 

(  \T  )  William  Abbott,  son  of  George  Ab- 
bott (5),  was  born  in  Hollis,  New  Hampshire, 
June  II,  1798.  He  married,  1819,  Rachel 
(Cochran),  widow  of  Joseph  Abbott,  of 
George  Abbot  of  Rowley  (George  2,  Nehe- 
miah 3,  Nehemiah  4,  William  5.  Bigsby  6). 
No  issue.  She  was  the  daughter  of  James 
Cochran,  of  Amherst,  New  Hampshire,  and 
Andover,  and  his  wife,  Salome  ( Knowlton ) 
Cochran.  Her  father  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  and  late  in  life  had  a  pension. 
Salome  Knowlton  was  a  remarkable  woman, 
and  from  her,  it  is  said,  this  line  of  Abbotts 
developed  unusual  business  ability.  Her 
daughter,  P0II3'  Cochran,  married  Herman 
Richardson,  of  Methuen,  and  was  ancestor  of 
the  Miss  French  whose  nom  de  plume  is 
Octave  Thanet.  .\bbott  died  in  December. 
1827.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  murdered 
at  Millbury,  Massachusetts.  He  had  just  fin- 
islied  work  on  the  Blackstone  canal,  ami  had 
his  money  with  him.  He  was  never  heard 
from  afterward.  Children  of  William  and 
Rachel  .\bbott : 

1.  \\'illiam.  horn  I'V'brnary  2<),  1S20;  died 
yiiiuig. 

2.  George  Lewis,  born  October  I'j ,  1821; 
died  May  24,  1889,  in  .Andover.  Massachu- 
setts; married,  January  I.  1843.  .Sarah  Mor- 
rill Stevens,  1)\-  whom  he  had  three  children; 


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i.  Sarah  Augusta,  boru  January  20.  1846; 
married  April  28.  1870.  Albert  Gallatin 
Martin,  of  Wilton.  New  Hampshire.  No 
issue,  ii.  Ellen  Jeanette,  born  January  25. 
1848:  unmarried.  iii.  Salome  Jane,  born 
October  16,  1850:  married  October  20.  1870, 
Major  \Mlliam  Marland,  for  many  years  post- 
master at  Andover,  Massachusetts ;  he  served 
in  the  "Old  Sixth"  and  Second  Massachusetts 
Battery  Light  Artillery  from  April  15,  1861, 
to  August,  1865,  not  only-  marching  through 
the  streets  of  Baltimore,  Maryland.  April  19. 
1 861,  as  color  guard,  but  received  a  medal  of 
honor  for  distinguished  gallantry  during  his 
service  as  ofificer  of  the  battery.  They  have 
three  children.  Mr.  Abbott  was  mostly  self- 
educated,  only  attending  Phillips  Academy  a 
>liort  time.  He  continued  to  tutor  after  estab- 
lishing himself  in  business  as  a  contractor  and 
builder.  He  was  noted  for  his  honesty,  Chris- 
tian character  and  benevolence.  Many 
churches,  schools,  private  residences,  railroad 
structures,  mills  and  mill  villages  were  built 
by  him,  but  his  greatest  work  was  doubtless 
the  rebuilding  and  extension  of  the  old  Hay- 
market  Square  station,  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
in  such  manner  that  the  railroad  did  not  lose 
its  title  to  the  land.  Mr.  Abbott  was  select- 
man, assessor  and  overseer  of  the  poor  for 
many  years,  as  well  as  director  in  the  Merri- 
mack ^Mutual  Insurance  Company.  His  wife 
died  in  February.  185 1.  and  in  1852  he  mar- 
ried Mary  A.  Billings,  who  died  October  30, 
1880.    There  was  no  issue. 

3.  James  Cochran,  born  June  30,  1823: 
mentioned  below. 

4.  Walter,  born  1825,  in  Andover,  Mass- 
achusetts, died  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
in  June,  1868.  He  was  a  merchant  and  highly 
respected,  although  his  feeble  health  prevented 
any  active  part  in  public  life.  He  married 
Emily  Jane  Burnham,  of  .\ntrim,  New  Hamp- 
shire, but  they  had  no  children. 

5.  Salome  Jane,  born  October.  1827 :  died 
1850:  married  Thomas  Barnes;  their  daugh- 
ter. .Ada  Barnes  (changed  by  adoption  to  Ab- 
bott).  married  James  E.  Sewall,  and  resides  at 
Warren  street,  Concord,  New  Hampshire. 

(VH)  James  Cochran  Abbott,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Abbott  (6),  was  born  in  Andover,  June 
30,  1823.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  Phillips  Academy,  also  of 
Andover.  and  was  a  student  for  two  years  in 
Dartmouth  College.  He  then  began  the  study 
of  law  in  the  offices  of  Isaac  S.  Morse,  of 
Lowell,  and  continued  at  the  Harvard  Law 
School.      Upon    his   admission   to   the   bar   he 


formed  a  partnership  with  Harrison  G.  Blais- 
dell.  Mr.  Abbott  practised  his  profession  in 
that  city  for  a  period  of  fifty  years,  and  during 
that  time  he  gained  the  reputation  of  being 
a  most  careful  and  conscientious  student  of  the 
law.  a  faithful  and  learned  counselor.  Few 
men  were  more  scrupulous  and  punctual  in 
the  discharge  of  their  duties  or  more  faithful 
and  painstaking  in  their  exertions  in  the  trusts 
confided  to  them.  He  enjoyed  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  his  fellow  attorneys  at  law.  as 
well  as  of  his  clients  and  friends.  In  politics 
Mr.  Abbott  was  an  old  school  Democrat.  He 
was  elected  by  his  townsmen  to  many  positions 
of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  in  1880.  and  mayor  of  the 
city  in  1886  and  1887.  His  administration 
reflected  great  credit  on  his  good  judgment, 
and  displayed  to  advantage  his  great  executive 
ability.  He  was  a  state  senator  in  1878.  and 
served  six  years  on  the  Lowell  school  board. 
His  public  service  was  very  creditable ;  he  was 
conscientious,  faithful  and  high-minded  in  his 
administration  of  his  official  duties.  He  was  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank  from  its 
organization,  and  for  more  than  twenty  years 
its  president.  He  was  president  of  the  Lowell 
Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company.  His  judg- 
ment in  financial  aft'airs  was  sound,  and  he 
was  an  acknowledged  leader  in  the  banking 
and  financial  circles  of  the  city.  He  married 
December  16,  1863,  Philena  Mixer.  Children: 
I.  Katharine  M.,  member  of  the  American 
Historical  Association;  recognized  as  a  chief 
authority  on  traditions  of  New  England : 
author  of  "Old  Paths  and  Legends  of  New 
England,"  "The  Eastern  Coast,"  "Old  Paths 
and  Legends  of  the  New  England  Border," 
and  "The  Fascinating  Washington,"  published 
by  the  G.  P.  Putnam  Sons,  New  York  and 
London.  2.  William  H..  died  in  early  boy- 
hood. 3.  Rachel  W.  4.  James  Marland. 
mentioned  below. 

(\TII)  James  Marland  Abbott,  son  of 
James  Cochrane  Abbott  (7),  was  born  in 
Lowell,  Massachusetts,  September  15,  1875. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  Lowell,  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover. 
and  in  Harvard  College,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1898.  He  began  the  study  of  law, 
but  altered  his  mind  and  engaged  in  the  bank- 
ing business.  He  has  an  office  in  Lowell  and 
conducts  a  prosperous  business  as  a  broker 
and  banker,  representing  a  prominent  banking 
firm  of  Boston  and  New  York.  In  January, 
1908,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  coi  pora- 
tion  of  the  Lowell  Five  Cent  Savings   Bank. 


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In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  has  never 
sought  public  ofifice.  He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers and  the  first  treasurer  of  the  Lowell  Har- 
vard Club :  he  is  an  enthusiastic  Harvard 
man,  and  while  at  college  was  well  known  in 
athletic  circles,  especially  baseball  and  track 
games.  He  is  known  locally  as  a  writer  of 
financial  articles.     Mr.  Abbott  is  unmarried. 


(For  early  generatii 


Benjamin  Abbott  4). 


(V)  Joel  Abbott,  son  of  Cap- 
ABBOTT  tain  Benjamin  Abbott  (4),  was 
born  at  Hollis,  New  Hamp- 
shire, December  4.  1757,  and  died  in  1806, 
in  Westford,  Alassachusetts.  He  settled 
in  AVestford  on  the  place  lately  occupied 
by  Mrs.  Catherine  Abbott.  He  was  a  soldier 
from  Westford  in  the  revolution,  a  private 
in  Captain  Aaron  ■  Jewett's  company,  Colonel 
Job  Cushing's  regiment,  at  the  battle  of  Ben- 
nington in  1777.  He  married,  in  1786,  Lydia 
Cummings,  who  was  born  November  26,  1769, 
and  died  March  5,  1813,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Cummings.  She  married  (second)  Captain 
Francis  Kidder,  of  Littleton.  Children,  born 
at  Westford:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  January  22, 
1787;  died  April  30,  1837;  married  Rev.  Jon- 
athan Cogswell,  professor  in  Theological  Sem- 
inary at  East  Windsor,  Connecticut.  2.  Joel, 
born  and  died  June  29,  1789.  3.  Lydia,  born 
November  27,  1790,  died  Augu!5t  20,  1791. 
4.  Joel,  born  January  18.  1793;  mentioned 
below.  5.  Walter,  born  Septemi)er  17,  1795, 
died  July  12,  1825,  of  a  wound  received  in 
the  Chesapeake ;  lieutenant  in  the  United 
States  navy.  6.  Lydia,  born  July  5,  1798; 
married  Daniel  ^V.  Lord,  of  Kennebunkport. 
7.  Mary  Phillips,  born  November  23,  1801  ; 
died  1831.  8.  Isaac  Houghton,  born  Januarv 
18,  1804. 

fVI)  Cajitain  Joel  Abbott,  son  of  Joel  Ab- 
bott (5),  was  born  January  18,  1793,  and  died 
December  14,  1855.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of 
captain  in  the  llnited  States  navy;  his  brother 
Walter  was  a  lieutenant.  The  records  show 
that  his  intention  of  marriage  with  Hannah 
Bowman  was  jniblished  at  Charlestown, 
[Massachusetts,  where  he  was  then  living, 
December  15.  i8i6,  with  Hannah  Bowman. 
He  married,  January  i,  1820,  Mary  Wood,  of 
Newburyport,  and  she  died  April  15,  1821, 
aged  twenty- four  years.  He  married  (second) 
or  (third),  November  29,  1825.  Laura  Wheat- 
on,  of  Rhode  Island.  Child  (by  Mary  Wood)  : 


1.  Joel  Augustus,  born  October  2,  1820:  men- 
tioned below.    Children  (by  Laura  Wheaton)  : 

2.  Lydia  Lord,  September  14,  1826.  3.  John 
Pickens,  June  26,  1828.  4.  Charles  W., 
November  18,  1829.  5.  Trevett,  July  2,  1831. 
6.  Mary,  December  29,  1832;  died  October  12, 
1837.  7.  Laura  W.,  March  10,  1835.  8.  Na- 
than M.  W.,  December  25,  1836.  9.  Mary,  j 
May  I,   1839.     10.  \\'alter,  October  14,  1841. 

(VII)  Joel  Augustus  Abbott,  son  of  Joel 
Abbott  (6),  was  born  at  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  2,  1820.  (Also  given  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1 82 1,  perhaps  the  date  of  his  bap- 
tism). He  made  his  home  in  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  engaged  in  the  commission  busi- 
ness, dealing  in  general  merchandise.  He  died 
January  i,  1903.  He  married,  November  25, 
1847,  Sarah  Ann  Parker,  of  North  Reading, 
Massachusetts.  She  was  born  May  5,  1826, 
and  died  February  2,  1901.  Children: 
Frances  Augusta,  Clarence,  Arthur,  Henry, 
Ida,  Henry  Fletcher,  mentioned  below ;  Nellie, 
Charles  Lincoln,  Blanche. 

(VIII)  Henry  Fletcher  Abbott,  son  of  Joel 
A.  Abbott  (7),  was  born  in  Lowell,  April  22, 
1855.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  became  associated  with  his  father 
in  his  commission  business.  After  some  years 
he  formed  a  co-partnership  under  the  firm 
name  of  Ferrule  &  Abbott,  retail  dealers  in 
boots  and  shoes,  Lowell.  Later  he  was  in 
business  alone  until  he  retired  in  1902.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  interested  in  pub- 
lic affairs,  but  never  cared  to  hold  office  him- 
self. He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  and  was  especially  interested  in  the 
charitable  and  benevolent  work  of  the  church. 
He  was  occupied  during  the  last  years  of  his 
life  in  the  care  of  his  large  real  estate  holdings 
in  Lowell,  from  which  he  derived  a  large  in- 
come. 

I  le  married,  .\ugust  22,  1885,  Emma  Co- 
burn,  who  was  born  in  Pelham,  New  Hamp-  * 
shire,  June  4,  1849,  ^  descendant  of  the 
Coburns  of  Dracut,  Massachusetts.  (See 
sketch).  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph 
Sperry  and  Rhoda  Coburn,  widow  of  Aaron 
Jacques,  whom  she  married  February  i,  1869. 
(liildrcn  of  Aaron  and  Emma  (Coburn) 
Jacques:  1.  Mabel  Jacques,  born  August  23, 
1870.  2.  Alice  Maud,  January  2.  1876;  mar- 
ried Perr}'  D.  Thompson,  of  Lowell;  child: 
Perry  Jacques  Thompson. 

Children  of  Henry  Fletcher  an<l  Emma 
("Coburn)  (Jacques)  Abbott:  Eleanor  M. 
.\.bbott  and  Blanche  Ardelia  .Abbott. 


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(I)  Francis  Davis,  the  imnii- 
D.W'IS  grant  ancestor,  according  to  the 
family  history,  was  born  in 
England  :  came  over  in  the  ship  "Confidence" 
in  1638;  married,  about  1650,  Gertrude  Emer- 
son at  Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  The  History 
of  Amesbury  is  in  doubt  as  to  his  name,  call- 
ing it  Francis  or  Philip,  while  the  History  of 
Warner,  New  Hampshire,  (page  452)  says  he 
was  a  native  of  Wales,  and  his  christian  name 
\\' illi  or  \\'illiam ;  he  came  over  in  1640,  and 
was  admitted  a  freeman  at  Amesbury  in  1645 
and  that  his  sons.  Francis  and  Samuel  Davis, 
with  a  large  number  of  the  sons  of  other  first 
settlers  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  and  allegiance 
December  2,  1677.  Still  another  record  states 
that  Francis  was  the  son  of  Philip  Davis,  and 
was  born  in  Southampton,  England,  in  1620, 
and  had  a  brother  Gideon,  born  161 5.  and 
Philip,  born  1617;  all  three  of  them  coming 
in  the  ship  "Confidence,"  1638. 

(H) Francis  Davis,  son  of  Francis  Davis 
( I ) ,  was  born  according  to  family  records 
June  I,  1655,  and  died  April  12,  1710.  He 
married,  January  20,  1673-74,  Mary  Taylor, 
daughter  of  \Valter  Taylor,  and  resided  at 
Amesbury  and  Salisbury.  He  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  and  allegiance  at  Amesbury,  December 
20,  1677,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Train 
Band  in  1680.  Another  record  gives  as  his 
wife  Mary  Wells,  whom  he  married  October 
20.  1680.  She  was  apparently  his  second  wife. 
(See  \'ol.  n  Old  Families  of  Salisbury  and 
Amesbury).  It  is  said  that  she  was  born  in 
Newfoundland,  June  12,  1658,  and  died  at 
Amesbury,  Alay  21,  1733.  Francis's  estate  was 
administered  in  1710;  inventory  filed  May  11, 
1710.  Children:  I.  John,  born  September  2, 
1674,  resided  in  Amesbury,  administered  his 
father's  estate.  2.  Gertrude,  born  November 
13,  1676.  probably  married  (published  Novem- 
ber 2,  1700)  Jacob  Sargent.  3.  Thomas.  4. 
Francis,  born  September  29,  1687,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Samuel.  6.  Philip,  not  mentioned 
in  settlement  of  estate.  7.  Ephraim.  not 
found  in  public  records. 

(HI)  Francis  Davis,  third  son  of  Francis 
Davis  (2),  was  born  in  West  Amesbury, 
Alassachusetts,  September  29,  1687.  He  resid- 
ed in  .Amesbury  between  1720  and  1730,  and 
died  there  October  9,  1753.  His  will  was  made 
at  Amesbury,  January  6,  1745.  and  proved 
November  12,  1753,  shortly  after  his  death. 
He  married  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1 7 16.  Joanna  Ordway,  who  was  born 
in  Haverhill,  September  6,  1693,  ^^^  "^'i^fl  ^^' 
Amesbury.    December    3,     1775.     The    three 


brothers  named  in  the  tradition  as  the  immi- 
grants may  be  those  of  this  family.  Most  of 
the  similar  traditions  are  based  on  similar 
facts.  Children:  I.  Gideon,  born  Jvme  5, 
1718,  married,  June  7,  1744,  Elizabeth  Hoyt. 
2.  Gartreet     (Gertrude),    born    January    20, 

1719-20,    married Nichols.      3.  Anna, 

born  November  14,  1721,  married Stev- 
ens. 4.  Francis,  born  October  26,  1723,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Philip,  born  September  14, 
1725,  married,  February  15,  1749,  Miriam 
Webster.  6.  Joanna,  born  July  16,  1731, 
married,  April  30,  1754,  John  Hubbard. 

(IV)  Captain  Francis  Davis,  son  of 
Francis  Davis  (3),  was  born  at  Amesbury, 
October  26,  1723,  and  baptised  July  6,  1729,  in 
the  second  parish.  He  was  drowned  at  Derry, 
New  Hampshire,  November  26.  1784.  He 
married,  September  3,  1745,  Elizabeth  Ferrin, 
who  was  born  at  Amesbury,  September  20, 
1724,  and  died  at  Davisville,  Warner,  New 
Hampshire,  December  20,  1793.  Both  owned 
the  covenant  at  Warner,  New  Hampshire.  In 
1765  he  bought  of  Samuel  Hadley,  of  Ames- 
bury, a  half-share,  and  of  Joseph  Peaslee,  of 

Amesbury,  in  Warner;  December,  1767, 

he  and  his  wife  sold  their  homestead  and  re- 
moved to  Warner  about  1767.  He  built  the 
mill  at  Davisville  which  was  named  for  him 
and  others  of  the  family.  The  mill  and  home- 
stead have  remained  in  the  possession  of  the 
family,  his  lineal  descendants.  He  was  active 
in  procuring  the  charter  for  Warner,  was  auth- 
orized to  call  the  first  town  meeting  of  the 
inhabitants,  was  chosen  the  first  moderator 
and  the  first  representative  to  the  legislature, 
was  captain  of  the  military  company  and  the 
first  citizen  and  patriot  of  the  town  during 
the  revolution.  He  was  drowned  November 
26,  1784,  on  his  way  from  Warner  to  Ames- 
bury. Children:  i.  Gertrude,  born  at  .Ames- 
bury, December  22,  1746,  baptized  there  May 
17,  1747.  2.  Zebulon,  born  June  2,  1748,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Currier.  3.  Sarah,  born  1749. 
4.  Joanna,  born  October  22,  1751.  5.  Wells, 
born  March  29,  1753.  married,  October,  1776, 
Abigail  Sawyer,  soldier  in  the  revolution.  6. 
Ichabod,  born  February  21,  1755.  7.  Francis, 
born  May  27,  1758,  married,  October  19, 
1780,  Lavinia  Thurber:  soldier  in  revolution. 
8.  Elizabeth,  born  February  i,  1759,  died 
October  23,  1763.  9.  Aquila,  born  June  27, 
1760,  mentioned  below.  10.  Paul,  born  March 
28.  1762,  married,  September  7,  1783.  Betty 
Eastman;  died  October  31,  1784.  11.  Nathan, 
born  November  9,  1765,  married,  March  9, 
1786,  Molly  Fox. 


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(V)  General  Aquila  Davis,  son  of  Captain 
Francis  Davis  (4),  was  born  at  Amesbury, 
June  2"],  1760.  baptized  August  31,  1760.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and  served  in 
campaigns  on  the  Hudson,  in  New  Jersey  and 
at  Saratoga.  He  witnessed  the  surrender  of 
General  Burgoyne.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of 
colonel  after  the  war,  and  commanded  the 
Thirtieth  New  Hampshire  Regiment  from 
1799  to  1807,  and  was  brigadier-general  of  the 
Fourth  Brigade  from  1807  to  1809.  He 
resigned,  but  when  the  war  broke  out  in  1812 
he  raised  the  first  regiment  of  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers,  enlisted  for  one  year  and 
was  commissioned  colonel  by  President  Madi- 
son. Subsequently  his  regiment  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Forty-fifth  United  States  Infan- 
try and  he  accepted  the  lieutenant-colonelcy. 
After  the  war  he  returned  to  his  mills  and  a 
farm  at  Davisville,  and  was  one  of  the  leading 
citizens  of  Warner  until  his  death.  Following 
is  his  discharge  from  the  revolutionary  service, 
after  three  years  of  hard  service:  "Aquila 
Davis,  of  the  Third  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment, formerly  an  inhabitant  of  Amesbury, 
having  '  faithfully  and  honorably  served  as  a 
soldier  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  the  term  of  three  years,  it  being  the 
term  of  his  enlistment,  is  discharged  from  the 
service,  and  is  at  liberty  to  return  to  his  home. 
D.  Livermore,  Captain  Third  New  Hampshire 
Regiment,  May  10,  1780." 

It  is  related  of  him  that  while  stationed  on 
an  island  on  Lake  Champlain,  he  mounted  a 
battery  of  guns  and  kept  the  British  at  a 
respectable  distance,  although  his  artillery  was 
nothing  but  painted  logs — the  kind  known  to 
the  army  as  "Quaker  guns."  General  Davis 
was  a  man  of  sound  judgment  in  peace  as 
well  as  war ;  he  served  the  town  many  years 
as  representative  in  the  legislature,  and  was  a 
shrewd  and  sagacious  legislator  well  known 
throughout  the  State.  In  many  walks  of  life 
he  demonstrated  his  ability.  He  was  a  man 
of  sharp  wit  and  exceptional  humor,  genial 
and  magnetic  in  manner.  He  died  February 
27,  1835,  and  was  buried  at  Warner,  March  3, 
following,  with  Masonic  honors.  He  had 
always  enjoyed  good  health  until  his  last  ill- 
ness. He  died  at  Cumberland  while  on  a 
journey  to  Sharon,  Alaine. 

He  married,  August  8  or  10.  1785,  Abigail 
Watts  Stevens,  of  Concord.  She  was  born  July 
12,  1766.  and  died  January  14,  1862,  at  Davis- 
ville. Children:  Paine,  born  February  2,  1786, 
died  March  28,  1832:  married  Mary  Dow. 
2.  Sarah    Ambrose,    born    February   4,    1788, 


died  October  10,  1856;  married  Simeon  \'ir- 
gin.  3.  Abigail  Watts,  born  March  24,  1790, 
died  February  4,  1869;  married  Alpheus 
Davis.  (See  sketch  of  Nathaniel  Davis,  of 
Lowell).  4.  Theodore  Stevens,  born  June  3, 
1792,  died  January  15,  1835.  5.  Nathaniel 
Ambrose,  born  June  29,  1794,  mentioned  be- 
low. 6.  Persis  H.,  born  October  3,  1796,  died 
October  27,    1841 ;  married   Stephen   Currier. 

7.  Nathan,  born  February  7,  1799,  died 
August    25,    1841 ;    married    Judith    Buswell. 

8.  Daughter,  born  and  died  June  6,  1801.  9. 
Charles,  born  April  12,  1803,  died  October  30, 
1882;  married  Sarah  Currier  Foss.  10. 
Aquila  A.,  born  August  2.  1806.  died  March 
27,  1866;  married  Rhoda  Straw.  11.  Jame-. 
born  June  3,  1809,  died  December  i,  1842; 
married  Adaline  Eastman. 

(\T)  Nathaniel  A.  Davis,  son  of  General 
Aquila  Davis  (5),  was  born  at  Davisville, 
Warner,  June  29,  1794,  and  died  there  Octo- 
ber 24,  1866.  He  was  in  the  lumber  and  mill- 
ing business,  as  well  as  farmer,  and  was  a 
well-to-do  citizen.  He  married  Mary  Clough, 
who  was  born  May  7,  1808,  in  Boscawan, 
New  Hampshire,  and  died  in  Warner,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1892.  Children:  i.  Stephen  C, 
born  in  Warner,  March  28,  1830,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Walter  Scott,  born  at  Warner, 
July  29,  1834,  educated  in  the  high  school  at 
Contocook,  Gilmanton  Academy,  Tubbs  Union 
Academy  at  Washington,  New  Hampshire ; 
Thetford  (Vermont)  Academy:  the  New 
London  Scientific  Institution ;  he  taught  school 
for  a  time  and  in  1854  entered  partnership 
with  Samuel  H.  Dow,  dealing  in  wood,  hem- 
lock bark,  and  lumber;  in  1865  I'aine  Davis 
became  his  partner;  in  1871  the  firm  was  dis- 
solved and  W'alter  S.  retained  the  lumber 
business ;  then  he  entered  partnership  with 
George  W.  Dow  in  the  paper  and  straw  board 
business;  bought  out  Mr.  Dow  in  1875  and 
took  in  as  partner  Henry  C.  Davis,  his  brother  : 
had  a  grist  mill,  saw  mill,  and  threshing  ma- 
chine :  in  F"ebruary,  1871,  he  patented  a  tur- 
bine water  wheel;  in  April,  1874,  removed 
from  Davisville  to  Contocook;  March,  1878, 
he  was  representative  in  the  legislature  from 
llo])kinton.  New  Ham]jshire :  Ma\'  3,  1857, 
married  Dollie  Jones,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Jones,  Sr.,  once  a  partner  of  General  .\(|uila 
Davis.  3.  Gilman.  4.  Lucretia  .\.  5.  Mary 
E.  6.  Stillman  E.  7.  Henry  C,  ])arlner  of 
Stephen   C.   mentioned   above. 

(ATI)  Stephen  C.  Davis,  son  of  Nathaniel 
A.  Davis  (6),  was  born  in  Davisville,  Warner, 
March    28,    1830.      He    attended    the    public 


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MRS.  STEPHEN    C.    DAVIS 


EDWARD    H.    SCRIBXr.R 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


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schools  of  his  native  town,  the  Gihnanton 
Academy.  Tubbs  Union  Academy  at  \\'ash- 
ington,  New  Hampshire,  and  tlie  Academy  at 
Ilancock.  He  assisted  his  father  in  his  vari- 
ous enterprises  when  he  was  not  in  school  and 
remained  at  home  until  he  was  of  age.  In 
185 1  he  removed  to  Lowell,  and  in  1866  es- 
tablished the  lumber  business  in  which  he  has 
continued  with  conspicuous  success  to  the 
present  time.  He  is  known  as  a  shrewd,  care- 
ful and  far-sighted  business  man.  He  is  a 
Unitarian  in  religion  and  a  Republican  in 
])olitics.  He  married,  January  i,  1855,  Mary 
Alnette  Greene,  daughter  of  Francis  and 
Nancy  (Steele)  Greene,  of  Wilton,  New 
Hampshire.  Child,  Caroline,  born  October  13, 
1855,  married,  March,  1883,  Edward  A.  Scrib- 
ner,  at  present  commander  of  the  United 
States  navy  yard  at  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts; their  children:  Ernest  D.,  Warren  F. 
and  Stephen  H.  Scribner. 


David  Cummings,  head  of 
CUMMINGS     the     firm     known     as     the 

David  Cummings  Company, 
and  The  Cummings  Company,  and  prominent- 
ly identified  with  a  number  of  important  busi- 
ness enterprises,  is  a  representative  of  the 
eighth  generation  of  this  branch  of  the  Cum- 
mings family  in  this  country.  The  family 
seems  to  have  had  its  origin  in  Comines,  near 
Lille,  between  France  and  Belgium,  and  from 
there  emigrated  to  Scotland.  Some  members 
of  the  family  believe  it  to  be  descended  from 
the  famous  Red  Cumin  of  Badenoch,  in  the 
southeastern  part  of  Invernessshire,  Scotland. 
The  name  is  variously  spelled  in  the  records  of 
England,   Scotland  and  America. 

(I)  Isaac  Cummings,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  David  Cummings,  was  born  in  1601. 
He  appears  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  in 
1641,  in  the  list  of  commoners,  and  is  said  to 
have  had  a  planting  lot  in  Reedy  marsh  and 
a  house  lot  in  the  town  as  early  as  July,  1638. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1642 ;  was  a 
constable  in  1666  with  his  son  Isaac  as  his 
deputy;  was  elected  deacon  of  the  church  in 
1676,  and  was  often  moderator  of  the  town 
meetings.  His  will  was  dated  May  8,  1677. 
His  children  were:  Ann,  born  1629,  mar- 
ried John  Pease:  John,  born  about  1630; 
Isaac,  see  forward ;  Elizabeth,  married  John 
Jewell. 

(II)  Deacon  Isaac  Cummings.  second  son 
and  third  child  of  Isaac  Cummings  (i).  was 
born   about    1633.      He   was   a   commoner   in 


1672  and  admitted  a  freeman  in  1673  ;  was  a 
sergeant  in  the  Ipswich  company  in  King 
Philip's  war ;  .was  often  moderator  of  the 
town  meetings,  and  held  office  as  highway 
surveyor,  town  treasurer,  tithingman,  con- 
stable and  selectman.  He  was  elected  deacon 
in  1686.  and  served  in  that  office  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  fell  into  the  pre- 
valent error  of  his  day  and  was  a  firm  believer 
in  witchcraft,  testifying  against  Elizabeth 
How  that  a  mare  of  his  had  been  strangely 
affected  by  her  influence,  and  she  was  con- 
demned on  such  evidence  and  executed  in 
July,  1692.  He  deeded  the  homestead  to  his 
son  John,  March  1714-5.  His  will  was  dated 
April  27.  1712.  and  proved  January  19.  1721-2. 
He  married,  November  27,  1659,  Mary  An- 
drews, born  1638,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Grace  Andrews,  of  Rowley  Village.  Her 
father  came  there  from  Boxford,  England,  in 
1656,  and  was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
family  to  which  the  war  governor  belonged. 
Deacon  Cummings  and  liis  wife  had  children: 
I.  Son,  born  and  died  August  28,  1660.  2. 
Son.  born  and  died  November  2,  1661.  3. 
Son.  born  and  died  December  6,  1662.  4. 
Isaac,  born  September  15,  1664.  5.  John,  see 
forward.  6.  Thomas,  born  June  27,  1670.  7. 
Mary,  born  February  16,  1671-2,  married 
Daniel  lieach.  8.  Robert,  born  April  i.  1674. 
9.  Abigail,  married  Samuel  Perley.  10.  Steb- 
bins,  born  February  27,  1680. 

(Ill)  John  Cummings,  fifth  son  and  child 
of  Deacon  Isaac  (2)  and  Mary  (Andrews) 
Cummings,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, June  7,  1666.  He  inherited  the  home- 
stead, and  the  house  was  still  standing  in  1882, 
when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  It  is  now 
known  as  the  Peterson  farm,  and  was  divided 
between  his  two  sons,  Joseph  and  John.  His 
will  was  made  May  8,  1722,  and  proved  July 
16,  of  the  same  year.  His  .son  David,  who 
was  the  executor,  was  given  the  lands  on  the 
south  side  of  the  river  and  on  the  eastern  side 
of  Nichols  brook.  He  ftiarried,  January  23, 
1688,  Susanna  Town,  born  in  Topsfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, December  24,  1671,  died  September 
13,  1766.  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Phoebe 
(Perkins)  Town.  They  had  children:  i. 
Joseph,  baptized  January  26,  1689-90.  2. 
John,  baptized  July  12,  1692.  3.  Isaac,  born 
December  25,  1695.  4.  David,  see  forward, 
5.  Mary,  born  May  13,  1700;  married  Nathan- 
iel Hutchinson.  6.  Susanna,  born  January  13, 
1701-2;  married  John  Whipple.  7.  Stebbins, 
born  August,  1706;  married  Ruth  Giles.  8. 
Samuel,   born   February    14,    1708-9.     9.   Re- 


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becca.  baptized  November  i,  1713:  married 
Thomas  Perkins. 

(IV)  Cornet  David  Cummings,  fourth  son 
and  child  of  John  (3)  and  Susanna  (Town) 
Cummings,  was  born  in  Ipswich.  Massachu- 
setts, April  15,  1698,  and  died  at  Topsfield, 
same  state,  April  2,  1765.  David  Cummings 
and  his  brother  John  gave  the  land  for  the 
burying  ground  on  the  South  Side.  He  also 
owned  land  in  Middleton,  Massachusetts.    He 

married  (first)  Anna .  born  1710,  died 

February  9,  1741,  by  whom  he  had  children: 
r.  Davifi,  born  March  26,  1729.  2.  Jonathan, 
born  March  14,  1730-1 ;  died  April  6,  1731. 
3.  Samuel,  see  forward.  4.  Anna,  born  Octo- 
ber 20,  1734;  married,  April  11,  1754,  Moses 
Perkins.  5.  Susanna,  born  I\Iay  8,  1737; 
married,  December  8,  1763.  Edmund  Town. 
6.  Elizabeth,  born  September  17,  1739,  died 
February  13,  1741.  He  married  (second), 
published  October  30,  1741,  Sarah  Goodhue, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Sherwin)  Good- 
hue, and  they  had  children:  i.  Jonathan,  born 
October  14,  1743.  2.  Stephen,  born  January 
27,  1744-5.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  January  19, 
1746-7,  died  February  13,  1746-7.  4.  Daniel, 
born  August  30,  1749.  5.  Archelaus,  born 
January  i,  1652.  Sarah  (Goodhue)  Cum- 
mings married  (second).  May  25,  1769,  Dea- 
con George  Bixby,  and  died  June  30,  1776, 
aged  sixty- four  years. 

(V)  Samuel  Cummings,  third  son  and  child 
of  Cornet  David  (4)  and  Anna  Cummings, 
was  born  in  Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1731-2,  and  died  in  the  same  town 
March  29,  1796.  He  purchased  land  at  An- 
dover,  February  2"],  1777,  of  Abiel  Abbot, 
and  later  added  considerably  to  his  extensive 
holdings  in  that  town.  He  married,  April  25, 
1756,  Eunice  Bradstreet,  born  in  Topsfield, 
April  15, 1733,  died  there  July  20,  1810,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Clark)  Bradstreet, 
and  great-granddaughter  of  Governor  Simon 
Bradstreet,  and  they  had  children:  I.  Sarah, 
born  March  2"/,  1759;  married  Francis  Pea- 
body,  of  Middleton.  2.  David,  see  forward. 
3.  Mehitable,  born  August  3,  1767;  married 
Thomas  Emerson,  Jr.  4.  Samuel,  born  Septem- 
ber 10,   1774. 

(\'r)  David  Cummings,  eldest  son  and 
second  child  of  Samuel  (5)  and  Eunice 
(Bradstreet)  Cummings,  was  born  in  Tops- 
field,  Massachusetts,  May  19,  1762,  and  died 
there  March  22,  1826.  He  gave  land  in  1814 
to  enlarge  the  South  Side  cemetery,  which  had 
originally  been  donated  by  one  of  his  ances- 
tors,   and   built   a   wall   around   the   grounds. 


He  married,  October  21,  1784,  Mehitable 
Cave,  born  in  Middleton  in  1765,  and  died 
there  October  10,  1831,  and  they  were  the  par- 
ents of  children  as  follows:  i.  David,  born 
August  13,  1785.  2.  Abigail,  born  December 
4,  1786;  married  Samuel  Hood,  Jr.  3.  Pa- 
mela, born  August  25,  1788;  married  Allen 
Porter.  4.  Samuel,  see  forward.  5.  Sylves- 
ter, born  March  17,  1793.  6.  Hiram,  born 
November  20,  1794,  died  October  8,  1805. 

(VII)  Samuel  Cummings,  second  son  and 
fourth  child  of  David  (6)  and  Mehitable 
(Cave)  Cummings,  was  born  in  Topsfield, 
Massachusetts,  July  7,  1790,  died  at  Danvers, 
in  the  same  state,  September  9,  i860.  He  was 
a  successful  teacher,  and  was  known  among 
his  pupils  as  "Master  Sam."  He  inherited  the 
Cave  farm  in  Middleton,  Massachusetts,  from 
his  mother,  and  resided  there.  He  married 
(published  June  17,  1825)  Joanna  Andrews, 
of  West  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1805,  died  March  26,  1875.  They 
had  children:  i.  David,  see  forward.  2. 
Samuel  Augustus,  born  November  4,  1829, 
was  a  manufacturer  of  shoe  knives;  he  mar- 
ried, August  18,  1859,  Julia  Ann  Perley,  of 
Boxford,  and  has  one  daughter :  Julia 
Augusta,  born  November  26,  i860.  3.  Char- 
lotte Porter,  born  December  30,  1832,  died  on 
the  eve  of  her  marriage,  March  21,  1853. 
4.  Sylvester,  born  November  20,  1835,  resided 
at  Springvale,  Maine.  5.  Porter  Emerson, 
born  July  6,  1839,  was  a  partner  of  his  brother 
David  in  the  shoe  business.  6.  Joanna  Pa- 
mela, born  October  17,  1841,  died  unmarried, 
August  17,  1901. 

(VIII)  David  Cummings,  eldest  child  of 
Samuel  (7)  and  Joanna  (Andrews)  Cum- 
mings, was  born  in  Middleton,  Massachusetts, 
June  24,  1827.  He  lived  there  and  at  West 
"Wenhani,  Massachusetts,  until  he  was  ten 
years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  reside  with  his 
uncle,  Sjdvester  Cummings,  at  Boxford, 
Massachusetts.  His  uncle  was  a  farmer,  and 
for  five  years  the  lad  worked  on  a  farm  dur- 
ing the  summer,  attending  school  only  during 
the  winter  months,  but  supplemented  this  to 
the  best  of  his  ability  by  close  observation 
and  home  study,  when  his  time  permitted  the 
indulgence.  He  then  removed  to  Danvers, 
working  on  farms  during  the  summers  and  at 
shoeniaking  during  the  winters,  as  was  the 
fashion  among  the  Massachusetts  farmers  of 
that  ])criod.  Jonas  Warren,  a  merchant  of 
long  standing  in  Danversport,  and  well  known 
throughout  Essex  county,  offered  him  a  clerk- 
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which  animated  the  j^oung  man.  This  Mr. 
Cummings  accepted,  and  after  serving  for 
two  years  in  the  general  store  he  was  com- 
pelled by  illness  to  resign  his  position.  Soon 
afterward  he  again  commenced  to  make  shoes 
in  Danvers,  continuing  this  occupation  until 
1850,  when  he  removed  to  Lynn,  where  he  was 
similarly  engaged  for  two  years.  In  1852  he 
commenced  the  manufacture  of  shoes  on  his 
own  account,  and  being  very  enterprising  and 
possessed  of  keen  foresight  and  sound  judg- 
ment, was  gratifyingly  successful  in  his  under- 
taking. In  1855  he  removed  to  Worcester, 
and  in  the  following  year  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  William  Hudson,  the  son  of  John 
Hudson,  a  well  known  resident  of  Lexington, 
[Massachusetts,  under  the  firm  name  of  Cum- 
mings  &  Hudson,  which  continued  until  1861, 
when  Mr.  Hudson  went  to  the  field  at  the 
beginning  of  the  civil  war,  soon  after  contract- 
ing a  fever  from  which  he  died.  The  business 
was  continued  by  Mr.  Cummings  at  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  until  1866,  when  it  was 
found  necessary  to  provide  larger  quarters  for 
his  business,  and  in  that  year  he  removed  the 
salesroom  to  Boston  and  his  manufacturing 
establishment  to  San  ford,  Maine,  in  that  part 
of  the  town  known  as  Springvale.  His 
brother.  Porter  Emerson  Cummings,  having 
entered  his  emplo}'  in  1855,  was  admitted  as  a 
partner  under  the  firm  name  of  David  Cum- 
mings &  Co.,  soon  after  the  removal  to  San- 
ford,  and  managed  the  business  at  the  factory 
for  many  3'ears.  In  1873,  owing  to  the  rapid 
increase  of  business  and  the  introduction  of 
improved  machiner3^  it  was  found  necessary 
to  procure  a  much  larger  factory,  and  being 
unable  to  make  a  desired  arrangement  at  San- 
ford,  the  firm  was  invited  to  erect  a  plant  at 
South  Berwick,  Maine,  which  they  accepted 
and  erected  buildings  for  the  accommodation 
of  their  business  at  an  expense  of  about  $100,- 
000.  Soon  after  removing  to  South  Berwick, 
Mr.  Charles  T.  Ferguson,  brother-in-law  of 
Porter  E.  Cummings,  who  had  been  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  firm  for  several  years,  was 
admitted  as  a  partner,  the  firm  name  remain- 
ing the  same.  In  1875  the  firm  erected  a  fac- 
tory at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  for  the 
manufacture  of  boots,  which  were  in  those 
days  popular  footwear,  and  about  this  time 
.Arthur  H.  Loring  was  admitted  as  a  partner, 
having  an  interest  in  the  entire  business,  and 
Mr.  E.  H.  Hurlburt  and  Daniel  C.  Spencer 
were  admitted  as  partners  in  the  Worcester 
business. 

In  all  these  changes  and  great  development 


Mr.  Cummings  has  been  the  leading  spirit, 
from  the  inception  of  the  business  to  the  pres- 
ent day.  The  Cummings  Company  has  been 
phenomenally  successful  in  recent  years  with 
the  Worth  Cushion  Sole,  a  shoe  which  gives 
great  comfort  to  the  wearer,  and  is  in  great 
demand,  and  the  result  of  this  invention  Mr. 
Cummings  regards  with  the  greatest  satisfac- 
tion, as  it  supplies  a  need  in  footwear  that 
has  never  before  been  met,  and  a  fitting  tribute 
to  crown  his  efforts  after  so  many  years 
devoted  to  this  very  important  industry. 

Mr.  Cummings  is  also  actively  identified 
with  a  number  of  other  important  enterprises 
which  his  executive  ability  has  largely  aided 
in  raising  them  to  their  present  successful 
position.  He  was  president  of  the  Somerville 
Electric  Light  Company,  which  by  his  financial 
support  he  rescued  from  insolvency,  built  up 
to  a  self-supporting  condition,  and  sold  at  a 
satisfactory  profit.  He  is  also  a  director  in 
the  Cotton  and  Woolen  Manufacturers'  Mu- 
tual Insurance  Company,  and  a  trustee  of 
Tufts  College,  Medford,  and  of  Dean  Acad- 
emy, Franklin,  Massachusetts.  In  religious 
faith  he  holds  with  the  LIniversalists,  and  for 
forty  years  has  been  actively  identified  with 
the  Charlestown  parish,  and  has  been  a  gener- 
ous contributor  to  its  support,  as  well  as  to  the 
aid  of  various  charities  and  benevolences.  His 
political  affiliations  are  with  the  Republican 
party.  He  resides  at  No.  8  Union  street,  Som- 
erville, and  is  numbered  among  the  most  influ- 
ential and  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  town. 
Mr.  Cummings  married,  July  28,  1852,  Olive 
Caroline  Ross,  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Deacon  James  and  Lovey 
(Huntress)  Ross,  of  Shapleigh,  Maine.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cummings  have  no  children. 


(For  the  first  four  generati" 


preceding  sketch). 


(V)  David  Cummings,  son 
CUMMINGS  of  David  Cummings,  (4), 
was  born  in  Topsfield, 
Massachusetts,  March  26,  1729.  He  mar- 
ried (published  July  17,  1748)  Joanna 
Jones,  of  Boxford.  She  died  October  10, 
1794,  aged  sixty-five  years.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), April  16,  1795,  Chloe  Harrington,  of 
Lexington.  He  resided  in  that  precinct  of 
Woburn  which  was  called  Burlington.  He 
was  a  private  in  the  expedition  to  Canada  in 
1758:  constable  in  1766.  In  1779  he  joined 
General  Glover's  brigade  in  the  regiment  of 
Colonel  Bigelow,  Captain  Hodgkin's  company. 
His  will  was  dated  May  9,  1799,  and  he  died 


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during  tliat  year.  His  widow,  Chloe,  died  in 
1804.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Stephen,  .said  to  be  a  twin  of  Eben- 
ezer. 3.  Betsey,  born  January  19,  175 1,  in 
Topsfield,  married,  August  31,  1773,  Josiah 
Hall,  of  Cambridge.  4.  Joanna,  born  in  Mid- 
dleton,  married  Jonas,  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Jemima  (Locke)  Brooks,  settled  in  Athol, 
Massachusetts.  5.  Susanna,  married,  April 
20,  1778,  at  Lancaster,  Calvin  Moore,  of 
Sterling.  6.  Phebe,  born  May  26,  1756,  in 
Andover,  married,  December  13,  1781,  Jona- 
than Simonds,  of  Woburn.  7.  Abigail,  born 
April  26,  1766,  married  January  2,  1783,  Caleb 
Simonds,  of  Woburn.  8.  Mary,  born  April 
28,  1768,  married,  March  20,  1788.  Uriah 
Goodwin.  9.  Samuel,  born  August  12,  1773, 
married,  December  29,  1795,  Avis  Pierce.  10. 
Ruth,  married,  April  9,  1795,  John  Lovering, 
of  W'altham.  11.  Sarah,  married,  April  22, 
1787,  Aaron  Winchester,  of  Brookline.  12. 
David,  living  in  1799. 

( VI )  Ebenezer  Cummings,  son  of  David 
Cummings  (5),  was  born  in  Burlington, 
Massachusetts,  September  21,  1749.  Married, 
June  22,  1774,  Jemima  Hartwell,  of  Bedford, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Jemima  (Bachelder) 
Hartwell.  She  was  born  September  6,  1753, 
and  died  June  15,  1809.  He  married  (second) 
Xovember  29,  1810,  Lydia  Tay,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Susanna  Tay.  Ebenezer  Cum- 
mings died  June  4,  1821.  He  resided  at  Wo- 
burn and  was  a  tanner  and  currier.  His 
widow  died  October  27,  1859,  aged  eighty- 
seven  years,  four  months  and  fifteen  days. 
He  was  in  Captain  Joshua  Walker's  company, 
Colonel  David  Greene's  regiment,  serving  at 
the  Lexington  Alarm,  April  19,  1775,  a  period 
of  five  days.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer,  born 
November  18,  1775.  2.  Jemima,  born  June 
28,  1777,  married,  December  5,  1805,  Zadok 
Rogers,  of  Tewksbury ;  his  farm  was  in  the 
section  annexed  to  Lowell  and  part  of  it  was 
given  to  that  city  by  their  daughters,  Emily 
and  Elizabeth  Rogers,  and  is  known  as  the 
Rogers  Fort  Hill  Park;  the  daughters  also 
gave  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  the 
American  Bible  Society  of  New  York  as  a 
memorial  to  their  parents.  3.  Joseph,  born 
December  6.  1779,  married,  (published  Octo- 
ber 2)  1807,  Martha  Priest,  of  Concord; 
farmer  in  Littleton,  New  Hampshire.  4. 
Phebe,  born  September  8,  1781,  married,  July 
15,  1802,  Thomas  Evans,  of  Reading,  a  gen- 
eral trader.  5.  Lydia,  born  April  3,  1783. 
married  Daniel  Goodhue,  of  Danvers.  farmer. 
().  John,  born  February  26,  1785,  died  June  8. 


1867;  married.  May  2,  181 1,  Maria  Richard- 
son, of  Woburn.  7.  David,  born  December  3, 
1786.  8.  Hannah,  born  December  24,  1788, 
married,  January  10,  1815,  Ezekiel  Johnson, 
who  was  born  in  Woburn,  August  18,  1781,  and 
died  March  30,  1866;  wheelwright  and  carpen- 
ter ;  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  for 
twenty-seven  years ;  in  the  service  in  the  War 
of  1812.  9.  Joshua,  born  December  7,  1790, 
died  July  26,  1872;  married.  May,  16.  1813, 
Desire  Hartwell  Richardson,  of  Woburn.  10. 
Ruth,  born  November  12,  1792,  died  unmar- 
ried .Vpril  2~.  1867.  II.  Samuel,  mentioned 
below.  12.  Daniel,  born  January  7,  1797, 
married,  June  I,  1817,  Abigail  Wright,  of 
Woburn.  13.  Moses,  born  October  15,  1800, 
married,  November  11,  1824,  Harriet  Cutter, 
of  Burlington.  14.  Susan,  born  October  3, 
181 1,  died  unmarried  September  8,  1837.  15. 
Stephen,  born  March  7,  1814,  died  January  8. 
1862. 

(VTI)  Samuel  Cummings,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Cummings  (6),  was  born  at  Woburn,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1794,  and  died  of  heart  disease,  October 
20,  1847.  In  early  life  he  learned  the  trade  of 
tanner  with  his  brothers  and  followed  it  for  a 
time.  He  owned  the  farm  now  known  as 
Charles  Cummings  place  and  was  a  successful 
farmer  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  was  prominent  in 
the  state  militia  in  his  youth.  He  married,  at 
Burlington,  May  30,  1820,  Joanna  Simonds, 
who  was  born  at  Burlington,  March  7,  1794, 
and  died  at  Woburn  of  dropsy,  January  26, 
1866.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Phebe  Simonds,  of  Burlington.  Children  :  i . 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below.  2.  Phebe  Sim- 
onds, born  April  25,  1825,  died  July  25,  1880; 
married,  January  6,  1848,  John  R.  Lane,  born 
July  10,  1824;  resided  in  Bedford. 

(V'HI)  Ebenezer  Cummings,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Cummings  (7),  was  born  at  Burlington, 
December  26,  1820.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  Woburn, 
attending  the  winter  terms  until  he  was  about 
twenty  years  old.  He  worked  with  his  father 
on  the  homestead  until  the  latter  died  in  1847, 
when  by  inheritance  he  received  a  hundred 
acres  of  the  land,  the  remaining  forty  acres 
going  to  his  sister  Phebe.  When  she  died  he 
also  had  her  share.  He  was  engaged  to  the 
time  of  his  death  in  general  farming  and 
market  gardening  and  made  his  business  prof- 
itable. He  also  bought  wood  lots  and  sold 
timber  and  wood.  His  sons  succeeded  him 
in  business  after  his  death,  and  doubtless  much 


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of  their  success  in  life  has  been  due  to  the 
careful  training  they  received  under  their 
father's  direction.  He  was  a  man  of  quiet 
manner  and  simple  life,  with  sterling  c[ualities 
of  heart  and  mind.  He  was  an  Orthodox 
Congregationalist  in  religion,  of  strict  princi- 
ples, model  character,  having  the  respect  and 
esteem  of  all  his  townsmen.  He  was  especially 
active  in  the  temperance  movement.  He  died 
April  17,  1878.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  in 
early  life,  a  Republican  later.  He  served  in 
the  Woburn  militia  company  when  a  young 
man. 

He  married,  April  28,  1845,  Adeline  .A.. 
Dane,  who  was  born  in  Farmington,  Xew 
Hampshire,  .\pril  28,  1825,  and  died  of  con- 
sumption, May  6,  1846.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), October  17,  1847,  Sarah  Wilson  Haven, 
of  P)Urlington,  where  she  was  born  September 
I,  1823.  and  died  May  18,  1906,  the  daughter 
of  Jonas  and  .\bigail  (Simonds)  Haven,  of 
Fjurlington.  Her  father  was  a  farmer ;  died 
July  2,  1839,  aged  thirty-seven  years :  her 
mother  died  July  14,  1881,  aged  eighty  3'ears, 
ten  months.  Children  (all  by  second  mar- 
riage): I.  Sarah  Adeline,  born  January  10, 
1849,  drowned  in  tub  May  21,  1853.  2.  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below.  3.  Susan,  born  May 
19.  1832.  married,  December  3,  1883,  William 
Prior  Chute,  of  Hampton,  Xova  Scotia :  farm- 
er at  Woburn:  children:  i.  Louis  Alfred 
Chute,  born  December  27,  1885;  ii.  William 
Prior  Chute,  Jr.,  May  11,  1887.  4.  Charles, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Ansel,  born  March  28, 
1857,  married,  October  8,  1890,  Rosie  Blanche 
Brown,  of  Woburn:  children:  i.  Rosie 
Blanche,  born  .■\ugust  4,  i8<;;t  :  ii.  IMabel 
Esther,  March  2,  1894;  iii.  Elmer  Ansel, 
(twin),  Xovember  17,  1895:  iv.  Edna  Adeline 
(twin),  Xovember  17,  1895:  v.  Margaret: 
vi.  Harry.  6.  Alice,  born  April  21,  1858, 
died  September  3,  1858.  7.  Joanna,  born 
.August  21,  1859,  unmarried,  living  at  Wo- 
burn. 8.  A  son,  born  December  25,  i860. 
9.  (ieorge,  born  .April  7,  1862,  died  September 
19.  1862.  10.  Elmer,  born  July  4.  1863,  died 
Xovember  11,  1863.  11.  Willie,  born  .April 
19,  1867,  died  .August  10,  1867.  12.  .Abbie, 
born  April  3,  1870,  private  secretary  of  War- 
ren &  Garfield,  lawyers,  Boston. 

(IX)  Samuel  Cummings,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Cummings  (8),  was  born  at  ^\'oburn,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1851.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  Warren  .Academy  until 
he  was  fourteen  years  old.  He  began  to  work 
on  the  farm  when  very  j'oung  and  was  for 
many  years  in  charge  of  the  milk  route,  ^^^1en 


he  was  twenty-one  years  old  he  hired  his 
aunt's  farm  and  for  five  years  conducted  it 
successfully.  In  1878,  after  the  death  of  their 
father,  he  and  his  brother,  Charles  Cummings, 
bought  the  homestead  of  the  other  heirs  and 
conducted  it  in  partnership  for  a  period  of 
ten  years.  He  sold  out  his  interests  to  his 
brother  and  bought  his  interest  in  the  firm  of 
Cummings,  Chute  &  Co.  When  the  business 
was  established  it  was  chiefly  to  deal  in  hay 
and  grain,  but  in  1895  the  coal  business  was 
added  and  a  prosperous  business  developed. 
The  firm  has  yards  at  No.  9  High  street  and 
enjoys  a  large  local  trade.  In  February,  1904, 
the  firm  purchased  a  livery  stable,  known  as 
the  Jones  Stable,  Main  street,  Woburn,  and 
Mr.  Cummings  is  in  charge  of  this  branch  of 
the  firm's  business,  and  also  another  livery 
stable  owned  by  the  firm,  located  on  Park 
street.  The  firm  has  the  most  extensive  stable 
business  in  the  city.  Mr.  Cummings  attends 
the  Orthodox  Congregational  church ;  in  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  L'nited  Order  of  the  Sons  of  Pilgrim 
Fathers,  Woburn.  He  married,  October  3, 
1888,  Lizzie  C.  Shaw,  who  was  born  at  Win- 
tersport,  Maine,  .August  25,  1867,  the  daughter 
of  George  L.  and  Charlotte  ( Went  worth ) 
Shaw,  of  Wintersport.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cum- 
mings have  no  children. 

(IX)  Charles  Cummings,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Cummings  (8),  was  born  in  Woburn,  March 
16.  1855.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Woburn.  He  worked  with 
his  father  on  the  homestead  as  soon  as  he 
was  old  enough  and  obtained  from  his  father, 
who  was  a  skilful  farmer,  an  excellent  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  the  various  branches  of 
agriculture.  Between  the  ages  of  fifteen  and 
eighteen  he  worked  out  b}'  the  month  for 
neighboring  farmers,  thus  broadening  his  ex- 
perience of  farming  and  of  business  in  gen- 
eral. From  this  time  until  the  death  of  his 
father  both  he  and  his  brother  Samuel  were 
em])loyed  by  their  father  on  the  homestead, 
in  the  dairy,  market  gardening  and  other 
branches  of  the  work.  Then  he  and  Samuel 
bought  out  their  brother  and  sisters  and  for 
ten  years  continued  the  farm  along  the  lines 
established.  In  1878  he,  his  brother  Ansel, 
and  William  P.  Chute,  formed  a  partnership 
to  carry  on  the  hay  and  grain  business  in 
Woburn  under  the  firm  name  of  Cummings, 
Chute  &  Co.,  with  headquarters  at  the  store  on 
High  street,  and  the  business  prospered.  He 
preferred  the  farm,  however,  and  exchanged 
his  interest  in  the  business  for  Samuel's  share 


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in  the  farm.  He  devoted  his  attention  there- 
after to  the  homestead,  making  a  specialty  of 
raising  hogs  in  partnership  with  John  R.  Car- 
ter. Their  business  has  grown  until  it  is  the 
largest  in  that  line  in  the  vicinity.  They  raise 
.some  three  thousand  hogs  annually,  largely  of 
the  Berkshire  and  Chester  White  strains.  He 
raises  many  collie  dogs  and  blooded  horses 
also.  He  has  now  one  hundred  and  ninety- 
seven  acres  of  land  favorably  situated  in  the 
western  part  of  the  city  of  Woburn  on  Cam- 
bridge street.  His  sons  John  and  Everett 
are  associated  with  him  in  the  business.  He 
continues  general  farming,  dairying,  and  mar- 
ket gardening.  He  raises  some  flowers — car- 
nations and  violets — which  are  especially  fine 
— for  the  market  and  pays  much  attention  to 
fruit,  and  his  apple  orchards  are  especially 
fine.  His  son  John  superintends  the  green- 
houses and  raises  the  flowers  and  vegetables. 
His  son  Everett  attends  to  the  marketing  of 
the  produce.  In  April,  1900,  Mr.  Cummings 
started  his  present  business  in  coal  and  wood, 
hay  and  grain,  fertilizer,  etc.,  in  the  old 
McDonald  yards  formerly  occupied  by  John 
Carter,  and  during  the  first  four  years  built 
up  the  largest  new  trade  in  the  history  of  the 
coal  business  in  Woburn.  He  has  a  strong 
and  attractive  personality,  of  ready  wit  and 
abounding  good  nature,  and  has  many  per- 
sonal friends.  He  has  demonstrated  large 
capacity  for  business.  He  attends  the  Wo- 
burn Congregational  church.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican,  but  has  never  accepted  public 
office. 

He  married,  December  24,  1883,  Martha 
Wentworth  Shaw,  who  was  born  August  28, 
1864,  daughter  of  George  L.  and  Charlotte 
(Wentworth)  Shaw,  of  Wintersport,  Maine. 
Children:  i.  Everett  Ellery,  born  September 
7,  1884.  2.  Sarah  Stella,  May  20,  1886.  3. 
John  Warren,  July  24,  1887.  4.  Charles 
Alden,  September  11,  1889.  5.  Stephen 
Chandler,  December  30,  1890.  6.  Samuel 
Robert,  April  11,  1898. 


Robert  Clement,  the  immi- 
CLEMENT  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
England  about  1590,  and 
came  to  this  country  in  1642,  first  to  Salisbury 
and  Andover,  Massachusetts,  settling  finally 
in  1643  ^t  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
a  deputy  to  the  general  court  from  1647  to 
1653.  His  youngest  daughter  remained  at 
home  in  Coventry,  Warwickshire,  England, 
until  1652,  when  she  also  came  over  and  soon 


afterward  married  John  Osgood,  of  Andover. 
Clement  was  one  of  the  leading  citizens.  He 
was  the  first  elected  deputy  to  the  general 
court.  He  was  appointed  associate  judge  of 
the  county  court;  appointed  to  give  oath  of 
fidelity  to  the  inhabitants  of  Haverhill: 
appointed  to  set  ofi  lands  to  proprietors ;  to 
fi.\  limits  to  property,  etc.  He  kept  a  tavern 
and  was  allowed  by  the  Salisbury  court  to  sell 
wine  at  Haverhill  in  1653.  He  was  a  man  of 
rare  integrity,  of  superior  talent,  according  to 
the  reports  of  his  contemporaries  and  the  evi- 
dence of  the  records.  He  died  where  he  first 
settled  in  Haverhill,  September  29.  1658.  His 
will  is  dated  September  6,  1658,  and  was 
proved  October  12,  1658.  He  bequeathed  to 
wife,  sons  Job,  John,  Abraham,  Daniel;  sons- 
in-law,  Moses  Pingrin,  Abraham  Morrill,  and 
John  Osgood ;  to  "my  children's  children  that 
are  in  New  England."  Another  son  Robert  is 
known.  Clement  owned  the  first  grist  mill 
built  in  the  town.  Children:  i.  Job.  2.  John, 
married,  1648,  Sarah  Osgood.  3.  Robert,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Abraham.  5.  Daniel.  6. 
Sarah.  7.  Lydia.  8.  Mary,  born  about  1637, 
was  indicted  for  witchcraft  during  the  Delu- 
sion. 

(II)  Robert  Clement,  son  of  Robert  Clem- 
ent (i),  was  born  about  1625  in  England  and 
came  with  his  parents  to  Haverhill,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.  He  mar- 
ried, December  8,  1652,  Elizabeth  Fawne, 
daughter  of  John  Fawne,  immigrant,  who 
came  from  England  to  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1634;  was  admitted  a  freeman  Sep- 
tember 2,  1635 ;  removed  to  Haverhill.  Luke 
Fawne,  stationer,  of  London  in  1665-66,  be- 
queathed to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clement,  eldest 
daughter  of  his  brother,  John  Fawne,  and  to 
her  son  Fawne  Clement.  (See  New  England 
Genealogical  Register  for  1894).  Robert 
Clement,  of  Haverhill,  in  Norfolk  county, 
successor  to  Mr.  Fawne,  had  deed  of  land  in 
Ipswich,  May  18,  1674.  Clement  took  the 
prescribed  oath  of  allegiance  in  November. 
1677.  He  was  a  town  officer  in  Haverhill  and 
was  living  there  in  1692.  His  wife  Elizabeth 
died  March  27,  171 5.  He  was  a  county  com- 
missioner and  associate  judge.  Children,  born 
in  Haverhill;  I.  John,  September  16,  1653, 
married.  February  22,  1676,  Elizabeth  Ayer. 
2.  Daniel,  born  July  3,  1655,  died  January  10. 
1679-80,  at  New  Jersey.  3.  Abraham,  born 
July  14,  1657,  married.  May  10,  1683,  Hannah 
Gove.  4.  Hannah,  born  October  2,  1660.  5. 
Fawne,  born  March  2,  1661-62,  mentioned  be- 
low.    6.  Nathaniel,  born   September  6,   1663, 


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died  at  Saco,  Maine,  April  16,  1689.  7.  Rob- 
ert, born  Alarch  29,  1665,  married,  December 

18,  1695,  Deliverance  Oddiborn.  8.  Lydia, 
born   December   14,    1668,   married,   February 

19,  1688-89,  John  Johnson,  Jr.  9.  Mary,  born 
June  8,  1670,  died  July  i,  1670.  10.  Mary, 
born  July  24,  1673,  died  February  11,  1678. 
II.  Jonathan. 

(III)  Fawne  Clement,  son  of  Robert 
Clement  (2),  was  born  in  Haverhill,  March 
2,  1661-62.  Married  there  November  21, 
1688,  Sarah  Hoyt.  (John  (2),  John  (i). 
He  settled  in  Salisbury  and  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  in  Salisbury  in  1688;  in 
1692,  out  of  Newbury  in  1696,  1713  and 
1732.  His  will  was  dated  September  23,  1732, 
and  proved  Alay  12,  1740.  He  bequeathed  to 
children  and  second  wife  Dorothy.  Children: 
I.  Dr.  Timothy,  a  physician  at  Beverley, 
Massachusetts.  2.  Sarah,  married  Richard 
Hazen,  of  Haverhill.  3.  Jonathan,  born  Jan- 
uary I,  1695-96,  mentioned  below.  4.  Joseph, 
born  April  i,  1701. 

(IV)  Jonathan  Clement,  son  of  Fawne 
Clement  (3),  was  born  in  Newbury,  January 
I,  1695-96,  and  was  living  there  in  1732.  He 
died  January   11,   1772.     His  will  was  dated 

November  7,  1761.    He  married  Mary , 

and  resided  in  Amesbury  in  whiat  is  now 
Merrimac,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i. 
Jacob,  settled  in  Salisbury,  New  Hampshire ; 
had  children :  Stephen,  John,  Moses,  Sally, 
Jacob,  who  remained  on  the  homestead,  now 
or  lately  owned  by  his  descendant,  Moses  G. 
Clement.  2.  Jonathan,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Prudence,  married  Joseph  Greeley.  4.  Sarah, 
married  Thomas  Sargent.     5.  Mary. 

(V)  Jonathan  Clement,  son  of  Jonathan 
Clement  (4),  was  born  in  Amesbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, about  1720.  He  settled  at  Kingston, 
New  Hampshire,  in  the  section  set  ofif  as  San- 
down  in  1756.  Kingston  was  incorporated  in 
1694.  It  is  near  Plymouth  where  his  brother 
Jacob  settled.  Children:  i.  Colonel  Oba- 
diah,  an  early  settler  in  Warren,  New  Hamp- 
shire, the  proprietor  of  the  first  hotel  there 
and  always  the  leading  citizen  in  his  day; 
died  1829;  married  (first),  August  27,  1765, 
Sarah  Batchelder,  who  was  born  June  30, 
1747;  married  (second),  Sarah  Baker,  of  Sun- 
cook,  September  9,  1788.  2.  Jonathan,  born 
January  3,  1753,  mentioned  below.  3.  Reub- 
en, also  settled  in  Warren ;  lived  with  his 
brother  Jonathan  for  many  years ;  never  mar- 
ried. 

(VI)  Jonathan  Clement,  son  of  Jonathan 
Clement  (5),  was  born  at  Sandown,  formerly 


Kingston,  New  Hampshire,  January  3,  1753. 
He  removed  when  a  young  man  to  Warren 
in  1773,  and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
that  town.  He  bought  his  home  lot  of  Enoch 
Page,  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the 
town,  or  rather  received  the  lot  virtually  as  a 
gift  to  induce  him  to  locate  on  land  lying 
between  the  farm  of  Colonel  Obadiah  Clem- 
ents, his  brother,  and  land  of  Sc^uire  Copps. 
He  built  his  first  cabin  a  short  distance  north- 
west of  the  junction  of  the  road  from  Pine 
Hill  and  the  Old  Turnpike.  In  September  of 
1773  he  went  down  country  and  brought  his 
bride  to  their  new  home.  He  bought  lot  No. 
8,  October  21,  1796,  and  various  other  parcels 
of  land.  He  married,  September  24,  1773, 
Hannah  Page,  who  was  born  December  23, 
1756.  Children,  born  at  Warren:  i.Dolh', 
born  November  4,  1774.  died  November  18, 
1779.  2.  Jonathan,  Jr.,  born  August  23,  1776, 
died  of  spotted  fever  September  23,  1777. 
3.  Hannah,  born  February  20,  1778,  died 
October  30,  1779.  4.  Jonathan,  born  October 
12,  1780,  mentioned  below.  5.  Hannah,  born 
January  27,  1783.  6.  Ephraim,  born  Febru- 
ary 12,  1785.  7.  Page,  born  May  i,  1787, 
died  August  11,  1789.  8.  John,  born  April  30, 
1789.  9.  Page,  born  August  29,  1790.  10. 
Dolly  (twin),  born  July  25,  1792.  11.  Elea- 
nor (twin),  born  July  25.  1792.  12.  Dolly, 
born  June  20,  1794.  13.  John,  born  July  17, 
1796.  14.  Benjamin,  born  November  25,  1798. 
15.  Daniel,  born  December  3,  1801. 

(VII)  Jonathan  Clement,  son  of  Jonathan 
Clement  (6),  was  born  in  Warren,  October 
12,  1780.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  worked  on 
the  homestead  during  his  youth.  When  a 
young  man  he  drove  a  freight  wagon  from 
Boston  to  Montreal,  carrying  tea,  tobacco, 
molasses  and  other  West  India  goods  and 
bringing  back  a  variety  of  goods  to  Boston. 
After  a  period  of  years  he  settled  in  Warren 
and  opened  a  tavern  in  the  valley  of  Runaway 
pond,  succeeding  his  uncle  who  built  it.  It 
was  a  popular  public  house.  The  men  for 
many  miles  met  there  to  discuss  the  politics 
and  gossip  of  the  day  and  to  sample  the 
excellent  liquor  for  which  the  house  was  fam- 
ous. Political  meetings  and  conventions  were 
held  there.  Until  the  day  of  the  railroad  the 
prosperous  tavern  keeper  was  the  leading  citi- 
zen of  the  country  as  a  rule.  Clement  acquired 
a  competence  in  the  hotel  business.  He  knew 
his  business  thoroughly  and  his  personality 
attracted  trade  to  his  inn.  Religious  services 
were   held   in   the   spacious    room   where   the 


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AIIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


bar  was  located,  and  once  when  a  preacher 
was  exhorting  his  congregation  in  the  hotel 
Mr.  Clements  sat  behind  the  bar  listening 
c|uietly  until  the  trend  -  of  the  discourse 
changed  from  preaching  to  the  saints,  as  it 
were,  to  scolding  the  sinners.  Mr.  Clement 
thereupon  jumped  up  and  shouted  :  "Amen  !" 
He  believed  he  said  in  preaching  to  the  sin- 
ners. He  lived  during  his  last  years  with  his 
daughter,  Hannah  Boynton,  and  his  grandson, 
Albert  A.  Clement.  He  died  at  the  house  of 
the  latter  February  15,  1864.  He  was  an 
active  and  faithful  member  of  the  Universalist 
church,  of  which  he  was  deacon,  and  it  is  said 
that  he  and  his  wife  knew  the  Bible  by  heart 
so  thoroughly  and  constantly  did  they  read 
and  stiidy  the  Scriptures.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state 
militia  in  his  early  manhood. 

He  married  ^largaret  French,  of  Sugar 
Hill,  Haverhill,  New  Hampshire.  She  was 
born  in  Epping  and  died  May  I,  1854,  aged 
seventy-seven  years,  the  daughter  of  Barzilla 
and  Hannah  (Swasey)  French.  Children:  i. 
Jonathan,  born  March  24,  1805,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Katherine,  born  February  i,  1813, 
died  ]\Iay  30,  1894;  married,  October  19,  1843, 
Henry  Tarlton,  of  Haverhill,  New  Hamp- 
shire; children:  i.  James  B.,  born  April  23, 
1846,  married,  December  24,  1879,  Emma 
Knapp :  ii.  Mary  E.  Tarlton,  born  November 
22.  1847,  married,  September  10,  1871,  Frank 
H.  Knapp  (children:  Henry  F.  Knapp,  born 
Febrary  22,  1874;  Andrew  J.  Knapp,  born 
January  2,  1877;  Helen  M.  Knapp,  born  Aug- 
ust II,  1889);  iii.  Andrew  J.  Tarlton,  born 
July  17,  1856.  3.  Juha  Ann,  born  April  6, 
1815,  married,  October  20,  1836,  Henry  S. 
Wendell,  of  Hingham,  Alassachusetts.  Chil- 
dren :  i.  Luella  Belle,  born  May  16,  1840,  mar- 
ried, August  30,  1859,  Luther  M.  Harris,  and 
they  have  Louie  Jackson,  born  February  17, 
1862 ;  ii.  Franklin  Henry  Wendell,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1847,  married,  September  29,  1873, 
Amelia  Severance  (children:  Mada  S.,  Mina 
L.,  Harry  U.,  Rachel,  Paul  Clement,  Fred- 
erick H.  and  Robert  E.  Wendell)  ;  iii.  Charles 
Madison  Wendell,  born  February  21,  1850, 
married  Emma  J.  Bancroft,  September  25, 
1872;  he  died  December  16,  1902;  iv.  Mina 
J.,  born  February  20,  1853.  4.  Hannah,  born 
March  3,  1820,  married,  March  6,  1838,  Steph- 
en Boynton,  of  Warren ;  children :  i.  Omera 
Boynton,  born  March  13,  1835;  ii.  John  L. 
Boynton,  born  January  31,  1839,  married  and 
has  one  child,  a  daughter :  iii.  Marion,  born 
May    31,    1852,    married    Walter    Howland : 


three  children ;  reside  in  the  west.  5.  Eph- 
raim,  born  August  28,  1817,  married  (first), 
A'lay  7,  1840,  Miranda  Bachellor,  of  Warren ; 
children :  i.  Nathaniel,  born  May  20,  1841  ; 
ii.  Sarah  E.,  born  May  7,  1843,  married, 
November  29,  i860,  Oliver  H.  Bixby  and  had 
Dr.  H.  Oliver  Bixby,  born  February  12,  1867; 
iii.  Caroline  E.,  born  April  21,  1847,  married, 
May  16,  1871,  Levi  W.  Bixby;  iv.  James  A., 
born  April  20,  1849,  married,  December  25, 
1877,  Emma  J.  Carr ;  (children:  Gardner  A. 
born  ]\Iay  24,  1884;  Forrest  N.,  born  July  2, 
1887);  v.  .\roesta  M.,  born  November  4, 
185 1. 

(\'ni)  Jonathan  Clement,  son  of  Jonathan 
Clement  (7),  was  born  at  Warren,  New 
Hampshire,  March  24,  1805.  He  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  district  school.  He  worked 
for  his  father  at  home  on  the  farm  and  in  the 
tavern  until  about  1834.  He  bought  a  farm 
in  the  district  known  as  Intervale  in  Warren, 
and  conducted  it  until  1844,  doing  much 
teaming  in  addition.  He  sold  the  farm  and 
removed  to  Haverhill,  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  conducted  the  Widow  Kent  farm  on  shares 
for  the  following  five  years.  He  then  returned 
to  Warren  and  for  a  year  engaged  in  the  saw 
mill  and  lumber  business  until  he  was  dis- 
abled by  a  fall  from  a  lumber  wagon  he  was 
loading.  He  had  to  retire  from  active  labor. 
During  the  remainder  of  his  life  he  lived  with 
his  son,  Albert  K.  Clement,  and  he  died  at 
Woburn,  Massachusetts,  February  11,  1868. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist ;  in  politics  a 
Democrat.  Fie  was  road  surveyor  in  the  town 
of  Warren  and  held  other  offices  there.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Warren  militia  com- 
[lany. 

He  married,  March  6,  1834,  Betsey  P. 
Aiken,  who  was  born  at  Wcntworth,  New 
Hampshire,  May  28,  1811,  daughter  of  Ezek- 
iel  and  Ruth  (Varnum)  Aiken,  of  Went- 
worth.  Her  father  was  a  farmer,  and  having 
fine  water  power  upon  his  estate  he  and  his 
sons  erected-  mills,  wherein  they  conducted  a 
sawing,  carding  and  grist  business.  Children  : 
I.  Albert  Aiken,  born  July  ii,  1836,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Betsey  Jane,  born  March  22, 
1838,  died  September  29,  1874;  married,  June 
3,  1854,  Rodney  N.  Flagg.  of  Grafton,  New 
Hampshire ;  children :  i.  Evelyn  P.  Flagg,  born 
July  14,  1855,  died  July  14,  1902;  ii.  Edward 
E.  Flagg,  born  August  3,  i86fi,  married,  No- 
vember 25.  1895,  Sarah  E.  Moore,  of  Mor- 
side,  California;  iii.  Cora  Louise,  born  June 
17,  1868;  iv.  Ida  Flagg,  born  December  31, 
1870.     3.  Chauncey  Ephraim,  born  December 


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805 


8,  1839,  resides  at  San  Jose,  California,  un- 
married. 4.  ^Margaret,  born  May  25,  1841, 
died  June  2,  1906 ;  married,  February  14, 
1867,  Freeman  E.  Colby,  of  Henniker,  New 
Hampshire ;  children :  i.  Almon  B.  Colby,  born 
November  13,  1867,  married  Georgianna  Bar- 
nard;  (children:  Clarence  E.  Colby,  born  May 
16,  1894;  Arthur  B.  Colby,  born  April  13, 
1896;  Alargaretta  Colby,  born  June  16,  1898; 
Helen  Colby;  Ruth  Colby);  ii.  Scott  Colby, 
born  June  22,  1869,  .married  Emma  Lewis ; 
iii.  Roscoe  Colby,  born  April  25.  1879;  iv. 
Bessie  Colby,  born  August  14,  1886,  married, 
]\Iarch  21,  1905,  Oscar  J.  Presby ;  one  child, 
Harold  Presby,  born  February  13,  1906.  5. 
Louisa,  born  February  5,  1843,  died  Alay  10, 
1864.  6.  Sedelia  Ann,  born  March  21,  1845, 
died  June  22,  1883 ;  buried  in  East  Long 
Meadow,  Massachusetts ;  married  Albert 
Ross,  of  Bath,  New  Hampshire.  7.  Dan,  born 
November  20,  1847,  died  April  7,  1851.  8. 
Annie  E.,  born  April  27,  1850,  died  January 
7,  1905;  married,  August  3,  1873,  Frank  B. 
Woodward ;  children :  i.  Walter  Bradford 
Woodward,  born  September  28,  1875,  died 
April  26,  1899;  ii.  Edith  Lydia,  born  October 
20,  1881,  married,  June  16,  1903,  Perley  N. 
Hopper.  9.  Arab  D.,  born  February  3,  1852, 
died  June  21,  1890,  buried  in  Burlington, 
Massachusetts;  married,  August  29,  1875,  Ab- 
bie  Hutchinson,  one  child,  Bessie  ]\Iarion,  born 
June  18,  1880,  died  September  10,  1901,  buried 
in  Burlington,  Massachusetts.  10.  Tristam 
French,  born  January  25,  1854,  married, 
March  23,  1875,  Emily  Walch,  of  Merrimack. 
New  Hampshire;  children:  i.  Clarence  Walch, 
born  October  14,  1878,  married,  September  2, 
1899,  Ethel  Flutchinson,  of  Merrimack,  New 
Hampshire:  ii.  Olive  Myra,  born  June  17, 
1886;  iii.  Ida  Susan,  born  March  27,  1890; 
iv.  Burton  Robert,  born  November  i,  1894. 

(IX)  Albert  Aiken  Clement,  son  of  Jona- 
than Clement  (8),  was  born  at  Warren,  New 
Hampshire,  July  11,  1836.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  East 
Haverhill,  New  Hampshire,  whither  his  par- 
ents removed  when  he  was  eight  years  old, 
and  at  \\'entworth  where  he  went  to  work  for 
Nathan  Clough,  a  farmer,  when  he  was  twelve 
years  old.  Afterward  he  worked  si.x  months 
for  Joseph  Noyes  and  five  years  for  Ira  Mer- 
rill, both  farmers.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he 
came  to  Ashland,  Massachusetts,  and  entered 
the  employ  of  John  Clark,  driving  his  wagon 
through  Middlesex  county,  and  selling  stoves, 
hardware  and  Yankee  notions.  For  twenty 
years  he   followed  this  business   successfully. 


and  he  became  one  of  the  best  known  and 
most  popular  itinerant  merchants  of  that 
section.  In  1869  he  started  in  business 
for  himself  as  an  itinerant  merchant,  trading 
also  in  horses.  He  made  his  home  in  Woburn 
in  1875,  and  engaged  in  the  ice  business  in 
North  Woburn  where  he  built  ice  houses  and 
established  a  good  business.  After  two  years, 
however,  he  sold  it  to  John  Merrill  and 
entered  the  real  estate  business.  He  invested 
some  of  his  savings  in  Woburn  real  estate, 
and  built  several  houses  on  the  old  Page  place 
in  Woburn.  In  1891  he  removed  to  Laconia, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  bought  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  Ladd  Hill, 
known  as  the  Harlan  P.  Ladd  Farm,  and 
conducted  it  successfully  for  eight  years.  Fie 
traded  his  farm  with  the  exception  of  ninety 
acres  for  the  old  Kesser  farm  which  adjoined 
it.  He  conducted  it  for  two  years  and  in 
1901  returned  to  Woburn.  He  sold  fifty 
acres  of  woodland  to  the  Diamond  Match 
Company.  He  bought  the  old  Tay  place  at 
Woburn  and  since  then  has  resided  at  No.  7 
Clinton  street,  having  an  extensive  milk  route 
and  wood  business.  Hg  is  a  member  of  the 
Woburn  Congregational  church.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Order  of  the  Golden  Cross,  Woburn,  and 
when  a  young  man  became  a  member  of  the 
Sons  of  Temperance.  All  his  life  Mr.  Clement 
has  been  a  collector  of  old  relics,  some  of 
which  date  back  to  the  period  of  our  great- 
great-grandparents. 

He  married  (first),  .August  21,  1873,  Han- 
nah Emily  Page,  of  Groton,  Massachusetts, 
who  died  April  28,  1881,  daughter  of  Luther 
and  Flannah  (Murray)  Page,  of  Groton.  He 
married  (second),  October  25,  1882,  Susan 
Elvah  Marston,  born  at  Benton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, May  3,  1853,  daughter  of  Bartlett  and 
Anna  Swett  (Brown)  Marston,  of  Benton. 
Children:  i.  Louisa  Page,  born  November 
20,  1874,  married,  October  15,  1898,  Dr. 
Greenwood  H.  Knight,  of  De.xter,  Maine ; 
children  :  i.  Dorothy  Hathaway,  born  May  20, 
1900,  died  July  I,  1900;  ii.  Enid  Louise,  born 
May  2,  1902,  died  June  26,  1902 ;  iii.  Weston 
Clement,  born  October  28,  1907.  2.  Warren 
Luther,  born  August  20,  1876,  married,  June 
28,  1898,  Sigrid  Johnson,  of  Boston  ;  children : 
i.  Emily  Christine,  born  March  18,  1900;  ii. 
Ruth  Elizabeth,  born  April  24,  1902 ;  iii.  Mar- 
garet Louise,  born  August  i,  1904;  iv.  Mil- 
dred Page,  born  October  6,  1907.  3.  George 
Albert,  born  November  3,  1878,  married, 
October   3,    1900,    Mabelle    Earle,    of    Tilton, 


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New  Hampshire ;  child :  Lorena  Earle,  born 
July  24,  1901.  Children  of  Albert  A.  and 
Susan  E.  Clement:  4.  Helen  Alarston.  born 
December  17,  1883.  5.  Cora  Elvab,  born  Jan- 
uary 13,  1888.  6.  Gertrude  Anna,  born  Aug- 
ust 21,  i8q2. 


The  immigrant  ancestor  of  Ed- 
LOCKE  win  F.  Locke  was  Deacon  Wil- 
liam Locke,  who  was  born  in 
Stephney  parish,  London,  England,  and  bap- 
tized December  20,  1628.  He  came  with  rela- 
tives to  this  country  when  a  child  in  the  ship 
"Planter."  March  22,  1634.  It  is  not  certain 
how  early  he  settled  in  Woburn,  but  the  first 
real  estate  he  is  recorded  as  purchasing  there 
was  about  1650.  Later  he  became  a  large 
real  estate  owner,  and  took  an  active  part  in 
town  affairs,  serving  as  selectman  several 
times,  as  constable,  grand  juror,  and  in  many 
other  positions.  He  was  also  deacon  of  the 
church.  He  was  not  only  a  farmer,  but  car- 
penter and  builder.  He  died  at  Woburn,  June 
16,  1720.  He  married,  December  25,  1655, 
Mary  Clarke,  daughter  of  William  and  Mar- 
gery Clarke,  of  Woburn.  Children  of  Deacon 
William  and  Mary  (Clarke)  Locke,  born  in 
Woburn:  i.  William,  born  December  27, 
1657,  died  January  9,  1658.  2.  William,  born 
January  18,  1659;  see  forward.  3.  John,  born 
August  I,  1661,  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Plympton,  May  31,  1683;  married  second, 
]Mrs.  Mary  (Winn)  Wyman,  November  30, 
1720.  4.  Joseph,  born  March  8,  1664,  mar- 
ried  (first)    Mary ,  died  April,   1707; 

married  second,  Margaret  Mead,  daughter  of 
Israel  Mead,  of  Woburn;  married  third,  Han- 
nah Pierce,  of  Weston,  November  5,  1743. 
5.  Mary,  born  October  16,  1666,  married 
Samuel  Kendall,  March  30,  1692.  6.  Samuel, 
born  October  14,  1669,  married  (first)  Ruth 
;  married  second,  Mary  Day,  of  Ips- 
wich, in  1717.  7.  Ebenezer,  born  January  8, 
1674,  married  (first)  Susanna  Walker,  Octo- 
ber 18,  1697;  married  second,  Hannah  Meads, 
October  14,  1701.  8.  James,  born  November 
14,  1677,  married  Sarah  Cutter,  daughter  of 
Richard  Cutter,  of  Cambridge,  December  5, 
1700.  9.  Elizabeth,  born  January  4,  1681, 
married  James  Markham,  October  14,  1700. 
(II)  Deacon  William  Locke,  son  of  Deacon 
William  and  Mary  (Clarke)  Locke,  born  Jan- 
uary 18,  1659.  He  was  a  deacon  in  1709,  was 
selectman  in  1703-04  and  1732,  and  held  many 
other  town  offices.  He  served  on  committees 
for  the  church  as  well  as  town  affairs.     He 


resided  in  the  second  precinct  of  Woburn, 
which  afterwards  became  a  part  of  Burling- 
ton when  that  town  was  incorporated.  He 
died  January  8,  1738.  He  married  first  Sarah 
Whitmore,  May  29,  1683,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Isabel  (Park)  Whitmore,  of  Cambridge; 
married  second,  Abigail  Hayward,  June  8, 
1698.  The  first  three  children  were  by  his 
first  wife,  the  last  two  by  his  second  wife,  all 
born  in  Woburn:     i.  William,  born  June  28, 

1684:  married  first,  Mary  ,  who  died 

February  21,  1710-11 ;  second  Jemima  Russell, 
daughter  of  Philip  K.  Russell.  2.  Francis, 
born  July  25,    1690,   in  Woburn.     3.  Daniel, 

born  July  9,  1693;  married  first  Abigail  , 

who  died  November  22,  1750;  second,  Mrs. 
Dorcas  Brabrook,  November  17,  1751.  4. 
Ebenezer,  married  Elizabeth .  5.  Abi- 
gail, born  June  22,  17 10,  married  Jonas  Mer- 
iam,  October  3,  1728. 

(Ill)  Francis  Locke,  son  of  Deacon  Wil- 
liam and  Sarah  (Whitmore)  Locke,  was  born 
July  25,  1690.  He  lived  in  Medford  a  few 
years  after  his  marriage,  but  in  1718  sold  his 
jjroperty  in  Woburn  to  his  brother  Daniel,  and 
moved  to  West  Cambridge,  now  Arlington. 
At  different  times  he  bought  considerable 
land  there.  He  was  not  only  a  farmer,  but  a 
tanner,  and  kept  a  tavern.  In  1739  he  and  his 
wife  Elizabeth  were  among  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  church  in  West  Cambridge.  In 
1747  he  and  Gershom  Cutter  were  fined  thirty 
shillings  each  for  travelling  on  Sunday  to 
Newton  to  attend  meeting,  by  Henry  Gibbs, 
justice  of  the  peace.  The  court  of  sessions, 
however,  ordered  the  proceedings  quashed. 
He  died  September  3,  1770.  His  wife  died 
June  27,  1771,  aged  eighty-one  years.  He 
married  first,  Elizabeth  Winship,  of  Medford, 
February  25,  1713,  who  died  1758;  married 
second,  Mrs.  Martha  (Russell)  D-mster, 
March  15,  1759.  She  was  the  widow  of 
Henry  Dunster,  grandson  of  President  Henry 
Dunster,  of  Harvard  College.  Children  of 
Francis  Locke  and  his  first  wife,  the  first  two 
born  in  Medford,  the  others  in  West  Cam- 
bridge: I.  Samuel,  born  January  15,  1714. 
2.  Elizabeth,  born  June  17,  1716;  married  first 
Zachariah  Symmes,  June  16,  1748;  second, 
Ebenezer  Brooks,  November  15,  1776.  3. 
Sarah,  born  April  10,  1719,  married  William 
Withington,  of  West  Cambridge.  4.  Francis, 
born  April  3,  1721 ;  married  Ruth  Fessenden, 
September  13,  1743.  5.  John,  born  February 
8,  1724,  married  Mary  Frost,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Frost,  of  Cambridge.  6.  Benjamin, 
baptized  October  12,  1735,  died  young. 


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(IV)  Samuel  Locke,  son  of  Francis  and 
Elizabeth  (W'inship)  Locke,  born  January  15, 
1714.  He  lived  in  West  Cambridge.  In  1760 
his  father,  Francis  Locke,  sold  him  a  small  lot 
of  land,  "at  the  foot  of  the  rocks,"  with  dwell- 
ing-house thereon,  it  being  a  part  of  the  "mill 
[pasture,"  for  £26  13s  4d.  In  December,  1769, 
liis  father  sold  him  for  £141  5s  5d  certain  lots 
of  land  in  \\'est  Cambridge,  reserving  the  con- 
trol and  use  of  the  same  during  his  life.  Me 
seems  to  have  been  a  farmer.  He  died  of 
small-pox  August  5,  1775.  He  was  second 
cousin  of  Dr.  Samuel  Locke,  president  of 
Harvard  College.  He  married  first,  Deborah 
Butterfield,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Buttertield ; 
she  died  September  7,  1769;  second,  Mrs. 
Mehitable  (Chamberlain)  Butterfield,  June  6, 
1770.  She  was  the  widow  of  William  Butter- 
field, brother  of  Deborah,  his  first  wife.  Chil- 
dren of  Samuel  Locke  by  his  first  wife,  all 
born  at  West  Cambridge:  i.  Lydia,  baptized 
November  7,  1736,  died  young.  2.  Benjamin, 
born  August  5  or  6,  1738,  married  Mary  Pierce 
August  2,  1757;  he  commanded  a  company  at 
the  battles  of  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill; 
died  December  7,  1791.  3.  Lydia,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1739;  married  Daniel  Hill,  August 

27,  1761.  4.  Deborah,  born  July  10,  1741  ; 
married  William  Butterfield,  January  12,  1768. 

5.  Mary,  born  December  22,  1742.  died  Octo- 
ber 23,  1743-  6.  Mary,  born  January  12, 
1744;  married  Nathaniel  Cutter,  of  Princeton, 
November  20,  1777.     7.  Elizabeth,  born  May 

6,  1745;  married  Jason  Russell,  Jr.,  October 

28,  1762,  they  removed  to  Mason,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 8.  Sarah,  born  September  9,  1746, 
died  September  23,  1746.  9.- 10.  .Sarah  and 
Samuel,  twins,  born  December  15,  1748; 
Sarah  died  the  same  day.  11.  William,  born 
May  20,   1750,  died  March  9,   1752.     12.-13. 

i  Jonathan  and  Ruth  (twins),  born  December 
6,  1751 ;  Jonathan  died  December  31,  1751 ; 
Ruth  married  Isaac  Watson,  of  Medford, 
September  26,  1771,  and  they  settled  in  Wil- 
ton, New  Hampshire.  14.  Phebe,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1753;  married  Francis  Locke,  Jr., 
her  cousin,  November  i,  1772, 

(V)  Lieutenant  Samuel  Locke,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Deborah  (Butterfield)  Locke, 
born  December  15,'  1748.  He  was  lieutenant 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution ;  was  with  troops 
at  Noddle's  Island  in  December,  1776,  and  at 
Cambridge,  May,  1777.  He  was  an  extensive 
farmer,  and  resided  in  the  south  part  of  West 
Cambridge  (now  Belmont),  where  he  owned 
a  large  estate.  He  died  September  13,  1819. 
He  married  I\Targaret  Adams,  May  16,  1771. 


Children  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  and  Margaret 
( Adams )  Locke,  born  at  West  Cambridge 
(now  Belmont):  i.  Deborah,  born  March 
ID,  1772;  married  Ephraim  Cutter,  March  13. 
1791.  2.  Samuel,  born  March  13,  1773,  mar 
ried  Hannah  Learned,  November  12,  1797.  3 
Nathan,  born  August  3,  1774,  married  Sarah 
Cutter,  November  14,  1797.  4.  Joseph,  born 
September  7,  1775;  married  Mehitable  Locke. 
March  2,  1800.  5.  Margaret,  born  June  3, 
1777;  married  James  Frost  (3rd),  February 
I,  1795.  6.  Martha,  born  October  3,  1778; 
married  Peter  Tufts,  Jr.,  April  5,  1798.  7. 
Daniel,  born  October  28,  1779;  married  (first) 
Martha  Williams,  November  14,  1802;  second, 

Zerniah   ;    third,    Mary    Pool,   April 

14,  1825.  8.  Isaac,  born  June  27.  1781 ;  see 
forward.  9.  Anna,  born  February  3,  1783; 
married  Charles  Wellington,  January  12,  1809. 
10.  John,  born  June  17,  1784,  died  July  22, 
1784.  II.  Amos,  born  June  11,  1785  ;  married 
Sally  Tufts,  October  21,  1813.  12.  Joel,  born 
January  i,  1787;  married  Abigail  Simonds, 
April  20,  1809.  13.  Jonas,  born  March  15, 
1789;  married  Hannah  Meriam,  April  6,  1820. 
14.  Leonard,  born  July  5,  1791,  died  Septem- 
ber 18,  1791.  15.  Oliver,  born  September  14, 
1792;  married  Lavinia  Smith,  April  2,  1818. 

(VI)  Isaac  Locke,  son  of  Lieutenant  Sam- 
uel and  Margaret  (Adams)  Locke,  was  born 
Jime  27,  1 781.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in 
that  part  of  West  Cambridge  now  Belmont. 
He  died  April  27,  1840.  He  married  Hannah 
Butterfield,  daughter  of  Samuel  Butterfield,  of 
\N'est  Cambridge,  in  1807.  Children  of  Isaac 
and  Hannah  (Butterfield)  Locke,  •  born  at 
W'est  Cambridge:  i.  George  Augustus,  born 
June  17,  1807;  married  Mary  S.  Davis,  April 
4,  1839.  2.  Albert,  born  January  7,  1810.  3. 
Elizabeth  Butterfield,  born  November  9,  181 1  ; 
married  John  Hart,  December  8,  1830.  4. 
Edwin,  born  July  7,  1814;  married  Eveline 
Perry,  March  24,  1842.  5.  Samuel  Butter- 
field, born  June  25,  1816,  died  January  13, 
1838.  6.  Isaac,  born  September  8,  1818,  see 
forward.  7.  John,  born  February  20,  1823 ; 
married  Elizabeth  Thompson,  May  20,  1847. 
8.  Caroline  Augusta,  born  July  7,  1825;  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Adams.  9.  William  Henry,  born 
October  3,  1827. 

(VII)  Isaac  Locke,  son  of  Isaac  and  Han- 
nah (Butterfield)  Locke,  was  born  September 
8,  1818.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
West  Cambridge  and  at  Hampton  Falls,  New 
Hampshire.  He  lived  in  Charlestown  the 
greater  part  of  his  active  life,  but  finally  re- 
turned with  his  family  to  the  vicinity  of  the 


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old  homestead,  now  Belmont.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  King  Solomon  Lodge,  of  Masons  of 
Charlestown.  and  a  charter  member  of  Henry 
Price  Lodge.  He  was  in  the  fruit  and  produce 
business,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  occupy 
the  new  building  of  the  Faneuil  Hall  Market, 
sometimes  called  Ouincy  Market,  Boston.  He 
died  February  14,  1889.  He  married  August 
18.  1845,  Elizabeth  J.  Brown,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Dorothy  (Gove)  Brown.  Chil- 
dren of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Locke: 
I.  Edwin  Forrest,  born  January  9,  1847;  see 
forward.  2.  Isaac  H.,  born  August  18,  1850; 
married,  September  21,  1881,  Mary  M.  Beau- 
champ,  of  Boston,  daughter  of  Captain  Isaac 
Beauchamp.  3.  Emma,  born  February  6,  1855 
or  1856;  married  Arnold  H.  B.  Heath,  Octo- 
ber 19,  1890.  4.  Charles  B.,  born  March  29, 
1859;  married,  February  3,  1894,  Efifie  A. 
Chapman,  of  HalFs  Harbor,  Nova  Scotia. 

(VIII)  Edwin  Forrest  Locke,  son  of  Isaac 
and  Elizabeth  J.  (Brown)  Locke,  was  born  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  January  9,  1847. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Charlestown,  and  at  Chauncy  Hall  School, 
Boston.  When  about  nineteen  years  of  age  he 
entered  the  employ  of  his  father  at  Faneuil 
Hall  Market,  and  in  a  few  years  was  admitted 
to  the  firm,  under  the  name  of  Isaac  Locke  & 
Company,  in  which  he  continued  as  long  as 
he  lived.  He  resided  a  few  years  in  Chelsea, 
and  removed  to  West  Medford  in  1890.  He 
was  an  active  member  of  the  Boston  Fruit 
and  Produce  Exchange,  the  Boston  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and  Medford  Historical  Society.  He 
died  at  his  summer  home  in  Amherst,  New 
Hampshire,  October  3,  1905.  He  married 
(  first ),  October  28,  1869,  Wilhelmina  F.' Leon- 
ard, who  died  December  22,  1876;  second, 
October  26,  1880,  Emma  P.  Boylston,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Dudley  and  Mercy  Plummer 
( Perkins)  Boylston,  born  in  Amherst,  New 
Hampshire,  June  8,  1855.  Children  of  Edwin 
Forrest  and  Emma  P.  (Boylston)  Locke:  i. 
Wilhelmina  Boylston,  born  October  i,  1881, 
at  Chelsea ;  married  Kenneth  Hutchins,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1903 ;  they  have  one  child,  Boylston 
Hutchins,  born  August  30,  1904,  and  they 
live  in  West  Medford.  2.  Howard  Revere, 
born  August  28,  1883.  at  Revere.  3.  Alabel 
Emma,  born  May  13,  1889,  at  Chelsea.  The 
maternal  immigrant  ancestor  of  Edwin  F. 
Locke  was 

(I)  lohn  Brown,  who  was  born  in  England 
in    1^88   or   '89,   and    with   the   Rev.    Stephen 


Batchelder  and  others  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  in  1638. 
He  reached  middle  life  before  he  came  to  New 
England,  having,  it  is  said,  taken  part  in  some 
foreign  wars  before  he  left  England.  His 
residence  was  on  a  ten-acre  lot  bought  of 
John  Sanders,  on  which  Zaccheus  Brown,  a 
lineal  descendant  of  the  seventh  generation, 
lived.  Afterwards  by  purchase  he  made  large 
additions  to  this  lot,  and  obtained  various 
tracts  of  land  in  difi^erent  parts  of  the  town. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  brought  his  sons  up  to 
that  line  of  work.  Four  of  his  sons  served  in 
the  King  Philip  war.  He  died  February  28, 
1687.  His  wife's  name  was  Sarah,  perhaps 
Sarah  Walker.  His  children  were  all  born 
in  Hampton.  At  that  time  Hampton,  Exeter, 
Portsmouth  and  Dover  were  part  of  Old  Nor- 
folk county,  and  belonged  to  Massachusetts. 
Children  of  John  and  Sarah  Brown:  i.  Sarah, 
born  about  1643,  married  John  Poor;  died  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  December,  1678. 
2.  John,  born  about  1645,  died  x'X.ugust  29. 
ifi83.  3.  Benjamin,  born  about  1647;  married 
Sarah  Brown:  died  about  1736.  4.  Elizabeth, 
born  about  1650;  married  Isaac  Marston ;  died 
October  5,  1689.  5.  Jacob,  born  1653  '•  m3.r- 
ried  Sarah  Brooking;  died  February  13,  1740. 
6.  Mary,  born  September  13,  1655;  married 
Nathan  Parker,  April  15,  1675  7.  Thomas, 
born  July  14,  1657;  see  forward.  8.  Stephen, 
born  about  1659;  killed  at  Black  Point,  June 
29,  1677,  in  a  conflict  with  the  Indians. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
Brown,  born  July  14,  1657,  died  June  2<), 
1744.  He  served  in  King  Philip's  war.  He 
married  Abiel  Shaw,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  f  Partridge)  Shaw.  Children  of 
Thomas  and  Abiel  (Shaw)  Brown:  i. 
Thomas,  born  December,  1686  married  Dorcas 
Fanning;  died  June  7,  1766.  2.  Joseph,  born 
January  30,  1689;  see  forward.  3.  Sarah, 
born  April  3,  1691  ;  married  Joshua  Towle. 
died  August  8,  1767.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  April 
21,  1694;  married  Solomon  Dowst;  lived  in 
Rye.  5.  Ebenezer,  born  about  1696 ;  married 
(first)  Sobriety,  daughter  of  Josiah  Moulton, 
February  27,  1724;  second,  Mary  Flanders; 
died  October  20,  1780.  6.  Josiah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1701  ;  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Towle,  January  I.  1724;  second,  Marj-  Brad- 
bury, December  3,  1744;  died  December  4, 
1790. 

fill)  Joseph  r«rown,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Abiel  (Shaw)  Brown,  was  born  January  30, 
1689.  He  lived  in  Hampton,  and  afterwards 
removed  to  Rye,  New  Hampshire.     He  mar- 


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ried  Elizabeth  Palmer,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Deborah  (  Batchelder  )  Palmer.  He  died 
in  Rye,  New  Hampshire,  March  19,  1759. 
Children  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Palmer) 
Brown:  I.  Joseph,  born  January  2,  1716, 
died  young.  2.  Thomas,  born  August  6,  17 17. 
3.  Sanniel,  born  November  20,  1720;  see  for- 
ward. 4.  Joseph,  born  December  2,  1722; 
married  Abigail  Goss,  November  27,  1746.  5. 
Jonathan  (Colonel),  born  December  20,  1724; 
married  Mary  Garland,  daughter  of  John, 
January  3,  1753;  died  January,  1798.  6.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  August  6,  1727,  married  Simon 
Garland,  son  of  John.  7.  Mary,  born  July  i, 
1732,  died  November  12,  1736. 

(I\^)  Dr.  Samuel  Brown,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Palmer)  Brown,  born  November 
20,  1720,  in  Rye,  New  Hampshire.  He  re- 
moved to  Chester,  New  Hampshire,  about 
1750,  and  according  to  Chase's  ''History  of 
Chester,"  he  bought  the  place  where  Jabez 
French  first  lived,  on  the  east  half  of  No.  17, 
2nd  P.  2nd  D.  He  became  quite  infirm  from 
rheumatism  in  the  last  years  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  physician.  He  died  May 
20.  1794.  In  the  winter  of  1745-6  Samuel 
Brown  was  a  sergeant  in  Captain  John  Goffe's 
company  of  thirty-seven  men,  scouting  the 
woods  on  snowshoes  looking  for  Indians.  He 
served  from  August  to  November,  1757,  in  a 
company  sent  to  reinforce  the  garrison  at 
Charlestown,  No.  4,  on  the  Connecticut  river. 
He  was  member  of  the  committee  of  safety 
for  the  town  of  Chester  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  He  married,  July  18,  1745,  Susanna 
Knowles,  of  Rye,  daughter  of  John  and  Try- 
phena  (Locke)  Knowles.  She  was  born  in 
1726,  and  died  ^Nlay  3,  1789.  Children  of 
Sanuiel  and  Susanna  (Knowles)  Brown,  the 
first  two  born  in  Rye,  the  others  in  Chester : 
I.  Mary,  born  April  21,  1746;  married  Joseph 
Fuller ;  lived  in  Chester  and  Raymond.  2. 
Jonathan,  born  September  15,  1747;  married 
(first),  Sarah  Moulton ;  (second)  her  sister, 
the  widow  Bosford,  October  12,  1822.  3. 
Fenia.  born  August  24,  1750,  died  young.  4. 
Joseph,  born  August  1752,  died  November  18, 
1754.  3.  Samuel,  born  November  11,  1754; 
married  Sarah  Paine ;  he  served  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war;  died  July  3,  1827.  6.  Susan, 
born  December  14,  17 ^C)-,  married  Bartlett 
Kenniston.  7.  Joseph,  born  February  24, 
1758;  see  forward.  8.  John,  born  November 
22,  1760;  married  Comfort  Jenness,  October 
25,  1789,  died  1822.  9.  Fenia,  born  March  3, 
1763.  probably  died  young.  10.  David,  born 
Sejitember   17,   1765;  married  Elizabeth  Nay, 


daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  and  ^lary  (  El- 
kins)  Nay,  January  6,  1791  ;  died  1828.  He 
settled  in  Raymond,  New  Hampshire. 

( V)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna 
(Knowles)  Brown,  was  born  February  24, 
1758,  in  Chester,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  lived  on  the  home  place.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolutionar}'  war,  serving  in 
Captain  Stephen  Dearborn's  company,  Colonel 
Thomas  Stickney's  regiment.  General  Stark's 
brigade,  and  joined  the  Northern  Continental 
army,  serving  from  July  19  to  September  18, 
1777.  He  was  in  the  battle  at  Bennington, 
August  16,  which  resulted  in  a  great  victory 
for  the  Continental  army.  He  served  again, 
enlisting  July  I,  1781,  for  six  months  in  Cap- 
tain Livermore's  company  of  the  Third  Regi- 
ment. Caleb  Hall,  the  father  of  his  first  wife, 
was  in  the  batttle  of  Bunker  Hill,  serving  as 
a  soldier  in  Captain  Thomas  Cogswell's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Loammi  Baldwin's  regiment. 
Immediatel}'  on  hearing  of  the  battle  of  Lex- 
ington he  left  his  home  in  Chester,  New 
Hampshire,  and  proceeded  to  Cambridge, 
where  hei  enlisted  in  a  Mas,sachusetts  regi- 
ment, April  24,  1775,  serving  for  eight  months, 
leaving  his  wife  to  take  care  of  things  at  home 
and  five  small  children,  the  oldest  being  eleven 
\-ears  old.  In  1777  he  enlisted  in  Captain 
Joseph  Dearborn's  company.  Colonel  Joshua 
Wingate's  regiment,  and  served  in  Rhode  Is- 
land. Joseph  Brown  died  in  1802.  He  mar- 
ried first,  Lydia  Hall,  daughter  of  Caleb  Hall, 
of  Chester,  in  1782.  She  was  born  in  1764: 
married  second,  Lydia  Mace,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Nay)  Mace,  of  Hampton, 
and  granddaughter  of  Captain  Daniel  Ladd, 
of  Kingston,  and  a  great-great-granddaughter 
of  Hon.  John  Gilman,  of  Exeter.  Children  of 
Joseph  Brown  and  Lydia  Hall,  his  first  wife, 
who  died  December  15,  1790:  i.  Susie,  born 
April  3,  1783.  2.  Abraham,  born  November 
4.  1784.  3.  Samuel,  born  April  11,  1786;  see 
forward.  4.  Betsy,  born  October,  1788;  mar- 
ried  Moses   Mace.      5.  Lydia,  born   May  24, 

1792,  died  in    1794.     6.  Isaac,  born  July   10, 

1793.  7.  John,  born  October  23,  1794;  mar- 
ried Polly  Nay;  died  November  17,  1882.  8. 
Joseph,  born  Januar}'  16,  1796.  9.  Lydia, 
born  August  2,  1798,  died  November  4,  1843. 
10.  Andrew,  born  ]\Iarch  10,  1800.  11.  Sally, 
born  September  24,  1802,  died  November, 
1802.     All  born  in  Chester. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  Josej)h  and  Lydia 
(Hall)  Brown,  was  born  April  11,  1786,  in 
Chester,  New  Hampshire.  In  1813  he  moved 
to  Monmouth,  Maine,  and  lived  there  till  he 


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died.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  an  enterprising 
citizen  of  the  town.  He  married  Dorothy 
Gove,  in  1813;  she  was  born  December,  1789. 
Children  of  Samuel  and  Dorothy  (Gove) 
Brown,  born  in  Monmouth,  Maine:  i.  Ade- 
line, born  March  14,  181 5,  died  in  1828.  2. 
Maria  L.,  born  October  5,  1816;  married  Mr. 
Bragdon.  3.  Cordelia,  born  January  20,  1818; 
married  Macus  A.  Metcalf;  lived  in  Maiden, 
Massaclm setts.  4.  Joseph  B.,  born  1820.  5. 
Doroth}'  Ann,  born  September  27,  1822 ;  mar- 
ried Edwin  Farnham.  They  lived  in  Somer- 
ville.  6.  Elizabeth  Jane,  born  March  7,  1824; 
married  Isaac  Locke,  August  18,  1845.  7- 
Mary  A.,  born   February  21,   1826. 

(VII)  Elizabeth  Jane,  daughter  of  .Samuel 
and  Dorothy  (Gove)  Brown,  married  Isaac 
Locke,  August  18,  1845.     (See  Locke  family). 

(I)  Thomas  Boylston,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  Mrs.  Emma  (Boylston)  Locke,  was 
a  son  of  Edmund  Boylston,  of  London.  He 
was  born  in  London  in  161 5.  and  embarked  for 
America  in  the  ship  "Defiance,"  in  1635.  He 
settled   in    Watertown,    Massachusetts,   where 

he  died  about  1653.    He  married  Sarah , 

who  died  September  14,  1704.  Children  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  Boylston:  i.  Elizabeth, 
born  September  21,  1640.  2.  Sarah,  born 
September  30,   1642.     3.  Thomas,  born   1644. 

(II)  Thomas  Boylston,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  Boylston,  was  born  in  Watertown.  He 
settled  in  Muddy  River,  now  Brookline.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  a  physician.  He  served  in 
the  King  Philip  war  in  1675.  He  joined  the 
church  in  Roxbury,  July  7,  1678.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gardner,  of 
Muddy  River.  She  was  born  April  9,  1648, 
and  died  July  8,  1722.  Children  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Gardner)  Boylston:  i.  Mary, 
baptized  March  21,  1669.  2.  Richard,  bap- 
tized 1670;  lived  in  Charlestown,  and  was  a 
large  landowner.     3.   Edward,  baptized   1672, 

married  Mary .   4.    Abigail,  baptized 

November  15,  1674,  married  Ebenezer  Brooks, 
of  Medford,  about  1693.  5-  Peter,  married 
Anna  ^^'hite.  6.  Zabdiel,  baptized  March  9, 
1679:  see  forward.  7.  Sarah,  baptized  De- 
cember 26,  1680;  married  Samuel  Brooks,  of 
Medford.  8.  Lucy,  baptized  1682.  9.  Re- 
becca, baptized  1684;  received  into  the  church 
at  Roxbury,  November  15,  1705.  10.  Dudley, 
baptized  April  17,  1687;  see  forward.  11. 
Joanna,  born  about  1690.  12.  Thomas,  born 
about    1692 ;   married   Sarah   Morecock,    May 

4>  1715- 

(III)  Dudley  Boylston,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  Boylston,  was  baptized  April  17,  1687. 


He  was  a  farmer,  and  resided  at  Brookline,  at 
the  old  homestead,  which  stood  near  the  late 
Dr.  Pierce's  meeting-house  on  Warren  street. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Gardner,  sister  of  Ad- 
dington  Gardner.  She  died  August  19,  1776. 
Children  of  Dudley  and  Elizabeth  (Gardner) 
Boylston,  born  in  Brookline:  i.  Anna.  2. 
Elizabeth,  baptized  February  5,  1718.  3.  Mary, 
baptized  December  27,  1719,  died  January  i, 
1719-20.  4.  Richard,  born  about  1721,  died 
unmarried.  5.  Dudley,  born  May  12,  1723, 
died  unmarried  August  27,  1749.  6.  Joshua, 
born  January  11,  1725,  married  Abigail 
Baker  ;  he  lived  on  the  home  place,  and  died 
November  i,  1804;  she  died  October  3,  1814. 
7.  Mary,  baptized  1727,  died  unmarried,  Oc- 
tober I,  181 5.  8.  Caleb,  baptized  March  19, 
1730;  settleil  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey. 
9.  Sarah,  baptized  August  6,  1732;  married 
Samuel  Davis,  son  of  Nehemiah  Davis,  De- 
cember 22,  1760.  10.  Susannah,  baptized  De- 
cember 5,  1734;  married  Richard  Walker,  of 
Boston.  II.  Captain  Edward,  born  January 
2,  1737-38,  died  in  Springfield,  December  25, 
181 3:  married  first,  Catherine  Bourdette ;  sec- 
ond, in  1781,  Lydia  Worthington. 

(Ill)  Peter  Boylston,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Gardner)  Boylston,  was  born  1687. 
He  was  a  shop  keeper  and  lived  in  Boston, 
married  Anna  White,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
White.  Children  of  Peter  and  Anna  (White) 
Boylston:  i.  Benjamin,  born  April  29,  1705; 
married  Elizabeth  Sumner,  of  Roxbury,  No- 
vember 30,  1727.  2.  Ann,  born  November  i, 
1706;  married  Ebenezer  Adams,  of  Brain- 
tree.  3.  Susanna,  born  March  5,  1709  ;  married 
Deacon  John  Adams,  of  Braintree,  November 
23,  1734;  their  oldest  son,  John  Adams,  was 
born  in  1735,  and  became  the  second  presi- 
dent of  the  United  States ;  their  grandson, 
John  Quincy  Adams,  also  became  president  of 
the  United  States.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  June 
29,  1717.  5.  Jerusha,  born  February  3,  1719. 
6.  Sarah,  born  March  16,  1723,  married  Ed 
Robinson,  September  23,  1743. 

(HI)  Dr.  Zabdiel  Boylston,  F.  R.  S.,  son 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Gardner)  Boylston, 
born  March,  1679,  died  March  i.  1766.  He 
was  a  physician  and  lived  in  Boston.  He  dis- 
tinguished himself  by  being  the  first  to  intro- 
duce and  practice  inoculation  for  small-pox  in 
America  in  1721.  He  met  with  most  strenu- 
ous opposition.  A  little  later  it  was  accepted 
and  he  was  recognized  as  a  public  benefactor. 
He  married  Jerusha  Minot,  in  1705.  Children 
of  Dr.  Zabdiel  and  Jerusha  (Minot)  Boylston: 
I.  Zabdiel,  born  February  10,  1706.     2.  John, 


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born  March  2^,  1708-9;  he  was  a  very  suc- 
cessful merchant  in  Boston,  but  went  to  Lon- 
don before  the  opening  of  tlie  revolutionary 
war.  He  died  in  Bath,  England,  in  1793,  but 
called  himself  in  his  will  "a  citizen  of  Bos- 
ton." Though  his  sympathies  were  with  the 
Royal  cause  he  left  a  large  legacy  "for  the 
poor  of  Boston."  With  the  accumulations  it 
is  now  more  than  $100,000.  He  died  unmar- 
ried in  1793.  He  left  legacies  to  some  of  his 
kinsmen  in  Boston  and  Brookline.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, born  June  29,  1710,  married  Gillan 
Tailer,  October  22,  1747.  4.  Jerusha,  born 
November  5,  171 1  ;  married  Joseph  Veasy, 
September  25,  1743.  5.  Mary,  born  July  28, 
1713.  6.  Thomas,  born  August  3,  1715.  7- 
Josiah,  born  July  11,  1720. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Gardner)  Boylston,  was  born  in  Brookline, 
about  1692.  He  was  a  successful  Boston  mer- 
chant;  married  Sarah  Morecock,  May  4,  1715. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Morecock) 
Boylston:  i.  Nicholas,  born  March  13,  1716. 
He  was  a  rich  Boston  merchant,  and  died  in 
1771.  He  left  in  his  will  fifteen  hundred 
pounds  to  endow  the  Boylston  professorship 
of  rhetoric  and  oratory  in  Harvard  College. 
The  professorship  was  established  by  the  col- 
lege in  1804,  and  John  Ouincy  Adams,  his 
cousin,  was  the  first  Boylston  professor  serv- 
ing from  1806  to  1809.  In  all  his  legacies 
amounted  to  upwards  of  eighteen  thousand 
pounds.  2.  Sarah,  born  January  7,  171 7.  3. 
Anna,  born  January  8,  1719.  4.  Thomas, 
born  October  17,  1721 ;  he  was  a  successful 
Boston  merchant,  but  like  his  cousin  John 
Boylston  was  a  loyalist.  He  spent  his  last 
years  in  England,  and  died  there  in  I7C)8-Q. 
In  his  will  he  left  quite  a  legacy  to  the  town 
of  Boston,  but  it  was  in  litigation  for  several 
years  before  it  was  settled.  He  married  Mary 
Coates,  October  29,  1744.  5.  Mary,  born 
February  19,  1722.  married  Benjamin  Hallo- 
well,  June  13,  1746.  She  received  a  legacy  of 
three  thousand  pounds  by  the  will  of  her 
brother  Nicholas  Boylston  in  1771.  When  the 
war  of  the  revolution  broke  out  he  stood 
strongly  for  the  King.  His  son,  Benjamin 
Hallowell,  was  one  of  seven  Boston  boys  who 
subsequently  attained  high  rank  in  the  British 
service.  Entering  the  royal  navy  during  the 
American  war,  he  was  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  in  1834.  an  "Admiral  of  the  Blue."  As 
a  lieutenant  under  Rodney,  he  contributed 
much  to  Nelson's  victory  of  the  Nile.  He 
succeedefl  to  the  estates  of  the  Carews  of  Bed- 
dington,  England,  and  assumed  the  names  and 


arms  of  that  family.  The  other  son.  Ward 
Nicholas  Hallowell,  took  his  mother's  name  of 
Boylston,  and  inherited  his  father's  and  moth- 
er's estate.  He  made  the  tour  of  Europe,  Asia 
and  Africa,  and  returned  to  Boston  in  1800, 
and  died  at  his  residence  at  Roxbury,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1828.  He  was  one  of  the  executors  of 
his  uncle  Thomas  Boylston's  will.  Ward 
Nicholas  Boylston  took  an  active  interest  in 
the  schools  of  Roxbury  and  Boston,  and  made 
valuable  donations  to  Harvard  College.  Among 
these  gifts  was  the  money  for  the  erection  of 
Boylston  Hall.  One  of  the  Boston  schools 
was  named  for  him,  also  Boylston  Street  and 
Boylston  Market,  in  Boston,  and  Boylston 
Street  in  Roxbury.  He  received  four  thousand 
pounds  by  his  uncle  Nicholas  Boylston's  will 
1771.  6.  Nathaniel,  born  March  21,  1724. 
He  was  remembered  by  his  brother  Nicholas 
in  his  will.  7.  Lucy,  born  September  28,  1725, 
married  Timothy  Rogers,  October  10,  1745. 
8.  Rebecca,  born  December  7,  1727.  Her 
brother  Nicholas  left  ten  thousand  pounds  for 
her  to  have  the  income  during  her  life,  also 
one-half  of  his  mansion  on  School  street,  Bos- 
ton, three-fourths  of  household  goods  and 
furniture,  horse  and  chaises,  and  negro  man 
Jack  and  negro  woman  Flora,  and  all  his  wines 
and  other  liquors. 

(IV)  Captain  Edward  Boylston,  son  of 
Dudley  and  Elizabeth  (Gardner)  Boylston, 
was  born  January  2,  1737-8,  in  Brookline, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  in  Springfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, December  25,  18 13.  He  served  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  wheelwright  business 
when  he  was  a  boy,  then  followed  the  sea 
several  3'ears  as  a  sailor,  and  afterwards  fol- 
lowed his  trade  in  Boston,  until  the  breaking 
out  of  the  revolutionary  war,  when  he  became 
a  devoted  patriot.  In  1773  he  entered  the 
service  as  captain  of  a  company  of  artificers 
and  engineers.  He  was  at  first  stationed  about 
Boston,  but  afterwards  in  New  York,  and  in 
1777  at  Peekskill.  When  on  his  way  to  visit 
his  wife,  who  was  seriously  ill  at  Elizabeth- 
town,  New  Jersey,  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  a 
detachment  of-  British  troops  and  incarcerated 
in  the  famous  Jersey  prison-ship  where  many 
American  prisoners  met  their  fate  from  the 
cruel  treatment  received  there.  He  was  after- 
wards removed  to  the  Livingston  Sugar 
House,  which,  with  the  old  Dutch  Church  ad- 
joining, was  occupied  as  prison  houses  where 
cruelty,  unparalleled  sufferings,  disease  and 
death  were  the  portion  of  their  inmates.  He 
survived  the  inhuman  treatment  received 
there,     and     eventually     was     released     and 


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exchanged.  His  health  was  greatly  broken, 
but  after  a  severe  and  long  continued 
illness  he  returned  to  the  government 
service  and  served  his  country  faithfully 
to  the  close  of  the  v\'ar.  During  the 
last  part  of  the  time  he  was  stationed  at 
Springfield,  and  was  occupied  in  overseeing 
the  construction  of  the  apparatus  for  mount- 
ing the  ordnance  and  preparing  it  for  the  use 
of  the  army  at  the  arsenal  there.  At  the  close 
of  his  seven  years'  service  he  was  paid  in  Con- 
tinental paper  money  which  was  of  little  value. 
About  1790  he  was  again  employed  in  the 
United  States  arsenal  at  Springfield  in  mount- 
ing cannon  for  future  use.  His  first  wife, 
who  was  Catherine  Burdett,  died  while  he  was 
in  the  prison,  and  he  married  for  his  second 
wife  Lj'dia  Worthington,  of  Springfield,  i\Iass- 
achusetts,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lydia 
(Bostwick)  Worthington.  He  was  a  leading 
man  in  Springfield,  and  connected  with  some 
of  the  first  families.  Children  of  Captain  Ed- 
ward and  Catherine  (Burdett)  Boylston  were: 
I.  Edward,  born  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey, 
settled  in  Manlius,  New  York.  2.  Elizabeth, 
born  1776,  married  Jasper  Wood,  and  lived 
in  Sandusky,  Ohio.  Children  by  the  second 
wife.  Lydia  Worthington:  3.  Richard,  born 
August  12,  1782;  see  forward.  4.  Zabdiel, 
born  1784.  He  followed  the  sea  for  some 
years,  was  second  lieutenant  on  an  American 
privateer  in  the  ^^'ar  of  1812,  and  was  cap- 
tured and  confined  in  the  famous  Dartmoor 
prison  in  England.  After  sometime  at  sea 
he  settled  down  in  New  Orleans ;  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1855.  5.  Catherine,  born  1785,  died 
in  1810.  6.  Samuel,  born  1786.  died  August 
13,  1863.  He  lived  in  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(V')  Richard  Boylston,  son  of  Captain  Ed- 
ward and  Lydia  (Worthington)  Boylston, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 12,  1782.  His  opportunity  for  education 
was  very  limited,  being  put  out  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years  as  an  apprentice  to  the  printing 
business  in  the  office  of  the  Federal  Spy.  at 
Springfield,  where  he  worked  for  five  years. 
In  April,  1800,  he  went  to  Boston  and  entered 
the  office  of  the  old  Cohimbian  Centinel,  under 
Major  Benjamin  Russell,  and  continued  until 
August  12,  1803,  and  then  at  the  age  of  twen- 
ty-one graduated  as  a  freeman  and'  a  regular 
workman  in  the  "art  preservative  of  all  arts." 
His  work  as  a  compositor  was  not  confined 
to  newspaper  offices,  but  he  set  type  for 
Johnson's  Dictionary,  Morse's  Geography, 
Watt's  Psalms  and  Hvmns,  Pike's  .\rithmetic 


and  other  books.  For  some  time  he  had  wish- 
ed to  enlarge  his  sphere  of  activity  and  strike 
out  for  himself^  but  did  not  have  the  money 
with  which  to  start  business.  At  length  an 
opportunity  came  for  him  to  go  to  Amherst, 
New  Hampshire.  Joseph  Cushing  of  that 
place  invited  him  to  take  charge  of  his  printing 
establishment  and  his  newspaper,  TJie  Farmer's 
Cabinet,  while  he  made  arrangements  to  ex- 
tend his  business  and  add  the  manufacture 
and  publishing  of  books.  He  accepted  the 
ofifer  and  went  to  Amherst,  May  12,  1809, 
when  he  was  twenty-seven  years  old.  But 
the  situation  soon  changed.  Mr.  Cushing  de- 
cided to  go  to  Baltimore  to  start  business 
there  on  a  larger  scale,  and  he  offered  The 
Fanner's  Cabinet,  his  whole  printing  estab- 
lishment and  book  store,  for  sale  on  such 
favorable  terms,  that  Mr.  Boylston  decided  to 
accept  the  proposition.  The  price  was  about 
$3,000,  and  he  had  but  twenty  dollars  in  hand, 
but  by  indefatigable  industry  and  economy 
within  about  two  years  he  paid  nearly  all  the 
indebtedness,  and  was  well  started  on  a  very 
successful  career.  His  predecessor  with  Mr. 
Cushing  was  Isaac  Hill,  who  had  just  gradu- 
ated from  the  office  of  the  Farmer's  Cabinet 
and  had  gone  to  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  to 
take  charge  of  the  Nezv  Hampshire  Patriot, 
and  subsequently  became  governor  of  the  state 
of  New  Hampshire. 

In  his  "Autobiography,"  Richard  Boylston 
said  nothing  about  entertaining  any  aspira- 
tions for  becoming  an  editor.  It  does  not  ap- 
pear that  he  imitated  Franklin  and  wrote  for 
the  Columbian  Centinel,  but  like  him  he  had 
great  courage,  industry  and  frugality,  and  the 
sagacity  to  seize  an  opportunity  when  it  came. 
It  may  seem  strange  that  a  newspaper  should 
be  started  over  one  hundred  years  ago  in  a 
little  country  town,  away  from  any  leading 
thoroughfare  of  travel,  and  that  it  should 
prove  a  success.  But  there  were  only  two 
other  similar  publications  in  the  state.  Am- 
herst was  the  shire  town  of  Hillsborough  coun- 
ty. It  was  the  centre  of  social  life  and  busi- 
ness thrift  for  southern  New  Hampshire. 
Manchester  and  Nashua  had  practually  no  ex- 
istence at  that  time.  Keene  was  the  nearest 
town  where  there  was  much  business  activity, 
and  Portsmouth  was  the  only  town  that  sur- 
passed it.  In  1849,  after  having  published 
the  Farmer's  Cabinet  for  forty  years,  he  turn- 
ed over  the  active  management  of  the  paper  to 
his  son  Edward  D.  Boylston,  but  retained  the 
position  of  senior  editor.  As  a  citizen  he  was 
intercstcfi     in   everything    that    promoter!    its 


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prosperity,  but  declined  public  office  except 
that  he  accepted  the  position  of  representa- 
tive to  the  legislature,  and  served  in  1844,  '45 
and  '46  with  much  credit  to  himself  and  satis- 
faction to  his  constituents.  He  was  a  director 
in  the  Bank  and  Insurance  Company,  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  In  1852  Dartmouth  College 
gave  him  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  He 
was  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  editors  of  the 
leading  papers  of  the  state.  Buckingham,  in 
his  personal  memoirs  and  account  of  the  old 
printers,  wrote  in  very  complimentary  terms  of 
Richard  Boylston.  Among  other  things  he 
said,  that  "by  his  industrj-  and  frugality  Air. 
Boylston  accumulated  a  handsome  fortune, 
and  within  a  few  years  by  a  windfall  another 
fortune  fell  to  him."  He  died  in  Amherst, 
July  19,  1857.  He  married  August  2,  1810, 
Alary  Moseley,  daughter  of  David  and  Eliz- 
abeth Moseley,  of  Boston.  She  was  born 
August  II,  1783,  and  died  November  5,  1866. 
Children  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Moseley) 
Boylston:  I.  Elizabeth  Worthington,  born 
May  16,  181 1 :  married  William  G.  Eaton,  of 
Boston,  June,  1832;  died  at  Newton  Centre, 
Massachusetts,  February  18,  1881.  2.  Ed- 
ward Dudley,  born  January  26,  1814;  see  for- 
ward. 3.  Mary  Christina  Baker,  born  Novem- 
ber 10,  1815.  4.  Richard  Worthington,  born 
1819,  died  November  13,  1845.  5.  Catherine 
Moseley,  born  June  19,  1820.  died  October  13, 
1882.  unmarried.  6.  Lucy  Frances,  born  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1825,  died  February  18,  1900. 

(VI)  Edward  Dudley  Boylston,  son  of 
Richard  and  Mary  (Moseley)  Boylston,  was 
born  January  26,  1814,  at  Amherst,  New 
Hampshire.  His  primary  education  was  ob- 
tained at  the  schools  of  Amherst.  In  the  fall 
of  1828.  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  he  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Francestown  Academy,  then  under  the 
principalship  of  Benjamin  Labbaree,  subse- 
c|uently  the  honored  president  of  Middlebury 
College.  Later  he  went  to  Pinkerton  Acad- 
emy, Derry,  then  under  preceptor  Abel  F.  Hil- 
dreth.  He  was  a  close  student  there  for  three 
years.  His  father  wanted  him  to  go  to  col- 
lege, but  he  declined  the  opportunity  and  de- 
cided to  go  to  Boston  and  enter  mercantile 
business,  in  which  some  of  the  earlier  Boyls- 
tons  met  with  such  success.  For  four  months 
he  served  in  a  Boston  store,  but  found  his 
tasks  so  severe  and  profitless  that  he  was  glad 
to  return  to  his  father's  printing  office. 

In  the  great  religious  revival  of  1835  he 
became  interested  and  converted,  and  decided 
that  he  would  study  for  the  ministry.  With 
this  purjjose   in  view,  in  the  fall  of   1835   he 


left  the  printing  office  and  entered  New  Ips- 
wich Academy  for  a  further  training  in  the 
languages,  and  remained  there  for  nearly  two 
years  and  devoted  himself  so  closely  to  his 
studies  and  took  so  much  interest  and  respon- 
sibility for  the  religious  education  of  the  stu- 
dents that  he  broke  down  in  health  and  had  to 
return  home  to  rest.  In  October,  1837,  he  en- 
tered the  junior  class  of  Gilmanton  (New 
Hampshire)  Theological  Seminary,  to  prepare 
for  the  ministry.  After  some  interruption  he 
resumed  his  theological  studies  at  the  Andover 
Theological  Seminary  in  February,  1839,  but 
in  a  short  time  an  affection  of  the  eyes  devel- 
oped so  as  to  preclude  all  study  and  necessi- 
tated giving  up  his  student  life.  After  he  had 
recovered  his  health  he  concluded  to  return  to 
his  father's  office  and  devote  himself  to  the 
Fanner's  Cabinet,  and  make  journalism  his 
life  work.  On  January  3,  1840,  he  was  an- 
nounced as  the  junior  and  acting  editor,  and 
his  father  as  proprietor  and  senior  editor.  In 
the  spring  of  1843  ^^  opening  occurred  in  the 
rapidly  growing  village  of  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire,  whither  some  Amherst  men  had 
gone  ;  but  after  about  a  year's  experience  there 
he  closed  his  newspaper  enterprise,  and  in 
January,  1844,  started  a  paper  in  Great  Falls, 
New  Hampshire,  but  it  soon  "went  to  the 
wall."  He  made  some  pleasant  acquaintances 
and  obtained  some  new  experience,  but  lost 
money  by  both  ventures,  and  returned  to  his 
native  town  and  the  Fanner's  Cabinet  a  wiser 
man.  Thereafter  he  devoted  his  time  to  news- 
paper work  in  the  old  town.  He  found  the  sit- 
uation somewhat  changed.  Even  in  the  fifties 
there  were  many  competitors  in  the  newspaper 
field.  Amherst  had  lost  its  unique  position, 
and  was  overshadowed  by  larger  towns,  but 
the  Farmer's  Cabinet  remained  true  to  its  mis- 
sion and  its  history.  It  was  his  aim  to  make 
it  indispensible  to  every  household  whatever 
the  political  or  religious  belief,  same  as  was 
true  of  "Leavitts  Farmer's  Almanac,"  that 
was  started  about  the  same  time. 

Mr  Boylston  was  more  than  an  editor  and 
publisher  of  a  newspaper  he  was  a  public  spir- 
ited man,  and  took  a  deep  interest  in  whatever 
would  contribute  to  the  public  good,  national, 
state,  or  local.  While  he  did  not  bid  for  polit- 
ical preferment,  he  had  an  opinion  as  to  men 
and  measures.  He  served  in  many  commit- 
tees, and  in  town  offices,  and  was  for  many 
years  a  deacon  in  the  church.  He  was  a  stu- 
dent, and  was  also  practical  and  could  discuss 
the  leading  subjects  of  the  day  on  the  plat- 
form as  well  as  in  the  columns  of  his  paper. 


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He  was  also  a  poet,  as  appears  in  his  "Sketch 
of  a  Busy  Life."  If  his  father  was  essentially 
the  founder  of  the  paper,  he  held  it  to  its 
old-time  loyalty  to  all  good  movements  and 
measures.  It  has  been  a  beacon  light  for 
four  generations,  or  more  than  a  hundred 
years,  and  has  been  edited  and  published  by 
the  Boylston  Family  for  ninety-nine  years. 

Mr.  Boylston  died  in  Amherst,  March  22, 
1895.  He  married  (first)  Mercy  Plummer 
Perkins,  daughter  of  William  and  Nancy 
fReed)  Perkins,  August  12,  1841.  She  was 
born  March  16,  1818,  and  died  December  29, 
1880;  married  second,  Josephine  E.  Stayner, 
of  Amherst,  March  26,  1891.  Children  of  Ed- 
ward Dudley  and  Mercy  Plummer  (Perkins) 
Boylston:  i.  Helen  Reed,  born  in  Great  Falls, 
May  24,  1842,  married  Albert  A.  Rotch.  In 
1869  Mr.  Rotch  became  assistant  editor  of 
the  Cabinet,  and  remained  in  that  position 
until  his  death  in  1890.  His  son,  William 
Boylston  Rotch,  bought  the  Farmer's  Cabinet 
in  1891  and  removed  it  to  Milford,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  continues  its  editor  and 
publisher.  2.  Abby  Frances,  born  in  Great 
Falls,  July  14,  1845,  married  Henry  C.  Dodge; 
he  died  July,  1902.  3.  David  C.  Moseley, 
born  in  Amherst,  January  8,  1847,  died  at 
Athol,  Massachusetts,  October  22,  1872.  He 
had  entered  upon  a  successful  business  career 
but  died  of  typhoid  fever  after  a  short  illness. 
4.  Emma  Perkins,  born  in  Amherst,  June  8, 
1855 ;  see  forward. 

(VII)  Emma  Perkins  Boylston,  daughter 
of  Edward  Dudley  and  Mercy  Plummer  (  Per- 
kins) Boylston,  born  June  8,  1855,  at  Amherst, 
married  Edwin  F.  Locke,  October  26,  1880. 
(See  Locke  Genealogy).  She  is  a  member 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Daughters  of  Boston ; 
of  the  old  South  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution ;  president  of  the  Med- 
ford  Home  for  Aged  Men  and  Women ;  and 
of  the  Bradford  Academy  Club  of  Boston. 
She  was  educated  at  Bradford  Academy.  Her 
father  had  a  sister  in  this  academy,  and  Mrs. 
Locke  a  daughter  who  graduated  there. 

Among  the  distinguished  descendants  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  Boylston  may  be  named : 

(HI)  Dr.  Zabdiel  Boylston,  the  eminent 
physician  who  introduced  inoculation  in 
America. 

(HI)  Thomas  Boylston  and  John  Boylston, 
the  successful  merchants  of  Boston,  and  Lon- 
don, and  benefactors  of  the  town  of  Boston. 

(V)  John  Adams,  second  president  of  the 
United  States. 

(V)   Governor  John  Brooks,  who  served  as 


an  officer  during  the  entire  war  of  the  revolu- 
tion, brigadier  general  in  the  regular  army, 
1792  to  1796,  and  governor  of  Massachusetts 
for  seven  years. 

(V)  Ward  Nicholas  Boylston,  benefactor 
of  Harvard  College. 

(V)  Benjamin  Hallowell,  admiral  in  the 
British  navy. 

(VD  John  Ouincy  Adams,  sixth  president 
of  the  United  States. 

(VTI)  Charles  Francis  Adams,  member  of 
congress  and  minister  to  England  during  the 
civil  war. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Phillips  Brooks,  late  Bishop  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  of  Massachu- 
setts. 


Nicholas  Holt,  immigrant  ances- 
HOLT       tor,    was    born    in    England,    in 

1602,  and  was  called  of  "Rom- 
sey,"  when  he  left  England.  He  sailed  in  the 
ship  "James,"  of  London,  April  6,  1635,  from 
Southampton,  and  reached  Boston  on  June  3. 
1635.  He  was  a  tanner  by  trade.  His  wife 
and  at  least  one  child  came  with  him.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Newbury,  Mass- 
achusetts. His  four-acre  home  lot  there  was 
between  the  homestalls  of  Edward  Rawson 
and  Archelaus  Woodman.  In  1637  he  was  one 
of  ten  Newbury  men  who  were  so  determined 
to  vote  against  Sir  Harry  Vane  for  governor 
that  they  made  the  journey  to  Cambridge  on 
foot  to  take  the  freeman's  oath  and  qualify 
as  voters.  They  were  admitted  freemen  May 
17,  1637,  and  supported  Winthrop  at  the  sub- 
sequent election.  He  was  fined  February  2^. 
1638,  for  being  absent  from  town  meeting. 
Those  were  the  days  of  compulsory  voting. 
In  1644  he  removed  to  Andover,  and  was  one 
of  the  six  original  settlers.  His  house  was  on 
Stony  Plain,  where  he  had  fifteen  acres  of 
land,  besides  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
meadow  and  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in 
other  parcels.  By  order  of  the  town  he  and 
Sergeant  Marshall  laid  out  the  road  leading 
from  Reading  to  Andover.  He  filled  many 
positions  of  trust  and  honor.  He  married  first 
Elizabeth  ,  who  died  at  Andover,  No- 
vember 9,  1656.  He  married  second,  June  20, 
1658.  Hannah  Rolfe,  widow  of  Daniel  Rolfe, 
daughter  of  Humphrey  Bradstreet.  She  died 
at  Andover,  June  20,  1665.  He  married  third, 
Mrs.  Martha  Preston,  widow  of  Roger,  May 
21,  1666,  and  she  died  March  21,  1703,  aged 
eighty  years.  He  died  at  Andover,  January 
30,    1685,    aged    eighty-three.      Children:       I, 


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Hannah,  married  March  8,  1669,  Robert  Gray 
(see  sketch).  2.  EHzabeth,  born  in  Newbury, 
March  30,  1636;  married  Ralph  Farnum  (see 
sketch  ).  3.  Mary,  born  October  6,  1638:  mar- 
ried July  5,  1657,  Thomas  Johnson.  4.  Sarah, 
born  June  2.  1640.     5.  Samuel,  born  October 

6,  1641.  6.  Elenry,  born  1644;  married  Febru- 
ary 24,  1669,  Sarah  Ballard.  7.  Nicholas,  born 
1647;  married  January  8,  1679,  Mary  Russell; 
mentioned  below.  8.  James,  born  1651 ;  mar- 
ried October  12,  1675,  Hannah  Allen.  9.  Pris- 
cilla,  born  June  20,  1653 ;  died  October  16, 
1653.  Children  of  second  wife:  10.  Rebecca, 
born  November  14,  1662;  died  young.  11. 
John,  born  January  14,  1663-4;  married  July 
3,  1685,  Sarah  Geary. 

(II)  Nicholas  Holt,  .son  of  Nicholas  Holt 
(  I  ),  was  born  in  Andover,  in  1647,  and  died 
there  October  8,  1715.  His  father  deeded  to 
him  a  third  of  the  homestead  where  he  then 
lived,  provided  he  care  for  his  parents  the 
remainder  of  their  lives.  Children,  born  at 
Andover:  I.  Mary,  born  February  13,  1680; 
married  September  19,  1705,  Josiah  Ingalls. 
2.  Nicholas,  born  December  21,  1683;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Thomas,  born  August  16, 
1686;  married  December  14,  1708,  Alice  Pea- 
body.  4.  Abigail,  born  November  23,  1688 ; 
married  January  10,  171 1,  Paul  Holt.  4.  Sar- 
ah, born  March  10,  1691 ;  died  unmarried, 
October  26,  1761.  6.  James,  born  July  23, 
1693;   died   in   the  war,   December    18,    1722. 

7.  Robert,  born  January  30,  1696 ;  married 
Rebecca  Preston ;  settled  in  Connecticut.  8. 
Abiel,  born  June  28,  1698;  married  Hannah 
Abbott  and  Sarah  Downer ;  resided  in  Con- 
necticut. 9.  Deborah,  born  November  16, 
1700;  married  Benjamin  Preston.  10.  Joshua, 
born  1703;  married  Keturah  Holt.  11.  Dan- 
iel, born  1705;  married  Abigail  Smith;  second 
Keziah . 

(HP)  Nicholas  llo\t,  son  of  Nicholas  Holt 
(2),  was  born  in  Andover,  December  21,  1683, 
and  died  December  11,  1756,  at  Andover.  He 
united  with  the  South  Parish  church,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1719.  He  married  September  16,  1708, 
^lary  Manning,  who  died  March  3,  1716. 
He  married  second.  April  12,  1717,  Dorcas 
.\bbott,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Hannah 
(Graves)  Abbott.  She  was  born  May  6,  1697, 
and  died  October  25,  1758.  Children,  born  at 
Andover:  I.  Benjamin,  born  July  23,  1709; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Alary,  born  August  i, 
1711.  3.  Stephen,  born  April  14,  1713;  mar- 
ried July  12,  1739,  Mary  Farnum.  4.  Nicho- 
las, born  February -29,  1715-6;  married  April 
26,  1739,  Hannah  Osgood. 


(IV)  Benjamin  Holt,  son  of  Nicholas  Holt 
(3),  was  born  in  Andover,  July  23,  1709.  He 
settled  at  Suncook,  New  Hampshire,  about 
1745,  and  died  in  1784.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
married,  April  7,  1737,  Sarah  Frye,  daughter 
of  Nathan  and  Sarah  ('Bridges)  Frye.  She 
died  in  1804,  in  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire. 
Their  first  five  children  were  born  in  Andover. 

Children:      I.  Sarah,  married  Coffin; 

resided  in  Conway,  New  Hampshire.  2.  Na- 
than, born  1739;  mentioned  below.  3.  Ben- 
jamin, born  February  28,  1741  :  married  Han- 
nah Abbott.  4.  Abiah,  married  Richard  East- 
man, of  Pembroke.  5.  Molly,  married  Nathan- 
iel Gilman,  of  Pembroke.  6.  William,  born 
October  1746;  married  Betsey  Ames.  7.  Frye, 
born  1746;  married  Mary  Poor.  8.  Phebe, 
married  Richard  Bartlett.  9.  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Noah  Eastman.  10.  Dorcas,  married 
September  16,  1787,  Joseph  Emery.  11.  Nich- 
olas, died  unmarried.  12.  Daniel,  born  Sep- 
tember 14,  1744;  married  Abigail  Lovejoy. 

(V)  Nathan  Holt,  son  of  Benjamin  Holt 
(4),  was  born  in  Andover,  Massachusetts,  in 
1739:  died  at  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire, 
March  3,  1818.  He  went  to  Suncook  with  his 
parents,  but  settled  later  in  Pembroke.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  in  Captain 
Daniel  Moor's  company,  Colonel  John  Stark's 
regiment,  in  1775,  and  was  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  married  Sarah 
Chamberlain,  who  was  born  in  1742  and  died 
August  28.  1836,  at  an  advanced  age.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  left  eleven  children,  thirty- 
four  grandchildren,  and  fifteen  great-grand- 
children. Children,  born  at  Pembroke:  i. 
Nathan,  born  1762:  mentioned  below.  2. 
Moses.  3.  Abiah,  married  May  4,  1790,  James 
Fife.  4.  Esther,  married  December  28,  1797, 
Robert  Fife.  5.  William,  married  Sarah  Fife. 
6.  Susan,  born  1771  ;  married  Samuel  Garvin; 
died  July  16,  1843.  7-  Stephen,  born  1773; 
died  unmarried  May  11,  1856.  8.  Phebe,  died 
unmarried.  9.  Frye,  born  September  15, 
1779;  married  Lydia  Eastman.  10.  Sally, 
married  March  9,  1826,  James  Goodwin.  11. 
Polly,  married  Jonas  Wheeler.  12.  Oliver, 
born  1785  ;  died  unmarried  July  6,  1817. 

(VI)  Nathan  Holt,  son  of  Nathan  Holt 
(5),  was  born  at  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire, 
in  1762,  and  died  there  April  11,  1841.  He 
resided  at  Pembroke.  He  married,  July  16, 
1782,  Sarah  Black,  who  died  April  16,  1841, 
or  January  13,  1831,  as  given  by  another  rec- 
ord. Children,  born  at  Pembroke:  i.  Abi- 
gail, born  January  24,  1783  :  married  Jeremiah 
Fife.      2.   Edmund,    born    October    10,    1786; 


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married  Phebe  Kelley.  3.  Sally,  born  Ai^ril 
16,  1789:  married  Daniel  Holt.  4.  Susan, 
born  April  8,  1792;  married  Joseph  Baker.  5. 
Nathaniel,  born  October  17,  1794;  married 
April  28,  1818,  Phebe  Hames,  of  Chichester; 
she  died  April  9,  1854;  he  died  October  17, 
1867.  6.  Frye,  born  November  23,  1797;  mar- 
ried February  17,  1820.  Nancy  Richardson.  7. 
Moses,  born  May  16,  1799;  mentioned  below. 
8.  Olive,  born  February,  1802 ;  married  Rich- 
ard Tripp  Worth. 

(VII)  Moses  Holt,  son  of  Nathan  Holt 
(6),  was  born  in  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire, 
May  16,  1799,  and  died  May  16,  1829.  He 
married  November  2,  1819,  Deborah  Richard- 
son, of  Pembroke.  Children,  born  at  Pem- 
broke: I.  Jane,  married  Daniel  Richardson. 
2.  Luther,  born  August  24,  1821  ;  mentioned 
below.  3.  Laura,  married  William  Hopkins. 
4.  Mark,  married  Lucretia  Pollard.  5.  Leon- 
ard, married  Miss  Herbert.  6.  Clark,  married 
Miss  Pollard.  7.  Albert,  married  Augusta 
Greelv. 

(VIII)  Luther  Holt,  .son  of  Moses  Holt 
(7),  was  born  at  Pembroke,  August  24,  1821. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  came  to  Lowell  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  to  learn  the  trade  of 
blacksmith.  As  a  trade  and  business  IMr. 
Holt  has  followed  blacksmithing  all  his 
life  since.  He  has  been  successful  in  busi- 
ness, and  has  invested  extensively  in  Lowell 
real  estate.  During  the  past  few  years 
his  time  has  been  occupied  chiefly  in  the 
care  and  improvement  of  this  property. 
Throughout  his  long  residence  in  the  city  of 
Lowell  he  has  been  interested  in  the  develop- 
ment and  welfare  of  the  municipality,  and 
especially  of  the  section  in  which  he  lives. 
He  is  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  by  his 
townsmen.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
but  has  held  no  public  offices.  He  is  a  member 
of  no  secret  societies.  Mr.  Holt  was  twice 
married:  first  in  1844,  to  Harriet  Kelley,  born 
in  Meredith,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Kelley :  she  died  in  1878.  Mr.  Holt 
married  (second),  November  3,  1881,  Velma 
Jane  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  Haverhill,  New 
Hampshire,  December  21,  1852,  the  daughter 
of  George  Washington  and  Maria  (Emmer- 
son)  Stevens,  both  natives  of  Piermont,  New 
Hampshire.  Her  ancestors  on  both  maternal 
and  paternal  lines  were  among  the  first  settlers 
of  the  town  of  Piermont.  Mrs.  Holt  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Haverhill,  New 
Hampshire,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  with 
other    farmers'   daughters   from   New   Hamp- 


shire, came  to  Lowell.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Luther  Holt  are  members  of  the  First  Trini- 
tarian Church  of  Lowell,  and  are  interested  in 
the  benevolent  work  of  the  society.  Children : 
I.  Luther  Jr.,  born  November  8,  1882;  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Lowell : 
at  present  a  draughtsman  in  one  of  the  mills 
of  Lowell.  2.  Sumner  Stevens,  born  June  15, 
1887,  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  Lowell ;  at  present  a  pattern-maker  in  one 
of  the  Lowell  mills. 


(For    first    two    generations    see    preceding    sketch). 

(Ill)  Joseph  Holt,  son  of  James 
HOLT     (2)    Holt,    and    Hannah    (Allen) 

Holt,  was  born  March  5,  1686. 
Married,  April  7,  1726,  Abigail  Rich,  of  Salem  : 
married  (second),  March  6,  1758,  Surviah 
Winch.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  1727: 
mentioned  below.  2.  Phebe,  born  June  22. 
1731.     3.   Benjamin,  born  1735.   4.  \'iah.  born 

1743- 

(  I\')  Jo,seph  Holt,  son  of  Joseph  Holt  (3), 
was  born  in  1727.  Married,  September  K). 
1 75 1.  Abigail  Bean  or  Brian.  Children:  i. 
Surviah.  born  1752,  married  (first)  Rev.  Mr. 
.Snarhawk,  of  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts:  (sec- 
ond), John  Meade.  2.  Joseph,  1754,  mention- 
ed below.  3.  Benjamin,  1756.  4.  Phebe, 
1758.  5.  Lydia,  June  I,  1760,  married  Na- 
thaniel Eaton.  6.  Abigail,  September  22,  1765, 
married  Jacob  Holt,  of  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts. 7.  Hannah,  December,  1767,  mar- 
ried (first),  Ruben  Jones;  (second),  Michael 
Charton.  8.  Elizabeth,  1769.  9.  Sarah,  Aug- 
ust, 1 77 1,  married  Joseph  Brown.  10.  Easter, 
1773,  married  John  Perry. 

(V)  Joseph  Holt,  son  of  Joseph  Holt  (4), 
was  born  in  North  Reading  in  1754.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools,  and  remained 
on  his  father's  farm  until  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Revolution.  He  was  in  Captain  John 
Bachellor's  company.  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Bridge's  regiment,  which  answered  the  alarm 
on  April  19,  1775.  Later  in  the  same  year  he 
served  in  the  companies  of  Captain  Amos  L^p- 
ton  and  Lieutenant  Ebenezer  Damon.  He 
served  also  in  1776.  He  married,  December  9, 
1779,  Mary  Eaton,  of  Wilmington,  and  soon 
settled  near  his  birthplace.  His  farm  of  one 
thousand  acres  or  morfe  was  in  North  Reading 
on  the  Andover  road  near  tlie  Andover  line. 
He  became  a  large  grower  of  hops,  much  of 
his  product  going  west  into  New  York  state. 
He  also  supplied  the  Boston  market  with 
pigeons,  and  was  known  all  through  that  sec- 


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tion  as  " Pigeon  Joe."  He  was  a  very  popular 
man  in  his  town,  and  was  very  religious,  being 
])articularly  strict  about  Sunday  observance. 
He  carried  on  his  farm  and  raised  large  cjuan- 
tities  of  corn.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Or- 
thodox church.  He  died  suddenly,  February, 
1S47,  while  carrying  corn  up  into  his  corn 
chamber.  Children:  I.  Benjamin,  born  Aug- 
ust 7,  1781.  mentioned  below.  2.  Alary,  Aug- 
ust, 1783.  3.  Lois,  March  13,  1785.  4.  Sur- 
viah,  October,  1787.  5.  Sally,  1792.  6.  Joseph 
Elbridge,  1795. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Holt,  son  of  Joseph  Holt 
(5),  was  born  at  North  Reading,  Massachu- 
setts, August  7,  1781.  He  was  brought  up  on 
his  fatlier's  farm,  receiving  the  education  of 
a  farmer's  son  of  that  period.  He  followed 
farming  all  his  life,  and  carried  on  successfully 
his  father's  business  of  hop  growing,  becoming 
well  off.  He  also  made  a  business  of  snaring 
wild  pigeons,  carrying  great  numbers  to  the 
markets  in  Boston.  In  this  he  was  even  more 
successful  than  his  father.  His  farm  produced 
large  (|uantities  of  lumber  which  brought  him 
much   money.     He  was  a  great   worker   and 

(speculator,  and  died  well  to  do.  He  was  of  tall 
stature  and  very  jovial  disposition.  He  was  a 
Whig  in  politics,  and  much  interested  in  town 
affairs.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Orthodox 
church.  He  married,  April  3,  1804,  Hannah 
Sheldon,  of  North  Reading.  Children:  i. 
Bjcnjamin,  born  April  12,  1805,  died  March 
31,  1857;  married  Mary  Killam,  of  Boxford. 
2.  Hannah,  born  June  12,  1807,  married  In- 
galls  Damon,  of  North  Reading.  3.  Susan, 
born  February  24,  1809,  married  Henry  Car- 
ter, of  North  Reading.  4.  Charles,  born  May 
I,  181 1,  married  Sylvany  Batcheller,  of  North 
Reading.  5.  Joseph  Warren,  born  August  8, 
,,  1813,  married  Amanda  Shattuck,-of  Berlin, 
■  Massachusetts.  6.  Varnum,  born  September 
"  17,  1815,  married,  June  19,  1838,  Sarah  Upton, 
of  North  Reading:  died  April  15,  1863.  7. 
Lyman,  born  April  6,  1818,  died  at  Batavia, 
Oliio,  February,  1847.  8.  Albert  Harman, 
born  May  6,  1820,  married  Rebecca  Batch- 
eller, of  Reading,  Massachusetts.  9.  Mary, 
born  April  2,  1823,  married  Levi  Smith,  of 
Linfield,  Massachusetts ;  died  July  18,  1870. 
ID.  Sarah  Brown,  born  November  27,  1825, 
married  John  Lemp.  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  11. 
Joseph  Elbridge.  torn  July  27,  1828,  men- 
tioned below.  He  died  at  North  Reading, 
August  25,  1882. 

(VII)  Joseph  Elbridge  Holt,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Plolt  (6),  was  born  at  North  Reading, 
^Massachusetts.  July  27,   1828,     He  began  his 


education  at  an  early  age,  attending  the  com- 
mon scliool  and  heljiing  on  the  farm.  He  fitted 
himself  for  college  and  entered  Harvard. 
After  eighteen  months  his  father  died,  and 
he  was  obliged  to  leave  college  to  help  his 
brothers  carry  on  the  farm.  About  the  time 
of  his  marriage  he  bought  the  farm  adjoining 
that  of  the  old  honjestead,  a  plot  of  one  hun- 
dred acres  situated  on  what  was  called  Holt 
Row,  on  tlie  road  leading  from  North  Read- 
ing to  Andover  in  the  west  part  of  the  town- 
shi]3.  He  was  successful  as  a  farmer,  raising 
milk  which  he  sold  in  and  around  Reading, 
About  .1837  he  sold  his  farm  to  David  Batch- 
eller and  moved  his  family  to  Sterling,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  bought  an  extensive  farm 
of  Eben  Taylor,  which  he  conducted  success- 
fully. He  enlisted  in  Company  K,  Fifty-third 
Regmient  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  in 
the  Civil  war,  and  was  in  New  Orleans  under 
General  Butler.  He  was  also  in  the  battle  of 
Shiloh  and  Mcksburg  under  General  Grant. 
After  remaining  in  the  service  a  year  he  was 
honorably  discharged,  returning  to  Sterling 
where  he  continued  farming  till  1872,  when  he 
returned  to  North  Reading,  after  selling  his 
farm  to  James  Jewett.  He  conducted  the  farm 
which  came  to  him  through  his  uncle,  Elbridge 
Holt,  imtil  his  death.  He  took  an  active  part 
in  the  social  functions  of  his  town  and  was 
quite  musical,  playing  double  bass  and  flute 
at  times  in  the  choir.  He  also  sang  in  the  choir 
of  the  Orthodox  church  in  Sterling  and  North 
l^eading.  He  was  leader  of  Father  Kemp's 
concerts  in  different  towns  in  his  county  and 
sang  in  the  Peace  Jubilee  at  Boston.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  died  August  25, 
1882.  He  married,  at  Reading,  December  28, 
1849,  Francis  Ann  Cheever,  born  August  15, 
T830,  daughter  of  James  Osgood  and  Henri- 
etta (>N'ilkins)  Cheever,  of  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts. ITer  father  was  a  ship  owner  at 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  with  a  farm  in  And- 
over. Children :  r.  Emma  Francis,  born 
October  24,  1850,  married,  December  28,  1873, 
Frank  Paul  Winn,  of  Arlington,  Massachu- 
setts ;  children :  i.  Herbert  Francis,  born  July 
3,  1876,  tnarried.  August  23,  1899,  Bessie  El- 
well  Gott,  of  Arlington,  and  had  Warren  Bail- 
ey, born  October  26,  1900 :  Richard  Wilkins, 
born  June  19,  1903,  Francis,  born  September 
17,  1906.  ii.  Edward  Elbridge,  born  .\ugust 
26,  1877,  died  October  17,  1877.  iii.  William 
^^'arren,  born  March  8,  1880,  died  May  12, 
1881.  iv.  .\rthur  Stanley,  born  June  5,  1885. 
V.  Pauline  Louise,  born  January  14,  1896.  2. 
Henrietta   Cheever.  born  July   18,    1852,  died 


MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


September  14,  1877.  3.  Mary  Carter,  born 
January  28,  1858,  died  October  22,  1862.  4. 
Ann  Wilkins,  born  July  22,  i860,  died  Novem- 
ber 17,  1887;  married,  December  15,  1881, 
George  H.  Putnam,  of  North  Reading;  chil- 
dren: i.  Ralph  Holt,  born  October  9,  1882, 
died  September  3,  1898;  ii.  Henry  Whitfield, 
born  January  8,  1885,  married,  September  3, 
1907,  Norma  Elliott,  of  South  Bend,  Indiana. 
5.  James  O.sgood,  born  March  28.  1867,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Y'lII)  James  Osgood  Holt,  son  of  Joseph 
Elbridge  Holt  (7),  was  born  at  Sterling, 
Massachusetts,  March  28,  1867.  At  the  age 
of  five  years  he  removed  with  his  parents  to 
North  Reading,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
received  his  education  in  the  common  and  high 
school  of  the  town,  helping  his  father  on  the 
farm.  He  subsequently  went  to  Arlington, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  found  employment 
in  the  grocery  store  of  C.  M.  Hall,  14  Pleasan,t 
street,  where  he  remained  eight  months.  From 
there  he  went  to  Boston  and  apprenticed  him- 
self for  four  years  to  Richardson  &  Young  on 
Beverly  street,  learning  the  trade  of  carpenter. 
He  then  returned  to  Arlington  and  took  a 
clerkship  with  his  brother-in-law,  Frank  P. 
Winn,  in  the  provision  business  on  Pleasant 
street,  where  he  remained  eight  years.  In 
1893  ^^  resigned  his  position  and  bought  the 
grocery  business  of  his  former  employer,  C. 
M.  Hall,  which  he  has  since  conducted  with 
much  success.  In  1901  Mr.  Holt  added  the 
adjoining  provision  business  of  Ransom 
Adams,  formerly  owned  by  Frank  P.  Winn, 
making  one  of  the  largest  markets  in  the  town 
of  Arlington.  He  enjoys  the  patronage  of  the 
high  class  trade,  making  it  a  point  to  keep 
only  the  best  goods.  He  resides  on  Pleasant 
street.  Mr.  Holt  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Universalist 
churcli,  a  trustee  and  for  some  time  was  treas- 
urer of  the  parish,  was  for  some  time  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  school,  and  has  for  the 
past  seventeen  years  been  bass  soloist  in  the 
choir.  He  is  a  member  of  Menotomy  Council, 
Royal  Arcanum,  of  the  Young  Men's  Club  of 
Arlington,  is  president  of  the  Trades'  Associa- 
tion and  has  been  for  twelve  years  director  of 
the  Arlington  Co-operative  Bank.  He  is  also 
director  of  the  Boston  Retail  Grocers'  Asso- 
ciation. He  married,  October  20,  1892,  Angle 
Emeline  Wellington,  born  July  8,  1865,  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Franklin  and  Emeline  Locke  (Peirce) 
Wellington,  of  Arlington,  Massachusetts. 
Children:     i.  Harriet  Francis,  born  Septem- 


ber 7,  1893.     2.  Osgood  Wellington,  July  12, 


The  name  of  Cummings  in 
CL^MMINGS  various  spellings  is  of  com- 
mon occurrence  in  Great 
Britain.  While  the  prevailing  tradition  among 
families  descended  from  Isaac  Cummings  of 
Ipswich  and  Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  is  that 
he  was  of  Scottish  descent,  this  is,  according 
to  present  belief,  extremely  doubtful.  The 
name  appears  early  in  France  under  the  form 
of  Comyns.  On  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  there 
have  been  settled  several  families  of  the  name, 
among  whom  there  appears  to  be  no  line  of 
kinship.  In  1903  the  number  of  descendants 
of  Isaac  Cummings  of  Ipswich  and  Topsfield 
was  said  to  be  at  least  ten  thousand,  an  esti- 
mate which  is  probablv  below  the  actual  num- 
ber. 

( I )  Isaac  Cummings  was  the  first  Cum- 
inings  who  emigrated  from  England  and  set- 
tled in  this  country.  In  a  deposition  made  by 
him  in  March,  1666,  he  gave  his  age  as  sixty- 
five  years,  showing  his  birth  to  have  been 
about  1601.  His  will  shows  his  death  to  have 
occurred,  per  date  of  the  instrument  and  filing 
of  the  inventory  and  probating  of  the  will, 
between  May  8  and  May  22,  1677.  The  spell- 
ing of  the  name  has  been  various  in  this  coun- 
try, but  Cummings  appears  to  be  the  standard 
form.  We  take  no  note  of  the  numerous  tra- 
ditions tracing  the  connection  back  to  a  Scot- 
tish clan  which  flourished  from  1080  to  1330, 
also  to  1093,  to  the  times  of  Malcolm  III, 
also  the  name  as  taken  from  the  town  of 
Comines  in  France.  These  are  treated  in  full 
in  the  difl^erent  genealogies  which  have  been 
published  upon  the  subject  of  the  family.  In 
1639  Isaac  Cummings  owned  a  house  and  lot 
in  Ipswich  village,  and  also  possessed  land 
being  partly  in  Ipswich  and  partly  in  Tops- 
field.  He  was  made  a  freeman  in  1642,  and 
at  diiiferent  periods  bought  more  or  less  land. 
He  was  called  Goodman,  was  chosen  grand 
juryman  in  1675,  and  was  moderator  of  the 
town  meeting  in  1676,  and  deacon  of  the 
church  in  Topsfield  for  many  years.  When  he 
arrived  in  this  country  he  was  for  a  brief  per- 
iod an  inhabitant  of  Watertown.  No  mention 
remains  of  the  name  of  his  wife,  and  she  was 
not  living  when  his  \vi\\  was  made.  Children : 
I.  John,  born  about  1630,  died  December  i, 
1700:  married  Sarah  Howlet,  who  died 
December  7,  1700.  2.  Isaac,  born  about  1633, 
see  forward.  3.  Ehzabeth,  died  July  9,  1679, 
married  April  2,  i66t,  John  Jcwett.     4.  Ann, 


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died  June  29,  1689,  married  October  8,  1669, 
John  Pease. 

(II)  Isaac  Cummings,  son  of  Isaac  Cum- 
niings  (i),  born  about  1633,  died  1721,  mar- 
ried, November  27,  1659,  Mary  Andrews,  born 
1638,  died  before  1712,  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Grace  Andrews,  of  Rowley  Village.  Isaac 
Cummings  resided  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 
He  received  by  a  deed  from  his  father,  in 
1663,  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres.  He  built 
his  house  on  this  estate,  was  elected  a  deacon 
of  the  church  in  1686,  and  was  an  influential 
man  in  the  town,  holding  the  various  offices 
of  moderator  of  town  meetings,  constable, 
tithingman,  selectman,  and  treasurer.  He  was 
farmer  and  also  a  surveyor.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  Captain  Appleton's  company  in  King  Phil- 
lip's war  in  1675,  and  in  1678  he  is  called  "ser- 
geant'' in  a  list  of  those  who  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  in  that  year.  Children:  i.  Son, 
born  and  died  August  28,  1660.  2.  Son,  born 
and  died  November  2,  1661.  3.  Son,  born, 
and  died  December  6,  1662.  4.  Isaac,  born 
.September  15,  1664,  died  August  7,  1746,  mar- 
ried (first),  December  25,  1688,  Alice  How- 
lett,  and  (second)  November  23,  1696, 
Frances  Sherwin.  3.  John,  born  June  7,  1666, 
see  forward.  6.  Thomas,  born  June  27,  1670, 
married  March  20,  1705,  Mehitable  Porter. 
7.  Mary,  born  February  16,  1671  ;  married 
Daniel  Black,  of  Box  ford,  Massachusetts.  8. 
Rebecca,  born  .\pril  i,  1674,  married  (first), 
January  13,  1695-6,  Thomas  Howlett,  and 
(second),  December  20,  1715,  Michael  Whid- 
den,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  9. 
.Abigail,  married  Alarch  28,  1695-6,  Samuel 
Perley,  of  Rowley,  Massachusetts.  10.  Steb- 
bins,  born  February  27,  1680,  died  "by  hand 
of  the  Indians,"  July  3,  1706. 

( III)  John  Cummings,  son  of  Isaac  Cum- 
mings (2),  born  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts, 
June  7,  1666,  died  there  before  July  16,  1722; 
married,  January  23,  1688,  Susanna  Towne, 
born  December  24,  1671,  died  September  13, 
17(16,  aged  ninety-five  years,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Phebe  (Perkins)  Towne,  of  Tops- 
field.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  baptized  January 
26,  1689-90,  died  December  24,  1729;  married 
May  22,  1722,  Abigail  Estey,  who  died  Jan- 
uary 10,  1729-30.  2.  John,  baptized  July  12, 
1692,  died  May  22,  1756;  married  (intention 
dated  F'ebruary  18,  1715-16)  Mercy  (or 
Mary)  Larrabee.  3.  Isaac,  born  December  25, 
1695;  married  (first)  January  5,  1720-1,  Han- 
nah Estey,  who  died  at  Sutton,  Massachusetts, 
June  23,  1743,  and  (second),  at  Sutton,  March 
13,  1743-4,  Mrs.  Susanna  Holden.     4.  David, 


born  April  15,  1698,  see  forward.  5.  Mary, 
born  May  15,  1700;  married  January  24, 
1722-3,  Nathaniel  Hutchinson.  6.  Susanna, 
born  January  13,  1701-2,  married  February  14, 
1721-2,  John  Whipple,  of  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts. 7.  Stebbins,  born  August  3,  1706,  mar- 
ried Ruth  Giles,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  8. 
Samuel,  born  February  14,  1708-9,  died  at 
.Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  December  11,  1804, 
aged  ninety- four  years;  married,  November 
7.  1733'  Susannah  Wood.  9.  Rebecca,  bap- 
tized November  i,  1713;  married  February  2, 
1730-1,  Thomas  Perkins. 

(IV)  David  Cummings,  son  of  John  Cum- 
mings (3),  born  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts, 
April  15,  1698,  died  there,  April  2,  1765.  He 
married  (first)  Anna ,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1 741,  aged  thirty-one  years,  and  (sec- 
ond), (intention  dated  October  30,  1741), 
Sarah  Goodhue,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
born  at  Ipswich,  17 13,  died  at  Topsfield,  June 
30,  1776,  aged  sixty-four  years,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Sherwin)  Goodhue;  she 
married  (second)  May  25,  1769,  Deacon 
George  Bixby,  of  Topsfield,  who  died  there. 
May  3,  1783,  "in  the  92  year  of  his  age." 

David  Cummings  was  known  on  the  records 
as  "Cornet  David."  With  his  brother  John 
he  gave  the  land  for  the  south  side  burying 
ground  in  Topsfield.  Children  by  his  first 
wife:  I.  David,  barn  March  26,  1729,  see 
forward.  2.  Jonathan,  born  March  14,  1 730-1, 
died  April  5,  1731.  3.  Samuel,  born  February 
28,  1731-2,  died  March  29,  1796;  married 
Eunice  Bradstreet,  great-granddaughter  of 
Governor  Simon  Bradstreet ;  she  died  July  20, 
iSio.  4.  Anna,  born  October  20,  1734,  died 
February  9,  1825,  in  her  ninety-first  year: 
married  April  11,  1754,  Moses  Perkins,  of 
Topsfield,  born  December  17,  1732,  died  Aug- 
ust 7,  1807.  5.  Susanna,  born  May  8,  1737; 
married  December  8,  1763,  Edmund  Towne, 
removed  to   New   Ipswich,    New   Hampshire. 

6.  Elizabeth,  born  September  17,  1739,  died 
February  13,  1741.     Children  by  second  wife: 

7.  Jonathan,  born  October  14.  1743,  died  May 
1805;  married  {first),  Mary  Eastman,  daugh- 
ter of  Job  Eastman,  of  Pembroke,  New 
Hampshire,  who  died  July  26,  1801,  aged 
fifty-nine  3'ears ;  and  married  (second),  De- 
cember 30,  1802,  Mrs.  Mary  (Lovejoy)  Park- 
er, widow  of  James  Parker,  who  died  April 
15,  1826,  aged  eighty  years.  He  resided  at 
.\ndover,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  8.  Stephen,  born  Jan- 
uary 27,  1744-5,  died  coming  home  from  sea. 
May  27,  1765.    9.  Elizabeth,  born  January  19, 


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1746-7,  died  February  14,  1746-7.  10.  Daniel, 
born  August  30,  1749,  was  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lutionary war.  II.  Archelaus.  born  June  i, 
1752,  died  at  Temple,  New  Hampshire,  July 
4,  1814;  married  Rachel  Rowell,  who  died 
June  10,  1848. 

(\^)  David  Cummings,  son  of  David  Cum- 
mings  (4),  born  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts, 
March  26,  1729,  died  at  Burlington,  Massa- 
chusetts, (Jctober  7,  1799,  aged  seventy-one 
years:  married  first,  (intention  dated  July  16, 
1748),  Joanna  Jones,  of  looxford,  Massachu- 
setts, born  in  Wilmington,  Massachusetts, 
about  1730,  died  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
October  10,  1794.  aged  sixty-five  years, 
daughter  of  Captain  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth 
(Dale)  Jones,  of  Woburn  and  Wilmington, 
^Jassachusetts.  Captain  Ebenezer  Jones  com- 
manded a  company  of  soldiers  which  were  in 
the  colonial  service,  and  he  was  killed  in  a 
battle  with  the  French  and  Indians  at  Lake 
George,  near  Fort  William  Henry,  July  20, 
1758.  David  Cummings  married  (second), 
-April  16,  1795,  JNIrs.  Chloe  (Gr'een-Blaney- 
Trask)  Harrington,  of  Lexington,  Massachu- 
setts, born  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  April 
21,  1742,  died  at  Lexington,  Massachusetts, 
previous  to  October  2,  1804,  daughter  of 
James  and  Deborah  (Brown)  Green,  and 
widow  respectively  of  Nehemiah  Blaney,  of 
]\Ialden,  Jonathan  Trask  and  Robert  Harring- 
ton, of  Lexington,  and  David  Cummings,  of 
Woburn  and  Burlington. 

David  Cummings  was  of  Andover  in  1756, 
at  which  time  he  purchased  a  lot  of  land  in 
Woburn  of  Abijah  Smith,  on  which  he  built 
one  of  the  first  tanneries  in  that  town.  He 
was  a  tanner  and  currier  by  trade,  and  his 
descendants  in  large  measure  have  followed 
the  same  trade  to  the  present  time.  His  res- 
idence was  in  that  parish  of  Woburn  which 
is  now  known  as  the  town  of  Burlington. 
Lentil  1773  he  had  lived  in  the  first  parish  of 
Woburn,  and  then  he  removed  to  the  second 
parish,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  private  in  Jabez  Carter's  company,  in 
the  regiment  of  militia  of  which  Eleazer  Tyng 
Esq.  was  colonel,  June  20.  1758,  and  hired  a 
man  to  go  as  a  soldier  in  the  expedition  against 
Canada  in  that  year.  During  the  revolution 
he  was  a  member  of  Captain  Joshua  Walker's 
company,  and  served  for  two  daj's  in  that  com- 
pany at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Lexington, 
April  19.  1775.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer,  born 
at  Topsfield,  September  21,  1749.  see  forward. 
2.  Elizabeth,  born  at  Topsfield,  September 
19,    1751  :    married    .'\ugust    31,    1773,   Josiah 


Hall,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  3.  Joan- 
na, born  at  jMiddleton,  November  27,  1752 ; 
married  (first)  November  19,  1771,  Jonas 
Brooks,  of  Woburn  and  Athol,  Massachusetts, 
and  married  (second)  James  Stratton.  4. 
Phebe,  born  at  Andover  or  Woburn,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  26,  1756,  died  March  6,  1824. 
aged  sixty-eight  years;  married,  December  13, 
1 78 1,  Jonathan  Simonds,  of  Woburn,  who 
died   May  27,    1827,  aged   seventy-five  years. 

5.  Susanna,  baptized,  at  Woburn,  first  parish, 
December  30,  1759;  married  April  20,  1778, 
Calvin   Moore,   of   Lancaster,   Massachusetts. 

6.  David,  baptized  at  Woburn,  first  parish, 
April  12,  1761  ;  married  at  Moncon.  Massa- 
chusetts, Elizabeth  ,  and  had  daughter 

Polly.  7.  Abigail,  born  at  Woburn.  April  26, 
1763;  married,  January  2,  1783,  Caleb  Sim- 
onds, of  Woburn.  8.  Sarah,  baptized  at  Wo- 
burn, second  parish,  September  15,  1765;  mar- 
ried April  22,  1787,  Aaron  Winchester,  of 
Brookline,  Massachusetts.  9.  Mary,  born  at 
^^'oburn,  April  28,  1768;  married  March  20, 
1788,  LTriah  Goodwin,  of  Woburn.  10.  Steph- 
en, baptized  at  W^oburn,  first  parish,  Septem- 
ber 2T,.  1770,  died  April  12,  1804;  married 
January  22,  1795,  Mrs.  Polly  (Brooks)  Co- 
ijurn,  of  Woburn,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Joan- 
na (Holden)  Brooks,  of  Woburn,  and  widow 
of  Francis  Coburn,  of  Dunstable,  Massachu- 
setts. II.  Samuel,  born  at  Woburn,  August 
12,  1773;  married  December  29,  1795,  Avis 
Peirce,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Lydia 
(White)  Peirce,  of  Lexington.  In  1799  he 
was  a  member  of  the  L^nited  States  marine 
corps,  and  serviog  on  the  Lmited  States  ship 
"Herald."  12.  Ruth,  baptized  at  Woburn. 
second  parish,  April  28,  1776:  married,  April 
9'  I79S>  John  Lovering,  of  ^Valtham,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(\T)  Ebenezer  Cummings,  son  of  David 
Ctmimings  (5),  born  at  Topsfield,  Massachu- 
setts, September  21,  1749,  died  at  \\'oburn. 
June  4,  1821.  aged  seventy-three  years,  records  : 
married  (first)  June  22,  1774,  Jemima  Hart- 
well,  of  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  born  Septem- 
ber 6,  1753,  died  June  15,  1809,  aged  fifty-six 
years,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Jemima  (Bat- 
chelder)  Hartwell ;  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 29,  1810,  Lydia  Ta_v.  of  Woburn,  born 
June  12,  1772;  died  October  27,  1859.  aged 
eighty-nine  years  four  months  and  fifteen 
days,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Susanna  (Rich- 
ardson) Tay,  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts. 

Ebenezer  Cummings  resided  in  Woburn. 
and  was  a  tanner  and  currier,  and  followed 
his   father  in  that  business.     His  house  was 


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liicatcd  ill  the  South  School  district  of  the 
W'oburn  second  parish,  now  the  town  of  Bur- 
hngton.  His  gravestone  is  standing  in  the 
old  Montvale  avenue  burying  ground  in  Wo- 
burn.  He  served  for  five  days  in  Walker's 
company  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775;  was 
a  private  in  Captain  Timothy  \\'inn's  third 
foot  company  of  Woburn,  May  13,  1775; 
was  in  service  two  months  guarding  stores  at 
Cambridge  under  Lieutenant  Joseph  Johnson 
in  1777,  and  was  a  member  of  the  training 
Ijand  of  ^Valker's  company  in  1775  and  1782, 
per  the  rolls  of  those  years.  Children  by  first 
wife:  I.  Ebenezer,  born  November  18,  1775, 
died  January  12,  1845;  married  November  6, 
1804,  Ruth  Skelton,  born  November  i,  1778, 
died  February  11,  185 1,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  (Johnson)  Skelton.  of  Woburn. 

2.  Jemima,  born  June  28,  1777,  died  January 
16.  1861  ;  married  December  5,  1805,  Zadock 
Rogers,  of  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts,  who 
died  February  16,  1844.  3.  Joseph,  born 
December  6,  1779;  married  (intention  dated 
October  2,  1807),  Martha  Priest,  of  Concord, 
Massachusetts.  4.  Phebe,  born  September  8, 
1781,  died  November  29,  1871  ;  married  July 
I,  1802,  Thomas  Evans,  of  South  Reading, 
Massachusetts,  who  died  May  22,  1832.  5. 
Lydia,  born  April  3,  1783,  died  February  13, 
1858:  married  Daniel  Goodhue,  of  Danvers, 
Massachusetts,  who  died  February  22,  1867. 
i>.  John,  born  February  20.  1785.  died  June 
8,  1867:  married  May  2,  181 1,  Marcia  Rich- 
ardson, born  June  26,  1793,  died  June  8,  1882, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Ruth  (Wright)  Rich- 
ardson, of  Woburn.   7.  David,  born  December 

3,  1786,  died  at  Winchester,  Massachusetts, 
May  13,  1850;  married  October  20,  1814,  Han- 
nah Vinton,  of  Smecham,  ^Massachusetts,  born 
July  17,  1793,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, January  6,  1871,  daughter  of  Ezra  and 
Sarah  (Green)  Vinton.  8.  Hannah,  born  De- 
cember 24,  1788,  died  April  20,  1867;  married 
January  10,  1815,  Ezekiel  Johnson,  of  Wo- 
burn,   Massachusetts,    who    died    !March    30, 

1866.  9.  Joshua,  born  December  7,  1790,  died 
at  Woburn,  Massachusetts, '  July  26,  1872; 
married  May  16,  181 3,  Desire  Hartwell  Rich- 
ardson, born  November  4,  1794,  died  June  9, 
1873,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Submit  (Brown) 
Richardson,  of  Woburn.  10.  Ruth,  born  No- 
vember   12,    1792,   died  unmarried,   April   27, 

1867.  II.  Samuel,  born  December  8,  1794. 
died  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  October  20, 
1847;  married  May  20,  1820,  Joanna  Simonds, 
Ijorn  March  7,  1794,  died  January  26,  1866, 
(laughter  of  Jonathan  and  Phebe  (Cummings) 


Simonds,  of  Woburn.  12.  Daniel,  born  Janu- 
ary 7,  1797,  died  July  24,  1877;  married  June 

I,  1817,  Abigail  Wright,  born  April  28,  1797, 
died  September  21,  1887,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Lucretia  (Richardson)  Wright,  of  \Vo- 
burn ;  resided  at  Bedford  and  Lexington, 
Massachusetts.  13.  Moses,  born  C)ctober  15, 
1800,  see  forward.  Children  of  second  wife: 
14.  Susan,  born  October  3,  1811,  died  unmar- 
ried, September  8,  1837,  aged  twenty-six 
years.  15.  Stephen,  born  May  7,  1814,  died 
unmarried,  January  8,  1862,  aged  forty-eight 
}'ears. 

(\TI)  Moses  Cummings.  son  of  Ebenezer 
Cummings  (6),  born  at  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts, October  15,  1800,  died  there,  September 

10,  1840,  aged  forty  years:  married  November 

II,  1824,  Harriet  Cutler,  born  April  27,  1807, 
died  August  19,  1887,  aged  eighty  years  three 
months  and  twenty-two  days,  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  (Dean)  Cutler,  of  Burling- 
ton, Massachusetts. 

Moses  Cummings  learned  the  trade  of  tan- 
ning and  currying  of  his  brother  David  at 
Tewksbury.  He  then  came  to  Woburn  and 
established  himself  in  business  at  North  Wo- 
burn, which  he  continued  until  his  death.  His 
tannery  was  built  by  one  John  Tidd  as  early 
as  1760.  In  1835  this  plant  was  purchased 
by  Moses  Cummings,  in  whose  shop  many  of 
the  men  who  afterwards  made  a  notable  suc- 
cess in  the  leather  business  in  Woburn,  learn- 
ed their  trade.     Children : 

1.  Harriet,  born  April  22,  1825;  married 
February  16,  1843,  Ebenezer  Norton  Blake,  of 
Woburn,  Massachusetts,  who  died  March  12, 
1891.  Children:  i.  Emma  Louisa  (Blake), 
born  June  13,  1847,  married,  February  18, 
1822,  Joseph  B.  Parker,  of  Nashua,  New 
Hampshire,  ii.  Warren  Norton  (Blake),  born 
January  4,  1851  ;  married  October  24,  1901, 
Emma  Persis  Bond,  of  Burlington,  Massachu- 
setts,   iii.  George  Freeman  (Blake),  born  July 

11,  1853,  died  April  11,  1885.  iv.  Isabel  Frost 
(Blake),  born  February  4,  1856,  died  Decem- 
lier  25,  1896;  married  Roderick  B.  McDon- 
ald, of  Woburn.  v.  Harriet  Cummings 
(Blake),  born  Alay  18,  1859;  married  January 
4,  1899,  Frederick  J.  Pingree,  of  Boston, 
^lassachusetts.  vi.  Charles  Edward  (Blake), 
born  December  17,  i860,  died  November  3, 
1862.  vii.  Flarrison  Gray  (Blake),  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1864;  married  February  19,  1890, 
Lizzie  B.  Dodge,  of  Woburn. 

2.  Moses  Warren,  born  January  29,  1827, 
died  November  5,  1852;  married,  April  24, 
1 8s I,    Isabel    L.    Tucker,    born    at    Medford, 


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Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Ambrose  and 
Elizabeth  B.  (Shed)  Tucker.  She  married 
(second), Frost. 

3.  Child,  born  May  8.  1828,  died  May  n, 
1828. 

4.  James  Otis,  born  May  26,  1829,  died  De- 
cember 9,  1906;  married  (first))  at  East  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  November  2,  185 1, 
Susan  Celina  Bennett,  daughter  of  William 
Symmes  and  Susan  Elizabeth  (Russell)  Ben- 
nett; she  died  November  2,  1893,  aged  sixty- 
one  years  three  months  and  three  days ;  mar- 
ried (second)  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  July 
23,  1896,  Mrs.  Gustavus  (Simonson)  Weberg. 
Children :  i.  Harriet  Celina,  born  December 
25,  1854;  married  October  28,  1880,  Benjamin 
F.  Kimball,  of  Woburn.  ii.  Martha  Elizabeth, 
born  October  20,  1859;  married,  February  7, 
1888,  Orville  Thomas  Curtis,  of  Woburn.  iii. 
Annie  Laurie,  born  February  4,  1862  ;  married 
March  6,  1890,  Frank  L.  Perry,  iv.  William 
Warren,  born  September  13,  1864;  married 
(first)  June  28,  1893,  Mary  F.  McLane,  who 
died  at  Troy,  New  York,  November  11,  1894, 
daughter  of  William  D.  and  Susan  W.  Mc- 
Lane; married  (second)  June  29,  1898,  Alice 
Jeeves. 

5.  Mary,  born  November  4,  1830,  died  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1894,  married,  July  11,  1850,  Lewis 
Shaw,  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  who  died  at 
Woburn,  February  21,  1879,  aged  sixty-five 
years.  Children:  i.  Edward  L.  (Shaw),  born 
June  4,  1853,  died  September  18,  1891  ;  mar- 
ried February  18,  1875,  Nellie  S.  Thompson, 
of  Woburn.  ii.  Charles  Cliiford  (Shaw),  born 
April  7,  1858;  married  Carrie  N.  Wheelock, 
of  Clinton,  Massachusetts,  iii.  John  Warren 
(Shaw),  born  December  22,  1869. 

6.  Martha,  born  April  22,  1832,  died  June 
28,  1857;  married  April  26,  1852,  Parker 
Eaton,  of  Woburn ;  children :  i.  Nathan  Wy- 
man  (Eaton),  born  November  16,  1855,  mar- 
ried, November  ifi,  1878,  Nellie  Thompson,  of 
Sanford,  Maine. 

7.  Eustace,  born  April  22,  1834,  see  for- 
ward. 

8.  John  Hartwell,  born  December  21,  1837, 
died  at  Woburn,  September  9,  1888;  married, 
June  28,  1865,  Martha  B.  Smith,  of  Lexington, 
Massachusetts,  children :  i.  Ida  Frances,  born 
August  5,  1866,  married,  April  23,  1900,  Wal- 
ter F.  Lowell,  of  Somerville,  Massachusetts, 
ii.  Harriet,  born  March  13,  1874,  died  August 
16,  1874. 

9.  Everett,  born  November  7,  1838;  mar- 
ried (first)  Delia  R.  Evans,  of  Woburn,  who 
died   April   29,    1874,    aged   thirty-two   years. 


and  married  (second)  September  28,  1875, 
Clara  E.  Farrington,  of  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. Children  by  first  wife :  i.  Marcia 
Frances,  born  July  25,  1869 ;  married,  October 
II,  1892,  Edward  Billings  Sullivan,  ii.  Mary 
Bertha,  born  August  6,  1870;  married,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1893,  George  H.  Taylor,  of  Woburn. 
iii.  Delia  Edna,  born  August  29,  1872 ;  married 
June  6,  1893,  Dan  Louis  Smith.  Children  by 
second  wife :  iv.  Morton  Everett,  born  Sep- 
tember 14,  1876.  V.  Alfred  N.,  born  January 
28,  1878,  died  young. 

10.  Adeline,  born  May  10,  1840;  married, 
November  27,  1862,  Griffin  Place,  of  Woburn. 
Child:  i.  Everett  Griffin  (Place),  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1863,  died  May  2,  1899;  married,  No- 
vember 22,  1886,  Alice  G.  Dow,  of  Woburn. 

(VIII)  Eustace  Cummings,  son  of  Moses 
Cummings  (7),  born  at  Woburn,  April  22, 
1834;  married  (first)  January  i,  1854,  Ange- 
line  Moore,  born  at  Cambridgeport,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  at  Woburn,  December  15,  1863, 
daughter  of  Clark  and  Mary  J.  Moore,  of 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts;  married  (second) 
July  18,  1866,  Susan  C.  Scott,  of  Woburn, 
born  at  Charlestowrt,  Vermont,  died  at  Wo- 
burn, November  28,  1866,  aged  twenty-five 
years  and  seven  months,  daughter  of  Darius 
and  Lucy  Goodwin,  married  (third),  July, 
1867,  Mrs.  Ellen  (French)  Hill,  of  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  born  March  6,  1846. 

Eustace  Cummings  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  of  Woburn.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  tanner  and  currier  in  his  father's  shop 
at  North  Woburn.  In  1857  he  was  admitted 
as  a  partner  in  the  leather  concern  of  Shaw- 
Taylor  &  Company,  at  North  Woburn,  where 
he  remained  for  a  few  years.  He  then  pur- 
chased a  shop  on  Fourth  street,  Woburn,  and 
started  in  the  leather  business  there,  having  as 
partner  Griffin  Place,  who  remained  with  him 
a  short  time.  Later  his  brother  Everett  Cum- 
mings was  with  him  for  awhile,  and  then  he 
look  as  a  ]5artuer  his  brother  John  Hartwell 
Cummings,  who  was  a  member  of  the  concern 
until  his  death  in  1888;  then  for  a  few  years 
his  son-in-law  William  H  Bowers  had  an  in- 
terest in  the  business.  After  Mr.  Bowers 
retired  from  the  concern  Mr.  Cummings 
admitted  his  son,  Edward  Haven  Cummings, 
as  a  partner,  and  in  the  fall  of  1903  his  son- 
in-law,  John  Swain  Jaquith,  was  admitted  to 
the  firm,  and  the  name  of  the  firm  was  changed 
to  the  E.  Cummings  Leather  Company,  with 
Eustace  Commings  as  president,  John  Swain 
Jaquith  as  treasurer,  and  Edward  Haven  Cum- 
mings as  secretary.     Children  bv  first  wife: 


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1.  W'ilber  Eustace,  born  January  i6,  1855; 
married  (first),  November  9,  1881,  L.  Kath- 
erine  Smith,  of  Woburn,  and  (second),  1894, 
Minnie  Mood)';  resides  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal- 
ifornia. Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Grace 
Agnes,  born  December  16,  1882  ;  married,  June 
10,  1903,  Leonard  ^L  Fowle,  of  Woburn.  ii. 
Helen  E.,  born  October  25,  1885.  '•'•  Arthur 
E.,  born  September  15,  1888.  iv.  Lester  A., 
born  July  3,  1890,  died  January  16,  1892. 

2.  Angeline  Ella,  born  December  18,  1858, 
married  November  27,  1879,  William  H.  Bow- 
ers, of  Woburn,  who  died  April  27,  1893. 
After  the  death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Bowers 
removed  to  Los  Angeles,  California;  children: 
i.  Isabel  May  (Bowers),  born  I^Iarch  6,  1882. 
ii.  Chester  Herbert  (Bowers),  born  March  6, 
1887;  iii.  Evelyn  Cummings  (Bowers),  born 
January  24,  1891.  iv.  William  Sidney  (Bow- 
ers), born  October  12,  1894. 

3.  Jennie  Isabel,  born  October  15,  1859; 
married,  January  12,  1882,  William  E. 
Sprague,  of  Stoneham,  Massachusetts. 

4.  Albert  Moses,  born  November  17,  1861, 
died  December  12,  1893. 

5.  George  E.,  born  December  15,  1863,  died 
April  18,  1864. 

Children  by  third  wife: 

6.  Grace  Alayland,  born  March  10,  1870, 
died  January  30,  1898;  was  educated  at 
Wellesley  College,  class  of  '91  ;  a  brilliant 
student  and  singer ;  sung  in  home  church  for 
years,  was  of  great  help  to  her  father  because 
of  her  rare  business  ability. 

7.  Edward  Haven,  born  February  25,  1874, 
see  forward. 

8.  Ethel  Rogers,  born  January  i,  1880;  mar- 
ried. October  9,  1901,  John  Swain  Jaquith,  of 
Woburn ;  children :  i.  Eleanor  Frances,  born 
at  \Voburn,  April  12.  1903.  ii.  Grace  Cum- 
mings, born  at  Thetford,  V'ermont,  July  8, 
1906. 

(IX)  Edward  Haven  Cummings,  son  of 
Eustace  Cummings  (8),  born  at  Woburn,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1874;  married,  January  6,  1897, 
Louise  Adeline  Simonds,  born  at  Woburn. 
August  20,  1874.  daughter  of  George  and 
Ellen  (Wade)  Simonds,  of  Bridgewater, 
^Massachusetts. 

Edward.  Haven  Cummings  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Woburn  and  the  Mitchell 
Roys'  School  at  Billerica,  Massachusetts,  and 
also  at  Ricker  and  Bradford's  Commercial 
School  at  Boston.  He  then  entered  the  employ 
of  his  father,  Eustace  Cummings,  and  spent 
about  three  years  in  learning  the  tanner's 
trade.     He  then  entered  the  business  office  of 


the  firm  at  No.  67  South  street,  Boston,  and 
after  a  few  years  there  returned  to  the  Wo- 
burn factory,  taking  charge  of  the  manufac- 
ture. Later  he  was  admitted  as  a  partner  with 
his  father  on  the  retirement  of  William  H. 
Bowers,  and  continued  one  of  the  partners, 
the  firm  name  being  changed  to  E.  Cummings 
Leather  Company,  of  which  corporation  he 
is  the  secretary  and  a  director.  The  concern 
transacts  a  large  tanning  and  currying  busi- 
ness, disposing  of  their  product  in  the  Boston 
and  European  markets.  Their  plant,  which  is 
located  on  Fowle  street,  Woburn,  has  a  floor 
space  of  twenty  thousand  square  feet,  and  they 
employ  about  sixty  workmen. 

]\Ir.  Cummings  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  of  Woburn,  and  a  Republican 
in  politics.  Children:  I.  Eustace  Haven, 
born  at  Winthrop,  Massachusetts,  October  21, 
1898.  2.  Grace  Mayland,  born  at  Woburn, 
May  15,  1902,  died  August  30,  1902.  3.  Ed- 
ward Stanleigh,  born  at  Woburn,  November 
13,  1904.  4.  Helen  Frances,  born  December 
18,  1907.  at  Woburn. 


William     Russell,     immigrant 
RLTSSELL     ancestor  of  a  large  family  of 

this  surname  in  Cambridge. 
Charlestown,  Arlington,  Lexington,  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  and  vicinity,  was  doubtless 
born  in  England.  He  settled  in  1636  in  Cam- 
bridge, and  lived  there  until  his  death,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1661-2.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade.  He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Cam- 
bridge in  1645.  His  wife  Martha  joined  the 
Cambridge  church.  She  married,  second, 
March  24,  1665,  Humphrey  Bradshaw,  and 
third,  Thomas  Hall.  Russell  died  February  14, 
1661-2.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1626.  2.  Benjamin.  3.  Phebe,  born 
1642.  4.  John,  born  September  11,  1645.  5. 
Martha.  6.  Philip,  born  1650.  7.  Thomas. 
8.  William,  born  April  28,  1655.  9.  Jason, 
born  November  14,  1658.  10.  Joyce,  born 
1660.  baptized  May  31.  These  children  were 
probably  not  by  the  same  mother,  and  are 
not  supposed  to  be  in  correct  order. 

(II)  Joseph  Russell,  son  of  William  Rus- 
sell (i).  was  born  in  England,  in  1626.  The 
records  give  his  age  as  ten  when  he  came 
with  his  mother  in  1636;  he  gave  his  age  as 
twenty-five  in  1651.  He  died  1694.  His  will 
was  dated  November  14,  and  filed  December 
17,  1694.  He  bought  of  Thomas  Danforth 
six  acres  in  1674.  He  had  numerous  tracts 
of  land.      He  married,  June   23,    1662,   Mary 


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Belcher,  daughier  of  Jeremiah  Belcher,  of 
Ipswich.  She  died  June  24,  169 1.  Children, 
born  at  Cambridge:  i.  Mary,  born  1664,  bap- 
tized January  8,  1664-5.  -•  Martha,  born 
1666;  died  February  i,  1691.  3.  Abigail,  born 
May  30,  1670;  married  Nathaniel  Hancock. 
5.  Joseph,  born  July  15,  1673.  6.  Walter, 
born  .^pril  30,  1676,  mentioned  below.  7. 
Maria,  born  November  28,  1678:  married 
Thomas  Prentice.  8.  Jeremiah,  born  January 
21,  1 680- 1.  9.  John,  born  July  13,  1683.  10. 
Samuel,  born  August  9,  1685. 

(III)  Walter  Russell,  son  of  Joseph  Rus- 
sell (2),  was  born  in.  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, April  30,  1676,  and  died  March  30,  1748. 
He  settled  in  Menotomy,  (Arlington).  Dur- 
the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  he  lived  in 
Charlestown.  He  married  Mary  Patten,  May 
17,  1689,  and  second.  April  3,  1706,  Elizabeth 
Winship,  who  died  April  14,  1750,  aged  sixty- 
four  years.  His  sons  Walter,  Samuel  and 
Hubbard  sold  their  rights  in  his  estate  to  their 
brother  Daniel.  Children,  born  in  Menotomy : 
I.  Joseph,  born  August  25,  1703,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Mary,  born  February  8,  1706-7; 
married  John  Di.Kon.  3.  Walter,  born  1709; 
died  1763.  4-  Martha,  born  January  2-], 
1711-12:  married  John  Wilson.  5.  Jeremiah, 
born  1713-14.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  1715;  mar- 
ried Mathew  Cox.  7.  Edward,  baptized 
August  10,  1718.  8.  Edward,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 15,  1721.  9.  Samuel,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1723-4.  10.  Daniel,  born  May  5, 
1728.  II.  Hubljard,  baptized  August  22, 
1731. 

(IV)  Joseph  Russell,  .son  of  Walter  Rus- 
sell (3),  was  born  in  Menotomy,  Massachu- 
setts, August  25,  1703,  and  died  November  13, 
1776.  He  was  well  educated,  and  when  a 
young  man  taught  school,  about  1724.  He 
lived  on  the  farm  in  the  north  side  of  the  main 
road  in  Menotomy  until  September,  1730, 
when  he  removed  to  the  west  border  of 
Charlestown,  now  Somerville,  on  the  road  to 
Winter  Hill.  He  was  taxed  in  Charlestown 
from  1729  to  1770.  His  will  was  made  No- 
vember 9,  1776,  and  filed  November  25,  1776. 
Fie  married  October  9,  1724,  Mary  Robbins, 
who  died  December  28,  1781,  aged  eighty 
years.  The  family  is  buried  at  West  Cam- 
bridge. Children:  I.  Mary,  born  March  9, 
1726-7.  2.  Lucy,  baptized  March  16,  1728-9, 
died  young.  3.  Lucy,  baptized  January  17, 
1 730- 1.  4.  Patten,  baptized  January  28, 
1732-3.  5.  Walter  born  January  24,  1737, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Alary,  baptized  April  22, 
1739,  died  young.     7.   Philemon,  born  August 


I,  1740.  8.  Mary,  born  May  20,  1743;  died 
October   16,  1762. 

(  V )  Walter  Russell,  son  of  Joseph  Russell 
(4),  was  born  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
January  24,  1737;  died  March  5,  1782.  He 
was  taxed  in  1756,  and  from  1761  to  1773  at 
Charlestown.  He  owned  much  real  estate  in 
and  about  Charlestown.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution,  in  the  company  of  Captain  John 
Parker,  of  Lexington,  in  1775  ;  in  the  company 
of  Captain  John  Bridges,  regiment  of  Colonel 
Eleazer  Brooks,  in  1776,  and  in  Captain  Na- 
than Smith's  company.  Colonel  Jacobs's  regi- 
ment, 1778.  His  widow  was  appointed  admin- 
istratrix of  his  estate  and  guardian  of  their 
children  in  1782.  He  married  December  14, 
1758,  Mary  Wyman,  who  died  December  I, 
1760,  aged  twenty-three  years.  Her  grave  is 
at  .\rlington.  He  married  second,  December 
17,  1 76 1,  Hannah  Adams,  who  married  sec- 
ond, Enos  Jones,  of  Ashburnham.  She  died 
October  17,  1836,  aged  ninety-three  years. 
Children:  I.  James,  born  April  17,  1763.  2. 
Walter,  born  Alay  3,  1765.  3.  Thomas,  born 
June  9,  1767.  4.  Hannah,  born  February  8, 
1772:  married  Isaac  Hall.  5.  Nathaniel,  born 
April  5,  1774.  6.  John,  born  August  29,  1776. 
7.  Joseph,  born  March  15,  1779.  And  per- 
haps others. 

( \T )  James  Rus'^ell.  st)n  of  \\'alter  Rus- 
sell (5),  was  born  at  Charlestown,  ^Massachu- 
setts,.April  17,  1763.  He  resided  at  Menotomy, 
and  had  a  pew  in  the  church  there.  He  was  a 
farmer,  assuming  a  man's  share  of  the  work 
and  responsibilities  on  the  death  of  his  father. 
He  was  twelve  years  old  at  the  time  of  the 
battle  of  Bunker' Hill.  The  day  of  the  battle 
he  and  a  younger  brother  drove  to  Salem  with 
a  load  of  green  peas  and  sold  the  produce, 
but  the  boys  were  held  up  by  British  soldiers 
at  the  spot  now  known  as  Medford  Square, 
in  Medford,  and  ordered  to  help  carry  the 
dead  and  wounded  from  the  battle  field.  The 
boys  had  no  liking  for  the  dreadful  work,  and 
seized  an  opportunity  to  make  their  escape. 
He  was  at  one  time  a  licensed  inn-holder. 
He  married,  March  6,  1783,  Rebecca  Adams. 
Children:  i.  W'alter,  born  in  year  1783: 
married  Rebecca  Hill.  2.  Rebecca,  born  July 
31,  1785;  married  Amos  Wliittemore.  3. 
James,  born  January  14,  1788.  4.  William 
Adams,  born  May  14,  1790,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  W'illiam  Adams  Russell,  son  of 
James  Russell  (6),  was  born  at  Charlestown, 
.Massachusetts,  May  14,  1790.  During  his 
youth  he  attended  the  district  schools,  and 
helped  his  father  with  the  farm-work.    He  and 


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his  brother  remainefl  on  the  homestead.  For 
many  years  he  and  his  fatlier  used  to  find 
occupation  also  in  the  alewive  fishing  in  the 
brook  that  ran  through  the  Russell  farm.  The 
indu.stry  became  profitable.  The  fish  were 
cured  and  shipped  south  to  be  used  as  food 
on  the  southern  plantations.  He  acquired  a 
competence,  and  in  his  later  years  did  a  con- 
siderable banking  business,  lending  money,  etc. 
He  died  January  2,  1856.  He  was  a  Univer- 
salist  in  religion  and  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
He  formerly  belonged  to  Hiram  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons  of  Lexington.  Massachusetts, 
l)ut  during  the  anti-Masonic  movement  the 
lodge  surrendered  its  charter  and  he  ceased  to 
be  a  member.  He  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  marched  to  camp  in  Boston,  but  there 
was  little  actual  service  by  Massachusetts 
troops  in  that  war,  and  he  was  in  no  engage- 
ment. He  received  a  grant  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  afterward  his 
son  George  had.  When  his  father  died  a 
third  of  the  farm  came  to  him  as  his  share, 
and  he  bought  the  other  two-thirds. 

He  married  Keziah  Teel,  born  February  28, 
I7q4.  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Rhoda  Teel, 
of  Charlestown.  Her  father  was  a  farmer. 
Children,  born  at  Charlestown:  i.  William 
.\dams.  Jr.,  born  May  2,  181 1,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Keziah,  born  October  11,  1813;  mar- 
ried .Anthony  Hatch,  of  Medford.  3.  Re- 
becca, born  February  3,  1815;  died  February 
II,  1815.  4.  James,  born  January  6,  1816: 
died  January  5,  1838.  5.  Lucretia  T.,  born 
July  25,  1819:  married  Lriah  Carr,  of  New 
Hampshire.  6.  John  Quincy  Adams,  born 
February  2,  1822;  died  in  California.  7.  Re- 
becca, born  July  16,  1824:  married  George 
Stearns,  of  West  Cambridge.  8.  Charles 
Henry,   born   June  28,    1828;   died   December 

10,  1884.  9.  Walter,  born  September  10, 
1S31  ;  died  December  25,  1831.  10.  Harriet, 
born   March   9,    1834:   died  March    12,    1834. 

11.  Caroline,  born  March  9,  1834  (twin). 
died  April  8,  1834.  12.  George,  born  June 
22,  1836,  mentioned  below. 

(\'III)  William  Adams  Russell,  son  of 
\\'illiam  Adams  Russell  (7).  was  born  at 
Charlestown.  Alay  2.  181 1.  He  attended 
the  common  schools,  and  helped  his  father 
on  the  farm  in  his  boyhood.  His  father 
and  his  brothers  and  he  followed  the  alewives 
fishery  on  the  farm,  the  profits  at  times 
amounting  to  more  than  a  hundred  dollars  a 
day.  At  the  age  of  twenty-eight  he  bought 
his  farm  at  Medford.  Part  of  his  farm  was 
included   in   \\'inchester  when  that  town  was 


set  off  of  Medford.  He  followed  garden 
farming  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  speculated 
also  very  successfully  in  real  estate  and  made 
money  rapidly.. 

He  was  a  L^niversalist  in  religion.  For- 
merly a  Democrat  in  politics,  he  was  in  later 
years  a  Republican.  He  trained  in  the  mili- 
tia, and  rose  to  the  rank  of  captain  in  the 
Charlestown  company.  He  was  a  man  of 
unusual  ability,  upright,  honorable  in  his  deal- 
ings, and  highly  esteemed  by  his  townsmen. 

He  married  Harriet  Hill,  daughter  of  David 
and  Betsey  (Adams)  Hill,  of  West  Cam- 
bridge. Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Harriet 
Jane,  born  March  30.  1839;  resides  on  the  old 
homestead.  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  April 
25.  1840,  lives  on  the  old  homestead.  3. 
George  Hill,  born  October  i,  1842.  4.  James 
William,  born  October  18,  1844;  married  No- 
vember 5,  1874,  Ella  L.  Symmes.  of  Winches- 
ter :  children  :  i.  Alice  Symmes,  born  Septem- 
ber 15.  1875;  married,  June,  1905,  Alfred  H. 
Hildreth,  of  Cambridge;  ii.  Fred  Adams,  born 
March  17,  1877;  married  November  14,  1906, 
Mary  L.  Prentice,  of  New  York;  iii.  James 
William  Jr.,  born  September  19.  1878;  mar- 
ried December  31,  1901,  Charlotte  Lowell 
Skillings,  of  Winchester  ;  child  :  Lincoln  Low- 
ell, born  October  5,  1904;  iv.  Bertha  Louise, 
born  February  7,  1884.  5.  Edward,  born  April 
10,  1848.  mentioned  below.  6.  David,  born 
February  4,  1852:  married  Mrs.  Agnes 
(Whiteside)   Condon,  of  Boston. 

(IX)  Edward  Russell,  son  of  William 
Adams  Russell  (8).  was  born  at  Medford. 
Massachusetts.  April  10.  1848.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  his  native  town.  He  worked  at  home 
on  the  farm  during  his  boyhood  and  until 
he  was  twenty-four  years  old,  when  he 
went  to  work  for  his  uncle  Walter  Rus- 
sell, in  Arlington,  as  salesman  in  his  pro- 
duce business.  He  was  subsequently  em- 
ployed for  three  years  by  Varnum  Frost, 
at  Belmont,  in  a  similar  position.  In  1878  he 
removed  to  \\'inchester.  buying  the  Carlton 
farm  of  eighty  acres  there  of  John  D.  Carlton. 
He  added  to  this  farm  from  time  to  time  until 
at  present  he  has  a  hundred  and  forty  acres 
of  the  best  land  in  the  vicinity.  He  makes  a 
specialty  also  of  market  gardening  for  the 
Boston  market.  He  has  been  successful  with 
various  investments,  particularly  with  railroad 
stocks  and  real  estate.  Mr.  Russell  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  was  formerly  a  mem- 
ber of  Bethel  Lodge,  No.  12.  of  Odd  Fellows. 
.\rlington.      He   is   a   member   of   the    Boston 


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Market  Gardeners'  Association,  and  the  Calu- 
met Club  of  Winchester.  He  was  a  member 
of  Lawrence  Light  Guard.  Company  E,  Fifth 
Regiment  Massachusetts  \'olunteer  Militia  for 
four  years,  1868  to  1872,  at  Medford. 

He  married,  January  4,  1879,  Mrs.  Mary 
(Rooney)  Hodge,  ofWoburn;  and  second, 
April  28,  1897,  Minnie  L.  Mulligan,  born 
March  30,  1871,  daughter  of  James  and 
Bridget  Mulligan.  Her  father  was  a  sales- 
man. Children  of  Edward  and  Mary  Russell : 
I,  Harriet  Hill,  born  March  25,  1879,  teacher 
at  Charlton  City,  Massachusetts,  public 
schools.  2.  Elizabeth  Adams,  born  January 
5.  1881  ;  married  to  Charles  Chapman,  June 

29,  1907.  3.  Clara  Rebecca,  born  August  4, 
1882 ;  stenographer,  Boston.  4.  Gracie  May, 
born  June  29,  1885,  died  October  21,  1886. 
3.  Ethel  Jane,  born  September  21,  1888,  lives 
at  home.  Children  of  Edward  and  Minnie 
L.   Russell.     6.  Martha   Louise,   born   March 

30,  1898.  7.  Esther,  born  June  17,  1901.  8. 
Alargaret,  born  February  19,  1906,  died  Jan- 
uary 3,  1908. 

(Vni)  George  Russell,  son  of  William 
Adams  Russell  (7),  was  born  at  Charlestovvn, 
Massachusetts,  June  22,  1836.  He  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  district  schools,  and  by  pri- 
vate study.  During  his  youth  he  worked  on 
the  farm  when  not  at  school,  and  later  he 
drove  a  wagon  to  Boston  to  market  his  father's 
produce.  In  1856  he  started  in  the  produce 
business  on  his  own  account,  raising  produce 
on  the  same  farm  with  his  father.  After  the 
death  of  his  parents  he  carried  on  the  farm 
until  1875,  when  lie  removed  to  his  present 
residence  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  He 
bought  the  old  Henry  Parker  farm,  compris- 
ing seventy-five  acres  in  the  western  part  of 
the  town,  and  added  to  the  place  b}'  purchase 
until  he  had  about  one  hundred  acres.  He 
is  a  part  owner  of  the  old  homestead  also. 
Mr.  Russell  has  one  of  the  most  extensive 
and  profitable  market  gardens  of  the  vicinity, 
raising  all  kinds  of  vegetables  for  the  Boston 
market,  and  keeping  his  wagons  on  the  road 
with  produce  most  of  the  time.  He  is  a  Uni- 
versalist  in  religion,  and  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. He  has  been  elected  warden  of  his  dis- 
trict many  years,  and  often  served  his  party 
as  delegate  to  nominating  conventions.  He 
was  formerly  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons,  of  Arlington,  and  of  the  Royal 
.\rch  Chapter  there.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Market  Gardeners'  Association,  and  of 
Company  E,  Fifth  Regiment  Massachusetts 
\'olunteer  Militia,  of  which  he  was  lieutenant 


four  years.  He  enjoys  to  an  unusual  degree 
the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  neighbors  and 
townsmen. 

He  married,  February  26,  1857,  Betsey  Fi- 
delia Parker,  who  was  born  June  7,  1836, 
daughter  of  Frederick  and  Nabby  (Thomp- 
son )  Parker,  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  Her 
father  was  also  a  farmer.  Children:  i.  Em- 
ma Thompson,  born  December  14,  1857:  mar- 
ried February  26,  1879,  Charles  H.  Harts- 
horn, of  Medford;  child:  Edith  Russell  Harts- 
horn, born  August  5,  1879 ;  died  August  5, 
1880.  2.  Carrie,  born  October  19,  1861  ;  mar- 
ried June  I,  1888,  Charles  Edward  Suther- 
land, of  Woburn.  3.  Josie,  born  September 
19,  1863:  married  December  30,  1889,  Charles 
F.  Speare,  of  Woburn ;  children :  .A.lice  Josie, 
born  March  29,  1891 :  Marion  R.,  born  June 
5,  1893.  4.  George  Parker,  born  .\ugust  29, 
1868;  married  April  12,  1893,  Josie  H.  Winn; 
children :  i.  Lois  W.,  born  February  26,  1895 ; 
died  April  26,  1895 ;  ii.  Winn,  born  November 
22,  1896;  iii.  Fred,  born  June  17,  1898.  5. 
William  Adams,  born  June  9,  1874;  married 
November  8,  1898,  Elsie  R.  Remington. 

(IX)  George  Parker  Russell,  son  of 
George  and  Betsey  Fidelia  (Parker)  Russell, 
was  born  at  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  Aug- 
ust 29.  1868.  He  entered  the  public  schools, 
where  he  remained  until  ten  years  of  age, 
when  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Wo- 
burn, i\Iassachusetts,  where  he  completed  his 
schooling  in  the  Cummings  and  Cambridge 
street  schools,  at  sixteen  years  of  age.  He 
assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  and  continued 
with  him  at  market  gardening  until  twenty- 
five  years  of  age,  when  he  rented  the  farm  of 
his  father  and  conducted  the  business  in  his 
own  interest  for  five  years.  In  1898  he 
removed  to  Winchester,  where  he  rented  the 
Windmere  farm  and  conducted  market  gar- 
dening for  three  years.  In  the  meantime 
(1900)-  he  purchased  the  old  Johnson  place  in 
the  east  portion  of  Woburn,  later  known  as 
the  Draffin  place,  consisting  of  forty  acres. 
He  built  three  extensive  greenhouses  with  an 
area  of  ten  thousand  square  feet  of  cultivating 
space,  and  there  makes  a  specialty  of  market 
produce  during  the  summer  season  and  a  spe- 
cialty of  violets  in  winter,  both  going  to  the 
Boston  market.  Mr.  Russell  has  also  about 
eighteen  thousand  square  feet  of  sashbed 
sjiace  in  connection  with  his  regular  green- 
houses. Fie  sends  his  produce  regularly  each 
day  to  Bo.ston,  and  his  farm  is  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  eastern  portion  of  Woburn.  He  also 
purchased  the  old  .Abbott  place,  but  later  sold 


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it  to  Dobbins  Brothers.  He  is  a  man  of  strict 
temperance  habits^  devoted  to  his  business  in- 
terests, and  a  hard  worker,  which  is  shown  in 
the  many  improvements  he  has  made  since 
establishing  his  plant.  He  is  a  Unitarian  in 
religion  and  a  Republican  in  politics. 

Mr.  Russell  married,  April  21,  1892,  Jose- 
phine Harriet  Winn,  of  Burlington,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  May  14,  1872,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Elizabeth  (Pollock)  Winn,  of  Bur- 
lington, the  former  a  farmer.  Their  children  : 
Lois  \\'.,  born  February  26,  1895,  died  April 
26,  1895;  Winn,  born  November  22,  1896; 
Fred,  born  June  17,  1898. 


(II)  John  Russell,  son  of 
RUSSELL  William  Russell  (i),  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Septem- 
ber II,  1645.  He  married  Elizabeth  Fiske, 
daughter  of  David  Fiske  (1),  a  wheel- 
wright of  Cambridge  and  Watertown,  who 
was  born  in  England.  Fiske  was  admitted  a 
freeman,  March  16.  1637-38;  was  a  town  offi- 
cer and  juror;  deposed  April  i,  1672,  that  he 
was  about  forty-nine  years  old ;  died  about 
1662.  John  and  Elizabeth  Russell  were  both 
living  in  1731.  Children:  i.  Martha,  born 
August  I,  1675,  died  November  7,  1675.  2. 
I3avid,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jonathan,  "died 
at  Harvard.  December  22,  1777,  at  an  ad- 
vanced age."  4.  William.  5.  Abigail,  born 
April  18,  1686.  6.  Patience,  born  May  27, 
1688.     7.   Esther,  born  December  19,  1690. 

(HI)  David  Russell,  son  of  John  Russell 
(2),  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
about  1680.  He  resided  at  Cambridge  Farms 
until  1715,  when  he  removed  to  Concord  and 
thence  in  1720  to  Littleton.  He  was  deacon 
of  the  Littleton  church  and  a  prominent  citizen 
of  the  town.  He  died  shortly  before  October 
29,  1744,  when  the  estate  was  settled  by'  par- 
tition. He  married  Abigail  .  Chil- 
dren:  I.  David,  was  in  Lunenburg,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1744.  2.  John,  born  December  i, 
1702,  mentioned  below.  3.  Abigail,  born 
August  27,  1704,  married  Isaac  Preston,  of 
Littleton.  4.  Hannah,  born  June  2,  1708, 
married  Edward  Farwell,  of  Littleton,  where 
they  were  living  in  1744.  5.  Amos,  resided  at 
Littleton  and  Harvard.  6.  Jason,  was  in  Har- 
vard in  1744.  7.  Sarah,  married  William  San- 
derson, of  Harvard.  8.  Elizabeth,  resided  in 
Littleton  in  1744.  9.  Esther,  resided  in  Lit- 
tleton in  1744. 

(IV)   John   Russell,   son  of  David   Russell 


(3),  was  born  December  i,  1702,  at  Cam- 
bridge Farms — Lexington.  He  removed  to 
Littleton  with  his  father's  family  and  resided 
there  and  at  Lunenburg  and  Harvard.  He 
was  representative  to  the  general  court.  He 
married  (second),  October  26,  1738.  at  Lun- 
enburg, Elizabeth  Wallis  (by  Rev.  David 
Stearns).  Lie  lived  during  his  later  years  at 
Littleton.  He  bought  two  eighty  acre  lots  in 
Winchendon,  March  20,  1770.  He  then  was 
a  resident  of  Littleton.  The  grantors  were 
Elisha,  Benjamin  and  Stephen  Brown,  of  Ips- 
wich, probably  heirs  of  Thomas  Hovey  who 
was  the  original  grantee  of  the  property. 
These  were  lots  79  and  122.  John  Russell 
sold  part  of  lot  122  to  Thornton  Barrett,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1776,  and  he  was  still  a  resident  of 
Littleton.  Part  of  this  property  John  deeded 
to  his  son  Samuel,  July  12,  1768,  Samuel  then 
being  a  resident  of  Winchendon.  Child  :  Sam- 
uel, born  about   1730,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Samuel  Russell,  son  of  John  Russell 
(4),  was  born  about  1730  in  Littleton,  prob- 
ably.   He  married  (first),  November  28,  1757, 

.Susannah  Mitchell;  (second),  Eunice , 

about  1761  :   (third),  Lydia .     He  was 

in  Lunenburg  and  Harvard  until  he  married. 
In  1755  he  was  in  Lunenburg  and  bought  land 
there  of  Francis  Buttrick.  In  1758  he  wa- 
in Harvard.  In  1759  he  was  at  a  place  near 
Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  and  April  i,  1760, 
was  still  there.  In  1762  he  was  of  Bolton  and 
sold  land  there  April  29,  1762,  to  Nathaniel 
Wilson.  He  was  still  of  Bolton  when  April 
28,  1763,  he  bought  land  in  Harvard,  twenty 
acres.  He  was  of  Harvard  August  18,  1770, 
when  he  took  a  quitclaim  deed  of  land  there 
from  Jonathan  Russell.  He  received  the  farm 
at  Winchendon  from  his  father  in  1776,  but 
appears  to  have  lived  in  Harvard  until  about 
1778.  He  sold  his  place  at  Harvard  to  Jona- 
than Russell,  Jr.,  May  23,  1778,  his  wife 
Eunice  joining  m  the  conveyance,  and  the  land 
adjoined  the  farm  of  Jonathan's  mother, 
Hannah  Russell.  He  was  in  Winchendon  soon 
after  and  December  8,  1780,  sold  some  of  his 
property  there.  He  and  wife  Lydia)  then  of 
Winchendon,  deeded  land  to  the  town  October 
15-  ^7^7-  He  died  about  1794  and  his  wife 
Lydia  was  administratrix,  with  his  son  Peter 
on  her  bond.  His  .sons  Samuel,  Peter  and 
Stephen  deeded  a  part  of  lot  79  in  Winchen- 
don to  Jonathan  Whitcomb,  of  Templeton, 
February  12,  1794;  and  the  same  three  on  the 
same  date  conveyed  another  part  of  the  land 
of  their  father  and  grandfather,  lot  79,  to 
Hezekiah  Hancock.     Stephen  deeded  to  Peter 


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March  3.  1795,  part  of  lot  122  in  Winchendon, 
second  division,  formerly  of  his  father,  "Sam- 
uel, lately  deceased."  Asa  and  Sally  Hale, 
of  Winchendon,  quitclaimed  their  interests  in 
property  to  Peter  in  1795.  Children  of  Sam- 
uel Russell:  I.  Ezekiel,  born  March  24,  1759, 
at  Bolton  (see  Harvard  History).  2.  Sam- 
uel, born  May  17,  1761,  at  Bolton.  Born  at 
Harvard,  children  of  Samuel  and  Eunice 
Russell:  3.  Peter,  born  July  4,  1762,  men- 
tioned   below.      3.  Molly,    born    January    22, 

1764.  5.  Stephen,  born  August  21,  1767.  6. 
Rhoda,  born  November  22,  1770.  7.  Solo- 
mon, born  November  27,  1774.  8.  Sally  (?), 
married  Asa  Hale.  Samuel,  Jr.,  settled  in 
Winchendon  and  had  Peter,  Stephen,  John, 
named  for  his  father  and  brothers :  and  sev- 
eral daughters.  Samuel,  Sr.,  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Elisha 
Jackson's  company  in  1778;  in  Captain  Ben- 
jamin Edgell's  company.  Colonel  John  Jacob's 
regiment  in  1778-79,  and  in  Captain  Boyn- 
ton's  company.  Colonel  Grout's  regiment ; 
and  in  Thomas  Fish's  company  and  Colonel 
Nathan  Tyler's  regiment  in  1779.  The  son 
Samuel  was  in  the  Plarvard  companv  in 
1781. 

(\T)  Peter  Russell,  son  of  Samuel  Russell 
(5),  was  born  in  \\'inchendon,  Massachusetts, 
July  4,  1762-63.  He  and  his  mother  Lydia 
settled  the  estate  of  his  father.  He  deeded 
land  to  James  Noyes,  April  15,  1793.  He 
and  his  brothers  Samuel  and  Stephen  gave 
deeds  of  the  property  of  their  father,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1794.  He  resided  in  school  district 
seven,  Winchendon,  in  1793.  He  married 
Sally  Noyes,  born  February  3,  1773,  daughter 
of  James  Noyes.  Her  father  was  born  at 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  October  19,  1743, 
married,  1770,  Elizabeth  Brown;  he  was  son 
of  Dr.  Nicholas  Noyes,  who  was  born  at 
Newbury,  March  7,    1702,  and  died  May   17, 

1765.  Dr.  Nicholas  Noyes  was  a  prominent 
physician  in  his  day:  married,  1723.  Sarah 
Ward ;  bequeathed  lands  in  Winchendon  to 
his  sons  James  and  Samuel.  The  father  of 
Dr.  Nicholas  Noyes  was  Timothy,  who  was 
born  in  Newbury,  June  23,  1655,  married, 
1680,  Mary  Knight :  fought  in  King  Philip's 
war:  died  1719.  Timothy  was  son  of  the 
immigrant,  Nicholas,  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1615-16,  married  Mary  Cutting, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary;  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  and  deacon  of  the  church ; 
died  about  1701.  (See  sketch  of  Noyes  Fam- 
ily). Peter  Russell  died  September  25,  T845; 
his     wife     in     Whitefield,     New     Hamj^shire, 


March  8,  1856.  Child  :  Peter  G.,  born  October 
24,  1807,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Peter  G.  Russell,  son  of  Peter  Rus- 
sell (6),  was  born  in  Bethlehem,  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  24,  1807,  and  died  in  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  August  3,  1890.  He  married 
Sally  Cole,  who  was  born  at  Lisbon,  New 
Hampshire,  August  29,  1810,  and  died  in 
Lowell,  April  3,  1886.  He  was  a  farmer. 
Children  born  at  Bethlehem :  Chastina,  Ed- 
ward H.,  Cordelia,  Asa  C,  Jennie  W.,  David 
G.,  Alonzo  L.,  born  March  15,  1839,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VHI)  Alonzo  L.  Russell,  son  of  Peter 
G.  Russell  (7),  was  born  in  Bethlehem,  New 
Hampshire,  March  15.  1839.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Whitefield,  New  Hampshire.  Leaving  school 
he  worked  first  on  the  farm.  \\'hen  he  came 
of  age  he  sought  his  fortune  in  Lowell,  Mass- 
achusetts, working  first  for  Amasa  Pratt.  He 
ventured  in  business  for  himself  as  a  retail 
milk  dealer,  was  successful,  and  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business.  He  became  interested 
in  the  Tliorndike  Manufacturing  Company, 
was  elected  a  director  and  finally  its  treasurer 
and  general  manager.  The  business  prospered 
under  his  management  and  eventually  he  be- 
came the  sole  proprietor.  In  addition  to  the 
exacting  duties  of  manufacturing  business  he 
carried  on  a  real  estate  and  insurance  agency 
in  Lowell,  and  was  intrusted  with  the  man- 
agement and  settling  of  many  large  estates. 
He  invested  shrewdly  in  Lowell  real  estate, 
and  when  he  retired  from  business  he  devoted 
his  attention  to  the  care  of  this  property.  Mr. 
Russell  was  a  Republican  in  politics ;  he  was 
a  member  of  the  common  council  of  the  city 
in  1872-83-84.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace 
from  1874  until  his  death.  In  religion  he  was 
a  prominent  Baptist  and  one  of  the  most  influ- 
ential and  liberal  members  of  the  Free  Bap- 
tist church.  He  contributed  the  sum  of  seven 
thousand  dollars  to  the  building  fund  of  this 
church,  and  was  the  founder  of  the  Free  Bap- 
tist Mission  on  Chelmsford  street.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  United 
Friends.  He  belonged  to  the  Lowell  Board  of 
Trade,  and  to  the  Lowell  Historical  Society. 
Mr.  Russell  was  a  cautious,  far-sighted  bus- 
iness man,  a  good  citizen,  a  consistent  and  in- 
fluential Christian,  commanding  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  people  of  all  classes  and  condi- 
tions. He  set  a  high  standard  of  conduct  in 
daih'  life  to  his  associates.  A  bank  officer 
said :     "He  was  a  Christian  gentleman." 

He    married,    June    24,    1862,    Lurinda    A. 


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S29 


Guernsey,  who  was  born  in  Whitefield,  New 
Hampshire.  1839,  a  daughter  of  Aaron  and 
Sally  (Blakeslee)  Guernsey,  all  of  New 
Hampsliire.  His  wife  survives  him.  He  died 
in  Lowell,  May  22,  1905.  Children:  i.  Her- 
bert ;\.,  died  young.  2.  Arthur  S.,  died 
young.  3.  Evelyn,  died  young.  4.  Eugene 
G.,  born  May  15,  1868,  was  educated  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Lowell,  assisted 
his  father  in  the  management  of  his  real  estate 
and  the  conduct  of  the  extensive  real  estate 
business  and  fire  insurance  established  in 
Lowell  by  him ;  he  married  Annie  Ileede,  of 
Lowell.     No  children. 


(For  early  generations  see  Joseph  Russell,  4). 

(\  )    Philemon  Russell,  son  of 

RL'SSELL     Joseph  Russell   (4),  was  born 

in     Charlestown,      Massachu- 

I  setts,  August  I,  1740.  He  resided  at  Menoto- 
my  on  the  Charlestown  side  and  died  June  2, 
1797  (or  as  given  on  his  gravestone,  at  Arling- 
ton, May  31,  1797.).  He  was  an  innkeeper,  and 
at  one  time  lived  at  Danvers,  Massachusetts. 
'  He  married,  at  Medford,  June  28,  1764,  Eliza- 
beth Wyman,  who  died  October  22,  1825,  aged 
eighty-six  years.  In  the  census  of  1789  he, 
his  wife  and  four  children  with  Abigail  Cut- 
ter, of  Woburn,  were  reported.  He  had  a 
farm  given  him  by  his  father  in  1772.  His 
will  was  dated  May  27,  and  proved  June  7, 
1797,  devising  to  wife  household  goods,  etc., 
the  residue  to  son   Philemon,  etc.     Children : 

1.  Philemon  Robbins,  bom  C)ctober  18,  1769. 
mentioned  below.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  1771, 
died  April  22,  1778.  3.  David,  born  about 
1773-  .4-  Jesse,  born  June  11,  1775.  5. 
Susanna,  born  October  10,  1779,  married,  June 

2,  1803,  Gardner  Colby,  of  Boston.  6.  Ward, 
born  September  12,  1781. 

(VI)  Philemon  Robbins  Russell,  son  of 
Philemon  Russell  (5),  was  born  in  Charles- 
town (Menotomy),  October  18,  1769.  Mar- 
ried, November  10,  1791,  Martha  Tufts,  born 
April  20,  1770,  died  May  26,  1821,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Alartha  Tufts,  of  Medford.  James 
Tufts,  born  January  16,  1703,  father  of  Isaac 
married  (first)  Lydia  Hall,  and  (second) 
Tabitha  Binford.  James  Tufts,  father  of 
James,  came  from  Salem  to  Charlestown  in 
1704.  James,  father  of  James,  was  a  soldier 
at  Bloody  Brook  and  was  slain  there  Septem- 
ber 18,  1675.  Peter  Tufts,  father  of  the 
James  last  named  was  the  immigrant.  (See 
Tufts  sketch).  Philemon  Robbins  Russell 
married    (second)    Ann   Lewis,   of   Roxbury. 


His  children,  born  in  Charlestown:  i.  Thomas, 
born  1783,  died  at  three  years  of  age.  2. 
Philemon  Robbins,  born  January  8,  1795,  mar- 
ried and  was  the  father  of  two  children  :  Mary 
]\Iatilda  and  Susan  Elizabeth.  3.  Thomas, 
born  September  7,  1797,  died  December  11, 
1849;  for  many  years  he  was  a  turnkey  in  the 
Charlestown  state  prison ;  he  married  and  was 
the  father  of  two  children :  Harriet  Cordelia 
and  Thomas  Augustus.  4.  Isaac  Tufts,  born 
April  II,  1800,  died  1852.  5.  Martha,  born 
December  16,  1802,  married  Samuel  Stead- 
man,  five  children :  One  died  young,  Martha 
Steadman,  Caroline  S.  Skinner,  Levi  and  one 
who  died  young.  6.  Charles,  born  December 
4,  1805.  7.  Elizabeth,  born  August  17,  1808. 
8.  Levi,  born  August  27,  181 1,  mentioned  be- 
low. Children  of  second  wife :  9.  Mary  Ann 
Seaver,  born  July  10,  1824,  married  Oliver 
Porter,  one  son,  Herbert  Oliver  Porter.  10. 
Margaret  Kelton,  born  January  13,  1826,  mar- 
ried Cyrus  Johns,  M.  D.,  two  children:  Ada- 
line  R.  Johns,  and  Cyrus  Johns,  died  young. 
II.  Susan  Crosby,  born  March  23,  1828,  mar- 
ried Albert  J.  Cook,  one  child,  Thomas  R. 
Cook,  was  an  officer  in  Concord,  he  was  born 
March  18,  1870,  died  February  12,  1896.  12. 
Adaline  Lewis,  born  August  28,  1830,  married 
Lorenzo  Rich,  children:  Harriet  Clark,  died 
young;  Frederick  Lorenzo  and  Mabel  Clark 
Rich. 

Philemon  Robbins  Russell  resided  at 
Menotomy,  on  the  Charlestown  side,  and  died 
there  July  27,  1842,  suddenly,  after  returning 
from  marketing  at  Charlestown.  He  owned 
eighty-four  acres  of  land,  five  acres  of  which 
later  was  Camp  Cameron,  during  the  period  of 
the  civil  war.  He  also  owned  a  large  number 
of  parcels  of  land  at  various  times.  During 
the  time  of  Governor  Lincoln  he  was  instru- 
mental in  freeing  the  Charlestown  bridge  of 
the  toll  previously  paid.  He  was  a  straight- 
built  man,  of  great  will  power,  and  was 
esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  a 
Universalist  in  religion.  One  narrative  told 
bv  his  daughter,  Susanna  Crosby,  was :  "At  a 
prayer  meeting  which  was  very  nuich  overdrawn 
by  the  clergyman,  he  together  with  his  two 
daughters  got  up  and  left  before  the  sermon 
was  finished.  During  the  following  week  the 
clergyman  called  at  his  house  and  asked  why 
he  left  before  the  sermon  was  over.  His  reply 
was:  Td  rather  have  one  good  dinner  than  to 
hear  two  poor  sermons,  etc.,  which  showed  the 
straightforward,  good  characteristics  of  the 
man."  Until  about  the  year  1895  Telle  Square 
of  today  was  Russell  .S(|uare. 


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(VII)  Levi  Russell,  son  of  Philemon  Rob- 
bins  Russell  (6),  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
in  the  section  now  Somerville,  August  27, 
181 1.  He  was  a  market  gardener  and  school 
teacher,  teaching  during  the  winter  months  at 
the  "Russell  district  school."  He  was  a  prom- 
inent citizen,  and  one  of  the  first  selectmen  of 
the  town  of  Somerville,  which  was  incorpor- 
ated March  3,  1842,  when  it  had  a  population 
of  only  one  thousand  and  thirteen.  Mr.  Rus- 
sell was  a  LIniversalist  in  religion,  a  very  de- 
vout man,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
was  loved  by  all  the  children,  and  was  noted 
for  his  pleasant  voice  and  countenance.  He 
married  Martha  Ann  Smith,  daughter  of 
James  and  Lucinda  Smith,  of  Londonderry, 
New  Hampshire,  born  May  17.  1824,  now 
(1907)  living  at  Somerville,  aged  eighty- 
three  years.  Children:  i.  Faustina  Augusta, 
born  August  23,  1846,  unmarried.  2.  Charles 
A.,  born  November  9,  1850,  at  Somerville, 
attended  the  public  and  high  schools.  Tufts 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated,  and 
the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  two 
years.  He  then  was  engaged  in  the  survey  of 
a  harbor  at  New  York,  later  went  to  Colorado 
as  mining  engineer  and  there  established  a 
brick  yard :  together  with  Mayor  Austin,  of 
Boulder,  Colorado,  bought  a  "mountain"  from 
which  they  made  fancy  brick.  He  married 
(first)  Addie  Atwater,  one  child,  Arthur  ;  mar- 
ried ( second)  Jennie  Phelps,  two  children : 
Ruth  and  Austin.  3.  Irving  L.,  born  in  Som- 
erville, May  24,  1852,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Emily  Ann,  born  at  Somerville,   1854,  was  a 

^  student  at  public  and  high  schools,  and  during 
the  four  years  she  attended  high  school,  had 
a  notable  record  of  attendance,  never  being  ab- 
sent or  tardy;  married  George  A.  Teel,  chil- 
dren. Edith  and  Alice.  5.  Anna  Evelyn,  born 
in  Somerville,  July  26,  1858,  attended  public 
and  high  schools,  and  later  a  school  in  Boston ; 
married  Charles  Webber,  children :  Everett  R., 
Horace  I.,  and  Charles  S. 

(VIII)  Irving  L.  Russell,  son  of  Levi  Rus- 
sell (7),  was  born  in  Somerville,  May  24, 
1852.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  school 
of  his  native  town,  at  Stone  Academy,  Wo- 
burn,  which  he  attended  for  two  years,  and  at 
Eaton's  Commercial  College  at  Boston  which 
he  attended  one  year.  In  1866  he  engaged 
in  the  business  of  market  gardening,  and  has 
continued  with  much  success  to  the  present 
time.  He  is  an  active,  enterprising  and  public- 
spirited  citizen.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican : 


he  has  served  two  years  in  the  common  coun- 
cil, 1882-83  •  three  years  in  the  board  of  alder- 
men, 1884-85-86,  being  president  during  his 
last  term ;  was  representative  to  the  general 
court  from  his  district  in  1888-89,  '^I'^d  per- 
formed excellent  work  in  the  house  and  on  the 
committees  on  water,  labor  and  election  laws. 
He  married  Addie  Johns,  daughter  of  Cyrus 
and  Margaret  Kelton  Russell,  of  New  York 
City.  Children:  i.  Howard  Irving,  born  July 
30.  1874,  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  class 
of  1893,  graduate  of  Tufts  College,  class  of 
1897,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  Bache- 
lor of  .^rts  and  also  took  the  course  in  elec- 
trical engineering ;  is  now  assistant  superinten- 
dent of  the  .\moskcag  Mills  of  Manchester, 
New  Hampshire.  He  married,  November  15, 
1899,  Edith  White  Richardson,  children:  Nor- 
man Howard,  born  August  6,  1902 ;  Howard 
Irving,  October  2,  1905.  2.  Grace  Stuart,  born 
May  22,  1876,  graduate  of  the  Somerville  high 
school,  1896,  took  course  in  kindergarten  at 
Miss  Anne  L.  Page's  School  at  Boston,  and  is 
now  a  teacher  in  the  Morse  school.  3.  Clar- 
ence Albert,  born  October  18,  1877,  attended 
the  public  and  high  schools  two  years,  was  one 
year  engaged  in  the  business  of  market  garden- 
ing, and  is  now  manager  of  Goodenough  & 
Company's  meat  market,  Faneuil  Hall.  He 
resides  at  Hotel  Ideal,  Highland  avenue,  Som- 
erville. He  married,  October  22,  1901,  Har- 
riet Barnes  Wisdom.  4.  Florence  Addie,  born 
May  12,  1879,  graduate  of  the  Somerville  high 
school  in  1898,  married,  September  17,  1906, 
Cyrus  .Albion  Barrett ;  they  reside  at  888 
Alassachusetts  avenue,  Cambridge.  5.  Charles 
Bertram,  borji  October  12,  1880,  attended 
the  public  and  high  schools,  for  three  years 
was  engaged  in  market  gardening,  the  fol- 
lowing two  years  was  in  market  for  .S.  F. 
Woodbridge,  the  following  four  years  for  E. 
M.  West  &  Company,  and  the  following  three 
years  foreman  of  stall.  He  is  a  student  of 
Christ  Scientist  church,  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  married,  October  12,  1905,  Anna- 
bel Hersey  Harding,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Mary  E.  (Friend)  Harding,  and  resides  at 
330a  Highland  avenue.  6.  Martha  Estelle, 
born  May  3.  1885,  graduate  of  the  Somerville 
high  school  in  1904,  is  a  music  teacher.  7. 
Margaret  Alice,  born  June  30,  1887,  graduate 
of  the  Somerville  high  school,  1907.  8.  Cyrus 
Johns,  born  May  30,  1890,  student  in  the  Som- 
erville high  school,  class  of  1909. 


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831 


The     surname     Sargon     or 
SARGENT       Sargent,  spelled  in  a  variety 

of  ways  is  very  ancient. 
Sargon  was  the  King  of  Babylon  four, thous- 
and years  before  Christ.  Another  Sargon  or 
Sargian  was  King  of  Assyria  in  B.  C.  722  and 
this  name  is  found  with  but  slight  variations 
in  Persia,  Gaul,  Holland,  the  Netherlands  and 
Great  Britain.  Whether  the  English  Sargents 
really  have  any  connection  with  the  oriental 
family  name  is  of  course  not  proved,  but  the 
evidence  is  enough  to  make  a  theory  interest- 
ing. The  name  has  been  common  in  Boston, 
Lincolnshire,  and  at  Norton,  Bury  St.  Ed- 
munds, Suffolkshire,  England,  in  the  fifteenth 
and  sixteenth  centuries.  The  most  common 
coat-of-arms  of  the  English  family  is :  Argent, 
a  chevron  between  three  dolphins  naiant  em- 
bowed,  sable.  This  coat-of-arms  is  very  simi- 
lar to  that  carried  by  Peter  Sargent  who  came 
to  Boston.  Massachusetts,  in  i66g. 

(I)  William  Sargent,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England,  about  1600.  The 
latest  investigation  points  to  the  probability 
that  he  was  the  William  Sargent  who  was  bap- 
tized in  the  Abbey  Church,  Bath,  England,  June 
28,  1606,  son  of  Richard  and  Katherine 
(Stevens)  Sargent.  There  is  a  tradition  that 
William  was  born  in  1602.  As  the  father-in- 
law  of  Sargent,  Quartermaster  John  Perkins, 
came  from  Bath,  it  is  probable  that  this  record 
belongs  to  the  immigrant,  ^ViIliam  Sargent,  of 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Agawam,  Massachusetts,  later 
called  Ipswich,  April,  1633,  or  earlier.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman,.  May  2,  1638.  He 
became  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Wessacucon, 
now  Newbury,  in  1635,  at  Winnacumet,  now 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  in  1638,  Sep- 
tember 6 ;  and  finally  at  South  Merrimac, 
now  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  1639.  He 
was  living  at  Newbury,  however,  in  1652, 
and  at  Amesbury,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  founders,  and  .Salisbury,  in 
1635,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in 
1675- 

He  married,  about  1633,  Elizabeth  Perkins, 
who  was  born  at  Newent,  Gloucestershire, 
England,  in  1618,  daughter  of  John  Perkins. 
He  married  (second)  Joanna  Rowell,  widow 
of  \'alentine  Rowell,  who  survived  him  also 
and  married  (third)  October  26.  1676,  Rich- 
ard Currier.  Sargent  was  one  of  the  Pru- 
dential Men  in  Amesbury  in  1667 ;  he  resided 
in  the  part  of  town  known  as  the  West  Parish 
and  built  a  house  near  the  church  and  acad- 
emy.   He  died  March.  1675,  and  was  buried  in 


the  graveyard  at  the  Ferry.  His  will  was  dated 
March  24,  1670- 1,  and  proved  April  13,  1675. 
Children:  i.  Mary,  born  about  1634,  married 
Philip  Challis,  of  Amesbury.  2.  Elizabeth, 
born  July  14,  1641.  3.  Thomas,  born  April 
II,  1643,  at  Salisbury.  4.  William,  born  No- 
vember 21,  1645,  at  Salisbury.  5.  Lydia,  born 
June  17,  1647,  died  1661.  6.  Ehzabeth,  born 
August  22,  1648,  died  September  4,  1649,  at 
Salisbury.  7.  Sarah,  born  December  29,  165 1. 
8.  Sarah,  born  February  29,  1652,  married, 
December  22,  1681,  Orlando  Bagley.  9.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  about  1653,  married  Samuel  Col- 
by. 

(II)  William  Sargent,  son  of  William  Sar- 
gent (r),  was  born  at  Salisbury,  November 
21,  1645,  or  January  2,  1646.  Married,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1668,  Mary  Colby,  of  Amesbury. 
They  resided  at  Amesbury,  where  he  died  in 
1712.  He  was  a  farmer  and  held  various 
town  offices.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance 
and  fidelity  December  20,  1677,  at  Amesbury, 
before  Major  Robert  Pike.  His  estate  was 
administered  in  1712,  at  Salem.  Children:  i. 
William,  born  April  19,  1669.  2.  Philip,  born 
August  12,  1672.  3.  Charles,  born  January 
31,  1674,  mentioned  below.  4.  Child,  died 
young.     5.  Jacob,  born  March  13,  1687. 

(III)  Charles  Sargent,  son  of  William  Sar- 
gent (2),  was  born  at  Amesbury,  Massachu- 
setts, January  31,  1674,  died  at  Amesbury, 
August  6,  1737.  He  was  a  farmer  in  the  West 
Parish  of  Amesbury.  Married  Hannah 
Foote.  Children,  born  at  Amesbury  :  i.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  June  26,  1696,  married,  March 
31,  1719,  Nehemiah  Heath.  2.  Timothy,  born 
March  11,  1698,  mentioned  below.  3.  Han- 
nah, born  May  I,  1701,  married,  August  8, 
1723,  Joseph  Collins,  a  farmer  of  Salisbury. 
4.  Samuel,  born  September  22,  1703.  5. 
Elias,  born  August  10,  1707.  6.  Bathsheba, 
born  October  10,  1709,  married,  January  26, 
1727,  Ezra  Tucker. 

(IV)  Timothy  Sargent,  son  of  Charles 
.Sargent  (3),  was  born  at  Amesbury,  March 
II,  i6g8.  Married,  November  12,  1720,  Mary 
Williams,  of  Newbury.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  in  1769  at  Amesbury  where  he  re- 
sided. His  will  was  proved  at  Salem  in  1769. 
Children,  all  born  at  Amesbury:  i.  Enoch, 
born  June  18,  1721.  2.  Henry,  born  May  9, 
1723,  mentioned  below.  3.  Timothy,  born 
March  26,  1725.  4.  Mary,  born  March  14, 
1746,  married  Reuben  Page,  of  Amesbury.  5. 
Sarah,  born  March  14,  1726,  married,  January 
4,  1750,  Joseph  Harvey.  6.  Charles,  born  De- 
cember 27,   1728.     7.  Thomas,  born  April  2, 


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1 73 1.     8.  Eliphalet,  born  June  26.    1733.     9. 
Samuel,  born  November  6,  1735. 

(V)  Henry  Sargent,  son  of  Timothy  Sar- 
gent (4),  was  born  in  Amesbury,  May  9,  1723. 
He  was  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  the 
third  foot  company,  Haverhill,  Captain  Rich- 
ard Saltonstall.  He  married,  July  19,  1744, 
Anna  Smith,  of  Haverhill.  Her  grandmother, 
Abigail  Emerson,  was  a  sister  of  the  famous 
heroine,  Hannah  Dustin.  She  died  at  New- 
bury, May  29,  1801.  He  was  drowned  in  the 
Merrimac  river,  December  2,  1773,  and  the 
body  not  recovered  until  spring.  Both  were 
buried  at  Newburyport.  He  was  a  black- 
smith and  shipbuilder.  Children,  born  at 
Elaverhill ;  i.  Reuben,  born  April  27.  1743, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Timothy,  born  August 
17,  1747.  3.  Rebecca,  born  November  26, 
T750,  married  Isaac  Bartlett,  of  West  New- 
bury. 4.  Sarah,  born  May  4,  1755,  married 
Moses  Page,  a  farmer  who  resided  at  Atkin- 
son and  Gofifstown,  New  Hampshire,  and  Lud- 
low, Vermont ;  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  5. 
Ruth.    6.  Anna,  born  Augu.st  10,  1761. 

(VI)  Reuben  Sargent,  son  of  Henrv  Sar- 
gent (5),  was  born  in  Haverhill,  ^lassachu- 
setts,  April  2-/,  1745.  Married,  December  4, 
1764,  Eunice  Barrett,  of  Hudson,  New  Hamp- 
shire:  she  was  born  in  Hudson,  January  2, 
1745.  and  died  and  was  buried  at  Hudson.  He 
was  in  the  Haverhill  minute-men  on  the  Lex- 
ington alarm,  and  later  was  in  Captain  James 
Sawyer's  company.  Colonel  James  Frye's  reg- 
iment; served  at  Bunker  Hill.  He  served  in 
the  navy  in  the  Revolution,  and  was  lost  at  sea 
while  in  the  service  in  1777.  He  was  a  far- 
mer at  Haverhill.  Children  born  at  Hudson  : 
I.  Abel,  born  November  27,  1765,  enlisted 
from  Nottingham,  New  Hampshire,  in  the 
Revolution  in   1780.     2.  Reuben,  born  March 

28,  1768,    mentioned   below.      3.  Henry   Wil- 
liam,  born   January   15,    1771,   married,   May 

29,  1792,  Betsey  Wheeler.    4.  Lydia,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1773. 

(VII)  Reuben  Sargent,  son  of  Reuben 
Sargent  (6),  was  born  in  Hudson,  New 
Hampshire,  March  28,  1768.  Married,  Janu- 
ary 3,  1788,  Mary  Tarbox,  of  Hudson,  where 
she  was  born  December  4,  1765,  and  died  May 
23,  1830.  He  was  a  miller  and  wheelwright: 
resided  and  was  buried  at  Londonderry.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Londonderry:  i.  Silas,  born 
June  3,  1790.  2.  Reuben,  born  November  13, 
1793,  mentioned  below.  3.  Eliza,  born  Feb- 
ruary I,  1795.  4,  Mary,  born  January  18, 
1796,  married  William  Davis,  of  Weston,  Ver- 
mont:  she  died  1876.     5.  Parker,  born  August 


10,  1798.  6.  Clarissa,  born  ]\Iarch  8,  1800. 
7.  Dana,  born  May  3,  1801.  8.  Cynthia,  born 
June  7,  1803.  9.  Sophia,  born  December  4, 
1805,  married  M.  Plummer.  10.  Alfred,  born 
January  i,  1810,  married  Susan  Hobbs,  of 
Nashua :  a  farmer  later  at  Albion,  New  York. 

(VIII)  Reuben  Sargent,  son  of  Reuben 
.Sargent  ( 7 ) ,  was  born  at  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire,  November  13,  1793.  Married,  at 
Hudson,  July  13,  1813,  Eunice  Davis,  of  Lon- 
donderry. He  died  at  Port  Byron,  Albion, 
(see  genealogy)  New  York.  His  wife  was 
born  June  2,  1796,  and  died  at  Danbury,  March 
23,  1833,  and  is  buried  there.  He  was  a  super- 
intendent of  construction  on  the  Erie  canal. 
Of  his  children  three  were  born  at  Notting- 
ham, New  Hampshire,  and  two  in  Albion, 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Amos  D.  Davis, 
born  June  3,  1814,  married,  April  22,  1838, 
Eliza  T.  Worthen,  of  Hudson ;  she  was  born 
at  New  Hampton,  January  4,  1818:  he  died 
at  Hopkins,  Missouri,  where  he  was  a  practic- 
ing physician,  August  13,  1895.  2.  Sarah  A., 
born  April  24,  1816,  married,  November,  1838, 
John  (Tross,  lumber  dealer  of  Nashua.  3. 
Dana,  born  November  28,  1818,  married  Su- 
san M.  Hadley,  of  Hudson ;  resided  in  Nashua, 
New  Hampshire ;  he  was  a  lumber  dealer  and 
a  prominent  citizen.  4.  Esther  AL,  born  De- 
cember 4,  1821,  married,  November  17,  1849, 
Abel  P.  Barker,  of  San  Francisco,  California. 
3.  Benjamin  F.,  born  January  30,  1823,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Benjamin  Franklin  Sargent,  son  of 
Reuben  Sargent  (8),  was  born  in  Albion,  New 
York,  January  30,  1823.  Married,  June  6, 
1848,  Lydia  J.  Veasey,  of  Manchester;  New 
Hampshire.  She  was  born  at  Tunbridge,  Ver- 
mont, May  30,  1828,  and  died  January  14, 
1886,  at  Lowell.  Mr.  Sargent  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Nashua,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  there. 
He  was  a  skillful  artisan  and  for  a  few  years 
followed  his  trade.  Later  he  engaged  in  the 
business  of  manufacturing  fireworks  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  and  continued  successfully  for  sev- 
eral years.  He  returned  east  and  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Sargent  &  Cross,  lum- 
ber merchants  of  Nashua,  New  Hampshire, 
a  very  prosperous  concern.  In  1872  be 
removed  to  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  and  form- 
ed a  co-partnership  with  Stephen  C.  Davis, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Davis  &  Sargent,  in 
the  lumber  business,  which  became  one  of  the 
leading  firms  in  that  line  of  business  in  Mass- 
achusetts, and  this  business  connection  con- 
tinued to  the  time  of  his  decease.     He  was  a 


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Republican  in  politics,  a  citizen  of  large  influ- 
ence and  took  a  lively  interest  in  public  affairs. 
He  was  an  accomplished  musician,  and  during 
his  lifetime  was  connected  with  various  prom- 
inent musical  organizations.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  enlisted,  while  residing  at  Cleveland,  in 
Harnett's  battery  for  a  term  of  three  years, 
and  by  reason  of  his  musical  attainments  was 
detailed  and  made  the  leader  of  a  regimental 
band,  which  became  famous  as  Sargent's  Mil- 
itary r.and.  L'pon  his  retirement  from  the 
military  service,  he  returned  to  his  former  bus- 
iness of  manufacturing  fireworks  at  Cleveland. 
He  was  a  member  of  Pilgrim  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar.  He  was  a  communicant  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  devotedly 
attached  to  its  creed.  Mr.  Sargent  was  con- 
nected with  various  banking  institutions,  and 
was  a  man  of  unusual  executive  ability  and 
business  foresight  and  acumen.  His  judgment 
was  reliable  and  his  friendship  prized  by  many. 
His  only  child,  Ella  S..  now  resides  in  the 
homestead  in  Lowell. 


Two  pioneers  of  the  name  of 
LYXDE  Lynde  settled  early  in  Massa- 
chusetts, Simon  of  Boston,  and 
Thomas  of  Charlestown.  Tradition  says  they 
were  related.  Simon  was  born  in  London, 
June,  1624;  was  bred  to  trade  in  Holland,  and 
became  a  leading  citizen,  and  was  the  father 
and  grandfather  of  two  prominent  Massachu- 
sctt  judges.  His  family  Bible  contains  a  rec- 
ord dated  July,  1658,  "that  it  was  given  to 
Enoch    Lynde,    the    son    of    Nathan,    by    his 

I  grandmother,  Elizabeth."  The  arms  of  the 
family  were  almost  identical  with  those  of  the 
noble  family  of  \'an  der  Linden,  recorded  in 
the  College  of  Arms  at  the  Hague,  and  from 
which  the  English  family  is  said  to  have  des- 
cended. Thomas  Lynde,  mentioned  below, 
may  have  been  a  grandson  of  Nathan,  father 

[  of  Enoch,  which  would  make  the  two  immi- 
grants cousins.  The  name  Nathan  has  been 
preserved  in  the  family  of  Thomas.  The  diar- 
ies of  the  two  judges,  Benjamin  Lynde  and 
Benjamin  Lynde,  Jr.,  have  been  preserved  and 
published. 

(  I )  Thomas  Lynde,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  Charlestown  and  Maiden  families,  was 
born  in  England  in  1593-4.  He  came  to  this 
country  and  settled  in  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  his  name  appears  with  the 
title  "Mr."  among  the  inhabitants  in  1634.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  March  4.  1634-3 :  was 
for  eight  years  a  deputy  to  the  general  court. 


the  first  time  in.  1636,  the  last  in  1652;  was  a 
selectman  for  fourteen  years,  and  held  various 
other  town  offices.  He  was  also  deacon  of  the 
Charlestown  church.  By  trade  he  was  a  mal- 
ster.  He  and  his  wife  joined  the  church  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1634-5.  His  house  and  malt-house 
were  in  Southfield,  on  the  southwest  side  of 
Mill  Hill,  bounded  on  the  southwest  by 
Charles  river  and  southeast  by  Garden  Lane. 
He  dealt  extensively  in  real  estate.  His  will 
was  dated  December  21,  1671,  and  proved 
February  2,  1671-2.  Among  other  estate  he 
bequeathed  a  negro  Peter  and  girl  Nan.  His 
widow's  will  w.as  dated  April  6,  1688,  and 
proved  December  17,  i68g.  He  died  at 
Charlestown,  December  30,  1671,  "aged  sev- 
enty-seven   years    wanting    six    weeks."     He 

married  first  in  England, ;  second, 

Margaret  Jordan,  widow,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Martin,  who  was  born  February,  1599-00, 
and  died  August  23,  1662.  He  married  third, 
December  6,  1665,  Rebecca  Trerice,  who  was 
admitted  to  the  church  February  12,  1681-82 
and  died  December  8.  1688  (Pope's  "Pion- 
eers"). Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Thomas, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Henry,  died  April  9, 
1646.  3.  Mary,  brought  over  by  John  Win- 
throp.  Jr.,  in  the  ship  "Abigail,"  aged  six  in 

1635;    married    Wicks.      4.  William, 

born  about  1634;  died  young.  Children  of  the 
.second  wife,  Margaret:  5.  Colonel  Joseph, 
born  June  8,  1636.  6.  Sarah,  born  April  16, 
1639.  7.  Hannah,  born  May  2,  1642.  8. 
Samuel,  born  October  14,  1644. 
^  (  H )  Ensign  Thomas  Lynde,  son  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Lynde  (i),  was  born  in  England, 
about  1616,  and  came  over  in  the  "Abigail," 
with  John  Winthrop  Jr.  He  settled,  1645,  i" 
Maiden,  Massachusetts,  and  from  him  are 
descended  the  family  of  that  town.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  May,  1645.  He  had  a 
grant  of  three  commons  in  1681,  drew  lot  No. 
22,  six  acres,  in  the  same  year,  and  owned  a 
house  in  Charlestown.     He  died  October  15, 

1693,  aged   seventy-eight.     Elizabeth  , 

his  wife,  died  September  2,  1693,  aged  eighty- 
one.  Both  their  gravestones  have  been  pre- 
served at  Maiden,  in  Bell  Rock  cemetery. 
Children,  born  at  Maiden:  i.  Thomas,  born 
March  25,  1647.  -■  Elizabeth,  born  April  20, 
1650-1  ;  married  August  26,  1670,  Peter  Tufts 
(see  sketch).  3.  Joseph,  born  December  13, 
1652,  mentioned  below.  4.  John,  resided  in 
Maiden. 

(HI)  Joseph  Lynde,  son  of  Thomas  Lynde 
(2),  was  born  in  Maiden,  December  13.  1652, 
died  there  January  21,  1735,  aged  eightv-three. 


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Elizabeth,  his  wife,  died  J'-'ne  20,  1735  (see 
gravestones  at  Maiden).  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1678.  He  was  a  leading  citizen  of 
the  town  and  was  on  the  committee  to  engage 
a  school  teacher  in  1710.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
born  April  30,  1686,  married  August  21,  1714, 
Jabez  Sargent.  2.  Joseph,  born  February  13, 
1686-87.  3.  Anna,  born  May  19,  1688.  4. 
Joseph,  born  September  2,  1690,  mentioned 
laelow.  5.  Sarah,  born  November  22,  1694, 
died   October,    1730.      6.  Rebecca,   born   July 

14,  1696,  married  April  9,  1723,  Phineas 
Sprague.  7.  Lydia,  born  March  25,  1700,  mar- 
ried June  24,  1725,  Thomas  Pratt.  8.  Thomas, 
born  April  21,  1702,  married  December  27, 
1735,  Joanna  Parker.     9.  Hannah,  born  May 

21,  1702  (error  in  record),  married  December 
27,  1726,  Amos  Putnam. 

(IV)  Joseph  Lynde,  son  of  Joseph  Lynde 
(3),  was  born  September  2,  1690,  married 
October  21,  1714,  Mary  Sprague.  He  was 
active  in  town  and  church  affairs.  He  was  on 
the  committee  to  settle  the  dispute  as  to  the 
line   between    Reading   and   Maiden,   January 

15,  1754,  and  was  on  a  committee  appointed 
to  unite  the  two  parishes  if  possible  in  1744-5. 
He  was  ensign  of  the  Maiden  companj'.  He 
or  his  son  was  selectman  in  1757,  and  perhaps 
other  years.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  July 
4,  1716,  died  July  4,  1798,  married  July  4. 
1740,  Mary  Lynde,  who  died  November  20, 
1806,  aged  eighty-five.     2.  Jabez,  born  April 

22,  1 7 19.  3.  Mary,  born  December  24,  1721, 
married,  1747,  John  Bucknam.  4.  Hannah, 
born  March  18,  1724.  5.  Phebe,  born  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1726-7,  married,  1744,  Benjamin 
Sprague.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  November  30, 
1729,  married,  January  31,  1755,  Phineas 
Green.  7.  Nathan,  born  July  13,  1732,  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Lydia,  born  September  25, 
173s,  married  April  14,  1757,  Nathan  Howard. 

(V)  Nathan  Lynde,  son  of  Joseph  Lynde 
(4),  was  born  in  Maiden,  July  13,  1732,  died 
January  12,  1819,  aged  eighty-six.  He  mar- 
ried (intention  dated  November  19,  1758)  in 
1759,  Lydia  Green,  of  Stoneham,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  war, 
under  Captain  Michael  Brigdon,  at  the  Fort 
William  Henry  alarm  in  1757  ;  again  in  the  ser- 
vice in  1758.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of  lieuten- 
ant before  the  Revolution,  and  responded  with 
his  company  of  minute  men  as  lieutenant 
under  Captain  Benjamin  Blaney,  April  19, 
1775,  and  June,  1776,  on  the  Point  Shirley 
expedition  under  General  Lincoln.  He  is  called 
the  "commander  of  the  town"  in  1778.  He 
served   in   many   important  town   offices   and 


committees.  Children,  born  at  Maiden:  i. 
Nathan,  born  July  30,  1762,  mentioned  below. 
2.  William,  born  January  18,  1765,  settled  in 
Gardner,  Massachusetts.  3.  Joseph,  born  Julv 
30,  1767,  married  Hannah  Wait,  of  Roxbury, 
and  had  the  homestead  at  Maiden.  4,  Lydia, 
born  March  13,  1770. 

(VI)  Nathan  Lynde,  son  of  Lieutenant  Na- 
than Lynde  (5),  was  born  in  Maiden,  July 
30,  1762,  married  there  (November  15,  inten- 
tions) in  1789,  Betsey  Sweetser,  of  Maiden, 
born  January  20,  1769.  He  settled  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  town,  and  was  a  farmer. 
Children,  born  at  Maiden:  i.  Nathan,  born 
July  20,  1790,  mentioned  below.  2.  Stephen, 
laorn  July  10,  1792.  3.  Bela,  born  March  15, 
1795,  died  in  Boston.  4.  Henry,  born  May 
II,  1805.  5.  Hannah,  born  November  27, 
1807,  died  in  Maiden.  6.  Seth  S.,  died  in  Mai- 
den. 

(  VII)  Nathan  Lynde,  son  of  Nathan  Lynde 
(6),  was  born  in  Maiden,  July  20,  1790,  died 
February  i,  1852,  married  December  2,  1814, 
Nancy  Thorndike,  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts, 
who  was  born  in  1792,  and  died  October  15, 
1870.  He  settled  in  Charlestown.  Sawyer 
sa3's  of  him :  "A  little  way  south  of  the  John- 
son estate  (in  Charlestown)  on  Main  street, 
opposite  Wood  street,  can  still  be  seen  the 
entrance  to  'Lynde's  Yard,'  where  Nathan 
Lynde,  like  the  Frothinghams  farther  up  the 
street,  carried  on  an  extensive  and  successful 
business  in  the  manufacture  of  carriages  of 
every  description.  The  premises  extended 
around  from  Main  street  to  Austin  street,  and 
were  covered  with  shops  properly  fitted  up  for 
every  branch  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Lynde  was  a 
self-reliant  and  very  enterprising  man,  whose 
business  here  afforded  employment  for  many 
years  to  a  large  number  of  mechanics,  appren- 
tices and  journeymen,  who  as  a  rule  vied  with 
each  other  in  the  quality  of  their  work,  and 
shared  with  their  employer  pleasure  and  pride 
in  the  good  name  and  reputation  of  the  estab- 
lishment and  its  product."  In  the  address  of 
Elbridge  H.  Goss,  July  4,  1876,  at  Melrose,  he 
had  this  to  say  of  the  house  at  Maiden  built 
by  Joseph  Lynde  (3)  :  "The  Joseph  Lynde 
house,  a  large  portion  of  it,  on  the  plain  yon- 
der— that  place  that  ever  looks  so  charming, 
its  buildings  so  clean,  white  and  beautiful — 
is  a  very  old  one.  In  the  cellar  of  this  house 
there  is,  indeed,  a  relic  of  'ye  olden  time'  which 
I  have  examined.  It  is  an  oak  log,  a  little 
larger  and  taller  than  a  barrel,  scooped  out 
like  a  mortar,  with  an  iron  hoop  around  the 
top ;  the  pestle  is  gone.     In  this  the  corn  was 


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pounded  and  ground.  As  the  Coitmore  mill 
was  built  in  1640.  and  was  not  over  two  miles 
from  any  of  the  Lynde  houses,  it  would  seem 
as  if  this  must  have  been  in  use  before  that 
time ;  possibly  economy  caused  them  to  use  it, 
notwithstanding  the  nearness  of  the  mill,  so 
that  it  may  not  be  so  very  ancient ;  however 
that  may  have  been,  no  one  seems  able  to  say, 
and  I  only  know  that  there  it  is.  a  curious  relic 
of  by-gone  days.  The  oldest  house  in  Maiden 
at  that  time  (1876)  was  known  as  the  Jabez 
Lynde  house,  (according  to  Maiden  history), 
said  to  have  been  over  two  hundred  years  of 
age  then.  It  was  later  known  as  the  Grundy 
house.  An  etching  by  Paul  Hammersmith, 
after  a  sketch  by  Miss  Hannah  Lynde,  of  the 
(lid  Lynde  homestead  in  Melrose  (formerly 
Alalden  ),  has  attracted  favorable  attention.  It 
is  described  as  'one  of  the  oldest  colonial  farm 
houses  in  Massachusetts,  built  about  the  mid- 
dle of  the  seventeenth  century.  It  was  the  res- 
idence of  Ensign  Thomas  Lynde,  who  came  to 
]\Ialden  in  1645,  and  the  birthplace  of  his 
sons  Thomas,  John  and  Joseph,  of  Maiden, 
from  whom  are  descended  all  but  one  branch 
of  the  family  of  Deacon  Thomas  Lynde,  who 
came  to  Charlestown  in  1634." 

(I)  \\illiam  Thorndike,  progenitor  in  Eng- 
land of  Nancy  Thorndike,  wife  of  Nathan 
Lynde,  lived  in  the  town  of  Little  Carlton, 
Lincolnshire,  where  he  was  born  in  1470  and 
made  his  will  in  1539. 

(II)  Herbert  Thorndike,  son  of  William 
Thorndike   (i).  died  in  1554. 

(III)  Nicholas  Thorndike,  son  of  Herbert 
Tliorndike  (2).  died  in  1580. 

(IV)  Nicholas  Thorndike,  son  of  Nicholas 
Thorndike  (3),  died  in  1595  :  married  Frances 
Southey,  children  :  i.  Francis,  who  signed  the 
pedigree  for  the  first  Herald's  visitation  in  the 
family  in  1634,  with  his  brother  Herbert.  2. 
John.  3.  Paul.  4.  Rev.  Herbert,  became  Dean 
of  Westminster  Abbey  in  1661.  was  a  strong 
royalist,  and  during  the  Commonwealth  retired 
with  his  books  to  Chiswick,  was  well  known 
as  an  ecclesiastical  scholar,  died  unmarried. 

(V)  John  Thorndike,  son  of  Nicholas 
Thorndike  (4),  born  in  England,  was  the  im- 
migrant ancestor.  He  came  as  early  as  1632, 
and  died  while  on  a  visit  to  his  native  land  in 
1668,  and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey. 
He  was  given  the  title  of  "Mr."  in  the  records, 
and  ranked  as  a  "Gentleman"  in  legal  papers. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  planters  at  Agawam 
(Ipswich),  Massachusetts,  April  i,  1633.  His 
will  was  dated  July  29,  1668,  and  was  proved 
December  2,   1670.     He  made  his  will,  "pro- 


posing to  go  to  England,"  and  bequeathed  to 
his  children — eldest  daughter  Anne,  son  Paul, 
daughters  Mary,  jNIartha  and  Alice,  sons-in- 
law  John  Proctor  and  John  Low.  The 
will  states  that  Anne  was  "in  a  melancholy 
state,"  and  provided  for  her.  Daughters 
Martha  and  Alice  were  to  go  to  England 
with  him  (see  wills  of  Francis  Thorn- 
dike of  Scamelsby,  Lincolnshire,  and  Her- 
bert Thorndike,  Prebend  of  Westminster,  in 
N.  E.  Gen.  Register,  129).  John  Thorndike 
married  Elizabeth  Stratton,  daughter  of  John 
and  Ann  Stratton,  gentleman,  of  Shotley, 
England,  who  came  to  Salem  in  1635. 

(VI)  Paul  Thorndike,  son  of  John  Thorn- 
dike (5),  was  born  about  1643,  and  in  1663. 
then  a  young  man  about  twenty,  was  publicly 
baptized  by  his  uncle,  the  Dean,  in  the  "font 
newly  set  up,"  the  severe  notions  of  the  uncle 
not  allowing  him  to  recognize  the  prior  bap- 
tism in  America.  The  sisters,  Alice  and  Mary, 
were  baptized  at  the  same  time,  and  the  Dean 
made  provision  for  them  in  his  will.  They 
were  forbidden  to  marry  any  man  going  to 
Massachusetts  or  to  any  of  the  new-licensed 
conventicles,  and  the  payment  of  a  portion  de- 
pended on  their  marrying,  or  being  well-to-do, 
and  cleaving  to  the  Church  of  England.  Paul 
returned  to  New  England,  but  the  two  sisters 
remained.     Paul  married  Mary  Patch. 

(VII)  John  Thorndike,  son  of  Paul  Thorn- 
dike (6),  born  1674,  married  Joanna  Larkin. 

(VIII)  John  Thorndike,  son  of  John 
Thorndike  (7),  married  Elizabeth  (Dber, 
daughter  of  Hezekiah,  born  1681,  and  Anna, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Morgan) 
Ober.  Richard  Ober,  father  of  Hezekiah,  was 
born  in  Apsbury,  England,  in  1641,  came  to 
America  in  1667,  married  Abigail  Woodbury, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  Woodbury  and  grand- 
daughter of  William  Woodbury. 

(IX)  Colonel  Larkin  Thorndike,  son  of 
John  Thorndike  (8),  was  born  July  30,  1730, 
married  December  12,  1751,  Ruth  Woodbury, 
daughter  of  William,  born  1697,  and  Martha 
(Woodbury)  Woodbury.  William  W'ood- 
bury,  father  of  William,  married  Joanna, 
daughter  of  Deacon  John  and  Sarah  (Larkin) 
Wheeler,  of  Concord,  Mass.  William  Wood- 
bury,    father    of    William,    married    Judith 

,  and  was  son  of  William  Woodbury, 

the  immigrant  ancestor.  Colonel  Larkin 
Thorndike  was  captain  of  the  Beverly.  Mass- 
achusetts, foot  company  and  responded  to  the 
Lexington  Alarm,  .A.pril  19,  1775.  In  1777  he 
was  made  colonel  of  the  Eighth  Regiment 
(Essex  county),  and  resigned  his  commission 


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in  1779  to  accept  a  similar  position  in  Briga- 
dier General  Jonathan  Titcomb's  brigade,  July 
5,  1779.  During  the  Revolution  he  was  on 
the  Beverly  committee  of  safety  and  corre- 
spondence, was  representative  to  the  general 
court,  and  held  many  other  offices.  His  daugh- 
ter Ruth  married  Dr.  Richard  Smith  Spofiford, 
an  eminent  physician,  who  was  a  prominent 
Free  Mason,  graduate  of  Harvard  Medical 
School  in  1816.  Another  daughter  married 
Schoolmaster  Stickney,  also  a  Harvard  grad- 
uate ;  and  his  son.  Dr.  Larkin  Thorndike,  grad- 
uated from  Harvard  in  1782. 

(X)  Henry  Thorndike,  son  of  Colonel  Lar- 
kin Thorndike  (9),  was  baptized  November 
2.  1755.  and  died  April  21,  1811:  married 
Elizabeth  Batchelder,  daughter  of  Captain 
George  Batchelder,  of  Marblehead,  who  died 
January  i,  1832. 

(XI I  Nancy  Thorndike,  daughter  of 
Henry  Thorndike  (10),  married  Nathan 
Lynde  Jr.,  December  2,  1814.  Their  children: 
I.  Larkin  Thorndike,  died  in  Boston,  August 
1901.  2.  'Nathan  Jr.,  died  in  California,  un- 
married.    3.  Ann,  married,  Lowe.     4. 

Elizabeth  Thorndike,  married Whiting, 

died,    I'everly,    Massachusetts.      5.  Charlotte, 

married Farnsworth,  died  in  New  York 

City.  6.  Stephen  Henry,  born  at  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  May,  1822,  mentioned  below. 

( Vni)  Stephen  Henry  Lynde,  son  of  Na- 
than Lynde  (7).  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
^lassachusetts,  May,  1822,  died  in  Winchester, 
Massachusetts,  March  7,  1864,  married  Sarah 
Frances  Brown,  who  was  born  in  Charles- 
town, September  30,  1826,  and  died  December 
2},.  1901,  in  Somerville,  ^Massachusetts.  Occu- 
pation, shipping  merchant  in  Mediterranean 
trade.  Their  only  child,  Henry  F.,  born  De- 
cember I,  1849,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Henry  Francis  Lynde,  son  of  Ste- 
phen Henry  Lynde  (8),  born  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  December  i,  1849,  moved 
with  his  father's  family  to  Winchester,  Mass- 
achusetts, in  1862.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  in  Charlestown  and  Winchester, 
and  in  the  English  high  school  of  Boston, 
class  of  1864-1867.  In  1868,  he  entered  the 
wholesale  manufacturing  shoe  business,  and  in 
several  positions  and  connections  spent  his 
entire  business  life,  with  headquarters  always 
in  Boston,  excepting  from  1876  to  1889,  when 
they  were  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  In  1865, 
with  his  mother  he  returned  to  Charlestown  to 
live,  and  remained  there  until  1 880,  when  they 
removed  to  W'inter  Hill,  Somerville,  Mass- 
achusetts,   and    in    1891    built    the    house    on 


Broadway  Terrace,  which  he  still  owns  and 
occupies. 

He  served  in  the  Massachusetts  \'olunteer 
Militia  for  twenty  years,  viz.  :  four  years  as 
private,  corporal  and  sergeant  in  the  Somer- 
ville Light  Infantry,  Company  B,  Fifth  In- 
fantry, Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  1867- 
187 1  ;  sixteen  years  in  the  First  Corps  Cadets, 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  Boston,  as 
private,  corporal,  sergeant  and  first  sergeant 
of  Company  C,  1876-1892.  He  is  an  honorary 
life  member  of  the  First  Corps  Cadets,  Massa- 
chusetts Volunteer  Militia,  and  a  life  member 
of  the  Veteran  Association  of  the  Independent 
Corps  of  Cadets.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Soci- 
ety of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution ;  of  the 
Massachusetts  Society,  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution ;  of  the  Exchange  Club,  Boston ; 
the  Middlesex  Club,  (Republican)  ;  Revere 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Boston  : 
St.  Andrew's  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
Boston ;  DeMolay  Co.mmandery,  No.  7, 
Knights  Templar,  Boston,  serving  in  the  lat- 
ter organization  as  adjutant,  from  1902  to 
1907. 

Mr.  Lynde  married,  August  27,  1884,  Emily 
A,  Sanborn,  born  in  Boston,  April  10,  1852, 
daughter  of  Christopher  Page  and  Margaret 
A.  (Houston)  Sanborn,  his  ( ]\Ir.  Sanborn's) 
second  wife. 


The  name  of  Flagg  is  supposed 
P'LAGG  by  former  antiquaries  to  be 
more  correctly  Flegg.  The  name 
of  Flegg  is  found  in  England,  and  in  the  early 
period  in  this  country  the  name  was  commonly 
written  Flegg.  The  first  Thomas  Flegg,  who 
came  to  Watertown  and  there  settled,  S])elled 
his  name  Flegg. 

The  Flagg  family  has  always  been  notable  in 
Wol:)urn  for  the  number  of  its  prominent  men, 
and  the  positions  which  they  have  held  in  the 
civic,  military,  and  financial  aft'airs  of  the 
town.  They  were  large  holders  of  rea'  estate 
in  the  days  when  real  estate  was  the  real  pro- 
perty of  the  inhabitants.  Sewall,  the  historian 
of  Woburn,  says,  the  "descendants  from  Ger- 
shom  Flagg  have  been  numerous  and  respect- 
able, both  in  Woburn  and  Wilmington.  Colo- 
nel Eleazer  Flagg  (or  Flegg.  as  he  preferred 
to  write  his  name),  a  gentleman  of  note  and 
influence  in  Woburn  in  the  early  part  of  the 
eighteenth  century,  was  his  second  son.  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Flagg,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege, 1723,  was  his  grandson,  by  his  son  Eben- 
ezer.  He  was  born  October  18,  1704:  ordained 


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at  Chester,  New  Hampshire,  1736;  and  died 
there,  November  14,  1796,  aged  ninety-two 
years.  Dr.  John  Flagg,  of  Lynn,  was  son  of 
Rev.  Ebenezer."  Dr.  John  Flagg  (Harvard 
College,  1761),  became  an  eminent  physician 
in  Lj'nn,  and  attained  the  rank  of  colonel  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution.  He  married,  June 
21,  1761,  Susanna  Fowle,  daughter  of  James, 
Esq.  and  Susanna  (Wyman)  Fowle,  of  \\'o- 
burn,  and  died  May  27,  1793,  in  the  fiftieth 
year  of  his  age. 

(I)  Thomas  Flagg,  who  settled  early  in 
Watertown,  is  the  ancestor,  through  his  son. 
Lieutenant  Gershom  Flagg,  of  the  Woburn 
family  of  Flagg.  He  lost  his  left  eye  by  a  gun- 
shot wound,  previously  to  1659;  he  was  for 
many  3rears  a  selectman,  and   died  February 

6,    1697-98.      His    wife    was    Mary    . 

Children:  i.  Gershom,  born  April  16,  1641, 
see  forward.  2.  John,  born  June  14,  1643. 
3.  Bartholomew,  born  February  23,  1644.  4. 
Thomas,  born  April  28,  1646.  5.  William, 
born  about  1648,  killed  by  the  Indians  at  Lan- 
caster, 1675.  6.  Michael,  born  March  23, 
1650-51.  7.  Eleazer,  born  May  14,  1654.  8. 
Elizabeth,  born  March  22,  1656-57,  married, 
October  20,  1676,  James  Bigelow.  9.  Mary, 
born  January  14,  1657-58,  married,  June  3, 
1674,  Samuel  Bigelow.  10.  Rebecca,  born 
September  5,  1660,  married,  November  19, 
1679,  Deacon  Stephen  Cook.  11.  Benjamin, 
born  June  25,  1662.  12.  Allen,  born  May  16, 
1665. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Gershom  Flagg,  eldest  son 
of  Thomas  Flagg  (i)  was  born  at  Watertown, 
April  16,  1641.  He  was  killed  in  battle  with 
the  Indians  at  Lee.  New  Hampshire,  July  6, 
1690,  holding  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  came 
to  Woburn,  where  he  married,  April  15,  1668, 
Hannah  Leppingwell,  born  January  6,  1645- 
46,  died  ]\Iarch  29,  1724,  daughter  of  Michael 
and  Isabel  Leppingwell.  He  was  a  tanner,  and 
his  dwelling  house  and  tanning  establishment, 
in  1673,  stood  on  High  street  (Pleasant  street) 
near  the  site  of  Woburn  first  meeting  house 
(on  present  Woburn  Common)  ;  the  old  bury- 
ing-place  was  on  the  east,  and  the  training- 
field  (the  land  now  traversed  by  the  head  of 
Winn  street)  on  the  south.  The  Rev.  Thomas 
Carter's  house  was  west  of  Gershom  Flagg's 
property.  The  homestead  descended  from 
Gershom  (i)  to  Gershom  (2),  thence,  1736, 
to  Gershom  (3),  thence  to  his  uncle,  Zachariah 
Flagg  (4).  in  part  in  1762,  who  parted  with  his 
share  to  William  Fox  in  1765.  Fox  had  in  the 
meantime  acquired  the  other  half,  and  the 
house  became  known  afterwards  as  the  "Fox 


House."  The  house  disappeared  after  1818 
and  before  1829,  having  stood  from  a  period 
which  antedated  1673. 

In  1689  Noah  Wiswall,  a  brother-in-law  of 
William  Johnson,  of  Woburn,  was  appointed 
captain  of  a  company  of  Indians  gathered 
from  the  dififerent  parts  of  the  colony  to  act 
against  the  common  enemy,  and  Gershom 
Flagg  was  appointed  his  lieutenant.  When 
the  company  marched,  orders  were  sent  to  its 
captain  at  Woburn,  where  they  apparently  ren- 
dezvoused. Ensign  Edward  Walker,  of  the 
company,  was  of  Woburn,  and  in  the  provin- 
cial records  the  story  is  told  that  Wiswall, 
Flagg,  and  Walker,  with  four  other  English- 
men and  a  number  of  friendly  Indians,  march- 
ed against  the  Indian  enemy  and  engaged  a 
superior  number  of  them  at  a  place  called 
Lamprey  river,  and  though  they  destroyed 
many  of  the  enemy,  the  said  officers  all  lost 
their  lives  in  the  action.  The  other  four  Eng- 
lishmen— Samuel  Locke,  Samuel  Baker,  Wil- 
liam Bruce  and  Benjamin  Baldwin — were  of 
Woburn.  His  widow  married,  December  10, 
1696,  Ensign  Israel  Walker.  Children:  i. 
Gershom,  born  March  10,  1669,  see  forward. 
2.  Eleazer,  born  August  i,  1670,  became  a 
colonel,  died  July  12,  1726.  3.  John,  born 
May  25,  1673.  4.  Hannah,  born  March  12, 
1675,  married,  January  9,  1695-96,  Henry 
Green,  of  Maiden.  5.  Thomas,  born  June  22, 
1677,  died  the  following  day.  6.  Ebenezer, 
born  December  21,  1678.  7.  Abigail,  born 
January  8,  1681-82.  8.  Mary,  born  February 
2,  1683-84.  9.  Thomas,  born  April  19,  1685. 
10.  Benoni,  born  August  19,  1687,  died  the 
same  day. 

(III)  Gershom  Flagg,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Gershom  Flagg  (2),  was  born  in  Woburn, 
i\Iarch  10,  1668-69,  ^'id  died  there,  August  24, 
1755;  married  Hannah :  she  died  Jan- 
uary 4,  1741.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born 
May  22,  1696.  2.  Gershom,  born  November 
22,  1698,  died  July  11,  1700.  3.  Zachariah, 
born  June  20,  1700,  see  forward.  4.  Gershom, 
born  January  25,  1701-02,  died  May  14,  1753. 
5.  Joseph,  died  September  19,  1725.  6.  Ben- 
jamin, died  April  7,  1725. 

(IV)  Zachariah  Flagg,  son  of  Gershom 
Fl^gg  (3)>  was  born  in  Woburn,  June  20, 
1700,  and  died  there,  1782.  He  married 
(first),  January  2,  1732-33,  Mary  Gardner, 
born  May  28,  1705,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  (Lane)  Gardner,  of  Charlestown. 
He  married  (second),  at  Middleton,  July  12, 
1753,  Mrs.  Mary  Fuller.  Zachariah  Flagg  was 
living  in  Woburn  in  1777,  but  appears  to  have 


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spent  part  of  his  life  in  Wilmington.  He  held 
the  rank  of  captain  as  early  as  1748.  His 
name  disappears  from  the  Woburn  tax  list  in 

1781.  His  will,  dated  April  9,  1773,  called 
him  gentleman,  "he  being  aged;"  names  wife 
Mary,  sons  Zachariah,  Samuel  and  John,  and 
daughter    Mary    Sawyer ;    probated    April    4, 

1782.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  February  9, 
1734-35.  2.  Zachary,  born  June  17,  1737. 
Zachary  Junior,  enlisted  at  the  beginning  of 
the  French  war  of  1755,  and  continued  in  ser- 
vice to  its  close,  with  the  exception  of  one 
year.  He  served  fourteen  months  in  Nova 
Scotia,  was  taken  and  stripped  by  savages,  and 
narrowly  escaped  with  his  life,  at  Fort  William 
Henry,  1757.  He  was  carried  to  Montreal  as 
a  prisoner.  His  sufferings  affected  his  mind. 
In  1764  his  father  petitioned  the  general  court 
for  aid  for  his  expenses  on  account  of  the 
fatigues  and  hardships  his  son  had  undergone 
in  the  war,  having  broken  down  a  sound  con- 
stitution, and  leaving  him  physically  and  men- 
tally in  a  very  poor  condition.  In  1773  his 
father,  in  his  will,  gave  him  only  a  silver  spoon, 
"because  of  his  weakness,"  and  provided  for 
him  otherwise.  He  tlied  in  Woburn,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1 79 1.  3.  Mary,  born  September  2, 
1/39'  died  young.  4.  Mary,  born  February 
24,  1741-42,  married  (first),  1763,  William 
Belknap;  married  (second).  May  3,  1770, 
Elijah  Sawyer,  Jr.,  of  Lancaster.  5.  Samuel, 
born  June  23,  1744.  6.  John,  born  August  29, 
1746,  see  forward. 

(V)  John  Flagg,  son  of  Zachariah  Flagg 
(4),  born  in  Woburn,  August  29,  1746,  died 
there  May  24,  1825,  aged  seventy-eight  years. 
He  married  (first),  November  6,  1769,  Hannah 
Tidd,  born  February  17,  1749,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Sasirah  (Baker)  Tidd,  who  died 
August,  1772.  He  married  (second)  Abigail 
Thompson,  daughter  of  James  and  Abigail 
(Simonds)  Thompson,  of  Wihnington,  born 
March  9,  1747-48,  died  in  Woburn,  February 
I,  1847,  in  her  ninety-ninth  year.  Mr.  Flagg 
was  a  fariuer,  and  during  the  Revolutionary 
war  was  engaged  in  teaming  merchandise  from 
Boston  to  New  York.  He  was  present  in  Bel- 
knap's Woburn  company  at  the  battles  of  Lex- 
ington and  Concord,  April  19,  1775,  and  was 
twenty-seven  days  in  service  at  that  time.  On 
good  testimony  he  is  said  to  have  taken  the 
second  prisoner  from  the  enemy  on  the  day 
of  April  19,  1775.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born 
February  7,  1769.  2.  Child,  died  August,  1772. 
3.  Abigail,  born  September  i,  1775,  married, 
April  20,  1797,  David  Lovering,  of  Woburn. 
whose  children  were :    i.  Maria,  born  Novem- 


ber 26,  1797:  ii.  Joseph  Flagg,  born  March  i, 
1799.  4.  Hannah,  born  March  11,  1777,  died 
July  8,  1786,  aged  nine  years.  5.  John,  born 
October  7,  1779,  died  March  17,  1835,  aged 
fifty-five  years.  6.  Josiah,  born  April  23, 
1782,  died  1830.  7.  William,  born  July  25, 
1784,  see  forward.  8.  Hannah,  born  May  7, 
1786,  died  April  24,  1857,  aged  seventy-one 
years. 

(VI)  John  Flagg,  son  of  John  Flagg  (5). 
was  born  at  Woburn,  October  7,  1779.  He 
received  a  common  school  education  in  his 
native  town,  and  was  brought  up  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  was  a  farmer  for  many 
years.  He  also  kept  the  tavern  at  the  corner 
of  Salem  and  Broad  streets  for  several  years. 
His  farm  was  one  of  the  largest  in  this  sec- 
tion. At  one  time  he  owned  all  of  the  land  on 
Broad  street  from  Union  to  Salem  street  and 
to  the  crest  of  Union  Hill.  He  accumulated 
considerable  wealth  for  his  day.  In  disposi- 
tion and  character  Mr.  Flagg  was  genial, 
cheerful  and  attractive.  He  stood  high  in  the 
estimation  of  his  townsmen.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Woburn  militia  company.  In  reli- 
gion he  was  an  orthodox  Congregationalist, 
and  in  politics  a  Democrat.  He  died  March 
17,  1835,  aged  fifty-five  years.  He  married, 
September  6,  1801,  Mary  Fowle,  of  Woburn, 
daughter   of  Joseph   Fowle.     Their  children : 

1.  Mary,  born  at  Woburn,  November  22,  1801, 
died  unmarried ;  blind  during  her  last  years. 

2.  John  Gardner,  born  June  9,  1805,  see  for- 
ward. 3.  Catherine,  born  April  25.  1807,  at 
Woburn,  died  unmarried.  4.  Adeline,  born  at 
Woburn,  July  30,  1809,  married  Asa  Goodell, 
of  Vermont ;  child,  Ellen,  born  1852,  married 

Buell.     5.  Abigail  Thompson,  born  at 

Woburn,  April  7,  181 1,  married  Amos  Sweet- 
zer,  of  Boston  ;  children  :  i.  Annie,  ii.  Rosette. 
6.  Sumner,  born  at  Woburn,  December  7, 1812, 
married.  February,  1S46,  Antoinette  Beals,  of 
Boston  ;  children :  _i.  William,  born  February, 
1847;  ii.  Antoinette,  born  1849;  i"-  Harriet 
C.  born  1850;  iv.  Joshua  Gardner.  7.  Cynthia, 
born  at  Woburn,  September  17,  1814,  married 

(first)  Nehemiah  Littlefield ;  (second)  ■ 

Bicknell ;  no  issue. 

(VI)  William  Flagg,  son  of  John  Flagg 
(5),  was  born  at  Woburn,  July  25,  1784.  He 
received  the  education  of  the  farmer  boy  of 
that  day,  attending  the  district  school  until 
fifteen,,  and  helping  his  father  on  the  farm. 
He  early  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker,  work- 
ing at  it  in  different  places.  He  subsequently 
went  to  Boston,  where  he  found  the  trade 
of    mason     more     to     his     liking    and     more 


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839 


profitable.  Here  he  served  an  apprenticeship, 
and  then  worked  as  a  bricklayer  (which  trade 
was  in  those  days  one  of  much  importance) 
from  1806  to  1825,  when  he  returned  to  his 
home  in  Woburn,  to  the  farm  which  belonged 
to  the  old  homestead,  and  after  the  death  of 
his  father  he  purchased  the  entire  property  of 
his  heirs.  Of  the  original  ninety-five  odd 
acres  he  sold  off  part.  He  conducted  general 
farming  until  about  1845,  when  he  began  to 
raise  for  the  Boston  market  all  kinds  of  early 
produce,  which  netted  him  well.  The  farm 
was  situated  in  Burlington  township,  where 
the  present  Eleald  Brothers  are  located ;  in 
the  best  part  of  the  town.  He  was  a  very 
energetic  and  hard  working  man,  of  strong 
temperance  opinions.  He  trained  in  the  early 
militia.  He  married,  June  28,  1821,  Myra 
P'owle,  born  at  Woburn,  March  29,  1795,  died 
March  10,  1873,  daughter  of  John  and  Lois 
(  Richardson  )  Fowler,  of  Woburn.  Children  ; 
I.  William  Eustice,  born  September  2,  1823; 
see  forward.  2.  Benjamin  Franklin,  born 
June  13,  1825,  married  Rebecca  Parkinson,  of 
Ireland;  children:  i.  Dr.  Franklin,  married 
Emma  McLean:  children:  Marion  and 
Madeline:  ii.  Martha  Eveline.  3.  Lydia  Al- 
mira,  born  September  3,  1827,  married,  June 
5,  1857,  Ephraim  Davis,  of  Lowell :  children : 
"i.  Lillian  Maria,  born  August  20,  1859:  married 
Henry  Clapp ;  child.  Roland ;  ii.  Jvlinot  Flagg. 
4.  Lois  Amanda,  born  May  20,  1832,  died  May 
10,  1873;  unmarried.  William  Flagg  (  father) 
died  February  18,  1877. 

(\'II)  John  Gardner  Flagg,  son  of  John 
Flagg  (6),  was  born  at  Woburn,  June  9,  1805. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  when  very  young  went  to  work  as 
a  clerk  in  a  grocery  store  in  Charlestown.  He 
returned  to  school  after  a  year  or  so,  attend- 
ing the  Lexington  public  schools,  teaching 
schools  for  a  year  while  yet  a  student  in  the 
district  school.  He  began  his  business  career 
in  Boston  in  the  employ  of  a  Mr.  Marriner, 
manufacturer  and  dealer  in  mattresses,  bed- 
ding, etc.  He  made  himself  so  useful  to  his 
employer  that  a  few  years  later  when  ]\Ir. 
Marriner  was  unable,  on  account  of  illness,  to 
attend  to  business  he  placed  Mr.  Flagg  in 
charge.  Needless  to  add  the  business  was  con- 
tinued profitably.  At  length  Mr.  Flagg  be- 
came the  owner  of  the  business,  which  he 
carried  on  with  gratifying  success.  He  manu- 
factured the  first  ready-made  mattresses  that 
were  placed  on  the  market,  and  this  branch 
of  his  business  developed  into  very  large  pro- 
portions. He  supplied  the  mattresses  for  many 


of  the  new  hotels  in  this  country,  and  his  re- 
quirements of  curled  hair  for  making  his  goods 
were  so  large  that  he  had  to  go  to  Russia  to 
buy  the  stock.  He  also  bought  live  geese 
feathers  in  large  quantities  and  sold  them  to 
advantage  in  the  American  markets.  He  made 
seven  trips  abroad  for  this  purpose  to  Russia 
and  other  foreign  countries.  His  first  trans- 
atlantic trip  was  in  the  "Great  Western,"  one 
of  the  first  steamships  to  cross  the  ocean.  He 
travelled  all  over  Russia  and  other  countries, 
and  was  the  first  who  made  a  success  of  im- 
porting geese  feathers  to  the  LInited  States. 
He  finally  retired  from  business,  on  account 
of  ill  health,  and  took  to  farming  on  the  home- 
stead which  his  father  left  to  him  at  his  death. 
During  the  civil  war  he  took  contracts  from 
the  government  for  mattresses  for  the  navy, 
having  a  factory  at  Brooklyn.  New  York.  In 
this  business  he  was  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  Sumner  Flagg,  who  had  charge  of  a 
similar  factory  at  the  Charlestown  navy  yard. 
After  retiring  from  this  business  in  Brooklyn, 
he  manufactured  satinet  prints  in  the  city  of 
New  York.  He  was  one  of  the  promoters  of 
the  Crystal  Palace  of  that  city.  This  building 
was  destroyed  by  a  wind  storm.  He  returned 
to  the  homestead  at  Woburn  and  conducted 
the  farm,  as  aforementioned,  at  one  time  mak- 
ing a  specialty  of  growing  potatoes,  and  dur- 
ing one  season  shipped  nine  hundred  barrels 
to  Florida,  his  brother  Sumner  selling  and  de- 
livering them.  He  died  at  Woburn,  March  17. 
1893.  I"  religion  Mr.  Flagg  was  a  L'nitarian ; 
in  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  but  never  sought 
public  office. 

He  married,  October  11,  1833,  Sarah  Felt 
Reeves,  born  June  15,  1816,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Nathaniel  anxl  Elizabeth  (Saul)  Reeves, 
of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Nathaniel  Reeves 
was  a  sea  captain.  Their  children:  i.  Eliza- 
beth, born  at  Boston,  November  5,  1834,  died 
June  19,  1869:  married,  December  18,  1856, 
John  M.  Leathe,  of  Woburn.  2.  Sarah  Ellen, 
born  in  Boston,  January  20,  1837 ;  married, 
September  2,  1856,  William  H.  Loring,  of 
Boston  ;  children  :  i.  Frederick,  born  Decem- 
ber 19,  1857:  ii.  Alice  Grampner,  born  Decem- 
ber 2,  1859;  iii.  Ida  Dayton,  born  February  27, 
1864:  iv.  Robert  Gardner,  (twin)  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1868;  V.  Richard  Tuttle,  (twin) 
born  September  23,  1868.  3.  John  Gardner, 
Jr.,  born  April  2,  1841  :  married,  August  18, 
1863,  Maria  Malleville  Allen,  of  Woburn: 
children:  i.  Annie  Gridley,  born  July  31,  1864; 
ii.  Edith  Loring,  born  March  18,  1866;  iii. 
John  .\llen,  burn  June  11,  1875,  died  August 


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22,  1878;  iv.  Alice  Reeves,  born  March  14, 
1880.  4.  George  Henry,  died  young.  5.  Fran- 
ces Gertrude,  born  March  19,  1849;  rnarried, 
September  i,  1868.  David  B.  Clark,  of  Cats- 
kill,  New  York  ;  children  :  i.  Elizabeth  Flagg, 
born  June  13,  1869;  ii.  William  Gardner,  born 
July  5,  1873.  6.  Charles  Horace,  born  April 
22.  1852,  see  forward. 

( YH )  William  Eustice  Flagg,  son  of 
William  Flagg  (6),  was  born  at  Woburii,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1823.  He  received  a  liberal  educa- 
tion in  the  nearby  district  school  during  the 
winter  months  up  to  eighteen  years  of  age. 
He  began  work  on  his  father's  farm  when 
quite  young,  and  continued  in  this  up  to  twen- 
ty-five years  of  age,  when  he  and  his  brother, 
Benjamin  Franklin  Flagg,  started  in  the  busi- 
ness of  market  gardening  on  the  old  home- 
stead, which  continued  two  years,  when  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  removed  from  Winchester, 
and  Mr.  Flagg  carried  it  on  alone  for  a  time. 
In  March,  1863,  he  bought  his  present  farm  of 
forty  acres,  known  as  the  old  Hale  place,  of 
George  Russell,  situated  in  the  best  part  of 
Woburn,  in  Cambridge  street.  He  devoted 
his  time  to  market  gardening  with  market  in 
Boston  up  to  about  1894,  when  his  two  sons, 
Walter  Cliflford  and  Charles  Henry,  took  the 
business  and  conducted  it  five  years  together. 
Charles  H.  now  conducts  the  interest  for  his 
father.  Mr.  Flagg  is  of  a  retiring  disposition, 
devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  farm  and  fam- 
ily, and  commands  the  respect  of  his  neighbors 
and  citizens.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the  Bap- 
tist church  at  Woburn,  and  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  married,  December  21,  1857, 
Nancy  Evelyn  Steele,  born  October  4,  1837. 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sally  (Wood)  Steele, 
of  Woburn.  Joseph  Steele  was  a  shoemaker 
and  farmer.  Children:  i.  Walter  Clififord, 
born  April  2,  1870,  married,  December  22, 
1892,  Violet  Claude  McLane,  of  Woburn; 
children:  i.  Viola  May,  born  October  7,  1894; 
ii.  Helen  Louise;  born  June  11,  1899;  iii. 
William  Erving,  born  January  26,  1903 ;  iv. 
Beatrice  M.,  born  December  27,  1904.  2. 
Charles  Henry,  born  August  3,  1874,  married, 
January  17,  1906,  Bessie  Elva  Noyes. 

(VIII)  Charles  Horace  Flagg,  son  of  John 
Gardner  Flagg  (7),  was  born  at  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  April  22,  1852.  He  completed 
his  schooling  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  and  left 
his  home  at  Woburn  to  become  a  clerk  in  a 
dry  goods  house  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 
After  a  year  and  a  half  he  entered  the  employ 
of  James  Lee  and  learned  the  art  of  designing 
calico   prints.      Two   years   later   he   went   to 


Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  there  for  a  year.  Then  he  held  a 
position  as  designer  for  the  firm  of  Amos 
Lawrence  &  Co.,  Chauncey  street,  for  three 
years,  and  for  the  firm  of  White,  Payson  & 
Co.,  1 10  North  street.  New  York  City,  agents 
for  the  Manchester  (New  Hampshire)  Print 
\\'orks,  for  two  years.  He  was  proprietor  of 
a  fruit  store  at  Fulton  Ferry  for  a  year  and  a 
half.  Pie  then  came  to  his  native  place  to  live, 
having  accepted  a  position  as  carpet  designer 
for  the  Lowell  Carpet  Company  of  Lowell, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  with  the  Lowell  Car- 
pet Company  a  year,  and  since  then  has  con- 
ducted the  homestead  farm  and  worked  for 
the  various  leather  firms  of  Woburn.  At  pre- 
sent (1907)  he  is  associated  with  his  son  in 
farming  and  market  gardening.  While  em- 
ployed and  in  business  in  New  York  he  re- 
sided in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Flagg 
is  a  Unitarian  in  religion ;  in  politics  he  was 
formerly  a  Democrat,  but  in  later  years  a 
Republican. 

He  married,  January  23,  1875,  at  Jersey 
City,  New  Jersey,  Charlotte  E.  Clark,  born  at 
IJloomfield,  New  Jersey,  April  15,  1853,  daugh- 
ter of  W^illiam  and  Ellen  (Peloubet)  Clark,  of 
Bloomfield.  William  Clark  was  a  wholesale 
jewelry  manufacturer.  Mrs.  Flagg  traces  hev 
Peloubet  ancestry  to  Norman  stock,  her  grand- 
father. Count  Michael  Peloubet,  being  the  im- 
migrant. On  the  maternal  side  the  Alcott 
family  lineage  is  traced  to  Mayflower  stock. 
Children:  I.  Hubert  Clinton,  born  December 
14,  1875,  see  forward.  2.  Prescott  Clark,  born 
December  16,  1877.  3.  Phillip  Peloubet.  born 
October  31,  1883.  4.  Randall  Alcott.  born 
November  5,  1887.  5.  Dorothy  Gardner,  born 
August  14,  1893.  6.  Sarah  Eleanor,  born  Oc 
tober  22,  1896. 

(IX)  Hubert  Clinton  Flagg,  son  of  Charles- 
Horace  Flagg  (8),  was  born  at  Jersey  City, 
New  Jersey,  December  14,  1875.  He  removed 
to  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  when  very  young 
and  attended  the  public  schools  there.  He 
worked  on  the  farm  between  terms  of  school 
and  after  graduating  until  1899,  when  he  enter- 
ed the  employ  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  rail- 
road. He  was  injured  in  an  accident  soon 
after  he  began  work.  He  was  compensated  in 
money  for  his  loss  of  time  and  injuries,  but 
])referred  to  return  to  the  farm,  and  in  1901 
he  purchased  the  homestead  of  his  father  and 
has  since  then  been  engaged  successfully  in 
market  gardening  in  Woburn.  His  father  and 
brother  are  associated  with  him  in  the  work  of 
the  farm.     He  has  a  hundred  acres  of  land,  a 


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841 


part  of  the  original  Flagg  farm  of  his  paternal 
ancestors.  It  is  located  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  town.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  lettuce, 
cucumbers  and  celery  for  the  Boston  market. 
Me  is  a  Unitarian  in  religion,  a  Republican  in 
])olitics.  He  is  unmarried  and  lives  at  home 
with  his  parents. 


(I)  William  Brown,  the  immi- 
BROWX  grant  ancestor  belonged,  ac- 
cording to  the  family  tradition, 
to  one  of  the  numerous  Scotch  families  of 
Brown.  He  came  to  America  at  the  time  that 
many  thousand  young  Scotchmen  were  sent 
here  by  Cromwell  as  prisoners  of  war  after 
the  battle  of  Worcester.  He  settled  in  Boston, 
where  he  married,  April  16,  1655,  Elizabeth 
Ruggles,  daughter  of  George  Ruggles,  of 
Braintree,  Massachusetts.  Another  man  of 
the  same  name  living  in  Boston  at  about  the 
same  time  makes  the  records  confusing  as 
to  property  and  public  service.  He  died  in 
1668,  and  his  widow  Elizabeth  married  second, 
July  6,  1669,  John  Rogers,  of  Billerica.  Two 
of  the  Brown  children  were  mentioned  in  the 
will  of  Rogers.  Children  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Brown:  i.  Mary,  born  March  16, 
1655-6.  2.  Sarah,  born  January  8,  1657.  3. 
Elizabeth,  died  August  10,  1691  ;  married  Sep- 
tember 23,  1678,  James  Kidder.  4.  George, 
born  April  5,  1668;  mentioned  below. 

(H)  George  Brown,  son  of  William  Brown 
(i),  was  born  April  5,  1668,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1738.  He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity 
with  eighteen  others,  March  18,  1685.  He 
received  among  a  list  of  eighty-one  proprie- 
tors a  four-acre  right  of  twenty-five  acres  in 
1708,  and  there  he  built  the  original  house, 
which  descended  for  four  generations  in  direct 
line  to  his  descendants.  The  farm  is  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  town.  He  was  captain  of 
the  military  company,  and  served  as  assessor 
of  the  town.  He  was  representative  to  the 
general  court  1716-7,  1721-4  and  1727;  select- 
man 1710-2,  1714-20,  1722-26  and  1729.  Alany 
of  his  descendants  in  the  vicinity  have  been 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 

He  married,  January  30,  1689-90,  Sarah 
Kidder,  who  was  born  June  i,  1667,  daughter 
of  James  and  Anna  (Moore)  Kidder,  of  Bel- 
lerica.  She  died  February  27,  1717-8.  Her 
father  was  a  prominent  citizen  in  civil  and 
military  afifairs.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born 
November  3,  1690;  married  first,  Mary  Bald- 
win ;  second,  June  28,  1733,  Anne  Cleveland. 
2.  Sarah,  born  March  8,  1691-2;  died  Septem- 


ber 26,  1704.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  January  12, 
1693-4;  died  August  6,  1732;  married  Alarch 
28,    1721,    Oliver    Whiting.     4.  Josiah,    born 

April  19,  1695 :  married  first  Hannah : 

second,  November  29,  1739,  Mrs.  Rebecca 
(Simonds)  Danforth,  widow  of  Thomas  Dan- 
forth;  third,  March  i,  1748-9,  Widow  Mary 
Ellis,  of  Needham.  5.  William,  born  October 
21,  1696;  married  Mary  Baldwin.  6.  Mary 
(twin),  born  September  27,  1698;  died  No- 
vember 19,  1698.  7.  James  (twin),  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1698;  died  December  i,  1698.  8. 
John  (twin),  born  November  27,  1699;  died 
December  12,  1699.  g.  Thomas  (twin),  born 
November  27,  1699:  died  December  12,  1699. 
10.  Samuel,  born  January  27,  1701-2;  men- 
tioned below.     II.  Ephraim,  born  January  23, 

1702-3;  married  Hosley  and  lived  in 

Townsend.  12.  Isaac,  born  and  died  January 
27,  1702-3.  13.  Dorothy,  born  January  i. 
1704-5;  married  December  9,  1729,  Samuel 
Crosby;  lived  in  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts. 
14.  Sarah,  born  December  21,  1707;  married 
May  19,  1741,  Jacob  French;  she  died  August 
16,  1765. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Brown,  son  of  George  Brown 
(2),  was  born  at  Billerica,  January  27,  1701-2. 
He  was  brought  up  on  the  farm,  and  was  a 
farmer  all  his  life.  He  had  the  homestead 
and  bequeathed  it  to  his  son.  The  first  saw 
mill  erected  in  the  vicinity  was  on  this  farm, 
owned  by  a  firm  of  farmers  of  the  neighbor- 
hood, and  was  in  operation  until  1740.  Brown 
served  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and 
attained  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  In  1736  he 
occupied  the  front  seat  in  the  meeting  house, 
an  indication  of  his  leading  position  in  the 
community.  He  was  selectman  1743-4.  He 
died  July  6,  1779.  He  married  Mrs.  Mary 
(Davis)  French,  who  was  born  May  31,  1706, 
widow  of  Jonathan  French  and  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Rebecca  (Patten)  Davis,  of  Biller- 
ica. She  died  November  11,  1758.  Her  father, 
Joseph  Davis,  was  a  farmer  and  deacon  of  the 
church  at  Billerica.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born 
December  9,  1731 ;  married  April  9,  1752, 
Pienjamin  Lewis.  2.  Samuel,  born  September 
12,  1733,  mentioned  below.  3.  Joshua,  born 
January  I,   1734-5.     4.  Sarah,  born  February 

20,  1735-6;  died  August  19,  181 1;  married 
November  29,  1759,  Edward  Farmer,  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolution.     5.  Anna,  born  September 

21,  1737;  married  Samuel  Bullen,  6.  Rebecca, 
born  February  18,  1738-9;  died  January  I, 
1814;  married  January  3,  1760,  James  Lewis. 
7.  Abigail,  born  April  14,  1740;  married  Jan- 
uary 6,   1762,  Lieutenant  Isaac  Marshall.     8. 


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MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 


Martha,  born  March  22,  1741-2:  died  May  21, 
1818;  married  January  25,  1763,  Eleazer 
Stickney.  9.  Persis,  born  October  23,  1743: 
married  Asa  Emerson.  10.  Esther,  born  Jan- 
nary   2T,,    1744-5;   died   February    17,    1744-5. 

11.  George,  born  June  22;  died  July  26,  174''). 

12.  George,  born  September  16,  1747;  married 
November  21,  1771,  Ehzabeth  French. 

(IV)  Samuel  Brown,  son  of  Samuel  Brown 
(3),  was  born  at  Billerica,  September  12,  1733. 
He  had  the  Brown  homestead,  and  followed 
farming  as  a  calling,  and  was  a  well-to-do  citi- 
zen. He  built  a  grist  mill  in  1760  on  the  old 
place  on  the  Wilmington  road,  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  town,  near  the  school  house  on  the 
same  privilege  occupied  by  the  old  saw  mill. 
This  location  is  now  designated  by  the  name  of 
Patten's  Mills.  He  married,  August  16,  1759, 
Sarah  Noyes.  of  Andover,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  September  26,  1760; 
died  December  9,  1795.  2.  Samuel,  born  June 
15,  1762;  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  born 
June  19,  1764;  married  April  12,  1803,  Silas 
Chandler.  4.  Susanna,  born  April  3,  1767; 
died  November  23,  1793. 

(V)  Samuel  Brown,  son  of  Samuel  Brown 
(4),  was  born  June  15,  1762,  at  Billerica. 
He  was  raised  on  the  farm,  and  had  the  advan- 
tages of  a  common  school  education.  He 
inherited  the  homestead  and  lived  there  all 
his  life.  In  his  later  years  he  was  a  Unitarian 
in  religion  and  a  \\  big  in  politics.  He  was  an 
officer  in  the  militia  company  of  his  town,  and 
his  sword  is  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson, 
George  E.  Brown  of  Woburn.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Noyes,  of  Andover,  who  died  Jan- 
uary TO,  1850,  aged  eighty-one  years.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Samuel,  born  November  16,  1788; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  Septem- 
ber 30,  1790;  married  December  24,  1718, 
Jose])h  Cram,  of  Lyndeborough,  New  Hamp- 
shire; children:  Louisa  Cram,  wife  of  John 
A.  Putnam  ;  and  Harriet,  married  George  Rus- 
sell ;  died  1900.  3.  Timothy  N.,  born  N^ovem- 
ber  12,  1792;  married  Mahala  Grififin,  of  Wo- 
burn, May.  1823.  4.  Isaac,  born  August  7, 
1794,  drowned.  5.  Sarah  C,  born  May  10, 
1796;  died  unmarried,  April  25,  1859.  6.  Sus- 
annah, born  January  21,  1798.  7.  Ruby,  born 
February  17,  1802;  married  Jeremiah  Harts- 
horn, of  South  Reading.  8.  Lucy,  born  Feb- 
ruary I,  1804;  died  November  i,  1884;  mar- 
ried James  Cram,  of  Lyndeborough ;  children  : 
i.  Nancy  Cram,  born  February  21,  1832,  died 
April  17,  1832;  ii.  Albert  Cram,  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1834,  married  May  31,  1869,  Mary 
Elizabeth   Brown,   and   had   Addie   ]\I.   Cram, 


born  January  21,  1871,  died  July  20,  1874; 
iii.  Charles  H.  Cram,  born  November  3,  1836; 
married  April  13,  1863,  Sarah  Van  Buskirk. 
9.  Isaac,  born  April  21,  1806.  10.  Harriet, 
born  June  30,  1808.  11.  Mary,  born  Septem- 
ber 26,  1809;  married  Leonard  Stratton,  of 
Wilmington,  Massacusetts ;  no  issue. 

[W)  Samuel  Brown,  son  of  Samuel  Brown 
(  5 ),  was  born  at  Billerica,  November  16,  1788. 
He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town,  principally  during  the  winter  terms, 
and  worked  for  his  father  on  the  homestead 
until  he  was  of  age.  He  remained  at  home 
and  was  associated  with  his  father  as  long  as 
he  lived,  and  inherited  the  homestead  at  his 
death.  He  had  about  a  hundred  acres  of  land, 
most  of  which  was  the  original  homestead 
of  the  family.  In  addition  to  his  farming, 
he  cut  and  sold  timber  from  his  wood  lots. 
He  was  interested  in  historical  matters,  and 
in  1852  compiled  a  genealogical  register  of  the 
descendants  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Brown, 
mentioned  above.  He  was  of  a  quiet,  domestic 
disposition,  of  excellent  character,  active  in  the 
temperance  movement  and  other  good  works. 
He  died  in  1866.  He  was  a  Unitarian  in  relig- 
ion, and  served  as  the  collector  of  the  Bil- 
lerica parish  many  years.  He  was  a  Whig 
in  jjolitics,  and  always  interested  in  municipal 
affairs.  He  served  in  the  militia  company 
when  a  young  man.  He  married,  February  26, 
1839,  Mrs.  Nancy  Maria  (Butters)  Emerson, 
was  born  at  Wilmington,  in  1803,  daughter  of 
Jedediah  and  Betsey  (Boutwell)  Butters,  of 
Wilmington.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  September  19, 
1840;  died  November  14,  1897;  niarried  Alay 
31,  1869,  Albert  Cram,  of  Lyndeborough,  New 
Hampshire,  and  had  Addie  Maria,  born  Janu- 
ary 29,  1871,  died  July  20,  1874.  2.  George 
Everett,  born  July  20,  1843 !  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  George  Everett  Brown,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Brown  (6),  was  born  at  Billerica,  July  20, 
1843.  He  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  town,  and  worked 
on  the  homestead  with  his  father  until  he  was 
nineteen  years  old,  when  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany D,  Thirty-third  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Infantry,  Colonel  Adin  B.  L^nderwood.  His 
regiment  proceeded  to  Alexandria,  Vir- 
ginia, and  became  a  part  of  the  Elev- 
enth .Army  Corps,  Second  Division,  Sec- 
ond I'.riga<le.  He  suffered  from  a  sun- 
stroke received  while  on  duty,  remaining 
unconscious  thirty-six  hours,  and  later  was 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville, 
taken    prisoner,   and   sent   to   the  rear   of  the 


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Confederate  army,  but  under  cover  of  the 
smoke  of  battle  he  made  his  escape,  and  after 
a  slow  and  painful  journey  reached  the  Federal 
camp.  When  he  was  able  to  leave  the  hospi- 
tal he  was  assigned  to  detached  duty  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  at  Point  Lookout,  -Maryland, 
in  the  force  guarding  thirty  thousand  Con- 
federate prisoners,  serving  as  nurse,  ward 
master  and  division  steward,  having  direct 
charge  over  thirty-six  wards  with  a  capacity 
of  thirty-five  hundred  patients,  also  of  the  kit- 
chen, chapel,  reading  room,  baggage  room, 
laundry,  linen  room,  and  hospital  guard  quar- 
ters. For  some  time  he  was  on  detective  work 
for  the  government.  He  twice  took  his  name 
from  the  list  marked  for  the  \'eteran  Reserve 
Corps,  thereby  leaving  a  chance  to  be  ordered 
to  the  front,  and  later  was  shown  by  the  sur- 
geon in  charge  an  order  from  Major  General 
O.  O.  Howard  to  be  sent  immediately,  but 
with  it  a  special  order  from  the  Secretary  of 
War  to  have  him  remain  at  the  hospital.  This 
was  quite  an  honor  as  well  as  disappointment. 
He  was  discharged  and  mustered  out  of  ser- 
vice in  July,  1865. 

He  returned  to  his  native  town,  but  soon 
went  south  with  the  intention  of  locating  in 
business  there,  but  eventually  located  in 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  in  the  employ  of  the 
t'iridgeport  Furniture  Company  for  one  year. 
The  death  of  his  father  called  him  home,  and 
he  settled  his  father's  estate  at  Billerica.  In 
1 870  he  went  west,  and  taught  school  at  Wood- 
bine, Iowa,  and  in  Howard  county,  Nebraska. 
He  declined  a  nomination  to  the  legislature, 
but  accepted  the  position  of  superintendent  of 
schools  for  the  county,  and  filled  it  with  credit 
and  ability  until,  on  account  of  impaired  hear- 
ing, he  resigned  his  office  and  returned  east  to 
live.  Subsequently  he  became  bookkeeper  for 
the  Lyndeborough  Glass  Company,  and  had 
charge  also  of  the  repairs  on  the  buildings  of 
the  company.  During  the  four  years  that  he 
lived  in  this  town  he  married.  He  removed 
ne.xt  to  Olean,  New  York,  and  took  charge  of 
the  box  department  of  the  Olean  Glass  Com- 
pany. A  year  later  the  company  failed  and  he 
became  the  assignee  and  settled  the  business. 
He  was  in  business  for  a  time  as  carpenter 
and  builder,  later  with  Gillingham  &  Company 
for  a  year,  then  with  George  Kimball  for  a 
short  time  in  Woburn.  He  finally  went  into 
the  building  business  in  Woburn  and  vicinity 
and  has  been  remarkably  successful.  Among 
the  man}'  buildings  in  Woburn  for  which 
he  has  had  the  contract  and  built  may 
be    mentioned :       The    Wyman    school ;    the 


Highland  school :  residences  of  J.  H.  Rams- 
dell,  F.  H.  Burdett,  A.  W.  Prion  and  others. 
In  1905  he  incorporated  his  business  under  the 
laws  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  president  and 
treasurer  for  one  year,  and  then  owing  to  ill 
health  he  decided  to  retire  from  the  more 
pressing  cares  and  duties  of  business,  and  his 
son,  Allen  L.  Brown,  became  the  president, 
and  Albert  E.  Brown,  another  son,  treasurer 
and  manager.  Mr.  Brown  has  an  elegant  res- 
idence which  he  built  himself  a  few  years  ago, 
at  7  Brown  Place.  He  is  a  Unitarian  in  relig- 
ion, and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  has  been 
delegate  to  various  congressional  conventions 
of  his  party.  He  belongs  to  Mount  Horeb 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons ;  to  Woburn  Chapter 
of  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  to  Hugh  de  Payens 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  at  Melrose ; 
to  the  Massachusetts  Consistory,  Thirty-sec- 
ond degree,  at  Boston ;  and  to  Aleppo  Temple, 
Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  at  Boston.  He 
was  formerly  a  member  of  Post  No.  222, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  at  Olean,  New 
York,  and  is  a  past  commander,  now  a  member 
of  Post  No.  161,  of  Woburn.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Rochester  City  Lodge,  No.  166, 
Odd  Fellows,  Rochester,  New  York,  and  was 
a  charter  member  of  Olean  Encampment  of 
Odd  Fellows.  He  is  also  an  Ancient  Odd  Fel- 
low. 

He  married,  October  9,  1879,  at  Lyndebor- 
ough, Abbie  Putnam,  who  was  born  there  Sep- 
tember 9,  1854,  the  daughter  of  John  A.  and 
Louisa  (Cram)  Putnam,  of  Lyndeborough. 
Her  father  was  a  farmer  and  miller.  Chil- 
dren :  I .  Albert  Everett,  born  at  Lyndebor- 
ough, September  5,  1881  :  married,  1903,  Bes- 
sie May  Ashbee,  of  Woburn ;  children : 
i.  Harris  Putnam,  born  May  21,  1904;  ii.  Al- 
len Everett,  born  February  19,  1906;  died 
.\ugust  31,  1906.  2.  Allen  Lester,  born  at 
Olean,  April  12,  1884,  mentioned  above.  3. 
Ward  Ferguson,  born  at  Woburn,  November 
19,  1888.  4.  Dexter  Putnam,  born  at  Woburn, 
November  15,  1891. 

In  March,  1907,  to  benefit  his  health,  Mr. 
Brown  started  a  ranch  life  in  Colorado,  and 
was  followed  later  bv  his  wife  and  voiuigest 


Thomas    Gleason,    the    immi- 

GLEASON     grant     ancestor,     settled     in 

Watertown  as  early  as   1652. 

He  may  have  been  the  son  of  Richard  Gleason, 

who  was  a  proprietor  of   Sudbury,   in    1640. 

The  name  is  variously  spelled  in  early  records, 


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Gleason,  Gleison,  Glezen,  Glesing  and  Leason. 
In  1662,  Thomas  Gleason  was  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  in  possession  of  Squaw-Sa- 
chem's lands.     He  married   Susanna . 

Children:  i.  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Jo- 
seph, John,  Mary,  and  probably  Isaac  and  Wil- 
liam. 

(II)  Thomas  Gleason,  son  of  Thomas  Glea- 
son (i),  settled  in  Sudbury,  Massachusetts, 
on  the  east  side  of  Lake  Cochituate,  now  in 
Wayland.  '  He  bought,  by  exchange,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1673,  one  half  of  the  Benjamin  Rice 
farm  lying  between  Beaver  Dam  brook  and 
Gleason's  pond  in  Framingham,  and  in  1678 
built  his  house  near  the  pond.  He  was  re- 
ceived as  an  inhabitant  in  Sherborn,  October 
5.  1678;  died  July  25,  1705.   He  married  Sarah 

,    who    died   July   8,    1703.      Children: 

I.  Sarah,  born  February  6,  1665,  married  Jere- 
miah Morse.  2.  Anne,  married,  1688,  John 
Gibbs.  3.  Thomas,  removed  to  O.xford, 
Massachusetts,  about  1723;  married,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1695.  Mary  Mellen.  4.  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Patience.  6.  Mary,  born 
June  19,  1680.  7.  John,  captain,  had  the 
homestead ;  served  as  selectman ;  married  Abi- 
gail Learned ;  died  May  9,  1740. 

(III)  Isaac  Gleason,  son  of  Thomas  Glea- 
son (2),  was  born  about  1675.  He  lived  in 
Framingham  near  his  father.  His  house  stood 
about  forty-five  rods  southeast  of  the  old 
Charles  Clark  house.  He  bought.  February 
18,  1725,  eighty  acres  of  land  of  Jonathan 
Lamb,  lying  southwest  of  the  house  now  or 
lately  owned  by  Paul  W.  Gibbs.  His  sons, 
Isaac,  Jr.  and  Phinehas,  afterward  lived  there. 
In  1726  he  sold  his  old  homestead  to  Daniel 
How,  who  opened  a  tavern  in  it,  and  about 
1736  Mr.  How  sold  it  to  Samuel  Gleason,  son 
of  John,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Gleason 
(2).  Isaac  Gleason  died  December  5,  1737. 
He  married,  December  11,  1700,  Deborah  Le- 
land,  of  Sherborn,  Massachusetts.  Children : 
I.  Deborah,  born  April  27,  1703,  married 
Thomas  Winch.  2.  Isaac,  born  May  17,  1706, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Prudence,  born  October 
3,  1708.  4.  Phinehas,  born  August  23,  171 1, 
lived  in  Framingham. 

(IV)  Isaac  Gleason,  son  of  Isaac  Gleason 
(3),  was  born  in  Framingham,  May  17,  1706. 
He  resided  on  his  father's  place  southwest  of 
Paul  W.  Gibbs,  mentioned  above.  He  removed 
to  Petersham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died. 
He  married,  December  9,  1725,  Thankful  Wil- 
son, daughter  of  Nathaniel  Wilson.  She  died 
in  Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire,  aged 
ninety-four    years.      His    children    were:     i. 


Isaac,  born  August  3,  1726.  2.  Elizabeth, 
born  March  20,  1728-29,  married,  March 
28,  1751,  John  Baker,  of  Littleton.  3.  Debor- 
ah, born  June  24,  1731,  married,  August  29, 
1 76 1,  John  Wheeler,  of  Nichewaug  (Peter- 
sham). 4.  Simeon,  born  August  19,  1733, 
married,  1764,  Martha  Dudley;  lived  in  Green- 
wich, ]\Iassachusett;s.  5.  Thankful,  born 
^larch  5,  1737,  died  young.  6.  Thankful,  born 
June  17,  1738,  married,  December  27,  1759, 
William  Daggett.  7.  James,  settled  in  West- 
moreland, New  Hampshire.  8.  Joseph,  born 
February  3,  1743.  9.  Nathaniel,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 14,  174.6,  married  Sarah  Johnson ;  died 
in  Hardwick.  10.  Benjamin,  baptized  May  7, 
1749,  lived  in  Westmoreland.  11.  Fortunatus, 
born  1752,  baptized  June  7,  married  Esther 
Beman  ;  lived  in  Westmoreland. 

(V)  Joseph  Gleason,  son  of  Isaac  .Gleason 
(4),  was  born  at  Framingham,  Massachusetts, 
February  3,  1743,  and  died  at  Petersham, 
Massachusetts,  September  19,  1814.  He  set- 
tled in  Petersham  when  a  young  man  and  fol- 
lowed farming  there  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  became  a  prominent  citizen.  During  the 
Revolution  he  was  on  the  committee  appointed 
by  the  town  to  raise  men  for  the  Revolutionary 
service.  He  was  a  selectman  and  held  other 
positions  of  trust  and  honor.  His  will  was 
dated  January  24,  1812,  with  a  codicil  dated 
August  5,  1814;  it  was  filed  for  probate  Octo- 
ber 18,  18 14,  and  allowed  December  6  follow- 
ing. He  married,  August  14,  1766,  at  Peter- 
sham, Sarah  Curtis,  who  died  April  2,  1827, 
at  Petersham,  aged,  according  to  her  grave- 
stone, eighty  years.  Their  children  born  in 
Petersham:  i.  Sarah,  born  April  7,  1767, 
married,  January  21,  1787,  Windsor  Gleason, 
of  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  son  of  Isaac 
Gleason  (5)  and  grandson  of  Isaac  Gleason 
(4),  mentioned  above.  2.  Deborah,  born  No- 
vember 29,  1768,  married,  June  3,  1792,  Na- 
hum  Ward.  3.  Molly,  born  July  31,  1771, 
married  Abiel  Parmenter.  4.  Fanny,  born 
July  4,  1773,  married  (intentions  dated  April 
22,  1797)  Artemas  Crowell,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren, Alanson  and  Polly  Crowell,  mentioned 
in  their  grandfather's  will.  5.  David,  born 
February  20,  1775,  died  February  i,  1776. 
6.  Lucinda,  born  November  2,  1777,  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  1778.  7.  Lucinda,  born  May  20,  1779, 
married  (intentions  dated  .A.pril  7,  1800)  Na- 
thaniel Gleason,  Jr.,  of  Hardwick,  ]\Iassachu- 
setts ;  married  (second).  October  14,  1828, 
Caleb  Chamberlain,  at  Petersham.  8.  Joseph, 
Jr.,  born  April  7,  1781,  mentioned  below.  9. 
Betsey,  born  March  i,  1783,  married,  October 


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28,  1804,  Nathan  Gould,  of  Leverett,  Massa- 
chusetts. 10.  Curtis,  born  April  i,  1785.  mar- 
ried, December  8,  1813.  Luna  Hildreth,  who 
•died  January  8,  1828,  aged  thirty-nine  years; 
child,  Eliza  F.,  chose  as  guardian,  April  6, 
1829,  Joseph  G.  Parmenter,  indicating  that  her 
father  was  dead ;  Curtis  Gleason  was  executor 
and  residual  legatee  of  his  father.  11.  Aman- 
da, mentioned' in  father's  will.  12.  Clarissa, 
married,  June  13,  1809,  Cephas  \\'illard,  men- 
tioned in  will. 

(VI)  Joseph  Gleason,  son  of  Joseph  Glea- 
son (5),  was  born  in  Petersham,  Massachu- 
setts, April  7,  1781,  and  died  there  February 
28,  1808,  aged  twenty-six  years.  He  was  bur- 
ied in  Petersham  and  his  burial  place  is 
marked  by  a  headstone.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  at  Petersham,  Sukey  (sometimes 
given  as  Susan),  Whitney,  born  1780,  died 
April  21,  1828,  and  buried  by  the  side  of  her 
first  husband  at  Petersham.  (See  gravestone 
in  Petersham  graveyard).  She  married  (sec- 
ond), December  22,  181 3,  James  Thompson, 
of  New  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Children  of 
Joseph  and  Sukey  (Whitney)  Gleason,  born 
at  Petersham:  i.  Harriet,  born  about  1803, 
married,  June  i,  1823,  Oren  Tower.  2. 
Louisa,  born  1805,  married,  August  23,  1830, 
Samson  Wetherell.  3.  Benjamin  \Miitney, 
born  October  12,  1806. 

Sukey  ^^'hitney  was  the  daughter  of  Captain 
Benjamin  Whitney,  second  lieutenant  in  the 
Revolution  under  General  Lee  and  later  cap- 
tain ;  resided  in  Simpson,  Province  of  Quebec, 
and  at  Petersham,  Massachusetts ;  died  1830. 
Solomon  Whitney  (5),  father  of  Captain  Ben- 
jamin (6),  was  born  December  20,  1721 ;  mar- 
ried, October  5,  1749,  Elizabeth  Smith;  mar- 
ried (second),  Ithamar  Goodnow ;  resided  at 
Marlborough  and  Petersham,  Massachusetts; 
he  had  four  children. 

Benjamin  Whitney  (4),  father  of  Solomon 
(5),  was  born  October  7,  1687.  IMarried.  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1 7 10,  Sarah  Barrett,  born  November 
28, 1692,  died  February  15,1730.  He  settled  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  became  wealthy ; 
he  owned  Narragansett  rights  which  he  willed 
to  his  son  Solomon.     He  died  October,  1737. 

Thomas  Whitney  (3),  father  of  Benjamin 
(4),  was  born  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
August  24,  1656.  He  was  a  resident  of  Water- 
town.  Stow  and  Bolton,  Massachusetts ;  he 
owned  a  sixty-acre  farm  at  Pompascitticut 
fnow  Stow),  ^Massachusetts.  Married.  Janu- 
ary 29,  1679,  Elizabeth  Lawrence,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1659.  He  died  at  Bolton,  Massachu- 
setts, February  8,  1741. 


John  Whitney  (i),  father  of  Thomas  (2), 
was  born  in  England  in  1629;  was  admitted 
freeman  April  18,  1690.  He  married,  in 
\Vatertown,  Massachusetts,  January  11,  1654, 
Mary  Kettell.     (See  WHiitney  family). 

(  \'II)  Benjamin  Whitney  Gleason,  son  of 
Joseph  Gleason,  Jr.,  (6),  was  born  October  12, 
1806,  in  Petersham,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
in  Gleasondale  (Stow),  January  19,  1884.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  leaving  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  to  begin  his  apprenticeship 
to  learn  the  trade  of  cabinet  maker.  After  he 
came  of  age  he  followed  his  trade  at  Grafton, 
Massachusetts,  in  the  wood-working  depart- 
ment of  a  cotton  mill  there.  In  1833  he  went 
to  Worcester,  and  during  the  following  four 
years  was  a  journeyman  in  a  machine  shop. 
He  left  Worcester  and  entered  the  employ  of 
Gilbert  &  Richardson,  of  North  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  manufacturers  of  cotton  and 
woolen  machinery.  The  firm  was  dissolved  in 
1842  and  George  H.  Gilbert  removed  to  Ware 
and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  woolen 
goods.  July  13,  1842,  Mr.  Gleason  formed  a 
copartnership  with  George  L.  Davis,  who  had 
been  a  fellow  workman  with  him  in  the  employ 
of  Gilbert  &  Richardson,  imder  the  name  of 
Gleason  &  Davis,  and  began  manufacturing 
machinery  at  North  Andover.  In  1848  Charles 
Furber,  an  old  employee,  was  admitted  to 
partnership  and  the  name  was  changed  to 
Gleason,  Davis  &  Furber.  Mr.  Gleason  retired 
from  the  firm  in  1849.  I'"'  1849,  the  creditors 
of  the  Rock  Bottom  Company,  which  had  fail- 
ed, prevailed  upon  Mr.  Gleason  to  reorganize 
that  company  and  take  charge  of  the  business. 
He  moved  to  Rock  Bottom  and  took  into  part- 
nership Mr.  Samuel  J.  Dale.  In  1875  Mr. 
Gleason  suffered  a  slight  stroke  of  paralysis, 
but  he  recovered  and  continued  in  active  bus- 
iness until  1880,  when  he  practically  retired. 
He  was  a  leader  in  his  line  of  business,  suc- 
cessful, upright  and  enterprising.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  ])olitics.  In  1859  and  1872  he 
represented  his  district  in  the  general  court, 
and  in  i860  and  1861  was  state  senator. 

He  married,  August  31,  1831,  Louisa  Fes- 
senden,  of  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts,  who 
was  born  in  Rutland,  Massachusetts,  .\pril  10, 
1809,  and  died  May  8,  1858.  Children:  i. 
Ellen  A.,  born  June  18,  1834,  married  Hum- 
phrey Brigham,  of  Hudson,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Benjamin  F.,  born  August  26.  1838,  died  Aug- 
ust 25,  1848.  3.  Charles  W.,  born  April  9, 
1 841,  mentioned  below.  4.  Stillman  A.,  born 
August  2,  1843,  died  August  7,  1888.  5.  Al- 
fred D.,  born  February  7,   1846. 


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(VIII)  Charles  Whitney  Gleason,  son  of 
Benjamin  Whitney  Gleason  (7),  was  born  in 
North  Andover.  Massachusetts,  April  9,  1841, 
and  lived  there  until  April.  1849,  when  with 
the  family  he  moved  to  Rock  Bottom,  now 
Gleasondale    (Stow),  Massachusetts. 

He  attended  public  and  private  schools  in 
his  own  town  until  fifteen  years  of  age.  Then 
he  attended  school  at  Riverside  Institute, 
Auburndale ;  Eaton's  Commercial  College  at 
Worcester,  and  Lancaster  Institute  at  Lancas- 
ter. During  vacations  he  was  in  the  office 
and  finishing  department  of  his  father's  wool- 
en mill.  Mills  in  those  days  ran  from  half  past 
five  in  the  morning  until  half  past  seven  at 
night,  with  one-half  hour  for  breakfast  and 
three-quarters  for  dinner.  There  being  no 
school  law,  children  as  young  as  ten  years 
were  employed  in  manufactories  in  Massa- 
chusetts. At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  be- 
came bookkeeper  and  shipping  clerk  in  the  mill 
remaining  two  years.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  spent  the  summer  of  1862  travelling  in 
Europe,  returning  in  September,  and  again 
entered  upon  his  duties  at  the  mill,  part  of  the 
time  acting  as  overseer  of  spinning  and  weav- 
ing rooms,  beside  doing  the  office  work.  In 
April,  1863,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  he  was 
given  the  position  of  superintendent,  on  trial, 
and  in  November  was  engaged  permanently, 
and  for  twenty- four  years  following,  held  the 
position,  even  after  becoming  a  member  of  the 
firm.  His  systematic  habits  and  knowledge  of 
the  details  of  the  business  acquired  during  the 
few  years  of  training  with  his  father,  were  of 
■great  advantage  in  his  new  career  as  manager. 
He  was  ambitious  and  caretaking.  and  anxious 
to  increase  the  output  of  the  mills,  which  had 
sufifered  from  frequent  changes  of  overseers 
and  operatives,  occasioned  by  enlistments  for 
the  war.  He  entered  upon  his  duties  with 
energy,  taking  personal  charge  of  many  details 
of  the  manufacture  of  goods,  testing  the  wools, 
mixing  for  the  various  grades,  deciding  what 
wools  were  needed,  and  watching  closely  that 
everything  should  be  well  done  and  economi- 
cally. He  won  the  goodwill  and  respect  of 
his  employees,  and  was  always  mindful  of 
tlieir  wants  and  comfort.  He  established  the 
])lan  of  promoting  his  young  men  to  second 
hand  positions  and  then  to  overseers,  as  they 
became  competent.  Some  of  these  men  filled 
responsible  positions  in  the  Gleason  mills  and 
in  other  mills  throughout  New  England.  He 
instilled  in  the  minds  of  his  employees  to  keep 
machines  in  good  working  condition  and  have 
them  run  to  their  fullest  capacity.     He  gave 


his  personal  attention  to  the  repairs,  and  many  , 
were  done  at  night,  to  save  stopping  the  work 
in  the  daytime,  and  Mr.  Gleason  was  often 
seen  in  his  shirt  sleeves  assisting  and  directing 
the  work.  He  seemed  at  home,  whether  put- 
ting in  new  boilers,  new  water  wheels,  rebuild- 
ing bridges,  or  building  a  stone  dam.  He  was 
often  complimented  by  insurance  inspectors 
and  manufacturers  on  the  cleanliness  and  good 
order  which  prevailed  throughout  the  works, 
and  at  one  time  was  urged  to  take  charge  of 
a  mill  in  another  part  of  the  State,  by  a  manu- 
facturer who  had  heard  of  his  good  manage- 
ment. 

His  plans  for  increasing  the  product  of  the 
mills  succeeded  so  well  that  in  time  he  had 
raised  the  limit  of  former  superintendents  of 
800,000  yards  to  1,200,000  yards  of  flannels 
in  a  year.  In  doing  this,  the  quality  of  the 
Gleason  flannels  was  kept  up  to  the  high 
standard  established  years  before  and  so  well 
known  to  the  trade  of  the  LTnited  States.  For 
fifteen  years  he  bought  all  the  wool  used,  one 
year  going  West  and  buying  direct  from  the 
farmers. 

In  1872  Mr.  Gleason  was  admitted  to  part- 
nership in  the  mills,  under  the  firm  name  of 
B.  W.  Gleason  &  Sons,  the  members  being 
Benjamin  W.  Gleason,  Charles  Whitney  Glea- 
son, Stillman  Augustus  Gleason  and  Alfred 
Dvvight  Gleason.  At  his  father's  death,  Janu- 
ary 19,  1884,  Charles  Whitney  Gleason  became 
the  head  of  the  firm,  which  continued  under 
the  old  name  until  the  retirement  of  Stillman 
Augustus  Gleason  (who  had  charge  of  the  fin- 
ishing department),  in  November,  1887,  when 
the  firm  name  was  changed  to  C.  W.  &  A.  D. 
Gleason.  The  Gleason  Brothers  followed 
their  father's  methods,  taking  no  notice  of  bus- 
iness depressions,  and  were  highly  successful 
in  their  operations.  They  had  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  their  employees,  some  of  whom 
had  worked  for  the  company  more  than  three 
decades.  They  were  prominent  and  active 
factors  in  every  movement  that  tended  to  the 
advancement  and  progress  of  the  town. 

Mr.  Gleason  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
was  the  first  citizen  in  the  town  to  cast  the 
.\ustralian  ballot.  He  has  served  as  delegate 
to  state  and  county  conventions,  but  never  held 
town  office,  although  often  urged  to  do  so. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  trustees  of  the 
Hale  high  school,  and  was  president  of  the 
Rock  Bottom  Library  Association,  which  dur- 
ing its  existence  accumulated  nearly  one  thous- 
and volumes,  which  are  now  in  the  care  of 
and    being    used    by    the    Methodist    Sunday 


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school.  Mr.  (ileason  has  always  contributed 
generously  for  church  work,  not  only  in  his 
own  but  in  neighboring  towns.  He  has  been 
treasurer  of  the  Gleasondale  Methodist  church 
for  the  past  twenty-four  years,  though  not  a 
member  of  the  same. 

Mr.  Gleason's  long  continued  close  applica- 
tion to  business  began  to  show  its  effects  on  a 
not  too  rugged  constitution,  and  in  April, 
1887,  a  superintendent  was  secured  to  relieve 
him  of  the  details  of  manufacture,  and  a  few 
years  later,  being  unable  to  attend  to  business, 
was  represented  by  his  son  until  August,  1899, 
when  he  retired  from  the  firm. 

Mr.  Glekson  married,  January  25,  1866, 
Lucy  Woods  Peters,  daughter  of  John  Howe 
Peters,  of  Feltonville,  (now  Hudson),  Alassa- 
chusetts.  Mrs.  Gleason  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  chuch  of  Hudson.  They  have 
one  son,  Albert  Howe  Gleason.  Their  home  is 
the  old  Gleason  homestead  at  Gleasondale, 
built  in  1847-8,  which  has  been  remodelled  and 
improved,  and  the  grounds  beautified  by  the 
present  owner. 

(\'ni)  Alfred  Dwight  Gleason,  son  of 
Benjamin  \\'hitney  Gleason  (7),  was  born  at 
North  Andover,  Massachusetts,  February  7, 
1846.  He  came  with  his  parents  to  Rock  Bot- 
tom, now  Gleasondale,  in  the  town  of  Stow, 
Massachusetts.  He  attended  the  various  pri- 
vate schools,  the  Concord  Academy  and  the 
Highland  Alilitary  Academy,  Worcester, 
Massachusetts.  He  enlisted  July  15,  1864,  in 
Company  E,  Fifth  Regiment,  Massachusetts 
\'oIunteers,  and  was  appointed  first  sergeant 
of  his  company.  He  was  honorably  discharged 
at  the  termination  of  his  period  of  enlistment. 
Upon  his  return  to  Gleasondale  he  took  charge 
of  the  store  and  conducted  it  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  then  became  a  clerk  in  the  count- 
ing room  of  his  father's  mill,  and  June  i,  1872, 
he  and  his  two  brothers  were  taken  into  part- 
nership by  their  father,  under  the  firm  name 
of  B.  \\\  Gleason  &  Sons.  The  three  brothers, 
S.  Augustus,  Charles  W.  and  Alfred  D.,  con- 
tinued the  business  under  the  same  name  after 
the  father's  death,  January  19,  1884,  until  No- 
vember, 1887,  when  S.  Augustus  Gleason  re- 
tired from  the  firm.  The  name  then  became 
C.  ^V.  &  A.  D.  Gleason  and  continued  thus 
until  July,  1899,  when  Alfred  Dwight  Gleason 
bought  out  his  brother,  Charles  W.  Glen- 
son,  who  was  obliged  to  retire  on  account 
of  ill  health.  Since  then  Alfred  Dwight 
Gleason  has  been  the  sole  proprietor  of 
this  extensive  business,  making  additions 
in     1 90 1    and    1902    by   which    the    capacity 


of  the  mill  was  greatly  increased.  LTnder  his 
ownership  the  mills  at  Gleasondale  have  had  a 
larger  product  than  ever  before,  the  business 
has  flourished  and  the  reputation  of  the  con- 
cern has  extended  widely.  Air.  Gleason  ranks 
high  among  the  successful  manufacturers  of 
Massachusetts.  He  and  his  brothers  fittingly 
sustained  the  business  established  by  their 
father. 

Mr.  Gleason  has  been  a  director  of  the  Hud- 
son National  Bank  since  its  organization,  hav- 
ing been  one  of  the  committee  of  nine  chosen 
in  1881  to  procure  the  charter.  He  became 
vice-president  July  13,  1897,  ^"^1  president 
October  23,  1906,  a  position  he  has  held  since 
then.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  Hudson  Sav- 
ings Bank.  He  has  been  active  in  public  affairs, 
and  has  contributed  freely  of  his  time  and 
money  to  further  every  movement  tending  to 
the  welfare  of  the  town  of  Stow  and  the  vil- 
lage of  Gleasondale.  He  was  selectman  for 
two  years  and  chairman  of  the  board ;  he 
served  on  the  building  committee  of  the  public 
library  and  is  one  of  the  trustees.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  In  addition  to  his  own 
business  in  Stow,  he  is  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  J.  F.  Stevens  &  Company,  commission  mer- 
chants. New  York  and  Boston,  and  a  director 
of  the  Stevens  Linen  Works  at  Webster, 
Massachusetts.  He  is  well  known  in  Masonic 
circles,  is  a  member  of  Doric  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons,  Houghton  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  and 
Trinity  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  No. 
32.  In  1898,  he  and  his  brother,  Charles  W. 
Gleason,  built  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
at  Gleasondale  and  presented  it  to  the  society 
as  a  memorial  to  their  father,  Benjamin  Whit- 
ney Gleason. 

Mr.  Gleason  married.  May  12,  1870, 
Blanche  A.  Pratt,  born  Princeton,  Massachu- 
setts, August  24,  1850,  daughter  of  Horace  B. 
and  Relief  Holman  Pratt,  of  Boston.  Their 
only  child  is  Alfreda  B.,  born  July  12,  1886. 

( IX  )  Albert  Howe  Gleason.  son  of  Charles 
Whitney  Gleason,  was  born  in  Rock  Bottom, 
now  Gleasondale  (Stow),  Massachusetts, 
April  16,  1867.  He  attended  the  grammar  and 
high  schools  at  Hudson,  graduating  from  the 
latter  in  1885.  He  then  spent  two  years  at 
tile  ^Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology, 
followed  by  a  course  at  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Business  College,  Boston.  In  1889,  he  went 
as  delegate  from  Massachusetts  to  the  first 
XN^orld's  Sunday  School  Convention  in  London 
and  continued  the  trip,  visiting  parts  of  Eng- 
land, France,  Italy,  Switzerland,  Germany  and 
Belgium.     In   1890  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 


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International  Sunday  School  Association  Con- 
vention at  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania.  In  1886, 
at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  was  elected  superin- 
tendent of  the  Gleasondale  Methodist  Sunday 
school,  and  held  the  office  since  with  excep- 
tion of  three  years,  that  he  declined  re-elec- 
tion. 

For  about  nine  years  he  was  in  the  woolen 
mill  of  C.  W.  &  A.  D.  Gleason.  At  times  he 
had  personal  charge  of  different  departments, 
including  the  dyeing,  pattern  work,  shipping 
and  other  lines  of  work,  and  representing  his 
father's  interests  during  the  latter's  illness. 
He  left  when  his  father  retired  from  the  firm 
in  1899.  He  then  went  to  Boston  and  engaged 
in  lines  of  work  relating  to  the  brick  and  clay 
industry,  at  present  doing  the  work  of  con- 
sulting engineer  in  the  designing  and  construc- 
tion of  plants  in  New  England  and  Eastern 
Canada,  with  business  connections  in  Dayton, 
(Jhio. 

Mr.  Gleason  is  a  member  of  Doric  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Hud- 
son;  Houghton  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  of  Marl- 
borough :  Hiram  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters,  of  Worcester ;  Trinity  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  of  Hudson ;  Aleppo  Tem- 
ple, Nobles  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Boston ;  and 
Mizpah  Chapter.  Order  Eastern  Star,  of  Marl- 
borough, of  which  he  is  a  past  patron.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Boston  City  Club.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
and  serving  on  the  board  of  trustees  and  stew- 
ards. 

October  4,  1892,  he  married  Mary  S.  Fol- 
som,  daughter  of  Benjamin  F.  Folsom,  of 
Gleasondale.  They  have  two  children :  Emily 
May,  born  May  23.  1895:  and  Howard  Fol- 
som, born  ]May  3,  1897.  They  reside  in  Glea- 
sondale, in  the  house  built  in  1892,  adjoining 
the  homestead  estate  of  C.  W.  Gleason. 


William  French,  the  immi- 
FRENCH      grant  ancestor  of  this   family 

was  born  in  Halsted,  count_v 
Essex,  England,  March  15,  1603,  and  died  at 
Billerica,  Massachusetts,  November  20,  1681, 
aged  seventy-seven.  He  married  first  Eliza- 
beth   ,  (surname  believed  to  be  Symmes, 

sister  of  Rev.  Zachariah  Symmes).  He  had 
four  children  born  in  England,  and  came  to 
America  in  the  same  ship,  the  "Defence,"  with 
Rev.  Thomas  Shepard  and  his  brother  Sam- 
uel, Roger  Harlakenden,  and  George  and  Jo- 
seph Cooke,  in  the  summer  of  1635.  He  set- 
tled first  in  Cambridge,  and  in  1652  was  one 


of  the  original  proprietors  and  first  settlers  of 
Billerica.  He  was  lieutenant  of  the  militia, 
and  afterwards  captain ;  was  the  first  man  to 
sit  in  the  "deacon's  seat"  in  1659;  commission- 
er to  establish  the  county  rates  in  1659;  select- 
man in  1660  and  for  nine  years  in  all;  was  on 
a  committee  to  examine  children  and  servants 
in  reading,  religion  and  the  catechism,  in  1661 ; 
was  the  first  representative  or  deputy  to  the 
general  court  at  Boston,  elected  in  1660,  and 
taking  his  seat  in  1663.  A  tract  written  by 
him  entitled  "Strength  out  of  Weakness,"  in 
which  he  gives  a  detailed  account  of  the  testi- 
mony of  an  Indian  convert  to  Christianity, 
was  published  in  London,  and  afterward  re- 
published in  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society  Collections.  He  bought  part  of  the 
old  Dudley  farm  in  Billerica.  and  his  house 
stood  near  the  turnpike  east  of  the  Bradford 
road,  near  Ralph  Hill's  house.  Hill  called  him 
"brother"  in  liis  will.  He  was  a  tailor  by 
trade.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  died  March  31, 
1663,  and  he  married.  May  6,  1669,  Mary 
Stearns,  widow  of  John  Stearns,  and  daughter 
of  Thomas  Lathrop,  of  Barnstable,  Massa- 
chusetts. His  widow  married  June  29,  1687, 
Isaac  Mixer,  of  Watertown.  His  estate  was 
divided  December  6,  1687,  between  the  widow 
and  three  daughters — Mary  Sharp,  and  Sarah 
and  Hannah  French,  Children  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  French:  i.  Frances,  born  about 
1625.     2.   Elizabeth,   born    1629-31  ;   married, 

Ellis,   of  Watertown.     3.   Mary,  born 

1633.  4.  John,  born  1635.  mentioned  below. 
5.  Sarah,  born  March,  1638.  6.  Jacob,  born 
March  16,  1639-40.  7.  Hannah,  born  Febru- 
ary 2,  1641-2;  died  June  20,  following.  8. 
Samuel,  born  December  3,  1645;  died  July  15, 
1646.  9.  Samuel,  born  after  1646;  pioneer  in 
Dunstable,  Massachusetts.  Children  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  French:  10.  Mary,  born 
.\pril  3,  1670;  married  Nathaniel  Dundee.  11. 

Sarah,  born  October  29,  1671  ;  married 

Sharp,  who  died  in  military  service ;  married 
second,  Joseph  Crosby.  12.  Abigail,  born 
April  14,  1673;  died  April  13,  1674.  13.  Han- 
nah, born  January  25,  1675 ;  married  October 
5,  1693,  John  Child,  of  Watertown. 

(II)  John  French,  son  of  William  French 
(i),  was  born  in  England,  early  in  1635,  and 
was  brought  over  to  America  by  his  parents 
when  but  five  months  old.  He  died  in  Biller- 
ica, Massachusetts,  in  October,  1712.  He  re- 
sided on  the  south  side  of  Fox  Hill,  on  the 
east  road.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's 
war,  and  was  a  corporal  in  the  fight  at  Brook- 
field  in  1675.    He  was  wounded  in  this  assault 


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at  Qiiaboag  (Brookfield ),  and  in  a  petition 
subsequently  describes  himself  as  a  "poor 
wounded"  man.  He  was  jwor  enough  for  a 
time,  and  was  harassed  by  the  constable  before 
he  recovered  from  the  losses  of  the  war.  He 
was  an  influential  citizen  of  Billerica,  and  held 
many  town  offices  from  time  to  time.  He  mar- 
ried first,  June  21,  1659,  Abigail  Coggan, 
daughter  of  Henry  Coggan,  of  Barnstable, 
^Massachusetts.  She  died  April  5,  1662,  aged 
twenty-four,  and  he  married  second,  July  3, 
1662,  Hannah  Burrage,  daughter  of  John  Bur- 
rage,  of  Charlestown.  She  died  July  7,  1667, 
aged  twenty-three,  and  he  married  third,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1667-8,  Mary  Rogers,  daughter  of 
John  Rogers.  She  died  June  16,  1677,  and  he 
married  fourth,  January  16,  1677-8,  Mary  Kit- 
tredge,  widow  of  John.  She  died  October  7, 
1 7 19,  surviving  him.  Children  of  the  second 
wife:  I.  Hannah,  born  January  20,  1663-4; 
married  John  Kittredge.  2.  Abigail,  born  De- 
cember 6,  1665;  married  Benjamin  Parker. 
Child  of  the  third  wife:  3.  Mary,  born  ]\Iarch 
4,  1669-70 :  married  Nathan  Shed.  Children 
of  the  fourth  wife:  4.  John,  born  May  15, 
1679;  mentioned  below.  5.  Elizabeth,  born 
July  24,  1681 ;  married,  December  25,  1706, 
Thomas  Abbot.  6.  William,  born  November 
26,  1683;  died  April  21,  1685.    7.  Sarah,  born 

September    15,    1685;   married,   Flint. 

8.  William,  bcrn  August  8,  1687,  9.  Hannah, 
born  February  18,  1692-3;  married  Jonathan 
Richardson  and  Benjamin  Frost. 

A  descendant  of  John  French,  named  Wil- 
liam French,  a  resident  of  Dummerston  in  the 
New  Hampshire  grants,  was  the  celebrated 
victim  of  the  Westminster  massacre  in  1775. 
As  this  was  the  direct  result  of  the  first  organ- 
ized resistance  to  British  authority  in  the 
American  colonies,  William  French  has  been 
claimed  as  the  first  martyr  to  the  cause  of 
American  independence.  On  his  gravestone 
is  this  quaint  inscription  : 

"  In  memory  of  William    French 
Son  to   Mr.   Nathaniel   French.  Who 
was  shot  at  Westminster,  March  ye  13th. 
1775.  by  the  hands  of  Cruel  Ministerial  tools 
Of  Georg  ye  3d,  in  the  Corthouse  at  11  a  clock 
At  Night  in  the  23d  year  of  his  Age. 

"  HERE  WILLIAM   FRENCH  his  Body  lies 
For  Murder  his  Blood  for  Vengeance  Cries 
King  Georg  the  third  his  Tory  Crew 
that  with  a  Bawl  his  Head  Shot  threw 
For  Liberty  and  his  Countrys  Good 
he  Lost  his  Life  his  dearest  blood." 

(HI)  John  French,  son  nf  John  French 
(2),  was  born  May  15,  1679,  and  died  May  17, 


1748.  He  married,  February  13,  1707-8,  Ruth 
Richardson,  daughter  of  Thomas  Richardson. 
He  settled  in  Tewksbury,  jMassachusetts.  He 
made  a  nuncupative  will  May  9,  1748,  in  which 
his  son  Joseph  was  the  principal  legatee.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Ruth,  born  October  22.  1708.  2. 
John,  born  October  24,  1710:  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Thomas,  born  March  14,  1712-3;  re- 
sided  in   Tewksbury ;  married   Ruth ; 

children :   i.  Thomas,  married  Lydia ; 

no     children ;     ii.  Ruth,     married     Solomon 

French ;   iii.  Molly,   married   Kidder ; 

iv.  Hannah,  v.  Nehemiah,  died  December  2, 
1792.  4.  Mary,  born  September  23,  171 5.  5. 
Hannah,  born  August  i,  1719.  6.  Joseph, 
born  March  28,  1721 ;  resided  in  Tewksbury; 
died  1806.  7.  Benjamin,  born  February  10, 
1724-5.  8.  Jonathan,  born  August  17,  1728; 
died,  1765. 

(IV)  John  French,  son  of  John  French 
(3),  was  born  October  24,  1710.  He  married, 
October  30,  1732,  Mary  Kittredge,  who  died 
March  27,  1759,  daughter  of  John  Kittredge. 
He  resided  in  Tewksbury,  and  his  will  was 
dated  January  2,  1778-9.  Children,  born  in 
Tewksbury:  i.  John,  born  March  30,  1733; 
married  April  22,  1767,  Beulah  Hosley,  widow 
of  Thomas  Hosley.  2.  David,  born  March  2, 
1735;  mentioned  below.  3.  Solomon,  born 
March  11,  1737.  4.  Mary,  born  January  26, 
1738-9;  married  Samuel  Brown.  5.  Reuben, 
born  Alay  15,  1741.  6.  Aaron,  born  March 
9,  1747.  7.  Jacob,  born  April  21,  1751 ;  died 
]\Iarch  24,  1756.  8.  Joel,  born  September  22, 
1753,  died  October  17,  1753.  9.  Joel,  born 
July  22,  1754.  10.  Sarah,  married  Samuel 
Marshall.     11.  Ruth,  married  Joseph  Phelps. 

(\')  David  French,  son  of  John  French 
(4),  was  born  March  2,  1735,  and  died  of 
small  pox  in  Dunstable,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 29,  I779(?)  He  married,  November 
15,  1758,  at  Billerica,  Widow  Margaret  Ross. 
In  1752  he  had  a  guardian,  a  cousin,  William 
French,  Jr.,  appointed.  Children:  i.  David, 
born  November  5,  1759;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Martha,  born  November  5,  1762.  3.  Thomas, 
born  December  8,  1765. 

(VI)  David  French,  son  of  David  French 
(5),  was  born  November  5,  1759,  and  died  in 
1825.  He  resided  in  Tewksbury  and  Billerica. 
His  heirs  joined  in  a  deed  of  his  real  estate  to 
Ebenezer  Hanchett,  of  Dracut.  April  25,  1827. 
These  heirs  were:  Loammi  French,  Edmund 
French,  of  Tewksbury;  Ammi  French,  of  Bil- 
lerica ;  Samuel  French,  of  Canterbury,  New 
Hampshire ;  George  French,  of  Northfield, 
New   Hampshire,  and   wife,   Flannah ;   Elisha 


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Phelps,  of  Northfield,  New  Hampshire,  and 
Mary,  his  wife;  Ebenezer  Page,  of  Tewks- 
bury,  and  Anna,  his  wife.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
mund, mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  married 
Elisha  Phelps ;  settled  at  Northfield  on  farm 
now  owned  by  John  B.  Yeaton ;  had  eight 
children.  3.  Samuel,  settled  at  Canterbury, 
New  Hampshire.  4.  George,  born  1781,  set- 
tled in  Northfield,  New  Hampshire ;  married 

Hannah ,  died  December  8,  1855,  aged 

seventy-three;  settled  on  Oak  Hill,  Northfield, 
about  1806,  and  gave  the  burial  ground  to  the 
town;  he  died  April  29,  1862;  children:  i. 
Mary,  born  May  16,  1806;  married  Joseph 
Brown;  ii.  Anna,  born  December  31,  1810; 
iii.  George,  Jr.,  born  December  g,  181 5,  mar- 
ried Lydia  Buswell ;  iv.  Hannah,  born  March 
24,  1818,  married  Osgood  Foster;  v.  Martha, 

born    September    10,    1820;    married    

Hammond.  5.  Ammi,  born  1789,  died  at  Bil- 
lerica,  1836.  aged  fifty-two;  child,  i.  Charles 
W.,  died  July  5,  1876,  aged  sixty-six;  married 
Roxanna  Warren,  who  died  January  10,  1880 
(children:  Augusta,  born  April  11,  1839; 
Charles  Barrett,  born  October  10,  1840;  Mar- 
ietta, born  April  24,  1844:  Frederic,  born  July 
20,  1847).    6.  Loammi.  settled  at  Tewksbury ; 

married    Nancy    .      7.  Anna,    married 

Ebenezer  Page  and  lived  in  Tewksbury. 

(VH)  Edmund  French,  son  of  David 
French  (6),  was  born  in  Tewksbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  sold  his  farm  in  Billerica  to  his 
brother,  Ammi  French,  of  Billerica.  This  farm 
he  had  purchased  of  Benjamin  Danforth,  and 
was  located  on  the  road  to  Belvidere  village. 
He  bought  and  sold  various  parcels  of  lands 
in  Tewksbury  and  vicinity.    He  was  a  farmer. 

He  married .     Children:     i.  Edmund, 

Jr.  2.  Ebenezer.  3.  Joshua.  4.  Charles.  5. 
Eliza.  6.  Eben.  7.  Jane.  8.  Joshua,  born 
May  15,   1823;  mentioned  below. 

(VnP)  Joshua  French,  son  of  Edmund 
French  (7),  was  born  in  Tewksbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, Alay  15,  1823,  and  died  there  CJctober 
15,  1896.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his. native  town,  and  worked  during 
his  youth  at  farming.  At  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage he  bought  his  farm,  which  contains  about 
seventy-five  acres.  By  industry  and  good 
management  he  brought  his  farm  to  a  high 
state  of  cultivation  from  a  very  unproductive 
and  run-down  condition ;  and  enlarged  and  re- 
paired the  barns  and  remodeled  his  house.  He 
followed  general  farming  and  prospered  dur- 
ing his  active  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons  and  of  the  First  Baptist 
church.     In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and 


he  served  on  the  school  committee  of  Tewks- 
bury. He  married  first  Harriet  M.  Cram. 
He  married  second,  December  22,  1858,  Ellen 
M.  Howe,  born  January  9,  1835,  daughter  of 
Enos  and  Mary  Tolman  Howe.  Child  of 
first  wife:  Samuel  C.  French.  Children  of 
second  wife:  i.  Eliot  Howe,  born  October 
7,  1859.  2.  Arthur  J.,  born  July  19,  1861. 
3.  Albert  F.,  born  November  14,  1862.  4. 
Harriet  M.,  born  June  20,  1865;  married 
Albert  Trull,  of  Tewksbury.  5.  Alary  E., 
born  December  29,  1866 ;  resides  at  home. 
Grandchildren  of  Mrs.  Joshua  French :  Eva 
May  French,  Mildred  E.  French.  Leonard 
L.  French,  Grant  K.  French.  Wallace  H. 
French. 


(I)  Abraham  Howe,  immigrant 
HC)\\'E  ancestor,  was  born  in  England 
and  settled  in  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1636,  and  was  soon  after- 
ward at  Dorchester,  where  his  descendants 
have  been  numerous.  It  seems  likely  from 
the  place  of  residence,  given  names,  and  inti- 
mate connection,  that  he  was  a  brother  of 
James  Howe,  who  was  also  of  Roxbury.  The 
descendants  of  these  two  pioneers  are  settled 
in  Ipswich,  Marblehead,  Gloucester,  Dedham, 
Milton  and  other  points  on  and  near  the  shore. 
The  early  records  of  Dorchester  show  that 
Abraham  "had  leave  granted  to  live  in  the 
house  he  built,  although  more  than  a  mile  from 
the  meeting  house."  The  settlers  had  to  pro- 
vide, for  reasons  of  mutual  safety  and  wor- 
ship, that  the  houses  should  be  built  in  vil- 
lages. His  wife  died  at  Roxbury,  1645;  he 
married  a  second  time.  His  will  dated  May  26 
and  proved  shortly  after  his  death,  November 

2,  1676,  bequeathed  to  children  Abraham,  Is- 
rael, Isaac,  Hester  and  Deborah ;  to  daughter 
Sarah's  children  Joseph,  Isaac  and  Sarah.  He 
was  a  weaver  by  trade ;  sold  a  lot  at  Milton  to 
Robert  Babcock,  March  18,  1668-69.  (Suf- 
folk deeds,  VII.,  280).  Children:  i.  Abra- 
ham, "eldest"  baptized  September  25,  1653, 
weaver.    2.  Elizabeth,  died  before  her  father. 

3.  Sarah,  children  mentioned  in  her  father's 
will.  4.  Isaac,  born  June  24,  1639,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Deborah,  born  September  4,  1641. 
6.  Israel,  born  July  7,  1644  (name  sometimes 
spelled  Hough),  married  Tabitha ;  set- 
tled in  Boston  and  Dorchester :  had  a  large 
family.  7.  Esther,  married  first,  Henry 
Mason  ;  second,  John  Sears. 

(II)    Isaac  Howe,  son  of  Abraham    Howe 
(l),   born   in_  Boston   or   Ro.xbury,   jime   24. 


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851 


1639,  died  at  Dorchester,  September  15,  1714. 
He  married  Hannah ,  who  died  at  Dor- 
chester, December  20,  1728.  He  Hved  at  Dor- 
chester after  the  Narragansett  war  and  per- 
haps earHer.  Children,  born  at  Dorchester ; 
I.  Isaac,  Jr.,  born  July  7,  1678,  ancestor  of  the 
Dedham  branch.  2.  Abraham,  born  April  7, 
1680.  3.  Samuel,  born  June  17,  1685,  resided 
in  Dorchester.  4.  Hannah,  born  March  18, 
1688-89. 

(Ill  I  Isaac  Howe,  son  of  Isaac  Howe  (2) 
and  grandson  of  Abraham  Howe  (i),  was 
born  July  7,  1678,  and  died  August  26,  1760. 
He  lived  and  died  at  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, a  farmer.  He  married,  November  26, 
1702,  Submit  Bird,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Thankful  (Atherton)  Bird.  She  was  born 
Alay  13,  1678,  and  died  October  2,  1760. 
Children,  born  at  Dorchester:  i.  Mary,  born 
November  29,  1704.  2.  Submit,  born  April 
10,  1707.  3.  Thomas,  born  October  12,  1709; 
married  November  22,  1733,  Sarah  Searle 
(see  Dedham  Hist.  Reg.  Vol.  X,  p.  2).  4. 
Samuel,  born  July  22,  171 1 ;  mentioned  below. 
5.  Isaac,  bom  June  16,  1715.  6.  Joseph,  born 
^larch  2,   1716-7.     7.  Josiah,  born  December 

16,  1718. 

(IV)  Samuel  Howe,  son  of  Isaac  Howe 
(3)^  was  born  in  Dorchester,  July  22,  1711; 
married,  December  2,  1736,  Elizabeth  Clapp, 
of  the  old  Dorchester  family.  Children,  born 
in  Dorchester:  i.  Samuel,  Jr.,  born  January 
15'  '^Thl-  2.  John,  born  January  20, 
1739-40:  died  September  12,  1740.  3. 
John,  born  June  17,  1741.  4.  Elizabeth, 
born  June  9,  1744.  5.  Abraham,  born  April 
21,  1746.  6.  Hanqah,  born  October  i,  1748. 
7.  Mary,  born  October  17,  1750.  8.  Sarah, 
born  July  25,  1753.  9.  Isaac,  born  June  26, 
1755:  mentioned  below. 

( \' )  Isaac  Howe,  son  of  Samuel  Howe 
(4),  was  born  June  26,  1755,  at  Dorchester. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  a  sergeant 
in  Captain  Abial  Wheeler's  compan}^  Colonel 
Lemuel  Robinson's  regiment,  at  Lexington ; 
also  in  Captain  John  Robinson's  company. 
Colonel  Benjamin  Greene's  regiment,  in  1776, 
at  Dorchester  Heights,  guarding  the  shore  near 
the  mouth  of  the  Milton  river.  He  married, 
November  7,  1776,  Sarah  Wiswall.  Chjldren, 
born  at  Dorchester :    i.   Isaac,  Jr.,  born  January 

17,  1777;  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel,  bom 
November  29,  1778.  3.  Jonathan,  born  Aug- 
ust 21,  1781.    4.  Asahel,  born  March  15,  1783. 

(VI)  Isaac  Howe,  son  of  Isaac  Howe  (5), 
was  born  in  Dorchester,  January  17,  1777- 
and  died  there  January,   1838.     He  married. 


December  17,  1799,  Frances  Randall,  who  was 
born  December  3,  1775.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Dorchester.  Children,  born  there:  i.  Enos, 
born  January  4,  1803 ;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Isaac  Ambrose,  born  November  20,  1804.  3. 
Harvey,  born  March  22,  1807.  4.  Sarah 
Frances  (twin),  bom  December  3,  1813.  5. 
Benjamin   (twin),  born  December  3,   1813. 

(  VII)  Enos  Howe,  son  of  Isaac  Howe  (6). 
was  born  January  4,  1803,  at  Dorchester,  and 
died  October  28,  1892.  He  was  a  retail  milk 
dealer  in  Dorchester,  and  also  a  farmer.  He 
married,  December  24,  1829,  Mary  Tolman, 
of  an  old  Dorchester  family.  She  was  born 
December  13,  1808,  and  died  September  30, 
1849.  Children,  born  at  Dorchester:  i.  Mary 
E.,  born  February  7,  1833  '<  married,  October 
20,  1869.  2.  Ellen  M.,  born  January  9,  1835; 
married  Joshua  French,  of  Tewksbury,  Mass- 
achusetts. (See  French  family).  3.  Albert, 
born  December  14,  1836;  married  Lydia 
Dresser.  4.  Catherine  F.,  born  October  12, 
1838;  married  George  E.  Dresser.  5.  Isaac, 
born  December  15,  1841  :  married  Sadie  Grant. 
6.  Clara,  born  October  8,  1843;  married  P.  C. 
Tones. 


(For  first  generation  see  Nicholas  Holt  i). 

(II)  Nicholas  Holt,  son  of  Nich- 
HOLT  olas  Holt  (i),  was  bom  at  Ando- 
ver  in  1647.  Married,  January  8. 
1679,  Mary  Russell,  probably  daughter  of 
Robert  Russell,  of  Andover.  Holt  died  at 
Andover,  October  8,  1715,  aged  sixty-eight. 
His  wife  died  April  i,  1717.  His  father  deed- 
ed to  him  September  9,  1684,  one-third  of  his 
homestead  and  other  land  in  consideration  of 
which  the  son  agreed  to  provide  for  his  father 
until  death  and  to  pay  a  certain  sum  to  his 
step-mother.  Children:  I.  Mary,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1680:  married,  September  19,  1705, 
Josiah  Ingalls.  2.  Nicholas,  born  December 
21,  1683,  mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas,  bom 
August  16,  1686,  married  Alice  Peabody  and 

(second)    Abigail    .      4.  Abigail,    born 

November  23,  1688,  married  Paul  Holt.  5. 
Sarah,  born  March  10,  1691,  died  unmarried 
October  26,  1761.  6.  James,  born  July  23, 
1693,  died  in  war,  December  18,  1722.  7. 
Robert,  born  January  30,  1696,  married  Re- 
becca Preston  and  Bethia  Peabody.  8.  Abiel. 
born  June  28,  1698,  married  Hannah  Abbot. 
9.  Deborah,  born  November  16,  1700,  married 
Benjamin  Preston.  10.  Joshua,  bfirn  1703, 
married  Keturah  Holt.  11.  Daniel,  born 
1705,  married  Abigail  Smith. 

fill)   Nicholas  Holt,  son  of  Nicholas  Holt 


852 


jMiddlesex  county. 


(2),  was  born  at  Andover,  Alassachusetts, 
December  21,  1683.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the 
general  court.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Man- 
ning, who  died  March  3,  1716;  married  (sec- 
ond), April  12,  1717,  Dorcas  Abbot,  daughter 
of  Timothy  and  Hannah  (Graves)  Abbot. 
She  was  born  May  6,  1697,  and  died  October 
25,  1758,  aged  sixty.  They  joined  the  South 
Parish  Church  December  6,  1719.  He  died 
December  i,  1756,  aged  seventy-three.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Benjamin,  born  July  23,  1709,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Mary,  born  August  i,  171 1. 
3.  Stephen,  born  April  14,  1713,  married,  July 
12,  1739,  Mary  Farnum,  and  removed  to  Sun- 
cook,  New  Hampshire.  4.  Nicholas,  born 
February  29,  171 5,  married,  April  26,  1739, 
Hannah  Osgood,  and  settled  at  Blue  Hill, 
Maine. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Holt,  son  of  Nicholas  Holt 
(3),  was  born  at  Andover,  July  23,  1709. 
Married,  April  7,  1737,  Sarah  Frye,  daughter 
of  Nathan  and  Sarah  (Bridges)  Frye.  She 
was  born  in  171 7.  They  settled  in  Suncook, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  died  in  1784.  She 
died  at  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire,  in  1804. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  at  Andover;  mar- 
ried    Coffin  and  lived  at  Conway,  New 

Hampshire.  2.  Nathan,  born  at  Andover, 
married  Sarah  Chamberlain ;  soldier  in  the 
Revolution.  3.  Benjamin,  born  at  Andover, 
February  28,  1741,  married,  September  22, 
1763,  Hannah  Abbot.  4.  Abiah,  married 
Richard  Eastman.  5.  Molly,  married  Na- 
thaniel Oilman  and  lived  at  Pembroke.  6. 
William,  born  October,  1736,  married,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1769,  Betsey  Ames.  7.  Frye,  born 
about  1746,  in  Pembroke,  married  Mary  Poor 
and  removed  to  Hull,  Canada.  8.  Phebe,  mar- 
ried Richard  Bartlett.  9.  Hannah,  married 
Noah  Eastman.  10.  Dorcas,  married  Joseph 
Emory.  11.  Nicholas,  died  unmarried.  12. 
Daniel,  born  September  14,  1744,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Daniel  Holt,  son  of  Benjamin  Holt 
(4),  was  born  in  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire, 
Se])tember  14,  1744.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  serving  six  months  at  Crown 
Point  (see  history  of  Pembroke,  page  124). 
He  died  in  Dorchester,  New  Hempshire,  De- 
cember 5,  1813.  He  married  in  1770  Abigail 
Lovejoy,  who  was  born  September  14,  1750, 
and  died  March  18,  1833.  He  was  a  prosper- 
ous farmer  at  Pembroke  and  Dorchester. 
Children,  born  at  Pembroke,  i.  Abigail,  born 
April  14,  1771.  2.  Jedediah,  born  August  12, 
1774,  mentioned  below.  3.  Benjamin,  born 
December  4,    1776,  married  Anna  Knox.     4. 


Stephen,  born  September  16,  1779,  married 
Polly  Knox.  5.  Richard,  born  February  19, 
1782,  married,  March  2,  1834,  Mary  Ann 
Knox.  6.  John,  born  February  14,  1784,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Ayer.  7.  Esther,  born  June  7, 
1787,  married,  February  4,  1809,  John  John- 
son. 8.  Daniel,  born  June  14,  1791,  married 
Sally  Holt  and  Deborah  Batchelder.  9.  De- 
borah, born  December  21,  1795.  10.  Twin  of 
preceding,  died  young. 

(VI)  Jedediah  Holt,  son  of  Daniel  Holt 
(5),  was  born  in  Pembroke,  August  12,  1774. 
He  married,  1804,  Martha  Noyes,  daughter  of 
John  Noyes.  They  settled  in  Dorchester,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  died  October  25,  1850. 
He  was  for  eighteen  years  selectman  of  that 
town ;  was  a  farmer  and  surveyor  by  occupa- 
tion. He  was  a  Whig  in  politics.  Children, 
born  at  Dorchester:  i.  Lucinda,  born  May 
18,  1805,  married  Josiah  Sanborn.  2.  Mary, 
born  July  9,  1807,  married  Joshua  Burley,  of 
Columbus,  Iowa.  3.  John,  born  December  26, 
1812,  mentioned  below.  4.  Daniel,  born  June 
15,  1815,  married,  1836,  Sarah  Sanborn;  re- 
sided at  Lowell;  he  died  August  31,  1870; 
children — i.  Francis  D.,  born  June,  1837,  re- 
sides at  Brookfield,  Massachusetts ;  ii.  Lizzie, 
born  1839,  died  October  9,  1859;  iii-  George 
W.,  born  February,  1842;  iv.  Charles  Albert, 
born  March  20,  1848;  v.  Josephine  A.,  born 
March  29,  1851.  died  April  19,  1858.  5. 
Franklin,  born  January  8,  1818,  married,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1841,  Eliza  Sanborn;  resided  at 
Lyme,  New  Hampshire ;  children — i.  Henry 
LI.,  born  February  28,  1843;  ii-  John  F.,  born 
January  15,  1848,  died  January  29,  1848;  iii. 
Ellen,  born  May  18,  1850;  iv.  Child,  born  May 
5,  1852;  V.  Lafayette,  born  1853;  died  Sep- 
tember 2,  1855. 

(VII)  John  Holt,  son  of  Jedediah  Holt 
(6),  was  born  at  Dorchester,  New  Hampshire, 
December  26,  1812,  and  died  in  Lowell,  Mass- 
achusetts, in  1887.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  town  and  learn- 
ed the  trade  of  cabinet  making,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  some  years.  In  1840  he  removed 
to  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  and  was  the  first 
cabinetmaker  established  in  business  in  that 
citv.  Later  he  became  a  manufacturer  of 
flannel  and  bunting,  at  which  he  was  very  suc- 
cessful, and  which  he  followed  to  the  end  of 
his  life.  He  acquired  a  competence  and  be- 
came one  of  the  prominent  manufacturers  of 
Lowell.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  but 
held  no  public  offices.  He  was  prominent  in 
financial  and  banking  circles,  a  director  for 
manv  vears  of  the  Prescott  Bank.    He  was  an 


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active  member  of  the  Unitarian  church.  His 
fine  cjualities  of  character  attracted  many 
friends  who  respected  and  loved  him. 

He  was  gifted  with  inventive  genius  and 
made  several  valuable  inventions.  He  married 
in  1840  Letitia  Blanchard,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Blanchard.  Children,  born  in  Lowell:  i. 
Esther  J.,  born  November  29,  1848,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Jennette  B.,  bo^n  October,  1858, 
unmarried. 

(Vni)  Esther  J.  Holt,  daughter  of  John 
Holt  (7),  was  born  in  Lowell,  November  29, 
1848.  She  married  in  1870  Eugene  S.  Hylon, 
who  was  born  in  Lowell.  September  15,  1847. 
Mr.  Hylon  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Lowell.  He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
bunting  and  is  at  present  the  head  of  the  New 
England  Bunting  Company  with  mills  in 
Lowell,  a  large  and  thriving  concern.  In  pol- 
itics Mr.  Hylon  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Unitarian  church  at  Lowell. 

Mr.  Hylon's  father,  Sumner  Hylon,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  came  to 
Lowell  when  a  young  man ;  he  was  educated 
at  Hartford;  was  a  general  contractor  until 
his  death  at  the  age  of  forty-five.  Sumner 
Hylon  married  a  daughter  of  Thompson  Car- 
ter, of  Berwick,  Maine  ;  their  children :  Edgar, 
Eugene  S..  mentioned  before  ;  Agnes.  Clarence 
and  Alice  Hylan.  The  children  of  Eugene  S. 
and  Esther  J.  (Holt)  Hylan:  i.  Alice,  mar- 
ried Wallace  V.  Adams.  2.  Edwin  J.,  manu- 
facturer of  woolen  goods,  owns  the  Muske- 
taquid  ]\Iills.  3.  Esther  L.,  married  Curtis  C. 
Woodbury.  4.  Grace  A.,  married  Harry  B. 
Gilmore.  5.  Jennie  M.,  married  William  B. 
Herrick, -Jr.,  6. 'John  B.  7.  Eugene  S.,  Jr.  8. 
Florence  Leslie. 


G.  Lester  Marston  is  a  lineal 
MARSTON  descendant  of  Captain  Wil- 
liam Marston,  who  settled  in 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  about  1638.  He 
was  born  in  England  and  was  married  there, 
and  ■  most  of  his  children  were  born  before 
coming  to  New  England.  Land  was  granted 
to  him  in  Hampton  in  1640,  and  in  1666  the 
town  granted  him  one  hundred  acres.  He 
lived  near  the  present  site  of  the  town  house. 
He  died  June  30,  1672,  leaving  a  widow  Sab- 
rina,  who  was  executrix  of  his  will,  and  the 
mother  of  his  youngest  child.  His  first  wife 
died  about  1660,  but  the  date  of  neither  mar- 
riage is  recorded.  He  was  called  "Goodman 
Alarston."  Children  of  Captain  William  Mar- 
ston:     I.  Thomas,  born  about   1617,  married 


Mary  Eston.  2.  William,  born  about  1622, 
married  (first),  Rebecca  Page,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Robert  and  Lucy  Page,  October  15, 
1652,  and  (second),  Mrs.  Ann  (Roberts) 
Philbrick,  widow  of  James  Philbrick.   3.  John, 

born    about    1626,    married    Martha , 

January  15,  1653,  died  in_i7o8.  4.  Prudence, 
born  about  1625,  married  (first),  William 
Swaine,  who  died  October  20,  1657,  and  (sec- 
ond), Moses  Coxe,  June  16,  1658.  5.  Try- 
phenia,  born  October  28,  1663,  married  Joseph 
(or  James,  Jr.)  Philbrick,  who  was  born  Octo- 
ber I,  1663. 

(II)  Thomas  Marston,  son  of  Captain 
\Mlliam  Marston,  was  born  about  1617,  in 
England.  He  came  to  Hampton  with  his 
father,  and  like  him  was  a  farmer.  He  seems 
to  have  been  a  leading  citizen,  serving  on  many 
important  committees.  In  1661  he  was  one  of 
a  committee  to  employ  a  schoolmaster ;  also 
served  on  a  committee  to  aid  in  settling  an- 
other minister,  and  was  appointed  on  a  com- 
mittee to  run  the  town  lines.  He  was  appoint- 
ed an  attorney  to  look  after  the  interests  of 
the  town  "in  certain  matters,"  and  was  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly  at  Portsmouth,  1677- 
80.  In  April,  1669,  the  town  granted  him  one 
hundred  acres  of  land.  He  married  Mary 
Estow,  daughter  of  Captain  William  Estow. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Estow)  Alar- 
ston:  I.  Isaac,  born  about  1648;  married 
(first),  Elizabeth  Brown,  and  (second),  Jane 
Haines.  2.  John,  born  1650,  married  Mary 
Wall.  3.  Bethiah  C,  born  about  1652,  died 
June  2,  1654.  4.  Ephraim,  born  August  8, 
1654:  married  Abial  Sanborn:  died  October 
ID,  1742.  5.  James,  born  September  19, 
1656 ;  married  Dinah  Sanborn ;  died  Septem- 
ber 3,  1693.  6.  Caleb,  born  February  23, 
1659;  died  October  21,  1671.  7.  Mary,  born 
July  9,  1661 ;  married  William  Sanborn,  Jr.; 
died  October  11,  1686.  8.  Hannah,  born  Octo- 
ber 27,  1663,  died  young.  9.  Sarah,  born  Sep- 
tember 20.  1665 :  married  Simon  Low ;  died 
March  8,  1698. 

(III)  Sergeant  John  Marston,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Estow)  Marston,  was 
born  in  1650  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
and  resided  on  the  road  leading  to  Hampton 
Beach.  He  was  called  Sergeant,  probably 
because  he  belonged  to  the  military  company 
of  the  town.  He  was  appointed  by  the  town 
on  some  committees,  among  them  was  one  to 
lay  out  a  new  road  that  would  be  a  more  direct 
way  to  Portsmouth.  He  married,  December 
5,  1677,  Mary  Ann  Wall,  was  was  born  Janu- 
ary  8,    1656,   daughter   of   James   and    Mary 


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Wall.  Children  of  John  and  Alary  Ann 
(\\'all)  Marston:  i.  Jonathan,  born  August 
27,  1678;  married  Abigail  ^mith;  died  March 
5,  1769.  2.  Mary,  born  168 1 ;  married  Ben- 
jamin Hobbs.  3.  Abigail,  born  about  1683; 
married  Lieutenant  Elisha  Smith,  son  of  John 
Smith;  died  January  6,  1768.  4.  John,  born 
about  1686,  died  young.  5.  Mehitabel,  born 
about  1689;  married  Joseph  Bachelder.  6. 
Bethia,  born  about  1691  ;  married  Ezekiel 
Moulton. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Jonathan  ]\Iarston,  son  of 
Sergeant  John  and  Mary  (Wall)  Marston, 
was  born  in  Hampton,  August  27,  1678.  He 
lived  in  Hampton,  nearly  opposite  his  father's 
residence,  on  the  way  to  the  beach.  He  seems 
to  have  served  on  some  important  town  com- 
mittees. In  1734  he  was  appointed  on  a  com- 
mittee to  see  about  settling  a  minister.  He 
was  appointed  as  a  committee  two  or  three 
times  to  protect  the  interests  of  the  early  set- 
tlers in  their  rights  to  the  commons.  After 
1743  he  seems  to  have  been  called  Captain. 
He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
John  Smith,  March  15,  1714;  died  March  5, 
1769.  Children  of  Lieutenant  Jonathan  and 
Abigail  (Smith)  Marston,  born  in  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire:  i.  Mary,  born  February 
25,  1715,  died  January  7,  1718.  2.  John,  born 
April  16,  1717;  married  Mrs.  Prudence 
( Page)  Hilton,  daughter  of  Samuel  Page, 
February  2,  1749;  died  August  26,  1763.  3. 
Jonathan,  born  May  24,  1719;  married  Han- 
nah Towle;  died  ]\Iarch  25,  1799.  4-5.  Elisha 
and  Abigail,  twins,  born  October  29,  1721 ; 
and  Abigail  married  Josiah  Moulton ;  died 
March  3,  1815. 

(V)  Elisha  Marston,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Jonathan  and  Abigail  (Smith)  Marston,  was 
born  October  29,  1721,  at  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire.  He  settled  there,  and  his  place 
has  remained  in  the  family  for  several  gen- 
erations. He  married  Mary  Drake,  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Theodate  (Robie)  Drake, 
December  12,  1744.  Children  of  Elisha  and 
Mary  (Drake)  Marston,  born  in  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire:  i.  Philip  Smith,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1745;  married  Sarah  Coffin.  2. 
Abigail,  born  November  25,  1747;  married 
(first)  Nehemiah  Chase,  and  (second)  Cap- 
tain Jeremiah  Marston.  3.  Elisha  Smith, 
born  January  27,  1750;  married  Judith  Mor- 
rill; died  April  11,  1833.  4.  Jonathan,  born 
December  14,  1752;  married  Lydia  Robinson, 
died  January  i,  1826.  5.  Mary,  born  August 
2,  1754,  married  George  Fifield.  6.  John, 
born   January    17,    1757;    married    April    29, 


1784,  Anna  (Nancy)  Moulton,  daughter  of 
General  Jonathan  Moulton,  and  settled  in 
Sandwich. 

(\'I)  Elisha  Smith  Marston,  son  of  Elisha 
and  Mary  (Drake)  Marston,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 27,  1750.  He  lived  in  Hampton  on  the 
homestead ;  was  a  farmer,  but  seems  to  have 
been  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  interested 
in  town  aft'airs.  He  died  April  11,  1833.  He 
married  Judith  Morrill,  daughter  of  Micajah 
;\Iorrill,  about  1773.  She  died  April  26,  1842, 
aged  eighty-four  years.  Children  of  Elisha 
Smith  and  Judith  (Morrill)  Marston,  born  in 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire:  i.  Oliver,  born 
October  13,  1774;  married  Huldah  James; 
died  February  5,  1838.  2.  Jonathan,  born 
May  31,  1777;  married  Sarah  Holt,  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  lived  in  Machias,  Maine ;  died 
in  Lowell,  Massachusetts.  3.  Elisha,  born 
July  14,  1779;  married,  February  10,  1818, 
Mehitable  S.  Phinney;  lived  in  Machiasport, 
Maine;  died  April  30,  1834.  4.  Nancy,  born 
April  3,  1782;  married,  October  15,  1811, 
Samuel  Aiken,  Esq.,  of  Chester,  New  Hamp- 
shire. They  had  two  daughters,  who  married 
respectively  Hon.  John  W.  Noyes,  of  Chester, 
and  Professor  Daniel  J.  Noyes,  professor  in 
Dartmouth  College  for  over  thirty  years.  5. 
Alorrill,  born  April  22,  1785,  a  major  in  the 
United  States  army ;  died  unmarried  March  9, 
1 83 1.  6.  John,  born  February  23,  1788,  mar- 
ried March  15,  1814,  Jerusha  Cushman ;  set- 
tled in  Brunswick,  Maine,  died  October  16, 
1828.  7.  Abraham,  born  July  31,  1791  ;  mar- 
ried Abigail  B.  Fogg;  died  August,  1870.  8. 
David,  born  December  29,  1797;  married 
Sarah  A.  Dearborn,  died  July '11,  i860. 

(\'II)  John  Marston,  son  of  Elisha  Smith 
and  Judith  (Morrill)  Marston,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1788,  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire. 
Died'  October  16,  1828.  He  married  Jerusha 
Cushman,  March  15,  1814.  Children  of  John 
and  Jerusha  (Cushman)  Marston:  i.  Louisa 
A.,  born  January  21,  1815;  married  Isaac  F. 
Clark.     2.  John  Morrill,  born  July  5,  1S18. 

(VIII)  John  Morrill  Marston  was  born 
July  5,  1818,  in  Portland,  j\laine.  He  served 
in  the  volunteer  militia  of  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Ellen  M.  Richardson,  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Martha  (Wentworth)  Richard- 
son, November  19,  1845.  Children  of  John 
Morrill  and  Ellen  (Richardson)  Marston:  i. 
George  H.,  born  March  29,  1847;  married 
Louisa  Bryant,  of  Cutler,  Maine,  November 
10,  1869.  '^.  Irving  Gill,  born  April  10,  1849; 
married  Lizzie  B.  Johnson,  of  Newark,  New 
Jersey.     3.  Louisa  Ellen,  born  September  19, 


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1851 ;  died  August  26,  1878.  4.  John  Mor- 
rill, born  October  i,  1853,  unmarried.  5.  Jos- 
iah  Richardson,  born  August  10,  1855 ;  mar- 
ried in  October,  1886,  to  Minnie  Haines ;  died 
December  11,  1897.  6.  Isabella  Eudora,  born 
October  30,  1857;  died  October  3,  1857.  "■ 
Fannie  Lewis,  born  March  11,  i860;  married 
Frances  E.  Fuller.  8.  Charles  Wentworth, 
born  April  i,  1862,  unmarried.  9.  Laura 
Marion,  born  July  9,  1864;  married  Charles 
M.  DeMerritt.  10.  Ellen  Maria,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 14.  1868;  died  January  i,  1871. 

(IX)  George  H.  Marston,  son  of  John 
]\Iorrill  and  Ellen  M.  (Richardson)  Marston, 
was  born  March  29,  1847,  '"  Ro.xbury,  Mass- 
achusetts. He  is  a  manufacturer  of  hand  and 
foot  power  machinery  in  Ro.xbury.  He  mar- 
ried, November  10,  1869,  Louisa  Bryant, 
daughter  of  Captain  David  and  Susan 
(Chase)  Bryant,  and  born  in  Cutler,  Alaine. 
Children  of  George  H.  and  Louisa  (Bryant) 
Marston:  i.  Edvie  Louisa,  born  July  25, 
1871 ;  died  October  3,  1871.  2.  George  Les- 
ter, born  July  11,  1875,  in  Cambridge,  mar- 
ried Etta  Florence  Thompson,  January  i, 
1900.  3.  Bessie  Louisa,  born  April  10,  1882. 
4.  Arthur  Morrill,  born  January  30,  1886. 

(X)  George  Lester  Alarston,  .son  of  George 
H.  and  Louisa  (Bryant)  Marston,  was  born 
July  II,  1875,  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
He  served  nine  years  in  the  Massachusetts 
volunteer  militia,  in  the  cavalry  and  infantry, 
and  was  mustered  out  with  the  rank  of  regi- 
mental quartermaster-sergeant.  He  is  now 
serving  his  second  term  as  alderman  in  the 
city  of  Medford.  He  is  clerk  of  the  West 
Medford  Congregational  Society,  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Brotherhood  of  that  church. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Republican 
ward  and  city  committee  of  Medford  for  si.x 
years.  He  studied  law  for  three  years  and  is 
now  chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  general 
attorney  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway.  He 
married,  January  i,  1900,  Etta  Florence 
Thompson,  of  East  Boston,  daughter  of  John 
Walter  Thompson,  born  in  Hiram.  Maine,  and 
Marietta  (Pike)  Thompson,  born  in  Eastport, 
Maine,  and  lives  in  West  Medford,  Massachu- 
setts. They  have  one  child,  Evelyn  Bancroft 
Marston,  born  Januarv  31,  190s,  in  \\'est  ?iled- 
ford. 

George  Lester  Marston  is  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  (i)  Robert  Cushman,  who  was  born 
about  1580  in  England.  He  early  became  in- 
terested in  the  movement  for  greater  freedom 
of  religious  opinion,  and  joined  the  little 
church  at  Scroobv,  with  Rev.  John  Robinson 


(afterwards  its  pastor).  Elder  Brewster,  Gov- 
ernor Carver,  Governor  Bradford,  Isaac  Al- 
lerton  and  others,  in  1602.  Subsequently  they 
removed  to  Holland,  but  were  not  satisfied 
with  the  influence  and  condition  of  things  at 
Leyden,  and  they  resolved  to  make  applica- 
tion to  the  Virginia  Company,  whose  authority 
extended  over  a  considerable  portion  of  the 
North  American  continent,  for  liberty  to  settle 
in  the  company's  territory  in  America  and  "to 
see  if  the  King  would  give  them  liberty  of 
conscience  there."  For  that  purpose  Robert 
Cushman  and  Deacon  John  Carver  were  select- 
ed to  go  to  London  in  161 7  and  open  negotia- 
tions for  that  purpose.  The  mission  was  not 
successful,  and  in  1619  Robert  Cushman  and 
William  Brewster  were  sent  to  London  to  re- 
new the  request,  and  with  like  results.  Later 
they  arranged  with  Thomas  Weston  and  the 
Merchant  Adventurers  of  London  to  go  to 
.•\merica.  The  "Speedwell"  was  purchased 
in  Holland,  but  not  being  large  enough  to  take 
all  who  wished  to  go  to  America,  Robert  Cush- 
man hired  the  "Mayflower,"  a  much  larger 
vessel.  The  "Speedwell"  proved  unsea worthy, 
and  its  passengers  were  left  behind,  there  not 
being  room  for  them  on  the  "Mayflower." 
One  of  them  was  Robert  Cushman,  who  went 
with  them  to  London  to  look  after  their  inter- 
ests and  arrange  for  passage  later  to  the  new 
world.  In  1621  a  small  vessel  of  fifty-five  tons 
burden,  known  as  the  "Fortune"  was  char- 
tered for  a  voyage  to  New  England.  She 
carried  thirty-six  passengers,  including  Rob- 
ert Cushman  and  his  son  Thomas.  He  had 
arranged  to  return  to  London  when  the  vessel 
went  back,  so  he  had  only  about  a  month  to 
learn  the  sad  news  of  the  death  of  half  of  his 
old  friends  of  the  "Mayflower"  during  the 
terrible  winter  months,  and  of  the  unabated 
courage  of  the  survivors.  The  day  before  he 
sailed  he  preached  a  sermon  to  his  old  friends 
which  was  designed  to  give  then\  hope  and 
courage,  nothwithstanding  their  misfortunes. 
Though  he  was  not  a  clergyman  or  teaching 
elder,  it  was  quite  a  remarkable  discourse,  and 
it  was  the  first  one  delivered  in  New  England 
that  was  printed.  He  was  the  most  active  and 
influential  in  securing  a  charter  for  the  Ply- 
mouth Colony,  and  also  for  the  first  .settle- 
ment of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
at  Cape  Ann.  He  continued  to  perform 
his  duties  as  agent  of  the  colony  in 
London,  and  did  his  best  to  promote  its 
interests.  It  was  not  his  fortune  to  return 
again  to  Plymouth,  New  England,  as  he  had 
])lanned  to  do,  but  he  died  somewhat  suddenly 


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early  in  the  year  1625.  Governor  Bradford 
said  of  him,  "He  was  our  right  hand  with  the 
Adventurers,  who  for  divers  years  has  man- 
aged all  our  business  with  them  to  our  great 
advantage."  The  name  of  his  w4fe  is  not 
known,  and  his  son  Thomas,  who  came  with 
his  father  and  remained,  is  the  only  child  of 
whom  there  is  any  record. 

( II )  Thomas  Cushman.  son  of  Robert,  was 
born  in  England,  in  February,  1608.  He 
came  to  New  England  with  his  father  in  the 
"Fortune"  in  1621.  When  his  father  returned 
to  London  he  left  him  in  the  family  of  his 
friend,  Governor  Bradford,  and  in  a  subse- 
quent letter  he  entreated  the  Governor  "to 
have  a  care  for  my  boy  as  your  own."  He 
settled  in  that  part  of  Plymouth  now  Kings- 
ton. In  1635  he  served  as  a  juryman.  Elder 
Brewster  died  in  1644,  and  in  1649  Thomas 
Cushman  was  appointed  his  successor,  and 
continued  in  the  office  until  his  death,  Decem- 
ber II,  1691,  a  period  of  more  than  forty-three 
years.  The  church  records  say  "he  has  bin  a 
rich  blessing  to  this  church  scores  of  years. 
He  was  grave,  sober,  holy  and  temperate,  very 
studious  and  solicitious  for  the  peace  and  pros- 
perity of  the  church,  and  to  prevent  &  heale 
all  breaches."  It  is  an  interesting  fact  that 
when  Thomas  Cushman  landed  at  Plymouth 
in  1 62 1,  the  entire  colony  consisted  of  only 
fifty  persons,  and  seventy  years  afterwards, 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  there  were  more  than 
fifty  thousand  persons  in  the  New  England 
colonies. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-eight,  in  1636,  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Allerton,  daughter  of  Isaac  Aller- 
ton,  of  the  "Mayflower,"  who  for  several 
years  was  assistant  to  the  governor,  and  went 
to  London  five  times  in  the  interests  of  the 
colony.  He  was  more  liberal  in  his  views 
than  the  Plymouth  people  generally,  probably 
due  to  his  large  business  interests,  and  more 
extensive  acquaintance  with  men  in  the  other 
colonies.  The  latter  part  of  his  life  he  lived 
in  New  Haven,  and  died  there.  Thomas 
Cushman's  wife  survived  him  and  died  at  the 
age  of  ninety,  and  was  the  last  survivor  of 
those  who  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower."  Chil- 
dren of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Allerton)  Cush- 
man, all  born  in  Plymouth,  were:  i.  Thomas, 
born  September,  1637,  married  (first),  Ruth 
Howland,  daughter  of  John  Rowland,  and 
(second),  Abigail  Fuller.  2.  Sarah,  married 
John  Hawks,  of  Lynn.  3.  Lydia,  married 
William  Harlow,  Jr.  4.  Rev.  Isaac,  born  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1647-8,  at  Plymouth;  married  Mary 
Rickard,   about    1675.      He   obtained   a   better 


education  than  most  men  of  that  day.  In 
1685  he  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Plymouth, 
and  in  1690-91  was  elected  a  deputy  to  the 
general  court.  He  was  chosen  ruling  elder  to 
succeed  his  father,  Thomas  Cushman,  and  also 
was  called  to  be  pastor  of  the  church  in  Mid- 
dleboro  and  of  the  new  church  established  in 
Plympton,  the  western  precinct  of  Plymouth. 
He  accepted  the  latter  and  remained  there  till 
his  death,  from  1695  to  1732 — thirty-seven 
years.  He  died  October  21,  1732.  His  wife 
died  September  3,  1727.  5.  Elkanah  (Deacon) 
born  June  I,  1651  ;  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Cole,  daughter  of  James  Cole,  Jr.,  February 
16,  1676-7;  she  died  January  4,  1681-2,  and 
(  second ) ,  Martha  Cooke,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Cooke,  March  2,  1682-3.  He  died  September 
4,  1727.  6.  Feare,  born  June  20,  1653,  died 
young.  7.  Eleazer,  born  February  20,  1656-7; 
married  Elizabeth  Combes,  January  12,  1687- 

8.     8.   Mary,  married  Hutchinson,  of 

Lynn. 

(Ill)  Thomas  Cushman,  son  of  Elder  Thcimas 
and  Mary  (Allerton)  Cushman,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 16,  1637.  He  married  (first)  Ruth 
Howland,  daughter  of  John  Howland,  and 
(  second )  Abigail  Fuller,  of  Rehoboth,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1679.  He  and  his  second  wife  were 
members  of  his  brother  Isaac's  church  at 
Plympton.  Children  of  Thomas  Cushman, 
by  first  wife  Ruth  Howland:  i.  Robert,  born 
October     4,     1664;     married     (first)     Persis 

.     She  died  at  Kingston,  January   14, 

1743-4  and  (second)  Prudence  Sherman  of 
Marshfield,  February,  1744-5.  He  died  at 
Kingston,  September  7,  1757.  Children  by  his 
second  wife,  Abigail  Fuller:  2.  Job,  born 
1680;  married  Lydia  Arnold.  3.  Bartholo- 
mew, born  1684,  died  December  21,  1721.  4. 
Samuel,  born  July  16,  1687 ;  married  Fear 
Corser,  December  8,  1709;  moved  to  Attle- 
boro'  in  1727.     5.  Benjamin,  born  1691. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Cushman,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Abigail  (Fuller)  Cushman,  was  born  in 
1691.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Eaton,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1712,  and  (second)  Widow  Sarah 
Bell,  March  14,  1738-9.  He  died  October  17, 
1770,  at  Plympton.    Children:     i.  Jabez.  born 

August  II,  1713,  married Paddleford. 

2.  Caleb,  born  May  15,  1715;  married  Sarah 
Barrows,  November  11,  1742;  removed  from 
Plymouth  and  settled  in  Carver.  3.  Solomon, 
born  September  9,  1717;  married  (first) 
Ruth ,  about  1740,  and  married  (sec- 
ond ) .  4.  Jerusha,  born  De- 
cember 7,  1 7 19,  died  May  22,  1727.  5.  Benja- 
min,   born    May    25,    1722,    married    Zeruiah 


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Sampson,  daughter  of  William  Sampson,  Aug- 
ust 27,  1747.  He  died  March  5,  1813.  6. 
Sarah,  born  September  26,  1725,  died  unmar- 
ried. 7.  Abigail,  born  November  22,  1727; 
married  Zabdiel  Sampson,  December  31, 
1747.  8.  Thomas,  born  October  11,  1730; 
married  Anna  Chipman,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Chipman  of  Halifax.  9.  Jerusha,  born  Octo- 
ber 18,  1732;  married  George  Sturtevant,  May 
II,  1748.  10.  Huldah,  born  April  6,  1735; 
married  (first)  David  Fearing  of  Wareham, 
and   (second),  John  Millard. 

(Y)  Thomas  Cushman,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Sarah  (Eaton)  Cushman,  was  born  Octo- 
ber II,  1730.  He  and  his  daughter  Jerusha 
were  members  of  the  church  at  Plympton, 
and  he  represented  that  town  in  the  legislature. 
He  was  a  pious  and  respectable  man.  and  a 
good  member  of  society.  He  and  his  wife  and 
four  children  all  died  of  small  pox,  he  con- 
tracting the  disease  while  attending  the  gen- 
eral court  at  Boston.  He  married  Anna  Chip- 
man,  daughter  of  Jacob  Chipman  of  Halifax. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Anna  (Chipman) 
Cushman:  i.  Job,  (Rev.),  born  August  15, 
1753;  married  (first)  Keziah  Thomas.  She 
died  December  13,  1778;  and  (second)  Pris- 
cilla  Ripley,  daughter  of  Deacon  Timothy  Rip- 
ley of  Plympton,  August  6,  1779.  He  removed 
to  Maine  and  was  licensed  by  the  Baptist 
denomination  to  preach  as  a  missionary  at 
large.  He  was  a  thrifty  farmer,  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  and  an  exemplary  christian. 
He  had  eleven  children  and  one  hundred  and 
fifteen  grandchildren.  He  died  January  8, 
1826,  in  his  seventy-third  year.  2.  Jerusha, 
born  February  19,  1755;  married  (first)  Sam- 
uel Sturtevant.  of  Halifax,  and  (second) 
Isaiah  Ripley,  born  October  3,  1847.  3.  Sam- 
uel, born  November  27,  1756,  died  of  small 
pox,  November  20,  1777.  4.  Thomas,  born 
January  30,  1758;  married  Ruth  Ring,  in 
1783;  moved  to  Maine,  and  died  October, 
1816.  5.-6.  Zachariah  and  Elizabeth,  twins, 
born  February  19,  1761,  died  of  small  pox, 
December  3,  1777.  7.  Zebedee,  born  July  28, 
1763 ;  married  Sarah  Holmes ;  moved  to 
Maine,  and  died  at  Hebron,  June  3,  1837.  8. 
Sarah,  born  July  3,  1765,  died  March  14,  1779. 
9.  Lydia,  born  April  3,  1767,  married  Ebene- 
zer  Standish,  died  at  Plympton.  February  28, 
1840.  10.  Chipman,  born  February  7,  1769, 
died  ^larch  4.  1789.  11.  Polly,  born  May  7, 
1771 :  married  Joseph  Chandler,  Esq.,  of 
Maine,  November  24,  1794;  lived  in  Freedom, 
Maine,  and  died  September  13,  1840.  12. 
Bartholomew,    born    June    7,    1776;    married 


Lydia  Dunham  Fuller,  April  3,  1800.  Moved 
to  Woodstock,  !Maine,  in   1793. 

(VI)  Zebedee  Cushman,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Anna  (Chipman)  Cushman,  was  born  in 
Plympton,  July  28,  1763.  He  removed  to  He- 
bron, Maine,  and  died  there  June  3,  1837. 
He  married  Sarah  Holmes,  of  Plympton. 
Children  of  Zebedee  and  Sarah  (Holmes) 
Cushman:  i.  Zebedee,  born  November  23, 
1787;  married  Mary  Robbins,  May  16,  1817; 
lived  in  Hebron,  Maine.  2.  Nabby,  born  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1789;  married  Stephen  Perry,  May 
13,  1808;  she  died  March  11,  1837,  and  he 
died  December  17,  1842.  3.  Chipman,  born 
December  11,  1790,  died  March  30,  1812,  in 
Jamaica,  West  Indies.  4.  Christianna,  born 
December  8,  1792;  married  Benjamin  F.  Per- 
ry. January,  1816 :  lived  in  Roxbury  and  died 
there.  5.  Jerusha,  born  November  3,  1794; 
married  (first)  John  Marston,  lived  in  Port- 
land, and  (second)  Ava  S.  Fuller  in  1841.  6. 
Sarah,  born  April  30,  1797,  married  C.  Owen, 
July  7,  1828:  lived  in  Portland.  7.  Leonard, 
born  February  18,  1799;  married  Esther  Jen- 
kins, October,  1821  ;  died  at  Point  Petre,  West 
Indies,  in  1826.  8.  Myra,  born  January  4, 
1 801,  died  November  21,  1802.  9.  Bartlett 
Holmes,  born  March  20,  1803 ;  married  Mary 
Fuller,  November  7,  1826;  lived  in  Oxford, 
Maine.  10.  Myra,  born  June  21,  1805;  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Fuller,  June,  1822 :  lived  in 
Poland,   Maine.      11.  Louisa  Ann,  born   May 

17,  181 1,  died  August  10,  1813. 

(VH)  Jerusha  Cushman,  born  November 
3.  1794.  married  (first)  John  Marston,  March 

18,  1814,  and  (second)  Ara  S.  Fuller,  1841. 
lived  in  Portland,  Maine.  (For  children  see 
Marston  genealogy). 


William  Wood,  the  immigrant 
\\'OOD  ancestor,  was  born  in  England, 
in  1582.  and  came  to  America  in 
1638  from  Matlock,  Derbyshire,  England,  with 
his  wife,  Margaret,  son  Michael,  daughter 
Ruth  and  nephew  Thomas  Flint.  He  settled 
in  Concord.  Some  writers  believed  he  was  the 
author  of  "New  England's  Prospects,"  but 
the  known  facts  do  not  support  this  belief. 
Wood  died  in  Concord,  May  14,  1671.  His 
will  was  dated  September  15,  1670.  when  his 
age  was  about  eighty-eight  years ;  proved  June 
20,  1672.  Children:  i.  Michael,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Ruth,  married  Captain  Thomas 
Wheeler,  of  Concord. 

fll)   Michael  Wood,  only  son  of  William 
Wood   (i),  was  born  in  England,  probalily  at 


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Alatlock,   in   Derbyshire.      He   married    Mary 

,   and   settled   in   Concord.      His  house 

and  land  were  near  the  common.  He  removed 
later  to  the  farm  now  or  lately  owned  by 
Samuel  Dennis,  where  he  died  May  13,  1674. 
He  is  said  to  have  been  interested  in  the  iron 
works  at  Concord.  Children,  born  at  Con- 
cord: I.  Abigail,  born  April  10,  1642;  mar- 
ried May  24,  1667,  Stephen  Hosmer  (men- 
tioned in  grandfather's  will,  1670).  2.  John, 
born  about  1644;  married  November  13.  1677, 
Elizabeth  Mnton,  of  Concord.  3.  Nathaniel, 
died  March  7,  1662.     4.  Mary,  died  April  24, 

1663.     5.  Thomson,  married  ^Martha  . 

6.  Abraham.  7.  Isaac,  born  in  Concord  ;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Merriam;  second,  April  20, 
1722,  Susanna  Bascom.  8.  Jacob,  born  March 
3,  1662 :  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Jacob  Wood,  son  of  Michael  ^^'ood 
(2)  was  born  at  Concord,  Massachusetts, 
March  3,  1662,  and  died  there  October  6,  1723. 
He  married,  April  15,  1697,  Mary  Wheeler, 
born  at  Concord,  September  15,  1673,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  ( Lakin )  Wheeler. 
Children,  born  at  Concord:  i.  Jacob,  born 
November  3,  1698.  2.  ^lary,  born  July  14, 
1700.  3.  Ephraim,  born  February  4,  1702; 
mentioned  below.  4.  Dorcas,  born  February 
10,  1704.     5.  Hannah,  bom  August  2,  1705. 

(IV)  Captain  Ephraim  W'ood,  son  of  Ja- 
cob Wood  (3),  was  born  at  Concord,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1702,  and  died  there  March  20,  1789. 
He  married  Mary  Buss,  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Rachel  (  Fletcher )  Buss.  She  died  at  Con- 
cord, September  11,  1781.  Ephraim  settled 
on  the  farm  that  his  father  and  grandfather 
had  occupied  in  Concord.  He  was  selectman 
in  1749,  and  captain  of  the  Concord  company. 
Children,  born  in  Concord:  i.  Oliver,  born 
April  II,  1730.  2.  Ephraim  Jr.,  born  August 
'•  ^733-  3-  Amos,  born  April  14,  1737;  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Peter,  born  June  23,  1740. 
5.  ]Mary,  born  March  6.  1741  :  died  December 
II-  1773-  6.  Rebecca,  born  February  21, 
1743:  married  October  3,  1764,  Jared  Smith. 

( V )  Colonel  Amos  Wood,  son  of  Ephraim 
W'ood  (4),  was  born  at  Concord,  April  14, 
1737,  and  died  theie  February  15,  1806.  He 
married,  February  24,  1763,  Dorothy  Dakin, 
of  Sudbury,  who  died  November  13,  1804. 
"She  had  lived  desired  aild  died  lamented." 
inscription  on  her  gravestone.  They  resided 
on  the  Wood  homestead.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution,  in  Captain  Benjamin  Farrar's 
company.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Nathan  Tyler's 
regiment  (Third  Worcester)  and  sergeant  in 
Lieutenant  Ephraim  Wheeler's  company.  Col- 


onel Eleazer  Brooks's  regiment,  in  1776.  He 
was  in  the  service  also  in  1777.  Afterwards 
he  became  colonel  of  his  militia  regiment.  On 
his  gravestone  is  inscribed :  "The  sweet  re- 
membrance of  the  just  shall  flourish  when  they 
sleep  in  dust."  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born 
October  13,  1764;  removed  to  Keene,  New 
Hampshire.  2.  Amos,  born  October  23,  1766; 
died  young.  3.  Anna,  born  May  7,  1769.  4. 
Amos,  born  December  2,  1771 ;  mentioned 
below.     5.  Dorcas,  born  June  3,   1775. 

( \  I )  Amos  Wood,  son  of  Colonel  Amos 
W'ood  {5),  was  born  in  Concord,  December  2, 
1771  :  married  November  5,  1796,  Hannah 
Brooks,  of  Lincoln,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  at  Concord:  I.  Henry,  born  December 
1 5'  1797-  2.  Amos,  born  October  25,  :;99. 
3.  Timothy  Brooks,  born  February  23,  1803 ; 
mentioned  below.  4.  William,  born  May  19, 
1808. 

(VII)  Timothy  Brooks  \\'ood.  son  of 
Amos  Wood  (6),  was  born  at  Concord,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1803.  He  resided  in  Boston,  and 
was  a  merchant  tailor,  well  known  and  suc- 
cessful in  his  business.  Children,  born  in  Bos- 
ton:  Henry  B.,  born  May  10,  1829;  men- 
tioned below ;  and  others. 

(\'III)  Henry  B;  Wood,  son  of  Timothy 
Brooks  Wood  (7),  was  born  in  Boston,  May 
10,  1829.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  He  engaged  in  the  wood  and  coal 
business  in  Boston,  and  resided  in  Melrose. 
His  business  prospered,  and  he  bought  a  large 
section  of  land  at  Melrose,  comprising  most 
of  Melrose  Highlands,  inherited  by  his  widow, 
and  forming  a  very  valuable  estate.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  Congregation- 
alist  in  religion.  He  married,  July  24,  1851, 
Caroline  M.  Richardson,  who  was  born  on 
Sudbury  street,  Boston,  March  20,  1835, 
daughter  of  Winthrop  and  Caroline  (Watson) 
Richardson.  Her  mother  was  born  in  Brook- 
field,  Massachusetts,  in  1809,  and  died  in  1866. 
Winthrop  Richardson,  born  at  Brookfield, 
June  12,  1809,  was  the  son  of  James  C.  Rich- 
ardson, of  Brookfield  (7).  'The  lineage  of 
James  C.  Richardson  is :  James  C.  (6)  ;  Na- 
than (5);  Samuel  (4,3,2,1)  Richardson. 
(See  sketch  of  the  brother  of  James  C.  Rich- 
ardson in  the  sketch  of  the  Richardsons  of 
Wakefield  and  Stoneham).  Winthrop  was  a 
merchant  tailor  in  Boston.  Children:  i.  Car- 
oline M..  born  March  20,  1835,  mentioned 
above.  Children  of  Henry  B.  and  Caroline  M. 
(Richardson)  Wood:  Children  both  died 
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