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RHODES,  Marcus  Arnold 

Manufacturer. 

The  Rhodes  family  has  been  a  con- 
tinuous one  in  Massachusetts  for  more 
than  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  years, 
members  of  which  in  succeeding  gen- 
erations have  given  a  good  account  of 
themselves  in  the  business  and  social  life 
of  the  communities  in  which  they  have 
abided,  rising  to  useful  and  substantial 
citizenship,  and  as  well  to  responsible 
public  trust.  This  article  is  to  particu- 
larly treat  of  the  branch  of  this  family  to 
which  belonged  the  late  Marcus  Morton 
Rhodes,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  one 
of  the  highly  honored  and  respected 
citizens  of  that  community,  and  who  was 
the  head  of  a  family  which  has  figured  so 
conspicuously  in  the  business  history  of 
that  city,  the  father  of  sons  whose  careers 
have  been  marked  in  industrial,  moral 
and  social  circles,  and  whose  generous 
deeds  and  good  citizenship  are  univer- 
sally conceded  and  commended.  The  an- 
cestral line  of  this  branch  of  this  family, 
from  the  first  American  ancestor,  which 
follows,  is  given  in  chronological  order, 
the  Roman  numerals  indicating  the 
generations. 

(I)  Henry  Rhodes,  born  in  1608,  in 
England,  is  of  record  at  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1640,  where  he  was  an  iron- 
monger, residing  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Saugus  river,  and  some  of  his  descend- 
ants still  reside  in  that  section.  He  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth   ,    and   his    family 

comprised  children,  as  follows :  Eleazer, 
born  in  February,  1641 ;  Samuel,  Febru- 
ary, 1643,  married,  in  1684,  Abigail 
Coates;  Joseph,  January,   1645,  married, 


in  1674,  Jane  Coates ;  Joshua,  April,  1648, 
married,  in  1678,  Ann  Graves;  Josiah, 
mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  May,  1654; 
and  Elizabeth,  1657. 

(II)  Josiah  Rhodes,  son  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  Rhodes,  was  born  in  April, 
1651,  and  married,  in  1673,  Elizabeth 
Coates,  and  to  this  union  were  born  chil- 
dren as  follows:  Henry,  1674;  Eliza- 
beth, 1676;  Mary,  1677,  died  in  infancy; 
John,  1679,  died  in  infancy;  Josiah,  Jr., 
1681;  Eleazer,  July  8,  1683;  J°hn  (2), 
March  22,  1685;  Mary  (2),  March  26, 
1687;  and  Jonathan,  September  18,  1692. 

(III)  Eleazer  Rhodes,  son  of  Josiah 
and  Elizabeth  (Coates)  Rhodes,  was 
born  July  8,  1683,  and  married,  November 
21,  1710,  Jemima  Preble,  and  to  this 
union  were  born  children :  John,  Sep- 
tember 9,  171 1 ;  Jemima,  December  19, 
1712;  Eleazer,  Jr.,  January  16,  1714-15; 
Stephen,  mentioned  below;  Josiah,  1718; 
Mary  (Lynn  vital  records  say  Sarah), 
August  24,  1719;  Joseph,  September  8, 
1721 ;  Benjamin,  1723;  Elizabeth,  May 
26,  1726;  Samuel,  April  24,  1728;  Joshua, 
August  19,  1730;  and  Mary,  April  14, 
1733.  Eleazer  Rhodes  removed  with  his 
family  to  Stoughtonham,  about  1720,  and 
was  constable  in  that  town  in  1725-26, 
and  there  died  in  1742,  his  widow  being 
administratrix  of  his  estate. 

(IV)  Stephen  Rhodes,  son  of  Eleazer 
and  Jemima  (Preble)  Rhodes,  was  born 
February  1,  1716-17,  in  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, and  married  (intentions  published 
October  25,  1740)  Deliverance  Walcot, 
who  was  born  November  15,  1724, 
daughter  of  William  Walcot,  of  Attle- 
boro,  Massachusetts.  Their  children 
were :     Stephen,  Jr.,   mentioned    below ; 


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Daniel,  Simeon,  and  Deliverance.  The 
father  died  January  23,  1792,  and  the 
mother  September  4,  1804. 

(V)  Stephen  (2)  Rhodes,  son  of  Ste- 
phen (1)  and  Deliverance  (Walcot) 
Rhodes,  married,  January  18,  1764,  Mary 
Boyden,  who  was  born  May  II,  1744,  of 
Walpole,  Massachusetts,  and  their  chil- 
dren were :  Millie,  who  married  a  Mr. 
Plimpton ;  Mary,  born  August  24,  1767, 
married  Jesse  Pratt ;  Aaron,  who  married 
Mary  Wilkinson ;  and  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below.  Stephen  Rhodes,  Jr.,  died 
in  1770,  inventory  of  his  estate  being 
taken  by  John  Boyden.  He  is  of  record 
as  having  enlisted  in  February,  1760,  for 
service  in  the  French  and  Indian  War. 
His  widow  married  for  her  second  hus- 
band, on  November  24,  1775,  Asa  Morse. 

(VI)  Stephen  (3)  Rhodes,  son  of  Ste- 
phen (2)  and  Mary  (Boyden)  Rhodes, 
was  born  October  17,  1769,  and  married 
(first)  Anna  (Daniels)  Carpenter,  who 
was  born  March  27,  1763,  daughter  of 
Francis  Daniels,  and  widow  of  Nehemiah 
Carpenter,  of  Foxboro,  Massachusetts. 
The  children  born  of  this  union  were: 
Achsah,  April  14,  1793,  died  October  30, 
1795;  Stephen,  mentioned  below;  Susan, 
born  May  10,  1797,  married  Ira  Fair- 
banks, and  died  in  1864;  Anna,  July  5, 
1799,  married  John  Corey;  Mary,  March 
20,  1804,  married  Ira  French.  Stephen 
(3)  Rhodes  married  (second)  March  20, 
181 5,  Polly  Carpenter,  and  she  died  April 
9,  1839,  the  mother  of  the  following  chil- 
dren:  Catherine,  born  March  12,  1816, 
who  married  William  Payson ;  Maria, 
November  1,  1817,  who  married  Stephen 
Coleman ;  Martha,  December  4,  1819, 
who  married  William  Hitchcock;  Eliza- 
beth C,  May  20,  1824,  who  married  a  Mr. 
Greene;  and  Sarah,  January  9,  1828,  who 
died  January  3,  1839. 

(VII)  Stephen  (4)  Rhodes,  son  of  Ste- 
phen  (3)   and  Anna  (Daniels-Carpenter) 


Rhodes,  was  born  March  15,  1795.  He 
was  for  many  years  connected  with  the 
straw  hat  industry,  prominently  identi- 
fied with  Foxboro's  industrial  history. 
In  1835,  with  his  family,  he  removed  to 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  and  there  went 
into  the  tack  manufacturing  business, 
under  the  firm  name  of  S.  Rhodes  &  Son, 
his  son,  Marcus  M.  Rhodes,  being  con- 
nected with  him  in  this  enterprise.  They 
were  among  the  first  promoters  of  the 
industry  that  subsequently  caused  Taun- 
ton to  be  widely  noted  as  the  home  of 
tack  making.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished at  Brittanniaville,  the  original  site 
being  that  of  the  present  plant  of  the 
Reed  &  Barton  Company,  occupying  a 
part  of  the  same  building  with  the 
original  silverware  concern.  Both  con- 
cerns grew  and  prospered,  and  as  a  con- 
sequence the  Rhodes  works  had  to  seek 
new  quarters,  establishing  itself  on  Union 
street.  Mr.  Rhodes  died  in  Taunton, 
October  24,  1874.  On  January  1,  1817, 
he  married  Betsey  Bird,  who  was  born 
July  10,  1795,  daughter  of  Elijah  and 
Sarah  (Pratt)  Bird,  of  Foxboro,  Massa- 
chusetts (see  Bird  VI  and  Pratt  VI).  To 
this  union  were  born  the  following  chil- 
dren:  1.  Lavinia,  born  October  17,  1817. 
2.  Lucretia  M.,  born  September  2,  1819, 
died  November  21,  1878.  3.  Marcus  Mor- 
ton, mentioned  below.  4.  Stephen  Hol- 
brook,  born  November  7,  1825  ;  married 
Elizabeth  M.  Godfrey;  he  was  for  many 
years  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  Taun- 
ton, where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Aldermen,  and  mayor  of  the  city,  later 
becoming  president  of  the  John  Hancock 
Insurance  Company,  of  Boston.  5.  Mary 
Bird,  born  April  30,  1829.  6.  John  Corey, 
born  October  10,  183 1 ;  married  (first) 
Sarah  B.  Perrigo,  and  (second)  Caroline 
M.  Jewett ;  he  was  for  many  years  a 
prominent  manufacturer  in  New  Bed- 
ford,    Massachusetts,    where    he    passed 


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away,  July  15,  1916.  7.  Almira  Eliza- 
beth, born  February  3,  1835.  8.  Ellen 
Frances,  born  December  30,  1839. 

(VIII)  Marcus  Morton  Rhodes,  son  of 
Stephen  (4)  and  Betsey  (Bird)  Rhodes, 
was  born  January  22,  1822,  in  Foxboro, 
Massachusetts,  and  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  Franklin, 
Foxboro  and  Taunton,  and  at  the  high 
school  and  Bristol  Academy,  of  Taunton. 
After  leaving  school,  he  entered  the  tack 
factory  of  his  father,  where  he  familiar- 
ized himself  with  the  details  of  the  trade 
of  making  tacks  and  nails.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years  he  was  taken  into 
partnership  with  his  father,  becoming  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  S.  Rhodes  &  Son. 
In  the  middle  fifties  the  business  was 
transferred  to  the  Taunton  Tack  Com- 
pany, and  Marcus  M.  Rhodes  then 
started  a  new  enterprise,  the  Dighton 
Manufacturing  Company,  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  tacks,  of  which  he  was 
agent  and  treasurer.  A  foible  of  feminine 
fashion  which  prevailed  at  that  time  gave 
a  field  for  the  making  of  hoop  skirt  trim- 
mings, which  were  a  side  line  with  the 
manufacture  of  tacks.  This  plant  was  in 
lower  Dighton,  opposite  Berkley,  on  the 
Taunton  river.  In  1872,  Mr.  Rhodes 
established  himself  in  the  button  manu- 
facturing industry,  with  which  he  was 
prominently  identified  throughout  the  re- 
mainder of  his  long  and  active  life.  Up 
to  that  time  the  shoe  industry  flourished 
in  this  part  of  Massachusetts,  it  being  the 
day  of  the  small  shoe  shops,  which  were 
scattered  through  the  country  in  this 
section,  but  there  had  been  a  handicap  as 
a  result  of  the  necessity  of  importing  all 
the  shoe  buttons  from  the  foreign  coun- 
tries, France  supplying  most  of  them. 
Realizing  the  commercial  value  of  a  ma- 
chine that  would  turn  out  this  line  of 
buttons,  Mr.  Rhodes,  who  had  an  in- 
genious inventive  faculty,  set  to  work  in 


this  direction.  A  button  works  had  been 
started  in  Connecticut,  with  an  American 
designed  machine,  but  the  device  had 
many  imperfections,  which  rendered  the 
enterprise  a  failure,  and  it  had  been  aban- 
doned. Mr.  Rhodes  was  more  fortunate; 
the  machine  he  invented  for  the  purpose 
of  making  shoe  buttons  from  papier- 
mache  proved  a  success,  and  thereby  the 
first  successful  shoe  button  manufactory 
in  this  country  was  established  by  him, 
under  the  firm  name  of  M.  M.  Rhodes  & 
Sons.  Shoe  hooks  and  other  accessories 
were  also  manufactured  for  the  trade  by 
this  new  concern,  which  grew  and  pros- 
pered from  the  beginning,  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  Rhodes.  His  sons  were 
associated  with  him  in  the  business,  which 
was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1888,  as  the  M.  M.  Rhodes 
&  Sons  Company,  of  which  he  became 
president,  continuing  in  that  capacity  un- 
til his  death. 

Aside  from  his  manufacturing  enter- 
prises, Mr.  Rhodes  always  displayed  an 
active  interest  in  civic  affairs.  He  was 
one  of  the  leading  townsmen  at  the  time 
the  town  government  of  Taunton  was 
abandoned,  and  he  had  no  opposition  for 
a  place  on  the  original  City  Council, 
when  the  city  form  of  government  was 
created,  in  1865.  At  this  time  Taunton 
was  also  considering  the  establishing  of 
a  water  works  system,  and  the  following 
year  Mr.  Rhodes  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  board  of  water  commissioners,  by 
which  board  the  present  water  system 
was  established.  He  served  for  three 
years  in  this  capacity,  declining  a  re- 
election. In  his  younger  days  he  was 
connected  with  the  old  Taunton  Volun- 
teer Fire  Department,  of  which  he  was  a 
member,  and  for  several  years  was  cap- 
tain of  the  old  "Union  Company,  No.  1 ," 
a  hand-tub,  with  a  history  earned  under 
Mr.   Rhodes'  captaincy  that  was  credit- 


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able  for  efficiency,  and  which  was  situ- 
ated at  a  station  at  the  foot  of  Union 
street,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  home  he 
occupied  for  many  years  on  Cedar  street. 
Besides  these  offices,  he  was  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Taunton  National  Bank,  and  of 
the  Taunton-New  Bedford  Copper  Com- 
pany. 

Mr.  Rhodes  was  always  held  in  high 
esteem  in  the  community.  He  was  of  a 
kind-hearted,  benevolent  disposition,  his 
benefactors  being  many  and  of  the  sort 
that  carried  no  ostentation  in  the  giving. 
"He  was,"  as  a  close  friend  said,  in 
speaking  of  his  death,  "a  man  who  was 
always  looking  for  an  opportunity  to  do 
a  kind  act  for  somebody."  He  found 
these  even  to  the  last  months  of  his  life, 
and  there  are  many  who  have  special 
occasion  to  mourn  him  personally,  by  the 
loss  of  a  benefactor.  Mr.  Rhodes  had 
lived  during  the  administration  of  all  but 
the  first  four  United  States  presidents. 
He  had  watched  the  growth  of  this  coun- 
try from  the  days  when  the  Ohio  Valley 
was  the  frontier  in  the  West,  as  the  popu- 
lation spread  by  degrees  to  the  Pacific, 
and  increased  from  less  than  ten  million 
people  to  over  one  hundred  million.  To 
the  very  last  day  of  his  life  he  was 
blessed  with  an  intellect  that  was  un- 
clouded by  any  infirmities  that  often 
follow  advanced  age,  and  his  memory  of 
the  improvements  and  advancements 
made  in  various  lines  during  his  recol- 
lections made  him  a  particularly  inter- 
esting conversationalist,  especially  when 
he  talked  of  his  impressions  of  the 
advance  that  man  had  made  in  procur- 
ing conveniences  and  methods  for  im- 
proved living  conditions  during  the 
marvelously  developing  nine  decades  of 
history  over  which  his  life  had  extended. 
Mr.  Rhodes  devoted  his  personal  atten- 
tion to  his  business  affairs  until  within 


a  few  months  of  his  death,  visiting  the 
factory  every  day  until  the  infirmities  of 
age  became  more  marked. 

On  November  n,  1845,  Mr.  Rhodes 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Rowena  A. 
Williams,  who  was  born  November  16, 
1825.  She  was  the  daughter  of  George 
W.  and  Rowena  C.  (Wilbur)  Williams, 
the  former  of  whom  died  in  Taunton,  Au- 
gust 19,  1858,  aged  sixty-nine  years,  and 
the  latter  July  23,  1892,  in  the  eighty- 
eighth  year  of  her  age.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Rhodes  were  born  three  sons,  namely : 
1.  Charles  Marcus,  born  October  6,  1846, 
married  Annie  B.  Haskins,  and  they  re- 
side in  Taunton.  2.  George  Holbrook, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Albert  Clinton,  born 
April  9,  1857,  married  Cora  E.  Dyer,  and 
they  reside  at  Clifton  Springs,  New 
York. 

Mr.  Rhodes  passed  away  at  his  home 
on  Cedar  street,  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
March  23,  1916,  in  the  ninety-fifth  year 
of  his  age.  He  was  a  member  of  no  fra- 
ternal organizations,  but  for  many  years 
and  until  its  dissolution  was  connected 
with  the  Trinitarian  Society.  He  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Old  Colony  His- 
torical Society.  In  political  faith  he  was 
first  an  old  line  Whig,  and  upon  the 
formation  of  the  Republican  party,  in 
1856,  he  became  identified  with  the  latter 
political  party.  He  was  the  last  survivor 
of  Taunton's  original  City  Council,  of 
which  body  he  was  a  member  in  1865,  in 
which  year  the  city  government  was 
established.  The  Taunton  "Gazette,"  of 
March  23,  1916,  in  speaking  of  the  death 
of  Mr.  Rhodes,  editorially,  said : 

Taunton  loses  one  of  its  grand  old  men  in  the 
passing  of  Mr.  Marcus  M.  Rhodes.  A  leading 
manufacturer,  a  useful  and  honorable  citizen, 
his  many  years  of  active  life  placed  him  in  close 
touch  with  all  the  elements  working  to  build  up 
the  city,  and  his  influence  and  his  moral  and 
financial  support  were  always  found  quietly  con- 


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cerned  in  every  worth-while  movement.  His 
later  years,  going  far  beyond  the  span  of  life 
usually  allotted  to  man,  were  spent  in  enjoying 
that  quiet  repose  which  is  all  the  more  enjoy- 
able when  it  is  compassed  by  the  wholesome 
and  united  respect  of  one's  fellow  citizens,  as  in 
the  case   of   Mr.    Rhodes. 

(IX)  George  Holbrook  Rhodes,  sec- 
ond son  of  Marcus  Morton  and  Rowena 
A.  (Williams)  Rhodes,  was  born  August 
ii,  1848,  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts. 
His  educational  training  was  acquired  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
graduating  from  the  high  school,  in  1866, 
the  year  following  the  incorporation  of 
Taunton  as  a  city.  After  leaving  school 
he  entered  the  factory  of  his  father,  and 
in  1872,  when  his  father  organized  the 
firm  of  M.  M.  Rhodes  &  Sons,  he  was 
admitted  to  partnership.  In  1888,  when 
the  concern  was  incorporated  as  the  M. 
M.  Rhodes  &  Sons  Company,  Mr.  Rhodes 
was  elected  treasurer  of  the  corporation, 
which  official  position  he  continued  to 
hold  until  his  death.  In  political  faith 
Mr.  Rhodes  was  a  staunch  Republican, 
and  served  his  native  city  as  a  member 
of  the  Common  Council  from  1877  to 
1886,  inclusive,  during  which  service  he 
was  for  the  last  four  years  president  of 
that  body.  He  was  president  of  the  City 
Council  at  the  time  the  high  school 
building  was  erected,  and  by  virtue  of  his 
office  as  president  of  the  Council  was  also 
a  trustee  of  the  public  library,  and  a 
member  of  the  school  committee.  Mr. 
Rhodes  never  sought  any  other  public 
office,  although  he  was  on  various 
occasions  solicited  to  become  a  candidate 
for  various  public  positions,  but  always 
declined,  preferring  to  give  his  undivided 
attention  to  his  business  interests.  He 
was  a  director  of  the  Taunton  National 
Bank,  a  trustee  of  the  Taunton  Savings 
Bank,  and  a  trustee  of  Morton  Hospital 
for  a  number  of  years,   in  all  of    which 


capacities  he  gave  valued  and  efficient 
service. 

Mr.  Rhodes  was  an  active  and  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
having  attained  the  highest  degree  in 
that  organization,  having  been  elevated 
to  the  thirty-third  degree,  September  21, 
1897.  He  was  a  member  and  past  wor- 
shipful master  of  Charles  H.  Titus  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Taunton  ;  a  member  of  Keystone  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Foxboro, 
Massachusetts ;  a  member  and  past  emi- 
nent commander  of  St.  John's  Command- 
ery,  Knights  Templar,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island ;  and  a  member  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Consistory,  thirty-second  de- 
gree, of  Boston.  He  was  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  Masonic  Education  and 
Charity  Trust  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Massachusetts,  elected  in  December, 
1895,  to  serve  eight  years,  and  reelected 
in  1902  for  another  term  of  eight  years. 
He  was  also  treasurer  of  the  Taunton 
Masonic  Corporation.  While  not  hold- 
ing office  in  the  institution,  Mr.  Rhodes 
was  for  many  years  very  actively  inter- 
ested in  Wheaton  Seminary,  and  the 
present  Wheaton  College,  at  Norton, 
Massachusetts.  For  a  period  of  twelve 
years  he  officiated  as  marshal  of  the 
commencement  exercises,  officiating  at 
these  exercises  in  that  capacity  in  June 
preceding  his  demise,  and  during  all 
these  years  was  a  steadfast  worker  in  its 
interests.  When  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  was  organized  in  Taun- 
ton, Mr.  Rhodes  was  made  treasurer  of 
the  association,  and  was  actively  inter- 
ested in  the  work  of  this  organization. 

On  September  10,  1874,  Mr.  Rhodes 
married  (first)  Louisa  L.  Bassett,  who 
was  born  October  10,  1846,  daughter  of 
Charles  J.  H.  and  Nancy  L.  (Gibbs)  Bas- 
sett, of  Taunton,  Massachusetts  (see 
Bassett  VIII).    To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rhodes 


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were  born  children  as  follows:  I.  Helen 
Holbrook,  born  August  13,  1877;  mar- 
ried, June  4,  1901,  Ralph  E.  Barker,  of 
Taunton;  she  passed  away  June  5,  1915, 
the  mother  of  the  following  children : 
Anson,  born  March  21,  1902;  Humphrey, 
June  20,  1905 ;  and  George  Holbrook, 
June  5,  1915.  2.  Nancy  Bassett,  born 
January  20,  1880,  who  became  the  second 
wife  of  Ralph  E.  Barker,  on  February  10, 
1917.  3.  Marcus  Arnold,  mentioned  be- 
low. The  mother  of  these  children 
passed  away  March  30,  1902,  and  Mr. 
Rhodes  married  (second)  October  15, 
1913,  Mary  E.  Van  Patten,  of  Auburn, 
New  York,  who  survives  him. 

Mr.  Rhodes  passed  away  October  19, 
1916,  at  Poland  Springs,  Maine,  whence 
he  had  gone  in  hopes  of  regaining  his 
broken  health,  his  death  being  a  severe 
shock  to  his  wide  circle  of  friends  and 
acquaintances.  As  a  man  and  citizen, 
Mr.  Rhodes  was  noted  for  his  uniform 
courtesy,  democratic  manners  and  per- 
sonal integrity.  Few  men  could  be  less 
pretentious  and  yet  dignified,  and  none 
commanded  greater  respect.  He  was  a 
forcible,  energetic  and  progressive  man 
in  his  ideas  and  purposes,  and  succeeded 
to  the  prestige  of  his  family  which  has 
conducted  one  of  Taunton's  leading  in- 
dustries for  many  years.  His  usefulness 
as  a  citizen  extended  far  outside  his  busi- 
ness career  into  spheres  of  active  benefi- 
cence. His  many  and  substantial  acts 
of  real  charity  were  seldom  known  ex- 
cept to  the  recipients.  There  was  neither 
ostentation  nor  show  in  his  make-up,  but 
rather  a  marked  antipathy  for  pretense 
and  deceit.  Nowhere  in  New  England 
can  there  be  found  a  family  that  for  more 
than  half  a  century  has  occupied  a 
higher  position  in  the  industrial,  finan- 
cial and  social  life  of  their  community 
than  this  Rhodes  family  in  Taunton.  Mr. 
Rhodes'  greatest  pleasure  may  be  said  to 


have  been  found  in  his  home  and  family, 
where  were  displayed  a  devotion  and  an 
indulgence  rarely  witnessed. 

(X)  Marcus  Arnold  Rhodes,  only  son 
of  George  Holbrook  and  Louisa  L.  (Bas- 
sett) Rhodes,  was  born  in  Taunton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, July  17,  1881.  His  educa- 
tional training  was  obtained  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  his  native  city,  and 
after  graduating  from  the  high  school,  he 
entered  Amherst  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1903  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  then  took  a  special 
course  at  Harvard  University,  graduat- 
ing therefrom  with  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts  in  1905.  During  the  following 
three  years  he  was  engaged  in  teaching 
at  Deerfield  Academy.  In  1908,  Mr. 
Rhodes  became  associated  with  the  M. 
M.  Rhodes  &  Sons  Company,  and  upon 
the  death  of  his  father,  in  1916,  succeeded 
him  as  treasurer  of  the  corporation.  In 
political  faith  Mr.  Rhodes  is  an  independ- 
ent Republican,  and  is  now  (1917)  serv- 
ing on  his  second  three  year  term  as  a 
member  of  the  school  committee.  Fra- 
ternally, he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
organization,  holding  membership  in 
Ionic  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  St.  Mark's  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  Taunton ;  and  is  also  a 
member  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi  college  fra- 
ternity. Socially,  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Winthrop  Club,  of  Taunton.  Like  his 
father,  Mr.  Rhodes  is  an  active  and 
valued  member  of  the  Broadway  Trini- 
tarian Congregational  Church,  of  which 
he  has  served  as  deacon  for  several  years, 
and  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school  for  a  number  of  years. 

On  September  1,  1908,  Mr.  Rhodes  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Ruth  L.  Bangs, 
daughter  of  Frank  W.  and  Elmina  (Tis- 
dale)  Bangs,  of  Greenfield,  Massachu- 
setts, and  this  union  has  been  blessed 
with  four  children,  namely :    Louisa  Bas- 


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set!,  born  February  12,  1910;  Stephen 
Holbrook,  February  25,  191 1;  Rowena 
Lincoln,  July  6,  1914;  and  Marcus  Arnold, 
Jr.,  March  20,  1917. 

(The  Bird  Line). 

The  Bird  family  is  of  long  and  honor- 
able standing  in  Massachusetts,  having 
been  settled  there  early  in  the  settling  of 
this  country,  being  referred  to  by  histor- 
ians as  an  industrious  people,  modest  and 
retiring  in  disposition. 

(I)  Thomas  Bird,  the  founder  of  this 
family  in  America,  was  born  in  England, 
in  1613.  He  came  to  New  England  at  an 
early  period,  locating  at  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  joined  the  church, 
in  1642,  on  its  reorganization  under  the 
distinguished  Rev.  Richard  Mather.  He 
was  a  tanner  by  trade,  which  occupation 
he  followed  in  Dorchester,  and  lived  on 
what  was  called  Humphrey  street.  He 
was  bailiff  in  1654.  He  died  June  8,  1667, 
aged  fifty-four  years.  His  widow,  Ann, 
died  August  21,  1673.  They  were  the 
parents  of  six  children. 

(II)  John  Bird,  the  second  son  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  Bird,  was  born  at  Dor- 
chester, March  II,  1641,  and  died  i\ugust 
2,  1732.  He  married  Elizabeth  Williams, 
who  was  born  in  Taunton,  in  1644,  and 
died  at  Dorchester,  October  20,  1724,  aged 
seventy-seven  years.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Frances  (Dighton) 
Williams,  her  father  being  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts.  John 
Bird  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of 
eleven  children. 

(III)  Samuel  Bird,  sixth  child  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Williams)  Bird,  was  born 
in  Dorchester,  April  14,  1680,  and  mar- 
ried, May  16,  1704,  Sarah  Clapp,  who  was 
born  March  24,  1686.  He  died  March  20, 
1740,  in  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  where 
his  estate  inventoried  1,731  pounds,  5 
shillings  and  10  pence.  They  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children. 


(IV)  Samuel  (2)  Bird,  youngest  child 
of  Samuel  (1)  and  Sarah  (Clapp)  Bird, 
was  born  July  27,  1726.  He  lived  in 
Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
married  April  13,  1748,  by  Rev.  Jona- 
than Bowman,  to  Anna  Atherton,  who 
was  born  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Humphrey  Atherton. 

(V)  Elijah  Bird,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Anna  (Atherton)  Bird,  was  born  at 
Sharon,  Massachusetts,  June  9,  1753,  and 
married,  December  12,  1777,  Sarah  Pratt, 
of  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Captain  Josiah  and  Abigail  (Williams) 
Pratt  (see  Pratt  VI).  Elijah  Bird,  of 
Stoughtonham,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War,  serving  as  a  private  in 
Captain  Robert  Swan's  company,  Colonel 
Benjamin  Gill's  regiment ;  marched  De- 
cember 19,  1776,  service  six  days,  at  Castle 
Island;  company  raised  from  Milton, 
Stoughton  and  Stoughtonham ;  he  was 
also  corporal  in  Captain  Theophilus  Wil- 
der's  company.  Colonel  Dike's  regiment, 
return  of  men  in  service  from1  December 
30,  1776,  to  March  1,  1777  He  died  at 
Foxboro,  Massachusetts,  November  20, 
1821,  and  his  wife  died  October  12,  1821, 
aged  sixty-nine  years. 

(VI)  Betsey  Bird,  daughter  of  Elijah 
and  Sarah  (Pratt)  Bird,  was  born  in  Fox- 
boro, Massachusetts,  July  10,  1795,  and 
married  there,  January  1,  1817,  Stephen 
Rhodes,  of  that  town  (see  Rhodes  VII). 

(The    Pratt    Line). 

The  Pratt  family  has  been  noted  for 
integrity  and  capacity,  and  members  of  it 
have  played  important  parts  in  the  early 
history  of  New  England,  as  well  as  in 
more  recent  generations. 

( I )  Matthew  Pratt,  of  Weymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, a  freeman  of  May,  1640,  and 
who  died  there,  August  29,  1672,  was 
among  the  earliest  settlers  of  that  town, 
where  he  was  frequently  selectman,  and 
appears  to  have   been   one   of  the   most 


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prominent  men  in  the  Colony.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Bates,  and  their  children 
were :  Thomas,  Matthew,  Jr.,  John,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph,  Elizabeth,  and  Mary. 

(II)  Samuel  Pratt,  son  of  Matthew  and 
Elizabeth  (Bates)  Pratt,  was  born  in 
Weymouth,  and  married  there,  in  1660, 
Hannah  Rogers,  who  died  in  1715.  He 
died  in  1678.  Their  children  were:  Judith, 
John,  Hannah,  Mary,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Experi- 
ence, and  Ebenezer. 

(III)  Samuel  (2)  Pratt,  i-on  of  Samuel 
(1)  and  Hannah  (Rogers)  Pratt,  was 
born  at  Weymouth,  November  15,  1670. 
He  married  Patience  Church,  and  their 
children  were :  Judith,  Samuel,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Peter,  Paul,  Hannah, 
and  Patience.  Samuel  Pratt  removed  to 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  shortly  after  the 
birth  of  his  daughter,  Judith,  in  1695, 
where  he  became  a  man  of  considerable 
prominence,  owning  a  large  estate  in  the 
latter  town,  where  he  died  August  11, 
1728. 

(IV)  Josiah  Pratt,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Patience  (Church)  Pratt,  was  born 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  about  1797, 
and  married,  November  22,  1716,  in  Nor- 
ton, Massachusetts,  Sarah  Jones,  of  Taun- 
ton, who  died  March  2,  1723.  He  married 
(second)  May  20,  1725,  Tabitha  Smith, 
who  died  January  16,  1772.  He  died 
about  1745. 

(V)  Captain  Josiah  (2)  Pratt,  son  of 
Josiah  (1)  and  Sarah  (Jones)  Pratt,  was 
born  in  Norton,  Massachusetts,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1719-20.  The  intentions  of  his 
marriage  to  Abigail  Williams  was  pub- 
lished in  Norton,  September  17,  1743.  She 
was  born  in  Norton,  May  2,  1723,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Dean) 
Williams,  of  Norton.  Captain  Josiah 
Pratt  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution, 
serving  as  captain  of  a  Stoughtonham 
company.  Colonel  Gill's  regiment,  which 
marched  to  Roxbury  on  an  alarm,  March 


4,  1776.  He  died  at  Foxboro,  Massachu- 
setts, February  8,  1800,  aged  eighty  years. 
His  wife,  Abigail,  died  June  2,  1814,  aged 
ninety-one  years. 

(VI)  Sarah  Pratt,  daughter  of  Captain 
Josiah  (2)  and  Abigail  (Williams)  Pratt, 
was  born  at  Foxboro,  Massachusetts,  in 
1753.  She  married,  December  12,  1777, 
Elijah  Bird,  of  Foxboro  (see  Bird  V). 


TOLMAN,  Fred  Sawin, 

Founder  of  the  Tolman  Print. 

The  Tolman  coat-of-arms  is  described 
as  follows  :  Sable  a  martlet  argent  between 
three  ducal  crowns  or.  The  crest :  Two 
arms  in  armour  embowed  wielding  a 
battle  ax,  all  proper.  This  is  the  only 
Tolman  armorial,  and  according  to  the 
rule  followed  by  American  families  of 
English  descent  belongs  to  the  Tolman 
family  in  this  country.  The  Tolman  fam- 
ily in  England  dates  back  to  ancient  times. 

(I)  Thomas  Tolman,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England,  about  1608, 
and  according  to  family  tradition  came  to 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  with  the  first 
colonists  there,  in  the  ship  "Mary  and 
John"  in  1630,  and  that  he  owned  land 
extending  from  the  salt  water  to  the  Ded- 
ham  line.  He  certainly  settled  very  early 
in  Dorchester,  and  not  only  had  land  there 
but  in  the  present  towns  of  Stoughton, 
Canton  and  Sharon.  His  name  is  men- 
tioned first  in  the  Dorchester  records  of 
October  31,  1639,  as  follows:  "It  is  or- 
dered that  Goodman  Tolman's  house  be 
appointed  for  the  receiving  of  any  goods 
that  shall  be  brought  in  whereof  the 
owner  is  not  known."  He  signed  the 
church  covenant  of  1636;  was  admitted 
a  freeman  of  the  colony.  May  13,  1640. 
He  located  near  Pine  Neck,  now  called 
Port  Norfolk,  his  house  being  within  one 
hundred  feet  of  Pine  Neck  creek  on  the 
west  side  and  within  two  hundred  feet  on 


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the  north  side,  the  creek  being  shaped 
like  an  elbow  at  this  point.  Some  of  his 
homestead  was  at  last  accounts  still  in  the 
possession  of  his  lineal  descendants.  The 
house  in  which  his  son  Thomas  afterward 
lived,  between  what  is  now  Ashmont 
street  and  Washington  street,  was  prob- 
ably built  by  him  and  has  remained  in 
the  family.  He  was  a  wheelwright,  and 
a  man  of  substance  and  prominence.  He 
held  various  town  offices  in  Dorchester. 
His  first  wife  was  Sarah  ;  his  second  Kath- 
erine,  who  died  November  7,  1677.  He 
died  June  8,  1690,  in  his  eighty-second 
year.  His  will  was  dated  October  29, 
1688,  proved  February  5,  1691-92,  be- 
queathing to  his  eldest  son  Thomas, 
daughters  Sarah  Leadbetter,  Rebecca 
Tucker,  Ruth  Royall,  Hannah  Lyon  and 
Mary  Collins  ;  son,  John  Tolman ;  James 
Tucker,  husband  of  Rebecca,  to  pay  a 
certain  sum  to  Isaac  Royall's  (Ryall)  two 
eldest  daughters,  Ruth  and  Mary  Royall. 
Children  of  Thomas  Tolman:  1.  Thomas, 
born  1633  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Sarah, 
married  Henry  Leadbetter  ;  Rebecca,  mar- 
ried James  Tucker ;  Ruth,  married  Isaac 
Royall ;  Hannah,  born  August  2j,  1642, 
married  (first)  George  Lyon,  and  (second) 

William    Baker ;    Mary,    married   

Collins,  of  Lynn. 

(II)  John  Tolman,  son  of  Thomas  Tol- 
man, was  born  about  1635.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  1678.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Collins,  daughter  of  John 
Collins,  of  Lynn.  She  died  October  7, 
1690,  and  he  married  (second)  June  15, 
1692,  Mary  Paul,  widow,  who  died  August 
25,  1720.  He  was  a  selectman  of  Dorches- 
ter, in  1693-94-95.  He  died  January  1, 
1724-25.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  De- 
cember 14,  1667;  John,  April  8,  1671  ; 
Joseph,  September  6,  1674 ;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below;  Henry,  March  13,  1678- 
79;  Ann,  April  1,  1681 ;  Ebenezer,  March 
27,  1683;  Ruth,  July  1,  1685;  William, 
September  2,  1687. 


(III)  Benjamin  Tolman,  son  of  John 
Tolman,  was  born  at  Dorchester,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1676.  In  1709  he  removed  from  his 
native  town  and  settled  in  Scituate,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  married,  August  4,  1709, 
Elizabeth  Palmer,  daughter  of  Bezaleel 
Palmer.  They  lived  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
southeast  of  Church  Hill.  Children,  born 
at  Scituate:  Benjamin,  March  28,  1710; 
Samuel,  October  22,  171 1 ;  Elizabeth,  No- 
vember 5,  1713;  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low; William,  January  12,  1716;  Elisha, 
November  20,  1718. 

(IV)  Captain  Joseph  Tolman,  son  of 
Benjamin  Tolman,  was  born  in  Scituate. 
September  6,  1715.  He  married  there, 
May  22,  1738,  Mary  Turner,  daughter  of 
Squire  Turner,  the  lawyer.  Children, 
born  in  Scituate :  Hannah,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 29,  1740;  Samuel,  baptized  Janu- 
ary 29,  1743-44,  died  young;  Mary,  bap- 
tized November  3,  1745;  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized November  8,  1747;  Joseph,  baptized 
October  28,  1750;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  John  (2)  Tolman,  son  of  Captain 
Joseph  Tolman,  was  born  in  1750,  and 
died  in  Scituate,  June  3,  1831,  aged  eighty- 
one  years.  He  married  (second)  April  8, 
1784,  at  Scituate,  Dorothy  Hall,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Hall.  His  sons  removed  to  Boston. 
Children  :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Molly, 
lived  at  Marshfield ;    Benjamin;   Hewett. 

(VI)  John  (3)  Tolman,  son  of  John  (2) 
Tolman,  was  born  in  Marshfield  or  Scitu- 
ate, September  3,  1777.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1802  or  1803,  Averick  Everson 
(see  Everson  IV).  She  was  born  October 
13,  1782,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Eunice 
(Briggs)  Everson.  They  lived  at  Pem- 
broke and  Abington.  Children,  born  at 
Pembroke :  William  Cushing,  born  July 
2,  1804;  Moses,  September  26,  1805,  died 
September  28,  1805  ;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Aaron,  June  26,  1808,  died  June  26, 
1808;  Eliza  West,  June  24,  1809;  Eunice 
Briggs,  July  28,  1815,  married,  May  7, 
1835,  Turner  Sampson;   Sardis,  June  14, 


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1819;    Byron,  August  23,  1824;   Averick, 
September  16,  1828. 

(VII)  John  (4)  Tolman,  son  of  John 
(3)  Tolman,  was  born  at  Pembroke, 
March  27,  1807.  He  married,  November 
28,  1833,  Eliza  Russell  Sawin,  born  at 
Bridge  water,  November  18,  181 1,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Daniel  and  Hannah  (Barrell) 
Sawin  (see  Sawin  VII).  Children,  born 
at  Hanson:  Daniel  Sawin,  mentioned  be- 
low; Eliza,  born  1839,  died  September  3, 
1841  ;  Charles,  December  11,  1846;  and 
George. 

(VIII)  Daniel  Sawin  Tolman,  son  of 
John  (4)  Tolman,  was  born  in  Hanson, 
August  21,  1834,  and  died  at  Brockton. 
He  settled  on  a  farm  in  Stoughton,  remov- 
ing later  to  North  Bridgewater,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  men's  furnishing  business 
in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Charles. 
Their  store  was  at  the  corner  of  Main  and 
Green  streets,  and  for  many  years  the 
firm  of  Tolman  Brothers  enjoyed  an  ex- 
tensive business  and  a  high  reputation  for 
square  dealing  and  reliable  goods.  He 
married,  at  Stoughton,  Eliza  F.  Monk  (see 
Monk  V).  Children:  Fred  Sawin,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Harry  C,  who  has  been  for 
many  years  manager  of  the  business  office 
of  the  Tolman  Print  in  Boston;  Carrie, 
died  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years. 

(IX)  Fred  Sawin  Tolman,  son  of  Daniel 
Sawin  Tolman,  was  born  December  9, 
1856,  in  Stoughton,  on  the  homestead, 
which  was  located  near  the  famous  old 
Swann  tavern.  In  his  boyhood  he  came 
with  his  parents  to  Brockton,  then  to 
North  Bridgewater.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Stoughton  and  Brockton 
nnd  was  graduated  from  the  Brockton 
High  School.  He  started  in  his  business 
career  as  clerk  in  the  store  of  Tolman 
Brothers,  but  in  1875  left  the  employ  of 
his  father  to  engage  in  the  printing  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account.  In  a  little  shop, 
at  the  rear  of  his  father's  store,  he  started 


with  a  capital  of  $35,  with  a  plant  costing 
$30.84,  the  bill  for  these  goods,  which  he 
bought  of  Joseph  Watson,  of  Boston,  Mr. 
Tolman  preserved  and  treasured  all  his 
life.  At  that  time  card  printing  was  popu- 
lar and  it  was  adapted  to  his  meagre  type 
fonts  and  hand  press.  An  advertisement 
in  the  "Youth's  Companion,"  costing  him 
$10,  brought  in  the  first  week  $60  worth 
of  work  and  put  his  business  on  a  sound 
basis.  He  soon  added  to  his  plant  and 
before  long  had  to  secure  larger  quarters. 
To  move  and  enlarge  his  plant  was  an- 
other strain  on  his  resources,  but  a  loan 
from  W.  W.  Cross  tided  him  over  and  he 
never  forgot  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Cross, 
though  the  amount  was  only  $125,  but 
Mr.  Tolman  in  speaking  of  the  transaction 
always  explained  that  Mr.  Cross  had  to 
his  credit  many  other  similar  transactions, 
giving  timely  aid  to  young  men  needing 
capital  to  get  on  their  feet.  He  remained 
in  his  second  office  in  the  old  Gazette 
Building  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Ward 
streets  about  a  year,  removing  in  1876 
to  the  Holbrook  Building  on  the  present 
site  of  Hotel  Keswick,  where  he  remained 
until  1887,  when  he  moved  his  plant  to 
the  old  fire  engine  house  on  East  Elm 
street.  When  he  went  there  he  occupied 
about  3,800  square  feet  of  space,  but  from 
time  to  time  he  rented  more  room  until 
he  had  doubled  the  area. 

From  July  25,  1876,  to  September  19, 
1877,  Frederick  B.  Howard,  who  was  later 
associated  with  Mr.  Tolman  in  real  estate 
deals  of  large  magnitude,  was  his  partner 
in  the  printing  business.  In  1876  the  firm 
employed  one  printer,  doing  the  rest  of 
the  work  with  their  own  hands.  In  1899 
Mr.  Tolman  had  a  force  of  thirteen 
printers,  in  1892,  twenty-seven ;  in  1895, 
thirty-eight,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five. 
Considering  the  size  of  the  city  and  that 
his  business  was  confined  to  job  printing. 


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his  business  record  was  phenomenal.  He 
made  a  specialty  of  town  orders  and 
secured  business  in  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. 

In  1899  he  moved  to  the  present  loca- 
tion of  the  Tolman  Print,  in  the  Howard- 
Tolman  Building,  occupying  at  first  15,000 
feet  of  space.  Though  the  plant  has 
doubled  in  size  since  that  time,  Mr.  Tol- 
man had  good  reason  to  be  proud  of  this 
modern  office  in  a  new  building  of  which 
he  was  half-owner.  He  then  had  two 
cylinder  presses  and  sixteen  job  presses. 
He  manufactured  his  own  electricity  for 
his  printing  office  and  the  rest  of  the 
building,  and  made  use  of  a  building  on 
Church  street  for  a  stockroom  and  power 
plant.  At  the  time  it  was  built  the  How- 
ard-Tolman  Building  was  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  city. 

The  Tolman  Print  takes  rank  with  the 
best  equipped,  most  efficient  and  success- 
ful job  printing  plants  in  the  country.  Mr. 
Tolman  was  the  originator  of  the  shoe 
carton  label.  In  the  old  days  shoes  were 
shipped  in  sacks  and  boxes.  When  the 
shoe  carton  or  paper  box  for  each  pair 
of  shoes  came  into  use,  he  designed  the 
labels  and  developed  an  enormous  busi- 
ness, finding  customers  in  every  country 
where  shoes  are  manufactured.  His 
Brockton  fair  posters  have  been  marvels 
of  the  printer's  art  and  he  secured  the 
poster  work  for  innumerable  fairs  and 
'horse  shows  throughout  the  country. 

During  the  last  fifteen  years  of  his 
life  he  occupied  a  beautiful  residence  on 
Arlington  street,  Brockton.  It  was  one 
of  the  garden  spots  of  the  section.  The 
grounds  were  arranged  according  to  Mr. 
Tolman's  own  artistic  taste  and  were  ex- 
tremely attractive.  His  flowers  and  shrubs 
were  second  to  none.  The  interior  of  his 
home  also  gave  evidence  of  his  excep- 
tional taste  and  love  of  the  beautiful. 

He  was  an  important  factor  in  the  de- 


velopment of  the  great  institution,  known 
as  the  Brockton  Fair.  When  an  art  ex- 
hibit was  an  annual  feature  in  the  big  ex- 
hibition hall,  he  had  charge  of  it.  He  was 
active  in  promoting  the  horse  show  fea- 
ture that  attracted  exhibitors  from  every 
part  of  the  country.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Brockton ; 
vice-president  and  director  of  the  Brock- 
ton Agricultural  Society ;  member  of  the 
Merchants'  and  Manufacturers'  Club  ;  the 
Algonquin  Club  of  Boston ;  director  of 
the  Home  National  Bank  of  Brockton.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Paul  Revere  Lodge, 
in  1886,  and  was  later  a  member  of  Sa- 
tucket  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Bay 
State  Commandery,  Knights  Templar; 
and  the  Massachusetts  Consistory.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows, 
and  the  New  England  Order  of  Protec- 
tion ;  of  the  Thorny  Lea  Golf  Club  and 
the  Brockton  Country  Club.  He  was 
fond  of  all  out-door  life.  He  occupied  a 
summer  home  at  Monument  Beach  on 
Buzzard's  Bay  and  loved  yachting.  He 
was  often  on  the  golf  links.  His  flowers 
and  horses  were  his  most  cherished  pos- 
sessions. 

He  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity,  ex- 
ceptional ability,  generous  impulses  and 
cultivated  mind.  One  of  the  most  promi- 
nent shoe  manufacturers  of  Brockton 
said  of  him :  "Although  not  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  shoes,  Mr.  Tolman 
was  closely  identified  with  the  industry 
and  some  of  the  credit  for  the  growth  of 
Brockton's  leading  industry  properly  be- 
longs to  him.  In  the  publicity  work  no 
man  took  a  more  conspicuous  or  more 
honorable  part.  It  was  Mr.  Tolman  who 
led  in  the  preparation  of  shoe  catalogues, 
original  labels,  striking  designs  and  in  de- 
veloping this  side  of  the  business  to  the 
high  plane  on  which  it  now  rests.  Person- 
ally a  man  of  parts,  a  magnetic  and  most 
agreeable    personality,    he    was    a    good 


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friend  and  an  agreeable  companion.  We 
shall  miss  him  and  his  death  will  be  felt." 
He  died  July  i,  1914. 

He  married,  December  25,  1877,  Isabelle 

A.  Brett,  daughter  of  Henry  A.  Brett 
(see  Brett  VII).  Children:  I.  Mabelle 
Foster,  born  July  17, 1879,  married  George 

B.  Holland,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts. 
2.  Blanche,  born  February  2,  1882,  un- 
married. 3.  Fred  Harold,  born  February 
7,  1886,  married  Rosamond  Smith,  of 
Brockton,  and  they  have  one  daughter, 
Virginia  Pauline,  born  November  21, 
1915,  in  Brockton.  4.  Daniel  Sawin,  born 
December  23,  1892. 

(The  Everson  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Everson,  the  first  of  the 
family  in  this  country  as  far  as  known, 
was  born  as  early  as  1675,  and  with  John 
Eversor,  presumably  a  brother  of  about 
the  same  age,  settled  in  Plymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, before  1700.  They  were  in 
what  is  now  Plympton,  formerly  part  of 
Plymouth,  and  entitled  to  vote  in  1708. 
Richard  was  one  of  the  petitioners  living 
in  the  north  part  of  Plymouth,  who  pe- 
titioned in  1717  for  the  incorporation  of 
the  town  of  Kingston.  His  wife  Elizabeth 
died  February  16,  1716.  Children  by  wife 
Elizabeth,  born  at  Plymouth :  Richard, 
mentioned  below;  Ephraim,  born  Septem- 
ber 1,  1702;  Ebenezer,  April  14,  1705; 
Benjamin,  January  26,  1716. 

(II)  Richard  (2)  Everson,  son  of  Rich- 
ard (1)  Everson,  was  born  in  Plymouth 
colony  and  town,  November  10,  1700.  He 
married,  March  31,  1718,  Penelope  Bum- 
pus,  of  Middleborough.  Among  their 
children  was  Richard,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Richard  (3)  Everson,  son  of  Rich- 
ard (2)  Everson,  was  born  about  1725, 
and  settled  in  Kingston,  also  formerly 
part  of  Plymouth.  He  married,  October 
30,  1750,  Averick  (Churchill)  Standish, 
widow  of  Ebenezer  Standish,  and  daugh- 


ter of  Isaac  and  Susanna  (Leach) 
Churchill.  Children,  born  in  Kingston : 
Samuel,  September  22,  1751;  Levi,  men- 
tioned below;  Martha,  March  1,  1757; 
Susannah,  July  22,  1759,  died  May,  1761. 
(IV)  Levi  Everson,  son  of  Richard  (3) 
Everson,  was  born  March  26,  1754.  He 
married,  July  17,  1777,  at  Halifax,  Eunice 
Briggs,  of  that  town.  He  was  then  of 
Kingston.  He  was  drowned  from  the 
North  river  bridge,  April  5,  1800,  aged 
forty-six  years.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  enlisting  as  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain Jesse  Barlow's  company,  stationed  at 
Plymouth  to  defend  the  sea  coast.  He 
was  also  in  Captain  Seth  Stower's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Robinson's  regiment.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Kingston  :  Levi  Eunice,  No- 
vember 25,  1780;  Averick,  October  13, 
1782,  married  John  Tolman  (see  Tolman 
VI)  ;  Abigail,  August  14,  1784;  Sylvanus, 
June  2J,  1786,  died  August  15,  1872; 
Charlotte,  January,  1788;  Samuel,  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1790;  Richard,  November  2^, 
1791 ;  Martha,  October  8,  1793;  Clarissa, 
October  18,  1795;  Dulcina,  May  12,  1797; 
Barnabas,  December  14,  1798. 

(The  Monk  Line). 

The  original  settlers  of  the  Monk  fam- 
ily in  this  country  were  Christopher, 
George  and  Elias  Monk,  presumably 
brothers,  who  came  to  Boston  about 
1675.  Christopher  Monk  had  children 
born  from  1686  to  1700  in  Boston — Susan, 
Mary,  Christopher,  Thomas  and  Eben- 
ezer. George  Monk  was  a  vintner  in  Bos- 
ton at  the  Blue  Anchor,  married  Lucy 
(Gardner)  Turner,  widow  of  John  Turner, 
and  had  sons:  George,  born  1683;  Wil- 
liam, 1686,  his  will  gives  a  clue  to  the 
English  home  of  the  family  and  the  name 
of  his  father,  the  estate  being  formerly 
owned  by  his  father,  William  Monk,  and 
located  at  Navestock,  four  miles  from 
Rumford,  England,  in  County  Essex. 


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(I)  Elias  Monk,  the  third  of  the  pio- 
neers, doubtless  a  son  of  William  Monk, 
of  Navestock,  England,  was  born  before 
1670.  He  served  in  Captain  Withington's 
company  in  the  expedition  against  Canada 
in  1690.  He  was  surveyor  of  highways  in 
Dorchester  in  1703.  Monk's  meadow  in 
what  is  now  Canton  was  mentioned  in 
records  as  early  as  1704.  He  leased  two 
hundred  acres  there,  March  4,  1703-04, 
for  £6  for  219  years.  After  the  death  of 
his  wife  Hope,  he  married  Abigail  Puffer, 
widow  of  James  Puffer.  In  1726  he  deeded 
land  to  Elias  Monk,  Jr.,  his  son,  and  in 
1727  to  sons,  Elias  and  George.  He  died 
May  29,  1743.  The  names  of  his  sons 
George  and  Christopher  furnish  evidence 
that  the  other  two  immigrants  were  his 
brothers.  Children :  Mary,  born  1691 ; 
George,  born  at  Dorchester,  May  1,  1696; 
Elias,  mentioned  below ;  Christopher, 
May  10,  1702;  Freelove,  May  2,  1704; 
Abigail,    May    5.    1708;    Elizabeth,   June 

IS,  i?n- 

(II)  Elias  (2)  Monk,  son  of  Elias  (1) 
Monk,  was  born  before  1700.  He  mar- 
ried, May  5,  1725,  Susanna  Blackman.  He 
settled  in  the  southeast  part  of  Stoughton 
in  1720;  died  there  in  1750.  Children: 
Eliphalet,  born  March  18,  1725-26,  at 
Dorchester ;  born  at  Stoughton  :  Abigail ; 
Elias,  married  (first)  May  5,  1744,  Eliza- 
beth Buck,  of  Bridgewater,  (second)  May 
5,  1752,  Elizabeth  Wright,  of  Bridge- 
water;  Christopher,  born  January  14, 
1732-33;  George,  mentioned  below;  Wil- 
liam, born  November  2,  1739,  soldier  in 
the  French  and  Indian  War,  fought  in  the 
battle  of  the  Plains  of  Abraham  in  the 
taking  of  Quebec. 

(III)  George  Monk,  Jr.  (so-called  prob- 
ably to  distinguish  him  from  his  Uncle 
George),  son  of  Elias  (2)  Monk,  was  born 
at  Stoughton,  February  10,  1734.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  from  Stough- 
ton, a  corporal  in  Captain  William  Brigg's 


company  of  minute-men  on  the  Lexington 
Alarm,  April  19,  1775;  sergeant  in  the 
same  company,  Colonel  Joseph  Read's 
regiment,  from  May  to  September,  1775 ; 
also  sergeant  in  Captain  Simeon  Leach's 
company,  Colonel  Benjamin  Gill's  regi- 
ment, in  1776.  He  married,  February  10, 
1762,  Sarah  Hixon.  Children,  born  at 
Stoughton:  Jeremiah,  January  11,  1763, 
soldier  in  the  Revolution ;  George,  Jr., 
January  15,  1764,  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tion: Freelove,  August  1,  1766;  Nathan, 
March  12,  1769;  Jacob,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jacob  Monk,  son  of  George  Monk, 
was  born  at  Stoughton,  March  9,  1773, 
and  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven.  He 
was  a  man  of  large  physique  and  presence, 
quiet,  capable  and  of  sterling  qualities. 
He  married,  May  29,  1796,  Milly  Randall, 
of  Easton.  Their  home  was  near  the  Old 
Colony  railroad.  Children,  born  in 
Stoughton:  Nathan,  born  April  9,  1797; 
George  Randall,  mentioned  below ;  Still- 
man  ;  Jacob ;  Almira,  married  Isaac 
Blanchard;  Eliza,  died  unmarried  ;  Caro- 
line, married  Charles  Stone. 

(V)  George  Randall  Monk,  son  of 
Jacob  Monk,  was  born  March  23,  1799, 
at  Stoughton.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  In  1825 
he  became  a  manufacturer  of  boots  and 
shoes  in  Stoughton  and  continued  for  a 
period  of  ten  years.  He  then  engaged  in 
business  in  West  Troy,  New  York,  but 
was  injured  by  a  fall  that  caused  para- 
lysis of  both  legs  and  he  was  obliged  to 
retire  from  active  life  permanently.  He 
died  at  Stoughton,  October  9,  1843.  He 
married  Sarah  Capen,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Elisha  and  Milly  (Gay)  Capen.  It 
is  related  that  from  flax  raised  on  her 
father's  farm,  Milly  Gay  made  the  yarn, 
wove  the  cloth  and  sold  enough  homespun 
to  buy  her  wedding  dress.  Her  father, 
Timothy  Gay,  was  a  minute-man  in  the 
Revolution,    serving   in   the   defenses   at 


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Roxbury.  Children  of  George  R.  Monk: 
i.  George  E.  2.  Elisha  Capen,  born  April 
25,  1828,  manufacturer  of  shoes  in  Stough- 
ton ;  one  of  the  founders  of  Greeley, 
Colorado,  where  he  was  part  owner  of  a 
store;  went  to  the  Massachusetts  Legis- 
lature in  1856  and  to  the  State  Senate  in 
1866-67;  married,  January  13,  1851,  Sally 
B.  French,  and  had  children :  Bertha, 
George  and  Eunice  C.  3.  Harriet,  mar- 
ried Ephraim  W.  Littlefield.  4.  Adelia 
A.,  married  (first)  W.  H.  Curtis,  and  (sec- 
ond) A.  A.  Lane.  5.  Eliza  F.,  married 
Daniel  Sawin  Tolman  (see  Tolman  VIII). 

(The  Sawin  Line). 

(I)  Robert  Sawin,  the  progenitor  of  the 
Sawin  family  of  America,  lived  in  Box- 
ford,  County  Suffolk,  England,  and  died 
there  in  1651.  In  December  following 
John  Sawin,  then  in  New  England,  sold 
the  homestead  in  Boxford  to  Samuel 
Groome,  shipwright,  of  Langham,  Eng- 
land, reserving  the  rights  of  his  brother's 
wife  and  agreeing  also  to  give  a  deed  from 
his  own  wife,  if  necessary,  to  complete 
the  title. 

(II)  John  Sawin,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, son  of  Robert  Sawin,  settled  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  living, 
May  26,  1652,  when  he  was  admitted  free- 
man, but  he  was  in  this  country  as  early 
as  April,  1650,  when  he  was  a  witness, 
and  he  was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Ed- 
ward Skinner,  of  Cambridge,  in  1641. 
John  Sawin  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade 
and  occupied  a  house  owned  by  his 
father-in-law  on  the  west  side  of  School 
street,  Watertown,  about  halfway  be- 
tween the  present  Belmont  and  Auburn 
streets.  By  the  help  of  his  father-in-law 
he  became  the  owner  in  1653  of  the  home- 
stall  on  which  he  lived  and  of  a  farm  at 
Watertown  Farms,  now  Weston,  near 
the  Sudbury  line  (now  Wayland)  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Sudbury  road,  having 


the  Cowpen  farm  to  the  eastward.  In 
1664  and  1672  he  was  a  selectman  of 
Watertown.  He  married,  about  April, 
1652,  Abigail  Manning,  daughter  of 
George  (commonly  written  Munning  or 
Munnings  at  that  time,  whence  the  name 
of  his  son  Munnings  Sawin).  She  em- 
barked with  her  parents  and  elder  sister 
Elizabeth  at  Ipswich,  England,  in  April, 
1634,  then  seventeen  years  old ;  after  her 
husband  died  she  seems  to  have  lived 
with  her  son  John.  She  died  after  1667. 
Children :  John,  born  April  16,  1653 ; 
Munning,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas, 
September  2"j,  1657,  ancestor  of  the 
Natick  Sawins. 

(III)  Munning  Sawin,  son  of  John 
Sawin,  was  born  at  Watertown,  April  4, 
1655,  and  died  November  8,  1722.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Watertown. 
His  homestead  was  between  the  old 
graveyard  and  Mount  Auburn  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Cambridge  road  as  far 
southeast  as  the  swamp,  being  lots  one  to 
four  with  part  of  Lot  5.  He  was  clerk 
of  the  writs  in  1691,  selectman,  1691-94; 
treasurer,  1703-04;  town  clerk,  1705-07. 
He  was  the  best  penman  in  town  and  did 
a  large  share  of  the  town  business  for 
thirty  years.  He  married,  December, 
1681,  Sarah  Stone.  Children,  born  at 
Watertown:  Sarah,  1684;  Abigail,  1686; 
John,  1689;  Joseph,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  1694-95 ;  George,  1697,  settled  at 
Willington,  Connecticut ;  Deborah,  1702, 
married  George  Fairbanks;  Elizabeth, 
l7°5>  Judith,  1707;  Mercy,  1710,  died 
1711. 

(IV)  Joseph  Sawin,  son  of  Munning 
Sawin,  was  born  in  Watertown,  in  1691- 
92.  He  married,  in  1714,  Lydia  Paine, 
born  1681.  He  settled  in  Braintree.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Braintree :  Joseph,  1715  ; 
Lydia,  1717;  Munning,  1717 ;  Eliphalet, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Captain   Eliphalet   Sawin,   son   of 


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Joseph  Sawin,  was  born  in  Braintree,  in 
1722,  and  died  in  1801,  leaving  a  large 
estate.  He  removed  to  what  is  now  the 
town  of  Randolph.  He  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  as  captain  of  minute- 
men  in  Colonel  Benjamin  Lincoln's  regi- 
ment on  the  Lexington  Alarm  ;  and  again 
for  four  days  in  June,  1776.  He  was 
captain  of  the  third  company  in  Colonel 
Ebenezer  Thayer's  regiment,  Fifth  Suf- 
folk County,  commissioned  July  17,  1777; 
also  captain  in  Colonel  William  Mcin- 
tosh's regiment  from  March  25  to  April 
7,  1778,  serving  at  Roxbury.  (See  p.  848, 
vol.  xiii,  Massachusetts  Soldiers  and 
Sailors  of  the  Revolutionary  War). 

Eliphalet  Sawin  married  (first)  Rachel 
Thayer,  a  descendant  of  John  Alden,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower,"  through  Ruth 
Alden,  Sarah  Bass,  and  Shadrach  Thayer, 
her    father.       Eliphalet    Sawin    married 

(second)  Sarah .     He  and  his  sons 

were  remarkable  for  their  great  physical 
strength.  He  owned  and  operated  a  saw 
mill.  Children,  born  at  Braintree  :  Rachel, 
married  Isaac  Thayer;  Sarah,  baptized 
in  1754,  lived  at  Randolph ;  Shadrach, 
married  Dorothy  Thayer;  Susan,  born 
1755;  Naomi,  baptized  1759;  Amasa;  Eli- 
phalet, mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Eliphalet  (2)  Sawin,  son  of  Eli- 
phalet (1)  Sawin,  was  born  about  1750. 
He  married  Eunice  Wild.  Among  their 
children  was  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Dr.  Daniel  Sawin,  son  of  Eli- 
phalet (2)  Sawin,  was  born  in  Randolph, 
April  30,  1786.  He  married  (first)  Han- 
nah Barrell,  November  18,  1810,  in 
Bridgewater.  She  died  November  2,  1816, 
aged  twenty-six  years.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) April  1,  1820,  Deborah  Cushman,  of 
Hanson.  They  lived  in  East  Bridge- 
water,  where  Dr.  Daniel  Sawin  died 
April  29,  1822.  Children,  born  at  Bridge- 
water:  Eliza  Russell,  November  18, 
181 1,  married,  November  28,  1833,  John 

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Tolman     (see    Tolman    VII)  ;    Hannah, 
January  1,  1814;  Daniel  C,  1821. 

(The  Brett  Line). 

(I)  William  Brett,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  and  came  from 
County  Kent  in  1640.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  original  proprietors  of 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  deputy 
from  the  date  of  incorporation  in  1656  to 
1661.  His  son  William  and  many  of  his 
descendants  in  later  generations  have  also 
served  in  the  Legislature.  He  was  elder 
of  the  church  and  often  preached  when 
the  pastor  was  absent.  He  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  1681,  aged  sixty-three  years.  By 
wife  Margaret  he  had  children :  William, 
Elihu,  Nathaniel,  Hannah. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Brett,  son  of  William 
Brett,  married,  in  1683,  Sarah  Hayward, 
daughter  of  John  Hayward.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  church  and  for  several 
years  town  clerk.  He  died  November  19, 
1740.  Children,  born  at  Bridgewater: 
Alice,  January  29,  1686;  Seth,  mentioned 
below;  Mehitable,  August  12,  1692; 
Sarah,  January  28,  1695 ;  Hannah,  Octo- 
ber 18,  1699;  William,  April  26,  1702; 
Nathaniel,  November  3,  1704. 

(III)  Seth  Brett,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Brett,  was  born  February  24,  1688.  He 
married,  in  171 2,  Sarah  Alden,  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Mehitable  (Allen)  Alden, 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Sim- 
mons) Alden,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
John  and  Priscilla  (Mullins)  Alden,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower."  Mr.  Brett  died 
of  smallpox,  January  11,  1722.  Children, 
born  at  Bridgewater :  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Silas,  February  28,  1716,  minister 
of  Berkley;  Sarah,  March  3,  1718; 
Simeon ;  Seth,  April  13,  1722. 

(IV)  Samuel  Brett,  son  of  Seth  Brett, 
was  born  at  Bridgewater,  August  22, 
1714.  He  married,  in  1737,  Hannah 
Packard,  daughter  of  David  and  Hannah 


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(Ames)  Packard,  and  a  direct  descend- 
ant in  the  fourth  generation  of  Samuel 
Packard,  who  came  from  Windham, 
England,  and  settled  in  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, later  in  Bridgewater.  Mr.  Brett 
was  an  early  settler  in  the  north  parish 
of  Bridgewater,  where  he  died  in  1807. 

(V)  William  (2)  Brett,  son  of  Samuel 
Brett,  was  born  at  Bridgewater,  April  7, 
1758.  He  married  (first)  in  1782,  Molly 
Allen,  daughter  of  Ezra  Allen.  She  died 
and  he  married  (second)  August  27,  1801, 
Betty  Phillips.  Children,  born  at  Bridge- 
water:  Susanna,  May  1,  1784;  Zenas, 
mentioned  below ;  William,  January  7, 
1787;  Cyrus,  October  18,  1789;  Sally, 
April  19,  1792;  Polly,  August  30,  1794; 
Phebe.  Children  by  second  wife :  Asa, 
born  1802;  Mary,  September  24,  1803; 
Betsey,  September,  1805 ;  Almira,  Feb- 
ruary, 1807. 

(VI)  Zenas  Brett,  son  of  William  (2) 
Brett,  was  born  July  31,  1785,  and  died 
October  6,  1868.  He  was  a  general  mer- 
chant in  North  Bridgewater,  and  a  promi- 
nent citizen.  He  married  (first)  June  27, 
1813,  Sibbil  French,  daughter  of  Captain 
William  French,  of  Stoughton.  She  died 
September  22,  1834.  He  married  (second) 
November  28,  1836,  Almira  Packard, 
daughter  of  John  and  Martha  (French) 
Packard,  and  a  direct  descendant  in  the 
seventh  generation  of  Samuel  Packard. 
Children,  by  first  wife,  born  at  North 
Bridgewater:  William  French,  July  13, 
1816;  Mary  Allen,  August  13,  1818,  died 
young ;  Zenas  Franklin,  October  20,  1822  ; 
Sibbil  Alma,  October  23,  1824;  Henry 
Allen,  mentioned  below.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Mary  Ellen,  born  June  18, 
1838;  Charles  Edward,  July  29,  1839; 
Cordelia  Almira,  May  25,  1841  ;  Sarah 
Adelaide,  November  22,  1843 !  George 
Elmer,  May  24,  1849,  died  in  infancy. 

(VII)  Henry  Allen  Brett,  son  of  Zenas 
Brett,   was   born   at   North    Bridgewater, 


April  4,  1830.  He  married,  November  9, 
185 1,  Hannah  Foster  Gibbs,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Foster  Gibbs,  of  Bridgewater. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
North  Bridgewater,  the  Loomis  Academy, 
the  Adelphian  Academy,  and  the  Blan- 
chard  Academy  at  Pembroke,  New 
Hampshire,  from  which  he  graduated  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years.  He  entered 
the  employ  of  his  elder  brother's  firm, 
Brett  &  Kingman,  in  North  Bridgewater, 
as  a  clerk  and  remained  for  some  years. 
In  1850,  when  he  was  twenty  years  of 
age,  he  engaged  in  business  in  Lewiston, 
Maine,  where  he  opened  a  retail  clothing 
store  and  conducted  it  for  a  period  of 
eight  years.  Then  he  established  a  gen- 
eral store  at  Wareham,  Massachusetts, 
and  for  another  period  of  eight  years  con- 
tinued in  business  there  with  substantial 
success,  making  a  host  of  friends,  who 
presented  him  with  a  unique  testimonial 
of  their  regard  at  the  time  he  sold  his 
store.  A  hammered  silver  pitcher  made 
of  silver  coins  contributed  for  the  pur- 
pose by  a  large  number  of  persons  made 
a  souvenir  that  he  cherished  greatly.  He 
returned  to  his  native  town,  where  he 
engaged  in  business  as  a  general  mer- 
chant. To  the  ordinary  departments  of 
dry  goods  and  hardware,  he  added  a  de- 
partment of  tailoring  and  dressmaking, 
and  from  February  15,  i860,  until  he  re- 
tired in  1880,  his  store  was  one  of  the 
most  profitable  and  popular  in  that  town. 
Afterward  he  spent  a  year  in  Chicago  in 
the  employ  of  the  Witherbee  Hill  Cloth- 
ing Company  on  Clark  street,  and  a  year 
in  the  employ  of  the  Sydney  Packard 
Clothing  house  at  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  lived  for  a  year  or  two  in 
Brockton,  Middleborough  and  Sandwich, 
then  returned  to  business  in  the  employ 
of  the  Howard  &  Caldwell  Clothing 
Company  of  Brockton,  and  continued 
with  that  concern  to  the  end  of  his  life. 


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At  the  time  he  had  completed  fifty  years 
in  business,  his  associates  honored  him 
with  a  banquet  and  gave  him  as  a  sou- 
venir an  elegant  easy-chair.  He  died  at 
Brockton,  and  was  buried  in  Union 
Cemetery.  He  was  a  member  of  Social 
Harmony  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Wareham ;  Scituate 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Brockton 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Bay 
State  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Brockton. 

He  married,  November  9,  1851,  Hannah 
Foster  Gibbs,  born  at  Sandwich  in  1834, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Foster  and  Patience 
(Coan)  Gibbs  (see  Gibbs  VI).  She  died 
July  5,  1889,  aged  fifty-five  years,  and 
was  buried  in  Union  Cemetery,  Brock- 
ton. Children :  William  Frank,  born 
September  13,  1852,  resides  in  Dorches- 
ter, Massachusetts ;  Isabelle  Alma,  born 
December  30,  1854,  married  Fred  Sawin 
Tolman  (see  Tolman  IX)  ;  Allen  Foster, 
resides  in  Brockton,  Massachusetts ; 
Harry  Meade,  born  January  20,  1862,  died 
May  21,  1865  ;  Edith,  died  in  infancy. 

(The  Gibbs  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Gibbs,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  Cape  Cod  family  of  this  sur- 
name, was  an  early  settler  in  the  town  of 
Sandwich.  His  name  was  on  the  list  of 
men  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  He  had  a 
brother,  Samuel  Gibbs,  who  also  settled 
in  Sandwich,  and  had  a  son  Samuel  born 
there  June  22,  1649,  and  a  daughter  Sarah, 
born  April  18,  1652.  Thomas  Gibbs  was 
one  of  the  proprietors  of  Sandwich  and 
died  there  before  April  14,  1693,  when  his 
estate  was  divided  among  his  sons  John, 
Thomas  and  Samuel,  making  provision 
also  for  his  widow.  Children,  born  at 
Sandwich :  Thomas,  March  23  or  25, 
1636;  Samuel,  June  22,  1639  or  1649; 
John,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  April  11, 
1652;  Job  and   Bethia,  twins,  April    15, 


1655  ;  Mary,  August  12,  1657.  The  dates 
in  Savage's  dictionary  differ  somewhat 
from  those  in  "Pope's  Pioneers  of  Massa- 
chusetts." 

(II)  John  Gibbs,  son  of  Thomas  Gibbs, 
was  born   at    Sandwich,   September    12, 

1644  (or  io34?).    He  married . 

Children,  born  at  Sandwich :  John, 
April  27,  1676;  Barnabas,  June  24,  1684; 
and  others. 

(III)  Sylvanus  Gibbs,  of  the  Sandwich 
family,  was  born  as  early  as  1700,  and  is 
believed  to  be  son  of  John  Gibbs,  but  his 
birth  is  not  recorded.  His  name  appears 
on  the  list  of  heads  of  families  in  Sand- 
wich in  1730,  as  prepared  by  Rev.  Benja- 
min Fessenden.  (See  Vol.  13,  New  Eng- 
land General  Register,  p.  13.) 

(V)  Sylvanus  (2)  Gibbs,  grandson  of 
Sylvanus  (1)  Gibbs,  was  born  as  early  as 
1750.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, in  Captain  Joseph  Palmer's  com- 
pany, from  Sandwich,  Colonel  John 
Cushing's  regiment,  in  a  Rhode  Island 
campaign  in  1776.  Roll  dated  at  Fal- 
mouth. He  was  sergeant  in  Captain 
Ward  Swift's  company,  Colonel  Free- 
man's regiment,  in  the  fall  of  1778;  second 
lieutenant  in  the  Eighth  Company,  Colo- 
nel Freeman's  regiment  (first  Barnstable 
county  regiment)  in  1779,  commissioned 
April  21.  (See  p.  389,  Vol.  VI,  Massa- 
chusetts Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revo- 
lution). 

He  married  (first)  August  25,  1774, 
Katy  Toby.  He  married  (second)  Han- 
nah   .     Children  of  first  wife,  born 

in  Sandwich:  Hannah,  June  20,  1777; 
Joanna,  October  12,  1779;  Sylvanus  and 
Benjamin,  twins,  January  27,  1782.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife  Hannah :  Nathan 
B.,  September  27,  1783,  died  March  10, 
1849;  Katy  Toby,  March  3,  1785,  married 
William  Swift ;  Alfred,  November  3, 
1786;  Ebenezer,  August  11,  1788;  Clar- 
issa,  March    19.    1790;   Thomas    Foster, 


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mentioned  below;  Caroline,  October  I, 
1793;  Joseph,  December  21,  1795;  Ex- 
perience, January  18,  1797;  Alexander, 
May  12,  1799;  Joanna,  August  12,  1803. 

(VI)  Thomas  Foster  Gibbs,  son  of 
Sylvanus  (2)  Gibbs,  was  born  May  28, 
1792,  and  died  February  4,  i860.  He 
married  Patience  Coan.  Children,  born 
at  Sandwich:  Joanna  J.,  born  1821,  mar- 
ried, October  28,  1845,  Charles  Dilling- 
ham; Nancy  I.,  born  1823,  married  at 
Bridgewater,  August  14,  1845,  Charles  J. 
H.  Bassett,  cashier  of  the  Taunton  Bank, 
of  Taunton;  Hannah  Foster,  born  1834, 
married  Henry  Allen  Brett  (see  Brett 
VII). 


BASSETT,  Thomas  Borden, 
Business  Man. 

The  family  bearing  the  name  of  Bassett 
is  one  among  the  oldest  in  America,  hav- 
ing had  a  continuous  existence  in  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  since 
the  earliest  settlement  of  this  country, 
and  where  it  has  had  a  record  of  promi- 
nence and  eminent  respectability. 

(I)  William  Bassett,  the  emigrant 
ancestor  and  founder  of  this  family  in 
this  country,  was  born  about  1590.  Ac- 
cording to  the  records  he  married  (first) 
Cecil  Licht,  and  (second)  in  161 1,  in  Ley- 
den,  Holland,  Margaret  Oldham.  As 
there  is  no  further  record  of  the  second 
wife  the  supposition  is  that  she  died  soon 
after.  William  Bassett  left  Delft  Haven 
in  the  ship  "Speedwell,"  July  22,  1620,  and 
went  to  Southampton,  England,  with 
other  Pilgrims.  There  the  "Mayflower" 
was  waiting  for  them,  and  after  the  com- 
pany was  divided  between  the  two  vessels 
they  set  sail  for  America,  August  5,  1620. 
The  "Speedwell"  was  found  to  be  leaking, 
and  both  vessels  put  into  Dartmouth  for 
repairs.  Both  vessels  set  sail  again  on 
August  21st,  and  the  "Speedwell"  again 


began  leaking.  Those  passengers  on  the 
"Speedwell"  that  could  be  accommodated 
on  the  "Mayflower"  were  taken  aboard 
the  latter,  and  Robert  Cushman  and  fam- 
ily, William  Bassett  and  others,  about 
twenty  in  all,  returned  to  London.  Early 
in  November,  1621,  the  ship  "Fortune,"  a 
vessel  of  about  fifty-five  tons  burden,  and 
a  new  ship,  arrived  at  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, from  England,  with  thirty-five 
passengers,  among  whom  were  William 
Bassett  and  Robert  Cushman.  Whether 
William  Bassett's  third  wife,  Elizabeth 
Tilden,  came  with  him  or  not,  has  never  > 
been  established,  as  she  is  not  mentioned 
until  1627,  when  William  and  wife  Eliza- 
beth, and  children,  William,  Jr.,  and 
Elizabeth,  were  included  in  the  record  of 
the  division  of  cattle  at  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts. William  Bassett  was  elected 
deputy  assistant  to  the  governor  in  1640, 
1643,  ID44,  1645  and  1648,  from  Duxbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  had  gone  in 
1637  and  made  a  settlement  with  others. 
He  became  one  of  the  original  proprietors 
of  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
settled  in  about  1650,  this  town  being  in- 
corporated in  1656.  He  was  a  large  land- 
holder, and  one  of  the  wealthiest  of  the 
colony,  only  four  in  Plymouth  paying  a 
larger  tax  than  he,  in  1633.  He  must 
have  been  an  educated  man,  as  he  pos- 
sessed a  large  library.  He  had  become 
a  freeman  of  the  colony  in  1633,  and  in 
1637  he  was  a  volunteer  in  the  company 
raised  to  assist  Massachusetts  and  Con- 
necticut in  the  Pequot  War.  He  was  also 
a  member  of  the  committee  of  the  town 
of  Duxbury  to  lay  out  the  bounds  and  to 
decide  on  the  fitness  of  persons  applying 
to  become  residents.  He  was  representa- 
tive to  the  Old  Colony  Court  for  a  period 
of  six  years.  He  died  in  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  in  May,  1667.  His  chil- 
dren were:  William,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Thomas  Burgess ; 


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Nathaniel,  who  settled  first  in  Marsh- 
field,  and  in  1684  in  Yarmouth ;  Joseph, 
who  remained  on  the  paternal  homestead 
at  Bridgewater ;  Sarah,  who  married  Pere- 
grine White,  of  Marshfield,  the  first  white 
child  born  of  English  parents  at  Cape  Cod 
Harbor,  in  November,  1620 ;  Jane ;  Ruth, 
born  in  1632,  who  married  John  Sprague ; 
and  perhaps  others. 

(II)  William  (2)  Bassett,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (1)  and  Elizabeth  (Tilden)  Bassett, 
was  born  in  1624,  and  died  in  1670.  He 
married  Mary  Burt. 

(III)  William  (3)  Bassett,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  and  Mary  (Burt)  Bassett,  was 
born  in  1656,  and  died  in  1721.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1675,  Rachel  Willison. 

(IV)  William  (4)  Bassett,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (3)  and  Rachel  (Willison)  Bassett, 
married,  in  1709,  Abigail  Bourne. 

(V)  John  Bassett,  son  of  William  (4) 
and  Abigail  (Bourne)  Bassett,  lived  in 
Rochester,  Massachusetts,  where  the 
births  of  his  twelve  children  are  of  rec- 
ord. His  wife's  Christian  name  was  Mary. 
He  died  May  17, 1781.  His  children  were  : 
Aurelia,  born  in  1743;  Bethsheba,  1744; 
Benjamin,  1746;  Mary,  1747;  Emma, 
1749;  Peter,  1752;  Desire,  1754;  Sarah, 
1756;  Newcomb,  1757;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below;  Meltiah,  1761 ;  and  Abigail, 
1763. 

(VI)  Thomas  Bassett,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  Bassett,  was  born  in  Rochester, 
Massachusetts,  June  19,  1759,  where  he 
died  February  24,  1833.  On  January  7, 
1 781,  he  married  Lydia  Mendall,  of  that 
town,  who  was  born  March  19,  1760.  To 
them  were  born  children  as  follows: 
Newcomb,  born  in  1781 ;  Anselm,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  1786;  Abner,  1788, 
who  married  Harriet  B.  Spaulding,  of 
Norwich,  Connecticut ;  Thomas,  Jr.,  and 
Lydia,  twins,  1790;  John,  1793,  who  mar- 
ried Laura  Wing,  of  Marion,  Massachu- 
setts; Stephen,  1798,  who  married  Abigail 


Mendall ;  and   Ezra,   1800,  who    married 
Keziah  Russell. 

(VII)  Anselm  Bassett,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Lydia  (Mendall)  Bassett,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Rochester,  Massachusetts, 
April  29,  1784.  He  was  prepared  for  col- 
lege under  the  tuition  of  Hon.  Tristam 
Burgess,  who  was  then  preceptor  of  the 
Rochester  Academy,  and  entered  Brown 
University  in  1799,  being  the  youngest 
member  of  his  class,  graduating  there- 
from in  1803.  Upon  leaving  college  he 
was  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  his 
native  town,  and  also  took  up  the  study 
of  law  in  the  office  of  Abraham  Holmes. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  January, 
1808,  and  immediately  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  locating  at  Nar- 
raguagus,  in  what  was  then  called  the 
district  of  Maine.  In  1809,  he  removed  to 
Columbus,  Maine,  where  he  practiced 
successfully  for  a  period  of  about  three 
years,  when,  on  account  of  business  being 
prostrated  as  a  result  of  the  war  with 
Great  Britain,  he  returned  to  Rochester, 
his  native  town.  Here  he  married  Rosa- 
linda Holmes,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Holmes,  with  whom  he  had  studied  law, 
and  soon  thereafter  settled  at  Head  of 
Westport,  Massachusetts,  where  for 
about  twenty  years  he  continued  the  prac- 
tice of  his  chosen  profession  with  a 
marked  degree  of  success.  In  1849  was 
formed  what  was  long  the  well-known 
and  successful  law  firm  of  Bassett  & 
Reed.  After  a  long  and  most  successful 
practice  at  the  bar  covering  a  period  of 
over  fifty-five  years,  on  June  1,  1863,  Mr. 
Bassett  withdrew  from  this  partnership 
and  determined  to  relinquish  the  duties  of 
his  profession.  At  the  time  of  his  retire- 
ment he  was  the  oldest  practitioner  in 
Bristol  county,  and  one  of  the  oldest  in 
the  State.  Although  he  closed  his  office 
and  withdrew  from  the  bar,  he  was  con- 
stantly sought  by  his  former  clients,  who 
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were  unwilling  to  rely  on  other  advice 
until  his  could  no  longer  be  obtained. 

Mr.  Bassett  always  took  a  deep  interest 
in  public  affairs,  and  was  called  upon  to 
perform  public  duties.  In  183 1  he  repre- 
sented his  town  in  the  State  Legislature, 
and  in  1832  was  appointed  registrar  of 
probate  for  the  county  of  Bristol,  at  which 
time  he  was  required  to  take  up  his  resi- 
dence at  Taunton,  Massachusetts.  He 
continued  to  fill  this  office  for  a  period  of 
nineteen  years,  and  discharged  the  duties 
thereof  with  distinguished  promptness 
and  faithfulness.  He  also  kept  up  his 
practice  during  this  official  period,  being 
counselor  to  a  large  number  of  clients. 
As  a  public  official  and  as  a  lawyer,  Mr. 
Bassett  enjoyed  the  greatest  respect  and 
esteem  for  his  uprightness  and  for  his 
pronounced  kindness  of  heart.  Mr.  Bas- 
sett passed  away  September  9,  1863,  in 
the  eightieth  year  of  his  age,  as  a  result 
of  the  natural  decay  of  old  age  and  with- 
out disease. 

After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Rosa- 
linda (Holmes)  Bassett,  Mr.  Bassett  mar- 
ried (second)  Mrs.  Lucy  Smith,  of  Troy, 
New  York.  The  children  of  Anselm  Bas- 
sett, all  born  to  the  first  marriage,  were : 
Thomas,  born  in  181 1,  died  in  1835; 
Charles  J.  H.,  mentioned  below ;  George 
F.  H.,  born  in  1817,  died  in  1820;  Cynthia 
C.  H.,  1821,  and  Elizabeth  M.,  1824. 

Mrs.  Rosalinda  (Holmes)  Bassett  was 
a  direct  descendant  in  the  sixth  gener- 
ation from  William  Holmes,  who  was  an 
inhabitant  of  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1646,  and  a  freeman  of  the  colony 
in  1658,  later  removing  to  Marshfield, 
where  he  died  in  1678.  William  Holmes 
was  descended  from  a  long  and  distin- 
guished line  of  ancestry  in  England,  trac- 
ing back  in  direct  line  to  John  Holmes, 
who  was  a  captain  in  the  army  of  William 
the  Conqueror,  in  1066.  Mrs.  Bassett's 
line  of  descent  from  William  Holmes,  the 


founder  of  the  family  in  this  country,  is 
through  Abraham  and  his  wife,  Eliza- 
beth (Arnold)  Holmes,  of  Rochester,  he 
dying  there  in  1722;  Experience  Holmes, 
who  died  in  1715,  aged  thirty-three  years, 
and  his  wife,  Patience  (Nichols)  Holmes; 
Experience  (2)  Holmes  and  his  wife, 
Hannah  (Sampson)  Holmes ;  and  Hon. 
Abraham  Holmes  and  Bethiah  (Nye) 
Holmes,  of  Rochester,  the  former  of 
whom  was  a  distinguished  lawyer  of  the 
State  of  Massachusetts. 

(VIII)  Charles  Jarvis  Holmes  Bassett, 
son  of  Anselm  and  Rosalinda  (Holmes) 
Bassett,  was  born  July  10,  1814,  in  the 
town  of  Westport,  Massachusetts,  where 
his  educational  training  was  begun.  For 
a  time  he  lived  with  his  uncle,  Hon. 
Charles  Jarvis  Holmes,  in  Rochester, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  also  attended 
school.  Taking  up  the  study  of  law,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Bristol  county, 
but  did  not  engage  in  practice.  He  be- 
came cashier  of  the  Taunton  National 
Bank,  and  later  filled  the  same  position 
in  the  Hanover  National  Bank,  of  New 
York  City,  but  was  recalled  to  the  Taun- 
ton Bank,  of  which  he  became  president, 
a  position  he  held  for  some  years.  Mr. 
Bassett  was  interested  in  religious  affairs, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church. 

He  married  (first)  January  20,  1840, 
Emeline  Deane  Seabury,  who  was  born 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  October  2, 
1817,  daughter  of  John  Westgate  Sea- 
bury.  She  passed  away  April  1,  1842,  the 
mother  of  three  children,  as  follows : 
Sarah  S.,  born  in  1840,  who  died  in  Taun- 
ton, married  Erastus  Morse,  of  Taunton ; 
John  S.  and  Charles  A.  (twins),  born 
April  1,  1842,  the  former  of  whom  mar- 
ried Marianna  C.  Perry,  of  Taunton ;  and 
the  latter  is  mentioned  below.  Mr.  Bas- 
sett married  (second)  August  14,  1845, 
Nancy  L.  Gibbs,  who  was  born  in  Sand- 


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wich,  Massachusetts,  February  28,  1823, 
and  who  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was 
living  in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts. 
She  died  May  12,  1848,  the  mother  of  the 
following  children :  Louisa  L.,  born  in 
1846,  who  married  George  H.  Rhodes,  of 
Taunton;  Isabel,  born  in  1848,  died  in 
infancy.  On  December  25,  1850,  Mr.  Bas- 
sett  married  (third)  Martha  B.  French, 
of  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  who  was 
born  June  2,  1825,  daughter  of  Squire  and 
Betsey  (Bucklin)  French  (see  French 
VI).  To  this  union  were  born  children 
as  follows :  Henry  F.,  born  September 
23,  1851,  who  married  Emma  C.  Jackson, 
of  Taunton  ;  Rufus  W.,  mentioned  below  ; 
Martha  E.,  born  in  1855,  who  died  in 
1881  ;  Mary  R.,  born  in  1858,  who  married 
Colonel  Henry  Pierce,  of  Pawtucket, 
Rhode  Island,  she  a  widow,  residing  in 
Taunton ;  George  F.  H.,  born  in  1862, 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty  years ;  and  Susie 
A.,  born  in  1864. 

(IX)  Charles  A.  Bassett,  son  of 
Charles  J.  H.  and  Emeline  Deane  (Sea- 
bury)  Bassett,  was  born  April  1,  1842, 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  in  which  city 
he  acquired  his  educational  training  by 
attendance  at  the  public  and  high  schools. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  entered 
a  dry  goods  store,  where  he  remained  a 
clerk  for  about  one  year,  when  he 
accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  Taun- 
ton National  Bank,  of  which  is  father 
was  an  official,  and  here  he  remained  for 
a  period  of  four  years,  being  the  youngest 
employee  of  that  institution.  Through 
the  influence  of  the  late  Hon.  John  S. 
Brayton,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years 
he  went  to  Fall  River,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  connected  with  the  First 
National  Bank  of  that  city  for  a  period  of 
thirteen  years,  soon  rising  to  the  position 
of  cashier.  In  February,  1877,  he  was 
elected  to  the  position  of  treasurer  of  the 
Fall  River  Savings  Bank,  and  continued 


to  fill  that  position  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  covering  a  period  of  nearly  forty 
years.  Mr.  Bassett  had  the  reputation 
of  being  one  of  the  ablest  savings  bank 
officials  in  Massachusetts,  and  his  counsel 
was  widely  sought  by  banking  men.  Up 
to  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  one  of  the 
two  surviving  charter  members  of  King 
Philip  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Fall  River,  which  celebrated 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  its  founding  in 
January,  1916.  He  was  also  a  member  of 
Fall  River  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons. 
Mr.  Bassett  was  connected  with  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Fall  River.  Of 
a  quiet  and  retiring  disposition  he  had 
little  inclination  for  political  or  social 
affairs,  being  strictly  interested  and  en- 
tirely occupied  in  his  attention  to  the 
duties  of  the  bank,  which  under  his  con- 
trol has  become  one  of  the  largest  and 
strongest  savings  institutions  in  New 
England.  Mr.  Bassett  saw  the  Fall  River 
Savings  Bank  deposits  increase  from  $4,- 
000,000  to  $10,000,000,  during  his  official 
connections  therewith.  He  was  for  a 
number  of  years  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  of  Fall 
River,  giving  the  city  valuable  services  in 
this  connection. 

On  June  15,  1870,  Mr.  Bassett  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Mary  L.  Hooper, 
daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Foster  Hooper, 
one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  Fall 
River,  who  died  October  18.  1870.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bassett  was  born  one  daughter, 
Mary  Hooper,  who  married  George  H. 
Waring,  a  cloth  broker,  of  Fall  River,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  four  children, 
namely :  Seabury  Bassett,  born  March 
26,  1900 ;  Margaret,  April  27,  1902  ;  Janice, 
July  25,  1903 ;  and  Mary  Hooper,  July  7, 
1910. 

Mr.  Bassett  passed  away  at  his  home 
on  Rock  street,  Fall  River,  Massachu- 
setts, on  January  23,  1916,  in  the  seventy- 


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fourth  year  of  his  age,  honored  and  re- 
spected in  the  community  with  the  finan- 
cial institutions  of  which  he  had  so  long 
and  honorably  been  connected. 

(IX)  Rufus  W.  Bassett,  son  of  Charles 
J.  H.  and  Martha  B.  (French)  Bassett, 
was  born  July  22,  1853,  in  Taunton,  Mas- 
sachusetts. His  educational  training  was 
acquired  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city, 
including  the  high  school.  After  leaving 
school  he  entered  the  office  of  the  Eagle 
Cotton  Company,  of  Taunton,  where  he 
was  employed  for  several  years,  which 
position  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position 
of  bookkeeper  of  the  Troy  Cotton  and 
Woolen  Manufactory,  of  Fall  River,  Mas- 
sachusetts, to  which  city  he  then  removed. 
After  serving  some  years  in  this  capacity, 
during  which  time  he  had  acquired  a 
thorough  and  comprehensive  knowledge 
of  the  cotton  manufacturing  industry,  he 
opened  an  office  in  Fall  River  as  a  cotton 
and  cloth  broker,  later  associating  him- 
self with  Nathan  Durfee,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Bassett  &  Durfee,  in  a  partner- 
ship, which  was  continued  with  marked 
success  up  to  the  time  of  the  death  of 
Mr.  Bassett.  This  well-known  firm  did  a 
large  and  extensive  business,  being  the 
representatives  of  the  American  Printing 
Company  in  the  purchase  of  goods  in  this 
market,  and  in  this  capacity  frequently 
took  over  very  large  consignments  of 
cloth  for  this  well-known  concern.  Mr. 
Bassett's  recognized  business  ability  and 
insight  in  financial  affairs  brought  him 
into  close  touch  with  the  industrial  and 
financial  institutions  of  Fall  River,  and  he 
served  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  director 
in  the  Metacomet  National  Bank,  the  Fall 
River  Electric  Light  Company,  and  the 
Richard  Borden  Manufacturing  Company. 

Of  robust  stature,  in  early  manhood 
Mr.  Bassett  was  fond  of  athletics,  and  as 
an  amateur  played  right  field  and  first 
base  with  the  Fall  River  baseball  team,  a 


semi-professional  organization.  When  he 
first  located  in  Fall  River  he  served  for  a 
time  in  Company  M,  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  of  which  he  was  a  charter 
member.  He  was  also  a  consistent  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Fall  River.  In  political  faith  Mr.  Bassett 
was  a  stalwart  adherent  of  the  principles 
of  the  Republican  party,  in  the  councils 
of  which  party  he  was  a  prominent  and 
influential  factor,  being  called  upon  to  fill 
various  offices  of  honor  and  responsibility, 
the  duties  of  which  he  administered  with 
ability  and  faithfulness.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of 
Fall  River  in  1887  and  1889,  and  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  from  Ward  Eight,  in 
1890-91.  On  June  4,  1902,  Governor  W. 
Murray  Crane  appointed  him  to  the  Board 
of  Police  Commissioners  of  the  city  for 
a  three  years'  term,,  and  on  June  19,  1903, 
he  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  board 
by  Governor  John  L.  Bates.  At  the  ex- 
piration of  his  term,  Governor  William 
L.  Douglas,  a  Democrat,  was  in  office,  and 
James  Tansey  was  appointed  to  succeed 
him.  On  May  22,  1907,  Mr.  Bassett  was 
again  appointed  to  the  board  by  Governor 
Curtis  Guild,  Jr.,  and  in  June,  1908,  was 
again  appointed  chairman  of  the  board, 
his  term  to  expire  the  first  Monday  in 
June,  1910.  Mr.  Bassett  also  served  as  a 
trustee  of  the  Public  Library  from  1891  to 
February  4,  1901,  when  he  resigned  to 
accept  the  police  commissionership.  He 
was  again  appointed  a  trustee,  March  31, 
1906,  resigning  June  19,  1908.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Old  Colony  His- 
torical Society. 

Mr.  Bassett  passed  away  at  his  home 
on  High  street,  Fall  River,  July  26,  1909, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years,  his  death 
being  an  irreparable  loss  to  the  commun- 
ity where  he  was  so  well  and  favorably 
known,  as  well  as  to  a  large  circle  of 
friends.      Possessed    of    a    most    genial 


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nature,  even  temperament  and  obliging 
disposition,  he  was  deservingly  popular  in 
the  highest  sense,  having  hosts  of  friends 
who  regarded  him  as  a  gentleman  of 
ability,  strictest  integrity  and  incorrupt- 
ible character,  and  was  recognized  by  all 
classes  as  a  useful  and  valuable  citizen. 

On  September  13,  1882,  Mr.  Bassett 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Harriet  Min- 
erva Borden,  who  was  born  June  15,  1856, 
daughter  of  the  late  Colonel  Thomas  J. 
and  Mary  E.  (Hill)  Borden,  of  Fall  River, 
Massachusetts.  Mrs.  Bassett  passed 
away  October  16,  1904,  the  mother  of  the 
following  children :  Thomas  Borden, 
mentioned  below;  Frederick  Waterman, 
born  April  23,  1885,  who  died  September 
26,  1904;  Margaret,  born  January  26,  1888, 
who  married,  September  7,  1912,  Samuel 
T.  Hubbard,  Jr.,  of  Yonkers,  New  York, 
and  they  have  two  children,  namely: 
Harriet  Borden  and  Mary  Hustis ;  Charles 
French,  born  April  5,  1891,  who  died  De- 
cember 26,  1891  ;  and  Constance,  born 
January  19,  1896. 

(X)  Thomas  Borden  Bassett,  eldest 
son  of  the  late  Rufus  W.  and  Harriet 
Minerva  (Borden)  Bassett,  was  born  Au- 
gust 24,  1883,  in  Fall  River,  Massachu- 
setts. After  acquiring  his  early  educa- 
tional training  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city,  including  the  B.  M.  C. 
Durfee  High  School,  he  was  prepared  for 
college  at  Browne  &  Nichols  Preparatory 
School,  Boston,  from  which  he  entered 
Harvard  University,  graduating  there- 
from in  the  class  of  1905,  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  After  spending  a 
short  time  in  a  stock  brokerage  office  in 
Boston,  he  returned  to  Fall  River,  where 
he  entered  the  office  of  Nathan  Durfee, 
cotton  and  cloth  broker  of  that  city,  and 
former  partner  of  his  father,  with  whom 
he  continued  until  1912,  when  Mr.  Durfee 
retired  from  business,  and  Mr.  Bassett, 
in  company  with  Frank  T.  Albro,  under 


the  firm  name  of  Bassett  &  Albro,  took 
up  the  business.  Mr.  Bassett  is  unmar- 
ried. 

(The  French  Line). 

For  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  years 
the  French  family  has  been  prominently 
identified  with  the  history  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts.  And  across 
the  water  the  French  family  is  one  ancient 
and  historic,  claiming  its  origin  from 
Rollo,  Duke  of  Normandy,  who,  himself, 
was  a  Norseman  viking,  but  who  settled 
in  France,  and  in  A.  D.  910,  formally 
adopted  the  Christian  religion  and  was 
baptized,  taking  the  name  of  Robert, 
Count  of  Paris,  who  was  his  godfather. 
In  direct  line  from  Rollo  descended  Sir 
Theoples  French  (or  Freyn),  who  went 
with  William  the  Conqueror,  to  England, 
and  fought  at  the  battle  of  Hastings. 
Thus  was  the  first  branch  of  the  French 
family  planted  in  England. 

(I)  John  French,  the  first  of  the  name 
in  this  country,  in  the  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily here  considered,  was  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  born  in  1612.  He  is 
first  of  record  at  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  had  lands  granted  to  him 
February  24,  1639-40.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  the  adjoining  town  of 
Dorchester,  January  27,  1642.  He  became 
a  freeman,  May  29,  1639,  and  was  active 
and  prominent  among  the  early  settlers. 

(II)  John  (2)  French,  son  of  John  (1) 
French,  was  born  February  28,  1641. 
About  1676  he  removed  to  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  from  Northampton,  being 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  who  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Kingsley,  and  children : 
John,  Thomas,  Samuel,  and  Jonathan,  the 
first  three  of  whom  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance,  February  8,  1679,  besides  three 
daughters :  Mary,  wife  of  Samuel  Steb- 
bins;  Hannah,  wife  of  Francis  Keet;  and 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  Pomeroy.  The 
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(III)  John  (3)  French,  son  of  John  (2) 
French,  married,  November  22,  1678, 
Hannah  (Savage  says  Mary)  Palmer. 
Mr.  French  lived  with  his  grandfather 
Kingsley.  His  children,  of  Rehoboth 
town  record,  were :  Hannah,  born  Octo- 
ber 19,  1679;  John,  April  13,  1681  ;  Mary, 
March  15,  1683-84;  Elizabeth,  January 
19,  1684-85;  Martha,  March  28,  1688; 
Samuel,  March  30,  .1690;  Jonathan,  No- 
vember 17,  1693;  Thomas,  September  6, 
1696;  and  Ephraim,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Deacon  Ephraim  French,  son  of 
John  (3)  French,  was  born  January  22, 
1698-99,  and  died  April  24,  1796.  He  mar- 
ried, August  13,  1726,  Bethiah  Dean,  of 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  and  their  chil- 
dren, of  Rehoboth  town  record,  were : 
Elkanah,  born  November  9,  1727;  Be- 
thiah, April  7,  1 73 1 ;  Ephraim,  April  25, 
1734;  James,  March  25,  1737;  Luce,  Janu- 
ary 19,  1741-42;  and  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(V)  John  (4)  French,  son  of  Deacon 
Ephraim  French,  was  born  February  25, 
1746-47,  and  married  in  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, the  Rev.  Ephraim  Hyde  officiat- 
ing, June  4,  1770,  Lydia  Allen,  who  was 
born  October  24,  1750,  in  Rehoboth, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Amie  (Wheat- 
on)  Allen,  and  to  this  union  were  born  the 
following  children :  Lydia,  born  October 
27,  1771 ;  Otis,  April  23,  1773 ;  Belle,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1775  ;  Olive,  March  30,  1777  ;  John, 
January  20,  1779,  died  young;  Squire, 
mentioned  below;  Bethiah,  November  11, 
1782;  Benjamin,  September  15,  1784; 
Cyrell,  March  24,  1786,  died  in  infancy; 
Amie,  October  13,  1787;  and  Cyrell  (2), 
born  March  30,  1790.  John  French,  of 
Rehoboth,  was  a  private  in  Colonel  Na- 
thaniel Carpenter's  regiment,  Captain 
Isaac  Burr's  company,  which  marched  on 
an  alarm,  April  19,  1775,  service  eight 
days. 

(VI)  Squire  French,  son  of  John   (4) 


and  Lydia  (Allen)  French,  was  born  in 
Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  January  26, 
1781,  and  married  Betsey  Bucklin  (inten- 
tions published  in  the  town  of  Seekonk, 
September  30,  1821).  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Dorcas  (Waterman) 
Bucklin,  and  granddaughter  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  (Arnold)  Bucklin.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  George  Arnold,  born  in  1822, 
married,  November  26,  1844,  Betsey 
O'Brien  ;  Martha  B.,  born  June  2,  1825, 
married,  December  25,  1850,  Charles  J. 
H.  Bassett  (see  Bassett  VIII)  ;  Ellen, 
born  in  1835,  married,  December  20,  1854, 
Henry  L.  Dana. 


HARTSHORN,  George  Trumbull, 

Chemist,   Musician. 

The  Hartshorn  family  is  of  ancient 
English  lineage.  The  surname  was  taken 
from  a  parish  of  this  name  in  Litchfield 
diocese,  Derbyshire,  and  the  parish,  it  is 
believed,  was  so  named,  from  its  geo- 
graphical resemblance  to  a  hart's  horn. 
The  family  was  well  established,  as  the 
records  show,  as  early  as  the  thirteenth 
century.  Henry  de  Hertishorn  and  others 
of  the  family  are  mentioned  in  Derby- 
shire. The  Hartshorn  coat-of-arms  is  de- 
scribed :  Three  bucks'  heads,  and  the 
crest  is  a  buck's  head.  The  design  ob- 
viously refers  to  the  significance  of  the 
name.  The  family  is  one  of  long  stand- 
ing in  this  country  and  one  of  achieve- 
ment. The  name  has  been  a  continuous 
one  in  the  old  home  town  of  Reading, 
Massachusetts,  and  in  that  region  of 
country  since  early  in  the  seventeenth 
century,  and  some  years  ago  some  of  the 
land  of  the  original  settlers  was  still  in 
the  family  name ;  and  in  different  fields  of 
effort  not  a  few  of  the  name  have  been 
men  of  achievement  and  of  large  means. 
During  the  struggle  of  the  Colonies  for 
independence  the  family  was  well  repre- 


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sented  in  the  field,  the  names  of  Benja- 
min, James,  Jeremiah,  John,  Jonathan, 
Thomas  and  William  appearing  on  the 
rolls  as  from  Reading. 

(I)  Thomas  Hartshorn,  founder  of  the 
family  in  this  country,  and  ancestor  of  all 
of  the  name,  was  born  in  England,  in 
1614,  according  to  his  deposition,  April  3, 
1654,  that  he  was  aged  about  forty  years. 
He  settled  in  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
took  the  freeman's  oath,  May  10,  1648, 
and  was  a  prominent  and  influential  citi- 
zen, serving  as  selectman  and  in  other 
offices  of  trust.  He  died  about  May,  1683, 
and  his  inventory  was  dated  May  18  that 
year.  His  will  was  dated  October  26, 
1681,  and  proved  June  16,  1683,  bequeath- 
ing .  to  sons  Benjamin  and  Thomas, 
daughter  Susannah  and  wife  Sarah.  His 
other  children  must  have  received  their 
shares  previously.  His  first  wife  Sus- 
annah died  March  18,  1660.  His  second 
wife  Hannah  was  received  from  the 
church  in  Ipswich,  April  6,  1663.  She  died 
July  20,  1673,  and  he  married  (third) 
Sarah  Lamson,  widow  of  William  Lam- 
son,  of  Ipswich.  Children :  Thomas, 
born  October  30,  1646,  died  young; 
Thomas,  September  30,  1648;  John,  May 
6,  1650;  Joseph,  July  2,  1652;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  August  20, 
1656;  David,  1657;  Susannah,  March  2, 
1659;  Timothy,  February  3,  1661 ;  Mary, 
August  19,  1672. 

(II)  Benjamin  Hartshorn,  fifth  son  of 
Thomas  and  Susannah  Hartshorn,  was 
born  April  18,  1654,  in  Reading,  and  made 
his  home  in  that  town,  where  he  died  May 
3,  1694.    He  married  (first)  February  28, 

1681,  Mary,  daughter  of  George  Thomp- 
son, born  April  19,  1664,  died  October  26, 

1682.  He  married  (second)  November  6, 
1684,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Osgood)  Brown.  Children : 
Mary,  born  and  died  1682 ;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below ;    Elizabeth,    December 


20,  1686;  Hannah,  February  10,  1689; 
Jonathan,  November  10,  1690;  Susannah, 
March  21,  1692. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2)  Hartshorn,  eldest 
child  of  Benjamin  (1)  and  Elizabeth 
(Brown)  Hartshorn,  was  born  September 
16,  1685,  in  Reading,  and  lived  in  that 
town.  He  married  there,  April  2,  1716, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sergeant  James 
and  Rebecca  Boutwell,  born  October  9, 
1687.  Children:  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below;  Jonathan,  1721  ;  Elizabeth,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1724;  James,  May  17,  1727. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (3)  Hartshorn,  eldest 
child  of  Benjamin  (2)  and  Elizabeth 
(Boutwell)  Hartshorn,  was  born  March  4, 
1720,  in  Reading,  and  was  a  resident  of 
that  town.  He  married,  February  24, 
1742,  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  (Burnap)  Swain,  born  October  23; 
1724,  in  Reading.  Children:  Benjamin, 
born  July  4,  1744;  Mary,  October  15,  1746, 
died  young;  James,  May  19,  1750;  Wil- 
liam,, November  26,  1753;  Jonathan,  Au- 
gust 30,  1756;  Jeremiah,  mentioned  be- 
low; Mary,  October  5,  1765  ;  Samuel,  July 
25,  1768. 

(V)  Jeremiah  Hartshorn,  fifth  son  of 
Benjamin  (3)  and  Mary  (Swain)  Harts- 
horn, was  born  November  15,  1760,  in 
Reading,  and  lived  in  Foxboro,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  about  1781,  Re- 
becca Richardson,  and  the  records  of  Fox- 
boro show  the  following  children  :  Sally, 
born  November  15,  1782;  Jeremiah,  Au- 
gust 28,  1784;  Eunice,  September  5,  1786; 
Jesse,  mentioned  below;  Harvey,  May  25, 
1795.  The  following  were  baptized  Au- 
gust 16.  1801  :  Jeremiah,  Harvey,  Re- 
becca, Sally  and  Eunice. 

(VI)  Jesse  Hartshorn,  second  son  of 
Jeremiah  and  Rebecca  (Richardson) 
Hartshorn,  was  born  May  17,  1789,  in 
Foxboro,  Massachusetts.  In  1807  he  went 
to  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  se- 
cured  employment  with   the   Green   Mill 


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Company,  owned  by  the  Shepard  family, 
who  were  pioneers  in  the  cotton  manu- 
facturing business  in  that  place.  In  1813, 
in  association  with  Robert  Dean  and  some 
others,  Mr.  Hartshorn  formed  a  company 
and  built  a  mill  in  the  east  part  of  Taun- 
ton, of  which  he  became  superintendent 
and  agent.  In  1819  he  built  and  equipped 
a  mill  at  Falls  of  Tarboro,  North  Caro- 
lina, and  later  built  and  organized  other 
mills  at  various  places,  including  Paw- 
tucket  and  Blackstone,  Rhode  Island,  and 
Humphreysville  and  New  London,  Con- 
necticut. About  1813  he  returned  to 
Taunton,  and  was  employed  by  Crocker, 
Richardson  &  Company  until  their  failure 
in  1837.  Three  years  later  he  took  a 
lease  of  the  cotton  and  paper  mills  at 
Westville,  where  he  continued  five  years. 
In  1846  he  entered  the  service  of  William 
Mason  &  Company,  as  superintendent  of 
their  machine  works,  remaining  until 
185 1,  when  he  retired  from  that  position. 
In  the  early  years  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury, before  his  removal  to  Taunton,  Mr. 
Hartshorn  served  as  selectman  of  the 
town  of  Foxboro.  He  died  at  Taunton, 
April  2,  1868.  He  married  Priscilla, 
daughter  of  Abizer  Dean,  born  April  5, 
1791,  died  January  14,  1885.  Children: 
Charles  Warren,  born  October  8,  1814, 
died  March  31,  1893  ;  Mary  Leonard,  April 
25,  1818,  died  April,  1885 ;  George  Frank- 
lin, mentioned  below ;  Martha  E.,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1830,  died  June  8,  1900. 

(VII)  George  Franklin  Hartshorn,  sec- 
ond son  of  Jesse  and  Priscilla  (Dean)  Hart- 
shorn, was  born  September  27,  1826,  in 
Taunton.  He  was  educated  at  the  Bristol 
Academy,  which  he  attended  from  1836 
to  1843.  In  the  latter  year  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Bates,  Turner  &  Company,  im- 
porters and  jobbers  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, but  remained  with  them  only  a  year, 
in  1846  going  to  New  York  City  as  a  clerk 
in  the  commission  house  of  William   F. 


Mott,  Jr.  He  went  to  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1848,  where  he  was  engaged 
as  cashier  of  the  Central  Bank  until  1856. 
Mr.  Hartshorn  was  one  of  the  first  manu- 
facturers of  machine-made  envelopes  in 
the  country,  buying  the  patent  of  the 
inventor.  He  resigned  his  cashiership  to 
engage  in  this  business,  but  was  reap- 
pointed to  it  in  1859  and  served  until 
1862,  retaining  his  interest  in  the  envelope 
business,  which  grew  to  large  proportions 
until  1865.  In  1867  he  left  Worcester,  and 
resided  in  Taunton  until  1873,  then  in 
Quincy  until  1878,  in  Cambridge  until 
1885,  and  from  that  date  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death  in  1901,  in  Taunton.  He  mar- 
ried, July  18,  1855,  Isabella  Frink,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Augustus  Trumbull,  of 
Worcester,  Massachusetts  (see  Trumbull, 
VII). 

(VIII)  George  Trumbull  Hartshorn, 
only  son  of  George  Franklin  and  Isabella 
Frink  (Trumbull)  Hartshorn,  was  born 
October  20,  i860,  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  educated  at  Adams 
Academy,  Quincy,  Massachusetts,  and  at 
Harvard  University,  always  taking  a  high 
rank  as  a  scholar,  particularly  in  chemis- 
try, in  which  he  was  deeply  interested. 
After  graduating  he  was  for  some  time  an 
instructor  in  the  chemistry  department  of 
the  university.  At  the  close  of  his  term 
as  a  college  instructor,  Mr.  Hartshorn 
went  to  Taunton,  making  his  home  with 
his  parents,  and  followed  the  profession 
of  an  analytical  chemist,  his  work  being 
as  much  a  pleasure  as  a  profitable  under- 
taking. He  was  also  deeply  interested  in 
music,  was  a  splendid  performer  on  the 
violin-cello,  and  his  home  was  always  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  central  points  in 
musical  and  social  life  in  Taunton.  Some 
years  later,  owing  to  the  illness  of  his 
father,  the  consequent  cares  of  the  man- 
agement of  a  large  estate  engrossed  the 
larger  portion  of  his  time,  and  this  he 
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continued  to  look  after  until  within  a  few 
years  of  his  death.  He  purchased  the 
ancestral  acres  on  Dean  street  and  there 
fitted  up  for  himself  and  family  a  beautiful 
country  place,  amply  adequate  for  all  the 
enjoyments  of  life,  but  which  he  himself 
was  destined  only  to  enjoy  for  a  short 
time.  Mr.  Hartshorn  was  actively  inter- 
ested in  social  life  in  Taunton  and  promi- 
nent in  it.  Up  to  1895  ne  nad  been  secre- 
tary of  the  Segregansett  Country  Club 
from  its  formation,  and  had  a  lively  part 
in  making  it  the  success  that  it  proved  to 
be.  A  gentleman,  a  scholar,  a  hearty, 
whole-souled  friend,  a  good  husband  and 
father,  who  found  his  greatest  pleasures 
in  a  quiet  studious  home  life,  and  in  the 
entertainment  of  his  friends  with  un- 
stinted hospitality,  his  death  was  sincerely 
mourned  by  a  large  circle.  This  event 
occurred  August  22,  1905,  at  his  home  on 
Dean  street.  He  married  Alice  Roberts, 
of  Cambridge,  who  survives  him  with  her 
son,  George  Deane,  born  April  3,  1894. 

(The  Trumbull  Line). 

(I)  John  Trumbull,  a  cooper,  came 
from  Newcastle-on-Tyne  to  New  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1640.  He  was  in  Roxbury  as 
early  as  1639,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Apostle  John  Eliot's  church.  He  shortly 
removed,  however,  to  Rowley,  and  his 
homestead  was  in  the  heart  of  that  village, 
fronting  on  the  common.  He  taught  the 
first  school  in  the  town,  was  a  freeman, 
May  13,  1640,  selectman  in  1650  and  1652, 
town  clerk  1654  to  1656,  and  died  in  1657. 
He  was  buried  May  18  of  that  year.  He 
married  in  England,  in  1635,  Eleanor 
Chandler,  and  brought  his  wife  and  a  son 
John  with  him.  Her  name  appears  in  the 
New  England  records  as  Ellen.  She  died 
about  1648-49,  and  he  married  (second) 
in  August,  1650,  Ann,  widow  of  Michael 
Hopkinson,    of    Rowley.      She    survived 


him  and  married  (third)  March  1,  1658, 
Richard  Swan,  as  his  second  wife.  She 
died  in  Rowley,  and  was  buried  April  5, 
1678.  Children  of  first  wife  :  John ;  Han- 
nah, born  December  14,  1640;  Judah, 
April  3,  1643;  Ruth,  February  23,  1645; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below.  Children  of 
second  marriage :  Abigail,  born  October 
13,  1651 ;  Mary,  April  7,  1654. 

(II)  Joseph  Trumbull,  son  of  John  and 
Eleanor  or  Ellen  (Chandler)  Trumbull, 
was  born  March  19,  1647,  m  Rowley,  and 
removed  to  Suffield,  Connecticut,  in  1670. 
During  King  Philip's  War  he  was  forced 
to  leave  the  settlement,  but  returned  in 
1676;  was  a  freeman  in  1681,  and  one  of 
the  few  qualified  voters  at  the  first  town 
meeting  of  Suffield.  His  homestead  was 
on  the  Connecticut  river,  near  those  of 
his  brother  Judah,  and  brother-in-law, 
Edward  Smith.  He  died  August  15,  1684. 
He  married,  before  May  10,  1669,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Hugh  Smith,  of  Rowley,  who 
died  in  East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  Octo- 
ber 5,  1689.  Children:  John,  mentioned 
below ;  Hannah,  born  June  8,  1673  >  Mary, 
March  28,  1675  ;  Joseph,  January  16,  1678; 
Ammi,  August  1,  1681 ;  Benoni,  August 
20,  1684. 

(III)  John  (2)  Trumbull,  eldest  child 
of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Smith)  Trumbull, 
was  born  November  27,  1670,  in  Rowley, 
and  was  a  small  child  when  his  parents 
settled  permanently  in  Suffield.  In  1694 
he  settled  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  but 
four  years  later  was  again  in  Suffield.  He 
married  in  the  latter  town,  September  3, 
1696,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  (Filley)  Winchell,  of  Suffield, 
born  December  9,  1675,  in  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, died  January  3,  1751,  in  Suffield. 
Children:  Hannah,  born  October  2,  1697; 
Elizabeth,  April  30,  1699;  Mary,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1701  ;  Joseph,  March  14,  1704,  died 
1706;  Abigail,  May  27,  1706;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Mercy,  November  2,  1710; 


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John,  1715,  was  the  first  member  of  the 
Congregational  church  at  Watertown, 
Connecticut. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2)  Trumbull,  eldest  sur- 
viving son  of  John  (2)  and  Elizabeth 
(Winchell)  Trumbull,  was  born  May  13, 
1708,  in  Suffield,  and  died  in  June,  1761, 
on  the  paternal  homestead,  which  he  re- 
ceived from  his  father  by  deed  in  1743. 
This  deed  also  included  other  lands,  for 
all  of  which  the  son  paid  five  hundred 
pounds,  the  father  reserving  twenty-two 
acres  of  the  homestead  for  his  own  use. 
He  married  Obedience  Belden,  who  sur- 
vived him,  and  married  (second)  in  1764, 
James  Sheppard,  of  Hartford.  She  died 
in  1804.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born  May 
3>  I739'>  JosePn»  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joseph  (3)  Trumbull,  only  son  of 
Joseph  (2)  and  Obedience  (Belden) 
Trumbull,  was  born  October  12,  1756,  in 
Suffield,  and  settled  in  Petersham,  Massa- 
chusetts, whence  he  removed  about  1803 
to  Worcester,  same  State.  He  was  a 
physician  and  apothecary,  but  paid  little 
attention  to  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
He  often  went  to  Europe,  and  spent  much 
time  in  London.  A  very  talented  man, 
with  high  artistic  and  literary  genius,  a 
keen  wit,  his  society  was  much  prized  by 
those  who  knew  him.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Cordon  Bleu,  a  social  club  of  Wor- 
cester. For  seventeen  years  he  was  con- 
fined to  a  chair  with  gout,  but  retained 
his  serenity  and  cheerfulness  of  manner 
throughout.  He  died  at  his  residence  on 
Trumbull  Square,  Worcester,  March  2, 
1824.  During  his  long  confinement  he 
painted  a  portrait  of  himself,  represent- 
ing the  Devil  holding  a  hot  coal  on  his 
toe.  He  also  wrote  a  poetical  will,  in 
which  he  remembered  all  of  his  friends 
and  associates.  He  married,  February  14, 
1786,  at  Worcester  (the  first  marriage  at 
the  Second  Church  of  that  city),  Eliza- 


beth, youngest  daughter  of  Timothy  and 
Sarah  (Chandler)  Paine,  of  Worcester. 

(VI)  George  Augustus  Trumbull,  only 
son  of  Joseph  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (Paine) 
Trumbull,  was  born  January  23,  1792,  at 
Worcester,  and  was  engaged  there  in 
business  as  a  book  publisher,  from  1819 
to  1823.  He  was  associated  with  William 
Manning,  in  the  publication  of  the  "Mas- 
sachusetts Spy,"  one  of  the  oldest  news- 
papers in  the  State.  On  the  incorpor- 
ation of  the  Central  Bank  in  1829,  he  be- 
came its  cashier,  and  thus  continued  until 
1836,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  a  similar 
position  with  the  Citizen's  Bank  of  Wor- 
cester, where  he  continued  to  1858,  when 
failing  health  compelled  him  to  resign. 
In  1865  his  golden  wedding  was  cele- 
brated at  the  mansion  on  Trumbull 
Square,  Worcester,  which  he  inherited 
from  his  father.  There  he  died  August  17, 
1868. 

He  married,  September  20,  1815,  at 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  Louisa  Clapp, 
born  September  24,  1798,  in  that  town, 
daughter  of  Caleb  and  Elizabeth  (Stone) 
Clapp,  of  Greenfield  (see  Clapp  VIII). 
Children:  Elizabeth,  born  August  31, 
1816,  married  William  S.  Lincoln  ;  George 
Clapp,  March  1,  1818,  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Worcester  and  Boston ;  Caroline 
Burling,  June  24,  1820,  married  Francis 
Blake ;  Louisa  Jane,  October  12,  1822, 
married  Henry  Lea ;  Sarah  Paine,  August 
26,  1824,  married  John  C.  Ripley;  Joseph, 
September  22,  1826;  John,  July  31,  1828, 
died  young;  Charles  Perkins,  September 
12,  1830;  Susan,  March  20,  1832;  Isabella 
Frink,  mentioned  below ;  Mary  Abbot, 
February  2,  1837. 

(VII)  Isabella  Frink  Trumbull,  sixth 
daughter  of  George  Augustus  and  Louisa 
(Clapp)  Trumbull,  was  born  May  20, 
1834,  in  Worcester,  and  was  married  July 
18,  1855,  to  George  Franklin  Hartshorn, 
of  Taunton  (see  Hartshorn  VII). 


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(The  Clapp  Line). 

The  surname  Clapp  had  its  origin  in  the 
proper  or  personal  name  of  Osgod  Clapa, 
a  Danish  noble  in  the  court  of  King 
Canute  (1017-36).  The  site  of  his  country 
place  was  known  afterward  as  Clapham, 
County  Surrey.  The  spelling  in  the  early 
records  varies  from  Clapa  to  the  present 
form,  Clapp.  The  ancient  seat  of  the 
family  in  England  is  at  Salcombe  in 
Devonshire,  where  important  estates  were 
held  for  centuries  by  this  family.  Their 
coat-of-arms :  First  and  fourth  three 
battleaxes,  second  sable  a  griffin  passant 
argent;  third  sable  an  eagle  with  two 
heads  displayed  with  a  border  engrailed 
argent.  A  common  coat-of-arms  in  gen- 
eral use  by  the  family  in  America  as  well 
as  in  England :  Vaire  gules  and  argent  a 
quarter  azure  charged  with  the  sun  or. 
Crest:  A  pike  naiant  proper.  Motto — 
Fats  ce  que  Dois  advienne-  que  pourra.  The 
American  branches  of  this  family  are  de- 
scended from  six  immigrants,  brothers 
and  cousins,  who  settled  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  whence  they  and  their 
descendants  have  scattered  to  all  parts  of 
the  country. 

(I)  Nicholas  Clapp,  progenitor  of  the 
family,  lived  at  Venn  Ottery,  Devonshire, 
England.  Three  of  his  sons  and  one 
daughter  (wife  of  his  nephew,  Edward 
Clapp),  came  to  America.  His  brother, 
William  Clapp,  lived  at  Salcombe  Regis. 
England,  and  besides  his  son  Edward,  an- 
other son,  Roger  Clapp,  immigrated  to 
America  and  settled  at  Dorchester.  The 
printed  family  genealogy  gives  the  name 
of  Richard  instead  of  Nicholas.  Children  : 
Thomas,  born  1597;  Ambrose,  lived  and 
died  in  England ;  Richard,  remained  in 
England ;  Prudence,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land, married  her  cousin,  Edward  Clapp ; 
Nicholas,  mentioned  below ;  John,  came  to 
Dorchester. 

(II)  Nicholas   (2)    Clapp,  ancestor    of 


this  branch  of  the  family,  and  the  fourth 
son  of  Nicholas  (1)  Clapp,  of  England, 
was  born  in  Dorchester,  England,  in  1612, 
and  came  to  America  with  his  brother 
Thomas,  probably  arriving  at  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  in  1633.  His  name  is  on 
the  records  of  the  town  in  1634;  he  held 
many  town  offices  of  responsibility,  was 
much  respected  by  those  who  knew  him, 
and  was  a  deacon  of  the  church.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1653,  he  served  as  a  juror  at  a 
special  court  held  relative  to  disputed 
matters  connected  with  the  Lynn  Iron 
Works.  His  home  was  in  the  north  part 
of  Dorchester,  on  the  west  side  of  what 
is  now  Boston  street  a  little  south  of  Five 
Corners,  and  he  owned  land  in  various 
places.  He  died  suddenly,  while  working 
in  his  barn,  November  24,  1679.  In  1849 
several  of  his  descendants  erected  a 
marble  gravestone  over  his  grave  in  the 
old  cemetery  near  Stoughton  street.  His 
sons,  Nathaniel  and  Ebenezer,  were  ad- 
ministrators of  his  estate,  but  both  died 
before  the  final  settlement,  and  in  1716 
Noah  was  appointed  to  complete  it. 
Nicholas  Clapp  married  (first)  his  cousin, 
Sarah  Clapp,  sister  of  Captain  Roger 
Clapp,  daughter  of  William,  Clapp,  of 
Salcombe  Regis.  He  married  (second) 
Abigail,  widow  of  Robert  Sharp,  of  Brook- 
line,  Massachusetts.  Children  by  first 
wife,  born  in  Dorchester :  Sarah,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1637  ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below  ; 
Ebenezer,  1643;  Hannah,  1646.  By  sec- 
ond wife:  Noah,  July  15,  1667;  Sarah,  De- 
cember, 1670. 

(Ill)  Nathaniel  Clapp,  son  of  Nicho- 
las (2)  and  Sarah  (Clapp)  Clapp,  was 
born  September  15,  1640,  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  a  well-to-do  man, 
much  respected  in  the  town.  In  1671  he 
served  as  one  of  the  town  constables. 
The  following  is  found  in  the  Dorchester 
church  records:  "May  16th,  1707,  Mr. 
Nathaniel  Clap,  a  choice  man,  rested  in 


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the  Lord  and  was  interred  May  17th." 
His  house  was  very  likely  on  the  land 
which  makes  the  western  angle  of  the 
place  known  as  Five  Corners  in  Dorches- 
ter, now  junction  of  Boston,  Cottage  and 
Pond  streets.  His  autograph  is  in  a 
book  printed  in  London  in  1623,  contain- 
ing two  sermons  by  "William  Whately, 
Preacher  of  the  Word  of  God  in  Ban- 
burie ;"  his  brother  Ebenezer,  his  sister 
Sarah,  and  son  Nathaniel  all  signed  their 
names  in  this  book  at  different  dates.  His 
will  was  dated  April  22,  1707,  and  in  it 
he  mentioned  his  wife  and  children.  He 
married,  March  31,  1668,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Lawrence  Smith.  She  died 
September  19,  1722  (September  12,  ac- 
cording to  the  gravestone).  Children, 
born  in  Dorchester :  Nathaniel,  born 
January  20,  1669;  Jonn>  mentioned  be- 
low; Jonathan,  August  31,  1673;  Eliza- 
beth, May  22,  1676;  Ebenezer,  October 
25,  1678;  Mehetable,  August  30,  1684, 
died  February  20,  1685. 

(IV)  John  Clapp,  second  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Clapp,  was 
born  April  7,  1671,  in  Dorchester,  and  re- 
moved after  1693  to  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  a  deacon  of  the 
church  and  an  influential  citizen,  and  died 
November  26,  1735.  He  married  in  Dor- 
chester, November  26,  1698,  Silence  Fos- 
ter, born  there  April  4,  1677,  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  (Capen)  Foster.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Thankful, 
born  October  6,  1706 ;  Nathaniel,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1709;  Elizabeth,  married  Peter 
Noyes,  a  deacon  of  Sudbury. 

(V)  John  (2)  Clapp,  eldest  child  of 
John  (1)  and  Silence  (Foster)  Clapp,  was 
born  March  21,  1700,  in  Sudbury,  where 
he  lived,  and  was  a  man  of  much  ability, 
a  student  of  philosophy,  astronomy, 
mathematics  and  divinity.  He  died  April 
12,  1788,  in  Sudbury.  He  married,  March 
17,  1724,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 


Abigail  (Flint)  Estabrook,  of  Lexington, 
baptized  there  Septemoer  2J,  1702.  Chil- 
dren:  Beulah,  born  January  1,  1724;  Joel, 
mentioned  below;  Jerusha,  May  14,  1728; 
Asahel,  March  12,  1730;  Ann,  February 
9,  1732;  Mary,  November  18,  1733;  John, 
December  24,  1735;  Silas,  September  17, 
1737;  Daniel,  Octobe-  10,  1739;  Samuel, 
died  December  11,  1755. 

(VI)  Joel  Clapp,  eldest  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Abigail  (Estabrook)  Clapp,  was 
born  July  2,  1726,  in  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts, and  lived  in  Hardwick,  that  State, 
and  subsequently  in  Ashburnham.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  the  French  war,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  in  1770  owned 
eighty  acres  of  land  in  Ashburnham, 
Massachusetts,  which  came  to  him  as  the 
heir  of  a  soldier  who  served  against  the 
French  in  1690.  The  identity  of  this  an- 
cestor has  not  been  established.  He  mar- 
ried, October  17,  1749,  Elizabeth,  fourth 
daughter  of  Jonas  and  Harriet  (Johnson) 
Burke,  of  Sudbury.  Children  :  John,  born 
January  29,  1751,  died  1752;  Caleb,  men- 
tioned below,  and  Jonathan  (twins),  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1752;  Catherine,  September  6, 
1753;  John,  November  9,  1755;  Abigail, 
December  6,  1757. 

(VII)  Caleb  Clapp,  second  son  of  Joel 
and  Elizabeth  (Burke)  Clapp,  was  born 
February  9,  1752,  in  Hardwick,  and  was 
one  of  the  patriots  of  the  Revolution,  par- 
ticipating in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
In  August,  1775,  he  was  sergeant-major 
of  Colonel  Doolittle's  regiment,  and  in 
1776  was  ensign  in  the  Twenty-fifth  Mas- 
sachusetts Regiment,  in  which  he  was 
successively  promoted  lieutenant  and 
captain.  He  served  until  the  close  of  the 
struggle,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Order  of  the  Cincinnati.  In  want  of 
male  line  his  membership  descended  to 
his  nephew,  George  Clapp  Trumbull,  of 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  His  diary  of 
the  military  operations  in  New  York  dur- 


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ing  the  years  1776-77  was  published  in 
the  "New  York  Historical  Magazine," 
volume  2$.  He  represented  Greenfield  in 
the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  1797,  and 
in  subsequent  years,  and  died  there  June 
5,  1812.  He  married  in  Rutland,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  17,  1782,  Elizabeth,  eld- 
est daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Lucy 
(Fletcher)  Stone,  born  July  8,  1758,  died 
September  14,  1843.  Children:  Joel 
John,  born  November  15,  1783,  in  Rut- 
land; Harriet,  June  5,  1785  ;  Daniel,  April 
1,  1787;  Lucy  Stone,  March  9,  1789,  in 
Hardwick;  Isabel  Frink,  June  22,  1791  ; 
Eliza,  July  1,  1793,  in  Greenfield;  Sus- 
anna, August  29,  1795  ;  Louisa,  mentioned 
below;  Elizabeth,  October  19,  1801. 

(VIII)  Louisa  Clapp,  sixth  daughter 
of  Caleb  and  Elizabeth  (Stone)  Clapp, 
was  born  September  24,  1798,  in  Green- 
field, and  became  the  wife  of  George  Au- 
gustus Trumbull,  of  Worcester  (see 
Trumbull  VI). 

(The   Cogswell   Line). 

(I)  John  Cogswell  was  born  in  West- 
bury,  Leigh,  Wiltshire,  England,  in  1592, 
son  of  Edward  and  Alice  Cogswell,  of 
ancient  and  honorable  lineage.  He  and 
his  wife  resided  in  Westbury  until  1635, 
when  they  sailed  for  New  England  in  the 
ill-fated  ship  "Angel  Gabriel,"  which  was 
wrecked  off  the  Maine  coast,  August  15, 
1635,  the  passengers  of  which  were 
washed  ashore  at  Pemaquid,  Maine.  He 
was  the  third  settler  in  that  part  of  Ips- 
wich, now  the  town  of  Essex,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  March  3,  1636.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  America,  but  in  England 
was  a  woolen  manufacturer,  and  the  Eng- 
lish Cogswells  at  Westbury  still  own  and 
operate  woolen  mills  there,  or  did  until 
recently.  He  married,  in  England,  Sep- 
tember 10,  161 5,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Rev.  William  and  Phillip  Thompson. 
Her  father  was  vicar  of  the  parish.  Chil- 
n  E-7-3  33 


dren :  A  daughter,  resided  in  London ; 
Mary,  married,  1649,  Godfrey  Armitage ; 
William,  mentioned  below;  John,  bap- 
tized July  25,  1622;  Hannah,  married, 
1652;  Deacon  Cornelius  Waldo;  Abigail, 
married  Thomas  Clark ;  Edward,  born 
1629;  Sarah,  married,  1663,  Simon  Tuttle ; 
Elizabeth,  married,  July  31,  1657;  Na- 
thaniel Masterson. 

(II)  William  Cogswell,  eldest  son  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Thompson)  Cogs- 
well, was  born  in  England,  baptized  at 
Westbury,  Wiltshire,  in  March,  1619,  and 
died  December  15,  1700.  He  settled  in 
Chebacco  (Essex),  was  a  leading  citizen, 
often  moderator  and  selectman,  and  gave 
the  land  for  the  first  meeting  house  site. 
His  will  is  dated  August  5,  1696.  He 
married,  in  1649,  Susanna  Hawkes,  born 
1633,  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Adam  and  Anne  (Hutchin- 
son) Hawkes.  Children  :  Elizabeth,  born 
1650;  Hester,  August  24,  1655,  married 
Samuel  Bishop;  Susanna  and  Ann 
(twins),  January  5,  1657;  William,  De- 
cember 4,  1659;  Jonathan,  April  26,  1661  ; 
Edmund,  died  May  15,  1680;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Adam,  born  January  12, 
1667;  Sarah,  February  3,  1668. 

(III)  Lieutenant  John  (2)  Cogswell, 
fourth  son  of  William  and  Susanna 
(Hawkes)  Cogswell,  was  born  May  12, 
1665,  in  Chebacco,  and  died  1710.  He 
married  Hannah  Goodhue,  born  July  4, 
1673,  died  December  25,  1742,  daughter 
of  Deacon  William  and  Hannah  (Dane) 
Goodhue.  She  married  (second)  in  1713, 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Perley.  Children : 
Hannah,  born  March  27,  1693 ;  William, 
mentioned  below;  Susanna,  March  10, 
1696;  John,  December  2,  1699;  Francis, 
March  26,  1701 ;  Elizabeth,  married,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1717,  Colonel  Joseph  Blaney; 
Margaret ;  Nathaniel,  born  January  19 
1707;  Bethia;  Joseph,  died  1728. 

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of  Lieutenant  John  (2)  and  Hannah 
(Goodhue)  Cogswell,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 24,  1694,  at  Chebacco,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1762.  He  built  the  old  Cogs- 
well mansion,  which  has  remained  to  the 
present  day  in  the  possession  of  the  fam- 
ily. He  married  (first)  September  24, 
1719,  Mary  Cogswell,  born  1699,  died 
June  16,  1734;  (second)  March  13,  1735, 
Elizabeth  (Wade)  Appleton,  who  died 
December  13,  1783,  daughter  of  Captain 
Thomas  Wade,  and  widow  of  Benjamin 
Appleton.  Children  of  first  marriage : 
Ebenezer,  born  June  13,  1720;  John,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1722;  Mary,  September  15, 
1723  ;  Jonathan,  May  9,  1725  ;  Jacob,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Lucy,  June  28,  1728;  Sarah, 
February  5,  1729;  William,  May,  1731. 
By  second  marriage :  Hannah,  baptized 
June   7,    1737;   William,   born    March    5, 

1740,  died    young;    Susanna,    April     19, 

1741,  died  young;  Samuel,  March  15, 
1742;  Susanna,  July  9,  1743;  William, 
May  31,   1745. 

(V)  Jacob  Cogswell,  fourth  son  of 
William  (2)  and  Mary  (Cogswell)  Cogs- 
well, was  born  May  18,  1727,  in  Chebacco 
Parish,  and  lived  there,  where  he  died 
December  1,  1805.  He  married  (inten- 
tions published  February  2,  1748)  Eliza- 
beth Eveleth,  baptized  November  10, 
1728,  in  Ipswich,  daughter  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  (Cogswell)  Eveleth.  Children : 
William,  mentioned  below ;  Francis,  born 
August  8,  1768;  Jacob,  May  21,  1770. 
There  were  probably  others ;  the  last  two 
only  are  on  the  vital  records  of  Ipswich. 

(VI)  William  (3)  Cogswell,  son  of 
Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Eveleth)  Cogswell, 
was  born  about  1766,  in  Chebacco,  lived 
there,  and  was  lost  in  a  hurricane  in  1792 
at  St.  Martins,  West  Indies.  He  married, 
February  12,  1791,  Mary  Smith,  probably 
the  Mary  Smith  baptized  October  18, 
1767,  in  Ipswich,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Work)  Smith. 


(VII)  Daniel  Cogswell,  only  child  of 
William  (3)  and  Mary  (Smith)  Cogs- 
well, was  born  August  31,  1792,  in  Che- 
bacco, where  he  made  his  home,  and  died 
March  31,  1863.  He  married  (first)  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1822,  Sarah  Cogswell,  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1793,  in  Chebacco,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Abigail  (Choate)  Cogs- 
well, died  May  8,  1825.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  November,  1828,  Eunice  Smith, 
born  August  10,  1803,  in  Ipswich,  died 
September  7,  1829,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Hannah  (Choate)  Smith.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  May  21,  1833,  Mercy  Davis 
Randall,  born  1807,  baptized  at  the  sec- 
ond church  of  Ipswich,  September  1, 
1816,  died  August  14,  1849.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Caleb  and  Lucy  (Caldwell) 
Randall.  The  only  child  of  the  first  mar- 
riage died  in  infancy.  There  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  second  marriage,  Eunice  Smith 
Cogswell,  born  1829,  died  1845.  Chil- 
dren of  the  third  marriage :  Mercy,  bap- 
tized August  24,  1834;  William,  August 
22,  1836;  Daniel  Albert,  July  11,  1838; 
George,  baptized  March  15,  1841,  died  one 
week  later;  Lucy,  mentioned  below; 
Alice,  January  5,  1845  '■>  Charles  Howard, 
February  6,  1848. 

(VIII)  Lucy  Cogswell,  third  daughter 
of  Daniel  Cogswell,  and  child  of  his  third 
wife,  Mercy  Davis  (Randall)  Cogswell, 
was  born  January  3,  1842,  in  Ipswich,  and 
was  married,  June  15,  1864,  to  George  B. 
Roberts,  of  Cambridge.  George  B.  Rob- 
erts was  a  son  of  Thomas  J.  Roberts,  who 
is  said  to  have  been  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  settled  in  Boston  when 
a  young  man.  There  he  was  engaged  in 
contracting  and  building,  and  after  some 
years  moved  to  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
where  his  home  continued  until  his  death 
in  1876.  He  was  the  builder  of  the  Bos- 
ton City  Hall  and  many  other  public 
structures.  He  married,  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, Rachel  Sargeant,  a  native  of 


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that  town,  who  died  in  Ipswich  in  1883. 
They  had  children:  George  B.,  mentioned 
below ;  Edwin,  now  deceased ;  Sarah  Eliz- 
abeth, wife  of  Walter  Purlett,  of  Ipswich. 

George  B.  Roberts,  eldest  child  of 
Thomas  J.  and  Rachel  (Sargeant)  Rob- 
berts,  was  born  December  12,  1833,  in 
Boston,  and  died  August  3,  1916,  at 
Marblehead  Neck,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Boston. 
Early  in  life  he  was  connected  with  the 
dry  goods  business  in  Boston,  and  in  New 
York.  About  the  time  of  the  Civil  War, 
in  which  he  served,  enlisting  from  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  he  located  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  steam  boiler  manufacturers  and 
an  original  member  of  the  old  Cambridge 
firm  of  Kendall  &  Roberts  Iron  Company, 
and  when  he  left  this  company  he  organ- 
ized the  Roberts  Iron  Works  Company 
of  Cambridgeport,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent. He  retired  from  active  business 
about  five  years  prior  to  his  death,  when 
he  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son,  Dan- 
iel C.  Roberts.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Cambridge  for  fifty  years.  George  B. 
Roberts  served  in  the  Union  army  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War,  enlisting  May  23,  1861, 
in  Company  G,  First  Regiment  Massa- 
chusetts Infantry,  and  was  honorably 
discharged  for  disability,  December  20, 
1862,  with  the  rank  of  corporal.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roberts :  Daniel 
Cogswell,  born  December  25,  1865 ;  Alice, 
mentioned  below ;  Frances  Willett,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1871 ;  George  Newman,  Decem- 
ber 17,  1874;  Edith,  June  13,  1878;  Ernest 
Bemis,  December  9,  1879. 

(IX)  Alice  Roberts,  eldest  daughter  of 
George  B.  and  Lucy  (Cogswell)  Roberts, 
was  born  June  19,  1868,  in  Ipswich,  and 
became  the  wife  of  George  Trumbull 
Hartshorn,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts 
(see  Hartshorn  VIII). 


COPELAND,  Horatio  Franklin,  M.  D., 

Physician,  Surgeon. 

Lawrence  Copeland,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  Scotland,  according 
to  family  tradition,  in  1599.  Copeland  is 
an  ancient  Scotch  surname  and  the  seat 
of  the  family  has  been  in  Dumfriesshire 
since  1400  or  earlier.  It  is  believed  that 
he  had  served  in  the  Scotch  army  against 
Cromwell  and  that  he  was  with  the 
Scotch  prisoners  that  Cromwell  sent  to 
New  England  after  the  battle  of  Worces- 
ter. At  any  rate  he  was  living  in  Brain- 
tree  late  in  165 1,  and  died  there  December 
30,  1699,  aged  one  hundred  years,  accord- 
ing to  various  testimony,  including  the 
town  records,  Marshall's  diary  and  others. 
He  married,  December  12,  165 1,  Lydia 
Townsend.  But  if  he  were  born  in  1599 
he  was  over  fifty  at  the  time  of  this  mar- 
riage, and  seventy-five  years  old  when  his 
youngest  child  was  born.  Hence  it  is  be- 
lieved that  Lydia  was  not  his  first  wife 
and  that  the  family  tradition  that  he 
brought  his  wife  with  him  receives  sup- 
port, but  there  is  no  record  of  her.  If  his 
wife  came  with  him,  he  doubtless  came 
not  from  Scotland,  not  a  prisoner  of  war, 
but  an  English  settler  from  England. 
Little  is  known  about  him,  and  his  name 
but  seldom  appears  in  the  records.  He 
was  doubtless  a  quiet  kind  of  a  farmer. 
His  wife  died  January  8,  1688.  Children 
by  wife  Lydia :  Thomas,  born  December 
3,  1652;  Thomas,  2d,  February  8,  1655; 
William,  mentioned  below ;  John,  Febru- 
ary 10,  1659;  Lydia,  May  31,  1661 ;  Eph- 
raim,  January  17,  1665  ;  Hannah,  Febru- 
ary 25,  1668;  Richard,  July  11,  1672;  Abi- 
gail, 1674. 

(II)  William  Copeland,  son  of  Law- 
rence Copeland,  was  born  at  Braintree, 
November  15,  1656,  and  died  there  in  1716. 
He  married,  April  13,  1694,  Mary  (Bass) 
Webb,  widow  of  Christopher  Webb,  Jr., 


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and  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (Alden) 
Webb,  granddaughter  of  John  and  Pris- 
cilla  (Mullins)  Alden,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower,"  and  are  celebrated  in  the 
poem  of  Longfellow,  entitled  the  "Court- 
ship of  Miles  Standish."  All  the  Cope- 
lands  descended  from  William  and  Mary 
are  therefore  eligible  to  the  Society  of 
Mayflower  Descendants.  Mary  Bass  was 
also  descended  from  Samuel  Bass,  of 
Braintree  and  Boston,  a  deacon  of  the 
church  and  a  deputy  to  the  General  Court, 
who  died  December  30,  1694,  aged  ninety- 
four  years,  then  the  progenitors  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty-two  persons,  we  are 
told.  Copeland  remained  in  his  native 
town;  he  was  one  of  the  dissenters 
from  the  vote  of  the  town  to  pay  the  min- 
ister his  full  salary  of  eighty  pounds,  half 
in  money,  half  in  farm  produce,  March  2, 
1690-91.  He  was  elected  fence  viewer  in 
1696;  signed  the  agreement  to  pay  the  ex- 
penses of  defending  the  title  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Braintree  to  their  lands,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1697-98.  Children,  born  at  Brain- 
tree:  William,  March  7,  1695;  Ephraim, 
February  1,  1697;  Ebenezer,  February  16, 
1698;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  David, 
April  18,  1704;  Joseph,  May  18,  1706; 
Benjamin,  October  5,  1708;  Moses,  May 
28,  1710;  Mary,  May  28,  1713. 

(III)  Jonathan  Copeland,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Copeland,  was  born  at  Braintree, 
August  31,  1701 ;  married,  in  1723,  Betty 
Snell,  born  1705,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Snell,  and  granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Snell,  who  came  from  England  and  set- 
tled in  Bridgewater  about  1665.  Jona- 
than Copeland  settled  in  West  Bridge- 
water,  and  died  there  in  his  ninetieth  year, 
1790.  Children:  Abigail,  born  in  1724; 
Betty,  1726;  Jonathan,  1728;  Mary,  1731  ; 
Joseph,  1734;  Hannah,  1737;  Elijah,  men- 
tioned below;  Daniel,  1741 ;  Sarah,  1745; 
Ebenezer,  1746;  Betty,  2d,  1750. 

(IV)  Elijah  Copeland,  son  of  Jonathan 


Copeland,  was  born  in  1739;  married,  in 
1765,  Rhoda  Snell,  born  1743,  daughter  of 
Josiah  Snell,  granddaughter  of  Josiah 
Snell,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Snell,  the  immigrant,  mentioned  above. 
Elijah  Copeland  located  in  what  is  now 
the  town  of  Easton,  and  died  there  at  the 
age  of  seventy-eight  years.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  Captain 
Keith's  company  from  Easton  on  a  Rhode 
Island  alarm  and  again  for  three  months, 
beginning  December  30,  1777,  with  his 
company  in  Rhode  Island.  He  also  turned 
out  with  the  militia  on  Rhode  Island 
alarms  in  1780  and  1781,  and  in  that  year 
probably  witnessed  the  reception  to 
Washington  and  Rochambeau.  He  and 
his  wife  were  buried  in  what  is  known  as 
the  Elijah  Copeland  graveyard,  south  of 
the  old  Copeland  homestead  on  Bay  Road, 
opposite  Beaver  street,  Easton.  He  died 
September  8,  1817;  his  wife  Rhoda  died 
October  5,  1825,  aged  eighty-two  years. 
Children:  Elijah,  born  in  1766,  moved  to 
Weston,  Massachusetts;  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below;  Luther,  born  1770,  moved 
to  Vermont;  a  daughter,  born  January  12, 
1775,  died  January  25,  1775;  Calvin,  born 
March  17,  1776,  died  September  14,  1778; 
Rhoda,  born  March  18,  1778,  married 
(first)  February  20,  1837,  Aaron  Gay,  and 
(second)  June  14,  1848,  Eleazer  Keith; 
Abigail,  born  June  10,  1781,  married,  June 
16,  1803,  James  Guild;  Martin,  born  Janu- 
ary 16,  1784,  died  June  2,  1814;  Molly, 
born  September  5,  1786,  married  Leonard 
Dunbar. 

(V)  Josiah  Copeland,  son  of  Elijah 
Copeland,  was  born  in  Easton,  in  1768, 
and  resided  in  that  town  and  Bridgewater. 
He  was  active  and  enterprising.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  manufacturer  in 
South  Easton,  sometimes  with  and  some- 
times without  partners,  operating  a  saw 
mill,  an  oil  mill,  a  forge  and  yarn  mill. 
From  181 1  to  1816  he  was  a  selectman  of 
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Easton.  He  died  there  December  14, 
1852,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  He 
married,  September  11,  1794,  Susanna 
Hayward,  who  died  at  Easton,  May  5, 
1859,  aged  eighty-five  years.  Children : 
Horatio,  mentioned  below;  Hiram,  born 
September  9,  1798,  married  a  Miss  Cope- 
land ;  Susannah  H.,  born  July  21,  1800,  a 
school  teacher,  never  married. 

(VI)  Horatio  Copeland,  son  of  Josiah 
Copeland,  was  born  at  Easton,  March  5, 
1796.  He  was  also  a  leading  citizen  of 
his  native  town,  a  manufacturer  having 
mills  there  and  also  put  into  operation 
cotton  gins  in  the  south.  In  1836  he 
bought  the  general  store  of  the  Reed 
estate,  Easton,  and  kept  it  until  a  few 
years  before  he  died.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  War  of  1812,  in  Captain 
Isaac  Lothrop's  company,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Towne's  regiment  of  light  infan- 
try, and  was  on  duty  in  September  and 
October  at  Boston  harbor  in  1814.  From 
1839  to  1843  ne  was  a  selectman  of 
Easton;  in  March,  1859,  ^e  was  appointed 
postmaster  at  South  Easton,  the  third 
postmaster  of  that  village  and  held  the 
office  until  1861,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  George,  who  continued  in  the 
office  for  fifty  years.  He  died  at  South 
Easton,  December  2,  1865,  and  was 
buried  in  Easton.  He  married,  May  16, 
1834,  Delia  Maria  (Nye)  Howard,  who 
was  born  April  14,  1804,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  (Polly)  Nye  (see  Nye 
XV),  widow  of  Thomas  Howard.  She 
died  at  Easton,  January  26,  1878,  and 
was  also  buried  in  Easton.  Children, 
born  at  South  Easton :  Sarah  Frances, 
born  June  5,  1835,  died  August  27,  1845; 
George,  mentioned  below ;  Josiah,  born 
September  5,  1838,  died  in  Colorado  in 
1859;  Horatio  Franklin,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  George  Copeland,  son  of  Hora- 
tio Copeland,  was  born  in  Easton,  Janu- 


ary 5,  1837.  He  was  a  moulder  by  trade. 
From  1859  to  1882  he  was  a  grocer  at 
South  Easton,  and  from  1861  to  1910 
the  postmaster.  In  1873  he  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  General  Court,  and  from 
1882  to  1905  a  selectman.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Paul  Revere  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons ;  of  Brockton  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  of  Old  Colony 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of  Ab- 
ington.  He  married,  June  30,  1868,  Har- 
riet Augusta  Kimball,  of  Easton.  Chil- 
dren: Marion  Augusta,  born  March  1, 
1871,  who  married  Clifton  G.  Brown,  D. 
M.  D.,  of  Cambridge ;  George  Hubert, 
born  June  15,  1875,  OI  South  Easton; 
Ethel  Helene,  born  February  7,  1877, 
married  George  H.  Briggs,  of  Dorchester. 
(VII)  Dr.  Horatio  Franklin  Copeland, 
son  of  Horatio  Copeland,  was  born  No- 
vember 15,  1842,  in  Easton.  He  attended 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  prepared  for  college  in  the  old  Thet- 
ford  Academy  in  Vermont.  Omitting  a 
college  course,  as  was  customary  for 
medical  students  in  his  day,  he  began  to 
study  medicine  under  the  instruction  of 
Dr.  Caleb  Swan,  of  Easton,  afterward 
entering  the  Harvard  Medical  School, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1865, 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 
He  was  immediately  appointed  acting 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  army  and 
assigned  in  charge  of  the  post  hospital 
at  Bermuda  Hundred,  Virginia,  and  of 
an  isolation  hospital  for  the  smallpox 
cases,  and  went  on  duty  there  in  January, 
1865.  His  experience  in  the  army  was 
not  only  of  great  value  to  the  men  who 
came  under  his  care  and  treatment,  but 
proved  extremely  important  and  useful 
to  him  after  he  began  his  private  practice 
in  Abington,  in  what  is  now  Whitman, 
where  he  has  continued  to  the  present 
time.  Throughout  his  long  career  as  a 
physician  and  surgeon,  Dr.  Copeland  has 


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been  a  student  and  investigator,  keeping 
pace  with  the  progress  in  medical  re- 
search. The  esteem  in  which  he  is  held 
by  his  fellow-practitioners  was  shown  at 
the  annual  meeting,  June  15,  191 5,  of  the 
Hatherly  Medical  Club,  of  which  he  is  a 
member,  when  to  mark  the  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  the  beginning  of  his  practice 
in  Abington,  he  was  given  a  silver  loving 
cup.  In  the  same  year,  the  Plymouth 
District  Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has 
been  a  prominent  member  for  many 
years,  tendered  a  reception  and  banquet 
at  the  rooms  of  the  Commercial  Club,  in 
Brockton,  to  him  and  other  veterans  of 
the  society — Dr.  Copeland ;  Dr.  Edward 
Cowles,  of  Plymouth ;  Dr.  Calvin  Pratt, 
of  Bridgewater;  Dr.  A.  Elliott  Paine,  of 
Brockton ;  and  Dr.  Durgin,  of  Boston,  all 
of  whom  had  rounded  out  a  half  century 
of  active  practice  in  their  profession.  The 
occasion  was  unique  and  extremely 
pleasant  in  every  detail. 

His  extensive  practice  is  perhaps  th< 
best  testimonial  of  his  skill  and  qualify 
cations  as  a  physician ;  it  hardly  needs 
the  commendation  of  his  associates  in  the 
medical  profession  to  afford  support  to 
the  statement  that  he  ranks  among  the 
best  in  the  county.  But  on  both  these 
occasions  the  testimony  of  other  physi- 
cians was  most  kind  and  complimentary 
to  Dr.  Copeland. 

Not  alone  as  a  successful  physician, 
eminent  in  his  chosen  profession  and  dis- 
tinguished by  the  unusual  length  of  his 
service  to  mankind,  but  as  a  highly  useful 
citizen  in  other  relations  of  life,  has  the 
career  of  Dr.  Copeland  been  exceptional. 
He  has  been  for  many  years  a  trustee  of 
the  Whitman  Savings  Bank,  and  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Whitman  National  Bank,  in 
both  of  which  his  judgment  is  highly 
respected  by  his  associates.  In  town 
affairs  he  possesses  and  has  often  felt 
called   upon   to  exert   a   determining  in- 


fluence. He  is  a  Republican,  but  has 
never  accepted  public  office.  In  religion 
he  is  a  liberal  Congregationalist.  It  is 
superfluous  to  say  that  he  is  interested 
in  the  veterans  of  the  Civil  War,  for 
every  veteran  in  this  section  is  his  per- 
sonal friend.  He  is  a  member  of  David 
A.  Russell  Post,  No.  78,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  of  Whitman. 

His  circle  of  friends  throughout  the 
county  is  particularly  large  in  Masonic 
circles.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Rising 
Star  Lodge,  of  Stoughton,  many  years 
ago,  and  is  now  a  member  of  Puritan 
Lodge,  of  Whitman,  also  of  Pilgrim 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Abing- 
ton ;  of  Abington  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters,  of  which  he  was  one  of 
the  charter  members  and  of  which  he 
was  the  presiding  officer  for  four  years. 
He  is  also  a  past  eminent  commander  of 
Old  Colony  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  of  Abington. 

Dr.  Copeland  is  one  of  two  surviving 
members  of  a  remarkable  social  organiza- 
tion formed  in  Boston  in  1870  by  twelve 
well  known  citizens  of  Plymouth  county, 
known  as  the  United  Twelve.  It  was 
then  decided  that  no  other  members 
should  be  added.  Annually  since  then 
the  club  has  held  a  dinner  with  places 
set  for  twelve,  but  year  by  year  the  num- 
ber of  vacant  chairs  has  increased,  and 
at  the  end  of  forty-seven  years  Dr.  Cope- 
land and  Mr.  B.  S.  Bryant,  of  Marsh- 
field,  are  the  only  survivors,  but  they 
continue  as  before  to  dine  once  a  year  at 
a  table  set  for  a  dozen.  The  other 
members  were :  William  L.  Read,  first 
president ;  Daniel  Lovering,  vice-presi- 
dent ;  Samuel  N.  Dyer,  secretary ;  New- 
ton M.  Reed,  of  Abington ;  Edward  P. 
Reed,  of  Abington ;  Frank  A.  Hobart,  of 
South  Braintree ;  Henry  Hobart,  of  East 
Bridgewater;  Charles  C.  Bryant,  of 
Brockton ;  Bradley  S.  Bryant ;  Amos  S. 


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Stetson,    of    Whitman ;   and    Hosea    F. 
Whidden,  of  Whitman. 

Dr.  Copeland  has  made  fishing  and 
hunting  his  principal  recreations.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society  and  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  he  is  a  member  of  the 
auxiliary  legislative  committee.  Dr. 
Copeland  is  unmarried. 

(The  Nye  Line). 

The  surname  Nye,  according  to  the 
genealogy,  appears  first  in  the  middle  of 
the  thirteenth  century  in  the  Sjelland 
section  of  Denmark,  and  in  Danish  the 
word  signifies  new  or  newcomer,  when 
used  as  a  preface.  It  was  not  adopted  as 
a  surname  until  after  the  family  settled 
in  England.  The  Nye  coat-of-arms  is 
described :  Azure  a  crescent  argent. 
Crest :  Two  horns  couped  counter- 
charged, azure  and  argent. 

(I)  Lave,  a  Dane  to  whom  the  line  is 
traced  in  the  genealogy,  was  son  of  a 
descendant  of  Harold  Blautand,  who 
died  in  985,  through  a  daughter  who 
married  one  of  the  most  famous  of  the 
Swedish  medieval  heroes,  Styribiorn,  son 
of  Olaf,  King  of  Sweden.  He  became 
prominent,  and  in  1316  was  Bishop  of 
Roskilde. 

(II)  Sven  was  heir  of  Svencin  in  1346. 

(III)  Marten  was  declared  heir  of 
Sven  in  1363  in  Tudse. 

(IV)  Nils  was  mentioned,  in  1418,  as 
owning  land  in  Tudse. 

(V)  Sertolf  was  mentioned,  in  1466, 
as  son  of  Nils,  and  he  had  sons,  James 
and  Randolf.  The  son  James  fought  a 
duel  and  was  obliged  to  flee  to  England 
and  was  accompanied  by  his  brother. 

(VI)  Randolf  Nye,  son  of  Sertolf, 
settled  in  Sussex,  England,  in  1527,  and 
held  land  in  Uckfield. 

(VII)  William  Nye.  son  of  Randolf 
Nye,  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Ralph 


Tregian,  of  County  Hereford ;  he  studied 
for  the  ministry  and  became  rector  of 
Ballance-Horned  before  his  father  died. 

(VIII)  Ralph  Nye,  son  of  William 
Nye,  inherited  his  father's  estate  in  Uck- 
field and  Ballance,  in  1556;  married,  June 
18,  1556,  Margaret  Merynge,  of  St. 
Mary,  Woolchurch.  Children:  Thomas, 
mentioned  below ;  Edmundus,  buried  in 
Somersetshire,  March  9,  1594;  Ralph, 
married,  August  30.  1584,  Joan  Wilk- 
shire ;  Anne,  married,  August  6,  1616, 
Nicholas  Stuart ;  Mary,  married,  April  24, 
1621,  John  Banister. 

(IX)  Thomas  Nye,  son  of  Ralph  Nye, 
married,  September  6,  1583,  at  St.  An- 
drew, Hubbard,  Katherine  Poulsden,  of 
Horley,  County  Surrey.  ,  He  sold  to  his 
wife's  brother,  William  Poulsden,  a  tene- 
ment builded  with  a  croft  adjoining,  con- 
taining sixteen  acres  and  a  half  in  Bid- 
lenden,  County  Kent,  for  which  he 
received  an  annuity  of  four  shillings. 
Children :  Henry,  graduate  of  Oxford, 
161 1,  vicar  of  Cobham,  County  Surrey, 
and  rector  of  Clapham,  County  Sussex ; 
Philip,  graduate  of  Oxford,  1619,  rector 
of  St.  Michael's,  Cornhill  and  Acton, 
Middlesex,  a  celebrated  preacher  of 
Cromwell's  day ;  John ;  and  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(X)  Thomas  (2)  Nye,  son  of  Thomas 

(1)  Nye,  was  a  haberdasher  of  Bidlenden, 
County  Kent;  married,  June  10,  1619, 
Agnes  Nye,  aged  thirty-nine  years, 
widow  of  Henry  Nye.  He  granted  land 
to  his  youngest  son  Thomas,  in  Bid- 
lenden. July  4,  1637,  and  in  the  deed 
stated :  "My  eldest  son  Benjamin,  hav- 
ing gone  to  New  England."  Children : 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Thomas, 
born  September  16,  1623,  married  Mar- 
garet Webster,  and  left  descendants  at 
Bidlenden. 

(XI)  Benjamin  Nye,    son  of    Thomas 

(2)  Nye,  was  born  May  4,  1620,  at  Bid- 


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lenden,  England,  and  came  in  the  ship 
"Abigail,"  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  in 
1635,  locating  in  Sandwich  two  years 
later.  His  name  is  on  the  list  of  men  in 
Sandwich  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643;  he 
contributed  to  the  cost  of  building  a  mill 
there   in    1654   and   a   meeting   house    in 

1656.  He   took   the   oath   of   fidelity   in 

1657.  He  was  supervisor  of  highways 
there  in  1655 ;  grand  juror  in  1658  and 
later;  constable  in  1661  and  1673;  collec- 
tor of  taxes  in  1674.  He  received,  in 
1669,  twelve  acres  of  land  from  the  town 
for  building  his  mill  at  the  little  pond  and 
had  other  similar  grants  later.  He  was 
given  permission  by  vote  of  the  town  to 
build  a  fulling  mill  on  Spring  Hill  river, 
August  8,  1675,  and  it  is  said  that  the 
ruins  of  his  old  mill  may  still  be  seen 
there.  He  married,  in  Sandwich,  Octo- 
ber 19,  1640,  Katherine  Tupper,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Tupper.  Children : 
Mary,  married  Jacob  Burgess ;  John ; 
Ebenezer;  Jonathan,  born  November  29, 
1649;  Mercy,  April  4,  1652;  Caleb; 
Nathan,  mentioned  below ;  Benjamin, 
killed  March  26,  1676,  by  Indians. 

(XII)  Nathan  Nye,  son  of  Benjamin 
Nye,  lived  at  Sandwich,  and  took  the 
oath  of  fidelity  there  in  1678.  His  will 
was  dated  September  18,  1741,  and 
proved  May  13,  1747.  Children,  born  at 
Sandwich :  Reuben,  February  28,  1686- 
87;  Temperance,  August  7,  1689;  Thank- 
ful, August  11,  1691  ;  Content,  September 
25>  io93;  Jemima,  February  20,  1695; 
Lemuel,  mentioned  below ;  Deborah, 
April  28,  1700;  Maria,  April  2,  1702; 
Caleb,  June  28.  1704;  Nathan,  September 
28,  1708. 

(XIII)  Lemuel  Nye,  son  of  Nathan 
Nye,  was  born  at  Sandwich,  March  21, 
1698-99,  lived  and  died  there.  His  will  is 
dated  July  22,  1762,  and  proved  March 
18,  1763.  Children,  mentioned  in  will: 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Lot ;  Lemuel, 


born  1733;  Mercy,  Mary,  Sarah,  Thank- 
ful. 

(XIV)  Samuel  Nye,  son  of  Lemuel 
Nye,  was  born  in  Sandwich ;  married 
there,  February  25,  1767,  Mercy  Bourne, 
born  June  24,  1727,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Hannah  Bourne.  Children,  born  at 
Sandwich:  Anna,  born  August  16,  1768, 
lived  to  the  age  of  ninety-one  years ; 
Nathan,  August  8,  1770;  Isaac,  Septem- 
ber 11,  1772;  Andrew;  Mercy,  September 
8,  1778;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
Braddock,  August  25,  1784;  Maria,  Au- 
gust 25,  1787;  Sarah,  November  18,  1789; 
John. 

(XV)  Samuel  (2)  Nye,  son  of  Samuel 
(1)  Nye,  was  born  at  Sandwich,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1780.  He  lived  at  Nantucket,  and 
later  at  Wareham,  dying  at  the  latter 
place,  November  3,  1858.  He  married, 
in  1801,  Mary  Snow,  who  was  born  Janu- 
ary 24,  1778,  and  died  at  Easton,  April 
25,  1869.  Children:  1.  Thomas  S.,  born 
March  30,  1802,  married  four  times.  2. 
Delia  Maria,  born  April  14,  1804,  married 
(first)  Thomas  Howard,  and  (second) 
Horatio  Copeland  (see  Copeland  VI).  3. 
Andrew  S.,  born  at  Nantucket,  March  18. 
1806,  married  Lucinda  H.  Leonard.  4. 
Mary,  born  June  19,  1809,  married  Na- 
thaniel Jones.  5.  Susan,  born  May  19, 
1812,  married  (first)  George  Patterson, 
and  (second)  George  W.  Esten.  6.  Mar- 
garet H.,  born  November  25,  181 5,  mar- 
ried James  Holmes.  7.  Harriet  Newell, 
born  December  10,  1819,  died  January 
29,  1844,  at  Wareham,  unmarried.  8. 
Almira  (or  Myra)  Snow,  born  February 
22,  1823,  married  Thomas  Mitchell. 


CRANE,  Joshua  Eddy, 

Educator,  Librarian. 

From  the  best  information  at  hand  it 
appears  that  between  the  years  1635  an^ 
1640,    John,    Samuel    and    Jaspar    Crane 


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came  to  Massachusetts,  John  making  a 
home  in  that  part  of  Boston  now  Brook- 
line,  Samuel  in  Dorchester,  and  Jaspar 
removing  about  1639  to  New  Haven, 
Connecticut;  whether  they  were  brothers 
or  not  is  yet  an  open  question.  John 
Crane  was  in  Boston  as  early  as  January 
8,  1637. 

(II)  John  Crane  was  succeeded  by 
Henry  Crane,  born  about  1621,  probably 
in  England.  He  married  (first)  Tabitha, 
daughter  of  Stephen  Kinsley ;  settled  in 
Braintree,  and  left  a  large  line  of  de- 
scendants. Without  evidence  to  the  con- 
trary it  may  be  reasonably  supposed  that 
Samuel  was  the  father  of  this  Henry. 
Samuel  Crane  is  mentioned  in  the  Brain- 
tree  records,  1640,  as  one  of  several 
elected  to  administer  town  affairs,  among 
them  Stephen  Kinsley,  this  the  first  asso- 
ciation in  these  records  of  the  names 
Kinsley  and  Crane.  In  1654  Stephen 
Kinsley  (who  was  at  Mount  Wollaston, 
Massachusetts,  in  1639)  and  his  sons-in- 
law,  Anthony  Gulliver  and  Henry  Crane, 
were  settled  on  adjacent  farms  in  that 
part  of  Dorchester  which  was  later  incor- 
porated as  Milton.  Henry  Crane  was  in 
main  a  husbandman.  He  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  of  Milton  in  1679,  1680  and 
1681,  and  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
first  meeting  house  built  in  the  town. 
His  wife  Tabitha  died  shortly  after  1681, 
and  he  married  (second)  about  1683, 
Elizabeth,  surname  unknown,  who  sur- 
vived him.  His  children  were:  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below ;  John,  mentioned 
below ;  Stephen,  married  (first)  Mary 
Denison,  (second)  Comfort,  widow  of 
Samuel  Belcher,  of  Braintree ;  Henry ; 
Elizabeth,  born  1663,  married  (first) 
Eleazer  Gilbert,  of  Taunton,  (second) 
George  Townsend,  of  that  same  town ; 
Ebenezer,  born  1665,  married  Mary  Tol- 
man ;  Mary,  born  1666,  married  Samuel 
Hackett,  of  Taunton ;  Mercy,  1668 ; 
Samuel,    1669;   Anna   C,    1687,   who   re- 


moved to  Taunton.  Henry  Crane  died 
in  Milton,  March  21,  1709. 

It  should  have  been  stated  ere  this 
that  according  to  Mr.  Ellery  Bicknell 
Crane,  the  Cranes  of  England  are  classed 
among  the  families  belonging  to  the 
county  of  Suffolk.  Though  numerous 
families  bearing  the  name  have  been 
found  residents  of  other  counties  in 
Great  Britain,  it  is  among  the  records  of 
Suffolk  county  that  we  find  delineated  the 
long  roll  of  aristocratic  landholders  in  a 
line  of  succession  from  father  to  son 
covering  a  period  of  time  marked  by  hun- 
dreds of  years.  Here  their  estates  are  to 
be  found  recorded  for  nearly  three  hun- 
dred years.  It  will  be  observed  that 
some  of  the  immediate  posterity  of  Henry 
Crane  located  in  Taunton,  and  the  towns 
of  Dighton,  Berkley  and  Norton  also  be- 
came the  places  of  residence  of  their 
descendants. 

(Ill)  Benjamin  Crane,  son  of  Henry 
Crane,  born  about  1656,  was  a  member  of 
Captain  Johnson's  company  in  King 
Philip's  War  and  was  severely  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  Narragansett  Swamp,  De- 
cember 19,  1675.  His  death  occurred 
October  13,  1721.  Many  of  the  Crane 
family  of  Berkley  were  his  descendants. 

(III)  John  (2)  Crane,  son  of  Henry 
Crane,  born  November  30,  1658,  in  Dor- 
chester, married,  December  13,  1686, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  James  and  Hannah 
Leonard,  of  Taunton,  and  there  became 
a  settler,  but  in  1698  had  sold  his  place 
in  Taunton  and  with  his  brother  Ben- 
jamin in  that  year  bought  of  the  heirs  of 
Jonathan  Briggs  a  farm  of  three  hundred 
acres  in  the  South  Purchase  of  Taunton, 
now  Berkley,  which  in  a  few  years  was 
divided  in  two  portions  by  the  two 
brothers.  John  Crane  died  August  5, 
1716,  and  his  wife  died  October  24,  1760. 
Children:  Henry,  Gershom,  Zipporah, 
Tabitha,  John. 

(IV)  Gershom  Crane,  son  of  John  (2) 


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and  Hannah  (Leonard)  Crane,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1692,  married,  February  27, 
1716,  Susanna  Whitmarsh,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Whitmarsh,  then  of  Dighton.  It 
was  at  his  house  that  the  first  meeting 
of  the  town  of  Berkley  was  held  and  of 
which  he  was  the  moderator  in  1735.  He 
died  June  23,  1787.  His  wife,  Susanna, 
died  September  11,  1770.  Their  children 
were:  Abiah,  born  1716;  Abel,  1718; 
Ebenezer,  1720;  Hannah,  1722;  Elisha, 
mentioned  below;  Gershom,  1728,  died 
1732;  John,  1731,  married  Rachel  Terry 
and  was  a  resident  of  Norton,  and  his 
son,  Rev.  John  Crane,  D.  D.,  born  1756, 
was  the  minister  of  Northbridge  and  died 
in  1836;  Gershom,  1735;  Jonathan,  1737, 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1762,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Josiah  Edson,  1770,  and  practiced  his 
profession  of  medicine  in  Bridgewater ; 
his  son,  Daniel  Crane,  was  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  1796. 

(V)  Elisha  Crane,  son  of  Gershom  and 
Susanna  (Whitmarsh)  Crane,  born  De- 
cember 25,  1724,  married  Thankful  Axtell, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Axtell,  of  Berkley, 
January  15,  1774,  and  lived  at  the  home 
of  Daniel  Axtell,  which  was  established 
in  1 710  in  the  town  of  Dighton,  now 
Berkley.  Their  children  were :  Betsey, 
born  1775,  married  Benjamin  Hathaway, 
1801  ;  Susannah,  1776,  married,  1802, 
Christopher  Paull ;  Daniel,  1777,  died 
1805  ;  Polly,  1779,  married,  in  1806,  Dean 
Burt ;  Barzillai,  mentioned  below.  Elisha 
Crane  died  November  20,  1807.  Thankful 
(Axtell)  Crane  died  January  22,  1832. 

(VI)  Barzillai  Crane,  son  of  Elisha 
and  Thankful  (Axtell)  Crane,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1783,  married  (first)  January  22, 
1810,  Lydia  Eddy,  daughter  of  Captain 
Joshua  Eddy  and  his  wife,  Lydia  (Pad- 
dock) Eddy,  of  Middleboro,  and  lived  in 
Berkley.  Children:  Charlotte  Maria, 
born  181 1,  died  1818;  Susanna  W.,  1815, 


married  Samuel  Breck;  Elisha,  1817,  died 
1843,  a  physician,  unmarried ;  Charlotte 
M.,  1820,  died  1841  ;  Joshua  Eddy,  men- 
tioned below;  Irene  Lazell,  1826,  married 
Dr.  Thomas  Nichols ;  Lydia,  1829,  died 
1833;  Morton  Eddy,  1831,  died  1857,  un- 
married. Lydia  (Eddy)  Crane  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1842.  Barzillai  Crane  married 
(second)  in  1844,  Eliza  Tobey,  daughter 
of  Apollos  and  Hannah  (Crane)  Tobey, 
of  Berkley.  He  died  June  15,  1851.  Eliza 
(Tobey)  Crane,  born  October  29,  1801, 
died  December  9,  1882. 

Mrs.  Lydia  (Eddy)  Crane,  wife  of  Bar- 
zillai Crane,  was  born  December  23,  1787, 
daughter  of  Captain  Joshua  and  Lydia 
(Paddock)  Eddy,  Joshua  Eddy  being  a 
direct  descendant  of  Samuel  Eddy,  who 
was  the  son  of  William  Eddy,  A.  M., 
vicar  of  St.  Dunstan's  Church,  Cran- 
brook,  County  Kent,  England,  and  his 
wife,  Mary  (Fosten)  Eddy.  Samuel 
Eddy  came  from  Boxted,  County  Suffolk, 
England,  to  America  in  the  ship  "Hand- 
maid," in  1630,  settling  in  Plymouth, 
where  he  purchased  property  in  1631. 
From  this  Samuel  Eddy  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  the  descent  of  Lydia  Eddy  is 
through  Obadiah  and  his  wife  Bennet, 
Samuel  (2)  and  his  wife  Melatiah 
(Pratt),  Zechariah  and  his  wife  Mercy 
(Morton),  and  Captain  Joshua  Eddy  and 
his  wife  Lydia  (Paddock). 

Captain  Joshua  Eddy  saw  much  hard 
service  in  the  Revolution.  He  entered 
the  service,  enlisting  in  1775,  in  Captain 
Benson's  company,  Colonel  Cotton's  regi- 
ment ;  was  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
during  the  siege  of  Boston,  and  at  the 
battle  of  Breed's  (Bunker)  Hill.  In  1776 
he  was  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Marshall's 
regiment  and  went  to  Castle  Island.  He 
was  in  the  retreat  from  Ticonderoga  and 
was  at  Saratoga  at  the  surrender  of  Gen- 
eral Burgoyne.  He  then  went  to  New 
Jersey,  was  in  winter  quarters  with  Gen- 


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eral  Washington,  and  was  at  the  battle 
of  Monmouth.  After  the  close  of  the  war 
he  was  extensively  engaged  in  various 
kinds  of  business.  He  was  a  man  of 
unusual  energy.  For  many  years  he  was 
a  deacon  in  the  church  of  his  community. 
He  died  in  1833. 

(VII)  Joshua  Eddy  Crane,  son  of  Bar- 
zillai  and  Lydia  (Eddy)  Crane,  was  born 
July  9,  1823,  in  the  town  of  Berkley, 
Massachusetts,  and  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  both  the  public  and  private 
schools  of  his  native  town.  Desiring  to 
enter  business  he,  at  sixteen  years  of  age, 
began  preparation  for  it  in  the  office  of  a 
commission  merchant  in  New  York  City. 
Later,  in  1844,  he  was  at  Bridgewater 
with  his  uncle,  Morton  Eddy,  who  retired 
from  the  firm  in  1848.  Thereafter  while 
in  active  business  the  concern  was  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  Crane.  A  man  of  ability, 
good  judgment,  one  successful  in  the 
management  of  his  own  business  affairs, 
Mr.  Crane  was  soon  found  by  his  fellow 
citizens  to  possess  the  qualities  required 
in  the  same,  and  as  a  conservative  public 
man  was  often  sought  and  long  continued 
in  public  official  service.  He  cast  his  first 
vote  in  1844  for  the  candidates  of  the 
Liberty  party,  having  been  present  at  the 
organization  of  that  party  at  Boston.  He 
soon  became  active  politically  in  local 
affairs.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Wor- 
cester convention,  at  which  Judge  Charles 
Allen  presided,  and  at  which  was  organ- 
ized the  Republican  party  in  Massachu- 
setts. For  many  years  he  was  chairman 
of  the  Republican  town  committee  of 
Bridgewater,  and  also  a  member  of  the 
State  Republican  Committee.  In  1857  he- 
was  a  representative  for  the  town  ih  the 
General  Court.  On  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Civil  War,  in  1861,  when  party  lines 
were  almost  obliterated,  he  was  chosen 
senator  from  the  South  Plymouth  district, 
and   in   the    following   year   was    almost 


unanimously  again  elected  to  that  body, 
the  Democrats  making  no  nomination 
against  him.  While  in  the  Senate  he  nad 
the  honor  of  taking  part  in  the  election 
of  Hon.  Charles  Sumner  to  the  United 
States  Senate  from  Massachusetts.  In 
the  Senate  he  served  on  the  committees 
on  claims  and  on  mercantile  affairs  and 
insurance.  He  was  town  clerk  of  Bridge- 
water  for  several  years,  from  1855  to  1858 
inclusive,  and  in  1873  and  1874.  For 
more  than  thirty  years  he  was  in  various 
capacities  connected  with  the  Plymouth 
County  Agricultural  Society,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  was  treasurer  and  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  trustees  of  that  so- 
ciety. On  the  occasion  of  the  celebration 
of  the  fiftieth  anniversary,  September  30, 
1869,  he  delivered  the  historical  address. 
For  a  dozen  and  more  years  he  served  as 
chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
State  Workhouse  at  Bridgewater,  and  for 
twenty  and  more  years  was  a  trustee  of 
the  Bridgewater  Academy,  and  was 
active  in  the  erection  of  the  present 
school  building.  For  upward  of  twenty- 
five  years  Mr.  Crane  was  a  correspondent 
for  the  newspapers  of  the  vicinity,  writ- 
ing many  sketches  of  interest  to  those  of 
antiquarian  tastes.  He  prepared  the 
sketch  of  the  town  of  Bridgewater  con- 
tained in  the  "History  of  Plymouth 
County,"  published  in  1884.  His  religious 
faith  was  that  of  the  Central  Square  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Bridgewater,  of 
which  he  was  a  member,  and  he  was 
chairman  of  the  building  committee  at 
the  time  of  the  erection  of  the  present 
church  edifice. 

On  January  9,  1849,  Mr.  Crane  married 
Lucy  Ann  Reed,  born  September  25,  1825, 
daughter  of  the  late  Ouincy  and  Lucy 
(Loud)  Reed,  of  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, and  their  children  were :  Joshua 
Eddy,  mentioned  below ;  Charles  Reed, 
born  1852;  Lucy  Reed,  1854,  died   1856; 


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Morton  Eddy,  1857,  of  Washington,  D. 
C. ;  Henry  Lovell,  January  31,  i860,  died 
March  16,  1905 ;  Anna  Howe,  1862,  mar- 
ried Charles  A.  Drew,  M.  D. ;  Edward 
Appleton,  1865,  died  1887.  Joshua  E. 
Crane  died  in  Bridgewater,  August  5, 
1888;  Lucy  Ann  (Reed)  Crane  died  Sep- 
tember 24,  1898. 

Quincy  Reed,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Crane, 
descended  from  William  Reade,  who 
settled  in  Weymouth  in  1635,  from  whom 
his  descent  is  through  Thomas  Reed  and 
his  wife  Sarah  (Bicknell)  ;  John  Reed 
and  his  wife  Sarah  (Whitmarsh)  ;  John 
Reed  (2)  and  his  wife  Mary  (Bate)  and 
Ezra  Reed  and  his  wife  Mary  (Lovell). 

(VIII)  Joshua  Eddy  (2)  Crane,  son  of 
Joshua  Eddy  (1)  and  Lucy  Ann  (Reed) 
Crane,  was  born  October  1,  1850,  in 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  there 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  place 
and  at  the  Bridgewater  Academy,  then 
under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Horace  M. 
Willard.  He  furthered  his  studies  at 
Brown  University,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1872.  Mr.  Crane  was  pre- 
ceptor of  Bridgewater  Academy,  1873-75  ; 
principal  of  the  English  preparatory  de- 
partment of  the  Syrian  Protestant  Col- 
lege, Beirut,  Syria,  1876-79;  subsequently 
was  employed  as  private  tutor ;  and  was 
in  charge  of  the  Latin  classes  of  Albany 
Academy,  Albany,  New  York,  until  1884, 
when  he  became  librarian  of  the  Young 
Men's  Association  of  Albany.  In  1887  he 
accepted  the  position  of  associate  prin- 
cipal of  the  Portland  Latin  School  at 
Portland,  Maine,  and  in  1890  resumed  his 
former  position  at  the  library,  from  which 
he  withdrew  in  1892.  He  became  libra- 
rian of  the  Public  Library  of  Taunton  in 
1895.  He  is  an  officer  of  the  Old  Colony 
Historical  Society,  and  of  the  Old  Bridge- 
water  Historical  Society. 

Mr.  Crane  married,  January  I,  1884, 
Katharine    Perkins,    daughter   of    Henry 


and  Amelia  Bartlett  (Sherman)  Perkins, 
of  Bridgewater  (see  Perkins  VIII). 
Their  daughter  is  Clara  Whitney  Crane 
(Radcliffe,  1914). 

(The  Perkins  Line). 

(I)  Abraham  Perkins,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
was  made  a  freeman,  May  13,  1640.  He 
was  a  man  of  good  education,  was  much 
employed  in  the  service  of  the  town,  and 
died  August  31,  1683,  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-two. His  widow  Mary  died  May 
29,  1706,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight.  The 
will  of  Abraham  Perkins,  dated  August 
22,  1683,  and  probated  September  18, 
1683,  contains  the  names  of  his  wife  and 
sons  Jonathan,  Humphrey,  James,  Luke 
and  David.  To  the  last  two  were  given 
five  shillings  each,  as  they  had  already 
received  their  share.  The  names  of  the 
children  of  Abraham  Perkins  were : 
Mary,  Abraham,  Luke,  Humphrey,  died 
young,  James,  died  young,  Timothy,  died 
young,  James,  Jonathan,  David,  Abigail, 
Timothy,  Sarah  and  Humphrey. 

(II)  David  Perkins,  son  of  Abraham 
and  Mary  Perkins,  born  February  28, 
1653,  settled  in  Beverly  about  1675,  and 
in  1688  became  a  resident  of  Bridgewater, 
in  that  part  of  the  town  which  became 
the  South  Precinct.  In  1694  he  built  the 
first  mill  at  the  site  of  the  iron  works  of 
Messrs.  Lazell,  Perkins  &  Company, 
known  afterwards  as  the  Bridgewater 
Iron  Company,  and  was  engaged  in  the 
occupation  of  blacksmith.  He  was  the 
first  representative  of  the  town  in  the 
General  Court  at  Boston  after  the  union 
of  the  colonies  of  Plymouth  and  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1692,  and  also  served  in  this 
capacity  in  1694,  and  from  1704  to  1707. 
inclusive.  His  death  occurred  October  1, 
1736.  He  married,  in  1676,  Elizabeth 
Brown,  born  October  17,  1654,  died  July 
14,  1735,  daughter  of  Francis  Brown,  of 


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Beverly.  In  his  will  of  June  17,  1736,  he 
names  his  sons :  David,  Abraham, 
Thomas,  sole  executor,  and  Nathan,  de- 
ceased, and  grandchildren :  David  and 
Jonathan,  children  of  his  son  David,  and 
Nathan,  Timothy,  James,  Solomon, 
Martha  and  Silence,  children  of  Nathan. 
His  children  were:  Mary,  David,  Na- 
than and  Thomas,  who  resided  in  Bridge- 
water;  and  Abraham,  who  became  a 
settler  in  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  and 
died  in  1746. 

(III)  Thomas  Perkins,  son  of  David 
and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Perkins,  born 
May  8,  1688,  in  Bridgewater,  lived  near 
the  site  of  the  present  iron  works,  and 
died  June  5,  1761.  He  married,  February 
20,  1717,  Mary  Washburn,  supposed  to  be 
the  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (Bow- 
den)  Washburn,  of  Bridgewater,  died 
April  23,  1750.  Children:  Mary,  born 
1718,  married,  1742,  Josiah  Hayward ; 
Hepzibah,  1720,  married,  1746,  Elezer 
Carver;  Thomas,  1722,  married,  1748, 
Mary  Pratt;  Charles,  1724,  died  1726; 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Francis, 
1729,  married,  1762,  Susanna  Waterman. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Perkins,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Washburn)  Perkins,  born 
April  20,  1727,  died  May  31,  1770.  He 
married,  February  28,  1751,  Experience 
Holmes.  Children:  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  born  1753;  Holmes,  1757; 
Hepzibah,  1759;  Susanna,  1764;  Nancy, 
1769,  married  Rufus  Leach. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2)  Perkins,  eldest  child 
of  Ebenezer  (1)  and  Experience 
(Holmes)  Perkins,  born  1752,  died  1823, 
was  a  patriot  in  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. The  records  of  Massachusetts  give 
the  following: 

Ebenezer  Perkins,  of  Bridgewater,  private, 
Capt.  James  Allen's  company,  Col.  Simeon  Cary's 
regiment,  pay  abstract  for  mileage  dated,  "Camp 
near  New  York,  Aug.  9,  1776,"  mileage  for  251 
miles    allowed   the    said    Perkins,   private;     also 


Capt.  Nathaniel  Packard's  company,  Col.  Thomas 
Carpenter's  regiment,  entered  service  July  25, 
1778,  discharged  Sept.  9,  1778 — service  one  month 
and  sixteen  days,  at  Rhode  Island.  Roll  sworn 
to  at  Plymouth.  Was  also  among  the  descriptive 
list  of  men  raised  in  Plymouth  county  in  1779 
to  serve  in  the  Continental  army,  aged  twenty- 
seven  years,  stature  six  feet,  complexion  dark. 
Engaged  for  town  of  Bridgewater;  reported  de- 
livered to  Capt.  L.  Bailey.  Was  also  private, 
Capt.  L-  Bailey's  company,  Colonel  Bailey's  (2) 
regiment;  entered  service  July  25,  1779,  dis- 
charged April  25,  1780,  term  nine  months.  Was 
also  among  a  descriptive  list  of  men  raised  to 
reinforce  the  Continental  army  for  the  term  of 
six  months,  agreeable  to  resolve  of  June  5,  1780; 
returned  as  received  of  Justin  Ely,  commissioner, 
by  Brig.  Gen.  John  Glover,  at  Springfield,  Aug. 
2,  1780,  aged  twenty-eight  years,  stature  six  feet, 
complexion  dark,  engaged  for  town  of  Bridge- 
water,  arrived  at  Springfield  July  31,  1780, 
marched  to  camp  August  2,  1780,  under  com- 
mand of  Lieut.  Benjamin  Pike.  Was  also  among 
the  list  of  men  raised  for  the  six  months'  service 
and  returned  by  Brigadier  General  Paterson  as 
having  passed  muster  in  a  return  dated  October 
25,  1780;  was  commissioned  corporal.  Pay  roll 
for  six  months'  men  raised  by  the  town  of  Bridge- 
water  for  service  in  the  Continental  army  at 
West  Point  during  1780,  marched  July  12,  1780, 
discharged  January  13,  1781,  service  six  months 
and  thirteen  days,  including  travel  (240  miles) 
home. 

Ebenezer  Perkins  married,  in  1782, 
Mary  Pratt,  daughter  of  Solomon  and 
Mary  (Keith)  Pratt,  died  in  1849.  Cnn_ 
dren:  Ebenezer,  born  1783,  died  1784; 
Mary  K,  1784,  died  1786;  Daniel,  1786 ; 
Thomas,  1788;  Solomon,  mentioned  be- 
low; Aaron,  1792;  Oman,  1794;  Minerva, 
1796;  Ebenezer,  1798;  Simeon,  1801 ; 
Mary  K,  1802 ;  Ozias,  1804. 

(VI)  Solomon  Perkins,  son  of  Eben- 
ezer and  Mary  (Pratt)  Perkins,  born  May 
16,  1790,  lived  in  Bridgewater,  and  died 
there  February  26,  1880.  He  was  long 
engaged  as  a  foundryman  in  the  works 
of  Messrs.  Lazell,  Perkins  &  Company. 
He  married,  in  Bridgewater,  February  14, 
1813,  Clarissa  Robinson,  daughter  of 
Dyer  and    Abigail    (Stetson)    Robinson, 


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-died  October  12,  1859.  Children:  Henry, 
mentioned  below ;  Charles  Robinson, 
born  1816;  William  Franklin,  1818; 
George  Sproat,  1820;  Ebenezer,  1826; 
Mary  K.  and  Martha  H.  (twins),  1828; 
Alfred  Holmes,  1830. 

(VII)  Henry  Perkins,  eldest  child  of 
Solomon  and  Clarissa  (Robinson)  Per- 
kins, was  born  April  25,  1814,  in  Bridge- 
water,  and  died  March  24,  1901.  In  the 
maternal  line  of  descent  he  was  a  grand- 
son of  Dyer  Robinson,  of  Bridgewater,  a 
forgeman  in  the  iron  works  of  Messrs. 
Lazell,  Perkins  &  Company,  and  was  a 
nephew  of  Increase,  Dyer,  Gad  and  Jacob 
Robinson,  long  associated  with  the  iron 
works  in  Bridgewater,  and  of  Charles 
and  Enoch  Robinson,  of  the  Old  Colony 
Iron  Works  of  Taunton.  Mr.  Perkins 
received  his  early  training  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place  and  at  Bridge- 
water  Academy,  and  at  an  early  age 
entered  upon  the  occupation  of  an  iron 
worker  and  foundryman  with  employ- 
ment at  Bridgewater,  Swanzey  and  in  the 
Hudson  Valley.  In  1847,  about  the  time 
of  his  marriage,  Mr.  Perkins  established 
an  iron  foundry  in  Bridgewater  near  the 
site  of  the  cotton  gin  factory  of  Messrs. 
Bates,  Hyde  &  Company,  now  the  Con- 
tinental Gin  Company  factory,  and  soon 
c'fter  the  period  of  the  Civil  War  erected 
a  spacious  foundry  and  machine  shop  on 
the  line  of  the  Old  Colony  railroad,  now 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
railroad,  which  has  ever  held  an  impor- 
tant place  in  the  manufacturing  estab- 
lishments of  the  town.  Mr.  Perkins 
possessed  a  profound  knowledge  of  the 
history  and  development  of  the  iron  in- 
dustry and  with  the  eye  of  an  expert  gave 
attention  to  every  requirement  of  his 
office  and  to  the  operations  and  products 
of  his  foundry.  For  many  years  the  large 
annual  production  of  pianoforte  frames, 
the   inventions    of   the   Chickerings    and 


other  manufacturers,  included  much  of 
the  workmanship  of  this  foundry  and 
established  its  reputation  for  the  produc- 
tion of  work  of  the  best  quality  of  Amer- 
ican iron  and  illustrative  of  the  perfection 
of  the  art  of  casting.  For  many  years 
also  Mr.  Perkins  was  interested  in  the 
prosperity  of  the  Eagle  Cotton  Gin  Com- 
pany of  Bridgewater,  which  gave  em- 
ployment to  a  large  number  of  men,  and 
for  a  long  period  held  the  position  of 
president  of  the  company.  Interested  in 
public  affairs,  he  did  not  seek  nor  hold 
political  office,  but  devoted  himself  to  the 
demands  of  his  occupation,  and  remained 
in  active  business  life  for  more  than  sixty 
years.  As  a  man  of  untiring  energy  and 
honorable  business  methods,  he  was  en- 
abled to  achieve  success  in  his  under- 
takings and  was  respected  and  esteemed 
by  those  who  were  in  his  employ,  and  by 
the  members  of  the  community  of  which 
he  was  a  benefactor.  He  will  long  be 
remembered  for  his  spirit  of  benevolence 
and  for  the  qualities  of  heart  which  en- 
deared him  to  his  family  and  associates. 

Mr.  Perkins  married,  July  16,  1848, 
Amelia  Bartlett  Sherman,  daughter  of 
Aaron  Simmons  and  Lydia  (Whitney) 
Sherman,  of  Bridgewater.  Children: 
Ralph,  born  March  26,  1849;  Katharine, 
mentioned  below ;  Henry,  November  24, 
1853,  died  December  12,  1854;  Annie, 
January  24,  1855,  died  July  2,  1858;  Clara, 
May  11,  1856,  died  May  24,  1888;  Eben- 
ezer, March  27,  1859;  Charles,  March  24, 
1862;  Amelia,  June  16,  1864;  Enoch,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1866;  Harry  K.,  August  11, 
1868;  Saba,  September  7,  1869. 

(VIII)  Katharine  Perkins,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Amelia  Bartlett  (Sherman) 
Perkins,  born  October  6,  185 1,  married, 
January  1,  1884,  Joshua  Eddy  (2)  Crane, 
of  Bridgewater  and  Taunton  (see  Crane, 
VIII).  They  have  a  daughter,  Clara 
Whitney  Crane  (Radclifre,  1914). 


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RICHARDSON 

And  Allied  Families. 

The  origin  of  the  name  Richardson 
dates  back  centuries,  and  came  from  the 
name  Richard,  Richardson  meaning  son 
of  Richard.  This  tradition  was  a  matter 
of  course,  and  the  name  has  been  widely 
spread  in  England,  Scotland,  Wales  and 
Ireland.  Among  the  name  are  found  men 
of  letters,  barristers,  clergymen,  baronets, 
bishops,  painters,  authors,  statesmen, 
professors,  merchants  and  manufacturers. 
The  different  family  seats  bore  arms,  and 
it  would  be  impossible  to  correctly  give  a 
coat-of-arms  that  would  apply  to  all  the 
different  families,  as  few  if  any  of  the 
immigrants  had  the  same. 

(I)  Samuel  Richardson,  one  of  the 
three  noted  Richardson  brothers,  who 
were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  Wo- 
burn,  Massachusetts,  was  baptized  at 
West  Mill,  County  Herts,  England,  De- 
cember 22,  1602  or  1604,  and  died  in  Wo- 
burn,  Massachusetts,  March  23,  1658. 
He  was  son  of  Thomas  and  Katherine 
(Durford)  Richardson,  of  West  Mill,  who 
were  married  August  24,  1590.  He  was 
second  in  age  of  the  three  brothers, 
Ezekiel,  Samuel  and  Thomas,  the  last  of 
the  three  to  come  to  New  England.  His 
wife  Joanna,  surname  unknown,  probably 
died  in  1678.  She  was  living  as  late  as 
December  10,  1677,  when  she  is  men- 
tioned as  receiving  fifty-five  acres  of  land 
at  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors  held  that 
date.  Her  will  dated  20th,  4th,  1666,  men- 
tions sons  John,  Joseph,  Samuel  and 
Stephen ;  and  daughters  Elizabeth  and 
Mary  Mousall.  Elizabeth  and  Mary 
married  brothers,  sons  of  Ralph  Mousall, 
of  Charlestown,  Elizabeth  marrying  John, 
and  Mary  marrying  Thomas.  Samuel 
Richardson  was  executor  of  his  father's 
will  in  England,  dated  March  4,  1630,  and 
inherited  his  mother's  part  of  his  father's 


estate.  The  will  was  presented  at  court 
in  1634  by  Samuel  Richardson.  Samuel 
Richardson  was  married  before  he  left 
West  Mill,  and  two  of  his  children  were 
baptized  there — Samuel,  1633,  and  Eliza- 
beth, 1635.  It  was  after  1635  that  he  and 
his  brother  Thomas  sailed  for  New  Eng- 
land. In  1636  he  located  in  Charlestown. 
In  1640  he  was  one  of  the  signers  of  Wo- 
burn  town  records.  He  was  a  selectman 
of  Woburn,  1644-46-49-51,  and  his  name 
appears  on  the  first  tax  list  of  Woburn 
in  1645.  He  released  certain  lands,  with 
his  brothers,  to  the  inhabitants  of  Wo- 
burn in  1644,  and  helped  found  the  first 
church  of  Woburn  in  1642.  His  estate 
was  located  on  the  "Richardson  Row 
Road"  of  early  times,  and  an  estate 
known  a  century  ago  as  the  Job  Miller 
estate,  on  present  Washington  street,  in 
the  present  limits  of  the  town  of  Win- 
chester, was  the  more  modern  equivalent. 
This  estate  descended  in  a  direct  line 
from  Samuel  (1),  to  Samuel  (2),  thence 
to  Jonathan  (3),  and  thence  to  Jonathan 
(4)  Richardson.  The  last  Jonathan  be- 
queathed it  to  his  niece,  Sarah  Miller, 
wife  of  Job  Miller.  Jonathan  Richardson 
(4),  who  was  born  in  Woburn,  had  lived 
elsewhere  during  a  part  of  his  life,  and 
returning  in  his  latter  days  to  Woburn, 
died  in  his  native  town,  October  31,  1798. 
Job  Miller  that  year  occupied  the  house, 
which  was  a  very  old  one  at  that  time, 
thirty-six  by  eighteen  feet  in  lateral 
dimensions,  and  two  stories  high.  The 
adjoining  farm  contained  fifty  acres.  The 
family  of  Samuel  Richardson  (2)  was  at- 
tacked by  Indians  on  this  place,  April  10, 
1676,  and  three  of  the  family  were  killed. 
The  father  was  at  work  on  the  afternoon 
of  that  day,  with  a  young  son  for  com- 
pany, in  his  field.  He  noticed  a  com- 
motion at  the  house,  and  hastening  there 
found  his  wife  Hannah  and  his  son 
Thomas  had  been    slain   by   a   band    of 


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skulking  Indians,  so  called,  who  after 
robbing  some  gardens  of  linen  articles,  at 
Cambridge,  had  on  their  retreat  per- 
formed this  mischief  and  slaughter.  A 
further  search  revealed  the  fact  that  his 
infant  daughter  Hannah  had  also  been 
killed.  Her  nurse  had  fled  with  her  in  her 
arms  in  the  direction  of  a  neighboring 
garrison  house,  and  being  closely  pur- 
sued by  the  Indians,  in  order  to  save  her- 
self, she  dropped  the  child,  which  the 
Indians  dispatched.  The  father  pursued 
the  Indians  with  a  rallying  party,  and 
coming  upon  them  seated  beside  a  swamp 
in  the  woods,  the  party  shot  at  them  and 
hit  one  of  them  fatally,  as  the  body  was 
found  afterwards  in  the  woods,  buried 
under  leaves  where  his  associates  had 
laid  him.  The  fact  of  his  being  wounded 
was  proved  by  traces  of  blood  which  were 
found  in  the  woods  from  the  point  where 
he  was  first  after  he  was  shot ;  at  this 
place  the  Indians  left  behind  a  bundle  of 
linen  in  which  was  found  wrapped  up  the 
scalps  of  one  or  more  of  their  victims. 
The  Smith  place  represents  the  original 
estate  of  Job  Miller.  Prince  avenue 
traverses  the  original  Samuel  Richardson 
estate.  The  estate  of  the  first  Samuel 
extended  from  the  present  tracks  of  the 
Boston  &  Maine  railroad,  near  Nathaniel 
A.  Richardson's  house,  to  the  Stoneham 
and  Winchester  town  line,  the  homestead 
being  on  the  estate  known  to  many  of  the 
present  generation  as  the  Josiah  F.  Stone 
place.  A  part  of  the  lands  now  owned  by 
Nathaniel  A.  Richardson  were  included 
in  the  original  estate.  The  Miller  house 
was  built  by  the  second  Samuel,  but  the 
first  Samuel  is  supposed  to  have  lived  on 
the  other  side  of  the  present  Washington 
street,  and  opposite  the  Miller  place.  His 
house  stood  in  a  little  valley,  and  disap- 
peared before  the  year  1800.  Children : 
Samuel,  baptized  July  3,  1633,  at  West 
Mill,  Herts,  England ;  Elizabeth,  May  22, 


1635,  at  West  Mill ;  Mary,  February  25, 
1638,  at  Charlestown;  John,  November 
12,  1639,  at  Charlestown;  Hannah,  March 
8,  1642,  at  Woburn,  died  April  8,  1642; 
Joseph,  July  27,  1643;  Samuel,  May 
22,  1646;  Stephen  mentioned  below; 
Thomas,  December  31,  165 1,  died  Sep- 
tember 27,  1657. 

(II)  Stephen  Richardson,  fifth  son  of 
Samuel  and  Joanna  Richardson,  was  born 
August  15,  1649,  m  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  there  March  22,  1717.  He 
resided  in  Woburn,  which  then  included 
Burlington,  a  part  of  Wilmington,  and 
his  land  extended  into  Billerica  which 
then  joined  Woburn.  In  1690  he  was  a 
freeman.  His  will  was  dated  August  15, 
1713,  and  proved  April  22,  1718  (see 
Middlesex  probate  records,  vol.  15,  pp. 
157-163).  In  it  he  mentions  as  living  wife 
Abigail,  daughters  Abigail  Vinton  and 
Prudence  Kendall,  sons  Stephen,  Wil- 
liam, Francis,  Timothy,  Seth,  Daniel  and 
Solomon.  He  married,  January  2,  1675, 
at  Billerica,  Abigail  Wyman,  born  1659, 
died  September  7,  1720,  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Abigail  (Read)  Wyman,  the 
former  of  whom  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Woburn  and  one  of  the  largest 
landholders  of  Woburn.  Children : 
Stephen,  born  February  20,  1676 ;  Francis, 
January  19,  1678,  died  January  27,  same 
year;  William,  mentioned  below;  Francis, 
January  15,  1681  ;  Timothy,  December  6, 
1682,  died  January  18,  1683 ;  Abigail,  No- 
vember 14,  1683,  died  June  21,  1720; 
Prudence,  January  17,  1686;  Timothy, 
January  24,  1688;  Seth,  January  16,  1690; 
Daniel,  October  16,  1691 ;  Mary,  May  3, 
1696;  Rebecca,  June  10,  1698;  Solomon, 
March  27,  1702. 

(III)  William  Richardson,  third  son  of 
Stephen  and  Abigail  (Wyman)  Richard- 
son, was  born  December  14,  1678,  at  Wo- 
burn, but  the  time  of  his  death  is  not 
recorded.     He  was   a   husbandman,   and 


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resided  in  Woburn  until  1709  or  1710, 
when  he  removed  to  Charlestown  End,  or 
the  present  town  of  Stoneham,  incor- 
porated as  such  December  17,  1725.  His 
land  bordered  on  that  of  his  brother-in- 
law,  John  Vinton,  and  he  owned  several 
lots  in  common  with  him.  On  March  22, 
1710,  land  in  Charlestown  was  conveyed 
to  John  Vinton  and  William  Richardson. 
There  are  three  other  deeds  dated  1700, 
1709,  1712,  by  which  land  in  Charlestown 
(east  side  of  Spot  Pond  in  Stoneham) 
was  conveyed  to  them  also.     On  March 

26,  171 5,  William  Richardson  sold  land  to 
John  Vinton.  About  1718  he  removed  to 
Attleboro,  Massachusetts.  On  Decem- 
ber 25,  1710,  he  bought  land  there  of  the 
proprietors.  His  wife  Rebecca  is  men- 
tioned in  her  mother's  will  dated  April 
21,  1729.  He  married,  September  15, 
1703,  at  Woburn,  Rebecca  Vinton,  born 
March  26,  1683,  died  after  1729,  daughter 
of  John  and  Hannah  (Green)  Vinton,  of 
Woburn.  Children :  Rebecca,  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1704,  died  April  11,  1788;  Hannah, 
October  28,  1706;  Abigail,  April  18,  1709, 
died  November  23,  1730;  William,  April 
17,  1712;  Stephen,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  April   18,   1717;  John,   November 

27,  1719;  Joanna,  September  17,  1722. 
(IV)  Stephen   (2)   Richardson,  second 

son  of  William  and  Rebecca  (Vinton) 
Richardson,  was  born  September  18,  1714, 
in  the  northern  part  of  Charlestown,  now 
Stoneham,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a 
child  when  the  family  removed  to  Attle- 
boro. There  he  made  his  home,  and 
married,  November  11,  1736,  Hannah 
Coy,  born  October  2,  1718,  in  Beverly, 
Massachusetts,  baptized  there  June  4, 
1723,  eldest  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Mary 
(Wellman)  Coy,  of  that  town.  Children, 
born  in  Attleboro:  Stephen,  August  6, 
1737;  Caleb,  July  7,  1739;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below;  Hannah,  October  22,  1744; 
Elizabeth,  October  16,  1747;  Rebecca, 
April  18,  1750;  Henry,  1752. 


(V)  Daniel  Richardson,  third  son  of 
Stephen  (2)  and  Hannah  (Coy)  Richard- 
son, was  born  March  26,  1742,  in  Attle- 
boro, and  there  made  his  home.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Read,  born  May  30,  1743,  in 
Rehoboth,  daughter  of  Thomas  (2)  ar.J 
Bathsheba  Read.  Children :  Sarah,  born 
November  28,  1762;  Rebecca,  February 
17,  1764;  Daniel,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail,  August  9,  1767;  Alice,  August 
20,  1769;  Selma,  August  24,  1771  ;  Alfred, 
June  27,  1780;  Roxse,  January  8,  1783, 
died  October  31,  1798;  Philene,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1785;  lucinda,  July  12,  1788. 

(VI)  Daniel  (2)  Richardson,  eldest 
son  of  Daniel  (1)  and  Sarah  (Read) 
Richardson,  was  born  April  6,  1765,  in 
Attleboro,  and  married  there,  January  18, 
1787,  Chloe  Wilmarth,  born  August  14, 
1763,  in  Rehoboth,  daughter  of  Ezra  and 
Prudence  (Morse)  Wilmarth.  Children  : 
Daniel,  mentioned  below ;  Chloe,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1790;  Stephen,  September  2,  1793; 
Varnum,  August  1,  1795;  Enos,  March  9, 
1797. 

(VII)  Daniel  (3)  Richardson,  eldest 
child  of  Daniel  (2)  and  Chloe  (Wilmarth) 
Richardson,  was  born  August  16,  1787,  in 
Attleboro,  and  there  married,  May  9, 
1813,  Nancy  Eaton,  born  June  3,  1791,  in 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Nathan  and  Margaret  Eaton,  of  that 
town  (see  Eaton,  VI).  Children:  Roxey, 
born  January  3,  1814;  Nancy  Eaton,  July 
16,  1817;  Daniel  Augustus,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VIII)  Daniel  Augustus  Richardson, 
only  son  of  Daniel  (3)  and  Nancy 
(Eaton)  Richardson,  was  born  February 
11,  1822,  in  Attleboro,  and  lived  at  Attle- 
boro Falls,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  buttons,  in  association 
with  Daniel  Evans.  He  also  engaged  in 
agriculture,  and  owned  land  at  Attleboro 
Falls,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until 
his  death  in  1903,  and  was  buried  in 
Mount  Hope  Cemetery.    He  was  married 


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in  Attleboro,  October  9,  1842,  by  Benja- 
min H.  Davis,  justice  of  the  peace,  to 
Ann  Russell  Bowen,  born  1820,  daughter 
of  David  and  Amy  (Rounds)  Bowen,  of 
that  town  (see  Bowen,  VIII).  She  died 
at  Attleboro  Falls,  April  22,  191 1,  and 
was  buried  beside  her  husband.  Chil- 
dren :  Anna  Emilia,  mentioned  below ; 
Henry  Augustus,  died  in  Taunton ;  Eu- 
gene Russell,  resides  in  Providence ; 
Mary  Bowen,  married  Edgar  Nicholson, 
and  she  died  at  Attleboro  Falls. 

(IX)  Anna  Emilia  Richardson,  eldest 
child  of  Daniel  Augustus  and  Ann  Rus- 
sell (Bowen)  Richardson,  born  at  Attle- 
boro Falls,  became  the  wife  of  William 
Price,  of  North  Attleboro.  She  now  re- 
sides at  Attleboro  Falls,  where  she  is  a 
valuable  member  of  society,  and  is  de- 
voted to  the  culture  of  uplifting  in- 
fluences. She  has  a  daughter,  Gertrude, 
wife  of  James  Dow,  residing  at  Attleboro 
Falls,  the  mother  of  three  children :  Rus- 
sell Augustus,  Marion  Amelia  and 
Margery  Richardson  Dow. 

(The  Eaton  Line). 

(I)  Francis  Eaton  came  from  England 
to  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1620,  in 
the  "Mayflower,"  and  signed  the  famous 
compact  on  board  that  historic  vessel. 
He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  1633,  and  March  25, 
!633,  was  rated  at  nine  shillings.  His 
wife  Sarah,  son  Samuel,  and  infant,  came 
with  him,.  His  wife  died  before  1627; 
Bradford  says  she  died  "in  the  generall 
sickness  which  was  in  the  winter  of  1620- 
21."  He  married  a  second  wife,  who  died 
soon,  and  he  married  (third)  Christian 
Penn,  who  came  over  in  the  "Ann"  in 
1623.  He  removed  from  Plymouth  to 
Duxbury,  where  he  died  in  the  latter  part 
of  1633.  Administration  on  his  estate 
was  granted  to  Thomas  Prence  and  John 
Doane,  November  25,  same  year.  In  July, 


1634,  his  widow  married  Francis  Billing- 
ton,  by  whom  she  had  eight  children. 
Child  of  Francis  Eaton  by  first  wife : 
Samuel,  mentioned  below.  Child  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Rachel,  born  1625,  in  Ply- 
mouth. Child  of  third  wife :  Benjamin, 
born  about  1627,  in  Duxbury.  There 
were  two  other  children,  one  an  "ideote," 
and  another  who  probably  died  without 
issue. 

(II)  Samuel  Eaton,  son  of  Francis 
Eaton,  was  born  about  1618,  in  England, 
and  died  at  Middleborough,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1684.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  a  child,  and  he  was  apprenticed,  Au- 
gust 13,  1636,  for  seven  years,  to  John 
Cooke,  Jr.  He  lived  in  Duxbury  and 
Middleborough,  and  was  one  of  the  two 
Mayflower  Pilgrims  who  settled  in  the 
latter  place,  where  he  was  living  before 
1675.  He  was  one  of  the  purchasers  of 
Dartmouth  in  1652  and  of  Bridgewater. 
In  1670  he  was  admitted  a  freeman.  The 
Eatons  were  not  very  rigid  Puritans 
evidently,  for  Samuel  Eaton  was  once 
admonished  by  the  court  for  "mixed 
dancing"  with  Goodwife  Hall.  He 
bought  land  at  Duxbury  of  Love  Brew- 
ster, and  sold  it  in  1663  to  Josiah  Stand- 
ish.  He  married,  January  10,  1666, 
Martha  Billington,  daughter  of  Francis 
Billington.  Children :  Mercy,  married 
Samuel  Fuller ;  and  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Samuel  (2)  Eaton,  son  of  Samuel 
(1)  and  Martha  (Billington)  Eaton,  was 
born  about  1662,  and  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  First  Church  of 
Middleborough.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  first 
pastor  of  Middleborough,  also  of  May- 
flower ancestry.  Children,  born  at 
Middleborough :  Mercy,  born  1695 ; 
Keziah,  1700;  Elizabeth,  1701  ;  Barnabas, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Barnabas  Eaton,  son  of  Samuel 


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(2)  and  Elizabeth  (Fuller)  Eaton,  was 
born  1703,  and  settled  in  Middleborough. 
He  married  (first)  Mehitable,  surname 
unknown;  (second)  Mehitable  Clements. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Middle- 
borough :  Hannah,  1732;  Samuel,  1733; 
Mary,  1735;  Sarah,  1737;  Seth,  1739. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Lot,  born  1744; 
Mehitable,  1747;  Elizabeth,  1749;  Ziba, 
1750 ;  Nathan,  mentioned  below  ;  Wealthy, 
1755;  Keziah,  1757;  Meribah,  1760. 

(V)  Nathan  Eaton,  son  of  Barnabas 
and  Mehitable  (Clements)  Eaton,  was 
born  August  11,  1753,  in  Middleborough. 
He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  as  a 
private  in  Captain  Seth  Turner's  conv 
pany,  Colonel  Thomas  Marshall's  regi- 
ment, enlisted  June  15,  1776,  service  to 
November  1,  1776,  four  months  and  six- 
teen days ;  also  same  company  and  regi- 
ment, service  between  October  31,  1776, 
and  July  1,  1777;  one  month  company 
stationed  at  Hull,  roll  sworn  to  in  Suffolk 
county ;  also  Captain  Job  Pierce's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Theophilus  Cotton's  (Ply- 
mouth County)  regiment,  pay  roll  for 
October,  1777,  dated  Middleborough; 
service  of  thirty  days  at  Rhode  Island, 
Captain  Joshua  White's  company,  Colo- 
nel Ebenezer  Sprout's  regiment ;  enlisted, 
September  6,  1778,  discharged  September 
12,  1778,  service  six  days  on  an  alarm  at 
Dartmouth ;  under  same  commanders 
marched  August  1,  1780,  discharged  Au- 
gust 3,  1780,  service  two  days,  company 
marched  to  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  on 
an  alarm.  His  entire  lifetime  was  spent 
in  his  native  town.  His  wife  bore  the 
name  of  Margaret.  Children :  Hannah, 
born  July  3,  1775;  Martha,  June  8,  1777; 
Polly,  1781 ;  Barnabas,  July  22,  1782; 
Ziba,  March  18,  1784;  Sarah,  March, 
1786;  Mehitable,  February  23,  1789; 
Nancy,  mentioned  below ;  Luther,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1793;  Elizabeth,  December  7,  1796. 

(VI)  Nancy  Eaton,  seventh  daughter 


of  Nathan  and  Margaret  Eaton,  was  born 
June  3,  1791,  in  Middleborough,  and  be- 
came the  wife  of  Daniel  (3)  Richardson, 
of  Attleboro  (see  Richardson,  VII). 

(The  Bowen  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Bowen  came  from  Kittle 
Hill,  Glamorganshire,  Wales,  to  this 
country  about  1638,  and  settled  at  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  son  of 
James  and  Eleanor  Bowen,  of  Ilewyn- 
dwar,  Pembrokeshire,  Wales,  and  grand- 
son of  Mathias  Bowen  or  Bowin.  He 
was  a  large  land  proprietor  along  the 
river  "running  under  the  bridge,"  called 
Bowen's  Bridge,  the  fresh-water  tribu- 
tary of  the  Barrington  river  south  from 
Seekonk.  He  was  a  town  officer  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  June  4,  1645.  He 
married,  March  4,  1648,  Esther  Sutton. 
He  was  buried  February  4,  1674,  and  in 
his  will,  dated  June  4,  1675,  he  be- 
queathed to  his  wife  Elizabeth  (or 
Esther),  and  children  Thomas,  Obediah, 
Richard,  William,  Alice  Wheaton,  Sarah 
Fuller  and  Ruth  Leverich. 

(II)  Thomas  Bowen,  son  of  Richard 
and  Esther  (Sutton)  Bowen,  was  of 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  1648,  and  of 
New  London,  Connecticut,  in  1657-60. 
He  removed  to  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  died  in  1663.  His  will,  dated 
April  11,  1663,  named  his  wife  Elizabeth 
as  executrix  of  his  estate.  In  1669  she 
was  the  wife  of  Samuel  Fuller,  perhaps  of 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  buried  August 
15,  1676,  in  Rehoboth.  In  the  will  of 
Thomas  Bowen  he  also  mentioned  his 
child  Richard  and  his  brother  Obediah. 

(III)  Dr.  Richard  (2)  Bowen,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Bowen,  was  born 
January  17,  1662,  in  Rehoboth,  and  died 
in  1736.  As  early  as  1680  he  was  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Seekonk, 
Massachusetts,  within  two  miles  of 
Providence,   and   for  more   than   twenty 


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years  he  attended  the  sick  there  before  it 
had  any  settled  physician  within  its 
limits.  He  also  educated  his  sons, 
Thomas  and  Jabez,  to  be  physicians.  He 
married,  January  9,  1683,  Mercye  Titus, 
born  March  17,  1665,  in  Rehoboth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Abigail  (Car- 
penter) Titus,  granddaughter  of  Robert 
and  Hannah  Titus,  of  England,  where 
John  was  born.  Children :  Elizabeth, 
born  November,  1684;  Abiah,  April  10, 
1687;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Da- 
maris,  April  26,  1692;  Jabez,  October  19, 
1696;  Ebenezer,  August  23,  1699; 
Urania,  September  23,  1707. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2)  Bowen,  eldest  son 
of  Dr.  Richard  (2)  and  Mercye  (Titus) 
Bowen,  was  born  August  20,  1689,  in  Re- 
hoboth, and  died  there  July  17,  1774.  He 
married,  August  10,  1710,  in  Rehoboth, 
Sarah  Hunt,  born  October  16,  1690,  in 
that  town,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Rebecca  Hunt.  Children :  Sarah,  born 
June  26,  171 1 ;  Huldah,  February  16, 
1713;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Eph- 
raim, October  3,  1716;  Oliver,  February 
3,  1719;  Hannah,  April  30,  1721 ;  Lucy, 
July  3,  1723;  Benjamin,  March  8,  1724; 
Lydia,  June  18,  1727;  Bettey,  April  1, 
1729;  Molly,  November  8,  1731. 

(V)  Thomas  (3)  Bowen,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Sarah  (Hunt)  Bowen, 
called  Thomas,  Jr.  in  the  records,  was 
born  October  3,  1714,  in  Rehoboth,  lived 
in  what  is  now  Cumberland,  Rhode 
Island,  and  died  August  8,  1782.  He 
married,  June  18,  1735,  Hepsibeth  (Eliza- 
beth) Carpenter,  born  March  28,  171 5,  in 
Rehoboth,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Hannah  (French)  Carpenter.  Children: 
Billee,  born  May  9,  1739 ;  Bersham,  March 
31,  1742;  Molly,  November  12,  1744; 
Benjamin,  January  27,  1747;  Bettee,  May 
2,  1749;  Thomas  and  Cyrell,  June  23, 
1752;  Luce,  April  23,  1755;  Syrell,  July 
28,  1757. 


(VI)  Thomas  (4)  Bowen,  fourth  son 
of  Thomas  (3)  and  Hepsibeth  (Eliza- 
beth) (Carpenter)  Bowen,  was  born 
June  23,  1752,  probably  in  Cumberland, 
and  was  married  there,  February  7,  1771, 
to  Anna  (sometimes  called  Hannah) 
Rhodes,  of  Stonington,  Connecticut,  born 
October  20,  1755,  in  South  Kingstown, 
Rhode  Island,  daughter  of  James  and 
Anna  (Crandall)  Rhodes,  later  of  Wes- 
terly, Rhode  Island,  and  Stonington. 
Children,  recorded  in  Cumberland : 
David,  mentioned  below ;  Rachel,  born 
September  14,  1774;  Huldah,  September 
25>  l775 ;  Zebedon,  December  13,  1777; 
John,  April  26,  1780;  Polly,  April  26, 
1782;  Asa,  March  23,  1785;  James,  July 
20,  1787;  Thomas,  November  5,  1791. 

(VII)  David  Bowen,  eldest  child  of 
Thomas  (4)  and  Anna  (Rhodes)  Bowen, 
was  born  December  24,  1771,  in  Cumber- 
land, and  lived  in  Attleboro.  He  mar- 
ried Amy  Rounds,  daughter  of  Hezekiah 
and  Mary  (Wheeler)  Rounds,  of  Attle- 
boro (see  Rounds,  V). 

(VIII)  Ann  Russell  Bowen,  daughter 
of  David  and  Amy  (Rounds)  Bowen,  be- 
came the  wife  of  Daniel  Augustus  Rich- 
ardson, of  Attleboro  (see  Richardson, 
VIII). 

(The  Rounds  Line). 

This  surname  is  found  among  the  de- 
scriptive ones,  Bigge,  Small,  Little, 
Heigh,  Haupt,  Strong,  Low,  and  in  Eng- 
land it  is  usually  spelled  without  the 
final  s.  A  Robert  Rounds  is  recorded  in 
the  calendar  proceedings  in  chancery 
(time  of  Elizabeth),  and  the  Round 
family  were  located  in  Kent  and  Oxford 
counties,  England.  The  name  appears  at 
an  early  period  in  various  sections  of 
Massachusetts,  but  not  among  the  pio- 
neers. It  was  very  strongly  represented 
in  and  about  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
and  descendants  have  resided  in  the 
vicinity  until  the  present  time. 


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(I)  The  first  of  this  name  mentioned  in 
New  England  archives  was  Philip 
Rounds,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  who 
died  there  in  1678.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  made  June  24  of  that  year,  placed 
its  value  at  seven  pounds,  ten  shillings 
and  six  pence.  He  married,  in  November, 
1671,  Ann  Bush. 

(II)  John  Rounds  was  a  resident  of 
Swansea,  Massachusetts,  and  married 
Abigail  Bowen,  perhaps  a  daughter  of 
Obadiah  (2)  and  Abigail  (Bullock) 
Bowen,  of  Swansea,  born  about  1678. 
Four  children  are  recorded  in  Swansea: 
John,  born  November  15,  1699;  Mary, 
March  19,  1703,  married,  September  26, 
1721,  Ephraim  Chase;  David,  January 
28,  1706;  Jabez,  mentioned  below.  There 
were  undoubtedly  several  others,  includ- 
ing Nathaniel,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Jabez  Rounds,  son  of  John  and 
Abigail  (Bowen)  Rounds,  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1708,  was  residing  in  Swansea, 
April  26,  1733,  at  which  date  he  was  mar- 
ried in  Rehoboth  by  Rev.  John  Coomer 
to  Renew  Carpenter,  of  Rehoboth,  born 
January  6,  1714,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Desire  (Martin)  Carpenter.  Chil- 
dren, recorded  in  Rehoboth  :  Isaac,  born 
January  23,  1734;  Jabez,  January  8,  1736; 
Isabell,  October  23,  1737;  Abigail,  Janu- 
ary, 1740;  Isaiah,  January  30,  1741 ;  Re- 
beckah,  March  21,  1742;  Sibbel,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1744;  Oliver,  mentioned  below; 
Rhoda,  January  26,  1750;  Esther,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1752;  Simeon,  February  4,  1755. 

(IV)  Oliver  Rounds,  fourth  son  of 
Jabez  and  Renew  (Carpenter)  Rounds, 
was  born  April  1,  1747,  in  Rehoboth,  and 
was  married,  April  12,  1770,  in  Warren, 
Rhode  Island,  by  Rev.  Jonathan  Man- 
ning, to  Anna  Salisbury,  probably  a  na- 
tive of  that  town,  not  recorded  there. 
Children:  Daniel,  born  June  5,  1771 ; 
Sybel,  May  1,  1773;  Abigail,  March  1, 
1775;   Calvin,  October  3,  1776;   Patience, 


March  1,  1778;  Spencer  and  Oliver 
(twins),  February  26,  1780;  Jabez,  men- 
tioned below;  Spencer,  October  24,  1785. 

(V)  Jabez  (2)  Rounds,  fourth  son  of 
Oliver  and  Anna  (Salisbury)  Rounds, 
was  born  November  20,  1782,  in  Warren, 
and  lived  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
He  married,  April  20,  1806,  Eliza  Hud- 
son, daughter  of  Reuben  and  Abigail 
(Sisson)  Hudson,  of  Swansea,  and  grand- 
daughter of  George  and  Drusilla  Sisson. 
Children :  Jabez  Sisson,  mentioned  be- 
low; Abby,  died  young;  Harriet,  mar- 
ried John  Drown,  and  died  in  California; 
Anna  Eliza,  married  Albert  Hunter. 

(VI)  Jabez  Sisson  Rounds,  son  of  Jabez 
(2)  and  Eliza  (Hudson)  Rounds,  was  born 
April  14,  1816,  in  Providence,  and  died  in 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  August  7,  i860. 
He  was  a  well  known  merchant  of  Taun- 
ton, where  he  established  the  dry  goods 
house  now  known  as  The  N.  B.  Skinner 
Company.  He  was  also  active  in  other  en- 
terprises, and  was  among  the  corporators 
of  the  Taunton  Steamboat  Company, 
which  began  with  a  capital  of  $25,000, 
and  was  also  identified  with  the  banking 
interests  of  Taunton  and  other  lines  of 
commercial  pursuit.  He  was  among  the 
most  public-spirited  citizens  of  his  day, 
and  died  while  still  in  the  prime  of  man- 
hood, at  the  age  of  forty-four  years.  He 
was  a  man  of  both  physical  and  intellec- 
tual force  and  a  power  in  the  development 
of  his  home  city.  He  was  married  in 
Taunton  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Brigham,  May  26, 
1845,  to  Almira  B.  Leonard,  daughter  of 
Ezekiel  B.  and  Harriet  (Ingalls)  Leon- 
ard, of  that  town  (see  Leonard  VII). 
She  is  still  living,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
five  years,  and  is  quite  active,  taking  an 
interest  in  current  events,  the  oldest  per- 
son in  Taunton.  Her  declining  years  are 
made  happy  by  the  filial  attention  of  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Frederick  Mason.  She 
was  the  mother  of  two  children:    Fred- 


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erick,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years,  and  Harriet  Leonard,  mentioned 
below. 

(VII)  Harriet  Leonard  Rounds,  only 
daughter  of  Jabez  Sisson  and  Almira  B. 
(Leonard)  Rounds,  became  the  wife  of 
Colonel  Frederick  Mason,  of  Taunton, 
son  of  William  and  Harriet  Augusta 
(Metcalf)  Mason,  and  resides  in  her  na- 
tive city.  She  is  the  mother  of  two  chil- 
dren:  i.  Maurice  Mason,  who  married 
Sarah  Crossman  Sprout,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 29,  1913,  leaving  two  children:  Mar- 
guerite and  William.  2.  Madeline,  now 
the  widow  of  Carlton  Braybrook,  and  the 
mother  of  two  children :  Bethena  and 
Leonard. 

(III)  Nathaniel  Rounds,  born  about 
1716-18,  in  Swansea,  undoubtedly  son  of 
John  and  Abigail  (Bowen)  Rounds,  was 
married,  April  9,  1741,  to  Elizabeth 
Bowen,  probably  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Thankful  (Mason)  Bowen,  of  Swan- 
sea. The  following  children  are  recorded 
in  Rehoboth ;  there  were  doubtless 
others :  Nathaniel,  born  November  26, 
1749;  Hezekiah,  mentioned  below;  Anna, 
July  27,  1764,  died  1768. 

(IV)  Hezekiah  Rounds,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Elizabeth  (Bowen)  Rounds, 
was  born  December  20,  1752,  and  lived 
in  Attleboro.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution,  serving  first  as  a  private  in 
Captain  Elisha  May's  company,  Colonel 
John  Daggett's  regiment,  entered  August 
23,  discharged  September  2,  1778,  eleven 
days  at  Rhode  Island,  roll  sworn  to  at 
Attleboro.  He  was  also  in  Captain  Alex- 
ander Foster's  company,  Colonel  Isaac 
Dean's  regiment,  marched  July  31,  1780, 
on  an  alarm  at  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island, 
discharged  August  8,  following,  service 
ten  days,  roll  sworn  in  Attleboro.  He 
married  in  Rehoboth,  January  12,  1775, 
Mary  Wheeler,  born  August  5,  1752,  in 
Rehoboth,    daughter    of    Valentine    and 


Sarah  (Gofr)  Wheeler.  Children:  Rachel, 
born  May  9,  1776,  in  Rehoboth ;  Mary, 
June  9,  1777;  Lucinda,  April  15,  1779; 
Mercy,  February  1,  1781,  died  April  1, 
1782;  Elizabeth,  February  18,  1783; 
Hezekiah  Bowen,  April  17,  1785  ;  Rhoda, 
January  9,  1787;  Amy,  mentioned  below; 
Nancy,  March  23,  1791 ;  Benjamin  Wheel- 
er, July  18,  1794;  Enos  Hiram,  April  11, 
1797;  Marcus,  March  30,  1802. 

(V)  Amy  Rounds,  seventh  daughter 
of  Hezekiah  and  Mary  (Wheeler) 
Rounds,  was  born  March  9,  1789,  in 
Attleboro,  and  became  the  wife  of  David 
Bowen,  of  that  town  (see  Bowen  VII). 


BATES,  Joseph  M., 

Business  Man,  Financier. 

Environment  is  said  to  be  the  making 
of  a  man's  character  for  good  or  evil.  So 
is  reflected  upon  a  community,  be  it  large 
or  small,  the  life  of  an  individual.  If  the 
man  is  broad-minded,  progressive  and 
ambitious,  there  must  follow  an  upbuild- 
ing that  will  outlast  the  mortal  career. 
Such  a  memorial  has  Joseph  M.  Bates,  of 
Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  who  passed 
away  September  7,  1905,  at  the  ripe  age 
of  seventy-two  years,  after  a  lifetime  of 
unusual  activity  and  usefulness,  and  after 
having  achieved  material  success. 

Joseph  M.  Bates  was  born  at  Wickford, 
in  the  town  of  North  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  August  2,  1833,  the  son  of  Benoni 
Potter  and  Abigail  Mahalia  (Congdon) 
Bates.  His  father  was  a  contractor  and 
builder,  and  was  a  native  of  Wisconsin. 
After  spending  his  childhood  and  early 
youth  in  his  native  town,  receiving  his 
educational  training  in  the  schools  of 
North  Kingston,  Mr.  Bates  started  to 
learn  the  jeweler's  trade  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  It  was  not  long  after  that 
he  made  his  first  business  venture  in 
Attleboro,    Massachusetts,   being   associ- 


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ated  with  the  jewelry  firm  of  Skinner, 
Viall  &  Company,  which  was  located  in 
a  room  over  Willard  Blackinton's  shuttle 
shop  on  North  Main  street,  he  and  his 
partners  constituting  the  working  force 
within  the  limits  of  one  small  room.  His 
first  venture  was  in  that  well  remembered 
year  of  "great  and  general  depression," 
1857,  and  the  first  year  of  the  firm's  his- 
tory was  not  an  eventful  one,  and  busi- 
ness came  slowly.  Mr.  Bates  therefore 
sold  out  his  interest  and  formed  a  new 
firm,  that  of  Bates,  Capron  &  Williams. 
This  concern  was  located  in  a  factory  at 
Attleboro  Falls,  later  occupied  by  the 
Gold  Metal  Braid  Company.  About  i860, 
after  two  years  of  prosperity  had  fol- 
lowed this  organization,  Messrs.  Capron 
and  Williams  desired  a  change  of  loca- 
tion, and  Mr.  Bates  sold  out  his  share  in 
the  concern  to  William  Sherman.  Re- 
suming his  old  place  in  the  shuttle  shop 
at  Attleboro,  Mr.  Bates  engaged  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  and  enjoyed  a 
moderately  good  business  for  three  years, 
until  1863,  when  he  removed  to  the  lower 
story  of  the  Steam  Power  Company's 
building.  During  this  time  there  were 
many  difficulties  and  discouragements  to 
be  overcome,  but  Mr.  Bates  bravely  over- 
came them,  climbing  slowly  but  surely, 
until  success  finally  crowned  his  labors. 
During  the  Civil  War  his  business  in- 
creased, and  in  1867  he  deemed  it  wise 
to  take  a  partner,  associating  himself  with 
George  M.  Bacon,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Bates  &  Bacon,  their  specialty  being 
the  manufacture  of  rolled  gold-plated 
bracelets.  In  1882  this  firm  introduced 
an  innovation  in  Attleboro  by  beginning 
the  manufacture  of  watch  cases.  This 
venture  proved  a  good  one,  and  became 
one  of  the  most  important  departments 
of  the  firm's  business.  Additional  space 
was  soon  required  by  the  growing  trade, 
and  in  1884  Mr.  Bates  built  a  shop  two 


hundred  feet  long,  thirty-five  feet  wide, 
and  four  stories  high.  Later  Mr.  Bacon 
retired  from  the  firm,  and  Mr.  Bates  con- 
tinued the  business  alone,  under  the  same 
firm  name.  Success  was  thus  signally 
gained  after  a  persistent  following  of  the 
road  to  fortune,  which  was  not  an  easy  or 
phenomenally  rapid  one,  but  that  he  did 
succeed  was  but  the  more  credit  to  him. 
Perhaps  the  most  striking  example  of 
Mr.  Bates'  fine  public  spirit  and  faith  in 
Attleboro's  future  was  his  action  follow- 
ing the  memorable  fire  of  May  18,  1898, 
when  sixteen  jewelry  firms  of  that  town 
lost  everything  they  owned,  and  prop- 
erty to  the  value  of  nearly  a  million  dol- 
lars was  totally  destroyed.  Even  men 
of  experienced  judgment,  not  naturally 
pessimistic,  believed  that  the  town's  great 
industry  had  received  a  death-blow  from 
which  it  could  never  recover.  This  belief 
was  strengthened  by  the  removal  to 
Providence  and  elsewhere,  soon  after  the 
fire,  of  a  number  of  jewelry  concerns,  in- 
cluding some  of  the  largest  in  the  town. 
Mr.  Bates,  however,  was  not  dismayed, 
although  he  was  by  far  the  greatest  in- 
dividual sufferer.  With  the  least  possi- 
ble delay,  and  in  his  usual  unostentatious 
manner,  he  caused  to  be  erected  near  the 
site  of  the  ruined  shops  a  new  factory 
building,  larger  and  better  than  any  of 
those  that  had  been  destroyed,  and  later 
other  large  buildings  for  the  accommoda- 
tions of  many  concerns  desiring  loca- 
tions. Another  evidence  of  Mr.  Bates' 
public  spirit  was  the  erection  of  the  build- 
ing known  as  "Bates'  Opera  House."  It 
was  the  first  large  hall  in  Attleboro,  hav- 
ing a  frontage  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
feet,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet 
deep,  and  three  stories  high,  built  of 
brick.  The  theatre  proper  occupied  the 
rear  of  the  structure,  and  the  full  height 
of  the  building.  Mr.  Bates  received 
unanimous  commendation   for  providing 


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the  town  with  a  structure  so  adequate  in 
size  and  so  convenient  in  arrangement. 
A  paragraph  in  the  "History  of  Attle- 
boro"  states : 

The  opening  night,  September  30,  1886,  marked 
an  era  in  entertainment  in  the  town.  The  audi- 
ence was  a  large  one,  and  made  brilliant  by  the 
bright  costumes  and  beautiful  flowers  worn  by 
the  ladies.  The  play  was  of  the  best,  "Richelieu" ; 
the  company  excellent,  with  one  of  our  most 
talented  and  renowned  actors,  Lawrence  Barrett, 
in  the  title  role.  Throughout  the  entire  season, 
which  numbered  some  thirty-five  performances, 
the  position  taken  at  the  start  was  maintained  and 
only  plays  of  a  good  class  were  presented.  To 
preserve  the  rule  thus  established  seems  to  be  the 
owner's  intention.  This  theatre  was  an  innova- 
tion in  Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  and  plentiful 
criticism  was  offered  Mr.  Bates.  The  need  of  a 
large  audience  room  had  long  been  felt.  This 
need  was  met  and  filled  by  this  building.  The 
first  floor  is  occupied  by  various  stores.  A  seri- 
ous fire  and  a  change  of  ownership  has  caused 
quite  a  radical  change  in  the  building  and  its  man- 
agement. 

Mr.  Bates  was  united  in  marriage,  June 
26,  1853,  with  Sarah  Louise  Gardner,  who 
was  born  at  Centreville,  in  the  town  of 
Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  E.  and  Hannah  (Carr)  Gard- 
ner, and  to  this  union  were  born  three 
children,  as  follows:  Charles  Rudolphus, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary  Louise,  who  died 
unmarried,  April  18,  1905 ;  and  Frank 
Morton,  who  died  in  Attleboro,  May  19, 
1916. 

Mr.  Bates  was  quiet  and  unassuming 
in  manner,  approachable,  notwithstand- 
ing his  great  wealth,  and  possessed  of 
rare  good  judgment,  which  caused  his  ad- 
vice and  counsel  to  be  sought  in  many 
matters  of  large  importance.  He  was 
deeply  attached  to  his  home  and  to  the 
town,  which  he  rarely  left  for  more  than 
a  day  or  two  at  a  time.  Upon  the  death 
of  Willard  Blackinton,  in  1877,  tne  first 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Attleboro,   Mr.    Bates   became   its   presi- 


dent, which  position  he  ably  filled  until 
his  death,  covering  a  period  of  over  thirty 
years.  Fraternally,  he  was  a  valued  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  organization,  holding 
membership  in  Ezekiel  Bates  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Attleboro. 

Mr.  Bates  passed  away  at  Cottage  City, 
where  he  had  gone  on  a  short  vacation, 
in  hopes  that  the  change  would  improve 
his  failing  health.  Although  not  a  native 
of  Attleboro,  Mr.  Bates  was  unusually 
public  spirited  and  always  upheld  the  in- 
terests of  his  adopted  town.  His  life 
story  indicates  that  he  was  a  man  of  en- 
deavor, advancing  himself  by  his  activ- 
ity to  a  place  of  prominence  and  trust  in 
the  community  where  his  active  business 
career  was  spent,  and  playing  an  impor- 
tant part  in  the  business  growth  and  de- 
velopment of  that  community. 

Charles  Rudolphus  Bates,  eldest  son  of 
Joseph  M.  and  Sarah  Louise  (Gardner) 
Bates,  was  born  at  Wickford,  in  the  town 
of  North  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1856.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  then  after 
the  removal  of  his  father's  family  to 
Attleboro,  the  public  schools  of  the  lat- 
ter town,  finishing  his  educational  train- 
ing by  a  course  at  Schofield's  Business 
College,  at  Providence.  After  leaving 
school  he  was  connected  with  his  father 
in  the  firm  of  Bates  &  Bacon,  manufac- 
turing jewelers,  continuing  with  this  firm 
until  the  death  of  his  father.  Later  he 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  hav- 
ing an  office  in  the  Bates  Opera  House 
building,  where  he  continued  until  1912, 
when  he  retired  from  active  business. 
Mr.  Bates  died  February  15,  1916,  and 
was  buried  in  Woodlawn  Cemetery, 
Attleboro,  Massachusetts. 

He  married,  October  19,  1877,  Annie 
Carpenter  Tinkham,  daughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  and  Adeline  (Arnold)  Tinkham,  of 
Norton,  Massachusetts.     They  were  the 


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parents  of  two  sons,  Howard  Tinkham, 
born  February  26,  1878;  and  Joseph  Mor- 
ton, born  February  23,  1880,  who  mar- 
ried Kate  Eliza  Shaw,  daughter  of  F.  H. 

Shaw,  of  Attleboro. 


ALLEN,  Rodolphus  N., 

Bank  Official. 

This  is  one  of  the  names  most  frequent- 
ly met  in  the  United  States,  and  is  repre- 
sented by  many  distinct  families.  Its  use 
arises  from  the  Christian  name,  which  is 
very  ancient.  In  the  roll  of  Battle  Abbey, 
Fitz-Aleyne  (son  of  Allen)  appears,  and 
the  name  comes  down  through  the  ages 
to  the  present.  Alan,  constable  of  Scot- 
land and  Lord  of  Galloway  and  Cunning- 
ham, died  in  1234.  One  of  the  first  using 
Allen  as  a  surname  was  Thomas  Allen, 
sheriff  of  London  in  1414.  Sir  John  Allen 
was  mayor  of  London  in  1524,  Sir  Wil- 
liam Allen  in  1571,  and  Sir  Thomas  Al- 
leyn  in  1659.  Edward  Allen  (1566-1626), 
a  distinguished  actor  and  friend  of 
Shakespeare,  and  Ben  Johnson,  founded, 
in  1618,  Dulwich  College,  with  the  stipu- 
lation that  the  master  and  secretary  must 
always  bear  the  name  of  Allen,  and  this 
curious  condition  has  been  easily  fulfilled 
through  the  plenitude  of  scholars  of  the 
name.  There  are  no  less  than  fifty-five 
coats-of-arms  of  separate  and  distinct 
families  of  Allen  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
besides  twenty  others  of  different  spell- 
ings. There  were  more  than  a  score  of 
emigrants  of  this  surname,  from  almost 
as  many  different  families,  who  left  Eng- 
land before  1650  to  settle  in  New  Eng- 
land. The  name  in  early  times  was 
spelled  Allin,  Alline,  Ailing,  Allyn,  Allein 
and  Allen,  but  the  last  is  the  orthography 
almost  universally  used  at  the  present 
day.  It  is  found  not  only  in  the  indus- 
trial but  in  the  professional  life  of  people 
who  have   stood  for  all  that  is   noblest 


and  best.  It  has  been  identified  with  the 
formative  period  of  New  England  his- 
tory, and  from  that  region  has  sent  out 
worthy  representatives. 

(I)  William  Allen,  by  tradition  a  na- 
tive of  Wales,  came  to  this  country  in 
1660,  and  is  of  record  at  Portsmouth 
(Prudence  Island),  Rhode  Island,  in 
1638.  He  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land, 
which  included  the  subsequent  village  of 
Drownville  (now  West  Barrington), 
built  a  house,  and  was  resident  of  that 
place  prior  to  1670.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  Elizabeth  died  in  the  year  1685. 
Children:  Mary;  William,  of  Ports- 
mouth, who  was  deputy  to  the  General 
Court  in  1705  ;  Thomas,  of  Swansea,  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  John,  mentioned  below ;  Mat- 
thew, of  Portsmouth,  Warwick  and 
North  Kingstown ;  Mercy ;  Sarah  ;  and 
Benjamin. 

(II)  John  Allen,  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Allen,  born  October  26,  1670, 
moved  from  Prudence  Island  into  Aquid- 
nesett,  and  purchased  one  hundred  and 
eighty-eight  acres  of  land,  paying  for  it 
$933  I_3'  tne  deed  being  dated  February, 
1702.  This  was  later  the  residence  of 
Deacon  George  and  Rev.  J.  W.  Allen. 
He  built  his  house  in  what  has  since  been 
called  the  tobacco  yard,  a  few  rods  be- 
low the  south  end  of  the  Great  Rocks. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church 
at  Newport  under  Elder  Wightman. 
John  Allen  married  Margaret  Havens, 
and  had  children :  Thomas,  mentioned 
below;  William,  born  May  15,  1710; 
John,  May  15,  1710;  Mary,  married  a 
Gardiner ;  Phebe,  married  a  Slocum ; 
Elizabeth,  married  a  Fairbanks ;  Jona- 
than, born  August  6,  1717 ;  Bathsheba, 
April  10,  1719,  married  a  Johnston; 
Mercy,  September  14,  1724,  married  a 
Card. 

(III)  Thomas  Allen,  eldest  child  of 
John  and  Margaret  (Havens)  Allen,  was 


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born  about  1690,  and  lived  in  North 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  with  his  wife, 
Ann.  The  birth  records  of  North  Kings- 
town have  been  mutilated  by  the  action 
of  time,  and  the  dates  of  birth  of  their 
first  three  children  appear  in  North 
Kingstown  without  the  name  having 
occurred:  August  3,  1714,  October  10, 
1716,  October  21,  1718.  Others  were: 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  a  child,  born 
August  23,  1724;  .another,  August  30, 
1729;  Christopher,  October  26,  1731 ; 
Martha,  January  28,  1735 ;  Bathsheba, 
August  1,  1738. 

(IV)  Samuel  Allen,  eldest  known  son 
of  Thomas  and  Ann  Allen,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  1718,  in  North  Kingstown,  and 
lived  in  Middletown,  Rhode  Island. 
There  he  married,  January  16,  1745,  Mary 
Coggeshall,  born  March  27,  1720,  in  Mid- 
dletown, died  March  17,  1768,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Freeborn)  Cogges- 
hall. Children,  recorded  in  Middletown: 
Rowland,  born  October  15,  1746;  Noel, 
March  25,  1749;  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  December  2,  1753;  Thomas, 
September  9,  1759. 

(V)  Joseph  Allen,  third  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  (Coggeshall)  Allen,  was  born 
February  4,  1752,  in  Middletown,  and 
lived  in  that  town.  He  married,  in  New- 
port, January  21,  1779,  Mary  Taggart, 
and  had  the  following  children  recorded 
in  Middletown  :  Noel,  mentioned  below  ; 
Samuel,  born  November  4,  1781  ;  Thomas, 
July  25,  1783;  Mary,  June  6,  1785.  He 
may  have  removed  to  Westport,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  had  other  children  later. 

(VI)  Noel  Allen,  eldest  child  of  Jo- 
seph and  Mary  (Taggart)  Allen,  was 
born  May  12,  1780,  in  Middletown,  and 
lived  in  Westport,  Massachusetts.  His 
intention  of  marriage  to  Hannah  Dun- 
ham is  recorded  there.  She  was  then  a 
resident  of  Dartmouth,  and  their  'mar- 
riage intention  is  also  recorded  in   that 


town,  as  well  as  the  marriage,  January 
24,  1801.  Children:  Christine,  Eliza, 
Susan,  George,  Margaret,  Rhodolphus 
Howard,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Rhodolphus  Howard  Allen,  son 
of  Noel  and  Hannah  (Dunham)  Allen, 
was  born  January  1,  1808,  in  Westport, 
and  died  in  Fall  River,  Massachusetts,  in 
1 891.  He  married,  October  8,  1832,  Mary 
Turner  Dean,  born  April  11,  181 1,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (Tew) 
Dean,  of  that  town  (see  Dean  V).  Chil- 
dren :  Rhodolphus  W.,  mentioned  below  ; 
Mary  Jane,  born  November  30,  1834,  died 
young;  Mary  Elizabeth,  February  16, 
1837;  Henry,  October  9,  1839;  Joseph 
Dean,  April  24,  1842 ;  Albert  Howard, 
died  young ;  Adelbert  Howard,  February 
19,  1848;  Louis  Valentine,  November  23, 
1850;  Ella  Viola,  July  1,  1853. 

(VIII)  Rhodolphus  W.  Allen,  eldest 
child  of  Rhodolphus  Howard  and  Mary 
Turner  (Dean)  Allen,  was  born  July  21, 
1833,  and  married,  November  19,  1856, 
Amanda  M.  Davis,  daughter  of  Noah 
Davis.  Children :  Iantha  Amanda,  born 
September  10,  1857  I  Rodolphus  N.,  men- 
tioned below ;  Alton  Alfred,  March  10, 
1861,  resides  in  Fall  River;  Edith  Earle, 
November  13,  1871. 

(IX)  Rodolphus  N.  Allen,  eldest  son 
of  Rhodolphus  W.  and  Amanda  M. 
(Davis)  Allen,  was  born  August  29,  1859, 
in  that  part  of  Freetown,  Massachusetts, 
which  is  now  in  Fall  River,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  the  last  named 
town.  He  began  his  association  with 
business  affairs  as  a  clerk  in  a  cotton 
mill,  and  subsequently  entered  the  Massa- 
soit-Pocasset  National  Bank,  in  which  he 
has  risen  by  promotion  until  he  now 
holds  the  position  of  paying  teller.  Mr. 
Allen  is  also  treasurer  of  the  Fall  River 
Cooperative  Bank. 

He  married,  October  14,  1885,  Annie 
Brownell     Smith,    born     May    9,     1861. 


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daughter  of  Charles  Church  and  Sarah  D. 
(Shaw)  Smith,  of  Fall  River  (see  Smith 
IV).  Children:  i.  Helen,  born  December 
16,  1886;  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Fall  River,  and  graduated 
from  Wellesley  College.  She  also  took 
a  special  course  at  Brown  University,  and 
was  a  teacher  for  two  years  at  Norfolk 
High  School,  and  one  year  a  teacher  at 
the  B.  M.  C.  Durfee  High  School.  She 
married  William  J.  Simmons,  of  Wood- 
ard,  North  Carolina,  and  has  one  child : 
Annie  Catherine,  born  October  10,  1914. 
2.  Marian,  born  March  2,  1888,  died 
March  9,  1888.  3.  Rodolphus  Harold, 
born  April  11,  1889;  graduated  from  the 
Massachusetts  Agricultural  College,  and 
is  now  inspector  for  the  Agricultural  De- 
partment of  the  State  of  Massachusetts. 

4.  Annie,  born  July  12,  1894;  graduated 
from  the  B.  M.  C.  Durfee  High  School, 
and  attended  school  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

5.  Sarah  Davenport,  born  May  31,  1898; 
a  student  at  high  school. 

(The   Dean  Line). 

This  is  a  name  which  has  been  identi- 
fied with  American  history  from  a  very 
early  period,  coming  here  from  England, 
where  the  descendants  have  continued  to 
reside  and  whence  came  recently  to  this 
country  the  family  herein  described.  It 
is  the  opinion  of  some  writers  that  the 
name  was  originally  derived  from  the 
Latin  word,  Decanus,  a  term  applied  to 
a  Roman  military  officer  of  minor  rank, 
commanding  a  force  of  ten  men,  and  itq 
English  equivalent,  Dean,  was  long  ago 
adopted  as  an  ecclesiastical  title.  It  is 
also  time-honored  as  the  title  of  a  col- 
legiate official.  It  has  probably  existed 
as  a  patronymic  in  England  from  the 
time  of  King  Alfred  the  Great,  tenth  cen- 
tury, who  was  the  first  British  sovereign 
to  encourage  the  adoption  of  surnames. 
The  first  of  the  name  in  America  were 


Rachel  Dean,  probably  a  widow,  and  Ste- 
phen Dean,  both  of  whom  arrived  at 
Plymouth  in  the  "Fortune,"  November, 
1621.  Stephen  Dean  erected  and  oper- 
ated the  first  grist  mill  in  the  Plymouth 
Colony.  In  1637  two  immigrants  of  this 
name,  John  and  Walter  Dean,  brothers, 
came  from  Chard,  a  place  of  some  impor- 
tance, located  about  twelve  miles  from 
Taunton,  county  of  Somerset.  Informa- 
tion at  hand  states  that  they  were  the 
sons  of  William  Dean.  They  landed  at 
Boston,  and  after  spending  a  year  in 
Dorchester  proceeded  to  Taunton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  they  were  admitted 
freemen,  December  4,  1638.  John  Dean, 
who  was  born  about  1600,  died  in  1660, 
directed  in  his  will  that  "in  case  there  be 
no  settled  ministry  in  Taunton,  my  ad- 
ministrators shall  have  full  power  to  sell 
either  the  whole  or  a  part  of  these  my 
housings  and  lands,  so  as  my  children 
and  posterity  may  remove  elsewhere, 
where  they  may  employ  God  and  His 
Ordnances." 

(I)  Walter  Deane  and  his  brother, 
John  Deane,  emigrated  to  America,  and 
were  among  the  earliest  English  settlers 
at  Cohanet,  soon  afterwards  called  Taun- 
ton, both  their  names  appearing  in  the 
list  of  first  or  original  purchasers.  They 
"took  up  their  farms  on  the  West  bank 
of  the  river,  about  one  mile  from  the 
center  of  the  present  village"  of  Taun- 
ton. Houses  occupying  the  same  lots  as 
those  erected  by  them,  and  nearly  the 
exact  sites,  are  to  this  day  owned  and 
occupied  by  descendants  of  each.  The 
road  which  passed  their  dwellings  has 
been  called  Dean  street  to  the  present 
time.  Walter  Dean  was  born  between 
1615  and  1620,  in  Chard,  England,  a  mar- 
ket town,  situated  about  ten  miles  from 
Taunton,  both  towns  being  located  in  an 
extensive  and  fertile  valley  called  Taun- 
ton Deane,  on  the  river  Tone.    That  Wal- 


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ter  Deane  was  a  man  of  influence  and 
highly  esteemed  among  his  English 
neighbors  at  Cohanet  or  Taunton,  in  the 
American  wilderness,  is  inferred  from  the 
iact  that  he  was  selectman  for  twenty- 
years,  representative  to  the  General  Court 
one  year,  and  also  a  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  was  a  tanner  by  trade.  He  married 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  Richard  Strong,  of 
Taunton,  England,  and  sister  of  Elder 
John  Strong,  who.  came  with  her  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John"  in 
1630.  Children:  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Ezra,  married  Bethiah,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Samuel  Edson,  of  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts ;  Benjamin,  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Williams,  of  Taun- 
ton ;  Abigail,  married  Joseph  Wood ;  and 
maybe  others,  one  writer  naming  James, 
who,  for  a  time,  was  at  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, then  removed  to  Stonington, 
Connecticut. 

(II)  Deacon  Joseph  Dean,  eldest  child 
of  Walter  and  Eleanor  (Strong)  Deane. 
was  a  cordwainer  by  trade,  and  became 
the  first  town  clerk  of  Dighton,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  lived  at  Assonet  Neck  and 
bore  the  title  of  deacon.  The  Christian 
name  of  his  wife  was  Mary.  He  died 
January  10,  1729,  his  wife  surviving  him. 
Children :  Joseph,  mentioned  below ; 
Samuel ;  James,  married  Mary  Williams  ; 
Sarah,  married  Joseph  Read,  of  Free- 
town ;  Esther. 

(III)  Joseph  (2)  Dean,  son  of  Deacon 
Joseph  (1)  and  Mary  Dean,  was  born 
1688,  and  died  August  11,  1773,  in  his 
eighty-fifth  year.  His  wife  Sarah  sur- 
vived him,  dying  March  26,  1775,  in  her 
seventy-third  year.  Children :  Sarah, 
born  October  14,  1724,  married  Captain 
Samuel  Gilbert,  of  Berkley,  Massachu- 
setts; Joseph,  August  7,  1726,  married 
Priscilla  Dillingham ;  Ebenezer,  July  4, 
1728,  married  Mary  Read,  of  Dighton; 
John,  June  29,  1730,  died  May  7,  1755; 
Elizabeth,   May   26,    1736,   married   John 


Babbitt,  of  Berkley  ;  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Dean,  youngest  child 
of  Joseph  (2)  and  Sarah  Dean,  born  May 
26,  1736,  married,  December  22,  1757, 
Mary  Turner,  of  that  part  of  Freetown, 
Massachusetts,  now  Bowenville,  Fall 
River.  Children :  John,  died  unmarried, 
lost  at  sea;  Gamaliel,  born  1762,  died  May 
23,  1800;  Sally,  1763,  married  Philip 
Hathaway,  of  Freetown ;  Benjamin,  April 
1,  1765;  Aaron,  1766,  married  Elizabeth 
Weaver,  of  Freetown ;  Moses,  1769,  died 
November  5,  1819 ;  Patience,  1773,  died 
June  20,  1824,  unmarried;  Susan,  1774, 
married  John  Phillips,  of  Berkley ;  Sam- 
uel, married  Hannah  Hinds,  of  that  part 
of  Middleboro,  now  Lakeville,  Massachu- 
setts ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Eben- 
ezer, married  Elizabeth  Chase,  of  Free- 
town. 

(V)  Joseph  (3)  Dean,  seventh  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  (Turner)  Dean, 
born  1780,  married  Elizabeth  Tew,  of 
Berkley,  daughter  of  Henry  (3)  and  Abi- 
gail (Hathaway)  Tew  (see  Tew  VI). 
Among  their  children  was  Mary  Turner, 
wife  of  Rhodolphus  Howard  Allen  (see 
Allen  VII). 

(The  Smith  Line). 

Among  the  early  settlers  of  the  town 
of  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts,  were  more 
than  half  a  dozen  bearing  the  surname 
Smith,  and  some  of  their  descendants 
have  continued  to  reside  in  that  section 
of  the  State.  It  is  presumable  that  this 
family  is  included  in  that  list.  As  the 
State  of  New  York  made  no  pretense  of 
keeping  family  records,  it  is  difficult  to 
establish  the  identity  of  the  first  named 
below. 

(I)  Perry  Smith  came  from  Troy,  New 
York,  and  located  at  Smith's  Neck,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  some  of  his  children 
had  preceded  him.  It  is  probable  that 
this  was  merely  a  return  to  the  ancient 
home  of  the  family,  and  that  his  father 


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or  grandfather  had  removed  from  Dart- 
mouth to  Troy.  Children:  Levi,  men- 
tioned below;  Leonard,  married  Eliza- 
beth Howland;  Sylvia,  married  Joshua 
Howland ;  Royal,  married  Eunice  How- 
land  ;  Sarah,  married  Philip  Allen. 

(II)  Levi  Smith,  eldest  son  of  Perry 
Smith,  born  April  30,  1791,  lived  in  the 
town  of  Dartmouth.  He  married  Lydia 
Slocum,  born  August  II,  1797,  daughter 
of  William  Slocum,  and  granddaughter 
of  John  Slocum.  Children :  Charles 
Church,  mentioned  below;  Nancy,  born 
May  12,  1817,  died  March  10,  1820; 
Amanda  Malvine,  June  12,  1819;  William 
Slocum,  July  20,  1822;  Levi  Woodbury, 
May  2,  1830;  Lydia  Ann,  December  29, 
1831,  died  March  27,  1834. 

(III)  Charles  Church  Smith,  eldest 
child  of  Levi  and  Lydia  (Slocum)  Smith, 
was  born  January  6,  1815,  in  Dartmouth. 
He  married,  December  3,  1845,  Sarah 
Davenport  Shaw,  born  November  19, 
1826,  in  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  (2)  and  Mary  Ann 
(Davenport)  Shaw,  of  that  town  (see 
Shaw  VII).  Children:  Unnamed  son, 
born  and  died  1854;  Marian,  born  May, 
1856,  died  1861  ;  Annie  Brownell,  men- 
tioned below ;  Marian,  April  4,  1866,  mar- 
ried Captain  Horace  P.  Smith. 

(IV)  Annie  Brownell  Smith,  second 
daughter  of  Charles  Church  and  Sarah 
Davenport  (Shaw)  Smith,  was  born  May 
9,  1861,  in  Little  Compton,  was  married 
in  Fall  River,  October  14,  1885,  to  Ro- 
dolphus  N.  Allen,  of  that  town  (see  Allen 
IX).  She  is  a  member  of  Quequechan 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  of  Fall  River,  in  which  she 
has  filled  most  of  the  offices,  including 
that  of  regent. 

(The  Tew  Line). 

(I)  The  Tew  family  of  southeastern 
Massachusetts   is  descended  from   Rich- 


ard Tew,  who  was  a  native  of  Maidford, 
Northamptonshire,  England,  and  was  a 
son  of  Henry  Tew,  of  Maidford.  In  1640 
Richard  Tew  came  to  New  England, 
locating  first  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  and  in  1654  in  Newport,  where  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died 
in  Newport  in  1673.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  had  re- 
corded upon  the  Friends'  records  his  chil- 
dren's births.  He  married,  in  England, 
Mary  Clarke,  daughter  of  William  Clarke, 
of  Priors  Hardwick,  Northamptonshire, 
and  she  died  in  1687.  Children:  Seaborn, 
born  June  4,  1640,  at  sea  (hence  her 
name),  married  (first)  January  5,  1658, 
Samuel  Billings,  and  (second)  Owen 
Higgins;  Elnathan,  October  15,  1644, 
died  in  171 1,  married,  November  3,  1664, 
Thomas  Harris;  Mary,  August  12,  1647,. 
died  1688,  married,  December  8,  1670, 
Andrew  Harris ;  Henry,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  Henry  Tew,  youngest  child  of 
Richard  and  Mary  (Clarke)  Tew,  born 
1654,  in  Newport,  died  April  28,  1718. 
He  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  affairs 
of  Rhode  Island,  and  succeeded  William 
Clarke  as  deputy  governor  of  the  colony. 
He  was  a  man  of  wealth  and  influence  and 
owned  a  large  tract  of  real  estate,  cattle, 
sheep,  and  was  also  a  slave  owner.  His 
first  wife  bore  the  name  of  Dorcas.  She 
died  in  1694,  and  he  married  (second) 
Sarah, surname  unknown,  who  died  in  1718. 
Children:  Mary,  born  October  12,  1680, 
died  May  2,  1752,  married,  June  10,  1703, 
William  Peckham ;  Henry,  1681,  died 
1731,  married  Ann  Richmond;  William, 
1683,  died  April  5,  1718;  Richard,  1684; 
John,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried, September  17,  1712,  Edward  Smith, 
and  died  1769;  Sarah,  married  Sylvester 
Sweet ;  Elisha,  born  1691 ;  Edward,  died 
January  16,  1702;  Dorcas,  born  Septem- 
ber 26,  1696,  died  February  5,  1715  ;  Paul, 


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September,  1699,  died  May  24,  1711;  Ed- 
ward, November  1,  1703,  died  November 

4,  1723- 

(III)  John  Tew,  fourth  son  of  Henry 
and  Dorcas  Tew,  was  born  in  Newport, 
and  settled  in  the  town  of  Dighton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, on  property  which  was  willed 
him  by  his  father.  He  married  Sarah 
Briggs,  and  their  children,  according  to 
Dighton  town  records,  were :  William, 
born  February  13,  1724,  died  young; 
Elisha,  October  15,  1725;  Henry,  men- 
tioned below;  William,  September  12, 
1 73 1 ;  Dorcas,  March  26,  1734. 

(IV)  Henry  (2)  Tew,  third  son  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Briggs)  Tew,  was  born 
October  29,  1729,  and  married,  December 

5,  1753,  Elizabeth  Hathaway,  born  Octo- 
ber 18,  1737. 

(V)  Benjamin  Tew,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Hathaway)  Tew,  made 
his  home  in  Berkley  and  there  engaged 
in  farming.  He  was  quite  active  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution  and  participated 
in  that  memorable  conflict.  He  married 
Abigail  Hathaway,  born  October  1,  1767, 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Lucy  (Valentine) 
Hathaway.  Philip  Hathaway  was  lieu- 
tenant of  the  first  foot  company  of  local 
militia  in  Freetown.  Benjamin  Tew  had 
children:  Benjamin,  died  in  infancy; 
Philip,  married  Silence  Mason;  Elizabeth, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  married,  No- 
vember 16,  1803,  James  Mason ;  Abigail, 
married,  September  14,  1813,  Isaac  San- 
ford. 

(VI)  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Abigail  (Hathaway)  Tew, 
married,  October  21,  1804,  Joseph  Dean 
(see  Dean  V). 

(The  Shaw  Line). 

(I)  Anthony  Shaw  was  early  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed 
to  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  and  later 
to  Little  Compton,  same  colony,  where 


he  died  August  21,  1705.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate  footed  £213,  12s.,  2d.,  in- 
cluding a  negro  man  valued  at  £30  and 
silver  money  amounting  to  £9.    On  April 

20,  1665,  he  bought  ten  acres  of  land  in 
Portsmouth,  for  £40,  including  a  house 
and  three  hundred  good  boards.  He  mar- 
ried Alice,  daughter  of  John  Stonard,  of 
Boston,  where  their  first  three  children 
were    born,    namely :    William,    January 

21,  1654,  died  March  10  following;  Wil- 
liam, February  24,  1655 ;  Elizabeth,  May 
21,  1656.  The  others,  born  in  Rhode 
Island,  were :  Israel,  mentioned  below ; 
Ruth,  married  John  Cook ;  Grace,  wife  of 
Joseph  Church. 

(II)  Israel  Shaw,  third  son  of  Anthony 
and  Alice  (Stonard)  Shaw,  lived  in  Little 
Compton,  and  married,  in  1689,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Tallman,  of  Portsmouth. 
Her  baptismal  name  is  not  preserved. 
He  sold  two  parcels  of  land  in  Ports- 
mouth, February  11,  1707,  to  his  brother- 
in-law,  John  Cook,  of  Tiverton,  and  in  the 
bargain  were  included  buildings  and 
orchards,  and  a  share  in  Hog  Island. 
The  consideration  was  £210,  10s.  Chil- 
dren: William,  born  November  7,  1690; 
Mary,  February  17,  1692;  Anthony,  men- 
tioned below ;  Alice,  November  17,  1695 ; 
Israel,  August  28,  1697;  Hannah,  March 
7,  1699;  Jeremiah,  June  6,  1700;  Ruth, 
February  10,  1702;  Peter,  October  6, 
1704;  Elizabeth,  February  7,  1706;  Grace, 
October  20,  1707;  Comfort,  August  9, 
1709;  Deborah,  July  15,  171 1. 

(III)  Anthony  (2)  Shaw,  second  son 
of  Israel  Shaw,  was  born  January  29, 
1694,  in  Little  Compton,  and  died  there 
in  March,  1759.  He  was  married,  August 
14,  1718,  in  Little  Compton,  by  Justice 
Thomas  Church,  to  Rebecca  Wood,  born 
April  17,  1696,  died  January,  1766,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Wood.  Children  :  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1722;  Ruth,  September  29,  1723; 


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Anthony,  November  30,  1725;  Elizabeth, 
January  10,  1728,  died  January,  1804;  Re- 
becca, January  27,  1730;  Arnold,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1732;  Thomas,  January  26,  1735; 
John,  May  5,  1737. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Shaw,  eldest  child  of 
Anthony  (2)  and  Rebecca  (Wood)  Shaw, 
was  born  October  5,  1720,  in  Little  Comp- 
ton,  and  died  there  in  September,  1794. 
He  married,  1749,  Elizabeth  Potter.  Chil- 
dren :  Sylvanus,  born  May  4,  1750,  died 
October  22,  1777;  Nathaniel,  February 
24,  1752;  Rhoda,  October  2,  1753,  died 
young;  Rhoda,  January  1,  1756;  Noah, 
mentioned  below;  Susanna,  March  25, 
1760;  Barnabus,  October  24,  1761  ;  Benja- 
min, July  24,  1763;  Elizabeth,  October  5, 
1764;  Asa,  March  1,  1766;  Renanuel,  July 
21,  1768. 

(V)  Noah  Shaw,  third  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Elizabeth  (Potter)  Shaw,  was 
born  February  2,  1758,  in  Little  Comp- 
ton,  and  died  there  February  8,  1844.  He 
was  a  landowner,  engaged  in  agriculture, 
and  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  serv- 
ing as  a  private,  for  which  he  was  in  re- 
ceipt of  a  pension,  commencing  March  4, 
1831.  He  was  married  (first)  February  11, 
1787,  by  Elder  Peleg  Burroughs,  to  Rhoda 
Palmer,  born  September  8,  1762,  in  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Palmer.  He  married  (second) 
Esther  Potter.  Children:  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  born  Octo- 
ber 16,  1789;  Sarah,  December  17,  1791  ; 
Hannah,  October  30,  1793;  Elizabeth, 
February  4,  1796;  Rhoda,  May  14,  1799; 
Anna,  1801,  died  in  infancy;  Noah  and 
John  (twins),  March  25,  1804,  latter  died 
March  26,  1804.  Child  by  second  wife : 
John,  born  July  21,  1806. 

(VI)  Benjamin  (2)  Shaw,  eldest  child  of 
Noah  and  Rhoda  (Palmer)  Shaw,  was  born 
January  18,  1788,  in  Little  Compton,  and 
was  married,  September  28,  1823,  by  Rev. 
Benjamin  Peckham,  to  Mary  Ann  Daven- 


port, born  September  6,  1800,  in  Tiver- 
ton, died  June  26,  1882,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah and  Anna  (Burroughs)  Davenport, 
of  that  town  (see  Davenport  VI).  Chil- 
dren: Rhoda  A.,  born  November  8,  1824; 
Sarah  D.,  mentioned  below;  Esther  B., 
November  20,  1828;  Benjamin  A.,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1830;  Mary  A.,  January  12, 
1833;  James  H.,  March  26,  1835;  George 
W.,  November  6,  1840. 

(VII)  Sarah  Davenport  Shaw,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  (2)  and  Mary  Ann 
(Davenport)  Shaw,  was  born  November 
19,  1826,  in  Little  Compton,  and  married, 
December  3,  1845,  Charles  Church  Smith 
(see  Smith  III). 

(The  Davenport  Line). 

There  were  several  immigrants  in 
America  in  the  days  of  its  early  settle- 
ment bearing  this  name,  and  the  ancestry 
of  the  Connecticut  branch  has  been  traced 
in  England  for  many  generations. 

(I)  Thomas  Davenport  was  a  member 
of  the  Dorchester  church,  November  20, 
1640,  was  a  freeman,  May  18,  1642,  and 
served  the  town  as  constable  in  1670. 
He  purchased  a  house  and  lands,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1653,  and  his  residence  was  on  the 
east  slope  of  Mount  Bowdoin,  near  the 
corner  of  the  present  Union  avenue  and 
Bowdoin  street,  in  Dorchester.  He  pur- 
chased additional  lands,  February  5,  1665. 
After  his  death,  which  occurred  Novem- 
ber 9,  1685,  an  inventory  of  his  estate 
was  made,  amounting  to  ^332,  16s.,  8d. 
His  wife  Mary  joined  the  Dorchester 
church,  March  8,  1644.  She  survived  him 
nearly  six  years,  dying  October  4,  1691. 
Children  :  Sarah,  born  December  28, 1643  '> 
Thomas,  baptized  March  2,  1645 ;  Mary, 
January  21,  1649;  Charles,  September  7, 
1652;  Abigail,  July  8,  1655;  Mehitable, 
born  February  14,  1657 ;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below ;  Ebenezer,  April  26,  1661 ; 
John,  October  20,  1664. 


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(II)  Jonathan  Davenport,  third  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Davenport,  was  born 
in  1659,  and  died  January  11,  1729.  He 
married,  December  1,  1680,  Hannah  War- 
ren, born  1660,  died  January  14,  1729,  in 
Little  Compton.  Children  :  Thomas,  born 
December  10,  1681 ;  Jonathan,  November 
3,  1684,  died  October  14,  1751 ;  Hannah, 
December  23,  1686;  Simeon,  December 
27,  1688,  died  December  8,  1763;  Eben- 
ezer,  September  2,  1691,  died  August  4, 
1776;  John,  mentioned  below;  Joseph, 
March  25,  1696,  died  September  2,  1760; 
Benjamin,  October  6,  1698;  Sarah,  De- 
cember 10,  1700. 

(III)  John  Davenport,  fifth  son  of  Jon- 
athan and  Hannah  (Warren)  Davenport, 
was  born  January  12,  1694,  in  Little 
Compton,  and  died  April  20,  1741.  He 
married,    in    Little    Compton,    June    15, 

1726,  Elizabeth  Taylor,  born  January  4, 
1 701,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth 
Taylor.     Children :    Noah,  born   May   7, 

1727,  died  March  5,  1818;  Sarah,  October 
2y,  1729;  Jonathan,  January  22,  1733; 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Ephraim,  July  2, 
1736;  Phebe,  May  19,  1739;  Mary,  May 
I,  1741. 

(IV)  John  (2)  Davenport,  third  son  of 
John  (1)  and  Elizabeth  (Taylor)  Daven- 
port, was  born  January  18,  1735,  in  Little 
Compton,  and  lived  in  Tiverton.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1 761,  Sarah,  surname  unknown. 
Children :  Elizabeth,  born  November  16, 
1761,  died  young;  John,  September  21, 
1763;  Taylor,  August  29,  1766;  Elizabeth, 
December  20,  1768;  Jeremiah,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Jeremiah  Davenport,  youngest 
child  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah  Davenport, 
was  born  August  19,  1771,  in  Tiverton, 
where  he  married  (first)  November  6, 
1796,  Anna  Burroughs,  born  April  21, 
1776,  in  Little  Compton,  died  January  29, 
1804,  in  Tiverton,  daughter  of  Rev.  Peleg 
and  Kezia  (West)  Burroughs.     He  mar- 


ried (second)  December  29,  1806,  Esther 
Burroughs,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  born 
June  26,  1786,  in  Tiverton.  Children: 
Sarah,  born  January  7,  1798;  Mary  Ann, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Mary  Ann  Davenport,  youngest 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Anna  (Bur- 
roughs) Davenport,  was  born  September 
6,  1800,  in  Tiverton,  and  married,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1823,  Benjamin  (2)  Shaw,  of  Lit- 
tle Compton  (see  Shaw  VI). 


OSBORN,  James  Edward, 

Manufacturer,   Man   of   Affairs. 

The  Osborn  family  is  of  English  an- 
cestry. There  were  several  pioneers  early 
in  New  England.  Richard  Osborne  sailed 
from  London  in  1634,  in  the  ship  "Hope- 
well," and  located  in  1635,  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  removing  to  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  in  1639;  received  for  his 
service  in  King  Philip's  War  a  land  war- 
rant for  land  near  Fairfield,  Connecticut, 
where  he  settled  about  1650  and  lived 
until  1682,  moving  finally  to  Westches- 
ter county,  New  York.  William  Osborne, 
presumably  a  brother  of  Richard  Os- 
borne, located  at  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, of  which  he  was  a  proprietor  in 
1635  ;  moved  to  Braintree  to  become  clerk 
of  the  iron  works,  and  to  Boston  in  1652. 
James  Osborne  settled  in  Springfield,  and 
Thomas  Osborne  in  Charlestown  before 
1650. 

(I)  Jeremiah  Osborn,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  the  Osborns  of  Rhode  Island 
and  Fall  River,  settled  in  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  died  in  1673.  He  was 
the  schoolmaster.  No  record  has  been 
found  to  show  any  relationship  with  the 
other  pioneers,  who  were  older.  In  fact 
Jeremiah  left  so  little  about  himself  in 
the  public  records  that  it  must  be  pre- 
sumed that  he  was  not  long  in  Newport 
before  he  died.     Even  the  record  of  his 


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death  was  preserved  only  by  Samuel 
Hubbard,  who  wrote,  November  8,  1673: 
"This  week  two  of  Christ  Church  (called 
Mr.  Vahan's)  departed,  to  wit,  John 
Turner  and  Jeremy  Osborne,  schoolmas- 
ter." The  name  was  often  spelled  Os- 
band  in  the  early  records.  Austin  found 
but  one  son,  but  Nathaniel  Osband,  who 
petitioned  the  General  Court  held  at 
Newport  in  1682,  was  doubtless  another 
son. 

(II)  Jeremiah  (2)  Osborn,  son  of  Jere- 
miah (1)  Osborn,  was  born  about  1660, 
and  died  in  1709.  He  was  an  innholder 
in  Bristol.  He  married  Mercy  Davis, 
who  died  February  16,  1733,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  and  Sarah  Davis.  His  name  ap- 
pears in  the  records  from  time  to  time. 
He  and  his  wife  sold  to  Nathaniel  By- 
field,  of  Boston,  twenty-two  acres  at  Pap- 
pasquash  Neck  for  £25,  October  9,  1696, 
and  two  days  later  he  bought  ten  acres 
for  £40  of  Richard  Pearce.  His  will  was 
dated  at  Bristol,  July,  1708,  proved  April 
6,  1709,  making  his  wife  Mercy  executrix, 
and  leaving  her  all  his  real  and  personal 
estate  during  life  for  the  upbringing  of 
his  young  children  and  providing  that 
when  his  real  estate  was  divided  after  her 
death  his  eldest  son  John  should  have  a 
double  share.  The  inventory  shows  an 
estate  of  £412  3s.,  including  a  silver  tank- 
ard, cup  and  porringer.  The  possession 
of  silver  at  this  time  indicated  that  the 
family  had  had  wealth  and  standing.  The 
following  children  are  recorded  in  the 
birth  records  of  Bristol:  1.  Robert,  born 
August  11,  1684,  drowned  at  Bristol,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1685,  aged  one  year.  2.  Kath- 
arine, born  November  12,  1686,  married 
at  Bristol,  May  24,  1708,  Jonathan  Wood- 
bury. 3.  John,  born  October  12,  1689. 
4.  Jeremiah,  born  July  25,  1693,  died  Jan- 
uary 24,  1694,  at  Bristol.  5.  Margaret, 
born  May  27,  1695.  6.  Sarah,  May  11, 
1701.  7.  Jeremiah,  June  21,  1706.  We 
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find  no  record  of  birth'  of  the  following, 
but  other  records  show  that  they  were 
about  the  same  age  as  Jeremiah's  chil- 
dren, yet  not  more  than  two  of  them  could 
have  been  his  and  it  is  presumed  that 
they  were  children  of  Nathaniel  or  an- 
other brother.  1.  Hannah,  married,  May 
24,  1725,  John  Homans,  at  Bristol.  2. 
Samuel,  then  of  Newport,  married  (inten- 
tions dated  November  27,  1736)  Mary 
Gorham,  married  at  Bristol,  May  30, 
1738  (St.  Michael's  Church  records,  page 
214,  Arnold  VIII).  3.  Henry,  mentioned 
below.  4.  James,  married  at  Newport, 
April  17,  1728,  Mary  Jatinton.  5.  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below.  6.  Esther,  mar- 
ried at  Newport,  December  25,  1734, 
William  Trott.  (See  Trinity  Church  rec- 
ords, page  463,  Arnold  X).  Evidently 
most  of  these  moved  away  soon  after 
marriage. 

(III)  William  Osborn,  son  of  Jeremiah 
(2)  or  Nathaniel  Osborn,  married,  June 
2,  1728,  Mary  Cherry,  and  the  supposition 
is  that  they  are  the  parents  of  William, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  William,  Osborn,  of  the  Newport 
and  Bristol  family  described  above,  was 
born,  according  to  family  records,  Au- 
gust 16,  1729.  It  is  likely  that  he  was 
son  of  William  and  Mary  (Cherry)  Os- 
born, grandson  of  Jeremiah  or  Nathaniel 
Osborn,  and  great-grandson  of  Jeremiah 
Osborn.  There  is  no  doubt  that  he  was 
descended  from  the  first  Jeremiah  Os- 
born, mentioned  above.  He  came  from 
Newport  to  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  and 
lived  during  his  minority  in  the  family 
of  Samuel  Hicks.  He  married  in  Tiver- 
ton, May  28,  1752,  Elizabeth  Shrieve, 
daughter  of  William  Shrieve.  He  died 
according  to  family  records,  October  29, 
1810;  his  wife  died  about  1814. 

Another  William  Osborn  died  at  New- 
port at  an  advanced  age,  January  18, 
1808,   according   to   the   Trinity   Church 


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records  and  the  newspapers.  This  Wil- 
liam Osborn  married  at  Newport,  Janu- 
ary 26,  1772,  Lydia  Prior,  and  was  doubt- 
less the  same  William  that  married,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1783,  Hannah  Read  (Rev. 
Gardner  Thurston's  records,  Arnold  V., 
P-  358). 

Children  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Shrieve)  Osborn :  Wilson,  born  at  Tiv- 
erton, June  3,  1753,  died  about  1757; 
Weaver,  born  April  17,  1756;  Elizabeth, 
June  8,  1758;  Patience,  July  17,  1761,  died 
young ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Wil- 
liam, July  18,  1769. 

(V)  Thomas  Osborn,  son  of  William 
Osborn,  was  born  at  Tiverton,  March  31, 
1766.  He  was  a  ship  cooper  and  farmer 
in  Tiverton.  He  died  there  October  7, 
1833.  He  married,  in  1797,  Anna  Durfee, 
born  March  6,  1775,  died  May  23,  1845, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Abigail  (Borden) 
Durfee,  of  Tiverton.  Children,  born  at 
Tiverton:  1.  William,  born  November 
26,  1798,  died  at  Tiverton,  January  28, 
1829;  married  Ruth  Hambly.  2.  Thomas, 
born  December  30,  1800,  died  at  Tiver- 
ton, March  1,  1884;  married  Elizabeth  S. 
Hambly.  3.  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Ann,  born  December  4,  1805.  died  in 
181 2.  5.  Wilson,  born  April  15,  1808, 
died  August  29,  1873,  married  Mary  Wil- 
son. 6.  Eliza  Ann,  born  May  25,  1810, 
died  in  Fall  River,  August  18,  1887 ;  mar- 
ried Rev.  Alexander  Milne.  7.  Patience, 
born  August  29,  1812,  died  in  1817.  8. 
Weaver,  mentioned  below.  9.  James 
Monroe,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Judge  Joseph  Osborn,  son  of 
Thomas  Osborn,  was  born  in  Tiverton, 
August  20,  1803.  In  early  life  he  was  a 
dealer  in  livestock.  He  was  elected  judge 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas ;  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of  Rhode  Island  in  1841 ;  represented  Tiv 
erton  in  both  branches  of  the  State  Legis- 
lature ;    was    treasurer   of   the    town    for 


forty-five  years,  and  at  one  time  served 
on  the  Board  of  State  Charities  and  Cor- 
rection. In  his  later  years  he  was  promi- 
nent in  the  cotton  industries  of  Fall  River, 
a  director  of  the  Osborn  Mills,  one  of  the 
founders  and  director  of  the  Pocasset  Na- 
tional Bank,  and  president  of  the  Fall 
River  Savings  Bank  from  the  time  of  its 
organization  in  185 1  until  he  died.  He 
accumulated  a  fortune  through  his  own 
industry  and  shrewd  investments.  He 
married  Eliza  Gardner.  Children :  Ann 
Catherine,  William  Joseph,  mentioned 
below;  Jason  Woodward,  Eliza  Gardner, 
Henry  Clay. 

(VII)  William  Joseph  Osborn,  son  of 
Judge  Joseph  Osborn,  was  born  at  Tiver- 
ton, December  3,  1836,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  there,  at  Pierce's 
Academy,  Middleborough,  and  in  the 
Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  College, 
Providence.  He  began  his  business 
career  as  clerk  in  the  freight  office  of  the 
Old  Colony  Railroad  Company  in  Bos- 
ton. Three  years  later  he  accepted  a  po- 
sition as  clerk  in  the  Fall  River  Savings 
Bank,  resigning  shortly  afterward  to  en- 
gage in  business  on  his  own  account  in 
partnership  with  Frank  A.  Brackett, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Brackett  &  Os- 
born, dealers  in  tea  and  tobacco,  with 
headquarters  in  Boston.  After  the  Civil 
War  he  was  in  the  railroad  and  banking 
business  in  New  York  City  and  later  a 
stock  broker,  member  of  the  Consolidated 
Stock  Exchange.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  Pierrepont  street, 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  He  died  suddenly 
in  New  York,  November  3,  1888.  He  was 
a  member  of  various  Masonic  organiza- 
tions. 

He  married,  June  19,  1873,  Hannah 
Humphrey  French,  daughter  of  Stephen 
L.  and  Phebe  Ann  (Dwelly)  French. 
Since  the  death  of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Os- 


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born  has  resided  in  Fall  River.  She  was 
a  member  of  the  school  board  of  that 
city  in  1898,  1899  and  1900,  1902  to  1908, 
finally  declining  reelection.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Osborn  had  one  son,  Charles 
French,  born  May  2,  1878,  graduate  of 
the  Fall  River  High  School  and  of  Wil- 
liams College,  class  of  1901 ;  now  in  the 
government  service  in  the  Bureau  of 
Commerce  and  Labor. 

(VI)  Weaver  Osborn,  son  of  Thomas 
Osborn,  was  born  in  Tiverton,  May  23, 
1815.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  the  seminary  at  Little 
West  Hill,  South  Kingstown,  Rhode 
Island.  During  his  boyhood  he  worked 
on  his  father's  farm.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  black- 
smith at  Fairhaven.  From  1835  to  1843 
he  had  a  blacksmith  shop  in  Tiverton, 
then  went  to  work  in  Providence.  From 
1844  to  1848  he  was  employed  in  the  shop 
of  Andrew  Robeson,  and  from  1848  to 
January,  1855,  he  was  in  business  for 
himself  as  a  blacksmith  in  Tiverton.  His 
shop  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1855,  and 
he  removed  to  Fall  River,  where  he  and 
his  brother,  James  M.  Osborn,  formed  a 
partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  W. 
&  J.  M.  Osborn,  blacksmiths,  their  shop 
being  located  on  land  now  occupied  by 
the  Fall  River  post  office,  and  continued 
there  until  1871.  Their  other  interests  in 
various  industries  had  become  extensive. 
Weaver  Osborn  was  a  leader  in  the  in- 
dustrial development  of  the  city.  He  was 
the  prime  mover  and  most  active  in  pro- 
curing the  capital  for  the  mills  built  in 
1872,  and  named  for  him.  He  was  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Montaup  Mills  corporation, 
now  Osborn  mill,  No.  2.  He  was  elected 
president  of  the  Pocasset  National  Bank 
in  1873  and  held  that  office  for  many 
years.  He  was  a  director  of  the  original 
Pocasset  Bank,  and  was  an  officer  of  this 


institution  under  its  State  and  national 
charters  as  long  as  he  lived.  At  the  be- 
ginning he  was  on  the  board  of  invest- 
ment and  he  was  the  last  survivor  of  the 
original  board,  serving  from  1873  until 
he  died  as  chairman.  For  many  years 
he  was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Citizens'  Sav- 
ings Bank,  of  Fall  River.  He  was  a  trus- 
tee of  the  State  work  houses  at  Bridge- 
water  and  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  also  called  upon  to  administer 
many  large  estates. 

In  early  life  he  was  a  Whig  in  poli- 
tics, casting  his  first  presidential  vote  for 
Henry  Clay,  but  after  the  Republican 
party  was  formed,  he  gave  it  his  unfalter- 
ing support  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He 
represented  Fall  River  and  his  district  in 
the  State  Senate  in  1857-58-59  and  again 
in  1879,  serving  on  the  military  commit- 
tee and  other  important  assignments.  He 
was  a  representative  to  the  General  Court 
in  the  House  in  1868,  1869,  1871,  1873, 
1876  and  1877.  When  a  young  man  he 
took  an  active  part  in  military  affairs  and 
rose  to  the  rank  of  captain,  serving  dur- 
ing the  Dorr  Rebellion.  Mr.  Osborn's 
career  affords  a  most  interesting  exam- 
ple of  the  self-made  man  of  the  nineteenth 
century.  He  fought  his  own  way  in  life, 
saving  while  working  at  the  forge,  in- 
vesting in  textile  industries,  achieving 
distinction  in  business,  in  banking,  in 
public  life.  Resourceful,  determined, 
faithful  to  every  trust,  of  sound  common 
sense  and  excellent  judgment,  year  by 
year  his  strength  of  character  came  more 
and  more  into  evidence  and  brought  him 
positions  of  trust  and  honor.  Of  his 
means  he  gave  freely.  He  was  kindly, 
sympathetic  and  generous  in  helping  the 
poor  and  suffering.  He  was  second  to  no 
man  in  the  confidence  and  love  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  community  in  which  he  lived. 

Mr.  Osborn  married,  January  7,  1837, 
Patience    B.    D welly,    born    at    Tiverton, 


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May  27,  1817,  died  June  2,  1901,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Slade)  Dwelly. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Osborn  were  members 
of  the   Baptist  church.     Their  children : 

I.  Mary  Slade,  born  February  23,  1838, 
was  a  teacher  in  the  Morgan  street  school 
three  years  and  in  the  Osborn  street 
school  twelve  years,  now  residing  in  Fall 
River.  2.  Daniel  Weaver,  born  June  7, 
1840,  died  February  5,  1863.  3.  Thomas 
Frederick,  born  March  28,  1847,  died  May 

II,  1857.  4.  Anna  Jane,  born  March  3, 
1853,  died  July  11,  1861. 

(VI)  James  Monroe  Osborn,  son  of 
Thomas  Osborn,  was  born  at  Tiverton, 
August  27,  1822.  He  remained  with  his 
widowed  mother  on  the  homestead  for 
six  years  after  his  father  died.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town.  In  the  shop 
of  his  brother,  Weaver,  he  learned  the 
trade  of  blacksmith.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  he  returned  to  the  farm,  and  after 
trying  seine-fishing  for  an  occupation,  he 
resumed  his  trade  in  Providence,  work- 
ing there  and  in  other  places  until  1845, 
when  he  located  in  Fall  River.  For  a 
year  or  more  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
John  Kilburn  and  afterward  with  Kil- 
burn  &  Lincoln  until  1855,  when  he  be- 
came a  partner  of  his  brother.  They 
bought  the  blacksmith  shop  of  Gideon 
Packard,  located  on  the  site  now  occu- 
pied by  the  Fall  River  post  office.  In 
1859  tne  partners  helped  to  build  the 
Union  Mill,  the  construction  of  which 
was  soon  followed  by  the  erection  of 
other  cotton  mills.  They  became  large 
owners  in  the  granite  mill,  and  in  1867 
invested  in  the  Merchants'  Manufactur- 
ing Company.  They  were  associated  with 
others  in  building  the  Stafford  Mill.  By 
this  time  their  textile  interests  had  be- 
come so  large  that  the  blacksmith  busi- 
ness was  discontinued.  In  1871  James 
M.  Osborn  was  elected  a  director  and  the 


first  treasurer  of  the  Slade  Mill  and  su- 
perintended the  building  of  the  mill.  He 
and  his  brother  were  next  interested  in 
establishing  the  Osborn  Mill.  Their  in- 
terests extended  constantly.  The  part- 
nership was  finally  dissolved  in  1880,  but 
their  interests  were  almost  identical. 
James  M.  Osborn  was  for  many  years  a 
director  of  the  Globe  Yarn  Mills,  and  of 
the  Merchants',  Osborn  and  Stafford 
companies,  being  president  of  the  two 
former.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
board  of  investment  of  the  Five  Cents 
Savings  Bank. 

Throughout  his  active  life  he  gave  his 
time  and  thought  as  well  as  his  financial 
help  to  the  church.  He  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Fall 
River,  April  2,  1843,  and  was  dismissed 
in  1846  to  the  Second  Baptist  Church,  of 
which  he  was  a  deacon  from,  1884  to  1896, 
and  for  many  years  chairman  of  its  stand- 
ing committee.  He  served  the  society 
well  in  caring  for  its  property  and  super- 
intended the  moving  of  its  chapels  from 
time  to  time.  He  gave  his  hearty  support 
to  the  temperance  movement  and  joined 
in  every  project  designed  to  promote  bet- 
ter citizenship  and  public  morals.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  Whig,  later  a  Republican, 
and  he  performed  his  part  in  public  life. 
He  served  as  alderman  of  the  city  in  1856 
and  1858,  and  in  1866  and  1871  in  the 
Common  Council,  where  his  work  and  his 
influence  were  of  substantial  value  to  the 
municipality. 

Mr.  Osborn  married,  August  9,  1847, 
Mary  B.  Chace,  who  was  born  June  nf 
1826,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Elizabeth 
(Buffinton)  Chace,  of  Somerset.  Chil- 
dren: 1.  Anna  Elizabeth,  born  April  5, 
1850,  died  July  1,  1850.  2.  Nathan  Chace, 
born  August  9,  1852,  died  January  28. 
1855.  3.  James  Edward,  mentioned  be- 
low. Mr.  Osborn  died  May  13,  1898,  at 
his  home,  No.  540  Cherry  street,  where 
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he  had  lived  since  building  the  house  in 
1859,  and  where  his  family  lived  after  his 
death.  Interment  was  in  Oak  Grove 
Cemetery. 

(VII)  James  Edward  Osborn,  son  of 
James  Monroe  Osborn,  was  born  in  Fall 
River,  January  24,  1856.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  there,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  in  1872.  He  began  his 
career  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Mer- 
chants' Manufacturing  Company,  under 
William  H.  Jennings,  treasurer.  A  few 
years  later  he  left  the  Merchants'  Manu- 
facturing Company  and  associated  him- 
self with  B.  F.  Randall  in  the  cotton  busi- 
ness. In  1884  he  purchased  the  interest 
of  A.  B.  Sanford  in  the  firm  of  Sanford 
&  Covel,  dealers  in  hardware  and  mill 
supplies,  the  firm  name  becoming  Covel 
&  Osborn.  The  business  was  afterward 
incorporated  as  the  Covel  &  Osborn  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Osborn  was  presi- 
dent for  several  years.  In  July,  1896,  Mr. 
Osborn  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 
American  Linen  Company,  succeeding 
the  late  Philip  D.  Borden,  and  in  April, 
1898,  he  was  made  treasurer  of  the  Mer- 
chants' Manufacturing  Company,  suc- 
ceeding Andrew  Borden.  He  is  also  vice- 
president  and  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Cotton  Manufacturers' 
Association ;  a  director  of  the  Fall  River 
Electric  Light  Company ;  the  Merchants' 
Manufacturing  Company;  the  American 
Linen  Company ;  the  Osborn  Mills ;  the 
Ancona  Company  ;  the  Granite  Mills,  and 
the  Parker  Mills,  all  of  Fall  River;  the 
Warren  Manufacturing  Company  of  War- 
ren, Rhode  Island  ;  the  Newmarket  Mills, 
of  Newmarket,  New  Hampshire  ;  and  the 
Apponaug  Company  of  Boston.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Citizens'  Savings  Bank,  and 
of  the  Home  for  Aged  People,  both  of 
Fall  River.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. In  religion  he  is  a  Congregational- 
ism attending  the  Central  Church.     He  is 


a  member  of  King  Philip  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Fall  River 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  and  God- 
frey de  Bouillon  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar.  He  belongs  to  various  clubs 
and  other  social  organizations. 

Mr.  Osborn  married,  October  12,  1880, 
Delia  S.  Carr,  who  was  born  December  4, 
1856,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
V.  (Durfee)  Carr,  of  Fall  River,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children:  1.  Marion,  born 
July  21,  1881,  married  Joseph  F.  Sherer, 
president  of  the  C.  T.  Sherer  Company, 
and  manager  of  its  department  store, 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and  they  have 
three  children,  Osborne,  Jeanette  and 
Helene  Sherer.  2.  Helen,  born  Septem- 
ber 22,  1882,  died  October  7,  1882.  3. 
Elizabeth  Carr,  born  January  28,  1889, 
married,  November  8,  191 1,  Leeds  Bur- 
chard,  of  New  York,  son  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Burchard,  and  they  have  one  daughter, 
Hope,  born  April  28,  1914.  Mr.  Bur- 
chard is  now  officially  connected  with  the 
Covel  &  Osborn  Company,  of  Fall  River. 
4.  Richard,  born  July  22,  1891,  was  gradu- 
ated from  Yale  College,  in  the  class  of 
1914,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
For  a  time  he  was  associated  with  Dr. 
Grenfeld  in  Newfoundland.  Upon  the 
breaking  out  of  the  European  war,  he 
joined  the  hospital  unit  and  served  in 
France  as  one  of  the  first  automobile 
drivers  in  the  ambulance  corps.  Upon 
returning  home  he  formed  a  copartner- 
ship with  Frank  H.  Towne  and  Edward 
Brayton,  under  the  firm  name  of  Towne, 
Brayton  &  Osborn,  cotton  dealers,  of  Fall 
River. 


BURTON,  Albert  W., 

Civil  War  Soldier,  Manufacturer. 

Among  the  oldest  families  of  Rhode 
Island  is  that  of  Burton,  and  descendants 
are  still  found  in  that  State  and  adjoining 


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sections  of  others.  It  has  been  identified 
with  progress  along  social,  moral  and 
material  lines,  and  has  conferred  lasting 
benefits  on  the  communities  with  which 
associated. 

(I)  William  Burton  was  an  inhabitant 
of  Providence,  in  the  section  known  as 
Mashantatack,  north  of  the  Pawtuxet 
river,  where  he  died  February  20,  1714. 
He  sold  a  house  and  orchard  in  Warwick 
for  thirty-five  pounds,  deed  dated  Febru- 
ary 1,  1668;  and  his  brother-in-law,  John 
Wickes,  gave  lands  for  life  to  Burton 
and  wife  May  17,  1680,  the  property  to 
go  to  their  son  after  their  death.  Burton 
was  taxed  four  shillings  in  1687,  was  a 
grand  juror  in  1688,  and  died  in  1714.  His 
will,  made  March  20,  1703,  with  codicil 
dated  July  8,  1713,  was  proved  June  25, 
1714,  and  the  inventory  of  his  property 
amounted  to  £111,  8s.  He  married  (first) 
Hannah  Wickes,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  Wickes,  born  1634,  died  before 
1701,  in  which  year  he  married  (second) 
Isabel  Moss,  a  widow.  The  estate  of  the 
latter,  was  valued  September  15,  1724,  at 
£243,  is.  Besides  a  daughter,  baptismal 
name  unknown,  who  married  a  Curbit, 
he  had  the  following  children  :  Elizabeth, 
married,  October  30,  1674,  Thomas  Had- 
ger;  Hannah,  married  Timothy  Carpen- 
ter and  died  before  1726;  Rose,  married  a 
Fowler ;  Ethelanna,  married  a  Clarke ; 
Susannah,  born  1665,  married  (first)  Sam- 
uel Gorton,  and  (second)  Richard  Har- 
ris, and  died  June  25,  1737;  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  John,  youngest  child  of  William 
and  Hannah  (Wickes)  Burton,  was  born 
May  2,  1667,  and  lived  at  Chestnut  Hill, 
was  executor  of  his  father's  estate,  in- 
herited all  his  housings  and  lands  and  re- 
sidue of  the  estate,  one-half  the  stock, 
and  the  remainder  after  death  of  his  step- 
mother. In  1702  he  gave  three  shillings 
to  aid  in  building  a  Quaker  meeting  house 


at  Mashapaug,  in  1716  was  deputy  to  the 
General  Court.  During  his  lifetime,  the 
section  of  Providence  in  which  he  lived 
was  set  off  to  the  town  of  Cranston.  He 
died  July  15,  1749,  and  left  an  estate 
valued  at  £2,512,  9s.,  id.  His  will,  made 
January  23,  was  proved  September  2, 
1749,  giving  homestead  to  the  elder  son, 
William.  Among  items  listed  in  the  in- 
ventory were  a  negro  man,  books,  silver 
money  and  plate,  and  bonds  valued  at 
£735,  14s.,  iod.  His  wife  Mary  married 
(second)  Benjamin  Searle,  and  died  De- 
cember 29,  1768. 

(III)  John  (2),  junior  son  of  John  (1) 
and  Mary  Burton,  was  born  about  1754, 
in  what  is  now  Cranston,  is  described  as 
of  Providence  and  Cranston  (probably 
upon  the  same  farm),  and  died  in  1799. 
He  was  deputy  from  the  former  town  in 
1744,  from  the  latter  in  1762,  and  was  as- 
sistant in  1766.  His  will  disposed  of 
£1,700  in  cash  legacies,  besides  a  large 
amount  of  lands.  His  wife,  Mary,  died 
September  9,  1768.  Children,  the  first 
eight  recorded  in  Providence :  John,  born 
September  8,  1733;  Joseph,  September  19, 
1735;  Dinah,  September  30,  1737;  Mary, 
January  12,  1740;  Hannah,  died  young; 
David,  August  30,  1744;  Caleb,  October 
15,  1746;  Elizabeth,  January  24,  1749; 
George,  mentioned  below;  Rufus,  No- 
vember 19,  1753;  Hannah. 

(IV)  George,  fifth  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Mary  Burton,  was  born  September  11, 
1 75 1,  in  Cranston,  and  was  not  living 
February  20,  1799,  when  his  father's  will 
was  made.  He  inherited  land  by  will  of 
his  grandmother.  He  married,  December 
27,  1770,  Hannah  or  Rosanna  Potter,  born 
about  1752-53,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Esther  Potter.  Children  :  Hannah,  born 
July  23,  1771 ;  Mary,  June  19,  1774; 
George,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (1)  and 
Hannah   (Potter)   Burton,  was  born  No- 


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vember  30,  1776,  in  Cranston,  and  inher- 
ited the  homestead  of  his  grandfather, 
John  (2)  Burton,  in  that  town,  with  part 
of  the  live  stock,  tools  and  books.  Late 
in  life  he  removed  to  Hopkinton,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  died  November  5,  1846, 
aged  eighty  years.  That  he  was  a  man 
of  influence  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
he  held  town  office.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Baptist,  and  in  politics  a  Whig.  He 
married  Tryphena  Place,  who  died  at 
Hopkinton,  February  10,  1849.  Children: 
Ira,  Elliott  Lee,  Potter  C,  George, 
Thomas,  Nancy,  Celinda. 

(VI)  Elliott  Lee,  son  of  George  and 
Tryphena  (Place)  Burton,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 20,  1803,  at  "Hopkinton  City,"  Hop- 
kinton, Rhode  Island,  and  died  at  East 
Killingly,  Connecticut,  July  7,  1887.  He 
received  a  common  school  education,  and 
helped  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
farm.  In  early  manhood  he  commenced 
to  sell  laces  and  notions,  for  a  few  years, 
and  later  removed  to  Foster,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  kept  a  general  store, 
selling  West  Indian  and  dry  goods.  Here 
he  was  a  road  surveyor,  a  member  of  the 
militia,  and  with  his  wife  joined  the  Free 
Will  Baptist  church,  November  6,  1852. 
After  his  marriage  he  removed  with  his 
family  to  Killingly,  Connecticut,  where 
he  found  employment  in  the  cotton  fac- 
tories of  that  town.  He  also  engaged  in 
farming  for  a  time,  and  later  began  the 
manufacturing  and  finishing  of  boots  and 
shoes  for  various  firms.  After  ten  years 
he  again  farmed  in  a  small  way,  adding 
to  his  homestead  land  purchased  from 
James  Simmons,  and  which  was  sold  to 
his  son,  Stephen,  after  his  death.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Whig,  being  opposed  to 
slavery,  later  becoming  a  strong  sup- 
porter of  Lincoln  and  his  policies.  He 
married  at  Foster,  June  11,  1828,  Bernice, 
born  November  8,  1806,  died  October  14, 
1889,    daughter   of    Sheldon    and    Naomi 


(Randall)  Williams,  and  a  direct  de- 
scendant in  the  sixth  generation  of  Roger 
Williams.  Children :  Albert  Williams, 
mentioned  below ;  Louisa,  died  young ; 
Laura  Ann,  born  December  24,  1833,  died 
September  20,  1883 ;  Harris  Olney,  March 
19,  1836,  married,  April  19,  1856,  Olive 
S.  Oatley,  and  died  October  12,  1897; 
Stephen  Randall,  July  17,  1839,  married, 
November  26,  1884,  Mary  (Crowell)  Wil- 
liams, and  died  August  13,  1907;  James 
Elliott,  May  6,  1841 ;  Elliott  Franklin, 
December,  1842,  married,  January  3. 
1655,  Juua  A.  Hopkins. 

(VII)  Albert  Williams,  eldest  child  of 
Elliott  Lee  and  Bernice  (Williams)  Bur- 
ton, was  born  December  19,  1831,  at  Hop- 
kins Mills,  North  Foster,  Rhode  Island, 
and  died  at  Buttonwood,  same  State, 
July  24,  1909.  Up  to  the  age  of  twelve 
years  he  attended  the  district  school, 
three  months  in  summer  and  three  in 
winter,  and  from  this  time  until  the  age 
of  sixteen  attended  only  during  the  win- 
ter months.  He  then  removed  with  his 
parents  to  East  Killingly,  where  he  was 
employed  in  the  cotton  mills  for  six 
months,  after  which  he  worked  on  the 
farm  of  William  Cook,  of  Gloucester, 
Connecticut.  At  the  age  of  eighteen 
years  he  shipped  on  board  the  whaler 
"Ocean,"  Captain  Swift,  bound  for  the 
Arctic  seas.  They  made  a  roundabout 
voyage,  touching  at  the  Azores,  Sand- 
wich Islands,  Hongkong  and  Japan. 
Later  he  made  numerous  trips  along  the 
Atlantic  coast,  spending  altogether  thir- 
teen years  at  sea.  During  the  Civil  War 
he  enlisted  at  Wrentham,  February  20, 
1864,  in  the  Fourteenth  Massachusetts 
Battery,  and  saw  much  hard  and  honor- 
able service.  He  participated  in  the  fol- 
lowing battles  that  year:  Wilderness, 
May  5  to  7;  Ny  River,  May  10;  Spottsyl- 
vania,  May  12  and  21  ;  North  Anna  River, 
May  23  to  27 ;  Bethesda  Church,  June  2 ; 


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Cold  Harbor,  June  4  to  12;  Petersburg, 
June  16  to  25  ;  Deep  Bottom,  July  9  to  17  ; 
Crater,  July  30 ;  Petersburg  trenches,  Au- 
gust 5  to  21 ;  Fort  Steadman,  March  25 
to  29,  1865 ;  fall  of  Petersburg,  1865.  On 
June  15,  1865,  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, and  mustered  out  at  Readville, 
Massachusetts.  During  part  of  this  time 
he  was  mate  of  the  ship  "Mary  J.  Mif- 
flin," carrying  supplies  for  McClellan's 
army. 

At  the  close  of  hostilities  he  returned 
home  and  engaged  with  the  jewelry  man- 
ufacturing concern  of  H.  F.  Barrows,  at 
North  Attleboro,  Massachusetts.  After 
five  years  spent  in  obtaining  a  thorough 
mastery  of  this  trade  he  went  to  Plain- 
ville,  Massachusetts,  and  for  two  years 
was  in  the  employ  of  J.  D.  Lincoln,  Tif- 
fany &  Bacon.  The  Plainville  Stock  Com- 
pany was  organized  in  the  spring  of  1872 
for  the  manufacture  of  specialties  in  jew- 
elry, a  number  of  the  most  prominent 
manufacturers  in  the  jewelry  line,  among 
them  being  Albert  Williams  Burton, 
forming  this  corporation.  There  were 
various  changes  in  the  membership  from 
time  to  time,  older  members  retiring  and 
making  way  for  new,  but  it  was  from  the 
start  a  pronounced  success,  at  no  time 
more  so  than  when  Mr.  Burton  retired, 
March  26,  1909,  to  enjoy  a  long  merited 
rest  from  his  arduous  labors.  Mr.  Bur- 
ton was  an  attendant  of  the  Methodist 
church  of  Plainville,  and  gave  liberally 
toward  its  support,  especially  to  the  build- 
ing of  the  church,  and  donated  the  organ. 
He  was  a  member  of  George  H.  Main- 
tein  Post,  No.  133,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  served  as  senior  and  junior 
vice-commander  and  as  quartermaster 
many  years. 

He  married,  at  Wrentham,  June  22, 
1857,  Mary  Ellis,  born  October  5,  1836, 
daughter  of  Edward  Renouf  and  Susannah 
(Dale)   Bennett,  of  that  town   (see  Ben- 


nett VII).  Children:  1.  Edward  Ran- 
dall, born  January  31,  1858,  died  Febru- 
ary 6,  1858.  2.  Alice  Williams,  August 
24,  1859,  died  April  6,  1885.  3-  Albert 
Edward,  April  6,  1861,  married,  March  15, 
1893,  Nettie  May  Hopkins ;  children : 
Wesley  Hopkins,  born  December  29, 
1893;  Alice  May,  November  19,  1894; 
Lee  Williams,  November  12,  1895  ;  Rubie 
Ellis,  May  30,  1896;  Ivy  Dale,  May  1, 
1897;  Helene  Elliott,  September  9,  1902; 
Beatrice  Virginia,  April  28,  1905.  4. 
Maria  Lincoln,  May  13,  1866,  married, 
September  1,  1894,  Dr.  Clarence  Moore 
Noble,  who  died  July  5,  1897,  son  of 
George  and  Sarah  Noble,  of  Cooticook, 
Canada.  5.  Bernice  Elliott,  October  7, 
1878,  married,  December  3,  1903,  Clar- 
ence Mason  Hatch  ;  children  :  Dorothy 
Williams,  born  August  15,  1905;  Hazel 
Mason,  December  26,  1907. 

(The    Bennett    Line). 

The  Bennett  family  is  of  English  origin, 
and  its  members  were  among  the  earliest 
emigrants  to  the  shores  of  New  England. 

(I)  William  Bennett,  founder  of  the 
Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  branch  of  the 
family,  was  born  in  England  in  1603,  and 
died  in  Manchester,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 20,  1683.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  and  an  early  settler  in  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  taxed  in 
1632.  He  removed  from  Plymouth  to 
Salem,  where  we  find  him  recorded  prior 
to  1636;  he  was  admitted  to  the  Salem 
church,  June  18,  1643.  In  1637  he  re- 
moved to  Manchester ;  was  granted  land 
in  the  four-hundred-acre  grant  after  com- 
ing from  Salem,  and  his  name  appears 
with  sixteen  others  in  a  petition  asking 
the  "Honorable  Court  to  give  us  power 
to  erect  a  village  at  Jeffreys  Creek,"  which 
later  was  named  "Manchester."  He  was 
a  freeman,  and  as  such  had  a  right  to 
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and  one  of  the  factors  in  the  affairs  of  the 
settlement;  was  a  selectman  of  the  town 
in  1660-65-72-76,  and  owned  a  house  near 
the  foot  of  Bennett's  Hill,  also  a  grist 
mill  on  the  site  of  the  old  Forster  Mill. 
His  wife  Jane  came  from  England  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years,  in  1635,  in  the  ship 
"Elizabeth  and  Ann,"  and  died  April  27, 
1693.  Children:  Moses,  baptized  July  2, 
1643,  was  living  in  1693;  Aaron,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Mary,  baptized  September 
3.  1654;  Ann,  July  2,  1643;  Deliverance, 
July  2,  1643. 

(II)  Aaron,  second  son  of  William  and 
Jane  Bennett,  was  baptized  July  2,  1643, 
and  died  in  1709.  He  was  a  yeoman,  liv- 
ing in  Manchester,  Massachusetts,  and 
also  followed  fishing.  His  will,  dated  De- 
cember 3,  1708,  was  proved  March  21, 
1709.  He  married  (first)  prior  to  1665, 
Hannah,  surname  unknown.  His  second 
wife,  Elizabeth,  whom  he  married  prior 
to  1708,  was  born  1644,  being  the  first 
child  born  in  Manchester,  Massachusetts. 
Children :  Hannah,  born  March  25,  1665, 
was  living  in  1708;  Jane,  January  15, 
1675,  was  living  in  1708;  Aaron,  mention- 
ed below;  Alice,  April  5,  1679,  married, 
November  15,  1705,  John  Allin,  of  Bever- 
ly;  Elizabeth,  June  13,  1680,  was  living 
in  1708,  married,  December  11,  1700,  Rob- 
ert Warren,  a  fisherman  of  Manchester ; 
Mary,  January  31,  1685,  was  living  in 
!7o8. 

(III )  Captain  Aaron  (2)  Bennett,  eldest 
son  of  Aaron  (1)  and  Hannah  Bennett,  was 
born  March  25,  1677,  in  Manchester,  and 
died  suddenly  in  the  same  town,  Febru- 
ary 13,  1753.  He  was  a  husbandman,  and 
owned  much  property  in  Manchester.  In 
1696  he  was  captain  of  fishing  vessels  of 
nine  tons,  and  for  a  time  followed  this 
calling,  making  trips  to  the  banks  and 
getting  profitable  catches;  in  1712  he 
was  an  innholder.  He  married  (first) 
November  20,  1700,  Ann  Pick  worth  ;  (sec- 
ond) March  11,  1736,  Mrs.  Abigail  Geard- 


ner,  a  widow  of  Gloucester.  Children,  all 
of  first  marriage :  Elizabeth,  born  Au- 
gust 8,  1701,  married,  November  28,  1721, 
Nathaniel  Lee;  William,  May  1,  1703; 
Aaron,  July  6,  1705,  died  October  20, 
1780;  Luccee,  June  2,  1709,  married,  June 
4,  1733,  Benjamin  Searles,  of  Marblehead  ; 
Abigail,  June  15,  1713,  died  June  25,  1714; 
Moses,  mentioned  below  ;  Benjamin,  bap- 
tized March  22,  1719. 

(IV)  Moses,  third  son  of  Aaron  (2) 
and  Ann  (Pickworth)  Bennett,  was  born 
February  25,  1715,  in  Manchester,  re- 
sided in  that  town,  and  in  1754  followed 
the  calling  of  fisherman.  The  records 
state  that  he  died  in  the  service  of  the 
province  near  the  Isle  of  Orleans  in  1759. 
He  married,  at  Essex,  Massachusetts, 
February  15,  1739,  Rachel  Rust,  of  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  born  171 1,  died  in 
Manchester,  November  8,  1787.  Chil- 
dren :  Moses,  mentioned  below ;  Lucy, 
born  April  11,  1741,  died  about  1765; 
Ruth,  November  28,  1742;  Rachel,  No- 
vember 28,  1747,  married,  May  7,  1772, 
Edward  Renouf,  of  Marblehead ;  Amos, 
February  25,  1750,  married,  December  29, 
1776,  Elizabeth  Oakes,  of  Danvers;  Mary, 
May  26,  1752,  married,  September  17, 1772, 
Jacob  Symmons  ;  Joanna,  March  16,  1757. 

(V)  Moses  (2).  eldest  child  of  Moses 
(1)  and  Rachel  (Rust)  Bennett,  was  born 
December  26,  1739,  in  Manchester.  In 
early  life  he  followed  fishing  as  an  occu- 
pation, and  later  became  a  cabinet  maker, 
in  which  trade  he  continued  for  many 
years,  in  Manchester,  this  being  at  that 
time  the  principal  industry  there.  His 
sons  learned  the  same  trade.  He  was  a 
devout  man  and  died  "in  the  faith,"  as 
did  also  his  wife.  He  married,  December 
7,  1762,  Anna  Allen.  Children:  Anna, 
married,  September  5,  1789,  Isaac  Miller; 
Patty,  born  November  8,  1766,  married, 
August  29,  1794,  Edward  Morgan  ;  Moses, 
October  23,  1770;  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Isaac,   youngest  child  of   Moses 


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(2)  and  Anna  (Allen)  Bennett,  was  born 
January  13,  1773,  in  Manchester,  and  died 
November  25,  185 1,  at  Wrentham,  Massa- 
chusetts. His  education  was  the  cus- 
tomary one  for  a  farmer's  son  of  that 
period,  and  at  an  early  age  he  was  taught 
the  trade  of  cabinet  making.  As  a  young 
man  he  went  to  Sharon,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade,  shortly  after  his  mar- 
riage removing  to  Wrentham,  where  he 
settled  in  the  "Wampum"  district.  He 
leased  his  property  and  set  up  a  shop  as 
cabinet  maker,  and  as  his  sons  became  old 
enough  he  admitted  them  into  the  busi- 
ness. His  shop  was  run  by  water  power, 
and  he  manufactured  bureaus,  bedsteads, 
tables,  cradles,  finding  a  ready  market  for 
his  products  in  Boston,  and  this  industry 
became  an  important  factor  in  the  prog- 
ress of  the  town.  The  greater  part  of  this 
output  was  sold  to  Edward  Renouf,  a 
leading  furniture  dealer  of  Boston,  and 
for  whom  his  son,  Edward  Renouf  Ben- 
nett, was  named.  Edward  Renouf  was  a 
descendant  of  a  noted  and  honored  Nor- 
man family  which  had  settled  at  New- 
buryport,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Bennett 
was  of  very  quiet  habits  and  disposition, 
and  he  and  his  wife  were  faithful  mem- 
bers of  the  Orthodox  church.  He  was  a 
pronounced  Democrat,  and  belonged  to 
the  militia.  He  married,  December  31, 
1797,  Elizabeth,  born  at  Sharon,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  22,  1774,  died  at  Wrent- 
ham, February  20,  1859,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Esther  (Fisher)  Randall  (see 
Randall  II).  Children:  Prudence  An- 
driette,  born  September  26,  1798,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Green  Weeks ;  Eliza,  De- 
cember 19,  1799,  died  November,  1827; 
George  Hawes,  July  9,  1801,  died  Septem- 
ber 4,  1871,  married  Margaret  Dale  ;  Mary 
Ann,  April  17,  1803,  died  July  26,  1857, 
married,  August  10,  1823,  Carl  Moran 
Fisher;  Esther  Randall,  February  6,  1805, 
married  Jeremiah  Cobb  ;  Edward  Renouf, 


mentioned  below ;  Charlotte,  December 
26,  1808,  married  Francis  Fisher;  Wil- 
liam Steadman,  June  23,  1812,  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1881,  married,  June  1,  1836, 
Matilda  Barnes ;  Henry  Albert,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1814,  died  December  11,  1873,  mar- 
ried, January  8,  1838,  Charlotte  Potter; 
Eleanor  Jane,  November  2,  1814  (twin  of 
Henry  Albert),  married  Aaron  G.  Hoyes ; 
Laura,  August  28,  1816,  died  June  23, 
1907,  married,  June  17,  1841,  Ebenezer 
Hawes ;  Isaac  Francis  (called  Frank  Ben- 
nett), died  July  13,  1897. 

(VII)  Edward  Renouf,  second  son  of 
Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Randall)  Bennett, 
was  born  October  22,  1806,  in  Wrentham, 
and  died  there,  April  9,  1896.  His  school 
education  was  limited  to  attendance  at 
the  district  school  during  the  winter  ses- 
sions, at  the  same  time  he  was  assisting 
his  father  in  his  business,  and  was  later 
admitted  to  partnership.  After  a  time 
the  firm  was  dissolved,  and  Edward  R. 
went  to  Norwood,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed by  George  W.  Everett  &  Com- 
pany, and  ran  a  circular  saw.  During  the 
panic  of  1857  this  latter  firm  became  in- 
solvent, and  Mr.  Bennett  returned  to 
Wrentham,  after  a  short  residence  in 
Roxbury,  and  commenced  farming  in  a 
small  way.  His  farm  consisted  of  thirty 
acres  and  he  raised  general  crops.  In 
1870  his  son,  Edward  P.,  purchased  his 
father's  property,  and  the  elder  Bennett 
and  his  wife  made  their  home  with  their 
son.  In  connection  with  his  farming  Mr. 
Bennett  owned  a  saw  mill  at  Wrentham, 
which  he  operated  during  the  winter 
months  until  within  ten  years  of  his 
death.  He  was  interested  in  military 
affairs,  and  was  captain  of  the  Wrentham 
company  of  militia.  He  was  of  a  quiet, 
unassuming  nature,  earnest  religious 
views,  a  strong  temperance  advocate  and 
he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Orthodox  church  of  Wrentham.     Politi- 


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cally  he  gave  his  support  to  the  Republi- 
can party.  He  was  married  at  Wrent- 
ham,  by  Rev.  Elijah  Fiske,  September  21, 
1830,  to  Susannah,  born  in  Weymouth, 
February  7,  1805,  died  in  Wrentham,  No- 
vember 14,  1885,  daughter  of  John  and 
Catherine  (Childs)  Dale,  of  Weymouth 
(see  Dale  IV).  Children:  Esther  Dale, 
born  June  24,  1834,  died  April  23,  1883, 
married,  February  25,  1854,  James  Eras- 
tus  Hawes ;  Mary  Ellis,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Martha  Randall,  July  27,  1838,  died 
August  17,  1882,  married,  February  18, 
1855,  George  Albert  Jenks ;  Charles  Ed- 
ward, April  2,  1841,  died  November  2, 
1844;  Herbert  Franklin,  January  5,  1845, 
married,  January  10,  1866,  Mary  D.  At- 
wood ;  Edward  Pay  son,  June  30,  1848, 
living  in  Wrentham. 

(VIII)  Mary  Ellis,  second  daughter  of 
Edward  Renouf  and  Susannah  (Dale) 
Bennett,  was  born  October  5,  1836,  and 
became  the  wife  of  Albert  Williams  Bur- 
ton, of  Plainville,  Massachusetts  (see 
Burton   III). 

(The  Childs  Line). 

The  name  Child  is  derived  from  Hildr 
of  the  Norse  mythology.  Its  descent 
from  mythic  to  historical  times  can  be 
traced  in  the  Nebelungen  Lied.  In  this 
saga  childe  is  first  used  as  a  title  for  king. 
From  the  fifth  to  the  tenth  centuries, 
many  of  the  kings  of  France  prefixed  the 
word  Childe  to  their  names,  and  during 
this  time  a  large  number  of  the  rulers  of 
Europe  derived  their  appellations  from 
the  root  Hildr.  As  the  title  Childe  be- 
came obsolete,  it  was  generally  adopted 
as  a  surname  by  descendants  or  depend- 
ents. The  original  spelling  was  with  the 
final  "e,"  and  many  families  in  England 
still  retain  the  old  form.  For  the  first 
two  generations  in  this  country  it  was 
written  Child,  but  of  late  years,  Childs  is 
more  frequently  employed. 


(I)  Benjamin  Child,  or  Childs,  came 
from  England  in  1630,  and  settled  in  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts.  In  the  records  of 
that  town  he  is  stated  to  have  been  one 
of  thirty  who  contributed  towards  the 
erection  of  the  first  church  there.  He  died 
October  14,  1678,  leaving  an  estate  valued 
at  £506  19s.  His  wife  Mary  was  admitted 
to  the  church  of  Roxbury  in  1658,  and  sur- 
vived her  husband.  Children,  born  in 
Robury  :  Ephraim,  1654 ;  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below ;  Joshua,  1658 ;  Mary,  Au- 
gust 8,  1660;  infant,  1662;  Elizabeth,  De- 
cember 2,  1663;  Margaret,  December  21, 
1665;  John,  January  8,  1667,  died  young; 
Mehitable,  June  29,  1669;  John,  August 
1,  1671 ;  Joseph,  December  10,  1674,  died 
young;  Joseph,  June  1,  1678,  died  young. 

(II)  Benjamin  (2),  second  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (1)  and  Mary  Childs,  born  1656, 
in  Roxbury,  was  the  inheritor  of  a  large 
share  of  his  father's  property  there,  and 
died  January  24,  1724.  He  spent  his  life 
in  his  native  town,  and  lived  on  the  home- 
stead. He  married,  March  7,  1683,  Grace, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Edward  and  Grace 
(Bett)  Morris.  She  was  admitted  to  the 
church,  June  21,  1681,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 10,  1723.  Her  father  was  an  early 
settler  of  Woodstock,  Connecticut ;  from 
1677  to  1684  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Rox- 
bury, and  during  the  same  time  a  deputy 
to  the  General  Court,  and  part  of  the  time 
colonial  auditor.  Children,  born  in  Rox- 
bury: Ephraim,  December  18,  1683  ;  Ben- 
jamin, July  19,  1685  ;  Edward,  mentioned 
below ;  Grace,  October  2j,  1689 ;  Mary, 
October  25,  1691 ;  Ebenezer,  September 
7,  1693  ;  Mehitable,  January  5,  1695  '■>  Wil- 
liam, October  14,  1697;  Penuel,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1699;  Richard,  October  22,  1701  ; 
Thomas,  November  10,  1703;  Margaret, 
May  26,  1706. 

(III)  Edward,  third  son  of  Benjamin 
(2)  and  Grace  (Morris)  Childs,  was  born 
November   1,    1687,   in   Roxbury,  and  re- 


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sided  on  the  paternal  homestead  there. 
He  was  a  glazier  and  farmer,  large  land- 
holder and  well  known.  He  married,  in 
1712,  Margaret  Weld.  Children:  Han- 
nah, born  December  7,  1712;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Eleazer,  March  11.  1717 ; 
Stephen,  August  19,  1719;  Edward,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1821. 

(IV)  John,  eldest  son  of  Edward  and 
Margaret  (Weld)  Child's,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 20,  1714,  in  Roxbury,  and  married, 
January  26,  1742,  Esther  Child,  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1722,  in  Woodstock,  Connecti- 
cut, daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Priscilla 
(Harris)  Child.  Children:  Hannah,  died 
young;  Margaret,  born  April  8,  1745; 
Priscilla,  December  20,  1748;  Hannah, 
January  30,  1750;  Esther,  March  2,  1753; 
John,  June  16,  1756;  Stephen,  August  10, 
1758 ;  Joanna,  October  10,  1760;  Ann, 
January  22,  1762;  Catherine,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Catherine,  youngest  child  of  John 
and  Esther  (Child)  Childs,  born  Septem- 
ber 13,  1764,  in  Roxbury,  became  the  wife 
■of  John  Dale,  of  Roxbury  (see  Dale  IV). 

(The   Dale   Line). 

(I)  John  Dale  was  in  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1682.  He  probably  lived  in 
that  part  of  the  town  now  Danvers,  was 
far  from  the  centre  and  did  not  participate 
in  public  affairs.  The  records  are  silent 
regarding  his  wife. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (1)  Dale, 
was  born  November  2,  1685,  in  Salem  Vil- 
lage, now  Danvers,  where  he  made  his 
home,  with  wife,  Abigail.  Children,  re- 
corded in  Danvers :  John,  born  Septem- 
ber 13,  1718;  Archelaus,  September  17, 
1720;  Elizabeth,  July  18,  1723;  Anne, 
April  19,  1725;  Betty,  October  11,  1727; 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Timothy, 
May  9,  1733;   Abigail,  January  17,  1736. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  third  son  of  John  (2) 
and    Abigail    Dale,   was   born    March    7, 


1731,  in  Danvers,  where  he  lived  and  mar- 
ried, April  1,  1755,  Rebecca  Preston,  sup- 
posedly of  the  old  Preston  family  of 
Salem,  which  figures  so  little  in  the  rec- 
ords as  to  be  untraceable.  Children,  on 
Danvers  records  :  Ebenezer,  born  Decem- 
ber 5,  1755;  Anna,  September  27,  1757; 
Thomas,  August  19,  1759;  Samuel,  July 
23,  1761 ;  Rebecca,  April  27,  1764;  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  John  (3),  youngest  child  of  Eben- 
eezer  and  Rebecca  (Preston)  Dale,  was 
born  1764-65,  in  Danvers,  baptized  there 
August  31,  1766,  lived  in  Roxbury,  Wey- 
mouth and  Wrentham,  Massachusetts, 
and  died  in  the  later  town  February  15, 
1843.  He  was  a  housewright  by  trade. 
He  married  Catherine  Childs,  born  Sep- 
tember 13,  1764,  in  Roxbury,  daughter  of 
John  and  Esther  (Child)  Childs,  of  that 
town  (see  Childs  IV),  died  in  Wrentham 
May  10,  1825.  Children:  Catherine,  born 
March  25,  1796,  in  Roxbury:  Esther 
Childs,  April  19,  1798,  in  Roxbury,  died 
April,  1848,  in  Dorchester;  Ann,  October 
30,  1800,  in  Roxbury,  died  in  Wrentham 
October  14,  1889;  Margaret,  December 
3,  1802,  in  Weymouth,  married  George 
Hawes  Bennet,  and  died  in  Wrentham 
June  22,  1889;  Susannah,  mentioned  be- 
low; John  Childs,  February  16,  1812,  in 
Roxbury,  married  Caroline  Tucker. 

(V)  Susannah,  youngest  daughter  of 
John  (3)  and  Catherine  (Childs)  Dale, 
was  born  February  7,  1805,  baptized  in 
July  of  that  year  in  Weymouth,  became 
the  wife  of  Edward  R.  Bennett,  of  Wrent- 
ham, died  November  14,  1885,  there  (see 
Bennett   VII). 

(The  Randall  Line). 

There  are  several  old  New  England 
families  of  this  name,  and  the  name  is 
scattered  all  over  the  United  States, 
whither  it  has  carried  enterprise,  thrift 
and  morality.     Philip  Randall  was  made 


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a  freeman  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
May  14,  1634,  and  mention  of  his  sons, 
Abraham  and  Phillip,  is  found.  All  re- 
moved to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where 
the  name  soon  became  extinct.  Possibly, 
some  of  the  descendants  returned  to 
Dorchester.  They  do  not  figure,  how- 
ever, on  the  records  of  that  town.  The 
Boston  vital  records  show  the  birth  of 
several  children  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth Randall  in  the  latter  part  of  the  sev- 
enteenth century  and  early  years  of  the 
eighteenth. 

(I)  Thomas  Randall,  presumably  of 
the  Dorchester  or  Boston  family  of  the 
name,  was  born  in  1700,  as  indicated  by 
the  record  of  his  death  in  Sharon,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  in  Roxbury,  De- 
cember 30,  1730,  Katharine  Tucker,  born 
May  12,  1711,  died  November  24,  1802, 
in  Sharon,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Elizabeth  (Williams)  Tucker,  of  Rox- 
bury, granddaughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Ann  (Payson)  Tucker  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Robert  Tucker,  of  Weymouth 
and  Milton,  Massachusetts,  pioneer  an- 
cestor of  a  large  American  family.  The 
Sharon  records  show  only  one  child,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Randall, 
was  baptized  in  June,  1743,  in  Sharon 
(at  least,  recorded  there),  and  died  in 
that  town,  March  18,  1816.  He  married, 
January  27,  1766,  in  Wrentham,  Massa- 
chusetts, Esther  Fisher,  born  March  18, 
1745,  in  that  town,  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Mercy  Fisher,  died  December  5,  1799, 
in  Sharon.  Their  children,  on  Sharon 
records,  were  as  follows :  John,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1767;  Molley,  January  24,  1770; 
Elizabeth,  mentioned  below;  Frances, 
December  30,  1775;  Samuel,  February 
10,  1778;  Esther,  February  20,  1780; 
Thomas,  March,  1782. 

(III)  Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Esther  (Fisher)  Randall,  was 


born  January  22,  1774,  in  Sharon,  and 
was  married,  December  31,  1797,  to  Isaac 
Bennett,  of  Wrentham  (see  Bennett  VI). 


HICKS,  George  Henry, 

Physician. 

The  family  of  Hicks,  to  which  Dr. 
George  Plenry  Hicks,  of  Fall  River,  be- 
longs, is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  dis- 
tinguished in  Southeastern  Massachu- 
setts. In  the  early  records  the  spelling 
Hix  was  also  used.  For  centuries  the 
name  has  been  an  honored  one  in  Eng- 
land also.  The  ancestry  has  been  traced 
in  England  to  the  year  1500. 

(I)  John  Hicks,  we  are  told,  was  the 
father  of  Robert  and  Thomas  Hicks,  the 
latter  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas  Hicks,  son  of  John  Hicks, 
died  in  Trotworth,  England,  in  1565.  He 
married  Margaret  Atwood.  Among  their 
children  were  John,  and  Baptist,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Baptist  Hicks,  son  of  Thomas 
Hicks,  was  born  in  England  in  1520.  He 
married  Mary  Eberard,  daughter  of 
James  Eberard.  Of  their  children,  Bap- 
tist, Jr.,  died  unmarried,  and  James  is 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  James  Hicks,  son  of  Baptist 
Hicks,  married  Phebe  Allyn,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Ephraim  Allyn.  Children,  born  in 
England :  John,  Ephraim,  Robert,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  Thomas,  James, 
and  three  daughters. 

(V)  Robert  Hicks,  son  of  James  Hicks, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1580,  and  came 
from  his  home  in  Southwark,  County 
Surrey,  in  the  ship  "Fortune"  to  Ply- 
mouth, in  1621.  One  account  says  he 
was  descended  from  Sir  Ellis  Hicks,  who 
was  knighted  in  1356,  by  Edward,  the 
Black  Prince.  His  wife  Margaret,  with 
her  children,  joined  him  two  years  later, 
coming  in  the  ship  "Ann."    He  drew  lots- 


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at  Plymouth,  in  1623,  for  himself,  wife 
and  two  children.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1633.  He  died  March  24,  1647. 
He  married  (first)  in  England,  Elizabeth 
Morgan ;  (second)  Margaret  Winslow. 
Children :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ; 
Ephraim ;  Lydia,  married  Edward  Bans ; 
Phebe,  married  George  Watson. 

(VI)  Samuel  Hicks,  son  of  Robert 
Hicks,  was  born  in  England,  and  came 
with  his  mother  to  Plymouth,  in  1623. 
His  name  appears  on  the  list  of  those 
able  to  bear  arms  in  Plymouth,  in  1643. 
Soon  afterward  he  moved  to  the  new 
town  of  Eastham,  then  called  Nauset. 
Afterward  he  was  at  Barnstable  for  a 
time.  He  was  formally  admitted  an  in- 
habitant of  Barnstable,  October  3,  1662. 
He  was  one  of  'he  thirty-six  purchasers 
of  the  territory  that  was  later  incor- 
porated as  the  town  of  Dartmouth,  March 
7,  1652,  and  he  made  his  home  there  in 
1670.  While  in  Eastham  he  was  a  deputy 
to  the  General  Court  in  1649.  He  owned 
one  thirty-fourth  part  of  the  town  of 
Dartmouth.  He  married,  in  1645,  Lydia 
Doane,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Doane, 
one  of  the  prominent  pioneers  of  this  sec- 
tion. Children  :  Dorcas,  born  February 
14,  1651-52;  Margaret,  March  9,  1654; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Jacob,  mar- 
ried Mary  Earle. 

(VII)  Thomas  (2)  Hicks,  son  of 
Samuel  Hicks,  married  Mary  Albro, 
daughter  of  John  and  Dorothy  Albro. 
He  settled  in  Dartmouth,  but  moved  to 
Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island.  He  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1673.  He  owned  a  share  in 
Seaconnet  and  sold  a  quarter-share  there 
in  1679.  He  died  in  1698.  His  widow 
died  after  1710.  Children:  Sarah, 
Thomas,  Samuel,  mentioned  below ; 
Ephraim,  Susanna,  Abigail  and  Elizabeth. 
In  1707,  when  the  estate  of  Thomas 
Hicks,     the     father,     was     administered, 


Thomas  and  Ephraim  were  of  Rhode 
Island  and  Samuel  was  of  Tiverton,  then 
part  of  Massachusetts. 

(VIII)  Samuel  (2)  Hicks,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  Hicks,  married,  January  1, 
1701-02,  Susanna  Anthony,  daughter  of 
Abraham  and  Alice  (Wodell)  Anthony. 
They  lived  at  Tiverton,  where  he  died  in 
1742.  His  wife  died  before  1736.  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah, 
Alice,  Leah,  Susanna,  Abigail,  Mary. 

(IX)  Samuel  (3)  Hicks,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  Hicks,  was  born  August  15,  1704.  He 
lived  first  in  Tiverton  on  land  west  of 
the  highway  leading  from,  the  Stone 
bridge  to  Fall  River  nearly  opposite  the 
stone  house  of  the  late  Charles  R.  Hicks. 
The  farm  extended  from  the  road  to  the 
shore  of  Mount  Hope  Bay.  They  were 
Friends.  Samuel  Hicks  died  at  Tiverton, 
August  11,  1790.  His  will  was  dated  De- 
cember 17,  1788.  (Book  IV,  p.  469).  He 
married  (first)  Mary  Mumford,  who  died 
March  4,  1737,  in  her  twenty-second  year. 
He  married  (second)  Susanna  Akin,  who 
died  three  days  before  her  husband.  It 
is  related  that  the  mourners  returning 
from  her  burial  found  that  Mr.  Hicks  had 
died  during  their  absence.  Children,  born 
at  Tiverton:  Thomas,  August  2,  1735; 
Stephen,  July  21,  1741 ;  Samuel,  January 
10,  1742,  married  Patience  Burrington 
(Dr.  Hicks  has  the  original  will  of  her 
father,  Abraham  Burrington,  dated  Janu- 
ary 1,  1816,  bequeathing  to  wife  Eliza- 
beth, brother  Thomas  and  four  sisters, 
Patience  Hicks,  Mary  Durfee,  Sarah  and 
Alice  Burrington ;  Samuel,  Jr.,  died  in 
1825;  Mary,  born  July  28,  1744;  Eliza- 
beth, March  23,  1745-46;  John,  mentioned 
below;  Joseph,  died  January  20,  1806; 
Ann,  born  February  5,  1752;  George,  May 
7,  1755;  Peace,  1757;  Elihu,  April  22, 
1759;  Susanna,  May  2,  1761  ;  Weston, 
June  30,  1764. 

(X)  John  (2)  Hicks,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 


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Hicks,  was  born  March  26,  1747-48.  He 
was  for  a  time  a  trader  in  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  but  returned  to  Tiverton,  where 
he  followed  farming  during  the  remainder 
of  his  active  life.  He  bought  of  Abraham 
Brown  and  wife  Abigail  land  in  Tiverton 
bounded  by  land  of  Stephen  Hicks  and 
grantor,  March  28,  1796.  He  bought  a 
salt  marsh  on  Hog  Island,  Portsmouth, 
adjoining  land  of  William  Borden,  De- 
cember 21,  1781.  This  deed  was  wit- 
nessed by  Thomas  Howland  and  Stephen 
Hicks.  Both  these  original  deeds  are  now 
in  the  possession  of  Dr.  George  H.  Hicks. 
Another  deed  shows  that  John  Hicks  and 
his  brother,  Samuel,  Jr.,  and  Abraham 
Burrington  bought  of  Abraham  Brown 
and  wife  Abigail  seventy-five  acres  in  the 
Eighteenth  Great  Lot,  first  division  in 
Tiverton,  the  homestead  farm  of  Robert 
Burrington,  late  of  Tiverton,  deceased, 
being  land  set  off  to  Abigail  and  Abraham 
Brown  under  the  will  of  William  Bur- 
rington, of  Tiverton,  son  of  Robert  Bur- 
rington. Witnesses  :  Walter  and  Eliza- 
beth Cook.  Deed  dated  September  23, 
1776,  acknowledged  1779. 

Both  John  Hicks  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  Mr. 
Hicks  being  the  last  survivor  of  the  Old 
Society.  In  his  sketch  of  the  town  of 
Tiverton,  H.  W.  Blake  says :  "Among 
the  early  supporters  of  the  Tiverton  meet- 
ing were  Edward  Wing  and  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  Nathan  Chase,  Abraham  Barker, 
Borden  Durfee,  Abigail  Durfee,  John 
Hicks,  Elisha  Estes,  and  Ann  Hopkins, 
who  was  a  maiden  sister  of  Elizabeth 
Wing.  Mrs.  Wing  was  the  minister  for 
several  years.  Mr.  Barker  and  Mr.  Hicks 
were  the  last  of  the  old  society.  These 
two,  faithful  to  their  earnest  belief,  sat 
alone  in  their  house  of  worship  many  a 
First  Day  and  silently  worshipped  God." 

John  Hicks  married,  December  7,  1803, 
Lydia  Wing,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Edith  Wing,  of  Sandwich,  Massachusetts. 


She  died  November  8,  1828.  He  died 
August  11,  1828,  aged  eighty-one  years, 
nine  months.  Children,  born  at  Tiverton  : 
Lydia  Wing,  born  March  2j,  1805,  mar- 
ried John  B.  Howland,  in  1828,  died  Au- 
gust 25,  1842 ;  John  Russell,  mentioned 
below ;  Susanna,  born  August  8,  1809, 
died  June  9,  1821 ;  Elizabeth,  born  Janu- 
ary 2,  1812,  died  December  27,  1828;  Me- 
hitable,  born  December  26,  1813,  married 
Charles  W.  Howland,  died  January  18, 
1875,  aged  sixty-one  years,  twenty-two 
days. 

(XI)  John  Russell  Hicks,  son  of  John 
(2)  Hicks,  was  born  in  Tiverton,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1807.  He  owned  and  conducted 
a  farm  of  forty-eight  acres  near  the  home- 
stead, formerly  known  as  the  Cook  farm. 
He  had  a  fine  dairy  and  found  his  market 
in  Fall  River.  He  was  industrious,  pru- 
dent and  prosperous.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Friend,  and  his  home  was  often  visited 
by  prominent  Quakers  on  the  way  to  and 
from  meetings  in  this  section.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  but  after- 
ward a  Republican.  He  died  Septembei 
4,  1883.  He  married,  May  6,  1832,  Emma 
Gardner,  who  was  born  at  Tiverton,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1809,  died  May  14,  1887,  a 
daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  and  Cather- 
ine (Borden)  Gardner.  Catherine  Gard- 
ner was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Borden, 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  Borden,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  Richard  Borden 
(see  Borden).  Captain  Samuel  Gardner 
was  of  a  prominent  Tiverton  family,  com- 
ing from  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  and 
locating  at  Tiverton  about  the  time  of 
his  marriage,  January  1,  1795.  Children 
of  John  Russell  Hicks :  Charles  Russell, 
born  February  18,  1834,  died  January  22, 
1901  ;  twin  of  Charles  Russell,  born  and 
died  February  18,  1834;  George  Henry, 
mentioned  below;  Edward  Wing,  born 
October  20,  1838,  lived  at  Tiverton;  Al- 
bert Gardner,  born  October  7,  1844,  died 
the  same  month  ;  John  Russell,  mentioned 


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below ;  Joseph  L.,  born  March  29,  1847,  °f 
Fall  River ;  Samuel  Gardner,  born  July 
3,  1849,  lives  at  Westport,  Massachusetts. 

(XII)  George  Henry  Hicks,  son  of 
John  Russell  Hicks,  was  born  at  Tiver- 
ton, December  12,  1836,  died  there  Janu- 
ary 8,  1901.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Tiver- 
ton. In  religion  he  was  a  Friend.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried, January  1,  1862,  Alice  A.  Borden, 
born  November  16,  1842  (see  Borden 
VIII).  Children:  1.  Christopher  B., 
born  June  20,  1863,  farmer  in  Fall  River ; 
married  Emily  T.  Luther  and  has  two 
daughters,  Lucy  Davis  and  Lydia  How- 
land.  2.  Lester  H.,  born  June  10,  1869; 
married  Alma  Paquette,  of  Fall  River; 
resides  in  Fall  River;  children:  Milli- 
cent,  Milton,  Alma.  3.  Edgar  A.,  born 
January  2,  1871  ;  married  Henrietta  R. 
O.  Kendrick.  4.  Alice  Borden,  born  Sep- 
tember 21,  1879,  lives  with  her  mother. 
5.  George  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(XII)  John  Russell  (2)  Hicks,  son  of 
John  Russell  (1)  Hicks,  was  born  in 
Tiverton,  February  25,  1846,  and  died  at 
Tiverton.  He  followed  farming  very 
successfully  on  the  homestead.  He  was 
prominent  in  public  affairs  for  many 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  town 
committee  and  served  the  town  in  the 
town  council,  as  assessor,  justice  of  the 
peace,  notary  public  and  moderator.  He 
represented  the  district  in  the  Rhode 
Island  General  Assembly  from  1885  to 
1887,  1888-89,  and  was  State  senator  from 
May,  1896,  to  January,  1900.  While  in 
the  house  he  was  on  the  committee  on 
accounts  and  claims,  on  the  committee  on 
special  legislation,  and  while  in  the  Sen- 
ate was  chairman  of  the  committees  on 
education  and  on  fisheries.  He  was 
elected  alternate  to  the  Republican  Na- 
tional Convention  at  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota, in  1892,  when  Harrison  was  nomi- 
nated for  President.  Mr.  Hicks  never 
married. 


(XIII)  Dr.  George  Henry  (2)  Hicks, 
son  of  George  Henry  (1)  Hicks,  was  born 
in  Fall  River,  June  30,  1882.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native 
city,  and  graduated  from  the  B.  M.  C. 
Durfee  High  School  in  the  class  of  1901. 
He  began  his  medical  studies  in  the  Long 
Island  College  Hospital,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1905  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  was  an  interne 
for  a  year  in  the  Fall  River  Hospital, 
serving  part  of  the  time  as  assistant 
house  surgeon.  For  six  months  he  was 
an  interne  in  the  Lying-in-Hospital  at 
Sixteenth  street  and  Second  avenue,  New 
York,  and  for  another  half-year  in  the 
Children's  Hospital  of  New  York  City. 
Since  1907  he  has  been  in  general  prac- 
tice in  Fall  River,  having  his  office  and 
residence  at  1973  South  Main  street.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Progressive  Republican. 
He  is  a  past  master  of  Narragansett 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  Fall  River,  and  a  member  of  Fall 
River  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of 
Fall  River  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters ;  of  Godfrey  de  Bouillon  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar ;  and  of  Azab 
Grotto,  of  Fall  River.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the 
Lying-in-Hospital,  of  the  Fall  River 
Medical  Society,  the  Bristol  County  Med- 
ical Society,  and  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society.  In  Brayton  Methodist 
Church,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member 
for  many  years,  he  has  been  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  school  and  is  one 
of  the  trustees.  He  has  also  served  as 
district  delegate  from  Fall  River  to  the 
State  Sunday  School  Convention. 

He  married,  May  10,  1913,  in  Everett, 
Massachusetts,  Alice  Hall  Burton,  who 
was  born  at  Chelsea,  Massachusetts, 
March  15,  1882,  a  daughter  of  Mark  F. 
and  Eliza  Josephine  (Durfee)  Burton. 
She  is  descended  from  the  Durfee  family 
mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.    Mark 


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F.  Burton  married  at  Lynn,  November 
27,  1872 ;  their  children :  Harry  Elton, 
born  June  10,  1876,  and  Alice  Hall,  men- 
tioned above. 

Daniel  Burton,  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Hicks,  had  by  wife  Sarah :  Daniel  Bur- 
ton, born  June  22,  1818,  died  July  17, 
1872;  Sarah  Burton,  born  October  22, 
1826,  died  January  20,  1906;  Mark  F., 
born  January  18,  1830,  died  at  Montreal, 
Canada,  February  8,  191 1,  buried  at 
Woodlawn  (see  above). 

Stephen  Durfee,  father  of  Eliza  Joseph- 
ine Durfee,  mentioned  above,  was  born 
December  26,  1812,  died  January  16, 
1886;  his  wife  Sarah  was  born  March  18, 
1816,  died  September  20,  1906;  their  chil- 
dren: Orange  N.  Durfee,  born  May  14, 
1838;  Andrew  B.  Durfee,  born  May  1, 
1840,  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  captured 
by  Confederates  at  Sulphur  Springs,  died 
in  Andersonville  prison ;  Sarah  Maria 
Durfee,  born  February  12,  1846;  Eliza 
Josephine  Durfee,  born  December  21, 
1849,  married  Mark  F.  Burton,  men- 
tioned above ;  Mary  Elizabeth  Durfee, 
born  July  4,  1853. 

Benjamin  Durfee,  father  of  Stephen 
Durfee,  had  by  wife  Phebe  (Borden) 
Durfee,  the  following  children  (family 
records)  :  Stephen  Durfee,  born  Decem- 
ber 26,  1812;  Eliza  Ann  Durfee,  January 
27,  1815;  William,  B.  Durfee,  January  29, 
1817;  Alanson  Durfee,  February  6,  1819; 
Jonathan  B.  Durfee,  May  25,  1821  (see 
Borden  and  sketch  of  Hon.  James  H. 
Kay)  ;  Richard  Durfee,  October  12,  1823; 
Benjamin  Durfee,  August  20,  1828; 
Adrienne  Durfee,  June  19,  1829,  mother 
of  Eric  W.  Borden ;  Isaac  B.  Durfee,  July 
16,  1832,  died  April  28,  1848;  Ephraim 
Wanton  Durfee,  October  3,  1835,  died 
April  5,  1861. 

(The  Borden  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Borden,  of  County  Kent, 
England,   came   to   Boston   in   the   ship, 
N  E-7-6  81 


"Elizabeth  and  Ann,"  in  1635,  accom- 
panied by  his  wife,  Joan,  and  two  chil- 
dren;  in  1638  he  settled  at  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island.  He  held  town  offices,  and 
was  a  Quaker  in  religion.  His  wife  died 
July  18,  1688;  he  died  June  25,  1671. 
Children :  Thomas,  Francis  Matthew, 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph,  Sarah, 
Samuel,  Benjamin,  Amy. 

(II)  John  Borden,  son  of  Richard 
Borden,  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  September,  1648,  and  died  June  4, 
1716.  He  owned  large  tracts  of  land  in 
New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania  and  Delaware 
as  well  as  in  Rhode  Island.  He  was 
often  deputy  to  the  General  Court.  He 
married,  December  25,  1670,  Mary  Earl. 

(III)  Richard  (2)  Borden,  son  of  John 
Borden,  was  born  October  25,  1671,  and 
died  aged  sixty  years.  He  bought  two 
hundred  acres  in  what  is  now  Fall  River, 
and  became  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in 
that  section.  He  married,  in  1692,  Inno- 
cent Wardell. 

(IV)  Thomas  Borden,  son  of  Richard 
(2)  Borden,  was  born  December  8,  1697, 
and  died  at  Tiverton,  in  April,  1740.  He 
married,  August  14,  1721,  Mary  Gifford, 
born  October  6,  1695,  daughter  of  Chris- 
topher and  Meribah  Gifford.  Children: 
Richard,  born  in  1722;  Christopher,  men- 
tioned below;  Deborah,  Mary  and  Re- 
becca. 

(V)  Christopher  Borden,  son  of 
Thomas  Borden,  was  born  in  Tiverton, 
October  10,  1726.  He  married,  December 
24,  1748,  Hannah  Borden,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Borden,  who  was  also  a  descend- 
ant of  Richard  Borden  (1).  Children, 
born  at  Tiverton:  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Abraham,  born  May  1,  1770. 

(VI)  Jonathan  Borden,  son  of  Chris- 
topher Borden,  was  born  May  3,  1761,  at 
Tiverton.  He  married,  February  21, 
1790,  Elizabeth  Bowen,  who  was  born 
September  27,  1763,  died  July  2,  1840. 
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born  September  i,  1790;  Abraham,  men- 
tioned below;  Phebe,  September,  1794, 
died  September  3,  1862,  married  Benja- 
min Durfee  (see  Hicks  and  Durfee  fami- 
lies) ;  Thomas,  September  19,  1796; 
Rhoda,  March  21,  1798;  Isaac,  January 
8,  1800,  married  Abby,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Borden ;  Elizabeth,  November  8, 
1803,  married  Thomas  Tasker. 

(VII)  Abraham  Borden,  son  of  Jona- 
than Borden,  was  born  at  Tiverton,  July 
20,  1792,  and  died  at  Westport,  October 

28,  1864.  He  lived  in  Fall  River.  He 
married,  January  17,  1815,  Phebe  Barker. 
Children,  born  in  Fall  River:  Chris- 
topher, mentioned  below ;  Rhoda,  born 
October  12,  1820,  married,  December  25, 
1839,  Abiel  Davis ;  Marion  B.,  December 
4,  1826,  married  Weston  Jenney,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1861,  at  New  Bedford. 

(VIII)  Christopher  (2)  Borden,  son 
of  Abraham   Borden,  was  born  October 

29,  1815,  at  Fall  River.  He  married  there, 
February  1 1,  1840,  Lucy  H.  Davis,  born 
February  n,  1818.  Children,  born  at 
Fall  River:  I.  Jonathan,  born  May  15, 
1841,  died  May  16,  1916,  at  Westport; 
married  Mary  M.  Estes ;  his  daughter, 
Mary  Robertson,  married  James  H.  Kay, 
mayor  of  Fall  River  (see  Kay).  2.  Alice 
A.,  born  November  16,  1842;  married, 
January  1,  1862,  George  Henry  Hicks,  Sr. 
(see  Hicks).  3.  Mary  E.,  born  December 
7,  1844;  married  Isaac  W.  Howland,  of 
Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island.  4.  Oth- 
niel,  born  August  24,  1846.  5.  Edwin, 
born  June  26,  1850,  married  Marietta 
Young,  of  Westport,  Massachusetts.  6. 
Phebe  Sarah,  born  April  14,  1858,  married 
Arthur  Cornell,  of  Fall  River,  Massa- 
chusetts. 


PERKINS 

And  Allied  Families. 

Abraham   Perkins   appears   in    1638  as 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Hampton,  then 


in  Massachusetts,  now  New  Hampshire, 
in  which  town  he  was  made  a  freeman, 
May  13,  1640.  He  was  a  man  of  good 
education,  an  excellent  penman,  and  was 
much  employed  in  town  business.  An  old 
family  Bible  still  preserved  among  his 
descendants  gives  the  births  of  eleven  of 
his  thirteen  children.  He  died  August  31, 
1683,  aged  about  seventy-two.  His 
widow  Mary  died  May  29,  1706,  aged 
eighty-eight.  Children:  Mary,  born 
September  2,  1639;  Abraham,  September 
2,  1639;  Luke,  mentioned  below;  Hum- 
phrey, January  22,  1642,  died  young; 
James,  April  11,  1644,  died  young;  Timo- 
thy, October  5,  1646;  James,  October  5, 
1647;  Jonathan,  May  30,  1650;  David, 
February  28,  1653  ;  Abigail,  April  2,  1655  ; 
Timothy,  June  26,  1657;  Sarah,  July  26, 
1659;  Humphrey,  May  17,  1661. 

(II)  Luke  Perkins,  second  son  of  Abra- 
ham and  Mary  Perkins,  was  born  1641, 
and  died  March  20,  1710.  As  a  boy  of 
about  fourteen,  in  1654,  he  apprenticed 
himself  with  the  consent  of  his  parents 
to  Samuel  Carter,  a  shoemaker  of 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, March  9,  1663,  Hannah,  widow  of 
Henry  Cookery,  and  daughter  of  Robert 
Long,  Sr.  She  was  admitted  to  the  First 
Church  in  1668,  and  died  November  16, 
1715.  Children:  John,  born  May  10, 
1664;  Luke,  March  14,  1665,  died  young; 
Luke,  mentioned  below;  Henry;  Eliza- 
beth, April  15,  1670;  John,  April  15,  1670; 
Abraham,  baptized  28th  of  5th  month, 
1672;  Hannah,  born  December  9,  1673; 
Mary,  April  5,  1676. 

(III)  Luke  (2)  Perkins,  son  of  Luke 
(1)  and  Hannah  (Long-Cookery)  Per- 
kins, was  born  March  18,  1667,  and  died 
in  Plympton,  December  27,  1748,  nearly 
eighty-two  years  of  age.  He  lived  in 
Marblehead,  Beverly,  Wenham,  Ipswich 
and  Plympton,  and  about  1714  the  family 
moved  from  Ipswich  to  Plympton,  Mas- 
sachusetts.    Mr.    Perkins   was   a    black- 


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smith,  the  first  of  that  trade  to  settle  in 
Plympton,  and  it  is  said  that  a  lot  of 
eighteen  acres  of  land  was  deeded  him  at 
Rocky  Run  in  Plympton,  as  an  induce- 
ment to  settle  there  as  a  blacksmith.  It 
is  worthy  of  note  that  many  of  his  de- 
scendants have  been  iron  workers  of  one 
kind  or  another  down  to  the  present  time. 
He  received  from  his  uncle,  David  Per- 
kins, of  Bridgewater,  the  latter's  land  in 
Abington,  one-third  of  the  Solomon  Leon- 
ard purchase  and  two-thirds  of  the  John 
Robbins  purchase.  Mr.  Perkins  married, 
May  31,  1688,  Martha,  born  August  16, 
1664,  daughter  of  Lot  and  Elizabeth 
(Walton)  Conant,  died  January  2,  1754, 
in  her  ninetieth  year.  Children :  John, 
born  April  5,  1689,  at  Marblehead ; 
Martha,  September  19,  1691 ;  Hannah, 
March  12,  1693;  Luke,  September  17, 
1695 ;  Mark,  baptized  April  30,  1699,  in 
Beverly,  Massachusetts ;  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Deacon  Josiah  Perkins,  son  of 
Luke  (2)  and  Martha  (Conant)  Perkins, 
born  in  1700,  died  October  15,  1789,  was 
town  clerk  for  forty  years.  He  married 
(first)  Deborah,  daughter  of  Nehemiah 
Bennett,  of  Middleboro,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  (second)  Rebecca  Parker. 
Children,  all  of  first  marriage:  Nathan, 
born  1723;  William,  1724;  John,  1726; 
Martha,  1727;  Joshua,  1729;  Abner,  1731, 
died  young;  Josiah,  1732;  Luke,  1733; 
Abner,  1735;  Deborah,  1737;  Hannah, 
1740;  Zephaniah,  1742;  Isaac,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Isaac  Perkins,  youngest  child  of 
Deacon  Josiah  and  Deborah  (Bennett) 
Perkins,  was  born  1744,  in  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution  from  that  town.  He  was  a 
sergeant  in  Captain  Amos  Wade's  (Third 
Middleboro)  Company,  of  minute-men, 
which  marched  on  the  Lexington  Alarm, 
and  served  three  days.     He  also  served 


under  the  same  captain  in  Colonel  Cot- 
ton's regiment,  return  dated  October  7, 
1775.  He  was  a  sergeant  in  Captain 
Joshua  White's  company,  Colonel  Ebe- 
nezer  Sprout's  regiment,  which  marched 
May  8,  1776,  and  was  out  twelve  days  at 
Howland  Ferry,  on  an  alarm.  Under  the 
same  commanders  he  served  from  May 
6  to  May  9  and  from  September  6  to  Sep- 
tember 12,  nine  days,  in  1778,  at  Dart- 
mouth. Under  the  same  commanders  he 
marched  August  1  and  was  discharged 
August  9,  1780,  nine  days  at  Tiverton. 
He  married  Molly  Shurtleff,  born  1747, 
daughter  of  Barnabas  and  Jemima 
(Adams)  Shurtleff,  of  Middleboro  (see 
Shurtleff  IV).  Children:  Barnabas,  born 
January  20,  1772;  Temperance,  July  13, 
1773;  Molly,  March  17,  1775;  Isaac,  No- 
vember 2."],  1776;  Lothrop,  March  17, 
1779;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  John, 
November  17,  1783 ;  Jemima,  March  13, 
1787. 

(VI)  Josiah  (2)  Perkins,  fourth  son 
of  Isaac  and  Molly  (Shurtleff)  Perkins, 
was  born  April  15,  1781,  in  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts,  and  lived  in  that  town. 
He  married,  February  4,  1808,  Asenath 
Clark,  of  Rochester,  born  June  5,  1783, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Bethiah  (Cros- 
by) Clark,  of  Middleboro  (see  Clark  VI). 
Children :  Bethiah  Crosby,  born  Decem- 
ber 4,  1808;  Eldridge  Gerry,  December 
21,  1810;  Molly  Shurtleff,  August  15, 
1813;  Nathaniel  Clark,  November  12, 
1815;  Isaac,  September  4,  1817;  Thomas 
Peleg  Whitridge,  mentioned  below;  Jo- 
siah, September  15,  1823;  Asenath  Sarah, 
December  4,  1826. 

(VII)  Thomas  Peleg  Whitridge  Per- 
kins, fourth  son  of  Josiah  (2)  and  Asenath 
(Clark)  Perkins,  was  born  December  11, 
1820,  in  Middleboro,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  grew  to  manhood,  and  learned 
the  trade  of  blacksmith.  Soon  after  at- 
taining his  majority  he  located  in  Wor- 


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cester,  Massachusetts,  where  he  con- 
tinued at  his  trade  until  1869,  when  he 
went  to  Fairhaven,  Massachusetts,  and 
there  continued  to  make  his  home,  spend- 
ing his  summers  at  Rock,  in  the  town  of 
Middleboro.  He  died  March  27,  1903,  and 
was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  North 
Rochester,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
(first)  (intentions  published  May  20,  1843, 
in  Rochester)  Laura  A.  Bennett,  born 
October  19,  1822,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Bennett,  died  April  5,  1848,  at 
Wareham,  Massachusetts,  leaving  no 
issue.  He  married  (second)  December 
18,  185 1,  Betsey  W.  Canedy,  born  1828, 
in  Lakeville,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Zebulon  Leonard  and  Olive  (Bisbee) 
Canedy,  of  Middleboro  (see  Canedy  VI). 
She  died  October  4,  1912.  Children: 
Oscar  T.,  married  Annie  Lane  Pratt,  and 
resides  in  Fairhaven;  Olive  Bessie,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Olive  Bessie  Perkins,  only 
daughter  of  Thomas  Peleg  Whitridge 
and  Betsey  W.  (Canedy)  Perkins,  born 
October  21,  1855,  in  Rochester,  Massa- 
chusetts, became  the  wife  of  Henry  A. 
Sherman,  a  well-known  ironworker  of 
New  Bedford,  in  which  city  they  reside. 
Mr.  Sherman  is  a  son  of  the  late  Captain 
Charles  and  Lucy  (Coleman)  Sherman, 
and  grandson  of  James  and  Abigail 
(Parker)  Sherman.  James  Sherman  died 
December  12,  1850,  in  New  Bedford,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-nine  years  and  six 
months.  His  wife  died  at  Fairhaven, 
February  5,  1836,  aged  seventy-five  years. 
Mrs.  Sherman  is  active  in  the  social  life 
of  New  Bedford,  and  is  the  organizer  and 
first  regent  of  Fort  Phoenix  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
She  has  represented  this  chapter  as  a 
delegate  to  the  national  congress  in 
Washington.  She  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Founders  and  Patriots  Society,  of  the 
Women's  Club  of  New  Bedford,  and  of 


the  Young  Women's  Christian  Associ- 
ation, in  which  she  is  especially  active. 
She  conducts  a  circulating  library  in  New 
Bedford,  and  is  much  interested  in  liter- 
ary and  historical  pursuits. 

(The  Shurtleff  Line). 

This  name  is  found  in  Plymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, fourteen  years  after  the  land- 
ing of  the  Pilgrims,  and  is  prominently 
identified  with  the  management  of  affairs 
there  for  a  long  period.  In  the  records  of 
Plymouth  the  name  has  various  spellings, 
such  as  Shirtleff,  Shirtley,  Shurtlif.  It 
first  appears  in  England  as  Chiercliffe, 
then  Chyrecliffe,  Shiercliffe,  and  finally 
Shirtleff.  A  grandson  of  the  American 
progenitor  adopted  the  present  form, 
which  is  generally  in  use  by  the  family. 

(I)  William  Shurtleff,  in  his  youth, 
came  to  Plymouth  before  1635,  from 
Ecclesfield,  a  village  of  Yorkshire,  about 
five  miles  from  Scrooby,  the  early  gather- 
ing place  of  the  Pilgrims  before  they 
went  to  Holland.  In  this  village,  at  a  seat 
called  Whitley  Hall,  resided  the  only 
family  of  the  name  that  can  be  found  be- 
fore its  appearance  in  America.  By  occu- 
pation William  Shurtleff  was  a  carpenter, 
and  he  appears  in  the  Plymouth  records 
as  "surveyor  of  highwaies"  and  constable. 
In  1643  ne  was  enrolled  among  those  re- 
quired to  give  military  service  to  the 
colony.  He  was  killed  by  a  stroke  of 
lightning  at  Marshfield,  June  23,  1666. 
He  married,  October  18,  1655,  Elizabeth 
Lettice,  born  about  1636,  in  England, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Lettice. 
She  survived  her  husband  over  twenty- 
seven  years,  and  died  October  31,  1693,  in 
Swansea,  Massachusetts.  They  had  three 
sons :  William,  Thomas  and  Abiel,  the 
last  born  within  a  few  days  after  the 
death  of  his  father. 

(II)  William  (2)  Shurtleff,  son  of 
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Shurtleff,  was  born  1657,  in  Plymouth, 
and  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  the  town, 
where  he  died  February  4,  1730.  He  was 
enrolled  as  a  freeman,  May  27,  1681,  and 
was  surveyor  of  highways  in  1684.  On 
August  30,  1686,  he  was  chosen  to  serve 
at  the  court  of  assistants,  and  was  con- 
stable in  1689.  He  was  selectman  in 
1692-93-94-95,  1698-99  and  1700-01 ;  repre- 
sentative at  the  General  Court  in  1694; 
assessor  in  the  same  year,  and  town 
treasurer  in  1695-96-97  and  1700.  At 
various  town  meetings  in  1695  he  was 
appointed  on  important  committees, 
among  them  one  for  making  the  province 
rate  and  one  of  six  men  to  draw  agree- 
ments "as  may  be  of  use  to  defend  the 
Town  Right  on  the  North  sid  of  the 
Towne."  On  December  1  of  that  year 
he  was  granted,  with  Ephraim  Coole,  "30 
foott  of  land  square"  by  the  waterside,  on 
which  to  build  a  "wharfe."  In  March, 
1697,  he  was  one  of  a  committee  to  settle 
the  ranges,  and  in  September  following 
he  was  chosen  as  one  of  a  committee  "to 
treat  with  Middlebery  agents  Respecting 
the  Rainge  between  the  towne"  and  cer- 
tain purchasers  of  land.  In  1698  he  was 
on  a  committee  to  call  a  minister,  and  in 
1699  to  care  for  and  defend  the  commons. 
In  1700  he  was  made  a  surveyor  of 
bounds,  and  from  that  time  on  the  land 
records  bear  his  name  on  every  page,  in 
establishing  the  location  of  real  estate. 
In  1701  he  was  called  "leftenant,"  and  in 
October  of  that  year  received  a  grant  of 
"Meadow  or  Meadoish  Ground."  The 
Shurtleff  House,  built  by  him  in  Ply- 
mouth before  1698  at  the  corner  of  Ley- 
den  and  Market  streets,  was  removed  in 
1883  to  the  lot  adjoining  the  Drew  Block 
on  Market  street.  His  headstone  in  the 
first  burying  ground  of  the  Pilgrims  on 
Cole's  Hill  bears  this  inscription :  "Here 
lyes  ye  body  of  Captn  William  Shurtleff 
who  Deed  Febry  the  4th,  1729-30  in  the 


72d  year  of  his  age."  His  wife,  Susanna, 
was  a  daughter  of  Barnabas  Lothrop,  son 
of  Rev.  John  Lothrop,  of  Barnstable,  and 
Susanna  (Clark)  Lothrop,  granddaughter 
of  Thomas  Clark,  of  Plymouth  (see  Loth- 
rop, III).  She  was  born  February  28, 
1664,  in  Barnstable,  and  died  August  9, 
1726,  in  Plympton.  Children :  Jabez, 
Thomas,  William,  John,  Susannah,  Bar- 
nabas, Ichabod,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Sarah, 
Samuel,  Abigail,  born  in  Plymouth ;  and 
Nathaniel,  born  1707  in  Plympton. 

(III)  Barnabas  Shurtleff,  fifth  son  of 
William  (2)  and  Susanna  (Lothrop) 
Shurtleff,  married  Jemima  Adams. 

(IV)  Molly  Shurtleff,  daughter  of 
Barnabas  and  Jemima  (Adams)  Shurt- 
leff, became  the  wife  of  Isaac  Perkins,  of 
Middleboro  (see  Perkins,  V). 

(The  Clark  Line). 

(I)  William  Clark  kept  an  ordinary  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  whither  he  came 
about  1634  from  England.  He  was  dead 
in  1647,  when  his  wife  Catherine  renewed 
the  license  to  conduct  the  tavern.  His 
inventory  made  in  July,  1647,  amounted 
to  £587,  3s.  and  2d.  He  had  a  son  and 
daughter  by  a  first  wife,  whose  name  is 
unknown,  and  four  children  by  the 
second. 

(II)  William  (2)  Clark,  probably  a  son 
of  William  Clark,  above  named,  is  de- 
scribed as  a  vintner  in  Salem  in  1660. 
There  is  no  record  of  his  wife.  There  is 
little  doubt  that  he  was  the  father  of  the 
next  mentioned. 

(III)  John  Clark,  born  about  1658-60, 
settled  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Smith,  of  Salem,  born  October 
20,  1660,  settled  in  Rochester,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1705.  There  his  will  was 
made  March  7,  1727.  Children:  Sarah, 
born  August  21,  1683,  in  Beverly;  John, 
October  7,  1687;  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 


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low;  Catherine,  baptized  July  3,  1690,  in 
Beverly ;  Mary,  July  2,  1693 ;  Cornelius, 
August  28,  1698;  Elizabeth,  November  I, 
1702. 

(IV)  Joseph  Clark,  according  to  the 
will  of  his  father  the  second  son  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Smith)  Clark,  born  about 
1688-89,  nved  in  Rochester,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married,  December  29,  1720, 
Thankful,  daughter  of  Andrew  Stevens. 
Children  :  Isaac,  born  September  6,  1721 ; 
Katherine,  October  17,  1723;  Joseph,  No- 
vember 30,  1724;  Thankful,  August,  1727; 
Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Willard, 
March  21,  1732;  Sarah;  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized September  12,  1736;  Robert,  June  8. 

J739- 

(V)  Nathaniel  Clark,  third  son  of  Jo- 
seph and  Thankful  (Stevens)  Clark,  was 
born  February  17,  1730,  in  Rochester,  in 
which  town  he  lived.  He  was  a  private 
in  Captain  Jabez  Cottle's  company,  Colo- 
nel Ebenezer  Sprout's  regiment.  May  6 
and  7,  1778,  two  days,  on  a  Dartmouth 
alarm.  His  name  appears  in  a  list  of 
men  in  charge  of  James  Hatch,  muster- 
master,  to  serve  to  January  1,  1779.  He 
fulfilled  this  service  six  months,  from 
July  1,  1778,  to  January  1,  1779,  as  a 
private  in  Sergeant  Elisha  Ruggles'  de- 
tachment, stationed  at  Rochester  and 
Wareham,  Massachusetts.  He  served 
with  Captain  Edward  Hammond  -from 
August  13  to  September  13,  1779,  de- 
tached to  serve  one  month  in  Rhode 
Island  in  command  of  Samuel  Fisher.  He 
was  also  in  Captain  Barnabas  Doty's 
company,  Fourth  Plymouth  County  Regi- 
ment, commanded  by  Lieutenant-Colonel 
White,  from  July  30  to  August  8,  1780, 
nine  days'  service  on  a  Rhode  Island 
alarm.  He  married  (intentions  published 
in  Rochester,  March  12,  1758)  Bethiah 
Crosby,  of  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts, 
born  July  26,  1738,  daughter  of  Theo- 
philus  and  Thankful  ( Winslow)  Crosby, 


of  that  town  (see  Crosby,  X).  Children: 
Mary,  born  July  2,  1759;  Sarah,  March 
21,  1762;  Nathaniel,  May  19,  1764;  Theo- 
philus,  June  18,  1766;  Bethiah,  September 
5,  1768;  Sarah,  January  27,  1770;  Kather- 
ine, October  28,  1774;  Joseph,  February 
27»  l777\  Thomas,  March  10,  1780; 
Asenath,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Asenath  Clark,  youngest  child  of 
Nathaniel  and  Bethiah  (Crosby)  Clark, 
was  born  June  5,  1783,  in  Rochester,  and 
was  married,  February  4,  1808,  to  Josiah 
(2)  Perkins,  of  Middleboro,  Massachu- 
setts  (see  Perkins,  VI). 

(The  Canedy  Line). 

(I)  Alexander  Canedy  was  perhaps  a 
resident  of  Plymouth.  Of  the  Canedy 
family  and  others  of  their  time  says 
Weston,  in  his  "History  of  Middleboro:" 
"Among  the  prominent  families  (of  Lake- 
ville)  in  the  last  century  were:  The 
Canedys,  the  Montgomerys,  the  Mc- 
Cullys,  the  Pickenses,  the  Strobridges, 
and  the  McCumbers.  There  is  a  tradi- 
tion, which  has  always  been  regarded  as 
true,  that  these  families  were  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent,  and  that,  as  Protestants  in 
the  North  of  Ireland,  they  joined  with 
William  in  the  heroic  resistance  at  the 
siege  of  Londonderry  and  the  battle  of 
the  Boyne  in  1690.  For  their  services 
they  were  rewarded  by  the  British  Crown 
with  various  tracts  of  land  in  the  New 
England  Colonies,  and  nearly  a  gener- 
ation after  those  residing  in  and  about 
Londonderry  determined  to  leave  the 
land  for  which  they  had  fought  and  seek 
a  home  where  they  would  be  free  from 
the  persecutions  to  which  they  had  been 
so  long  subjected.  These  families  were 
probably  among  those  who,  in  1718, 
dispatched  Rev.  William  Boyde  with  an 
address  to  Governor  Shute,  of  Massachu- 
setts, signed  by  two  hundred  and  seven- 
teen of  their  number.    Such  was  their  in- 


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telligence  that  of  these  all  but  seven 
wrote  their  names  very  plainly  and  ap- 
plied to  be  allowed  to  emigrate  to  Massa- 
chusetts ;  the  governor's  reply  was  such 
that  they  concluded  to  embark  for  Bos- 
ton. It  is  said  that  some  of  these  emi 
grants,  after  wandering  about  seeking  in 
vain  for  a  suitable  home,  finally  came  and 
settled  in  Lakeville,  taking  tracts  of  land, 
portions  of  which  are  still  held  by  their 
descendants.  They  brought  with  tin  . 
their  sterling  integrity  and  love  for  the 
English  Crown  and  for  the  Protestant 
faith."  The  children  of  Alexander  Canedy 
and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  were :  Hannah, 
born  in  1678,  married,  in  1697,  Eleazer 
Pratt;  Elizabeth,  1682;  Jean,  1685;  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  1693 ; 
Annable,  1698,  married  Thomas  Paine,  of 
Freetown;  John,  1703. 

(II)  Captain  William  Canedy,  son  of 
Alexander  and  Elizabeth  Canedy,  was 
born  in  1689,  and  died  June  23,  1774,  in 
the  eighty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  He 
acquired  land  first  in  Middleboro,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1717,  from  Nathan  Rowland.  He 
was  commissioned  ensign  of  forces  to 
fight  the  French  and  Indians,  and  in  1723 
in  that  service  as  a  lieutenant  he  was  in- 
trusted with  the  command  of  a  fort  that, 
on  December  25,  1723,  was  furiously  at- 
tacked by  the  Indians,  the  siege  lasting 
thirty  days,  when  reinforcements  arrived 
in  sufficient  numbers  to  raise  the  siege 
and  relieve  the  garrison.  The  conduct  of 
Lieutenant  Canedy  on  that  occasion  was 
deemed  so  meritorious  that  as  a  conse- 
quence he  was  promoted  to  captain  in  the 
service,  and  several  years  afterward  he 
was  commissioned  captain  of  one  of  the 
companies  in  the  local  militia  of  Taunton. 
He  was  commissioned  a  justice  of  the 
peace  for  the  county  of  Bristol  and  prob- 
ably continued  in  that  relation  through 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  former 
residence  in  the  eastern  part  of  Taunton, 


near  the  Berkley  line,  stood  until  a  gener- 
ation ago.  He  married  Elizabeth  Eaton, 
born  July  26,  1701,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Eaton. 

(III)  Captain  William  (2)  Canedy,  son 
of  WTilliam  (1)  and  Elizabeth  (Eaton) 
Canedy,  was  born  about  1729,  in  Middle- 
boro, and  was  an  influential  man  in  that 
part  of  the  town  now  Lakeville.  He  had 
served  with  distinction  in  the  French  and 
Indian  War,  and,  having  held  a  commis- 
sion as  captain  under  the  Imperial  gov- 
ernment, declared  that  he  could  not  be  a 
traitor  in  his  old  age.  He  died  March  26, 
1804,  as  the  result  of  an  accident;  as  he 
was  returning  home  one  evening  on 
horseback,  in  a  blinding  snow-storm,  the 
horse  he  was  riding  went  under  a  shed 
and  threw  the  rider  to  the  ground,  where- 
by he  sustained  injuries  that  proved  fatal. 
He  married,  December  6,  1753,  Charity 
Leonard,  born  February  27,  1732,  died 
October  13,  1805,  daughter  of  Hon.  Elk- 
anah  Leonard,  a  distinguished  lawyer, 
granddaughter  of  Ensign  Elkanah  Leon- 
ard, and  great-granddaughter  of  Major 
Thomas  Leonard. 

(IV)  William  (3)  Canedy,  son  of  Cap- 
tain William  (2)  and  Charity  (Leonard) 
Canedy,  was  born  December  15,  1757.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Colonial  forces  dur- 
ing the  Revolution,  and  served  as  a 
private  in  Captain  Job  Pearce's  (Middle- 
boro) company,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Sprout, 
which  marched  December  9.  1776,  to 
Tiverton  on  an  alarm  at  Howland's 
Ferry,  serving  five  days.  He  married 
Mary  Gooch  Brown,  born  October  29, 
1764,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Mary 
(Gooch)  Brown.  Josiah  Brown  was  a 
Revolutionary  soldier,  serving  as  a 
private  in  Captain  Nathaniel  Healy's 
company,  Colonel  Jonathan  Holmes' 
regiment,  which  marched  on  a  Rhode 
Island  alarm  in  December,  1776.  He  was 
subsequently  stationed  in  camp  at  Provi- 


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dence,  twenty-one  days,  from  January  21, 
1777.  Among  their  children  was  a  son, 
Zebulon   Leonard. 

(V)  Zebulon  Leonard  Canedy,  son  of 
William  (3)  and  Mary  Gooch  (Brown) 
Canedy,  was  born  August  11,  1793,  and 
married  Olive  Bisbee,  of  Middleboro  (see 
Bisbee,  VII).  Children:  William ;  Elk- 
anah  W.,  married  Nancy  Shaw,  of 
Middleboro ;  Salmon  Snow ;  Betsey  W., 
mentioned  below ;  Mary  B.,  married  Wil- 
liam T.  Jenny,  of  Middleboro. 

(VI)  Betsey  W.  Canedy,  daughter  of 
Zebulon  Leonard  and  Olive  (Bisbee) 
Canedy,  became  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Peleg  Whitridge  Perkins,  of  Rochester 
(see  Perkins,  VII). 

(The  Lothrop  Line). 

The  Lothrop  family  is  among  the  old- 
est of  the  Colonial  families  who  settled  in 
New  England.  Members  of  this  family 
Juffered  persecution  and  arrest  for  ex- 
pressing and  living  according  to  their 
honest  religious  convictions  and  secured 
immunity  from  further  molestation  on 
their  promise  to  leave  the  country.  Rev. 
John  Lothrop,  the  American  ancestor  of 
this  family,  was  one  of  those  who  suffered 
in  the  above  mentioned  manner,  and  his 
first  wife  died  while  he  was  in  prison.  He 
was  a  minister  in  Egerton,  Kent,  Eng- 
land, and  removed  to  London  in  16; 
where  he  became  pastor  of  a  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  and  forty-three  mem- 
bers of  his  church  were  imprisoned  by 
order  of  the  archbishop,  April  29,  1632, 
because  they  practiced  the  teachings  of 
the  New  Testament.  Upon  promise  to 
leave  the  country  they  were  released,  and 
Rev.  John  Lothrop  came  to  New  England 
with  his  family  in  1634,  and  shortly  after- 
ward organized  a  church  at  Scituate, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  admitted  free- 
man of  Plymouth  Colony,  1636-37,  and 
two  years  later  removed  with  the  larger 


part  of  the  membership  of  his  church  to 
Barnstable.  In  Pope's  "Pioneers  of  Mas- 
sachusetts," we  find  :  "He  married  a  sec- 
ond wife  whose  name  is  not  on  our 
records,  who  came  here  with  him,  joined 
the  church,  June  14,  1635,  and  survived 
him."  He  was  a  man  of  great  piety  and 
energy,  and  did  much  to  further  the 
secular  as  well  as  the  spiritual  welfare  of 
the  colony. 

(II)  Barnabas  Lothrop,  son  of  Rev. 
John  Lothrop,  baptized  June  3,  1636,  in 
Scituate,  married,  December  1,  1658,  Sus- 
anna Clark,  born  1642,  daughter  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Susanna  (Ring)  Clark, 
and  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Clark, 
mate  of  the  "Mayflower."  She  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1697.  Thomas  (2)  Clark  was 
a  carpenter,  and  came  in  the  ship  "Ann" 
to  Plymouth  in  1623.  He  married,  before 
1631,  Susanna  Ring,  daughter  of  Andrew 
and  Mary  Ring,  of  Plymouth.  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Susanna 
(Ring)  Clark,  became  the  wife  of  Barna- 
bas Lathrop,  as  above  noted. 

(III)  Susanna  Lothrop,  daughter  of 
Barnabas  and  Susanna  (Clark)  Lothrop, 
married  William  (2)  Shurtleff,  of  Ply- 
mouth (see  Shurtleff,  II). 

(The  Crosby  Line). 

(I)  John  Crosby,  born  about  1440,  died 
in  1502,  in  Stillingfleet,  England,  where 
he  was  a  substantial  citizen,  living  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  VI.,  Edward  IV.,  Edward 
V.,  Richard  III.  and  Henry  VII.  The 
name  of  his  wife  is  unknown.  He  had 
seven  children. 

(II)  Miles  Crosby,  youngest  child  of 
John  Crosby,  born  about  1483,  was  ex- 
ecutor of  his  father's  will  in  1502.  In  1538 
he  lived  in  Shipton  Parish,  north  of 
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor.  He  had  sons, 
Thomas  and  William. 

(III)  Thomas  Crosby,  son  of  Miles 
Crosby,  born  about  1510,  died  in  1558-59. 


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was  an  archer  on  the  muster  roll  of  1538. 
He  married,  about  1542,  Janet,  widow  of 
John  Bell,  who  died  in  1568-69.  They 
had  four  sons. 

(IV)  Anthony  Crosby,  second  son  of 
Thomas  and  Janet  Crosby,  was  born 
about  1545,  and  removed  with  his  mother, 
after  the  death  of  his  father,  to  Bubwith 
Parish,  where,  in  1592,  he  purchased  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  at  Holme-on-Spald- 
ing-Moor,  in  Yorkshire.  Subsequently  he 
purchased  a  close  in  Wheldrake,  where 
he  died  in  1599.  His  wife,  Alice,  was 
probably  a  Blanchard,  as  she  appears 
among  other  relatives  to  whom  John 
Blanchard  bequeathed  property. 

(V)  Thomas  (2)  Crosby,  son  of  An- 
thony and  Alice  Crosby,  born  about  1575, 
in  Bubwith,  County  York,  came  to  New 
England  in  1641,  following  sons  who  had 
preceded  him,  and  died  at  Rowley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  was  buried  May  6, 
1661.  He  married,  in  Holme-on-Spalding- 
Moor,  October  19,  1600,  Jane  Sotheron, 
baptized  there  March  4,  1582,  daughter 
of  William  and  Constance  (Lambert) 
Sotheron.  She  was  buried  in  Rowley, 
May  2,  1662.  Children :  Anthony,  born 
about  1602;  Thomas,  1604;  William, 
1606;  Simon,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Simon  Crosby,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  and  Jane  (Sotheron)  Crosby,  was 
born  1608,  in  England,  and  embarked  for 
New  England  in  the  ship,  "Susan  and 
Ellen,"  April  18,  1634,  with  his  wife  Ann, 
aged  twenty-five  years,  and  son  Thomas, 
aged  eight  weeks.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  selectman  in  1636  and  1638, 
resided  at  what  is  now  Brattle  Square, 
near  the  site  of  the  old  Brattle  House. 
He  died  in  September,  1639.  His  widow 
Ann  married  (second)  Rev.  William 
Thompson,  of  Braintree,  before  1648,  sur- 
viving her  second  husband,  who  died  De- 
cember 10,  1668.     Children  of  Simon  and 


Ann  Crosby :  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low; Simon,  born  August,  1637,  in  Cam- 
bridge ;  Joseph,  February,  1639,  settled 
in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  married 
Sarah  Brackett. 

(VII)  Thomas  (3)  Crosby,  eldest  child 
of  Simon  and  Ann  Crosby,  was  baptized 
February  26,  1635,  at  Holme-on-Spalding- 
Moor,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1653.  From  1655  to  1670  he  was  min- 
ister at  Eastham,  Massachusetts,  at  an 
annual  salary  of  fifty  pounds.  Though 
never  formally  ordained,  he  was  very 
acceptable  as  a  pastor  to  his  people.  Sub- 
sequently he  was  a  merchant  in  Harwich, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  in  Boston,  June 
12,  1702,  while  on  a  visit  there.  The  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  amounted  to  £1091 
and  6s.  At  one  time  he  lived  in  Yar- 
mouth, Massachusetts.  His  widow  Sarah 
survived  him  and  married  (second)  April 
8,  1703,  John  Miller,  of  Yarmouth.  Chil- 
dren: Thomas,  born  April  7,  1663; 
Simon,  July  5,  1665 ;  Sarah,  March  24, 
1667 ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  John, 
December,  1670;  a  twin  of  John,  died  at 
birth;  William,  March;  1673;  Ebenezer, 
March  28,  1675  ;  Increase,  Ann  and  Mary 
(triplets),  April  14  and  15,  1678;  Eleazer, 
March  30,  1680. 

(VIII)  Joseph  Crosby,  third  son  of 
Thomas  (3)  and  Sarah  Crosby,  was  born 
January  27,  1669,  in  Yarmouth.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  May  30,  1725,  in  that 
town.  He  married  there,  February  11. 
1693,  Mehitable  Miller,  who  died  Febru- 
ary 17,  1734.  Children:  Theophilus, 
mentioned  below ;  Joseph,  born  June  20, 
1695;  Mehitable,  March  20,  1697;  Ann, 
June  6,  1699;  Sarah  and  Margaret  (twins) 
February  4,  1702;  Lydia,  July  14,  1704; 
Josiah,  July  15,  1706;  William,  March  12, 
1710;  Hannah,  March  13,  1712;  Barnabas, 
May  9,  1715. 

(IX)  Theophilus  Crosby,  eldest  child 
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was  born  December  31,  1693,  in  Yar- 
mouth, where  he  lived,  and  married,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1723,  Thankful  Winslow,  born 
about  1697,  in  Harwich,  daughter  of 
Kenelm  (4)  and  Bethiah  (Hall)  Win- 
slow.  The  early  history  of  the  Winslow 
family  is  elsewhere  given  in  this  work, 
including  six  English  generations.  The 
American  immigrant  in  this  line,  Kenelm 
(2)  Winslow,  son  of  Edward  Winslow, 
was  born  April  29,  1599,  at  Droitwich, 
County  Worcester,  England,  and  was  a 
brother  of  Governor  Edward  Winslow,  of 
the  Plymouth  Colony.  Kenelm  (3)  Win- 
slow  was  born  about  1636,  at  Plymouth, 
and  died  November  11,  1715,  at  Harwich, 
Massachusetts.  He  lived  in  Yarmouth, 
and  afterward  in  that  part  of  Harwich 
which  is  now  Brewster,  Massachusetts, 
his  homestead  on  the  west  border  at  a 
place  now  called  West  Brewster.  In  the 
records  he  is  called  colonel,  planter  or 
yeoman.  He  bought  large  tracts  of  wild 
land  in  what  is  now  Rochester,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  which  several  of  his  children 
settled,  and  the  water  privilege  which  it 
included  is  still  in  possession  of  the  fam- 
ily. On  three  occasions  he  rode  sixty 
miles  to  Scituate  to  have  a  child  baptized 
in  the  Second  Church  there,  and  was  on 
a  committee  to  seat  the  meetinghouse  in 
Harwich,  October  4,  1714.  His  first  wife, 
Mercy  (Worden)  Winslow,  daughter  of 
Peter,  Jr.  and  Mercy  Worden,  was  born 
about  1641,  and  died  September  22,  1688. 
She  was  buried  in  the  Winslow  grave- 
yard at  Dennis.  Her  headstone  is  of  hard 
slate,  brought  from  England,  and  the 
oldest  in  the  yard.  The  history  of  Kenelm 
(2)  Winslow,  son  of  Edward  Winslow, 
is  given  at  length  elsewhere  in  this  work. 
Kenelm  (4),  son  of  Kenelm  (3)  and 
Mercy  (Worden)  Winslow,  was  baptized 
August  9,  1668,  in  Scituate.  His  wife, 
Bethiah  (Hall)  Winslow,  was  a  daughter 
of  Rev.   Gershom  and   Bethiah    (Bangs) 


Hall,  of  Yarmouth,  granddaughter  of 
Edward  Bangs,  who  came  to  Plymouth  in 
1623  in  the  ship  "Ann."  The  history  of 
Gershom  Hall  and  his  father,  John  Hall, 
is  given  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Chil- 
dren of  Theophilus  Crosby :  Josiah,  born 
September  22,  1724;  Edmund,  September 
24,  1726;  Thankful,  May  22,  1729;  Theo- 
philus, January  31,  1733;  Ann,  October 
4,  1735  ;  Bethiah,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary, 
August  2,  1742. 

(X)  Bethiah  Crosby,  third  daughter  of 
Theophilus  and  Thankful  (Winslow) 
Crosby,  was  born  July  26,  1738,  in  Yar- 
mouth, and  became  the  wife  of  Nathaniel 
Clark,  of  Rochester,  Massachusetts  (see 
Clark,  V). 

(The  Bisbee  Line). 

This  surname  is  spelled  in  the  records 
Besbedge,  Besbidge,  Besbeech,  Besbitch, 
Besberch,  Bisbe,  Bisbey,  Bisby,  but  at  the 
present  time,  Bisbee  is  the  standard  form. 

(I)  Deacon  Thomas  Bisbee,  or  Bes- 
bidge, was  born  in  England.  He  was  a 
man  of  wealth  and  position  in  Sandwich, 
England ;  settled  in  Scituate,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1635.  He  became  prominent  also 
at  Plymouth.  In  the  spring  of  1634  he 
came  in  the  ship  "Hercules,"  John  With- 
erly,  master,  sailing  from  Sandwich,  with 
his  wife,  six  children  and  three  servants. 
He  had  certificates  from  Rev.  Thomas 
Warren,  rector  of  St.  Peter's,  Sandwich, 
and  Rev.  Thomas  Harmon,  vicar  of  Hed- 
corn,  of  conversion  and  conformity  to 
orders  and  discipline  of  the  church  and 
had  taken  oaths  of  allegiance  and  suprem- 
acy. He  became  a  member  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Lothrop's  church,  first  at  Scituate,  and 
was  one  of  the  first  deacons.  In  1638  he 
bought  a  house  of  William  Palmer  in 
Duxbury,  and  moved  thither  in  1643  I  was 
deputy  to  the  General  Court  from  Dux- 
bury ;  grantee  of  Seipicon  (Rochester), 
Massachusetts,  but  the  grant  was  not 
accepted    and  Bisbee    moved  to    Marsh- 


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field.  Afterward  he  was  in  Sudbury, 
where  he  settled  in  1647,  and  died  March 
9,  1674.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1637,  lived  for  a  time  at  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts  (1636),  and  sold 
land  in  Sudbury,  October  13,  1664.  His 
will  was  dated  November  25,  1672,  and 
proved  April  7,  1674.  Children:  Elisha, 
mentioned  below ;  Alice,  married  John 
Bourne  ;  Mary,  married  William  Browne  ; 
three  others  came  over  with  him,  accord- 
ing to  the  ship's  records. 

(II)  Elisha  Bisbee,  son  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Bisbee,  was  born  probably  on  the 
estates  at  Hedcorn,  England,  and  came 
with  his  father  to  America  in  1634.  In 
1644  he  was  keeper  of  the  ferry  at  Scitu- 
ate,  where  Union  Bridge  was  subse- 
quently built.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade, 
and  his  house  at  the  ferry  was  used  by  his 
son  Elisha.  A  tavern  stood  on  the  west 
side  of  the  highway.  The  Christian  name 
of  his  wife  was  Joanna,  and  they  had  chil- 
dren :  Hopestill,  born  1645;  Jonn»  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  1649;  Elisha,  1654; 
Hannah,  1656. 

(III)  John  Bisbee,  son  of  Elisha  and 
Joanna  Bisbee,  was  born  1647,  in  Scitu- 
ate,  moved  to  Pembroke,  Massachuset* 
where  he  died  September  24,  1726.  He 
married,  in  Marshfield,  September  13, 
1687,  Joanna  Brooks,  died  August  17, 
1726.  Children:  Martha,  born  October 
13,  1688;  John,  September  15,  1690; 
Elijah,  January  29,  1692;  Mary,  March 
28,  1693 ;  Moses,  October  20,  1695 ; 
Elisha,  May  3,  1698;  Aaron;  Hopestill, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Hopestill  Bisbee,  youngest  child 
of  John  and  Joanna  (Brooks)  Bisbee, 
was  born  April  16,  1702,  and  lived  in 
Plympton,  Massachusetts.  He  married, 
November  21,  1731,  Hannah  Churchill, 
born  October  23,  1707,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Ruth  (Bryant)  Churchill,  of 
Plympton    (see    Churchill,    IV).      Ruth 


(Bryant)  Churchill,  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  Bryant,  was  born  1685,  in  Ply- 
mouth. Children  :  Abner,  born  June  16, 
1739;  Hopestill,  mentioned  below;  Issa- 
char,  April  3,  1744;  Sarah,  March  7,  1747; 
Hannah,   February  20,  1752. 

(V)  Hopestill  (2)  Bisbee,  second  son 
of  Hopestill  (1)  and  Hannah  (Churchill) 
Bisbee,  was  born  May  28,  1741,  in  Plymp- 
ton, where  he  made  his  home  until  1769, 
when  he  removed  to  Rochester,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  a  private  in  Captain 
Jabez  Cottle's  company,  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Sprout's  regiment,  May  6  and  7,  1778,  two 
days,  on  a  Dartmouth  alarm.  He  served 
in  Captain  Barnabas  Doty's  company, 
Colonel  Sprout's  regiment,  September  5 
to  September  9,  1778,  four  days,  on  an 
alarm  at  Dartmouth.  He  also  served  in 
Captain  Doty's  company,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  White,  July  31  to  August  8,  1780, 
nine  days,  on  an  alarm  at  Rhode  Island. 
He  married,  September  4,  1766,  Abigail 
Churchill,  born  May  10,  1744,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Curtis)  Churchill, 
of  Plympton  (see  Churchill,  V).  Chil- 
dren: Abigail,  born  October  21,  1768; 
Hopestill,  mentioned  below ;  Josiah,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1 771  ;  Ansel,  February  10, 
1774;  Levi,  March  22,  1776;  Sylvester, 
August  14,  1778;  Susannah,  January  25, 
1782;  Hannah,  November  27,  1786. 

(VI)  Hopestill  (3)  Bisbee,  eldest  son 
of  Hopestill  (2)  and  Abigail  (Churchill) 
Bisbee,  was  born  October  11,  1769,  in 
Plympton,  and  left  that  town  before  1800. 
He  married  (intentions  published  in 
Rochester,  April  10,  1796)  Betsey  Clark 
Purington.  One  child  is  recorded  in 
Rochester  :    Betsey,  born  January  16, 1797. 

(VII)  Olive,  daughter  of  Hopestill  (3) 
and  Betsey  Clark  (Purington)  Bisbee, 
was  born  November  11,  1799,  and  died 
March  3,  1886.  She  was  married,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1816,  to  Zebulon  Leonard  Canedy, 
of  Middleboro  (see  Canedy,  V). 


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(The  Churchill  Line). 

Elsewhere  in  this  work  is  given  an  ex- 
tended account  of  John  Churchill,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  who  came  to  Ply- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  before  1643,  an^ 
died  there  in  1662.  Extended  mention  of 
his  son  William,  and  grandson  William 
appears  elsewhere. 

(IV)  Hannah  Churchill,  daughter  of 
William  (2)  and  Ruth  (Bryant)  Church- 
ill, born  October  23,  1707,  became  the 
wife  of  Hopestill  (1)  Bisbee,  of  Plymp- 
ton  (see  Bisbee,  IV). 

(II)  Eliezer  Churchill,  second  son  of 
John  and  Hannah  (Palmer)  Churchill, 
was  born  April  20,  1652,  in  Plymouth,  and 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1683.  He  re- 
sided on  part  of  his  father's  estate  at 
"Hobshole,"  in  the  first  house  built  there, 
which  he  inherited.  He  was  granted 
thirty  foot  strip  of  land  in  1709  for  a  ware- 
house. His  first  wife's  name  was  Mary. 
He  married  (second)  February  8,  1688, 
Mary  Doty,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Faith  (Clark)  Doty,  born  1655,  died  De- 
cember 11,  1 71 5.  Children  of  first  mar- 
riage: Hannah,  born  August  23,  1676; 
Joanna,  November  25,  1678;  Abigail, 
1680 ;  Eliezer,  February  23,  1682  ;  Stephen, 
mentioned  below ;  Jedidiah,  February  27, 
1687.  Children  of  second  marriage : 
Mary,  born  1688;  Elkanah,  March  1, 
1691 ;  Nathan,  February  16,  1693;  Josiah, 
1694;  John,  September  12,  1698. 

(III)  Stephen  Churchill,  second  son  of 
Eliezer  and  Mary  Churchill,  was  born 
February  16,  1685,  in  Plymouth,  and  died 
in  1750.  He  married,  in  1708,  Experience, 
daughter  of  Mathias  Ellis,  of  Sandwich, 
born  1687.  Children:  Ephraim,  born 
October  15,  1709;  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  April  29,  1716;  Stephen,  Au- 
gust 24,  1717;  Zachariah,  October  30, 
1718;  Benjamin,  August  19,  1725. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  Churchill,  second  son 
of     Stephen      and     Experience      (Ellis) 


Churchill,  was  born  December  19,  1712, 
in  Plymouth,  and  married,  January  2, 
1734,  Mary  Curtis,  born  1714.  The  chil- 
dren of  this  marriage,  found  of  record, 
are  :  Experience,  born  August  27,  1735  ; 
Eliezer,  July  31,  1737;  Mary,  July  17, 
1740;  Nathaniel,  December  13,  1742. 

(V)  Abigail  Churchill,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Curtis)  Churchill, 
was  born  May  10,  1744,  and  became  the 
wife  of  Hopestill  (2)  Bisbee,  of  Plymp- 
ton  and  Rochester  (see  Bisbee,  V). 


PERRY,  Charles  H., 

Veterinary    Surgeon. 

There  were  several  families  of  this 
name  early  in  New  England,  and  there 
seems  to  have  been  several  in  Sandwich, 
Massachustts,  at  the  same  time.  In  the 
early  records  of  that  town  appears  men- 
tion of  a  widow,  Sarah  Perry,  supposed 
to  have  been  the  widow  of  Edmund 
Perry,  of  Devonshire,  England,  and  four 
persons,  supposed  to  be  her  children, 
namely:  Ezra,  Edward,  Margaret  and 
Deborah. 

(I)  Ezra  Perry,  born  about  1630,  was 
an  early  settler  at  Sandwich,  Massachu- 
setts, and  "Freeman's  History  of  Cape 
Cod"  states  that  he  was  ancestor  of  all  the 
Perrys  of  that  town.  His  son  Ezra's 
name  appears  on  the  list  of  freemen,  June 
25,  1702,  with  his  other  sons,  Edward, 
John  and  Samuel.  The  name  of  Ezra 
Perry,  Sr.,  is  on  the  list  of  those  contribut- 
ing to  support  the  minister,  July  17,  1657. 
He  married,  February  12,  165 1,  at  Sand- 
wich, Elizabeth  Burge.  Children ;  Ed- 
ward, owned  a  town  right  in  Sandwich, 
1676,  was  a  Quaker,  and  was  fined  with 
other  Quakers ;  Ezra,  mentioned  below  : 
Deborah,  born  November  28,  1654;  John, 
January  1,  1656;  Samuel,  March  15,  i6f; 
Benjamin,  January  15,  1670;  Remem- 
brance, January  1,  1676.    The  will  of  Ezra 


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Perry  was  dated  October,  1689,  proved 
April  18,  1690,  bequeathing  to  wife  Eliza- 
beth and  son  Ezra. 

(II)  Ezra  (2)  Perry,  son  of  Ezra  (1) 
Perry,  was  born  February  11,  1652,  at 
Sandwich,  and  died  there,  January  31, 
1729.  He  owned  land  in  Rochester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, devised  to  son  Ebenezer.    He 

married  Rebecca  .     Children,  born 

at  Sandwich  :  Ebenezer,  born  November 
18,  1673,  married  Judith  Savory,  and 
their  son,  Ebenezer,  removed  late  in  life 
to  Hardwick,  Massachusetts,  and  by  his 
first  wife  was  grandfather  of  Dr.  Mar- 
shall S.  Perry,  of  Barre  (see  Barre  "Cen- 
tennial History")  ;  Mary,  December  21, 
1675;  Hannah;  Ezra;  Samuel;  Rebecca, 
married  Jonathan  Washburn  ;  Patience  ; 
Freelove.  His  will  was  dated  October  21, 
1728,  and  proved  February  10,  1729,  be- 
queathing to  wife  Rebecca  and  children. 

(III)  One  of  the  sons  of  Ezra  (2) 
Perry  was  father  of  Elijah,  mentioned 
below.  A  search  of  the  available  public 
records  has  failed  to  find  the  birth  record 
of  Elijah.  In  a  census  of  the  families  of 
Sandwich  in  March,  1730,  the  following 
are  reported  as  heads  of  families :  Ebe- 
nezer, Timothy  and  Desire,  Wido^ 
Perry,  Abner,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Jr., 
Samuel,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Ezra,  Jr.,  Elisha  and 
John  Perry,  all  descendants  of  Ezra  (1) 
Perry.     (See  N.  E.  Register,  1859,  p.  30). 

(IV)  Elijah  Perry,  third  in  descent 
from  Ezra  (1)  Perry,  was  born  about 
1700,  in  Sandwich,  and  appears  to  have 
lived  there  all  his  life.  We  find  the  record 
of  marriage  of  an  Elijah  Perry  to  Hannah 
Damon  in  the  First  Church  at  Scituate, 
March  7,  1723  (town  records,  1722). 
Elijah  Perry,  of  Sandwich,  bought 
twenty-two  acres  of  land  in  Barre,  Massa- 
chusetts, of  Lewis  and  Sarah  Turner,  of 
Boston,  December  1,  1757.  It  was  part 
of  Great  Farm  No.  29  on  the  Hardwick 
line.     He  was  called  deacon  in  the  deed. 


(Book  39,  p.  463).  He  appears  to  have 
sent  his  son  Phineas  to  clear  the  land  and 
make  a  home  there.  Another  deed  dated 
July  1,  1773,  over  fifteen  years  later^ 
shows  that  Elijah  Perry,  then  of  Sand- 
wich, for  one  hundred  pounds  and  other 
valuable  considerations  conveyed  to  "my 
son  Phinehas  Perry,"  of  Rutland  District 
(Barre)  land  and  buildings,  being  the 
place  he  now  lives  on,  bought  of  Lewis 
Turner  and  wife.  He  refers  to  deeds  of 
part  of  this  land  to  Chipman  and  Den- 
nison  Robinson.  Elijah  Perry's  wife  did 
not  sign  the  deed. 

(V)  Phineas  Perry,  son  of  Elijah 
Perry,  was  the  pioneer  in  Worcester 
county.  He  was  born  at  Sandwich,  about 
1735,  and  came  when  a  young  man  to  the 
place  his  father  bought  in  Barre.  Near 
by  in  Hardwick,  as  we  have  shown  above, 
relatives  settled  and  others  of  the  family 
appear  to  have  been  in  Barre  for  a  time. 
One  branch  has  been  mentioned.  A 
sketch  of  the  Perry  family  in  the  Barre 
"Centennial  History"  is  very  obscure  and 
misleading.  It  states  that  one  branch 
under  consideration  came  from  Martha's 
Vineyard,  but  the  absence  of  the  name  in 
the  vital  record  shows  that  the  family  was 
not  there  long  and  probably  not  at  all. 
All  of  them  were  from  Sandwich. 
Phineas  Perry,  yeoman,  bought  of  James 
Black,  of  Mansfield,  Hampshire  county, 
Massachusetts  (so  described  in  the  deed) 
land  in  Rutland  District  adjoining  John 
Wallace's  place.  This  deed  was  dated 
March  12,  1773.  In  the  same  year  he 
received  from  his  father,  as  already 
stated,  a  deed  of  another  farm  there  on 
which  he  was  living.  (Book  70,  p.  29 ; 
Book  71,  p.  127).  These  deeds  unlocked 
a  genealogical  puzzle  of  some  difficulty. 
Phineas  Perry  married  at  Barre,  May  15, 
1760,  Esther  Gates.  Children,  born  at 
Barre  :  Justus,  born  July  30,  1761 ;  Daniel, 
March    17,    1763;    Thomas,    October    2,. 


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1764;  Hannah,  March  25,  1766;  William, 
February  12,  1768;  Luther,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Lucretia  and  Luke,  twins,  February 
9,  1772;  Calvin,  April  21,  1774;  Hemon, 
May  24,  1776;  Martha,  April  17,  1778; 
Hemon,  December  31,  1780;  Phineas,  May 
2.^,  1783.  The  will  of  Phineas  Perry  was 
dated  July  11,  1796,  bequeathing  to  chil- 
dren: Calvin,  Luke,  Luther,  Justus, 
Daniel,  Thomas,  Phineas,  William,  He- 
mon, Hannah,  Lucretia  Nye  and  Martha. 

(VI)  Luther  Perry,  son  of  Phineas 
Perry,  was  born  at  Barre,  February  14, 
1770,  and  died  there,  July  2,  1845,  aged 
seventy-six  years.  He  was  a  delegate  to 
the  Rutland  Convention,  January  6,  1801. 
He  married,  at  Barre,  March  15,  1801, 
Harriet  Howes,  who  died  there  in  March, 
1810,  aged  twenty-six  years,  of  spotted 
fever  (church  records).  Children,  born 
at  Barre :  Harriet  Howes,  born  April  5, 
1802,  died  young;  Charles  Howes,  men- 
tioned below ;  Mary  Bourne,  March  18, 
1806. 

(VII)  Charles  Howes  Perry,  son  of 
Luther  Perry,  was  born  at  Barre,  January 
18,  1804.  His  sister,  Mary  B.  Perry, 
deeded  to  him  her  share  in  the  estate  of 
Edmund  Howes,  their  grandfather,  April 
5,  1828.  Other  deeds  show  that  he  was 
living  in  Phillipston  in  1834,  and  that  he 
was  a  tanner  and  currier  by  trade.  He 
and  his  wife  Mary  deeded  the  homestead 
on  the  north  side  of  the  turnpike  in  Phil- 
lipston, June  28,  1837,  to  Jonathan  Bow- 
ker,  Jr.  Mr.  Perry  married  (first)  (inten- 
tion dated  November  6,  1830,  at  Phillip- 
ston) Comfort  H.  Bates,  born  September 
11,  181 1,  died  at  Phillipston,  March,  1834, 
aged  twenty-four  years.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) (intention  dated  April  4,  1835,  at 
Phillipston)  Mary  B.  Peckham,  of  Peters- 
ham, born  181 5,  died  1896.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Susan,  born  July  16,  1832; 
Comfort  H.,  born  March  10,  1834.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife :     Charles  M.,  men- 


tioned below ;  Caroline,  born  January  4 
1839,  married  Mason  Whitney;  Matilda, 
born  April  30,  1841,  married  J.  Monroe 
Rich,  member  of  Company  D,  Thirty- 
sixth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teers ;  Luther,  born  October  30,  1843,  re~ 
sides  in  Athol,  Massachusetts ;  Mary, 
born  March  30,  1846,  married  Henry  H. 
Coolidge,  of  Athol,  Massachusetts ;  An- 
son, born  June  8,  1848,  resides  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island;  Henrietta,  born 
April  5,  1850,  died  September  29,  1851 ; 
Henry  H.,  born  February  20,  1852,  died 
August  15,  1859. 

(VIII)  Charles  M.  Perry,  son  of 
Charles  Howes  Perry,  was  born  at  Phil- 
lipston, November  9,  1837,  and  died  at 
Worcester,  May  22,  1897.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  during  his  youth  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  shoemaking  there.  He 
removed  to  Worcester  and  entered  the 
employ  of  N.  W.  Holden  Company,  gro- 
cers, as  a  clerk,  a  position  he  filled  for  a 
number  of  years.  Subsequently  he  en- 
gaged in  the  street  sprinkling  business 
and  was  among  the  first  in  this  line  of 
industry  in  the  city  of  Worcester.  At 
the  present  time  the  streets  are  sprinkled 
or  oiled  by  the  municipality  and  the  cost 
assessed  on  the  abutting  property.  At 
that  time  the  sprinkling  was  a  private 
enterprise  and  the  property  owners  along 
the  route  paid  for  the  service  voluntarily. 
Mr.  Perry  and  C.  W.  Clapp  entered  into 
partnership,  their  place  of  business  being 
at  the  City  Stock  Yard,  No.  216  Summer 
street,  Worcester,  where  they  conducted 
a  sales  stable,  dealing  in  horses  and  cattle. 
A  few  years  later  Mr.  Clapp  sold  his 
share  of  the  business  to  B.  W.  Abbott 
and  the  name  of  the  firm  was  changed  to 
B.  W.  Abbott  &  Company.  During  the 
last  twenty  years  of  his  life  Mr.  Perry 
was  the  owner  of  the  High  Street  Board- 
ing Stables  at  No.  59  High  street,  Worces- 


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ter.  He  leased  the  building  there  and 
conducted  the  business  in  a  highly  suc- 
cessful manner.  As  the  city  population 
grew,  his  business  extended  and  he  be- 
came widely  known  in  the  community. 
He  was  accounted  an  excellent  judge  of 
horses  and  was  skillful  in  their  care  and 
training.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served 
in  Company  H,  Thirty-sixth  Regiment, 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry.  He 
was  a  member  of  George  H.  Ward  Post, 
No.  10,  of  Worcester.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Methodist  and  for  many  years  an  at- 
tendant of  Grace  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  He  married  (first)  at  Phillips- 
ton,  Hannah  E.  Gilbert,  born  January  29, 
1841,  died  at  Hubbardston,  February  1, 
1866.  He  married  (second)  November 
27,  1867,  Ellen  M.  Garfield,  born  June  4, 
1839.  Children  by  first  wife:  Flora  A., 
born  in  Phillipston,  November  5,  1859; 
Warren,  born  February  18,  1862,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1864.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Charles  H.,  mentioned  below;  Lillian  M., 
born  September  30,  1874,  married  George 
H.  Howland ;  Alice,  born  November  26, 
1877,  died  October  28,  1884.  Mr.  Perry 
was  generous,  kind,  painstaking  and  hon- 
est, and  while  he  was  a  man  of  many 
cares,  he  was  possessed  of  one  dominant 
ambition  and  that  was  to  see  his  son, 
Charles  H.,  graduate  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege, but  the  fates  decreed  differently,  for 
he  died  May  22,  1897,  while  his  son  was 
taking  his  examinations  preparatory  to 
receiving  his  degree. 

(IX)  Dr.  Charles  H.  Perry,  son  of 
Charles  M.  Perry,  was  born  in  Worces- 
ter, May  10,  1869.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive city,  beginning  in  the  old  "Summer 
Street"  school,  which  he  attended  for  four 
years,  then  spent  a  similar  period  of  time 
in  study  at  the  "Thomas  Street"  school. 
Brought  up  under  the  watchful  guidance 
of  a  painstaking  father,  who  knew  the  full 


value  of  early  training,  Dr.  Perry  knew 
the  meaning  of  hard  work  long  before 
his  schoolboy  friends,  for,  during  many 
years  of  his  grammar  school  training,  he 
delivered  milk  to  customers  in  the  early 
mornings,  and  performed  many  chores 
after  school  hours,  selling  newspapers 
during  the  early  evenings  and  later  as- 
sisting his  father  in  and  around  the 
stable,  each  successive  day  seeing  the 
same  routine.  Early  in  life  Dr.  Perry's 
fondness  for  animals,  and  horses  espe- 
cially, was  very  marked,  and  at  the  age 
of  twelve  years  he  was  a  jockey,  and  dur- 
ing the  following  four  years  he  success- 
fully rode  the  celebrated  "Peacock"  for 
a  private  Worcester  family,  winning 
many  races  and  taking  many  coveted 
purses  of  a  substantial  size.  Dr.  Perry's 
successes  stimulated  him,  as  the  years 
went  on,  and  from  private  riding  he  en- 
gaged in  driving  professional  race  horses, 
continuing  until  he  was  twenty-five  years 
of  age.  Then  came  the  turning  point  in 
Dr.  Perry's  life,  through  an  accident  to 
one  of  his  fancy  horses.  It  was  at  a  meet 
at  the  old  Agricultural  Fair  Grounds  that 
"Koon  Kan,"  the  pride  of  the  lot,  was 
overcome  by  sunstroke  and  removed  from 
the  track.  While  watching  the  veterinary 
surgeons  work,  he  stoutly  declared  that 
he  could  save  the  horse  if  allowed  to,  but 
because  of  his  youth  and  non-professional 
knowledge  of  horses,  at  that  time,  he  was 
not  allowed  to  do  so,  and  he  then  vowed 
to  "take  up  medicine,"  the  success  of 
which  is  here  given,  and  attested  to,  not 
only  in  Worcester,  but  all  over  the  State 
of  Massachusetts.  Dr.  Perry  trained  a 
string  of  fifteen  or  sixteen  professional 
race  horses. 

Dr.  Perry  entered  the  Veterinary 
School  of  Harvard  University,  in  1894, 
and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1897.  Im- 
mediately afterward  he  began  to  practice, 
opening  an  office  at  No.  59  High  street, 


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and  resided  at  No.  22  Wellington  street. 
His  wide  acquaintance  among  the  owners 
of  horses  and  stock  in  this  section  paved 
the  way  for  an  excellent  business,  and 
from  the  beginning  he  enjoyed  a  substan- 
tial patronage.  Two  years  later  he  moved 
to  his  present  location;  No.  82  Park  ave- 
nue. In  1904  Dr.  Perry  took  a  post-grad- 
uate course  in  the  Chicago  Veterinary 
College. 

Since  1894  he  has  been  the  local  officer 
of  the  Massachusetts  Cattle  Commission- 
ers, afterward  known  as  the  Massachu- 
setts Cattle  Bureau,  and  now  the  Depart- 
ment of  Animal  Industry.  The  duties  of 
this  office  have  grown  from  year  to  year 
and  its  responsibilities  have  increased  as 
the  laws  have  been  made  more  stringent 
regarding  the  inspection  of  cattle  in 
dairies  and  all  kinds  of  meat  offered  for 
sale.  For  fourteen  years  Dr.  Perry  held 
the  office  of  inspector  of  animals  in  the 
city  of  Worcester.  At  times,  when  epi- 
demics attacked  the  animals  of  the  city, 
Dr.  Perry's  duties  became  extremely  im- 
portant to  the  public  health  and  to  the 
farmers  whose  stock  was  threatened. 
During  the  recent  epidemic  of  the  foot 
and  mouth  disease,  he  handled  a  trying 
and  difficult  situation  with  tact,  energy 
and  efficiency,  and  received  the  commen- 
dation not  only  of  his  superior  officers  but 
of  the  owners  of  infected  stock  and  of 
others  whose  property  was  saved  by  the 
prompt  suppression  of  the  disease  in  this 
section.  While  the  disease  threatened, 
Dr.  Perry  worked  day  and  night  to  stay 
its  progress.  At  other  times,  when  epi- 
demics of  lesser  magnitude  have  ap- 
peared, his  efforts  have  been  equally 
prompt  and  thorough.  His  work  in  in- 
specting the  meat  supply  of  the  city  has 
been  an  important  factor  in  guarding  the 
public  health.  His  office  represents  more 
than  is  realized  by  the  public,  for  it  is 
charged  with  the  application  of  scientific 


knowledge  to  the  problems  of  providing 
a  healthful  food  supply,  and  to  detect  and 
stamp  out  diseases  of  all  kinds  among  the 
animals. 

In  his  private  practice,  Dr.  Perry  has 
been  highly  successful.  He  has  a  modern 
hospital  for  the  care  of  sick  animals  of 
all  kinds,  and  it  is  equipped  with  the 
latest  apparatus  and  appliances  for  sur- 
gical and  medical  treatment,  and  with  a 
pharmacy  in  which  the  drugs  and  medi- 
cines are  kept.  An  inspection  of  his  hos- 
pital shows  that  better  provision  is  now 
made  for  animals  than  were  available  for 
human  beings  fifty  years  ago.  The  own- 
ers of  horses,  cows,  dogs  and  other  domes- 
tic animals  have  found  by  experience  that 
it  is  not  only  proper  and  humane  to  give 
treatment  to  animals  in  times  of  sickness 
but  that  it  is  wisdom  from  an  economical 
standpoint.  It  saves  money  to  fight  dis- 
ease with  modern  scientific  knowledge 
and  equipment.  Dr.  Perry  ranks  among 
the  foremost  of  his  profession  in  this 
country  and  is  widely  known  through  the 
State.  Owing  to  illness  diagnosed  as 
partial  paralysis  (1908)  Dr.  Perry  was 
forced  to  give  up  night  work,  and  is  now 
(1917)  improving  nicely.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Massachusetts  Veterinary  As- 
sociation, the  American  Veterinary  Medi- 
cal Association,  the  Harvard  Club  and 
other  social  organizations  of  Worcester. 
He  served  as  house  surgeon  at  Harvard 
College  during  his  last  year,  1896-97. 

Dr.  Perry  married,  June  27,  1892,  Mary 
J.  Newton,  daughter  of  Seth  S.  and  Henri- 
etta (Frary)  Newton,  of  Greenfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts. She  was  a  native  of  Green- 
field, and  attended  the  public  schools 
there,  graduating  from  the  Greenfield 
High  School  in  the  class  of  1884.  She 
entered  the  State  Normal  School  in 
Worcester,  in  February,  1885,  from  which 
she  was  graduated  in  due  course  in  1887. 
She  followed  the  profession  of  teaching 


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for  a  number  of  years,  having  schools  at 
Shelburne,  Massachusetts,  one  term,  at 
Sunderland  High  School,  Sunderland, 
Massachusetts,  one  term,  and  then  came 
to  Worcester  where  she  held  a  position  in 
the  Quinsigamond  School  for  four  years. 
Her  last  position  as  teacher  was  in  the 
Salisbury  Street  School.  She  resigned 
shortly  before  the  expiration  of  a  year  in 
order  to  prepare  for  her  approaching  mar- 
riage. Mrs.  Perry  is  prominent  in  social 
life.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Perry  are  members  of 
Plymouth  Congregational  Church.  They 
are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Roger  New- 
ton, mentioned  below. 

(X)  Roger  Newton  Perry,  son  of  Dr. 
Charles  H.  Perry,  was  born  March  12, 
1894,  in  Worcester.  He  is  widely  known 
as  the  "Boy  Florist."  He  attended  the 
public  schools  quite  irregularly,  owing  to 
sickness,  but  graduated  from  Becker's 
Business  College  in  1909.  His  further 
study  was  cut  short  and  his  professional 
career  that  had  been  planned  abandoned 
on  account  of  the  loss  of  his  eyesight  as 
the  result  of  illness.  He  began  his  flower 
gardens  as  a  means  of  occupying  his  time, 
and  as  his  health  and  sight  improved  he 
extended  his  gardens  and  operated  on  a 
commercial  scale  with  marked  success. 
At  the  present  time  (1917)  with  his  eye- 
sight fully  restored  and  in  the  enjoyment 
of  excellent  health,  he  finds  himself  the 
owner  of  a  substantial  business  and  a 
large  plant.  He  has  also  what  counts 
most,  a  thorough  knowledge  of  plants  and 
flowers  and  skill  in  their  cultivation.  In 
a  recent  book  Dr.  Woods  Hutchinson 
cited  the  Worcester  "Boy  Florist"  as  an 
example  of  what  courage,  persistence  and 
hope  will  do  for  the  afflicted.  In  1913 
he  took  the  extension  course  of  Amherst 
Agricultural  College.  His  greenhouses 
extend  from  Park  avenue  to  Montvale 
road  and  cover  an  area  of  one  acre.  Half 
the  space  is  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of 

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bulbs  for  which  he  has  built  substantial 
concrete  beds.  The  flowers  from  his  green- 
houses stand  comparison  with  those  from 
the  most  noted  conservatories  of  the 
State.  He  has  proved  a  valuable  assist- 
ant to  his  father  in  the  management  of 
the  animal  hospital  and  the  care  of  its 
patients. 


SARGENT,  James  Sanborn, 

Business  Man. 

James  Sanborn  Sargent,  son  of  Jere- 
miah S.  Sargent,  was  born  at  Sydney, 
Maine,  August  13,  1835,  and  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  schools.  In 
1865  he  removed  to  Newport,  Maine, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness and  continued  for  a  period  of  twenty- 
five  years.  In  1886  he  bought  a  hardware 
store  in  Brockton,  Massachusetts,  and  in 
partnership  with  his  son,  Charles  L.  Sar- 
gent, conducted  the  business  for  five 
years.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he  retired 
on  account  of  ill  health.  In  1891,  accom- 
panied by  his  wife,  he  went  to  California, 
in  the  hope  of  restoring  his  health,  but 
the  journey  proved  too  much  of  an  effort, 
and  he  died  the  day  after  arriving,  in 
Pasadena,  California,  December  20,  1891. 
Mrs.  Sargent  returned  with  the  body,  and 
the  interment  took  place  in  Union  Ceme- 
tery, Brockton. 

Mr.  Sargent  was  well  known  and  highly 
respected  in  the  community.  He  was  a 
charter  member  of  Electric  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Brock- 
ton, and  for,  many  years  he  was  its  treas- 
urer. He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic organization.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Universalist.  Mr.  Sargent  was  a  quiet, 
reserved  and  modest  man,  gifted  with 
much  business  ability  and  beloved  by 
those  who  came  to  know  him  well.  In 
his  home  he  was  a  most  devoted  husband 
and   father.     He   married   Caroline  Wil- 


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Hams  Ring,  who  survives  him,  and  re- 
sides in  Brockton. 

Charles  L.  Sargent,  only  child  of  James 
Sanborn  and  Caroline  Williams  (Ring) 
Sargent,  was  born  at  Newport,  Maine, 
January  3,  1867.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  in 
the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial  Col- 
lege in  Boston.  In  1884  he  established 
himself  in  the  hardware  business  in  Na- 
tick,  Massachusetts,  but  two  years  later 
joined  his  father  in  Brockton.  Together 
they  made  a  very  prosperous  business  in 
the  store  at  No.  83  Main  street,  and  when 
his  father  retired  in  1891,  he  continued 
with  substantial  success  until  the  end  of 
his  life.  He  died  June  20,  1914,  at  his 
summer  home,  Sebasticook  Cottage,  at 
Point  Independence,  Onset,  Massachu- 
setts. The  interment  was  in  Union  Ceme- 
tery, Brockton. 

For  a  period  of  nearly  thirty  years, 
during  which  time  he  was  a  merchant  in 
Brockton,  he  took  a  leading  place  among 
the  business  men  of  that  city,  extending 
his  business  as  the  city  grew,  keeping  pace 
with  the  progress  and  always  maintain- 
ing a  high  standard  of  honor  in  all  his 
dealings.  His  integrity  was  proverbial. 
He  commanded  the  respect  of  every  cus- 
tomer, every  house  with  which  he  had 
business  relations  and  his  business  ex- 
tended to  all  parts  of  the  county.  He 
never  married,  but  always  shared  his 
home  with  his  mother,  to  whom  he  was 
greatly  attached.  Like  his  father,  he  was 
cut  down  in  the  prime  of  life  at  the  time 
of  his  greatest  usefulness,  when  his  future 
seemed  most  promising.  His  loss  to  the 
community  was  severely  felt.  After  his 
death,  the  store  was  sold  by  his  mother. 
She  resides  at  her  old  home  on  Warren 
street  in  Brockton. 

Charles  L.  Sargent  was  a  member  of 
the  Commercial  Club  of  Brockton,  and 
was   distinguished   for  his   public   spirit. 


His  chief  recreation  was  yachting,  and 
during  the  summer  for  many  years  he 
spent  much  of  his  time  on  the  water  in 
Buzzard's  Bay. 

(The  Ring  Line). 

(I)  Robert  Ring  or  Ringe,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  was  born  in  England,  in 
1614,  and  came  to  this  country  in  the 
ship  "Bevis,"  in  1638.  He  settled  soon 
afterward  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts, 
and  was  living  in  that  town  in  1640,  when 
admitted  a  freeman  of  the  colony.  In  the 
same  year  he  shared  in  a  division  of  com- 
mon lands  and  had  previously  shared  in 
an  earlier  division.  He  was  engaged  in 
fishing  and  planting  at  Ring's  Island  in 
1642,  though  by  trade  he  was  a  cooper. 
He  was  a  taxpayer  and  householder  in 
1677;  signed  a  petition  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Salisbury  in  1680,  and  died  there  in 
1690.  His  will  was  dated  January  23, 
1688,  and  proved  March  31,  1691.  By 
wife  Elizabeth,  he  had  children:  Hannah, 
Elizabeth,  Martha,  Jarvis,  John,  Joseph 
and  Robert. 

In  later  generations  his  descendants 
settled  in  various  parts  of  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Maine,  as  well  as  Massachu- 
setts. His  son  Joseph,  born  August  4, 
1664,  was  a  soldier  participating  in  the 
capture  of  Casco  Bay  fort;  was  witness 
in  court  in  1692,  but  died  before  May, 
1705,  when  his  brother  Jarvis  was  ap- 
pointed to  administer  his  estate. 

Deacon  Seth  Ring,  of  the  third  genera- 
tion, lived  in  Newington,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  had  children :  Joseph,  Benja- 
min, Jane,  Mary,  Seth  and  Eliphalet ;  was 
deacon  of  the  Newington  church.  His  de- 
scendants lived  in  this  section  and  at 
Chichester,  New  Hampshire.  Seth  owned 
land  in  Barnstead  and  Portsmouth. 

Iphidiah  Ring,  a  descendant  of  Robert 
Ring  or  Ringe,  was  born  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, probably  in  one  of  the  towns  near 


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Portsmouth,  during  the  Revolutionary 
War.  His  birth  was  not  recorded,  and 
the  name  of  his  father  has  not  been  found 
by  the  writer.  He  made  his  home  in 
Newport,  Maine,  and  followed  farming 
for  a  vocation.  Children :  Almon  B.,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph,  Orin,  Elbridge 
Gerry,  Lucinda,  Pamelia. 

Almon  B.  Ring,  son  of  Iphidiah  Ring, 
was  born  in  Newport,  Maine,  in  1810. 
By  trade  he  was  a  stone  mason  and  in 
later  years  a  mason  and  contractor.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican ;  in  religion 
a  Baptist.  He  married  at  Newport, 
Maine,  Mary  Tuttle,  who  was  born  in 
1802,  in  Durham,  Maine.  Children: 
Mary  A.,  born  1833 ;  Frank  W.,  1835 ; 
Alfred  W.,  1837;  Elbridge  Gerry,  men- 
tioned below;  Pamelia  L.,  1841 ;  Charles 
H.,  1843.  The  four  eldest  were  born  at 
Palmyra  and  the  two  youngest  at  New- 
port.   He  died  at  North  Newport. 

Elbridge  Gerry  Ring,  son  of  Almon  B. 
Ring,  was  born  February  23,  1839,  in 
Palmyra,  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  has  been  for  many  years 
engaged  in  carriage  building  at  Bath, 
Maine,  and  Amesbury,  Massachusetts. 
His  present  home  is  at  Newport,  Maine. 
He  served  four  years  in  the  Civil  War  in 
Company  C,  First  Massachusetts  Heavy 
Artillery,  and  was  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  Spottsylvania.  He  is  at  the  present 
time  commander  of  the  Grand  Army  Post 
of  Newport.  He  married,  November  3, 
1868,  at  Newport,  Mary  A.  Shaw,  who 
was  born  at  Augusta,  Maine,  September 
28,  1845,  daughter  of  John  and  Madama 
(Rowell)  Shaw.  Children:  Sydney  B., 
born  December  1,  1872,  a  travelling  sales- 
man, married  Leona  H.  Weymouth;  Jes- 
sie M.,  born  February  13,  1876,  now  as- 
sistant cashier  of  the  Newport  Trust  Com- 
pany. 

Elbridge  Gerry  Ring,  uncle  of  El- 
bridge Gerry  Ring,  mentioned  above,  and 


son  of  Iphidiah  Ring,  was  born  at  New- 
port, Maine,  about  1803,  and  died  in 
1867.  He  was  a  shoe  dealer  and  manu- 
facturer of  boots  and  shoes  at  Newport, 
where  he  spent  all  his  active  years  and 
where  he  died.  He  married  Deborah 
Nye  (see  Nye  XVI).  She  died  at  New- 
port. Children:  Augusta,  died  in  1868; 
Caroline  Williams,  married  James  San- 
born Sargent  (see  Sargent) ;  Josephine, 
who  married  Seldon  Foss,  and  removed 
to  Portland,  Oregon,  where  she  died. 

(The   Nye    Line). 

The  surname  Nye,  according  to  the 
genealogy,  appears  first  in  the  middle  of 
the  thirteenth  century  in  the  Sjelland  sec- 
tion of  Denmark,  and  in  Danish  the  word 
signifies  new  or  newcomer,  when  used  as 
a  preface.  It  was  not  adopted  as  a  sur- 
name until  after  the  family  settled  in 
England.  The  Nye  coat-of-arms  is  de- 
scribed :  Azure  a  crescent  argent.  Crest : 
Two  horns  couped  counterchanged,  azure 
and  argent. 

(I)  Lave,  a  Dane  to  whom  the  line  is 
traced  in  the  Nye  genealogy,  was  a  son  of 
a  descendant  of  Harold  Blautand,  who 
died  in  985,  through  a  daughter  who  mar- 
ried one  of  the  most  famous  of  the  Swed- 
ish medieval  heroes,  Stryibiorn,  son  of 
Olaf,  King  of  Sweden.  He  became  prom- 
inent, and  in  1316  was  bishop  of  Boskilde. 

(II)  Sven  was  heir  of  Svencin,  de- 
scendant of  Lave,  in  1346. 

(III)  Marten  was  declared  heir  of 
Sven  in  1363. 

(IV)  Nils  was  mentioned  in  1418  as 
owning  land  in  Tudse. 

(V)  Bertolf,  mentioned  in  1466,  as  son 
of  Nils,  had  sons,  James  and  Randolf. 
James  fought  a  duel  and  was  obliged  to 
flee  to  England,  whither  he  was  accom- 
panied by  his  younger  brother,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Randolph  Nye  settled  in  Sussex, 


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England,  in  1527,  and  held  land  in  Uck- 
field. 

(VII)  William  Nye,  son  of  Randolph 
Nye,  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Ralph 
Tregian,  of  Hertfordshire ;  studied  for 
the  ministry  and  became  rector  of  the 
parish  church  of  Ballance-Horned,  before 
his  father  died. 

(VIII)  Ralph  Nye,  son  of  William 
Nye,  inherited  his  father's  estate  in  Uck- 
field  and  Ballance ;  married,  June  18, 
1556,  Margaret  Merynge,  of  St.  Mary's, 
Wollchurch.  Children :  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below ;  Edmundus,  buried  in  Som- 
ersetshire, March  9,  1594;  Ralph,  mar- 
ried, August  30,  1584,  Joan  *Wilkshire ; 
Anne,  married,  August  6,  1616,  Nicholas 
Stuart;  Mary,  married,  April  24,  1621, 
John  Banister. 

(IX)  Thomas  Nye,  son  of  Ralph  Nye, 
married,  September  6,  1583,  at  St.  An- 
drew, Hubbard,   Katherine   Poulsden,  of 

London,  daughter  of Poulsden,  of 

Horley,  County  Surrey.  He  sold  to  his 
wife's  brother,  William  Poulsden,  a  tene- 
ment builded  with  a  croft  adjoining,  con- 
taining sixteen  acres  and  a  half  in  Bid- 
lenden,  County  Kent,  for  which  he  re- 
ceived an  annuity  of  four  shillings.  Chil- 
dren:  Henry,  graduate  of  Oxford,  1611, 
vicar  of  Cobham,  County  Surrey,  and 
rector  of  Clapham,  County  Sussex ; 
Philip,  graduate  of  Oxford,  1619,  rector 
of  St.  Michael's,  Cornhill  and  Acton,  Mid- 
dlesex, a  celebrated  preacher  in  Crom- 
well's time ;  John ;  Thomas,  mentioned 
below. 

(X)  Thomas  (2)  Nye,  son  of  Thomas 
(1)  Nye,  was  a  haberdasher  of  Bidlen- 
den,  County  Kent;  married,  June  10, 
1619,  Agnes  Nye,  aged  thirty-nine  years, 
widow  of  Henry  Nye.  He  deeded  land  to 
his  youngest  son  Thomas  in  Bidlenden, 
July  4,  1637,  stating  in  the  conveyance, 
"ye  eldest  son  Benjamin  having  gone  to 
New     England."       Children :     Benjamin, 


mentioned  below  ;  Thomas,  born  Septem- 
ber 16,  1623,  married  Margaret  Webster 
and  left  descendants  at  Bidlenden. 

(XI)  Benjamin  Nye,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Nye,  was  born  May  4,  1620,  at  Bid- 
lenden, England,  and  came  in  the  ship 
'Abigail"  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  in 
1635,  locating  in  Sandwich  two  years 
later.  His  name  is  on  the  list  of  men  in 
Sandwich  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  He 
contributed  to  the  cost  of  building  a  mill 
there  in  1654,  and  for  the  fund  to  build 
the  meeting  house  in  1656.  He  was  sur- 
veyor of  highways  in  1655  ;  took  the  oath 
of  fidelity  in  1657;  grand  juror,  1658  and 
later;  constable  in  1661  and  1675;  col- 
lector of  taxes  in  1674  and  later.  He  re- 
ceived twelve  acres  of  land  from  the  town 
for  building  his  mill  at  the  little  pond  and 
had  other  grants  of  land  later.  He  was 
given  permission  by  vote  of  the  town  to 
build  a  fulling  mill  on  Spring  Hill  river, 
August  8,  1675,  and  it  is  said  that  the 
ruins  of  his  old  mill  may  still  be  seen 
there.  He  married  in  Sandwich,  Octo- 
ber 19,  1640,  Katherine  Tupper,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Tupper.  Children : 
Mary,  married  Jacob  Burgess ;  John ; 
Ebenezer;  Jonathan,  born  November  29, 
1649;  Mercy,  April  4,  1652;  Caleb;  Na- 
than; Benjamin,  killed  by  Indians, 
March  26,   1676. 

(XII)  John  Nye,  son  of  Benjamin  Nye, 
was  born  at  Sandwich  about  1645.  His 
will  was  dated  July  19,  1720,  and  proved 
November  27,  1722.  He  and  his  brother 
bought  one  hundred  acres  in  Falmouth, 
and  in  1689  were  granted  two  hundred 
acres  more.  He  held  various  town  offices 
in  Sandwich.  He  married  Esther  Shedd. 
His  wife's  will  was  dated  September  18, 
1724,  proved  September  29,  1726.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Sandwich :  Benjamin,  born 
November  24,  1673;  John,  November  22, 
1675;  Abigail,  April  18,  1678;  Experience, 
December  16,  1682;  Hannah,  January  19, 

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1685;  Ebenezer,  September  23,  1687; 
Peleg,  mentioned  below ;  Nathan ;  Jo- 
seph, 1694;  Cornelius,  1697. 

(XIII)  Peleg  Nye,  son  of  John  Nye, 
was  born  at  Sandwich,  November  12, 
1689,  and  died  1761.  His  will  was  dated 
November  4,  and  proved  December  7, 
1761.  He  married,  June  26,  1717,  Eliza- 
beth Bryant.  Children,  born  in  Sand- 
wich: Nathaniel,  June  17,  1719;  Eliza- 
beth, May  22,  1721 ;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below;  Abigail,  March  5,  1725-26. 

(XIV)  Joseph  Nye,  son  of  Peleg  Nye, 
was  born  at  Sandwich,  October  21,  1723, 
and  died  there  in  1790.  His  will  was 
dated  January  23,  and  proved  February 
9,  1790.  He  married,  December  23,  1756, 
Elizabeth  Holman,  of  Sandwich.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Sandwich :  Elisha,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1757;  Bartlett,  mentioned  below; 
Temperance,  May  3,  1762;  Lemuel,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1764;  Jane,  1766;  Bryant,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1767;  Joseph,  October  30, 
1771 ;  Heman,  November  23,  1773 ;  Peleg, 
July  9,  1778. 

(XV)  Bartlett  Nye,  son  of  Joseph  Nye, 
was  born  at  Sandwich,  August  18,  1759. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  in 
Captain  Job  Crocker's  company,  of  East- 
ham,  in  Colonel  Nathan's  regiment,  July 
2  to  December  12,  1777,  in  Rhode  Island; 
a  corporal  in  Captain  Simeon  Fish's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Freeman's  regiment,  Sep- 
tember, 1779.  In  1812  he  was  a  deputy 
to  the  General  Court  from  Fairfield, 
Maine,  whither  he  moved  in  1788.  He 
died  there  in  1822.  He  married  Deborah 
Ellis,  of  Sandwich.  She  died  in  1840. 
Children:  Thomas,  Ellis,  Bartlett,  Jane, 
Joshua,  Franklin,  Sturgis,  Stephen,  Patty, 
Heman,  born  June  17,  1803 ;  Dolly,  mar- 
ried William  Norvell ;  Sally  Franklin,  and 
Deborah. 

(XVI)  Deborah  Nye,  daughter  of 
Bartlett  Nye,  born  at  Fairfield  about 
1805,  married  Elbridge  Gerry  Ring  (see 
Ring). 


WHITE, 


And  Allied  Families. 


On  either  side  of  the  line  separating 
the  States  of  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  in  the  ancient  town  of  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  lived  the  Round  (often 
spelled  Rounds)  family,  which  was  of 
some  two  hundred  years  record.  As 
early  as  171 1  the  name  is  recorded  in 
Rehoboth.  At  that  date,  John  Round, 
of  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  was  married 
to  Hannah  Carde,  of  Rehoboth,  and  a 
little  later,  in  1715,  the  marriage  of 
Thomas  Round  and  Sarah  Thurston  was 
recorded.  Still  earlier  the  vital  records 
of  births  are  given  in  that  town  with  the 
children  of  the  family  of  Richard  and 
Ann  Round,  namely:  Amy,  born  June  10, 
1702;  Anne,  February  6,  1704-05;  Rich- 
ard, March  2,  1706-07;  Hannah,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1710-11;  Joanna,  April  23,  1713. 
This  family  was  then  referred  to  as  of 
Barrington  and  Rehoboth.  Thomas 
Round,  probably  in  January  or  Febru- 
ary,  1744-45,  married  Elizabeth  West. 

(I)  John  Rounds  (or  more  probably 
Round),  the  first  of  the  branch  of  the 
family  herein  followed  of  whom  we  have 
any  information,  was  a  resident  of  Swan- 
sea, Massachusetts.  He  married  there, 
Abigail  Bowen,  daughter  of  Obediah 
Bowen,  and  among  their  children  was 
Jabez,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Jabez  Round,  son  of  John  and 
Abigail  (Bowen)  Rounds  or  Round,  was 
born  in  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  1708, 
and  died  March  14,  1790.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  April 
26,  1733,  by  the  Rev.  John  Coomer,  to 
Renew  Carpenter,  of  Rehoboth,  born 
June  6,  1714,  died  February  9,  1787, 
daughter  of  Jotham.  and  Desire  (Martin) 
Carpenter  (see  Carpenter).  They  were 
the  parents  of  eleven  children,  all  born 
in  Rehoboth,  among  whom  was  Jabez, 
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(III)  Jabez  (2)  Round,  son  of  Jabez 
(1)  and  Renew  (Carpenter)  Round,  was 
born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 8,  1735-36,  and  died  May  29,  1808. 
He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  served 
as  private  in  Captain  Simeon  Cole's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Thomas  Carpenter's  regi- 
ment ;  entered  service  on  an  alarm  at 
Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  August  1,  1780, 
discharged  August  8,  1780.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  March 
6,  1760,  by  Elder  Nathan  Pearce,  to  Pru- 
dence Crossman,  of  Taunton,  Massachu- 
setts, born  1740,  and  died  October  27, 
1825.  Children:  Sylvester,  of  whom 
further;  Betsey,  born  March  27,  1772; 
Jabez,  Abner,  Enos,  Zena,  Polly,  Benja- 
min, Joseph,  Prudence. 

(IV)  Rev.  Sylvester  Round,  son  of 
Jabez  (2)  and  Prudence  (Crossman) 
Round,  was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  10,  1762,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 26,  1824.  In  1782-83  he  became  the 
pastor  of  the  Six  Principled  Baptist 
church,  known  as  the  Rounds  Church, 
in  Rehoboth,  of  which  the  Rev.  David 
Round  was  the  founder  and  pastor  in 
July,  1743,  and  he  continued  as  its  pastor 
until  his  death.  He  was  also  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier  and  served  as  a  private  in 
Captain  Nathaniel  Carpenter's  company, 
Colonel  Thomas  Carpenter's  regiment, 
service  from  July  20,  1777,  one  month  and 
five  days  at  Rhode  Island,  including 
travel  to  camp  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island, 
and  from,  Providence  back  to  Rehoboth  ; 
also  private  in  Captain  Nathaniel  Ide's 
company.  Colonel  Thomas  Carpenter's 
regiment;  enlisted  August  13,  1779,  dis- 
charged September  12,  1779,  service  one 
month,  travel  allowed  to  and  from  camp 
at  Providence ;  company  detached  from 
militia  for  service  at  Rhode  Island  for 
four  weeks  under  Captain  Samuel  Fish- 
er; also  private  in  Captain  Joseph  Wil- 
marth's  company,  Colonel  Thomas  Car- 


penter's regiment,  marched  July  28,  1780, 
discharged  July  31,  1780,  on  an  alarm 
at  Rhode  Island;  company  detached  for 
six  days'  service  and  marched  from  Re- 
hoboth to  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  and 
there  served  under  General  Heath.  He 
was  married  by  Elder  Nathan  Pearce, 
October  11,  1781,  to  Mehitable  Perry, 
born  in  Rehoboth,  September  7,  1760. 
daughter  of  David  and  Margaret  (Dyer) 
Perry.  Children :  Rufus,  born  April  8, 
1783;  Roxa,  March  6,  1784;  Mehitable, 
December  29,  1785 ;  Sylvester,  January 
9,  1788;  Betsey,  of  whom  further;  David 
Perry,  April  14,  1792;  Keziah,  February 
22,  1794;  Deney,  March  7,  1797;  Lydia, 
June  11,  1799;  Emerancy,  August  28, 
1803. 

(V)  Betsey  Round,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Sylvester  and  Mehitable  (Perry) 
Round,  was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  14,  1790.  She  was  mar- 
ried by  her  father  to  Samuel  Woodward, 
of  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  December  13, 
1810.  He  was  a  descendant  of  John 
Woodward,  who  married,  November  11, 
1675,  Sarah  Crossman.  Israel  Wood- 
ward, who  may  have  been  a  brother  of 
John  Woodward,  married,  August  4, 
1670,  in  Taunton,  Jane  Godfrey.  Sam- 
uel Woodward,  a  descendant  of  one  of 
the  above  mentioned  Woodwards,  re- 
sided in  Norton,  Massachusetts,  and 
there  married  Rebecca  ,  and  sev- 
eral of  their  children  were  born  in  Nor- 
ton. Ambrose  Woodward,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Woodward,  was  born  in  Norton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  9,  1743,  and  died 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  March  28, 
1828.  He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier, 
served  as  private  in  Captain  Ichabod 
Leonard's  Sixth  Taunton  Company, 
Colonel  George  Williams'  regiment,  serv- 
ice nine  days,  company  marched  to  War- 
ren, viz.,  Rehoboth  on  the  alarm  at 
Rhode    Island,    December   8,    1776.      He 


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was  married  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
by  George  Godfrey,  Esq.,  December  24, 
1772,  to  Rachel  Lincoln ;  she  died  Janu- 
ary 5,  1815,  in  Taunton.     He  must  have 

married  (second)   Abigail  ,  as  she 

died  a  widow  of  Ambrose  Woodward, 
April  17,  184 1,  aged  eighty-two  years. 
Samuel  Woodward,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Rachel  (Lincoln)  Woodward,  was  born 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  September 
17,  1785,  and  died  December  31,  1838. 
He  married,  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
Betsey  Round,  as  aforementioned,  and 
their  children,  all  born  in  Taunton,  were 
as  follows :  Samuel  E.,  born  July  16, 
1811;  Rinaldo  B.,  April  10,  1813;  Syl- 
vester, March,  1818;  Williard  Francis,  of 
whom  further ;  Elizabeth  Abby,  October 
17,  1828;  Albert  Augustus,  April  16,  1833; 
Julia  Ann,  December  19,  1836.  Mrs.  Sam- 
uel Woodward,  the  mother  of  these  chil- 
dren, died  July  4,  1876,  aged  eighty-six 
years,  two  months,  twenty-one  days. 

(VI)  Williard  Francis  Woodward,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Betsey  (Round)  Wood- 
ward, was  born  in  Taunton,  Massachu- 
setts, June  27,  1826.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  moulder,  which  he  followed  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  later  was  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits  near  the  Norton 
line,  being  particularly  interested  in  stock 
raising  and  in  trading  cattle.  He  was  a 
man  of  robust  constitution,  which  was 
his  great  asset,  and  he  was  widely  known 
for  his  enterprising  and  progressive  ideas, 
and  honored  and  respected  for  his  many 
excellencies  of  character,  especially  for 
his  devotion  to  his  home  and  family.  His 
marriage  intentions  were  published  in 
Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  December  29, 
1847,  and  he  married,  in  1848,  Julia  Ann 
Smith,  born  in  Rehoboth,  March  16,  1826, 
daughter  of  John,  Jr.,  and  Hannah 
(Lewis)  Smith,  and  their  children  were 
as  follows:  Henry,  deceased;  Estelle, 
died  in  early  life ;  Eugene,  living  in  Attle- 


boro ;  Emily,  living  in  Attleboro ;  Julia 
Isabel,  of  whom  further ;  Lottie  Maria, 
now  deceased ;  Edgar  Elmer,  resides  at 
the  homestead  in  Taunton.  Mr.  Wood- 
ward died  at  his  home  on  Worcester 
street,  Taunton,  after  a  short  illness  in 
1870.  His  remains  were  interred  in  Oak- 
land Cemetery.  His  widow  died  at  the 
home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Williard  H. 
White,  in  Attleboro,  March  15,  1912,  and 
her  remains  were  interred  beside  those 
of  her  husband. 

(VII)  Julia  Isabel  Woodward,  daugh- 
ter of  Williard  Francis  and  Julia  Ann 
(Smith)  Woodward,  was  born  in  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts,  August  19,  1857.  She 
married,  October  16,  1877,  Williard  H. 
White,  born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
December  23,  1855,  and  died  September 
28,  1884,  while  in  his  young  manhood. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  machinist  and 
served  in  that  capacity  in  the  Masons 
Machine  Shop  in  Taunton.  Mrs.  White, 
who  is  living  at  the  present  time  (1917) 
is  a  resident  of  Attleboro,  Massachusetts, 
where  she  is  quite  active  in  the  social  and 
civic  life,  holding  membership  in  the 
Attleboro  Woman's  Club,  and  the  Equal 
Suffrage  League.  She  is  devoted  to  her 
home  and  family,  which  consists  of  two 
children:  1.  Gertrude  Elma,  wife  of  Rob- 
ert Murray  Bates,  son  of  the  Rev.  John 
Bates,  and  they  have  one  daughter, 
Glenna  Isabel ;  they  reside  in  Attleboro. 
2.  Ernest  E.,  resides  in  Attleboro ;  is  a 
jeweler;  married  Zulmar  Dorrance 
Briggs.  Mrs.  Julia  Isabel  White  is  a 
member  of  Margaret  Corbin  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
of  Boston ;  a  member  of  the  Women's 
Auxiliary  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
of  Attleboro ;  and  a  member  of  the  Ladies' 
Aid  of  the  Sturdy  Memorial  Hospital  As- 
sociation, of  Attleboro. 

Williard  H.  White  was  a  descendant 
of  Nicholas  White,  who  was  a  native  of 


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England,  and  settled  in  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  was  made  a  freeman 
in  1643.  He  married  there  Susanna  Hum- 
phrey, and  they  were  the  parents  of  four 
children.  Between  the  years  1652  and 
1655  the  family  moved  to  Taunton,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Their 
eldest  son,  Nicholas  White,  Jr.,  was  born 
in  Dorchester,  and  later  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Taunton.  He  married,  De- 
cember 9,  1673,  Ursula  Macomber, 
daughter  of  William  and  Ursula  Ma- 
comber, and  they  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children.  Mrs.  White  died  in  Nor- 
ton, Massachusetts,  January  18,  1727-28. 
Their  youngest  child,  Thomas  White, 
was  born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  spent  his  entire  lifetime,  and 
died  in  1730.  He  married  Abigail  Cross- 
man,  born  October  7,  1690,  died  January 
22,  1767,  daughter  of  John  and  Joanna 
(Thayer)  Crossman,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  eight  children,  among  whom 
was  John  White,  born  in  Taunton,  who 
spent  his  entire  life  there,  passing  away 
January  26,  1806,  aged  ninety-four  years, 
and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  the 
corner  of  Prospect  Hill  and  Lothrop 
street,  Taunton.  He  was  one  of  the  larg- 
est land  owners  in  that  town.  He  mar- 
ried, May  30,  1748,  Mary  Smith,  born 
February  21,  1728,  and  lived  to  a  ripe  old 
age,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Jerusha 
(Leonard)  Smith.  One  of  their  ten  chil- 
dren was  John  White,  born  in  Taunton, 
Massachusetts,  in  1749,  and  died  there, 
February  14,  1828.  He  made  his  home 
near  Scadding's  Pond,  where  he  owned 
a  farm  which  he  later  sold  and  moved  to 
the  town  of  Norton,  Massachusetts,  but 
subsequently  returned  to  Taunton.  He 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  member  of  Captain  Oliver  Soper's 
company,  Continental  Line,  in  1776,  and 
the  tradition  is  that  he  was  also  a  priva- 
teer in  the  Revolution.    His  marriage  in- 


tentions were  published  April  26,  1777. 
He  married  Susanna  (White)  Pierce, 
daughter  of  George  and  Hannah  (Bryant) 
White,  and  widow  of  Elisha  Pierce.  One 
of  their  eight  children  was  Isaac  White, 
born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 30,  1785,  and  died  there,  February  5, 
1863.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Raynham 
company  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  mar- 
ried, August  2,  1806,  Matilda  Frasier, 
born  in  Raynham,  September  6,  1788,  and 
died  in  Taunton,  November  9,  1869.  One 
of  their  twelve  children  was  Kingman 
White,  born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
May  8,  1809,  spent  his  life  there,  and  died 
January  11,  1863.  He  married,  April  8, 
1 841,  Polly  Elma  Leonard,  who  died  No- 
vember 16,  1876.  They  were  the  parents 
of  seven  children :  Emeline,  born  August 
10,  1842,  died  September  7,  1842;  Oliver 
Allen,  February  7,  1844,  now  deceased; 
Ira  Alden,  December  8,  1845,  died  Febru- 
ary 18,  1866 ;  Etson  Holbrook,  twin  of 
Ira  Alden,  both  Civil  War  soldiers  and 
now  deceased ;  Matilda  Jane,  born  Au- 
gust 22,  1850,  married  Warner  Alden,  of 
Middleboro,  he  now  deceased ;  Warren 
Clifford,  born  March  21,  1853,  died  June 
6,  1854;  and  Williard  Horace,  born  De- 
cember 23,  1855,  aforementioned  as  the 
husband  of  Julia  Isabel  Woodward. 

(The    Carpenter    Line). 

(I)  William  Carpenter,  pioneer  ances- 
tor of  the  line  herein  followed,  was  born 
in  England  in  1605.  He  came  to  America 
in  the  ship  "Bevis"  in  1638.  He  was  ad- 
mitted freeman  of  Weymouth,  May  13, 
1640;  was  representative  of  Weymouth 
in  1641,  1643,  and  from  the  town  of  Reho- 
both  in  1645;  constable  in  1641.  He  was 
admitted  as  an  inhabitant  of  Rehoboth, 
March  28,  1645.  Governor  Bradford,  who 
married  his  cousin,  Alice,  manifested 
great  friendship  for  William  Carpenter 
and  favored  him  in  all  his  measures  in 


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the  Plymouth  Court.  The  town  records 
of  Rehoboth  commenced  in  1643.  The 
territory  of  the  town  included  what  is 
now  called  Attleboro,  Seekonk,  a  part  of 
Cumberland,  Swansea  and  East  Provi- 
dence. Many  of  the  Carpenter  residents 
of  these  towns  are  treated  as  being  resi- 
dents of  the  old  town  of  Rehoboth, 
though  they  may  have  resided  in  some 
one  of  the  other  towns.  He  served  as 
one  of  the  proprietors  and  town  clerk 
from  1643  until  1649.  In  ID45  William 
Carpenter,  with  others,  was  chosen  to 
look  after  the  interests  of  the  town,  and 
again  in  the  same  year  William  Carpen- 
ter was  chosen,  with  others,  to  hear  and 
decide  on  grievances  in  regard  to  the 
division  of  land  by  lots.  In  1647  ne  was 
chosen  as  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
town,  also  again  in  1655.  ^n  l&53  ms 
name  was  written  William  Carpenter, 
Sr.,  for  the  first  time.  The  first  settle- 
ment of  the  colony  of  Rehoboth  consist- 
ed of  fifty-eight  members  from  Wey- 
mouth, who  drew  lots  in  the  division  of 
lands,  June  31,  1644,  and  William  Car- 
penter's name  in  that  division  stands  num- 
ber ten.  The  houses  of  the  colony  were 
built  in  a  semi-circle  around  Seekonk 
Common,  and  opened  toward  Seekonk 
river.  This  semi-circle  was  called  "The 
Ring  of  the  Town."  At  a  meeting  of  the 
proprietors  in  1644  it  was  voted  that  nine 
men  should  be  chosen  to  order  the  pru- 
dential affairs  of  the  plantation  and  that 
they  should  have  the  power  to  dispose  of 
the  lands  in  lots  of  twelve,  eight  or  six 
acres,  "as  in  their  discretion  they  think 
the  quality  of  the  estate  of  the  person  do 
require."  This  applies  to  house  lots.  The 
residence  of  William  Carpenter  appears 
by  the  description  given  in  his  will  and 
by  tradition  to  have  been  located  in  the 
"Ring"  directly  east  of  the  meetinghouse. 
At  a  meeting  the  same  year  (1644)  it  was 
ordered  "for  the  time  past,  and  time  to 


come,  that  all  workmen  that  have  worked 
or  shall  work  in  any  common  work  or 
for  any  particular  person  shall  have  for 
their  wages  for  each  day's  work  as  fol- 
lows :  For  each  laborer  from  the  first  day 
of  November  until  the  first  day  of  Febru- 
ary, eighteen  pence  per  day,  and  for  the 
rest  of  the  year  twenty  pence  per  day, 
except  in  harvest ;  for  six  oxen  and  one 
man  seven  shillings  and  six  pence  per 
day,  and  for  eight  oxen  eight  shillings." 
The  price  fixed  for  wheat  was  four  shil- 
lings and  six  pence  per  bushel.  Wam- 
pum was  fixed  at  eight  for  a  penny. 
About  1642  William  Carpenter  was  ap- 
pointed captain  for  one  or  more  years  by 
the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  at 
Boston.  This  appointment  was  made 
necessary  by  the  attempt  of  Samuel  Gor- 
ton and  his  followers  to  seize  portions  of 
the  lands  included  in  the  Providence 
Plantations,  claiming  them  as  their  own 
by  right  of  purchase  from  the  Indians. 
In  1643-44  troops  were  sent  from  Mas- 
sachusetts to  arrest  Gorton  and  his  fol- 
lowers, but  being  resisted  by  them  the 
troops  were  ordered  to  open  fire  which 
brought  them  to  submission,  and  they 
were  taken  to  Boston  and  imprisoned. 
William      Carpenter      married      Abigail 

,    and    they    had    seven    children: 

John,  William,  Joseph,  Hannah,  Abiah, 
Abigail  and  Samuel. 

(II)  Joseph  Carpenter,  son  of  William 
and  Abigail  Carpenter,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, probably  about  1633.  He  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  America,  he  being 
then  five  years  of  age.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  first  Baptist  church 
in  Massachusetts,  in  1663.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Miles  formed  the  fourth  Baptist  church 
in  America  at  Swansea,  Massachusetts, 
consisting  of  seven  members,  among 
whom  was  Joseph  Carpenter,  who  con- 
tributed to  the  building  of  the  house,  in 
consequence  of  which  he  was  fined  five 


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pounds  and  prohibited  from  worship  for 
the  space  of  one  month.  The  variance 
that  appeared  in  their  religious  belief  did 
not  disturb  his  business  relations  with 
the  family  or  settlers  of  Rehoboth  as  he 
was  one  of  the  company  of  the  North 
Purchase  and  drew  one  share.  He  moved 
from  Rehoboth  to  Swansea  in  1661-62, 
soon  after  his  father  died.  The  Plym- 
outh Colony  Records  say  that  on  "May 
25>  l6$7>  Joseph  Carpenter  had  eight 
acres  of  land  granted  him,  adjoining  the 
lot  he  now  liveth  on,  which  was  given  to 
John  Titus."  His  will  was  dated  May  3, 
1676;  he  gave  land  to  his  three  sons,  Jo- 
seph, Benjamin  and  John ;  he  also  gave 
to  them  his  rights  in  the  common  of  Re- 
hoboth, likewise  his  rights  in  Swansea. 
He  married,  May  25,  1655,  Margaret  Sut- 
ton, daughter  of  John  Sutton.  Children  : 
1.  Joseph,  born  August  15, 1656,  died  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1718;  he  was  a  wheelwright;  re- 
sided in  Rehoboth  and  Swansea ;  he  mar- 
ried,   February    23,    1681,    Mary    , 

who  died  in  171 7.  2.  Benjamin,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Abigail,  born  March  15,  1659. 
4.  Esther,  born  March  10,  1661.  5.  Mar- 
tha, born  1662,  died  March  22,  1735,  at 
Swansea,  Massachusetts.  6  and  7.  John 
and  Hannah,  twins,  born  January  21, 
1671-72,  in  Swansea.  8.  Solomon,  born 
April  2J,  1673,  died  October  25,  1674, 
at  Swansea.  9.  Margaret,  born  May  4, 
1675,  married,  January  4,  1695,  Thomas 
Chaffee.  Joseph  Carpenter  was  buried 
May  6,  1675,  two  days  after  the  birth  of 
his  youngest  child,  and  his  remains  were 
interred  near  the  one  hundred  acre  cove 
in  Barrington.  His  wife  was  buried  in 
the  East  Providence  burial  ground.  The 
stone  is  marked:  "M.  C.  D.  V.,  1700,  A. 
G.  65."  The  letters  on  this  stone  are  very 
plain. 

(Ill)  Benjamin  Carpenter,  son  of  Jo- 
seph and  Margaret  (Sutton)  Carpenter, 
was  born  January  19,  1658,  and  died  May 
22,  1727.    He  married  (first)  1678-79,  Re- 


new Weeks,  born  in  1660,  died  July  29, 
1703,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
Weeks,  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  (second)  November  27,  1706, 
Martha  Toogood.  She  was  living  in 
1727.  Children  of  first  wife:  I.  Benja- 
min, born  January  27,  1680;  moved  to 
Ashford,  Connecticut,  about  the  year 
1733-34;  a  farmer;  married,  January  23, 
1706,  Mary  Barney.  2.  Jotham,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Renew,  born  April  14,  1684; 
married,  at  Swansea,  December  4,  1703, 
John  West.    4.  Elizabeth,  born  February 

28,  1685-86;  married  Winslow,  of 

Swansea.  5.  Hannah,  born  May  3,  1688, 
died  October  2,  1768;  married,  October 
23,  1725,  David  Thurston.  6.  Jane,  born 
March  31,  1690,  died  June  15,  1690.  7. 
John,  born  March  25,  1691-92,  died  in 
1766;  resided  in  Mansfield  and  Stafford, 
Connecticut;  married  (first)  September 
12,  1717,  Sarah  Thurston,  who  died  Oc- 
tober   24,    1744,    aged    fifty-three    years ; 

married   (second)    Martha  H. ,  of 

Windham ;  married  (third)  March  19, 
1748,  Hannah  Martin,  of  Warwick,  Rhode 
Island.  8.  Submit,  born  June  22,  1693, 
died  February  9,  1741,  at  Swansea.  9. 
Job,  born  March  16,  1695  ;  married  (first) 
Anne  ;  married  (second)  Decem- 
ber 17,  1764,  Barbara  Miller;  resided  in 
Rehoboth  and  Swansea.  10.  Kesiah,  born 
March  26,  1697,  married  Thomas  Horton, 
published  April  29,  1721,  at  Swansea.  11. 
Hezekiah,  born  March  27,  1699,  died 
March  19,  1750;  he  gave  a  lot  of  land  to 
the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  in  1738;  the  lot  was  sev- 
enty-three by  sixty-four  and  was  situate 
on  what  is  now  West  Broadway.  The 
house  was  sold  in  1738  and  a  new  house 
erected  on  the  same  site ;  this  was  taken 
down  and  a  new  house  erected  in  1741. 
He  was  known  as  "Colonel  Hezekiah." 
12.  Edward,  born  December  8,  1700,  died 
December  12,  1778,  at  Swansea;  married, 
August  12,  1724,  Elizabeth  Wilson,  born 


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July  8,  1706,  died  April  24,  1791,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Wilson, 
of  Rehoboth. 

(IV)  Jotham  Carpenter,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Renew  (Weeks)  Carpenter, 
was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
June  1,  1682,  and  died  in  1760.  Accord- 
ing to  "Savage"  he  was  baptized  at  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  June  1,  1683.  Ad- 
ministration papers  were  taken  out  on 
Jotham  Carpenter's  estate  as  residing  in 
Rehoboth  by  his  son,  Jotham  Carpenter, 
of  Rehoboth,  at  the  probate  office  at  Nor- 
ton, Massachusetts,  dated  August  14, 
1760,  by  George  Leonard,  Jr.,  register. 
He  married  (first)  July  10,  1707,  Desire 
Martin,  who  died  September  12,  1727.  He 
married  (second)  June  6,  1728,  Isabel 
Sherman.  Children  of  first  wife:  1. 
Jotham,  born  August  1,  1708,  died  May 
10,  1777;  resided  in  Cumberland,  Rhode 
Island ;  was  constable  of  Rehoboth  in 
1735 ;  served  as  deacon  in  the  Baptist 
church  in  Rehoboth  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  from  his  removal  to  Cumberland  until 
his  death  was  deacon  of  the  Baptist 
church  there;  he  married  (first)  May  11, 
1728,  Mehitable  Thompson;  she  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1747;  married  (second)  March 
17,  1748,  Freelove  Kingsley ;  her  will  was 
dated  October  12,  1801.  2.  Amos,  born 
September  1,  1710.  3.  Hannah,  born  June 
6,  1712;  published  to  David  Round,  Au- 
gust 29,  1730.  4.  Renew,  born  June  6, 
1 714,  married,  April  26,  1733,  Jabez 
Round  (see  Round  II).  5.  Desire,  born 
June  3,  1716;  married,  April  15,  1738, 
Hezekiah  Hix.  6.  Hezekiah,  born  Janu- 
ary 6,  1725;  married  (first)  August  16, 
1745,  at  Johnson,  Rhode  Island,  Phoebe 
Bowen  ;  married  (second)  Prudence  John- 
son, of  Hopkinton ;  married  (third)  July 
2,  1769,  Joanna  Aldrich,  of  Mendon  ;  he 
moved  to  Hopkinton  from  Johnson  after 
his  third  marriage ;  he  was  a  soldier  of 
the  Revolution. 


TINKHAM,  Ebenezer, 

Representative  Citizen. 

The  American  families  thus  far  traced 
descend  from  the  first  settler  of  the  name 
in  this  country. 

(I)  Sergeant  Ephraim  Tinkham  came 
from  Ashburham,  near  Plymouth,  Eng- 
land. He  came  no  doubt  under  contract, 
in  the  service  of  Thomas  Hatherly  to  pay 
his  passage.  In  1634  a  transfer  placed 
him  in  the  service  of  John  Winslow,  the 
town  of  Duxbury  granting  him  land, 
namely  thirty-five  acres.  He  became  a 
proprietor,  August  2,  1646;  held  offices  of 
trust  and  honor,  was  prominent  in  public 
life  both  in  civil  and  military  service,  was 
also  selectman  and  sergeant,  and  in  1670 
was  admitted  a  freeman.  In  1668,  Eph- 
raim Tinkham,  Edward  Gray  and  Wil- 
liam Crowell  comprised  a  commission  to 
settle  the  bounds  of  the  governor's  lands 
at  Plainsdealing.  By  deed  of  October  27, 
1647,  ne  and  his  wife  sold  to  Henry 
Thompson  a  third  part  of  a  lot  of  land 
with  dwelling  and  other  buildings  which 
belonged  to  Peter  Brown.  In  1662  he 
and  twenty-five  other  men  purchased  of 
the  Indians  the  land  territory  which  com- 
prises the  town  of  Middleborough,  and 
here  he  made  and  built  his  home.  He 
married,  in  1647  or  1648,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Peter  Brown.  Her  father  was  a  "May- 
flower" passenger.  His  will  of  date  Janu- 
ary 17,  1683,  was  proven  June  5,  1685, 
and  bequeaths  to  wife  Mary,  and  to  chil- 
dren: Ephraim,  Ebenezer,  Peter,  Heze- 
kiah, John,  Isaac,  Mary  Tomson.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Plymouth  or  Duxbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts :  Ephraim,  mentioned  below ; 
Ebenezer,  September  30,  165 1 ;  Peter,  De- 
cember 25,  1653 ;  Hezekiah,  February  8, 
1656;  John,  June  7,  1658;  Mary,  August 
5,  1661 ;  John,  November  15,  1663;  Isaac, 
April  11,  1666. 

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child  of  Sergeant  Ephraim  (i)  and  Mary 
(Brown)  Tinkham,  was  born  August  I, 
1649,  m  Duxbury,  and  died  October  13, 
1 714,  in  Middleborough.  He  was  con- 
stable in  1681,  was  propounded  for  a  free- 
man in  1682,  and  settled  in  Middlebor- 
ough, Massachusetts.  By  inheritance  his 
father's  house  in  Middleborough  became 
his  home.  He  married,  in  1678,  Esther 
Wright,  born  in  1649,  and  died  March  28, 
1717.  She  was  a  granddaughter  of  Fran- 
cis Cook,  "Mayflower"  passenger  in  1620, 
and  a  great-granddaughter  of  Alexander 
Carpenter.  Children,  born  in  Middlebor- 
ough, Massachusetts :  John,  August  23, 
1680;  Jeremiah,  mentioned  below;  Eph- 
raim, born  October  7,  1682,  and  died  July 
11,  1 713;  Isaac,  June,  1685;  Samuel, 
March  19,  1688. 

(III)  Jeremiah  Tinkham,  son  of  Eph- 
raim (2)  and  Esther  (Wright)  Tinkham, 
was  born  February  13,  1681,  and  died 
April  5,  1715.  He  married  Joanna  Powell, 
and  resided  in  Middleborough,  Massachu- 
setts. Among  their  children  was  Eben- 
ezer,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Tinkham,  son  of  Jere- 
miah and  Joanna  (Powell)  Tinkham,  was 
born  December  16,  1714,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 17,  1 801.  He  married  Hannah  Shaw, 
and  among  their  children  was  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Isaac  Tinkham,  son  of  Ebenezer 
and  Hannah  (Shaw)  Tinkham,  was  born 
November  26,  1741,  and  died  April  18, 
1818.  He  married  Lucretia  Hammond,  of 
Dartmouth,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  in  Middleborough,  Massachusetts: 
1.  Elias,  September  1,  1767.  2.  Betsey, 
born  July  7,  1769,  married  Jeptha  Whit- 
man, April  14,  1790.  3.  Isaac,  born  April 
29<  1773>  died  April  5,  1821 ;  he  served 
as  a  private  in  Captain  Abishai  Tink- 
ham's  company,  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Sproutts'  regiment ;  entered  service.  May 
6,  discharged  May  9;  entered  service  Sep- 


tember 6,  discharged  September  12,  serv- 
ice nine  days;  company  marched  from 
Middleborough  to  Dartmouth  on  two 
alarms  in  1778;  muster  rolls,  "Massachu- 
setts Soldiers  and  Sailors,"  volume  xv, 
page  768.  4.  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Ruth,  born  October  5,  1779,  married 
Josiah  Barrows,  April  5,  1801.  6.  Na- 
thaniel, born  July  21,  1783,  died  April  14, 
1856.  7.  Hannah,  born  December  4,  1789, 
died  December  2J,  1864. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (2)  Tinkham,  son  of 
Isaac  and  Lucretia  (Hammond)  Tink- 
ham, was  born  December  13,  1777,  in 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
March  11,  1856.  He  married,  June  3, 
1800,  Hannah  Morrison,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Morrison,  of  Middleboro.  Children  : 
Calvin,  born  March  16, 1801,  married  Har- 
riet Harlow ;  Betsey,  June  8,  1803,  mar- 
ried Jacob  Thomas ;  Sally,  March  13, 
1805,  married  Levi  Morse;  Hannah,  Au- 
gust 30,  1808,  married  Jacob  Bennett ; 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Elias,  April 
9,  1816,  died  April  30,  1817;  William, 
April  13,  1818,  died  November  10,  1887; 
Abisha,  April  23,  1820,  married  Hannah 
Harvey. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  (3)  Tinkham,  son  of 
Ebenezer  (2)  and  Hannah  (Morrison) 
Tinkham,  was  born  February  11,  1813,  in 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
September  25,  1892,  in  Attleboro,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  located  in  Norton,  his 
business  for  the  most  of  his  active  life 
being  the  machinist's  trade.  For  a  period 
of  his  life  he  lived  in  Attleboro  and  later 
in  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island.  Ebenezer 
Tinkham  married  (first)  April  10,  1843, 
Adeline  Arnold,  born  July  6,  181 1,  daugh- 
ter of  Lemuel  and  Ann  (Hodges)  Arnold, 
of  Norton,  Massachusetts.  Children : 
Abbie  Morrison,  born  March  8,  1844,  mar- 
ried (first)  Edward  G.  Anthony,  (second) 
William  Sawyer ;  Frederick  Wallace,  De- 
cember 24,   1845,   married   Ellen   Plymp- 


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ton;  Howard  Arnold,  September  21,  1847, 
married  Elizabeth  A.  Arnold ;  Annie  Car- 
penter, June  20,  1857,  married  Charles  R. 
Bates.  Ebenezer  Tinkham,  the  father, 
married   (second)   Alice  Gruninger. 

(The  Morrison  Line). 

(I)  The  founder  of  this  family  was 
William  Morrison,  of  Plymouth  county, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  a  son  of  Robert 
Morrison.  He  settled  in  the  town  of 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  in  1740.  He 
died  in  prison  during  the  French  war, 
June  12,  1758.  On  November  10,  1748, 
he  married  Sarah  Montgomery.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  William  Strowbridge,  Jr., 
of  Middleboro.  Children  :  William,  men- 
tioned below ;  Robert,  born  January  26, 
1751,  married  Dorcas  Staples;  Alexander, 
baptized  August  25,  1752;  John,  baptized 
December  22,  1754;  James,  born  Febru- 
ary 28,  1757. 

(II)  William  (2)  Morrison,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (1)  and  Sarah  (Montgomery)  Mor- 
rison, was  born  August  16,  1749.  He 
married,  about  1773,  Hannah  Benton, 
born  January  7,  1752,  died  March  13, 
1825.  Until  1805  they  lived  in  Middle- 
boro, when  they  removed  to  Farmington, 
Maine,  where  he  died  August  29,  1826. 
Children:  William,  born  May  26,  1774, 
died  January,  1788;  Sally,  February  11, 
1776,  married  Adam  Keith;  Robert,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1778 ;  Hannah,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Betsey,  April  28,  1782;  John,  March 
3,  1784;  Jane,  January  31,  1786. 

(III)  Hannah  Morrison,  daughter  of 
William  (2)  and  Hannah  (Benton)  Mor- 
rison, was  born  December  11,  1779.  She 
married  in  Middleboro,  Massachusetts, 
June  3,  1800,  Ebenezer  Tinkham  (see 
Tinkham  VI). 

(The  Arnold   Line). 

The  origin  of  the  Arnold  family  is 
among    the    ancient    princes    of    Wales. 


They  trace  from  Gnir,  a  paternal  descend- 
ant of  Cadwalader,  King  of  the  Britons. 
From  this  ancestry  came  Roger  Arnold, 
of  Llanthony,  in  Monmouthshire.  He 
was  the  first  of  the  family  to  adopt  a  sur- 
name. Roger  Arnold,  Esq.,  married  Joan, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Gamage,  Knight 
Lord  of  Coytey.  Mr.  Arnold's  descent 
was  twelfth  generation  in  direct  line  from 
Gnir,  King  of  Gwentland. 

(I)  Joseph  Arnold,  the  American  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England  about  1625, 
and  settled  early  in  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts. He  resided  in  the  eastern  part  of 
Braintree,  now  the  city  of  Quincy,  on 
Quincy  avenue.  To  his  youngest  son, 
Ephraim,  he  deeded  the  homestead,  No- 
vember 25,  1696.  He  married  at  Brain- 
tree, June  8,  1648,  Rebecca  Curtis,  who 
died  August  14,  1693.  Children:  Wil- 
liam, born  March  16,  1649,  died  young; 
John.  April  3,  1650,  died  young;  Joseph, 
October  8,  1652,  died  young ;  John,  April 
29.  1655 ;  Samuel,  August  7,  1658,  died 
same  day;   Ephraim,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Ephraim  Arnold,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Rebecca  (Curtis)  Arnold,  was  born 
in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  June  11, 
1664;  lived  also  in  Boston.     He  married 

Mary  ,   and   their   children   were : 

Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born 
October  1,  1690,  married  Benjamin  Ham- 
mond;  Ephraim,  July  21,  1695;  Rebecca, 
married,  December  11,  1722,  Jonathan 
French. 

(III)  Samuel  Arnold,  son  of  Ephraim 
and  Mary  Arnold,  was  born  January  7, 
1689,  in  Braintree.  He  was  drowned  in 
the  Neponset  river,  February  9,  1743.  He 
married  Sarah  Webb,  daughter  of  Chris- 
topher and  Mary  (Bass)  Webb.  She  was 
born  December  18,  1688.  Children,  born 
in  Braintree:  Samuel,  May  16,  1713,  died 
young;  Mary,  December  22,  1714,  mar- 
ried John  Spear;  Sarah,  September  14, 
1716,   married    Benjamin    Hunt;   Joseph, 

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October  n,  1718,  married  Mary  Butts; 
John,  October  4,  1720,  died  February  11, 
1738;  Moses,  June  11,  1722;  Abigail,  Feb- 
ruary 12, 1725,  married  Samuel  Savel ;  Na- 
thaniel, October  18,  1726;  Deborah,  No- 
vember 14,  1729,  died  December  14,  1792; 
David,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  David  Arnold,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Webb)  Arnold,  was  born  July  25, 
1732,  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  and 
settled  near  the  Taunton  line  of  the  town 
of  Norton,  Massachusetts.  He  owned  a 
place  near  Burts  brook,  Norton.  He  was 
a  Revolutionary  soldier,  lieutenant  in 
Captain  Benjamin  Morey's  company, 
Colonel  John  Daggett's  regiment,  and 
served  under  various  enlistments.  He 
died  in  Norton  in  1810.  He  married 
Phebe  Pratt,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
intentions  entered  in  Norton,  December 
9,  1756.  Children,  born  in  Norton:  David, 
December  2t>,  1757 ;  Phebe,  April  1,  1760; 
John,  May  23,  1763;  Samuel,  January  13, 
1766;  Asa,  February  3,  1768;  Salmon, 
1771  ;  William,  March  28,  1774;  Lemuel, 
mentioned  below;  Sally,  1778. 

(V)  Lemuel  Arnold,  son  of  Lieutenant 
David  and  Phebe  (Pratt)  Arnold,  was 
born  September  15,  1776,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1861.  He  married  Ann  Hodges, 
of  Norton,  May  18,  1801.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Captain  James  and  Mary 
(Briggs)  Hodges,  born  April  22,  1777, 
and  died  February  7,  1854.  Captain  James 
Hodges,  son  of  Nathan  and  Experience 
(Williams)  Hodges,  of  Taunton,  was 
born  April  22,  1737,  in  Norton,  Massachu- 
setts. His  parents  were  married  Decem- 
ber 12,  1728,  in  Norton.  Captain  Hodges 
first  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Captain  Rob- 
ert Crossman's  Minute-Men  Company. 
He  served  under  various  enlistments. 
Children  of  Lemuel  and  Ann  (Hodges) 
Arnold  :  Nancy,  born  July  23,  1802 ;  Lem- 
uel, December  27,  1803 ;  Mary  P.,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1805 ;  Laban,  November  7,  1807 ; 


Adeline,  mentioned  below  ;  William,  Earle, 
April  19,  1813;  Samuel,  September  17, 
1815 ;  Charles  G.,  September  19,  1817; 
Edwin  Howard,  January  11,  1819;  David 
Augustus,  May  11,  1823. 

(VI)  Adeline  Arnold,  daughter  of  Lem- 
uel and  Ann  (Hodges)  Arnold,  married 
in  Norton,  Massachusetts,  April  10,  1843, 
Ebenezer  Tinkham   (see  Tinkham  VII). 


GOOCH, 


And  Allied  Families. 


John  Keene,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1578.  In  the 
early  records  his  name  is  spelled  Keen, 
Kean,  Kein,  and  in  all  other  ways  that 
the  name  might  be  spelled.  He  came  in 
the  ship  "Confidence,"  from  Southamp- 
ton, England,  sailing  April  11,  1638,  with 
his  wife  Martha,  and  children,  John,  Eliza, 
Martha,  Josiah  and  Sarah.  He  settled  at 
Hingham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  after- 
ward kept  a  tavern.  Children :  John, 
Eliza,  Martha,  Josiah,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah. 

(II)  Josiah  Keene,  son  of  John  Keene, 
was  born  in  London,  England,  about 
1620,  and  came  to  America  with  his  par- 
ents. From  Boston  he  went  with  his  par- 
ents to  Hingham  and  later  he  settled  in 
Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  near  Duxbury. 
He  married  (first)  at  Marshfield,  Abigail 
Little  or  Littell ;  (second)  in  1665,  Han- 
nah Dingley,  daughter  of  John  Dingley. 
He  served  on  the  grand  jury  from  Dux- 
bury,  in  1689.  The  town  confirmed  to 
him  a  tract  of  thirty  acres,  February  24, 
1696-97,  some  land  that  his  son  Josiah, 
Jr.,  had  bought  of  Francis  West  on  Pud- 
ding Brook,  adjoining  land  of  Josiah 
Keene,  Sr.  He  died  soon  after  this  date. 
Children  of  first  wife :  Josiah,  mentioned 
below ;  a  daughter,  died  young.  Children 
of  second  wife  :  John,  born  1667,  ancestor 
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Ephraim;  Hannah,  married  Isaac  Old- 
ham ;  Elizabeth ;  Abigail ;  Sarah. 

(III)  Josiah  (2)  Keene,  son  of  Josiah 

(1)  Keene,  was  born  in  Marshfield,  about 
1660.  He  had  land  laid  out  to  him,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1690,  in  Duxbury,  and  was  then 
doubtless  of  age.  Soon  afterward  he 
bought  nine  acres  on  Pudding  Brook, 
Duxbury.  Thirty  acres  were  laid  out  to 
him  by  the  town  of  Duxbury,  February 
24,  1696-97,  as  mentioned  above.  He  was 
a  grand  juror  in  1703,  when  he  was  still 
called  "Jr."  He  married,  about  1681, 
Lydia  Baker.  Children,  born  in  Duxbury : 
Benjamin,  born  July  26,  1682 ;  Josiah,  Jr., 
September  27,  1683,  died  young;  Abigail, 
April  7,  1686;  Eleanor;  Lydia;  Josiah, 
soldier,  went  to  the  West  Indies ;  Na- 
thaniel, born  November  11,  1692;  Bethia; 
Samuel ;  Isaac ;  Hezekiah,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Hezekiah   Keene,   son   of  Josiah 

(2)  Keene,  was  born  in  Duxbury,  August 
8,  1702,  and  died  December  27,  1770.  He 
married  Alice  Howland,  daughter  of 
Prince  Howland,  granddaughter  of 
Arthur  Howland,  and  great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Arthur  Howland,  immigrant,  whose 
brother  John  came  in  the  "Mayflower." 
She  was  born  October  30,  1709,  died  Oc- 
tober 13,  1785.  Children,  born  in  Dux- 
bury :  Prince,  mentioned  below ;  Charles, 
Mark,  Robert,  Alice,  Diana,  Bethia,  Heze- 
kiah, Jr. ;  Daniel,  born  December  30,  1748, 
settled  in  Bristol,  Maine;  Mary;  William. 

(V)  Prince  Keene,  son  of  Hezekiah 
Keene,  was  born  in  Duxbury  or  vicinity. 
He  was  of  Duxbury,  March  7,  1758,  when 
he  married  at  Pembroke,  Elizabeth  Ford. 
Children:  Benjamin  Prince,  mentioned 
below ;  Deborah,  baptized  December  27, 
1 761. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Prince  Keene,  son  of 
Prince  Keene,  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
September  5,  1759.  He  married  Mary 
Gardner.     They   settled   in    Kinderhook, 


New  York,  but  later  removed  to  Apple- 
ton,  Maine.  Children :  Caleb  G.,  born  at 
Kinderhook,  September  1,  1787;  Elizabeth 
Ford,  June  12,  1789;  Robert  Stien,  men- 
tioned below ;  Maria  Antoinette,  born 
February  9,  1794;  Benjamin,  born  Octo- 
ber 9,  1796,  died  March  4,  1876;  Charles 
Augustus,  born  March  1,  1801. 

(VII)  Robert  Stien  Keene,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Prince  Keene,  was  born  at  Kinder- 
hook, New  York,  March  12,  1792.  He 
came  to  Appleton,  Maine,  with  his  par- 
ents, and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  dying  there  August  21,  1870.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  owned  extensive  tracts  of 
land.  He  married,  December  12,  1822,  at 
Appleton,  Isabel  Davis,  born  April  5, 
1804,  died  April  30,  1896,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Martin)  Davis,  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Sarah  (Bradford) 
Davis  (see  Bradford  VI),  of  Friendship, 
Maine.  Children:  1.  Caleb  Gardner,  born 
October  12,  1823,  died  September  23, 
1824.  2.  William  G.,  born  December  28, 
1824,  died  January  17,  1866;  married, 
March  6,  1853,  Mercy  Jameson.  3.  Eliza 
Ford,  mentioned  below.  4.  Albert  Gard- 
ner, born  September  18,  1828,  died  in 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  September  6, 
1851.  5.  Theresa  Antoinette,  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1830;  married  Benjamin  Jacobs, 
December  25,  1853,  and  died  at  Milwau- 
kee, Wisconsin,  February  13,  1904.  6. 
Sarah  Bradford,  born  August  25,  1832, 
died  August  8,  1916;  married,  October  9, 
1853,  Thomas  H.  Hunt,  of  Camden, 
Maine.  7.  Isabel  Davis,  born  June  21, 
1834;  married,  September  7,  1864,  Daniel 
B.  Ball,  and  died  in  Wilcox,  Nebraska, 
September  11,  1901.  8.  Edwin  S.,  born 
October  31,  1836,  died  at  Appleton,  June 
25,  1883;  married  (first)  June  2,  1861, 
Marietta  Johnson,  (second)  September  6, 
1868,  Martha  Wentworth.  9.  Robert 
Stien,  born  April  1,  1839,  died  March  12, 
1908,  in  Appleton ;  married   (first)    Sep- 


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tember  10,  1876,  Mary  B.  Wentworth,  and 
(second)  June  4,  1892,  Cora  E.  Thomp- 
son. 10.  Edward,  born  July  29,  1841,  died 
March  14,  1842.  11.  Ormond,  born  March 
21,  1843,  died  at  Boston,  September  29, 
1866. 

(VIII)  Eliza  Ford  Keene,  daughter 
of  Robert  Stien  and  Isabel  (Davis) 
Keene,  was  born  January  22,  1827.  She 
married,  October  19,  1851,  James  Mur- 
ray Smith,  who  was  born  at  Aberdeen, 
Scotland,  son  of  John  and  Anne  (Denny) 
Smith.  His  father  was  a  soldier  in  the 
British  army  and  came  with  his  command 
to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  remaining  there 
after  his  discharge  and  locating  finally  in 
Cape  Breton,  where  he  spent  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  James  Murray  Smith 
learned  the  printer's  trade  at  Halifax  and 
worked  as  a  journeyman  printer  in  Hali- 
fax, and  in  the  offices  of  various  news- 
papers in  Boston  and  New  York  City. 
For  many  years  he  was  employed  in  the 
composing  room  of  the  Boston  "Herald." 
He  died  in  1876,  and  was  buried  at  Apple- 
ton,  Maine,  by  the  side  of  his  wife,  who 
died  October  24,  1866.  Children  of  James 
M.  and  Eliza  Ford  (Keene)  Smith :  Annie 
Isabel  Smith,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
seven  years ;  Mary  Theresa  Smith,  died 
at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years ;  Wallace 
B.  Smith,  resides  at  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota;  Sarah  Eliza  Smith,  married  Wilzue 
Whitson,  and  resides  in  Neola,  Iowa ;  and 
Carrie  Hunt  Smith,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Carrie  Hunt  Smith,  daughter  of 
James  M.  and  Eliza  Ford  (Keene)  Smith, 
was  born  in  Boston,  October  12,  1861. 
She  received  her  education  in  the  public 
schools  in  Nova  Scotia.  After  the  death 
of  her  parents  she  went  to  live  with  an 
uncle  and  aunt,  Philip  and  Agnes  Smith, 
in  Nova  Scotia.  She  returned  to  Boston, 
after  a  few  years,  and  married,  August 
14,  1895,  John  Brackett  Gooch,  who  was 
born  in  Lyman,  Maine,  April  1,  1854,  son 


of  Charles  and  Asenath  (Perkins)  Gooch. 
He  died  December  24,  1898.  Their  only 
child,  Helen  Agnes  Gooch,  born  May  25, 
1897,  is  now  a  student  in  the  Massachu- 
setts State  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater. 
Mrs.  Gooch  resides  in  Whitman,  and  is  a 
member  of  Deborah  Sampson  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  of 
Brockton. 

Colonel  Caleb  Gardner,  Revolutionary 
ancestor  of  Mrs.  Carrie  H.  Gooch,  of 
Whitman,  lived  in  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  He  married,  in  August, 
1752,  Eleanor  Phillips,  at  Trinity  Church, 
Newport.  He  died  October  23,  1801,  and 
she  died  November  26,  1803.  Both  died 
in  Providence  and  are  buried  in  Swan 
Point  Cemetery,  of  that  city.  Children, 
born  at  Newport:  John,  born  September 
8,  1753,  died  May  27,  1754;  Elizabeth, 
March  29,  1755  ;  John,  September  10,  1756, 
died  July  11,  1757;  Eleanor,  April  7,  1759; 
Mary,  September  1,  1761,  married  Benja- 
min Prince  Keene  (see  Keene  VI). 

(The  Bradford  Line). 

The  Bradford  family  history  dates  back 
in  England  to  the  beginning  of  surnames. 
One  of  the  first  martyrs  burned  at  the 
stake  during  the  reign  of  Bloody  Mary 
was  John  Bradford,  prebend  of  St.  Paul's, 
and  a  celebrated  preacher,  born  in  Man- 
chester, in  1510,  executed  July  1,  1555;  a 
friend  of  Rogers,  Hooper,  Latimer,  Cran- 
mer  and  Ridley,  who  also  perished  in  the 
same  manner.  The  coat-of-arms  is  de- 
scribed :  Argent  on  a  fesse,  three  stags' 
heads  erased  or. 

The  ancestry  of  Governor  Bradford  has 
not  been  traced  further  than  his  grand- 
father, though  the  evidence  shows  that 
he  belonged  to  the  ancient  Bradford  fam- 
ily in  England. 

(I)  William  Bradford,  grandfather  of 
Governor  William  Bradford,  lived  at  Aus- 


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terfield,  County  Nottingham,  England,  and 
in  1575,  he  and  John  Hanson  were  the 
only  subsidiaries  located  there.  William 
Bradford  was  taxed  twenty  shillings  on 
land ;  John  Hanson  the  same  on  goods. 
His  grandson,  William  Bradford,  lived 
with  him  after  the  death  of  his  son,  Wil- 
liam Bradford.  The  date  of  his  burial  at 
Austerfield  was  January  10,  1595-96. 
Children:  William,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas;  Robert,  baptized  June  25,  1561 
(with  him  Governor  Bradford  lived  after 
his  grandfather  died)  ;  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized July  16,  1570. 

(II)  William  (2)  Bradford,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (1)  Bradford,  was  born  at  Auster- 
field, about  1560,  and  died  July  15,  1591 ; 
married  Alice  Hanson.  Children,  born  at 
Austerfield:  Margaret,  baptized  March  8, 
1585,  died  young;  Alice,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 30,  1587;  William,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Governor  William  (3)  Bradford. 
son  of  William  (2)  Bradford,  was  born  at 
Austerfield  and  baptized  March  19,  1590. 
After  his  father  and  grandfather  died,  he 
went  to  live  with  his  uncle,  Robert  Brad- 
ford, at  Scrooby,  and  he  joined  the  church 
where  John  Robinson  preached.  Though 
he  had  little  schooling  he  became  pro- 
ficient in  Dutch,  Latin,  French  and  Greek, 
and  even  studied  Hebrew  so  that  he  could 
read  the  Bible  in  the  original  form.  He 
went  to  Holland  with  the  Pilgrims.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  fustian  or  friece 
weaving.  He  married,  at  Amsterdam, 
Holland,  December  9,  1613,  Dorothea 
May,  who  was  then  sixteen.  They  came 
in  the  "Mayflower,"  but  before  landing 
finally,  his  wife  fell  overboard  and  was 
drowned,  December  9,  1620.  Soon  after 
the  death  of  Carver,  William  Bradford 
succeeded  him  as  governor  of  Plymouth 
and  continued  by  annual  reelection  as 
governor,  except  in  1633,  1634,  1635,  1638 
and  1644,  until  he  died.  He  wrote  a  his- 
tory of  the  colony  and  the  orignal  raanu- 

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script  may  be  seen  in  the  State  Library, 
Boston.  A  complete  history  of  Bradford's 
life  would  require  a  volume  by  itself  and 
include  the  history  of  the  Colony  of 
Plymouth.  He  married  (second)  Alice 
(Carpenter)  Southworth,  widow  of  Ed- 
ward Southworth,  and  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Carpenter.  She  died  March  26, 
1670,  and  he  died  May  9,  1657.  Child  by 
first  wife :  John,  of  Duxbury.  Children 
by  second  wife :  William,  mentioned  be- 
low ;   Mercy,  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Major  William  (4)  Bradford,  son 
of  Governor  William  (3)  Bradford,  was 
born  June  16,  1624,  at  Plymouth,  and  died 
February  20,  1703.  He  removed  to  Kings- 
ton, Massachusetts.  He  was  assistant 
deputy  governor  and  in  1687  one  of  Gov- 
ernor Andros's  council.  He  became  the 
chief  military  officer  of  the  colony.  His 
will  is  dated  January  29,  1703.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Alice  Richards,  who  died  at 
Plymouth,  December  12,  1671,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Wealthy  Richards,  of 
Weymouth.  He  married  (second)  Widow 
Wiswell ;  (third)  Mary  Holmes,  widow, 
who  died  June  6,  1714-15,  widow  of  Rev. 
John  Holmes,  of  Duxbury,  and  daugh- 
ter of  John  Atwood.  Children  by  first 
wife:  John,  born  February  20,  1653;  Wil- 
liam, March  11,  1655;  Thomas,  of  Nor- 
wich; Alice;  Hannah;  Mercy;  Melatiah ; 
Mary  ;  Sarah  ;  Samuel,  1668.  By  second 
wife :  Joseph,  of  Norwich.  By  third 
wife:  Israel,  mentioned  below;  David, 
Ephraim,  Hezekiah. 

(V)  Israel  Bradford,  son  of  Major  Wil- 
liam (4)  Bradford,  was  born  at  Kingston, 
about  1680.  He  married  Sarah  Bartlett, 
of  Duxbury.  Children,  born  at  Kingston  : 
Ruth,  December  11,  1703,  died  young; 
Bathsheba,  November  8,  1704;  Benjamin, 
October  17,  1705;  Abner,  December  25, 
1707;  Joshua,  mentioned  below;  Ichabod, 
September  22,  1713 ;  Elisha,  March  26, 
1718. 


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(VI)  Joshua  Bradford,  son  of  Israel 
Bradford,  was  born  at  Kingston,  June  23, 
1710.  He  married  Hannah  Bradford, 
daughter  of  Elisha  Bradford,  mentioned 
below.  They  moved  to  Medumcook,  later 
called  Friendship,  Maine,  where  he  was 
killed  by  Indians,  May  2.7,  1756,  and  his 
children  carried  to  Canada,  where  they 
remained  until  Quebec  was  taken.  They 
then  returned  to  their  old  home.  Chil- 
dren: Cornelius,  born  December  10,  1737; 
Sarah,  born  October  16,  1739,  married 
John  Davis,  and  their  son,  John  Davis, 
Jr.,  married  Mary  Martin  and  had  Isabel 
Davis,  who  married  Robert  Stien  Keene 
(see  Keene  VII)  ;  Rachel,  born  January 
28,  1 741  ;  Mary  and  Melatiah,  March  16, 
1744;  Joshua,  April  2,  1746;  Hannah, 
March  9,  1748;  Joseph,  March  19,  1751 ; 
Benjamin,  May  28,  1753;  Elisha,  October 
15-  1755;  Winslow,  1757. 

(IV)  Joseph  Bradford,  son  of  Gov- 
ernor William  (3)  Bradford,  was  born  in 
1630.  He  married  Jael,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Peter  Hobart,  of  Hingham,  May  25,  1664. 
She  died  in  1730,  aged  eighty-eight  years. 
They  lived  at  Kingston  on  the  Jones  river, 
half  a  mile  from  its  mouth.  Children : 
Elisha,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph,  born 
April  18,  1665. 

(V)  Elisha  Bradford,  son  of  Joseph 
Bradford,  was  born  in  1664.  He  married 
(first)  Hannah  Cole ;  (second)  Bathsheba 
Le  Brocke,  September  7,  1718.  His  widow 
married  (second)  Joshua  Oldham,  of 
Pembroke.  Children  by  second  wife : 
Hannah,  born  April  10,  1720,  married 
Joshua  Bradford  (VI),  mentioned  above; 
Joseph,  December  17,  1721  ;  Nehemiah, 
July  27,  1724;  Laurana,  March  26,  1726; 
Mary,  August  1,  1727;  Elisha,  October  6, 
1729;  Lois,  January  30,  1731  ;  Deborah, 
November  18,  1732,  married  Jonathan 
Sampson,  Jr.,  and  became  mother  of  Deb- 
orah Sampson,  who  was  famous  because, 
disguised  as  a  man,  she  served  as  a  soldier 


in  the  Revolution ;  Allis,  November  3, 
1734;  Asenath,  September  15,  1736;  Car- 
penter, February  7,  1739;  Abigail,  June 
20,  1741 ;  Chloe,  April  6,  1743. 


JACKSON,  Willard  Everett, 

Business  Man. 

Abraham  Jackson,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  to  Plymouth  in  the  third 
ship  "Ann"  in  1623,  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
years,  with  Secretary  Morton,  to  whom 
he  was  apprenticed,  and  whose  daughter 
Remember  he  married,  November  18, 
1657.  Her  father  was  a  historical  charac- 
ter, financial  agent  of  the  Pilgrims  in  Hol- 
land, and  is  said  by  one  writer  to  have 
purchased  the  "Mayflower"  for  them. 
Remember  was  born  to  his  second  wife, 
Hannah,  former  widow  of  Richard  Tem- 
plar, of  Charlestown,  and  daughter  of 
Richard  Pritchard,  at  Plymouth  in  1637, 
and  she  died  July  24,  1707.  She  was 
granddaughter  of  George  and  Ann  (Car- 
penter) Morton  and  of  Alexander  Car- 
penter. George  Morton  or  Mount  wrote 
a  history  of  Plymouth  colony,  called 
"Mount's  Relation."  Abraham  Jackson 
died  October  4,  1714.  Children:  Lydia, 
born  November  19,  1658;  Abraham; 
Nathaniel ;  Eleazer,  mentioned  below ; 
John. 

(II)  Eleazer  Jackson,  son  of  Abraham 
Jackson,  was  born  in  October,  1669.  He 
married,  in  1690,  Hannah  Ransom,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  and  Anna  Ransom,  of 
Plymouth  and  Sandwich,  Massachusetts. 
Children,  born  at  Plymouth :  John,  born 
1692;  Eleazer,  1694;  Joanna,  1696;  Mercy, 
1697;  Hannah,  1698;  Mary,  1701  ;  Abigail, 
1702;  Deborah,  1704;  Content,  1705;  Sus- 
anna, 1706;  Ransom,  1708;  Benjamin, 
1710;  Experience,  1713 ;  Ephraim,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Ephraim  Jackson,  son  of  Eleazer 
Jackson,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Septem- 


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ber  10,  1714;  resided  in  Wrentham  and 
Bridge  water ;  married,  in  1736,  Lydia 
Leach,  granddaughter  of  Giles  and  Anna 
(Nokes)  Leach,  of  Bridgewater.  Among 
his  children  was  Ephraim,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Ephraim  (2)  Jackson, 
son  of  Ephraim  (1)  Jackson,  was  born  in 
1739.  He  married  (first)  in  1765,  Bath- 
sheba  Trask,  daughter  of  John  and  Pen- 
elope (White)  Trask,  granddaughter  of 
William  and  Ann  (White)  Trask,  great- 
granddaughter  of  William  and  Ann  (Put- 
nam) Trask,  the  first  settlers.  Captain 
William  Trask  commanded  a  company  in 
the  Pequot  war;  he  was  a  settler  in  Salem 
in  1628.  Ann  (White)  Trask  was  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  (Rogers) 
White,  of  Mendon,  granddaughter  of 
Thomas  White,  pioneer,  of  Weymouth. 
Ann  (Putnam)  Trask  was  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  (Holyoke)  Putnam, 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  Put- 
nam, the  pioneers,  whose  ancestry  in 
England  has  been  traced  for  many  gen- 
erations. Lydia  (Rogers)  White  was  a 
daughter  of  Deacon  John  and  Judith 
Rogers,  who  came  from  England.  Eph- 
raim Jackson  married  (second)  in  1784, 
Hannah  Delano.  His  first  wife  died  De- 
cember 24,  1782.  He  died  at  North 
Bridgewater,  May  29,  1814.  His  grave, 
near  the  Brockton  fair  grounds  in  the  old 
cemetery,  is  marked  by  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution.  He  served  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war  in  Captain  Simeon  Cary's 
company,  Colonel  Thomas  Doty's  regi- 
ment, March  13  to  December  11,  1758, 
and  in  the  Revolutionary  War  in  Cap- 
tain Daniel  Lothrop's  company,  Colonel 
John  Bailey's  regiment,  in  1775.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife,  born  at  North  Bridge- 
water:  Asa,  born  December  5,  1765  ;  Oli- 
ver, mentioned  below;  Caleb,  September 
3,  1769;  Lydia,  February  26,  1771 ;  Bath- 
sheba,  July  28,   1772;  George  Washing- 


ton, October  19,  1776;  Rhoda,  January 
16,  1778;  Calvin,  June  17,  1779;  Clarissa, 
December  20,  1780.  By  second  wife: 
Barnard,  Lucy  and  Polly. 

(V)  Captain  Oliver  Jackson,  son  of 
Ephraim  Jackson,  was  born  at  North 
Bridgewater,  March  18,  1767,  died  March 
19,  1845.  He  married,  May  6,  1807,  Olive 
Gurney,  born  December  1,  1786,  daughter 
of  Captain  Zachariah  and  Matilda  (Pack- 
ard) Gurney,  granddaughter  of  Lieuten- 
ant Zachariah  and  Mary  Gurney,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Zachariah  and  Sarah 
(Jackson)  Gurney,  of  Weymouth  and  Ab- 
ington.  Zachariah  Gurney,  father  of  the 
last  mentioned  Zachariah,  married  Mary 
Benson,  daughter  of  Joseph  Benson, 
granddaughter  of  John  Benson,  who  came 
from  Gonsham,  Oxfordshire,  England,  in 
1638,  and  lived  at  Hingham  and  Hull,  had 
wife  Mary.  Matilda  (Packard)  Gurney 
was  a  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Richards)  Packard,  of  Bridgewater, 
granddaughter  of  David  and  Hannah 
(Ames)  Packard,  great-granddaughter  of 
Zaccheus  and  Sarah  (Howard)  Packard, 
and  great-great-granddaughter  of  Sam- 
uel Packard,  who  came  from  Windham, 
near  Hingham,  England,  in  1638,  moving 
afterward  to  Bridgewater.  Sarah  (Rich- 
ards) Packard,  born  1730,  died  January 
4,  1806,  was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Mehitable  (Alden)  Richards,  of  Plym- 
outh and  Bridgewater,  granddaughter  of 
Joseph  and  Sarah  Richards,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  William  and  Grace 
Richards,  who  came  from  England  to 
Plymouth,  later  to  Scituate.  Joseph 
Richards  was  in  King  Philip's  war;  set- 
tled in  Weymouth.  Mehitable  (Alden) 
Richards  was  a  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Mehitable  (Allen)  Alden,  granddaughter 
of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Simmons)  Alden, 
great-granddaughter  of  John  and  Pris- 
cilla (Molines)  Alden,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower."     Mehitable   (Allen)   Alden 


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was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Partridge)  Allen,  granddaughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Ann  Allen,  pioneers.  Sarah  (Par- 
tridge) Allen  was  a  daughter  of  George 
and  Sarah  (Tracy)  Partridge,  grand- 
daughter of  Stephen  and  Tryphosa  Tracy, 
who  came  in  the  ship  "Ann"  in  1623. 
Hannah  (Ames)  Packard  was  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Willis)  Ames,  grand- 
daughter of  William  and  Hannah  Ames, 
of  Duxbury,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Richard  Ames,  of  Bruton,  Somersetshire, 
England.  Sarah  (Howard)  Packard  was 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Martha  (Hay- 
ward)  Howard,  mentioned  elsewhere  in 
this  work.  Sarah  (Jackson)  Gurney  was 
a  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Mary  Jack- 
son, granddaughter  of  Edmund  and  Eliza- 
beth (Pilkinton)  Jackson,  of  Boston. 
Children  of  Oliver  Jackson,  born  at  North 
Bridgewater:  Benjamin  Franklin,  men- 
tioned below;  Henry,  born  July  26,  181 1 ; 
Alpheus  Gurney,  June  II,  1813;  Eliza, 
August  21,  1817;  Oliver,  October  16,  1819; 
Thomas,  September  21,  1822;  Olive,  No- 
vember 14,  1825. 

(V)  Benjamin  Franklin  Jackson,  son 
of  Captain  Oliver  Jackson,  was  born  at 
North  Bridgewater,  October  1,  1808.  He 
married  there,  September  26,  1834,  Re- 
becca Snell,  daughter  of  Alvin  Snell.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  North  Bridgewater:  An- 
drew, born  November  30,  1838;  Laban, 
October  23,  1840;  Oliver,  November  15, 
1843;  Alvin,  January  8,  1847;  Willard 
Everett,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Willard  Everett  Jackson,  son  of 
Benjamin  Franklin  Jackson,  was  born  in 
North  Bridgewater,  May  4,  1851.  He  re- 
sides on  Summer  street,  Brockton,  and  is 
one  of  the  leading  contractors  of  the  city, 
a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen. 
He  married,  July  21,  1875,  at  West 
Bridgewater,  Mary  Jane  Copeland,  born 
there  April  29,  1856,  a  daughter  of  Law- 
rence and  Mary  Lucella  (Snell)  Copeland 


(see  Copeland  VI).  Mrs.  Jackson  is 
quite  an  active  member  of  the  Old 
Bridgewater  Historical  Society  and  of 
Deborah  Sampson  Chapter,  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  of  Brockton ; 
and  she  is  also  a  member  of  the  Alden 
Kindred  of  America  and  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church.  They  had  one  son,  Wil- 
lard Franklin,  born  May  2,  1876,  in  Brock- 
ton, and  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools  and  in  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  Boston  ;  now  an  arch- 
itect in  Brockton ;  married  Lillian  Buck, 
who  was  born  in  Easton,  a  daughter  of 
Franklin  and  Ellen  (Stearns)  Buck.  Chil- 
dren :  Robert  Copeland,  Helen  Stearns 
and  Virginia. 

(The  Copeland  Line). 

(I)  Lawrence  Copeland,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  Scotland,  it  is  said, 
in  1599.  The  Scotch  family  of  Copeland 
has  been  located  in  Durfriesshire  since  be- 
fore the  year  1400.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
try about  the  time  that  Cromwell  sent 
over  his  Scotch  prisoners  of  war  and  may 
have  been  one  of  them.  He  settled  in 
Braintree,  where  he  married,  soon  after- 
ward, December  12,  1651,  Lydia  Town- 
send,  who  died  January  8,  1688.  He  died 
December  30,  1699,  aged  one  hundred 
years,  according  to  Marshall's  diary  and 
other  testimony,  as  well  as  the  town  rec- 
ord. One  statement  of  a  contemporary 
makes  him  even  older,  but  even  if  born 
in  1599,  he  was  over  fifty  when  he  mar- 
ried his  wife  Lydia  and  seventy-five  years 
old  when  his  youngest  child  was  born,  a 
fact  that  supports  the  tradition  that  a 
first  wife  came  with  him.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  a  quiet  citizen.  Children  by 
wife  Lydia  at  Braintree:  Thomas,  born 
December  3,  1652,  died  young;  Thomas, 
February  8,  1655  ;  William,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  John,  February  10,  1659;  Lydia, 
May    31,     1661  ;     Ephraim,    January     17, 


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1665;  Hannah,  February  25,  1668;   Rich- 
ard, July  11,  1672;  Abigail,  1674. 

(II)  William  Copeland,  son  of  Law- 
rence Copeland,  was  born  at  Braintree, 
November  15,  1656,  and  died  there  Octo- 
ber 30,  1716.  He  was  a  farmer.  William 
Copeland  is  on  record  as  dissenting  from 
the  vote  of  the  town  to  pay  the  minister's 
salary  in  full,  1690-91  ;  was  fence  viewer 
in  1696,  and  signed  the  agreement  of  the 
proprietors  of  Braintree,  January  10, 
1697-98,  to  defend  the  title  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Braintree  to  their  land.  He 
married,  April  13,  1694,  Mary  (Bass) 
Webb,  widow  of  Christopher  Webb,  Jr., 
and  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (Alden) 
Bass.  Her  mother  Ruth  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Priscilla  (Molines)  Al- 
den, the  Mayflower  Pilgrims,  and  all  her 
descendants  are  eligible  to  the  May- 
flower Society  (see  Alden  in  this  work). 
Mary  Bass  descended  from  Samuel  Bass, 
of  Boston  and  Braintree,  deacon,  made 
freeman.  May  10,  1634,  deputy  to  the 
General  Court  in  1643,  deacon,  died 
December  30,  1694,  aged  ninety-four 
years,  when  his  descendants  numbered 
one  hundred  and  sixty-two  persons.  Chil- 
dren of  William  Copeland,  born  at  Brain- 
tree: William,  born  March  7,  1695;  Eph- 
raim,  February  1,  1697;  Ebenezer,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1698;  Jonathan,  mentioned  be- 
low; David,  April  15,  1704;  Joseph,  May 
18,  1706;  Benjamin,  October  5,  1708; 
Moses,  May  28,  1710;  Mary,  May  28, 
I7I3- 

(III)  Jonathan  Copeland,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Copeland,  was  born  August  31,  1701, 
in  Braintree ;  settled  in  Bridgewater, 
where  he  died  September  11,  1790.  He 
was  a  farmer,  currier  and  tanner  and  tra- 
dition says  his  tannery  was  in  West 
Bridgewater.  He  married,  January  14, 
1723,  Betty  Snell,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Snell,  born  1671,  and  granddaughter  of 
Thomas  Snell,  the  immigrant  (see  Snell 


I).  Children  of  Jonathan  Copeland,  all 
born  at  Bridgewater:  Abigail,  born  De- 
cember 9,  1724;  Betty,  April  17,  1726; 
Jonathan,  August  9,  1728;  Mary,  March 

26,  1 731  ;  Joseph,  April  28,  1734;  Han- 
nah, May  13,  1737;  Elijah,  June  3,  1739; 
Daniel,  September  13,  1741  ;  Sarah,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1744-45;  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below;  Betty,  September  23,  1750. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Copeland,  son  of  Jona- 
than Copeland,  was  born  at  Bridgewater, 
July  27,  1746,  died  at  Foxborough,  May 

27,  1830.  He  married  (first)  in  Norton, 
Massachusetts,  March  18,  1771,  Abbie 
Godfrey,  who  was  born  there  May  10, 
1752,  died  in  1800,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
James  and  Mary  Godfrey  (see  Godfrey). 
Children  of  Ebenezer  Copeland:  Betty; 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  James,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1775  ;  Lydia ;  Molly,  died  in  in- 
fancy ;  Molly,  Rachel,  Oakes,  September 
22,  1794;  Ruth,  James.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) at  Foxborough,  Massachusetts, 
Bridget  (Greatrocks)  Wood,  of  Stough- 
tonham,  widow  of  Dr.  Joshua  Wood.  She 
died  December  24,  1831. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2)  Copeland,  son  of 
Ebenezer  (1)  Copeland,  was  born  in 
Bridgewater,  June  21,  1773,  lived  and  died 
there.  He  married  (first)  July  1,  1798, 
Mehitable  Snell,  who  died  March  11,  1800, 
aged  twenty-five  years.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) at  Norton,  May  17,  1801,  Hannah 
Godfrey,  born  May  9,  1778,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  (Hodges)  Godfrey  (see 
Godfrey  V).  Child  by  first  wife  :  Mehit- 
able S.,  born  January  2,  1799.  Children  by 
second  wife:  James,  February  5,  1802; 
Rachel,  September  1,  1803 ;  Mary  Hodges, 
November  19,  1804;  Abby  G.,  October  9, 
1806;  Ruth,  July  27,  1808,  married  Eph- 
raim  Brett;  Hannah  G.,  June  13,  1810; 
child,  November  2,  1812,  died  in  infancy; 
Lawrence,  mentioned  below ;  Betsey, 
May  17,  1819. 

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Ebenezer  (2)  Copeland,  was  born  at 
Bridgewater,  March  27,  1815.  He  attend- 
ed school  in  what  is  now  West  Bridge- 
water,  and  lived  there  until  1855,  when 
he  moved  to  Brockton,  where  he  was  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits, 
and  where  he  resided  to  the  end  of  his 
life.  He  died  May  19,  1892,  and  was  bur- 
ied in  Pine  Hill  Cemetery,  West  Bridge- 
water,  in  the  family  lot.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  West  Bridge- 
water.  He  married  Mary  Lucella  Snell, 
daughter  of  John  Eliot  Snell  (see  Snell 
VI).  Children:  Grace  Greenwood,  born 
November  10,  1852,  married  Dennis  Tri- 
bou  ;  Arthur  Grenville,  June  12,  1854,  died 
February  20,  1865  ;  Mary  Jane,  April  29, 
1856,  married  Willard  E.  Jackson  (see 
Jackson  VI);  Anna  Snell,  September  23, 
1858,  married  Fred  H.  Rhue,  of  Vermont, 
and  they  reside  in  Brockton,  on  the  Cope- 
land  homestead. 

(The   Snell  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Snell  came  from  England 
and  about  1665  settled  in  what  was  after- 
ward known  as  West  Bridgewater,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  was  a  nephew  of  Samuel 
Edson,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Bridge- 
water.  He  prospered  and  became  one  of 
the  largest  landowners  in  the  town.  From 
him  Snell's  Plain,  Snell's  Meadow  and 
other  localities  take  their  names.  He 
married  Martha  Harris,  daughter  of 
Arthur  Harris.  Their  children  :  Thomas, 
born  1671  ;  Josiah,  mentioned  below ; 
Samuel,  1676;  Amos,  1678;  John,  1680; 
Joseph,  1683;  Ann,  1685;  Mary,  1689; 
Martha,  1692. 

(II)  Josiah  Snell,  son  of  Thomas  Snell, 
was  born  in  Bridgewater  in  1674,  and 
died  there  in  1753.  He  married,  in  1699, 
Anna,  daughter  of  Zechariah  Alden,  of 
Duxbury.  She  died  in  1705.  She  was  a 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Averill)    Alden,  and   great-granddaugh- 


ter of  John  and  Priscilla  (Molines)  Al- 
den, who  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  Chil- 
dren of  Josiah  Snell,  born  at  Bridge- 
water:  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Abigail, 
1702;  Zechariah,  1704. 

(III)  Josiah  (2)  Snell,  son  of  Josiah 
(1)  Snell,  was  born  in  Bridgewater  in 
1 701.  He  married,  in  1728,  Abigail  Fobes, 
daughter  of  John  Fobes.  Children,  born 
at  Bridgewater:  Josiah,  born  1730;  Anna, 
1732;  Elijah,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
1736;  Abigail,  1739;  Rhoda,  1743;  Na- 
than, 1748. 

(IV)  Deacon  Elijah  Snell,  son  of 
Josiah  (2)  Snell,  was  born  in  Bridgewater 
in  1734.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church, 
and  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  He  was 
first  lieutenant  of  Captain  Eliakim  How- 
ard's company,  Third  Plymouth  County 
regiment,  commissioned  March  2,  1776; 
and  was  also  in  Colonel  Edward  Mitch- 
ell's company  in  1776  and  in  1780  in  the 
Rhode  Island  campaigns  (page  591,  vol- 
ume xiv,  "Massachusetts  Soldiers  and 
Sailors  of  the  Revolutionary  War").  He 
married  (first)  in  1760,  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Seth  Howard;  (second)  Ann  Rey- 
nolds, widow  of  Jonas  Reynolds  and 
daughter  of  Luke  Perkins,  of  Bridge- 
water.  Children,  born  at  Bridgewater: 
Huldah,  born  1762;  Bezer,  1764;  Calvin, 
1766;  Susanna,  1770;  Elijah,  1772;  Mehit- 
able  and  Parnell,  twins,  1774;  Abigail, 
1776;  Ann,  1778;  Polly,  1780;  John  Eliot, 
mentioned  below;  Lucinda,  1789. 

(V)  John  Eliot  Snell,  son  of  Deacon 
Elijah  Snell,  was  born  in  1783,  in  Bridge- 
water,  and  married  Annie  LaFollet,  of 
Maine.  Their  children  were :  Ann ;  Sa- 
mantha;  Susan;  Josiah,  who  died  young; 
Lloyd  ;  Mary  Lucella,  mentioned  below  ; 
Abbie ;  Josiah;  Seneca,  who  died  young; 
Henry  ;  Eunice,  and  Jerusha. 

(VI)  Mary  Lucella  Snell,  daughter  of 
John  Eliot  Snell,  married  Lawrence  Cope- 
land  (see  Copeland  VI). 


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(The  Godfrey  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Godfrey,  American  immi- 
grant, located  in  Taunton,  now  Raynham, 
as  early  as  1652,  and  was  a  landowner 
there;  died  in  Taunton,  1691.  He  lived 
near  the  iron  works.  His  will  mentions 
his  children.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Turner.  Children :  Richard,  men- 
tioned below  ;  John  ;  Robert ;  Jane,  mar- 
ried John  Cobb ;  Alice,  married  Peter 
Holbrook ;  Susanna,  married  Edward 
Kettle. 

(II)  Richard  (2)  Godfrey,  son  of  Rich- 
ard (1)  Godfrey,  married  Mary  Rich- 
mond, daughter  of  John  Richmond,  of 
Taunton.  Children :  Alice,  born  August 
20,  1679 !  Richard,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  May,  1682;  Abigail,  November  5, 
1684;  Joanna,  July  30,  1686;  Sarah,  May 
15,  1689;  John,  October  31,  1691,  captain, 
father  of  the  distinguished  Brigadier- 
General  George  Godfrey,  of  Revolution- 
ary War  fame;  Joseph,  March  1,  1695. 

(III)  Richard  (3)  Godfrey,  son  of 
Richard  (2)  Godfrey,  was  born  at  Taun- 
ton, March  1,  1681 ;  married,  December 
15,  1709,  Bathsheba  Walker.  Children, 
born  at  Raynham :  Richard,  born  March 
23,  171 1  ;  Bathsheba,  May  24,  1713  ;  James, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  married  Colonel 
Thomas  Gilbert. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  James  Godfrey,  son 
of  Richard  (3)  Godfrey,  was  born  in 
Raynham  or  vicinity  about  1715.  He  mar- 
ried Mary .  Children,  born  in  Nor- 
ton :  Bathsheba,  born  May  9,  1738  ;  Mary, 
May  4,  1740;  James,  March  19,  1742; 
Gershom,  February  29,  1744;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below ;  Rachel,  September  2, 
1748;  Abbie,  May  10,  1752,  married 
Ebenezer  Copeland  (see  Copeland  IV). 

(V)  Samuel  Godfrey,  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant James  Godfrey,  was  born  at  Norton, 
July  7,  1746.  He  married  there,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1774,  Mary  Hodges,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Hodges  (see  Hodges  IV).    He  lived 


in  West  Bridgewater.  His  daughter  Han- 
nah, born  May  9,  1778  (gravestone),  mar- 
ried Ebenezer  Copeland,  Jr.  (see  Cope- 
land V). 

(The  Hodges  Line). 

(I)  William  Hodges,  the  pioneer,  was 
born  in  England  and  came  to  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  juror  as 
early  as  March  27,  1638;  thence  he  went 
to  Taunton  and  his  name  appears  there 
on  the  second  list  of  proprietors  of  the 
town.  He  was  reported  among  the  men 
able  to  bear  arms  in  1643,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  of  the  colony,  June  5, 
165 1,  and  on  the  same  day  elected  con- 
stable of  Taunton.  He  served  on  the 
grand  jury,  June  2,  1652,  and  on  a  coro- 
ner's jury,  August  2,  1653,  at  Plymouth. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  owners  of  the 
Taunton  Iron  Works,  subscribing  twenty 
pounds  for  a  whole  share.  He  was  well- 
to-do  for  his  day.  He  married  Mary  An- 
drews, daughter  of  Henry  Andrews,  one 
of  the  original  purchasers  of  the  town  of 
Taunton  and  one  of  the  first  seven  free- 
men there,  one  of  the  first  two  deputies 
to  the  General  Court  in  1639  and  deputy 
also  in  1643,  1644,  1647  and  1649;  dying 
in  1653.  Mary  (Andrews)  Hodges  was 
born  about  1628;  she  married  (second) 
April  2,  1654,  Peter  Pitts,  of  Taunton. 
Children,  born  in  Taunton :  John,  born 
1650;  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Henry  Hodges,  son  of  William 
Hodges,  was  born  in  1652  at  Taunton, 
and  died  there  September  30,  1717,  aged 
sixty-five  years.  He  married,  December 
17,  1674,  at  Taunton,  Esther  Gallop, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Lake)  Gal- 
lop. She  was  born  July  31,  1653.  He 
was  a  leading  man  of  the  town,  holding 
town  offices  for  a  long  period ;  captain  of 
the  military  company  ;  deacon  and  presid- 
ing elder  of  the  church  and  at  times  oc- 
cupying the  pulpit  with  Rev.  Samuel 
Danforth,   the  pastor.     He  owned  much 


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real  estate  and  settled  many  estates. 
From  his  prominence  as  a  lot-layer  in 
allotting  the  common  lands  it  is  presumed 
that  he  was  a  surveyor.  He  was  on  a 
coroner's  jury  at  Plymouth,  October  30, 
1678;  on  a  grand  jury,  June  6,  1683  ;  con- 
stable ;  selectman  for  twenty-eight  years, 
1687  to  1701,  1703  to  1709,  171 1  to  1716; 
member  of  the  town  council  in  1689-90, 
and  deputy  to  the  General  Court  five 
years,  1704,  1713,  1715,  1716  and  1717. 
His  name  appears  in  the  roster  of  the 
Third  Squadron,  April  8,  1682,  ordered 
to  bring  arms  to  church  on  Sundays ;  he 
was  ensign  of  the  first  military  company 
in  March,  1690,  when  the  town  was 
greatly  excited  over  the  question  of  cap- 
taincy of  the  company.  Before  1703  the 
second  military  company  was  organized 
and  he  became  its  first  captain,  retaining 
his  commission  until  1714.  He  was  a 
subscriber  to  the  fund  for  the  Canada  Ex- 
pedition in  1690.  When  the  North  Pre- 
cinct of  Taunton  was  established  he  do- 
nated land  as  an  inducement  for  a  minis- 
ter to  settle  in  the  new  parish.  He  was 
a  shareholder  in  the  Taunton  Iron  Works. 
He  died  September  30,  1717,  and  his 
gravestone  is  standing.  Children,  born  in 
Taunton:  Mary,  born  February  3.  1676; 
Esther,  February  17,  1677-78;  William, 
March  18,  1679-80;  Charity,  April  2,  1682  ; 
John,  1684;  Henry,  1685-86;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below ;  Benjamin,  about  1691  ; 
Ephraim,  about  1693  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Abigail. 
(Ill)  Major  Joseph  Hodges,  son  of 
Captain  Henry  Hodges,  was  born  in 
Taunton,  about  1688,  and  died  in  1745, 
soon  after  his  return  from  the  capture  of 
Louisburg,  Cape  Breton.  He  was  very 
prominent  in  the  civil  and  ecclesiastical 
councils  of  Bristol  county.  Soon  after 
his  first  marriage  he  settled  in  the  south- 
erly part  of  Norton,  near  the  Taunton 
line  at  Crooked  Meadow,  where  his  grand- 
son, Seth  Hodges,  lived  as  late  as  1844. 


There  he  built  a  saw  mill  on  Cedar  Swamp 
Brook.  He  was  assessor  of  Norton,  1723, 
1724,  1725  and  1727;  selectman,  1729, 
1730,  1733.  1734,  I74i  and  1742;  deputy 
to  the  General  Court  in  1737;  deacon  of 
the  church  from  1736  until  he  died;  en- 
sign as  early  as  1729,  captain,  1737,  and 
he  commanded  a  company  in  the  old 
French  and  Indian  war,  was  major  of  the 
Bristol  county  regiment  which  took  part 
in  the  siege  of  Louisburg  in  1745,  dying 
on  the  journey  home  or  soon  afterward. 
His  will  was  dated  February  26,  1744-45, 
mentioning  among  other  personal  effects 
a  silver-hilted  sword.  He  married  (first) 
March  11,  1712-13,  in  Taunton,  Bethiah, 
born  1692,  died  between  1731  and  1738, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Macy) 
Williams.  He  married  (second)  Octo- 
ber 26,  1738,  in  Barrington,  Rhode  Island. 
Mary  (Toogood)  Barney,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Toogood.  She 
was  born  in  1696,  at  Swansea ;  married 
(first)  December  10,  1710,  Joshua  Kent; 
(second)  January  22,  1729-30,  Joseph 
Barney,  of  Rehoboth.  She  died  May  20, 
1782,  at  Rehoboth,  and  was  buried  at 
Barrington.  Children,  all  by  his  first 
wife,  born  in  Norton :  Joseph,  born  April 
25,  1714;  Charity,  March  30,  1716;  Tim- 
othy, October  II,  1718;  Jonathan,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1721-22;  Bethia,  November  30, 
1723;  Mary,  July  2,  1726;  Isaac,  men- 
tioned   below ;    Mehitable,    October    24, 

I73i- 

(IV)  Isaac  Hodges,  son  of  Major  Jo- 
seph Hodges,  was  born  at  Norton,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1728-29.  He  married,  January 
31,  1 75 1,  Mary  Pratt.  Children,  born  at 
Norton:  Isaac,  born  March  27,  1752,  died 
young;  Jesse,  October  3,  1755  ;  Isaac,  Au- 
gust 25,  1757;  Lucelde,  May  27,  1760; 
Mary,  married,  December  29,  1774,  Sam- 
uel Godfrey  (see  Godfrey  V)  ;  Anne,  No- 
vember 21,  1763  ;  Darius,  October  2,  1765  ; 
Rachel,  March  11,1768;  Seth.  July  1, 1770. 


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COLE,  James, 

Public  Official. 

The  surname  Cole  is  derived  from  an 
ancient  personal  name  of  unknown  an- 
tiquity. Coel,  as  the  name  was  formerly 
spelled,  was  the  founder  of  Colchester, 
England,  and  was  one  of  the  early  kings 
of  Britain.  Justice  Cole  lived  in  the  days 
of  King  Arthur.  Another  Cole  defeated 
Swayne,  the  Danish  chieftain,  at  Pinhoe, 
in  the  year  iooi.  William  Cole  and  wife 
Isabella  are  mentioned  in  the  Assize  Roll 
of  County  Cornwell  in  the  year  1201, 
showing  that  Cole  was  at  that  time  in 
use  as  a  surname. 

Various  branches  of  the  English  Cole 
family  bear  coats-of-arms,  all  indicating 
relationship  by  the  similarity  of  the  de- 
vice. The  Hertfordshire  branch,  to  which 
the  American  family  is  believed  to  be- 
long, bears  :  Party  per  pale  or  and  argent, 
a  bull  passant  within  a  bordure  sable,  on 
a  chief  of  the  third  three  bezants.  Crest : 
A  demi-dragon  vert  bearing  in  his  dex- 
ter paw  a  javelin  armed  or,  feathered 
argent. 

(I)  James  Cole  was  living  in  Highgate, 
a  suburb  of  London,  England,  in  1616. 
According  to  tradition  he  was  very  fond  of 
flowers.  He  married,  in  1624,  Mary  Lobel, 
daughter  of  the  noted  botanist  and  physi- 
cian, Mathieu  Lobel,  who  was  born  in  1538, 
at  Lille,  France,  son  of  Jean  de  Lonel, 
a  distinguished  lawyer.  Dr.  Mathieu 
Lobel  was  a  physician  at  Montpelier, 
Germany,  Italy  and  Switzerland.  He 
practiced  medicine  at  Antwerp  and  was 
physician  to  William  of  Orange,  at  Lon- 
don, where  he  was  physician  to  James  I. ; 
he  was  author  of  books  on  medicinal 
plants.  The  plant  lobelia  is  named  for 
him.  He  died  at  Highgate,  March  2, 
1616.  In  1632  James  Cole,  wife  and  two 
children,  came  to  Saco,  Maine,  and  in  the 
following  year  located  at  Plymouth,  Mas- 


sachusetts, where  he  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  the  same  year.  He  was  a  mariner. 
In  1634  his  name  appears  on  the  tax  list 
and  he  received  a  grant  of  land.  His  house 
was  on  the  site  of  the  present  Baptist 
church.  He  was  the  first  settler  on  what 
is  still  known  as  Cole's  Hill,  where  the 
first  burying  ground  of  the  Pilgrims  is 
located.  He  had  various  other  grants  of 
land;  was  surveyor  of  highways  in  1641- 
42,  1651-52;  constable  in  1641-44;  and 
served  in  the  Pequot  war.  Soon  after  his 
arrival  at  Plymouth  he  opened  the  first 
inn,  which  was  kept  by  himself  and  son 
James  until  1698.  This  was  probably  the 
first  public  house  in  New  England.  Chil- 
dren :  James,  born  1626,  in  England ; 
Hugh,  mentioned  below  ;  John,  November 
21,  1636;  Mary,  1639,  married  (first)  John 
Almy,  (second)  John  Pococke. 

(II)  Hugh  Cole,  second  son  of  James 
and  Mary  (Lobel)  Cole,  born  1627,  prob- 
ably in  London,  England,  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  his  parents  in  1632,  and  with 
them  probably  went  to  Plymouth,  of 
which  he  was  made  a  freeman  in  1657. 
At  the  opening  of  King  Philip's  war  in 
1675  two  of  the  sons  of  Mr.  Cole  were 
made  prisoners  by  the  Indians.  Philip 
ordered  them  to  be  set  at  liberty,  because 
their  father  had  been  his  friend.  He  sent 
word  to  Hugh  Cole  that  for  safety  he 
should  remove  his  family  to  Rhode  Island, 
which  he  did.  Perhaps  in  an  hour  after 
he  left  his  house  was  in  flames.  He 
lived  for  a  time  at  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island.  According  to  Savage,  Mr.  Cole 
was  a  sergeant  in  the  war.  He  removed 
to  Swansea  in  1677,  and  built  a  house 
within  a  few  rods  of  the  present  home  of 
Miss  Abby  Cole,  and  this  land  on  the 
Kickemuit  river  has  never  passed  out  of 
the  possession  of  the  Cole  family,  being 
now  owned  by  the  lady  named.  He  was 
selectman  of  Swansea,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  deputy  to  the  General  Court.    He 


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died  in  Swansea,  January  22,  1699.  He 
married  (first)  January  8,  1654,  Mary, 
born  August  17,  1635,  in  Scituate,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Ann  (Shelly)  Foxwell, 
of  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  her  father 
having  come  from  England  with  Gov- 
ernor Winthrop  in  1631,  and  settled  in 
Scituate.  He  married  (second)  January 
1,  1689,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Jacob  Cook, 
former  widow  of  William  Shurtliffe,  and 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Lettuce,  of 
Plymouth.  She  died  in  Swansea,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  31,  1693,  and  he  mar- 
ried (third)  January  30,  1694,  Mary, 
widow  of  Deacon  Ephraim  Morton,  for- 
mer widow  of  William  Harlow,  and 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Judith  Shelly.  Of 
his  ten  children  the  first  three  were  born 
in  Plymouth  and  the  others  in  Swansea. 
They  were :  James,  born  November  3, 
1655;  Hugh,  March  6,  1658;  John,  May 
15,  1660;  Martha,  April  16,  1662;  Anna, 
December  14,  1664;  Ruth,  January  8, 
1666;  Joseph,  May  18,  1668;  Ebenezer, 
1671  ;  Mary,  1676;  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Benjamin  Cole,  youngest  child  of 
Hugh  and  Mary  (Foxwell)  Cole,  was 
born  1678,  in  Swansea,  where  he  lived, 
and  was  a  husbandman.  He  was  a  dea- 
con in  the  church  from  1718  until  the  time 
of  his  death,  September  29,  1748.  The 
house  he  built  in  1701  is  still  standing. 
He  married,  June  27,  1701,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Caleb  and  Elizabeth  (Bul- 
lock) Eddy.  She  died  May  15,  1768,  and 
both  were  interred  in  the  Kickemuit  bury- 
ing ground.  Children :  Hopestill,  born 
October  9,  1703;  Jonathan,  October  4, 
1704;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Fox- 
til,  September,  1708;  Isaiah,  March  4, 
1710;  Ebenezer,  March  29,  1712;  Andrew, 
May  28,  1714;  Hannah,  January  14,  1716. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2)  Cole,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (1)  and  Hannah  (Eddy)  Cole,  was 
born  October  31,   1706,  in  Swansea,  and 


died  December  20,  1776.  He  married 
(first)  November  19,  1730,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hope  (Huckins) 
Nelson,  of  Middleboro,  Massachusetts. 
She  died  March  25,  1748,  and  he  married 
(second)  September  22,  1749,  Hannah, 
widow  of  Job  Luther,  and  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Mary  Harding.  Children : 
Isaiah,  mentioned  below;  Hope,  born 
1733  ;  Lois,  1735  ;  Hannah,  1736;  Andrew  ; 
Lillis,  1745;  Elizabeth;  Benjamin,  July  7, 
I75°!  J°b»  March  28,  1753;  Parker,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1756;  Richard,  1758;  Ebenezer, 
1760. 

(V)  Isaiah  Cole,  eldest  child  of  Benja- 
min (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Nelson)  Cole, 
born  1731,  in  Swansea,  was  a  shipwright 
and  lived  in  Warren,  Rhode  Island,  until 
after  the  Revolution,  when  he  removed  to 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution,  but  of  the  sev- 
eral Isaiahs'  and  Josiahs'  services,  there 
being  some  confliction  between  the  two 
names,  there  is  too  much  uncertainty 
to  attempt  to  assign  to  each  his  share. 
He  died  November  9,  181 1,  at  Middleboro. 
His  widow  died  February  8,  1827,  at  the 
home  of  her  daughter  Abigail,  in  Warren, 
Rhode  Island.  Children :  Thomas,  born 
November  29,  175 1  ;  Elizabeth,  April  25, 
1753;  Andrew,  January  10,  1755;  James, 
June  1,  1757;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Abigail,  May  26,  1763;  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1765;  Samuel,  March  3,  1769. 

(VI)  Captain  Nathaniel  Cole,  fourth 
son  of  Isaiah  Cole,  was  born  November 
20,  1759,  in  Warren,  Rhode  Island,  and 
was  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade.  He  was 
a  patriot  of  the  Revolution  ;  served  in  Cap- 
tain Amos  Washburn's  company,  Colonel 
Ebenezer  Sprout's  regiment,  May  6,  1778; 
also  Captain  Elisha  Haskell's  company, 
Colonel  Benjamin  Hawe's  (Howe's)  regi- 
ment, July  29,  1778,  to  September  11, 
1778.  After  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr. 
Cole  removed  to  Middleboro,  Massachu- 


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setts,  having  purchased  a  farm  upon 
which  he  lived.  He  was  captain  of  the 
Second  Company  of  Middleboro  militia 
from  May  7,  1805,  to  1809.  Subsequently 
he  purchased  a  farm  between  Windsor 
and  Hartland,  Vermont.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 12,  1846,  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Abigail,  in  Hartland.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1784,  Nancy  Anthony,  born  Janu- 
ary 24,  1762,  in  Swansea,  Massachusetts, 
died  December  8,  1828.  Children:  James, 
mentioned  below ;  Judith,  born  July  24, 
1788;  William,  April  6,  1790;  Samuel, 
April  10,  1792;  Thomas,  January  10,  1794; 
Abigail,  September  4,  1796. 

(VII)  James  (2)  Cole,  eldest  child  of 
Captain  Nathaniel  and  Nancy  (Anthony) 
Cole,  born  November  20,  1785,  in  Warren, 
was  a  master  millwright,  and  died  at  Mid- 
dleboro, Massachusetts,  October  16,  1871. 
He  owned  and  lived  upon  a  farm  at  Assa- 
wampsett,  some  four  miles  from  the  farm 
of  his  father.  His  children,  all  born  in 
Middleboro,  were  :  Abigail,  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1814;  Andrew,  September  1,  1816; 
Mary  Ann,  November  23,  1817;  James, 
mentioned  below ;  Harrison  G.  D.,  No- 
vember 4,  1820;  Luther,  May  20,  1822; 
Nathaniel,  May  3,  1824;  Robert  Vaughn, 
July  14,  1826;  Judith  Jacobs,  August  10, 
1828;  Ellersener  Thayer,  March  26,  1832. 

(VIII)  James  (3)  Cole,  second  son  of 
James  (2)  Cole,  was  born  April  7,  1819, 
in  Middleboro,  and  died  there  December 
8.  1910.  The  paternal  residence  in  which 
he  was  born  stood  on  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent railroad  station  at  Lakeville.  Mr. 
Cole  received  only  an  ordinary  education, 
but  he  was  a  man  of  versatile  genius,  and 
was  justly  popular  and  widely  known  in 
Plymouth  county,  where  he  served  as 
deputy  sheriff  from  1869  until  his  death. 
There  was  never  a  more  popular  officer, 
and  he  found  it  easy  to  conduct  the  duties 
of  his  office,  because  of  his  innate  kind- 
ness and  sympathy  with  the  misfortunes 


of  others.  It  was  rarely  necessary  for 
him  to  use  handcuffs  in  handling  those  in 
his  custody,  owing  to  his  well-known 
good  nature,  as  well  as  great  strength. 
For  more  than  half  a  century  he  was  a 
dealer  in  horses,  was  a  lover  of  and  ex- 
pert judge  of  horses,  known  among  breed- 
ers of  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 
Among  the  first  to  import  blooded  horses 
from  Vermont  and  the  West,  he  realized 
handsome  returns  from  his  enterprise. 
His  rigid  honesty,  kindly  nature  and  ener- 
getic character  gained  him  a  multitude  of 
friends  and  admirers,  and  he  prospered 
in  life.  From  its  organization  until  his 
death  he  was  director  of  the  Middle- 
boro Savings  Bank,  and  he  was  a  keen 
judge  of  real  estate  values,  and  settled 
many  estates.  His  judgment  was  often 
sought  as  an  appraiser  and  his  decisions 
were  fair,  wise  and  always  accepted.  For 
fifty  years  he  was  an  auctioneer,  and  the 
scene  of  his  activities  was  extensive,  as 
were  those  activities.  In  1869  he  became 
affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity,  con- 
tinuing to  the  end  of  his  life  a  faithful 
and  useful  member.  His  chief  diversion 
was  playing  checkers,  in  which  he  became 
highly  skilled,  winning  many  victories 
over  professional  players.  In  early  life 
Mr.  Cole  acted  in  politics  as  a  Democrat, 
and  about  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War 
he  espoused  the  cause  of  Republican  prin- 
ciples, to  which  he  thenceforward  adhered. 
It  was  said  of  him  :  "He  was  a  good  neigh- 
bor, a  generous  friend  of  the  needy,  an 
indulgent  husband  and  loving  father,  and 
a  valued  and  esteemed  citizen." 

He  married  Beulah  Ann  Macomber, 
born  September  16,  1824,  died  June  20, 
1885,  in  Middleboro,  buried  in  Central 
Cemetery  of  that  town.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Beulah  (Thomas)  Ma- 
comber, of  Middleboro  (see  Macomber 
VII).  Children:  Charlotte  Elizabeth  and 
Emily  Frances,  mentioned  below. 


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(IX)  Charlotte  Elizabeth  Cole,  mar- 
ried, December  8,  1864,  Rufus  Henry 
Ellis,  son  of  Rufus  and  Lydia  (Sears) 
Ellis,  who  was  born  1840,  in  Sandwich, 
Massachusetts,  and  received  his  educa- 
tional training  in  Paul  Wing's  School  for 
Boys  at  Sandwich,  and  at  the  Pierce 
Academy,  Middleboro,  Massachusetts. 
Early  in  life  he  went  to  sea  and  made 
several  voyages  in  coasting  vessels.  He 
soon  abandoned  this  life  and  became  an 
apprentice  to  a  tinner  in  New  Bedford, 
where  he  continued  until  the  completion 
of  his  trade.  Going  to  Middleboro,  he 
was  long  employed  by  George  H.  Doane, 
continuing  in  the  same  shop  fifty-five 
years.  While  in  New  Bedford  he  was  a 
member  of  the  volunteer  fire  department, 
and  when  the  city  of  New  Bedford  re- 
placed its  hand  implements  for  steam,  Mr. 
Ellis  was  instrumental  in  bringing  "Old 
Six"  to  Middleboro,  where  he  was  also  a 
member  of  the  fire  department.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Veteran  Firemen's  Asso- 
ciation. His  record  of  employment  in  one 
place  is  probably  without  parallel.  He 
died  March  22,  1916,  in  Middleboro.  He 
was  a  trustee  of  the  Middleboro  Savings 
Bank,  and  was  highly  estemed  as  a  citi- 
zen. Mrs.  Ellis  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  Middleboro  Woman's  Club  and  of 
Nemasket  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

(IX)  Emily  Frances  Cole  married 
Lance  de  Jongh,  a  well  known  writer  and 
public  speaker,  who  died  at  Wickford, 
Rhode  Island,  April  10,  1908.  His  death 
was  superinduced  by  his  efforts  to  ex- 
tinguish a  fire  in  his  room.  Mr.  de  Jongh 
was  a  native  of  Newport,  son  of  William 
and  Amelia  (Tower)  de  Jongh,  of  South 
Carolina.  In  the  early  seventies  he  went  to 
Middleboro,  where  he  resided  for  a  time, 
prominent  in  local  political  circles,  and  an 
old  school  Democrat.  He  was  one  of  the 
oldest  newspaper  men  in  Rhode  Island, 


and  for  years  had  been  the  south  county 
correspondent  of  the  Associated  Press. 
He  was  a  Civil  War  veteran,  serving  as  a 
captain's  clerk  on  the  United  States 
Steamer  "Brandywine,"  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
post  at  Wickford.  His  remains  were 
buried  in  the  Cole  family  lot  at  Central 
Cemetery.  Besides  his  wife,  his  only 
known  living  relative  is  Charlemagne 
Tower,  former  United  States  ambassador 
to  Germany. 

(The   Macomber   Line). 

"The  evidence  is  convincing,"  says 
Everett  S.  Stackpole,  in  his  "Macomber 
Genealogy,"  that  "William  and  John  Ma- 
comber came  from  Devonshire,  England, 
or  vicinity,  along  with  the  other  settlers 
of  Plymouth  and  Bristol  Counties,  Mass." 
The  tradition  is  current  in  almost  all  the 
branches  of  the  Macomber  family  that 
their  first  American  ancestors  were  of 
Scotch  origin.  In  1904  Dove,  Lockhart 
&  Smart,  lawyers  of  Edinburgh,  wrote  to 
Charles  Sumner  Macomber,  lawyer  of  Ida 
Grove,  Iowa :  "Judging  from  your  name 
we  should  say  you  were  undoubtedly  a 
*  Scot  by  origin.  The  name  'Macomber,'  in 
its  various  forms,  'McCoombe,'  'McCum- 
ber,'  'Macomber,'  'McComish,'  'McCom- 
bie,'  is  well  known  here.  As  you  are  no 
doubt  aware  it  is  claimed  (and  the  claim 
we  believe  is  generally  well  admitted) 
that  the  Macombers  are  a  branch  of  the 
clan  Mcintosh — also  sometimes  called  the 
Shaws.  The  branch  was  founded  by 
Shaw  McDuff,  second  son  of  the  fifth 
Earl  of  Fife." 

(I)  John  Macomber  was  admitted  a 
freeman  and  enrolled  in  the  militia  of 
Taunton  in  1643.  ^n  ^59  he  was  granted 
permission  to  build  a  mill  in  Taunton. 
There  were  then  four  persons  in  his  fam- 
ily, and  there  is  no  record  of  more.  In 
1680  he  was  in  a  military  company.  A 
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deed  shows  that  he  was  living  in  1687, 
and  another  deed  shows  that  he  died  be- 
fore 1690.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade ; 
was  twice  married,  the  name  of  his  first 
wife  not  ascertained.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) January  7,  1686,  Mary  Babcock.  His 
property  was  equally  divided  between  a 
daughter,  Mary  Staples,  and  a  son,  John 
Macomber. 

(II)  John  (2)  Macomber,  son  of  John 

(1)  Macomber,  signed  a  deed  with  his 
father  in  1672,  showing  that  he  was  then 
of  age.  He  served  in  military  companies 
in  1680  and  1700  and  also  in  Queen  Anne's 
War  in  1691.  His  will  is  dated  January 
22,  1722,  and  was  probated  October  21, 
1725.  In  it  he  named  his  wife,  four  sons, 
and  grandchildren  Abiel,  William,  Anna 
and  Sarah.  He  married,  July  16,  1678, 
Ann,  daughter  of  William  and  Ann  (Hail- 
stone) Evans,  of  Taunton.  His  four  sons, 
who  lived  in  Taunton,  were :  Thomas, 
born  July  30,  1679;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low; William,  January  31,  1684;  Samuel, 
married  Sarah  Pierce. 

(III)  John  (3)  Macomber,  son  of  John 

(2)  and  Ann  (Evans)  Macomber,  born 
March  8,  1681,  died  December  14,  1747,  in 
Taunton.  He  was  a  soldier  of  Queen 
Anne's  War  in  1701  and  171 1.  On  Janu- 
ary 5i  I732>  ne  deeded  one-third  of  his 
farm  to  his  sons,  Nathaniel  and  Josiah. 
His  son,  Elijah,  inherited  the  homestead 
in  East  Taunton.  He  married  (first) 
March  17,  1707,  Elizabeth  Williams,  born 
April  18,  1686,  in  Taunton,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Rogers)  Wil- 
liams, granddaughter  of  Richard  Williams 
'vq  v.).  She  was  also  a  granddaughter  of 
John  and  Ann  (Churchman)  Rogers,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  Thomas  Rogers, 
of  the  "Mayflower"  colony.  She  died 
May  2,  1732,  and  he  married  (second)  in 
Raynham,  July  12,  1733,  Lydia  (born 
King),  widow  of  Nathaniel  Williams. 
She   survived   him   and   died    March    31, 


1748.  Children :  Nathaniel,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1709;  Josiah,  February  19,  1711; 
John,  February  10,  1713:  Elizabeth, 
March  15,  1715 ;  James,  September  12, 
1717;  Elijah,  October  25,  1718;  Mary, 
July  30,  1721 ;  Abiah,  June  8,  1724;  An- 
nah,  January  2,  1726;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Joseph  Macomber,  youngest  child 
of  John  (3)  Macomber,  born  March  28, 
1732,  in  Taunton,  resided  in  what  is  now 
Lakeville,  on  a  neck  of  land  between  two 
lakes,  known  as  Assawampsett  Neck,  then 
in  Middleboro.  His  house  is  still  stand- 
ing. He  served  as  a  soldier  of  both  the 
French  and  Revolutionary  wars ;  was  a 
corporal  in  Captain  Thomas  Cobb's  com- 
pany. Colonel  John  Winslow's  regiment, 
for  the  defense  of  the  eastern  frontiers, 
mustered  at  Castle  Island,  June  21,  1754. 
A  muster  roll  dated  January  31,  1759, 
shows  him  as  first  lieutenant,  Captain 
Job  Winslow's  company,  Colonel  Jede- 
diah  Preble's  regiment,  regiment  raised 
by  Massachusetts  for  the  reduction  of 
Canada ;  served  March  13  to  November 
T3>  I75&>  an<3  credited  with  fifteen  days' 
travel  home.  He  was  lieutenant  in  Cap- 
tain John  Taplin's  company  from  March 
31,  1759,  to  December  31,  1760,  at  Fort 
Cumberland,  roll  dated  Boston,  December 
31,  1760.  He  was  lieutenant  in  Captain 
Abiel  Pierce's  company  of  minute-men, 
serving  two  days  at  the  Lexington  Alarm, 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution.  He 
was  sergeant  in  Captain  Levi  Rounse- 
ville's  company,  Colonel  D.  Brewer's  regi- 
ment, from  May  5,  1775,  serving  three 
months,  four  days.  He  was  commis- 
sioned January  8,  1776,  as  lieutenant  in 
Captain  Edward  Seagrovy's  company  of 
the  Thirteenth  Regiment,  commanded  by 
Colonel  Joseph  Reed.  He  married,  March 
16,  1 761,  Thankful  Canedy,  daughter  of 
Captain  William  and  Elizabeth  (Eaton) 
Canedy,    descended    through     Elizabeth 

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Eaton  from  Francis  Eaton,  Samuel  Fuller 
and  John  Billington  of  the  "Mayflower" 
immigrants.  Dr.  Samuel  Fuller's  third 
wife,  Bridget  Lee,  was  the  mother  of 
Samuel  (2)  Fuller,  born  1625  in  Ply- 
mouth. He  was  one  of  the  twenty-six 
original  proprietors  of  .Middleboro,  was 
pastor  of  the  church  there,  where  he  died 
August  17,  1695.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Brewster,  and  their  third  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth, born  1666,  married  Samuel  (2) 
Eaton.  The  last  named  was  born  1665,  in 
Plymouth,  son  of  Samuel  Eaton,  who  came 
with  his  parents,  Francis  and  Sarah  Eaton, 
when  an  infant,  on  the  ''Mayflower.'' 
Samuel  (1)  Eaton  lived  in  Duxbury,  Ply- 
mouth and  Middleboro,  dying  1684,  in  the 
latter  town.  His  second  wife,  Martha 
(Billington)  Eaton,  was  a  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Christian  (Penn)  Billington, 
and  granddaughter  of  John  and  Helen 
Billington,  who  came  on  the  "Mayflower" 
to  Plymouth.  Joseph  Macomber's  chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Thank- 
ful, born  January  21,  1764;  Betsey,  March 
24,  1765;  Nathan,  February  2,  1767; 
Frederick,  December  29,  1768;  Elijah, 
October  14,  1770;  Judith,  August  24,  1772; 
Olive,  March  20,  1774;  Lurana,  February 
19,  1778;  Hannah,  May  23,  1780. 

(V)  Joseph  (2)  Macomber,  eldest  child 
of  Joseph  (1)  and  Thankful  (Canedy) 
Macomber,  was  born  September  8,  1762, 
in  Middleboro,  and  lived  on  the  paternal 
homestead,  where  he  died  July  3,  1800. 
Before  he  was  eighteen  years  old  he 
entered  the  Revolutionary  army,  first  in 
Captain  Amos  Washburn's  company, 
Colonel  Ebenezer  White's  regiment,  from 
August  1  to  9,  1780;  company  marched  to 
Rhode  Island  on  an  alarm.  He  was  also 
in  Captain  Henry  Pierce's  company,  Colo- 
nel Theophilus  Cotton's  regiment,  from 
March  8  to  31,  1781,  serving  twenty-six 
days  at  Rhode  Island,  company  raised  by 
order  of  Governor  Hancock  to  serve  forty 


days  unless  sooner  discharged.  He  mar- 
ried (published  October  23,  1792,  in 
Middleboro)  Alethea  Robinson,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Theodora  (Godfrey)  Rob- 
inson, born  about  1768,  died  1836.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Josiah 
Robinson,  born  February  20,  1795 ;  Eliza- 
beth, August  22,  1797. 

(VI)  Joseph  (3)  Macomber,  eldest 
child  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Alethea  (Robin- 
son) Macomber,  born  August  14,  1793,  in 
Middleboro,  died  there  April  22,  1862.  He 
married  (first)  March  7,  1819,  Lois, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Lucy  Sherman, 
born  August  9,  1798,  died  October  25, 
1820.  He  married  (second)  October  5, 
1823,  Beulah  Thomas,  daughter  of 
Churchill  and  Hannah  C.  (Cushman) 
Thomas,  born  November  23,  1801,  died 
July  18,  1892  (see  Thomas  VII).  Child 
of  first  marriage :  Lois  Sherman,  born 
August  12,  1820;  children  of  second  mar- 
riage :  Beulah  Ann,  mentioned  below ; 
Clarinda  Adams,  born  October  3,  1826; 
Hannah  Cushman,  July  14,  1829;  Eliza- 
beth Clark,  April  2,  1832. 

(VII)  Beulah  Ann  Macomber,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  (3)  Macomber,  and  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Beulah  (Thomas)  Macomber, 
born  September  16,  1824,  became  the  wife 
of  James  (3)  Cole,  of  Middleboro  (see 
Cole  VIII). 

(The  Thomas  Line). 

(I)  William  Thomas,  said  to  have 
been  of  Welsh  descent,  and  one  of  the 
merchant  adventurers  of  London,  came 
from  Yarmouth,  England,  in  the  "Marye 
and  Ann"  in  1637,  and  settled  in  Marsh- 
field,  Massachusetts,  with  his  son  Na- 
thaniel. He  was  assistant  deputy  gov- 
ernor in  1642-50;  member  of  the  council 
of  war  in  1643,  and  died  in  August,  1651, 
aged  seventy-eight  years. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Thomas,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Thomas,  born  in    1606,   came   over 

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with  his  father,  bringing  with  him  his 
wife  and  son  William,.  He  commanded 
one  of  the  watches  against  the  Indians  in 
1643  >  was  one  °f  tne  volunteers  of  the 
Pequot  expedition  in  1643;  was  commis- 
sioned ensign  of  the  Marshfield  company 
of  the  Colonial  troops  and  later  captain, 
and  in  1654  succeeded  Miles  Standish  in 
command.  He  had  children  besides  Wil- 
liam:  Nathaniel,  born  1643;  Mary,  mar- 
ried Captain  Symon  Ray ;  Elizabeth ; 
Dorothy,  died  young;  Jeremiah,  men- 
tioned below ;  Dorothy. 

(III)  Jeremiah  Thomas,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Thomas,  was  born  1658-59,  and 
died  February  2,  1736.  Fie  married  Mary, 
and  had  children :  Nathaniel,  born  Janu- 
ary 2,  1686;  Sarah,  December  25,  1687; 
Jeremiah,  February  14,  1689;  Elizabeth, 
November  19,  1690 ;  Mary,  June  5,  1692 ; 
Lydia,  March  26,  1694;  Thankful,  June 
30,  1695;  Jedediah,  mentioned  below; 
Bethiah,  March  27,  1701 ;  Ebenezer,  No- 
vember 1,  1703;  Priscilla,  October  13, 
1705;  Sophia,  1707. 

(IV)  Jedediah  Thomas,  third  son  of 
Jeremiah  and  Mary  Thomas,  born  Au- 
gust 17,  1698,  in  Middleboro,  married, 
March  12,  1723,  Lois  Nelson,  born  April 
19,  1704,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hope 
(Huckins)  Nelson,  granddaughter  of  Wil- 
liam Nelson,  founder  of  the  family  in  the 
Plymouth  colony ;  also  granddaughter  of 
Joseph  Huckins  and  great-grandaughter 
of  Thomas  Huckins,  who  was  commander 
of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company  of  Boston.  Children :  Hope, 
born  November  16,  1724;  Jedediah,  men- 
tioned below ;  Elizabeth,  February  10, 
1729;  Lois,  April  4,  1732;  Abiah,  August 
3»  x737;  Joanna,  April  6,  1739;  Isaac,  May 
28,  1742. 

(V)  Jedediah  (2)  Thomas,  son  of  Jede- 
diah (1)  and  Lois  (Nelson)  Thomas, 
born  February  19,  1727,  in  Middleboro, 
served  in  the  Revolution.    He  married  in 


Middleboro,  December  28,  1749,  Keziah 
Churchill,  born  about  1730,  probably 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Shaw) 
Churchill,  or  of  John  and  Bethiah 
(Spooner)  Churchill,  of  Plymouth.  Only 
three  children  are  recorded,  family  records 
supply  others:  Mary,  born  May  3,  1751 ; 
Martha,  February  15,  1753;  Nelson, 
January  25,  1759;  Churchill,  mentioned 
below;  Keziah,  February  11,  1765.  Jede- 
diah Thomas,  of  Middleboro,  was  a 
private  in  Captain  Nehemiah  Allen's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Jeremiah  Hall's  regiment, 
marched  December  8,  1776,  service  ninety- 
two  days,  company  marched  to  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  December  8,  1776;  also 
private  in  Captain  Nathaniel  Wood's 
company,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Sprout's  regi- 
ment, entered  service  May  6,  1778,  dis- 
charged May  9,  1778,  service  three  days, 
company  marched  on  two  alarms  at  Dart- 
mouth, one  in  May  and  one  in  September, 
1778. 

(VI)  Churchill  Thomas,  son  of  Jede- 
diah (2)  and  Keziah  (Churchill)  Thomas, 
was  born  November  30,  1761,  in  Middle- 
boro, and  died  there  December  31,  1809, 
aged  forty-eight  years.  He  was  a  private 
in  Captain  John  Barrow's  company,  Colo- 
nel Abijah  Stearns'  regiment  of  guards, 
entered  service  April  14,  1778,  discharged 
July  2,  1778,  service  two  months  and 
twenty-one  days  at  and  about  Boston ; 
also  private  in  Captain  Nathaniel  Wood's 
company,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Sprout's  regi- 
ment, entered  service  September  6,  1778, 
discharged  September  12,  1778,  service  six 
days,  company  marched  on  two  alarms  at 
Dartmouth,  one  in  May,  one  in  Septem- 
ber, 1778,  service  six  days,  roll  dated 
Middleboro;  also  private  in  Captain  Wil- 
liam Tupper's  company,  Colonel  Nathan 
Sparhawk's  regiment,  entered  service 
September  28,  1778,  discharged  December 
14,  1778,  service  two  months  and  sixteen 
days,  at  Boston,  roll  sworn  to  at  Middle- 


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boro;  also  a  private  in  Captain  Edward 
Hammond's  company,  Colonel  Samuel 
Fisher's    regiment,    enlisted    August    13, 

1779,  discharged  September  13,  1779, 
service  one  month,  four  days,  at  Rhode 
Island,  travel  eighty  miles,  including 
company  detached  from  militia  to  serve 
for  one  month  in  a  regiment  under  Samuel 
Fisher's  command ;  also  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain Jonah  Washburn's  company,  Colonel 
Ebenezer  White's  regiment,  marched  Au- 
gust 1,  1780,  discharged  August  9,  1780, 
service  nine  days,  company  marched  to 
Rhode  Island  on  the  alarm  of  August  1, 

1780,  roll  sworn  to  at  Middleboro;  also  a 
private  in  Captain  Henry  Pierce's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Theophilus  Cotton's  regi- 
ment, enlisted  March  8,  1781,  discharged 
March  31,  1781,  service  twenty-six  days  to 
Rhode  Island,  including  travel  sixty-five 
miles,  out  and  home,  company  raised  by 
order  of  his  excellency,  John  Hancock,  to 
serve  for  forty  days,  unless  sooner  dis- 
charged. Churchill  Thomas  married 
Hannah  C.  Cushman,  born  November  8, 
1761,  in  Duxbury,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Sampson)  Cushman,  born  Au- 
gust 23,  1772.  Children:  Harvey  Cush- 
man, born  November  18,  1788;  Elizabeth 
Sampson,  July  4,  1794;  Abigail  Soule, 
September  14,  1796;  Alfred,  July  16,  1799; 
Beulah,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Beulah  Thomas,  daughter  of 
Churchill  and  Hannah  C.  (Cushman) 
Thomas,  was  born  November  23,  1801, 
and  became  the  wife  of  Joseph  (3)  Ma- 
comber,  of  Middleboro  (see  Macomber 
VI). 


HILL,  Christopher, 

Carpenter,  Builder. 

This  name  was  often  spelled  Hilles,  and 
that  form  is  still  used  by  a  large  number 
of  the  descendants  bearing  the  name.  It 
has  been  traced    to  a  somewhat    remote 


period  in  England,  having  been  found 
nearly  two  hundred  years  before  the  Puri- 
tan emigration.  It  has  been  borne  by 
numerous  prominent  citizens  of  the  Amer- 
ican colonies  and  of  the  United  States, 
and  is  still  among  the  most  widely  dis- 
tributed names  known  in  the  history  of 
the  country.  An  examination  of  the 
records  relative  to  the  early  history  of 
the  Hills  in  America  discloses  the  fact 
that  there  were  several  immigrants  of  this 
name  who  arrived  from  England  prior  to 
1650,  namely:  William  and  John  Hill,  of 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts ;  John  Hill,  of 
Dover,  New  Hampshire,  who  was  accom- 
panied by  at  least  one  brother  and  perhaps 
more ;  Jonathan  Hill,  of  Rhode  Island, 
and  Peter  Hill,  of  Saco,  Maine.  It  is 
probable  that  William  and  John  Hill,  of 
Dorchester,  were  brothers,  although  there 
does  not  seem  to  be  any  documentary 
proof  of  the  fact. 

(I)  Jonathan  Hill  was  one  of  the 
numerous  pioneers  of  this  family  in  New 
England  before  1660.  But  little  is  known 
of  him.  He  lived  at  Warwick,  Ports- 
mouth, and  perhaps  elsewhere  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  died  in  1690.  Children:  Rob- 
ert, married  Mary  Pearce  ;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Henry,  born  June  2,  1661, 
in  Warwick,  resided  at  East  Greenwich. 
And  others. 

(II)  Jonathan  (2)  Hill,  son  of  Jona- 
than (1)  Hill,  was  born  1657,  an(*  lived 
on  Prudence  Island  (Portsmouth),  where 
he  died  February  5,  1731.  He  bought 
land  at  Cowesit  for  fifty  pounds,  on  July 
6,  1703,  became  a  large  landholder,  and 
the  inventory  of  his  estate  made  Septem- 
ber 15,  1731,  amounted  to  £791,  3s.  and 
6d.  He  had  children :  Jonathan,  Caleb, 
Mary,  Patience,  Rebecca,  Thomas,  Ebe- 
nezer and  Sarah. 

(III)  Thomas  Hill,  son  of  Jonathan 
(2)  Hill,  was  born  in  1692,  and  lived  in 
North  Kingstown.    In  1721  he  was  living 


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in  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  and  received 
on  January  16  of  that  year,  from  his 
father,  a  deed  of  one  hundred  and  five 
acres  in  Warwick,  to  which  town  he  re- 
moved. He  married  in  North  Kingstown, 
September  16,  1716,  Elizabeth  Allen, 
probably  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
Allen,  of  that  town. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2)  Hill,  son  of  Thomas 
(1)  and  Elizabeth  (Allen)  Hill,  was  born 
about  1720,  and  lived  in  North  Kings- 
town, where  he  married,  in  1743,  Mary 
Berry.  On  the  Scituate  records  her  name 
appears  as  Alice.  He  lived  in  North 
Kingstown  until  after  1749,  and  was  liv- 
ing in  Scituate  in  1754.  His  children  on 
North  Kingstown  town  records  were : 
Jonathan,  born  September  1,  1744;  Ben- 
jamin, mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  De- 
cember 29,  1747;  John,  March  2,  1749;  in 
Scituate  :  Elizabeth,  March  14,  175 1 ;  Re- 
becca, June  11,  1754;  Anne,  July  27,  1756; 
Henry,  February  1,  1759. 

(V)  Benjamin  Hill,  second  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Mary  (Berry)  Hill,  was 
born  March  28,  1746,  in  North  Kingstown, 
and  lived  in  Foster,  Rhode  Island,  where 
his  children  are  recorded.  He  married, 
December  7,  1768.  in  Scituate,  Hannah 
Potter,  daughter  of  Christian  and  Eliza- 
beth Potter,  and  their  children  recorded 
in  Foster  were :  Christopher,  mentioned 
below;  George,  born  December  5,  1771  ; 
Sarah,  September  8,  1773;  Elizabeth, 
March  9,  1775;  Benjamin,  January  7, 
1777;  Alice,  October  24,  1778;  Miles,  Au- 
gust 25,  1780;  Richard,  January  2,  1782; 
Anna,  April  15,  1784;  Thomas  Tibbetts, 
December  30,  1786. 

(VI)  Christopher  Hill,  eldest  child  of 
Benjamin  and  Hannah  (Potter)  Hill,  was 
born  February  14,  1770,  in  Foster,  where 
he  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer.  He 
reared  a  large  family,  all  of  whom  were 
given  good  educational  opportunities. 
He  married,  in  Foster,  April  2,  1795,  Mary 

N  E-7-9  I 


Elizabeth  Whipple,  of  Warwick,  and  their 
children  were:  Holden,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Christopher,  Amy,  who  married 
Stephen  Browning,  and  Patience,  who 
married  Thomas  Remington. 

(VII)  Christopher  (2)  Hill,  son  of 
Christopher  (1)  and  Mary  E.  (Whipple) 
Hill,  was  born  July  2"j,  1800,  in  Foster, 
and  died  in  Fall  River,  Massachusetts,  in 
November,  1872.  He  was  educated  in 
Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  attending  school 
three  months  in  the  year,  until  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age.  He  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade,  and  settled  in  Fall 
River,  where  he  was  engaged  in  building 
operations  throughout  his  active  life.  He 
was  an  attendant  of  the  Congregational 
church,  an  upright  and  respected  citizen, 
a  Republican  in  political  principle,  and 
ever  ready  to  foster  any  plan  designed  to 
benefit  the  community  in  which  he  lived. 
He  married  in  Warwick,  Hannah  Cook 
Durfee,  born  May  8,  1808,  in  Fall  River, 
died  there  July  24,  1884,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Mehitable  Durfee,  of  that 
city  (see  Durfee  VI).  Children:  Mary 
Elizabeth,  born  August  8,  1829,  died  aged 
seventeen  years ;  Almy  A.,  born  February 

4,  1832,  died  aged  seven  years;  Mehitable 
Durfee,  born  November  2,  1835,  married 
in  Fall  River,  December  16,  1869,  Robert 

5.  Dunning,  the  noted  painter  of  fruits, 
who  was  born  January  3,  1829,  in  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  son  of  Joseph  and  Rebecca 
(Spear)  Dunning,  resides  in  Fall  River; 
Lucy  Chaloner,  born  September  20,  1839, 
in  Warwick,  is  a  practicing  physician  in 
Fall  River. 

(The   Durfee  Line). 

The  family  of  Durfee  has  been  a  rather 
prolific  one,  and  still  has  many  representa- 
tives in  Rhode  Island  and  Southeastern 
Massachusetts,  where  it  was  very  early 
located.  Its  representatives  have  been 
active    in   every   walk   of   life,   and   have 


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borne  their  share  in  the  development  of 
modern  civilization. 

(I)  Thomas  Durfee,  born  in  1643  in 
England,  came  thence  to  Rhode  Island  at 
an  early  day,  settling  there  while  the  War- 
wick charter  of  1643  was  st^  *n  force. 
He  was  married  (first),  in  Portsmouth, 
about  1664,  and  had  the  following  chil- 
dren born  in  Portsmouth  :  Robert,  March 
10,  1665  ;  Richard,  Thomas,  William,  Ann 
and  Benjamin.  He  married  (second) 
Deliverance  (Hall)  Trip,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  Hall,  and  widow  of  Abiel 
Trip.  She  died  in  1721,  the  mother  of 
two  children  by  her  marriage  with  Mr. 
Durfee. 

(II)  Benjamin  Durfee,  son  of  Thomas 
Durfee,  inherited  from  his  father,  in  addi- 
tion to  what  he  had  previously  given  him, 
large  tracts  of  land  within  the  present 
limits  of  Fall  River.  He  subsequently 
acquired  more  by  purchase,  and  became 
one  of  the  largest  land  owners  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  energy,  of  character,  quick  of  com- 
prehension and  intelligent,  and  held  in 
high  estimation  in  the  community  in 
which  he  lived.  At  his  death,  in  1754,  he 
left  a  large  estate,  some  of  which  long 
remained  in  the  family,  if  it  has  not  to 
the  present  time;  but  like  most  large 
properties  much  of  it  has  changed  hands, 
and  is  now  owned  by  others  not  of  the 
same  name.  He  received  by  deed  of  gift 
from  his  father,  Thomas  Durfee,  the  land 
from  Rodman  street  on  the  north  to  Os- 
born  street  on  the  south,  and  extending 
from  the  shore  to  East  Rod  Way.  This 
land  was  purchased  of  William  Manches- 
ter in  1680,  and  was  given  to  Benjamin 
Durfee  in  1709.  The  latter  gave  the  same 
land  to  his  son,  Captain  William  Durfee, 
and,  by  will,  William  Durfee  gave  the 
south  half  to  his  nephew,  Richard  Dur- 
fee, the  son  of  his  brother  Richard,  and 
James  Durfee,  the  son  of  his  brother  Ben- 


jamin ;  the  north  half  he  gave  to  his  rela- 
tive, William  Borden.  James  Durfee  sold 
his  portion  to  David  Durfee,  the  father  of 
Hon.  David  Durfee,  of  Tiverton,  who  in 
time  gave  it  to  his  son,  Captain  William 
Durfee,  and  he,  dying  in  1816,  left  it  to 
his  children.  They  sold  it  to  Oliver 
Chace,  and  it  has  since  been  laid  out  and 
much  of  it  sold  for  building  lots,  upon 
which  may  be  found  some  of  the  finest 
residences  in  Fall  River.  Benjamin  Dur- 
fee married,  in  1699,  Prudence  Earle, 
daughter  of  William  and  Prudence  Earle, 
granddaughter  of  Ralph  and  Joan  (Saw- 
yer) Earle.  Children :  James,  born  Au- 
gust 28,  1701  ;  Ann,  January  17,  1703; 
Hope,  January  7,  1705;  William,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1707;  Benjamin,  January  5,  1709; 
Mercy,  January  30,  171 1 ;  Lusannah,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1713;  Martha,  July  13,  1719; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below  ;  Richard,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill)  Thomas  (2)  Durfee,  fourth  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Prudence  (Earle)  Dur- 
fee, was  born  November  5,  1721,  in  Tiver- 
ton, and  inherited  a  large  estate  from  his 
father,  residing  on  the  present  site  of  the 
County  House  in  Fall  River.  Upon  the 
division  of  her  father's  estate  his  wife 
inherited  an  interest  in  the  Fall  River 
water  power.  Mr.  Durfee's  farm  extended 
from  the  Taunton  river  to  North  Wa- 
tuppa  pond,  and  the  southern  boundary 
was  near  the  present  armory  in  Fall 
River.  He  long  represented  a  constitu- 
ency in  both  the  lower  house  and  senate 
of  the  Massachusetts  General  Court ;  was 
six  years  a  member  of  the  Governor's 
Council,  and  was  active  and  influential 
throughout  his  life  in  the  community.  At 
the  funeral  of  Governor  John  Hancock,  in 
1793,  he  was  one  of  the  honorary  pall- 
bearers. Because  of  a  physical  infirmity 
he  was  not  fit  for  active  military  service, 
but  commanded  a  militia  company  in 
Freetown  in  1776.    He  married  in  Tiver- 


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ton,  August  9,  1747,  Patience  Borden,  of 
that  town,  born  1731,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Abigail  (Russell)  Borden,  died  in 
Freetown  in  July,  1802.  Freetown  then 
included  the  family  residence.  Mrs.  Dur- 
fee  was  descended  from  one  of  the  promi- 
nent and  oldest  families  of  Massachusetts, 
founded  by  Richard  Borden,  who  was  of 
the  ninth  recorded  English  generation, 
born  in  the  parish  of  Hedcorn,  Kent,  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  baptized  February  22, 
1596,  son  of  Matthew  and  Joan  Borden, 
and  died  May  25,  1671,  in  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island.  He  married  in  Hedcorn 
Church,  September  28,  1625,  Joan  Fowle, 
who  accompanied  him  to  America  in  1637- 
38,  and  died  July  15,  1688,  in  Portsmouth. 
Children  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Patience 
(Borden)  Durfee :  Hope,  born  Septem- 
ber 29,  1748;  Joseph,  mentioned  below; 
Nathan,  April  5,  1752;  Benjamin,  May, 
1754;  Prudence,  September  6,  1756; 
Abigail,  August,  1759;  Charles,  November 
20,  1761 ;  Susannah,  November,  1764;  Na- 
than, March  23,  1766;  James,  March  25, 
1768;  Thomas,  January  22,  1771 ;  Samuel, 
August  25,  1773. 

(IV)  Joseph  Durfee,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Patience  (Borden)  Dur- 
fee, was  born  April  27,  1750,  in  Tiverton, 
lived  many  years  in  that  town,  and  in  his 
old  age  removed  to  Assonet  Village,  in 
the  town  of  Freetown,  where  he  died  De- 
cember 10,  1841,  in  his  ninety-second  year. 
With  his  wife  he  helped  organize  the  First 
Congregational  Church  in  what  is  now 
Fall  River,  in  1816.  In  1775  he  was  corn- 
missioned  a  captain,  and  raised  a  company 
of  minute-men,  which  was  stationed  at 
Fall  River  about  fifteen  months.  Sub- 
sequently, with  sixty  men,  he  marched  to 
New  York  and  joined  the  regiment  of 
Colonel  Thomas  Carpenter,  participating 
in  the  battle  of  White  Plains.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1776,  he  marched  his  company  back 
to    Tiverton    and    joined    Colonel    John 


Cook's  regiment,  which  covered  the  re- 
treat of  the  Continentals  from  Rhode 
Island.  Before  January,  1777,  he  was 
commissioned  major  in  Colonel  John 
Hathaway's  regiment,  and  was  stationed 
some  six  months  at  Little  Compton. 
Early  in  1778,  with  twenty  men,  he  was 
stationed  at  Fall  River,  and  in  May  of  that 
year,  when  the  British  forces  landed  at 
Fall  River,  and  began  burning  mills  and 
other  buildings,  he  rallied  the  citizens 
with  his  men  and  drove  the  British  off, 
with  considerable  loss  in  killed  and 
wounded.  In  August,  1778,  he  joined 
General  Sullivan's  expedition  to  Rhode 
Island,  as  major  of  Colonel  Whitney's 
regiment.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year  he 
was  stationed  three  months  at  Pawtucket, 
and  early  in  1779  he  was  commissioned 
lieutenant-colonel  in  Cornell's  brigade, 
and  remained  at  Tiverton  until  the  British 
evacuated  Rhode  Island.  In  October  fol- 
lowing he  was  stationed  at  Newport, 
where  he  remained  until  December.  In 
1782  he  was  promoted  colonel.  He  rep- 
resented Tiverton  in  the  General  Assem- 
bly, the  town  being  then  a  part  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  ever  an  influential  citi- 
zen. He  married  (first)  September  24, 
1772,  Elizabeth  Turner,  of  Tiverton,  born 
1754,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  and  Patience 
(Gardner)  Turner,  died  May  19,  1817. 
He  married  (second)  January  29,  1819, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Nicholls.  Children : 
Charlotte,  born  July  15,  1773;  Gardner, 
April  2,  1775;  George  Washington,  April 
27>  I777'<  Rhobe  (Phebe),  September  23, 
1779;  Susannah,  March  9,  1783;  Mehit- 
able,  mentioned  below;  Amelia,  July  30, 
1787;  Aaron,  December  17,  1789;  Eliza- 
beth, January  19,  1792;  Patience,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1794;  Abigail,  February  24, 
1799. 

(V)  Mehitable  Durfee,  fourth  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Turner)  Durfee, 
was  born  June  15,  1785,  in  Tiverton,  died 


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in  Fall  River,  September  4,  1857,  became 
the  wife  of  Stephen  Durfee,  of  that  city 
(see  Durfee  V). 

(III)  Richard  Durfee,  youngest  child 
of  Benjamin  and  Prudence  (Earle)  Dur- 
fee, was  born  November  9,  1723,  and  mar- 
ried in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts  (As- 
sonet  record),  August  30,  1749,  Rebecca 
Cole,  of  Plymouth,  born  there  1727, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  (2)  and  Sarah  Cole, 
granddaughter  of  Ephraim  (1)  and  Re- 
becca (Gray)  Cole.  She  owned  the  house 
built  by  her  father  on  Leyden  street, 
Plymouth,  which  she  sold  to  John 
Churchill.  Children :  Ephraim,  died  in 
infancy ;  Sarah,  died  in  infancy ;  Richard, 
mentioned  below ;  Rebecca,  born  August 

25,  I765- 

(IV)  Richard  (2)  Durfee,  only  surviv- 
ing son  of  Richard  (1)  and  Rebecca 
(Cole)  Durfee,  was  born  Sepetmber  8, 
1758,  in  what  is  now  Fall  River,  than  a 
part  of  Tiverton,  and  resided  in  Tiverton, 
near  the  south  line  of  Freetown.  He  was 
a  deacon  of  the  church,  and  very  active 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  enlisted 
first  in  Captain  Loring  Peck's  company, 
of  Colonel  Lippitt's  (Rhode  Island)  regi- 
ment, in  1776,  and  was  on  the  payroll, 
showing  a  service  of  two  months  and  four- 
teen days,  for  which  he  received  £4,  18s. 
and  8d.,  at  the  rate  of  two  pounds  per 
month.  He  was  again  in  the  service  in 
1777,  and  received  for  travel  from  Charles- 
town  to  Smithfield  and  to  Cumberland 
from  Peekskill,  two  pounds,  one  shilling 
and  six  pence,  roll  dated  Cranston,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1777.  He  was  appointed  a  lieu- 
tenant and  later  captain  of  the  Third 
Company  of  Militia  of  the  town  of  Tiver- 
ton, which  company  was  attached  to  a 
regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  John 
Cook,  and  in  August,  1778,  was  paid  for 
five  days,  at  the  rate  of  three  pounds  per 
day.  This  regiment  formed  a  part  of  the 
army  of  General  Sullivan.     The  records 


of  the  United  States  Pension  Office  show 
that  he  made  application  for  a  pension, 
September  8,  1832,  at  which  time  he  was 
seventy-four  years  old,  and  was  residing 
in  Tiverton.     The  pension  was  allowed 
for    fourteen   months    and   fifteen    days' 
active   service  as   a   private,   and   eleven 
months   and   fifteen    days   as   captain    of 
Rhode  Island  troops  in  the  Revolutionary 
War.     The  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Fall  River  was  organized  at  the  house 
of    Captain     Durfee,    January    9,     1816. 
Among  the  five  persons  who  established 
this    organization    were    Colonel    Joseph 
Durfee  and  wife  Elizabeth ;  Richard  Dur- 
fee ;   and  Esther,  wife  of  Charles  Durfee, 
Esq.    Thomas  R.  Durfee,  son  of  Charles 
and    Wealthy    Durfee,    subsequently   be- 
came a  member.    In  1823  Captain  Richard 
Durfee  was  elected  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  married  in  Freetown,  June  20,  1779, 
Patience   Borden,   born   August  4,    1762, 
died    November    2,     1836,    in    Tiverton, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and   Mary    (Gray) 
Borden,  of  Fall  River.    The  Borden  fam- 
ily, like  that  of  Durfee,  was  very  early 
established  in  this  country,  and  was  of 
very  ancient  lineage  in  England,   having 
been  established  at  the  time  of  the  Con- 
quest, coming  from  Normandy,  where  the 
family  had  previously  existed.     Richard 
Borden  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Hed- 
corn,  Kent,  England,  baptized  there  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1596,  son  of  Matthew  and  Joan 
Borden,  and  died  at  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,    May   25,    1671.      He    married   in 
Hedcorn    Church,    September    28,    1625, 
Joan  Fowle,  moved  in  1628  to  the  neigh- 
boring parish  of  Cranbrook,  and  came  to 
America  in  1638,  settling  at  Portsmouth. 
He  was  a   surveyor  and  acquired   large 
tracts  of  land  in  Rhode  Island  and  New 
Jersey ;    was  a    freeman  of    Portsmouth, 
March   16,   1641,  and  filled  many  official 
positions  there,  including  that  of  deputy 
from  Portsmouth  to  the  General  Assem- 


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bly  in  1667  and  1670.  His  fourth  son, 
John  Borden,  born  September,  1640,  in 
Portsmouth,  died  there  June  4,  1716.  He 
married,  December  25,  1670,  Mary  Earle, 
born  in  Portsmouth,  1655,  died  there  in 
1734,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Walker)  Earle.  Their  third  son  was  Jo- 
seph Borden,  born  December  3,  1680, 
married  Sarah  Brownell,  of  Portsmouth. 
Their  eldest  son  was  Stephen  Borden, 
born  August  10,  1705,  in  what  is  now  Fall 
River,  died  August  30,  1738.  He  married, 
February  3,  1726,  Penelope  Read,  born 
October  12,  1703,  in  Dartmouth,  daughter 
of  John  (3)  and  Mary  (Pierce)  Read. 
John  (3)  Read  was  for  some  thirty  years 
town  clerk  of  Freetown.  He  was  a  son  of 
John  (2)  Read  and  his  wife  Anna,  and 
grandson  of  John  (1)  Read,  of  Newport, 
Rhode  Island.  John  (2)  Read  was  a  cord- 
wainer  by  trade  and  operated  a  tannery, 
which  was  continued  by  his  descendants 
through  four  generations,  and  became  a 
large  establishment  at  Troy,  now  Fall 
River.  Stephen  (2)  Borden,  eldest  son  of 
Stephen  (1)  and  Penelope  (Read)  Borden, 
was  born  October  28,  1728,  and  died  Au- 
gust 15,  1802.  He  married,  October  8, 
1748,  Mary  Gray,  born  October  14,  1733, 
in  Tiverton,  daughter  of  Timothy  and 
Sarah  (Bennett)  Gray.  They  were  the 
parents  of  Patience  Borden,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Captain  Richard  Durfee,  of 
Fall  River.  Children:  William,  born 
December  8,  1780;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  April  11,  1785;  Philip,  June 
14,  1787;  Benjamin,  January  28,  1792; 
Lydia,  February  16,  1794;  Susannah, 
March  1,  1796;  John,  May  6,  1798;  Pa- 
tience, August  28,  1801,  died  December 
23,  1824;  Richard,  July  15,  1803;  Thomas, 
April  24,  1805,  died  September  7,  1805. 

(V)  Stephen  Durfee,  second  son  of 
Richard  (2)  and  Patience  (Borden)  Dur- 
fee, was  born  April  11,  1782,  in  Tiverton, 
and  died  at  sea,  April  25,  1812.    He  mar- 


ried in  Tiverton,  in  April,  1802,  Mehitable 
Durfee,  born  June  15,  1785,  in  Tiverton, 
died  in  Fall  River,  September  4,  1857, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Turner)  Durfee.  She  married  (second) 
Elisha  C.  Fuller,  of  Fall  River.  Children : 
William  Henry,  born  November  3,  1804; 
Leonard  B.,  September  8,  1806;  Hannah 
Cook,  mentioned  below ;  Philip,  July  9, 
1810. 

(VI)  Hannah  Cook  Durfee,  only 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Mehitable  (Dur- 
fee) Durfee,  was  born  May  8,  1808,  in 
Fall  River,  and  became  the  wife  of  Chris- 
topher (2)  Hill,  of  Warwick,  Rhode 
Island.     (See  Hill  VII.) 


ALVORD,  Clinton, 

Manufacturer. 

Among  the  founders  of  industries  of 
importance  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts, 
is  Clinton  Alvord,  manufacturer  of  carpet 
looms.  From  a  small  beginning  he  has 
built  up  an  extensive  and  profitable  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Alvord  comes  of  old  Puritan 
stock,  and  his  ancestry  has  been  traced 
for  many  generations  in  England.  The 
surname  Alvord  is  identical  with  Alford 
and  there  are  many  other  variations  such 
as  Alfred,  Alvard,  Alvart,  Allard,  Alved, 
Alvord,  Allvard,  Alluard,  Olford,  Olverd, 
Olvord,  etc.  The  principal  seat  of  the 
family  in  England  was  in  County  Somer- 
set, where  Alvords  were  located  about  the 
time  the  surname  came  into  use  in  Eng- 
land. It  was  originally  a  place  name, 
meaning  a  ford  across  a  river.  Robertus 
Dominus  de  Aldford  was  governor  of  a 
military  station,  Aldford  Castle,  com- 
manding an  old  ford  across  the  River  Dee 
above  Chester.  The  Alvord  family  had 
something  to  do  with  this  fort  in  ancient 
times.  They  were  owners  of  land  in 
Somersetshire  as  early  as  1550.  The  coat- 
of-arms  is  described :    On  a  wreath  of  the 


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colors  a  boar's  head    couped  or,  in    the 
mouth  a  broken  spear  argent. 

An  excellent  genealogy  of  the  family 
has  been  published  and  its  author  gives 
special  credit  to  Mr.  Clinton  Alvord  for 
assistance  rendered  in  compiling  the 
work. 

(I)  John  Alvord,  the  English  progen- 
itor, was  born  about  1475,  and  died  at 
Whitestaunton,  Somersetshire.  He  was  a 
witness  to  the  will  of  John  Batley  or 
Bailey,  July  4,  1530.  He  had  a  son  Alex- 
ander, mentioned  below. 

(II)  Rev.  Alexander  Alvord,  son  of 
John  Alvord,  was  born  about  1500.  He 
was  living  at  Whitestaunton  in  1550  and 
1558.  His  will  is  dated  there,  December 
22,  1576.  The  will  of  his  widow,  Agnes 
Alvord,  in  1577  mentions  children:  Mary, 
Alice,  Elinor,  Salaman,  William,  John, 
Bartholomew  and  Bridget.  She  was 
buried  at  West  Moncton,  Somersetshire, 
1578.  Descendants  are  numerous  in 
Whitestaunton. 

(III)  This  generation  is  in  doubt.  One 
of  the  sons  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Alvord 
was  father  of  Thomas,  mentioned  below, 
however.  He  was  also  the  father  of  Rich- 
ard and  John  Alvord,  of  Whitestaunton. 

(IV)  Thomas  Alvord,  grandson  of  the 
Rev.  Alexander  Alvord,  married,  May  II, 
1618,  Joanna  Hawkins  at  Ashill,  Somer- 
setshire. She  died  a  widow  at  White- 
staunton, May  27,  1636.  Children:  1. 
Benedict,  one  of  the  brothers  who  came 
to  Windsor,  Connecticut ;  was  witness  to 
a  deed  from  Richard  Sanderwick,  of 
Broadway,  Somersetshire,  to  Nicholas 
Nurton,  of  Weymouth,  Massachusetts, 
February  20,  1639 ;  married  Jane  Nurton 
at  Windsor,  November  26,  1640;  he  died 
at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  April  23,  1683. 
2.  Alexander,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jo- 
anna, baptized  at  Whitestaunton,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1622;  married  at  Windsor,  Connec- 
ticut, May  6,  1646,  Ambrose  Fowler,  who 


removed  to  Westfield,  Massachusetts, 
about  1671,  and  she  died  there,  May  22, 
1684,  leaving  seven  children. 

(V)  Alexander  (2)  Alvord,  son  of 
Thomas  Alvord,  was  baptized  probably 
at  Bridport,  County  Dorset,  England, 
October  15,  1627.  He  went  to  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  as  early  as  1645,  when  is 
mentioned  his  purchase  of  a  house  lot 
there.  In  1660  he  had  a  pew  in  Windsor 
church  among  the  short  seats,  for  which 
he  paid  seven  shillings.  Various  grants 
of  land  were  made  to  him  and  he  has  been 
described  by  an  early  writer  as  "an  early 
settler  and  possessed  of  large  means  for 
the  times."  He  moved  to  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  in  1661.  He  subscribed  to 
the  fund  for  Harvard  College  in  1672.  In 
King  Philip's  War,  in  1676,  in  Northamp- 
ton, Massachusetts,  his  buildings  were 
burned  by  the  Indians,  and  in  the  same 
year  he  received  a  war  grant  of  land  in 
compensation.  In  1668  he  was  among  the 
signers  of  a  petition  against  imposts,  and 
in  1671  of  another  to  the  Massachusetts 
General  Court  for  the  formation  of  a  so- 
ciety at  Northfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  Northampton  church 
soon  after  1672,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Al- 
vord, joined  the  same  church  in  1661,  be- 
ing one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
society.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  at 
Northampton,  February  8,  1678.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  October 
29,  1646,  Mary  Vore,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Ann  Vore.  She  died  at  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  prior  to  1686.  He  died 
there,  October  3,  1687.  Children:  Abi- 
gail, born  October  6,  1647 ;  John,  August 
12,  1649;  Mary,  July  6,  165 1 ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  November 
12,  1655;  Benjamin,  February  n,  1658; 
Sarah,  June  24,  1660;  Jeremiah,  May  9, 
1663  ;  Ebenezer,  December  25,  1665  ;  Jona- 
than, April  6,  1669;  Child,  born  and  died 
in  1671. 


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(VI)  Thomas  (2)  Alvord,  son  of  Alex- 
ander (2)  Alvord,  was  born  at  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  October  27,  1653.  He  re- 
moved to  Northampton  with  his  father  in 
1661.  He  also  took  the  prescribed  oath 
of  allegiance,  February  8,  1678,  and  he 
received  one  of  the  early  grants  of  land 
there.  His  house  lot  butted  on  the  north 
of  Round  Hill,  Northampton,  and  was  of 
about  four  acres.  At  one  time  he  owned 
the  land  which  is  now  the  site  of  the 
Court  House  in  Northampton.  He  was  a 
tailor  by  trade.  He  served  under  Captain 
William  Turner  in  King  Philip's  War  and 
took  part  at  Turner's  Falls  in  the  fight 
known  as  the  Falls  Fight.  For  his  service 
his  son  received  from  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts  a  grant  of  land  in  Falls- 
town  in  1734  (Bernardston).  Northamp- 
ton was  an  Alvord  town  and  the  tablets 
in  the  Memorial  Hall  show  the  name  in 
all  but  one  of  the  Indian  wars,  while  there 
are  more  soldiers  by  the  name  of  Alvord 
upon  the  rolls  than  of  any  other  name. 
Thomas  Alvord  married,  March  23,  1681, 
at  Northampton,  Joanna  Taylor,  born  in 
Northampton,  September  27,  1655,  died 
there,  February  28,  1727-28,  daughter  of 
John  and  Thankful  (Woodward)  Taylor. 
Children,  born  in  Northampton :  John, 
August  10,  1682;  Thomas,  February  28, 
1684;  John,  mentioned  below;  Josiah, 
February  7,  1688,  died  December  13,  1691. 
John  Taylor  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in 
Easthampton  while  he  was  going  with 
other  settlers  to  rescue  those  who  had 
been  captured  at  the  massacre  of  Pas- 
commuck. 

(VII)  John  (2)  Alvord,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Alvord,  was  born  at  Northampton. 
Massachusetts,  October  19,  1685,  and 
died  at  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 21,  1757.  His  gravestone  was  still 
standing,  in  1908,  in  South  Hadley,  being 
the  oldest  Alvord  gravestone  in  the  Con- 
necticut Valley.     He  was  a  saddler  by 


trade.  He  was  elected  constable  of 
Northampton  in  1729;  was  one  of  the 
first  assessors  of  South  Precinct,  Hadley, 
March  12,  1733;  was  on  the  committee  to 
arrange  for  visiting  ministers  and  dele- 
gates, August  10,  1733,  for  the  ordination 
of  the  Rev.  Grindell  Rawson ;  in  1741 
he  was  one  of  a  committee  that  sought 
the  resignation  of  this  minister.  His 
house  was  west  of  the  road  north  of  Brew- 
ster's, on  the  Connecticut  river.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Northampton,  December  29,  1708, 
Dorcas  Lyman,  born  in  Northampton, 
August  11,  1690,  died  at  South  Hadley, 
November  15,  1770,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mindwell  Sheldon  (Pomeroy)  Lyman. 
Children,  the  first  nine  born  at  Northamp- 
ton, the  others  at  South  Hadley:  John, 
born  October  29,  171 1  ;  Mindwell,  August 
4,  1713;  Esther;  Saul,  April  23,  1717; 
Elijah,  mentioned  below;  Dorcas,  March 
28,  1720;  Gad,  died  1723;  Gad,  born  1726; 
Job,  1729;  Nathan;  Gideon,  June  12,  1734. 
(VIII)  Elijah  Alvord,  son  of  John  (2) 
Alvord,  was  born  at  Northampton,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  17,  1718-19,  and  died  at 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  about  1788. 
He  conducted  a  warehouse  near  the 
mouth  of  Stony  Brook ;  kept  the  first  inn 
in  1755,  and  in  1770  Noah  Goodman  suc- 
ceeded him  as  tavern  keeper;  in  1755  it 
was  voted  by  the  town  that  he  might 
agree  with  several  persons  to  cross  their 
lands  with  lumber  in  the  Falls  Field  and 
Taylor's  Field,  South  Hadley,  to  carry 
lumber  around  that  had  been  loaded  down 
the  river ;  he  was  also  a  trader,  licensed 
in  1761  to  sell  tea,  coffee  and  china-ware 
at  South  Hadley ;  he  was  selectman  in 
1761.  In  1771  he  moved  to  Wilmington, 
Vermont;  in  1775  he  was  appointed  on  a 
standing  committee  that  the  people  might 
be  informed  of  the  doings  of  the  Friends 
of  Liberty  ;  he  represented  the  town  in  the 
first  State  Legislature  in  1778,  and  the 
first  town   meeting    of  Wilmington    was 


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held  in  his  house,  January  19,  1778.  Later 
he  returned  to  Massachusetts,  residing  at 
Greenfield,  but  his  death  occurred  shortly 
afterward.  Caleb  Alvord,  his  son,  was 
appointed  to  administer  his  estate,  May 
15,  1788.  Elijah  Alvord  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution  in  Captain  Caleb  Chapin's 
company.  He  married  Hannah  Judd,  born 
at  Northampton,  1720,  died  at  Greenfield, 
November  28,  1798,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Hannah  (Bascom)  Judd.  Children, 
born  at  South  Hadley :  Caleb,  mentioned 
below;  Hannah,  born  1754. 

(IX)  Caleb  Alvord,  son  of  Elijah  Al- 
vord, was  born  at  South  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  5,  1751,  and  died  at 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  December  22, 
1819.  He  resided  in  the  towns  of  Wil- 
mington, Vermont,  and  Greenfield  and 
Bernardston,  Massachusetts.  In  1778  he 
was  elected  the  first  town  clerk  of  Wil- 
mington;  from  1785  to  1792  he  kept  the 
tavern  at  Greenfield ;  he  was  selectman  of 
Bernardston,  1793-99,  and  was  represen- 
tative from  that  town  to  the  General 
Court ;  he  was  selectman  of  Greenfield, 
in  1797.  He  married,  at  Wilmington, 
Vermont,  December  26,  1776,  Mary  Mur- 
dock,  born  in  Wilmington,  January  15, 
1751,  died  at  Greenfield,  March  26,  1836, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Hunting- 
ton) Murdock.  Children,  the  two  eldest 
born  at  Wilmington,  the  youngest  at  Ber- 
nardston and  the  others  in  Greenfield : 
Elijah,  mentioned  below ;  Caleb,  born 
May  3,  1779;  Pliny,  March  13,  1781  ;  Me- 
linda,  June  12,  1783;  Lucinda,  twin  of 
Melinda  ;  Melinda,  May  13,  1785  ;  Alpheus, 
January  17,  1787;  Alfred,  February  15, 
1789;  Mary,  April  17,  1791  ;  Fanny,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1793. 

(X)  Elijah  (2)  Alvord,  son  of  Caleb 
Alvord,  was  born  at  Wilmington,  Ver- 
mont, November  18,  1777,  and  died  at 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  September  8, 
1840.     He   read   law  in    Greenfield,   was 


admitted  to  the  bar  in  1802  and  became  a 
lawyer  of  note.  During  the  last  twenty 
years  of  his  life  he  was  clerk  of  courts 
and  register  of  probate  for  Franklin 
county  and  held  both  offices  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  represented  the  town  in 
the  General  Courts  many  terms,  and  was 
delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Convention 
in  1820.  He  was  influential  in  securing 
the  division  of  the  county  and  in  having 
Greenfield  designated  as  the  Shire  town. 
A  portrait  of  him  by  Harding  is  in  the 
possession  of  his  grandson,  Clinton  Al- 
vord. of  Worcester.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1805,  at  Greenfield,  Sabra  Wells, 
born  at  Greenfield,  February  3,  1785,  died 
there,  March  21,  1867,  daughter  of  Colo- 
nel Daniel  and  Rhoda  (Newton)  Wells. 
Colonel  Daniel  Wells  enlisted  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary War  at  the  age  of  fourteen, 
and  was  afterward  an  officer  in  the  State 
militia,  advancing  to  the  rank  of  lieuten- 
ant-colonel. He  was  town  clerk  and 
treasurer  of  Greenfield,  Massachusetts, 
from  1793  to  1809.  He  was  the  head  of 
the  first  water  company  in  Greenfield,  and 
in  1798  paid  the  second  largest  United 
States  direct  tax  in  that  place.  Rhoda 
(Newton)  Wells  was  a  descendant  of  the 
Rev.  Roger  Newton,  of  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut, and  his  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  who  left  Cambridge 
with  his  congregation  and  was  the 
founder  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  Sabra 
Wells'  great-grandmother  was  Mary 
Waite,  daughter  of  the  noted  Indian 
fighter,  Benjamin  Waite,  who  was  killed 
at  Deerfield  by  the  Indians,  February  29, 
1704.  Mary  was  captured  by  the  Indians 
when  six  years  of  age,  September  19,  1677, 
and  taken  to  Canada  with  her  mother  and 
two  younger  sisters  and  rescued  the  next 
winter  by  her  father.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Alvord,  born  at  Greenfield :  Sarah 
Wells,  August  23,  1806;  James  Church, 
April  14,  1808;  Mary  Upham,  August  10, 


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1810;  Martha,  September  18,  1815,  died  in 
infancy;  Daniel  Wells,  mentioned  below. 
(XI)  Daniel  Wells  Alvord,  son  of 
Elijah  (2)  Alvord,  was  born  at  Green- 
field, Massachusetts,  October  21,  1816, 
and  died  at  Spring  Hill,  Virginia,  August 
3,  1871.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Phil- 
lips Academy,  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
and  graduated  from  Union  College  in 
1838.  He  read  law  in  the  office  of  Chief 
Justice  Daniel  Wells,  of  Greenfield,  and 
at  the  Dane  Law  School  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1841  and  practiced  in  Greenfield  for  many 
years.  He  was  offered  a  seat  on  the  Su- 
perior Court  bench  of  Massachusetts,  but 
declined  the  honor.  From  1848  to  1853 
he  was  commissioner  of  insolvency  for 
Franklin  county ;  represented  the  town  of 
Montague  (in  which  he  did  not  reside) 
in  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1853 ; 
was  senator  from  Franklin  county  in 
1854 ;  was  elected  district  attorney  for  the 
Northwest  Judicial  District  in  1856  and 
held  that  office  until  January,  1863 ;  in 
August,  1862,  was  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  collector  of  internal  revenue 
for  the  Ninth  District  of  Massachusetts 
and  held  the  office  until  1869,  when  he 
removed  to  Spring  Hill,  Fairfax  county, 
Virginia,  where  his  death  occurred.  He 
was  prominent  in  the  anti-slavery  move- 
ment, in  which  he  was  influenced  and  in- 
troduced by  his  elder  brother,  James 
Church  Alvord,  who  was  elected  to  Con- 
gress from  Greenfield  in  1838,  when  only 
thirty-one  years  of  age,  the  youngest  man 
in  that  house,  and  the  first  man  elected  to 
Congress  on  a  distinctly  anti-slavery  plat- 
form. A  fine  portrait  is  in  the  possession 
of  his  nephew,  Clinton  Alvord,  of  Wor- 
cester. Wendell  Phillips,  while  in  Lon- 
don, England,  hearing  of  the  death  of 
James  C.  Alvord  wrote :  "His  services  to 
the  cause  of  Anti-Slavery  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Legislature  cannot  be  too  highly 


estimated.  The  right  to  trial  by  jury  to 
persons  claimed  as  slaves  was  gained 
almost  without  opposition,  not  only  be- 
cause his  arguments  were  unanswerable, 
but  because  it  was  he  who  argued  them." 

Daniel  Wells  Alvord  married  (first)  at 
Greenfield,  May  10,  1843,  Caroline  Matilda 
Clapp,  born  in  New  York  City,  February 
1,  1824,  died  at  Greenfield,  Massachusetts, 
September  17,  1846,  daughter  of  Henry 
Wells  and  Eliza  (Baldwin)  Clapp.  He 
married  (second)  at  Northampton,  June 
7,  1859,  Caroline  Betts  Dewey,  born  at 
Northampton,  March  26,  1827,  died  at 
Hamilton,  Massachusetts,  April  4,  1893, 
daughter  of  Judge  Charles  Augustus  and 
Caroline  (Clinton)  Dewey  (see  Dewey) 
and  granddaughter  of  General  James 
Clinton  and  a  niece  of  DeWitt  Clinton. 
A  portrait  of  her  Grandmother  Clinton  is 
in  the  possession  of  Clinton  Alvord,  of 
Worcester.  She  was  a  niece  of  Judge 
Samuel  R.  Betts,  of  New  York.  Children 
of  first  wife :  Henry  Elijah,  mentioned 
below;  Wells,  born  October  9,  1845,  died 
October  12,  1845  ;  Caroline  Matilda  Clapp, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Charles  Dewey,  born  March  26, 
i860,  died  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  November 
2j,  1888 ;  James  Church,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Mary,  born  October  9,  1863,  died  at 
Spring  Hill,  Virginia,  March  5,  1870; 
Clinton,  mentioned  below ;  Clarence  Wal- 
worth, mentioned  below. 

(XII)  Henry  Elijah  Alvord,  eldest  son 
of  Daniel  Wells  and  Caroline  Matilda 
(Clapp)  Alvord,  was  born  in  Greenfield, 
Massachusetts,  March  11,  1844.  He  mar- 
ried, September  6,  1866,  Martha  Swink, 
daughter  of  William  and  Margaret  Lind- 
say Swink,  of  Spring  Hill,  Virginia.  He 
served  in  the  Seventh  Rhode  Island  Cav- 
alry and  in  the  Second  Massachusetts 
Cavalry  through  the  Civil  War,  rising 
from  private  to  major ;  was  afterward 
commissioned  captain  in  the  Tenth  Regi- 


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ment,  United  States  Cavalry.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  Major  Alvord  was  connected 
with  the  work  of  agricultural  colleges. 
He  was  for  a  time  president  of  the  Asso- 
ciation of  American  Agricultural  Colleges 
and  Experiment  Stations.  In  1895  he 
organized  and  became  chief  of  the  dairy 
division  of  the  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture,  in  which  post  he  served 
until  his  death  on  October  1,  1904. 

(XII)  Caroline  Matilda  Clapp  Alvord, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Wells  and  Caroline 
Matilda  (Clapp)  Alvord,  was  born  in 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  September  17, 
1846.  She  was  one  of  the  early  mission- 
ary teachers  to  the  Freedmen  representing 
Greenfield  in  1866.  in  the  first  Freedman 
school  established  in  Fairfax  county,  Vir- 
ginia. She  was  married,  September  13, 
1867,  to  Franklin  Sherman,  of  Ash  Grove, 
Virginia.  The  latter  served  in  the  Union 
army  during  the  Civil  War,  being  lieu- 
tenant, captain  and  adjutant  in  the  Tenth 
Michigan  Cavalry.  She  is  the  mother  of 
twelve  children,  ten  of  whom  are  living. 

(XII)  James  Church  Alvord,  son  of 
Daniel  Wells  and  Caroline  Betts  (Dewey) 
Alvord,  was  born  in  Greenfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  24,  1862.  He  married 
Lucy  Fairbanks,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Annie  (Hayes)  Fairbanks,  of  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vermont,  June  8,  1898.  He  is  a 
minister  of  the  Congregational  church, 
and  is  an  author  and  playwright  of  note. 

(XII)  Clinton  Alvord,  son  of  Daniel 
Wells  and  Caroline  Betts  (Dewey)  Al- 
vord, was  born  at  Greenfield,  Massachu- 
setts, November  9,  1865.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Northampton  and  pre- 
pared for  college  in  Williston  Seminary 
at  Easthampton,  entering  the  Worcester 
Polytechnic  Institute,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  in  the  class  of  1886.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  was  employed  as  draughts- 
man for  Crompton  &  Knowles,  manufac- 


turers of  looms,  Worcester.  Here  he  be- 
came interested  in  textile  machinery  and 
devoted  his  attention  to  designing  looms 
and  devising  improvements.  From  time 
to  time  he  has  had  patents  issued  and 
many  of  them  have  proved  valuable  in  the 
business  in  which  he  has  been  engaged. 
He  has  been  especially  successful  in  de- 
signing looms  for  the  manufacture  of  pile 
carpets,  and  since  1902  has  been  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  tapestry  and  velvet 
carpet  machinery,  improved  printing 
drums,  setting  frames  and  other  apparatus 
used  in  carpet  mills.  His  business  is 
located  in  the  same  building  in  which  he 
started  in  1902 — Nos.  5-9  Summer  street, 
Worcester.  Beginning  on  a  small  scale 
he  has  extended  his  business  year  by  year 
until  he  has  fifty  or  more  skilled  me- 
chanics employed,  utilizing  ten  thousand 
feet  of  floor  space.  For  some  years  the 
business  was  conducted  under  his  own 
name.  In  1904  it  was  incorporated  under 
the  name  of  the  Worcester  Loom  Works, 
of  which  he  is  president,  manager  and 
principal  owner.  The  product  of  his  shop 
goes  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  especially 
to  New  England  and  the  Middle  States. 
In  politics  Mr.  Alvord  is  a  staunch  Re- 
publican, a  firm  believer  in  the  American 
system  of  protection  to  industry  through 
tariff  laws.  He  is  a  vigorous  writer  and 
speaker,  and  in  various  campaigns  he 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  discussion 
of  issues  in  the  press.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Worcester  Economic  Club,  the 
Worcester  Congregational  Club,  and  is 
especially  interested  in  social  and  eco- 
nomic problems.  He  is  an  active  member 
of  the  Central  Congregational  Church,  and 
he  is  the  founder  and  leader  of  the  Go-to- 
Church  Band,  which  was  started  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1910,  in  Central  Congregational 
Church,  the  object  being  to  gain  the  per- 
sistent and  willing  attendance  of  young 
people    and    children   at    the    preaching 

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service,  they  trying  to  make  perfect 
records  in  attendance.  The  movement  has 
spread  to  over  four  hundred  churches  in 
thirty-four  states,  also  into  Canada,  in 
fourteen  denominations,  and  with  over 
twenty-seven  thousand  members.  The 
Band  makes  church  going  a  contest 
against  failure  for  four  months,  and  the 
members  try  to  be  present  at  preaching 
service  at  least  once  each  Sunday  for  the 
term.  The  junior  department  is  composed 
of  those  thirteen  years  of  age  and 
younger,  and  the  senior  department,  the 
especial  Alvord  feature,  is  the  unique  and 
most  valuable  part  of  the  movement  be- 
cause by  means  of  it  the  children  graduate 
naturally  into  the  adult  portion  of  the 
audience. 

Mr.  Alvord  married,  at  Worcester, 
April  20,  1893,  Mary  Sanford  Newton, 
born  at  Stafford  Springs,  Connecticut, 
October  16,  1865,  daughter  of  Simeon  and 
Clarissa  Sanford  (Packard)  Newton.  Mr. 
Newton  was  cashier  of  the  Stafford 
Springs  Bank  for  many  years,  and  Mrs. 
Newton  was  the  daughter  of  "Priest" 
Levi  Packard,  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  of  Spencer,  Massachusetts, 
for  twenty-seven  years.  She  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Worcester  High  School.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Worcester:  Charles  Clin- 
ton, mentioned  below ;  Newton,  born  Au- 
gust 18,  1902,  died  August  24,  1903 ; 
Eleanor,  born  March  18,  1905. 

(XII)  Clarence  Walworth  Alvord, 
youngest  son  of  Daniel  Wells  and  Caro- 
line Betts  (Dewey)  Alvord,  was  born  at 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  May  21,  1868. 
He  married  (first)  Mrs.  Jane  Parrott 
Blanchard,  September,  1893.  He  married 
(second)  Idress  Head,  of  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri. He  is  a  professor  of  history  in  the 
University  of  Illinois,  is  an  authority  on 
the  French  occupation  of  the  Middle 
West  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War,  and 
has  been  vice-president  of  the  Historical 
Society  of  the  Mississippi  Valley. 


(XIII)  Charles  Clinton  Alvord,  son  of 
Clinton  Alvord,  was  born  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  December  19,  1896.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Worcester, 
and  is  now  (191 7)  a  student  in  the  Wor- 
cester Polytechnic  Institute,  of  the  class 
of  1918.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Wor- 
cester Stamp  Club,  and  the  Wireless  Club 
of  the  institute.  His  principal  pleasures 
are  tennis  playing  and  operating  his 
amateur  wireless  plant.  In  1909,  when 
twelve  years  of  age,  he  talked  to  and 
shook  hands  with  a  man  whose  grand- 
mother was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  Deer- 
field,  Massachusetts.  This  fact  shows  the 
comparative  youthfulness  of  this  country. 


BULLOCK,  Augustus  George, 

Man  of  Affairs. 

This  name  was  originally  Balloch, 
which  is  from  a  Gaelic  word  "bealach" 
meaning  an  outlet  of  a  lake  or  glen.  So 
when  surnames  were  first  chosen,  he  who 
lived  near  such  an  outlet  became  Balloch  ; 
in  time  Bulloch  and  Bullock.  The  Scotch 
family  are  descendants  of  Donald  Balloch 
MacDonald,  chief  of  Clan  Ronald,  brother 
to  Donald,  Lord  of  the  Isles,  a  descend- 
ant of  Prince  Somerled,  of  Argyle.  The 
prominent  South  Carolina  family  founded 
by  Rev.  James,  spell  the  name  Bulloch. 
The  New  England  family  use  both  Bul- 
lock and  Bulloch,  the  branch  herein  re- 
corded using  the  former.  Some  of  the 
prominent  men  of  the  family  are :  Alex- 
ander H.  Bullock,  one  time  governor  of 
Massachusetts ;  Stephen  Bullock,  a  mem- 
ber of  Congress  during  Jefferson's  admin- 
istration ;  his  son,  Dr.  Samuel  Bullock,  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Legisla- 
ture ;  Richard  Bullock,  a  merchant  of 
wealth  and  high  standing  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island  ;  Nathaniel  Bullock,  lieuten- 
ant-governor of  Rhode  Island  in  1842 ; 
Jonathan  R.  Bullock,  lieutenant-governor 
of  Rhode  Island  in  i860. 


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(I)  The  American  ancestor  was  Rich- 
ard Bullock,  born  in  the  county  of  Essex, 
England,  1622,  died  in  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  22,  1667.  Two 
brothers  came  to  America  with  him,  one 
of  them  settling  in  Virginia.  Richard 
Bullock  was  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1643,  remained  one  year  only, 
but  not  long  afterward  returned.  He  was 
made  a  freeman,  May,  1646,  but  the  colo- 
nial records  do  not  show  his  residence  at 
that  time.  In  1656  he  removed  to  New- 
town, Long  Island,  but  soon  returned  to 
Rehoboth,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death.  He  was  one  of  the  fifty-eight 
landed  proprietors  of  Rehoboth.  On  June 
22,  1658,  at  a  "Town  meeting  lawfully 
warned"  he  drew  lot  No.  19  and  also 
bought  the  governor's  lot  valued  at  two 
hundred  pounds.  His  name  appears  on 
the  records  of  the  town  as  early  as  1643 
and  he  came  there  it  is  said  with  Roger 
Williams.  The  town  record  recites  :  "30th 
of  ye  11  month,  1650,  quoted  to  agree  with' 
Richard  Bullock  to  perform  the  office  of 
town  clerk,  to  give  him  16s.  a  year  and  to 
be  paid  for  births,  burials  and  marriages 
besides."  He  married  (first)  August  4, 
1647,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  In- 
graham,  of  Rehoboth.  She  died  January 
7,  1659,  and  he  married  (second)  Eliza- 
beth Billington.  Children  of  first  mar- 
riage :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Eliza- 
beth, born  October  9,  1650;  Mary,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1652;  Mehitable,  April  4,  1655; 
Abigail,  August  29,  1657;  Hopestill,  De- 
cember 26,  1658;  children  of  second  mar- 
riage: Israel,  born  July  15,  1661 ;  Mary, 
March  13,  1663;  John,  May  19,  1664; 
Richard,  March  15,  1667. 

(II)  Samuel  Bullock,  eldest  son  of 
Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Ingraham)  Bul- 
lock, was  born  August  19,  1648,  in  Reho- 
both, and  died  there  March  10,  1718.  He 
was  among  the  proprietors  of  the  town 
in  1689,  was  an  extensive  farmer,  and  a 


contributor  to  the  fund  raised  for  the  de- 
fence during  King  Philip's  War,  in  1675. 
He  married  (first)  November  12,  1673, 
Mary  Thurber,  who  died  in  October, 
1674.  He  married  (second)  May  26,  1675, 
Thankful  Rouse.  There  was  one  child  of 
the  first  marriage :  Mary,  born  October 
5,  1674.  Children  of  the  second  marriage: 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Thankful, 
born  June  26,  1681 ;  Samuel,  November  7, 
1683;  Israel,  April  9,  1687;  Daniel,  1689; 
Richard,  July  1,  1692;  Seth,  September 
26,  1693. 

(III)  Ebenezer  Bullock,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Thankful  (Rouse)  Bullock,  was  born 
February  22,  1676,  at  Rehoboth,  Massa  • 
chusetts.  He  married,  March  29,  1698, 
Sarah  Moulton,  and  they  resided  at  Reho- 
both. Children :  Mary,  born  June  6, 
1699;  Mehitable,  April  1,  1701  ;  Samuel, 
November  17,  1703  ;  Hugh,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Aaron,  1707;  Squier,  March  4,  1709; 
Miriam,  September  30,  171 1  ;  Thankful, 
May  23,  1714;  Katherine,  died  in  Decem- 
ber, 1717  ;  James,  born  August  21,  1716. 

(IV)  Hugh  Bullock,  second  son  of 
Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Moulton)  Bullock, 
was  born  April  1,  1706,  at  Rehoboth,  died 
February  3,  1771.  He  resided  in  his 
native  place.  He  married  (first)  1733, 
Anna  Cole,  of  Swansey,  now  Warren, 
Rhode  Island,  and  (second)  Mehitable, 
surname  unknown.  Children :  James, 
born  December  17,  1734;  Alethea,  March 
12,  1736;  Ebenezer,  June  30,  1739;  Sarah, 
August  17,  1 741  ;  Moulton,  November  5, 
1743;  Prudence,  May  6,  1746;  Hugh,  of 
further  mention  ;  Barnet,  June  20,  1753. 

(V)  Hugh  (2)  Bullock,  son  of  Hugh 
(1)  and  Anna  (Cole)  Bullock,  was  born 
in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  August  12, 
175 1,  died  March  2,  1837.  His  brother 
Moulton  removed  to  Royalston,  Massa- 
chusetts, before  the  Revolution  and 
settled  there.  Moulton's  farm  was  owned 
in  1865  by  Jason  Fisher.     Hugh  Bullock 


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went  to  Royalston  during  the  Revolution. 
His  farm  was  north  of  his  brother's.  After 
his  sons  were  grown  up  and  engaged  in 
other  business  he  built  a  house  on  the 
common,  west  of  his  son  Barnet's  house, 
and  he  died  there  in  1837.  This  house 
was  occupied  in  1865  by  C.  H.  Newton. 
Hugh  Bullock  was  one  of  the  company 
that  started  for  Saratoga  to  repel  the  in- 
vasion of  Burgoyne.  He  was  in  Captain 
Peter  Woodbury's  company,  Colonel  Job 
Cushing's  regiment,  which  reinforced 
General  Stark  at  Bennington,  Vermont. 
Mr.  Bullock  married  Rebecca  Davis,  born 
in  1759,  died  in  1809.  Children :  Rufus, 
of  further  mention ;  Calvin ;  Moulton,  born 
1787,  died  1865 ;  Barnet,  born  1798,  died 
1884;  Candace,  was  living  in  Royalston 
in  1865. 

Christopher,  Ebenezer,  Nathan  and 
David  Bullock  also  settled  in  Royalston 
about  this  time.  The  history  of  Royals- 
ton states  that  they  were  cousins  of  Hugh 
and  Deacon  Moulton  Bullock.  They  were 
all  stalwart  men,  David  being  the  tallest 
in  the  town.  Their  stay  in  town  was 
short.  When  they  had  their  places  well 
cleared  and  were  in  the  full  vigor  of 
manhood  they  went  westward,  following 
the  tide  of  settlers  from  the  Atlantic 
States  inland  after  the  Revolution. 

(VI)  Rufus  Bullock,  son  of  Hugh  (2) 
and  Rebecca  (Davis)  Bullock,  was  born 
at  Royalston,  Massachusetts,  September 
23>  l779-  He  was  perhaps  the  most  dis- 
tinguished man  who  spent  his  life  in  the 
town  of  Royalston,  and  he  died  there, 
January  10,  1858.  With  small  means  he 
laid  the  foundation  of  a  good  education 
and  became  an  acceptable  school  teacher 
before  he  was  of  age.  He  taught  school 
several  winters  and  worked  out  at  farm- 
ing during  the  summers.  He  was  clerk  in 
the  country  store  and  finally  opened  a 
store  on  his  own  account  on  the  common. 
The  business  prospered  and  he  led  the 


life  of  a  country  merchant  the  remainder 
of  his  days,  accumulating  a  fortune  for 
his  day  and  enjoying  to  a  remarkable  de- 
gree the  respect  and  confidence  of  the 
people  of  the  vicinity.  Mr.  Bullock  made 
it  a  rule  to  expand  his  business  as  his 
means  increased,  never  going  beyond,  but 
always  using  fully  what  he  had.  He 
always  gave  every  detail  of  his  varied 
business  interests  his  personal  super- 
vision. He  began  to  manufacture  at  his 
mill  in  South  Royalston,  which  was  very 
successful.  He  always  conducted  a  farm 
and  took  time  to  work  in  the  fields  him- 
self, notwithstanding  the  demands  of  his 
store  and  factory.  He  seemed  to  find 
recreation  in  the  variety  of  his  interests. 

Mr.  Bullock  often  served  the  town  in 
public  office.  He  was  town  clerk  in  1812- 
13,  and  selectman  in  1811-12-13.  He  rep- 
resented Royalston  and  his  district  for 
five  years  in  the  General  Court.  He  was 
in  the  Senate,  1831-32.  He  was  delegate 
to  the  constitutional  conventions  in  1820 
and  1852,  and  was  once  chosen  a  presi- 
dential elector.  He  left  $5,000  in  his  will 
to  the  Congregational  church,  in  which 
he  always  took  a  profound  interest ;  he 
gave  $2,500  to  the  Baptist  Society;  a 
similar  amount  to  the  Second  Congrega- 
tional Church  at  South  Royalston ;  and 
$5,000  to  the  town  of  Royalston  for 
schools.  A  significant  proviso  of  the  last 
named  bequest  was  that  the  town  keep 
the  cemetery  in  repair  or  forfeit  the 
money.  The  condition  of  the  old  grave- 
yards of  Massachusetts  at  times  has  been 
a  reproach  to  civilization  in  this  State. 
Mr.  Bullock's  bequest  will  doubtless  save 
the  graves  of  Royalston  from  desecration 
and  neglect.  Mr.  Bullock  was  a  trustee 
of  Amherst  College  and  presented  the 
telescope  for  the  observatory. 

He  married.  May  4,  1808,  Sarah  Davis, 
of  Rindge,  New  Hampshire.  The  history 
of  Royalston  says  of  her:   "She  still  sur- 

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vives  (1865)  and  lives  among  us,  the  same 
industrious  and  cheerful  matron  of  the 
olden  type,  whose  wisdom  and  energy- 
helped  to  build  the  house ;  and  who  is 
still  spared  to  enjoy  it,  when  builded,  and 
still  to  attract  the  children  and  the  chil- 
dren's children  to  the  ancient  home- 
stead." Of  Mr.  Bullock  it  says:  "He  was 
a  patriot  of  the  early  type — a  gentleman 
of  the  olden  school — a  friend  to  be  trust- 
ed, a  man  whose  principles  bore  the  test 
of  intimate  acquaintance  and  inspection, 
and  whose  influence,  unobtrusive  yet  po- 
tent, has  been  eminently  useful."  Chil- 
dren :  Maria  Louisa,  born  October  14, 
1S09;  Emily,  September  10,  181 1,  married 
W.  D.  Ripley,  died  May  1,  1904;  Rebecca, 
born  April  28,  1814,  married  Nelson 
Wheeler ;  Alexander  Hamilton,  of  further 
mention  ;  Charles  Augustus,  born  in  1818, 
died  August  25,  1850;  Rufus  Henry,  born 
January  9,  1821,  died  in  1855. 

(VII)  Governor  Alexander  Hamilton 
Bullock,  son  of  Rufus  and  Sarah  (Davis) 
Bullock,  was  born  at  Royalston,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  2,  1816,  and  died  January 
17,  1882.  He  entered  Amherst  College  in 
1832,  was  a  diligent  student,  and  at  his 
graduation  in  1836  delivered  the  saluta- 
tory oration.  In  the  catalogue  of  his  con- 
temporaries at  college  are  found  the 
names  of  Rev.  Richard  S.  Storrs,  Rev. 
Henry  Ward  Beecher,  Bishop  Hunting- 
ton, and  other  famous  men.  After  being 
graduated  he  taught  school  for  a  short 
time  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  and  then, 
partly  at  the  wish  of  his  father  and  partly 
on  account  of  his  own  inclination,  entered 
the  Harvard  Law  School.  After  leaving 
the  law  school  he  spent  one  year  in  the 
office  of  the  well  known  lawyer,  Emory 
Washburn,  of  Worcester,  where  he 
gained  a  good  knowledge  of  the  details 
of  legal  practice,  and  in  1841  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar.  Senator  Hoar  said  of  Mr. 
Bullock :    "He  disliked   personal   contro- 


versy. While  he  possessed  talents  which 
would  have  rendered  him  a  brilliant  and 
persuasive  advocate,  the  rough  contests 
of  the  court  house  could  never  have  been 
congenial  to  him.  He  was  associated  with 
Judge  Thomas  as  junior  counsel  in  one 
important  capital  trial,  in  which  he  is  said 
to  have  made  an  eloquent  opening  argu- 
ment. He  had  a  considerable  clientage 
for  a  young  man,  to  whom  he  was  a  safe 
and  trustworthy  adviser.  But  he  soon 
established  a  large  business  as  agent  of 
important  insurance  companies  and  with- 
drew himself  altogether  from  the  practice 
of  law." 

From  early  manhood  Mr.  Bullock  took 
a  decided  interest  in  politics.  The  promi- 
nence of  his  father  in  political  circles  may 
have  increased  a  natural  taste  for  public 
life.  He  was  particularly  well  versed  in 
constitutional  law  and  that  fact,  together 
with  the  well  defined  convictions  he  held, 
gave  him  in  debate  and  administration 
great  advantages.  He  was  originally  a 
Whig.  Step  by  step  he  advanced  to  the 
highest  position  in  the  commonwealth. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives for  eight  years,  first  in  1845, 
last  in  1865.  In  1862-63-64-65,  during  the 
Civil  War,  all  legislative  positions  were 
of  extraordinary  importance  and  involved 
great  responsibility,  and  during  these  four 
vears  he  was  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
Representatives.  He  was  exceedingly 
popular  among  his  colleagues.  He  was 
a  State  Senator  in  1849;  judge  of  the 
Worcester  County  Court  of  Insolvency 
for  two  years,  1856-58,  having  served  as 
commissioner  of  insolvency  since  1853 ; 
mayor  of  Worcester  in  1859.  The  great- 
est event  of  his  public  career  was  his 
service  as  Governor  of  the  Common- 
wealth, 1866-67-68.  At  his  first  election 
he  received  nearly  fifty  thousand  votes 
more  than  his  opponent.  Governor  Bul- 
lock had  many  opportunities  to  serve  in 


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high  positions  in  the  national  govern- 
ment. Among  other  places  that  he  de- 
clined was  the  mission  to  England  offered 
him  by  President  Hayes. 

In  financial,  humane  and  all  reforma- 
tory movements.  Governor  Bullock  was 
active  and  efficient.  He  was  president 
of  the  State  Mutual  Life  Assurance  Com- 
pany and  the  Worcester  County  Institu- 
tion of  Savings  ;  director  of  the  Worcester 
National  Bank ;  chairman  of  the  finance 
committee  of  the  trustees  of  Amherst  Col- 
lege, a  life  member  of  the  New  England 
Historic-Genealogical  Society,  and  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society  and  of  the  American  Antiquarian 
Society.  While  editor  and  publisher  of 
"The  Daily  Aegis,"  now  "The  Gazette," 
he  displayed  marked  ability  as  a  writer 
and  newspaper  man.  He  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Amherst  and  Harvard  colleges.  He  was 
a  great  friend  of  learning,  interested  in 
all  educational  institutions. 

In  1869  he  visited  Europe  with  his  fam- 
ily. Upon  his  return  the  following  year 
he  was  received  with  a  public  demonstra- 
tion to  welcome  him  home  and  give  evi- 
dence of  the  respect  and  love  of  his  towns- 
men. Governor  Bullock  was  an  orator  of 
great  power.  A  volume  of  his  addresses 
was  published.  Senator  Hoar,  who  made 
a  special  study  of  orators,  said  of  Gov- 
ernor Bullock's  speeches:  "Above  all,  he 
possessed,  beyond  any  of  his  living  con- 
temporaries, that  rare  gift  of  eloquence 
which  always  has  been  and  always  will 
be  a  passport  to  the  favor  of  the  people 
where  speech  is  free."  His  eulogy  of 
President  Lincoln  in  Worcester  in  1865 
was  one  of  many  notable  public  addresses 
that  he  delivered.  He  delivered  the  com- 
memorative oration  at  the  centennial  of 
the  incorporation  of  his  native  town  of 
Royal  st  on. 

Governor  Bullock  married,  in  1844,  El- 


vira Hazard,  daughter  of  Colonel  A.  G. 
Hazard,  of  Enfield,  Connecticut,  founder 
of  the  Hazard  Gunpowder  Manufacturing 
Company :  Children :  Augustus  George, 
mentioned  below ;  Isabel,  married  Helson 
S.  Bartlett,  of  Boston ;  Fanny,  married 
Dr.  William  H.  Workman,  of  Worcester. 
(VIII)  Augustus  George  Bullock,  son 
of  Governor  Alexander  Hamilton  and  El- 
vira (Hazard)  Bullock,  was  born  June  2, 
1847,  at  Enfield,  Connecticut.  His  life 
has  been  spent  from  infancy,  however,  in 
the  city  of  Worcester.  He  attended  the 
Highland  Military  Academy  and  was 
graduated  from  there  in  1862.  After  two 
years  of  preparation  under  Professor  E. 
G.  Cutler  he  entered  college  in  1864.  Pro- 
fessor Cutler,  his  tutor,  was  afterward 
professor  of  English  literature  at  Har- 
vard. In  1868  Mr.  Bullock  was  graduated 
from  Harvard  College.  Soon  afterward 
he  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the 
offices  of  the  late  Judge  Thomas  L.  Nel- 
son and  the  late  Senator  George  F.  Hoar. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  his  profession.  His 
career  as  a  lawyer  closed  with  his  election 
to  the  presidency  of  the  State  Mutual  Life 
Assurance  Company,  from  which  office  he 
retired  January  18,  1910,  and  is  now  chair- 
man of  the  board  and  senior  vice-presi- 
dent. His  predecessor  in  the  presidency 
was  Philip  L.  Moen,  who  completed  the 
year  to  which  Mr.  Bullock's  father  had 
been  elected  in  January,  1882,  his  death 
two  weeks  later  making  a  vacancy.  In 
the  following  year  A.  G.  Bullock  was 
elected.  This  company  began  its  busi- 
ness in  Worcester  in  1845.  Its  ^rst  presi- 
dent, John  Davis,  its  third  president, 
Alexander  H.  Bullock,  and  its  vice-presi- 
dent, Emory  Washburn,  were  at  various 
times  elected  Governor  of  the  Common- 
wealth. The  second  president  of  the  com- 
pany, Isaac  Davis,  was  almost  as  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs  as  his  uncle  who 


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preceded  him.  He  was  president  twenty- 
nine  years.  A  vice-president  and  one  of 
the  organizers  was  John  Milton  Earle, 
who  was  editor  of  "The  Spy"  for  so  many 
years.  The  company  has  among  its  assets 
one  of  the  attractive  office  buildings  of 
Boston  and  the  most  valuable  office  build- 
ing by  far  in  Worcester.  Mr.  Bullock's 
other  interests  are  extensive.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  Rail- 
road Company  ;  director  of  the  Worcester 
Consolidated  Street  Railroad  Company ; 
president  of  the  Worcester  Railways  and 
Investment  Company;  trustee  and  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  investment  of  the 
Worcester  County  Institution  for  Sav- 
ings ;  director  of  the  Providence  & 
Worcester  Railroad  Company  ;  director  of 
the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  Company ; 
director  of  the  Worcester  Gaslight  Com- 
pany ;  director  of  the  Worcester  Trust 
Company;  director  of  the  State  Street 
Trust  Company  of  Boston ;  director  of 
the  American  Trust  Company  of  Boston, 
and  trustee  of  the  New  England  Invest- 
ment and  Security  Company.  He  was  a 
commissioner-at-large  to  the  Columbian 
Exposition  at  Chicago  in  1893,  appointed 
by  the  President  of  the  United  States. 
He  has  been  chairman  of  the  directors  of 
the  Public  Library,  and  was  formerly  a 
trustee  of  the  State  Lunatic  Hospital  at 
Worcester ;  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Antiquarian  Society  and  of  the  Worcester 
Society  of  Antiquity.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Tatnuck  Country  Club,  Worcester 
Club,  University  Club  of  New  York,  Som- 
erset Club  of  Boston,  Union  Club  of  Bos- 
ton, the  Colonial  Society  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  a  life  member  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  Arts,  England.  He  attends  the 
First  Unitarian  Church,  and  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  resides  at  No.  48  Elm  street, 
the  house  built  by  Governor  Bullock.  By 
a  singular  coincidence  the  former  resi- 
dence   of    Governor    Lincoln    is    directly 


across  Elm  street.  Mr.  Bullock  has  a 
country  home  near  Mount  Wachusett,  in 
the  town  of  Princeton.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1871,  Mary  Chandler,  daughter  of 
Dr.  George  and  Josephine  (Rose)  Chand- 
ler, of  Worcester.     Children : 

1.  Chandler  Bullock,  born  August  24, 
1872,  in  Worcester.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  city  until  1886, 
spent  three  years  at  the  high  school,  then 
one  year  in  the  private  school  of  Charles 
E.  Fish,  where  he  was  prepared  for  en- 
trance to  college,  and  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1890.  He  matriculated  at 
Harvard  University,  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1894  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts,  then  became  a  student  in  the  law 
school  of  the  same  university,  and  was 
graduated  from  this  department  in  the 
class  of  1897  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Laws.  He  at  once  became  identified 
with  the  legal  profession,  was  admitted 
to  the  Worcester  county  bar,  and  prac- 
ticed in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Herbert 
Parker,  at  Worcester,  for  a  period  of  sev- 
eral years.  In  1910  he  was  elected  general 
counsel  for  the  State  Mutual  Life  Assur- 
ance Company.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Worcester  Public  Library,  and  vice-presi- 
dent and  director  of  the  Worcester  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Merchants'  National  Bank,  a  trustee  of 
the  Worcester  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank, 
and  a  director  of  the  Bancroft  Realty 
Company,  which  owns  the  Bancroft  Hotel 
in  Worcester.  While  at  Harvard  he  was 
a  member  of  the  "Institute  of  1770,"  and 
the  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  and  his  present 
social  affiliation  is  with :  University  Club 
of  New  York  City ;  National  Association 
of  Life  Insurance  Underwriters,  and 
member  of  the  Council ;  Worcester  Club  ; 
Tatnuck  Country  Club  ;  Bohemian  Club  ; 
Worcester  Shakespeare  Club  ;  Massachu- 
setts Republican  Club,  in  which  he  is  a 
member  of  the  election  committee  :  and 
a  number  of  others.  His  religious  affili- 
ation is  with  All  Saints  Episcopal  Church. 
He  married,  October  17,  1900,  Mabel 
Richardson,  daughter  of  George  and  Anna 
Ruth  (Woodcock)  Richardson,  of  Worces- 
ter (see  Richardson  VIII).  Children: 
Margaret,  born  December  21,   1901  ;   Jo- 


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sephine  Rose,  June  21,  1904;  Noeline,  De- 
cember 25,  1910. 

2.  Alexander  Hamilton  Bullock,  born 
November  7,  1874,  in  Worcester.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  the 
Dalzell  Private  School  at  Worcester, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1892.  Having 
matriculated  at  Harvard  College,  he  was 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  the 
class  of  1896,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.  He  then  read  law  in  the  office 
of  Kent  &  Dewey,  in  Worcester.  At 
the  present  time  he  is  a  director  of  the 
Worcester  National  Bank,  a  trustee  of 
the  People's  Savings  Bank,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  Thayer,  Bullock  & 
Thayer.  He  married,  June  4,  1902,  Mrs. 
Florence  (Armsby)  McClellan,  a  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Emma  (Banister) 
Armsby,  of  Worcester.  She  has  one 
daughter,  Beulah,  by  her  first  marriage. 

3.  Augustus  George  Bullock,  born  April 
20,  1880,  died  April  29,  1880. 

4.  Rockwood  Hoar  Bullock,  born  Au- 
gust 21,  1881,  at  Worcester.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Dalzell  Private  School,  and 
after  his  graduation  from  this  institution 
became  a  student  at  St.  Mark's  Private 
School  at  Southboro,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1899.  En- 
tering Harvard  University,  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1903,  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  being  conferred  upon  him.  After 
his  graduation  he  associated  with  the 
Worcester  Consolidated  Street  Railway 
Company  as  clerk  and  shophand  for  two 
years,  later  becoming  roadmaster,  posi- 
tions he  filled  from  1903  to  1908.  In 
February,  1908,  he  opened  a  general  in- 
surance office  in  the  Exchange  Building, 
where  he  represents  The  Massachusetts 
Bonding  Insurance  Company,  Hartford 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  Hartford  Steam 
Boiler  Inspection  &  Insurance  Company, 
Fidelity  &  Casualty  Company  of  New 
York,  State  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, as  well  as  other  insurance  com- 
panies. He  is  a  director  of  the  Mechanics' 
National  Bank  of  Worcester,  director  of 
the  Worcester  Electric  Light  Company  of 
Worcester,  and  a  member  of  the  Worces- 
ter Club,  Quinsigamond  Boat  Club,  Tat- 
nuck  Country  Club,  Worcester  Tennis 
Club.  While  at  Harvard  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity, 


Hasty  Pudding  Club,  "Institute  of  1770," 
and  the  Owl  Club.  He  married,  June  8, 
1905,  Elizabeth  Bliss  Dewey,  daughter 
of  Francis  Henshaw  and  Lizzie  Davis 
(Bliss)  Dewey,  of  Worcester.  Children: 
A.  George  (2nd),  born  February  10,  1909; 
Francis  D.,  February  21,  191 1 ;  Elizabeth 
Chandler,  March  7,  1914. 

(The  Richardson   Line). 

The  great  part  of  the  members  of  this 
family  in  New  England  are  descended 
from  three  Richardson  brothers,  who 
were  among  the  original  settlers  of  Wo- 
burn,  Massachusetts.  They  were  men  of 
substance  and  influence,  and  their  de- 
scendants are  very  numerous,  many  of 
whom  have  taken  leading  places  in  the 
direction  of  business  and  public  events  in 
their  different  days  and  generations. 

(I)  Thomas  Richardson  was  born  in 
England,  and  had  brothers  Samuel  and 
Ezekiel,  who  also  came  to  New  England. 
He  was  probably  the  youngest  of  the 
brothers,  and  probably  came  over  in  1635. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  at  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  May  2,  1638;  was 
one  of  seven  chosen  by  the  town  of 
Charlestown  to  commence  the  settlement 
of  Woburn.  His  wife  was  admitted  to 
the  church  at  Charlestown,  February  21, 
1636,  and  that  is  the  earliest  record  of  the 
family.  He  had  land  assigned  him  at  Mai- 
den, and  died  August  28,  165 1.  He  joined 
the  church  in  February,  1638,  and  held 
various  town  offices.  The  Christian  name 
of  his  wife  was  Mary,  and  she  married 
(second)  Michael  Bacon,  said  to  have 
come  from  Ireland,  and  one  of  the  original 
inhabitants  of  Woburn  in  1641.  She  died 
May  19,  1670.  Children:  Mary,  baptized 
November  17,  1638,  married,  May  15, 
1655,  John  Baldwin,  of  Billerica;  Sarah, 
November  22,  1640,  married,  March  22, 
1660,  Michael  Bacon ;  Isaac,  born  May  14, 
1643,  married  Deborah  Fuller ;  Thomas, 
October  4,   1645;  Ruth,  April   14,    1647; 

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Phebe,  January  24,  1649;  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Richardson,  youngest 
son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Richardson,  was 
born  January  2,  1651,  in  Woburn,  where 
he  lived,  and  was  made  freeman,  1690. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  War, 
in  Captain  Prentiss'  troop  of  horse,  and 
was  wounded  in  the  Swamp  Fight,  De- 
cember 19,  1675.  He  died  in  Woburn, 
December  4,  1710,  and  was  survived  by 
his  wife  Mary,  who  died  December  22, 
1719.  Children:  Nathaniel,  born  August 
27,  1673  5  James,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
March  10,  1680;  Joshua,  June  3,  1681 ; 
Martha,  1683 ;  John,  January  25,  1685 ; 
Thomas,  April  15,  1687;  Hannah,  May  6, 
1689;  Samuel,  September  24,  1691 ;  Phine- 
has,  February,  1694;  Phebe,  March  4, 
1696;  Amos,  August  10,  1698;  Benjamin, 
August  27,  1700. 

(III)  James  Richardson,  second  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  Richardson,  was 
born  February  26,  1676,  in  Woburn,  was 
captain  of  the  militia,  a  soldier  in  the  ex- 
pedition against  the  Indians  in  Maine,  and 
resided  in  that  part  of  Woburn  which  is 
now  Winchester,  where  he  died  March  23, 
1722.  The  inventory  of  his  real  estate 
amounted  to  £1,214,  6s.,  and  personal 
property  £366,  9s.  and  7d.  Against  this 
were  debts  of  £930.  His  land  was  willed 
to  his  two  sons,  William  and  James.  He 
married  (first)  in  1698,  Rebecca  Eaton, 
of  Reading,  born  April  13,  1679,  daughter 
of  Joshua  and  Rebecca  (Kendall)  Eaton, 
died  in  Winchester,  1699.  He  married 
(second)  in  Woburn,  December  22,  1699, 
Elizabeth  Arnold,  born  June  17,  1679,  in 
Reading,  daughter  of  William  Arnold,  of 
that  town,  died  November  3,  1744,  in  Wo- 
burn. There  was  one  child  of  the  first 
marriage:  William,  born  1699.  Children 
of  second  marriage:  James,  died  young; 
James,  mentioned  below ;  Josiah,  born 
May  16,  1705;  Elizabeth,  1708;  Rebecca, 


July    14,    1710;    Catherine,    died   young; 
Catherine,  February  6,   1715. 

(IV)  James  (2)  Richardson,  third  son 
of  James  (1)  Richardson,  and  second  child 
of  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  (Arnold) 
Richardson,  was  born  March  14,  1704,  in 
Woburn,  and  lived  in  that  town  until 
about  1735,  when  he  removed  to  Leomins- 
ter, Massachusetts,  then  a  part  of  Lancas- 
ter. His  home  was  in  the  northern  part 
of  Leominster,  at  the  corner  of  Harvard 
and  Lunenburg  roads.  Here  he  cleared 
up  new  land,  and  developed  a  farm,  was 
surveyor  of  highways  in  1745,  and  died 
in  1748.  He  married,  September  24,  1728, 
Sarah  Fowle,  born  July  29,  1703,  in  Wo- 
burn, daughter  of  Captain  James  and 
Mary  (Richardson)  Fowle,  the  last  named 
a  daughter  of  Joseph  Richardson,  and 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  Richardson,  a 
brother  of  Thomas  Richardson,  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  this  line.  Children : 
James,  born  December  25,  1729;  William, 
mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  December  12, 
1732;  Luke,  August  15,  1734;  Esther, 
1736;  John,  July  18,  1741 ;  Josiah,  1742- 
43;  Joseph,  1744. 

(V)  Colonel  William  Richardson,  sec- 
ond son  of  James  (2)  and  Sarah  (Fowle) 
Richardson,  was  born  May  6,  1731,  and 
resided  in  that  part  of  Lancaster  which  is 
now  a  part  of  Princeton,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  active  in  procuring  the  charter 
of  the  town  of  Princeton,  and  was  in- 
structed by  the  General  Court  to  call  its 
first  town  meeting.  The  town  was  in- 
corporated, April  24,  1 77 1.  Colonel  Wil- 
liam Richardson  was  a  commander  of  the 
militia,  was  representative  from  Lancas- 
ter ten  years,  in  the  period  from  1741  to 
1 75 1,  town  clerk  of  Princeton  in  1768  and 
1774.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  also  se- 
lectman and  assessor.  He  was  long  a 
magistrate,  was  a  farmer,  a  tailor,  and 
merchant,  died  December  30,  1814.  He 
married,  about  1754,  Esther  Joslin,  born 


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in  March,  1729,  in  Lancaster,  daughter  of 
John  Joslin,  granddaughter  of  Peter  Jos- 
lin,  an  early  settler  of  that  town.  Chil- 
dren:  Esther,  born  March  12,  1755;  Wil- 
liam, January  28,  1757;  Abigail,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1758;  Samuel,  June  27,  1760; 
Peter,  July  2,  1762;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elizabeth,  August  31,  1766;  Josiah, 
April  23,  1770. 

(VI)  John  Richardson,  fourth  son  of 
Colonel  William  and  Esther  (Joslin)  Rich- 
ardson, was  born  April  14,  1764,  in  Lan- 
caster. He  entered  Harvard  College  in 
1792.  Ill  health  prevented  his  gradua- 
tion, but  he  was  for  many  years  a  teacher 
in  Ohio,  New  Jersey  and  Massachusetts. 
He  opened  the  first  grammar  school  on 
Cape  Cod,  at  Centerville,  in  the  town  of 
Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
in  January,  1842.  He  married,  April  4, 
1799,  Hannah  Lewis,  of  Barnstable,  a  de- 
scendant of  George  Lewis,  who  was  early 
at  Plymouth,  later  in  Scituate,  and  set- 
tled in  Barnstable  in  1639.  He  was  from 
East  Greenwich,  County  Kent,  England. 
Hannah  (Lewis)  Richardson  died  in  June, 
1861.  Children:  Edward  Lewis,  born 
June  20,  1800;  John,  July  22,  1801 ;  Eph- 
raim,  March  31,  1803;  Asenath  Lewis, 
February  12,  1806;  Josiah,  mentioned  be- 
low; Catherine,  June  18,  181 1;  William, 
July  24,  1814;  Hannah  Lewis,  August  24, 
1816. 

(VII)  Captain  Josiah  Richardson, 
fourth  son  of  John  and  Hannah  (Lewis) 
Richardson,  was  born  September  2,  1808, 
in  Centerville,  and  was  a  shipmaster  and 
merchant.  He  was  lost  with  his  ship 
"Staffordshire"  off  Cape  Sable,  Nova 
Scotia,  December  30,  1853.  He  married 
(first)  in  1831,  Abigail  Scudder,  who  died 
February  15,  1834.  He  married  (second) 
November  7,  1837,  his  cousin,  Sophia 
Howe,  born  October  20,  1816,  in  Prince- 
ton, Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Israel 
and  Sally  (Richardson)  Howe,  died  Octo- 


ber 16,  1842.  He  married  (third)  Octo- 
ber 25,  1843,  Harriet  Elvira  Goodnow, 
born  July  23,  1817,  in  Princeton,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Rebecca  (Beaman) 
Goodnow.  There  was  one  child  of  the 
first  marriage :  William  Richardson,  died 
two  days  old,  and  three  days  before  his 
mother.  Children  of  second  marriage: 
Abigail  Scudder,  born  1838,  married  Lloyd 
Bion  Kimball,  whom  she  survived  ;  Sophia 
Howe,  died  one  month  old.  Children  of 
third  marriage :  Josiah  and  Edward 
(twins),  died  in  early  childhood;  Au- 
gusta E.,  died  seven  months  old ;  George, 
mentioned  below;  Josiah,  born  April  9, 
1854,  died  1 861. 

(VIII)  George  Richardson,  fourth  son 
of  Captain  Josiah  Richardson,  and  fourth 
child  of  his  third  wife,  Harriet  E.  (Good- 
now) Richardson,  was  born  January  17, 
1850,  in  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  spent  his  early  childhood.  After 
an  attendance  on  the  public  schools  of 
that  town,  he  was  a  student  at  Leicester 
Academy  and  Phillips  Andover  Academy, 
class  of  1868,  scientific  department.  He 
began  his  business  life  as  an  errand  boy 
in  the  hardware  store  of  C.  Foster,  in 
Worcester.  In  1876  he  acquired  partner- 
ship interests  in  association  with  T.  A. 
Clark,  Eben  Sawyer  and  Edward  W.  Ball. 
He  married,  April  28,  1875,  Anna  Ruth 
Woodcock,  daughter  of  Theodore  Earle 
and  Ellen  Orne  (Caldwell)  Woodcock. 
Children:  1.  Mabel,  married  Chandler 
Bullock  (see  Bullock  IX).  2.  Harriet  E., 
wife  of  Arthur  E.  Nye;  has  a  daughter, 
Anne  Elizabeth  Nye  (see  Nye  VIII). 


NYE,  Arthur  Eggleston, 

Business  Man. 

The  name  Nye  was  first  found  in  the 
middle  of  the  thirteenth  century  in  the 
Sjelland  section  of  Denmark.  In  Danish 
the    name    signifies    new,    or    newcomer, 


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used  as  a  prefix.  The  name  was  not 
adopted  as  a  surname  until  after  the  fam- 
ily settled  in  England,  on  the  adoption 
of  surnames.  The  coat-of-arms  is  as  fol- 
lows :  Azure  a  crescent  increscent  argent. 
Crest :  Two  horns  couped  counterchanged 
azure  and  argent. 

(I)  Lave  was  a  son  of  a  descendant  of 
Harold  Blautand,  who  died  in  985, 
through  his  daughter,  who  married  one 
of  the  most  famous  of  the  Swedish  heroes, 
Styribiorn,  son  of  Olaf,  King  of  Sweden. 
He  became  a  man  of  prominence,  and  in 
1316  was  bishop  of  Roskilde. 

(II)  Sven  was  heir  of  Lave  in  1346. 

(III)  Marten  was  declared  heir  of  Sven 
in  1363. 

(IV)  Nils  was  mentioned  in  1418  as 
owning  land  in  Tudse. 

(V)  Bertolf,  mentioned  in  1466  as  son 
of  Nils,  had  sons  James  and  Randolf. 
James  had  a  duel  and  was  obliged  to  flee 
to  England,  accompanied  by  his  youngest 
brother,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Randolf  Nye  settled  in  Sussex, 
England,  in  1527,  and  held  land  in  Uck- 
field.  His  heir  was  William,  mentioned 
below. 

(VII)  William  Nye  married  Agnes, 
daughter  of  Ralph  Tregian,  of  County 
Hertford.  He  studied  for  the  ministry 
and  became  rector  of  the  parish  church 
of  Ballance-Horned,  before  his  father's 
death.     He  had  a  son  Ralph. 

(VIII)  Ralph  Nye  became  heir  to  his 
father  in  Uckfield  and  Ballance  in  1556. 
He  married,  June  18,  1555,  Margaret 
Merynge,  of  St.  Mary,  Woolchurch.  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Ed- 
mundus,  lived  in  Somersetshire,  and  was 
buried  there  March  9,  1594;  Ralph,  mar- 
ried, August  30,  1584,  Joan  Wilkshire ; 
Anne,  married,  August  6,  1616,  Nicholas 
Stuart;  Mary,  married,  April  24,  1621, 
John  Bannister. 

(IX)  Thomas  Nye,  son  of  Ralph  Nye, 


married,  September  9,  1583,  at  St.  An- 
drew, Hubbard,  Katherine  Poulsden,  of 
London,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Pouls- 
den, of  Horley,  County  Surrey,  England. 
He  sold  to  his  wife's  brother,  William 
Poulsden,  a  tenement  built  with  a  croft 
adjoining,  containing  sixteen  and  a  half 
acres,  in  Bidlenden,  County  Kent,  Eng- 
land. For  this  he  received  an  annuity  of 
four  shillings  arising  from  said  lands. 
Children :  Henry,  graduate  at  Oxford, 
161 1,  and  in  161 5  was  vicar  of  Cobham, 
Surrey,  rector  of  Clapham,  Sussex,  in 
1630;  Philip,  a  graduate  of  Oxford,  1619, 
rector  of  St.  Michael's,  Cornhill,  and 
Acton.  Middlesex,  a  celebrated  preacher 
in  Cromwell's  time  ;  John  ;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(X)  Thomas  (2)  Nye,  son  of  Thomas 
(1)  Nye,  was  a  haberdasher  of  Bidlenden, 
County  Kent,  England.  On  July  4,  1637, 
he  granted  to  his  youngest  son  Thomas 
land  in  Bidlenden,  and  stated  in  the  deed 
"my  oldest  son  Benjamin  having  gone  to 
New  England."  He  married,  June  10, 
1619,  Agnes  Nye,  aged  thirty-nine,  widow 
of  Henry  Nye.  Children:  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  born  Septem- 
ber 16,  1623. 

(I)  Benjamin  Nye,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Nye,  was  born  May  4,  1620,  at  Bidlenden, 
County  Kent,  England.  He  came  in  the 
ship  "Abigail"  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts* 
and  settled  in  1637,  in  Sandwich,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  on  the  list  of  those  able 
to  bear  arms  in  1643.  In  1654  he  was  one 
of  a  number  to  contribute  towards  build- 
ing a  mill,  and  in  1655  he  contributed  for 
building  a  meeting  house.  He  took  the 
oath  of  fidelity  in  1657,  and  held  many  im- 
portant positions  in  public  affairs.  He 
was  supervisor  of  highways  in  1655  ;  on 
the  grand  jury  in  1658,  and  at  other  times  ; 
constable  in  1661-73  >  collector  of  taxes, 
1674.  He  received  in  1669  twelve  acres 
of  land  from,  the  town,  because  he  built  a 


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mill  at  the  little  pond,  and  was  granted 
other  land  afterward.  The  town  voted, 
August  8,  1675,  to  give  permission  to 
Benjamin  Nye  to  build  a  fulling  mill  on 
Spring  Hill  river.  It  is  said  that  the 
ruins  of  the  old  saw  mill  are  still  extant 
at  Spring  Hill,  just  west  of  East  Sand- 
wich. He  married,  in  Sandwich,  October 
19,  1640,  Katherine,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Tupper,  who  came  over  on  the 
same  ship.  Children:  Mary,  married, 
June  1,  1670,  Jacob  Burgess  ;  John  ;  Eben- 
ezer;  Jonathan,  born  November  29,  1649; 
Mercy,  April  4,  1652;  Caleb;  Nathan, 
mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  killed  by  In- 
dians at  the  battle  of  Rehoboth,  in  King 
Philip's  war,  March  26,  1676. 

(II)  Nathan  Nye,  fifth  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Katherine  (Tupper)  Nye,  resided 
in  Sandwich,  where  he  subscribed  to  the 
oath  of  fidelity  in  1678,  and  shared  in  the 
common  land  in  1702.  He  made  his  will, 
September  18,  1741,  added  a  codicil,  No- 
vember 28,  1744,  was  signed  with  his 
mark,  and  proved  May  13,  1747.  He  had 
wife  Mary,  and  children :  Remember, 
born  February  28,  1687 ;  Temperance, 
April  7.  1689;  Thankful,  August  11,  1691 ; 
Content,  September  25,  1693;  Jemima, 
February  20,  1695;  Lemuel,  March  21, 
1699;  Deborah,  April  8,  1700;  Maria, 
April  2,  1702;  Caleb,  mentioned  below; 
Nathan,  September  28,  1708. 

(III)  Caleb  Nye,  second  son  of  Na- 
than and  Mary  Nye,  was  born  June  28, 
1704,  in  Sandwich,  and  lived  in  that  town 
until  1736,  when  he  removed  to  Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts.  He  probably  died 
there  in  1787,  as  his  will  was  proved  June 
5,  of  that  year.  He  married,  October  28, 
1731,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Lydia  (Crocker)  Bodfish,  born  February 
12,  1712,  in  Barnstable,  died  March  7, 
1779.  Children:  Silas,  died  young;  Jo- 
seph, born  April  18,  1735  ;  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Simon,  July  18,  1737 ;  Eben- 


ezer,  February  2,  1739;  Caleb  and  Joshua 
(twins),  April,  1742;  Silas,  1744;  Hannah, 
1750;  Prince,  1752;  Azubah,  about  1756. 
(IV)  Captain  Benjamin  (2)  Nye,  third 
son  of  Caleb  and  Hannah  (Bodfish)  Nye, 
was  born  April  18,  1735,  in  Sandwich, 
and  settled  in  the  town  of  Barre,  Massa- 
chusetts. During  the  Revolution  he 
served  through  many  enlistments,  cred- 
ited to  the  Rutland  district.  He  was  a  sec- 
ond lieutenant  in  Captain  John  Oliver's 
company,  Colonel  Nathan  Sparhawk's 
regiment,  and  also  in  Captain  John  Blacn's 
company,  under  the  same  colonel,  Sev- 
enth Worcester  County  Regiment,  list 
dated  Petersham,  March  24,  1776,  and  he 
was  commissioned  April  5,  of  that  year. 
He  was  captain  of  the  First  Company  of 
Worcester  County  Militia,  commissioned 
May  14,  1777,  and  from  August  21  to  25 
of  that  year  he  was  captain  of  a  company 
in  Colonel  Sparhawk's  regiment,  raised  to 
reinforce  General  Stark  at  Bennington, 
service  ten  days,  including  travel  home, 
ninety-six  miles.  From  September  26  to 
October  18,  1777,  he  commanded  a  com- 
pany under  Major  Jonas  Wilder,  raised 
to  serve  thirty  days  in  reinforcement  of 
the  northern  army.  His  service,  includ- 
ing travel  home,  was  twenty-nine  days. 
He  was  captain  of  a  company  under  Colo- 
nel Sparhawk  from,  September  17  to  De- 
cember 12,  1778,  at  Dorchester,  and  was 
chosen  by  ballot  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, January  30,  1779,  as  second 
major  of  Colonel  Jonathan  Grout's  (Sev- 
enth Worcester  County)  Regiment,  com- 
missioned on  the  same  day.  He  died  in 
Barre,  May  27,  1816.  His  wife,  Susan 
(Phinney)  Nye,  born  1735,  survived  him 
more  than  six  years,  and  died  September 
16,  1822.  Children  :  Lydia,  married  Jona- 
than Lilly,  of  Barre  ;  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below ;  Nathan ;  Rebecca,  married,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1791,  Joseph  Barnaby,  of  New 
Braintree ;  John. 

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(V)  Benjamin  (3)  Nye,  eldest  son  of 
Captain  Benjamin  (2)  and  Susan  (Phin- 
ney)  Nye,  was  born  1769,  in  Barre,  where 
he  passed  his  life,  and  died  February  28, 
1847.  He  married  Bathsheba,  daughter 
of  Nehemiah  Allen,  born  1768-69,  died 
July  26,  1865,  in  Hardwick,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  Allen,  born  March  10, 
1796;  Nancy,  September  21,  1798,  died 
young;  Ansel,  February  16,  1800;  Fran- 
cis, May  12,  1802;  John,  July  12,  1804; 
Willard,  September  30,  1806;  Lyman, 
mentioned  below;  Nancy  A.,  May  25, 
1814. 

(VI)  Lyman  Nye,  sixth  son  of  Benja- 
min (3)  and  Bathsheba  (Allen)  Nye,  was 
born  August  7,  1809,  in  Barre,  where  he 
lived,  and  married  (intentions  published 
May  1,  1832)  Ursula  C.  Daniels,  who  died 
February  24,  1833,  in  Barre,  perhaps  a 
daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  and  Eliza 
(Daniels)   Hubbardston. 

(VII)  Samuel  Daniels  Nye,  only  known 
son  of  Lyman  and  Ursula  C.  (Daniels) 
Nye,  was  born  February  17,  1833,  in 
Barre,  and  lived  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, until  1897,  when  he  removed  to 
Chestnut  Hill,  same  State.  He  married, 
March  12,  1857,  Susan  W.,  daughter  of 
Elijah  P.  and  Mary  Ann  (Williams) 
Brigham,  born  June  29,  1836,  in  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  died  October  20, 
1899.  Children :  Walter  Brigham,  born 
February  11,  1862;  Mary  Eggleston,  died 
two  years  old ;  Henry  Pearson,  May  26, 
1870,  resides  in  Worcester;  Susie  Chollar, 
died  eight  months  old ;  Arthur  Eggleston, 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Arthur  Eggleston  Nye,  young- 
est child  of  Samuel  Daniels  and  Susan  W. 
(Brigham)  Nye,  was  born  November  7, 
1878,  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  where 
his  life  has  been  chiefly  spent.  His  edu- 
cation was  obtained  by  attendance  at  the 
public  schools  of  his  home  city,  including 
the  high  school.  In  1908  he  became  junior 


partner  of  the  J.  Russell  Marble  Com- 
pany, dealers  in  paints  and  oils,  and  has 
had  a  successful  business  experience. 

He  married,  October  17,  1908,  Harriet 
E.,  daughter  of  George  and  Anna  R. 
(Woodcock)  Richardson,  of  Worcester 
(see  Richardson  VIII).  They  have  one 
daughter,  Anne  Elizabeth  Nye. 


DEWEY  Family. 

This  name  is  borne  by  a  large  number 
of  the  American  people,  and  includes 
many  noted  in  military,  naval,  religious 
and  civil  affairs,  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific.  Its  representatives  were  numer- 
ous among  the  pioneers  of  many  towns 
in  the  United  States,  and  they  and  their 
progeny  have  maintained  the  good  stand- 
ing of  the  name.  The  name  is  said  to  be 
of  French  origin,  and  has  been  traced  to 
the  advent  of  William  the  Conqueror  in 
England,  in  1066. 

(I)  Thomas  Dewey  came  from  Sand- 
wich. County  Kent,  England,  and  was 
one  of  the  original  grantees  of  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  here  as  early  as 
1633,  however,  was  a  witness  in  that  year 
to  the  non-cupative  will  of  John  Russell, 
of  Dorchester,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man of  the  colony,  May  14,  1634.  He  sold 
his  lands  at  Dorchester,  August  12,  1635, 
and  removed  with  other  Dorchester  men 
to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers.  In  1640  he 
was  granted  land  at  Windsor ;  his  home 
lot  in  Windsor  was  the  first  north  of  the 
Palisade,  and  extended  from  the  main 
street  eastward  to  the  Connecticut  river. 
He  was  juryman  in  1642-43-44-45.  He 
died  intestate,  and  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  filed  May  19,  1648,  amounting 
to  two  hundred  and  thirteen  pounds.  His 
estate  was  divided  by  the  court,  June  6, 
1650.  He  married,  March  22,  1639,  at 
Windsor,  Frances  Clark,  widow  of  Joseph 
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Clark.  She  married  (third)  as  his  second 
wife,  George  Phelps,  and  died  September 
27,  1690.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Fran- 
ces Dewey :  Thomas,  born  February  16, 
1640;  Josiah,  baptized  October  10,  1641 ; 
Anna,  October  15,  1643;  Israel,  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1645  '■>  Jedediah,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  Ensign  Jedediah  Dewey,  youngest 
child  of  Thomas  and  Frances  (Clark) 
Dewey,  was  born  December  15,  1647,  in 
Windsor,  and  died  May,  1718,  in  West- 
field,  Massachusetts.  The  lands  in  Wind- 
sor belonging  to  him  were  sold  in  his 
twenty-first  year,  and  that  same  year  he 
is  mentioned  at  Westfield,  which  was  then 
being  settled  under  the  direction  of  a  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  town  of  Spring- 
field for  the  purpose.  On  August  27, 
1668,  he  was  granted  fifteen  or  sixteen 
acres  of  land,  and  about  two  years  later, 
in  1670,  he  received  another  grant  of  six 
acres.  At  this  time  he  probably  moved. 
In  1672,  he  with  his  two  brothers,  Thomas 
and  Josiah,  with  Joseph  Whiting,  erected 
a  "saw  and  corn-mill"  on  a  brook  then 
called  Two  Mile  Brook.  They  were 
granted  forty  acres  of  land  for  the  use  of 
the  mills,  and  were  to  give  to  the  town 
one-twelfth  of  the  corn  which  they 
ground.  During  King  Philip's  war  the 
settlers  of  Westfield  remained  most  of  the 
time  inside  the  "Compact  Dwelling," 
which  they  had  been  ordered  to  form  for 
protection  against  the  Indians,  and  it  was 
not  until  1687  that  they  began  to  receive 
grants  of  land  and  to  build  houses  outside 
the  two-mile  limit  thus  enclosed.  In  Feb- 
ruary of  the  latter  year,  Jedediah  Dewey, 
with  other  proprietors,  received  a  grant  of 
twenty  acres  without  the  meeting  house. 
He  served  in  the  various  town  offices  of 
the  period;  selectman  in  1678-86-95-97- 
99;  mentioned  as  ensign  in  1686;  was 
made  a  freeman,  January  1,  1680;  joined 
the  church  September  28,  1680.    By  trade 


he  was  a  wheelwright.  He  was  the  only 
one  of  the  sons  of  Thomas  Dewey  to 
make  a  will,  which  was  proved  May  25, 
1718.  He  married,  about  1670,  Sarah  Or- 
ton,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret 
(Pell)  Orton.  Thomas  Orton  was  prob- 
ably the  son  of  Thomas  Orton,  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts.  Sarah  Orton  was 
baptized  August  22,  1652,  at  Windsor, 
and  joined  the  Westfield  church,  March 
24,  1680.  She  died  in  Westfield,  Novem- 
ber 20,  171 1.  Children,  born  in  Westfield : 
Sarah,  March  28,  1672  ;  Margaret,  January 
10,  1674;  Jedediah,  June  14,  1676;  Daniel, 
March  9,  1680;  Thomas,  June  29,  1682; 
Joseph,  May  10,  1684;  Hannah,  March  14, 
1686;  Mary,  March  1,  1690;  James,  men- 
tioned below;  Abigail,  November  17,  1694. 
(Ill)  James  Dewey,  fifth  son  of  Ensign 
Jedediah  and  Sarah  (Orton)  Dewey,  was 
born  April  3,  1692,  in  Westfield,  and  died 
June  24,  1756,  at  Sheffield,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  by  trade  a  wheelwright,  and  lived 
near  the  east  end  of  Silver  street,  in  West- 
field,  where  he  served  in  various  town 
offices,  such  as  selectman  and  town  treas- 
urer. He  joined  the  church  at  Westfield, 
April  30,  1727,  and  in  1741  was  chosen 
deacon.  On  November  9,  1746,  he  re- 
signed and  was  dismissed  to  the  Sheffield 
church.  Here  also  he  held  town  offices, 
as  selectman  and  moderator  at  town  meet- 
ings. On  November  22,  1745,  he,  then 
of  Westfield,  deeded  to  Joseph  Clark,  of 
that  place,  for  £320,  a  hundred  and  twenty 
rods  in  the  town  plot,  and  on  February 
12,  1748,  then  being  of  Sheffield,  he 
bought  thirty  acres  there  of  Phineas 
Smith.  On  February  16,  1753,  he  bought 
fifty-five  acres  of  Samuel  Churchill,  and 
on  October  31,  1754,  deeded  all  his  claims 
to  land  in  Westfield  to  Samuel  Fowler, 
of  that  place.  He  married  (first)  May  15, 
1718,  at  Westfield,  Elizabeth  Ashley, 
daughter  of  David  and  Mary  (Dewey) 
Ashley.     Mary  Dewey  was  a  daughter  of 


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Thomas  Dewey,  who  was  a  son  of 
Thomas  Dewey,  the  immigrant,  men- 
tioned above.  Elizabeth  Ashley  was  born 
at  Westfield,  March  3,  1698,  and  died 
there  September  25,  1727,  aged  thirty-nine 
years.  She  joined  the  church,  April  30, 
1727.  He  married  (second)  December  30, 
1738,  Joanna  (Kellogg)  Taylor,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Ruth  Kellogg,  and  widow 
of  Samuel  Taylor,  whom  she  married,  De- 
cember 17,  1719,  at  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts. Samuel  Taylor  was  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Sheldon)  Taylor,  born  Decem- 
ber 3,  1688,  died  1735.  Joanna  (Kellogg) 
Taylor  was  born  June  12,  1694,  at  Hadley, 
and  died  at  Sheffield,  December  1,  1762, 
aged  sixty-nine  years.  Her  children  by 
Samuel  Taylor  were  :  Samuel,  born  Octo- 
ber 30,  1721  ;  Joanna,  October  9,  1723, 
married  Stephen  Dewey;  Jonathan,  No- 
vember 21,  1726;  Ruth,  1728,  married 
Daniel  Dewey,  mentioned  below ;  Paul, 
died  July  29,  1747,  at  Westfield;  Silas. 
Children  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Dewey : 
Stephen,  born  March  13,  1719;  Elizabeth, 
September  29,  1722;  Anna,  August  30, 
1724;  Keziah,  October  20,  1726;  Daniel, 
mentioned  below  ;  James,  August  14,  1731  ; 
Josiah,  January  29,  died  March  17,  1733; 
Mary,  April  6,  1735 ;  Josiah,  September  8, 

1737- 

(IV)  Captain  Daniel  Dewey,  second 
son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Ashley) 
Dewey,  was  born  March  10,  1729,  in  West- 
field,  and  died  April  1,  1776,  at  Sheffield, 
where  he  was  a  farmer.  He  served  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution.  In  July,  1771, 
he  was  commissioned  lieutenant  in  the 
South  Company  in  Sheffield ;  was  chosen 
captain  of  the  first  company,  first  regi- 
ment, of  Berkshire  county,  being  chosen 
by  the  company,  and  accepted  by  the 
council  of  Massachusetts.  He  married 
(first)  May  25,  1751,  Ruth  Taylor,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Joanna  (Kellogg)  Tay- 
lor, born  1728,  at  Hadley,  Massachusetts, 


died  March  4,  1760,  aged  thirty-one  years. 
He  married  (second)  May  26,  1761,  Abi- 
gail (Saxton)  Huggins,  widow  of  John 
Huggins,  and  daughter  of  James  and  Ada- 
lene  (Gilbert)  Saxton.  Children  of  first 
marriage:  Paul,  born  March  13,  1752; 
Eleanor,  October  6,  1754;  Ruth,  Febru- 
ary 26,  1760.  Of  second  marriage  :  Phebe, 
September  6,  1763;  Daniel,  mentioned  be- 
low; James,  died  in  infancy;  Abigail,  died 
in  infancy. 

(V)  Daniel  (2)  Dewey,  son  of  Captain 
Daniel  (1)  Dewey,  and  child  of  his  second 
wife,  Abigail  (Saxton-Huggins)  Dewey, 
was  born  January  29,  1766,  at  Sheffield, 
and  died  at  Williamstown,  Massachusetts, 
May  26,  181 5,  aged  forty-nine  years.  He 
attended  Yale  College  for  two  years,  and 
in  1792  received  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts.  He  lived  in  Williamstown,  where 
he  built  a  house  about  eighty  rods  east  of 
the  old  College  Chapel,  owned  in  1876  by 
Hon.  Joseph  White.  He  was  a  trustee  of 
Williams  College  almost  from  its  found- 
ing until  his  death.  In  1809-12  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Governor's  Council,  and  in 
1813  elected  a  member  of  Congress.  He 
resigned  to  become  judge  of  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court  of  Massachusetts  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1814,  and  held  this  office  until  his 
death.  Although  he  lived  at  a  time  when 
party  prejudices  were  very  deep  and  bit- 
ter, no  one  ever  said  anything  against  his 
name.  He  was  happy  in  all  social  and 
domestic  life.  Chief  Justice  Parker  said 
of  him :  "He  is  almost  the  only  man  in 
an  elevated  rank  and  of  unalterable  politi- 
cal opinions,  that  has  been  at  no  time  cal- 
uminated."  On  his  monument  is  this  in- 
scription:  "In  memory  of  the  Hon.  Dan- 
iel Dewey,  departed  this  life  on  the  26th 
of  May,  A.  D.  181 5,  in  the  50th  year  of 
his  age.  He  had  held  several  important 
offices,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
one  of  the  justices  of  the  supreme  judicial 
court  of  this  commonwealth."     He  mar- 


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ried,  May  6,  1792,  Maria  Noble,  daughter 
of  Hon.  David  and  Abigail  (Bennett) 
Noble,  born  October  7,  1770,  in  Milford, 
Connecticut,  died  at  Williamstown,  March 
13,  1813,  aged  forty-two  years.  Children: 
Charles  Augustus,  mentioned  below ;  Dan- 
iel, born  June  20,  1795,  died  November  5, 
1797 ;  Caroline  Abigail,  mentioned  below  ; 
Daniel  Noble,  mentioned  below ;  Edward, 
born  October  3.  1805,  died  May  7,  1828. 

(VI)  Hon.  Charles  Augustus  Dewey,  LL. 
D.,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and  Maria  (Noble) 
Dewey,  was  born  March  13,  1793,  at  Wil- 
liamstown, and  died  at  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  August  22,  1866.  He  was 
graduated  from  Williams  College  in  181 1, 
and  studied  law  in  his  father's  office. 
From  1814  to  1826  he  practiced  law  in  his 
native  town,  and  from  1826  to  1837  at 
Northampton.  From  1830  to  1837  he  was 
district  attorney  for  the  western  district 
of  Massachusetts,  and  from  1837  until  his 
death  he  was  one  of  the  justices  of  the 
Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massachusetts. 
He  served  in  the  House  and  Senate  of 
Massachusetts.  In  1840  he  received  the 
degre~  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Harvard 
University.  He  was  very  prominent  both 
as  a  lawyer  and  magistrate.  Over  four- 
teen hundred  of  his  written  opinions  are 
to  be  found  in  the  Massachusetts  reports 
and  are  authority  in  the  courts  through- 
out the  United  States.  For  forty-two 
years  he  was  a  trustee  of  Williams  Col- 
lege. His  homestead  is  now  owned  by 
Smith  College.  He  married  (first)  May 
16,  1820,  Frances  Aurelia  Henshaw, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Samuel  and  Martha 
(Hunt)  Henshaw,  of  Northampton,  where 
she  was  born.  She  died  at  Williamstown, 
July  20,  1821.  He  married  (second)  July 
28,  1824,  Caroline  Hannah  Clinton,  daugh- 
ter of  General  James  and  Mary  (Little) 
Clinton,  of  Newburgh,  New  York,  and 
sister  of  Governor  DeWitt  Clinton.  She 
was  born  January  31,  1800,  and  died  May 


28,  1864.  Child  by  first  wife:  1.  Francis 
Henshaw,  mentioned  below.  Children  by 
second  wife :  2.  James  Clinton,  born  No- 
vember 25,  1825,  at  Willimstown,  died 
December  3,  1832.  3.  Caroline  Betts, 
born  March  26,  1827,  at  Northampton, 
died  April  4,  1893,  at  Hamilton,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  married,  June  7,  1857,  Hon. 
Daniel  Wells  Alvord,  of  Greenfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  children :  Charles  Dewey, 
born  March  26,  i860 ;  James  Church,  Jan- 
uary 24,  1862;  Mary  Wells,  March  9, 
1863,  died  March  5,  1890;  Clinton,  No- 
vember 9,  1865  ;  Clarence  Walworth,  May 
21,  1868.  4.  Charles  Augustus,  born  De- 
cember 29,  1830,  died  March  22,  1908 ; 
graduate  of  Williams  College,  1850,  was 
a  member  of  Kappa  Alpha  Society ;  a  law- 
yer in  New  York  City,  Davenport,  Iowa, 
and  Milford,  Massachusetts ;  judge  of  the 
southern  Worcester  district  court;  mar- 
ried, March  12,  1867,  Marietta  Thayer; 
child :  Maria  Thayer,  born  August  8, 
1872,  married  Charles  Cole,  and  has  one 
child,  Charles  Dewey  Cole,  born  July  I, 
1901.  5.  Edward  James,  born  November 
5,  1832,  died  May  4,  1836.  6.  Mary  Clin- 
ton, born  November  5,  1832,  twin  of  Ed- 
ward James;  married  Hon.  Hamilton  B. 
Staples,  of  Worcester,  district  attorney 
and  justice  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  she  died  March  14,  1902 ;  chil- 
dren:  Charles  D.  Staples,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  died  October  2,  1869  ;  Francis  Ham- 
ilton Staples,  born  April  22,  1871.  7. 
Henry  Clinton,  born  December  8,  1834, 
died  April  18,  1836.  8.  Maria  Noble,  born 
September  15,  1837,  died  September  27, 
191 1.  9.  Dr.  George  Clinton,  born  Decem- 
ber 6,  1840,  died  April  7,  1864. 

(VI)  Caroline  Abigail  Dewey,  sister  of 
Hon.  Charles  Augustus  Dewey,  was  born 
April  8,  1798,  at  Williamstown;  married, 
November  4,  1816,  Samuel  Rosseter  Betts, 
son  of  Uriah  and  Susan  (Rosseter)  Betts, 
born  June  8,  1787,  at  Richmond,  Massa- 


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chusetts,  died  November  2,  1868,  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  Judge  Betts  gradu- 
ated at  Williams  College  in  1816  and  prac- 
ticed law  at  Monticello  and  Bloomington, 
New  York.  He  was  a  member  of  Con- 
gress and  prominent  in  public  affairs ;  ap- 
pointed judge  of  the  New  York  State  Cir- 
cuit Court  in  1823,  and  judge  of  the  Dis- 
trict Court  of  the  United  States  in  1826, 
serving  for  forty-one  years.  Children:  I. 
Maria  Caroline,  born  August  15,  1818; 
married  James  Whiting  Metcalf,  and  lived 
in  New  Haven.  2.  Charles  Dewey,  born 
July  6,  1820;  graduate  of  Williams  Col- 
lege, clerk  of  the  United  States  Court.  3. 
Frances  Julia,  born  November  28,  1822 ; 
married  William  Hillhouse;  lived  at  New 
Haven.  4.  Colonel  George  Frederic,  born 
July  11,  1827,  died  January  18,  1898;  grad- 
uate of  Williams  College,  1844;  lieuten- 
ant-colonel of  the  Ninth  New  York  Regi- 
ment in  the  Civil  War;  married  Ellen 
Porter.  5.  Emily,  born  October  7,  1830; 
lived  in  New  York  City,  died  at  New 
Haven,  February,  1916,  unmarried. 

(VI)  Daniel  Noble  Dewey,  son  of  Dan- 
iel (2)  Dewey,  and  brother  of  Hon. 
Charles  Augustus  Dewey,  was  born  April 
4,  1800,  at  Williamstown,  and  died  there 
January  13,  1859.  Graduating  from  Wil- 
liams College  in  1820,  of  which  he  became 
treasurer,  he  read  law  in  the  office  of  Eli- 
jah H.  Ellis,  of  Northampton,  and  prac- 
ticed law  afterward  in  his  native  place. 
He  represented  his  district  in  the  General 
Court,  served  in  the  Executive  Council, 
and  from  1848  until  he  died  was  judge  of 
probate  of  Berkshire  county.  He  mar- 
ried, May  9,  1827,  Eliza  Hannah  Hubbell, 
daughter  of  Lyman  and  Louisa  (Rossi- 
ter)  Hubbell.  She  was  born  May  28, 
1806,  died  November  22,  1887,  at  New- 
ton, Massachusetts.  Children:  1.  Maria 
Louisa,  born  October  4,  1829;  married, 
March  10,  1853,  Joseph  Henry  Gray,  of 
Boston.     2.  Eliza  Hubbell,  born  July  22, 


1832,  died  April,  1833.  3.  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Lyman  H.,  born  July  26, 
1836,  died  May,  1886;  lawyer  in  New 
York  City;  married,  September  4,  1865, 
Susan  E.  Sherman.  5.  Frances  Eliza,  born 
June  26,  1839;  married  John  L.  Bailey, 
who  resided  in  Newton  and  was  in  busi- 
ness in  Boston ;  children :  Lucy  Sawyer 
Bailey,  Anna  Gray  Bailey,  Isabel  Dewey 
Bailey  and  Edward  Sawyer  Bailey.  6. 
Edward,  born  October  3,  1841 ;  wholesale 
grocer  in  Milwaukee ;  married  Minette 
Crosby  Sloan  ;  children  :  Francis  Edward, 
born  November  29,  1873;  Eliza  Angeline, 
born  April  29,  1876;  Minette  Alice,  Octo- 
ber 2,  1881 ;  Sevan,  October  18,  1889. 

(VII)  Hon.  Francis  Henshaw  Dewey, 
only  child  of  Hon.  Charles  Augustus  and 
Frances  Aurelia  (Henshaw)  Dewey,  was 
born  July  12,  1821,  in  Williamstown,  and 
died  December  16,  1887,  at  Worcester. 
He  was  graduated  from  Williams  Col- 
lege in  1840,  and  afterward  studied  at  the 
Yale  and  Harvard  law  schools.  He  was 
a  member  of  Kappa  Alpha  Society.  In 
1842  he  went  to  Worcester  as  a  student, 
and  in  1843  became  a  partner  of  Hon. 
Emory  Washburn.  Later  he  was  in  part- 
nership with  Hon.  Hartley  Williams  and 
others.  In  1869  he  was  appointed  judge 
of  the  Superior  Court  of  Massachusetts, 
and  he  continued  on  the  bench  until  his 
resignation.  If  he  had  been  willing  to 
accept  the  promotion  he  would  have  been 
appointed  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  State.  From  1869  until  his  death 
he  was  a  trustee  of  Williams  College,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Free  Pub- 
lic Library  of  Worcester;  also  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Old  Men's 
Home,  president  of  the  Norwich  & 
Worcester  Railroad,  president  of  the  Me- 
chanics' Savings  Bank,  president  of  the 
Rural  Cemetery  Corporation,  president  of 
the  Worcester  County  Horticultural  So- 


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ciety,  a  trustee  of  the  Washburn  Memo- 
rial Hospital,  a  trustee  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  director  of 
the  Mechanics'  National  Bank,  and  a  di- 
rector and  one  of  the  heaviest  stockhold- 
ers in  the  Washburn  &  Moen  Manufac- 
turing Company.  In  addition  to  his  large 
and  varied  business  interests,  he  attend- 
ed to  an  extensive,  important  and  lucra- 
tive practice,  and  stood  among  the  fore- 
most in  his  profession.  He  served  the  city 
in  both  branches  of  the  City  Council,  and 
was  State  Senator  for  two  terms.  While 
a  member  of  the  State  Senate  in  1869  he 
proposed  and  secured  the  passage  of  the 
law  making  Christmas  a  legal  holiday  in 
Massachusetts.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican of  great  influence,  but  he  de- 
clined to  follow  a  public  career. 

Judge  Dewey  married  (first)  Novem- 
ber 2,  1846,  Frances  Amelia  Clarke,  only 
daughter  of  John  and  Prudence  (Graves) 
Clarke,  of  Northampton.  She  was  born 
in  1826,  and  died  March  13,  185 1.  Her 
father,  John  Clarke,  founded  Clarke  Insti- 
tute for  Deaf  Mutes.  Judge  Dewey  mar- 
ried (second)  April  26,  1853,  Sarah  Bark- 
er Tufts,  of  Dudley,  Massachusetts,  only 
daughter  of  Hon.  George  A.  and  Azuba 
Boyden  (Fales)  Tufts,  born  January  31, 
1825,  at  Dudley,  died  August  24,  1906. 
Child  by  first  wife:  1.  Fanny,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  died  September  18,  1849.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  2.  Fanny  Clarke, 
born  February  1,  died  July  28,  1854.  3. 
Caroline  Clinton,  born  December  18.  1854, 
married,  June  14,  1877,  Dr.  Charles  L. 
Nichols,  died  December  23,  1878,  leaving 
daughter,  Caroline  Dewey,  born  Decem- 
ber 22,  1878,  who  married,  June  1,  1905, 
George  A.  Gaskill  (see  Gaskill).  4.  Fran- 
cis Henshaw,  mentioned  below.  5.  John 
Clarke,  mentioned  below.  6.  George 
Tufts,  mentioned  below.  7.  Sarah  Fran- 
ces, born  September  15,  i860,  married  Dr. 
Oliver  Hurd  Everett,  September  15,  1885  ; 


she  died  June  7,  1892.    8.  Charles  Augus- 
tus, born  and  died  in  April,  1863. 

(VII)  Daniel  Dewey,  son  of  Daniel 
Noble  and  Eliza  Hannah  (Hubbell) 
Dewey,  was  born  March  3,  1834.  He  was 
graduated  from  Williams  College  in  1855, 
and  was  treasurer  of  the  college  for  some 
years.  He  studied  law,  and  after  prac- 
ticing for  a  time,  he  engaged  in  business 
in  Boston.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
partner  in  the  firm  of  Dewey,  Gould  & 
Dike,  wood  merchants,  at  169  Congress 
street,  established  in  1867  by  Joseph 
Henry  Gray  and  Daniel  Dewey.  The 
business  was  removed  to  600  Atlantic  ave- 
nue, and  in  1902  to  Summer  street.  The 
building  consists  of  seven  floors,  and  has 
a  capacity  for  storing  three  million  pounds 
of  wool.  They  employ  twenty-five  peo- 
ple. Mr.  Dewey  resided  in  Newton,  where 
he  died  August  10,  1907.  He  married, 
April  29,  1864,  Mary  Adaline  Adams,  who 
died  July  30,  1915.  Children:  1.  Sarah 
Bradstreet,  born  July  5,  1865 ;  married 
John  Clarke  Dewey,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Daniel,  2nd.,  born  September  29,  1868. 
3.  Percy,  born  May  26,  1879;  educated 
under  governess  and  private  tutors,  after 
which  he  attended  Newton  High  School ; 
matriculated  at  Harvard  College,  graduat- 
ing 1901  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts ;  several  times  he  visited  Europe, 
both  for  pleasure  and  business ;  in  1902 
he  entered  the  employ  of  his  father  as 
office  boy,  and  after  one  year  was  assigned 
to  traveling  salesman  all  over  the  West, 
as  buyer ;  'upon  the  death  of  his  father  in 
1907  he  became  a  junior  partner  of  the 
firm,,  the  other  two  partners  being  Joseph 
Wing  and  Charles  P.  Nunn ;  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  University  Club,  Harvard  Club, 
Oakley  Country  Club  ;  he  married  Jane 
Swift,  who  was  educated  in  the  Belmont 
High  School,  graduating  with  the  class  of 
1899.  4.  Marjorie,  twin  sister  to  Percy, 
born  May  26,  1879;  married  William  Gib- 


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bons    Morse,    and    has    children:     Lucy, 
Marjorie,  William,  Barbara. 

(VIII)  Francis  Henshaw  (2)  Dewey, 
son  of  Hon.  Francis  Henshaw  (1)  and 
Sarah  Barker  (Tufts)  Dewey,  was  born 
March  23,  1856,  in  Worcester.  His  early 
education  was  received  in  private  school 
and  in  the  public  schools  of  Worcester, 
and  he  fitted  for  college  at  Fay  School  and 
St.  Mark's  School,  Southborough,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  graduated  from  Wil- 
liams College  in  the  class  of  1876,  ranking 
among  the  first  six  and  winning  member- 
ship in  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  In  1879  he 
received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
from  his  alma  mater.  After  reading  law 
for  a  time  in  the  office  of  Staples  &  Gould- 
ing  in  Worcester,  he  entered  Harvard 
Law  School,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1878.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1879,  and  since  then  has  practiced  in 
Worcester.  His  legal  work  has  been 
largely  in  the  service  of  important  cor- 
porations with  which  he  is  connected. 
His  career  as  a  banker,  trustee,  manager 
and  executive  of  railway  and  industrial 
corporations  has  demonstrated  not  only 
his  natural  aptitude  for  great  and  involved 
financial  undertakings,  but  his  high  abil- 
ities and  legal  acumen.  Year  by  year  his 
activity  and  influence  in  steam  and  elec- 
tric railway  circles  have  extended.  In 
the  beginning  of  his  career  many  of  the 
trusts  and  offices  of  his  father  were  trans- 
ferred gradually  to  the  young  solicitor. 
In  1880  he  took  charge  of  the  legal  busi- 
ness, and  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the 
Worcester  Mechanics  Savings  Bank  and 
solicitor  of  the  Mechanics  National  Bank, 
and  has  continued  the  principal  figure  in 
the  management  of  these  large  banking 
institutions  to  the  present  time.  Since 
April,  1888,  he  has  been  president  of  the 
Mechanics  National  Bank  of  Worcester. 
There  is  no  more  important  figure  in  bank- 
ing circles  in  the  city  or  county  and  not 


many  perhaps  in  the  State.  Mr.  Dewey  was 
elected  a  director  of  the  Worcester  Con- 
solidated Street  Railway  Company  in 
1893,  and  since  1898  he  has  been  presi- 
dent. During  his  administration  of  this 
company  and  others  in  control  of  the 
street  railways  of  Worcester  and  its 
suburbs,  the  system  has  been  extended 
from  a  total  of  forty  miles  of  track  to 
nearly  two  hundred  miles,  connecting 
forty  cities  and  town,  provided  with  thor- 
oughly modern  plants  and  equipment,  giv- 
ing excellent  service  to  nearly  sixty  mil- 
lion passengers  annually  and  making  a 
creditable  financial  showing.  He  is  presi- 
dent also  of  the  New  England  Investment 
and  Security  Company,  a  corporation 
owning  various  street  railways  and  rail- 
way corporations.  He  is  also  president  of 
the  allied  corporations  under  the  same 
financial  management — the  Springfield 
Railways  Company,  the  Springfield  Street 
Railway  Company,  the  Interstate  Con- 
solidated Railway  Company,  the  Milford, 
Attleborough  &  Woonsocket  Street  Rail- 
way Company,  the  Attleborough  Branch 
Railroad  Company,  the  Worcester  & 
Webster  Street  Railway  Company,  the 
Webster  &  Dudley  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany. He  is  vice-president  of  the 
Worcester  Railways  and  Investment 
Company,  a  holding  corporation.  He  rep- 
resents large  interests  in  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  is  a  director  of  the  Fitchburg 
Railroad  Company,  now  operated  under 
lease  by  the  Boston  &  Maine  system,  the 
Norwich  &  Worcester  Railroad  operated 
by  the  New  Haven  road,  and  the  New 
London  Northern  Railroad  Company 
leased  to  the  Central  Vermont  Railroad 
Company.  Mr.  Dewey  is  also  a  director 
of  the  New  England  Telephone  and  Tele- 
graph Company,  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bonding  and  Insurance  Company,  and 
vice-president  of  the  Morris  Plan  Com- 
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pany,  a  banking  institution,  and  of  the 
Worcester  Gaslight  Company.  Years  ago 
he  was  active  in  providing  for  the  city  an 
adequate  hotel  and  theatre,  and  for  many 
years  he  was  in  control  of  the  corpora- 
tions owning  the  Bay  State  House  and 
the  Worcester  Theatre.  He  was  an  execu- 
tor of  the  great  estate  of  the  late  Stephen 
Salisbury,  and  is  a  trustee  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Worcester  Art  Museum,  the 
principal  legatee  of  the  Salisbury  estate. 

But  banks,  street  railways  and  large 
estates  have  not  commanded  Mr.  Dewey's 
services  to  the  exclusion  of  public  duties, 
charities  and  social  organizations.  He  is 
a  trustee,  treasurer  and  vice-president  of 
Clarke  University  and  Clarke  College.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  Associated  Charities, 
and  for  many  years  has  served  the  city  as 
chairman  of  the  commissioners  of  the 
City  Hospital  Funds.  He  is  also  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Memorial  Hospital,  and  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  upbuilding  and 
extension  of  that  institution.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Home  for  Aged  Men,  and 
trustee  of  the  Massachusetts  School  for 
Feeble-Minded.  In  religion  Mr.  Dewey 
is  a  Unitarian,  and  since  his  marriage  he 
has  been  an  active  member  and  generous 
supporter  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church 
of  Worcester.  He  has  been  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday  school  and  chairman  of 
the  parish  committee. 

For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Dewey  was 
a  director  of  the  Worcester  Board  of 
Trade,  and  he  has  given  strong  support 
and  encouragement  to  many  other  kindred 
organizations.  He  is  a  member  and  on 
the  council  of  the  American  Antiquarian 
Society,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  honor- 
able learned  societies  of  the  United  States, 
having  its  library  in  Worcester,  the  home 
of  its  founder.  He  is  .a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquity,  of  the  Colonial  Soci- 
ety of  Massachusetts,  St.  Wulstan  Soci- 
ety   of    Worcester,    an    organization    in 


charge  of  funds  for  the  promotion  of  art. 
In  1897  he  was  elected  vice-president  of 
the  Worcester  Bar  Association,  which 
office  he  held  for  many  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  famous  old  Worcester  Fire 
Society.  In  college  he  joined  the  Kappa 
Alpha  fraternity.  Among  the  clubs  to 
which  he  belongs  are  the  following:  Uni- 
versity and  Williams  College  clubs  of 
New  York  City ;  the  Union  of  Boston  ;  the 
Point  Judith  Country  Club  (of  which  he 
is  president)  of  Narragansett  Pier,  Rhode 
Island  (where  Mr.  Dewey  has  a  summer 
home);  the  Worcester  Country;  the 
Worcester ;  the  Tatnuck  Country  Club  of 
Worcester;  the  Worcester  Automobile 
Club,  and  the  Quinsigamond  Boat  Club. 
Mr.  Dewey's  office  is  in  the  Central  Ex- 
change Building,  of  which  his  wife  is  the 
owner.  He  has  a  beautiful  city  residence 
at  71  Elm  street,  Worcester. 

He  married,  December  12,  1878,  Lizzie 
Davis  Bliss,  who  was  born  March  12, 
1856,  daughter  of  Harrison  and  Sarah  H. 
(Howe)  Bliss  (see  Bliss).  Her  father 
was  associated  in  business  enterprises  for 
many  years  with  Mr.  Dewey's  father. 
Children:  1.  Elizabeth  Bliss,  born  July 
19,  1883;  married  Rockwood  Hoar  Bul- 
lock (see  Bullock).  2.  Francis  Henshaw, 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  John  Clarke  Dewey,  son  of 
Hon.  Francis  Henshaw  (1)  and  Sarah 
Barker  (Tufts)  Dewey,  was  born  May 
19,  1857,  in  Worcester,  where  he  received 
his  early  education  in  private  and  public 
schools,  graduating  from  the  Classical 
High  School  in  1873.  He  prepared  for  col- 
lege, at  St.  Marks  School,  Southbor- 
ough,  and  entered  Williams  College, 
and  joined  Kappa  Alpha  Society.  In 
1878  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  receiving  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  in  1881.  He  studied  law 
in  the  office  of  Thomas  H.  Dodge,  a  pat- 
ent lawyer,  of  Worcester,  and  was  ad- 


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mitted  to  the  bar  in  1881.  From  the  be- 
ginning of  his  practice  he  has  specialized 
in  patent  law,  a  field  of  wide  range  in  the 
industrial  city  of  Worcester,  and  he  has 
taken  rank  among  the  leaders  of  this 
branch  of  his  profession.  Early  in  his 
career  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
United  States  courts.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Worcester  County  Bar  Association, 
and  of  the  Massachusetts  Bar  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  communicant  of  All  Saints 
(Protestant  Episcopal)  Church.  In  poli- 
tics he  has  always  been  a  Republican.  He 
resides  in  Worcester,  and  is  a  member  of 
various  clubs,  including  the  Worcester 
Club,  the  Worcester  Country  Club,  Tat- 
nuck  Country  Club,  Quinsigamond  Boat 
Club,  University  Club  of  New  York,  and 
the  Union  Club  of  Boston.  Mr.  Dewey 
married,  June  12,  1888,  Sarah  Bradstreet 
Dewey,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary  A. 
(Adams)  Dewey,  of  Newton,  mentioned 
above.  Children  :  John  Clarke,  mentioned 
below;  Daniel,  born  October  12,  1899,  a 
student  at  St.  Mark's  School. 

(VIII)  George  Tufts  Dewey,  third  son 
of  Hon.  Francis  Henshaw  (1)  and  Sarah 
Barker  (Tufts)  Dewey,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 12,  1858,  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts. 
After  courses  of  study  in  Worcester  pub- 
lic and  private  schools,  and  at  Fay  School, 
Southborough,  Massachusetts,  he  entered 
Mt.  Pleasant  Institute,  Amherst,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1870,  continuing  until  gradu- 
ation in  1875,  when  he  entered  Williams 
College,  and  graduated  with  honors  in 
1879,  receivng  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  and  in  1882  of  Master  of  Arts.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  Kappa  Alpha 
Society.  Choosing  the  profession  of  law, 
he  began  study  in  Worcester  under  the 
direction  of  Bacon  &  Hopkins,  eminent 
lawyers  of  the  Worcester  bar,  continuing 
his  studies  in  the  offices  of  that  firm  during 
the  years  1879-81.  In  1881  he  entered  Har- 
vard  Law  School    and  finished  his    law 


studies  with  the  class  of  1882.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Worcester  county  in 
the  latter  year,  and  has  continued  the 
practice  of  law  in  Worcester  to  the  present 
time.  He  is  learned  in  the  law,  skillful  in  its 
application,  and  gives  to  its  problems  the 
closest  study.  From  1883  until  1907  he  was 
in  partnership  with  Thomas  G.  Kent,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Kent  &  Dewey,  and  dur- 
ing his  legal  career  he  has  made  a  special 
study  of  the  law  of  corporations.  He  has 
held  the  position  of  general  counsel  for 
the  Washburn  &  Moen  Manufacturing 
Company,  the  Wright  Wire  Company, 
the  Worcester  Electric  Light  Company, 
the  Graton  &  Knight  Manufacturing 
Company,  and  many  other  large  Worces- 
ter corporations,  and  in  addition  to  his 
corporation  clientele  has  a  large  private 
practice.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Bar,  the  Massachusetts  State  Bar  and 
Worcester  County  Bar  Associations,  and 
is  held  in  high  esteem,  by  his  contempo- 
raries of  the  profession. 

In  the  business  world  of  his  native  city, 
Mr.  Dewey  also  ranks  high,  and  has  been 
connected  officially  with  corporations  of 
Worcester  whose  fame  is  world-wide.  He 
was  for  many  years  an  active  director  of 
the  Washburn  &  Moen  Manufacturing 
Company,  director  and  treasurer  of  the 
Wright  Wire  Company,  director  of  the 
Worcester  Electric  Light  Company,  direc- 
tor and  vice-president  of  the  Graton  & 
Knight  Manufacturing  Company,  director 
and  treasurer  of  the  Worcester  Cold  Stor- 
age and  Warehouse  Company,  director  of 
the  Columbian  National  Life  Insurance 
Company,  and  many  other  important  busi- 
ness corporations.  The  duties  of  his  offi- 
cial positions  with  these  corporations,  his 
responsibility  as  general  legal  counsel  to 
many  of  them,  and  the  exactions  of  a 
large  private  clientele,  would  fill  the  life  of 
most  men  to  the  exclusion  of  all  else,  but 
Mr.   Dewey  has   neglected   none   of  the 


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duties  of  citizenship  and  has  gone  far  be- 
yond business  and  professional  life  in  his 
activities.  Broad  in  his  sympathy  and 
generous  in  his  impulse,  he  has  proven  his 
interest  in  the  moral  and  material  wel- 
fare by  giving  largely  of  his  time  and 
ability  to  institutions,  religious,  philan- 
thropic and  social.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and  of 
the  vestry  of  All  Saints  Parish ;  and  was 
president  of  the  Boys'  Club  of  Worcester 
for  many  years ;  and  a  director  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association ; 
member  of  the  Worcester,  Tatnuck  Coun- 
try, Economic,  Twentieth  Century, 
Worcester  Country,  Quinsigamond  Boat 
and  Republican  clubs  of  Worcester;  the 
Williams  College  Club  of  New  York;  the 
Williams  College  Club  of  Massachusetts. 
His  college  fraternity  is  Kappa  Alpha. 

Mr.  Dewey  married,  June  28,  1898, 
Mary  Linwood  Nichols,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Lemuel  Bliss  and  Lydia  Carter  (An- 
thony) Nichols,  of  Worcester.  Children: 
1.  Mary  Linwood,  born  in  Florence,  Italy ; 
educated  in  private  schools,  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  then  attended  for  three 
years  Miss  Porter's  Private  School,  Farm- 
ington,  Connecticut.  2.  George  Tufts,  Jr., 
born  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts ;  at- 
tended private  schools  in  his  native  city, 
and  in  1913  became  a  student  in  a  private 
school  in  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  class  of 
1919.  3.  Charles  Nichols,  born  in  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts ;  attended  private 
schools  in  his  native  city,  then  became  a 
student  in  "The  Fay  School,"  Southboro, 
Massachusetts,  and  in  February,  1917, 
was  an  honor  student.  The  summer  home 
of  the  family  is  at  Lake  Sunapee,  New 
Hampshire. 

(IX)  Francis  Henshaw  (3)  Dewey, 
son  of  Francis  Henshaw  (2)  and  Lizzie 
Davis  (Bliss)  Dewey,  was  born  May  19, 
1887,  in  Worcester.  After  a  period  in  pri- 
vate schools,  he  attended  the  Worcester 


public  schools  and  graduated  in  1904  from 
the  Classical  High  School,  completing  his 
preparation  for  college  in  the  Hackley 
School  at  Tarrytown,  New  York.  He  en- 
tered Williams  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1909  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  joined  the  Kappa 
Alpha  fraternity.  His  professional  train- 
ing was  received  in  Harvard  Law  School, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1912. 
Since  then  he  has  been  associated  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father  in  Worcester.  He 
succeeded  his  father  as  solicitor  of  the 
Mechanics'  National  Bank.  He  is  an 
active  member  and  one  of  the  assessors 
of  the  First  Unitarian  Church.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Worcester  Club,  the  Tat- 
nuck Country  Club,  the  Quinsigamond 
Boat  Club,  the  Worcester  Tennis  Club, 
the  Economic  Club  of  Worcester,  the 
University  Club  and  Williams  College 
Club  of  New  York,  and  the  Point  Judith 
Club  of  Narragansett  Pier.  He  married, 
February  I,  1913,  Dorothy  P.  Bowen, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Belle  (Flagg) 
Bowen,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
Mrs.  Dewey  is  a  graduate  of  the  Lincoln 
School  of  Providence.  They  have  two 
children  :  Elizabeth  Bowen,  born  Novem- 
ber 2,  1913,  and  Frances,  born  December 
n,  1916. 

(IX)  John  Clarke  (2)  Dewey,  son  of 
John  Clarke  (1)  and  Sarah  Bradstreet 
(Dewey)  Dewey,  was  born  October  14, 
1890,  in  Worcester.  He  first  attended  a 
private  school ;  in  1913  he  entered  St. 
Mark's  School,  from,  which  he  graduated, 
class  of  1909,  and  during  his  course  of 
study  there  he  was  prominent  in  athletics, 
playing  end  in  baseball  club,  1908,  and 
outfield  on  hockey  track,  1909;  in  the  lat- 
ter named  year  he  became  a  student  at 
Williams  College,  from  which  institution 
he  was  graduated,  class  of  1913,  and  dur- 
ing this  period  he  was  captain  of  the 
track  team  and  a  member  of  the  Gargoyle 


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Society,  and  of  the  Kappa  Alpha  Society. 
In  the  same  year  of  his  graduation  he 
went  to  Europe,  and  traveled  through 
England,  France,  Germany,  Italy,  Swit- 
zerland and  Austria.  Upon  his  return  in 
the  same  year,  1913,  he  served  as  a  clerk 
for  six  months  in  the  Bank  of  Manhattan, 
New  York  City,  resigning  in  order  to  ac- 
cept a  position  as  clerk  with  Spencer, 
Trask  Company,  bankers  and  brokers,  in 
which  capacity  he  served  until  August, 
1914,  and  in  September,  1914,  he  moved  to 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  with  the  above 
named  company,  and  was  promoted  to 
the  position  of  bond  salesman.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Tatnuck  Country  Club  of 
Worcester,  the  Oakley  Country  Club  of 
Boston,  and  Williams  Club  of  New  York 
City.  Mr.  Dewey  married,  September  30, 
1916,  Marjorie  Dunster  Talbot,  daughter 
of  Dr.  George  Henry  and  Jessie  (Ran- 
dall) Talbot,  of  Newtonville.  They  re- 
side at  No.  224  Rawson  Road,  Brookline, 
Massachusetts. 

(The  Bliss  Line). 

Thomas  Bliss  was  the  last  English  an- 
cestor of  the  Bliss  family  of  Worcester, 
resided  at  Belstone,  and  was  a  man  of 
property.  He  was  a  Puritan  and  his 
wealth  and  prominence  perhaps  invited 
the  persecution  he  suffered  and  through 
which  he  lost  both  his  wealth  and  his 
health.  On  account  of  his  religious  and 
political  views  he  was  imprisoned.  His 
children,  of  whom  Thomas  and  George 
emigrated  to  America  to  escape  persecu- 
tion, were  :  Jonathan,  mentioned  below  ; 
Thomas,  died  1640;  Elizabeth,  married 
Sir  John  Calcliffe,  of  Belstone ;  George, 
born  1591,  died  August  31,  1667;  Mary 
(Polly). 

(II)  Jonathan  Bliss,  son  of  Thomas 
Bliss,  was  born  about  1580,  at  Belstone, 
and  died  in  1636.  On  account  of  his  non- 
conformist views  he  was  persecuted  and 


virtually  driven  out  of  England,  suffering 
heavy  fines  and  eventually  dying  from  a 
fever  contracted  in  prison.  Four  children 
are  said  to  have  died  in  infancy,  two 
grew  up.  They  were :  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below,  and  Mary. 

(III)  Thomas  (2)  Bliss,  son  of  Jona- 
than Bliss,  was  born  in  Belstone,  Eng- 
land. On  the  death  of  his  father,  in  1636, 
he  removed  to  Boston,  thence  to  Brain- 
tree,  thence  to  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
thence  back  to  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, and  in  1643,  with  others,  he  helped 
make  the  settlement  at  Rehoboth.  He 
was  a  freeman  at  Cambridge,  May  18, 
1642,  and  in  Plymouth  colony,  January  4, 
1645 ;  in  June  of  the  latter  year  he  drew 
a  lot  of  land  at  the  Great  Plain,  Seekonk. 
In  1646  he  was  fence  viewer;  in  1647  sur- 
veyor of  highways,  two  important  offices 
in  the  Colonial  days.  He  died  at  Reho- 
both, June,  1649,  and  is  buried  in  the 
graveyard  at  Seekonk,  Massachusetts, 
now  Rumford,  East  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  His  will  was  proved  June  8,  1649. 
He  married  a  Miss  Ide,  and  their  children 
were :  Jonathan,  mentioned  below ;  a 
daughter,  married  Thomas  Williams ; 
Mary,  married  Nathaniel  Harmon,  of 
Braintree  ;  Nathaniel,  possibly  of  Spring- 
field, seems  to  have  left  no  descendants  in 
male  line. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2)  Bliss,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  Bliss,  was  born  about  1625, 
in  England,  and  died  in  1687.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  and  in  1655  was 
made  a  freeman  of  the  Plymouth  colony. 
He  was  "way  warden"  at  the  town  meet- 
ing in  Rehoboth,  May  24,  1652,  and  May 
17,  1655,  was  on  the  grand  jury.  On  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1658,  he  was  made  a  freeman  in 
Rehoboth,  drew  land,  June  22,  1658,  and 
was  one  of  the  eighty  who  made  what  is 
called  the  North  Purchase.  The  inven- 
tory of  his  estate  was  sworn  to  May  23, 
1687,   the   magistrate   being   the  famous 


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governor,  Sir  Edmund  Andros.  The 
Christian  name  of  his  wife  was  Miriam, 
and  their  children  were :  Ephraim,  men- 
tioned below;  Rachel,  born  December  i, 
Tr  ,  married,  October  28,  1674,  Thomas 
->ing,  of  Swansea,  Massachusetts; 
n,  March  4,  1653,  died  same  year; 
September  31  (sic),  1655;  Eliza- 
january  29,  1657,  married,  June  25, 
.084,  James  Thurber;  Samuel,  June  24, 
1660,  died  August  28,  1720;  Martha, 
April,  1663;  Jonathan  (sometimes  record- 
ed Timothy),  September  i£,  1666,  died 
October  16,  1719;  Dorothy,  January  2y, 
1668,  married,  June  26,  1690,  James  Car- 
penter; Bethia,  August,  1671,  married, 
April  15,  1695,  Daniel  Carpenter,  born 
October  8,  1669,  son  of  William  and 
Miriam  (Searles)  Carpenter,  of  Reho- 
both ;  she  died  February  27,  1703. 

(V)  Ephraim  Bliss,  son  of  Jonathan 
(2)  and  Miriam  Bliss,  was  born  February 
5,  1649,  in  Rehoboth,  and  resided  at 
Braintree,  Quincy,  Scituate,  Rehoboth, 
and  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Children  : 
Jonathan,      mentioned      below;      Mary; 

Thomas ;  Ephraim,  married  Mary , 

born  1702,  died  November  14,   1730,  and 
resided  in  Rehoboth;  Daniel. 

(VI)  Jonathan  (3)  Bliss,  son  of  Eph- 
raim Bliss,  was  born  1673,  in  Braintree. 
All  his  children  died  young  without  issue 
except  John.  They  were:  Hannah, 
Thomas,  Mary,  John  (mentioned  below), 
Nathaniel  and  Ephraim. 

(VII)  John  Bliss,  son  of  Jonathan  (3) 
Bliss,  was  born  171 1,  in  Rehoboth,  and 
died  1752.  He  married  on  Thanksgiving 
Day.  I735>  Rebecca  Whitaker.  She  was 
a  very  capable  and  energetic  manager, 
history  tells  us,  who,  with  great  prudence 
and  thrift,  cared  for  her  property  after  the 
death  of  her  husband.  Their  children 
were:  Nathan,  mentioned  below;  Eliza- 
beth, born  April  5,  1738;  Anne,  April  1, 
1740;  William,  June  6,  1742,  died   1822; 

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Rebecca,  December  20,  1744;  John,  Au- 
gust 21,  1747,  died  March  12,  1825;  Abi- 
gail, April  28,  1750;  Keziah,  November 
26,  1752,  died  1794. 

(VIII)  Nathan  Bliss,  son  of  John  and 
Rebecca  (Whitaker)  Bliss,  was  born  De- 
cember 19,  1736;  he  was  a  farmer  and 
died  December  3,  1820.  He  married, 
December  26,  1760,  Joanna  Bowen,  who 
died  March  10,  1823.  Children:  1.  Na- 
than, mentioned  below.  2.  Abel,  born  De- 
cember 22,  1763,  was  a  farmer  at  Reho- 
both, captain  in  the  militia ;  he  married 
(first)  Olive  Briggs,  of  Dighton,  who  died 
May  17.  1823;  (second)  Hannah  Horton, 
who  died  March  7,  1859,  aged  sixty-six 
years;  he  died  November  13,  1843,  with- 
out issue.  3.  Olive,  born  October  2,  1765, 
married,  January  4,  1786,  Samuel  Goff. 
4.  Joanna,  born  July  25,  1767,  married, 
January  18,  1787,  Shubael  Horton.  5.  Syl- 
vanus,  born  July  9,  1769,  died  June  23, 
1859.  6.  Rebecca,  born  July  12,  1771,  mar- 
ried, May  23,  1793,  Sylvester  Goff,  of  Re- 
hoboth. 7.  John,  born  September  1,  1773, 
died  August  29,  1859.  8.  Thomas,  born 
October  17,  1775,  died  1855.  9.  Anna, 
born  September  17,  1777.  10.  Cromwell, 
born  March  17,  1779,  died  February  7, 
1848.  11.  Ezra,  born  June  17,  1780,  died 
May  11,  1857. 

(IX)  Nathan  (2)  Bliss,  son  of  Nathan 
(1)  and  Joanna  (Bowen)  Bliss,  was  born 
December  19,  1761,  in  Rehoboth,  and  died 
at  Royalston,  Massachusetts,  January  31, 
1852.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  removed  to 
Royalston  between  1770  and  1775.  He 
married,  at  Dighton.  Ruth  Briggs,  born 
there  December  22,  1765,  died  at  Royals- 
ton, November  28,  1862.  Children :  Annie, 
living  at  Royalston,  unmarried;  Abel, 
mentioned  below;  Ruth,  born  1795,  died 
1856,  married  James  Buffum,  who  lived 
in  Keene,  New  Hampshire ;  Sally,  born 
1806,  married  Benjamin  Buffum,  of  Roy- 
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(X)  Abel  Bliss,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  and 
Ruth  (Briggs)  Bliss,  born  August  23, 
1785,  at  Royalston,  was  a  shoemaker,  and 
died  July  4,  1852.  He  married  Nicena 
Ballou,  born   March  6,   1788,  died  April 

7,  1847.  Children:  Nathan,  born  Septem- 
ber, 1808,  married,  1832,  Emily  Lovett; 
Abel  Ballou,  February  21,  181 1,  died  Au- 
gust 4,  1852  ;  Harrison,  mentioned  below  ; 
Russell,  December  5, 1815,  married,  March 

8,  1835,  Mary  May,  died  June  15,  1852; 
James,  July  16,  1818,  married  Julia  Drury, 
died  January  16,  1842 ;  Nicena  J.,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1823,  died  January  7,  1845,  unmar- 
ried ;  Olive  Lucian,  July  3,  1825,  married, 
May  9,  1847,  Charles  C.  Balch,  carpenter, 
resided  at  Shirley,  Massachusetts. 

(XI)  Harrison  Bliss,  son  of  Abel  and 
Nicena  (Ballou)  Bliss,  was  born  October 

9,  1812,  in  Royalston,  and  died  July  7, 
1882.  What  education  he  received  was 
obtained  in  the  school  of  his  native  place, 
and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  started  out 
to  make  his  own  living.  He  landed  at 
Worcester,  as  he  used  to  say,  with  just 
seventeen  cents  in  his  pockets.  In  1830 
he  secured  his  first  position,  under  Dr. 
Oliver  Fiske,  at  the  very  place  where  he 
afterward  purchased  one  of  the  finest 
houses  in  the  city.  He  worked  for  four 
years  in  the  Worcester  Post  Office  when 
Deacon  James  Wilson  was  postmaster,  in 
the  present  Union  Block,  and  under  Jubal 
Harrington  in  the  old  Central  Exchange 
Building.  In  association  with  Deacon 
Alexander  Harris  he  opened  a  store  in 
the  Salisbury  Block  in  Lincoln  Square, 
dealing  in  groceries  and  in  flour.  Later 
he  took  Joseph  E.  Gregory  as  a  partner. 
In  1850  he  sold  his  interest  in  this  store, 
and  later  opened  a  flour  store  in  partner- 
ship with  T.  and  J.  Sutton,  under  the 
name  of  Bliss,  Sutton  &  Company,  on 
Mechanic  street,  and  in  1857  sold  out  to 
his  partners.  From  that  time  until  his 
death  he  was  occupied  with  his  real  estate 


and  banking  business.  Mr.  Bliss  was 
president  of  the  New  Bedford  &  Taunton 
branch  of  the  Boston,  Clinton  &  Fitch- 
burg  Railroad  Company,  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Framingham  &  Lowell  branch, 
both  of  which  are  now  operated  by  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Rail- 
road Company.  He  and  the  late  Hon. 
Francis  H.  Dewey  founded  the  Me- 
chanics' National  Bank  in  1848,  and  from 
i860  to  his  death,  in  1882,  Mr.  Bliss  was 
president.  He  was  interested  in  the  Me- 
chanics' Savings  Bank  from  its  organiza- 
tion in  185 1,  was  on  the  board  of  invest- 
ment, and  was  president  from  1864  to  his 
death.  Mr.  Bliss  was  also  largely  inter- 
ested in  the  old  Music  Hall  Company,  the 
successor  of  which  owns  the  Worcester 
Theatre.  He  was  interested  largely  in 
the  Bay  State  House  Corporation.  In  1855, 
1865  and  1874  he  was  a  representative  to 
the  General  Court;  was  alderman  in  1861, 
1863,  1864,  1865,  1875  and  1876. 

He  married,  April  5,  1836,  Sarah  H. 
Howe,  daughter  of  William  Howe,  of 
Worcester.  A  brother  of  his  wife,  Rev. 
William  Howe,  of  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, lived  to  be  a  centenarian.  Her 
father  was  a  contractor.  He  had  the  con- 
tract for  the  building  of  the  Worcester 
turnpike  over  which  for  some  distance  the 
cars  of  the  Boston  &  Worcester  Electric 
Railroad  run.  He  lost  money  and  was 
ruined  by  the  contract.  Mrs.  Bliss  died 
July  24,  1882,  a  few  weeks  after  her  hus- 
band. She  was  a  very  capable  woman  and 
famous  for  her  charities.  Their  children 
were:  1.  Harrison,  Jr.,  born  July  30,  1843, 
married,  November  6,  1864,  Amy  Brown, 
of  Dighton,  died  May  12,  1868.  2.  Sarah 
H.,  born  September  22,  1845,  died  Novem- 
ber 18,  1849.  3.  William  Howe,  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1850,  died  May  16,  191 1.  4. 
Pamelia  Washburn,  born  May  21,  1854, 
died  September  9,  1854.  5.  Lizzie  Davis, 
mentioned  below. 


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(XII)  Lizzie  Davis  Bliss,  youngest 
child  of  Harrison  and  Sarah  H.  (Howe) 
Bliss,  was  born  March  12,  1856,  and  mar- 
ried, at  Worcester,  December  12,  1878, 
Francis  Henshaw  Dewey  (see  Dewey). 
They  have  one  son  and  one  daughter. 

(The  Ballou  Line). 

(I)  Maturin  Ballou  was  born  in  Devon- 
shire, England,  between  1610  and  1620, 
and  came  to  America  previous  to  1645, 
the  exact  date  and  place  of  landing  being 
unknown.  He  is  first  mentioned  as  a 
co-proprietor  of  Providence  Plantations, 
Rhode  Island,  January  19,  1646-47.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  there,  May  18, 
1658,  together  with  Robert  Pike,  who  be- 
came his  father-in-law,  and  with  whom 
he  was  intimately  associated  all  his  life. 
Their  home  lots  stood  adjacent,  in  the 
north  part  of  Providence  as  originally 
settled.  Various  parcels  of  land  are  re- 
corded to  have  been  subsequently  as- 
signed to  him,  but  nothing  definite  con- 
cerning his  character  and  standing  is 
known.  He  died  between  February  24, 
1661,  when  he  had  land  assigned  to  him, 
and  January  31,  1663.  His  wife  was  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Robert  and  Catherine 
Pike,  whom  he  married  between  1646  and 
1649,  probably  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  She  died  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
eight  years.  Children,  born  in  Provi- 
dence: John,  1650;  James,  mentioned  be- 
low; Peter,  1654;  Hannah,  1656;  Na- 
thaniel, died  in  early  manhood ;  Samuel, 
1660,  drowned  June  10,  1669. 

(II)  James  Ballou,  son  of  Maturin  and 
Hannah  (Pike)  Ballou,  was  born  in  Provi- 
dence, in  1652.  Soon  after  his  marriage, 
in  1683,  ne  settled  in  Loquasquissuck, 
originally  a  part  of  Providence,  now  Lin- 
coln. It  is  supposed  that  he  began  prepa- 
rations to  settle  there  some  time  before, 
and  his  original  log  house  was  erected  be- 
fore  1685.     His  second  home,  a  framed 


house,  stood  near  the  same  site,  and  the 
well  still  remains.  On  October  22,  1707, 
his  mother  and  sister  Hannah  deeded  to 
him  all  the  property  which  had  come  to 
them  from  his  father,  and  this,  with  his 
own  inheritance  of  lands  from  his  father, 
made  him  owner  of  several  hundred  acres, 
together  with  his  homestead.  To  this  he 
added  other  tracts  by  purchase  until  he 
became  owner  of  about  a  thousand  acres. 
His  most  important  acquisitions  were  in 
what  was  then  Dedham  and  Wrentham, 
most  of  which  became  the  north  section 
of  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island.  His  first 
purchase  in  this  locality  was  made  early 
in  1690,  the  grantor  being  William  Avery, 
of  Dedham.  In  1706  he  added  to  this 
enough  to  make  several  farms  which  he 
afterwards  conveyed  to  his  three  sons — 
James,  Nathaniel  and  Obadiah.  This  di- 
vision was  made  April  11,  1713.  In  July, 
1726,  he  made  a  gift  deed  to  his  youngest 
son,  Nehemiah,  of  lands  situated  in 
Gloucester,  Rhode  Island,  and  the  same 
time  to  Samuel  his  home  farm.  His  will 
was  made  April  20,  1734,  and  in  1741  he 
appears  to  have  made  another  arrange- 
ment of  his  affairs  in  relation  to  his  per- 
sonal estate,  which  he  distributed  among 
his  children.  The  exact  date  of  his  death 
is  not  known,  but  it  is  supposed  to  have 
been  soon  after  the  settlement  of  his 
affairs.  He  was  a  man  of  superior  ability, 
enterprise  and  judgment.  He  married, 
July  23,  1683,  Susanna,  daughter  of  Val- 
entine and  Mary  Whitman,  born  Febru- 
ary 28,  1658,  at  Providence,  died  probably 
in  1725.  Children:  James,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Nathaniel,  born  April  9,  1687 ;  Oba- 
diah, September  6,  1689 ;  Samuel,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1693 ;  Susanna,  January  3,  1696 ; 
Bathsheba,  February  15,  1698;  Nehemiah, 
January  20,  1702. 

(Ill)  James  (2)  Ballou,  eldest  child 
of  James  (1)  and  Susanna  (Whitman) 
Ballou,  was  born  November  1,   1684,  in 


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that  part  of  Providence  which  was  later 
Smithfield,  and  now  Lincoln,  and  resided 
in  Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  on  land 
that  is  now  a  part  of  Cumberland,  Rhode 
Island.  He  married,  about  1712,  Cather- 
ine, daughter  of  Elisha  and  Susanna  (Car- 
penter) Arnold,  born  February  8,  1690. 
Children:  Sarah,  born  November  15, 
1713;  Ariel,  November  18,  1715 ;  Bath- 
sheba,  November  26,  1717 ;  Martha,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1720;  James,  December  10,  1723; 
Elisha,  November  15,  1726;  Priscilla,  No- 
vember 6,  1731. 

(IV)  James  (3)  Ballou,  second  son  of 
James  (2)  and  Catherine  (Arnold)  Ballou, 
was  born  December  10,  1723,  in  Wrent- 
ham, near  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island,  and 
died  January  21,  1812.  He  was  made  a 
freeman  of  Cumberland,  April  19,  1749; 
in  1774  moved  to  Richmond.  New  Hamp- 
shire, with  other  Rhode  Island  associates, 
and  with  other  Ballous  settled  on  what 
has  since  been  known  as  Ballou  Hill.  The 
town  was  divided  in  factions  later  owing 
to  a  schism  in  the  Baptist  church  caused 
by  "the  New  Lights,"  in  which  James 
Ballou  was  interested  but  later  aban- 
doned. His  wife,  Tamasin  (Cook)  Ballou, 
died  April  25,  1804,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) June  19,  1806,  Huldah  Carpenter, 
widow  of  Joseph  Carpenter.  Children : 
Seth,  born  February  20,  1748,  married 
Margaret  Hilton;  Olive,  May  13,  1751, 
married  Preserved  Whipple ;  Silas,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1753,  married,  April  17,  1774, 
Hannah  Hilton;  Susanna,  June  16,  1755, 
married,  June  4,  1775,  Nathan  Harkness ; 
Oziel,  July  11,  1757,  married,  December 

7,  1790,  Hannah  Robinson;  Tamasin, 
June  29,  1759,  married,  February  15,  1778, 
Ebenezer  Swan;  James,  April  25,  1761, 
married,  November  5,  1786,  Mehitable 
Ingalls  ;  Russell,  mentioned  below ;  Aaron, 
September  25,  1766,  married,  September 

8,  1786,  Catherine  Bowen ;  Daniel,  May 
26,    1768,   married,   April   8,    1787,    Mary 


Hix;  Priscilla,  January  3,  1772,  married, 
February  28,  1790,  Nathan  Bullock. 

(V)  Russell  Ballou,  fifth  son  of  James 
(3)  and  Tamasin  (Cook)  Ballou,  was 
born  July  11,  1763,  at  Cumberland,  and 
died  at  Swansea,  New  Hampshire,  No- 
vember 10,  1847.  In  1804  he  removed  to 
Royalston,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
(first)  Henrietta  Aldrich,  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  who  was  born  August  20, 
1764,  certified  (married)  February  2^, 
1783.  All  their  children  were  born  in  Rich- 
mond, New  Hampshire.  She  died  June  8, 
1827,  aged  sixty-seven,  and  he  married 
(second)  Mrs.  Beebe  Mellen,  of  Swansea, 
New  Hampshire,  widow  of  Joel  Mellen ; 
she  died  1854.  His  children  were:  Bet- 
sey, born  October  6,  1783,  married,  No- 
vember 18,  1802,  Royal  Blanding;  Amey, 
October  2J,  1785,  married  Stephen  Parks; 
Nicena,  mentioned  below ;  Asquire,  May 
8,  1792,  married,  May  29,  1816,  Arathusa 
Maynard ;  Russell,  September  9,  1794, 
married,  January  29,  1816,  Lucy  D.  Nor- 
ton ;  Luther,  September  7,  1797,  married, 
December  3,  1818,  Clarissa  Davis;  Pris- 
cilla, June  25,  1800,  died  May  8,  1814; 
Olive,  August  29,  1803,  married,  1829, 
Jacob  Boyce ;    Russell,  died  in  infancy. 

(V)  Nicena  Ballou,  daughter  of  Rus- 
sell and  Henrietta  (Aldrich)  Ballou,  was 
born  March  6,  1788,  and  married,  1806, 
Abel  Bliss  (see  Bliss  X). 


BLISS,  George  Rolland, 

Merchant. 

The  Bliss  family,  one  of  the  oldest  in 
this  country,  is  described  on  preceding 
pages  of  this  work.  The  first  known  Eng- 
lish ancestor  was  Thomas  Bliss,  who  with 
his  son,  Jonathan  Bliss,  suffered  great 
persecution  in  England  because  of  their 
Puritan  principles.  Thomas  (2)  Bliss,  son 
of  Jonathan  Bliss,  born  in  England,  set- 
tled in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  where 


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he  died  in  1649.  His  wife  was  a  member 
of  the  Ide  family,  which  was  conspicuous 
in  the  early  days  of  Rehoboth  and  Attle- 
boro.  They  were  the  parents  of  Jonathan 
(2)  Bliss,  who  was  an  active  citizen  of 
Rehoboth,  and  one  of  the  founders  of 
Attleboro.  He  married  Miriam  Harmon, 
probably  a  daughter  of  Francis  Harmon, 
who  was  born  in  1592,  and  came  to  Bos- 
ton in  the  ship  "Love,"  in  1637.  The 
eldest  child  of  this  marriage,  Ephraim 
Bliss,  was  a  native  of  Rehoboth,  and  lived 
in  various  places,  lastly  at  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  Jonathan  (3)  Bliss,  son  of 
Ephraim  Bliss,  born  at  Rehoboth,  1672-73, 
had  a  large  family,  but  only  one  son  who 
left  issue,  namely,  John  Bliss,  born  at 
Rehoboth  in  171 1,  and  died  in  1752.  He 
married  (intentions  published  in  Reho- 
both, December  6,  1735)  Rebecca  Whit- 
taker,  born  August  3,  1712,  in  Rohoboth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mehitable  Whit- 
taker.  She  survived  him  and  is  described 
as  a  very  capable  and  energetic  manager, 
who  cared  well  for  the  estate  of  her  de- 
ceased husband  and  her  children.  The 
eldest  of  these  was  Nathan  Bliss,  born  at 
Rehoboth  in  1736.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1760,  Joanna  Bowen,  born  October 
27>  I737^  in  Rehoboth,  died  March  10, 
1823,  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Johannah 
(Salisbury)  Bowen.  Their  eldest  son, 
Nathan  (2)  Bliss,  was  born  in  Rehoboth, 
in  1761,  settled  in  Royalston,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  in  1852.  He  mar- 
ried Ruth  Briggs,  and  their  eldest  son 
was  Abel  Bliss,  born  in  Royalston,  1785, 
who  married  Nicena  Ballou,  daughter  of 
Russell  Ballou  (see  Ballou  V). 

(XI)  Abel  Ballou  Bliss,  second  son  of 
Abel  and  Nicena  (Ballou)  Bliss,  was  born 
February  21,  181 1,  in  Royalston,  Massa- 
chusetts. When  a  young  man  he  went  to 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
successfully  engaged  in  business  until 
1845,  when  he  removed  to  the  town  of 


Gill,  Franklin  county,  Massachusetts,  and 
there  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death, 
August  4,  1852.  He  married  (first)  April 
6,  1835,  Rebecca  S.  Flint,  who  died  De- 
cember 29,  1835.  He  married  (second)  in 
September,  1837,  Mary  Ann  Stillman,  who 
died  August  13,  1843.  He  married  (third) 
May  28,  1845,  Rhoda  Allen  Deane,  born 
April  16,  1808,  in  Burlington,  Otsego 
county,  New  York,  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
and  Rhoda  Deane.  There  was  one  child 
of  the  first  wife,  Rebecca  Flint,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1835,  died  in  1852.  Children 
of  second  wife :  Frances  Eugenie,  born 
June  17,  1838,  married  Norman  Carl,  and 
died  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  1863;  Abel  Har- 
rison, born  March  31,  1840;  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, born  and  died  in  1843.  Children  of 
third  wife :  George  Rolland,  mentioned 
below ;  Mary  Ann,  born  November  6, 
1847,  died  1851  ;  Maria  Rhcda,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1848,  married  Augustus  W. 
Holton ;  William  Amburt,  born  July  4, 
185 1 ;  James  Oliver,  born  November  24, 
1852. 

(XII)  George  Rolland  Bliss,  second 
son  of  Abel  Ballou  Bliss,  and  eldest  child 
of  his  third  wife,  Rhoda  Allen  (Deane) 
Bliss,  was  born  July  17,  1846,  in  Gill, 
Massachusetts.  Here  his  boyhood  days 
were  passed  and  advantage  taken  of  the 
limited  school  privileges  which  the  town 
afforded.  These  were  supplemented  later 
with  a  course  at  Williston  Seminary, 
Easthampton,  Massachusetts,  from  which 
institution  he  graduated  in  1869.  The 
early  death  of  his  father,  at  the  age  of 
forty-one,  left  the  family  with  limited  re- 
sources, and  the  education  of  George  R. 
Bliss  was  acquired  solely  by  his  own 
efforts  and  its  expenses  met  by  his  own 
earnings  received  from  teaching  district 
schools  and  conducting  school  boarding 
clubs.  Following  his  graduation  from 
Williston  Seminary,  he  became  a  clerk 
for  A.  P.  Ware  &  Company  of  Worcester, 


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with  whom  he  continued  three  and  one- 
half  years.  The  following  year  he  became 
junior  partner  of  Henry  Valentine  & 
Company,  dealers  in  clothing  and  furnish- 
ings, with  a  store  on  Main  street,  Worces- 
ter. This  association  continued  until 
1876,  and  in  1877  he  established  his  pres- 
ent business,  that  of  a  dealer  in  hats,  caps 
and  gentlemen's  furnishings,  at  No.  522 
Main  street.  The  business  has  experi- 
enced a  steady  growth,  requiring  several 
removals  and  enlargements.  In  1892  it 
was  removed  to  larger  quarters  at  the 
corner  of  Main  and  Austin  streets, 
Worcester.  In  1902  the  adjoining  store 
was  leased,  giving  an  additional  space  of 
25x90  feet  in  area.  In  1899  Mr.  Bliss 
admitted  his  son,  Walter  Stoughton 
Bliss,  as  a  partner,  and  the  business  has 
since  been  conducted  under  the  name  of 
George  R.  Bliss  &  Son,  carrying  a  stock 
of  clothing,  hats,  caps,  and  all  the  acces- 
sory of  furnishings  which  men  wear. 
From  the  modest  beginning  of  1877,  the 
house  has  by  honorable  dealing  and  never 
a  compromise  of  a  business  obligation, 
steadily  grown  during  this  period  of  forty 
years  and  is  to-day  one  of  the  prominent 
clothing  houses  of  the  city.  While  ad- 
vancing his  business  by  energy  and  sound 
management,  Mr.  Bliss  has  always  been 
active  in  furthering  the  public  interests. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Economic  Club,  of 
the  Congregational  Club,  the  Worcester 
County  Musical  Association,  of  which  he 
has  been  treasurer  since  1896,  also  mem- 
ber of  the  Old  South  Church  since  1871. 
He  married,  February  28,  1871,  Anna  E. 
Stoughton,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza 
(Spaulding)  Stoughton,  of  Gill,  Massa- 
chusetts (see  Stoughton  VII).  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bliss  have  been  extensive  travelers 
both  in  their  own  country  and  in  foreign 
lands. 

(XIII)  Walter  Stoughton  Bliss,  eldest 
child   of   George    Rolland   and    Anna    E. 


(Stoughton)  Bliss,  was  born  May  21, 
1872,  in  Worcester.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic and  high  schools  of  his  native  city, 
graduating  in  1890.  After  a  course  of  one 
ane  one-half  years  in  Hinman's  Business 
College,  he  became  associated  with  his 
father's  business,  in  which  he  became  a 
partner  in  1899.  He  is  interested  in  and 
a  lover  of  music  and  has  been  tenor  and 
director  of  music  in  various  Worcester 
churches  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  the  various  Ma- 
sonic fraternities  and  past  master  of 
Morning  Star  Lodge.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Kiwanis,  an  active  business  men's 
club.  He  married,  May  21,  1901,  Winnie 
Meyers,  daughter  of  Deacon  Albert  F. 
and  Charlotte  Eugenie  (Rawson)  Meyers, 
of  Worcester,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  three  daughters :  Dorothy  May,  Vir- 
ginia and  Louise  Marietta. 

(XIII)  George  Rolland  (2)  Bliss,  sec- 
ond son  of  George  Rolland  (1)  and  Anna 
E.  (Stoughton)  Bliss,  was  born  August 
16,  1874,  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts. 
He  graduated  from  the  Worcester  Clas- 
sical High  School  in  1892.  and  entered 
Amherst  College,  from  which  he  received 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1896.  For  seven 
years  he  was  a  traveling  salesman,  repre- 
senting the  Royal  Worcester  Corset  Com- 
pany, and  was  subsequently,  for  three 
years,  sales  manager  of  that  company.  In 
1907  he  became  treasurer  of  the  O.  C. 
White  Company  of  Worcester,  manufac- 
turers of  adjustable  electric  lighting  fix- 
tures and  other  metal  specialties.  Mr. 
Bliss  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, and  is  a  member  of  various  or- 
ganizations and  clubs. 

(XIII)  Edith  Georgianna  Bliss,  only 
daughter  of  George  Rolland  (1)  and  Anna 
E.  (Stoughton)  Bliss,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 24,  1878,  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts. 
After  graduating  at  the  high  school  of 
that  city,  she  was  a  student  for  two  years 


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at  Mt.  Holyoke  College.  She  was  mar- 
ried, September  16,  1902,  to  William  Dex- 
ter White,  assistant  manager  of  the  Hol- 
yoke Machine  Company,  a  son  of  William 
W.  White. 

(The  Stoughton  Line). 

The  name  of  Stoughton  is  very  ancient 
in  England.  In  the  time  of  King  Stephen 
(1135-54)  Goodwin  de  Stocton  resided  at 
Stoughton  in  Surrey.  In  the  eighth  year 
of  King  Edward  I.,  Henry  de  Stoughton 
received  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight 
acres  there.  The  mansion  known  as 
"Stoughton  Place"  was  located  in  the 
center  of  the  manor.  The  site  is  now  a 
plowed  field,  but  is  still  called  Stoughton 
Garden. 

(I)  Thomas  Stoughton  resided  at 
Stoughton  in  Surrey. 

(II)  Gilbert  Stoughton,  son  of  Thomas 
Stoughton,  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Edward  Banbesey. 

(III)  Lawrence  Stoughton,  son  of  Gil- 
bert Stoughton,  married  Ann,  daughter 
of Comb,  of  Ford,  in  County  Sus- 
sex. His  will,  made  May  10,  1571,  was 
proved  April  28,  1572. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2)  Stoughton,  son  of 
Lawrence  Stoughton,  born  1521,  died 
1575.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Edmund   Lewkenor. 

(V)  Lawrence  (2)  Stoughton,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Elizabeth  Stoughton, 
born  1554,  died  at  Stoughton  in  1615.  He 
married  Rose,  daughter  of  Richard  Ive, 
citizen  of  London. 

(I)  American  Generations:  William 
Stoughton,  son  of  Israel  Stoughton,  of 
Dorchester,  at  one  time  a  Massachusetts 
judge,  who  condemned  many  people  of 
witchcraft,  was  a  bachelor,  and  left  no 
progeny. 

(II)  Rev.  Thomas  Stoughton,  born 
about  1575-78,  was  a  clergyman,  and  was 
presented  with  the  "living"  of  Coggeshall, 


December  12,  1600,  but  was  deprived  of  it 
for  non-conformity  in  1606.  He  married 
(first)  a  Montpeson  of  County  Wilts.  He 
came  to  America  in  Winthrop's  fleet  in 
the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  in  1630.  On 
October  19  of  that  year  he  desired  to  be- 
come a  freeman  of  the  town  of  Dorches- 
ter, and  was  admitted  May  18  following. 
He  was  appointed  a  constable  by  the 
court,  September  3,  1630,  and  misunder- 
standing his  powers  under  the  Colonial 
jurisdiction ,  he  performed  a  marriage 
service  for  Clement  Briggs  and  Joan 
Allen.  For  this  indiscretion  he  was  fined 
five  pounds,  but  the  fine  was  later  re- 
mitted. He  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
pany which  settled  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, and  had  a  grant  of  fifty-two  acres, 
comprising  a  house  lot  and  meadow  in 
that  town,  January  11,  1640.  He  also 
had  a  grant  over  the  Great  river,  fifty 
rods  in  breadth,  and  extending  three  miles 
eastward ;  also  a  grant  "toward  Pine 
Meadow"  of  sixty-nine  acres.  He  was 
ensign  in  1636;  was  often  representative 
between  1639  and  1648;  lieutenant  in 
1640,  and  died  March  25,  1661.  He  mar- 
ried, as  second  wife,  Margaret  (Barrett) 
Huntington,  widow  of  Simon  Hunting- 
ton, who  died  on  the  voyage  to  America. 
Little  is  known  concerning  their  children. 
(II)  Thomas  (2)  Stoughton,  son  of 
Rev.  Thomas  (1)  Stoughton,  born  in  Eng- 
land, was  one  of  the  original  proprietors 
of  Hartford.  Connecticut,  and  built  the 
house  known  as  "Stoughton"  or  the  Stone 
Fort.  He  died  September  15,  1684,  and 
the  inventory  of  his  estate  amounted  to 
£909,  8s.  He  married,  November  30, 
1655,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Wads- 
worth,  and  they  had  children :  John,  born 
June  20,  1657;  Mary,  January  1,  1659; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  November  18,  1660; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below  ;  Samuel,  born 
September  8,  1665 ;  Israel,  February  8, 
1667;  Rebecca,  June  19,  1673. 


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(III)  Thomas  (3)  Stoughton,  second 
son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Mary  (Wads- 
worth)  Stoughton,  born  November  21, 
1663,  in  East  Windsor,  settled  at  Stough- 
ton Brook,  now  in  South  Windsor,  where 
he  died  January  14,  1749.  He  was  an 
active  and  useful  citizen,  was  made  en- 
sign of  the  North  Company  of  the  Wind- 
sor train  band  in  September,  1689,  was 
later  lieutenant,  and  made  captain  in  May, 
1698,  of  the  train  band  on  the  east  side  of 
the  Great  river.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
General  Court  in  1699,  1725-26,  1729  and 
1733.  He  married  (first)  December  31, 
169 1,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
John  and  Helena  (Wakeman)  Talcott,  of 
Hartford,  born  February  26,  1666,  died 
March  28,  1696.  He  married  (second) 
May  19,  1697,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard and  Elizabeth  (Tuthill)  Edwards,  and 
widow  of  Benjamin  Lathrop,  born  1671, 
died  January  23,  1754.  Child  of  first  mar- 
riage :  Mary,  born  January  4,  1693  >  °f 
second  marriage:  Thomas,  born  April  9, 
1698;  Daniel,  August  13,  1699;  Benjamin, 
April  28,  1701  ;  Timothy,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Abigail,  December  21,  1704;  David, 
September  9,  1706;  Mabel,  August  19, 
1708;  Jonathan,  October  7,  1710;  Eliza- 
beth, December  20,  1712  ;  Isaac,  November 
2.  1714. 

(IV)  Timothy  Stoughton,  fourth  son 
of  Thomas  (3)  and  Abigail  (Edwards) 
Stoughton,  was  born  June  27,  1703,  in 
Windsor,  and  moved  about  the  world  to 
many  places.  From  1733  to  1745  he  lived 
in  Hartford,  in  1751  was  a  resident  of 
Somerset  county,  New  Jersey,  and  in 
1763  of  Frederick  county,  Maryland.  He 
married,  June  27,  1733,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Foote)  Olcott,  of 
Hartford,  born  August  4,  1707,  died  1739- 
40.  Children :  Jonathan,  born  April  20, 
1735 ;  John,  1738;  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(V)  Samuel  Stoughton,  son  of  Timothy 


and  Hannah  (Olcott)  Stoughton,  was  born 
in  December,  1739,  in  Windsor,  and  lived 
for  some  years  in  Greenfield,  Massachu- 
setts, whence  he  removed,  about  1774,  to 
Northfield,  same  State,  and  later  to  Gill, 
Franklin  county,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  established  a  home,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  1814.  His  homestead  continued 
in  possession  of  his  descendants  for  sev- 
eral generations.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution,  serving  first  as  a  lieutenant  in 
Captain  Timothy  Childs'  (Third)  com- 
pany, Colonel  David  Fields'  (Third 
Hampshire  County)  regiment  of  Massa- 
chusetts militia,  commissioned  May  3, 
1776.  He  was  second  lieutenant  in  Cap- 
tain Abel  Dinsmoor's  company,  Colonel 
Benjamin  Ruggles  Woodbridge's  regi- 
ment, engaged  August  17,  discharged  Oc- 
tober 20,  1777,  after  service  of  two  months 
and  eight  days,  including  four  days'  (sev- 
enty miles)  travel  home.  This  company 
was  raised  for  service  in  the  Northern 
army  till  November  30,  1777,  roll  sworn 
to  in  Hampshire  county.  In  the  pay  ab- 
stract of  officers  for  rations  dated  in  camp 
at  Scarsdale  (near  WThite  Plains,  New 
York),  December  7,  1777,  Samuel  Stough- 
ton was  allowed  seventy-three  rations 
from  August  17  to  October  28,  1777.  He 
married  (first)  January  12,  1769,  in  Green- 
field, Mary,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Sever- 
ance. She  died  December  31  of  the  same 
year,  and  he  maried  (second)  December 
5,  1770,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Seth  Munn, 
born  December  5,  175 1,  probably  in 
Northfield.  Child  of  the  first  marriage: 
Mary,  born  December  1,  1769.  Children 
of  second  marriage :  Sarah,  born  April  8, 
1772;  Samuel,  September  19,  1773;  Tim- 
othy, died  young;  Timothy,  baptized  No- 
vember 12,  1780;  Fanny,  August  3,  1783; 
Asa,  mentioned  below ;  Ira,  March  7, 
1788;  Nancy,  February  9,  1791.  The  first 
three  are  recorded  in  Greenfield,  and  all 
are  recorded  in  Northfield. 


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(VI)  Asa  Stoughton,  fourth  son  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Munn)  Stoughton, 
was  born  February  15,  1786,  according  to 
the  "History  of  Northfield,"  August  29, 
1785,  according  to  the  records  of  the  town 
of  Gill,  and  lived  in  the  latter  town.  He 
married  (intentions  entered  August  28, 
181 1,  in  Gill)  Anna  Stevens,  a  native  of 
Warwick,  Massachusetts.  Children :  Mary 
Ann,  born  December  31,  1812;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Charles,  October  17, 
1816;  Asa  Olcott,  August  23,  1819; 
George  Harvey,  October  27,  1821 ;  Nancy 
P.,  January  23,  1824.  The  last  named 
graduated  from  Mt.  Holyoke  College  in 
1842. 

(VII)  Samuel  (2)  Stoughton,  eldest 
son  of  Asa  and  Anna  (Stevens)  Stough- 
ton, was  born  February  10,  1815,  in  Gill, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  a  farmer  and 
broom  manufacturer  in  that  town.  He 
was  a  very  active  church  worker,  was 
blessed  with  great  musical  talent,  both  as 
a  singer  and  instrumental  performer,  and 
was  organist  of  the  Gill  Congregational 
Church  many  years.  He  married  (in- 
tentions entered  May  29,  1842,  at  Gill) 
Hannah  Eliza  Spaulding,  born  February 
1,  1823,  in  Jaffrey,  New  Hampshire, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Abel  and  Lucy  P. 
(Pierce)  Spaulding,  of  that  town,  former- 
ly of  Townsend,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren: Anna  Eliza,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah  Josephine,  born  in  Gill,  June  10, 
1848. 

(VIII)  Anna  Eliza  Stoughton,  elder 
daughter  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Hannah 
Eliza  (Spaulding)  Stoughton,  born  March 
26,  1844,  in  Gill,  was  a  student  under  Pro- 
fessor Wright,  and  later  at  Powers'  Insti- 
tute, Bernardston,  Massachusetts,  gradu- 
ating in  the  class  of  1863.  Entering  Mt. 
Holyoke  College  at  South  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, she  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1867,  and  for  three  years  was  teacher  of 
mathematics    in    Westerly    Institute    at 


Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  She  married, 
February  28,  1871,  at  the  parental  home 
in  Gill,  George  Rolland  Bliss,  of  Worces- 
ter (see  Bliss  XII). 


NICHOLS,  Charles  Lemuel, 

Physician. 

This  name  has  been  traced  in  England 
to  Nicholas  de  Albioni,  alias  Nigell  or 
Nicholl,  and  came  to  England  in  the  time 
of  Edward  the  Confessor. 

(I)  Thomas  Nichols  was  a  resident  of 
Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as 
1665.  He  had  a  seat  in  the  meeting  house 
there ;  was  made  townsman  in  1667 ; 
owned  land  there  in  1670;  subscribed  to 
the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1677 ;  was  a 
member  of  the  train  band  in  1680,  and  was 
probably  living  in  1708,  but  died  before 
1720.      Thomas    Nichols    married    Mary 

,    and    had    among   their    children 

John,   mentioned   below. 

(II)  John  Nichols,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  Nichols,  was  born  about  1678,  and 
lived  in  Amesbury,  where  he  was  a  "snow 
shoe  man"  in  1708.  He  married,  January 
I,  1702,  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  Abi- 
gail Sargent,  of  Gloucester,  probably 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Duncan) 
Sargent,  born  about  1683.  Children: 
Mary,  born  October  19,  1702,  married, 
May  24,  1721,  James  Dow;  John,  July 
12,  1704;  William,  January  21,  1706; 
Jacob,  January  16,  1708;  Joseph,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1709 ;  Daniel,  mentioned  below  ; 
Moses,  February  25,  1715  ;  Anna,  Janu- 
ary 30,  1718;  Aaron,  October  2,  1719; 
Humphrey,  April  18,  1723;  Thomas,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1725;  Abigail,  March  18,  1727. 

(III)  Daniel  Nichols,  fifth  son  of  John 
and  Abigail  (Sargent)  Nichols,  was  born 
in  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  September 
30,  1712.  He  continued  to  reside  in  his 
native  town,  and  died  there,  March  29, 
1804.     He  married,  August  31,   1737,  in 


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Amesbury,  Elizabeth  Sawyer,  born  about 
1718,  died  February  7,  1803,  in  Amesbury, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth 
(Jameson)  Sawyer,  formerly  of  New- 
bury, later  of  Amesbury.  Children : 
Enoch,  mentioned  below ;  Moses,  born 
June  1,  1743;  Elizabeth,  November  5, 
1745;  Eunice,  July  II,  1748;  Daniel,  Oc- 
tober 11,  1750;  Sarah,  July  12,  1753;  Ste- 
phen, baptized  November  23,  1755;  Mary, 
born  April  9,  1758,  died  young;  Mary, 
November  1,  1761. 

(IV)  Enoch  Nichols,  eldest  child  of 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Sawyer)  Nichols 
was  born  June  22,  1740,  in  Amesbury 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  October  11 
1830.  He  married  there,  August  18,  1762 
Anna  Chase,  born  July  29,  1745,  in  Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts,  died  October  6,  1819 
in  Amesbury,  daughter  of  Ezra  and  Judith 
(Davis)  Chase,  of  Haverhill.  Children 
Ezra,  mentioned  below ;  Moses,  born 
March  4,  1766;  Anna,  died  young;  Eliza- 
beth, baptized  August  13,  1773,  died 
young;  Enoch,  April  5,  1775,  died  young; 
Anna,  born  July  22,  1779;  Elizabeth,  No- 
vember 21,  1781  ;  Enoch,  July  2,  1784; 
Mary  Chase,  June  27,  1793. 

(V)  Ezra  Nichols,  eldest  child  of  Enoch 
and  Anna  (Chase)  Nichols,  was  born  in 
Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  January  26, 
1764.  He  resided  in  Canaan,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Hazeltine,  born  at  Bradford,  New  Hamp- 
shire, June  n,  1773,  died  March  6,  1793, 
at  Canaan,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of 
Timothy  and  Ruth  (Stickney)  Hazeltine. 
Had  one  son  Ezra,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Dr.  Ezra  (2)  Nichols,  son  of 
Ezra  (1)  and  Elizabeth  (Hazeltine) 
Nichols,  was  born  in  Canaan,  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  16,  1790.  He  moved  to 
Bradford,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  prac- 
ticed his  profession  of  medicine,  and  later 
removed  to  Newton  Lower  Falls,  Massa- 
chusetts,   where   he    died    September    29, 


1848.  He  married,  at  Seabrook,  New 
Hampshire,  Waity  Gray  Smith,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  six  children :  Eliza- 
beth Hazeltine;  Lemuel  Bliss,  mentioned 
below  ;  Abby  Smith,  Ezra  Addison,  Jabez 
Smith,  and  John  Smith. 

(VII)  Dr.  Lemuel  Bliss  Nichols,  eldest 
son  of  Dr.  Ezra  (2)  and  Waity  Gray 
(Smith)  Nichols,  was  born  at  Bradford, 
New  Hampshire,  October  6,  1816.  At  the 
age  of  two  years  his  parents  moved  to 
Newton  Lower  Falls,  Massachusetts,  in 
which  town  he  obtained  his  education  by 
attendance  at  the  public  and  high  schools, 
then  entered  Brown  University,  at  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  from  which  institu- 
tion he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1842,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.  His 
father,  though  a  physician  of  considerable 
skill  and  attainments,  had  destined  him 
for  a  farmer's  life,  but  literary  tastes  and 
hereditary  instincts  prevailed,  and  for 
four  years  following  his  graduation  from 
Brown  University  he  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  Providence,  attaining  the  rank 
of  principal  of  the  Arnold  Street  Gram- 
mar School,  and  he  was  instrumental  in 
raising  the  standard  of  the  Providence 
schools  in  general.  In  consequence  of 
sickness  in  his  family,  he  became  ac- 
quainted with  the  homeopathic  practice 
of  medicine  and  studied  its  principles  with 
Drs.  Okie  and  Preston,  of  Providence. 
After  the  required  amount  of  study,  one 
year  being  spent  at  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  he  received  his  degree  of  a  regu- 
lar physician  at  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Medicine,  in  1848.  In  the  following 
year  he  came  to  Worcester,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  practiced  as  homeopathic 
physician  until  the  time  of  his  death,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1883.  Although  slight  in  form 
and  delicate  in  appearance,  in  consequence 
of  his  sedentary  life,  he  possessed  a  won- 
derful constitution  and  great  powers  of 
endurance.       His    quiet     confidence    and 


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ready  sympathy  won  him  a  large  place  in 
the  public  heart  and  gave  him  an  exten- 
sive practice  from  the  beginning,  and  his 
death  left  a  wide  circle  of  friends  and 
patients  to  deplore  their  loss.  It  was  his 
custom  to  avoid  all  public  office  and  to 
confine  himself  strictly  to  the  limits  of 
his  profession  by  steady,  conscientious 
effort.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Worcester  County  Homeopathic 
Medical  Society,  and  was  its  first  presi- 
dent, serving  from  1866  to  1868.  Dr. 
Nichols  was  a  devout  and  active  member 
of  All  Saints  Episcopal  Church,  and 
served  as  warden  for  more  than  sixteen 
years,  during  which  time  he  acted  as  both 
junior  and  senior  warden.  He  was  liberal 
in  his  Christian  ideas  and  generous  to  the 
call  for  any  worthy  charity,  whether  in 
the  church  or  outside,  and  he  was  also  a 
great  lover  of  music.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Order  of  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  in  which  he  attained  the 
thirty-second  degree,  affiliated  with  Athel- 
stan  Lodge,  Ouinsigamond  Chapter,  and 
Knights  Templar.  Perhaps  the  most 
noticeable  characteristic  of  Dr.  Nichols, 
aside  from  his  prominence  as  a  physician, 
was  his  unusual  linguistic  attainments. 
His  was  indeed  a  rare  knowledge  of  the 
many  languages,  speaking  no  less  than 
six  different  languages  fluently,  and  read- 
ing with  ease  the  ancient  Arabic,  Syriac, 
Sanskrit,  Hebrew,  Greek,  Latin,  Italian, 
French,  German,  Spanish,  and  many 
others.  His  love  for  languages  hardly 
outshone  his  desire  for  collecting  an- 
tiques. China,  books,  art,  and  among  his 
extensive  collection,  which  was  con- 
sidered unusual  for  this  period,  were  to 
be  found  china  that  was  once  the  property 
of  Emperor  Napoleon,  as  well  as  some  of 
the  treasures  of  Louis  Philippe,  all  of 
which  are  still  in  the  possession  of  sur- 
viving members  of  his  family.  His  love 
for  the  humane  treatment  of  horses  and 


other  beasts  was   secondary  only  to   his 
desire  to  administer  to  his  fellowman. 

The  following  was  taken  from  the 
Worcester  "Daily  Spy" : 

One  who  was  once  a  patient  and  friend  of  Dr. 
L.  B.  Nichols,  and  lived  in  your  city,  would  like 
to  add  a  few  words  of  tribute  to  his  memory,  as 
the  news  comes  of  his  death.  The  writer  knew 
him  in  the  earlier  days  of  his  practice  in  Worces- 
ter, while  a  homeopathic  physician  could  not  hope 
for  the  good  opinion  of  so  many  as  in  these  later 
days  when  homeopathy  is  a  success.  He  was  an 
earnest  believer  in  its  merits,  an  enthusiast  in  its 
practice,  and  to  many  a  patient  gave  his  service 
free.  He  was  devoted  to  his  family  and  for  their 
comfort  and  health  spared  nothing.  In  their  love 
and  esteem  he  found  ample  reward.  He  was  an 
earnest  churchman,  present  whenever  professional 
calls  did  not  make  it  necessary  to  be  absent.  All 
Saints  Church  in  those  days  was  not  in  its  present 
prosperous  condition,  worshipping  in  a  beautiful 
structure,  but  few  in  numbers,  with  little  enthu- 
siasm, but  his  influence  was  always  felt.  He  did 
what  he  could.  Though  a  man  tenacious  of  ideas 
he  considered  right,  he  never  obtruded  them. 
With  much  illness  in  his  family  at  times,  he  went 
abroad  with  a  cheerful  face,  often  studying  some 
book  as  he  took  a  long  drive  in  order  to  keep  up 
his  knowledge  of  some  scientific  or  classical  sub- 
ject. He  had  a  pride  in  all  that  advanced  the 
interests  of  the  city,  and  one  of  his  hopes  was 
that  his  son  might  succeed  him.  His  wish  has 
been  gratified,  and  the  boy,  so  dutiful  and  kind 
in  early  days,  has  become  honored  and  success- 
ful. Thinking  of  his  death  we  regret  the  loss  to 
those  who  knew  and  loved  him  best,  where,  not 
only  there,  but  in  the  church  he  loved  so  well,  he 
will  long  be  remembered  and  missed. — E.  H.  W., 
Ashburnham,    Massachusetts. 

Dr.  Nichols  married,  in  North  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  December  5,  1843, 
Lydia  Carter  Anthony,  born  May  13, 
1824,  died  June  4,  1888,  daughter  of  James 
and  Sarah  Porter  (Williams)  Anthony, 
of  North  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  the 
former  named  having  been  a  prominent 
manufacturer  of  Greystone  Village,  North 
Providence.  Children :  Sarah  G.,  born 
March  14,  1845,  died  October  25,  1850; 
Corinne     L.,    born    November    7,     1846; 


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Annie  L.,  born  September  24,  1848; 
Charles  Lemuel,  mentioned  below ;  Wil- 
liam A.,  born  July  I,  1853,  died  August 
23>  1853 ;  Abbie  C,  born  November  28, 
1855,  died  September  15,  1856;  Lydia  An- 
thony, mentioned  below  ;  Mary  Linwood, 
Mrs.  George  Tufts  Dewey  (see  Dewey). 
(VIII)  Dr.  Charles  Lemuel  Nichols, 
eldest  son  of  Dr.  Lemuel  Bliss  and  Lydia 
Carter  (Anthony)  Nichols,  was  born  in 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  May  29,  185 1. 
He  prepared  for  college  at  the  Highland 
Military  Academy,  and  then  entered 
Brown  University,  Providence,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1872,  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  received  the  de- 
gree of  A.  M.,  1875.  Immediately  after 
graduation  he  became  instructor  in  chem- 
istry at  Brown  University,  and  in  1873 
entered  Harvard  Medical  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  1875. 
In  the  following  year  he  was  an  interne 
in  the  Homeopathic  Hospital  at  Ward's 
Island,  New  York,  as  chief  assistant  under 
Dr.  Talcott.  He  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Worcester  in  1877,  and  has 
since  continued  with  gratifying  success. 
He  was  instructor  in  medical  history  at 
Boston  University  School  of  Medicine 
from  1885  to  1900.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  consulting  board  of  the  State 
Insane  Hospital  at  Westboro  since  1894, 
and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Worcester  County  Homeopathic  Dispen- 
sary Association.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Homeopathy ;  of 
the  Massachusetts  Homeopathic  State 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent in  1884;  of  the  Worcester  County 
Homeopathic  Society,  of  which  he  was 
president ;  of  the  American  Antiquarian 
Society,  of  which  he  is  recording  secre- 
tary; Massachusetts  Historical  Society; 
Worcester  Club ;  Tatnuck  Country  Club  ; 
Worcester  Fire  Society;  St.  Wolston  So- 
ciety ;     Bohemian    Club    of    Worcester ; 


Quinsigamond  Boat  Club  of  Worcester; 
University  Club  of  Boston ;  Colonial  So- 
ciety of  Boston  ;  Hughes  Club  of  Boston  ; 
and  the  Odd  Volume  Club  of  Boston, 
founded  in  1887.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
management  of  the  John  Carter  Brown 
Library  at  Brown  University,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Me- 
chanics' Savings  Bank  of  Worcester,  and 
since  1903  he  has  been  president  of  the 
Associated  Charities  of  Worcester.  Dr. 
Nichols  is  interested  in  literary  work,  and 
is  the  author  of  a  "Bibliography  of  Worces- 
ter," published  in  1899;  "Library  of  Ra- 
meses,  the  Great"  (1909),  for  which  work 
Dr.  Nichols  took  the  portraits  himself  in 
Egypt ;  "Life  and  Writings  of  Isaiah 
Thomas"  (1912),  and  an  "Almanac  Re- 
production" (1916)  for  the  American  An- 
tiquity Society  of  Worcester,  Massachu- 
setts. 

Dr.  Nichols  married  (first)  June  14, 
1877,  Caroline  Clinton  Dewey  (see 
Dewey),  who  died  December  23,  1878, 
leaving  a  daughter,  Caroline  Dewey, 
born  December  22,  1878.  She  attended 
Miss  Lewisson's  School  at  Worcester  and 
Miss  Porter's  School  at  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut. She  married  George  Anthony 
Gaskill  (see  Gaskill),  son  of  Judge  Fran- 
cis A.  and  Katherine  Mortimer  (Whit- 
taker)  Gaskill,  of  Worcester,  Massachu- 
setts, and  has  children:  Charles  Francis, 
born  November  15,  1906;  George  An- 
thony, February  9,  1909  ;  Katherine  Mor- 
timer, December  5,  1913;  they  reside  in 
Worcester.  Dr.  Nichols  married  (second) 
November  26,  1884,  Mary  Jarette  Bray- 
ton,  of  Fall  River,  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Summerfield  and  Sarah  (Tink- 
ham)  Brayton,  formerly  of  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts.  She  died  April  2,  1910. 
Children:  1.  Charles  Lemuel,  born  No- 
vember 29,  1886,  graduated  A.  B.  at  Har- 
vard University  in  1910,  and  has  a  fire  in- 
surance office  in  Worcester.     2.  Harriet 


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Brayton,  born  September  6,  1891,  edu- 
cated in  private  schools  at  Worcester  and 
Farmington,  resides  with  her  father.  3. 
Brayton,  born  December  28,  1892,  at- 
tended Pomfret  School  at  Pomfret,  Con- 
necticut, and  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1915  at  Harvard  University,  receiving  the 
degree  of  A.  B. ;  he  then  entered  the 
Worcester  office  of  Jackson  &  Curtis, 
brokers,  and  during  his  service  there  he 
enlisted  in  Battery  A,  of  Boston,  and 
with  them  saw  border  service  on  the 
American  and  Mexican  frontier  at  El 
Paso  during  the  disturbing  period  from 
June  to  November,  1916,  and  upon  his 
return  to  Boston  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service,  and  at  once  took  up  a  course  of 
medical  studies  in  that  city.  During  the 
years  1905-07  Dr.  Nichols  and  his  family 
resided  in  Germany  and  Switzerland. 

(VIII)  Lydia  Anthony  Nichols,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Lemuel  Bliss  and  Lydia  Carter 
(Anthony)  Nichols,  was  born  May  5, 
1857,  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  April  6,  1903.  She  married,  June  19, 
1883,  Reuben  Tyler  Palmer,  born  Decem- 
ber 3,  1857,  died  December  13,  1913,  son 
of  Reuben  T.  and  Lavinia  (Hill)  Palmer, 
who  were  the   parents  of  five   children : 

Ida,  became  the  wife  of  Dr. Allen, 

of  New  London ;  Emma,  unmarried ; 
Reuben  Tyler  and  Tyler  Reuben,  twins, 
and  Lavinia,  became  the  wife  of  Fred- 
erick Mercer,  of  New  London,  and  they 
have  one  child,  Eleanor  Mercer.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Palmer :  1.  Charles  Tyler, 
born  June  17,  1884,  in  Worcester;  at- 
tended private  and  high  schools  at  New 
London,  St.  Paul's  School,  Garden  City ; 
and  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  2. 
Marguerite  Linwood,  born  February  9, 
1886 ;  attended  a  private  school  in  New 
London,  then  a  school  at  Briarcliff-on- 
the-Hudson;  she  married,  June  1,  1909, 
Nelson  McStea  Whitney,  born  February 
4,  1886,  son  of  George  Quintard  and  Sarah 


Elise  (McStea)  Whitney,  of  New  Orleans, 
Louisianna,  and  their  children  are :  Mor- 
gan Linwood,  born  April  5,  1910,  and 
Elise,  born  March  23,  1914.  3.  Harold 
Nichols,  born  September  2J,  1887;  mar- 
ried, May,  1916,  Mary  C.  Elliot,  of  New 
York.  4.  Reuben  Tyler  (3rd),  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1899;  attended  private  and  pub- 
lic schols  of  New  London,  the  Worcester 
Academy,  from  which  he  graduated  with 
honor,  one  of  the  three  speakers  of  his 
class,  1917,  and  then  entered  Brown  Uni- 
versity, class  of  1920. 


CLOYES,  Joseph  C, 

Civil    War    Soldier,    Respected    Citizen. 

John  Cloyes,  the  pioneer  ancestor  of 
the  Cloyes  family,  was  a  mariner ;  his 
name  is  found  upon  the  records  of  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  163 1. 
The  early  settlers  of  the  Cloyes  family 
spelled  their  name  Clayes,  sometimes 
Cloise.  Whether  it  is  written  Clayes  or 
Cloyes,  it  undoubtedly  is  the  same  fam- 
ily. After  his  house  was  burned  in 
Watertown,  he  probably  removed  to 
Charlestown,  where  a  deed  was  given  by 
John  Cloyes  and  wife  Jane  for  a  barn  and 
land  in  Watertown,  May  3,  1656.  July 
25,  1660,  he  sold  his  Charlestown  lands 
and  removed  to  Falmouth,  Maine,  and 
was  killed  by  the  Indians,  in  1676.     He 

married   (first)  Abigail  ,   (second) 

Jane    ,    (third)    widow    of    Julian 

Sparwell,  born  1620;  she  did  not  die  until 
after  1667,  as  her  name  is  in  a  court  rec- 
ord of  that  year.  But  little  seems  to  be 
known  of  the  immigrant  ancestor.  Chil- 
dren of  John  Cloyes:  1.  John,  born  in 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  August  26, 
1638;  settled  in  Wells,  Maine.  2.  Peter, 
born  in  Watertown,  May  27,  1640.  3. 
Nathaniel,  born  in  Watertown,  March 
6,  1642-43 ;  married  Sarah  Mills ;  settled 
in   Wells,    Maine ;   was   in    Charlestown, 


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1698.  4.  Abigail,  married  Jenkin  Wil- 
liams. 5.  Sarah,  married  Peter  Housing. 
6.  Thomas,  married  Susannah  Lewis,  and 
was  in  Saco,  1671 ;  in  Falmouth,  1674;  in 
Wells,  1681  ;  killed  by  the  Indians,  1690. 
;.  Mary,  born  July  1,  1657.  8.  Martha, 
t  orn  in  Charlestown,  October  13,  1659. 

(II)  Peter  Cloyes,  son  of  John  Cloyes, 
born  May  2.7,  1640,  died  July  18,  1708, 
also  settled  in  Maine,  and  was  in  Wells 
as  early  as  1663.  From  there  he  moved 
1 3  Salem  Village,  now  Danvers,  Massa- 
chusetts;  located  permanently  in  Fram- 
ingham,  Massachusetts,  1693,  on  what  is 
now  known  as  the  Barton  place.  He  was 
always  interested  in  public  affairs.  When 
#he  first  town  meeting  of  Framingham 
ivas  held,  in  August,  1700,  Peter  Cloyes 
was  elected  town  treasurer.  The  first 
meeting  house  was  framed  in  1698,  but 
was  not  completed  until  1701.  Peter 
Cloyes  was  one  of  the  number  elected  to 
'•gather  ten  pounds  in  money  by  way  of 
rate"  for  finishing  of  the  meeting  house ; 
to  employ  a  carpenter  and  see  that  the 
money  was  spent  to  the  best  advantage. 
When  the  first  minister,  Rev.  John  Swift, 
was  called  to  the  parish,  Mr.  Cloyes  was 
one  of  the  men  selected  to  extend  the  call 
in  behalf  of  the  rest  of  the  inhabitants. 
Rev.  Mr.  Swift  left  a  record,  dated  Octo- 
ber 8,  1701,  in  which  he  gave  the  names 
of  the  first  eighteen  members  of  the 
church.  Peter  Cloyes's  name  was  in- 
cluded in  the  list. 

Peter   Cloyes   married    (first)    Hannah 

,  who  died  about   1680;    (second) 

Sarah  Towne  Bridges,  born  in  1638, 
daughter  of  William  and  Joanna  Bless- 
ing Towne,  who  came  to  New  England 
from  Yarmouth,  Norfolk  county,  Eng- 
land, about  1639.  She  was  the  widow  of 
Edmund  Bridges,  son  of  Captain  Benja- 
min and  his  wife  Alice.  Sarah  Towne 
Cloyes  was  the  sister  of  Rebecca  Towne 
Nourse.    The  story  of  the  Salem  Witch- 


craft and  that  of  Rebecca  Nourse  are  both 
familiar  tragedies  in  colonial  history. 
Possibly  the  story  of  her  sister  Sarah  is 
less  known.  Rebecca  Towne,  wife  of 
Francis  Nourse,  and  Sarah  Towne  Cloyes 
were  among  the  first  victims  in  Salem  to 
be  accused  of  witchcraft.  They  were  com- 
mitted to  the  Boston  prison,  March  1, 
1692.  At  the  first  trial  of  Mrs.  Nourse, 
who  was  a  member  of  the  Salem  church 
and  seems  to  have  been  a  woman  of  cul- 
ture, the  evidence  was  so  weak  that  she 
was  not  convicted ;  at  a  second  trial  she 
was  also  acquited,  but  at  a  third  trial  she 
was  convicted  and  sentenced  to  be  hung 
as  a  witch,  because  she  had  not  given  the 
magistrate  the  proper  answer  to  his  ques- 
tions. It  was  afterwards  learned  that 
owing  to  deafness  she  had  failed  to  com- 
prehend the  questions.  The  sentence  was 
carried  out  in  spite  of  the  forty  neighbors 
who  gave  their  signatures  to  a  declara- 
tion that  "they  had  known  her  for  many 
years  and  had  observed  her  life  and  con- 
versation to  be  according  to  new  profes- 
sion." She  was  executed  July  19,  1692. 
Sarah  Cloyes  was  also  convicted,  received 
the  death  sentence,  and  was  committed 
to  the  jail  in  Ipswich  to  await  execution. 
Her  husband,  Peter  Cloyes,  was  allowed 
to  visit  her,  and  in  some  unknown  way 
she  managed  to  make  her  escape  and  was 
concealed  by  her  friends  until  she  came 
to  Framingham  in  1693  and  settled  in  the 
part  of  the  town  that  has  since  been 
known  in  Framingham  history  as  Salem 
End.  Sarah  Towne  Cloyes  died  in  1703. 
The  third  wife  of  Peter  Cloyes  was 
Widow  Susana  Beers,  daughter  of  Robert 
Harrington,  of  Watertown,  and  this  mar- 
riage was  also  her  third,  she  having  mar- 
ried (first)  February  9,  1671-72,  John 
Cutting,  of  Watertown,  (second)  Eliezer 
Beers,  of  Watertown,  (third)  Peter 
Cloyes.  There  seems  to  have  been  no 
record  made  of  the  birth  of  the  children 


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of  Peter  Cloyes,  but  his  will  and  deeds 
give  the  following  list:  i.  Hannah,  born 
about  1665 ;  married,  1686,  Daniel  Ellist, 
and  lived  in  Framingham  and  Oxford.  2. 
Sarah,  born  about  1667 ;  married,  in  Salem 
Village,  March  13,  1688,  John  Cunnabel ; 
lived  in  Boston;  died  before  1700;  had 
children :  Deborah,  Hannah,  and  proba- 
bly John,  Elizabeth,  Susanna  and  Rob- 
ert. 3.  Mary,  married  (second)  Joseph 
Trumbull.  4.  James.  5.  Peter.  6.  Abi- 
gail, married Waters,  and  died  be- 

bore  1708,  leaving  daughter  Abigail.  7. 
Hepzibah,  married,  February  3,  1708,  E. 
Ienezer    Harrington.      8.    Alice,    married, 

before  July  15,  1708,  Bridges. 

(Ill)  James  Cloyes,  son  of  Peter 
Cloyes.  As  the  birth  of  the  children  of 
Peter  Cloyes  was  not  recorded,  there  is 
of  course  no  authority  record  of  his  birth  ; 
neither  is  there  any  date  of  his  marriage 
recorded,  and  only  the  Christian  name  of 
his  wife  (Mary)  given  in  the  town  his- 
tory. In  the  Framingham  tax  list  dated 
June  27,  1710,  his  name  appears.  At  this 
time  the  town  was  divided  into  two  con- 
stable wards.  On  the  basis  of  each  mans' 
proportion  to  a  tax  of  £10  to  procure  a 
stock  of  ammunition,  James  Cloyes's  tax 
amounted  to  two  shillings  and  two  pence. 
During  Ralle's  war,  which  lasted  from 
1722  to  1726,  Framingham  furnished  its 
quota,  and  we  find  in  the  list  the  name  of 
James  Cloyes  as  it  appears  on  the  muster 
roll  of  Captain  Isaac  Clark's  company  of 
troopers  out  from  August  21  to  Septem- 
ber 18,  1725.  At  this  period  the  first 
meeting  house  built  in  1701  was  becom- 
ing almost  too  dilapidated  for  use,  and 
when  the  second  meeting  house  was 
under  consideration,  the  town  voted  at 
a  meeting  held  April  19,  1725,  to  raise 
£100  for  that  purpose;  James  Cloyes  was 
one  of  the  committee  chosen  to  agree  with 
a  workman  to  build  the  house.  The  con- 
troversy  over  where  this  house   should 


be  built  extended  over  a  period  of  ten 
years.  One  of  the  sites  selected  did  not 
meet  the  approval  of  one  of  the  leading 
citizens  of  the  town,  so  he  confiscated 
the  timbers  and  built  a  barn  for  himself. 
The  General  Court  was  called  upon  to 
settle  the  dispute,  but  it  was  not  until 
March  25,  1734,  that  an  amicable  settle- 
ment was  made.  The  house  was  built 
the  following  year.  James  Cloyes  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen 
for  five  years,  from  1730  to  1735.  Chil- 
dren of  James  and  Mary  Cloyes:  1. 
Esther,  born  April  27,  1702  ;  married,  June 
17,  1725,  Captain  Daniel  Howe,  of 
Shrewsbury;  she  died  July  27,  1759.  2. 
Keziah,  born  December  8,  1705  ;  married, 
1727,  William  Goddard,  of  Shrewsbury. 
3.  John,  born  September  25,  1707,  died 
1794.  4.  James,  born  June  10,  1710,  died 
January,  1798.  5.  Mary,  born  October 
12,  1712;  married  Deacon  Jonathan 
Morse.  6.  Hannah,  born  April  4,  1717; 
married,  1735,  Josiah  Wilson,  of  Hopkin- 
ton. 

(IV)  James  (2)  Cloyes,  son  of  James 
(1)  and  Mary  Cloyes,  was  born  in  Fram- 
ingham, June  10,  1710;  died  in  January, 
1798.  James,  like  his  father  and  grand- 
father before  him,  was  a  part  of  the 
church  life  in  Framingham.  When  the 
second  minister,  Rev.  Mathew  Bridge, 
accepted  the  call  to  preside  over  the  par- 
ish, James  Cloyes,  Jr.,  was  appointed  one 
of  a  committee  to  take  care  of  the  meet- 
ing house  upon  the  ordination  day,  which 
occurred  February  19,  1746.  He  was  also 
prominent  in  the  secular  affairs  of  the 
town,  having  served  five  years  upon  the 
board  of  selectmen,  and  in  1770  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  overseers  of  the  work 
house  and  the  poor. 

In  1745  James  Cloyes  was  a  member 
of  Ephraim  Baker's  company,  Sir  Wil- 
liam Pepperell's  regiment,  in  the  Louis- 
burg    expedition.      Again,    in    the    last 


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French  and  Indian  war,  we  find  his  name 
enrolled  upon  the  alarm  list  in  Captain 
Jeremiah  Belvernap's  company,  April  26, 
1757.  Less  than  a  month  after  the  tea 
was  thrown  overboard  in  Boston  Har- 
bor, the  selectmen  espousing  the  cause  of 
Boston  called  a  town  meeting  (January 
10,  1774)  to  see  if  the  town  would  come 
into  any  determination  relating  to  the 
matter  whereby  to  contribute  their  mite 
with  other  towns  in  the  province.  James 
Cloyes's  signature  was  attached  to  the 
warrant. 

It  was  a  nephew  of  this  James  Cloyes 
who  was  killed  by  lightning  out  of  a  clear 
sky,  June  3,  1773.  A  local  school  mistress 
has  bequeathed  to  us  a  poem  of  forty- 
eight  verses  which  gives  a  vivid  descrip- 
tion of  scene  and  which  has  become  his- 
toric. "The  Lord  gave  forth  his  thunder- 
ing voice  which  proved  the  death  of  Rice 
and  Cloyes.  Thus  in  the  twinkling  of  an 
eye,  they  passed  into  eternity."  Another 
verse  of  the  poem  is  inscribed  upon  the 
gravestone  of  one  of  the  men :  "My 
trembling  heart  with  grief  o'erflows, 
While  I  record  the  death  of  those,  Who 
died  by  thunder  sent  from  heaven,  In 
seventeen  hundred  and  seventy-seven." 
At  this  date  the  family  must  have  spelled 
their  name  Cloyes,  as  Miss  Lydia  Learned 
spelled  it  thus  in  her  poem. 

He  married  (first)  July  24,  1735,  Lydia 
Eames,  who  died  November  8,  1736; 
(second)  May  28,  1740,  Abigail  Gleason, 
born  November  13,  1717,  daughter  of 
Captain  John  and  Abigail  Learned  Glea- 
son, a  descendant  of  Thomas  Gleason,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  who  settled  in 
Watertown  in  1652.  She  died  in  April, 
1798.  Children  of  James  and  Abigail 
Gleason  Cloyes:  1.  Peter,  born  October 
30,  1736  (son  of  Lydia),  died  young.  2. 
Josiah,  born  September  30,  1741,  died 
May  13,  1858.  3.  James,  born  February 
13,   1742-43,  died   December  9,   1809.     4. 


Elijah,  born  September  5,  1744;  died  at 
White  Plains,  1776.  5.  Lydia,  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1746;  married  Simon  Tozer.  6. 
Abigail,  born  August  7,  1752;  married 
John  Mayhew.     7.  Peter,  born  March  28, 

1754- 

(V)  James  (3)  Cloyes,  son  of  James 
(2)  and  Abigail  Gleason  Cloyes,  born 
February  3,  1742-43,  died  December  9, 
1809.  This  James,  like  all  his  ancestors, 
was  loyal  not  only  to  his  native  town,  but 
also  to  his  country,  and  was  ever  ready 
when  the  call  came  for  military  service. 
November  8,  1774,  the  town  voted  to  ac- 
cept the  resolve  of  the  Provincial  Con- 
gress, passed  October  26,  1774,  which 
provided  for  the  enlistment  and  equip- 
ment of  companies  which  should  hold 
themselves  in  readiness  to  march  at  a 
minute's  notice.  Two  companies  of 
minute-men  were  formed  in  Framingham, 
Massachusetts,  at  this  time,  and  James 
Cloyes  was  one  of  the  first  to  enlist.  The 
company  was  duly  organized  December 
2,  1774.  On  that  memorable  call,  April 
19,  1775,  the  Framingham  men  followed 
the  British  as  far  as  Cambridge  and  spent 
the  night  there.  On  the  muster  roll  of  a 
minute  company  belonging  to  Framing- 
ham, under  the  command  of  Captain 
Simon  Edgell,  who  marched  on  the  alarm 
on  the  19th  of  April,  1775,  to  Concord 
and  Cambridge,  we  find  the  name  of 
James  Cloyes,  Jr.,  and  in  1777  he  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  of  correspond- 
ence. At  a  town  meeting  held  May  22, 
1780,  he  was  one  of  a  committee  of  fif- 
teen to  examine  the  new  Constitution,  or 
"Frame  of  Government."  In  1807,  when 
the  American  frigate,  "Chesapeake,"  was 
attacked  by  the  British  frigate,  "Leop- 
ard," because  the  commander,  Commo- 
dore Barron,  of  the  American  ship,  would 
not  allow  the  British  commander  to  search 
the  "Chesapeake"  for  deserters,  detach- 
ments from  the  militia  companies  were 


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called  at  short  notice;  and,  as  in  the  Rev- 
olution, enrolled  as  minute-men.  Ser- 
geant James  Cloyes  and  seven  men  were 
detached  from  Captain  Benjamin  Wheel- 
er's company.  Like  all  his  forebears,  he 
was  also  interested  in  the  affairs  of  the 
town  ;  and  served  four  years  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  selectmen,  in  1772-73, 
and  again  in  1780-81.  He  married  Me- 
hitable  Gates,  daughter  of  Oldham  and 
Mehitable  Trowbridge  Gates,  of  Fram- 
ingham.  They  removed  to  Spencer, 
where  she  was  born  June  3,  1746,  died 
November  2,  1822.  She  traced  her  an- 
cestry back  to  Stephen  Gates,  the  immi- 
grant, who  came  to  Hingham  in  1638. 
Children  of  James  and  Mehitable  (Gates) 
Cloyes:  r.  Ruth,  born  December  24, 
1767;  married,  December,  1790,  died 
young.  2.  James,  born  July  31,  1773,  died 
September  18,  1777.  3-4.  Ezra  and  Mica- 
jah,  twins,  born  December  23,  1776;  Ezra 
married  Lydia  Hill,  of  Buffalo,  New  York, 
died  1840;  Micajah  married,  January  26, 
1800,  Dolly  Morse ;  settled  at  Eaton, 
Madison  county,  New  York,  where  he 
died,  August,  1852.  She  died  at  Morris- 
ville,  Madison  county,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1863.  5.  James,  born  July  30, 
1781.  6.  Elijah,  born  December  15.  1783; 
married  Asenath  Morse,  died  February 
25,  1863.    7.  Jonas,  born  April  14,  1788. 

(VI)  Jonas  Cloyes,  son  of  James  (3) 
and  Mehitable  (Gates)  Cloyes,  was  born 
in  Framingham,  April  14,  1788,  died  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1856,  and  is  buried  in  Edgell 
Grove  cemetery.  He  was  a  granite  work- 
er, and  many  of  the  old  mill  stones  used 
in  the  water  power  mills  were  made  by 
the  Cloyes  family.  One  of  the  natural  as 
well  as  curious  objects  of  the  town  was 
the  old  House  Rock.  It  was  composed  of 
two  granite  slabs  thirty  feet  in  length, 
which  in  the  subsidence  after  an  up- 
heaval, met  on  the  upper  edge  at  an  angle 
which  formed   a  peaked  roof,  the   edges 

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resting  on  the  ground.  The  walls  were 
blackened  with  smoke,  as  it  was  probably 
often  used  as  a  temporary  lodging  place 
for  strolling  Indians.  The  slabs  were 
flawless,  and  finally  furnished  the  ma- 
terial for  mill  stones  which  were  hewn 
into  shape  by  Jonas  Cloyes  about  1822  or 
a  little  later.  Mr.  Cloyes  was  also  a  land 
surveyor ;  and  when  the  town  in  1850 
granted  the  sum  of  $75  to  pay  for  a  new 
survey  of  the  town  and  procuring  a  map 
of  same,  Colonel  Jonas  Cloyes  and  War- 
ren Nixon  were  employed  to  make  the 
surveys.  The  map  is  said  to  be  both 
accurate  and  complete.  Mr.  Cloyes  was 
also  interested  in  the  uplift  of  the  town, 
and  realized  the  advantages  to  be  derived 
from  good  and  accessible  literature.  The 
first  library  of  the  town  had  its  beginning 
about  1785.  The  book  fund  was  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sale  of  the  last  of  the  com- 
mon lands.  But  little  is  known  of  its  his- 
tory. It  was  reorganized  in  1815  under 
the  name  of  the  Social  Library,  by  several 
of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  town ; 
among  them  was  Jonas  Cloyes.  This 
library  was  in  existence  for  several  years, 
and  might  well  be  called  the  progenitor 
of  the  present  beautiful  public  library  of 
stone,  which  was  built  as  a  memorial  to 
the  soldiers  who  gave  their  lives  in  the 
Civil  War.  Efficiency  seems  to  have  been 
the  slogan  of  the  Cloyes  family,  and  it 
was  surely  recognized  by  the  Framing- 
ham  citizens,  as  each  generation  served 
the  term  as  one  of  its  selectmen ;  Jonas 
Cloyes  served  in  that  capacity  from  1818 
to  1821.  He  was  also,  like  his  ancestors, 
ready  and  willing  to  serve  his  country. 
Was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  of 
the  Fourth  Regiment,  First  Brigade, 
Third  Division,  Massachusetts  Militia, 
June  29,  1816.  The  old  brick  house  on 
the  Worcester  turnpike  was  built  by  him. 
He  married,  June  28,  1822,  Susan  Morse, 
who  died  April   18,   1870.     She  was  the 


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daughter  of  Asa  and  Susannah  Eames 
Morse,  and  traced  her  ancestry  back  to 
Joseph  Morse  and  his  wife  Dolly,  who 
came  from  Ipswich,  England,  to  America, 
and  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
about  1636.  Children  of  Jonas  and  Susan 
(Morse)  Cloyes :  1.  Addison  D.,  born  Oc- 
tober 8,  1823,  died  in  Southboro,  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  Frederick,  born  1825,  went 
to  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  3.  Franklin, 
born  April  6,  1827,  died  February  6,  1854, 
in  Framingham.  4.  James  G.,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1829;  went  to  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan.  5.  Charles,  born  March  5, 
1831 ;  went  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  died 
in  Washington,  D.  C.  6.  George,  born 
December  28,  1832;  went  to  Albany,  New 
York,  and  is  now  living  in  Somerville, 
Massachusetts.  7.  Henry  C,  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1834;  died  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan.  8.  Joseph  C,  born  November 
12,  1835. 

(VII)  Joseph  C.  Cloyes,  son  of  Jonas 
and  Susan  (Morse)  Cloyes,  was  born  No- 
vember 12,  1835,  in  Framingham,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  died  very  suddenly,  on  Au- 
gust 7,  191 7,  seated  in  his  chair,  on  his 
porch.  There  was  no  premonition,  and 
his  devoted  wife,  on  returning  to  his  side 
after  a  moment's  absence,  found  that  he 
had  passed  away. 

His  education  was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  town.  When  he 
grew  to  manhood  he  became  engaged 
in  the  same  business  that  his  father  had 
followed,  that  of  a  granite  worker.  He 
opened  up  the  granite  quarries,  which 
were  operated  by  him  for  many  years. 
Many  hands  were  employed  in  preparing 
the  stone  for  building  purposes,  street 
curbing  and  for  various  other  uses.  For 
several  years  he  was  engaged  with  David 
Fiske  in  the  general  mercantile  business 
at  Framingham  Center,  which  was  con- 
ducted under  the  name  of  Fiske  &  Cloyes, 
and  later  under  the  firm  name  of  Cloyes 


&  Bean.  After  Mr.  Cloyes  sold  out  his 
interests  and  gave  his  entire  attention  to 
his  granite  works.  He  continued  in  the 
business  until  failing  eyesight  compelled 
him  to  turn  the  business  over  to  his  fore- 
man. In  1900  he  became  totally  blind, 
and  for  seventeen  years  had  seen  the 
world  only  through  the  eyes  of  a  devoted 
wife,  who  always  took  good  care  that 
the  lenses  were  rose  colored.  She 
brought  so  much  sunshine  into  his  life 
that  from  his  appearance  one  would 
never  notice  his  great  affliction,  as  he 
simply  radiated  cheerfulness  and  content- 
ment. Mr.  Cloyes  was  one  of  those  cul- 
tured, courteous  gentlemen  of  the  old 
school,  with  the  winning  personality 
which  makes  and  holds  many  friends.  . 

Although  of  a  quiet  retiring  nature  and 
fond  of  the  home  life,  he  was  always 
interested  in  town  affairs,  and  served  his 
native  town  in  the  same  capacity  as  each 
of  his  ancestral  line  had  served,  since 
Peter  Cloyes  was  elected  as  one  of  the 
selectmen  at  Framingham's  first  town 
meeting  in  1700.  His  term  of  office  was 
from  1874  to  1881.  And,  like  all  his  fore- 
bears, he  faithfully  served  his  country. 
When  Lincoln  sent  out  his  call  for  volun- 
teers in  the  great  crisis  of  1861,  Joseph  C. 
Cloyes  enlisted  for  nine  months'  service. 
He  was  enrolled  in  Company  F,  Forty- 
fifth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Infantry,  under  command  of  Captain  Da- 
land  and  Colonel  Charles  R.  Codman,  and 
saw  active  service  in  several  battles.  Mr. 
Cloyes  served  the  full  term  of  enlistment. 
He  was  a  member  of  General  J.  G.  Foster 
Post,  No.  163,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, of  Framingham,  in  which  he  had 
held  minor  offices.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  Middlesex  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  one  of  the  old- 
est Masons  in  Middlesex  county,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  fraternity  for  over 
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proud  of  its  history.  Its  charter  bears  the 
signature  of  Paul  Revere,  who  was  grand 
master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachu- 
setts at  the  time  of  its  organization  in 
1795  ;  and  had  for  its  first  worshipful  mas- 
ter the  gallant  Captain  Jonathan  May- 
nard,  of  Revolutionary  fame.  Mr.  Cloyes 
had  always  been  intensely  interested  in 
the  history  of  his  town ;  and  a  few  years 
ago  was  made  a  life  guest  of  Framing- 
ham  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution.  Mr.  Cloyes  was  the  last 
of  his  line  in  the  town  of  Framingham. 
He  married,  December  5,  1866,  Belinda 
A.  Nichols.     They  had  no  children. 

(The   Nichols   Line). 

Joseph  Nichols's  family  was  in  Fram- 
ingham previous  to  1730.  He  was  a  tav- 
ern keeper  in  1752.  He  was  active  in 
military  affairs,  and  served  in  the  com- 
pany of  militia  under  command  of  Cap- 
tain Henry  Eames,  April  26,  1757,  in  the 
last  French  and  Indian  war.  His  name 
again  appears  in  1758,  in  Captain  Tap- 
lin's  company,  out  from  March  3  to  De- 
cember 5.  He  married  Martha  How, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  Mixter 
How,  of  Sudbury,  and  granddaughter  of 
the  Samuel  How  who  gave  the  new  grant 
of  land  to  his  son  John,  upon  which  he 
built  the  Red  House  Tavern,  made  famous 
by  the  poet  Longfellow  in  his  "Tales  of 
the  Wayside  Inn."  Children  of  Joseph 
and  Martha  (How)  Nichols:  John,  born 
April  7,  1 73 1 ;  Joseph,  born  October  8, 
1738;  Alpheus,  born  November  5,  1742; 
Martha,  born  October  31,  1746,  married 
Nathan  Goddard ;  Mitty,  born  1752,  died 
in  Utica,  New  York. 

Joseph  Nichols,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mar- 
tha (How)  Nichols,  was  born  October  8, 
1738;  went  to  Fitzwilliam,  New  Hamp- 
shire, about  1781,  and  probably  died  there. 
He  was  considered  one  of  the  prominent 
men  of  Framingham,  serving  on  many  of 


the  special  committees  previous  to  the 
American  Revolution.  In  1771  he  served 
the  town  as  one  of  the  wardens,  and  as 
selectman  in  1778.  He  was  also  much 
interested  in  the  betterment  of  the  schools 
of  Framingham.  At  the  age  of  thirty- 
seven  he  was  mentioned  as  the  youngest 
of  the  political  leaders,  and  was  active  in 
everything  pertaining  to  the  war  of  the 
Revolution.  He  was  ready  to  serve  his 
country  when  the  first  call  came,  and  was 
one  of  the  minute-men  in  Captain  Simon 
Edgell's  company,  which  marched  on  the 
alarm  on  the  19th  of  April,  1775.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  men  who  enlisted  as  ser- 
geant for  eight  months'  service  in  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Durry's  company,  Colonel 
John  Nixon's  regiment ;  company  return 
dated  September  30,  1775.  He  must  have 
continued  in  service,  as  there  was  an  order 
for  bounty  coat  or  its  equivalent  in 
money,  dated  Camp  Winterhill,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1775.  He  married  Sarah  Hemen- 
way,  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Sarah 
(Haven)  Hemenway,  and  a  direct  de- 
scendant of  Ralph  Hemenway,  the  pio- 
neer. Children  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
Nichols:  Mary,  born  October  16,  1762, 
married,  July,  1784,  Nathan  Newton;  Jo- 
seph, born  March  17,  1764;  Benjamin 
Goddard,  born  August  18,  1765;  How, 
born  May  27,  1767;  John,  born  July  17, 
1769;  Mitty,  born  January  21,  1771 ;  Dan- 
iel, born  December  15,  1772;  Sarah,  born 
January  1,  1775;  Laban  Wheaton,  born 
March  30,  1777;  Nabby,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 17,  1779;  Alph,  born  December  11, 
1780;  Patty,  born  December  12,  1782. 

John  Nichols,  son  of  Sergeant  Joseph 
and  Sarah  (Hemenway)  Nichols,  was 
born  July  17,  1769.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
settled  in  Southboro,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  built  a  saw  and  grist  mill.  He 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  and  died 
in  Southboro.  The  mill  property,  which 
was  formerly  owned  by  his  grandson,  D. 


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Clinton  Nichols,  is  now  included  in  the 
Metropolitan  water  system  of  Boston. 
The  marriage  intentions  of  John  Nichols 
and  Hannah  Nixon  were  published  in 
Southboro,  April  n,  1790.  Hannah 
Nixon,  born  September  21,  1772,  was  the 
daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  and  Bethiah 
(Stearns)  Nixon.  Colonel  Thomas, 
brother  of  General  John  Nixon,  died  on 
a  voyage  from  Boston  to  Portsmouth, 
August  12,  1800.  Like  his  brother,  he 
was  imbued  with  the  military  spirit.  He 
enlisted  in  Captain  Nervel's  company, 
and  was  at  Crown  Point,  March,  1755,  to 
January,  1756;  lieutenant  in  same  com- 
pany in  General  Amherst's  campaign, 
1759.  He  was  elected  captain  in  the  sec- 
ond company  of  minute-men  of  Framing- 
ham,  1774,  resigned,  and  served  as  lieu- 
tenant in  his  brother's  Sudbury  company, 
April  19,  1775;  lieutenant-colonel  in 
brother's  brigade.  In  1780  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  Sixth  Massachusetts  Regi- 
ment. Obtained  a  furlough  from  Gen- 
eral Gates,  December  20,  1780.  He  re- 
tained his  commission  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  when  he  received  an  honorable 
discharge.  Children  of  John  and  Han- 
nah (Nixon)  Nichols:  Betsey,  born  July 
30,  1791  ;  Richard,  born  May  20,  1792; 
Laura,  born  January  15,  1794;  Betsey 
(2nd),  born  October  4,  1795;  Horace, 
born  February  1,  1798;  Oren,  born  May 
25,  1801 ;  Hiram,  born  April  1,  1803;  Har- 
riet, born  November  9,  1804,  Tryphena, 
born  December  18,  1805;  Sophia,  born 
April  16,  1807,  Otis,  born  December  29, 
1810.  Hannah  Nixon  Nichols  died  in 
1810,  and  John  married  (second)  Mrs. 
Polly  Nichols,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Le- 
land,  of  Sherborn. 

Oren  Nichols,  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
Nixon  Nichols,  was  born  in  Southboro, 
Massachusetts,  May  25,  1801,  and  died 
there  in  1876.  He  was  by  trade  a  cabinet 
maker,  and  while  a  young  man  went  to 
Lowell,  Massachusetts,  where  he  followed 


his  trade,  and  later  engaged  in  business. 
After  spending  several  years  in  Lowell, 
he  returned  to  Southboro  and  continued 
the  saw  and  grist  mill  business  which 
was  established  by  his  father  and  known 
as  the  Nichols  Mills ;  he  also  managed  the 
farm.  Mr.  Nichols  was  a  well  known  and 
respected  citizen,  a  man  of  temperate  and 
quiet  habits  and  very  devoted  to  his  home. 
He  married  Mary  A.  Woodbury,  of  Pel- 
ham,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of  John 
and  Hannah  (Gibson)  Woodbury.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  and  very  devoted  to  both  the 
home  and  church  life.  Children  of  Oren 
and  Mary  A.  (Woodbury)  Nichols  were: 
Georgiana,  who  died  young;  George  W., 
was  a  Civil  War  soldier,  and  died  during 
the  war ;  D.  Clinton,  resides  in  South- 
boro;  Belinda  A.,  born  October  27,  1838. 
Belinda  A.  Nichols,  born  in  Lowell,  Mas- 
sachusetts, daughter  of  Oren  and  Mary  A. 
(Woodbury)  Nichols,  married  Joseph  C. 
Cloyes,  December  5,  1866.  They  cele- 
brated their  silver  wedding  anniversary 
in  1891,  and  in  1916  they  kept  open  house 
at  their  home  on  Salem  End  road,  in  com- 
memoration of  the  golden  anniversary  of 
their  marriage.  Mrs.  Cloyes  is  a  woman 
of  culture  and  refinement ;  and  since  her 
husband  was  stricken  with  blindness, 
was  his  constant  and  devoted  com- 
panion, and  has  endeared  herself  to  all  by 
her  noble  Christian  qualities.  Previous 
to  her  husband's  misfortune  she  was  a 
member  of  the  Framingham  Woman's 
Club,  and  Orient  Chapter,  O.  E.  S.,  of 
which  Mr.  Cloyes  was  also  formerly  a 
member.  She  is  a  charter  member  of 
Framingham  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  being  eligible  to 
membership  in  the  organization  through 
the  military  record  of  her  great-grand- 
father, Joseph  Nichols,  and  obtaining 
membership  through  the  service  of  the 
brave  and  efficient  officer,  Colonel 
Thomas  Nixon. 


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ANTHONY,  Harold  H., 

Business    Man. 

Conspicuous  in  public  affairs  in  the 
colonial  period,  the  Anthonys  have  since 
sustained  the  family  name  and  reputation 
in  the  annals  of  American  history.  They, 
too,  have  given  to  science  and  other  fields 
in  educational  lines  men  of  distinction, 
and  as  well  to  the  business  life  of  the 
country  some  of  its  leading  and  most  suc- 
cessful business  spirits. 

(I)  William  Anthony,  the  first  known 
of  the  family,  was  born  in  Cologne,  Ger- 
many, in  1495.  He  came  to  London,  Eng- 
land, as  chief  engraver  of  the  mint  and 
seals  to  King  Edward  VI.,  and  also  served 
in  that  same  capacity  to  Queen  Mary  and 
Queen  Elizabeth.  He  was  the  father  of 
three  sons,  namely :  Thomas,  Derick  and 
Francis. 

(II)  Francis  Anthony,  youngest  son  of 
William  Anthony,  married  Judith  Roby, 
daughter  of  William  Roby,  of  London.  He, 
like  his  father,  was  an  eminent  goldsmith 
in  the  city  of  London,  and  had  employ- 
ment of  considerable  value  in  the  jewel 
office  under  Queen  Elizabeth.  He  was 
the  father  of  one  son,  Francis,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Dr.  Francis  (2)  Anthony,  son  of 
Francis  (1)  and  Judith  (Roby)  Anthony, 
was  born  in  London,  April  16,  1551 .  The 
"Biographa  Britannica"  says  he  was  a  very 
learned  physician  and  chemist.  Having 
been  thoroughly  trained  in  the  first  rudi- 
ments of  learning  at  home,  he  was  about 
the  year  1569  sent  to  the  University  at 
Cambridge,  where  he  studied  with  great 
diligence  and  success,  and  some  time  in 
the  year  1574  took  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts.  It  appears  from  his  own  writ- 
ings that  he  applied  himself  for  the  many 
years  that  he  studied  in  the  university, 
to  the  theory  and  practice  of  chemistry. 
He  left  Cambridge  at  the  age  of  forty 


years,  and  began  soon  after  to  publish  to 
the  world  the  effects  of  his  chemical  stud- 
ies, and  in  the  year  1598  sent  abroad  his 
first  treatise  concerning  the  excellency  of 
a  medicine  drawn  from  gold.  He  com- 
menced medical  practice  in  London  with- 
out a  license  from  the  College  of  Physi- 
cians, and  after  six  months  was  called  be- 
fore the  president  and  censors  of  the  col- 
lege, A.  D.  1600.  He  was  interdicted 
from  practice  and  for  disregarding  this  in- 
junction was  fined  five  pounds  and  com- 
mitted to  prison,  whence  he  was  released 
by  a  warrant  of  the  Lord  Chief  Justice. 
He  continued  to  practice  in  defiance  of 
tfle  college,  and  performed  numerous 
cures  on  distinguished  persons,  and  fur- 
ther proceedings  were  threatened,  but  not 
carried  out,  probably  because  he  had 
powerful  friends  at  court.  His  practice 
consisted  chiefly,  if  not  entirely,  in  the 
prescription  and  sale  of  a  secret  remedy 
called  Auntm  Potabile,  or  potable  gold. 
He  was  obnoxious  to  the  college  not  only 
because  he  practiced  without  a  license, 
but  because  he  kept  the  composition  of 
his  remedy  a  secret,  and  put  it  forward 
as  a  panacea  for  all  diseases.  The  career 
of  Dr.  Anthony  and  his  conflict  with  the 
College  of  Physicians  illustrates  the  con- 
dition of  the  medical  profession  in  the 
seventeenth  century.  From  the  sale  of 
his  remedy  he  derived  a  considerable  for- 
tune. Dr.  Anthony  was  a  man  of  high 
character  and  very  liberal  to  the  poor. 
He  died  in  his  seventy-fourth  year,  and 
was  buried  in  the  Church  of  St.  Bartholo- 
mew the  Great,  where  a  handsome  monu- 
ment is  erected  to  his  memory.  Dr.  An- 
thony was  twice  married ;  by  his  first 
wife,  Susan  Howe,  were  born  three  chil- 
dren, two  sons  and  one  daughter,  namely : 
John,  Charles  and  Frances.  John  and 
Charles  became  physicians,  and  Frances 
married  Abraham  Vicars,  of  St.  Olave, 
Old  Jewry,   London,   in   1608.     Dr.   An- 


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thony  married  (second)  September  23, 
1609,  Elizabeth  Lante,  of  Trinity,  Me- 
naries,  London,  widow  of  Thomas  Lante. 

(IV)  John  Anthony,  son  of  Dr.  Francis 
(2)  and  Susan  (Howe)  Anthony,  was 
born  in  1585,  and  died  in  1655.  He  was 
graduated  at  Pembroke  College,  M.  B., 
in  1613;  M.  D.,  in  1619;  was  admitted 
licentiate  of  the  College  of  Physicians  of 
London  in  1625 ;  served  in  the  civil  war 
on  the  Parliamentary  side  as  surgeon  to 
Colonel  Sandays ;  was  author  of  a  devo- 
tional work,  "The  Comfort  of  the  Soul," 
laid  down  by  way  of  meditation,  in  1654. 

(V)  John  (2)  Anthony  (or  Anthonie, 
as  he  wrote  it),  son  of  Dr.  John  (1)  An- 
thony, and  the  first  American  ancestor, 
was  born  in  1607.  He  was  a  resident  of 
the  village  of  Hampstead,  near  London, 
England,  and  came  to  New  England  in 
the  barque  "Hercules,"  April  16,  1634. 
He  is  of  record  in  1640  at  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island,  and  was  made  a  freeman 
there  the  14th  of  the  7th  month,  1640. 
He  became  a  corporal  in  a  military  com- 
pany, and  had  land  assigned  to  him  at 
the  "Wadding  River"  in  1644.  He  had 
authority  granted  him  May  25,  1655,  to 
keep  a  house  of  entertainment  in  Ports- 
mouth. He  was  commissioner  in  1661, 
and  deputy  from  1666  to  1672.  He  mar- 
ried Susanna  Potter,  and'  both  he  and  his 
wife  died  in  1675.  Their  children  were: 
John,  born  in  1642;  Susanna,  born  in 
1644;  Elizabeth,  born  in  1646;  Joseph, 
born  in  1648;  and  Abraham,  born  in  1650. 

(VI)  Abraham  Anthony,  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Susanna  (Potter)  Anthony,  was 
born  in  1650,  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  and  married,  December  26,  1671, 
Alice  Wodell,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  Wodell,  of  Portsmouth.  He  was 
made  a  freeman  in  1672.  He  was  deputy 
much  of  the  time  from  1703  to  171 1,  and 
in  1709-10  was  speaker  of  the  House  of 
Deputies.    He  died  October  10,  1727,  and 


his  widow  passed  away  in  1734.  Their 
children  were:  John,  born  in  1672;  Sus- 
anna and  Mary,  twins,  born  in  1674;  Wil- 
liam, born  in  1675;  Susanna  (2),  born  in 
1677;  Mary  (2),  born  in  1680;  Abraham, 
born  in  1682  ;  Thomas,  born  in  1684;  Alice 
and  James,  twins,  born  in  1686;  Amy, 
born  in  1688;  Isaac,  born  in  1690;  and 
Jacob,  born  in  1693. 

(VII)  William  (2)  Anthony,  son  of 
Abraham  and  Alice  (Wodell)  Anthony, 
was  born  October  31,  1675,  and  married, 
March  14,  1694,  Mary  Coggeshall,  who 
was  born  September  18,  1675,  daughter 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Timberlake) 
Coggeshall,  granddaughter  of  Major  John 
Coggeshall,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
John  Coggeshall,  who  was  the  first  pres- 
ident of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island.  Wil- 
liam Anthony  was  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  and  of  Swansea,  Massachusetts. 
He  died  December  28,  1744,  his  wife  pass- 
ing away  in  1739.  Their  children  were: 
William,  born  in  1695,  died  in  infancy; 
Abraham,  born  1696;  Elizabeth,  born  in 
1698;  Mary,  born  in  1699,  died  in  infancy ; 
John,  born  in  1700,  died  in  infancy;  Alice, 
born  in  1705;  Anne,  born  in  1707;  John 
and  Amey,  twins,  born  in  1708;  William, 
born  in  1709;  James,  born  in  1712;  Job, 
born  in  1714;  Benjamin,  born  in  1716; 
and  Daniel,  born  in  1720. 

(VIII)  John  (3)  Anthony,  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  (Coggeshall)  Anthony, 
was  born  November  16,  1708,  and  mar- 
ried, December  16,  1733,  Lydia  Luther, 
who  was  born  September  19,  1714,  daugh- 
ter of  Hezekiah  and  Martha  Luther,  of 
Swansea.  Their  children  were  :  William, 
born  in  1734;  Job,  born  in  1736;  Avis, 
born  in  1739;  Edward,  born  in  1741  ; 
Israel,  born  in  1743;  Sarah,  born  in  1747; 
Elizabeth,  born  in  1748;  Lydia,  born  in 
1750;  John,  born  in  1752;  Gardner,  born 
in  1754;  and  Jonathan,  born  in  1757. 

(IX)  John   (4)  Anthonv.  son  of  John 


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(3)  and  Lydia  (Luther)  Anthony,  was 
born  July  1,  1752,  and  died  July  11,  1793. 
He  married  Sarah  Baker,  who  was  born 
September  18,  1748,  and  their  children 
were:  Lydia,  born  September  19,  1772; 
Israel,  born  February  20,  1775,  who  died 
in  infancy  ;  Israel  (2),  born  April  28,  1777 ; 
Elizabeth,  born  November  13,  1779,  who 
died  in  infancy ;  Edward,  born  February 
26,  1781 ;  Moses,  born  April  12,  1782; 
Sarah,  born  May  3,  1784;  and  Elizabeth 
(2),  born  January  28,  1796. 

(X)  Edward  Anthony,  son  of  John  (4) 
and  Sarah  (Baker)  Anthony,  was  born 
February  26,  1781,  and  died  December  5, 
1869.  He  married  Persis  Butterworth, 
who  was  born  September  3,  1786,  and 
died  May  9,  1857.  Their  children  were: 
John,  born  October  23,  1807,  mentioned 
below ;  and  Moses,  born  December  22, 
1809,  who  married  Elizabeth  Welsh,  and 
they  had  three  children. 

(XI)  Rev.  John  (5)  Anthony,  son  of 
Edward  and  Persis  (Butterworth)  An- 
thony, was  born  October  23,  1807.  He 
was  a  minister  of  the  Gospel.  He  mar- 
ried, October  18,  1829,  Maria  Bloomfield 
Davis,  who  was  born  August  24,  1805, 
daughter  of  David  and  Sarah  (Simmons) 
Davis,  of  Somerset,  Massachusetts.  To 
Rev.  John  and  Maria  B.  (Davis)  Anthony 
were  born  the  following  children :  John 
Nelson,  born  October  18,  1831,  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1832;  John  Nelson  (2),  born 
October  11,  1832,  died  August  9,  1861 ; 
Edward  Francis,  born  December  30, 
1835,  married  Mary  B.  Kimball ;  David 
Mason,  born  September  24,  1835,  men- 
tioned below ;  Charles  Wesley,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1838,  died  March  3,  1898; 
George  Moses,  born  July  21,  1839;  Mary 
Elizabeth,  born  May  7,  1840,  died  Au- 
gust 31,  1841 ;  and  Enoch  Bower,  born 
March  24,  1843,  died  January  25,  1899. 

(XII)  David  Mason  Anthony,  son  of 
Rev.  John  (5)  and  Maria  B.  (Davis)  An- 


thony, was  born  September  24,  1835,  on 
Pearl  street,  Fall  River,  Massachusetts, 
and  at  the  age  of  four  years,  with  his  par- 
ents, removed  to  Somerset,  Massachu- 
setts, which  was  his  mother's  native  town. 
Under  the  private  tutelage  of  his  father 
and  in  the  district  schools  he  acquired  his 
early  educational  training,  which  was 
rather  meagre  with  the  majority  of  the 
boys  of  that  day.  At  the  age  of  eight 
years  he  returned  to  Fall  River,  and 
worked  in  the  Robeson  Print  Works  as 
tier  boy,  working  from  five  o'clock  in  the 
morning  until  seven-thirty  at  night,  for 
which  services  he  received  five  dollars 
per  month.  After  working  there  for  two 
years  he  returned  to  Somerset,  where  he 
spent  about  one  year,  again  returning  to 
Fall  River,  in  which  city  he  resided  on 
Hartwell  street  until  twelve  years  of  age, 
when  he  removed  to  No.  368  North  Main 
street,  which  location  was  thereafter  his 
home,  and  where  all  his  children  were 
born,  and  upon  which  land  he  later  built 
his  handsome  brick  residence,  in  which  he 
passed  away  November  6,  191 5. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  went 
to  work  for  a  Mr.  Sweet  on  a  milk  farm, 
working  thirteen  hours  per  day,  at  the 
remunerative  salary  of  seven  dollars  per 
month.  During  the  two  years  spent  on 
this  farm  he  acquired  a  practical  training 
in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  he  conducted  his  grand- 
father's farm  on  shares  for  one  season. 
He  then  became  apprenticed  to  the  ma- 
son's trade,  at  which  he  served  four  years. 
In  1856  he  shipped  "before  the  mast"  on 
a  voyage  to  Cuba,  the  vessel  going  from 
there  to  Mobile  and  from  there  to  New 
York,  where  he  disembarked.  This  ended 
his  seagoing  career.  In  1857  he  bought 
out  a  meat  market  in  City  Hall,  Fall 
River,  which  was  his  beginning  in  that 
line  of  business,  in  which  he  ever  after 
continued  and  in  which  he  met  with  such 


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marked  success.  In  1869  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  brother,  Charles  W. 
Anthony,  and  Gustavus  F.  Swift,  which 
was  incorporated  as  Swift  &  Company  in 
April,  1889,  and  which  has  developed  into 
the  highly  successful  and  world-renowned 
meat  packing  and  provision  corporation 
of  to-day.  In  1871,  Mr.  Anthony  erected 
a  large  and  commodious  packing  house 
on  Davol  street,  Fall  River,  where  he  suc- 
cessfully conducted  business  for  many 
years  under  the  firm  name  of  D.  M.  An- 
thony, this  firm  being  widely  known 
throughout  Southern  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island.  Mr.  Anthony  was  of  ma- 
terial assistance  to  the  Swifts  in  the  early 
days  of  their  business,  which  has  since 
grown  to  such  wonderful  proportions,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  and  for  many 
years  prior  was  a  director  of  Swift  & 
Company,  the  Chicago  corporation,  be- 
sides holding  the  same  office  in  several  of 
the  less  prominent  of  the  Swift  concerns. 
He  was  also  widely  known  in  Boston 
financial  circles,  as  a  result  of  his  exten- 
sive business  connections,  and  was  for  a 
number  of  years  a  director  of  the  Federal 
Trust  Company  of  that  city.  Fie  was  also 
at  various  times  connected  with  other 
financial  and  business  interests,  in  connec- 
tion with  which  his  advice  and  counsel 
proved  valuable. 

On  June  3,  1863,  Mr.  Anthony  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Ruth  Ann  Horton, 
who  was  born  May  15,  1839,  daughter  of 
Mason  and  Sarah  Ann  (Baker)  Horton, 
and  to  this  union  were  born  three  chil- 
dren, namely :  1.  Ella  Martin,  born  Janu- 
ary 19,  1867  ;  married,  October  25,  1890, 
Frank  Horton.  2.  David  Mason,  Jr.,  born 
June  6,  1869.  3.  Harold  Horton,  born  No- 
vember 28,  1876.  The  mother  of  these 
children  passed  away  April  18,  1879,  and 
Mr.  Anthony  married  (second)  in  Janu- 
ary, 1882,  Abbie  Carll  Webb,  of  Maine, 
who  passed  away  May  30,  1898. 

Mr.    Anthony    was    absolutely    simple, 


modest,  courteous,  and  without  pretense. 
He  was  content  to  do  his  share  in  accom- 
plishing results,  and  leave  to  others  what- 
ever of  fame  or  glory  might  result  from 
having  accomplished  them.  ''To  be,  and 
not  be  seen,  was  this  man's  wisdom."  He 
was  a  man  of  great  energy,  splendid  ex- 
ecutive ability,  indomitable  perseverance, 
great  business  foresight,  and  had  the  rare 
faculty  of  "bringing  things  to  pass"  on  a 
large  scale  and  in  accordance  with  well- 
thought-out  plans.  A  man  little  given  to 
display,  he  went  along  in  the  even  tenor 
of  his  way  unassumingly,  quietly,  but 
showing  the  force  of  his  character  in 
everything  to  which  he  gave  his  atten- 
tion. Through  his  keen  foresight  and 
business  sagacity  he  accumulated  a  for- 
tune. He  was  a  man  of  fixed  ideas,  con- 
servative, indepedent  in  action,  doing 
what  he  thought  was  right  and  not  afraid 
to  speak  his  mind  when  he  considered  it 
necessary.  In  political  sentiment  he  was 
a  Republican,  but  took  no  active  part  in 
party  affairs.  Throughout  his  life,  from 
early  boyhood,  Mr.  Anthony  was  fond  of 
out-door  pursuits,  living  as  much  as  pos- 
sible in  the  open.  He  took  great  pleasure 
in  his  farm  at  South  Swansea,  which  he 
kept  well  stocked  and  in  a  high  state  of 
cultivation,  and  where  he  devoted  much 
of  his  time,  especially  during  his  latter 
years,  and  on  the  day  when  his  last  ill- 
ness first  required  him  to  take  to  bed,  he 
had  been  all  day  at  the  farm  and  about 
the  beach,  in  very  good  spirits  and  appar- 
ent good  health.  He  had  been  failing  for 
several  months,  however,  before  his  death, 
which  occurred  November  6,  1915,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty  years.  In  his 
death  Fall  River  sustained  the  loss  of  one 
of  its  most  prominent  as  well  as  one  of 
its  most  successful  business  men  and  use- 
ful citizens. 

(XIII)  Harold  Horton  Anthony,  young- 
est son  of  David  Mason  and  Ruth  Ann 
(Horton)     Anthony,    was    born    in    Fall 


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River,  Massachusetts,  November  28,  1876. 
His  educational  training  was  acquired  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  city,  graduating 
from  the  B.  M.  C.  Durfee  High  School  of 
Fall  River  in  1895.  After  leaving  school 
he  immediately  became  connected  with 
his  father  in  the  meat  and  provision  busi- 
ness, with  which  business  he  has  since 
been  prominently  identified,  and  since  his 
father's  death  has  acted  as  trustee  of  the 
latter's  estate. 

On  January  5,  1898,  Mr.  Anthony  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Caroline  Goodwin 
Cook,  daughter  of  Edward  C.  and  Susan 
(Goodwin)  Cook,  of  Unionville,  Connec- 
ticut, and  they  are  the  parents  of  one 
daughter,  Ruth  Goodwin  Anthony,  who 
was  born  May  17,  1902. 


BUFFINTON.  Waldo  A.  and  Frank, 

Men    of    High.    Character. 

The  Buffinton  family  is  one  of  the  lead- 
ing families  of  Fall  River,  Somerset,  and 
the  old  town  of  Swansea,  Massachusetts. 
For  generations  they  were  faithful  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  in  the 
early  days  suffered  the  persecutions  in- 
flicted upon  all  Quakers.  Bovington  and 
Buffington  are  variations  in  the  spelling. 

(I)  Thomas  Buffinton,  the  American 
immigrant,  is  said  to  have  come  from 
Scotland.  Soon  after  1650  he  was  located 
at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where  he  mar- 
ried, December  30,  167 1,  Sarah  South- 
wick,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
Southwick,  and  granddaughter  of  the  pio- 
neer ancestors,  Lawrence  and  Cassandra 
Southwick,  who  became  Quakers  and 
were  fined,  whipped  and  imprisoned  for 
adhering  to  their  religious  faith,  despoiled 
of  their  property,  and  finally  banished. 
Thomas  Buffinton  was  also  a  Friend,  but 
seems  to  have  escaped  trouble  with  the 
Puritan  authorities.  The  commoners  rec- 
ords indicate  that  he  was  living  as  late  as 
1723.     Children:  Thomas,  born  March  1, 


1673;  James;  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Joseph,  of  Swansea ;  Abigail,  July 
25,  1695;  Hannah,  May  11,  1701  ;  and 
perhaps  others. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Thomas  Buffin- 
ton, was  born  at  Salem,  July  24,  1675.  He 
and  his  wife  Hannah  were  Quakers,  and 
like  many  others  in  Salem  felt  constrained 
to  depart.  In  1698  he  went  South  as  a 
Quaker  missionary.  They  located  in 
Swansea  about  1700.  About  fifty  Quaker 
families  went  from  Salem  to  this  section 
and  bought  homesteads,  paying  the  In- 
dians as  well  as  the  proprietors.  De- 
scendants still  have  the  deed  showing  the 
purchase  of  three  hundred  acres  from  one 
Marcy.  His  homestead  has  remained  in 
the  possession  of  the  family  to  the  present 
time.  The  records  of  the  branch  that  has 
remained  on  the  original  homestead  have 
been  kept  by  the  family,  and  from  this 
record  were  obtained  the  dates  in  the 
early  generations  of  the  family  as  herein 
given.  Children:  Benjamin,  born  at 
Salem,  May  9,  1699,  died  young;  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below ;  William,  born  at 
Swansea,  October  9,  1703;  Esther,  mar- 
ried Stephen  Chase ;  Hannah,  married 
Silas  Chase ;  Jonathan,  married  Sarah 
Luther. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin 
(1)  Buffinton,  was  born  at  Swansea,  April 
9,  1701,  and  died  April  9,  1760,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Friends'  graveyard  at  Swan- 
sea. He  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Sarah  Chase,  who  died  April  6, 
1791,  at  Swansea.  She  was  born  July  6, 
1705,  at  Swansea.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Swansea  monthly  meeting  to  the  end 
of  his  life.  Children  born  at  Swansea : 
Benjamin,  born  November  7,  1737  ;  Moses, 
mentioned  below;  Stephen,  February  25, 
1743;  Elizabeth,  August  21,  1746;  Han- 
nah, July  30,  1749. 

(IV)  Moses,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Buf- 
finton, was  born  at  Swansea,  May  8,  1741. 
He  married  (first)  Isabel  Baker,  born  July 


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4,  1741,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sarah 
(Chace)  Baker;  (second)  Patience  Chace. 
He  also  lived  in  Swansea.  He  died  April 
7,  1817;  his  first  wife,  Isabel,  died  May 
4, 1781,  and  both  are  buried  in  the  Friends' 
burying  ground  at  Swansea.  Excepting 
Daniel  and  Aaron,  all  his  children  were 
born  in  Swansea.  Children  by  first  wife : 
Benjamin,  born  November  1,  1762;  Sarah, 
September  25,  1764;  Rebecca,  August  24, 
1768;  Ama,  July  25,  1770;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below;  Moses,  married  Sarah 
Chase;  Aaron,  July  21,  1776,  died  No- 
vember 15,  1777;  Bethany,  July  28,  1778, 
died  August  31,  1779;  Aaron,  April  24, 
1780.  Children  by  second  wife:  Eber. 
born  December  6,  1783  ;  Mary,  September 
21,  1786;  Elizabeth,  June  8,  1788,  married 
Nathan  Chase. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Moses  Buffinton, 
was  born  at  Dighton,  January  7,  1773.  He 
died  January  17,  1844.  He  followed  farm- 
ing in  Somerset  until  1803,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Fall  River,  locating  on  a  place 
owned  by  Samuel  Rodman,  of  New  Bed- 
ford, comprising  four  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  extending  from  the  Taunton  river 
to  the  North  Pond.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Society  of  Friends.  He  married  (first) 
Rebecca  Earle,  daughter  of  Caleb  Earle, 
of  Somerset,  and  (second)  Ruth  Hart. 
Children  by  first  wife:  1.  Daniel,  married 
(first)  Hannah  Buffinton,  (second)  Eliza 
Gray.  2.  Caleb,  never  married.  3.  Oliver, 
mentioned  below.  Children  by  his  second 
wife :    4.   Benjamin,   married    Eliza   Carr. 

5.  Edward,  married  Sarah  Ann  Hathaway, 
of  Northbridge,  Massachusetts.  6.  Ruth, 
married  (first)  Edward  Holder,  of  Bol- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  (second)  James 
Brownell,  having  one  daughter  by  her 
second  husband,  Mary  Ella  Brownell, 
who  married  James  C.  O.  Davol,  and  had 
two  children :  Edward  and  Bradford  Da- 
vol. 7.  Henry  Slade,  married  Amanda 
Palmer. 


(VI)  Oliver,  son  of  Daniel  Buffinton, 
was  born  at  Fall  River,  August  19,  1805, 
and  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  He  was  the  first  birthright 
member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  born 
in  Fall  River.  During  his  youth  he  work- 
ed with  his  father  on  the  farm.  He  be- 
came associated  with  Israel  Buffington  in 
the  manufacture  of  cotton  in  Fall  River, 
and  was  afterward  on  his  own  account  a 
manufacturer  of  cotton  yarn,  cotton  bat- 
ting and  other  specialties.  From  1857  to 
1868,  a  period  of  eleven  years,  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  Oak  Grove  Ceme- 
tery in  Fall  River.  Afterward  he  retired 
and  spent  his  last  years  in  his  home  on 
Hanover  street,  cultivating  his  garden  and 
living  to  a  good  old  age.  He  died  there, 
January  20,  1885,  in  the  eightieth  year  of 
his  age. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Mason  Reynolds, 
who  was  born  at  Wickford,  Rhode  Island, 
April  23,  1805,  died  April  29,  1892,  daugh- 
ter of  Abel  and  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Reyn- 
olds. Children:  1.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
April  4,  1830,  mentioned  below.  2.  Wil- 
liam Henry,  born  February  14,  1832,  died 
January  24,  1857 ;  a  farmer ;  unmarried. 
3.  Waldo  Ames,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Lydia  Ann,  born  February  24,  1840,  died 
October  7,  1841.  5.  Frank,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Waldo  Ames,  son  of  Oliver  Buf- 
finton, was  born  at  Fall  River,  March  20, 
1838.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  early  in 
life  entered  the  employ  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Com- 
pany, formerly  the  Old  Colony,  at  Fall 
River,  as  clerk,  and  rose  to  positions  of 
large  responsibility  and  trust  in  the  serv- 
ice of  this  corporation.  For  many  years 
he  had  charge  of  the  transportation  of 
freight  in  Fall  River  by  rail  and  steam- 
boat. In  politics  he  was  a  sterling  Repub- 
lican.    He  was  a  highly  useful,  upright 


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and  honorable  man.  He  died  March  14, 
1916.  He  married,  in  1868,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Almy.  Children,  born  in  Fall  River: 
I.  William  Henry,  born  April  29,  1869; 
married  Sarah  Sabrina  Holway,  of  Chat- 
ham, Massachusetts.  2.  Gertrude,  died 
aged  two  years.  3.  Annie  Elizabeth,  born 
June  28,  1879;  married  Fergus  Ferguson, 
and  has  a  son,  William  Buffinton  Fer- 
guson. 

(VII)  Frank  Buffinton,  brother  of 
Waldo  Ames  Buffinton,  was  born  in  Fall 
River,  July  8,  1846,  and  died  in  Fall  River, 
March  18,  19 16.  From  i860  until  his 
death  he  had  been  engaged  in  business 
as  a  florist  in  Fall  River  in  partnership 
with  his  sister,  Mary  E.  Buffinton,  and 
their  lives  had  much  in  common.  To- 
gether they  attended  the  public  schools 
in  youth,  and  established  the  business, 
which  at  length  became  the  oldest  estab- 
lishment in  the  city  in  this  line,  and  one 
of  the  most  extensive.  This  business  re- 
quires a  thorough  knowledge  of  flowers, 
of  the  market  and  the  public  taste,  a  high 
degree  of  artistic  instinct  and  great  re- 
sourcefulness. The  firm  maintained  the 
highest  standards  of  honor  in  all  their 
transactions ;  their  goods  were  always 
perfect  and  they  attracted  and  held  the 
best  trade  of  this  section.  Mr.  Buffinton 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  not  a 
seeker  of  office.  In  religion  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem. 

Perhaps  no  better  comment  can  be 
made,  in  concluding  this  account  of  the 
family,  than  the  following  editorial  from 
the  "Fall  River  News"  of  March  20,  1916: 

Seldom  has  an  occurrence  of  local  events  so 
startled  this  community  as  that  of  the  deaths 
of  the  brothers  Waldo  and  Frank  Buffington 
within  four  days  of  one  another,  and  with  scarce- 
ly the  slightest  forewarning  in  either  case,  indeed, 
none  at  all  in  the  first. 

Both  were  taken  from  the  midst  of  their  active 


participation  in  life's  duties.  Since  they  ceased 
to  be  members  of  their  father's  family,  they  had 
lived  along  side  of  one  another  on  the  same  parcel 
of  ground,  which  was  their  ancestral  inheritance. 
Few  men  were  better  known  than  they  in  the  com- 
munity or  more  implicitly  trusted  or  more  highly 
respected.  Their  lives  of  activity  were  different, 
but  both  were  brought  into  contact  with  many 
men  by  their  business  interests  and  responsibili- 
ties. Both  were  men  of  unbending  integrity,  of 
large  intelligence,  of  wide  sympathy  with  that 
which  was  good.  Both  were  loyal  to  the  churches 
of  their  parents,  which  was  their  church,  that  of 
the  New  Jerusalem,  and  both  of  them  have  been, 
almost  together,  translated  to  the  City  of  Peace. 

They  were  members  of  one  of  the  oldest  of  the 
Fall  River  families.  When  their  father,  Oliver 
Buffington,  was  born,  there  were  very  few  houses 
on  the  whole  tract  north  of  the  Quequechan  river. 
When  he  located  his  home  on  Hanover  street, 
there  were  almost  no  residences  in  all  that  sec- 
tion east  of  Rock  street,  even  if  on  that  street. 
All  the  immediate  district  in  which  they  lived  was 
a  part  of  the  Buffington  homestead. 

The  life  work  of  the  elder  brother,  to  whom  the 
call  home  came  first,  was  that  of  handling  the 
railroad  freight  entering  and  leaving  Fall  River. 
In  this  business  he  was  both  skillful  and  faithful 
in  a  high  degree. 

The  work  of  the  younger,  as  everybody  knows, 
was  with  flowers,  his  knowledge  of  which  was 
extraordinary  and  his  love  of  which  was  a  passion 
of  his  life.  Through  them  he  has  ministered  to 
most  of  our  oldest  families,  as  well  as  to  many 
of  the  more  recent  comers.  In  this  way  he  came 
into  close  touch  and  into  most  friendly  relations 
with  a  multitude  of  people.  The  story  of  the 
sudden  ending  of  the  life  of  the  beloved  florist 
and  the  expert  decorator  of  churches,  halls  and 
homes,  is  told  in  another  column. 

Either  event  would  have  touched  the  commu- 
nity widely.  The  concurrence  of  both  within  four 
days,  and  circumstances  in  some  respects  so  simi- 
lar, is  most  unusual  and  startling.  A  great  vol- 
ume of  Fall  River  history  was  carried  in  the 
minds  of  these  men  and  of  their  now  doubly  be- 
reaved sister,  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Buffington. 
Their  sudden  departure  is  a  loss  that  can  never 
be  made  up. 

To  Miss  Buffington,  the  sister,  older  than  either, 
and  to  the  other  members  of  the  family  group,  so 
suddenly  stricken,  the  sympathy  of  their  friends 
and  neighbors,  goes  out,  expressed  or  unexpressed, 
it  is  deeply  felt. 


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ROUNSEVILLE,  Cyrus  C, 

Manufacturer,  Financier. 

The  Rounsville  or  Rounseville  family  is 
said  to  have  been  of  French-Huguenot 
stock,  driven  by  religious  persecution  to 
England,  but  the  family  was  well  estab- 
lished in  England  at  the  time  the  first  im- 
migrant came  to  America. 

( 1 )  Philip  Rounseville,  the  first  of  the 
family  in  this  country,  son  of  William, 
was  born  in  Honiton,  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, about  1680.  He  was  a  cloth  dresser 
or  fuller  by  trade,  and  came  to  New  Eng- 
land when  a  young  man,  settling  in  Free- 
town, near  Assonet  village,  following  his 
trade  there  in  the  employ  of  Captain  Jo- 
siah  Winslow.  From  a  letter  that  has 
been  preserved,  dated  December  25,  1704, 
from  his  father  to  him,  we  have  the  ap- 
proximate date  of  his  arrival  in  this  coun- 
try. He  afterward  moved  to  the  site  of 
the  Malachi  Howland  house,  built  a  dam, 
and  engaged  in  business  in  a  mill  of  his 
own.  About  1 72 1  he  moved  to  another 
location  near  Hunting  House  Brook,  in 
Middleborough,  and  afterward  to  that 
part  of  Tiverton  which  was  later  East 
Freetown.  He  there  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  land  and  built  the  mill  dam  at 
Freetown  village,  where  his  sons  after- 
ward erected  a  blast  furnace,  a  saw  mill, 
grist  mill,  and  finally  a  sash,  door  and 
blind  factory.  He  married,  about  1705, 
Mary  Howland,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  Howland,  and  granddaughter  of 
Henry  Flowland,  who  came  to  Plymouth 
as  early  as  1624,  a  brother  of  Arthur 
Howland  and  of  John  Howland,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower."  Henry  How- 
land and  wife,  Mary  (Newland),  came 
from  England  and  settled  in  Plymouth, 
about  1624.  He  later  went  to  Duxbury, 
where  he  died  July  17,  1671,  his  wife, 
Mary,  dying  June  17,  1674.  He  joined  the 
Society  of  Friends  about   1657,  and  was 


not  a  little  persecuted  on  this  account. 
Perhaps  none  of  the  colonists  have  a 
better  record  for  intelligence,  thrift,  up- 
rightness and  faith  in  the  Divine  One 
than  he.  In  1652,  with  others,  he  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land  in  Dartmouth, 
and  in  1659  he  was  one  of  the  twenty- 
seven  purchasers  of  what  is  now  Free- 
town, and  in  the  division  of  1660  received 
for  his  share  the  sixth  lot,  which  was 
afterward  inherited  by  his  son,  Samuel 
Howland,  father  of  the  wife  of  Philip 
Rounseville.  Mr.  Rounseville  died  No- 
vember 6,  1763;  his  wife,  Mary,  died  May 
8,  1744.  Their  children  were:  William, 
born  October  10,  1705,  married  Elizabeth 
Macomber,  of  Taunton ;  John,  born  in 
1706,  married  (first)  Sarah  Holloway,  and 
(second)  Sarah  Spooner ;  Philip,  men- 
tioned below ;  and  Mary,  born  March  3, 
171 1,  married  Henry  Hoskins,  Jr.,  of 
Taunton. 

(II)  Philip  (2)  Rounseville,  son  of 
Philip  (1)  and  Mary  (Howland)  Rounse- 
ville, was  born  about  1708.  He  married 
Hannah  Jenney,  and  they  resided  in  Free- 
town, where  the  following  children  were 
born  to  them  :  Hannah,  born  May  2,  1749; 
and  Philip,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Philip  (3)  Rounseville,  son  of 
Philip  (2)  and  Hannah  (Jenney)  Rounse- 
ville, was  born  July  2,  1750,  in  Freetown. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  from 
Freetown,  in  1780,  being  a  member  of 
Captain  Joseph  Norton's  company,  Colonel 
John  Hathaway's  regiment,  in  the  Rhode 
Island  campaign.  (See  "Massachusetts 
Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolution," 
p.  611,  vol.  xiii.)  He  married,  in  1775, 
Mercy  Cole,  daughter  of  Abial  and  Anna 
(Pierce)  Cole;  granddaughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  Pierce  and  wife,  Mary  (Hoskins)  ; 
great-granddaughter  of  Isaac  Pierce,  Jr., 
and  wife,  Judith  (Booth)  ;  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Isaac  Pierce,  who  was 
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received  a  grant  of  land  for  his  services, 
and  died  in  Lakeville,  Massachusetts,  in 
1732;  and  great-great-great-granddaugh- 
ter  of  Abraham  Pierce,  who  is  of  record 
at  Plymouth  in  1623.  and  who  served  as 
a  soldier  under  Captain  Miles  Standish. 
To  Philip  and  Mercy  (Cole)  Rounseville 
were  born  the  following  children :  Gama- 
liel, born  October  12,  1776;  Philip,  born 
February  7,  1779,  who  never  married ; 
Abial,  born  September  6,  1780;  Hannah, 
born  April  12,  1783,  who  married  Brad- 
ford Rounseville ;  Ebenezer,  born  Sep- 
tember 21,  1785,  who  married  Sally 
Rounseville ;  Lydia,  born  December  3, 
1787,  who  never  married;  Phebe ;  Benja- 
min, born  November  28,  1789,  who  mar- 
ried Ann  Gifford;  Joseph,  born  March 
25,  1792,  who  married  Delia  Lawrence ; 
Phylena,  born  August  12,  1794,  who  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Washburn,  of  Dartmouth  ; 
Alden,  born  October  26,  1797,  who  mar- 
ried Cornelia  Ashley,  of  Freetown  ;  and 
Robert  G.,  who  married,  in  1827,  Mrs. 
Delia,  widow  of  Joseph  Rounseville. 

(IV)  Abial  Rounseville,  son  of  Philip 
(3)  and  Mercy  (Cole)  Rounseville,  was 
born  September  6,  1780,  at  Freetown.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation  in  his  native 
town.  He  married,  July  20,  1803,  Betsey 
Ashley,  of  Freetown,  where  the  following 
children  were  born  to  them  :  Amos  ;  Cla- 
rinda,  who  married  Pardon  Gifford,  and 
died  in  Mattapoisett ;  Macomber,  died  in 
1854;  Mercy,  who  married  Stephen  Nye, 
of  Fall  River;  Abial,  who  went  West 
when  a  young  man,  and  all  trace  of  him 
has  been  lost;  Sophronia,  who  married 
Hosea  Presho,  of  Raynham  ;  Betsey,  who 
married  Elbridge  Werden,  and  died  in 
Providence ;  Cyrus  Cole,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  and  Ebenezer,  a  sea  faring  man,  en- 
gaged in  the  whaling  industry,  who  died 
in  the  Sandwich  Islands. 

(V)  Cyrus  Cole  Rounseville,  son  of 
Abial  and  Betsey   (Ashley)   Rounseville, 


was  born  in  Freetown,  March  6,  1820. 
Early  in  life  he  went  to  sea  from  New 
Bedford  on  a  whaling  vessel,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  whaling  industry  until  his 
death.  In  the  course  of  time  he  rose 
to  the  rank  of  first  officer  of  his  ves- 
sel, and  on  his  last  voyage  was  taken 
ill  and  placed  in  a  hospital  on  the 
Island  of  Mauritius,  in  the  Indian  ocean, 
and  died  there  October  18,  1853,  in 
the  thirty-fourth  years  of  his  age,  where 
his  remains  are  buried.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 1,  1844,  Irene  P.  Ashley,  who  was 
born  at  Lakeville,  Massachusetts,  March 
18,  1828,  daughter  of  James  Emerson  and 
Orinda  (Haffards)  Ashley.  Her  father 
was  a  farmer  in  Freetown,  born  January 
31,  1806,  and  died  August  4,  1883;  her 
mother  was  born  July  14,  1802,  and  died 
October  22,  1868.  After  the  death  of  her 
husband,  Mrs.  Rounseville  continued  to 
reside  for  a  few  years  in  Acushnet,  then 
removed  to  East  Freetown,  where  her 
parents  were  living.  Subsequently  she 
married  (second)  Aaron  S.  Drake,  of 
Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  by  whom  she 
had  one  daughter,  Carrie  W.,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Josiah  Brown,  of  Fall  River. 
Mrs.  Rounseville  spent  her  last  years  in 
the  family  of  her  son,  the  only  child  by 
her  first  marriage,  Cyrus  Cole  Rounse- 
ville, Jr.,  mentioned  below,  at  whose  home 
in  Fall  River  she  passed  away  April  24, 
1909,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years. 

(VI)  Cyrus  Cole  Rounseville,  only  child 
of  Cyrus  Cole  and  Irene  P.  (Ashley) 
Rounseville,  was  born  at  Acushnet,  Mas- 
sachusetts, December  8,  1852,  and  upon 
the  death  of  his  father,  when  he  was  but 
a  mere  child,  he  was  taken  by  his  widowed 
mother  to  live  at  East  Freetown.  His 
early  educational  training  was  obtained 
in  the  district  schools,  and  when  older  he 
attended  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Commercial 
School  at  Boston,  from  which  he  was 
graduated.     He  started  his  business  ca- 


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reer  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  in  Fall 
River,  as  clerk  in  the  freight  office  of  the 
Narragansett  Steamship  Company,  then 
owned  by  James  Fisk,  of  New  York,  and 
during  the  two  years  he  was  with  this 
company  acquired  valuable  training  and 
experience.  In  January,  1872,  he  accepted 
a  position  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  the 
Granite  Mills,  and  during  the  twelve 
years  in  this  office  he  earned  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  his  employers,  and  was 
from  time  to  time  promoted  and  given 
additional  responsibilities,  finally  being 
lecommended  by  them  to  the  important 
and  responsible  position  of  treasurer  of 
the  Shove  Mills,  to  succeed  George  Albert 
Chace,  assuming  that  office  August  10, 
1884,  having  been  treasurer  and  business 
manager  since  that  time,  as  well  as  being 
a  director  of  the  corporation.  In  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  financial  affairs  of  this 
corporation,  which  he  has  served  for  more 
than  thirty  years,  Mr.  Rounseville  has  dis- 
played the  highest  order  of  ability,  and  to 
his  energy,  industry  and  thoroughness 
must  be  ascribed  in  large  measure  the 
growth,  prosperity  and  importance  of  the 
Shove  Mills.  Now  one  of  the  oldest  treas- 
urers in  the  textile  industry  of  the  city 
and  State,  in  point  of  service,  Mr.  Rounse- 
ville has  good  reason  to  take  pride  and 
satisfaction  in  his  long  and  successful  ca- 
reer. He  is  widely  known,  not  only 
among  his  business  associates  in  Fall 
River  and  elsewhere  in  textile  circles,  but 
among  all  classes  of  people  in  the  city, 
and,  wherever  he  is  known,  he  is  honored 
and  respected  for  his  high  personal  char- 
acter. 

Mr.  Rounseville  has  not  only  been  an 
important  factor  in  the  development  and 
management  of  the  Shove  Mills,  but  has 
been  interested  in  other  Fall  River  enter- 
prises, being  vice-president  of  the  Union 
Savings  Bank,  and  has  taken  an  important 
part  in  the  management  of  that  highly 
successful  financial  institution ;  he  is  also 


vice-president  since  1887  of  the  Troy  Co- 
operative Bank,  which  was  organized  in 
1880,  and  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  in- 
corporators and  the  first  secretary,  serv- 
ing in  that  capacity  from  1880  until  his 
his  promotion  to  the  vice-presidency  in 
1887.  For  a  period  of  fifteen  years  he 
served  as  secretary  of  the  Cotton  Manu- 
facturers' Association,  from  1885  to  1900, 
and  was  also  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  that  organization.  He  was 
also  an  active  member  of  the  selling  com- 
mittee of  that  association,  which  was 
formed  in  1898  for  the  purpose  of  selling 
the  product  manufactured  by  the  various 
mills  of  Fall  River,  and  was  one  of  its 
first  trustees. 

In  political  faith,  Mr.  Rounseville  has 
always  been  a  stalwart  adherent  of  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party,  and  at 
times  has  been  active  in  public  affairs, 
always  keenly  interested  in  the  city,  State 
and  national  governments.  For  three 
years  from  1883  to  1885  he  represented 
his  ward  in  the  common  council  of  the 
city  of  Fall  River,  early  taking  a  position 
of  leadership  in  that  body,  and  during  his 
last  year  served  as  president.  He  has 
also  been  active  in  religious  circles,  being 
a  leading  and  zealous  member  of  the  Uni- 
tarian church,  having  served  as  chairman 
of  the  standing  committee  of  the  church, 
and  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school. 

Mr.  Rounseville  married,  November  8, 
1893,  in  Fall  River,  Mary  O.  Pitman,  who 
was  born  in  that  city,  daughter  of  John 
H.  Pitman,  and  granddaughter  of  Charles 
Pitman,  who  was  the  first  postmaster  of 
Fall  River.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rounseville 
have  two  children :  Marion  Pitman,  who 
was  born  August  31,  1894;  and  Cyrus 
Cole,  Jr.,  who  was  born  January  28,  18 
a  graduate  of  the  Moses  Brown  Prepara- 
tory School,  of  Providence,  in  the  class 
of  1916,  and  now  a  student  of  Dartmouth 
College,  class  of  1920. 


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HEMENWAY-WEEKS. 

The  Hemenways  are  of  an  old  New 
England  family.  Upon  the  early  records 
we  find  the  signatures  spelled  in  vari- 
ous ways — Henenway,  Hemingway,  Hem- 
mingway,  Heneway,  Hinningway.  Ralph, 
the  founder  of  one  branch,  was  in  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1633 ; 
was  a  member  of  the  church ;  freeman  in 
1634.  He  died  in  1678.  He  married,  July 
5,  1634,  Elizabeth  Hews,  and  their  chil- 
dren were:  Mary,  born  April  4,  1635,  died 
young;  Samuel,  born  June,  1636,  settled 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  married 
Sarah  Cooper;  Ruth,  born  September  21, 
1638,  unmarried,  died  1684;  John,  born 
April  27,  1641,  settled  in  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, married  Mary  Trescott ;  Joshua, 
baptized  April  9,  1643 !  Elizabeth,  born 
May  31,  1645,  married  a  Bolbrook ;  Mary, 
born  April  7,  1647,  died  young. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  Ralph  and  Eliza- 
beth (Hews)  Hemenway,  was  baptized 
April  9,  1643,  lived  in  Roxbury  and  prob- 
ably died  there,  October  29,  1716.  He 
married  (first)  Joanna  Evans,  January  16, 

1667-68;   (second)  Mary ,  who  died 

May  5,  1703;  (third)  April  5,  1704,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  William  Weeks,  born 
1655,  died  September  20,  1737.  Children  : 
Joshua,  born  September  15,  1668;  Joanna, 
baptized  October  2,  1670,  married  Edward 
Ainsworth ;  Ralph,  baptized  May  18,  1673, 
died  June  1,  1699;  Ichabod ;  Elizabeth, 
married  Stanhope ;  Samuel,  bap- 
tized September  30,  1683 ;  John ;  Eben- 
ezer,  baptized  April  29,  1688. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Joshua  Hemen- 
way, baptized  April  29,  1688,  died  1755. 
He  was  a  weaver  by  trade.  There  seems 
to  be  no  record  of  his  settlement  in  Fram- 
ingham,  Massachusetts,  but  his  brother 
Joshua  settled  there  in  1692-93,  and  Eben- 
ezer was  a  citizen  of  the  town  prior  to 
1710,  as  his  name  appears  upon  a  tax  list 
to  procure  a  stock  of  ammunition  dated 


June  27,  1710.  He  married  (first)  May 
17,  171 1,  Hannah  Winch,  born  June  16, 
1687-88,  died  April  27,  1737;  she  was  the 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Gibbs) 
Winch.  Samuel  Winch  was  one  of  the 
petitioners  for  the  incorporation  of  the 
town  of  Framingham ;  and  at  the  first 
town  meeting  in  1700  was  elected  one  of 
the  surveyors  of  the  highways.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  February  23,  1738,  Thame- 
zin,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Nuise ;  she 
died  about  1767.  Children  of  Ebenezer 
and  Hannah  (Winch)  Hemenway  were: 
Ebenezer,  born  October  24,  1712;  Samuel 
Hemenway,  lived  in  Attleboro ;  Keziah, 
baptized  August  4,  1717,  married  Jere- 
miah Pike;  Daniel,  born  February  2,  1719, 
settled  in  Marlboro,  in  1745  removed  to 
Shrewsbury,  where  he  died  November  15, 
1794;  Jacob,  born  March  20,  1721-22,  set- 
tled in  Worcester,  where  he  died ;  Sam- 
uel, born  August  3,  1724,  married  Hannah 
Rice,  daughter  of  Richard,  died  June  18, 
1806;  Elizabeth,  born  June  19,  1727,  mar- 
ried, 1747,  Benjamin  Robins,  of  Stur- 
bridge. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer 
(1)  and  Hannah  (Winch)  Hemenway,  was 
born  in  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1712,  and  died  in  1781.  During 
the  last  French  and  Indian  War  his  name 
appears  on  the  list  of  Framingham  men 
who  served  as  soldiers  in  Colonel  Joseph 
Buckminster's  company  of  militia,  April 
26,  1757,  Hezekiah  Stone,  clerk.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Eve.  There  is  a  tradition  in 
the  Hemenway  family  that  during  infancy 
she  was  captured  by  Indians  and  re- 
deemed in  girlhood.  She  died  November 
29,  1805,  aged  ninety-three.  Children  of 
Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Eve)  Hemenway: 
1.  Mary,  born  November  4,  1734,  blind; 
died  unmarried,  February  18,  1821.  2. 
Hannah,  born  March  26,  1737,  died  young. 
3.  Hannah,  married  Charles  Dougherty, 
who  was  very  active  during  the  war  of 


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the  American  Revolution ;  was  a  minute- 
man  in  Captain  Micajah  Gleason's  com- 
pany at  Concord,  April  19,  1775 ;  quarter- 
master in  Colonel  Jonathan  Brewer's  com- 
pany at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and 
with  General  John  Nixon  at  the  battles  of 
Stillwater  and  Saratoga  ;  made  lieutenant 
and  served  until  the  end  of  the  war.  4. 
Ebenezer,  born  May  6,  1740.  5.  Adam, 
may  have  settled  in  Shrewsbury  or  Boyls- 
ton.  6.  Samuel.  7.  Jacob,  died  Decem- 
ber 19,  1822;  married  (first)  an  Eaton, 
(second)  Sybil  Walker. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
and  Mary  (Eve)  Hemenway,  was  born 
May  6,  1740,  and  died  December  11,  1831. 
He  saw  much  service  in  several  wars.  In 
the  last  French  and  Indian  War  he  was  in 
the  same  company  with  his  father,  Colonel 
Joseph  Buckminster's,  April  26,  1757,  and 
in  1761,  after  the  capture  of  Montreal  and 
the  surrender  of  the  Province  of  Canada 
to  the  British  crown,  he  was  enrolled  as 
sergeant  in  Captain  John  Nixon's  com- 
pany (Massachusetts)  and  was  in  service 
from  April  18,  1761,  to  July  28,  1762.  He 
was  also  prominent  in  the  war  of  the 
American  Revolution.  In  1774  was  clerk 
in  the  second  company  of  minute-men,  as 
clerk  under  Captain  Thomas  Nixon.  The 
company  went  in  for  active  drill  at  once. 
The  name  of  Ebenezer  Hemenway,  clerk, 
also  appears  upon  the  muster  roll  of  min- 
ute-men from  Framingham  under  com- 
mand of  Captain  Micajah  Gleason  at  Con- 
cord and  Cambridge,  April  19,  1775.  He 
was  in  Captain  Gleason's  company  when 
he  shot  a  British  soldier  named  Thomas 
Sowers,  near  Merriams  Corner,  and  took 
his  gun,  which  he  brought  home  with 
him,  August  22,  1776.  Twelve  men  from 
Framingham  enlisted  for  the  defence  of 
Boston,  and  were  assigned  to  Captain 
Caleb  Brook's  company,  in  Colonel  Dike's 
regiment.  Ebenezer  Hemenway  was  one 
of  the  twelve  and  served  until  December 
1,  1776.     Again,  when  Framingham  sent 


twelve  men  with  Captain  John  Gleason  to 
North  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  April  12, 
1777,  Ebenezer  Hemenway  was  one  of 
them,  and  served  two  months  and  eight 
days  in  Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  regi- 
ment. His  name  also  appears  upon  the 
muster  roll  of  Captain  Joseph  Winch's 
company,  in  Colonel  Samuel  Ballard's 
regiment  of  Massachusetts  State  Militia 
from  August  16  to  December  10,  1777.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  North  Company, 
serving  as  ensign  with  Captain  Lawson 
Buckminster  in  May,  1779,  Colonel  Abner 
Perry's  regiment.  From  July  5  to  No- 
vember 30,  1 781,  he  was  in  Captain  John 
Hayward's  company.  He  rose  to  the  rank 
of  lieutenant;  his  name  was  on  the  pen- 
sion list  in  1801.  Ebenezer  Hemenway 
married  Bathshebah  Stone  Hemenway, 
widow  of  John,  born  September  20,  1739, 
died  July  19,  1828.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  (Clark)  Stone. 
The  Stone  family  was  among  the  early 
New  England  settlers,  and  like  many 
others  settled  in  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, before  coming  to  Framingham.  She 
traced  her  ancestry  back  to  the  immi- 
grants, Gregory  and  wife  Lydia,  who  came 
from  England  in  1635.  Samuel  Stone  was 
a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  marched  to 
the  alarm  on  the  19th  of  April,  1775,  to 
Concord  and  Cambridge  ;  also  served  in 
the  Northern  Department  from  August 
14  to  December  10,  1777;  was  a  member 
of  the  company  engaged  in  the  battles 
under  General  Gates  which  led  to  the  sur- 
render of  Burgoyne,  and  was  present  at 
the  surrender.  Ebenezer  Hemenway  was 
also  of  this  company. 

Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Bathshebah 
(Stone)  Hemenway:  1.  Fanny,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1764;  married  Josiah  Warren. 
2.  Levinah,  born  April  1,  1767,  married 
Elijah  Clayes.  3.  Olive,  born  April  1, 
1769,  died  March  30,  1787.  4.  Josiah, 
born  June  26,  1771.  5.  Sally,  born  March 
1,  1774;  married  Abel  Eaton,  sergeant  in 


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the  Framingham  artillery  company,  1814. 
6.  Adam,  born  March  15,  1777;  married 
Catherine  Patterson,  died  December  31, 
1864.  7.  Samuel,  born  August  8,  1779; 
physician  ;  removed  to  Dummerston,  Ver- 
mont ;  married  Rebecca  Stone ;  died  No- 
vember 20,  1834.  8.  Bathshebah,  died 
young.  9.  Lucy,  born  January  24,  1784; 
married  Thomas  Larrabee. 

(VI)  Josiah,  son  of  Lieutenant  Eben- 
ezer  (3)  and  Bathshebah  (Stone)  Hemen^ 
way,  born  June  26,  1771,  died  January  28, 
1848.  He  married,  February,  1793,  Mary 
Parkhurst,  born  November  15,  1771,  died 
December  31,  1858.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Parkhurst, 
who  settled  in  Framingham,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1762.  She  was  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  George  Parkhurst  and  wife  Lu- 
sanna,  who  were  in  Watertown  as  early 
as  1643;  removed  to  Boston,  1645.  Chil- 
dren of  Josiah  and  Mary  (Parkhurst) 
Hemenway:  1.  Dexter,  born  August  22, 
1794;  married,  November  23,  1820,  Ann 
Manson,  daughter  of  Loring  Manson.  2. 
Windson,  born  September  13,  1796,  died 
December  2,  1862 ;  married,  May  8,  1823, 
Sophronia,  daughter  of  Deacon  Enoch 
Belknap,  a  descendant  of  Abraham  and 
wife  Mary,  of  Lynn,  1637.  3.  Adam,  born 
March  12,  1800.  4.  Willard,  born  Octo- 
ber 17,  1802;  married,  April  21,  1831, 
Jerusha  H.  Parmenter,  of  Sudbury.  5. 
Josiah,  born  June  2j,  1804.  died  young. 
6.  Eliza,  born  February  24,  1806;  mar- 
ried William  Moulton,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Winsor  Moulton,  of  Sudbury.  7.  Josiah, 
born  May  1,  1808,  died  April  14,  1883; 
married,  November  25,  1839,  Ann  Maria 
Eames,  daughter  of  Lorell  and  Lucy 
Eames;  both  were  direct  descendants  of 
Thomas  Eames,  the  pioneer  ancestor, 
who  came  to  America  as  early  as  1634.  The 
Eames  came  from  a  little  town  near  Strat- 
ford-on-Avon,  England.  The  name  is  a 
prominent  one  in  the  annals  of  Framing- 
ham history,  partly  because  of  the  Eames 

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massacre  which  took  place  during  King 
Philip's  War;  also  because  Lucy  Eames 
and  her  sister  Hitty  were  the  pioneer 
straw  bonnet  workers,  and  were  really 
the  founders  of  what  later  developed  into 
one  of  the  largest  straw  goods  industries 
in  New  England.  (See  history  of  Eames 
family.)  8.  Fisher,  born  February  22, 
181 1 ;  married,  May  14,  1835,  Elizabeth 
J.  Fitch ;  lived  in  Hopkinton,  Massachu- 
setts. 9.  John,  born  April  8,  1813 ;  mar- 
ried, April  1,  1839,  Susan  Coolidge,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  and  Mary  Monroe  Coolidge, 
and  a  descendant  of  John,  the  emigrant 
ancestor,  who  came  from  Cottenham, 
England,  in  1630.  10.  Ebenezer  Thomas 
Sowers,  born  February  18,  1817;  lived 
in  Hopkinton  and  Worcester,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(VII)  Adam,  son  of  Josiah  and  Mary 
(Parkhurst)  Hemenway,  was  born  in 
Framingham,  March  12,  1800,  died  Octo- 
ber 27,,  1890,  and  is  buried  in  Edgell 
Grove  Cemetery.  He  lived  in  the  north 
part  of  Framingham,  and  was  by  trade  a 
carpenter.  Many  of  the  houses  at  the 
center  were  built  by  him.  He  was  also 
a  large  landowner.  Adam  Hemenway 
was  a  man  of  quiet  and  domestic  tastes, 
of  temperate  habits,  and  of  liberal  re- 
ligious views;  voted  the  Democratic 
ticket.  He  was  for  many  years  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  was  one 
of  the  grand  old  men  of  the  town  in  which 
he  lived  for  ninety  years,  respected  for  his 
upright  character.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1830,  Deborah  Brown  Sanger,  born 
in  Framingham,  March  28,  1807,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Betsey  Goodnow  (Sud- 
bury) Sanger.  Daniel  Sanger  kept  a 
tavern  opposite  where  St.  Stephen's  Cath- 
olic Church  now  stands,  at  South  Fram- 
ingham. The  nearby  land  was  used  as  a 
muster  field,  1820-30.  Her  grandfather, 
Daniel  Sanger,  was  also  proprietor  of  the 
noted  Sanger  Tavern.  During  the  War 
of  the   American    Revolution   he   was   a 


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member  of  the  committee  of  correspond- 
ence, 1779;  and  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Framingham  Artillery 
Company,  organized  March,  1799 ;  also 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  select- 
men for  several  years.  Mrs.  Hemenway 
was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church ; 
died  in  Framingham,  October  4,  1887, 
and  is  buried  in  Edgell  Grove  Cemetery. 
Children  of  Adam  and  Deborah  Brown 
(Sanger)  Hemenway:  I.  Maria  Frances, 
born  August  31,  1831,  died  November  23, 
1914;  married  Dr.  George  A.  Hoyt,  born 
September  13,  1825,  son  of  Dr.  Enos 
Hoyt,  of  Sanbornton,  New  Hampshire, 
and  Grace  R.  Crosby.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Dartmouth  College,  1847,  an(i  from 
Harvard  Medical  School,  185 1  ;  died  Oc- 
tober 15,  1857,  in  Framingham,  where  he 
was  in  practice.  2.  Martha  Olivia,  born 
December  8,  1840;  married,  August  20, 
1863,  George  H.  Weeks. 

Mrs.  Weeks  is  a  highly  cultured  woman, 
with  deep  sympathies ;  is  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  work  and  charities  of  the  Uni- 
tarian church,  of  which  she  is  a  member. 
She  is  also  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
Framingham  Hospital  and  the  Edgell 
Grove  Cemetery  Association.  She  is  at 
present  (1917)  the  president  of  the  latter 
organization,  organized  May  1,  1849, 
which  for  sixty-eight  years  has  held  an 
annual  May  festival.  For  many  years 
Mrs.  Weeks  has  been  one  of  the  leaders 
in  this  worthy  organization,  managed  en- 
tirely by  ladies,  which  has  expended  sev- 
eral thousand  dollars  in  beautifying  Ed- 
gell Grove  and  Church  Hill  cemeteries. 
She  is  also  a  charter  member  of  Fram- 
ingham Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  being  eligible  through  the 
military  service  of  several  Revolutionary 
ancestors,  but  coming  into  membership 
through  the  service  of  her  great-grand- 
father, Ebenezer  Hemenway  (see  Eben- 
ezer  V). 


George  H.  Weeks  was  born  in  Wayne, 
Maine,  July  1,  1822,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  Weeks.  The  Weeks  family  is  of 
ancient  English  origin ;  and  as  early  as 
1598  were  settled  in  Gloucester  and 
Devon.  Leonard  Weeks,  son  of  John, 
baptized  at  Crompton  Martin,  England, 
August  7,  1593,  came  to  America,  and  his 
name  first  appears  as  witness  to  a  bond 
upon  the  public  records  in  New  York 
county,  Maine.  This  Leonard  Weeks,  or 
Wyke,  was  probably  the  founder  of  the 
Maine  branch  of  the  Weeks  family. 
George  H.  Weeks  left  his  home  in  Maine 
when  a  young  man  and  came  to  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  engaged  in  the  whole- 
sale grocery  business,  in  latter  years  con- 
ducted under  the  firm  name  of  Weeks  & 
Company,  which  he  continued  until  his 
death,  May  28,  1895.  He  made  his  home 
in  Framingham  Center,  and  is  buried 
there  in  Edgell  Grove  Cemetery.  Two 
children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
(Martha  Olivia  Hemenway)  Weeks:  1. 
Harry  Winthrop,  born  May  30,  1864,  in 
Framingham  Center.  His  education  was 
obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his  home 
town,  and  at  a  boys'  school  in  Southboro, 
Massachusetts.  After  leaving  school  he 
was  engaged  for  a  time  as  salesman  in 
the  shoe  trade  ;  later  in  the  wholesale  gro- 
cery business  in  Boston  succeeding  his 
father,  which  he  still  conducts  (1917). 
He  resides  in  Framingham  Center,  occu- 
pying the  beautiful  old  colonial  mansion 
which  was  the  home  of  his  father.  He 
married  Edith  Sturtevant,  of  Framing- 
ham, Massachusetts  ;  no  issue.  2.  George 
H.,  Jr.,  died  in  infancy. 


ANGELL,  Nedabiah, 

Exemplary  Citizen. 

The  origin  of  Angell  as  a  surname  is 
uncertain.  Some  authorities  claim  that 
it    is    derived    from    Angel,    a    town    in 


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France,  and  some  claim  it  is  from  the 
Greek  word  meaning  "messenger."  In 
very  ancient  times  it  was  used  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Christian  name  as  a  descrip- 
tive term  applied  to  character,  and  later 
to  show  that  the  family  was  of  extra- 
ordinary beauty.  In  the  Bysantine  Em- 
pire in  1 185,  Konstantinos  Angelos  was  a 
young  man  of  noble  family  who  received 
his  name  for  that  reason. 

(I)  Thomas  Angell  was  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1618.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  he  was  the  son  of  Henry  Angell,  of 
Liverpool,  England,  and  that  at  the  age 
of  twelve  he  went  to  London  to  seek  his 
fortune.  In  1631  he  came  with  Roger 
Williams  in  the  ship  "Lion"  from  London 
to  Boston,  and  he  was  then  regarded  as 
a  servant  or  apprentice  of  Williams.  He 
went  with  Williams  to  Salem,  remaining 
until  1636.  He  removed  with  him  to 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  In  the  Rhode 
Island  Historical  Society's  rooms  is 
shown  the  plat  of  land  grants  to  the  early 
settlers  of  Rhode  Island.  Thomas  An- 
gell's  grant  was  the  first  one  north  of  the 
one  on  which  the  First  Baptist  Church 
now  stands ;  it  comprised  a  strip  one  hun- 
dred and  seven  feet  wide,  fronting  on 
what  was  then  Towne  street,  now  North 
Main  street,  extending  east  to  a  point 
near  Prospect  street,  containing  five  and 
one-half  acres.  This  was  in  1638.  Later 
Thomas  and  Angell  streets  were  named 
for  him.  On  the  reverse  side  is  a  rough 
drawing  of  the  part  of  plat  on  which 
Thomas  Angell's  grant  laid.  In  1652  and 
1653  Thomas  Angell  was  elected  a  com- 
missioner, and  in  1655  constable,  which 
office  he  held  for  many  years.  He  was,  as 
were  all  the  inhabitants  of  Providence  of 
that  day,  a  farmer.  He  was  about  sev- 
enty-six years  old  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
and  his  will,  dated  May  3,  1685,  was 
proved  September  18,  1685.  The  will  of 
his  wife  Alice  was  dated  October  2,  1694, 


proved  the  January  following.  Children  : 
John,  mentioned  below;  James,  married 
Abigail  Dexter ;  Amphillis,  married  Ed- 
ward Smith ;  Mary,  married  Richard 
Arnold ;  Deborah,  married  Richard  Sea- 
bury  ;  Alice,  married  Eleazer  Whipple ; 
Margaret,  married  Jonathan  Whipple. 

(II)  John,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Alice  Angell,  was  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  and  died  there  July  27, 
1720.  For  a  few  years  he  lived  on  the 
Daniel  Jenckes  farm,  five  miles  from 
Providence,  towards  Lime  Rock,  on  the 
Lewisquisit  road.  He  removed  to  Provi- 
dence, where  he  continued  farming,  and 
was  a  freeman,  October  16,  1670.  He 
married,  1669,  Ruth  Field,  daughter  of 
John  Field.  Children :  Thomas,  born 
March  25,  1672 ;  John ;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below;  Hope,  1682;  James. 

(III)  Daniel,  third  son  of  John  and 
Ruth  (Field)  Angell,  was  born  May  2, 
1680,  in  Providence,  in  which  town  he 
made  his  home,  and  died  June  16,  1750. 
He  is  described  as  a  man  of  large  frame 
and  possessed  of  great  physical  strength. 
He  was  prosperous  and  was  often  in  the 
public  service.  Being  naturally  left- 
handed,  by  constant  practice  he  became 
ambidextrous,  and  was  noted  as  a  hunter. 
He  made  frequent  trips  to  Boston  with 
team  to  market.  On  one  of  these  trips 
he  was  challenged  by  a  British  officer,  and 
finally,  losing  patience,  agreed  to  fight  a 
duel.  However,  when  the  time  came  to 
begin  he  laid  out  the  offender  with  one 
blow  of  his  left  fist,  and  was  thereafter 
suffered  to  go  his  way  in  peace.  He  left 
farms  and  other  property  to  each  of  his 
sons,  and  made  liberal  gifts  to  his  daugh- 
ters. He  married,  May  2,  1702,  in  Provi- 
dence, Hannah  Winsor,  granddaughter 
of  Roger  Williams.  Children :  Samuel, 
born  December  12,  1707;  John,  October 
18,  1709;  Nedabiah,  mentioned  below; 
Joshua,  February  26,  1714;  Mary,  Janu- 


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ary  4,  1716;  Job,  January  1,  1718;  Daniel, 
October  27,  1720;  Ezekiel,  1722;  Waite, 
and  Mercy. 

(IV)  Nedabiah,  third  son  of  Daniel 
and  Hannah  (Winsor)  Angell,  was  born 
April  29,  1712,  and  died  April  19,  1786. 
He  resided  in  North  Providence,  in  what 
is  now  Smithfield,  where  he  owned  and 
tilled  a  farm,  and  also  followed  his  trade 
of  blacksmith.  He  was  an  industrious 
and  intelligent  citizen,  his  wife  a  very 
capable  woman,  and  they  reared  a  good 
family.  Many  of  their  descendants  are 
now  located  in  the  west.  He  married 
(first)  June  22,  1740,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Mary  (Barber)  Winsor,  born 
September  2,  1718,  died  June  9,  1758.  He 
married  (second)  November  25,  1759, 
Bethiah  (Luther)  Hammond,  widow  of 
Nathan  Hammond,  born  1727,  died  May 
6,  1820,  probably  a  descendant  of  the  Re- 
hoboth  family  of  Luther.  Children : 
Zilpha,  born  December  25,  1742;  Jesse, 
mentioned  below ;  Jabez,  October  19, 
1746;  Hannah,  December  14,  1750;  Eseck, 
September  12,  1752;  Mercy,  January  9, 
1761. 

(V)  Jesse,  eldest  son  of  Nedabiah  and 
Mary  (Winsor)  Angell,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 6,  1745,  died  January  20,  1830,  aged 
eighty-five.  He  resided  in  Smithfield, 
where  he  married  Amey,  daughter  of 
Nathan  Hammond,  of  that  town,  who 
died  June  27,  1834,  in  her  eightieth  year. 
He  went  to  sea  in  early  life,  and  became 
a  master  mariner,  and  after  several  voy- 
ages he  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  south- 
western part  of  the  town  of  Scituate, 
Rhode  Island.  He  had  been  successful  as 
a  mariner,  was  a  prudent  and  prosperous 
farmer  and  good  citizen,  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution.  Children :  George,  born 
January  16,  1774;  Sarah,  September  15, 
1775;  Jesse,  September  16,  1780,  died  at 
sea;  Amey,  August  2,  1782;  Anstross, 
April  13,  1786;  Samuel,  December  31, 
1787;  Nedabiah,  February  11,  1791  ;  Na- 


than, November  2,  1792;  Mary,  November 
22,  1794. 

(VI)  Nedabiah  (2),  fourth  son  of  Jesse 
and  Amey  (Hammond)  Angell,  born 
February  11,  1791,  made  his  home  for 
some  years  at  Chepatchet,  where  he  kept  a 
hotel,  was  some  time  a  resident  of  Provi- 
dence. In  1853  they  removed  to  Cranston, 
into  (what  was  then)  the  Jeremiah  Fen- 
ner  house,  opposite  Fenner's  Ledge,  and 
died  April  7,  1855.  He  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade.  His  body  was  laid  to  rest  in 
Chepatchet.  He  married  (first)  Lucy 
Col  well,  born  September  1,  1798,  died 
July  15,  1844.  He  married  (second) 
January  27,  1848,  in  Providence,  Amanda 
M.  Goff,  born  June  16,  1809,  in  Rehoboth, 
daughter  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Bathsheba 
(Williams)  Goff.  She  died  May  3,  1894, 
in  Rehoboth,  and  was  buried  in  Swan 
Point  Cemetery,  Providence.  Children  of 
first  marriage :  George,  born  September 
5,  1820,  died  August  29,  1909;  Joseph  C, 
born  August  14,  1823,  died  March  7,  1828; 
Charles  F.,  born  April  30,  1829,  died  June 
26,  1904;  Edward  H.,  born  April  7,  1835, 
died  November  11,  1836.  Child  of  second 
marriage :  Lucy  Amanda,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Lucy  Amanda  Angell,  only  child 
of  the  second  marriage  of  Nedabiah  An- 
gell, was  born  August  7,  1849,  m  Provi- 
dence, and  received  instruction  in  the 
schools  of  Johnston,  Rhode  Island,  North 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  Pierce 
Academy,  Middleboro,  Massachusetts. 
Since  1874  her  home  has  been  in  Reho- 
both, where  the  last  twenty  years  of  her 
mother's  long  life  was  made  happy  and 
comfortable  by  her  filial  care  and  devo- 
tion. She  is  a  member  of  Lydia  Cobb 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  of  Taunton  ;  the  Roger  Wil- 
liams Family  Association  of  Providence  ; 
and  the  Rehoboth  Auxiliary  of  Taunton, 
Division  of  American  Red  Cross. 


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(The    Williams    Line). 

Genealogists  and  historians  have  spent 
much  time  in  the  effort  to  learn  the  origin 
of  Emanuel  (Immanuel,  Amanuel,  etc.) 
Williams,  of  Taunton.  It  is  possible  that 
he  was  a  son  of  John  Williams,  of  Scitu- 
ate  and  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  who 
was  divorced  from  his  wife  Sarah  in  1673  ; 
but  it  seems  more  probable  that  he  was  a 
grandson  of  Richard  Williams,  a  pioneer 
of  Taunton,  whose  history  is  told  at  some 
length  elsewhere.  No  wills  are  on  record 
now  in  Taunton  to  show  anything  con- 
cerning the  parentage  of  Emanuel.  Jo- 
seph Williams,  son  of  Richard,  died  Au- 
gust 17,  1692,  in  Taunton.  He  married, 
November  28,  1667,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  George  Watson.  Several  children  are 
found  of  record.  It  is  quite  possible  that 
Emanuel,  born  about  1673-74,  was  a  son 
of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth. 

(I)  It  is  certain  that  Emanuel  Williams 
was  born  between  1670  and  1680,  and  died 
about  1719.  His  home  was  in  Taunton, 
and  there  he  married,  about  1703,  Abigail 
Makepeace,  born  November  25,  1686,  di 
1724,  daughter  of  William  and  Abigail 
(Tisdale)  Makepeace.  Thomas  Make- 
peace, born  about  1592,  probably  came 
from  Bristol,  England,  and  was  in  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  in  1635.  Two 
years  later  he  was  in  Boston,  where  a 
house  lot  was  granted  to  him,  in  the 
present  Hanover  street,  near  Court.  In 
1638  he  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company.  For  £100 
he  received  a  deed  dated  August  1,  1638, 
conveying  a  house  in  Boston,  one  hun- 
dred acres  of  upland  in  Muddy  River 
(Brookline),  ten  acres  of  meadow,  wood- 
lands, two  gardens,  and  one-half  acre  on 
Fort  Hill.  In  1641  he  owned  lands  in 
Dorchester,  where  he  then  resided,  and 
was  one  of  the  original  supporters  of  free 
schools.  He  sold  seven  acres  to  Roger 
Williams,  of  Dorchester,  January  13,  1649, 


for  £21.  July  ir,  of  the  same  year  he  sold 
nine  acres  in  Dorchester.  He  was  among 
the  patentees  of  Dover,  was  in  the  Nar- 
ragansett  expedition  of  1654,  and  died 
early  in  1667.  His  property  was  inven- 
toried at  £297  7s.  id.,  including  a  dwelling 
and  ground  valued  at  £180.  His  second 
wife,  a  widow,  Elizabeth  Mellowes,  was 
dismissed  from  the  First  Church  of  Bos- 
ton to  the  Dorchester  church  July  25, 
1641.  She  survived  him.  Their  second 
son,  William  (2)  Makepeace,  married, 
May  23,  1661,  Ann  Johnson.  He  was  in- 
terested in  Block  Island,  and  may  have 
lived  there  a  short  time.  He  settled  on 
the  Taunton  river  and  bought  land  April 
8,  1661,  for  £30,  at  "Quequechan,"  now 
Freetown.  This  he  sold  in  1672,  and  pur- 
chased another  tract  nearby  in  February, 
1679.  He  was  drowned  August  9,  1681, 
in  the  Taunton  river,  and  his  estate  was 
valued  at  £180  4s.  6d.  His  eldest  child 
was  William  (3)  Makepeace,  born  1662- 
63,  lived  in  Freetown ;  was  constable  in 
1685,  and  member  of  town  council  in  1691. 
He  moved  to  Taunton  about  1703,  and  his 
will  was  made  November  16,  1736.  He 
married,  December  2,  1685,  Abigail  Tis- 
dale. They  were  the  parents  of  Abigail 
Makepeace,  wife  of  Emanuel  Williams,  as 
above  noted.  She  received  fifty  acres 
from  her  father,  June  10,  1703.  Abigail 
Tisdale  was  a  daughter  of  John  (2)  Tis- 
dale, who  was  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
Tisdale.  John  (2)  Tisdale  married,  No- 
vember 23,  1664,  Hannah  Rogers,  a  grand- 
daughter of  Thomas  Rogers,  who  came 
in  the  "Mayflower"  to  Plymouth.  His 
son,  John  Rogers,  married,  April  16,  1639, 
in  Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  Ann 
Churchman,  probably  a  daughter  of  Hugh 
Churchman,  of  Plymouth.  They  were 
the  parents  of  Hannah  Rogers,  wife  of 
John  (2)  Tisdale,  and  grandparents  of 
Abigail  Makepeace,  wife  of  Emanuel 
Williams.     Children  of  the  latter  couple : 


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John,  born  1704;  Gershom,  mentioned 
below;  Anna,  1708;  Lydia,  1710;  Phebe, 
1712;  Simeon,  1716. 

(II)  Gershom,  second  son  of  Emanuel 
and  Abigail  (Makepeace)  Williams,  was 
born  1706,  in  Taunton,  and  died  there 
October  8,  1775.  He  married  in  Dighton, 
August  2,  1729,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Waldron,  of  that  town.  She  died 
April  6,  1789.  His  will,  made  September 
9,  proved  November  17,  1775,  mentions  all 
his  children  except  the  youngest.  They 
were  all  born  in  Dighton,  viz :  Gershom, 
February  23,  1731,  married  Abigail  Tal- 
but,  of  Dighton,  no  children ;  Abigail, 
mentioned  below;  Simeon,  March  21, 
1735;  Hannah,  June  16,  1737,  married 
William  Holloway,  Jr. ;  Ruth,  March  14, 
1740,  died  June  25,  1751 ;  Lemuel,  August 
3,  1742,  married  (first)  Molly  Jones,  of 
Dighton,  (second)  Abigail  Briggs ; 
George,  September  28,  1744,  married 
Marcy  Paull ;  David,  mentioned  below ; 
John,  July  16,  1749;  Jonathan,  August  21, 
1751  ;  Ruth,  October  10,  1753,  married 
Daniel  Hayford. 

(III)  Abigail,  eldest  daughter  of  Ger- 
shom and  Abigail  (Waldron)  Williams, 
born  February  1,  1733,  in  Dighton,  was 
married,  December  20,  1753  (as  his  second 
wife)  to  John  Briggs,  of  Berkeley,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  1720,  died  March  11,  1790. 

(IV)  Abigail,  second  daughter  of  John 
and  Abigail  (Williams)  Briggs,  was  born 
January  4,  1761,  in  Dighton,  and  was  mar- 
ried, January  15,  1793,  to  Simeon  Web- 
ster, of  Dighton. 

(Ill)  David,  fifth  son  of  Gershom  and 
Abigail  (Waldron)  Williams,  was  born 
October  24,  1746,  in  Dighton,  and  was  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He  served 
thirty-seven  days  in  Captain  Robert 
Davis'  company,  Colonel  Freeman's  regi- 
ment, company  raised  for  a  secret  expedi- 
tion to  Rhode  Island ;  roll  sworn  to  in 
Suffolk,    December   4,    1777.      He    was   a 


member  of  the  Bristol  county  brigade, 
commanded  by  Brigadier-General  George 
Godfrey ;  was  a  private  in  Captain  Elijah 
Walker's  company,  Colonel  John  Hatch's 
regiment,  marched  to  Tiverton  on  an 
alarm  of  August  2,  1780,  served  three 
days.  He  married,  January  1,  1771,  Lois 
Webster,  born  1746,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Bathsheba  (Bryant)  Webster,  of 
Dighton.  Children :  Nancy,  born  No- 
vember 12,  1771,  died  June  30,  1832; 
Lydia,  August  18,  1773,  died  September 
29,  1850;  David,  June  14,  1775,  died  De- 
cember 22,  1830;  Gershom,  December  19, 
1776,  died  May  24,  185 1  ;  Bathsheba,  men- 
tioned below;  Eleanor,  December  14, 
1780,  died  March  6,  1862. 

(IV)  Bathsheba,  third  daughter  of 
David  and  Lois  (Webster)  Williams,  was 
born  November  30,  1778,  in  Dighton,  and 
became  the  wife  of  Joseph  (2)  Goff,  of 
Rehoboth  (see  Goff  III). 

Stephen  Webster,  of  Dighton,  born 
about  1720,  lived  in  Dighton  and  Berke- 
ley, Massachusetts,  and  was  sergeant  of 
militia.  He  married  Bathsheba  Bryant, 
daughter  of  Stephen  (3)  and  Sarah  (Ma- 
goon)  Bryant,  of  Dighton  (see  Bryant 
III).  He  served  twenty-nine  days  in  the 
Revolutionary  forces,  a  private  in  Captain 
James  Briggs'  company,  which  marched 
October  2,  1777,  under  Colonel  Freeman, 
on  a  secret  expedition  to  Rhode  Island  ; 
was  discharged  October  29,  1777. 

(The   Bryant   Line). 

(I)  Stephen  Bryant  was  a  resident  of 
Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1643, 
and  was  in  Plymouth  in  1650.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Shaw. 
Children:  John,  born  April  7,  1650; 
Mary,  May  29,  1654;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  November  28,  1659;  Lydia, 
October  23,  1662;  Elizabeth,  October  17, 
1665. 

(II)  Stephen    (2),   second   son   of   Ste- 


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phen  (i)  and  Abigail  (Shaw)  Bryant,  was 
born  February  2,  1658,  in  Plymouth,  and 
lived  in  Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  with 
his  wife  Elizabeth.  She  died  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  September  9,  1702,  in  Ply- 
mouth, Bathsheba  Briggs.  Children : 
Stephen,  mentioned  below ;  David,  born 
1687 ;  William,  1692 ;  Hannah  ;  Ichabod, 
1699;  Timothy,  1702. 

(III)  Stephen  (3),  eldest  child  of  Ste- 
phen (2)  and  Elizabeth  Bryant,  was  born 
1684,  in  Middleboro,  and  married  in  Dux- 
bury,  November  23,  1710,  Sarah  Magoon. 

(IV)  Bathsheba,  daughter  of  Stephen 
(3)  and  Sarah  (Magoon)  Bryant,  married 
Stephen  Webster,  of  Dighton  (see  Wil- 
liams III). 

(The  Goff  Line). 

The  name  Goff  has  an  historic  identity 
with  the  early  settling  of  New  England. 
One  Thomas  Goff,  a  wealthy  merchant  of 
London,  England,  Matthew  Craddock, 
John  Endicott,  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall, 
and  others,  were  among  the  principal 
actors  in  laying  the  foundation  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  "By  mutual 
agreement  among  themselves  they  were 
formed  into  a  body  politic  and  confirmed 
or  rather  so  constituted  by  the  royal 
charter."  The  first  governor  chosen  was 
Matthew  Craddock,  the  first  deputy  gov- 
ernor Thomas  Goff,  both  of  whom  were 
sworn,  March  23,  1628.  Edward  or  Ed- 
mund Goff,  of  Cambridge,  and  a  pro- 
prietor of  Watertown,  and  John  Goff,  of 
Newbury,  a  proprietor,  were  other  pio- 
neers of  the  name  in  New  England.  The 
vital  records  of  Rehoboth,  the  mother 
town  of  many  in  its  region  both  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  Rhode  Island,  begin  with  the 
families  of  Richard,  Samuel  and  Robert 
Goff,  following  later  with  that  of  William 
Goff,  beginning  with  the  early  years  of 
the  eighteenth  century.  From  this  source 
spring  many  of  the  name  both  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  Rhode  Island. 


(I)  Richard  Goff,  of  Barrington,  and 
Martha  Toogood,  of  the  same  town, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Martha  Too- 
good,  were  married,  July  19,  1722,  and 
their  children  of  Rehoboth  town  record 
were:  Sarah,  born  October  19,  1723;  Jo- 
seph, mentioned  below;  Squire,  June  18, 
1727;  Bethia,  January  31,  1730;  Rachel, 
July  28,  1731 ;  Rebecca,  May  11,  1733; 
Dorothy,  August  4,  1735 ;  Richard,  July 
3i-  1741- 

(II)  Joseph  Goff,  son  of  Richard  and 
Martha  (Toogood)  Goff,  was  born  De- 
cember 12,  1725.  He  utilized  the  water 
power  of  the  village  tributary  to  Palmer's 
river  for  sawing  lumber  and  other  mill 
purposes  prior  to  the  year  1764,  and  his 
son  Richard,  and  the  latter's  sons,  Nelson 
and  Darius,  used  the  same  stream  for 
power  in  their  manufacturing  projects. 
Joseph  Goff  married,  October  1,  1748,  Pa- 
tience Thurber,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Mehitable  (Bullock)  Thurber.  Children, 
of  Rehoboth  town  record :  Richard,  born 
February  21,  1750;  Sarah,  June  19,  1751 ; 
Patience,  June  20,  1753 ;  Huldah,  Febru- 
ary 19,  1755;  Experience,  April  2.J,  1759; 
Dorcas,  March  17,  1763  ;  Hannah,  January 
20,  1765  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Me- 
hitable, October  20,  1773  ;  Rebecca,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1776. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)and 
Patience  (Thurber)  Goff,  was  born  No- 
vember 8,  1771,  and  married  (first)  Bath- 
sheba Williams,  born  November  30,  1778, 
died  March  7,  1814,  daughter  of  David 
and  Lois  (Webster)  Williams,  of  Digh- 
ton (see  Williams  III).  He  married 
(second)  Abigail  Webster.  Children,  of 
first  marriage :  Bathsheba  Williams, 
born  July  1,  1801  ;  Joseph,  February  21, 
1803;  Rebeckah,  May  17,  1805;  William 
Leonard,  August  16,  1807;  Amanda  M., 
mentioned  below ;  Ida  Madison,  January 
13,  181 1  ;  of  second  marriage:  Abby  Lu- 
cena,   born    February    13,     1818;    Simeon 


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Webster,  March  22,  1820;  Appollas  Leon- 
ard, September  5,  1826;  Mary  Ann,  De- 
cember 2,  1828. 

(IV)  Amanda  M.,  third  daughter  of 
Joseph  (2)  and  Bathsheba  (Williams) 
Goff,  born  June  16,  1809,  became  the  wife 
of  Nedabiah  Angell,  of  Providence  (see 
Angell  VI). 


LINCOLN,  Frederick  W„ 

Business    Man. 

Hingham,  Massachusetts,  is  distin- 
guished as  the  home  of  all  the  first  settlers 
of  the  surname  Lincoln.  From  these  pio- 
neers are  descended  all  the  Colonial  fam- 
ilies of  the  name,  including  President 
Lincoln,  more  than  one  governor  and  men 
of  note  in  all  walks  of  life.  The  surname 
was  variously  spelled  Linkhorn,  Linkeln, 
Lincon,  and  was  common  in  old  Hing- 
ham, in  England,  for  more  than  a  century 
before  immigrant  ancestors  made  their 
home  in  Massachusetts.  The  origin  or 
meaning  of  the  name  has  been  a  theme 
of  discussion.  Some  have  maintained 
that  it  is  a  relic  of  the  Anglo-Saxon-Nor- 
man Conquest  period,  when,  near  some 
waterfall  (Anglo-Saxon  "lin")  (a  colony 
Roman  "colonia")  was  founded,  thus 
giving  Lincolonia  or  finally  Lincolnshire. 
Eight  of  the  name  were  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Hingham,  coming  thither  from 
Wymondham,  County  Norfolk,  England. 
Three  brothers,  Daniel,  Samuel  and 
Thomas,  came  with  their  mother  Joan. 
There  were  no  less  than  four  named 
Thomas  Lincoln,  adults  and  heads  of 
families,  all  doubtless  related.  They  were 
distinguished  on  the  records  and  in  local 
speech  by  their  trades.  They  were 
known  as  Thomas,  the  miller ;  Thomas, 
the  cooper ;  Thomas,  the  husbandman ; 
and  Thomas,  the  weaver.  There  were 
also  Stephen  Lincoln  who  came  with  his 
wife  and    son   Stephen,  from    Wymond, 


England,  in   1638.     This  name  is  spelled 
also  Windham  and  Wymondham. 

(I)  Thomas  Lincoln,  the  miller,  was 
born  1603,  in  Norfolk  county,  England, 
came  to  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  in 
1635,  was  one  of  the  proprietors  the  same 
year,  drew  a  house-lot  of  five  acres  at 
Hingham,  July  3,  1636,  on  what  is  now 
South  street,  near  Main,  and  later  drew 
lots  for  planting.  Before  1650,  he  had 
removed  to  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  and 
had  built  a  grist  mill  there  on  Mill  river 
at  a  point  in  the  very  heart  of  the  present 
city,  near  the  street  leading  from  the  rail- 
road station  to  City  Square.  It  is  said 
that  King  Philip  and  his  chiefs  once  met 
the  colonists  in  conference  in  this  mill. 
He  served  in  Taunton  on  the  jury  in  1650 ; 
was  highway  surveyor  there  in  1650  and 
the  largest  land  owner.  He  became  one 
of  the  stockholders  in  the  famous  Taun- 
ton iron  works,  established  October,  1652, 
as  a  stock  company.  Among  other  stock- 
holders were  Richard  Williams,  Richard 
Stacy  and  George  Watson.  These  works 
were  operated  until  1883,  and  the  dam  and 
foundation  still  mark  one  of  the  most 
interesting  sites  in  the  history  of  Amer- 
ican industry.  Thomas  Lincoln  gave  land 
in  Hingham  to  his  son  Thomas,  who  sold 
it  October  11,  1662,  specifying  the  history 
of  the  transactions.  His  will  was  dated 
August  23,  1683,  when  he  stated  his  age 
as  about  eighty  years.  The  will  was 
proved  March  5,  1684.  He  married  (first) 
in  England,  wife's  name  unknown,  and 
(second)  December  10,  1665,  Elizabeth 
(Harvey)  Street,  widow  of  Francis  Street. 
Children:  Samuel,  baptized  1637,  in 
Hingham,  Massachusetts ;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below;  John,  February,  1639,  mar- 
ried Edith  Macomber;  Mary,  October  6, 
1642,  married  (first)  William  Hack,  (sec- 
ond) Richard  Stevens;  Sarah,  December, 
1645,  married  Joseph  Wills,  of  Taunton, 
and  settled  in  Scituate. 


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(II)  Thomas  (2)  Lincoln,  son  of 
Thomas  (1)  Lincoln,  was  baptized  in 
February,  1638,  in  Hingham,  and  settled 
in  Taunton,  where  he  made  a  will,  May  4, 
1694.  He  married,  in  1651,  Mary  Austin, 
daughter  of  Jonah  and  Constance  (Kent) 
Austin,  died  about  1694.  Jonah  Austin 
was  mayor  of  the  borough  of  Tenterden, 
England,  sailed  from  Sandwich  in  the  ship 
"Hercules,"  in  1633,  with  his  wife  Con- 
stance, and  located  first  at  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  sold  land  in 
1638;  was  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1635.  His  land  there  was  sold 
in  1650.  About  the  same  time  he  pur- 
chased fifty-one  acres  in  Taunton,  became 
interested  as  a  shareholder  in  the  famous 
iron  works  in  that  town,  and  died  there 
July  30,  1683.  His  wife  died  April  22, 
1667.  Children  of  Thomas  (2)  Lincoln: 
Mary,  born  May  12,  1652;  Thomas,  died 
young  ;  Sarah,  died  young  ;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  March  18,  1658; 
Jonah  and  Sarah  (twins),  July  7,  1660; 
Hannah,  March  15,  1663;  Constant,  May 
16,  1665;  Mercy,  April  3,  1670;  Ephraim, 
died  April  9,  1673. 

(III)  Thomas  (3)  Lincoln,  second  son 
of  Thomas  (2)  and  Mary  (Austin)  Lin- 
coln, was  born  April  21,  1656,  and  died  in 
1720.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Stacy, 
daughter  of  Richard  Stacy,  who  appears 
in  the  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms  at 
Taunton  in  1643.  Richard  Stacy  was  sur- 
veyor of  highways  and  often  a  member 
of  the  jury ;  was  one  of  the  original  share- 
holders of  the  iron  works,  and  died  in 
1687.  His  wife's  name  was  Abigail. 
Thomas  Lincoln  married  (second)  No- 
vember 14,  1689,  Susanna,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Smith.  Children :  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below ;  Benjamin,  born  1681 ;  Wil- 
liam, 1682;  Jonathan,  died  January  5, 
1773;  Silas;  Nathan;  Tabitha ;  Hannah, 
born  1692;  Constant,  1696;  Lydia. 

(IV)  Thomas   (4)  Lincoln,  eldest  son 


of  Thomas  (3)  and  Mary  (Stacy)  Lin- 
coln, was  born  about  1680,  in  Taunton, 
and  married  Rebecca  Walker,  born  about 
1693,  fifth  daughter  of  James  and  Bath- 
sheba  (Brooks)  Walker,  of  Taunton. 

(V)  Isaac  Lincoln,  son  of  Thomas  (4) 
and  Rebecca  (Walker)  Lincoln,  was  born 
1710-n,  in  Taunton,  and  married,  July  6, 
1736,  Mary  Sanford,  of  Berkley,  Massa- 
chusetts, probably  the  daughter  of  Eben 
and  Mary  (Woodward)  Sanford,  of  New- 
port, Rhode  Island,  born  about  1719. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2)  Lincoln,  son  of  Isaac 
(1)  and  Mary  (Sanford)  Lincoln,  was 
born  1738,  and  married,  in  1759,  Lydia 
Drake,  born  1739,  died  1825,  probably  of 
the  Weymouth  family  of  Drake.  No 
record  of  her  birth  or  parentage  has  been 
discovered.  Isaac  (2)  Lincoln  died  1808. 
Children:  Isaac,  born  1760;  Lott,  1762; 
Sanford,  mentioned  below;  Mercy,  1768; 
Cecilia,  1771. 

(VII)  Sanford  Lincoln,  third  son  of 
Isaac  (2)  and  Lydia  (Drake)  Lincoln, 
was  born  1765,  in  Taunton,  died  1825,  and 
was  buried  at  Briggs  Corner,  in  the  town 
of  Attleboro.  He  married,  1786,  Sybil 
Williams,  born  February  19,  1768,  died 
March,  1843,  daughter  of  Rufus  and 
Mercy  (Shaw)  Williams,  of  Attleboro 
(see  Williams  VI). 

(VIII)  Williams  Sanford  Lincoln,  son 
of  Sanford  and  Sybil  (Williams)  Lincoln, 
was  born  1793,  and  made  his  home  in 
Attleboro,  where  he  was  engaged  in  agri- 
culture, and  died  July  31,  1844.  He  was 
married,  June  20,  1819,  in  Attleboro,  by 
Rev.  Richard  Cavigne,  to  Louisa  Tifft, 
born  November  14,  1799.  in  Attleboro, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Lois  (Guild) 
Tifft,  died  February  9,  1877  (see  Tifft 
VI). 

(IX)  Williams  Sanford  (2)  Lincoln, 
son  of  Williams  Sanford  (1)  and  Louisa 
(Tifft)  Lincoln,  was  born  in  October, 
1827,  in   Mansfield,   Massachusetts.     He 


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was  a  jeweler  by  trade,  and  a  well  known 
resident  of  Attleboro,  where  he  was  one 
of  its  leading  and  progressive  citizens. 
He  died  from  the  effects  of  injuries  re- 
ceived in  a  railroad  accident,  January  3, 
1884,  and  was  buried  in  Attleboro.  He 
married,  June  13,  1852,  Ann  Sophia  Bliss, 
born  August  26,  1826,  in  Attleboro, 
daughter  of  Martin  and  Sophia  (Wright- 
ington)  Bliss,  of  that  town,  and  she  died 
in  Attleboro,  January  29,  1866  (see  Bliss 
X).  They  were  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren: Frederick  William,  and  Annabell 
Sanford,  born  December  26,  1858,  living 
in  Attleboro,  unmarried. 

(X)  Frederick  William  Lincoln,  only 
son  of  Williams  Sanford  (2)  and  Ann 
Sophia  (Bliss)  Lincoln,  was  born  July  2, 
1853,  in  Attleboro,  and  has  continued  to 
make  his  home  in  that  town  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  Its  public  schools  supplied  his 
education,  and  he  early  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  manufacture  of  jewelry,  learn- 
ing the  business  with  his  father,  and  in 
1876  became  interested  in  the  electro  plat- 
ing business,  in  the  establishment  con- 
ducted under  the  firm  name  of  Nerney  & 
Lincoln.  This  business  was  successfully 
conducted  for  a  period  of  twelve  years,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  the  business  was 
sold,  he  and  Mr.  Nerney  going  into  the  C. 
A.  Wetherell  &  Company,  jewelry  manu- 
facturers, in  which  concern  they  had  had 
an  interest  for  some  time.  In  1890,  Mr. 
Lincoln  disposed  of  his  interests  in  the 
C.  A.  Wetherell  &  Company,  and  took  a 
special  course  in  the  School  for  Christian 
Workers,  now  known  as  the  International 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Col- 
lege, at  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  spent  about  a  year  in  preparing  him- 
self to  take  up  that  line  of  work.  Upon 
returning  to  Attleboro,  on  account  of  the 
illness  of  his  former  partners,  Mr.  Lincoln 
took  the  management  of  the  C.  A.  Weth- 
erell &  Company  concern,  continuing  in 


that  capacity  for  about  two  years.  In 
March,  1897,  Mr.  Lincoln  bought  an  inter- 
est in  the  J.  M.  Fisher  Company,  jewelry 
manufacturers,  and  upon  the  incorpora- 
tion of  this  concern,  in  191 1,  he  was  made 
treasurer  of  the  company,  continuing  in 
that  capacity  until  1914,  when  he  retired 
from  active  business  cares.  He  is  one  of 
the  best  known  and  most  progressive 
citizens  of  Attleboro,  and  takes  much  in- 
terest in  the  growth  and  progress  of  its 
institutions.  While  a  most  public- 
spirited  citizen,  his  chief  interest  is  in  his 
home  and  family.  He  is  blessed  with  an 
artistic  taste  and  temperament,  as  shown 
in  his  home  and  garden.  Many  of  the  sur- 
roundings were  constructed  from  his  own 
designs.  Mr.  Lincoln  is  one  of  the  most 
active  and  useful  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church,  in  which  he  has 
served  as  trustee  and  superintendent  of 
the  Sunday  school,  and  is  active  in  all  the 
works  of  the  organization.  Most  temper- 
ate in  his  life  and  habits — he  is  popular 
and  appreciated  as  a  good  citizen. 

He  married,  in  Attleboro,  June  26,  1876, 
Ermina  Chester  Shaw,  born  January  27, 
1856,  in  Fair  Haven,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  William  Penn  and  Susan  E. 
(Blossom)  Shaw  (see  Shaw  VIII).  Mrs. 
Lincoln  is,  like  her  husband,  a  valued 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  a  useful  member  of  society. 
She  is  descended  from  some  of  the  oldest 
families  in  New  England.  Children  :  1.  Er- 
mina Chester,  born  in  Attleboro,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1881,  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools ;  became  active  in  Sun- 
day school  work,  and  was  connected  with 
the  State  Sunday  School  Association  of 
Pennsylvania,  as  primary  secretary.  She 
married  William  T.  Cooper,  of  Chatta- 
nooga, Tennessee,  and  they  now  reside  in 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law;  they  are 
the    parents    of    one    daughter:     Helen 


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Margaret  Cooper,  born  August  3,  1913.  2. 
Helen  Bliss,  born  August  7,  1885,  resides 
with  her  parents ;  was  educated  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Attleboro. 

(The   Williams   Line). 

In  the  ancient  town  of  Taunton  there 
are  still  representatives  of  the  famous 
Cromwell-Williams  line  of  the  family 
bearing  the  latter  name.  Reference  is 
made  to  some  of  the  posterity  of  Richard 
Williams,  who,  with  Oliver  Cromwell, 
the  "Lord  Protector,"  sprang  from  the 
same  ancestor,  William  Cromwell,  a  son 
of  Robert  Cromwell,  of  Carleton-upon- 
Trent,  a  Lancastrian,  who  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Towton,  in  1461.  Many 
years  ago  the  statement  was  made,  and 
afterward  vehemently  doubted,  that  the 
family  of  Richard  Williams,  of  Taunton, 
was  connected  by  ties  of  blood  with  that 
of  Oliver  Cromwell.  This  fact  was  estab- 
lished by  the  wonderful  patience  and  per- 
severance, and  at  considerable  expense, 
of  the  late  Hon.  Joseph  Hartwell  Wil- 
liams, of  Augusta,  Maine,  a  former  gov- 
ernor of  Maine,  a  direct  descendant  of 
Richard  Williams,  of  Taunton.  The  fol- 
lowing is  an  account  of  this  connection 
taken  from  the  New  England  Historical 
and  Genealogical  Register  of  April,  1897, 
abridged  by  the  late  Josiah  H.  Drum- 
mond,  LL.  D.,  of  Portland,  Maine. 

The  Cromwell  line  dates  from  Alden 
de  Cromwell,  who  lived  in  the  time  of 
William  the  Conqueror.  His  son  was 
Hugh  de  Cromwell,  and  from  him  de- 
scended ten  Ralph  de  Cromwells  in  as 
many  successive  generations ;  but  the 
tenth  Ralph  died  without  issue.  The 
seventh  Ralph  de  Cromwell  married,  in 
1351,  Amicia,  daughter  of  Robert  Berer, 
M.  P.  for  Notts ;  besides  the  eighth  Ralph, 
they  had  several  other  sons,  among  whom 
was  Ulker  Cromwell,  of  Hucknall  Tor- 
kard,  Notts.    Ulker  had  Richard ;  and  he, 


John  of  Cromwell  House,  Carleton-upon- 
Trent,  Notts ;  and  he,  Robert ;  the  names 
of  the  wives  are  not  given. 

(I)  Robert  Cromwell,  of  Carleton- 
upon-Trent,  was  a  Lancastrian.  He  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Towton,  in  1461. 
His  lease  of  Cromwell  House  was  seized 
by  Sir  Humphrey  Bourchier,  Yorkist, 
who  was  the  husband  of  Joan  Stanhope, 
the  granddaughter  of  the  ninth  Ralph, 
through  his  daughter  Matilda,  wife  of  Sir 
Richard  Stanhope.  Ralph  left  a  son  Wil- 
liam, the  ancestor  of  Robert  Cromwell, 
and  a  daughter  Margaret,  the  ancestor 
of  both  Oliver  Cromwell  and  Richard 
Williams,  of  Taunton. 

(II)  William  Cromwell,  of  the  prebend 
of  Palace  Hall,  Norwalk,  Notts,  settled  in 
Putney,  Surrey,  1452.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Smyth,  daughter  of  John  Smyth,  of 
Norwalk,  Notts,  and  had  John.  Margaret 
Cromwell  married  William  Smyth  (son 
of  John).  They  had  son,  Richard  Smyth, 
and  daughter,  Joan  Smyth. 

(III)  John  Cromwell,  son  of  William 
Cromwell,  married  his  cousin,  Joan 
Smyth.  He  was  a  Lancastrian,  and  his 
lands  at  Putney  were  seized  by  Arch- 
bishop Bourchier,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Wimbledon,  and  his  lease  of  Palace  Hall, 
Norwalk,  Notts,  remised  by  Lord  Chan- 
cellor Bourchier.  They  had,  among 
other  children,  Walter  Cromwell.  Rich- 
ard Smyth,  of  Rockhampton,  Putney,  by 
wife,  Isabella,  had  daughter  Margaret 
Smyth,  who  married  John  Williams, 
fourth  in  descent  from  Howell  Williams, 
the  head  of  the  Williams  line. 

(IV)  Walter  Cromwell  married,  in 
1474,  the  daughter  of  Glossop  of  Wirks- 
worth,  Derbyshire;  in  1472  he  claimed 
and  was  admitted  to  two  virgates  (thirty 
acres)  of  land  at  Putney;  in  1499  Arch- 
bishop Morton,  Lord  of  Wimbledon 
Manor,  gave  him  six  virgates  (ninety 
acres)  of  land  in  Putney  as  a  solatium  for 


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the  property  taken  from  his  father  by  the 
Bourchier  Yorkists.  He  died  in  1516, 
leaving  among  other  children  Katherine 
Cromwell. 

(V)  Katherine  Cromwell  married  Mor- 
gan Williams,  fifth  in  descent  from 
Howell  Williams,  and  had  a  son  Richard 
Williams,  born  about  1495. 

(VI)  Sir  Richard  Williams,  alias 
Cromwell,  married,  in  1518,  Frances 
Murfyn.  He  died  at  Stepney  in  1547  and 
was  buried  in  Gt.  St.  Helen's  Church, 
London.  He  left  son,  Henry  Cromwell, 
alias  Williams. 

(VII)  Sir  Henry  Cromwell,  alias  Wil- 
liams (called  "The  Golden  Knight"),  of 
Hinchenbrook,  married  Joan,  daughter  of 
Sir  Ralph  Warren,  Lord  Mayor  of  Lon- 
don, and  they  had :  Sir  Oliver,  Robert, 
Henry,  Richard,  Philip,  Joan,  Elizabeth 
and  Frances. 

(VIII)  Robert  Cromwell,  of  Hunting- 
don, brewer,  married  Elizabeth  Stewart, 
widow  of  William  Lynn,  of  Bassing- 
bourn,  and  their  fifth  child  was  Oliver 
Cromwell,  the  "Lord  Protector."  Rob- 
ert's sister,  Elizabeth  Cromwell,  married 
William  Hampden,  of  Great  Hampden, 
Bucks,  and  among  their  children  were 
John  Hampden,  "The  Patriot,"  and  Rich- 
ard Hampden. 

Governor  Williams,  through  his  assist- 
ants, traced  the  Williams  line  back  to 
Howell  Williams,  Lord  of  Ribour. 

(I)  Howell  Williams,  Lord  of  Ribour, 
married  Wenlion,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Llyne  ap  Jevan,  of  Rady,  and  had  son, 
Morgan  Williams. 

(II)  Morgan  Williams,  of  Lanishen, 
Glamorgan,  married  Joan  Batton,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Batton,  of  Glamorgan,  and 
they  had  Thomas  and  Jevan.  Jevan  Wil- 
liams married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Jen- 
kin  Kemeys,  of  Bagwye  Man.  They  had 
son,  William  Williams,  of  Lanishen, 
bailiff  for  Henry    VIII.,  who   (wife    not 


known)  was  the  father  of  Morgan  Wil- 
liams, of  Lanishen,  Glamorgan,  and  later 
of  Putney,  Wansworth  and  Greenwich, 
for  Henry  VII.  and  Henry  VIII.,  and  the 
husband  in  1494  of  Katherine  Cromwell 
— see  ante  Cromwell,  No.  5,  et  seq. 

(III)  Thomas  Williams,  of  Lanishen, 
Glamorgan,  died  at  St.  Helen's,  Bishop- 
gate,  London ;  was  buried  in  the  church 
there,  "with  his  brass  on  stone." 

(IV)  John  Williams,  steward  of 
Wimbledon  Manor,  Surrey,  married  Mar- 
garet Smyth,  daughter  of  Richard  Smyth, 
and  granddaughter  of  Margaret  Crom- 
well (see  ante  Cromwell,  Nos.  1,  2).  He 
died  at  Mortlake  in  1502,  and  she  in  1501. 
They  had  two  sons,  John  and  Richard. 
John  Williams,  born  in  1485,  married 
Joan  Wykys,  daughter  of  Henry  Wykys, 
of  Bolleys  Park,  Chertney,  and  sister  of 
Elizabeth  Wykys,  who  married  Thomas 
Cromwell  (brother  of  Katherine),  secre- 
tary to  Henry  VIII.,  Lord  Cromwell  of 
Oakham,  Earl  of  Essex. 

(V)  Richard  Williams  was  born  in 
Rockhampton  in  1487.  He  settled  at 
Monmouth  and  Dixxon,  Mon.,  where  he 
died  in  1559.  He  was  twice  married.  The 
name  of  his  first  wife  is  not  known.  She 
is  credited  with  one  daughter,  Joan.  His 
second  wife,  Christian,  had  two  daugh- 
ters, Reece  and  Ruth,  and  one  son,  John. 

(VI)  John  Williams,  of  Huntingdon, 
near  Wotton  under  Edge,  Gloucester, 
died  in  1579,  leaving  son  William.  No 
other  particulars  of  this  family  are  given. 

(VII)  William  Williams,  of  Hunting- 
don, married  (first)  November  15,  1585, 
Jane  Shepherd.  She  died  about  1600, 
a  child  of  hers  having  been  baptized  De- 
cember 2,  1599.  He  married  (second) 
December  4,  1603,  Jane  Woodward.  She 
died  February  2,  1614,  and  he  in  1618. 
The  first  child  of  his  second  marriage, 
born  in  January,  1606,  was  Richard  Wil- 
liams, of  Taunton.    Of  the  change  of  his 


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name  by  Sir  Richard  Williams,  Governor 
Williams  said :  "Oliver  Cromwell  in  the 
male  line  of  Morgan  Williams  of  Gla- 
morganshire. His  great-grandfather,  Sir 
Richard  Williams,  assumed  the  name  of 
'Cromwell,'  it  is  true,  but  not  until  in 
mature  years  he  had  distinguished  him- 
self in  the  public  service  (temp.  Henry 
VIII),  under  the  patronage  of  his  uncle, 
Thomas  Cromwell  (Vicar  General,  1535), 
whom  he  proposed  to  honor  by  the  adop- 
tion of  his  name.  In  fact,  ever  afterwards 
Sir  Richard  used  to  sign  himself,  'Rich- 
ard Cromwell,  alias  Williams ;'  and  his 
sons  and  grandsons,  and  Oliver  Cromwell 
himself,  in  his  youth  (1620),  used  to  sign 
in  the  same  manner.  In  important  grants 
from  the  crown  to  Sir  Richard  (29  and 
31,  Henry  VIII),  the  grantee's  name  ap- 
pears in  both  forms,  'Cromwell,  alias  Wil- 
liams' and  'Williams,  alias  Cromwell.' " 
It  is  not  believed  that,  in  the  light  of  Gov- 
ernor Williams'  researches,  the  relation- 
ship of  Richard  Williams,  of  Taunton, 
and  the  Cromwell  family  will  again  be 
questioned. 

(I)  Richard  Williams,  son  of  William 
Williams,  of  Huntingdon,  and  his  wife, 
Jane  (Woodward)  Williams,  born  in 
January,  1606,  married  in  Gloucester, 
England,  February  11,  1632,  Frances 
Dighton,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Dighton, 
and  for  whom  the  town  of  Dighton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, was  named.  Richard  Wil- 
liams came  to  America  and  was  among 
the  first  purchasers  of  Taunton.  He  was 
a  man  of  good  abilities ;  was  deputy  to 
the  General  Court  of  Plymouth  Colony 
from  1645  to  I(565 ;  selectman  in  1666  and 
1667,  and  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of 
the  "New  Purchase,"  now  Dighton ;  was 
a  member  and  deacon  of  the  First  Church. 
He  died  in  the  year  1693,  aged  eighty- 
seven.  The  children  born  to  Richard  and 
his  wife  Frances  (Dighton)  Williams,  the 
eldest  two  being  born  while  the  parents 


were  living  in  Gloucester,  in  the  parish  of 
Whitcombe  Magna,  were :  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  Febru- 
ary 7,  1636;  Samuel;  Joseph,  married 
(first)  November  28,  1667,  Elizabeth  Wat- 
son, (second)  Abigail  Newland ;  Nathan- 
iel, married,  in  1668,  Elizabeth  Rogers; 
Thomas ;  Benjamin,  married  Rebecca 
Macy;  Elizabeth,  born  about  1647;  Han- 
nah, married  John  Parmenter. 

(II)  John  Williams,  son  of  Richard 
Williams,  born  March  27,  1634,  in  Taun- 
ton, married  Jane  Bassett,  of  Dighton, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  William  Bas- 
sett, who  came  to  Plymouth  in  1621,  and 
his  wife,  Elizabeth,  said  to  have  been  a 
Tilden. 

(III)  Benjamin  Williams,  son  of  John 
and  Jane  (Bassett)  Williams,  was  born 
1654,  and  died  November  1,  1726.  He 
married,  March  18,  1690,  Rebecca  Macy, 
born  April  3,  1658,  daughter  of  Captain 
George  Macy,  of  Taunton.  Children : 
Rebecca,  born  November  27,  1690;  Josiah, 
November  7,  1692;  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below ;  John,  March  27,  1699. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2)  Williams,  second 
son  of  Benjamin  (1)  and  Rebecca  (Macy) 
Williams,  was  born  July  31,  1695,  in 
Taunton,  lived  in  that  part  of  the  town 
now  Norton,  where  he  died  April  1,  1775. 
He  married,  December  22,  1720,  Susan- 
nah Howard,  born  August  8,  1698,  in 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Major  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Dean) 
Howard. 

(V)  Rufus  Williams,  son  of  Benjamin 
(2)  and  Susannah  (Howard)  Williams, 
was  born  1723,  and  died  January  25,  1769. 
He  married  Mercy  Shaw. 

(VI)  Sybil  Williams,  daughter  of 
Rufus  and  Mercy  (Shaw)  Williams,  was 
born  February  19,  1768,  and  died  March, 
1843.  She  married,  in  1786,  Sanford  Lin- 
coln, of  Attleboro  (see  Lincoln  VII). 


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(The  Tifft  Line). 

This  family  was  very  early  established 
in  Rhode  Island,  where  descendants  are 
still  numerous,  and  where  the  name,  as 
originally  spelled  Tefft,  is  still  used  very 
largely. 

(I)  John  Tefft,  a  native  of  England, 
was  for  a  short  time  a  resident  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed  to 
Portsmouth,  later  to  Kingstown,  Rhode 
Island,  and  died  January  8,  1676.  He  was 
a  freeman  in  1655,  and  at  the  town  meet- 
ing, November  30,  1657,  was  granted 
planting  land  on  Hog  Island.  In  May, 
1671,  he  was  among  the  freemen  of  Kings- 
town, and  was  probably  for  some  years 
before  that,  as  he  sold  land  in  Ports- 
mouth, November  22,  1662.  His  will  was 
made  November  30,  1670.  He  married 
Mary  Barbour,  who  died  in  1679.  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Joshua, 
of  Kingstown ;  Tabitha,  born  1653,  mar- 
ried George  Gardiner. 

(II)  Samuel  Tifft,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Barbour)  Tefft,  resided  in  Provi- 
dence and  South  Kingstown,  was  a  free- 
man in  1667,  taxed  three  shillings  and  one 
and  one-half  pence,  July  I,  1679,  in  Provi- 
dence. In  Kingstown,  September  6,  1687, 
he  was  taxed  nine  shillings  and  four  and 
one-half  pence.  In  association  with 
twenty-six  others,  he  purchased  a  tract  of 
Narragansett  lands,  known  as  Swamp- 
town,  June  28,  1709.  His  will,  made 
March  16,  was  proved  December  20,  1725, 
and  the  inventory  of  his  estate,  amount- 
ing to  £1010  2s.  and  8d.,  included  large 
tracts  of  land,  much  live  stock,  tools  and 
other  personal  property.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Jencks,  born  1658,  died  1740, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Esther  (Ballard) 
Jencks,  and  sister  of  Governor  Joseph 
Jencks,  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
citizens  of  Rhode  Island.  At  her  death 
she  left  an  estate  of  £4.01  12s.  Children : 
John,  of  South   Kingstown ;   Samuel,  of 


the  same  town ;  Peter,  mentioned  below ; 
Sarah,  married  Ebenezer  Witten ;  Eliza- 
beth, married  Solomon  Carpenter ;  Esther, 
married  Thomas  Mumford ;  Mary,  mar- 
ried       Newton  ;   Tabitha  ;    Mercy  ; 

and  Susanna,  wife  of  Peter  Crandon. 

(III)  Peter  Tifft,  third  son  of  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  (Jencks)  Tifft,  resided  in 
Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  and  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  where  his  youngest  child 
was  born,  and  where  he  died  about  1725. 
His  wife's  baptismal  name  was  Mary,  and 
they  had  children,  all  born  in  Westerly 
except  the  last :  Peter,  June  19,  1699 ; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  John,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1706;  Joseph,  January  8,  1710; 
Daniel,  April  10,  1712;  Samuel,  February 
14,  1715;  Jonathan,  October  18,  1718. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2)  Tifft,  second  son  of 
Peter  and  Mary  Tifft,  was  born  February 
24,  1705,  in  Westerly,  and  was  deceased 
at  the  time  of  his  son's  marriage,  in  No- 
vember, 1773.  He  married,  May  5,  1753, 
at  Stonington,  Mary  Ellis,  of  Preston, 
Connecticut. 

(V)  John  Tifft,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Mary  (Ellis)  Tifft,  was  born  about  1754, 
and  lived  in  Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  He 
married,  November  24,  1773,  a  widow, 
Mary  Lewis.  Children :  Joseph,  born 
October  17,  1774;  Peleg,  May  18,  1777; 
David,  March  21,  1779;  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below;  Lewis,  November  11,  1783; 
Fannie,  March  27,  1788;  Annie,  July  9, 
1790. 

(VI)  Stephen  Tifft,  fourth  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Lewis)  Tifft,  was  born  April 
9,  1781,  in  Westerly,  and  lived  in  Smith- 
field,  Rhode  Island,  and  North  Attleboro, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  Lois  Guild, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Lane) 
Guild,  of  Attleboro. 

(VII)  Louisa  Tifft,  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen and  Lois  (Guild)  Tifft,  became  the 
wife  of  Williams  Sanford  (1)  Lincoln,  of 
Attleboro  (see  Lincoln  VIII). 


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(The  Bliss  Line). 

The  Bliss  family  seems  to  be  descended 
from  the  Norman  family  of  Blois,  gradu- 
ally modified  to  Bloys,  Blyse,  Blysse, 
Blisse,  and  in  America  finally  to  Bliss, 
dated  back  to  the  time  of  the  Norman 
Conquest.  The  name  is  not  common  in 
England.  The  coat-of-arms  borne  by  the 
Bliss  and  Bloys  families  is  the  same : 
Sable,  a  bend  vaire,  between  two  fleur-de- 
lis  or.  Crest :  A  hand  holding  a  bundle 
of  arrows.  Motto :  Semper  sursum.  The 
ancient  traditions  of  the  Bliss  family  rep- 
resent them  as  living  in  the  south  of 
England  and  belonging  to  the  class 
known  as  English  yeomanry  or  farmers, 
though  at  various  times  some  of  the  fam- 
ily were  knights  or  gentry.  They  owned 
the  houses  and  lands  they  occupied,  were 
freeholders  and  entitled  to  vote  for  mem- 
bers of  Parliament.  In  the  early  days,  of 
course,  they  were  faithful  Roman  Cath- 
olics, but  later  after  England  had  become 
Protestant  they  became  Puritans  and  be- 
came involved  in  the  contentions  between 
Charles  I.  and  Parliament.  The  Blisses 
who  settled  in  New  England  in  1636  had 
dwelt  in  Daventry,  Northamptonshire, 
England,  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  years 
before  the  emigration.  Daventry  is 
twelve  miles  from  Ecton,  from  which 
came  the  ancestors  of  Benjamin  Franklin, 
and  twenty-five  miles  from  Stratford-on- 
Avon,  where  Shakespeare  was  born,  and 
close  by  the  battlefield  of  Naseby,  where 
the  forces  of  Cromwell  crushed  the  army 
of  Charles  I.  The  early  Daventry  ances- 
tors of  the  Bliss  emigrants  were  mercers 
or  linen  drapers,  and  since  1475  they  were 
blacksmiths.  The  religious  controversies 
of  the  times  leading  up  to  the  overthrow 
of  King  Charles  were  partly  responsible 
for  the  departure  of  the  Blisses,  who  were 
non-conformists,  but  the  hunger  for  land 
had  probably  more  to  do  with  the  emigra- 
tion. 


(I)  Thomas  Bliss,  the  progenitor,  lived 
in  Belstone  Parish,  Devonshire,  England. 
Very  little  is  known  of  him  except  that  he 
was  a  wealthy  landowner,  that  he  belonged 
to  the  class  stigmatized  as  Puritans  on  ac- 
count of  the  purity  and  simplicity  of  their 
forms  of  worship,  that  he  was  persecuted 
by  the  civil  and  religious  authorities  under 
the  direction  of  Archbishop  Laud,  and 
that  he  was  maltreated,  impoverished  and 
imprisoned  and  finally  ruined  in  health, 
as  well  as  financially,  by  the  many  indig- 
nities and  hardships  forced  on  him  by  the 
intolerant  church  party  in  power.  He  is 
supposed  to  have  been  born  about  1550 
or  1560.  The  date  of  his  death  was  1635 
or  about  that  year.  When  the  Parliament 
of  1628  assembled,  Puritans  or  Round- 
heads, as  the  Cavaliers  called  them,  ac- 
companied the  members  to  London.  Two 
of  the  sons  of  Thomas  Bliss,  Jonathan 
and  Thomas,  rode  from  Devonshire  on 
iron  grey  horses,  and  remained  for  some 
time  in  the  city — long  enough  at  least  for 
the  king's  officers  and  spies  to  learn  their 
names  and  condition,  and  whence  they 
came ;  and  from  that  time  forth  with 
others  who  had  gone  to  London  on  the 
same  errand,  they  were  marked  for  de- 
struction. They  were  soon  fined  a  thou- 
sand pounds  for  non-conformity  and 
thrown  into  prison,  where  they  remained 
many  weeks.  Even  old  Mr.  Thomas 
Bliss,  their  father,  was  dragged  through 
the  streets  with  the  greatest  indignity. 
On  another  occasion  the  officers  of  the 
high  commission  seized  all  their  horses 
and  sheep,  except  one  poor  ewe  that  in 
its  fright  ran  into  the  house  and  took 
refuge  under  a  bed.  At  another  time  the 
three  brothers,  with  twelve  other  Puri- 
tans, were  led  through  the  market  place 
in  Okehampton  with  ropes  around  their 
necks,  and  fined  heavily,  and  Jonathan 
and  his  father  were  thrown  into  prison, 
where  the  sufferings  of  the  son  eventually 


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caused  his  death.  The  family  was  unable 
to  secure  the  release  of  both  Jonathan 
and  his  father,  so  the  younger  man  had  to 
remain  in  prison  and  at  Exeter  he  suffered 
thirty-five  lashes  with  a  three-corded 
whip,  which  tore  his  back  in  a  cruel  man- 
ner. Before  Jonathan  was  released  the 
estate  had  to  be  sold.  The  father  and 
mother  went  to  live  with  their  daughter 
who  had  married  a  man  of  the  Estab- 
lished Church,  Sir  John  Calclifre.  The 
remnant  of  the  estate  was  divided  among 
the  three  sons  who  were  advised  to  go  to 
America  where  they  might  escape  perse- 
cution. Thomas  and  George  feared  to 
wait  for  Jonathan,  who  was  still  very  ill, 
and  left  England  in  the  fall  of  1635  with 
their  families.  Thomas  Bliss,  son  of  Jona- 
than Bliss,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  (1) 
Bliss,  remained  with  his  father,  who 
finally  died,  and  the  son  then  came  to 
join  his  uncles  and  settled  near  Thomas. 
At  various  times  their  sister  sent  from 
England  boxes  of  shoes,  clothing  and 
articles  that  could  not  be  procured  in  the 
colonies,  and  it  is  through  her  letters, 
long  preserved,  but  now  lost,  that  knowl- 
edge of  the  Devonshire  family  was  pre- 
served. Children  :  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below ;  Thomas,  born  in  England,  about 
1585,  at  Belstone;  Elizabeth,  married  Sir 
John  Calclifre,  of  Belstone ;  George,  born 
1591,  settled  at  Lynn  and  Sandwich,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  Newport,  Rhode  Island  ; 
Mary  or  Polly. 

(II)  Jonathan  Bliss,  son  of  Thomas 
Bliss,  of  Belstone,  was  born  about  1580, 
at  Belstone,  died  in  England,  1635-36. 
On  account  of  his  non-conformity  he  was 
persecuted,  and  suffered  heavy  fines, 
eventually  dying  at  an  early  age,  from  a 
fever  contracted  in  prison.  Four  chil- 
dren are  said  to  have  died  in  infancy,  and 
two  grew  up :  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Mary. 

(III)  Thomas  (2)  Bliss,  son  of  Jona- 


than Bliss,  of  Belstone,  England,  was 
born  there,  and  on  the  death  of  his  father, 
in  1636,  he  went  to  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, and  from  there  to  Braintree,  same 
State.  He  next  went  to  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  finally  to  Weymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, whence,  in  1643,  ne  joined  in 
making  a  settlement  at  Rehoboth.  He 
was  made  freeman  at  Cambridge,  May 
18,  1642,  and  in  Plymouth  Colony,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1645.  In  June,  1645,  ne  drew  land 
at  the  Great  Plain,  Seekonk ;  in  1646  he 
was  fence  viewer ;  surveyor  of  highways 
in  1647.  He  died  at  Rehoboth,  in  June, 
1649,  and  is  buried  in  the  graveyard  at 
Seekonk,  Massachusetts,  now  Rumford, 
East  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  His  will 
was  proved  June  8,  1649.  His  wife's 
name  was  Ide.  Children  :  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below ;  daughter,  married  Thomas 
Williams ;  Mary,  married  Nathaniel  Har- 
mon, of  Braintree ;  Nathaniel,  seems  to 
have  left  no  descendants  of  the  Bliss 
name. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2)  Bliss,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Ide  Bliss,  was  born 
about  1625,  in  England,  and  in  1655  was 
made  freeman  of  the  Plymouth  colony. 
He  was  "way  wardon"  at  the  town  meet- 
ing in  Rehoboth,  May  24,  1652,  and  May 
17,  1655,  was  on  the  grand  jury.  He  was 
a  blacksmith,  was  made  a  freeman  in 
Rehoboth,  February  22,  1658,  drew  land, 
June  22,  1658,  and  was  one  of  the  eighty 
who  made  what  is  known  as  the  North 
Purchase.  He  married,  1648-49,  Miriam 
Harmon,  probably  a  daughter  of  Francis 
Harmon,  born  1592,  and  came  to  Boston 
in  the  ship  "Love"  in  1635.  Jonathan 
Bliss  died  in  1687.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  sworn  to  May  23,  1687;  the 
magistrate  was  the  famous  governor,  Sir 
Edmund  Andros.  Children :  Ephraim. 
born  1649;  Rachel,  December  1,  1651  ; 
Jonathan,  March  4,  1653,  died  same  year ; 
Mary,   September  31    (sic),    1655;   Eliza- 


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beth,  January  20,  1657;  Samuel,  June  24, 
1660;  Martha,  April,  1663;  Jonathan, 
mentioned  below  (sometimes  recorded 
Timothy);  Dorothy,  January  17,  1668; 
Bethia,  August,  1671. 

(V)  Jonathan  (3)  Bliss,  fourth  son  ot 
Jonathan  (2)  and  Miriam  (Harmon) 
Bliss,  was  born  September  17,  1666,  and 
died  October  16,  1719.  His  name  was 
sometimes  recorded  Timothy.  He  was 
a  man  of  standing  and  influence  in  Re- 
hoboth  and  held  various  town  offices.  It 
is  said  that  he  gave  the  land  for  the  old 
cemetery  about  two  miles  south  of  Re- 
hoboth  Village,  whereon  a  church  was 
built.  He  married  (first)  June  23,  1691, 
Miriam  Carpenter,  born  October  26,  1674, 
died  May  "T,  1706,  daughter  of  William 
and  Miriam  (Searles)  Carpenter.  Her 
brother  Daniel  married  Bethia  Bliss,  her 
husband's  sister.  Jonathan  Bliss  mar- 
ried (second)  April  10,  171 1,  Mary 
French,  of  Rehoboth,  who  married  (sec- 
ond) as  third  wife,  Peter  Hunt,  and  died 
December  10,  1754,  aged  seventy  years. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Jonathan,  born 
June  5,  1692,  died  May  3,  1770;  Jacob, 
March  21,  1694;  Ephraim,  December  28, 
1695,  died  young;  Elisha,  October  4,  1697; 
Ephraim,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel,  Janu- 
ary 21,  1702;  Noah,  May  18,  1704,  died 
September  20,  1704;  Miriam,  August  9, 
1705.  Children  of  second  wife:  Mary, 
born  November  23,  1712;  Hannah,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1715;  Bethiah,  May  10,  1716; 
Rachel,  August  10,  1719. 

(VI)  Lieutenant  Ephraim  Bliss,  fifth 
son  of  Jonathan  (3)  and  Miriam  (Carpen- 
ter) Bliss,  born  August  15,  1699,  lived  in 
Rehoboth,  and  married,  December  5, 
1723,  Rachel  Carpenter,  born  May  19, 
1699,  daughter  of  Abiah  and  Mehitable 
(Read)  Carpenter.  Children:  Ephraim, 
born  January  2,  1725,  died  young;  Eph- 
raim and  Noah  (twins),  June  3,  1726; 
Rachel,  March  6,   1728;  Abiah,  January 


26,  1730;  Jonathan,  September  8,  1731, 
died  young;  Lydia,  July  3,  1733;  Keziah, 
February  7,  1735;  Hannah,  February  16, 
1737;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Aba- 
dial,  December  15,  1740;  Benjamin,  De- 
cember 24,  1743. 

(VII)  Captain  Jonathan  (4)  Bliss, 
sixth  son  of  Lieutenant  Ephraim  and 
Rachel  (Carpenter)  Bliss,  born  January, 
1739,  lived  in  Rehoboth,  and  died  Janu- 
ary 24,  1800.  He  married,  December  27, 
1759,  Lydia  Wheeler,  born  October  17, 
1737,  died  April  11,  1803,  daughter  of 
Squier  and  Lydia  (Bowen)  Wheeler. 
Children:  Keziah,  born  October  10,  1760; 
James,  January  18,  1762;  Jonathan,  De- 
cember 6,  1763,  died  young;  Chloe,  March 
4>  l7^5'<  Jonathan,  mentioned  below; 
Lucy,  June  23,  1769;  Asahel,  September 
6,  1771 ;  Shubael,  October  30,  1773 ;  Lydia, 
December  29,  1776;  Zenas,  November  12, 
1779;   Nancy,  May  15,  1784. 

(VIII)  Jonathan  (5)  Bliss,  third  son 
of  Captain  Jonathan  (4)  and  Lydia 
(Wheeler)  Bliss,  born  April  3,  1767,  re- 
sided in  Rehoboth,  and  died  March  19, 
1799.  He  married,  March  19,  1792,  Han- 
nah Kent,  born  August  11,  1769,  daughter 
of  Elijah  and  Hannah  (Perrin)  Kent  (see 
Kent  V).  She  married  (second)  Otis 
Capron,  of  Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  May  27,  1836.  Children  of  Jonathan 
(5)  Bliss:  Jonathan,  born  February  15, 
1793,  died  September  2,  1872;  Martin, 
mentioned  below;  Zeba,  August  20,  1796, 
died  July  29,  1858;  George,  February  3, 
1799,  died  March  3,  1851. 

(IX)  Martin  Bliss,  second  son  of  Jona- 
than (5)  and  Hannah  (Kent)  Bliss,  was 
born  October  24,  1794,  died  March  29, 
1864,  in  Attleboro.  He  married,  August 
26,  1819,  Sophia  Wrightington,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Hannah  Wrightington, 
born  March  18,  1796,  died  June  4,  1880, 
•in  Attleboro.    Children :  William  M.,  born 

August  2,  1821 ;   Sophia  Capron,  October 


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26,  1822,  died  1823 ;  Rodolphus,  May  26, 
1824;  Ann  Sophia,  mentioned  below; 
Francis  LaFayette,  September  6,  1829, 
died  1836. 

(X)  Ann  Sophia  Bliss,  second  daughter 
of  Martin  and  Sophia  (Wrightington) 
Bliss,  born  August  26,  1826,  became  the 
wife  of  Williams  S.  Lincoln,  of  Attleboro 
(see  Lincoln  IX). 

(The  Shaw  Line). 

(I)  Anthony  Shaw  was  early  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed 
to  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  and  later  to 
Little  Compton,  same  colony,  where  he 
died  August  21,  1705.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  footed  two  hundred  and  thir- 
teen pounds,  twelve  shilling,  two  pence, 
including  a  negro  man  valued  at  thirty 
pounds,  and  silver  money  amounting  to 
nine  pounds.  On  April  20,  1665,  he 
bought  ten  acres  of  land  in  Portsmouth, 
for  forty  pounds,  including  a  house  and 
three  hundred  good  boards.  He  married 
Alice,  daughter  of  John  Stonard,  of  Bos- 
ton, where  their  first  three  children  were 
born,  namely:  William,  January  21,  1654, 
died  February  10  following;  William,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1655;  Elizabeth,  May  21,  1656. 
The  others,  born  in  Rhode  Island,  were : 
Israel,  mentioned  below ;  Ruth,  wife  of 
John  Cook ;  Grace,  wife  of  Joseph  Church. 

(II)  Israel  Shaw,  third  son  of  Anthony 
and  Alice  (Stonard)  Shaw,  lived  in  Little 
Compton,  and  married,  in  1689,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Tallman,  of  Portsmouth.  Her 
baptismal  name  is  not  preserved.  He  sold 
two  parcels  of  land  in  Portsmouth,  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1707,  to  his  brother-in-law,  John 
Cook,  of  Tiverton,  and  in  the  bargain  were 
included  buildings  and  orchards,  and  a 
share  in  Hog  Island.  The  consideration 
was  two  hundred  and  ten  pounds  and  ten 
shillings.  Children :  William,  born  No- 
vember 7,  1690;  Mary,  February  17,  1692; 
Anthony,   January   29,    1694;    Alice,   No- 

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vember  17,  1695  !  Israel, mentioned  below; 
Hannah,  March  7,  1699;  Jeremiah,  June 
6,  1700;  Ruth,  February  10,  1702;  Peter, 
October  6,  1704;  Elizabeth,  February  7, 
1706;  Grace,  October  20,  1707;  Comfort, 
August  9,  1709;   Deborah,  July  15,  1711. 

(III)  Israel  (2)  Shaw,  third  son  of 
Israel  (1)  Shaw,  was  born  August  28, 
1697,  in  Little  Compton,  and  lived  in  that 
town.  He  married,  August  10,  1721,  Abi- 
gail Palmer,  born  April  5,  1702,  in  Little 
Compton,  died  1790,  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Richmond)  Palmer.  Children: 
Lemuel,  born  September  6,  1722;  Blake, 
February  21,  1724;  Parthenia,  March  19, 
1725;  Eunice,  October  7,  1728;  Lois,  died 
young;  Lillis,  March  26,  1733;  Merebah, 
November  2,  1736;  Israel,  May  28,  1739; 
Lois,  January  7,  1742;  Seth,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Seth  Shaw,  youngest  child  of  Is- 
rael (2)  and  Abigail  (Palmer)  Shaw,  was 
born  November  6,  1745,  in  Little  Comp- 
ton, and  died  there,  January  17,  1835.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  in  Colonel 
Crary's  regiment,  in  1776,  as  evidenced  by 
a  payroll  showing  him  entitled  to  six 
pounds,  five  shillings  and  seven  pence. 
He  married  (first)  in  1768,  Elizabeth,  sur- 
name unknown.  He  married  (second) 
November  5,  1772,  Priscilla  Church, 
daughter  of  William  and  Parnel  Church. 
He  married  (third)  November  2.4,  1776, 
Mary  Davenport,  of  Tiverton,  daughter 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  Davenport,  of  that 
town,  born  May  1,  1741  (see  Davenport 
III).  There  was  one  child  of  the  first 
marriage :  Elizabeth,  born  November  9, 
1769;  and  one  of  the  second:  Lemuel, 
March  23,  1774.  Children  of  third  mar- 
riage: Seth,  born  July  2,  1778;  Priscilla, 
September  22,  1780;  Timothy,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Timothy  Shaw,  youngest  child  of 
Seth  and  Mary  (Davenport)  Shaw,  was 
born  April  4,  1782,  in  Little  Compton,  and 


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died  there  about  November  I,  1835.  He 
married,  March  4,  1804,  Clarissa  Allen, 
born  June  6,  1784,  in  Middletown,  Rhode 
Island,  daughter  of  William  and  Lucy 
(Little)  Allen  (see  Allen  V),  died  about 
the  same  time  as  her  husband,  according 
to  Little  Compton  Congregational  church 
records.  Children :  Seth,  mentioned  be- 
low; Mary  Taylor,  born  March  12,  1807; 
Allen,  June  24,  1809;  Major  Willis,  Sep- 
tember 16,  181 1 ;  William  Pitt,  February 
15,  1814;  Bradford  Cornhill,  July  15, 
1817;  Abigail  Palmer,  July  4,  1822;  Ann 
Elizabeth,  March  28,  1826. 

(VI)  Seth  (2)  Shaw,  eldest  child  of 
Timothy  and  Clarissa  (Allen)  Shaw,  was 
born  May  18,  1805,  in  Little  Compton, 
and  married  there,  September  12,  1830, 
Clarissa  Westgate,  of  Tiverton,  perhaps  a 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Dorcas  (Aus- 
tin) Westgate,  Friends  of  that  town. 

(VII)  William  Penn  Shaw,  son  of  Seth 
(2)  and  Clarissa  (Westgate)  Shaw,  was 
born  in  Little  Compton,  and  was  a  butcher. 
He  early  lived  in  Fair  Haven,  Massachu- 
setts, and  when  about  twenty-six  years  of 
age  located  at  Attleboro,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  October 
14,  1879.  He  married  Susan  E.  Blossom 
(see  Blossom  VII),  and  their  children 
were:  1.  Horace  B.,  born  August  8,  1854, 
lives  in  Attleboro,  where  he  was  formerly 
engaged  in  the  livery  business.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Carrie  A.  Everett,  and  (sec- 
ond) Cora  B.  Mathews,  and  has  one 
daughter  by  his  first  marriage,  Gertrude 
Everett  Shaw.  2.  Ermina  Chester,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Sarah  Alice,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  seven  years.  4.  Joseph 
Blossom,  born  in  June,  1859,  died  Febru- 
ary 8,  1913.  He  married  (first)  Emily 
Bicknell,  and  (second)  Margaret  Craw- 
ford, and  his  children  by  the  first  marriage 
are:  Mabel  B.,  who  married  Ernest  J. 
Qvarnstrom,  of  Attleboro ;  Emily  B.  and 
Jesse  Allen  Shaw. 


(VIII)  Ermina  Chester  Shaw,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Penn  and  Susan  E.  (Blos- 
som) Shaw,  was  born  January  27,  1856, 
in  Fair  Haven,  Massachusetts,  became  the 
wife  of  Frederick  William  Lincoln,  of 
Attleboro  (see  Lincoln  X). 

(The  Kent  Line). 

Between  1633  and  1644  there  came  from 
England  to  New  England  three  families 
bearing  the  surname  Kent,  who  became 
the  progenitors  of  three  distinct  lines.  The 
first  account  of  the  Kent  family  occurs  in 
the  account  of  settlement  of  Ipswich,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1635.  Under  date  of  May  2, 
1643,  the  town  records  of  Dedham  state 
that  "Joshuah  Kent  is  admitted  Towns- 
man &  hath  libertie  to  purchase  Edward 
Culvers  Lott."  The  records  of  the  First 
Church  of  Dedham  say  that  "Joshua  Kent 
went  for  England  with  our  testimoniall 
but  to  returne  again  11m,  1644,  md  he- 
returned  1645."  "md  ye  said  Joshuah 
Kent,  having  brought  ov'r  2  of  his 
brothers  &  placed  them  in  ye  country,  yet 
with  his  wife  returned  to  England  10m 
1647."  "md  ye  said  Joshuah  Kent  upon 
ye  trobles  arising  againe  in  England  & 
wares  ther  1648  he  returned  with  his  wife 
againe  about  ye  8m  yt  year."  His  brothers 
were  named  John  and  Joseph,  and  the 
three  brothers  were  the  founders  of  the 
Dedham  line.  The  Kent  English  ancestry 
has  not  been  traced,  and  it  is  not  known 
what  relationship  existed,  if  any,  between 
the  Kents  of  Newbury,  Gloucester  and 
Dedham,  Massachusetts.  One  of  the  most 
ancient  coat-of-arms  of  the  Kent  family 
is:    Gules,  a  chief  argent. 

(I)  Joseph  Kent,  of  Braintree,  on 
March  19,  1653,  testified  in  a  law  suit  be- 
tween the  Widow  Wilson  and  Thomas 
Faxon,  both  of  Braintree,  and  in  his  testi- 
mony gave  his  age  as  sixteen  years.  It 
is  well  known  that  in  1644  Joseph,  with 
his  brother  John,  was  brought  from  Eng- 


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land  by  their  brother  Joshua,  of  Dedham, 
but  their  parentage  or  English  birthplace 
is  as  yet  unascertained.  The  fact  that 
Joseph  was  but  seven  years  of  age,  and 
his  brother  John  but  a  little  older,  when 
brought  from  England,  would  indicate 
that  they  were  left  at  least  motherless, 
and  perhaps  orphans  when  very  young. 
Joshua  and  John  Kent  settled  in  Dedham, 
while  Joseph  Kent,  the  ancestor  of  the 
line  of  Kents  here  following,  was  placed, 
it  would  seem,  in  the  custody  of  his  aunt, 
Elizabeth  Hardier,  of  Braintree,  and  here 
he  continued  to  reside  until  arriving  at 
man's  estate,  when  he  married  Susannah 
George,  daughter  of  Peter  George.  About 
1660  Joseph  Kent  became  a  resident  of 
Block  Island,  Rhode  Island,  which  at  this 
time  was  settled  almost  wholly  by  Brain- 
tree  people.  In  May,  1664,  the  first  as- 
sembly of  Rhode  Island  established  by 
the  charter  convened  at  Newport.  The 
affairs  of  Block  Island  were  arranged  and 
settled  at  this  first  session,  and  Joseph 
Kent  with  two  others  were  the  "mes- 
sengers" or  deputies  from  the  island.  On 
December  15,  1673,  he  was  admitted  an 
inhabitant  of  Swansea,  and  his  name  fre- 
quently appears  in  the  records  of  the  town 
after  that  date.  In  the  court  orders  of 
Swansea  he  was  mentioned  to  be  pro- 
pounded a  freeman,  June  7,  1681,  and  on 
June  6,  1682,  he  was  made  a  freeman.  On 
July  7,  1681,  he  with  others  was  appointed 
on  a  committee  by  the  town  of  Swansea 
in  the  town's  behalf  for  the  regulation  of 
differences  in  the  division  of  Swansea 
lands.  Another  court  record  of  the  town 
reads :  "In  reference  unto  sixteen  or  sev- 
enteen bushells  of  corne  taken  from  Jo- 
seph Kent  of  Swansea  and  improved  for 
the  reliefe  of  some  souldiers  in  the  time 
of  the  late  Indian  wars  the  Courtt  have 
ordered  that  it  or  the  value  thereof  to  be 
repayed  by  the  Treasurer."  Joseph  Kent 
was  doubtless  a  farmer,  and  like  thou- 


sands of  others  of  the  Pilgrims  and  Puri- 
tans who  settled  New  England,  he  seems 
to  have  been  an  honest,  an  industrious 
and  a  God-fearing  man.  Possessing 
neither  much  of  wealth  or  of  education, 
their  strong  right  arms  and  their  fear  of 
God  became  their  best  and  only  assets, 
the  former  assuring  them  a  living  wrung 
from  the  woods  and  the  soil  and  the  latter 
an  honest  and  a  sufficient  government  in 
a  New  World.  Children  of  Joseph  and 
Susannah  (George)  Kent :  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below ;  Samuel,  born  1668,  died 
1737;  Joshua,  1672,  died  August  11,  1675; 
Susannah,  September  25,  1687,  died  Au- 
gust 10,  1774. 

(II)  Joseph  (2)  Kent,  eldest  child  of 
Joseph  (1)  and  Susannah  (George)  Kent, 
was  born  1665,  on  Block  Island,  Rhode 
Island,  and  died  in  Rumford,  March  30, 
1735.  He  seems  to  have  been  brought  up 
in  Swansea,  where  he  lived  many  years, 
going  from  there  to  Rehoboth,  where  the 
last  of  his  children  were  born.  While  a 
resident  of  Swansea  he  was  ensign  and 
representative  to  the  General  Court,  and 
in  July,  1696,  was  a  grand  juryman  at 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  He  married,  No- 
vember 11,  1690,  Dorothy  Brown,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Brown,  granddaughter  of 
John  Brown.  She  was  born  October  29, 
1666,  in  Swansea,  and  died  in  Rumford, 
June  2,  1710.  Her  mother  was  Lydia 
(Howland)  Brown,  daughter  of  John 
Howland  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Tilley) 
Howland,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Hon.  John  Brown  from  1637  to  1653  was 
governor's  assistant  in  Plymouth  Colony, 
and  long  a  leading  man  of  affairs,  while 
his  son  James  carried  the  last  message  to 
King  Philip  before  the  outbreak  of  war. 
Children  of  Joseph  (2)  Kent :  Lydia,  born 
March  15,  1692;  Joseph,  August  19,  1693; 
Dorothy,  August  13,  1695;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Susanna,  1698,  died  young; 
Hezekiah,  February  6,   1699;    Susannah, 


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March    I,    1701 ;    Mary,   March   3,    1703; 
James,  August  20,   1707. 

(III)  John  Kent,  second  son  of  Joseph 
(2)  and  Dorothy  (Brown)  Kent,  was  born 
August  9,  1697,  in  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, died  November  1,  1780.  All  his  life 
he  seems  to  have  been  a  husbandman, 
minding  his  own  affairs  and  holding  or 
seeking  no  public  office.  In  the  inventory 
of  his  estate,  which  totalled  some  two 
thousand  pounds,  he  is  styled  "gentle- 
man." He  married,  November  20,  1725, 
Rachel  Carpenter,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Carpenter,  son  of  William  (2)  Carpenter, 
son  of  William  (1)  Carpenter.  The  Car- 
penter line  has  been  traced  into  England 
for  nine  generations  preceding  this  Wil- 
liam (1).  The  mother  of  Rachel  Car- 
penter was  Mary  Preston,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Preston,  son  of  Daniel  Preston, 
son  of  William  Preston.  Rachel  Carpen- 
ter was  born  March  29,  1705,  in  Attleboro, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  in  Rehoboth 
about  1770.  Children:  Elijah,  mentioned 
below;  Dorothy,  born  March  4,  1729; 
John,  April  8,  1732,  died  May  26,  1736; 
Nathaniel,  November  12,  1734,  died  May 
10,  1756;  Joseph,  February  3,  1736,  died 
January  8, 1804 ;  John,  May  9, 1739 ;  Mary, 
August  18,  1 741,  died  February  7,  1766; 
Ezekiel,  June  22,  1744;  Remember,  July 
28,  1746,  died  December  17,  1773;  Re- 
becca, August  18,  1750,  died  September 
19,  1750. 

(IV)  Elijah  Kent,  eldest  child  of  John 
and  Rachel  (Carpenter)  Kent,  born  De- 
cember 30,  1727,  in  Rehoboth,  was  re- 
ceived into  the  church  there  with  his  wife, 
May  19,  1754,  and  died  September  22, 
1815.  He  married  (intentions  published 
March  3,  1753)  Hannah  Perrin,  born  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1729,  in  Rehoboth,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Abigail  (Carpenter)  Perrin. 
Children :  Remember,  born  January  7, 
1754;  Lydia,  March  16,  1756;  Hannah, 
September  12,  1759,  died  young;  Hannah, 
mentioned  below. 


(V)  Hannah  Kent,  youngest  child  of 
Elijah  and  Hannah  (Perrin)  Kent,  was 
born  August  11,  1769,  and  became  the 
wife  of  Jonathan  (5)  Bliss,  of  Rehoboth 
(see  Bliss  VIII). 

(The   Davenport   Line). 

There  were  several  immigrants  in  Amer- 
ica in  the  days  of  its  early  settlement  bear- 
ing this  name,  and  the  ancestry  of  the 
Connecticut  branch  has  been  traced  in 
England  for  many  generations. 

(I)  Thomas  Davenport  was  a  member 
of  the  Dorchester  church,  November  20, 
1640,  was  a  freeman,  May  18,  1642,  and 
served  the  town  as  constable  in  1670.  He 
purchased  a  house  and  lands,  November 
25,  1653,  and  his  residence  was  on  the  east 
slope  of  Mount  Bowdoin,  near  the  corner 
of  the  present  Union  avenue  and  Bowdoin 
street,  Dorchester.  He  purchased  ad- 
ditional lands,  February  5,  1665.  After 
his  death,  which  occurred  November  9, 
1685,  an  inventory  of  his  estate  was  made, 
amounting  to  £332,  16s.  and  8d.  His  wife 
Mary  joined  the  Dorchester  church, 
March  8,  1644.  She  survived  him  nearly 
six  years,  dying  October  4,  1691.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah,  born  December  28,  1643  \ 
Thomas,  baptized  March  2,  1645;  Mary, 
January  21,  1649;  Charles,  September  7, 
1652;  Abigail,  July  8,  1655;  Mehitable, 
born  February  14,  1657;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below ;  Ebenezer,  April  26,  1661  ; 
John,  October  20,  1664. 

(II)  Jonathan  Davenport,  third  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Davenport,  was  born 
in  1659,  and  died  January  II,  1729.  He 
married,  December  1,  1680,  Hannah  War- 
ren, born  1660,  died  January  14,  1729,  in 
Little  Compton.  Children  :  Thomas,  born 
Decmber  10,  1681 ;  Jonathan,  November 
3,  1684,  died  October  14,  1751 ;  Hannah, 
December  23,  1686;  Simeon,  December 
2J,  1688,  died  December  8,  1763;  Eben- 
ezer, September  2,  1691,  died  August  4, 
1776;    John,   mentioned   below;    Joseph, 


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March  25,  1696,  died  September  2,  1760; 
Benjamin,  October  6,  1698;  Sarah,  De- 
cember 10,  1700. 

(III)  John  Davenport,  fifth  son  of  Jona- 
than and  Hannah  (Warren)  Davenport, 
was  born  January  12,  1694,  in  Little 
Compton,  and  died  April  20,  1741.  He 
married  in  Little  Compton,  June  15,  1726, 
Elizabeth  Taylor,  born  January  4,  1701, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  Taylor. 
Children:  Noah,  born  May  7,  1727,  died 
March  5,  1818;  Sarah,  October  27,  1729; 
Jonathan,  January  22,  1733;  John;  Eph- 
raim,  July  2,  1736;  Phebe,  May  19,  1739; 
Mary,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Mary  Davenport,  youngest  child 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Taylor)  Daven- 
port, was  born  May  i,  1741,  in  Tiverton, 
eleven  days  after  the  death  of  her  father, 
and  was  married  by  Rev.  Othniel  Camp- 
bell, November  24,  1776,  to  Seth  Shaw,  of 
Little  Compton  (see  Shaw  IV). 

(The  Allen  Line). 

This  is  one  of  the  names  most  frequent- 
ly met  in  the  United  States,  and  is  repre- 
sented by  many  distinct  families.  Its  use 
arises  from  the  Christian  name,  which  is 
very  ancient.  In  the  roll  of  Battle  Abbey, 
Fitz-Aleyne  (son  of  Allen)  appears,  and 
the  name  comes  down  through  the  ages 
to  the  present.  Alan,  constable  of  Scot- 
land and  Lord  of  Galloway  and  Cunning- 
ham, died  in  1234.  One  of  the  first  using 
Allen  as  a  surname  was  Thomas  Allen, 
sheriff  of  London,  in  1414.  Sir  John 
Allen  was  mayor  of  London  in  1524,  Sir 
William  Allen  in  1571,  and  Sir  Thomas 
Alleyn  in  1659.  Edward  Allen  (1566- 
1626),  distinguished  actor  and  friend  of 
Shakespeare  and  Ben  Johnson,  founded 
in  1619  Dulwich  College,  with  the  stipu- 
lation that  the  master  and  secretary  must 
always  bear  the  name  of  Allen,  and  this 
curious  condition  has  been  easily  fulfilled 
through  the  plentitude  of  scholars  of  the 


name.  There  are  no  less  than  fifty-five 
coats-of-arms  of  separate  and  distinct 
families  of  Allen  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
besides  twenty  others  of  different  spell- 
ings. There  were  more  than  a  score  of 
emigrants  of  this  surname,  from  almost 
as  many  different  families,  who  left  Eng- 
land before  1650  to  settle  in  New  Eng- 
land. The  name  in  early  times  was  spell- 
ed Allin,  Alline,  Ailing,  Allyn,  Allein  and 
Allen,  but  the  last  is  the  orthography  al- 
most universally  used  at  the  present  day. 
It  is  found  not  only  in  the  industrial  but 
in  the  professional  life  of  people  who  have 
stood  for  all  that  is  noblest  and  best.  It 
has  been  identified  with  the  formative 
period  of  New  England  history,  and  from 
that  region  has  sent  out  worthy  represen- 
tatives. 

(I)  William  Allen,  by  tradition  a  na- 
tive of  Wales,  came  to  this  country  in 
1660,  and  is  of  record  at  Portsmouth  (Pru- 
dence Island),  Rhode  Island,  in  1683.  He 
purchased  a  large  tract  of  land,  which  in- 
cluded the  subsequent  village  of  Drown- 
ville  (now  West  Barrington),  built  a 
house,  and  was  resident  of  that  place 
prior  to  1670.  Both  he  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth died  in  the  year  1685.  Children: 
Mary ;  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Thom- 
as, of  Swansea,  Massachusetts ;  John,  of 
North  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island;  Mat- 
thew, of  Portsmouth,  Warwick  and  North 
Kingstown  ;  Mercy  ;  Sarah  ;  and  Benja- 
min, of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts. 

(II)  William  (2)  Allen,  eldest  son  of 
William,  (1)  and  Elizabeth  Allen,  lived 
in  Portsmouth,  which  town  he  repre- 
sented in  the  General  Court  in  1705.  He 
was  fined  six  shillings  and  eight  pence, 
December  13,  1687,  for  refusing  to  take 
the  oath  as  a  grand  juror.  This  indicates 
that  he  was  a  Quaker,  as  was  presumably 
his  father,  and  suggests  that  the  family 
may  be  connected  with  the  ancient  Allen 
family  of  Sandwich  and  Dartmouth.  Wil- 


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liam  Allen  had  three  sons,  of  whom  the 
name  of  only  one  is  preserved. 

(III)  John  Allen,  son  of  William  (2) 
Allen,  was  born  December  27,  1691,  in 
Portsmouth,  where  he  resided,  and  died 
November  6,  1783,  in  his  ninety-second 
year.  His  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth.  He 
may  have  lived  in  other  towns,  and  was  in 
Middletown  in  1734,  when  one  child  is 
recorded  there. 

(IV)  Peleg  Allen,  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Allen,  was  born  March  21,  1734, 
in  Middletown,  where  he  made  his  home, 
and  married  there,  December  29,  1759, 
Elizabeth  Cornell,  born  May  17,  1740,  in 
Portsmouth,  daughter  of  William  Cornell. 
Two  children  are  recorded  in  Portsmouth, 
and  others  in  Middletown,  namely:  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below ;  Thomas  Cornell, 
born  December  14,  1762;  Hannah,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1765 ;  Elizabeth,  February  27, 
1768;  Susannah,  March  11,  1770;  Abigail, 
August  1,  1772;  Martha,  July  22,  1775; 
Rachel,  March  20,  1778;  Anne,  March  4, 
1781  ;   Phebe,  April  3,  1783. 

(V)  William  (3)  Allen,  eldest  child  of 
Peleg  and  Elizabeth  (Cornell)  Allen,  was 
born  April  17,  1760,  in  Portsmouth,  and 
lived  in  Middletown,  where  he  was  mar- 
ried, August  12,  1781,  by  Rev.  Jonathan 
Ellis,  to  Lucy  Little,  born  August  23, 
1 761,  in  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island, 
daughter  of  Fobes  (2)  and  Sarah  (Wil- 
cox) Little,  of  that  town  (see  Little  V). 
Children:  Ruth,  born  November  2,  1782; 
Clarissa,  mentioned  below;  Nancy,  Au- 
gust 11,  1787;  Selma,  January  9,  1790; 
George,  September  22,  1792;  William, 
May  15,  1794;  Mary,  June  4,  1797;  Han- 
nah, April  11,  1799;  Peleg,  April  6,  1803; 
Thomas  Cornell,  September  29,  1807. 

(VI)  Clarissa  Allen,  second  daughter 
of  William  (3)  and  Lucy  (Little)  Allen, 
was  born  June  6,  1784,  in  Middletown, 
and  was  married  in  Little  Compton, 
March  4,  1804,  to  Timothy  Shaw,  of 
Tiverton  (see  Shaw  V). 


(The  Blossom  Line). 

The  Blossom  family  of  Fair  Haven  and 
New  Bedford  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  New 
England,  dating  back  to  the  days  of  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers. 

(I)  Thomas  Blossom,  born  in  1580,  in 
England,  was  one  of  the  Pilgrims  who 
came  from  Leyden,  Holland,  to  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  but  being  on  board  of  the 
"Speedwell"  was  disappointed  of  passage 
with  the  "Mayflower,"  from  England, 
and  soon  went  back  to  encourage  emigra- 
tion of  the  residue.  A  son  who  came  and 
returned  with  him  died  before  December, 
1625,  and  two  other  children  had  been 
born  in  the  interval.  In  1629  he  came 
again,  probably  in  the  "Mayflower."  He 
was  a  deacon  of  the  church,  and  died  in 
the  summer  of  1632.  His  widow  Ann 
married  (second)  October  17,  1633,  and  in 
1639  they  removed  to  Barnstable.  Chil- 
dren of  Thomas  and  Ann  Blossom :  Eliz- 
abeth, born  1620;  Thomas,  1622;  Peter, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Peter  Blossom,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Ann  Blossom,  born  about  1632,  was  a 
landowner  and  farmer  in  Barnstable,  and 
died  in  July,  1706.  He  married,  at  Barn- 
stable, January  21,  1663,  Sarah  Bodfish. 
Children  :  Mercy,  born  April  9,  1664,  died 
in  1670;  Thomas,  December  20,  1667; 
Sarah,  1669,  died  in  1671  ;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Thankful,  1675;  Mercy, 
August,  1678;    Jabez.  February  16,   1680. 

(III)  Joseph  Blossom,,  second  son  of 
Peter  and  Sarah  (Bodfish)  Blossom,  was 
born  December  10,  1673,  and  married 
(first)  June  17,  1696,  Mary  Pinchon ;  (sec- 
ond) in  1708,  Mary  ;    and   (third) 

in    1720,    Mehetabel    .      Children: 

Joseph,  born  March  14,  1704;  Mary,  De- 
cember 11,  1709;  Thankful,  March  25, 
171 1 ;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Blossom,  youngest  child 
of  Joseph  and  Mehetabel  Blossom,  born 
March,  1721,  died  October  25,  1797,  and 
was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Acushnet. 


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He  married,  October  31,  1751,  Bathsheba 
Percival,  born  December  21,  1725.  Chil- 
dren: Benjamin,  born  August  18,  1753; 
Ansel,  April  6, 1755  ;  Mary,  March  2, 1758; 
Samuel,  May  26,  1760;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below;  Elisha,  August  23,  1767,  was  kill- 
ed in  a  naval  engagement  in  the  War  of 
1812. 

(V)  Joseph  (2)  Blossom,  fourth  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Bathsheba  (Percival)  Blos- 
son,  was  born  December  4,  1763,  and  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Hathaway. 

(VI)  Joseph  (3)  Blossom,  son  of  Jo- 
seph (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Hathaway)  Blos- 
som, was  born  in  1793,  and  married  Bet- 
sey Copeland. 

(VII)  Susan  E.  Blossom,  daughter  of 
Joseph  (3)  and  Betsey  (Copeland)  Blos- 
som, became  the  wife  of  William  Penn 
Shaw  (see  Shaw  VII). 

(The    Little    Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Little,  a  native  of  England, 
the  first  of  the  name  in  New  England,  a 
lawyer  by  profession,  located  in  Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts,  in  1630,  and  died  in 
Scituate,  same  colony,  March  12,  1672.  In 
1650  he  settled  in  Marshfield,  and  owned 
one  thousand  acres  of  land  in  the  section 
now  called  Sea  View.  In  1643  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Plymouth  Military  Com- 
pany. He  married,  in  Plymouth,  April  19, 
1633,  Anne  Warren,  born  161 1,  in  Eng- 
land, died  1675,  a  daughter  of  Richard 
Warren,  one  of  the  "Mayflower"  passen- 
gers, and  signer  of  the  Compact  made  No- 
vember 11,  1620,  in  the  cabin  of  that  ves- 
sel, while  lying  in  Provincetown  Harbor. 
Children:  Thomas,  Samuel,  Ephraim, 
Isaac,  Hannah,  Mary,  Ruth  and  Patience. 

(II)  Ephraim  Little,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Anne  (Warren)  Little,  was  born  May 
17,  1650,  in  Marshfield,  represented  that 
town  in  the  General  Court  in  1697,  1699, 
and  1705,  and  died  November  24,  1717,  in 
Scituate.  He  married,  November  22,  1672, 

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Mary  Sturtevant,  born  December  7,  165 1, 
in  Plymouth,  died  February  10,  1718, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Sturtevant, 
of  Plymouth.  Children :  Ann,  born  Au- 
gust 23,  1673;  Ruth,  died  young;  Eph- 
raim, September  27,  1676;  David,  March 
17,  1681  ;  John,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
July  7,  1685  ;   Ruth,  November  23,  1686. 

(III)  John  Little,  third  son  of  Eph- 
raim and  Mary  (Sturtevant)  Little,  was 
born  March  17,  1683,  in  Marshfield,  where 
he  made  his  home,  and  died  February  26, 
1767.  The  house  which  he  built  in  1720 
is  still  standing,  and  owned  by  one  of  his 
descendants.  He  was  representative  to 
the  General  Court  in  1728,  1737,  1745, 
1750-51  and  1755.  By  his  will  he  gave  to 
each  of  his  daughters  a  negro  slave 
woman,  and  to  each  of  his  sons  a  farm. 
He  married,  April  8,  1708,  Constance 
Fobes,  born  1686,  in  Little  Compton, 
Rhode  Island,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
William  and  Martha  (Peabody)  Fobes, 
granddaughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Alden)  Peabody,  the  last  named  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  (Mullins) 
Alden,  of  the  "Mayflower."  Two  chil- 
dren are  recorded  in  Little  Compton : 
Fobes,  mentioned  below,  and  Joseph,  born 
May  6,  1719. 

(IV)  Fobes  Little,  son  of  John  and 
Constance  (Fobes)  Little,  was  born 
March  9,  1712,  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  in  1734,  and  died  in  Little  Comp- 
ton, 1795.  He  married,  in  1738,  in  Little 
Compton,  Sarah,  whose  surname  is  not 
preserved. 

(V)  Fobes  (2)  Little,  son  of  Fobes  (1) 
and  Sarah  Little,  was  born  about  1738, 
and  married,  in  Little  Compton,  July  28, 
1758,  Sarah  Wilcox,  born  July  16,  1740, 
in  that  town,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Mary  (Pierce)  Wilcox,  granddaughter  of 
Edward  Wilcox.  Children :  Lucy,  men- 
tioned below ;  Nathaniel,  born  March  16, 
1764;    William,   January  3,    1768;    Eph- 


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raim,  1770;  Nancy,  October  20,  1772; 
Mary,  January  17,  1775;  Sarah,  July  4, 
1779;  Fobes,  October  11,  1781 ;  Thomas, 
August  17,  1784. 

(VI)  Lucy  Little,  eldest  child  of  Fobes 
(2)  and  Sarah  (Wilcox)  Little,  was  born 
August  23,  1 761,  in  Little  Compton,  and 
married  in  Middletown,  Rhode  Island, 
August  12,  1781,  to  William  Allen,  of  that 
town  (see  Allen  V). 


SWEENEY,  George  A., 

Merchant,   Public   Official. 

Mary  E.  Bowman,  daughter  of  David 
Sands  .and  Anna  (Burdick)  Bowman, 
was  married,  July  9,  1872,  to  George  A. 
Sweeney,  who  was  born  in  Searsport, 
Maine,  son  of  John  and  Lady  Katherine 
(Collins)  Sweeney.  Children:  1.  Kath- 
erine C,  married  Walter  F.  King,  of 
Attleboro,  and  they  have  two  children : 
Walter  F.,  Jr.,  and  Elizabeth  Brewster 
King.  2.  Anna  Gertrude,  married  Wil- 
liard  M.  Whitman,  and  they  reside  at 
Swampscot,  Massachusetts,  the  parents 
of  one  child,  Evlyn  Whitman.  3.  George 
A.,  Jr.,  married  Grace  Brett,  who  died 
February  9,  1916,  leaving  one  child,  Elsie 
Brett  Sweeney.  4.  Mary  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Edmund  Reeves,  Jr.,  and  they  reside 
in  Attleboro,  Massachusetts. 

George  A.  Sweeney  was  born  of  farm- 
ing parents,  in  the  little  seacoast  town  of 
Searsport,  Maine.  As  the  result  of  an 
early  call  to  obtain  his  livelihood,  he 
sailed  away  upon  a  sea  voyage.  Four  of 
his  brothers  having  been  lost  at  sea  while 
engaged  in  the  merchant  marine  service, 
however,  had  a  depressing  effect  upon 
him  and  he  forsook  the  sea,  and  being  a 
youth  of  studious  habits,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  work  more  congenial  to  his 
temperament,  and  for  a  time  was  engaged 
in  teaching  school.  The  opportunities  in 
a  small  seacoast  town  were  few,  so  he 


thought  of  the  Old  Bay  State,  conceiving 
the  idea  that  here  were  greater  chances 
of  advancement.  At  an  early  age  he 
reached  the  town  of  Attleboro,  Massachu- 
setts, but  as  he  did  not  immediately  find 
employment  as  a  teacher,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  what  first  came  to  his  mind, 
which  proved  to  be  the  trade  of  tinsmith- 
ing.  A  strong  characteristic  of  his  was 
faithfulness  and  a  dogged  persistence  to 
acquire  a  thorough  knowledge  of  what- 
ever he  undertook  to  do.  He  worked  at 
this  time  at  Leach's  store  on  Park  street ; 
later  he  purchased  the  store  now  occu- 
pied by  the  Nahum  Perry  Company,  on 
Railroad  avenue;  after  a  few  years  he 
moved  into  the  store  since  known  as 
Sweeney's  Emporium.  The  tinsmith 
trade  was  finally  abandoned  and  he  start- 
ed a  housefurnishing  business,  which, 
with  his  energy,  shrewdness  and  indus- 
try, he  developed  until  it  stands  to-day  a 
large  and  high-grade  business.  Since  his 
death  the  affairs  of  the  firm  have  been 
well  conducted  by  his  son,  George  A. 
Sweeney,  Jr. 

At  one  time  Mr.  Sweeney's  sole  inter- 
est in  local  affairs  was  his  service  in  the 
fire  department,  which  he  served  faith- 
fully, becoming  assistant  engineer.  His 
interest  ever  remained  unabated,  but  the 
excitement  at  the  time  of  a  fire  proved  too 
much  for  his  health,  obliging  him  to  re- 
sign, although  he  still  delighted  in  the 
upbuilding  of  the  town's  fire  department. 

His  marriage  with  Mary  Elizabeth 
Bowman  occurred  soon  after  his  estab- 
lishment of  the  housefurnishing  business. 
Mr.  Sweeney  strongly  believed  that  a 
man's  place  was  in  the  home  circle,  and 
in  his  later  years  he  devotedly  gave  of 
himself  to  his  family.  They  had  a  sum- 
mer home  at  West  Falmouth,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  a  summer  visitor  for 
many  years  and  became  well  known 
throughout  the  district. 


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His  tenacity  of  purpose  and  his  suc- 
cessful business  qualities  were  fully  in 
play  and  benefited  the  town  during  the 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Selectmen.  His  applied  work  was  seen 
in  the  abolition  of  grade  crossings,  policy 
in  street  improvements,  and  in  the  up- 
building of  various  town  departments.  In 
fact,  in  all  the  big  local  enterprises  he  ac- 
complished fine  work,  as  the  changes 
came  to  a  village,  conservative,  provin- 
cial and  more  or  less  active,  develop- 
ing to  a  city's  population.  After  com- 
pleting a  term  as  postmaster,  he  was 
elected  in  1898  to  the  Board  of  Select- 
men. Many  times  he  presided  as  chair- 
man during  the  fifteen  years  he  was  re- 
turned to  the  board.  Mr.  Sweeney  was 
a  member  of  Orient  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  Attleboro  Lodge, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  ; 
Pythagoras  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias ; 
Pennington  Lodge,  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen ;  and  the  Royal  Ar- 
canum. 

Mr.  Sweeney  passed  away  at  the  age 
of  sixty-one  years,  from  an  acute  attack 
of  heart  trouble,  his  illness  covering  a 
period  of  several  months.  His  passing 
took  from  the  town  one  who  for  a  long 
period  of  years  held  a  unique  place  in  the 
political  and  business  life  of  the  commu- 
nity. There  was  a  prayer  service  at  his 
late  home,  No.  52  Holman  street,  after 
which  the  body  was  escorted  to  the  Sec- 
ond Congregational  Church,  where  the 
services  were  public.  The  Odd  Fellows 
were  in  charge.  The  honorary  pall  bear- 
ers were  composed  of  the  heads  of  all  dif- 
ferent town  departments,  namely :  Se- 
lectmen, Millard  F.  Ashley ;  assessors, 
Walter  J.  Newman  ;  schools,  Benjamin  P. 
King;  water  department,  Harry  P.  Kent; 
library  trustees,  Dr.  Charles  S.  Holden  ; 
sewer  commissioners,  Hugh  A.  Smith ; 
town  clerk,  Frank  I.  Babcock ;  overseers 
of  the  poor,  Joseph  V.  Curran ;  board  of 


health,  Stephen  J.  Foley ;  police,  Charles 
E.  Wilbur;  fire  department,  Hiram  R. 
Packard ;  board  of  trade,  Frank  I.  Moss- 
berg.  There  were  bearers  chosen  from 
each  lodge  of  which  Mr.  Sweeney  was  a 
member.  The  flag  on  the  common  was 
placed  at  half  mast,  and  the  selectmen 
issued  a  request  that  all  stores  should  be 
closed  between  the  hours  of  three  and 
four  on  the  afternoon  of  Mr.  Sweeney's 
funeral. 

Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  (Bowman) 
Sweeney  was  born  in  the  town  of  Fal- 
mouth, county  of  Barnstable,  State  of 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  David  Sands 
and  Anna  Goodson  (Burdick)  Bowman, 
granddaughter  of  David  and  Lois 
(Hatch)  Bowman,  and  great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Rose  Hatch.  Joseph 
Hatch  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  serv- 
ing his  country  in  the  capacity  of  pri- 
vate soldier,  sergeant  and  secret  service 
man.  He  enlisted  from  Falmouth  in  a 
company  commanded  by  Captain  Ward 
Swift,  of  Sandwich.  He  served  in  a  sec- 
ret expedition  to  Rhode  Island,  October, 
1777;  afterwards  he  was  sergeant  under 
Captain  Joseph  Palmer,  Colonel  Free- 
man's regiment,  and  served  in  that  capac- 
ity at  Falmouth  and  Dartmouth,  Septem- 
ber, 1778;  also  at  Dartmouth,  February 
4,  April  2  and  May  16,  1779;  roll  sworn 
to  in  Barnstable  county.  She  is  also  a 
direct  descendant  of  Captain  Ichabod 
Burdick,  of  the  Rhode  Island  Artillery  in 
the  Revolutionary  War. 

Mrs.  Sweeney  is  a  member  of  All 
Saints'  Episcopal  Church,  and  has  ren- 
dered faithful  service  in  the  various 
church  departments.  During  the  years 
191 1  and  1912,  Mrs.  Sweeney  was  regent 
of  Attleboro  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  of  which  she  is  a 
valued  member.  She  has  for  many  years 
been  a  member  of  the  Eaterio,  a  literary 
club,  and  is  also  a  member  of  Attleboro 
Woman's  Club. 
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CUSHMAN,  Everett  Morton, 

Representative  Citizen. 

The  Cushman  family  of  Taunton,  here 
briefly  reviewed,  is  a  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily bearing  the  name  of  ancient  Plymouth, 
which  with  its  allied  connections  is  one 
of  the  historic  families  of  New  England. 
Its  progenitor,  though  of  short  life  in 
New  England,  was  one  of  the  leading 
spirits  in  all  the  preliminary  movements 
in  both  England  and  Holland  incident  to 
the  coming  of  the  "Mayflower"  Pilgrims 
to  New  England,  where  his  descendants 
soon  allied  themselves  with  those  of  the 
"Mayflower"  passengers. 

(I)  Robert  Cushman,  a  wool  carder  of 
Canterbury,  England,  was  associated 
with  William  Brewster  as  agent  of  the 
Leyden  church  in  negotiations  for  re- 
moval, and  came  to  New  England  in  the 
"Fortune"  in  1621,  bringing  with  him  his 
only  son,  Thomas.  He  returned  to  Eng- 
land on  business  of  the  colony,  and  died 
there  in  1626,  leaving  his  son  Thomas  in 
the  care  of  Governor  Bradford.  It  is  well 
known  that  Robert  Cushman  was  among 
the  eighteen  or  twenty  persons  left  at 
Plymouth  when  the  "Mayflower"  made 
her  final  departure  from  England.  When 
the  Pilgrims  came  to  Southampton  from 
Holland  he  was  there,  having  gone  ahead 
of  them  to  England,  and  he  was  among 
them  when  they  set  sail  from  that  port, 
only  to  put  back  into  Dartmouth.  They 
started  again,  and  again  returned,  this 
time  going  into  Plymouth,  whence  they 
made  their  final  departure.  Robert  Cush- 
man was,  therefore,  a  passenger  on  the 
"Mayflower"  from  the  time  she  left 
Southampton  until  she  left  Plymouth. 
Governor  Bradford  says,  "He"  (meaning 
Christopher  Martin)  "was  Governor  in 
the  bigger  ship ;  and  Master  Cushman, 
Assistant."  At  the  bottom  of  one  of  the 
panels  of  the  Forefathers'  Monument  at 


Plymouth  is  this  statement :  "Robert 
Cushman,  who  chartered  the  May  Flower 
and  was  active  and  prominent  in  securing 
the  success  of  the  Pilgrim  Enterprise, 
came  in  the  Fortune,  1621."  He  married 
as  his  second  wife,  at  Leyden,  Holland, 
June  3,  1617,  Mary,  widow  of  Thomas 
Chingleton,  of  Sandwich,  England.  An 
extended  account  of  the  succeeding  gen- 
erations of  this  family  is  given  elsewhere 
in  this  work,  including  Thomas,  who  ac- 
companied his  father  to  Plymouth  in  1621 
in  the  ship  "Fortune,"  and  became  an  im- 
portant man  here  in  church  and  colony. 
He  was  chosen  and  ordained  elder  of  the 
Plymouth  church  in  1649,  an(l  was  forty- 
three  years  in  that  office.  He  married 
Mary  Allerton,  of  the  "Mayflower,"  and 
their  son,  Thomas  (2)  Cushman,  lived  to 
be  eighty-nine  years  of  age.  He  was  the 
father  of  Benjamin  Cushman,  who  lived 
on  a  part  of  his  father's  farm,  in  a  home 
on  the  south  side  of  or  near  to  Colchester 
brook.  He  married  Sarah  Eaton,  and 
their  eldest  child,  Jabez  Cushman,  was 
the  father  of  Zebedee  Cushman,  who  was 
a  private  in  Captain  William  Crow  Col- 
ton's  company,  Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's 
regiment,  from  July  29  to  September  13, 
1778,  serving  one  month  and  sixteen  days 
in  Rhode  Island.  He  also  served  as  a 
private  in  Captain  William  Tupper's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Ebenezer  White's  regi- 
ment, which  marched  to  Rhode  Island  on 
the  alarm  of  August  1,  1780,  discharged 
August  8,  roll  sworn  to  at  Middleboro. 
He  married  Sarah  Padelford,  of  Taunton. 
(VII)  Alvah  Cushman,  youngest  child 
of  Zebedee  and  Sarah  (Padelford)  Cush- 
man, was  born  October  10,  1797,  in  Taun- 
ton, where  he  made  his  home.  He  mar- 
ried, November  27,  1818,  Sally  Leonard, 
daughter  of  William  Leonard.  She  was  a 
strong  and  forceful  character,  and  her  in- 
fluence was  a  potent  factor  in  the  up- 
bringing of  her  children.  These  children 
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were:  David,  born  July  15,  1820;  Horatio 
Leonard,  October  22,  1826;  Sally  M.,  July 
29,  1830;  Christianna  L.,  January  7,  1832; 
William,  August  28,  1834;  Harriet  F.,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1837 ;  William  H.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VIII)  William  H.  Cushman,  young- 
est child  of  Alvah  and  Sally  (Leonard) 
Cushman,  was  born  November  2,  1839,  *n 
Taunton,  and  spent  his  entire  life  in  his 
native  place.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
nail  maker  with  his  brother  David,  and 
was  well  known  and  beloved  by  all.  He 
was  a  member  of  Alfred  Baylies  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
held  office  in  it  for  many  years.  He  died 
at  Taunton,  August  27,  1901.  He  mar- 
ried Joanna  Harlow,  born  October  12, 
1840,  daughter  of  John  B.  and  Rebecca 
(Reed)  Paine,  the  mother  being  a  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  and  Lucy  (Doten)  Reed,  of 
Plymouth.  Mrs.  Cushman  is  now  a  resi- 
dent of  New  Bedford.  Children  :  Henry 
Presbrey,  born  October  8,  i860,  died 
March  9,  1861 ;  Herbert  Elsworth,  born 
January  1,  1862;  Albert  Francis,  born 
March  21,  1864,  died  November  17,  1884; 
William  Alvah,  born  March  30,  1871,  re- 
sides in  New  Bedford,  and  is  connected 
with  the  Southern  Massachusetts  Tele- 
phone Company ;  Jennie  Edith,  born  Jan- 
uary 12,  1874,  married,  September  8,  1897, 
Lewis  Bright  Barker,  now  of  Central 
Falls,  Rhode  Island,  and  they  have  one 
son,  Winston  Cushman,  born  December 
25,  1899;  Everett  Morton,  mentioned  be- 
low; Grace  Reed,  born  January  31,  1881, 
died  August  29,  1882;  Bessie  May,  born 
February  24,  1883,  married,  July  6,  1910, 
Francis  N.  Smith,  and  resides  in  New 
Bedford. 

(IX)  Everett  Morton  Cushman,  fifth 
son  of  William  H.  and  Joanna  Harlow 
(Paine)  Cushman,  was  born  February  16, 
1876,  and  resides  in  New  Bedford,  where 
he  is  superintendent  of  the  Holmes  Manu- 


facturing Company.  He  married,  July  19, 
1905,  Adelaide  Louise  Miner,  daughter  of 
Howard  and  Josephine  (Hutchens) 
Miner  (see  Miner  VIII).  They  have  one 
son,  Robert  Miner,  born  October  16,  1906. 
Mrs.  Cushman  is  a  member  of  Fort 
Phenix  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  of  New  Bedford,  of 
which  she  is  auditor,  and  is  quite  active 
in  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  that  city. 

(The  Miner  Line). 

The  origin  and  early  ancestry  of  the 
Miner  family  in  England  is  as  follows : 
Edward  III.,  of  England,  going  to  war 
against  the  French,  marched  through 
"Somersetshire,  came  to  Mendippe  hills, 
where  lived  Henry  Miner,  who  with  all 
carefulness  and  loyalty,  having  convened 
his  domestic  and  menial  servants  armed 
with  battle  axes,  proffered  himself  and 
them  to  his  master's  service,  making  up  a 
complete  hundred."  For  this  service  he 
was  granted  the  coat-of-arms :  Gules  a 
fesse  between  three  plates  argent. 

(I)  Henry  Miner,  mentioned  above, 
died  in  1359.  Children :  Henry,  Edward, 
Thomas,  George. 

(II)  Henry  (2)  Miner,  son  of  Henry 
(1)  Miner,  married  Henriette  Hicks, 
daughter  of  Edward  Hicks,  of  Gloucester. 
Children :  William ;  Henry,  who  served 
in  1384  under  Richard  II. 

(III)  William  Miner,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
Miner,  married  Hobbs,  of  Wilt- 
shire. Children  :  Thomas  ;  George,  lived 
in  Shropshire. 

(IV)  Thomas  Miner,  son  of  William 
Miner,  lived  in  Herefordshire,  in  1399; 
married  a  daughter  of  Cotton  Gresslap, 
of  Staffordshire.  Children :  Lodowick, 
George,  Mary. 

(V)  Lodowick  Miner,  son  of  Thomas 
Miner,  married  Anne  Dyer,  daughter  of 
Thomas    Dyer,    of    Staughton,    Hunting- 


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donshire.  Children  :  Thomas,  mentioned 
below;  George  and  Arthur  (twins),  born 
1438,  served  in  the  house  of  Austria. 

(VI)  Thomas  (2)  Miner,  son  of  Lodo- 
wick  Miner,  was  born  in  1436.  He  mar- 
ried Bridget,  daughter  of  Sir  George 
Hervie,  of  St.  Martin's,  County  Middle- 
sex. He  died  in  1480,  leaving  two  chil- 
dren to  the  tutorage  of  the  mother,  but 
she  resigned  them  to  her  father  and 
turned  to  monastic  life  in  Datford. 

(VII)  William  (2)  Miner,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  Miner,  married  Isabella  Har- 
cope  de  Folibay,  and  lived  to  revenge  the 
death  of  the  two  young  princes  slain  in 
the  Tower  by  their  uncle,  Richard  III. 
Children :  William,  George,  Thomas, 
Robert,  Nathaniel,  John,  and  four  others. 

(VIII)  William  (3)  Miner,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Miner,  was  buried  at  Chew 
Magna,  February  23,  1585.  Children : 
Clement,  Elizabeth. 

(IX)  Clement  Miner,  son  of  William 
(3)  Miner,  died  March  31,  1640,  at  Chew 
Magna.  Children:  Clement,  married 
Sarah  Pope ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below ; 
Elizabeth  ;  Mary.  (This  English  line  was 
prepared  while  the  American  ancestor 
was  living). 

(I)  Thomas  (3)  Miner,  son  of  Clement 
Miner,  was  the  American  ancestor  of  the 
family.  He  was  born  in  Chew  Magna, 
County  Somerset,  England,  April  23, 
1608,  and  died  in  Quiambaugh,  a  part  of 
Stonington,  Connecticut,  October  23, 
1690.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1630, 
in  the  ship  "Arabella,"  and  settled  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He  served 
in  the  colonial  wars.  In  1636  he  removed 
to  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1646,  when  he  settled  in 
Pequot,  now  New  London,  Connecticut. 
In  1652  he  settled  in  Stonington,  where 
he  resided  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
was  one  of  the  committee  chosen  to  de- 
termine the  boundary  lines  between  Con- 


necticut and  Rhode  Island.  He  married,. 
April  23,  1634,  in  Charlestown,  Grace, 
daughter  of  Walter  Palmer.  She  sur- 
vived him  only  a  few  weeks,  dying  the 
same  year,  1690.  Children :  John,  born 
1636,  in  Charlestown.  In  Hingham : 
Clement,  baptized  March  4,  1638; 
Thomas,  baptized  May  10,  1640;  Eph- 
raim,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph,  baptized 
August  25,  1644.  In  New  London :  Ma- 
nasseh,  April  23,  1647;  Ann,  April  28, 
1649;  Maria,  1650;  Samuel,  March  4, 
1652,  served  in  King  Philip's  war.  In 
Stonington:  Hannah,  September  15,  1655. 

(II)  Ephraim  Miner,  son  of  Thomas 
(3)  and  Grace  (Palmer)  Miner,  was  born 
in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  baptized  May  1,  1642,  and  died  May 
16,  1724,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  went 
with  his  parents  to  New  London,  and  to 
Quiambaugh  (Stonington),  in  1653,  and 
the  place  on  which  they  settled  in  this 
town  has  remained  in  the  family  until  the 
present  time.  He  served  in  King  Philip's 
war,  1675.  He  was  buried  in  Taughwonk. 
He  married,  January  20,  1666,  Hannah 
Avery,  who  died  August  22,  1721.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stonington :  Ephraim,  June 
22,  1668;  Thomas,  December  17,  1669; 
Hannah,  April  21,  1671 ;  Rebecca,  Sep- 
tember, 1672;  Elizabeth,  April,  1674; 
Samuel,  December,  1676;  Deborah,  April 
15,  1678;  Samuel,  August,  1681 ;  James, 
mentioned  below;  Grace,  September, 
1683 ;  John,  April  19,  1685  ;  son  and  daugh- 
ter, born  and  died  March  21,  1687. 

(III)  James  Miner,  fifth  son  of  Eph- 
raim and  Hannah  (Avery)  Miner,  was 
born  in  November,  1682,  in  Stonington, 
and  married  there,  February  22,  1705, 
Abigail  Eldredge.  Children :  James,  born 
October  28,  1707;  Charles,  mentioned  be- 
low; Jerviah,  October  8,  171 1;  Daniel, 
January   24,    1713;    Abigail,   August    18, 

I7I5- 

(IV)  Charles    Miner,    second    son    of 


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James  and  Abigail  (Eldredge)  Miner, 
was  born  March  14,  1709,  in  Stonington, 
and  married  there,  December  9,  1740, 
Mary,  widow  of  Isaac  Wheeler,  and 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Miner) 
Wheeler.  Children  :  Charles,  born  Octo- 
ber 3,  1741 ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below; 
Christopher,  March  16,  1745;  Mary,  Au- 
gust 1,  1746;  Daniel,  June  21,  1749;  Abi- 
gail, November  8,  1756. 

(V)  Thomas  (4)  Miner,  second  son  of 
Charles  and  Mary  (Wheeler)  Miner,  was 
born  March  11,  1743,  in  Stonington,  and 
there  married  (first)  September  8,  1765, 
Mary  Page,  born  January  30,  1749,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  (2)  and  Mary  (Hewitt) 
Page,  of  Stonington.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Lydia  York,  born  December  28, 
1760,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna  (Brown) 
York,  of  Stonington  (see  York  V).  There 
was  a  Thomas  Miner,  who  served  nine 
days  in  a  New  London  company  on  the 
Lexington  Alarm  of  April  19,  1775.  He 
may  have  been  the  Thomas  Miner  who 
was  killed  in  the  engagement  with  the 
English  at  Groton,  September  6,  1781. 
Children  of  first  marriage :  Persis,  born 
December  20,  1766;  Priscilla,  April  26, 
1769;  Asher,  January  30,  1772;  Adam, 
July  5,  1774;  Roswell,  August  29,  1776; 
Sally,  May  6,  1779;  Phebe,  November  5, 
1781  ;  Betsey,  August  23,  1783.  Of  sec- 
ond marriage:  Oliver,  December  14, 
1791  ;  Ralph  R.,  August  16,  1793;  Lydia, 
1797;  Abby,  1800;  Ezra  D.,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Lawrence,  1803. 

(VI)  Deacon  Ezra  D.  Miner,  sixth  son 
of  Thomas  (4)  Miner,  and  third  child  of 
his  second  wife,  Lydia  (York)  Miner, 
was  born  March  12,  1802,  in  Stonington, 
and  lived  in  that  town,  where  he  died. 
He  married  Desire  Hewitt,  born  Septem- 
ber 27,  1803,  in  Stonington,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Desire  (Babcock)  Hewitt, 
of  that  town  (see  Hewitt  VI).  Children  : 
Susan,  Emily,  Mary,  Howard. 


(VII)  Howard  Miner,  only  son  of  Dea- 
con Ezra  D.  and  Desire  (Hewitt)  Miner, 
was  born  June  5,  1833,  in  North  Stoning- 
ton, where  he  grew  to  manhood,  and  soon 
after  attaining  his  majority  settled  in 
Dane  county,  Wisconsin,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming  for  several  years.  Re- 
turning to  New  England  he  was  for  some 
years  superintendent  of  the  Robert 
Knight  farm  in  the  town  of  Warwick, 
Kent  county,  Rhode  Island.  After  he  re- 
tired he  made  his  home  in  New  Bedford, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  September 
22,  1914.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the 
Civil  War,  being  a  member  of  Company 
E,  Twenty-first  Connecticut  Regiment,  in 
which  he  won  promotion  to  the  rank  of 
sergeant.  He  married  in  Wisconsin,  July 
19,  1865,  Josephine  Hutchens,  born  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1844,  at  Bath,  New  York,  lived 
with  George  and  Phebe  Buten.  Children : 
George,  died  in  infancy ;  Howard,  died 
young;  Ezra,  resides  in  East  Greenwich, 
Rhode  Island,  married  Jennie  Adams,  of 
Natick,  Rhode  Island ;  Emogene,  married 
Frank  Gray,  of  Koshkonong,  Wisconsin  ; 
Adelaide  Louise,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Adelaide  Louise  Miner,  young- 
est child  of  Howard  and  Josephine 
(Hutchens)  Miner,  became  the  wife  of 
Everett  Morton  Cushman,  of  New  Bed- 
ford (see  Cushman  IX). 

(The  York  Line). 

(I)  James  York  was  born  in  1614,  and 
died  in  1683,  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He 
came  to  this  country  in  1635,  when  he 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  in  the  ship 
"Philip,"  which  sailed  June  20,  1635,  from 
Gravesend,  England,  for  Virginia.  If 
they  landed  in  Virginia,  James  York  did 
not  remain  there  long.  He  doubtless  came 
north  soon  after  his  arrival,  and  the  first 
record  found  of  him  is  in  Braintree,  Mas- 
sachusetts. In  1660  he  settled  in  Ston- 
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the  jurisdiction  of  Massachusetts  and 
called  Southerton.  He  settled  on  grants 
of  land  which  included  the  present  farm 
of  Gideon  P.  Chesebrough,  east  of  An- 
guilla  or  Wequetequock  brook,  also  the 
farm  of  Erastus  D.  Miner  and  the  Simon 
Rhodes  place;  he  built  a  house  on  the 
north  side  of  the  Indian  path,  now  known 
as  the  old  Post  road,  and  there  he  lived 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  wife  Joan- 
nah,  whom  he  married  about  1637,  died  in 
1685.  Children:  Abigail,  born  about 
1638  or  1639;  James,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  James  (2)  York,  son  of  James  (1) 
and  Joannah  York,  was  born  June  14, 
1648,  and  died  October  26,  1676.  He 
doubtless  came  to  Stonington  with  his 
father  when  a  boy,  as  his  name  is  men- 
tioned in  several  records  before  1672.  In 
that  year  he  sold  his  estate  in  Boston, 
where  he  had  been  engaged  in  business, 
and  settled  in  Stonington.  On  January 
15,  1667,  one  hundred  acres  of  land  were 
laid  out  to  him,  and  he  also  received  land 
for  services  in  the  Indian  wars.  He  was 
made  freeman  in  Connecticut  in  1673.  He 
married,  in  Stonington,  January  19,  1669, 
Deborah  Bell,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Anne  Bell.  She  married  (second)  March 
12,  1679,  Henry  Elliot,  and  had  seven 
children.  Children  of  James  and  Deborah 
(Bell)  York:  Deborah  Bell,  born  Janu- 
ary 8, 1670,  died  February  21, 1672 ;  James, 
born  December  17,  1672;  William,  July 
26,  1674;  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  York,  youngest  child  of 
James  (2)  and  Deborah  (Bell)  York,  was 
born  October  17,  1676,  in  Stonington, 
where  he  made  his  home,  and  married, 
January  3,  1704,  Mary  Brown,  born  there 
May  26,  1683,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  (Collins)  Brown.  Children :  Wil- 
liam, born  October  3,  1705;  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1710;  Thankful,  April  23,  1712; 
Thomas,  January  24,  1714;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph,  January  22,  1718; 


Deborah,  January  13,  1720;  Collins,  1722; 
Bell,  1725. 

(IV)  John  York,  third  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Brown)  York,  was  born 
March  16,  1716,  in  Stonington,  and  mar- 
ried, July  30,  1743,  Anna  Brown,  of  that 
town.  Children:  John,  born  July  30, 
1744;  Anna,  died  young;  Anna,  born  July 
17,  1755;  Lucy,  August  31,  1758;  Lydia, 
mentioned  below;  Martha,  April  17,  1762. 

(V)  Lydia  York,  third  daughter  of 
John  and  Anna  (Brown)  York,  was  born 
December  28,  1760,  in  Stonington,  and 
became  the  wife  of  Thomas  (2)  Miner,  of 
that  town  (see  Miner  V). 

(The   Hewitt  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Hewitt  was  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  as  early  as  1651,  and  was  in 
command  of  a  vessel  owned  by  Thomas 
Miner,  in  1656.  He  purchased  land  on 
the  east  side  of  Mystic  river,  where  the 
Elm  Grove  Cemetery  of  Stonington  is 
now  located.  In  1662  he  sailed  for  the 
West  Indies  with  a  cargo  of  live  stock, 
and  was  never  heard  from  again.  He 
married,  April  26,  1659,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Walter  Palmer,  who  came  from 
Nottingham,  England,  resided  for  some 
time  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  was 
later  in  Rehoboth,  and  finally  purchased 
about  twelve  hundred  acres  in  what  is 
now  Stonington,  on  which  he  resided 
until  his  death,  November  19,  1661.  His 
second  wife,  Rebecca  (Short)  Palmer, 
was  the  mother  of  Hannah,  wife  of 
Thomas  Hewitt.  She  married  (second) 
December  27,  1671,  Roger  Sterry,  and 
(third)  as  his  second  wife,  John  Fish. 
Thomas  Hewitt  left  two  sons,  Thomas, 
born  May  20,  1660,  and  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Benjamin  Hewitt,  second  son  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Palmer)  Hewitt, 
was  born  in  1662,  in  Stonington,  and  mar- 
ried   there,    September    24,    1683,    Marie 


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Fanning,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Ellen 
Fanning.  Children :  Benjamin,  born 
1688;  Israel,  1691 ;  and  Tabitha,  all  bap- 
tized July  24,  1692;  Mary,  baptized  Au- 
gust 12,  1694;  Joseph,  December  13,  1696; 
Elkanah,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
June  29,  1701 ;  Henry,  July  30,  1704;  Con- 
tent, April  3,  1708. 

(III)  Elkanah  Hewitt,  third  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Marie  (Fanning)  Hewitt, 
was  baptized  May  7,  1699,  in  Stonington, 
where  he  lived,  and  married,  in  1722, 
Temperance  Keeney.  Children  :  Elkanah, 
born  May  10,  1723;  Thankful,  February 
23,  1726;  Sarah,  March  26,  1729;  Henry, 
mentioned  below;  Arthur,  August  8, 
1732;  Tabitha,  December  7,  1735;  Jonas, 
November  2, 1737 ;  Simeon,  March  9,  1739. 

(IV)  Henry  Hewitt,  second  son  of  El- 
kanah and  Temperance  (Keeney)  Hewitt, 
was  born  August  10,  1730,  in  Stonington, 
where  he  made  his  home.  He  married 
(first)  Sarah  Keeney.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) January  2,  1772,  Phebe  Prentice, 
born  February  22,  1738,  in  Stonington, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  and  Abigail 
(Billings)  Prentice.  He  married  (third) 
Mrs.  Content  Wheeler  Palmer.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph  and  Benjamin  (twins),  born 
August  8,  1774;  Amos,  November  14, 
1776;  Phebe,  December  9,  1778;  Prentice, 
married  Peggy  Brown. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2)  Hewitt,  son  of 
Henry  and  Phebe  (Prentice)  Hewitt,  was 
born  August  8,  1774,  in  Stonington,  and 
married  Desire  Babcock.  Children :  De- 
sire, died  young;  Sarah,  born  January  17, 
1802 ;  Desire,  mentioned  below ;  Phebe, 
August  24,  1806;  Emmilla,  June  19,  1808; 
Benjamin  Babcock,  October  11,  181 1 ;  Jo- 
seph Denison,  November  15,  1815;  Mary 
Louise,  April  13,  1818;  Francis  M.,  March 
25,  1820. 

(VI)  Desire  Hewitt,  third  daughter  of 
Benjamin  (2)  and  Desire  (Babcock) 
Hewitt,  was  born  September  27,  1803,  in 


Stonington,  and  was  married,  October  9, 
1823,  to  Deacon  Ezra  D.  Miner,  of  that 
town  (see  Miner  VI). 


MUNRO,  William  R., 

Financier. 

There  seems  to  have  been  several  of 
this  name  in  and  about  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  probably  brothers,  including  John, 
Thomas,  William  and  George. 

(I)  George  Monroe  lived  in  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  died  September  9, 
1744.  The  records  are  silent  as  to  his 
birth,  but  he  was  probably  born  about 
1655-58.  His  wife  Mary  was  born  1670, 
as  shown  by  the  Bristol  records,  and  died 
November  8,  1760,  in  that  town.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  born  December  24,  1701 ; 
Sarah,  February  23,  1706;  Benjamin, 
April  26,  171 1  ;  Simeon,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas,  October  21,  1715. 

(II)  Simeon  Munroe,  third  son  of 
George  and  Mary  Monroe,  was  born  July 
30,  1713,  in  Bristol,  in  which  town  he 
made  his  home,  and  died  May  23,  1789. 
He  married  (first)  December  19,  1732, 
Rebecca  Wardwell,  born  March  22,  1715, 
died  September  28,  1761,  daughter  of 
James  and  Sarah  Wardwell.  He  married 
(second)  January  31,  1762,  Mrs.  Rachel 
Walker.  Children  of  first  marriage : 
Dorcas,  born  April  2,  1734;  Rebecca, 
April  30,  1736;  Mary,  November  20,  1738; 
William,  March  30,  1741 ;  Simeon,  March 
11,  1744;  Achibald,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah,  October  16,  1749. 

(III)  Archibald  Munroe,  third  son  of 
Simeon  and  Rebecca  (Wardwell)  Mun- 
roe, was  born  November  11,  1746,  in  Bris- 
tol, where  his  home  was,  and  where  he 
died  January  15,  1812.  He  married,  No- 
vember 28,  1769,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Lucretia  (Diman)  Smith, 
born  July  1,  1750,  died  November  3,  1827. 
Children :      Josiah,     mentioned     below ; 

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Mary,  September  24,  1779;  George,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1782;  Rebecca,  February  2,  1784; 
Jeremiah,  March  3,  1791. 

(IV)  Josiah  Munroe,  eldest  child  of 
Archibald  and  Rebecca  (Smith)  Munroe, 
was  born  April  5,  1771,  in  Bristol,  and 
lived  in  that  town  and  in  Warren,  Rhode 
Island.  His  wife's  baptismal  name  was 
Sarah,  and  the  following  children  are  re- 
corded in  Warren :  Rebecca,  born  Sep- 
tember 28,  1794;  Sarah,  March  28,  1798; 
Mary  Mason,  June  11,  1799;  Josiah  Smith, 
September  24,  1805.  It  appears  that 
Josiah  Munroe  had  a  second  wife,  Re- 
becca (Harding)  Munroe,  and  John  H. 
was  probably  their  child. 

(V)  John  H.  Munroe,  son  of  Josiah 
Munroe,  as  shown  by  family  records,  was 
born  November  22,  1810,  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  and  lived  in  that  town,  in  War- 
ren and  in  Fall  River,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  conducted  a 
mercantile  business  in  Fall  River,  where 
he  died  March  24,  1876.  He  married 
Susan  Ware. 

(VI)  Josiah  (2)  Munroe,  son  of  John 
H.  and  Susan  (Ware)  Munroe,  was  born 
August  11,  1842,  in  Warren,  Rhode 
Island,  came  to  Fall  River,  Massachu- 
setts, in  his  youth,  and  ever  after  made 
this  city  his  home.  Learning  the  tailor's 
trade  with  his  father,  he  followed  that  as 
an  occupation  and  business  throughout 
life,  and  with  that  success  that  made  him 
comfortable.  He  was  for  many  years 
located  in  business  on  North  Main  street, 
nearly  opposite  the  "Wilbur  House," 
later  removing  to  Bedford  street,  near 
Rock.  He  understood  his  trade  thor- 
oughly, was  a  good  workman,  and  as  a 
man  and  citizen  was  respected  and  es- 
teemed. Mr.  Munroe  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  Fall  River  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  died  of  heart 
disease,  July  6,  1904,  at  his  home  on  Bel- 
mont street,   Fall  River,  aged  sixty-one 


years,  eleven  months.  He  married,  1862, 
Helen  J.  Robertson,  of  Fall  River,  who 
survives  him.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam S.  and  Harriet  (Palmer)  Robertson, 
the  former  from  Renfrew,  Scotland,  the 
latter  of  Westport  Harbor  (see  Palmer 
X).  Children:  William  R.,  mentioned 
below ;  Josiah  Frank,  of  Fall  River ;  Har- 
riet C,  wife  of  George  R.  Mason,  of  Fall 
River,  and  they  have  one  child,  William 
Mason ;  Charlotte  B.,  of  Fall  River;  Mary 
A.  T.,  who  graduated  from  the  Fall  River 
High  School  in  1900,  with  high  honors, 
winning  the  Davis  medal  for  proficiency 
in  study,  and  died  October  27,  1902,  at  the 
age  -of  twenty  years. 

(VII)  William  R.  Munroe,  eldest  child 
of  Josiah  (2)  and  Helen  J.  (Robertson) 
Munroe,  was  born  1863,  in  Fall  River, 
and  in  1883  received  the  degree  of  B.  M. 
from  the  B.  M.  C.  Durfee  High  School. 
A  short  time  after  his  graduation  he  trav- 
eled through  various  parts  of  the  Middle 
West,  locating  in  Florence,  Kansas.  Here 
he  was  first  employed  unloading  brick 
near  the  railroad  station,  and  by  his  in- 
dustry and  thrift  came  to  be  agent  for  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  railroad, 
a  position  which  he  held  for  twenty-three 
years.  During  that  time  he  had  been 
transferred  to  the  Carbondale  agency  for 
the  same  railroad,  but  returned  to  Flor- 
ence. Eight  years  ago  Mr.  Munroe  re- 
tired from  active  participation  in  railroad 
affairs  and  devoted  his  energies  to  the 
organization  of  the  Florence  State  Bank, 
and  has  been  largely  instrumental  in  mak- 
ing that  institution  one  of  the  strong 
banks  of  Marion  county,  Kansas.  In 
191 5  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Rail- 
road Building  Loan  and  Savings  Asso- 
ciation, of  Newton,  Kansas,  one  of  the 
largest  home  building  institutions  in  the 
West.  Mr.  Munroe  married  (first)  Adina 
Belle  Reid,  (second)  Elizabeth  Playford. 


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(The   Palmer  Line). 

The  name  Palmer  was  originally  a  com- 
mon title  of  those  who  had  returned  from 
the  Holy  Land,  and  brought  back,  as  a 
token  and  remembrance  of  their  pilgrim- 
age, a  palm  branch.  Thus  in  Marmion, 
Canto  I,  xxiii : 

From  Salem  first,  and  last  from  Rome 
Here  is  a  holy  Palmer  come, 

Certain  returned  Crusaders,  as  a  recog- 
nition of  their  merit,  were  knighted  and 
allowed  to  assume  this  title  as  a  surname. 
It  is  a  common  name  in  England,  and 
there  were  several  representatives  of  it  in 
New  England  previous  to  1635. 

(I)  William  Palmer,  the  first  American 
immigrant  of  the  name,  came  to  this  coun- 
try in  the  ship  "Fortune"  with  his  son 
William  in  1621,  and  was  followed  two 
years  later  by  his  wife  Frances  in  the 
ship  "Anne."  He  settled  in  Plymouth. 
His  land  was  in  what  was  later  set  oft  as 
Duxbury.  There  he  lived  and  died.  His 
will  was  dated  December  4,  1636,  and 
proved  March  5  following;  it  mentions 
"young  wife  Rebecca."  By  his  second 
wife  he  had  a  son  Henry  and  a  daughter 
Bridget.  His  land  in  Duxbury  was  sold 
in  1638  to  John  Bissell. 

(II)  William  (2)  Palmer,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (1)  Palmer,  was  born  in  England, 
and  died  in  Plymouth  before  his  father. 
He  married,  in  Scituate,  March  27,  1633, 
Elizabeth  Hodgkins.  After  his  death  his 
widow  married  (second)  John  Willis.  She 
sued  the  executors  of  the  will  of  William 
(1)  Palmer,  because  she  had  been  the 
wife  of  William  (2)  Palmer,  for  a  share 
in  the  former's  estate,  but  it  was  denied 
her. 

(III)  William  (3)  Palmer,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Hodgkins)  Pal- 
mer, was  born  June  27,  1634.  He  married 
a  daughter  of  Robert  Paddock,  of  Plym- 
outh, who  died  early.  He  settled  in  Dart- 
mouth, of  which  he  was  one  of  the  first 


purchasers,  and  died  in  1679,  previous  to 
June  3d.  He  left  a  widow,  whose  name 
was  Susannah ;  a  tradition  makes  her  a 
Hathaway  ;  at  any  rate,  Arthur  Hathaway 
was  joined  with  her  in  the  administration 
of  her  husband's  estate.  He  left  children, 
including  William,  mentioned  below,  and 
John. 

(IV)  William  (4)  Palmer,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (3)  and  Susannah  Palmer,  born 
1663,  lived  in  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  married,  in  1685,  Mary 
Richmond,  born  1668,  probably  daughter 
of  Edward  and  Amy  (Bull)  Richmond. 
Children:  William,  born  January  17, 
1686;  Elizabeth,  November  12,  1687,  mar- 
ried Henry  (2)  Head  (see  Head  II);  Jo- 
seph, June  19,  1689;  Susanna,  October 
24,  1692 ;  John,  mentioned  below ; 
Thomas,  January  7,  1697;  Mary,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1699;  Benjamin,  November  3, 
1700;  Abigail,  April  5,  1702;  Patience, 
February  19,  1704;  Sylvanus,  May  2,  1706; 
Peleg,  March  18,  1708. 

(V)  John  Palmer,  third  son  of  Wil- 
liam (4)  and  Mary  (Richmond)  Palmer, 
was  born  November  19,  1694,  in  Little 
Compton,  and  lived  in  that  town  and  in 
Dartmouth,  Massachusetts.  He  married, 
February  23,  1716,  in  Little  Compton, 
Alice  Shaw,  born  there  November  17, 
1695,  daughter  of  Israel  Shaw.  Children  : 
Peleg,  born  November  21,  1716;  Bath- 
sheba,  June  4,  1718;  Judith,  March  28, 
1719;  Dudley,  September  13,  1720;  Alice, 
January  15,  1722,  died  young;  Elizabeth, 
October  1,  1723;  Alice,  October  15,  1725; 
Benjamin,  February  4,  1728;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Perez,  1733. 

(VI)  John  (2)  Palmer,  fourth  son  of 
John  (1)  and  Alice  (Shaw)  Palmer,  was 
born  September  22,  1731,  in  Little  Comp- 
ton, and  there  married,  November  7,  1767, 
Mary  Stoddard,  of  that  town,  born  Octo- 
ber 4,  1732,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Mary  (Dring)  Stoddard. 

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(2)  and  Mary  (Stoddard)  Palmer,  resided 
in  Little  Compton,  and  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Brownell)  Macomber,  of  Westport, 
Massachusetts.  In  1806  John  Palmer, 
Jr.,  deeded  to  his  sons,  Gideon  and  Dud- 
ley, his  farm,  and  they  in  the  same  year 
leased  it  to  their  father. 

(VIII)  Gideon  Palmer,  son  of  John  (3) 
and  Margaret  (Macomber)  Palmer,  was 
born  in  Westport,  October  4,  1774,  and 
married  in  Little  Compton,  in  1806,  Lois 
Head,  born  there  April  9,  1787,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Hannah  (Davenport)  Head 
(see  Head  VI).  Children:  Betsey,  men- 
tioned below ;  Deborah  Ann,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1810,  married  Philip  Grinnell, 
of  Westport;  Gideon,  February  3,  1812, 
died  in  Fall  River;  Cordelia,  April  25, 
1814,  married  a  Brightman  ;  Almira,  April 
21,  1816;  Thomas  Davenport,  October  10, 
1818,  was  lost  at  sea;  Lorinda,  January 
19,  1821  ;  Harriet,  mentioned  below; 
George  Seabury,  born  February  28,  1825, 
and  Julia  Ann,  born  August  4,  1826,  who 
died  aged  ten  years.  Gideon  Palmer,  the 
father,  died  July  4,  1840,  in  Fall  River, 
and  his  widow  passed  away  June  13,  i860, 
at  Westport. 

(IX)  Betsey  Palmer,  eldest  child  of 
Gideon  and  Lois  (Head)  Palmer,  was 
born  December  6,  1806,  and  married  Ed- 
ward Jennings,  of  Fall  River. 

(IX)  Harriet  Palmer,  daughter  of 
Gideon  and  Lois  (Head)  Palmer,  born 
February  10,  1823,  married  William  S. 
Robertson,  who  came  from  Renfrew, 
Scotland. 

(X)  Helen  J.  Robertson,  daughter  of 
William  S.  and  Harriet  (Palmer)  Robert- 
son, was  married,  in  1862,  to  Josiah  (2) 
Munroe,  of  Fall  River,  Massachusetts 
(see  Munroe  VI). 

(The  Head  Line). 

(I)  Henry  Head,  born  1647,  as  shown 
by  the  records  of  Little  Compton,  Rhode 


Island,  died  in  that  town,  July  1,  1716. 
He  was  representative  to  the  Plymouth 
Court  in  1683,  and  for  several  years  after- 
ward, and  on  the  consolidation  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  and  Plymouth  colo- 
nies, he  was  representative  to  the  General 
Court  at  Boston  in  1692.  He  married,  in 
1677,  Elizabeth  Pabodie,  born  1654,  died 
June,  1748,  according  to  the  records  of 
Little  Compton.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
William  Pabodie,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Alden,  of  the  Mayflower 
Colony.  Children  :  Jonathan,  born  1678 ; 
Henry,  mentioned  below  ;  Ebenezer,  1682 ; 
Mary,  1684;  Innocent,  1686;  Benjamin, 
1687,  died  August  6,  1717. 

(II)  Henry  (2)  Head,  second  son  of 
Henry  (1)  and  Elizabeth  (Pabodie) 
Head,  was  born  1680,  and  died  March  4, 
1755.  He  married,  June  29,  1708,  Eliza- 
beth Palmer,  born  November  12,  1687, 
daughter  of  William  (4)  and  Mary 
(Richmond)  Palmer,  of  Little  Compton 
(see  Palmer  IV).  Children:  Henry, 
mentioned  below;  Abigail,  born  Decem- 
ber 24,  1710;  Mary,  April  16,  1712;  Inno- 
cent, March  13,  1713;  Lovet,  September 
2.y,  1714;  Elizabeth,  March  21,  1716;  Ben- 
jamin, September  17,  1718,  died  March, 
1796;  William,  July  12,  1721 ;  Deborah, 
January  16,  1725;  Amey,  May  15,  1727. 

(III)  Henry  (3)  Head,  eldest  child  of 
Henry  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Palmer)  Head, 
was  born  November  7,  1709,  in  Little 
Compton.  He  married,  in  June,  1730, 
Anna  Paddock,  born  in  Swansea,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children :  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Joseph,  born  September  11,  1733; 
John,  August  5,  1736;  Deborah,  April  13, 

1739- 

(IV)  Jonathan  Head,  eldest  son  of 
Henry  (3)  and  Anna  (Paddock)  Head, 
was  born  May  31,  1731,  in  Little  Comp- 
ton, and  settled  in  Dartmouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  probably  a  farmer. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  served 
as  a  private  in  Captain  William  Hicks' 


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(Dartmouth)  company,  Colonel  Pope's 
regiment,  marched  December  7,  1777, 
served  sixteen  days.  He  married  in  Little 
Compton,  October  21,  1760,  Ruth  Little, 
born  in  that  town,  April  2,  1742,  daugh- 
ter of  Forbes  and  Sarah  Little,  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Constance  (Fobes) 
Little,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Martha  (Pabodie)  Fobes, 
daughter  of  William  Pabodie.  Children  : 
Joseph,  born  February  14,  1762;  Forbes, 
April  9,  1763;  Daniel,  mentioned  below; 
Lydia,  December  19,  1769;  Jonathan,  May 
1,  1774;  Ruth,  October  10,  1776. 

(V)  Daniel  Head,  third  son  of  Jona- 
than and  Ruth  (Little)  Head,  was  born 
March  29,  1765,  in  Dartmouth,  and  lived 
in  Little  Compton,  where  he  was  married, 
January  1,  1787,  by  Adam  Simmons,  jus- 
tice, to  Hannah  Davenport,  born  April 
26,  1764,  died  March  17,  1844,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Deborah  (Simmons)  Daven- 
port, of  that  town  (see  Davenport  VI). 
Deborah  Simmons,  wife  of  Thomas  (3) 
Davenport,  was  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Comfort  (Shaw)  Simmons,  the  last  named 
a  daughter  of  Israel  Shaw.  John  Sim- 
mons was  a  son  of  William  and  Abigail 
(Church)  Simmons,  the  last  named  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Butler) 
Church.  Joseph  Church  was  a  son  of 
Richard  Church,  whose  wife,  Mary  (War- 
ren) Church,  was  a  daughter  of  Richard 
Warren,  of  the  "Mayflower."  William 
Pabodie,  who  married  Elizabeth  Alden, 
had  a  daughter,  Martha  Pabodie,  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  William  Fobes  (or 
Forbes),  whose  daughter,  Constance 
Fobes  or  Forbes,  married  John  Little, 
and  was  the  mother  of  Forbes  Little,  who 
is  supposed  to  have  married  Sarah  Wil- 
cox, and  was  the  father  of  Ruth  Little, 
wife  of  Jonathan  Head,  of  Dartmouth. 
Thus  there  are  two  lines  of  descent  from 
John  Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullins.  Daniel 
and  Hannah  (Davenport)  Head  had  chil- 


dren :  Lois,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah, 
born  November  30,  1789,  married  Hum- 
phrey Brownell ;  Abel,  November  30, 
1791 ;  Deborah,  October  28,  1794;  Ruth, 
February  10,  1797;  Lydia,  November  10, 
1798;  Betsey,  October  17,  1800;  Hannah 
Phillips,  April  4,  1803. 

(VI)  Lois  Head,  eldest  child  of  Daniel 
and  Hannah  (Davenport)  Head,  was 
born  April  9,  1787,  in  Little  Compton, 
and  married,  1806,  Gideon  Palmer,  of 
Westport,  Massachusetts  (see  Palmer 
VIII). 

(The   Davenport  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Davenport  was  a  member 
of  the  Dorchester  church,  November  20, 
1640,  was  a  freeman,  May  18,  1642,  and 
served  the  town  as  constable  in  1670.  He 
purchased  a  house  and  lands,  November 
25>  x653,  and  his  residence  was  on  the 
east  slope  of  Mount  Bowdoin,  near  the 
corner  of  the  present  Union  avenue  and 
Bowdoin  street,  Dorchester.  He  pur- 
chased additional  lands,  February  5,  1665. 
After  his  death,  which  occurred  Novem- 
ber 9,  1685,  an  inventory  of  his  estate  was 
made,  amounting  to  332  pounds,  16  shil- 
lings and  8  pence.  His  wife  Mary  joined 
the  Dorchester  church,  March  8,  1644. 
She  survived  him  nearly  six  years,  dying 
October  4,  1691.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
December  28,  1643 ;  Thomas,  baptized 
March  2,  1645;  Mary,  January  21,  1649; 
Charles,  September  7,  1652;  Abigail,  July 
8,  1655;  Mehitable,  born  February  14, 
1657;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Eben- 
zer,  April  26,  1661 ;  John,  October  20, 
1664. 

(II)  Jonathan  Davenport,  third  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Davenport,  was  born 
March  6,  1659,  in  Dorchester,  and  settled 
in  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island.  He 
married  there,  December  1,  1680,  Han- 
nah Warren.  Children :  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below ;  Jonathan,  born  November 
3,  1684,  died  October  14,  1751 ;  Hannah, 


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December  23,  1686;  Simeon,  December 
27,  1688,  died  December  8,  1763;  Eben- 
ezer,  September  2,  1691,  died  August  4, 
1776;  John,  January  12,  1694,  died  April 
20,  1741 ;  Joseph,  March  25,  1696,  died 
September  2,  1760;  Benjamin,  October  6, 
1698;  Sarah,  December  10,  1700. 

(III)  Thomas  (2)  Davenport,  eldest 
child  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Warren) 
Davenport,  was  born  December  10,  1681, 
and  married  (first)  June  20,  1704,  Cath- 
arine Woodworth,  born  1673,  died  June 
1,  1729,  daughter  of  Walter  Woodworth. 
He  married  (second)  Mary  Pittman. 
Children  of  first  marriage :  Eliphalet, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  February 
8,  1707;  Ephraim,  December  25,  1708; 
Deborah,  December  12,  1710;  Hannah, 
October  27,  1712;  Oliver,  February  5, 
1714.  Of  second  marriage :  Gideon,  June 
7,  1738;  Susannah,  January  24,  1740. 

(IV)  Eliphalet  Davenport,  eldest  child 
of  Thomas  (2)  and  Catharine  (Wood- 
worth)  Davenport,  was  born  May  7,  1705, 
and  married  (first)  Hannah  Phillips,  born 
1707,  died  January  9,  1738.  He  married 
(second)  Ann  Devol.  Children  of  first 
marriage:  Catharine,  born  1729,  died 
1806;  Deedy,  1727,  died  young;  Deedy, 
1732;  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  Of  sec- 
ond marriage:  Hannah,  born  1742  ;  Phebe, 
1744;  Eliphalet,  1748,  died  January  21, 
1812;  Jonathan,  1750;  Judith,  1753;  Ruth, 
1755  ;   Caleb,  1757. 

(V)  Thomas  (3)  Davenport,  son  of 
Eliphalet  and  Hannah  (Phillips)  Daven- 
port, was  born  May  15,  1735,  in  Little 
Compton,  and  died  October  28,  1820.  He 
married,  December  3,  1761,  Deborah  Sim- 
mons, born  October  13,  1736,  died  Janu- 
ary 8,  1809,  daughter  of  John  and  Com- 
fort (Shaw)  Simmons,  of  Little  Compton 
(see  Simmons  VI).  Children:  Hannah, 
mentioned  below;  Deborah,  born  Febru- 
ary, 1767;  Lois,  August,  1768. 

(VI)  Hannah  Davenport,  eldest  child 


of  Thomas  (3)  and  Deborah  (Simmons) 
Davenport,  was  born  April  26,  1764,  in 
Little  Compton,  and  married  there,  Janu- 
ary 1,  1787,  Daniel  Head  (see  Head  V). 

(The  Simmons  Line). 

(I)  Moses  Simonson,  or  Symonson,  a 
native  of  Leyden,  Holland,  came  to  Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts,  in  the  ship  "For- 
tune," in  1621,  and  settled  at  Duxbury, 
near  Plymouth.  His  father  was  a  com- 
municant of  the  Dutch  church  at  Leyden, 
and  Moses  was  one  of  the  "purchasers," 
which  entitled  him  to  admission  to  the 
Plymouth  church  in  this  country,  where 
his  children  were  baptized.  He  was  made 
a  freeman  in  1634,  and  served  three  years 
later  as  a  juryman.  In  1638  he  received 
a  grant  of  land  in  addition  to  one  previ- 
ously made.  He  had  sons,  Moses  and 
Thomas. 

(II)  Moses  (2)  Simmons,  son  of  Moses 
(1)  Simonson,  or  Simmons,  as  the  name 
very  quickly  was  rendered  by  the  Eng- 
lish-speaking people,  resided  in  Duxbury, 
where  he  died  in  1689.  He  had  a  wife 
Sarah  and  children :  John,  Aaron,  Mary, 
Elizabeth  and  Sarah,  all  of  whom  married 
and  reared  families. 

(III)  John  Simmons,  son  of  Moses  (2) 
and  Sarah  Simmons,  married,  about  1670, 
Mercy  Pabodie,  born  January  2,  1649, 
daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Al- 
den)  Pabodie.  The  last  named  was  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  (Mullens) 
Alden,  of  the  "Mayflower,"  and  their  de- 
scendants are  all  eligible  to  the  Society 
of  Mayflower  Descendants.  Children: 
John,  born  February  22,  1671  ;  William, 
mentioned  below ;  Isaac,  January  28, 
1674;    Martha,  November,  1677. 

(IV)  William  Simmons,  second  son  of 
John  and  Mercy  (Pabodie)  Simmons,  was 
born  September  24,  1672,  in  Duxbury,  and 
joined  the  movement  from  that  town 
which  was  largely  instrumental  in  the  set- 


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tlement  of  Little  Compton,  then  in  Massa- 
chusetts, now  a  part  of  Rhode  Island.  He 
married,  in  1696,  Abigail,  born  1680, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Tucker) 
Church.  She  died  July  4,  1720,  and  was 
survived  for  about  forty-five  years  by  her 
husband,  who  died  in  1765.  Children: 
Mercy,  born  July  1,  1697;  William,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1699;  Lydia,  December  15, 
1700;  Joseph,  March  4,  1702;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Abigail,  July  14,  1706;  Re- 
becca, May  8,  1708;  Mary,  October  15, 
1709;  Benjamin,  February  21,  1713;  Icha- 
bod,  January  6,  1715 ;  Peleg,  December 
21,  1716;  Sarah,  August  26,  1718. 

(V)  John  Simmons,  third  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Abigail  (Church)  Simmons,  was 
born  August  14,  1704,  and  died  in  Little 
Compton,  March  8,  1774.  He  married 
Comfort  Shaw,  born  August  9,  1709,  died 
May,  1785,  daughter  of  Israel  Shaw. 
Children  :  Phebe,  born  December  28,  1728, 
died  April  24,  1730;  Sarah,  January  26, 
1730;  Zarah,  October  13,  1731 ;  Ichabod, 
November  28, 1732,  died  February  8, 1756; 
Deborah,  mentioned  below;  Ezekiel.  July 
25,  1740;  John,  August  26,  1741  ;  Com- 
fort, October  28,  1743 ;  Elizabeth,  Octo- 
ber 14,  1745,  died  1747;  Rachel,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1751  ;    Lydia,  March  1,  1753. 

(VI)  Deborah  Simmons,  fourth  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Comfort  (Shaw)  Simmons, 
was  born  October  13,  1736,  died  January 
8,  1809,  and  married,  December  3,  1761, 
Thomas  (3)  Davenport  (see  Davenport 
V). 


GUITERAS, 

And  Allied  Families. 

The  first  of  the  direct  line  of  whom  we 
have  authentic  information,  Mateo  Gui- 
teras,  was  a  native  of  the  town  of  Canet 
Le  Mar,  and  a  member  of  a  family  long 
established  and  prominent  in  the  Prov- 
ince  of   Catalonia,   in   Spain.     Canet   Le 


Mar  is  to-day  a  town  of  note  in  Catalonia, 
which  borders  on  the  historic  and  famous 
province  of  Toledo,  and  in  the  time  of 
Mateo  Guiteras  was  a  flourishing  center 
of  trade. 

Guiteras  Arms,  Spain — Vert,  five  greyhounds' 
heads,  erased  proper,  vulned,  and  distilling  drops 
of  blood  gules,  posed  two,  one  and  two. 

Of  the  character  of  Mateo  Guiteras  and 
of  his  immediate  family,  we  can  only  form 
a  vague  yet  satisfying  opinion,  from  the 
career  and  subsequent  achievements  of 
his  son,  Ramon  Guiteras.  From  the  posi- 
tion which  the  latter  occupied  in  Cuba,  it 
is  entirely  lawful  to  assume  that  he  came 
of  a  strong,  progressive,  and  intellectually 
as  well  as  practically  able  stock.  Mateo 
Guiteras  passed  his  entire  life  in  Spain, 
where  he  died. 

He  married  Maria  de  Molines,  also  a 
member  of  an  honorable  and  historically 
noted  family,  and  a  native  of  Canet  Le 
Mar.  They  were  the  parents  of  Ramon 
Guiteras,  mentioned  below. 

De  Molines  Arms — Azure  a  cross  moline  or, 
quarter  pierced  of  the  field. 

Crest — A  Saracen's  head  affrontee  couped  below 
the  shoulders  proper,  wreathed  about  the  temples. 

Supporters — Two  lions  collared  and  ducally 
crowned. 

Motto — Vivcre  sat  vine  ere. 

(II)  Ramon  Guiteras,  son  of  Mateo 
and  Maria  (de  Molines)  Guiteras,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Canet  Le  Mar,  Prov- 
ince of  Catalonia,  Spain,  where  he  spent 
the  early  portion  of  his  life.  In  young 
manhood  he  left  Spain,  however,  and 
went  to  Cuba,  where  he  later  became  a 
noted  merchant.  He  was  representative 
of  a  type  of  dynamic,  forceful,  tirelessly 
energetic  business  man,  characteristic 
more  of  the  twentieth  century  than  in- 
digenous to  Spain  and  the  Spanish  prov- 
inces of  his  day.     Ramon   Guiteras  was 


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the  founder  of  many  notable  enterprises, 
among  them  a  flour  mill,  a  bakery,  and 
an  extensive  coffee  estate.  In  the  course 
of  a  long  and  successful  business  career 
he  amassed  a  considerable  fortune,  and 
died  possessed  of  much  valuable  property. 
He  married  Gertrudis  Font,  a  native  of 
Canet  Le  Mar,  who  accompanied  him  to 
Cuba.  They  resided  at  Matanzas,  Cuba, 
where  their  son,  Ramon  (2),  was  born. 

Font  Arms,  Catalonia,  Spain — Azure  a  fountain 
composed  of  a  basin  standing  in  another  basin, 
spouting  four  jets  of  water,  all  argent. 

(III)  Ramon  (2)  Guiteras,  son  of  Ra- 
mon (1)  and  Gertrudis  (Font)  Guiteras, 
was  born  at  Matanzas,  Cuba,  August  4, 
181 1.  At  the  age  of  four  years  he  was 
taken  by  his  father  to  Spain,  on  account 
of  political  uprisings  in  Cuba.  On  his 
return  to  Cuba  he  received  an  excellent 
and  comprehensive  educational  training, 
and  became  especially  proficient  in  lan- 
guages, developing  great  linguistic  abil- 
ity. Ramon  Guiteras  subsequently  trav- 
eled extensively  in  Europe,  spending  four 
years  at  Barcelona,  Spain,  and  in  Amer- 
ica. 

He  married,  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island, 
September  27,  1853,  Elizabeth  Manches- 
ter Wardwell,  daughter  of  Benjamin  (3) 
and  Elizabeth  (Manchester)  Wardwell. 
(See  Wardwell  VI).  After  his  marriage, 
Ramon  Guiteras  made  his  home  in  Bris- 
tol, retaining,  however,  a  few  of  his  inter- 
ests in  Cuba,  a  small  portion  of  the  origi- 
nal estate  of  his  father.  He  died  Febru- 
ary 13,  1873.  The  children  of  Ramon  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  Manchester  (Wardwell) 
Guiteras  were:  1.  Gertrude  Elizabeth 
Guiteras,  born  March  2,  1855,  who  resides 
in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  2.  Ramon  Gui- 
teras, M.  D.,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Ramon  (3)  Guiteras,  M.  D.,  was 
born  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  August  17, 
1858,  the  son  of  Ramon  (2)  and  Elizabeth 


Manchester  (Wardwell)  Guiteras;  he  was 
a  grandson  of  Benjamin  (3)  Wardwell, 
and  in  honor  of  his  grandfather  bore  the 
name  Ramon  Benjamin  Guiteras  in  early 
life.  He  received  his  elementary  education 
in  the  schools  of  Bristol,  and  after  attend- 
ing the  Alexander  Military  Institute  at 
White  Plains,  New  York,  for  one  year, 
became  a  student  in  Mowry  &  Goff's  Eng- 
lish and  Classical  School  in  Providence, 
where  he  prepared  for  college  in  part. 
Completing  his  preparation  at  Joshua 
Kendall's  school  at  Cambridge,  he  ma- 
triculated at  Harvard.  At  the  end  of  a 
two-year  course  he  went  to  Europe,  where 
he  devoted  a  year  and  a  half  to  acquiring 
a  knowledge  of  Spanish  and  French.  In 
1880  he  returned  to  America  and  entered 
the  Harvard  Medical  School,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1883  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  then  went  to 
Vienna,  Austria,  studying  medicine  there 
in  the  university,  which  at  that  time  was 
the  finest  in  the  world.  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  period  of  six  months  at  the 
University  of  Berlin,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  returned  to  New  York,  where  he 
took  the  naval  .medical  examination  for 
the  post  of  assistant  surgeon.  He  passed 
this  severe  test  with  the  highest  honors 
in  the  class,  and  immediately  on  receiv- 
ing his  appointment  resigned,  having 
taken  it  merely  to  test  his  ability.  Dr. 
Guiteras  then  entered  Blackwell's  Island 
Hospital,  where  he  spent  a  year  and  a 
half.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  general  practice  in  New 
York  City.  At  a  later  date,  however,  he 
confined  his  work  solely  to  kidney  and 
intestinal  diseases,  and  is  to-day  one  of 
the  foremost  and  most  notable  surgeons 
in  this  branch  of  medical  science  in  the 
United  States. 

Dr.  Guiteras  is  very  prominent  in  the 
medical  profession  in  New  York.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Columbus  Hospital  staff 


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and  is  secretary  of  the  Pan-American 
Medical  Association,  and  member  of  the 
New  York  Medical  Association,  and  of 
the  American  Medical  Association.  He 
is  well  known  in  club  life  in  New  York 
City,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Players' 
Club,  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  the 
Harvard  Club  and  the  Union  Club. 

Dr.  Guiteras  is  a  lover  of  outdoor  sport, 
a  hunter  of  great  skill,  and  has  twice  been 
into  the  interior  of  Africa  for  big  game. 
On  his  first  trip,  from  which  he  returned 
about  1900,  he  was  accompanied  by  Dr. 
Louis  Livingston  Semon,  well  known  sur- 
geon of  New  York,  and  his  wife.  Two 
years  later  he  made  another  trip,  this 
time  returning  with   handsome  trophies. 

Dr.  Guiteras  is  unmarried,  and  makes 
his  home  in  New  York.  His  office  is 
located  at  No.  80  Madison  avenue,  New 
York  City. 

(The  Wardwell  Line). 

Arms — Argent,  on  a  bend  between  six  martlets 
sable  three  bezants. 

Crest — A  lion's  gamb  holding  a  spear,  tasseled 
or. 

Motto — Avito  viret  honore. 

The  surname  Wardwell  had  its  origin 
in  the  medieval  institution  of  "watch  and 
ward,"  which  at  one  time  flourished  in 
England.  Early  ancestors  of  the  family 
in  England  may  actually  have  been  those 
who  kept  the  "watch  and  ward,"  or  guar- 
dians of  the  peace  and  safety  of  the  towns 
of  the  realm,  or  they  may  merely  have 
been  residents  in  the  vicinity  of  the  watch 
towers.  The  family  in  England  attained 
high  rank  and  great  power  and  influence 
in  the  early  part  of  the  dominion  of  the 
Normans  in  England,  and  is  traced  in  a 
direct  line  to  a  member  of  the  train  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  who  in  return 
for  his  services  was  given  extensive 
estates  under  the  feudal  system  in  West- 
moreland.     When    the   adoption    of   sur- 


names spread  among  the  upper  classes, 
this  noble,  following  an  almost  universal 
custom,  assumed  the  name  of  Wardell, 
or  Wardwell,  from  an  old  watch  tower 
or  watch  hill  which  stood  on  his  estate 
on  the  northern  borders  of  Westmore- 
land. Here  signals  were  given  to  Moothy 
Beacon  on  any  inroad  of  the  fierce  Scotch 
tribes  of  the  borderland.  The  Wardwell 
family  maintained  its  prestige  and  promi- 
nence in  England  through  intervening 
centuries  down  to  the  period  of  colonial 
immigration. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  colonial  period 
the  American  branch  of  the  family  was 
planted  in  New  England,  by  one  William 
Wardwell,  or  Wardell.  The  family  early 
assumed  a  place  of  distinction  and  promi- 
nence among  our  early  colonial  families, 
and  to  the  present  day  has  not  relin- 
quished but  has  added  to  the  prestige  of 
a  time-honored  name.  The  Wardwells  of 
New  England  have  played  a  notable  part 
in  the  development  of  its  life.  The  name 
is  found  with  frequency  and  in  the  high 
places  in  the  annals  of  our  military  and 
naval  achievements,  and  in  the  history  of 
the  professions,  business,  finance,  and  the 
industries.  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  has 
been  the  home  of  the  branch  of  the  Ward- 
well  family  herein  under  consideration 
for  two  and  a  half  centuries.  From  this 
branch  sprang  the  following  men  whose 
names  are  notable  in  the  history  of  Rhode 
Island  affairs:  Benjamin  Wardwell,  Colo- 
nel Samuel  Wardwell,  Colonel  Hezekiah 
Church  Wardwell,  Hon.  William  T.  C. 
Wardwell,  and  Hon.  Samuel  D.  Ward- 
well. 

(I)  William  Wardwell,  or  Wardell,  im- 
migrant ancestor  and  American  progeni- 
tor, was  a  descendant  of  the  ancient  Nor- 
man family  above  mentioned.  He  emi- 
grated from  England  early  in  the  third 
decade  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  is 
first  of  record  in  the  New  England  colo- 


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nies  in  1634,  when  his  name  appears  on 
the  records  of  the  church  at  Boston ;  on 
February  9  of  that  year  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church,  about  a  year  after  his 
arrival  in  Boston.  William  Wardwell 
was  later  one  of  those  who  with  their 
families  were  turned  out  of  the  old  Bos- 
ton Second  Church  with  Wheelwright, 
and  accompanied  him  to  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  before  going  to  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  where  they  finally  settled. 
He  returned  to  Boston,  however,  where 
his  first  wife  was  buried,  and  where  he 
married  his  second  wife,  who  assisted  him 
in  conducting  the  old  Hollis  Inn. 

He  married  (first)  Alice  ;  (sec- 
ond) December  5,  1657,  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  John  Gillet  or  Jillett.  Among  his  chil- 
dren was  Uzal,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Uzal  Wardwell,  son  of  William 
and  Alice  Wardwell,  was  born  April  7, 
1639,  and  died  October  25,  1732.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
May  3,  1664,  Mary  Ring,  widow  of  Daniel 
Ring,  and  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Bordman)  Kinsman,  of  Ipswich,  where 
she  died.  He  married  (second)  Grace 
,  who  died  May  9,  1741  ;  it  is  possi- 
ble that  this  marriage  was  recorded  some- 
where between  Ipswich  and  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  and  that  the  first  three 
children  were  born  there ;  nothing  has 
been  found  of  the  identity  of  Grace,  sec- 
ond wife  of  Uzal  Wardwell.  His  will, 
dated  January  10,  1728,  mentions  wife 
Grace,  daughters :  Mary  Barker,  Grace 
Giddens,  Sarah  Bosworth,  Alice  Glad- 
ding, Abigail  Greene,  Hannah  Crompton ; 
sons  :  Uzal,  James,  Joseph,  William,  Ben- 
jamin. The  will  of  Mrs.  Grace  Wardwell, 
dated  October  19,  1733,  mentions  her  eld- 
est son  Uzal,  daughter  Grace  Giddens, 
sons  James  and  Joseph,  Benjamin,  de- 
ceased. 

Children  of  the  first  marriage:  1.  Abi- 
gail, born  October  27,  1665  ;  married  John 


Green.  2.  Hannah,  born  1667;  married 
Crompton.  3.  Alice,  born  Decem- 
ber 2J,  1670;  married,  October  31,  1693, 
John  Gladding,  Jr. 

Children  of  the  second  marriage :  4. 
Mary.  5.  Uzal.  6.  Grace,  married  Joseph 
Giddens  (Giddings),  and  died  May  1, 
1768,  aged  ninety  years.  7.  Sarah,  born  in 
1682,  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island;  married 
Nathaniel  Bosworth,  Jr.  8.  James,  born 
June  30,  1684,  in  Bristol.  9.  Joseph,  born 
July  30,  1686,  in  Bristol.  10.  Benjamin,  of 
whom  further.  11.  William,  born  May 
3,  1693,  in  Bristol.  12.  Rebecca,  twin  of 
William. 

(III)  Benjamin  Wardwell,  son  of  Uzal 
and  Grace  Wardwell,  was  born  April  19, 
1688,  and  died  in  June,  1739.  He  married 
(first)    Mary ,   who   died    May   2, 

1733.  He  married   (second)  January   17, 

1734,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Holmes,  of  Norton, 
Massachusetts,  who  died  June  6,  1737. 
Children  of  the  first  marriage:  1.  Mary, 
married,  in  1 73 1 ,  Nathaniel  Turner.  2. 
Uzal,  married  in  November,  1739,  Sarah 
Lindsey,  who  died  in  1745,  at  Cape 
Breton,  and  he  died  there  September  17, 
I745-  3-  Jonathan,  died  in  May,  1745,  at 
Cape  Breton.  4.  Benjamin,  died  in  June, 
1739,  lost  at  sea.  5.  William,  of  whom 
further.  6.  Isaac,  born  in  1730;  married 
in  September,  1756,  Sarah  Waldron,  and 
died  May  7,  1810,  at  Bristol.  7.  Olive, 
married,  June  19,  1753,  John  Goddard,  of 
Newport,  Rhode  Island. 

(IV)  William  (2)  Wardwell,  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  Wardwell,  was  born 
in  1722,  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  He  was 
a  large  landowner  and  prominent  member 
of  the  community.  William  Wardwell 
married,  September  26,  1742,  Mary  How- 
land,  daughter  of  Samuel  Howland,  and 
granddaughter  of  Jabez  Howland,  son  of 
John  Howland,  the  Pilgrim.  Their  chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Bristol,  were:  1.  Wil- 
liam, born  January  8,  1743-44.    2.  Abigail, 


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baptized  June  9,  1745.  3.  Mary,  born  Oc- 
tober 25,  1747.  4.  William,  born  January 
28,  1749-50.  5.  Benjamin,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 6.  Sarah,  born  March  3,  1754.  7. 
Martha,  born  June  29,  1755.  8.  Samuel, 
born  May  25,  1760. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2)  Wardwell,  son  of 
William  (2)  and  Mary  (Howland)  Ward- 
well,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island, 
and  baptized  there,  February  9,  1753.  He 
was  a  lifelong  resident  of  the  town,  and 
a  highly  respected  and  prosperous  citi- 
zen. 

He  married  (first)  June  8,  1773,  Sarah 
Smith,  who  died  November  20,  1779.  He 
married  (second)  November  19,  1780, 
Katherine  Glover,  daughter  of  Captain 
Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Bass)  Glover,  of 
Braintree,  Massachusetts,  who  died  Janu- 
ary 14,  1803.  He  married  (third)  January 
15,  1804,  Mrs.  Huldah  (Goff)  Wheeler, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Patience  Goff. 

Children  of  the  first  marriage:  1.  Wil- 
liam, born  April  19,  1776;  died  April  21, 
of  the  same  year.  2.  Lucretia,  born  May 
30,  1777;  married,  June  17,  1798,  John 
Sabin,  and  died  September  11,  181 1.  3. 
Sarah,  born  November  1 1,  1779;  married 
Nathaniel  Church,  and  died  February  21, 
1 861. 

Children  of  the  second  marriage:  4. 
Polly,  born  October  4,  1781  ;  died  Decem- 
ber 12,  1781.  5.  Polly,  born  August  30, 
1783;  died  September  23,  17S3.  6.  Benja- 
min, of  whom  further.  7.  Polly,  born  Au- 
gust 13,  1785;  died  September  22,  1787. 
8.  William,  born  October  4,  1786;  died 
September  22,  1787.  9.  Henry,  born  April 
7,  1789;  died  October  12,  1789.  10.  Polly, 
born  October  24,  1791.  11.  Katherine 
Glover,  born  July  8,  1793;  died  April  1, 
1863.  12.  Francis,  born  in  September, 
1794  ;  died  July  25,  1796. 

(VI)  Benjamin  (3)  Wardwell,  son  of 
Benjamin  (2)  and  Katherine  (Glover) 
Wardwell,  was  born  August  24,  1784,  in 


the  town  of  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  early  in 
life  entered  the  leather  business.  He  sub- 
sequently engaged  in  the  grocery  busi- 
ness, and  for  more  than  fifty  years  con- 
ducted an  establishment  in  a  building 
which  formerly  stood  on  the  east  side  of 
Thames  street,  south  of  State  street, 
Bristol.  He  was  a  leader  in  business  life 
in  the  town,  and  was  highly  successful  in 
business  affairs ;  strictly  upright  and  fair 
in  all  his  dealings,  he  was  recognized  as 
a  man  of  sterling  worth,  and  was  highly 
respected  in  Bristol,  where  he  died  Sep- 
tember 12,  1871,  at  the  venerable  age  of 
eighty-seven  years.  Benjamin  Wardwell 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church  of  Bristol,  and  a  strict  observer 
of  the  Sabbath,  a  man  of  deep  religious 
convictions,  bound  up  in  his  church. 

Benjamin  (3)  Wardwell  married,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1807,  Elizabeth  Manchester,  of 
Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island,  where  she 
was  born,  daughter  of  Zebedee  and  Deb- 
orah Manchester.  She  was  baptized  in 
the  Congregational  Church  of  Bristol, 
July  31,  1810.    Children: 

1.  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

2.  Benjamin,  born  August  9,  1809;  died 
May  31,  1885;  married,  February  2,  1836, 
Eliza  Cook,  who  was  born  February  18, 
1810,  and  died  April  27,  i860;  they  were 
the  parents  of  one  daughter:  i.  Eleanor, 
born  in  December,  1840;  married,  in  1869, 
Joseph  Burr  Bartram. 

3.  George,  born  September  2, 1810;  died 
October  11,  1810. 

4.  A  son,  born  September  12,  1812;  died 
same  day. 

5.  A  daughter,  twin  of  the  son,  died 
same  day. 

6.  Jeremiah,  born  December  7,  1813; 
died  in  December,  1881  ;  married  (first) 
June  19,  1844,  Mary  Jane  Sturgis,  daugh- 
ter of  Lathrop  L.  Sturgis,  of  New  York  ; 
she  died  October  3,  i860;  he  married 
(second)  November  18,  1865,  Mrs.  Eliza 
B.   Ingraham,  daughter  of   William   Fel- 


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prominent  in  its  life.  He  was  highly  re- 
spected in  business  and  in  social  circles, 
and  was  an  earnest  worker  in  behalf  of 
the  Congregational  church,  of  which  he 
was  treasurer  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
gifted  singer,  and  for  more  than  thirty 
years  was  director  of  the  choir  of  the 
Congregational  church.  His  political 
affiliation  was  with  the  Republican  party. 
Henry  Wardwell  married,  November 
ii,  1835,  Sarah  Luther  Lindsay,  who  died 
November  8,  1890,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Rhoda  Lindsay.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  eight  children  as  follows:  1.  Ben- 
jamin, born  May  6,  1836;  died  the  same 
day.  2.  Sophia  Lindsay,  born  May  3, 
1838;  unmarried;  resides  in  Bristol.  3. 
Annie  Elizabeth,  born  August  9,  1840; 
died  November  18,  1866.  4.  Sarah  Fran- 
ces, born  January  25,  1843 ;  married  Wil- 
liam H.  Bourne,  now  deceased ;  she  is  re- 
siding in  Bristol.  5.  Harriet  Parker,  born 
July  4,  1845  ;  unmarried;  residing  in  Bris- 
tol. 6.  Isabella  Mein,  born  January  12, 
1848;  unmarried;  residing  in  Bristol.  7. 
Henry  Adam,  born  August  26,  1850;  died 
February  18,  1853.  8.  Henry  Irenius, 
born  July  15,  1853;  died  June  29,  1854. 

(The  Manchester   Line). 

Manchester  Arms— Quarterly,  first  and  fourth 
argent,  three  lozenges  conjoined  in  fess  gules, 
within  a  bordure  sable.  Second  and  third,  or,  an 
eagle  displayed  vert,  beaked  and  membered  gules. 

Crest — -A  griffin's  head  couped,  wings  expanded 
or,  gorged  with  a  collar  argent,  charged  with  three 
lozenges  gules. 

Supporters — Dexter,  a  heraldic  antelope  or, 
armed,  tufted  and  hoofed  argent.  Sinister,  a 
griffin  or,  gorged  with  a  collar,  as  the  crest. 

Motto — Disponendo  me,  non  mutando  me.  (By 
disposing  of  me,  not  changing  me.) 

Thomas  Manchester,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  this  notable  Rhode  Island  fam- 
ily, was  born  in  England  and  was  a  resi- 
dent of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  the 
year  following  the  planting  of  the  colony, 


1639.  Afterward,  however,  he  settled  at 
Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  is 
first  mentioned  in  the  land  records  Janu- 
ary 25,  1655,  when  he  and  his  wife  sold  to 
Thomas  Wood  twelve  acres  of  land.  He 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John 
Wood,  who  under  her  father's  will  re- 
ceived eight  pounds,  which  it  was  ordered, 
March  17,  1655,  John  Wood  pay  to  his 
sister,  Margaret  Manchester.  Eight  acres 
of  land  were  granted  at  Portsmouth,  to 
Thomas  Manchester,  December  10,  1657, 
and  July  6,  1658,  he  sold  to  Richard  Sis- 
son  one-three-hundredth  right  in  Canoni- 
cut  and  Dutch  Islands.  He  and  his  wife 
testified,  June  7,  1686,  that  they  heard  and 
saw  Ichabod  Sheffield  married  by  Wil- 
liam Baulstone  many  years  before.  He 
deeded  to  his  son  John,  July  9,  1691,  his 
mansion  house  and  all  lands  at  Ports- 
mouth, except  the  piece  at  the  lower  end 
of  the  ground,  in  possession  of  his  son 
Thomas,  one-half  to  be  his  at  the  death 
of  the  grantor  and  the  other  half  after  the 
death  of  the  grantor's  wife,  mother  of  the 
grantee,  provided  he  pay  to  the  sons 
Thomas,  William  and  Stephen  ten  shil- 
lings each,  to  Job  twenty  shillings,  and 
daughters  Mary  and  Elizabeth  ten  shil- 
lings each.  He  also  deeded  to  his  son 
John  all  his  personal  property,  including 
cattle,  chattels,  implements,  bonds,  sums 
of  money  and  whatever  belonged  to  him 
at  the  time  of  his  decease.  Thomas  Man- 
chester died  in  1691,  and  his  wife  in  1693. 
Their  children  were:  1.  Thomas,  born 
about  1650,  died  after  1718;  prominent 
citizen  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island.  2. 
William,  born  in  1654;  died  in  1718;  mar- 
ried Mary  Cook,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Borden)  Cook;  William  Manches- 
ter, then  of  Puncatest  and  seven  others, 
bought  of  Governor  Josiah  Winslow  lands 
at  Pocasset  for  iioo.  There  were  thirty 
shares,  of  which  he  had  five.  March  2, 
1692,  he  was  an  inhabitant  of  Tiverton, 


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Rhode  Island,  when  that  town  was  organ- 
ized. 3.  John,  freeman  in  1677,  died  in 
1708.  4.  George,  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1684.  5.  Stephen,  freeman  in  1684,  died  in 
1719;  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Wodell, 
daughter  of  Gershom  and  Mary   (Tripp) 

Wodell;   (second)   Damaris  ,  who 

died  in  1719 ;  he  was  a  resident  of  Tiver- 
ton at  the  time  of  the  founding  of  the 
town.  6.  Job,  died  in  1713;  married  Han- 
nah   .     7.  Mary.     8.  Elizabeth. 

For  more  than  two  hundred  years  the 
Manchester  family  has  been  identified 
with  Tiverton  and  the  surrounding  towns 
of  Newport  county,  Rhode  Island.  Eliza- 
beth Manchester,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Benjamin  (3)  Wardwell,  of  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  was  a  member  of  this  old 
family.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Zebe- 
dee  and  Deborah  Manchester,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Archer  and  Elizabeth  Man- 
chester, of  Little  Compton. 

Elizabeth  Manchester  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island, 
and  was  baptized  July  31,  1810,  in  the 
Congregational  church  of  Bristol,  daugh- 
ter of  Zebedee  and  Deborah  (Briggs) 
Manchester.  She  married  January  14, 
1807,  Benjamin  (3)  Wardwell.  (See 
Wardwell  VI). 

Briggs  Arms — Argent  three  escutcheons  gules, 
each  charged  with  a  bend  of  the  field. 

Crest — An  arm  vambraced,  and  hand  holding  a 
bow  and  arrow  proper. 

(The  Howland  Line). 

The  original,  highly  ornamented,  water 
color  painting  of  the  Howland  escutcheon 
from  which  copies  of  the  arms  used  in 
this  country  have  been  made,  is  said  to 
have  been  brought  to  America  shortly 
after  the  arrival  of  the  "Mayflower."  In 
1865  this  painting  was  in  the  possession 
of  Rev.  T.  Howland  White,  of  Shel- 
bourne,  Nova  Scotia,  a  grandson  of 
Gideon  White,  whose  wife  was  Joanna, 


daughter  of  John  Howland,  son  of  the 
Pilgrim.  The  arms  bear  the  following 
inscription: 

He  beareth  sable,  two  bars  argent,  on  a  chief  of 
the  second  three  lions  rampant  of  the  first,  and 
for  his  crest  on  a  wreath  of  his  colors  a  lion 
passant  sable,  ducally  gorged  or.  By  the  name  of 
Howland. 

The  original  Howlands  in  America 
were  Arthur,  Henry  and  John.  The  last 
named  was  of  the  "Mayflower"  number, 
and  is  the  progenitor  of  the  line  herein 
under  consideration.  The  progeny  of 
these  three  Howlands  is  a  large  and 
prominent  one  in  New  England,  and  from 
the  earliest  years  of  the  struggle  of  Plym- 
outh Colony  for  a  foothold  in  the  New 
World  has  played  an  important  part  in 
our  life  and  affairs. 

(I)  Humphrey  Howland,  the  first  of 
the  line  of  whom  we  have  definite  infor- 
mation, was  the  father  of  the  American 
immigrants,  and  was  a  citizen  and  draper 
of  London.  His  will,  proved  July  10, 
1646,  bequeathed  to  sons :  George,  of  St. 
Dunstan's  in  the  East,  London ;  Arthur, 
Henry  and  John.  The  last  three  were  to 
receive  under  his  will,  dated  May  28, 
1646,  £8  4s.  4d.  out  of  the  debt  "due  the 
testator  (Humphrey)  by  Mr.  Buck,  of 
Salem,  Massachusetts."  Annie  Howland, 
widow  of  Humphrey  Howland,  was  exec- 
utrix of  the  estate.  She  was  buried  at 
Barking,  County  Essex,  England,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1653.  The  sons  Arthur,  Henry 
and  John,  were  in  Scrooby,  England,  and 
were  members  of  the  band  of  Puritans 
who  left  England  because  of  religious  in- 
tolerance and  sought  freedom  in  Amster- 
dam, Holland,  where  they  remained  a 
year,  subsequently  removing  to  Leyden, 
whence  they  emigrated  to  the  New  World. 

(II)  John  Howland,  son  of  Humphrey 
and  Annie  Howland,  held  to  the  original 
faith  of  the  Puritans,  and  was  an  officer 


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of  Rev.  John  Cotton's  church,  and  a 
staunch  adherent  of  the  orthodox  faith 
until  his  death,  while  Arthur  and  Henry- 
were  Quakers.  John  Howland's  was  the 
thirteenth  name  on  the  list  of  forty-one 
signers  of  the  "Compact"  in  the  cabin  of 
the  "Mayflower,"  in  "Cape  Cod  Harbor," 
November  21,  1620.  At  this  time  he  was 
twenty-eight  years  of  age  and  according 
to  Prince  was  a  member  of  Governor 
Carver's  family.  How  this  came  about  is 
not  known,  but  it  is  probable  that  Carver 
saw  elements  in  his  character  which  led 
him  to  supply  young  Howland's  wants 
for  the  journey  to  America,  and  to  cause 
him  to  be  considered  one  of  the  family. 
That  he  possessed  sound  judgment  and 
business  capacity  is  shown  by  the  active 
duties  which  he  assumed,  and  the  trust 
which  was  reposed  in  him  in  all  the  early 
labors  of  establishing  a  settlement.  While 
the  "Mayflower"  was  yet  in  Cape  Cod 
Harbor,  ten  of  "her  principal"  men  were 
"sente  out"  in  a  boat  manned  by  eight 
sailors,  to  select  a  place  for  landing; 
among  them  was  John  Howland.  A 
storm  drove  them  into  Plymouth  Harbor 
and  Plymouth  was  selected  as  the  place 
of  settlement. 

The  first  mention  of  John  Howland  in 
the  old  Plymouth  Colony  records  is  on  a 
list  of  freemen ;  and  in  an  enumeration  of 
the  members  of  the  Governor's  "councill" 
of  seven,  of  which  he  is  the  third.  In 
1633  or  1634  he  was  an  assessor;  was  se- 
lectman of  Plymouth  in  1666,  and  was 
chosen  deputy  of  the  same  town,  in  1652- 
56-58-61-62-66-67-70.  He  was  elected  to 
public  office  for  the  last  time  on  June  2, 
1670,  at  which  time  he  was  nearly  eighty 
years  of  age.  Besides  these  public  posi- 
tions of  honor  and  trust,  he  was  very 
often  selected  to  lay  out  and  appraise 
land,  to  run  highways,  to  settle  disputes, 
and  to  serve  on  committees  of  every  de- 
scription.    He  was  not  only  full  of  zeal 


for  the  temporal  welfare  of  the  colony, 
but  gave  powerful  encouragement  to  a 
high  standard  of  morals  and  religion,  so 
much  so  that  he  is  recorded  as  "a  godly 
man  and  an  ancient  professor  in  the  ways 
of  Christ."  It  is  shown  that  he  was  active 
in  Christian  work,  for  Governor  Bradford 
notes  that  he  became  "a  profitable  mem- 
ber both  in  Church  and  Commonwealth," 
and  it  appears  that  at  the  ordination  of 
John  Cotton,  Jr.,  in  1667,  John  Howland 
"was  appointed  by  the  church  to  join  in 
the  imposition  of  hands."  He  lived  at 
what  was  called  Rocky  Nook,  where  he 
died  February  23,  1672-73. 

John  Howland  married  Elizabeth  Til- 
ley,  daughter  of  John  Tilley,  and  ward  of 
Governor  Carver,  into  whose  family  she 
was  taken  at  the  death  of  her  father,  when 
she  was  about  fourteen  years  of  age.  She 
died  December  21,  1687,  aged  eighty 
years,  in  Swanzey,  Massachusetts,  at  the 
home  of  her  daughter,  Lydia  Brown,  and 
was  the  last  but  three  of  the  "Mayflower" 
passengers  to  die.     Their  children  were: 

1.  Desire,  born  October  13,  1623,  in  Barn- 
stable ;  married,  in  1643,  Captain  John 
Gorham.  2.  John,  born  in  Plymouth, 
February  24,  1627.  3.  Jabez,  of  whom 
further.  4.  Hope,  born  August  30,  1629; 
died  January  8,  1684;  married,  in  1646, 
John  Chipman.  5.  Elizabeth,  married 
(first)  September  13,  1649,  Ephraim 
Hicks,  of  Plymouth,  who  died  December 

2,  1649;  married  (second)  July  10,  1651, 
John  Dickarson,  of  Plymouth.  6.  Lydia, 
married  James  Brown,  and  settled  in 
Swanzey.  7.  Ruth,  married,  November 
17,  1664,  Thomas  Cushman.  8.  Hannah, 
married,  July  6,  1661,  Jonathan  Bosworth. 
9.  Joseph,  died  in  January,  1704.  10. 
Isaac,  born  November  16,  1649;  died 
March  9, 1724 ;  married  Elizabeth  Vaughn, 
born  in  1652;  died  October  29,  1727. 

(Ill)  Jabez  Howland,  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth    (Tilley)    Howland,   was   born 


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in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1628.  He 
resided  in  Plymouth  during  the  early  part 
of  his  life,  and  took  an  active  part  in  pub- 
lic life,  holding  various  civil  offices.  He 
served  as  a  lieutenant  under  Captain 
Benjamin  Church  in  King  Philip's  War, 
and  proved  his  bravery  under  a  test  made 
by  Church  for  that  purpose.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  and  cooper,  doing  a  very  large 
business  in  both  these  trades,  which  were 
of  large  importance  in  early  colonial  days. 
He  removed  to  Bristol,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  settled,  and  conducted  a  black- 
smith establishment.  His  residence  was 
on  Hope  street,  where  he  kept  a  hotel. 
Jabez  Howland  was  first  town  clerk  of 
Bristol,  and  subsequently  became  promi- 
nent in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He  was 
selectman,  assessor,  and  deputy  to  the 
General  Court.  He  was  active  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Bristol.  His  will,  dated  July 
14,  1708,  was  proved  April  21,  1712,  and 
disposed  of  an  estate  valued  at  £600.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  influential  citizens  of 
early  Bristol,  highly  esteemed. 

He  married  Bethiah  Thatcher,  daugh- 
ter of  Anthony  Thatcher,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Anthony  Thatcher,  who  came 
from  Sarum,  England,  with  his  second 
wife,  Elizabeth  Jones,  in  the  ship  "James," 
in  April,  1635.  The  vessel  was  wrecked 
off  Cape  Ann,  August  16  of  that  year,  and 
he  was  made  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  Joseph  Avery,  one  of  the  victims  of 
the  disaster.  The  General  Court  gave  to 
Anthony  Thatcher  the  island  on  which 
the  vessel  was  wrecked.  He  was  a  tailor 
by  trade,  and  settled  first  in  Marblehead, 
whence  he  removed  to  Yarmouth,  on 
Cape  Cod,  and  gave  allegiance  to  the 
Plymouth  Colony,  January  7,  1639.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  General  Court,  a  magis- 
trate, and  was  licensed  to  marry  persons. 

Thatcher  Arms — Gules  a  cross  moline  argent; 
on  a  chief  or  three  grasshoppers  proper. 
Crest — A  Saxon  sword  or  seax  proper. 


Children  of  Jabez  and  Bethiah  (Thatch- 
er) Howland:  1.  Jabez,  born  November 
15,  1670.  2.  John,  born  March  15,  1673. 
3.  Bethiah,  born  August  6,  1674.  4. 
Josiah,  born  October  6,  1676.  5.  John, 
born  September  26,  1679;  recorded  in 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  8.  Judah,  born 
May  7,  1683.  9.  Seth,  born  January  5, 
1684-85.  10.  Samuel,  of  whom  further. 
11.  Experience,  born  May  19,  1687.  12. 
Joseph,  born  October  14,  1692. 

(IV)  Samuel  Howland,  son  of  Jabez 
and  Bethiah  (Thatcher)  Howland,  was 
born  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  May  16, 
1686.  He  married,  May  6,  1708,  Abigail 
Cary,  born  August  31,  1784,  daughter  of 
John  and  Abigail  (Allen)  Cary;  she  died 
August  16,  1737.  Samuel  Howland  was  a 
lifelong  resident  of  Bristol,  prominent  in 
its  affairs,  and  the  owner  of  considerable 
property.  Children:  1.  Samuel,  born 
April  3,  1709.  2.  Abigail,  born  October 
18,  1710.  3.  John,  born  September  27, 
1713.  4.  Tabitha,  born  November  13, 
1715.  5.  Seth,  born  July  9,  1719.  6. 
Phebe,  born  September  9,  1721 ;  married 
John  Wardwell.  7.  Mary,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

Abigail  Allen,  mother  of  Abigail  (Cary) 
Howland,  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
Allen,  who  came  from  Bridgewater,  Eng- 
land, with  his  wife  Anne,  and  settled  in 
Braintree,  Massachusetts.  The  wife  died 
in  1641,  and  he  married  (second)  Mar- 
garet Lamb,  who  was  the  mother  of  Abi- 
gail Allen,  wife  of  John  Cary.  John  Cary, 
ancestor  of  Abigail  (Cary)  Howland,  was 
born  about  1610,  and  resided  near  Bristol, 
Somersetshire,  England,  whence  he  came 
about  1634  to  America,  and  settled  in 
Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he  had  a 
farm.  He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  one  of 
its  first  settlers,  locating  in  what  is  now 
West  Bridgewater,  one-quarter  of  a  mile 
east  of  the  present  town  house.  Bridge- 
water  was  incorporated  as  a  town  in  1656, 

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and  John  Cary  was  its  first  town  clerk, 
filling  that  office  for  several  years.  He 
married,  in  1644,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Elizabeth  Godfrey.  His  eld- 
est child,  John  (2)  Cary,  was  born  No- 
vember 4,  1645,  in  Duxbury,  Massachu- 
setts, resided  in  Bridgewater  until  16S0, 
when  he  removed  to  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  and  died  there  July  14,  1721,  his 
estate  valued  at  £700.  The  deed  of  his 
first  land  in  Bristol  was  dated  September 
14,  1680,  and  he  was  present  at  the  first 
town  meeting  of  that  town,  prominent  in 
town  affairs,  and  deacon  of  the  church 
from  its  organization  until  his  death.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  "raters"  or  assessors, 
secretary  of  the  county,  clerk  of  the 
peace,  and  representative  in  the  General 
Assembly  in  1694.  He  married  in  Bridge- 
water,  December  7,  1670,  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Allen  and  his  second  wife, 
Margaret  Lamb,  who  at  the  time  of  her 
marriage  to  Samuel  Allen  was  a  widow, 
maiden  name  French.  His  second  daugh- 
ter became  the  wife  of  Samuel  Howland, 
as  previously  noted. 

(V)  Mary  Howland,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Abigail  (Cary)  Howland,  was 
born  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  March  18, 
1720.  She  married,  September  26,  1742, 
William  (2)  Wardwell,  of  Bristol,  de- 
scendant in  the  fourth  American  genera- 
tion of  William  Wardwell,  founder  of  the 
line  in  New  England.  (See  Wardwell 
IV). 

(The  Tilley  Line). 

The  surname  Tilley  is  found  in  Eng- 
land as  early  as  the  Norman  Conquest, 
and  appears  in  the  "Domesday  Book." 
The  name  was  common  also  in  France 
and  Plolland  at  an  early  date,  and  is 
doubtless  of  Norman-French  origin,  as 
Lower  states  that  there  is  a  village  of 
Tilly  in  the  Department  of  Calvados,  in 
Normandy.  The  name  is  spelled  in  an- 
cient records  Tillie,  Tilly,  Teley,  Tiley, 
Tilee  and  Tely.    We  have  at  the  present 


time  the  surname  Tylee,  probably  of  the 
same  stock. 

Tilley  Arms— Argent  a  wivern  with  wings  en- 
dorsed sable  charged  on  the  breast  with  an  an- 
nulet or. 

Crest— The  head  of  a  battle-ax  issuing  from 
the  wreath. 

Edward  and  John  Tilley  were  among 
the  passengers  of  the  "Mayflower."  Ed- 
ward and  his  wife  Ann  both  died  in  the 
spring  of  1620-21.  John  brought  his  wife 
and  daughter  Elizabeth,  and  he  and  his 
wife  also  died  early  in  1621.  The  only 
descendants  of  these  Pilgrim  Tilleys  are 
through  Elizabeth  Tilley,  who  became 
the  wife  of  John  Howland.  No  person 
can  claim  descent  through  these  ances- 
tors in  the  male  line.  There  was  another 
John  Tilley  in  Dorchester  who  came  in 
1628;  died  without  issue.  William  Til- 
ley, of  Barnstable  and  Boston,  came  from 
Little  Minories,  England,  in  the  ship 
"Abigail,"  in  June,  1636,  left  a  daughter 
Sarah,  but  no  sons.  Others  of  the  name 
came  later. 

(I)  John  Tilley,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  the  American  colonies  in  Decem- 
ber, 1620,  a  passenger,  with  his  wife  and 
daughter  Elizabeth,  in  the  ship  "May- 
flower." Both  John  Tilley  and  his  wife 
died  early  in  1621. 

(II)  Elizabeth  Tilley,  daughter  of  John 
Tilley,  was  born  in  England,  accompanied 
her  parents  to  New  England.  After  the 
death  of  her  parents  she  became  the  ward 
of  Governor  John  Carver,  when  she  was 
about  fourteen  years  of  age.  She  married 
John  Howland,  who  was  also  a  passenger 
on  the  "Mayflower."  Elizabeth  (Tilley) 
Howland  died  December  21,  1687,  aged 
eighty  years.     (See  Howland  II). 

(The  Glover  Line). 

Glover  Arms — Sable  a  fesse  embattled  ermine 
between   three  crescents   argent. 

Crest — Out  of  a  mural  crown  a  demi-lion  ram- 
pant holding  between  the  paws  a  crescent. 


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The  surname  Glover,  since  the  found- 
ing of  the  New  England  Colonies  a  nota- 
ble one  in  America,  was  anciently  spelled 
Glofre,  and  Golofre.  Glove  as  a  surname 
appeared  in  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth 
century,  and  was  shortly  followed  by 
Glover,  under  which  form  the  name  is 
found  in  all  English-speaking  countries 
to-day.  It  is  of  the  occupative  class. 
Through  successive  centuries,  among  the 
men  who  have  brought  honor  to  the  name 
and  made  it  historical,  we  find  gentle- 
men, heralds,  and  heraldic  writers, 
vicars,  church  wardens,  heretics,  authors, 
knights,  attorneys-at-law,  poets,  mer- 
chants, members  of  parliament,  philan- 
thropists and  public  benefactors.  The 
American  branch  of  the  family  has  con- 
tributed many  notable  figures,  and  ranks 
to-day  among  the  foremost  of  American 
colonial  families. 

Several  immigrants  of  the  name  settled 
in  New  England  in  the  first  half  of  the 
colonial  period.  Their  progeny  is  large 
and  widespread.  In  the  records  of  the 
ancient  town  of  Salem,  New  England, 
there  appears  the  following:  "John 
Glover  married  to  Mary  Guppy,  by  Major 
Hathorn,  the  2d  January,  1660."  This 
appears  to  be  the  earliest  mention  of  this 
founder.  John  Glover  died  in  May,  1695, 
and  his  will  was  proved  on  May  13th  of 
that  year.  He  is  believed  to  have  been  a 
son  of  Charles  Glover,  who  came  from 
England,  in  1630,  and  united  with  the 
First  Church  in  Salem,  in  full  communion, 
June  10,  1649;  there  is,  however,  no  satis- 
factory proof  of  the  relationship  beyond 
the  supposition.  This  is  in  a  large  meas- 
ure due  to  the  faulty  records  of  New  Eng- 
land in  the  early  days.  The  Glover  family 
has  been  especially  prominent  in  Massa- 
chusetts. A  member  of  the  Braintree 
branch  of  the  family  was  Captain  Joseph 
Glover,  who  was  prominent  in  the  mili- 
tary affairs  of  the  town,  and  one  of  its 


leading  citizens.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Bass,  who  was  also  a  member  of  a  long 
established  Braintree  family,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  Katherine  Glover. 
Katherine  Glover  married,  November  19, 
1780,  Benjamin  (2)  Wardwell,  of  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island.     (See  Wardwell  V). 

Bass  Arms — Sable  a  bordure  argent. 
Crest — Out    of    a    ducal    coronet    two    wings 
proper. 


PECK,  Albert  Henry, 

Highly  Regarded  Citizen. 

This  name  is  of  great  antiquity,  and  is 
local  in  its  derivation,  signifying  "at  the 
peck,"  that  is,  "at  the  hill  top."  It  is 
found  in  Belton,  Yorkshire,  England,  at 
an  early  date,  and  from  there  scattered 
not  only  over  England  but  into  every 
civilized  country.  A  branch  settled  in 
Hesden  and  Wakefield,  Yorkshire,  whose 
descendants  removed  to  Beccles,  County 
Suffolk,  and  were  the  ancestors  of  Joseph 
Peck,  of  Hingham,  County  Norfolk,  the 
progenitor  of  the  Peck  family  in  America, 
of  which  the  late  Albert  H.  Peck,  of 
Rhode  Island,  was  a  descendant  in  the 
seventh  American  generation. 

Arms — Argent  on  a  chevron  engrailed  gules, 
three  crosses  formed  of  the  first. 

Crest — A  cubit  arm  erect,  habited  azure,  cuff 
argent,  hand  proper,  holding  on  one  stalk  enfiled 
with  a  scroll,  three  roses  gules,  leaved  vert. 

The  above  arms  of  the  Peck  family  are 
quartered  with  those  of  the  Brunning  and 
Hesselden  families. 

The  pedigree  of  the  English  family,  ex- 
tending from  the  founder  to  the  American 
progenitor  covers  a  period  of  twenty  gen- 
erations, and  is  as  follows : 

I.  John    Peck,    of    Belton,    Yorkshire, 

married  a  daughter  of  Melgrave. 

II.  Thomas  Peck  married  a  daughter  of 
Middleton,    of    Middleton.      III. 


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Robert  Peck,  of  Belton,  married  

Tunstall.  IV.  Robert  (2)  Peck,  of  Bel- 
ton,  married  Musgrave.     V.  John 

(2)  Peck,  of  Belton,  married Wat- 
ford. VI.  Thomas  (2)  Peck,  of  Belton, 
married Blaxton,  of  Blaxton.  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Jo- 
seph, settled  in  Northamptonshire.  VII. 
Thomas    (3)     Peck,    of    Belton,    married 

Littleton.     VIII.  John    (3)    Peck, 

—   Carre.      IX. 


of    Belton,    married    — 

John  (4)  Peck,  of  Belton,  married 

Flemming.     X.  John    (5)    Peck,  married 

Wembourne.     Their  children:    I. 

John,  whose  daughter,  his  sole  heir,  mar- 
ried John  Ratcliffe,  thus  taking  the  estate 
of  Belton  out  of  the  direct  line.  2.  Rich- 
ard, mentioned  below.  XL  Richard  Peck 
married Brunnung.    XII.  Richard 

(2)  Peck,  of  Hesden,  married  Sa- 

vill.  XIII.  Thomas  (4)  Peck,  of  Hesden, 
married  Bradley.     XIV.  Richard 

(3)  Peck,  of  Hesden  and  Wakefield,  York- 
shire, married  a  Hesselden.  Children: 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Richard,  died 
young;  Thomas.  XV.  John  (6)  Peck 
married  Isabel  Lacie,  of  Brombleton,  and 
and  was  a  lawyer.  Children :  Richard, 
mentioned  below;  Thomas,  Catherine, 
Robert,  John,  Margaret.     XVI.  Richard 

(4)  Peck  was  of  Wakefield,  and  married 
Joan,  daughter  of  John  Harrington,  Esq. 
Children :  Richard,  mentioned  below ; 
Margaret,  Isabel,  Joan,  Judith,  Elizabeth. 
XVII.  Richard  (5)  Peck  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  Sir  Peter  Middleton.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Margaret, 
Ann,  Elizabeth,  Isabel.  XVIII.  John 
(7)  Peck,  of  Wakefield,  married  Joan, 
daughter  of  John  Aune,  of  Trickley.  Chil- 
dren :  Richard,  married  Anne  Holtham. 
John,  Thomas,  Ralph,  Nicholas,  Francis ; 
Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(XIX)  Robert  (3)  Peck  was  of  Beccles. 
County  Suffolk,  England.  He  married 
(first)  Norton ;    (second)   


Waters.  Children:  1.  John.  2.  Robert, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas.  4.  Joan. 
5.  Olivia.    6.  Margaret.    7.  Anne. 

(XX)  Robert  (4)  Peck  was  born  and 
resided  all  his  life  in  Beccles,  where  he 
died  in  1593,  at  the  age  of  forty-seven 
years.  He  married  Helen,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Babbs,  of  Guilford,  England. 
Their  children  were:  1.  Richard,  died 
without  issue,  in  1615,  aged  forty-one.  2. 
Nicholas,  born  in  1576,  married  Rachel 
Yonge,  1610.  3.  Robert,  born  in  1580; 
took  degree  at  Magdalen  College,  Cam- 
bridge, A.  B.,  1599,  A.  M.,  1603;  inducted 
over  parish  of  Hingham,  England,  Janu- 
ary 8,  1605.  4.  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Margaret.  6.  Martha.  7.  Samuel,  died 
1619. 

(The  Peck  Family  in  America.) 

(I)  Joseph  Peck,  immigrant  ancestor 
of  the  American  family,  was  born  in  Bec- 
cles, County  Suffolk,  England,  the  son  of 
Robert  (4)  and  Helen  (Babbs)  Peck.  He 
was  of  the  twenty-first  generation  from 
the  founder  of  the  line,  John  Peck,  of  Bel- 
ton, Yorkshire.  In  1638  he  and  other 
Puritans,  with  his  brother,  the  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Peck,  their  pastor,  fled  from  the  per- 
secutions of  their  church  in  England,  and 
came  to  America.  They  set  sail  in  the 
ship  "Diligent,"  of  Ipswich  ;  John  Martin, 
master.  The  records  of  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, state  :  "Mr.  Joseph  Peck  and  his 
wife,  with  three  sons  and  a  daughter  and 
two  men  servants  and  three  maid  servants 
came  from  Old  Hingham  and  settled  at 
New  Hingham."  From  the  number  of  his 
servants  it  is  judged  that  Joseph  Peck 
was  a  man  of  considerable  wealth  and 
position  in  England  prior  to  his  coming 
to  the  New  World.  He  later  became  one 
of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  community. 
He  was  granted  a  house  lot  of  seven  acres 
adjoining  that  of  his  brother.  He  re- 
mained at  Hingham  seven  years,  and  then 
removed  to  Seekonk,  Rhode  Island.     At 


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Hingham  he  was  deputy  to  the  General 
Court  in  1639.  He  took  an  active  and  in- 
fluential part  in  the  affairs  of  the  town; 
was  selectman,  justice  of  the  peace,  as- 
sessor, etc.  In  1641  he  became  one  of  the 
principal  purchasers  of  the  Indians  of  that 
tract  of  land  called  Seekonk,  afterwards 
the  town  of  Rehoboth,  including  the 
present  towns  of  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, and  Seekonk,  and  Pawtucket,  Rhode 
Island.  Joseph  Peck  removed  to  his  new 
home  in  1645.  An  incident  of  the  trip  is 
found  on  the  town  records  of  Rehoboth : 
"Mr.  Joseph  Peck  and  three  others  at 
Hingham,  being  about  to  remove  to  Sea- 
conk,  riding  thither  they  sheltered  them- 
selves and  their  horses  in  an  Indian  wig- 
wam, which  by  some  occasion  took  fire, 
and,  although  there  were  four  in  it  and 
labored  to  their  utmost,  burnt  three  of 
their  horses  to  death,  and  all  their  goods, 
to  the  value  of  fifty  pounds."  He  was 
appointed  to  assist  in  matters  of  contro- 
versy at  court,  and  in  1650  was  authorized 
to  perform  marriages.  He  was  second 
on  the  tax  list.  In  some  instances  land 
granted  to  him  is  still  owned  by  his  de- 
scendants. His  house  was  upon  the  plain 
in  the  northerly  part  of  the  "Ring  of  the 
Town,"  near  the  junction  of  the  present 
Pawtucket  with  the  old  Boston  and  Bris- 
tol road,  not  far  from  the  Boston  &  Provi- 
dence railroad  station. 

He  died  December  23,  1633.  His  will 
was  proved  March  3,  1663-64.  His  sons 
united  in  the  amplification  of  the  written 
will  which  was  made  on  his  death-bed, 
and  the  court  accepted  it  as  a  part  of  the 
will. 

Joseph  Peck  married  (first)  in  Hing- 
ham, England,  May  21,  1617,  Rebecca 
Clark ;  she  died  and  was  buried  there, 
October  24,  1637.  The  name  of  his  sec- 
ond wife  is  unknown.  His  children  were  : 
1.  Anna,  baptized  in  Hingham,  England, 
March  12,  1618;  buried  there  July  27, 
1636.    2.  Rebecca,  baptized  there,  May  25, 


1620;  married  Hubbard.  3.  Jo- 
seph, baptized  August  23,  1623.  4.  John, 
born  about  1626.  5.  Nicholas,  baptized 
April  9,  1630.  6.  Simon,  baptized  in  Hing- 
ham, Massachusetts,  on  February  3,  1638- 
39.  7.  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below.  8. 
Israel,  baptized  March  11,  1644,  died 
young.  9-10.  Samuel  and  Israel,  baptized 
July  19,  1646. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Peck,  son  of  Joseph 
Peck,  was  born  in  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, and  baptized  there  October  31,  1641. 
He  died  early  in  life,  and  was  buried  Au- 
gust 12,  1676.  He  removed  to  Seekonk 
with  his  father  and  family,  and  there  set- 
tled upon  the  lands  given  him  and  his 
brother  Israel,  in  what  is  now  the  town 
of  Barrington,  Rhode  Island,  near  what 
was  later  the  residence  of  Leander  R. 
Peck.  These  lands  were  a  part  of  those 
purchased  by  the  proprietors  of  Osame- 
quin  and  his  son  Wamsetta.  They  had 
been  known  by  the  name  of  Poppanom- 
scut,  alias  Phebe's  Neck,  Sowames  or 
Sowamsit,  and  are  now  partly  in  Bristol, 
Warren,  Swansea,  Rehoboth,  and  Bar- 
rington. The  lands  given  to  Nathaniel 
and  Israel  by  their  father  remained  un- 
divided, the  most  of  them  at  least,  until 
after  the  son  of  Nathaniel  came  of  age. 
After  the  decease  of  Nathaniel  they  are 
referred  to  as  the  lands  of  Israel  and  the 
heirs  of  Nathaniel,  and  afterwards,  as  the 
lands  of  Nathaniel  and  his  uncle  Israel. 

Nathaniel    Peck    married    Deliverance 

,  who  was  buried  May  I,  1675.    He 

had  three  children,  and  left  at  his  decease, 
as  appears  by  the  Massachusetts  Colonial 
records,  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daugh- 
ter. Two  of  his  children  were:  1.  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below.  2.  Elisha,  born 
April  19,  1675 ;  died  April  30,  1675. 

(III)  Lieutenant  Nathaniel  (2)  Peck, 
son  of  Nathaniel  (1)  and  Deliverance 
Peck,  was  born  on  July  26,  1670,  and  died 
August  5,  1751.  He  settled  on  the  lands 
left  him  by  his  father,  and  became  one  of 

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the  prominent  men  of  the  town,  filling 
various  public  offices.  For  several  years 
he  is  called  Lieutenant  Nathaniel  on  the 
records  of  the  town,  and  then  deacon. 

He  married  (first)  March  8,  1695-96, 
Christian  Allen,  of  Swansea,  who  died 
June  8,  1702;  he  married  (second)  Judith 
Smith,  of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  who 
died  November  10,  1743.  Their  children 
were:  1.  Ebenezer,  born  April  24,  1697. 
2.  Thomas,  born  October  4,  1700.  3. 
Daniel,  born  July  28,  1706.  4.  David, 
born  November,  1707,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Abigail,  born  July  12,  1709.  6.  Bath- 
sheba,  born  January  15,  1711.  7.  Soloman, 
born  November  11,  1712.  8.  Child,  born 
July  1,  1714,  name  unknown.  9.  John, 
born  February  29,  1716. 

(IV)  David  Peck,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Nathaniel  (2)  and  Judith  (Smith)  Peck, 
was  born  in  November,  1707,  and  married, 
September  20,  1744,  Sarah  Humphrey.  He 
settled  upon  a  part  of  the  homestead, 
which  in  1863  was  occupied  by  Sebea 
Peck,  his  grandson.  David  Peck  died 
March  4,  1771.  Children:  1.  David,  born 
August  18,  1746.  2.  Ezra,  born  July  3, 
1748.  3.  Sarah,  born  March  19,  1749-50. 
4.  John,  born  March  8,  1751-52.  5.  Ezra 
(2),  born  October  5,  1753.  6.  Rachel, 
born  October  20,  1754.  7.  Lewis,  born 
October  18,  1757.  8.  Joel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Lewis  (2),  born  August  20,  1761. 
10.  John,  born  May  12,  1763.  n.  Noah, 
born  March  31,  1765;  later  in  life  settled 
in  Vermont.  12.  Sarah,  born  March  7, 
1767. 

Three  of  the  sons  of  David  Peck  served 
in  the  American  Revolution.  David  Peck 
was  a  member  of  Captain  Thomas  Allin's 
company.  Lewis  Peck  enlisted  in  the 
militia  guard  of  Barrington,  serving  from 
April  5  to  May  20,  1778.  Joel  Peck  also 
served  in  the  conflict,  and  is  mentioned 
at  length  below. 

(V)  Joel  Peck,  son  of  David  and  Sarah 
(Humphrey)  Peck,  was  born  August  28, 


1759,  and  resided  in  Barrington  during  his 
entire  life.  He  married  Lucy  Fish,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  Fish,  of  Seekonk,  Rhode 
Island.  He  inherited  and  resided  upon 
the  homestead,  which  had  been  in  the 
family  since  the  first  American  gener- 
ation. The  house  in  which  he  lived  is 
still  standing,  and  is  regarded  as  a  land- 
mark of  the  early  architecture  of  the  town 
of  Barrington,  Rhode  Island.  Joel  Peck 
served  with  valor  in  the  American  Revo- 
lution, enlisting  with  other  soldiers  from 
Barrington,  in  Captain  Thomas  Allin's 
company.  He  died  on  November  11,  1833, 
and  his  widow  became  a  United  States 
pensioner.  Joel  Peck  was  a  highly  re- 
spected citizen  of  Barrington,  and  was 
prominent  in  local  affairs.  His  widow 
died  on  March  2,  1864,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  ninety  years.  Their  children  were  : 
1.  Horatio,  born  December  3,  1793.  2. 
Elnathan,  born  January  27,  1796.  3.  Bela, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Wealthy,  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1800.  5.  Sebea,  born  January 
25,  1803.  6.  Fanny,  born  September  6, 
1805.  7.  Bethia,  born  August  4,  1808; 
married  Benjamin  B.  Medbury.  8.  Cla- 
rissa, born  December  13,  1812;  married 
Robert  T.  Smith,  son  of  Ebenezer  Smith, 
of  Barrington,  Rhode  Island  :  she  was  liv- 
ing in  1904  at  the  age  of  ninety-two  years. 
She  was  presented  with  a  souvenir  spoon 
by  the  National  Chapter  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  as  a  true 
daughter  of  the  Revolution. 

(VI)  Bela  Peck,  son  of  Joel  and  Lucy 
(Fish)  Peck,  was  born  in  Barrington, 
Rhode  Island,  January  29,  1798.  He  re- 
moved later  in  life  to  East  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried, March  18,  1821,  Lemira  A.  Peck, 
daughter  of  Ambrose  Peck,  of  Seekonk, 
Rhode  Island.  Their  children  were:  1. 
Alpheus  M.,  born  December  20,  1821.  2. 
Edwin  F.,  born  December  8,  1823.  3.  Al- 
bert H.,  born  January  10,  1827,  mentioned 
below.   4.  Susan  A.,  born  August  29,  1829 ; 


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married  George  Bowen  and  lived  in  Edge- 
wood,  Rhode  Island.  5.  Albert  H.  (2), 
born  June  14,  1833.  6.  Horace  T.,  born 
March  28,  1836;  died  young.  7.  Horace 
T.  (2),  born  April  2,  1839.  8.  Amy  Ann, 
born  March  19,  1842. 

(VII)  Albert  Henry  Peck,  son  of  Bela 
and  Lemira  A.  (Peck)  Peck,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Seekonk,  Massachusetts 
(now  East  Providence,  Rhode  Island). 
He  received  his  early  educational  train- 
ing in  the  local  schools  of  the  town.  Mr. 
Peck  was  of  that  sturdy,  upright  and  able 
type  of  men  who  form  the  backbone  of 
the  nation,  the  able  and  rugged  stock 
which  formed  and  has  continued  to  be  the 
basis  of  America's  greatness.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  extensive  agriculturist,  a 
prominent  and  influential  citizen  in  the 
community,  and  a  man  highly  respected 
and  loved  by  a  host  of  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances. 

In  1863  Mr.  Peck  purchased  the  farm 
of  George  K.  Viall,  which  he  made  his 
home,  and  on  which  he  continued  to  re- 
side for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  This 
land  was  formerly  owned  by  Perez  Rich- 
mond, and  prior  to  his  time  by  Thomas 
Medbury,  who  owned  and  occupied  it  as 
far  back  as  the  time  of  the  American 
Revolution.  At  the  time  when  he  pur- 
chased it,  the  farm  was  in  poor  condition, 
and  consisted  largely  of  twenty  acres, 
part  of  which  was  woodland,  and  a  farm 
house.  He  immediately  set  to  work  to 
reclaim  the  land,  succeeding  gradually  in 
bringing  it  up  to  a  standard  of  modern 
efficiency  and  usefulness,  which  is  not  sur- 
passed by  any  farm  of  the  kind  in  the 
neighboring  countryside.  He  also  added 
to  the  original  purchase,  until  the  farm 
to-day  consists  of  sixty  acres,  a  handsome 
residence  and  well  kept  lawns  and  or- 
chards, and  may  be  justly  termed  a  monu- 
ment to  Mr.  Peck's  untiring  work  and 
genius  as  a  farmer. 


Mr.  Peck  was  prominently  identified 
with  the  local  interests  of  the  community 
of  Barrington,  and  held  several  important 
public  offices.  He  was  for  a  number  of 
years  a  member  of  the  town  council  of 
Barrington,  and  was  also  a  surveyor  of 
highways.  He  contributed  to  the  support 
of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Barring- 
ton, which  he  attended,  and  of  which  his 
family  are  members. 

Mr.  Peck  married,  May  29,  1863,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Medbury,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min B.  and  Bethia  (Peck)  Medbury,  of 
Barrington,  Rhode  Island.  Their  chil- 
dren are : 

1.  Mabel  F.,  born  March  20,  1867;  mar- 
ried, June  14,  1894,  Edward  D.  Anthony, 
son  of  Charles  F.  and  Harriet  A.  (Davis) 
Anthony;  Mr.  Anthony  is  purchasing 
agent  and  chief  clerk  of  the  Providence 
Engineering  Corporation,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island  ;  they  are  the  parents  of  one 
daughter:  i.  Marian  Elizabeth,  born 
March  1,  1896,  who  is  now  attending 
Brown  University,  Providence,  and  re- 
sides at  the  dormitory  on  Cushing  street. 

2.  Clarence  I.,  born  April  9,  1872;  mar- 
ried Bessie  McLane,  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Lindley)  McLane;  children: 
i.  Frances  Elizabeth,  born  July  25,  1908; 
ii.  Albert  H.,  born  February  14,  1913. 
Clarence  I.  Peck  is  a  successful  market 
gardener,  and  conducts  his  father's  farm 
at  Peck's  Corner,  Barrington,  Rhode 
Island. 

3.  Ethel  G.,  born  August  25,  1879 ;  mar- 
ried Findlay  B.  Beard,  son  of  William  S. 
and  Nina  (Stout)  Beard ;  their  children 
are  :  i.  Virginia  Burns,  born  July  20,  1910  ; 
ii.  Madeline  Peck,  born  January  14,  1917. 
Mr.  Beard  is  a  rigging  and  erecting  engi- 
neer and  is  located  at  No.  530  South  Main 
street,  Providence,  where  he  conducts  an 
extensive  business. 

Albert  Henry  Peck  died  in  Barrington, 
Rhode  Island,  November  17,  1909.  He 
is  survived  by  Mrs.  Peck,  who  resides  at 
the  homestead  in  Barrington,  Rhode 
Island. 


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LONG,  John  Davis, 

Governor,  Cabinet  Official. 

The  youngest  chief  executive  the  State 
of  Massachusetts  ever  had,  and  one  of 
her  "favorite  sons,"  Mr.  Long  was  best 
known  to  his  countrymen  as  Secretary 
of  the  Navy  under  President  McKinley 
and  as  the  man  who  stood  at  the  head  of 
the  Navy  Department  during  the  war 
with  Spain.  He  was  continued  in  Presi- 
dent McKinley 's  second  cabinet,  and  for 
a  year  under  President  Roosevelt,  who, 
in  accepting  Secretary  Long's  resigna- 
tion in  1902,  wrote:  "It  has  never  been 
my  good  fortune  to  be  associated  with 
any  public  man  more  single-minded  in 
his  devotion  to  the  public  interest."  His 
service  to  his  State  was  as  one  of  her 
most  eminent  lawyers,  as  legislator  and 
speaker  of  the  House,  as  Lieutenant- 
Governor  and  Governor,  and  as  Congress- 
man ;  to  the  nation  as  Secretary  of  the 
Navy  under  two  Presidents ;  and  to  the 
navy  as  its  persistent  friend,  champion 
and  historian.  To  him  is  due  the  first 
real  expansion  in  ships  and  men,  the  agi- 
tation which  finally  resulted  in  the  privi- 
lege of  promotion  of  enlisted  men  to  com- 
missioned rank,  and  the  placing  of  thou- 
sands of  navy  yard  employes  under  the 
civil  service  rules,  who  had  previously 
been  subject  to  removal  and  appointment 
with  every  change  of  administration. 
During  his  five  years  as  Secretary  of  the 
Navy,  the  department  spent  more  money 
under  Secretary  Long's  direction  than 
had  been  appropriated  for  the  navy  in  any 
ten  years  previous,  the  enlisted  force  also 
growing  from  12,500  to  24,000,  while  the 
Marine  Corps  more  than  doubled.  He 
was  the  original  "apostle  of  prepared- 
ness," and  had  his  ideas  and  plans  re- 
ceived the  proper  support  from  Congress, 
and  had  the  Secretaries  of  the  Navy  who 
have  followed  him  been  in  like  sympathy, 


the  present  agitation  would  have  been 
unnecessary  and  impossible.  A  biog- 
rapher wrote  of  him  during  his  lifetime : 

As  a  man  of  letters  Governor  Long  has 
achieved  a  reputation.  Some  years  ago  he 
produced  a  scholarly  translation  in  blank  verse 
of  Virgil's  Aeneid,  published  in  1879,  in  Boston, 
which  has  found  many  admirers.  Among  his 
other  literary  productions  may  be  mentioned 
his  'Afterdinner  Speeches,"  "The  Republican 
Party,  Its  History,  Principles  and  Policies,"  and 
"The  New  American  Navy."  His  inaugural 
addresses  were  masterpieces  of  art,  and  the 
same  can  be  said  of  his  speeches  on  the  floor 
of  Congress,  all  of  them  polished,  forceful  and 
to  the  point.  Mr.  Long  is  a  very  fluent  speaker, 
and,  without  oratorical  display,  he  always  suc- 
ceeds in  winning  the  attention  of  the  auditors. 
It  is  what  he  says,  more  than  how  he  says  it, 
that  has  won  him  his  great  popularity  on  the 
platform.  Amid  professional  and  official  duties 
he  also  has  written  several  poems  and  essays 
which  reflect  credit  upon  his  heart  and  brain. 

He  was  not  a  native  son  of  Massachu- 
setts, but  of  Maine,  his  Massachusetts 
residence  beginning  in  1863  as  a  young 
lawyer  in  the  city  of  Boston,  but  Massa- 
chusetts quickly  adopted  him  and  was 
proud  to  claim  him  as  her  own.  He 
traced  his  ancestry  to  an  early  settler  of 
North  Carolina,  James  Long;  to  Thomas 
Clarke,  one  of  the  Pilgrims ;  to  Richard 
Warren,  of  the  "Mayflower;"  and  to 
Dolor  Davis,  who  came  in  1634. 

(I)  James  Long,  an  early  settler  in 
North  Carolina,  was  a  resident  of  Per- 
quimans precinct,  Albemarle  county,  at 
the  time  of  his  death  in  1682,  and  his  will 
mentions  sons,  James,  Thomas  and  Giles. 

(II)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (1)  Long, 
died  in  Tyrrell  county,  North  Carolina, 
November  15,  171 1.  From  his  will  we 
learn  that  the  Christian  name  of  his  wife 
was  Elizabeth,  and  that  he  had  sons 
James,  Thomas  and  John,  and  daughters, 
Mary  and  Elizabeth.  He  was  a  man  of 
prominence  in  the  administrative  affairs 


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of  the  colony,  and  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Burgesses. 

(III)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  Long,  was  of  Chowan,  Tyrrell 
county,  North  Carolina,  and  died  there, 
September  1,  1734.  His  will,  which  was 
probated  at  the  April  term  of  court  in  the 
following  year,  mentions  eldest  son 
James,  second  son  Giles ;  brothers, 
Thomas,  John  and  Andrew ;  son  Joshua, 
and  daughter  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  Giles,  second  son  of  James  (3) 
Long,  died  in  1782,  leaving  a  son  Miles. 
The  "North  Carolina  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Register"  fails  to  mention 
any  other  child  of  Giles  Long. 

(V)  Miles,  son  of  Giles  Long,  came 
from  North  Carolina,  and  lived  in  Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts.  He  married,  in 
Plymouth,  in  1770,  Thankful  Clark,  born 
1750,  and  lived  in  Plymouth.  She  sur- 
vived him,  and  afterward  married  Ezra 
Holmes.  Children  of  Miles  and  Thank- 
ful (Clark)  Long:  Thomas,  born  August, 
1 77 1  ;  Betsey,  married  John  Clark. 

Thankful  Clark,  wife  of  Miles  Long, 
was  a  daughter  of  Israel  Clark,  born  1720, 
lived  in  Plymouth,  who  married  Deborah 
Pope,  of  Sandwich.  Israel  Clark  was  son 
of  Josiah  Clark,  born  1690,  lived  in  Plym- 
outh, and  married  Thankful  Tupper. 
Josiah  Clark,  son  of  Thomas  Clark,  was 
born  and  lived  in  Plymouth,  and  was 
called  "Silver-headed  Thomas,"  because, 
having  been  scalped  by  the  Indians  when 
a  boy,  he  wore  a  silver  plate ;  married 
Elizabeth  Crow.  Thomas  Clark  was  son 
of  James  Clark,  born  in  Plymouth,  in 
1636;  married,  1657,  Abigail  Lothrop, 
who  was  born  1639,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Lothrop,  who  came  over  in  the 
"Griffin"  in  1635,  and  was  the  first  minis- 
ter in  Barnstable,  where  his  house  still 
stands,  and  is  used  as  a  public  library. 
James  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Clark,  the 
Pilgrim,  who  came  to   Plymouth   in  the 


"Ann,"  in  1623.  He  lived  in  Plymouth, 
where  he  married  Susannah  Ring,  and  his 
gravestone  still  stands  on  Burial  Hill, 
Plymouth. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Miles  and  Thank- 
ful (Clark)  Long,  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  in  1771,  and  died  in  Buck- 
field,  in  1806.  He  married,  November  8, 
1795,  Bathsheba  Churchill,  born  May  26, 
1766,  died  in  Buckfield,  July  27,  1853. 
Children:  1.  Betsey,  born  about  1796; 
married  Isaac  Ellis.  2.  Thomas,  born 
about  1798.  3.  Zadoc,  born  July  28,  1800. 
4.  Sally,  born  about  1802 ;  married  Lucius 
Loring.  5.  George  Washington,  died  in 
infancy.  6.  Bathsheba,  married  Isaac 
Bearse.  7.  Harriet,  died  in  infancy.  8. 
Miles,  married  Ann  Bridgham.  9.  Thank- 
ful, died  in  infancy.  10.  Washington, 
born  about  181 1.  11.  Harriet.  12.  Thank- 
ful C,  married  William  W.  Bacon. 

Bathsheba  Churchill,  wife  of  Thomas 
Long,  was  a  daughter  of  Zadoc  Church- 
ill, born  1747;  son  of  Stephen  Churchill, 
born  1717;  son  of  Stephen  Churchill,  born 
1685;  son  of  Eleazer  Churchill,  born  1652; 
son  of  John  Churchill,  who  came  from 
England  to  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
1643,  and  married,  1644,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Pontus.  Zadoc  Churchill 
married  Bathsheba  Rider,  born  1750,  con- 
cerning whose  ancestry  authorities  are  at 
variance.  One  writer  says  Richard  War- 
ren, of  the  "Mayflower,"  1620,  son  of 
Christopher,  of  Kent  county,  England, 
married  Widow  Elizabeth  Marsh,  who 
came  over  in  the  "Ann,"  1623 ;  Robert 
Bartlett,  who  came  in  the  "Ann,"  had 
Sarah  Bartlett,  who  married,  1656,  Sam- 
uel Rider  (second  wife);  had  Samuel 
Rider,  born  1657;  married,  1680,  Lydia 
Tilden ;  had  Joseph  Rider,  born  1691, 
married,  1740,  Elizabeth  Crossman,  (sec- 
ond wife) ;  had  Bathsheba  Rider,  born 
1650,  married  Zadoc  Churchill. 

On  the  other  hand,  Mr.  Bowman,  sec- 


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retary  of  the  Society  of  Mayflower  De- 
scendants, says  that  James  Chilton,  of 
the  "Mayflower,"  1620,  had  a  daughter 
Mary,  who  married  John  Winslow 
(brother  of  Governor  Winslow)  ;  and  had 
Mary  Winslow,  who  married,  1650,  Ed- 
ward Gray,  of  Plymouth,  and  had  De- 
sire Gray,  born  165 1,  married  Nathaniel 
Southworth,  son  of  Alice  Southworth, 
second  wife  of  Governor  Bradford ;  and 
had  Mary  Southworth,  born  1676,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Rider,  and  had  Joseph  Rider, 
Jr.,  who  married  (second  wife)  Elizabeth 
Crossman ;  and  had  Bathsheba  Rider, 
born  1750,  married  Zadoc  Churchill,  and 
had  Bathsheba  Churchill,  who  married 
Thomas  Long. 

(VII)  Zadoc,  son  of  Thomas  and  Bath- 
sheba (Churchill)  Long,  was  born  in 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  July  28,  1800, 
and  died  in  Winchenden,  Massachusetts, 
February  3,  1873.  He  was  a  man  of  con- 
siderable prominence  in  his  native  State, 
and  in  1638  was  the  Whig  candidate  for 
Congress.  He  received  a  plurality,  but 
not  a  majority  of  votes,  hence  failed  of 
election.  He  was  also  presidential  elector 
and  justice  of  the  peace.  He  married, 
August  31,  1824,  at  New  Gloucester, 
Maine,  Julia  Temple  Davis,  born  in  Fal- 
mouth, Maine,  February  17,  1807,  died  in 
Buckfield,  Maine,  September  19,  1869. 
Children:  1.  Julia  Davis,  born  August 
16,  1825,  died  October  31,  1882;  married 
Nelson  D.  White.  2.  Persis  Seaver,  born 
February  14,  1828,  died  April  27,  1893; 
married  Percival  W.  Bartlett.  3.  Zadoc, 
Jr.,  born  April  26,  1834,  died  September 
14,  1866;  married  Ruth  A.  Strout.  4. 
John   Davis,  born   October  27,   1838. 

Julia  Temple  Davis,  wife  of  Zadoc 
Long,  was  a  descendant  in  the  seventh 
generation  of  Dolor  Davis,  born  in  Kent, 
England,  about  1600,  and  came  to  Boston 
in  May,  1634,  with  Simon  Willard.  He 
settled   in   Cambridge,  then   in   Duxbury, 


about  1643,  tnen  at  Barnstable,  where  he 
died  in  1673.  Meantime  he  lived  in  Con- 
cord from  1655  to  1666,  where  his  sons 
settled  and  lived.  Dolor  married,  about 
1624,  Margery  Willard,  born  in  1602, 
daughter  of  Richard  Willard,  of  Horse- 
monden,  Kent,  England.  She  died  in 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  after  1655  and 
before  1666.  Their  son  Samuel  married, 
January  11,  1665,  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
Mary  Meads  (or  Meadows),  who  died  in 
Concord,  1710.  Their  son  Simon,  known 
as  Lieutenant  Simon,  born  1683,  died  in 

Holden  ;  married,   1713,  Dorothy  , 

who  died  at  Holden,  1776.  Their  son 
Simon,  born  1714,  died  1754;  he  lived  in 
Rutland,  Massachusetts,  and  married 
Hannah  Gates,  of  Stow,  who  died  in  1761. 
She  was  a  descendant  of  Stephen  Gates, 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Hingham. 
Their  son,  Deacon  David,  born  1740, 
lived  at  Paxton,  and  married  Abigail 
Brown,  1764.  Their  son  Simon,  born  in 
Paxton,  September  2,  1765,  died  in  Fal- 
mouth, Maine,  March  17,  1810.  He  mar- 
ried, 1802,  at  West  Boylston,  Widow 
Persis  Seaver,  maiden  name  Temple, 
born  1766,  at  Shrewsbury,  a  descendant 
of  the  Temple  family.  Their  daughter, 
Julia  Temple  Davis,  married  Zadoc  Long. 
August  31,  1824. 

(VIII)  John  Davis  Long,  son  of  Zadoc 
and  Julia  Temple  (Davis)  Long,  was  born 
in  Buckfield,  Oxford  county,  Maine,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1838,  died  at  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  28,  1915.  He  acquired 
his  earlier  literary  education  in  public 
schools  and  the  academy  at  Hebron,  in 
the  latter  fitting  for  college  under  the 
principalship  of  Mark  H.  Dunnell,  after- 
ward a  member  of  Congress  from  Minne- 
sota. He  entered  Harvard,  taking  the 
academic  course,  graduated  Bachelor  of 
Arts  1857,  second  in  his  class,  and  wrote 
the  class  ode,  which  was  sung  on  com- 
mencement   dav-      For   two    years    after 


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leaving  college  he  was  principal  of  the 
Westford  Academy,  and  at  the  end  of 
that  time  entered  Harvard  Law  School. 
He  also  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Sid- 
ney Bartlett  and  Peleg  W.  Chandler,  of 
the  Boston  bar.  In  1861  he  was  admitted 
to  practice,  and  the  same  year  began  his 
professional  career  in  Buckfield.  He  re- 
mained there  six  months,  then  came  to 
Boston,  and  became  partner  with  Still- 
man  B.  Allen.  Alfred  Hemenway  was 
afterward  a  partner,  a  relation  which  was 
maintained  until  November,  1879,  when 
Mr.  Long  was  elected  Governor  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

Soon  after  he  had  become  a  member  of 
the  Boston  bar,  Governor  Long  took  up 
his  residence  in  Hingham.  In  1875  he 
was  elected  representative  from  the  Sec- 
ond Plymouth  District  to  the  General 
Court,  was  reelected  at  the  end  of  his  first 
term,  and  twice  afterward ;  during  the 
legislative  sessions  of  1876-77-80  he  was 
speaker  of  the  house,  and  the  unanimous 
choice  of  the  house  in  1877.  At  the  Re- 
publican State  Convention  in  Worcester 
in  1877  he  was  mentioned  for  the  gov- 
ernorship, but  his  name  was  withdrawn. 
At  the  convention  of  the  next  year  he  re- 
ceived two  hundred  and  sixty-six  votes 
in  his  candidacy  for  the  gubernatorial 
office,  but  when  his  name  was  presented 
for  the  lieutenant-governorship  he  was 
nominated  by  a  large  majority  and  elect- 
ed to  that  office.  In  1879  he  was  nomi- 
nated and  elected  Governor,  succeeding 
Governor  Talbot.  In  the  campaign  of 
that  year  his  Democratic  opponent  was 
General  Benjamin  F.  Butler,  with  John 
Ouincy  Adams  and  Rev.  Dr.  Eddy  as 
nominees  of  minor  political  factions.  In 
1880  he  was  the  unanimous  choice  of  the 
convention,  and  at  the  polls  in  November 
he  received  a  vote  as  gratifying  as  it  was 
unprecedented  in  a  gubernatorial  contest 
an  this  State  in  any  other  than  a  presi- 


dential year.  In  November,  1881,  he  was 
reelected  for  another  term,  and  served  in 
all  three  years.  In  1884  he  was  elected 
representative  in  Congress,  and  twice 
reelected,  serving  during  the  Forty- 
eighth,  Forty-ninth  and  Fiftieth  sessions 
of  that  body. 

On  March  6,  1897,  he  was  appointed 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  in  President  Mc- 
Kinley's  cabinet,  and  retired  from  that 
office  May  1,  1902.  At  the  close  of  the 
last  session  of  his  six  years  in  Congress, 
Governor  Long  returned  to  Boston  and 
resumed  his  law  practice,  and  with  the 
exception  of  the  years  in  the  President's 
cabinet  was  not  particularly  identified 
with  the  public  service.  In  addition  to 
an  extensive  law  practice  conducted  with 
his  partner  of  earlier  years,  Alfred  Hem- 
enway, Mr.  Long  had  large  business 
interests  and  was  one  of  Boston's  lead- 
ing financiers.  He  was  president  of  the 
Puritan  Trust  Company,  director  of  the 
United  States  and  Chelsea  Trust  Com- 
panies and  trustee  of  the  Five  Cent  Sav- 
ings Bank.  For  several  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  State  House  construction 
commission.  He  was  president  of  the 
board  of  overseers  of  Harvard  College, 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Total  Ab- 
stinence Society,  president  of  Wentworth 
Institute,  trustee  of  Thayer  Academy, 
trustee  of  Howard  Seminary,  president 
Harvard  College  Alumni  Association, 
president  of  the  Massachusetts  Club, 
president  of  the  Unitarian  Club,  the  Men's 
Union,  Mayflower  and  Boston  Author's 
Club.  In  religious  faith  he  was  a  Uni- 
tarian. The  Zadoc  Long  Free  Library 
at  Buckfield,  Maine,  was  presented  to  the 
town  by  Governor  Long  in  1901  as  a 
memorial  of  his  father. 

In  1880  Governor  Long  was  honored 
by  his  alma  mater  with  the  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Laws,  and  later  with  the  same  de- 
gree by  Tufts  College.    On  September  13, 


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1870,  he  married  (first)  Mary  Wood- 
ward Glover,  born  in  Roxbury,  June  29, 
1845,  died  in  Boston,  February  16,  1882; 
married  (second)  May  22,  1885,  Agnes 
Peirce,  born  at  North  Attleboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  3,  i860. 

Mary  Woodward  Glover,  first  wife  of 
Governor  John  Davis  Long,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  George  Stephen  Glover,  born  in 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  1816,  and 
married,  about  1841,  Helen  Paul,  of  Sher- 
born.  George  Stephen  Glover  was  a  son 
of  Captain  Stephen  Glover,  born  in  Dor- 
chester, January  9,  1729,  died  October  11, 
181 1,  master  mariner  and  deep  sea  navi- 
gator; married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Clough) 
Glover;  married  (second)  October  15, 
1759,  Jerusha  Billings,  born  in  Dorches- 
ter, September  22,  1743,  died  in  Quincy, 
April  2,  1807,  daughter  of  John  and 
Miriam  (Davenport)  Billings.  Captain 
Elisha  Glover  was  son  of  John  Glover, 
born  in  Dorchester,  September  18,  1687, 
died  in  Braintree  (Quincy)  July  6,  1768; 
was  land  holder;  married  (first)  January 
1,  1714,  Mary  Horton,  of  Milton,  died  De- 
cember 19,  1776.  John  Glover  was  a  son 
of  Nathaniel  Glover,  born  in  Dorchester, 
January  30,  1653,  died  there  January  6, 
1723-24;  married,  1672-73,  Hannah 
Hinckley,  of  Barnstable,  born  April  1, 
1650,  died  in  Dorchester,  April  30,  1730, 
fourth  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas 
Hinckley  by  his  first  wife,  Mary  Rich- 
ards. Nathaniel  was  son  of  Mr.  Na- 
thaniel Glover,  born  1630-31,  died  in  Dor- 
chester, May  21,  1657;  married,  March  22, 
1652,  Mary  Smith,  born  at  Toxeth  Park. 
Mary  (Smith)  Glover  married  (second) 
March  2,  1659-60,  Thomas  Hinckley,  of 
Barnstable,  afterward  governor  of  Plym- 
outh colony.  Nathaniel  Glover  was 
fourth  son  of  John  Glover,  Esq.,  of  Pres- 
cott,  England,  and  of  Dorchester  and 
Boston,  New  England,  born  in  Rainhill 


parish,  Prescott,  Lancashire,  England, 
August  12,  1600,  died  in  Boston,  Decem- 
ber 11,  1653. 

Agnes  Peirce,  second  wife  of  Governor 
John  Davis  Long,  was  born  January  1, 
i860,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  D.  Peirce, 
born  November  15,  1815,  died  in  North 
Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  November  16, 
1880;  married,  November  30,  1858,  Mar- 
tha S.  Price,  born  1830,  died  1885,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Price.  Rev.  Joseph  D. 
Peirce  was  son  of  John  Peirce,  born  Scitu- 
ate,  Massachusetts,  October  29,  1776,  died 
at  sea,  May  16,  1816;  married,  November 
10,  1810,  Mercy  Merritt,  born  January  24, 
1784,  died  April  4,  1838.  John  Peirce 
was  son  of  Seth  B.  Peirce,  born  Scituate, 
September  7,  1728,  died  December  9, 
1810;  married,  September  6,  1766,  Jemina 
Turner,  died  April  19,  1814.  Seth  B. 
Peirce  was  son  of  Thomas  Peirce,  born 
November  14,  1692,  died  before  March 
28,  1786.  Thomas  Peirce  was  son  of  Cap- 
tain Benjamin  Peirce,  born  1646,  died 
1730;  married  (first)  February  5,  1678, 
Martha,  daughter  of  James  Adams ;  mar- 
ried (second)  July  21,  1718,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth (Adams)  Perry.  Captain  Benjamin 
Peirce  was  son  of  Captain  Michael  Peirce, 
born  about  161 5,  in  England,  came  to 
America  about  1645,  an^  was  first  OI 
Hingham  and  afterward  of  Scituate.  He 
was  killed  in  battle  while  leading  his  com- 
pany against  King  Philip's  savage  war- 
riors, on  Sunday,  March  26,  1676.  His 
first  wife  died  in  1662,  and  he  married 
(second)  Widow  Anna  James. 

Jemina  Turner,  above  named,  was  a 
descendant  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  of 
the  "Mayflower."  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Richard  Turner,  son  of  John  Turner, 
who  was  son  of  John  Turner  and  Mary 
Brewster,  who  was  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Brewster,  son  of  William  Brewster. 

John  Davis  Long  and  his  first  wife, 
Mary   Woodward   Glover,  were  the  par- 


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ents  of  three  children:  I.  Margaret,  born 
in  Hingham,  January  26,  1872,  died  same 
day.  2.  Margaret,  born  in  Boston,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1873.  3.  Helen,  born  in  Hing- 
ham, June  26,  1875,  died  October  4,  1901. 
By  his  second  wife,  Agnes  (Peirce)  Long, 
who  survives  him,  he  had  an  only  son 
Peirce,  born  at  North  Attleboro,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1887. 


DANIELSON,  John  Wv 

Financier,   Industrial   Leader. 

To  understand  the  meaning  to  a  man  of 
the  honor  of  his  family — to  know  the  gen- 
eral status  in  a  democracy  of  families  of 
old  and  honorable  lineage,  is  to  know  and 
understand  the  meaning  and  brightness 
of  the  national  honor.  For  this  can  never 
be  any  brighter  than  the  honor  of  the 
family.  This  statement  is  nowhere  more 
clearly  and  conclusively  proved  than  in 
the  Roman  civilization,  in  which  the 
dominant  unit  was  the  family,  and  in 
which  the  parent  was  given  the  power  to 
slay  any  of  his  sons  who  brought  disgrace 
to  the  family  name.  To-day  the  weapon 
which  the  community  uses  to  punish  the 
crime  of  staining  family  honor  is  public 
opinion.  Public  opinion,  the  moral  law, 
love  of  country,  home  and  God,  are  what 
have  made  the  aristocracy  of  America, 
not  an  aristocracy  of  wealth,  nor  noble 
blood  in  the  ordinary  interpretation  of  the 
word,  but  an  aristocracy  of  right  and  of 
noble  deeds. 

In  the  foremost  ranks  of  this  aristoc- 
racy in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  is  the 
Danielson  family,  which  holds  a  place  of 
honor  and  respect  in  the  community 
eclipsed  by  none.  The  Danielson  family 
is  of  Scotch  origin,  and  was  established 
in  America  in  the  middle  part  of  the  sev- 
enteenth century.  Since  the  time  of  its 
founding  the  family  has  been  prominent 
and  active  in  the  service  of  the  country. 


and  has  furnished  its  sons  liberally  in 
times  of  peace  and  war.  Its  members 
have  from  time  to  time  been  distinguished 
in  military  service,  and  have  rendered 
valuable  services  in  official  life.  The  bor- 
ough of  Danielson,  in  the  State  of  Con- 
necticut, the  home  of  several  generations 
of  Danielsons,  was  named  in  their  honor, 
and  is  to-day  a  silent  monument  to  them, 
mute  evidence  of  the  high  place  which 
they  have  always  held  in  the  hearts  and 
minds  of  the  community. 

Danielson  Arms — Argent,   a  bend  sable. 

(I)  Sergeant  James  Danielson,  progeni- 
tor of  the  family  in  America,  was  a  native 
of  Scotland,  whence  he  emigrated  to  the 
New  World,  settling  on  Block  Island,  now 
the  town  of  New  Shoreham,  Rhode  Island, 
among  the  earliest  residents  of  that  place. 
Early  land  records  show  him  to  have  been 
a  man  of  considerable  fortune.  He  as- 
sumed a  prominent  place  in  the  town. 
Between  the  years  1688  and  1705  he  pur- 
chased several  large  tracts  of  land  in 
Block  Island,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  Rhode  Island  at  the  May  session  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  1696.  In  1700,  he 
was  elected  sergeant  of  the  town  of  New 
Shoreham.  In  September,  1696,  he  agreed 
to  raise  £100  to  pay  for  making  a  suitable 
harbor.  In  the  same  year  he  served  as  a 
soldier  in  the  expedition  against  Quebec, 
under  General  Wolfe,  and  participated  in 
the  engagement  on  the  Heights  of  Abra- 
ham against  the  French  under  Montcalm. 
In  early  life  he  served  almost  continu- 
ously in  the  wars  against  the  Indians,  and 
in  reward  for  heroic  services  received  a 
grant  of  land  in  Voluntown,  in  the  eastern 
part  of  Connecticut,  from  the  General  As- 
sembly. His  purchases  of  land  were  very 
extensive.  In  1706  he  bought  eight  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  on  the  Quinebaug  river, 
in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Pomfret.  This 
included  a  mansion  house  and  barn.    The 


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following  year  he  bought  a  tract  of  two 
thousand  acres  of  land  lying  between  the 
(Juinebaug  and  Assawauga  rivers.  He  is 
said  to  have  been  the  first  settler  south 
of  Lake  Mashapaug,  at  the  southern  end 
of  which  he  built  a  garrison  house.  This 
new  settlement  afterward  became  the 
present  town  of  Killingly.  James  Daniel- 
son  became  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  influential  citizens  of  the  community. 
He  presented  the  town  with  a  burying 
ground,  located  between  the  two  rivers 
above  named,  and  was  the  first  to  be 
buried  in  it.  He  died  on  January  22,  1728, 
at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  He  was  twice 
married,  the  maiden  names  of  his  wives 
being  unknown.  His  first  wife  was  Abi- 
gail. His  second  wife,  Mary  Rose,  died 
February  23,  1752,  in  her  eighty-sixth 
year. 

(II)  Samuel  Danielson,  son  of  Sergeant 
James  and  Mary  Rose  Danielson,  was 
born  in  1701.  He  inherited  a  large  part 
of  his  father's  extensive  property  hold- 
ings, including  his  homestead,  in  what  is 
now  the  town  of  Killingly.  He  succeeded 
to  his  father's  place  in  the  community, 
which  was  much  like  that  of  the  English 
country  squire.  He  became  a  leader  in 
the  industrial  affairs  of  the  town.  Part 
of  the  vast  Danielson  holdings  on  the 
Quinebaug  river  became  the  site  of  a 
manufacturing  village  named  Danielson- 
ville,  now  known  as  Danielson.  Samuel 
Danielson  married  Sarah  Douglas,  on 
March  26,  1725.  She  was  born  about 
1704,  and  died  March  29,  1774,  aged  sev- 
enty. He  died  in  1780,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-five  years. 

(III)  Colonel  William  Danielson,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Douglas)  Daniel- 
son, was  born  August  11,  1729,  in  the 
town  of  Killingly,  Connecticut,  and  re- 
sided there  all  his  life,  becoming  very 
prominent  in  the  town  affairs.  He  was 
elected   constable   and   collector  of  taxes 


in  1760.  In  the  same  year  he  was  elected 
lieutenant  In  1774  he  became  first  major 
of  the  Eleventh  Militia  Regiment;  and  in 
the  following  year  took  one  hundred  and 
forty-six  men  from  Killingly  to  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  He  became  colo- 
nel in  1776,  and  after  the  close  of  the 
Revolutionary  War  a  general  of  militia. 
In  1788,  Colonel  William  Danielson  was 
a  member  of  the  State  Convention  called 
to  ratify  the  National  Constitution.  He 
married,  October  29,  1758.  Sarah  Wil- 
liams, born  in  1737,  died  January  10,  1809. 
He  died  in  Killingly,  August  19,  1798. 

(IV)  General  James  Danielson,  son  of 
Colonel  William  and  Sarah  (Williams) 
Danielson,  was  born  in  Killingly,  Con- 
necticut, January  18,  1761,  and  died  there 
October  25,  1827.  He  married,  on  De- 
cember 3,  1788,  Sarah  Lord,  of  Abington, 
Connecticut.  She  was  born  June  17,  1769, 
and  died  April  28,  1852. 

(V)  Hezekiah  Lord  Danielson,  son  of 
General  James  and  Sarah  (Lord)  Daniel- 
son, was  born  in  Danielson,  Connecticut, 
December  16,  1802,  and  resided  there  all 
his  life.  He  was  prominent  in  local  affairs 
in  the  town,  and  was  a  deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  He  died  in  1881.  He 
married  Laura  Weaver,  of  Brooklyn,  Con- 
necticut. Their  children  were:  I.  Char- 
lotte Tiffany,  born  in  1827;  married  Or- 
ville  M.  Capron,  and  resides  in  Danielson. 

2.  Lucy  Storrs,  born  in  1829;  married 
John  Hutchins.  and  resides  in  Danielson. 

3.  Elizabeth  S.,  born  in  1831  ;  married 
Charles  C.  Cundall,  and  died  in  Seattle, 
Washington,  July,  1916.  4.  John  Weaver, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Joseph,  born  in 
April,  1835,  died  in  1898.  6.  Edward, 
born  in  1837,  died  in  1882.  7.  Daniel, 
born  in  1842,  now  a  resident  of  Danielson. 
8.  Henry  M.,  born  in  1845,  resides  in  Dan- 
ielson. 

(VI)  John  Weaver  Danielson,  son  of 
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son,  was  born  in  Danielson,  Connecticut, 
March  30,  1833,  and  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools.  He  later 
attended  the  Woodstock  Academy,  after 
leaving  which  he  entered  the  business 
world  as  a  clerk  in  the  establishment  of 
Edwin  Ely.  Shortly  afterward  he  was 
given  the  position  of  clerk  in  the  mill 
office  in  his  native  town,  of  which  Amos 
De  Forest  Lockwood  was  agent. 

In  i860  he  left  Connecticut,  and  went 
to  Lewiston,  Maine,  in  company  with  Mr. 
Lockwood,  who  was  superintending  the 
construction  and  equipment  of  the  An- 
droscoggin Mills  there.  Mr.  Danielson 
remained  in  Maine  for  thirteen  years.  In 
1873  ne  resigned  as  agent  and  went  to 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where  in  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Lockwood  he  engaged 
in  business.  Mr.  Lockwood  died  in  1884, 
and  in  the  same  year  Mr.  Danielson  was 
elected  treasurer  of  the  Quinebaug  Com- 
pany of  Danielson,  and  the  Lockwood 
Company  of  Waterville,  Maine.  He 
rapidly  became  a  power  in  the  line  of 
industry  in  which  he  was  engaged,  and 
a  leader  in  several  enterprises  of  consider- 
able magnitude.  He  was  treasurer  of  the 
Wauregan  Mills  at  Wauregan,  Connecti- 
cut; the  Lewiston  Bleachery  and  Dye 
Works  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  the  Pone- 
mah  Mills  at  Taftsville,  Connecticut.  In 
addition  to  his  huge  cotton  interests  in 
the  New  England  States,  he  was  also  a 
stockholder  in  several  cotton  mills  in  the 
South.  Mr.  Danielson  was  a  well-known 
figure  in  the  financial  world.  In  1877  he 
became  a  member  of  the  corporation  of 
the  Providence  Institute  for  Savings  and 
in  1884  was  elected  a  director  of  the  same 
institution.  He  was  also  a  director  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Hospital  Trust  Com- 
pany, and  a  member  of  its  finance  com- 
mittee ;  from  1887  to  1908  he  served  as 
treasurer  of  the  Rhode  Island  Hospital. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Central  Congre- 


gational Church  at  Providence.  From 
1886  until  the  time  of  his  death,  Mr.  Dan- 
ielson was  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Historical  Society. 

John  Weaver  Danielson  married,  on 
August  24,  1858,  Sarah  Deming  Lock- 
wood,  born  May  30,  1836,  at  Slatersville, 
Rhode  Island,  the  daughter  of  Amos  De 
Forest  and  Sarah  Fuller  (Deming)  Lock- 
wood.  Mrs.  Danielson  survives  her  hus- 
band and  resides  at  No.  160  Waterman 
street,  Providence.  Their  children  were: 
1.  Edith  Lockwood,  married  Elisha  Har- 
ris Howard,  of  Providence ;  children :  i. 
John  Danielson  Howard,  who  married 
Mildred  Grandstaff  ;  they  have  one  daugh- 
ter, Catherine  Howard ;  ii.  Elisha  Harris 
Howard,  Jr. ;  iii.  Alice  Lockwood  How- 
ard, married  Raymond  E.  Ostby,  of  Provi- 
dence. 2.  Alice  Weaver,  the  wife  of  Theo- 
dore P.  Bogert,  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island  ;  has  adopted  two  children — Alice, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  one  and  one-half 
years,  and  Edith.  3.  Amos  Lockwood, 
married  Charlotte  Ives  Goddard,  and  had 
one  child :  i.  Henry  L.  Danielson,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  4.  John 
De  Forest,  died  October  16,  1909;  mar- 
ried Pauline  Root,  who  now  resides 
Boston. 

Mr.  Danielson  was  a  member  of  the 
Hope  and  Art  clubs,  of  Providence  ;  of 
the  Arkwright  Club  of  Boston,  and  of 
the  Oquossoc  Angling  Association  of  the 
Rangely  Lakes,  Maine.  He  was  a  man  of 
sterling  worth,  and  greatly  respected  and 
loved  in  Providence.  The  following  is 
an  excerpt  from  the  resolution  passed  by 
the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society  at 
the  time  of  his  death : 


He  was  conspicuous  for  his  wide  activity  and 
success  in  business  and  manufacturing  interests, 
and  his  devotion  to  the  mission  of  the  Christian 
church.  He  was  wise  in  counsel,  upright  in  life, 
public  spirited  as  a  citizen,  and  greatly  honored 
by  all  who  knew  him. 


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LOCKWOOD,  Amos  De  Forest, 

Leader   in  Industrial   Development. 

Lockwood  is  an  English  surname  of 
very  ancient  origin,  and  is  found  in  the 
"Domesday  Book,"  which  dates  back  a 
period  of  eight  hundred  years.  It  is  a 
place  name,  and  the  family  has  several 
branches  in  England,  Staffordshire,  York- 
shire, County  Essex,  and  Northampton. 
The  family  is  a  very  ancient  and  honor- 
able one,  and  entitled  to  bear  arms  by 
royal  patent.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the 
Lockwoods  is  derived  from  the  Rev.  Rich- 
ard Lockwood,  rector  of  Dingley,  County 
Northampton,  in  the  year  1530. 

Arms — Argent  a  fesse  between  three  mart- 
lets sable. 

Crest — On  the  stump  of  an  oak  tree  erased 
proper  a  martlet  sable. 

Motto — Tutis  in  undis. 

(I)  Robert  Lockwood,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  the  family  in  America,  was  a 
native  of  England,  and  emigrated  to  the 
colonies  in  the  year  1630.  He  came  first 
to  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  admitted  a  freeman  on  March  9, 1636- 
37.  He  was  the  executor  of  the  estate  of 
one  Edmund  Lockwood,  supposed  to  have 
been  his  brother.  About  1646  he  removed 
from  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  to  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  where  he  died  intestate, 
in  1658.  Robert  Lockwood  was  admitted 
a  freeman  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  May 
20,  1652.  He  was  appointed  sergeant  at 
Fairfield  in  May,  1657,  and  is  said  to  have 
lived  for  a  time  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut. 
In  1660  he  deeded  to  Rev.  John  Bishop 
the  house  and  lot  which  he  purchased  of 
Elias  Bayley,  Rev.  Mr.  Denton's  attorney. 

He  married  Susannah ,  who  mar- 
ried (second)  Jeffrey  Ferris,  and  died  at 
Greenwich,  Connecticut,  December  23, 
1660.  Children:  1.  Jonathan,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1634.  2.  Deborah,  born  Octo- 
ber 12,  1636.     3.  Joseph,  born  August  6, 


1638.  4.  Daniel,  born  March  21,  1640.  5. 
Ephraim,  born  December  1,  1641.  6.  Ger- 
shom,  mentioned  below.  7.  John.  8.  Abi- 
gail, married  John  Harlow,  of  Fairfield, 
Connecticut.  9.  Sarah.  10.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Heusted. 

The  inventory  of  the  estate  of  Robert 
Lockwood,  dated  September  11,  1658, 
amounted  to  £467  63s,  taken  by  Anthony 
Wilson  and  John  Lockwood.  On  May  13, 
1654,  Susan  Lockwood,  wife  of  Robert 
Lockwood,  gave  evidence  in  a  witch  case 
at  a  court  held  at  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, and  stated  that  she  was  present  when 
goodwife  Knapp  was  hanged  for  a  witch. 
(New  Haven  Colonial  Records.) 

(II)  Lieutenant  Gershom  Lockwood, 
son  of  Robert  and  Susannah  Lockwood, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
September  6, 1643,  and  died  in  Greenwich, 
Fairfield  county,  Connecticut,  March  12, 
1718-19.  He  removed  to  Greenwich  with 
his  father  when  he  was  nine  years  of  age. 
He  became  one  of  the  twenty-seven  pro- 
prietors of  the  town  of  Greenwich,  and 
held  many  positions  of  public  trust  and 
importance  in  the  town.  By  trade  he  was 
a  carpenter,  and  was  the  principal  builder 
in  the  town.  In  1694-95  Gershom  Lock- 
wood  and  his  son  were  taxed  on  £153  15s. 
He  made  his  will  November  22,  1692,  and 
was  called  at  that  time,  Gershom  Lock- 
wood,  Senior. 

Lieutenant  Gershom  Lockwood  mar- 
ried Lady  Ann  Millington,  a  daughter  of 
Lord  Millington,  of  England.  She  came 
to  New  England  in  search  of  her  lover, 
a  British  army  officer.  Failing  to  find 
him,  she  taught  school,  and  subsequently 
married  Gershom  Lockwood,  of  Green- 
wich, Connecticut.  In  1660  her  parents 
sent  her  from  England  a  large  oak  chest, 
ingeniously  carved  on  the  outside,  and 
strongly  built ;  tradition  says  that  the 
case  contained  half  a  bushel  of  guineas, 
and  many  fine  silk  dresses.    The  chest  has 

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been  handed  down  through  several  gener- 
ations and  at  last  accounts  was  in  the 
home  of  Mr.  Samuel  Ferris,  in  Green- 
wich, Connecticut.  Lieutenant  Gershom 
Lockwood  married  (second)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Mont- 
gomery) Townsend,  and  the  widow  of 
Gideon  Wright.  The  children  of  Lieu- 
tenant and  Ann  (Millington)  Lockwood 
were:  I.  Gershom.  2.  William,  died 
young.  3.  Joseph.  4.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried John  Bates.  5.  Hannah,  born  in 
1667;  married  (first)  John  Burwell;  mar- 
ried (second)  Thomas  Hanford.  6.  Sarah, 
received  by  her  father's  will  "a  certain 
negro  girl  being  now  in  my  possession." 
7.  Abraham,  twin  of  Sarah,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Abraham  Lockwood,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Gershom  and  Ann  (Millington) 
Lockwood,  was  born  about  1669,  m 
Greenwich,  Connecticut,  and  died  in  June, 
1747,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years. 
He  was  the  first  of  the  line  to  remove  to 
Rhode  Island,  and  there  established  the 
family.  He  was  a  resident  of  Old  War- 
wick, Rhode  Island,  and  a  prosperous 
farmer  and  landowner  there.  He  mar- 
ried, about  1693,  Sarah  Westcott,  born  in 
1673,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Deborah 
(Stafford)  Westcott.  Their  children 
were:  1.  Deborah,  married,  November  29, 
1725,  Nathaniel  Cole.  2.  Amos,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Adam,  married,  December  24. 
1734,  Sarah  Straight.  4.  Sarah  Lockwood, 
married,  June  6,  1728,  Abel  Potter.  5. 
Abraham,  married  Mary  . 

(IV)  Captain  Amos  Lockwood,  son  of 
Abraham  and  Sarah  (Westcott)  Lock- 
wood,  was  born  in  Warwick,  Rhode 
Island,  about  1695,  an^  died  there  on 
March  11,  1772.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  April 
30,  1723.  (Rhode  Island  Colonial  Rec- 
ords, vol.  4,  p.  327.)  Captain  Amos  Lock- 
wood  was  prominent  in  public  life  in  the 


colony,  and  held  the  office  of  deputy  from 
Warwick,  May  1,  1749. 

He  married  Sarah  Utter,  December  23, 
1725.  She  was  the  daughter  of  William 
and  Anne  (Stone)  Utter,  of  Warwick, 
Rhode  Island,  and  was  born  August  1, 
1707,  died  January  4,  1780.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  1.  Amos,  Jr.,  born  April  25, 
1727;  married  Mary  Knight.  2.  Sarah, 
born  January  26,  1728-29;  married  Sion 
Arnold.  3.  Ann,  born  December  28,  1730  ; 
married  Joseph  Arnold.  4.  Benoni,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Alice,  born  October  10, 
1735 ;  married  John  Healy.  6.  Marcy, 
born  November  26,  1737;  married  Stephen 
Greene.  7.  Waite,  born  September  2, 
1742;  married  William  Greene.  8.  Phebe. 
born  June  20,  1744.  9.  Barbary,  born  April 
24,  1747.  10.  Abraham,  born  December 
26,  1748;  married  Patience  Greene.  11. 
Millacent,  born  April  25,  1750. 

(V)  Captain  Benoni  Lockwood,  son  of 
Captain  Amos  and  Sarah  (Utter)  Lock- 
wood,  was  born  November  26,  1733,  in 
Warwick,  Rhode  Island.  He  removed 
from  Warwick  to  Cranston,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  became  a  leading  citizen  and 
active  in  military  affairs. 

He  married,  April  5, 1772,  Phebe  Water- 
man, born  April  11,  1748,  died  October  19, 
1808,  daughter  of  Resolved  and  Sarah 
(Carr)  Waterman.  She  married,  after 
the  death  of  Captain  Lockwood,  Moses 
Brown,  who  died  in  1836.  Captain  Be- 
noni Lockwood  died  in  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island,  February  19,  1781,  aged  forty- 
eight  years.  The  children  of  Captain  Be- 
noni and  Phebe  (Waterman)  Lockwood 
were  :  I.  Sarah,  born  April  24,  1773  ;  mar- 
ried Bates  Harris.  2.  Avis,  born  Decem- 
ber 7,  1774.  3.  Benoni,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Phebe,  born  December  9,  1778. 

(VI)  Benoni  (2)  Lockwood,  son  of 
Captain  Benoni  (1)  and  Phebe  (Water- 
man) Lockwood,  was  born  in  Cranston, 
Rhode  Island,  April  2,  1777.    During  the 


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early  years  of  his  life  he  followed  the  sea, 
ranking  as  captain.  He  later  entered  the 
profession  of  civil  engineering,  in  which 
he  engaged  for  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life.  He  died  in  Cranston,  April  26,  1852. 
The  following  mention  of  him  is  found  in 
the  "History  of  Warwick,  R.  I."  p.  311: 
"Dan'l  Arnold  left  legacies  to  the  Shawo- 
met  Baptist  Church,  which  has  brought 
to  light  the  existence  of  a  few  members 
who  claimed  to  be  the  church ;  their 
names  are  Benoni  Lockwood,  Amelia 
Weaver,  Lucy  A.  Lockwood  and  Eliza 
T.  Lockwood." 

Captain  Benoni  (2)  Lockwood  married, 
April  29,  1798,  Phebe  Greene,  daughter  of 
Rhodes  and  Phebe  (Vaughan)  Greene. 
Their  children  were:  1.  Rhodes  Greene, 
died  young.  2.  Phebe  Greene,  married 
Reuben  Peckham.  3.  Sarah.  4.  Mary. 
5.  Benoni,  born  April  26,  1805  ;  married 
Amelia  Cooley.  6.  Avis  Waterman,  mar- 
ried Rhodes  B.  Chapman.  7.  Amos  De 
Forest,  born  October  30,  181 1  ;  mentioned 
below.  8.  Anna  Tucker,  born  October  13, 
1813;  married  James  Dennis.  9.  Moses 
Brown,  born  August  25,  1815 ;  died  May 
13,  1872.     10.  Dorcas  Brown. 

(VII)  Amos  De  Forest  Lockwood,  son 
of  Captain  Benoni  and  Phebe  (Greene) 
Lockwood,  was  born  at  Pawtuxet,  Rhode 
Island,  October  30,  1811.  His  education 
was  terminated  in  his  sixteenth  year,  and 
at  that  age  he  entered  the  business  world 
in  the  employ  of  the  firm  of  Peck  &  Wil- 
kinson, merchants  and  manufacturers,  of 
the  town  of  Rehoboth,  ten  miles  from  his 
home,  and  his  occasional  visits  to  his 
home  were  made  on  foot.  For  two  years 
he  served  as  clerk  in  the  store,  and  for 
two  years  was  a  mill  hand,  acquiring  a 
knowledge  of  the  manufacture  of  cotton 
fabrics.  Thence  he  became  an  operative 
in  the  employ  of  Almy,  Brown  &  Slater, 
at  Slatersville,  Rhode  Island.  He  found 
this  work  congenial  and  put  all  his  energy 


into  an  exhaustive  study  of  its  every 
phase,  familiarizing  himself  with  all  the 
details  of  the  work,  and  making  himself 
in  a  short  time  one  of  the  firm's  most 
valued  employes.  He  later  became  su- 
perintendent of  the  mill  before  he  had 
attained  his  majority,  and  three  years 
later  was  made  resident  agent.  After 
eight  years  of  faithful  service  in  this 
capacity  he  became  one  of  a  company 
formed  to  rent  and  operate  the  property, 
which  was  successfully  carried  forward 
for  a  period  of  ten  years. 

Mr.  Lockwood  remained  a  resident  of 
Slatersville  twenty-one  years,  and  his  in- 
fluence upon  the  community  was  most 
salutary.  He  had  early  formed  religious 
connections  under  the  care  of  Rev.  Thom- 
as Vernon,  at  Rehoboth,  and  his  life  and 
conduct  were  calculated  to  inspire  noble 
motives  in  others.  When  the  lease  of  the 
Slatersville  property  expired,  Mr.  Lock- 
wood  became  interested  in  the  Quinebaug 
Mills  of  Danielson,  Connecticut,  and  was 
one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the 
Wauregan  Mills  in  Plainfield,  same  State, 
which  were  begun  under  his  supervision 
and  managed  by  him  several  years.  After 
residing  in  Danielson  five  years  he  went 
to  Lawrence,  Massachusetts,  in  1855,  and 
rearranged  the  Pacific  Mills  of  that  State. 
Three  years  later,  in  1858,  as  mechanical 
engineer,  he  took  charge  of  extensive 
operations  for  Boston  capitalists  at 
Lewiston,  Maine,  and  in  other  places  in 
that  State  and  Northeastern  Massachu- 
setts. He  still  resided  in  Danielson  until 
i860.  Under  his  supervision  the  Andros- 
coggin Mills  at  Lewiston  were  built, 
equipped,  and  put  in  operation,  and  for 
several  years  he  was  resident  agent.  He 
resided  twelve  years  in  Lewiston,  where 
the  operations  under  his  charge  were  very 
profitable,  and  he  acquired  a  great  variety 
of  business  interests.  He  was  elected 
treasurer  of  Bowdoin  College,  and  about 


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the  same  time  became  a  corporate  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners for  Foreign  Missions,  both  of 
which  positions  he  filled  during  his  life. 

In  the  spring  of  1874  a  corporation  was 
formed  to  engage  in  manufacturing  at 
Waterville,  Maine,  and  Mr.  Lockwood 
was  chosen  treasurer  of  the  company, 
which  took  his  name,  and  the  Lockwood 
Mills,  erected  according  to  his  plan,  were 
operated  with  great  success  and  profit. 
In  1873  he  returned  to  Rhode  Island,  and 
continued  thereafter  to  reside  in  Provi- 
dence. At  the  time  of  his  decease  he  was 
president  of  the  Saco  water  power  ma- 
chine shop  at  Biddeford,  Maine.  The 
minutes  of  the  directors  relating  to  his 
death  speak  of  him  as  one  who  had  been 
associated  with  them  from  the  beginning 
of  the  enterprise,  and  one  who  was  in- 
terested and  active  in  its  success,  and 
whose  loss  could  not  be  measured,  and 
"to  the  managers  a  personal  loss  which 
cannot  be  filled."  The  institutions,  corpo- 
rations and  associations  of  various  kinds 
with  which  he  was  identified  numbered 
nearly  one  hundred.  His  memorialist 
says :  "It  seems  amazing  that  one  man 
has  done  so  much  and  done  it  so  well, 
and,  yet,  as  one  has  said,  'was  never  in 
a  hurry'."  Mr.  Lockwood  was  one  of  the 
early  presidents  of  the  Congregation  Club 
of  Rhode  Island,  which  passed  appropri- 
ate resolutions  following  his  death,  of 
which  the  following  is  the  closing  para- 
graph : 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Amos  D.  Lock- 
wood  we  have  suffered  no  common  loss.  He 
was  identified  with  the  industries  of  our  State, 
with  its  soundest  business  enterprises,  with  its 
charitable  institutions  and  with  its  religious  life. 
In  all  these  departments  his  influence  was  felt 
in  a  marked  degree,  and  always  on  the  side  of 
right.  By  his  death  we  have  lost  a  leader  of 
industry,  who  was  an  ornament  to  our  commu- 
nity, a  counselor  whose  advice  was  always  wise, 
a   man   whose    uprightness   and   integrity   stood 


firm  as  the  everlasting  hills,  a  friend  whose 
kindliness  endeared  him  to  all  who  knew  him, 
a  Christian  whose  daily  life  exemplified  the  faith 
which  he  professed. 

Mr.  Lockwood  lived  in  the  times  of  the 
greatest  development  in  the  American 
industries,  and  he  contributed  no  small 
share  not  only  to  the  material  develop- 
ment of  the  region  in  which  he  lived,  but 
also  to  its  moral  and  social  uplifting.  He 
assisted  in  planting  the  cotton  industry 
in  the  South,  where  it  has  grown  to  large 
volume.  The  directors  of  the  Pacelet 
Manufacturing  Company  at  Spartanburg, 
South  Carolina,  passed  proper  resolutions 
upon  his  death,  which  follow  : 

Resolved,  That  we  have  heard,  with  much 
regret,  of  the  death  of  Amos  D.  Lockwood,  for 
whom  we  had  the  highest  respect  and  regard. 

Resolved,  That  in  him  was  found  a  true  friend 
not  only  of  our  company  but  also  of  the  entire 
South.  While  his  death  will  be  a  great  loss  to 
the  many  enterprises  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected, the  entire  manufacturing  interest  of  the 
South  is  no  less  a  sufferer.  By  his  works  he 
showed  great  faith  in  the  future  of  this  coun- 
try. Full  of  energy  and  experience  he  com- 
manded our  respect  and  confidence.  Frank  and 
candid,  useful  in  every  way,  full  of  honors,  a 
Christian  gentleman,  we  saw  in  him  a  man  as  he 
should  be.     His  life  was  worth  living. 

A  man  of  strong  convictions,  he  was  of 
most  kindly  nature,  and  to  him  the  home 
circle  was  very  dear.  He  was  a  child 
when  among  children ;  was  very  fond  of 
music  and  gifted  with  a  sweet  voice, 
which  retained  its  strength  and  purity  to 
the  last.  He  was  never  too  busy  or  too 
weary  to  listen  to  singing,  or  join  in  it. 
Particularly  marked  in  his  observance  of 
the  Sabbath,  he  could  ill  bear  the  presence 
in  his  family  of  any  one  who  intruded 
themes  of  business  on  sacred  time.  He 
never  would  permit  repairs  on  mills  under 
his  control  on  that  day.  Having  been 
asked  his  opinion  in  regard  to  Sabbath 
work    in    manufacturing   establishments, 


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Mr.  Lockwood  closed  his  letter  in  reply 
with  the  following  words :  "My  habit 
from  the  commencement  of  my  business 
life  has  been  to  work  only  six  days  in  a 
week,  and  to  have  those  under  me  do  the 
same ;  and  never  have  I  departed  from 
this  custom  except  when  property  has 
been  in  danger  from  fire  or  flood."  Kind, 
charitable,  as  he  was  in  respect  to  the 
opinions  and  practices  of  others,  his  con- 
victions were  an  abiding  law  to  himself. 
This  appears,  also,  in  his  staunch  ad- 
herence to  the  cause  of  temperance. 

Mr.  Lockwood  was  one  of  the  early 
presidents  of  the  Congregational  Club  of 
Rhode  Island.  As  an  expression  of  a 
sense  of  bereavement  and  an  estimate  of 
his  character,  at  a  meeting  held  February 
ii,  1884,  the  following  resolutions,  offer- 
ed by  Hon.  Rowland  Hazard,  were  unani- 
mously adopted : 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  God  to 
remove  from  us,  by  sudden  death,  our  well- 
beloved  friend  and  associate,  Amos  D.  Lock- 
wood,  a  former  President  of  the  Club,  a  valued 
member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  and  a 
citizen  of  this  Commonwealth,  known  and  re- 
spected of  all  men  for  his  sagacity,  for  his  pru- 
dence, for  his  kindly  courtesy,  for  his  sterling 
integrity,  and  for  his  Christian  character;   and, 

Whereas,  We  desire  to  give  some  expression, 
however  inadequate,  to  the  feelings  which  we 
share  in  common  with  this  whole  community,  it 
is  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Amos  D.  Lock- 
wood  we  have  suffered  no  common  loss.  He 
was  identified  with  the  industries  of  our  State, 
with  its  soundest  business  institutions,  and  with 
its  religious  life.  In  all  these  departments  his 
influence  was  felt  in  a  marked  degree,  and 
always  on  the  side  of  the  right.  By  his  death 
we  have  lost  a  leader  of  industry,  who  was  an 
ornament  to  our  community,  a  counselor  whose 
advice  was  always  wise,  a  man  whose  upright- 
ness and  integrity  stood  firm  as  the  everlasting 
hills,  a  friend  whose  kindliness  endeared  him  to 
all  who  knew  him,  a  Christian  whose  daily  life 
exemplified  the  faith  which  he  professed. 

Resolved,  That  when  such  a  man  dies,  it  is 
the  duty  of  the  living  to  bear  testimony  to  the 


worth  of  the  dead.  We  perform  this  duty  with 
no  empty  form  of  words.  With  true  and  earn- 
est feeling  we  would  say:  Here  was  a  man  of 
whom  we  were  justly  proud;  here  was  a  life 
rounded  and  filled  with  duties  faithfully  per- 
formed; here  was  an  example  to  put  to  shame 
our  own  shortcomings,  and  to  lead  us  upward 
to  loftier  heights  of  Christian  living. 

Resolved,  That  we  tender  our  heartfelt  sym- 
pathies to  the  afflicted  family  of  our  deceased 
friend.  Within  the  sacred  circle  of  private 
grief  we  cannot  intrude,  but  the  memory  of  his 
noble  life,  the  recollection  of  his  kindly  deeds, 
and  the  record  of  his  Christian  example  form 
an  heirloom  in  which  we  also  have  a  part.  We 
ask  that  those  who  were  near  and  dear  to  him 
will  permit  us  to  lay  our  tribute  of  respect  upon 
his  tomb.  Careful  of  his  own  reputation  as  a 
business  man  he  would  not  speak  ill  of  others. 

He  married,  May  27,  1835,  Sarah  Fuller 
Deming,  of  Boston,  born  August  24,  1812, 
died  May  23,  1889,  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Mehitable  (Fuller)  Deming,  of  Need- 
ham.  Children:  1.  Sarah  Deming,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  De  Forest,  born  1838, 
died  young.  3.  Amelia  De  F.,  November 
29,  1840,  died  in  1910,  unmarried.  4.  Mary, 
August  8,  1847,  died  young. 

(VIII)  Sarah  Deming,  eldest  child  of 
Amos  De  Forest  and  Sarah  F.  (Deming) 
Lockwood,  was  born  May  30,  1836,  in 
Slatersville,  and  became  the  wife  of  John 
W.  Danielson  (see  Danielson  VI). 


WATERMAN,  John  O., 

Man    of   Great   Enterprise. 

(I)  Richard  Waterman,  the  American 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England  about  the 
year  1590.  He  came  to  New  England  in 
1629,  not  a  decade  later  than  the  Pilgrims 
of  the  "Mayflower,"  and  like  them  he 
settled  in  Massachusetts.  But  the  good 
people  of  Salem  banished  him  from  their 
midst  for  religious  heresy  as  they  did 
Roger  Williams ;  he  removed  to  Provi- 
dence in  March,  1638,  and  became  the 
founder  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of 


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Rhode  Island,  one  allied  with  several 
other  of  the  historic  families  of  that  State. 

Waterman  Arms — Or  a  Buck's  head  cabossed 
gules. 

Richard  Waterman,  after  coming  to 
Rhode  Island,  first  settled  in  Providence, 
there  residing  many  years,  and  also  made 
his  residence  in  Newport.  He  was  one  of 
the  seven  to  whom  Roger  Williams  deed- 
ed land  in  Providence,  and  in  1639  was 
one  of  the  twelve  original  members  of 
the  first  Baptist  church  in  America.  In 
1640  he  was  one  of  the  signers  to  an 
agreement  for  a  form  of  government; 
was  made  a  freeman  in  1655 ;  and  was 
successively  commissioner,  juryman  and 
warden,  also  holding  a  colonel's  rank  in 
the  militia.     Died  1673.     Married  Bethia 

,  died    1680.     Issue:    1.  Nathaniel 

Waterman,  married  Susanna  Carden.  2. 
Resolved  Waterman,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Mehetable  Waterman,  married  Captain 
Arthur  Fenner.  4.  Waite  Waterman, 
married  Henry  Brown. 

(II)  Resolved  Waterman,  son  of  Rich- 
ard and  Bethia  Waterman,  was  born  in 
1638.  He  only  lived  to  attain  the  age  of 
thirty-two  years,  but  he  had  risen  to  the 
distinction  of  deputy  to  the  General  Court 
in  1667,  being  then  twenty-nine,  and  gave 
great  promise  of  a  life  of  usefulness  and 
honor.    Died  1670. 

Married,  in  1659,  Mercy  Williams,  born 
in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  July  15, 
1640,  died  1707,  daughter  of  Roger  Wil- 
liams, born  1599,  died  1683,  and  his  wife, 
Mary  Barnard.  Mrs.  Waterman  married 
(second)  Samuel  Winsor.  Issue:  1.  Rich- 
ard Waterman,  born  January,  1660,  died 
September  28,  1848 ;  married  Anne  Water- 
man, daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Susanna 
Waterman.  2.  Mercy  Waterman,  born  in 
1663,  died  February  19,  1756;  married 
Tristan  Derby.  3.  John  Waterman,  of 
Warwick,  born  1664  or  1666,  died  August 


28,  1748;  married  Anne  Olney,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Marsh)  Olney. 

4.  Resolved  Waterman,   mention   below. 

5.  Waite  Waterman,  born  about  1668; 
married  John  Rhodes,  of  Pawtucket, 
Rhode   Island. 

(III)  Ensign  Resolved  Waterman,  was 
born  in  1667,  and  in  1689  settled  in  the 
now  town  of  Greenville,  Rhode  Island. 
He  served  as  ensign  of  militia  for  many 
years,  and  in  1715  represented  the  town 
in  the  General  Assembly.  Died  January 
13,  1719.  Married  (first)  Anne  Harris, 
born  November  12,  1673,  daughter  of  An- 
drew Harris  and  granddaughter  of  Wil- 
liam Harris.  Married  (second)  Mercy 
,  died  1759.    Issue  (by  first  wife)  : 

1.  Resolved  Waterman,  mentioned  below. 

2.  Mercy  Waterman.  3.  Joseph  Water- 
man. Issue  (by  second  wife) :  4.  Waite 
Waterman.  5.  John  Waterman.  6.  Han- 
nah Waterman. 

(IV)  Colonel  Resolved  Waterman,  son 
of  Ensign  Resolved  Waterman  and  his 
first  wife,  Anne  Harris,  was  born  at 
Smithfield,  Rhode  Island,  March  12,  1703. 
He  built  the  Greenville  Tavern  in  1733, 
and  was  a  man  of  importance,  the  records 
naming  him  as  "Esq."  He  represented 
Smithfield  in  the  General  Assembly  in 
May  and  July,  1739;  in  May  and  October, 
1740;  in  May  and  October,  1741.  died 
July  15,  1746.  Married,  September  20, 
1722,  Lydia  Mathewson,  born  June  7, 
1701.  Issue:  1.  Captain  Andrew  Water- 
man, born  1724,  died  March  6,  1812,  a 
very  prominent  man  of  his  day.  Married 
(first)  Sarah  Wilkinson,  of  Scituate.  Mar- 
ried (second)  Margaret  Foster,  daughter 
of  John  and  Hannah  Foster.  2.  Resolved 
Waterman,  died  1772,  proprietor  of  the 
Greenville  Tavern  for  many  years ;  ma- 
jor and  colonel  of  militia.  3.  Stephen 
Waterman,  died  young.  4.  John  Water- 
man, mentioned  below.  5.  Annie  Water- 
man,  born   December   12,   1729.     6.  Ste- 

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phen  Waterman,  born  May  12,  1737.  7. 
Lydia  Waterman,  born  1733.  8.  William 
Waterman,  born  1736.  9.  Annie  Water- 
man, born  September  11,  1740. 

(V)  Captain  John  Waterman,  son  of 
Colonel  Resolved  and  Lydia  (Mathew- 
son)  Waterman,  was  born  in  1728.  He 
became  a  ship  owner  and  sea  captain,  sail- 
ing his  own  ships  to  China  and  other 
foreign  countries.  He  was  known  as 
"Paper  Mill  John,"  from  the  fact  that  he 
built  one  of  the  first  paper  mills  in  Amer- 
ica. He  was  an  early  and  extensive  manu- 
facturer not  only  of  paper,  but  operated 
a  fulling  mill,  a  woolen  cloth  finishing 
mill,  and  a  chocolate  factory.  In  1769 
he  engaged  in  printing  and  publishing. 
His  enterprises  brought  him  great  gain, 
and  he  was  rated  among  the  wealthiest 
men  in  the  State,  part  of  his  wealth  con- 
sisting of  slaves.  His  wealth  was  in- 
herited by  his  only  son,  his  daughters 
only  being  given  their  wedding  outfits. 
Died  February  7,  1777. 

Married,  January  17,  1750,  Mary  Olney. 
born  1731,  died  September  5,  1763,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth 
(Smith)  Olney,  her  father  the  founder  of 
Olneyville,  Rhode  Island,  her  mother  a 
daughter  of  Christopher  Smith.  Mrs. 
Waterman  was  a  granddaughter  of  James 
and  Hallelujah  (Brown)  Olney,  and  a 
great-granddaughter  of  Daniel  Brown, 
son  of  Chad  Brown.  Issue:  1.  Lydia 
Waterman,  born  March  12,  1751  ;  mar- 
ried Daniel  Waterman.  2.  Betsey  Water- 
man, born  October  18,  1753;  married 
White.    3.  Nancy  Waterman,  born 


May    1,     1756;     married     (first)    

Nichols;     (second)    Winsor.      4. 

John  Olney  Waterman,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Mary  Waterman,  born  1760,  died 
1762.  6.  Mary  Waterman,  born  Septem- 
ber 5,  1763;  married Phillips. 

(VI)  John    Olney   Waterman,    son   of 
Captain  John  and  Mary  (Olney)  Water- 


man, was  born  May  28, 1758.  He  inherited 
and  spent  his  father's  large  estate  in  his 
short  life  of  thirty-eight  years.  He  be- 
came a  member  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No. 
1,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  in  1779, 
as  soon  as  he  was  eligible  (twenty-one 
years),  his  name  being  the  ninety-third 
to  be  enrolled  a  member  of  that,  the  oldest 
lodge  in  Rhode  Island.  Died  February 
18,  1796. 

Married  Sally  Franklin,  born  February, 
1762,  a  woman  of  strong  character,  a  great 
beauty  and  a  belle,  daughter  of  Captain 
Asa  and  Sarah  (Paine)  Franklin.  Cap- 
tain Franklin,  related  to  the  Benjamin 
Franklin  family,  was  a  captain  in  the 
French  and  Indian  War;  ensign  of  the 
First  Light  Infantry  in  Providence  coun- 
ty; ensign  in  June,  1769,  of  the  Second 
Company,  Providence  Militia ;  ensign 
May,  1770;  ensign  in  August,  1774,  of 
Providence  County  Light  Infantry ;  lieu- 
tenant in  May,  1789;  September,  1790; 
May,  1791 ;  June,  1792;  May,  1793,  his 
military  service  long  and  honorable.  Issue : 

1.  Mary  Waterman,  born  February  18, 
1784;  married  Nathan  Searle,  son  of  Ed- 
ward Searle,  of  Scituate,  Rhode  Island. 

2.  John  Waterman,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Sarah  Waterman,  born  February  25,  1788, 
died  unmarried,  1808.  4.  Henry  Water- 
man, born  December  21,  1789;  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Benoni  Searle.  5. 
George  Waterman,  born  August  19,  1793, 
died  in  California,  where  he  is  buried, 
April  26,  1850;  married  (first)  Patience 
Brownell,  (second)  Brittannia  Franklin 
Baxter.  6.  James  Franklin  Waterman, 
born  June  27,  1795,  died  in  Kansas,  where 
he  is  buried,  February  12,  1892;  married 
Polly  Pickering. 

Mrs.  Sally  Franklin  Waterman,  widow- 
ed at  the  age  of  thirty-four  years,  married 
(second)  Edward  Searle,  of  Scituate, 
Rhode  Island.  Issue:  1.  Richard  Searle, 
married     Sylvia     Peck.       Being     again 


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widowed,  she  spent  the  last  twelve  years 
of  her  life  with  her  son,  John  Waterman. 
Died  June  5,  1842,  aged  eighty  years. 

(VII)  John  Waterman,  son  of  John 
Olney  and  Sally  (Franklin)  Waterman, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
March  22,  1786,  and  lived  to  the  great  age 
of  ninety-three  years.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  then  began 
learning  the  carpenter's  trade.  After  a 
few  months  he  entered  the  employ  of  his 
uncle,  Henry  P.  Franklin,  a  cotton  manu- 
facturer, and  liked  the  mills  so  well  that 
he  remained  and  became  an  expert  not 
only  in  cotton  mill  management,  but  in 
building  machinery  for  the  mill.  In  1808, 
in  partnership  with  Daniel  Wilde,  he  con- 
tracted with  Richard  Wheatley  to  run  his 
cotton  mill  at  Canton,  Massachusetts.  In 
connection  with  the  mill  was  a  machine 
shop  equipped  for  repairing  and  building 
machinery,  which  was  an  important  ad- 
junct to  the  business  during  the  three 
years  the  partnership  existed.  For  a  time 
thereafter,  Mr.  Waterman  continued  alone 
in  the  manufacture  of  machinery,  but  in 
1812,  in  association  with  his  uncle,  Henry 
P.  Franklin,  he  built  and  put  in  operation 
the  "Merino  Mill,"  in  Johnston,  Rhode 
Island.  This  mill,  with  a  capacity  of 
fifteen  hundred  spindles,  was  run  for 
seven  years  with  Mr.  Franklin  as  financial 
head,  Mr.  Waterman  acting  as  manufac- 
turing agent.  In  1819  Mr.  Waterman 
leased  the  Union  Mills  in  which  he  had 
first  learned  the  business.  He  suffered 
considerable  loss  in  the  operation  of  the 
"Merino  Mill,"  and  to  finance  the  Union 
Mill  purchase  and  outfitting  he  borrowed 
$20,000  of  Pitcher  &  Gay,  of  Pawtucket. 
Four  years  later,  so  profitable  had  the 
venture  been,  that  after  paying  Pitcher  & 
Gay  he  had  a  handsome  balance  to  his 
credit.  For  the  next  three  years  he  was 
resident  agent  for  the  Blackstone  Manu- 
facturing Company,  but  health  failing,  he 


resigned  and  went  south,  although  there 
he  acted  as  purchasing  agent  for  the 
Blackstone  Mills  and  also  as  salesman. 
For  ten  years  he  remained  in  the  south, 
located  at  New  Orleans,  acting  as  cotton 
broker  for  northern  mills,  associated  part 
of  that  ten  years  with  Thomas  M.  Bur- 
gess, of  Providence.  In  1829  he  returned 
to  Providence  and  that  year  built  the 
"Eagle  Mills"  at  Olneyville.  Mill  No.  1 
began  operations  in  the  spring  of  1830, 
and  in  1836  Mill  No.  2  was  built,  Mr. 
Waterman  continuing  their  operation  un- 
til his  retirement  in  1848. 

Mr.  Waterman  was  initiated  in  St. 
John's  Lodge,  No.  1,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  May  I,  1822,  and  raised  to  the 
degree  of  Master  Mason  the  following 
November.  He  became  a  companion  of 
Providence  Chapter,  No.  1,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  February  27,  1823;  a  cryptic 
Mason  of  Providence  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masons,  No.  1,  January  29,  1824, 
and  a  Sir  Knight  of  St.  John's  Command- 
ery,  No.  1,  Knights  Templar,  February 
7,  1825.  He  was  in  sympathy  with  the 
Baptist  church,  although  not  a  member, 
and  it  was  largely  through  his  generosity 
that  the  Baptist  church  in  Olneyville  was 
built.  Died  at  his  farm  in  Johnston, 
Rhode  Island,  to  which  he  had  retired 
after  leaving  the  business  world,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1879. 

Married,  in  Canton,  Massachusetts,  in 
1809,  Sally  Williams,  born  March  1,  1787, 
died  suddenly  April  10,  1862,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Williams,  and  a  descendant  of 
Roger  Williams,  through  his  son  Daniel, 
his  son  Joseph,  his  son  Goliath,  his  son 
Stephen.     Issue : 

1.  John  Olney  Waterman,  mentioned 
below. 

2.  Albert  Waterman  ;  married  Mary  J. 
Cook,  of  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  who 
died  March  26,  1906.  Issue:  i.  Byron  H. 
Waterman ;  married   Emilie   L.  W.  Jew- 


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ett,  July  17,  1865.  ii.  Ada  A.  Waterman; 
married  D.  Everett  Rounds,  of  Provi- 
dence, February  21,  1871 ;  they  were  the 
parents  of  Albert  W.  Rounds,  born  Sep- 
tember 13,  1873;  he  was  educated  at  the 
University  Grammar  School,  and  later 
attended  Brown  University,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1895 ; 
he  then  entered  Harvard  Medical  School, 
taking  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine 
in  1898 ;  he  later  specialized  in  orthopedic 
surgery ;  is  now  practicing  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  at  No.  79  Broad  street,  iii. 
John  Albert  Waterman,  married  Mrs. 
Lissie  (Gleason)  Pitts,  died  June  22,  1898. 
iv.  Mary  Frances  Waterman. 

3.  Andrew  Searles  Waterman,  born 
June  7,  1815,  died  in  New  Orleans,  June 
10,  1852;  a  graduate  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity. 

4.  Sarah  A.  Waterman,  born  August 
31,  1822,  died  unmarried,  June  1,  1886. 

5.  Mary  Frances  Waterman,  born  Oc- 
tober 12,  1825,  died  September  1,  1829. 

6.  Henry  Francis,  born  July  31,  1830, 
died  unmarried,  September  15,  1859. 

All  are  buried  in  Swan  Point  Cemetery, 
Providence. 

(VIII)  John  Olney  Waterman,  son  of 
John  and  Sally  (Williams)  Waterman, 
was  born  in  Canton,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 4, 1810.  In  infancy  he  was  brought 
to  Johnston,  Rhode  Island,  and  all  his  life 
was  a  true  and  loyal  son  of  Rhode  Island 
in  all  but  birth.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Plainfield  (Connecti- 
cut) Academy,  early  beginning  work  in 
the  cotton  mills.  He  was  clerk  in  the 
store  operated  by  the  Merino  Mills  in 
1727-28-29,  leaving  in  the  last  year  to  be- 
come agent  for  the  Eagle  Mills,  owned  by 
his  father,  at  Olneyville.  He  continued 
in  that  capacity  until  1847,  then  was  en- 
gaged to  build  and  operate  the  first  cotton 
mill  in  the  town  of  Warren,  Rhode  Island, 
for  the  Warren  Manufacturing  Company. 
From  that  time  until  the  present  the  name 
of  "Waterman  has  been  connected  with 
successful  cotton  manufacturing  in  War- 
ren.     From   the    completion    of   the  first 


mill,  Mr.  Waterman  maintained  official 
relation  with  the  Warren  Manufacturing 
Company  as  treasurer  and  agent,  devot- 
ing thirty-three  years  of  his  life  to  its 
affairs,  seeing  the  single  mill  of  1847  grow 
to  three  large  mills  equipped  with  58,000 
spindles  and  1,400  looms,  weaving  sheet- 
ings, print  cloths  and  jaconets.  The  sec- 
ond mill  was  built  in  i860  from  the  profits 
of  the  first,  and  the  third  in  1870  from  the 
profits  of  the  first  and  second  mills,  the 
company  later  increasing  its  capital  stock 
to  $600,000. 

Mr.  Waterman  during  his  Providence 
residence  served  as  a  member  of  Common 
Council  from  the  Sixth  Ward,  and  for 
many  years  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Independent  Fire  Wards.  In  1845  ne 
was  elected  to  the  Rhode  Island  Legisla- 
ture from  Providence,  and  reelected  in 
1846,  serving  with  honor.  In  1848  he 
moved  his  residence  to  Warren,  Rhode 
Island,  and  there  his  great  business  abil- 
ity, his  conservative  managerial  talents 
and  his  sagacious  financiering,  made  him 
a  leader.  In  1855  he  was  elected  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Fireman's  Mutual  Insurance 
Company  of  Providence ;  in  i860  a  direc- 
tor of  the  newly  organized  Equitable  Fire 
and  Marine  Insurance  Company ;  in  1868 
a  director  of  the  Blackstone  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  organized  that  year ; 
and  in  1874  of  the  newly  formed  Mer- 
chants' Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
holding  these  directorships  until  his  death. 
He  was  equally  prominent  in  Warren's 
banking  circles ;  in  July,  1855,  he  aided 
in  organizing  the  Sowamset  State  Bank, 
and  was  chosen  a  director ;  also  was  made 
a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Warren  upon  its  organization  in  1864, 
and  was  elected  vice-president  in  1866, 
serving  until  his  death ;  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Warren  Institution  for 
Savings,  and  in  1870  was  chosen  a  trus- 
tee ;  in  1875  was  elected  a  director  of  the 


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Old  National  Bank  of  Providence,  and 
later  and  until  his  death  its  honored  presi- 
dent. He  was  identified  with  other  inter- 
ests and  institutions,  among  them  the 
Providence  Board  of  Trade.  He  was  the 
friend  of  every  deserving  person  or  enter- 
prise, and  freely  gave  them  his  aid.  In 
fact,  "he  represented  that  class  of  men 
whose  untiring  industry,  superior  natural 
gifts  and  strict  integrity,  place  them  at 
the  head  of  the  great  manufacturing  inter- 
ests for  which  Rhode  Island  is  justly  cele- 
brated." 

Died  at  his  home  in  Warren,  April  24, 
1881,  all  business  in  the  town  being  sus- 
pended on  the  day  of  his  funeral,  out  of 
respect  to  his  memory. 

Married  (first)  in  1838,  Caroline  Fran- 
ces Sanford,  died  1840,  daughter  of  Joseph 
C.  Sanford,  of  Wickford,  Rhode  Island. 
Married  (second)  June  26,  1849,  Susan 
Johnson  Bosworth,  born  March  22,  1828, 
died  in  Warren,  March  16,  1897,  daughter 
of  Colonel  Smith  Bosworth,  of  Rehoboth 
and  Providence,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Tripp. 
Mrs.  Waterman  is  buried  with  her  hus- 
band in  Swan  Point  Cemetery,  Provi- 
dence. 

Issue  (a  daughter  and  a  son)  : 

1.  Caroline  Frances  Waterman,  born  in 
Warren,  Rhode  Island,  July  9,  1850.  Mar- 
ried, March  2,  1908,  Arthur  Henry  Arnold, 
of  Providence,  who  died  April  24,  1913. 

.  2.  John  Waterman,  born  in  Warren, 
January  11,  1852.  He  was  educated  in 
a  private  school  in  Warren  until  thirteen 
years  of  age,  then  spent  six  years  in  War- 
ren High  School,  leaving  at  the  age  of 
nineteen  to  enter  the  business  world  in 
which  his  forefathers  had  won  such  high 
reputation  and  such  sterling  success.  He 
inherited  their  strong  business  traits,  and 
although  but  forty-eight  years  were 
allotted  him,  he  worthily  bore  the  name 
and  upheld  the  family  reputation.  Upon 
the  death  of  his  honored  father  in  1881, 
he  succeeded  him  as  treasurer  of  the  War- 
ren Manufacturing  Company,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  a  director  of  three 
of   Warren's   four   banks    and   connected 


with  banks  and  insurance  companies  in 
Providence.  In  1895  the  three  mills  of 
the  Warren  Manufacturing  Company 
were  destroyed  by  fire,  and  from  the  ruins 
arose  one  magnificent  mill  with  the  capac- 
ity of  the  former  three,  a  splendid  monu- 
ment to  the  Watermans,  father  and  son, 
to  whom  the  wonderful  success  of  the 
company  was  due.  For  many  years  John 
Waterman  emulated  the  example  of  his 
sire  in  the  interest  he  took  in  the  George 
Hail  Free  Library,  and  all  public  affairs 
of  Warren.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
building  committee  in  charge  of  the  erec- 
tion of  the  town  hall,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  chairman  of  a  committee  for 
increasing  school  facilities.  He  was  for 
many  years  colonel  of  the  Warren  Artil- 
lery, and  was  past  master  of  Washington 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  From 
boyhood  he  had  been  an  attendant  of  St. 
Mark's  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he 
was  a  confirmed  member,  had  been  a 
member  of  the  church  choir,  had  served 
as  an  officer  of  the  Sunday  school  for 
thirty-one  years,  for  twenty-four  years 
was  a  vestryman,  and  for  eleven  years 
junior  warden.  He  personally  superin- 
tended the  improvement  and  enlargement 
of  St.  Mark's  Chapel,  a  movement  he  in- 
augurated and  generously  supported.  He 
possessed  the  Waterman  energy ;  vaca- 
tions were  almost  unknown  to  him ;  and 
although  the  possessor  of  great  wealth, 
he  was  one  of  the  most  democratic  of 
men.  Kindly  and  genial  in  nature,  he 
mingled  freely  with  all  classes,  preserv- 
ing the  strictest  integrity  in  his  dealings 
with  all,  and  in  all  his  enterprises  exhibit- 
ing remarkable  persistency  and  tenacity 
of  purpose,  laboring  faithfully  and  un- 
ceasingly. 

Died  at  his  home  in  Warren,  Rhode 
Island,  December  21,  1900,  his  funeral 
being  largely  attended,  business  being 
largely  suspended  during  the  services,  out 
of  respect  to  his  memory. 

Married,  December  17,  1884,  Sarah 
Franklin  Adams,  who  survived  him,  and 
married  (second)  April  4,  1904,  Rev.  Jo- 
seph Hutchinson,  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Issue  (constituting  the  tenth  generation)  : 

i.  John    Olney   Waterman,   born    September 

21,    1885. 

ii.  Andrew  Searles  Waterman,  born  June  30, 


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1887;  married,  October  4,  1912,  Ruth  Townsend, 
of  Providence,  born  May,  1895. 

iii.  Susan  Bosworth  Waterman,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1890;  married,  June  24,  1914,  Henry  S. 
Newcombe,  of  Marlboro,  Massachusetts,  born 
October  11,  1890. 

iv.  Albert  Franklin  Waterman,  born  Decem- 
ber 1,  1891;  married  Celeste  Butts,  of  East 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  June  30,  1915. 

v.  Henry  Everett  Waterman,  born  August 
7,  1893. 

vi.  Carrie   Louise  Waterman,  born  March  5, 
1895,  died  September  21,  1895. 
vii.  Byron   Adams    Waterman,   born    May   20, 

1897. 

(The  Bosworth  Line). 

Arms: — Gules  a  cross  vair  between  four  annu- 
lets argent. 

Crest — A  lily  proper,  slipped  and  leaved. 

(I)  Edward  Bosworth,  like  Richard 
Waterman,  first  settled  in  Massachusetts, 
but  this  branch  did  not  appear  in  Rhode 
Island  until  the  seventh  American  gener- 
ation. Edward  Bosworth  never  reached 
New  England  alive,  but  died  at  sea  as  the 
ship  "Elizabeth  and  Dorcas,"  which  sailed 
for  New  England  in  1634,  was  approach- 
ing Boston  harbor.  He  was  buried  in 
Boston,  and  his  children  founded  the  fam- 
ily prominent  in  New  England  history. 
The  widow  and  children  of  Edward  Bos- 
worth were  of  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
in  1635,  the  mother  dying  there.    Died  on 

shipboard,  in  1634.    Married  Mary , 

died  May  18,  1648.  Issue:  1.  Edward 
Bosworth.  2.  Jonathan  Bosworth,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Benjamin  Bosworth, 
born  1613.  4.  Mary  Bosworth,  born  1614. 
5.  Nathaniel  Bosworth,  born  1617. 

(II)  Jonathan  Bosworth,  son  of  Ed- 
ward Bosworth,  was  born  in  161 1,  but 
beyond  the  fact  that  he  was  living  in 
Hingham,  Massachusetts,  with  his  mother 
in  1635,  nothing  is  recorded  of  him  fur- 
ther, except  that  he  married  and  had  issue  : 
1.  Jonathan  Bosworth,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Jonathan  (2)  Bosworth,  son  of 
Jonathan  (1)  Bosworth,  married  Hannah 


Howland,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Tilley)  Howland,  both  her  parents  com- 
ing to  New  England  in  1620  in  the  "May- 
flower." Issue:  1.  Jonathan  Bosworth, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (3)  Bosworth,  son  of 
Jonathan  (2)  and  Hannah  (Howland) 
Bosworth,  was  born  September  22,  1680. 
Married  Sarah  Rounds.  Issue:  1.  Icha- 
bod  Bosworth,  mentioned  below.  2.  Chris- 
tian Bosworth,  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  16,  1708.  3.  Jonathan  Bos- 
worth, born  at  Rehoboth,  February  10, 
171 1.     4.  Elisha  Bosworth,  born  July  8, 

I7I3- 

(V)  Ichabod  Bosworth,  son  of  Jona- 
than (3)  and  Sarah  (Rounds)  Bosworth, 
was  born  at  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  May 
31,  1706.  Married  (first)  January  12,  1726- 
27,  Mary  Brown.  Married  (second)  in 
Warren,  Rhode  Island,  November  19,  1748, 
Bethia  Wood,  of  Swansea,  Massachusetts. 
Issue  (by  first  wife)  :  1.  Bethia  Bos- 
worth. 2.  Mary  Bosworth.  3.  Ichabod 
Bosworth.  4.  Elizabeth  Bosworth.  Issue 
(by  second  wife)  :  5.  Peleg  Bosworth, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Joseph  Bosworth, 
born  April  10,  1756.  7.  Charity  Bos- 
worth, born  April  21,  1758.  8.  John  Bos- 
worth, born  June  14,  1706. 

(VI)  Peleg  Bosworth,  son  of  Ichabod 
Bosworth  and  his  second  wife,  Bethia 
Wood,  was  born  May  6,  1754.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution,  serving  as  a 
private  in  Captain  Stephen  Bullock's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Carpenter's  regiment, 
marching  to  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  on  the 
alarm  of  December  8,  1776,  serving  twelve 
days  to  December  20,  1776;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Israel  Hick's  company,  Colonel  John 
Daggett's  regiment,  marched  January  5, 
1778,  discharged  March  31,  1778,  serving 
two  months,  twenty-seven  days,  in  Rhode 
Island  ;  also  in  Lieutenant  James  Horton's 
company.  Colonel  Thomas  Carpenter's 
regiment,   enlisted   August   2,    1780,   dis- 


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charged  August  7,  1780,  serving  six  days 
on  an  alarm,  marched  to  Tiverton,  Rhode 
Island.  All  his  service  is  credited  to  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

Married,  September  1,  1774,  Mary 
(Polly)  Smith,  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, August,  1749,  died  1818.  Issue: 
1.  Smith  Bosworth,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Colonel  Smith  Bosworth,  son  of 
Peleg  and  Mary  (Polly)  (Smith)  Bos- 
worth, was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, October  28,  1781.  After  a  limited 
period  of  school  work,  he  began  the  active 
business  of  life  by  completing  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  an  apprenticeship  at 
the  mason's  trade.  From  a  journeyman 
mason  he  advanced  to  contracting,  and  in 
partnership  with  Asa  Bosworth  erected 
many  of  the  beautiful  homes  on  the  east 
of  the  river  in  Providence,  also  a  number 
of  the  city's  churches  and  public  build- 
ings. Bosworth  &  Bosworth  were  the 
contractors  for  St.  John's  Episcopal 
Church  on  North  Main  street,  Provi- 
dence, and  the  Beneficent  Congregational 
Church  on  Broad  street,  and  in  1814 
built  the  mills  of  the  Providence  Dyeing, 
Bleaching  and  Calendering  Company  on 
Sabin  street.  Two  years  later,  on  March 
16, 1816.  Colonel  Bosworth  accepted  an  ap- 
pointment as  agent  of  the  company,  and 
for  nineteen  years  filled  that  responsible 
post  with  efficiency  and  ability.  In  1835 
he  resigned,  but  until  1841  continued  in 
the  company's  service  as  superintendent 
or  general  outside  manager.  His  connec- 
tion with  that  company  brought  him  wide 
acquaintance  and  reputation  among  busi- 
ness men  and  under  his  able  management 
the  company  experienced  great  prosper- 
ity, becoming  one  of  the  largest  establish- 
ments of  its  nature  in  the  United  States. 

Long  before  Providence  became  a  city, 
Colonel  Bosworth  was  active  in  public 
affairs  and  held  many  town  offices.  After 
incorporation  as  a  city,  he  was  a  member 


of  the  Board  of  Fire  Wards,  chief  engi- 
neer of  the  fire  department  and  street 
commissioner.  His  military  title  came 
from  his  service  in  the  Rhode  Island  State 
militia,  in  which  he  held  the  rank  of  colo- 
nel for  many  years.  He  directed  the  erec- 
tion of  the  earthworks  on  Fox  Point  in 
1812,  and  during  the  Dorr  War  was  cap- 
tain of  the  City  Guards  of  Providence. 
He  was  a  member  of  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  1,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Providence,  and  late  in  life  became  a 
member  of  Beneficent  Congregational 
Church,  in  which  faith  and  connection  he 
died.  He  was  most  generous  in  his  bene- 
factions, kindliness  and  a  keen  sense  of 
justice  also  being  marked  characteristics. 
He  lived  in  the  love  and  good  will  of  his 
fellow  citizens,  and  was  highly  esteemed 
as  a  man  of  uprightness  and  integrity. 
Died  in  Providence,  March  9,  1857. 

Married,  January  31,  1805,  Sarah  Tripp, 
born  October  6,  1785,  died  November  13, 
i860,  at  Warren.  Rhode  Island,  and  is 
buried  in  North  Graveyard,  Providence, 
daughter  of  Othniel  and  Sarah  Tripp,  of 
Swansea,  Massachusetts.  Issue  (all  born 
in  Providence)  : 

I.  Thomas  Tripp  Bosworth,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1805,  died  July  3,  1867;  mar- 
ried, November  16,  1834,  Mary  Greene 
Case,  born  September  7,  1816,  in  Reho- 
both, Massachusetts,  died  February  21, 
1897.     Issue: 

i.  Sarah  Smith  Bosworth,  born  in  Re- 
hoboth, Massachusetts,  September  13,  1835; 
married  William  Abbott  Cornell,  March  II, 
1855:  died  June  8,  1857. 

ii.  Lydia  Horton  Bosworth,  born  in  Re- 
hoboth, Massachusetts,  October  2,  1837,  died 
March  8,  1839. 

iii.  Esther  Bosworth,  born  in  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  October  6.  1839. 

iv.  Isabel  Bosworth,  born  in  Raynham, 
Massachusetts,  July  30,  1842,  died  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  May  II,  1844. 

v.  Thomas  Tripp  Bosworth,  Jr.,  born  in 


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Warren,    Rhode    Island,    February    10,    1845, 
died  December  6,  i860. 

vi.  Frank  Smith  Bosworth,  born  in  War- 
ren, Rhode  Island,  February  23,  1849,  died 
March  7,  1854. 

vii.  Mary  Smith  Bosworth,  born  in  War- 
ren, Rhode  Island,  October  24,  1853;  mar- 
ried Edward  Foster  Jarvis,  in  Quincy,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  3,  1872. 

viii.  William  Quincy  Bosworth,  born  in 
North  Quincy,  Massachusetts,  November  28, 
1859,  died  January   16,   1884,  unmarried. 

2.  Mary  Smith  Bosworth,  born  Febru- 
ary 2,  1808,  died,  unmarried,  September 
30,  1849. 

3.  Joseph  Haile  Bosworth,  born  Au- 
gust 31,  1810,  died  October  29,  1885  ;  mar- 
ried, September  2,  1850,  Mary  Easton 
Rousmaniere,  of  Newport.     Issue: 

i.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Bosworth,  married 
(first)  George  Blackmar.  (second)  Dr.  Ben- 
jamin Burrell,  who  died  in  Denver;  she  died 
in   Denver. 

ii.  Mary  Rousmaniere  Bosworth,  born 
January  13,  1855,  married  John  O.  Darling, 
of  Providence,  born  December  24,  1852. 

4.  Charles  Henry  Bosworth,  died  un- 
married. 

5.  Smith  Bosworth,  Jr.,  died  unmar- 
ried. 

6.  Sarah  Tripp  Bosworth,  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1821,  died,  unmarried,  September 
1,  1849. 

7.  Ann  Sophia  Bosworth,  born  Decem- 
ber 25,  1822,  died  October  10,  1856;  mar- 
ried, November  28,  1849,  Stephen  A.  Ar- 
nold, of  Providence.     Issue: 

i.  Eliza  Rhodes  Arnold,  born  August  28, 
1850;  married,  July  12,  1868,  Charles  A. 
Pierce,  of  Providence,  born  December  17, 
1849.  Issue:  a.  Ann  Sophia  Pierce,  mar- 
ried, October  8,  1907,  Arthur  P.  Billings, 
of  Lunenburg,  Massachusetts.  b.  Frank 
Wetherell  Pierce. 

ii.  Frances  Bosworth  Arnold,  married, 
November  5,  1872,  Cyrus  Withington  Eddy, 
of  Providence,  died  March  28,  191 1.  Issue: 
a.  Sarah  Frances  Eddy,  born  July  8,  1873, 
married,  August  8,  1895,  John  Henry  Bart- 
lett.  b.  Stephen  Tourtelott  Eddy,  born  No- 
vember 28,  1874,  died  September  3,  1879.     c. 


Thomas  Arnold  Eddy,  born  November  9, 
1876,  died  October  26,  1902.  d.  Albert 
Henry  Eddy,  born  July  15,  1878,  married 
Annabelle  Maud  Gillam.  e.  William  An- 
thony Eddy,  born  June  13,  1880,  died  April 
23,  1894.  f.  Charles  Andrew  Eddy,  born 
August  27,  1882,  died  May  10,  1894.  g.  Cyrus 
Tourtelott  Eddy,  born  July,  1884,  married 
Eliza  Ruth  Anderson,  h.  Walter  Rhodes 
Eddy,  born  June  29,  1887,  died  April  17, 
1894.  i.  Mildred  Eddy,  born  November  19, 
1891.     j.  Irvin  Eddy,  born  May  4,  1893. 

8.  Susan  Johnson  Bosworth,  born 
March  22,  1828,  died  March  16,  1897; 
married  John  Olney  Waterman  (see 
Waterman  IX). 

9.  Frances  Eleanor  Bosworth,  born 
September  12,  1829,  died,  unmarried,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1842. 


ARNOLD,  Arthur  H., 

Representative  Citizen. 

Arms — Purple  azure  and  sable  three  fleurs- 
de-lis  or,  for  Ynir;  gules  a  chevron  ermine,  be- 
tween three  pheons  or,  for  Arnold. 

Crest — A  demi-lion  rampant  gules,  holding  be- 
tween its  paws  a  lozenge  or  fire  ball. 

Motto — Mihi  gloria  cession. 

The  family  of  Arnold  had  its  beginning 
among  the  ancient  princes  of  Wales,  trac- 
ing according  to  the  records  in  the  Col- 
lege of  Arms  to  Ynir,  King  of  Gwentland. 
1 100,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Ynir,  second 
son  of  Cadawalder,  King  of  the  Britons. 
In  the  twelfth  generation  a  descendant  of 
Ynir,  Roger,  adopted  the  surname  Arnold. 
From  Roger  Arnold  came  William  and 
Thomas  Arnold,  brothers,  the  American 
ancestors  of  the  distinguished  Arnold 
family  of  Rhode  Island.  The  descent 
from  Roger  Arnold  is  through  his  son 
Thomas  Arnold,  his  son  Richard  Arnold, 
his  son,  Richard  Arnold,  his  son  Thomas 
Arnold,  his  sons  William  and  Thomas 
Arnold. 

Thomas  Arnold  lived  for  a  time  at  Mel- 
combe  Horsey,  from  whence  he  moved  to' 
Cheselbourne,  Dorsetshire,  settling  there 


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on  an  estate  previously  owned  by  his 
father,  Richard  Arnold,  who  was  lord  of 
the  manor  of  Bagbere.  Thomas  Arnold 
married  (first)  Alice  Gulley,  daughter  of 
John  Gulley,  of  Northover,  Dorsetshire, 
who  bore  him  a  son,  William  Arnold ;  by 
a  second  wife  he  had  a  son,  Thomas 
Arnold,  those  two  sons  bringing  the  name 
to  the  New  World. 

(I)  William  Arnold,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  Arnold  and  his  first  wife,  Alice 
Gulley,  was  born  in  Leamington,  Eng- 
land, June  24,  1587,  and  in  1635  came  to 
New  England  in  the  ship  "Plain  Joan," 
his  younger  half-brother  accompanying 
him.  After  a  short  settlement  at  Hing- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  he  moved  to  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  in  1636,  and  became 
one  of  the  twelve  associates  to  whom 
Roger  Williams  conveyed  the  lands 
granted  him  by  the  Indians.  William 
Arnold,  in  1638,  was  one  of  the  four  first 
settlers  of  Pawtucket,  and  in  1639  was 
numbered  among  the  twelve  first  mem- 
bers of  the  first  Baptist  church  in  Amer- 
ica. From  William  Arnold  sprang  a  nu- 
merous and  influential  family  distin- 
guished in  public,  private  and  business 
life. 

Married  Christian  Peake.  Issue:  1. 
Stephen  Arnold,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Benjamin  Arnold,  president  of  Providence 
Plantations,  1657,  1660  and  1662,  1663 ; 
Governor  of  the  Colony  1663-1678;  and 
others. 

(II)  Stephen  Arnold,  son  of  William 
and  Christian  (Peake)  Arnold,  was  born 
in  Leamington,  England,  December  22, 
1622,  and  in  1635  was  brought  to  New 
England  by  his  parents.  He  was  deputy 
to  the  Rhode  Island  General  Court,  1664- 
1667  inclusive,  1670  to  1677  inclusive, 
1684,  1685  and  1690.  He  was  assistant 
1667,  1678  to  1681  inclusive,  1680,  1681, 
1690,  1691,  1696,  1698.  Died  November 
15,  1699. 


Married,  November  24,  1646,  Sarah 
Smith,  born  1629,  died  April  15,  1713, 
daughter  of  Edward  Smith,  of  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts.  Issue:  1.  Israel  Arnold, 
mentioned  below ;    and  others. 

(III)  Israel  Arnold,  son  of  Stephen 
and  Sarah  (Smith)  Arnold,  was  born  at 
Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  October  30, 
1649.  Died  at  Warwick,  Rhode  Island, 
September  15,  1716.  Married,  April  16, 
1677,  Mary  (Barker)  Smith,  a  widow. 
Issue:  1.  William  Arnold,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  and  others. 

(IV)  William  Arnold,  son  of  Israel  and 
Mary  (Barker-Smith)  Arnold,  was  born 
at  Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  about  1681. 
Died  at  Warwick,  June,  1759.  Married, 
about  1705,  Deliverance  Whipple,  born 
February  1 1,  1679.  Issue:  1.  Caleb 
Arnold,  mentioned  below  ;  and  others. 

(V)  Caleb  Arnold,  son  of  William  and 
Deliverance  (Whipple)  Arnold,  was  born 
at  Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  about  1725. 
Died  at  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  March 
T3>  T799-  Married  Susannah  Stafford, 
born  March  10,  1722-23,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Susannah  Stafford.  Issue:  1. 
Joseph  Arnold,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  Joseph  Arnold,  son  of 
Caleb  and  Susannah  (Stafford)  Arnold, 
was  born  at  Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  Au- 
gust 13,  1755.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution,  serving  with  Captain  Thomas 
Holden's  company,  Colonel  James  Var- 
num's  regiment,  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  later 
came  under  General  Washington's  com- 
mand. In  June,  1777,  he  was  appointed 
as  first  lieutenant  of  Captain  Cole's  com- 
pany. He  was  ensign  in  Colonel  Chris- 
topher Greene's  regiment,  which  marched 
to  Morristown,  New  Jersey,  serving  under 
General  Washington  in  April  of  that  year  ; 
marched  to  Fort  Montgomery,  joined  the 
main  army  in  Pennsylvania,  marched  to 
Whitestone,  going  later  into  winter  quar- 
ters at  Valley  Forge  with  the  army  which 


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suffered  such  hardships.  On  June  I,  1788, 
he  was  appointed  captain ;  was  in  General 
Sullivan's  expedition,  recruited  a  com- 
pany of  black  troops  which  he  com- 
manded and  later  mustered  out  of  serv- 
ice. By  virtue  of  his  rank  he  was  entitled 
to  membership  in  the  Society  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati, joining  the  Rhode  Island  branch 
of  the  Society,  December  17,  1783.  Died 
at  Warwick,  July  20,  1840.  Married,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1788,  Sarah  Stafford,  daughter 
of  Stukley  Stafford.  Issue:  I.  Joseph 
Franklin  Arnold,  mentioned  below ;  and 
others. 

(VII)  Joseph  Franklin  Arnold,  son  of 
Captain  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Stafford) 
Arnold,  was  born  at  Warwick,  in  1785. 
Died  in  Warwick,  August  15,  1855.  Mar- 
ried, March  24,  1816,  Sarah  Rice,  born 
April  2,  1795,  daughter  of  William  and 
Sarah  Rice,  of  Cranston,  Rhode  Island. 
Issue:  1.  Joseph  Franklin  Arnold,  men- 
tioned below ;    and  others. 

(VIII)  Joseph  Franklin  (2)  Arnold, 
son  of  Joseph  Franklin  (1)  and  Sarah 
(Rice)  Arnold,  was  born  in  Warwick, 
Rhode  Island,  June  23,  1821.  Early  in 
life,  after  western  travel,  he  settled  at 
New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  then  third  in 
commercial  importance  among  the  cities 
of  the  Union.  He  there  became  identified 
with  Mississippi  river  steamboat  naviga- 
tion, and  owned  the  "Eclipse"  and  the 
"Natchez,"  two  boats  well  known  on  the 
river.  The  Civil  War  swept  away  the 
fortune  he  had  been  many  years  in  amass- 
ing, and  drove  him  a  fugitive  to  the 
wilderness,  but  he  finally  succeeded  in 
reaching  his  native  State. 

He  at  once  began  rebuilding  his  for- 
tunes by  establishing  a  sale  and  exchange 
mart  in  Providence,  which  he  successfully 
conducted  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Died 
in  Warwick,  December  21,1881.  Married, 
at  New  Orleans,  June  14,  1849,  Louisa 
Constance,  born  in  Demeroringer,  France, 


April  6,  1831,  and  died  January  6,  1917. 
Issue:  1.  Augustus  Franklin  Arnold, 
born  August  24,  1850;  married,  October 
28,  1874,  Ellen  Ward  Mills;  died  May, 
1904.  Issue:  i.  Jeannette  Arnold,  born 
April  29,  1877;  married,  October  8,  1902, 
Dr.  Bradlee  Rich.  Issue:  a.  Constance 
Rich,  born  July  20,  1906.  b.  Arnold  Rich, 
born  September  1,  1908.  ii.  Norman 
Arnold,  born  December  28,  1885 !  mar- 
ried, October  25,  1909,  Mary  Bullfinch. 
2.  Sarah  Williams  Arnold,  born  in  New 
Orleans,  April  15,  1852,  died  in  Lowell, 
December  4,  1876;  married,  December 
25,  1872,  Hiram  E.  Green.  3.  Arthur 
Henry  Arnold,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Charles  Williams  Arnold,  born  Novem- 
ber 10,  1858,  died  December  4,  1867.  5. 
Louise  Constance  Arnold,  born  Decem- 
ber 20,  i860,  died  August  3,  1862.  6. 
Annie  Louise  Arnold,  born  March  31, 
1865;  married,  August  12,  1885,  William 
H.  Gilbert ;  resides  in  San  Francisco, 
California.  Issue  :  i.  Louise  Gilbert,  mar- 
ried, July  7.  1915,  Alvin  Nathaniel  Lof- 
gren,  of  San  Francisco.  7.  Caroline 
Arnold ;  married,  June,  1893,  Joseph  Gil- 
bert, born  July  24,  1852,  died  March  20, 
1917;  she  resides  at  Apponaug,  Rhode 
Island.  Issue :  i.  Constance  R.  Gilbert, 
born  April  20,  1904. 

Joseph  Gilbert,  connected  with  the 
Arnold  family  of  Rhode  Island  through 
his  marriage  in  June,  1893,  to  Miss  Caro- 
line Arnold  (see  Arnold  VIII),  daughter 
of  Joseph  Franklin  and  Louisa  (Con- 
stance) Arnold,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Woonsocket,  Rhode  Island,  July  24, 
1852.  He  received  a  liberal  education  at 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  and 
after  graduating  he  immediately  entered 
into  business,  spending  the  following  forty 
years  in  the  latter  town,  and  in  Black- 
stone,  Rhode  Island.  After  several  ex- 
tensive business  trips  through  the  south- 
ern States,  he  returned  north  and  settled 


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in  1893  m  Apponaug,  where  he  resided  the 
remainder  of  his  life. 

Although  keenly  interested  in  many 
branches  of  business,  he  followed  the  real 
estate  trade  for  a  great  many  years.  He 
started  in  a  small  way  in  Woonsocket, 
but  soon  struck  out  for  larger  fields,  and 
opened  offices  in  the  old  Howard  Build- 
ing, in  Providence.  He  soon  became 
known  and  popular  among  the  business 
men  of  the  latter  city.  He  was  naturally 
affable  and  friendly,  and  his  ingrained 
integrity  and  honesty  inspired  a  trust 
among  his  associates  seldom  encountered 
in  the  present  day  of  business.  He  be- 
came identified  with  the  many  large  move- 
ments that  have  played  such  a  prominent 
part  in  the  development  of  Providence 
and  its  outlying  districts,  and  he  also  held 
extensive  interests  in  land  located  in  the 
surrounding  towns  and  villages.  Through 
his  energy,  perseverance  and  native  abil- 
ity in  his  chosen  work  he  rose  gradually 
to  an  enviable  position  in  the  business 
world. 

He  took  a  great  interest  in  the  town 
affairs  and  civic  management  of  Appo- 
naug, though  he  had  not  the  time  at  his 
disposal  that  he  would  have  wished  to 
devote  to  it.  He  was  the  Independent 
party  candidate  for  the  office  of  town 
treasurer  in  the  fall  of  1916,  but  was  de- 
feated by  the  Republican  candidate. 

Mr.  Gilbert  died  at  his  home  in  Appo- 
naug, March  20,  191 7,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
four  years. 

(IX)  Arthur  Henry  Arnold,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Franklin  (2)  and  Louisa  (Constance) 
Arnold,  was  born  at  New  Orleans,  Louisi- 
ana, September  8,  1855.  In  1861  he  was 
brought  to  Warwick  by  his  parents,  who 
were  obliged  to  flee  from  the  south  with 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  and  there 
he  attended  the  public  schools.  He  made 
further  preparation  in  the  select  school  of 
Mrs.  Graves,  the  Quakeress,  then  entered 


East  Greenwich  Seminary  under  the  then 
principal  Rev.  James  T.  Edwards.  At  an 
early  age  he  became  associated  with  his 
father  in  business  in  Providence,  but  in 
1869,  after  a  tour  of  western  and  south- 
ern cities,  was  prevailed  upon  to  remain 
in  New  Orleans,  the  city  of  his  birth. 
From  1869  until  1872  he  was  connected 
with  the  New  Orleans  and  St.  Louis 
Steamboat  Company.  In  the  same  year 
he  came  north  and  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Boston  &  Providence  Railroad  Com- 
pany, advancing  through  all  intermediate 
grades  to  that  of  passenger  conductor.  In 
1880  he  was  made  conductor  of  the  Ded- 
ham  &  Boston  Express  and  when  the  new 
station  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  was 
completed,  he  had  the  distinction  of  run- 
ning the  first  train  out  of  the  new  struc- 
ture. With  the  passing  of  the  road  to 
the  Old  Colony  Railroad  Company,  Mr. 
Arnold  was  transferred  to  the  main  line, 
and  was  conductor  of  the  Colonial  Ex- 
press on  its  first  trip  under  the  new  man- 
agement. Later  he  was  conductor  of  a 
train  running  between  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  and  Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  In 
1910  he  retired  from  the  railroad,  and  de- 
voted the  remaining  three  years  of  his  life 
to  the  real  estate  business. 

Mr.  Arnold  possessed  musical  talent 
of  a  high  order,  and  while  in  the  south 
placed  himself  under  capable  instructors 
and  thoroughly  trained  his  fine  baritone 
voice  in  form,  shade,  expression  and  senti- 
ment. Under  Signor  Brignoli,  the  Italian 
composer  and  opera  tenor,  he  perfected 
the  cultivation  of  his  voice  after  return- 
ing east,  and  often  held  positions  in  con- 
cert and  choir  work.  He  was  strongly 
urged  to  go  upon  the  operatic  stage  pro- 
fessionally, but  he  could  not  be  induced 
to  do  so,  although  he  often  appeared  as  a 
baritone  soloist  in  concerts,  and  added 
greatly  to  the  success  of  such  entertain- 
ments. 


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Genial,  affable  and  social  by  nature,  he 
was  yet  very  strict  in  the  performance  of 
duty.  He  was  thoroughly  fitted  for  his 
work,  found  it  congenial  to  his  tastes  and 
gave  to  his  work  his  best  abilities,  becom- 
ing a  favorite  with  the  traveling  public 
and  was  highly  esteemed  by  the  railroad 
management.  He  was  a  popular  member 
of  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Mt. 
Vernon  Lodge,  No.  4,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Providence  Chapter,  No.  1, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Providence  Coun- 
cil, No.  1,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  St. 
John's  Commandery,  No.  1,  Knights 
Templar ;  Rhode  Island  Consistory,  thir- 
ty-second degree,  Ancient  Accepted  Scot- 
tish Rite ;  Palestine  Temple,  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Conductors'  Relief  of  Boston ;  vice- 
president  of  the  Conductors'  and  Engi- 
neers' Investment  Company ;  member  of 
Rhode  Island  Society,  Sons  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  through  the  service 
of  his  great-grandfather,  Captain  Joseph 
Arnold ;  member  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Chapter,  Society  of  Colonial  Wars, 
through  the  services  of  his  ancestor, 
Stephen  Arnold,  of  the  second  American 
generation.  Died  at  his  handsome  resi- 
dence, 572  Elmwood  avenue,  Providence, 
April  24,  1913. 

Mr.  Arnold  was  thrice  married.  Issue 
by  first  wife:  1.  Louise,  married  James 
T.  Kenyon,  of  Providence.  Married  (sec- 
ond) Cora  Etta  Barnes,  born  November 
2,  1869,  died  July  2,  1906.  Married  (third) 
March  2,  1908,  Caroline  Frances  Water- 
man, daughter  of  John  Olney  and  Susan 
Johnson  (Bosworth)  Waterman,  of  War- 
ren, Rhode  Island  (see  Waterman  VIII). 

Mrs.  Arnold  continues  her  residence  in 
Providence,  is  active  in  all  good  works, 
noted  for  her  charity  and  benevolence,  her 
gracious  hospitality  and  womanly  graces. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  His- 
torical Society;   Gasper  Chapter,  Daugh- 


ters of  the  American  Revolution,  through 
the  service  of  her  maternal  great-grand- 
father, Peleg  Bosworth ;  Rhode  Island 
Society  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America; 
Rhode  Island  Society  of  Colonial  Gov- 
ernors ;  Rhode  Island  Society  of  May- 
flower Descendants ;  eligible  to  all  these 
societies  through  her  distinguished  ma- 
ternal and  paternal  ancestry. 


CHARNLEY,  Joseph  G., 

Highly  Regarded  Citizen. 

All  human  lives  are  like  the  waves  of 
the  sea.  "They  flash  a  few  brief  moments 
in  the  sunlight,  marvels  of  power  and 
beauty,  and  then  are  dashed  upon  the  re- 
morseless shores  of  death  and  disappear 
forever.  As  the  mighty  deep  has  rolled 
for  ages  past  and  chanted  its  sublime 
requiem  and  will  continue  to  roll  during 
the  coming  ages  until  time  shall  be  no 
more,  so  will  the  waves  of  human  life  fol- 
low each  other  in  countless  succession  un- 
til they  mingle  at  last  with  the  billows  of 
eternity's  boundless  sea." 

Arms — Azure,  a  bend  between  three  hawks' 
lures  or. 

Crest — A  griffin  passant  argent  holding  in  the 
dexter  claw  a  buckle  or. 

To  acquire  distinction  or  great  pros- 
perity in  the  business  pursuits  which  give 
to  the  country  its  financial  strength  and 
credit  requires  ability  of  as  high  an  order 
as  that  which  leads  to  victory  on  the  field 
of  battle.  This  fact  is  apparent  to  all  who 
engage  in  the  thoroughfares  of  trade, 
commerce  and  finance.  Eminent  business 
talent  is  composed  of  a  combination  of 
high  mental  and  moral  attributes.  It  is 
not  simple  energy  and  industry ;  there 
must  be  sound  judgment,  breadth  of  ca- 
pacity, rapidity  of  thought,  justice  and 
firmness,  the  foresight  to  perceive  the 
course  of  the  drifting  tides  of  business 

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and  the  will  and  ability  to  control  them. 
The  combination  of  these  qualities  in  the 
late  Joseph  Gilchrist  Charnley  made  him 
in  his  day  one  of  the  most  prominent  hotel 
proprietors  of  the  city  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  a  man  known  throughout 
Central  New  England  in  the  hotel  busi- 
ness, and  a  figure  of  prominence  in  the 
affairs  of  the  city,  where  for  several  dec- 
ades he  carried  on  his  affairs. 

Joseph  Gilchrist  Charnley  was  a  son  of 
William  and  Dorothy  Charnley,  and  a 
descendant  of  an  old  and  honorable  Eng- 
lish family.  William  Charnley,  the  father 
of  Joseph  G.  Charnley,  was  connected 
with  the  huge  cotton  industry  in  Eng- 
land, and  was  a  superintendent  in  a  large 
mill  there.  He  lived  and  died  in  his  na- 
tive land.  After  his  death  his  widow, 
Dorothy  Charnley,  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica with  her  three  daughters,  settling 
there. 

Joseph  Gilchrist  Charnley  was  born  in 
Cheshire,  England,  where  the  family  has 
been  located  for  several  generations,  in 
the  opening  years  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury. He  received  an  excellent  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Cheshire,  and  on 
reaching  a  suitable  age  was  apprenticed 
to  learn  the  trade  of  block  printer.  Think- 
ing America  a  better  field  for  success  in 
this  line  he  left  England  and  came  to  the 
United  States  in  his  early  youth.  Arriv- 
ing here  he  found  employment  in  his 
trade  difficult  to  secure  and  intermittent. 

After  a  short  period  spent  at  his  trade 
in  different  cities  in  the  East  Mr.  Charn- 
ley came  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  the 
city  with  which  he  was  conspicuously 
identified  until  the  time  of  his  death.  His 
first  venture,  which  proved  highly  suc- 
cessful, was  the  Manufacturers'  Hotel, 
which  was  situated  at  what  is  now  No. 
20  Market  Square.  The  excellence  of  the 
accommodations,  service  and  cuisine  here 
brought  to  the  hotel  numerous  patrons, 


and  the  fact  that  the  stage  coach  line  from 
Providence  to  Boston  started  at  his  hotel 
brought  to  Mr.  Charnley  a  large  and  pros- 
perous clientele.  The  financial  success  of 
his  first  venture  enabled  him,  shortly 
afterwards,  to  open  the  Union  House  on 
Weybosset  street,  Providence,  and  here 
he  initiated  a  policy  like  that  of  the  Manu- 
facturers Hotel.  The  Union  House  was 
equally  successful  and  for  several  years 
Mr.  Charnley  conducted  both  houses. 
This  continued  up  to  the  time  of  his  re- 
tirement from  active  business  life. 

Mr.  Charnley  was  intimately  connected 
with  public  and  fraternal  interests  in 
Providence  during  the  period  of  his  active 
business  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Light  Infantry  of  Providence,  under 
Colonel  Brown.  Though  he  maintained 
no  connection  with  the  organization  here 
he  was  an  officer  in  the  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows  in  England,  prior  to 
his  immigration  to  this  country.  He  was 
a  man  of  magnetic  personality,  well 
known,  loved  and  highly  respected  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 
He  drew  to  his  hotels  patronage  of  a  high 
class,  and  they  were  frequented  by  some 
of  the  most  prominent  men  of  the  day, 
men  who  have  since  become  famous  in 
various  walks  of  life.  A  genial  host  and 
fine  conversationalist,  diffusing  hospital- 
ity broadcast,  radiating  good  cheer,  he  be- 
came a  figure  of  prominence  in  the  social 
interests  of  the  city.  His  retirement  from 
business  was  accepted  with  genuine  re- 
gret. 

Joseph  Gilchrist  Charnley  married 
(first)  Ann  Pearce,  of  New  Bedford, 
Massachusetts.  They  were  the  parents 
of  three  children:  1.  William  Henry,  who 
was  born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  but 
in  early  life  removed  to  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  with  which  city  he  was  afterward 
connected ;  he  was  prominent  in  public 
life  in  Providence,  and  was  responsible 


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for  the  preservation  to  the  city  of  Abbott 
Park  in  which  he  made  many  improve- 
ments, among  them  the  placing  of  the 
fountain ;  he  was  prominent  in  club  and 
fraternal  life  in  the  city,  a  member  of  the 
old  Union  Club  and  several  others  of 
importance ;  he  was  one  of  the  Grace 
Church  Corporation ;  he  died  in  Provi- 
dence, March  18,  1904.  2.  Ellen  S.  3. 
Amelia  A. 

Joseph  G.  Charnley  married  (second) 
Isabella  Bartlett,  who  died  at  the  Charn- 
ley residence  at  No.  8  Abbott  Park  Place, 
Providence,  March  21,  1907.  After  the 
death  of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Charnley  re- 
sided in  the  family  home  with  her  three 
daughters.  The  children  of  Joseph  G.  and 
Isabella  (Bartlett)  Charnley  were:  1. 
Edward  A.,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Isabella 
J.,  residing  at  the  family  residence  in 
Providence.  3.  Mary  C,  residing  with 
her  sister.  4.  Annie  L.,  who  died  No- 
vember 4,  1915. 

Mrs.  Charnley  was  the  daughter  of 
James  and  Sarah  (Johnston)  Bartlett. 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Scotland, 
later  emigrating  to  America,  and  settling 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  Mrs. 
Charnley  was  born  July  8,  1822.  The 
death  of  Joseph  Gilchrist  Charnley  oc- 
curred in  his  home  at  No.  8  Abbott  street, 
Providence,  in  the  year  1868,  in  his  sixty- 
second   year. 

(The  Bartlett   (Bartlet)  Line). 

The  surname  Bartlett  is  of  the  baptiz- 
mal  class,  and  is  derived  from  the  nick- 
name Bartle,  and  its  diminutives  Bartlot 
and  Bartlet,  signifying  "the  son  of  Bar- 
tholomew." The  varients  of  the  name  are 
very  numerous,  and  from  ancient  English 
records  it  is  evident  that  Bartlet  or  Bart- 
lot was  a  very  popular  nickname.  The 
English  family  of  Bartlett  dates  back  to 
the  time  of  the  Norman  Conquest,  and 
the  name  in  England  and  Scotland  is  an 


ancient  and   honored  one,  recurring  fre- 
quently in  history  and  tradition. 

Arms — Sable  three  sinister  falconers'  gloves 
argent  arranged  triangularly  two  above  and  one 
below  pendant,  bands  around  the  wrist  and  tas- 
sels or. 


WARDWELL,  Samuel  D., 

Enterprising    Citizen,    Legislator. 

Wardwell  is  an  ancient  English  sur- 
name of  local  origin,  derivative  from  the 
place  name  Wardle,  a  township  in  the 
parish  of  Bunbury,  County  Chester,  Eng- 
land. There  is  another  locality  of  the 
name  in  the  parish  of  Rochdale,  County 
Lancashire.  The  name  was  well  estab- 
lished in  the  year  1273,  and  is  found  in  the 
Hundred  Rolls.  The  orthography  of  the 
name  varies  greatly,  the  forms  most  com- 
monly used  being  Wardwell,  Wardell, 
Wardill.  Wardwell  is  given  in  "Burke's 
Armory,"  also  Wardle  and  Wortley.  All 
carry  the  same  arms: 

Arms — Argent,  on  a  bend  between  six  mart- 
lets sable  three  bezants. 

Crest — A  lion's  gamb  holding  a  spear  proper, 
tasseled  or. 

Motto — Avito  viret  honore. 

The  Wardwell  family  was  of  Norman- 
French  origin,  and  was  established  by  one 
of  the  followers  of  the  Conqueror,  Sir 
Gilbert  Ward,  and  it  is  said  that  he  saved 
the  life  of  Queen  Elinor  of  France  and  the 
king  said  that  it  was  a  deed  "well  done," 
hence  the  name  being  changed  from  Ward 
to  Wardwell.  On  the  northern  borders 
of  Westmoreland,  England,  there  stands 
an  ancient  watch  tower  where  "watch  and 
ward"  were  kept  to  prevent  sudden  incur- 
sions of  the  fierce  Scottish  tribes  of  the 
Borderland.  Here  signals  were  given 
to  Moothy  Beacon  on  any  suspicion  of 
trouble  with  the  enemy. 

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family  was  established  in  New  England 
in  1633,  and  has  since  the  time  of  its 
establishment  held  rank  among  the  first 
families  of  the  states  of  Massachusetts 
and  Rhode  Island.  The  Rhode  Island 
Wardwells  have  played  a  prominent  part 
in  the  history  of  Rhode  Island  from  the 
early  days  of  the  little  colony's  founding 
until  the  present  time.  The  name  has 
been  prominently  connected  with  the  mili- 
tary history  of  the  State,  been  ably  and 
honorably  represented  in  the  early  and 
latter  wars.  The  principal  branch  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Wardwells  has  been  located 
in  the  town  of  Bristol  for  more  than  two 
hundred  years.  Since  the  year  1754,  when 
Lieutenant  John  Wardwell  served  in  one 
of  the  four  companies  which  went  from 
the  town  and  county  to  serve  in  the  expe- 
dition against  Crown  Point,  the  name 
has  been  officially  connected  with  military 
matters  in  Bristol.  Upon  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Bristol  Train  of  Artillery  more 
than  one  hundred  years  ago,  Colonel  Sam- 
uel Wardwell  became  its  commander,  and 
in  successive  generations  up  to  the  pres- 
ent time  the  name  has  been  officially  con- 
nected with  the  body,  offices  not  infre- 
quently descending  from  father  to  son. 
In  the  last  century  the  family  has  played 
a  prominent  part  in  the  business  and  in- 
dustrial life  of  the  section. 

(I)  William  Wardwell,  immigrant  an- 
cestor and  progenitor  of  the  family  in 
America,  was  born  in  Lincolnshire,  Eng- 
land, in  1604.  Whether  religious  intoler- 
ance and  persecution  in  the  Mother  Coun- 
try drove  him  to  the  New  World,  or 
whether  he  came  hither  impelled  merely 
by  the  spirit  of  adventure,  is  not  known. 
He  arrived  in  Boston,  in  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  in  1633.  On  February 
9,  of  the  following  year  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church  of  Boston,  but  with  his 
family  was  later  one  of  those  who  were 
turned    out   of   the    Old    Boston   Second 


Church  with  Wheelwright.  In  company 
with  Wheelwright  he  went  first  to  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  remained  for 
a  period,  but  later  removed  to  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts.  William  Wardwell  later 
returned  to  Boston,  and  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  there,  and  during  his 
latter  years  conducted  the  old  Hollis  Inn. 

He  married  (first)  Alice ,  who  was 

buried  in  Boston.  He  married  (second) 
in  Boston,  December  5,  1657,  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  John  Gillet  or  Jillett.  The  date 
of  his  death  is  not  recorded.  Among  his 
children  was  Uzal,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Uzal  Wardwell,  son  of  William 
and  Alice  Wardwell,  was  born  in  America, 
probably  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  April 
7,  1639,  and  died  October  25,  1732,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety-three  years.  Uzal 
Wardwell  removed  to  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  at  a  date  unknown,  and  estab- 
lished there,  in  the  second  American  gen- 
eration, the  Rhode  Island  branch  of  the 
Wardwells.  During  the  early  portion  of 
his  life  he  was  a  resident  of  Ipswich,  Mas- 
sachusetts, whither  he  accompanied  his 
father. 

He  married  (first)  in  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  3,  1664,  Mary  Ring,  widow 
of  Daniel  Ring,  and  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Mary  (Borseman)  Kinsman,  of  Ips- 
wich. She  died  in  Ipswich,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Grace ,  who  died  on 

May  9,  1 741,  having  survived  her  hus- 
band nine  years.  His  will,  dated  Janu- 
ary 10,  1728,  mentioned  his  wife  Grace; 
daughters  Mary  Barker,  Grace  Giddens, 
Sarah  Bosworth,  Alice  Gladding,  Abigail 
Green,  Hannah  Crompton ;  sons  Uzal, 
James,  Joseph,  William,  Benjamin.  The 
will  of  Mrs.  Grace  Wardwell,  dated  Octo- 
ber 19,  1733,  mentions  her  son  Uzal, 
daughter  Grace  Giddens,  sons  James  and 
Joseph,  and  Benjamin,  deceased.  Children 
of  Uzal  and  Mary  (Kinsman-Ring)  Ward- 
well :    1.  Abigail,  born  October  27,  1665; 


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married  John  Green.  2.  Hannah,  born  in 
1667 ;  married  a  Mr.  Crompton.  3.  Alice, 
born  December  27,  1670;  married,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1693,  J°hn  Gladding,  Jr.  All  of 
these  children  were  born  in  Ipswich. 
Children  of  Uzal  Wardwell  and  Grace 
Wardwell:  1.  Mary.  2.  Uzal.  3.  Grace, 
married  Joseph  Giddens  (Giddings),  and 
died  May  1,  1768,  aged  ninety  years.  4. 
Sarah,  born  in  1682,  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island ;   married  Nathaniel  Bosworth,  Jr. 

5.  James,  born  June  30,  1684,  in  Bristol. 

6.  Joseph,  born  July  30,  1686,  in  Bristol. 

7.  Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  8.  Wil- 
liam, born  May  3,  1693,  m  Bristol.  9. 
Rebecca,  twin  of  William. 

(III)  Benjamin  Wardwell,  son  of  Uzal 
and  Grace  Wardwell,  was  born  April  19, 
1688,  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  He  was 
a  prosperous  farmer.  He  married  (first) 
Mary ,  who  died  May  2,  1733  ;  mar- 
ried (second)  January  17, 1734,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Holmes,  of  Norton,  Massachusetts, 
who  died  June  6,  1737.  Children  (by  first 
wife)  :  1.  Mary,  married,  in  1731,  Nathan- 
iel Turner.  2.  Uzal,  married,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1739,  Sarah  Lindsey,  who  died  in 
1745,  at  Cape  Breton;  he  died  there  also, 
on  September  17,  1745.  3.  David,  died 
September  17,  1745.  4.  Jonathan,  died  in 
May,  1745,  at  Cape  Breton.  5.  Benjamin, 
died  in  June,  1739,  at  sea.  6.  William, 
mentioned  below.  7.  Isaac,  born  in  1730; 
married,  in  September,  1756,  Sarah  Wald- 
ron,  and  died  May  7,  1810,  at  Bristol.  8. 
Olive,  married,  June  19,  1753,  John  God- 
dard,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  Benja- 
min Wardwell  died  in  June,  1739. 

(IV)  William  (2)  Wardwell,  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  Wardwell,  was  born 
in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  in  1722.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  prominent  citizen  of  Bristol. 
He  married,  September  26,  1742,  Mary 
Howland,  daughter  of  Samuel  Howland, 
granddaughter  of  Jabez  Howland,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  John  Howland, 
the   Pilgrim. 


Howland  Arms — Sable,  two  bars  argent,  on  a 
chief  of  the  second  three  lions  rampant  of  the 
first. 

Crest — On  a  wreath  of  the  colors  a  lion  pas- 
sant sable,  ducally  gorged  or. 

Children  of  William  (2)  and  Mary 
(Howland)  Wardwell:  1.  William,  born 
January  8,  1744.  2.  Abigail,  baptized  June 
9,  1745.  3.  Mary,  born  October  25,  1747. 
4.  William,  born  January  28,  1749-50.  5. 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah, 
born  March  3,  1754.  7.  Samuel,  born  May 
25,  1760,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2)  Wardwell,  son  of 
Benjamin  (1)  and  Mary  (Howland) 
Wardwell,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  and  baptized  February  9,  1752. 
He  was  prominent  in  local  affairs,  and 
owned  much  property  in  the  town.  He 
married  (first)  June  8,  1773,  Sarah  Smith, 
who  died  November  20,  1779.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Katherine  Glover,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Bass)  Glover,  of  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts. 

Glover  Arms — Sable,  a  fesse  embattled  er- 
mine, between  three  crescents  argent. 

Crest — Out  of  a  mural  crown  a  demi-lion 
rampant,  holding  between  the  paws  a  crescent. 

'  Children  of  Benjamin  (2)  Wardwell 
by  first  wife:  1.  William,  born  April  19, 
1776,  died  April  21,  1776.  2.  Lucretia, 
born  May  30,  1777;  married,  June  17, 
1798,  John  Sabin ;  died  September  11, 
181 1.  3.  Sarah,  born  November  11,  1779; 
married  Nathaniel  Church  ;  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1861.  Children  by  second  wife: 
4.  Polly,  born  October  4,  1781,  died  De- 
cember \2,  1781.  5.  Polly,  born  August 
30,  1783,  died  September  23,  1783.  6. 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  7.  Polly, 
born  August  13,  1785,  died  October  7, 
1787.  8.  William,  born  October  4,  1786, 
died  September  22,  1787.  9.  Henry,  born 
April  7,  1789,  died  October  12,  1789.  10. 
Polly,  born  October  24,  1791.     11.  Kath- 


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erine  Glover,  born  July  8,  1793,  died  April 
1,  1863.  12.  Francis,  born  in  September, 
1794,  died  July  25,  1796. 

Benjamin  (2)  Wardwell  married  (third) 
January  15,  1804,  Mrs.  Huldah  (Goff) 
Wheeler,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Patience 
Goff. 

(VI)  Benjamin  (3)  Wardwell,  son  of 
Benjamin  (2)  and  Katherine  (Glover) 
Wardwell,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  August  24,  1784.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  leather  business  in  the  early  years 
of  his  life,  and  later  conducted  a  grocery 
business  in  Bristol,  in  a  building  which 
stood  on  the  east  side  of  Thames  street, 
south  of  State  street.  His  business  was 
a  successful  and  prosperous  one,  and  he 
continued  in  the  same  location  for  a  pe- 
riod of  fifty  years,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
retirement  from  active  business  life.  He 
was  a  Christian  of  the  rugged  and  stern 
type  which  characterized  the  day,  a  Con- 
gregationalist  in  religious  faith,  and  very 
devout  in  his  observance  of  the  tenets  of 
that  body.  He  was  a  man  of  the  highest 
principles  and  applied  the  same  standards 
to  his  business  affairs  and  dealings  as  he 
did  to  the  other  relations  of  life.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  the 
town,  highly  honored  and  respected,  al- 
though he  took  no  active  or  official  part 
in  public  affairs.  Benjamin  Wardwell 
was  a  Whig.  He  was  a  fine  singer,  and 
sang  for  years  in  the  choir  of  the  Congre- 
gational church. 

He  married,  January  14,  1807,  Elizabeth 
Manchester,  of  Little  Compton.  Rhode 
Island,  baptized  in  the  Congregational 
church  of  Bristol,  July  31,  1810,  daughter 
of  Zebedee  and  Deborah  (Briggs)  Man- 
chester, who  was  descended  from  the  old 
Rhode  Island  family  of  Sir  Walter  Gif- 
ford. 

Manchester  Arms — Quarterly,  1st  and  4th  ar- 
gent, three  lozenges  conjoined  in  fess  gules, 
within    a  bordure    sable.     2nd    and   3rd,    or,    an 


eagle  displayed  vert,  beaked  and  membered 
gules. 

Crest — A  griffin's  head  couped,  wings  ex- 
panded or,  gorged  with  a  collar  argent,  charged 
with  three  lozenges  gules. 

Supporters — Dexter,  a  heraldic  antelope  or, 
armed  tufted  and  hoofed  argent.  Sinister,  a 
griffin  or,  gorged  with  a  collar,  as  the  crest. 

Motto — Disponendo  me,  non  mutando  me.  (By 
disposing  of  me,  not  changing  me). 

Children  of  Benjamin  (3)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Manchester)  Wardwell: 

1.  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

2.  Benjamin,  born  August  9,  1809,  died 
May  31,  1885;  married,  February  2,  1836, 
Eliza  Cook,  born  February  18,  1810;  died 
April  27,  i860;  they  were  the  parents  of 
one  daughter,  born  in  December,  1840, 
who  married,  in  1869,  Joseph  Burr  Bar- 
tram. 

3.  George,  born  September  2,  1810,  died 
October  11,  1810. 

4.  A  son,  born  and  died  September  12, 
1812. 

5.  A  daughter,  twin  of  the  son,  died 
same  day. 

6.  Jeremiah,  born  December  7,  1813, 
died  in  December,  1881 ;  married  (first) 
June  19,  1844,  Mary  Jane  Sturgis,  daugh- 
ter of  Lathrop  L.  Sturgis,  of  New  York ; 
she  died  October  3,  i860;  he  married 
(second)  November  18,  1865,  Mrs.  Eliza 
B.  Ingraham,  daughter  of  William  Fel- 
lows, of  Staten  Isuand,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren of  first  marriage :  i.  William  Henry, 
born  March  29,  1846,  married,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1881,  Virginia  Sniffin ;  ii.  Theodore 
Sturgis,  born  June  13,  1848;  iii.  Richard 
Patrick,  born  April  17,  1852,  married 
Anna  Oaks  Woodworth  ;  iv.  Mary,  born 
April  16,  1855,  died  July  22,  1855;  v. 
Helen,  born  September  6,  1857,  married 
William  Brown  Glover ;  vi.  Jane  Eliza- 
beth, born  August  17,  1859,  married 
Charles  Potter,  who  died  in  November, 
1904. 

7.  Elizabeth  Manchester,  born  March 
7,   1816,  died  January   18,   1826. 

8.  A  daughter,  born  September  2,  1817, 
died  September  4,  1817. 

9.  A  daughter,  twin,  died  September 
12,  1817. 

10.  Adam  Manchester,  born  November 


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6,    1818,   baptized    March   29,    1819,   died 
January  23,  1827. 

11.  George   Williams,   born   March    14, 

1821,  died  August  16,  1821. 

12.  Catherine    Glover,    born    May    28, 

1822,  died   October  31,    1894. 

13.  Marianne,  born  October  6,  1825, 
died  January  26,  1915. 

14.  Elizabeth  Manchester,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1827,  died  December  12,  1905 ; 
married,  September  27,  1853,  Ramon 
Guiteras,  of  Matanzas,  Cuba,  born  Au- 
gust 4,  181 1,  died  February  13,  1873;  at 
the  age  of  four  years  he  was  taken  to 
Spain,  whither  his  father  went  to  avoid 
political  troubles  in  Cuba ;  returning  to 
Cuba  later  the  boy  was  educated  in  Ma- 
tanzas ;  he  travelled  extensively  and  was 
a  finished  linguist ;  he  was  the  owner  of 
much  land  in  Cuba,  but  after  his  marriage 
spent  all  his  time  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island  ; 
children :  i.  Gertrude  Elizabeth,  born 
March  2,  1855,  unmarried,  resides  now  in 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island ;  ii.  Ramon,  born 
August  17,  1858,  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  attended  private  and  public 
schools,  after  which  he  attended  the  Alex- 
ander Military  Institute  at  White  Plains, 
New  York,  the  Mowry  and  Goff  English 
and  Classical  High  School  at  Providence, 
the  Joshua  Kendall  School  at  Cambridge- 
port,  Massachusetts,  and  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, which  he  attended  about  two 
years.  He  then  travelled  in  Europe  for 
two  years  studying  languages  in  France 
and  Spain,  and  after  thoroughly  master- 
ing both  of  these  languages  he  returned 
to  America  and  entered  Harvard  Medical 
School,  where  he  received  his  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine.  After  this  he  went 
to  Vienna  and  studied  medicine  for  about 
a  year  and  a  half,  and  from  there  entered 
a  university  at  Berlin,  remaining  for 
about  six  months.  Upon  his  return  to 
the  United  States  he  entered  an  examina- 
tion for  the  navy  and  passed  with  the 
highest  honors  of  the  year,  and  upon  re- 
ceiving his  papers  he  immediately  re- 
signed, his  reason  being  that  he  did  not 
wish  to  enter  the  navy,  but  passed  the 
examination  just  for  experience.  He  then 
entered  the  Charity  Hospital  at  Black- 
well's  Island  and  remained  there  for  about 
one  and  a  half  years,  after  which  he  prac- 
ticed in  New  York  as  physician  and  sur- 


geon, and  is  to-day  one  of  the  foremost 
specialists  for  kidney  troubles  in  the 
country.  Dr.  Ramon  Guiteras  is  very 
prominent  in  social  life  in  New  York  and 
belongs  to  many  clubs,  including  the  fol- 
lowing: Union  Club,  New  York  Athletic 
Club,  Explorers  Club,  and  the  Harvard 
Club.  He  is  also  very  fond  of  and  de- 
votes a  great  deal  of  time  to  big  game 
hunting,  going  to  British  South  Africa 
every  two  years,  and  he  finds  this  gives 
him  the  rest  he  requires  from  his  large 
practice.  Since  the  European  war  he  has 
served  for  several  months  each  year  as 
surgeon  in  the  French  army. 

The  Guiteras  (Spain)  Arms — Vert,  five 
greyhounds'  heads  erased  proper,  vulned 
and  distilling  drops  of  blood  gules,  posed 
two,  one  and  two. 

(VII)  Henry  Wardwell,  son  of  Benja- 
man  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (Manchester) 
Wardwell,  was  born  March  17,  1808,  in 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Bristol  and  later  attended  the  school  of 
Mr.  Alden,  reputed  to  have  been  one  of 
the  finest  masters  of  the  day.  Entering 
the  business  world  in  his  seventeenth 
year,  Henry  Wardwell  became  a  clerk  in 
the  employ  of  Benjamin  Hall,  of  Bristol, 
whose  store  was  located  on  the  corner  of 
Thames  and  State  streets.  He  found  the 
business,  that  of  handling  of  farm  prod- 
ucts for  home  and  West  Indian  trade,  to 
his  liking,  and  during  the  eight  years  he 
spent  as  an  employee  he  learned  thor- 
oughly all  the  details  of  the  business, 
familiarizing  himself  with  its  every  phase. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-five  years  he  bought 
the  business  of  Mr.  Hall,  and  continued 
to  conduct  it  successfully  until  he  retired 
at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years,  a  period  of 
twenty-eight  years.  He  purchased  from 
farmers  in  the  vicinity  whole  crops  of 
potatoes  and  onions,  which  he  consigned 
to  vessels  in  the  West  Indian  trade.  The 
captains  of  the  vessels  he  used  disposed 
of  their  cargoes  in  West  Indian  ports,  and 


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with  the  proceeds  bought  molasses  which 
they  brought  back  for  home  consumption. 
Mr.  Wardwell  also  became  interested  in 
whaling.  In  connection  with  his  West 
Indian  trade  he  came  to  have  an  interest 
in  from  ten  to  fourteen  vessels.  Mr. 
Wardwell  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
merchants  and  business  men  in  the  town 
of  Bristol  in  his  time,  and  was  connected 
in  executive  capacities  with  many  of  its 
large  industrial  and  financial  ventures. 
He  was  at  one  time  a  director  in  the 
Pocanock  Cotton  Mill,  and  for  thirty 
years  was  a  director  in  the  Eagle  National 
Bank,  the  Freeman's  National  Bank,  and 
the  First  National  Bank,  of  Bristol.  He 
was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Bristol  Institu- 
tion for  Savings  from  the  time  of  its  or- 
ganization. He  was  prominent  in  local 
affairs  though  not  officially  connected 
with  public  life.  He  was  a  man  of  keen 
judgment  and  excellent  business  sense,  a 
man  whose  opinion  was  respected  and 
much  sought.  Of  the  highest  moral  prin- 
ciple, unimpeachable  integrity,  fair  in  all 
his  dealings,  he  was  honored  and  loved  in 
Bristol.  In  his  work  and  life  he  sustained 
and  advanced  the  honorable  traditions  of 
his  family,  and  brought  honor  on  his 
name.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church,  and  active  in  its  work, 
serving  as  treasurer  and  leader  of  the 
choir  for  nearly  thirty  years. 

Henry  Wardwell  married.  May  11,1835, 
Sarah  Luther  Lindsay,  daughter  of  Thom- 
as and  Rhoda  Lindsay.  Mrs.  Wardwell 
died  on  November  8,  1890. 

Lindsay  Arms — Gules,  a  fesse  chequy  argent 
and  azure,  in  chief  a  mullet  of  the  second. 
Crest — A  castle  proper. 
Motto — Firmus  maneo. 

Children  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Luther 
(Lindsay)  Wardwell:  1.  Benjamin,  born 
May  6,  1836,  died  the  same  day.  2.  Sophia 
Lindsay,  born  May  3,  1838,  died  April  15, 


1916,  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  unmarried. 
3.  Annie  Elizabeth,  born  August  9,  1840, 
died  November  18,  1866.  4.  Sarah  Fran- 
ces, born  January  25,  1843;  married  Wil- 
liam H.  Bourne,  now  deceased ;  she  is  a 
resident  of  Bristol.  5.  Harriet  Parker, 
born  July  4,  1845,  unmarried,  resides  in 
Bristol.  6.  Isabella  Mein,  born  January 
12,  1848,  unmarried,  resides  in  Bristol.  7. 
Henry  Adam,  born  August  26,  1850,  died 
February  18,  1853.  8.  Henry  Irenius,  born 
July  15,  1853,  died  June  29,  1854. 

Henry  Wardwell  died  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  October  2,  1875. 

(V)  Colonel  Samuel  Wardwell,  son  of 
William  (2)  and  Mary  (Howland)  Ward- 
well,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island. 
May  25,  1760.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
men  of  Bristol,  and  played  a  prominent 
part  in  public  affairs  in  the  town.  He 
was  representative  in  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  Rhode  Island  of  the  town  of  Bris- 
tol, and  was  also  very  active  in  military 
affairs   in   the   town. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Church,  of  Bris- 
tol, where  she  was  born  August  16,  1766, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  (Davis) 
Church.  Their  children  were:  1.  Maria, 
born  in  1791,  died  early  in  life.  2.  Heze- 
kiah  Church,  mentioned  below.  3.  Sam- 
uel Church,  born  in  1794,  died  early  in 
life.  4.  Mary  Ann,  born  in  1796,  married 
William  Coggeshall,  of  Bristol  and  Fall 
River. 

(VI)  Colonel  Hezekiah  Church  Ward- 
well,  son  of  Colonel  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(Church)  Wardwell,  was  born  in  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  in  1792.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  carpenter  and  engaged  success- 
fully in  it  for  several  years.  He  later  be- 
came interested  in  lumbering  and  had 
very  large  interests  in  this  industry.  He 
was  prominent  publicly  in  Bristol,  and 
frequently  held  important  offices.  Colo- 
nel Hezekiah  Church  Wardwell  was  the 
representative  from  Bristol  in  the  Rhode 


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Island  Assembly  in  1849-50-51,  and  in 
1849  was  inspector  of  ferries.  In  1821  he 
was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  of  the 
Bristol  Train  of  Artillery,  and  in  May  of 
the  following  year  received  his  commis- 
sion as  colonel,  which  post  he  held  for 
several  years.  He  was  marshal  of  Bristol 
during  the  Dorr  War,  with  immediate 
jurisdiction  over  the  Bristol  custom  house 
and  post  office.  Though  a  Democrat  in 
political  affiliation  the  issue  at  stake  and 
not  party  lines  decided  his  vote. 

He  married,  December  24,  1820,  Sally 
Gifford,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Gifford,  and 
granddaughter  of  Captain  David  Gifford, 
of  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts,  an  officer 
in  the  American  Revolution,  and  repre- 
sentative from  Portsmouth  in  the  Colo- 
nial Assembly.  She  died  February  28, 
1870.  Their  children  were:  I.  Elizabeth 
Church,  born  September  29,  1821  ;  mar- 
ried Thomas  J.  Holmes  ;  children  :  Julia 
and  Silas.  2.  Samuel  Drury,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Ruth  Hall,  born  March  10, 
1826;  married  William  Henry  Teel ;  child, 
Henry  Russell.  4.  Almira  Gifford,  born 
June  15,  1828;  married  Benjamin  Thomas 
Church;  no  issue;  both  deceased.  5.  Au- 
gusta, born  October  3,  1832  ;  married  Wil- 
liam Trussell ;  children:  Evelyn,  married 
Frank  Morgan  ;  Edward,  deceased  ;  Lena. 
6.  William  T.C.,  born  September  20, 1835  ; 
married  Lenora  F.  Gladding. 

(VII)  Samuel  Drury  Wardwell,  son  of 
Colonel  Hezekiah  C.  and  Sally  (Gifford) 
Wardwell,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  October  5,  1823.  He  received  an 
elementary  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Bristol,  and  at  the  age  of  eleven  years 
apprenticed  himself  to  his  father  to  learn 
the  carpenter's  trade.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  entered  the  lumber 
business  of  his  father.  This  business, 
established  in  1830  by  Colonel  Hezekiah 
Church  Wardwell,  proved  from  the  first 
a  succesful  enterprise,  and  upon  the  en- 


trance into  it  of  Samuel  Drury  Wardwell 
the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Hezekiah 
C.  Wardwell  &  Son.  Later  William  T. 
C.  Wardwell,  youngest  son  of  Colonel 
Wardwell,  was  admitted  to  the  business, 
and  upon  the  retirement  of  the  elder  man 
the  two  sons  succeeded  to  the  business. 
The  firm  then  became  known  as  Ward- 
well  Brothers,  and  conducted  an  exten- 
sive and  prosperous  business  in  lumber, 
and  carpenters'  and  builders'  supplies, 
such  as  doors,  sashes  and  blinds,  lime  and 
cement,  hair,  etc.  After  a  period  of  more 
than  forty  years  in  active  business  life, 
Samuel  Drury  Wardwell  retired  from 
business,  and  the  firm  name  was  then 
changed  to  the  Wardwell  Lumber  Com- 
pany, the  executive  offices  being  held  by 
W.  T.  C.  Wardwell,  president ;  and  Fred- 
erick F.  Gladding,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

After  his  retirement  from  business, 
Samuel  Drury  Wardwell  purchased  a 
small  farm  in  the  country,  and  turning 
to  agricultural  pursuits,  devoted  his  time 
solely  to  the  cultivation  of  his  farm  lands 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  con- 
tinued to  take  an  active  interest  in  public 
affairs,  however,  and  was  prominently 
connected  with  political  life  in  the  town. 
In  1890  he  was  representative  of  the  town 
of  Bristol  in  the  Rhode  Island  Legisla- 
ture. He  was  a  member  of  the  Town 
Council  for  six  years,  during  half  of  that 
period  serving  as  its  president.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  served  as  chief  of  King 
Philip  Engine  Company,  fire  department 
of  Bristol.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Samuel  Drury  Wardwell  married,  July 
29,  1880,  Annie  Elizabeth  Blake,  who  was 
born  April  3,  1854,  daughter  of  Edward 
Allen  and  Mary  (Young)  Blake,  of  Bris- 
tol, Rhode  Island.  Mrs.  Wardwell  is  a 
member  of  a  family  of  ancient  and  honor- 
able lineage  in  New  England. 

Jonathan  Blake,  progenitor  of  the  Blake 


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family,  married  Elizabeth  Norris,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Norris.    Their  son,  Ebenezer 

Blake,  married  Cox.     Their  son, 

Ebenezer  Blake,  married  Abigail  Munroe 
and  had  sons:  William,  Richard,  Eben- 
ezer, Allen,  Samuel ;  and  daughters :  Abi- 
gail and  Nancy.  Samuel  Blake  married 
Hannah  Case,  a  French-Huguenot,  daugh- 
ter of  Gardner  and  Janet  Belle  Case,  of 
Rehoboth.  Children  :  Edward  Allen  ;  Re- 
becca ;  Martha  Frances,  married  Colonel 
Samuel  Lindsay.  Edward  Allen  Blake 
married  Mary  Young,  born  in  Manches- 
ter, England,  and  they  had  daughters, 
Eleanor,  who  married  Mark  A.  DeWolf, 
son  of  William  Bradford  DeWolf,  grand- 
son of  Captain  James  DeWolf  ;  and  Annie 
Elizabeth,  married  Samuel  D.  Wardwell, 
aforementioned. 

Children  of  Samuel  Drury  and  Annie 
Elizabeth  (Blake)  Wardwell:  I.  Samuel 
Church,  born  October  6,  1884;  graduate 
of  Brown  University  in  the  class  of  1908; 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Wardwell  & 
Goddard,  boat  builders ;  member  of  the 
Masonic  order.  Married,  October  16, 191 5, 
Edith  Burdick,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  and  Emlie  Burdick ;  resides  in 
Bristol.  2.  William  Allen,  born  Novem- 
ber 17,  1887;  graduated  from  Bristol  High 
School  in  1905,  and  from  the  Bryant  & 
Stratton  Business  College  in  1906;  in 
charge  of  the  eastern  market  of  the  Na- 
tional India  Rubber  Company,  with  offices 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts ;  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  Married,  October  15, 1914,  Helen 
Luther  Waldron,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Charles  and  Carolyn  (Luther)  Waldron; 
child,  Carolyn,  born  November  12,  1915; 
resides  in  Quincy,  Massachusetts. 

Samuel  Drury  Wardwell  died  in  Bris- 
tol, Rhode  Island,  May  15,  1906.  He  was 
a  man  highly  respected  and  honored  in 
the  business  world  of  Bristol,  and  was 


deeply  mourned  at  his  death.  He  was 
universally  recognized  as  a  man  of  the 
cleanest  and  most  straightforward  busi- 
ness principles,  upright  and  honorable. 
He  was  a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  ren- 
dered service  of  much  value  to  the  town 
during  his  terms  in  office.  He  was  a 
prominent  layman  in  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  gave  liberally  to  its 
charities  and  benevolences.  Samuel 
Drury  Wardwell  was  a  representative  of 
the  fine  old  type  of  New  England  mer- 
chant which  is  fast  dying  out. 


ALDRICH,  Edwin  A., 

Lawyer,   Enterprising   Citizen. 

According  to  the  authority,  Bardsley, 
the  name  Aldrich  is  distinctly  of  baptiz- 
mal  origin,  though  it  is  frequently  stated 
to  be  of  local  derivation.  The  surname 
was  originally  derived  from  the  personal 
name  Alderich,  and  signifies  in  its  present 
form  "the  son  of  Alderich."  The  name 
is  a  very  ancient  one,  and  is  found  in  Eng- 
lish record  and  documents  as  early  as  the 
year  1273. 


Arms- 
Crest- 


-Or  a  fesse  vert,  a  bull  passant  argent. 
-A   griffin  segreant. 


Several  immigrants  of  the  name  came 
to  the  American  colonies  in  the  early  part 
of  the  colonial  period,  and  their  progeny 
is  now  to  be  found  in  every  State  in  the 
Union.  The  family  of  Aldrich  herein 
under  consideration  is  that  branch  of 
which  the  late  Edwin  Aldrich,  of  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  distinguished  members  of 
the  Rhode  Island  bar,  financier  and  busi- 
ness man  of  note,  was  a  member.  The 
Aldrich  family  in  Rhode  Island  has  been 
prominently  identified  with  Providence 
and  the  surrounding  country  for  more 
than  two  and  a  half  centuries.  It  is 
mainly  descended  from  Joseph  and  Jacob 


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Aldrich,  sons  of  the  progenitor,  George 
Aldrich,  and  in  latter  generations  has  fur- 
nished to  the  professions,  business,  indus- 
trial and  public  life,  men  who  have  left 
their  mark  on  the  times. 

(I)  George  Aldrich,  immigrant  ances- 
tor and  founder  of  the  family  in  America, 
was  a  native  of  Derbyshire,  England,  and 
emigrated  to  the  New  World  in  the  year 
1631.  He  is  first  of  record  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  in  that  year,  and  in 
1636  he  became  a  freeman  at  Dorchester. 
In  1640  he  received  a  grant  of  land  in 
Boston,  and  is  of  record  in  Braintree, 
Massachusetts,  from  1644  to  1663.  George 
Aldrich  was  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
the  town  of  Mendon,  Massachusetts, 
whither  he  went  in  the  year  1663,  an(i 
where  he  died  in  1683. 

He  married,  in  England,  in  1629,  Cath- 
erine Seald,  who  accompanied  him  to 
America.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine 
children,  of  whom  Jacob,  mentioned  be- 
low, was  the  youngest. 

(II)  Jacob  Aldrich,  son  of  George  and 
Catherine  (Seald)  Aldrich.  was  born  in 
Braintree,  Massachusetts,  February  28, 
1652.  He  accompanied  his  father  to  Men- 
don, Massachusetts,  and  is  recorded  as 
assessor  there  in  1694.  During  King 
Philip's  War  he  went  to  Braintree,  re- 
turning to  Mendon,  when  hostilities 
ceased. 

He  married,  November  3,  1675,  Huldah 
Thayer,  born  June  16,  1657,  daughter  of 
Ferdinando  and  Huldah  (Hayward) 
Thayer.  Jacob  Aldrich,  like  the  major- 
ity of  the  men  of  the  period,  was  a  farmer, 
inheriting  land  from  his  father,  and  ac- 
quiring considerable  property  of  his  own. 

(III)  Moses  Aldrich,  son  of  Jacob  and 
Huldah  (Thayer)  Aldrich,  was  born  in 
Mendon,  Massachusetts,  April  1,  1690. 
He  married,  April  23,  171 1,  Hannah 
White,  born  December  9,  16 — .  Among 
their  children  was  Robert,  mentioned  be- 
low. 


(IV)  Robert  Aldrich,  son  of  Moses  and 
Hannah  (White)  Aldrich,  was  born  De- 
cember 1,  1719,  in  Mendon,  Massachu- 
setts. He  removed  to  Cumberland, 
Rhode  Island,  after  his  marriage,  and 
there  established  the  Rhode  Island  branch 
of  the  family.  He  married,  September  7, 
1746,  Patience  Mann. 

(V)  Amos  Aldrich,  son  of  Robert  and 
Patience  (Mann)  Aldrich,  was  born  in 
Cumberland,  Rhode  Island,  June  11,  1756. 
He  married,  in  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island, 
July  20,  1782,  Sally  Cook,  daughter  of 
Silas  Cook,  of  Warwick,  Rhode  Island. 
Amos  Aldrich  resided  in  Cumberland  all 
his  life,  and  was  a  highly  respected  citi- 
zen. 

(VI)  Joseph  Cook  Aldrich,  son  of 
Amos  and  Sally  (Cook)  Aldrich,  was  born 
in  Cumberland.  Rhode  Island,  April  13, 
1787.  He  married  Asenath  Gaskill,  of 
Blackstone,  Massachusetts.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  1.  Henry,  born  October  15, 
1817.  2.  Peter  G.,  born  August  15,  1819. 
3.  Hannah,  born  June  20,  1821.  4.  Elias, 
born  February  14,  1823.  5.  Joseph  Bar- 
ton, born  December  30,  1824.  6.  Lucy 
Barton,  born  January  2,  1827.  7.  Jane. 
born  July  10,  1832.  8.  John,  born  July 
10,  1832,  twin  of  Jane.  9.  Caroline,  born 
July  25,  1834.  10.  Edwin,  mentioned  be- 
low. 11.  Moses,  born  December  11,  1839. 
12.  Mary,  born  May  15,  1842. 

(VII)  Edwin  Aldrich,  son  of  Joseph 
Cook  and  Asenath  (Gaskill)  Aldrich,  was 
born  in  Woonsocket,  Rhode  Island,  Octo- 
ber 14,  1836.  He  attended  the  elementary 
and  high  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
entered  Tufts  College,  where  he  spent  one 
year.  He  entered  Brown  University,  in 
Providence,  in  his  sophomore  year,  and 
remained  until  the  end  of  his  junior  year, 
when  he  was  compelled  to  discontinue  his 
studies  by  failing  health. 

After  a  period  spent  in  regaining  his 
health,  Mr.  Aldrich  entered  the  office  of 
Hon.  Wingate  Hayes,  of  Providence,  hav- 


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ing  formed  a  decision  to  enter  the  legal 
profession.  He  next  entered  the  Albany 
Law  School,  where  he  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1863  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  the  same  year,  and  commenced 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  in  the 
town  of  Neenah,  Wisconsin.  He  met  with 
a  high  degree  of  success,  and  a  few  months 
later  formed  a  partnership  with  Moses 
Hooper,  at  Oshkosh,  in  the  same  State. 
He  rose  rapidly  in  the  legal  circles  of  the 
State,  and  came  to  be  known  as  a  lawyer 
of  ability.  His  practice  was  very  large 
and  lucrative,  but  in  the  comparatively 
undeveloped  territory  which  Wisconsin 
then  was,  did  not  offer  sufficient  possi- 
bilities of  advancement  to  a  man  of  am- 
bition. Consequently,  in  1864,  Mr.  Al- 
drich  returned  to  the  East,  and  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  law  in  Woonsocket, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  met  with  ready 
success,  and  shortly  became  known  as  one 
of  the  ablest  lawyers  in  the  State.  In 
1868  he  became  associated  with  Leland 
D.  Jenckes,  under  the  firm  name  of  Al- 
drich  Sc  Jenckes,  and  the  partnership  con- 
tinued until  the  death  of  the  junior  part- 
ner in  1872,  from  which  time  forward  Mr. 
Aldrich  practiced  alone.  In  the  ensuing 
period  he  handled  cases  which  have  since 
occupied  places  of  the  utmost  importance 
in  Rhode  Island  legal  history.  He  was 
acceded  to  be  one  of  the  most  skilled  at- 
torneys practicing  before  the  bar  of  the 
State — of  swift  keen  judgment,  analytic 
and  clear  mind,  broad  education,  and  a 
forceful  and  convincing  public  speaker. 
Edwin  Aldrich  took  a  prominent  part 
in  the  public  life  of  the  city  of  Woon- 
socket, and  for  a  number  of  years  filled 
various  public  offices.  He  was  town  solic- 
itor before  the  incorporation  of  Woon- 
socket as  a  city,  and  in  1867-68-69  repre- 
sented the  city  in  the  Rhode  Island  As- 
sembly, being  elected  to  office  on  the  Re- 


publican ticket.  His  work  in  the  Legisla- 
ture was  distinguished  by  the  same  qual- 
ities which  marked  his  work  as  a  lawyer, 
and  brought  eminent  satisfaction  to  the 
city,  in  whose  behalf  he  was  influential  in 
having  many  beneficial  measures  passed 
through  the  body  of  which  he  was  a  mem- 
ber. In  latter  years,  however,  the  weight 
of  his  other  affairs  prevented  his  accept- 
ing further  nomination  for  public  office. 
Air.  Aldrich  was  a  well  known  and  influ- 
ential figure  in  the  financial  world  of 
Woonsocket,  and  also  in  its  business  in- 
terests. He  was  a  director  in  the  Woon- 
socket Gas  Company  for  many  years,  and 
became  its  president  on  the  death  of 
George  A.  Buffum,  of  Providence,  con- 
tinuing in  that  office  until  his  demise. 
He  was  also  trustee  of  the  Woonsocket 
Institution.  He  was  the  owner  of  con- 
siderable real  estate  in  the  city  and  vicin- 
ity. 

Mr.  Aldrich  was  active  and  prominent  in 
club  life  in  Woonsocket,  and  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  for  two 
years  filling  the  honored  post  of  com- 
mander of  the  Woonsocket  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar.  His  death  came  as  a 
grief  to  all  Woonsocket.  , 

He  married,  June  17,  1869,  Augusta 
Gaylord,  born  at  Naugatuck,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Luther  and  Laura  (Judd) 
Gaylord,  and  granddaughter  of  Allen 
Gaylord,  founder  of  the  family  in  Amer- 
ica. The  Gaylord  family  is  of  French 
origin,  and  the  name  is  found  in  French 
history  of  a  very  early  date.  The  family 
in  its  principal  branches  is  found  in  the 
French  provinces  of  Flanders,  Gascony, 
Guienne  and  Poitou,  and  is  entitled  to 
bear  arms.  The  name  in  its  original  form 
was  Gaillard,  and  the  English  branch  of 
the  Norman-French  Gaillards  was  found- 
ed in  England  at  the  time  of  the  Norman 
Conquest  by  a  knight  in  the  train  of  the 
Conqueror. 


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Mrs.  Aldrich  survives  her  husband,  and 
resides  at  the  family  home  at  No.  344 
Benefit  street,  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
They  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children :  1.  Florence  A.,  who  resides  with 
her  mother  in  Providence.  2.  Edwin,  who 
died  in  infancy.  3.  Alice,  who  married 
Lester  B.  Murdock.  4.  Paul  Edwin,  mar- 
ried Emma  Dexter  Thayer.  5.  Lotta, 
married  John  P.  Sawyer,  of  Waterbury, 
Connecticut.  6.  Katherine,  who  married 
Henry  J.  Hart,  of  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, in   1910;    died  in  April,   1915. 

Edwin  Aldrich  died  suddenly  of  heart 
failure  in  the  Banigan  Building  in  Provi- 
dence, March  1,  1905.  The  following  reso- 
lutions, passed  by  the  members  of  the 
Woonsocket  bar,  will  give  as  far  as  is 
possible  a  conception  of  the  honor  and  re- 
spect which  was  accorded  to  him  in  the 
cities  of  Woonsocket  and  Providence : 

Whereas,  The  Almighty  Judge  of  the  uni- 
verse has  seen  fit  to  bring  sorrow  upon  us  by 
removing  from  this  earthly  tribunal  to  the  Su- 
preme Court  above  our  late  respected  and  hon- 
ored brother,  Edwin  Aldrich;  and, 

Whereas,  His  long  and  active  career  as  coun- 
selor and  advocate  in  this  city  is  well  known  to 
us,  and  his  successful  and  unremitting  devotion 
to  his  professional  duties  and  the  interests  of 
Woonsocket  as  town  solicitor  and  member  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State,  has 
signally  distinguished  him  much  beyond  the 
limits  of  the  immediate  arena  of  his  lifelong 
mission  performed  in  this,  the  city  of  his  birth 
and  affection;   and, 

Whereas,  His  brilliancy  of  mind,  keenness  of 
legal  sense  and  genial  comradeship  have  en- 
deared him  most  to  those  nearest  to  him,  who 
have  seen  and  bear  witness  to  the  success  that 
has  attended  in  a  material  way  the  judicious 
employment  of  that  peculiar  endowment  of 
thrift  and  industry  increasing  to  the  end  of  his 
nearly  "three-score  years  and  ten ;"    and, 

Whereas,  His  fatherly  love  and  pure  devotion 
to  his  family  and  all  the  bonds  of  home  make 
it  difficult  for  us  to  comfort  those  who  are  in  a 
sorrow  whose  boundaries  the  nature  of  the 
mourner  and  the  nearness  of  the  lost  one  alone 
determine; 


Be  It  Resolved,  That  we,  the  members  of  the 
Bar,  practicing  in  the  City  of  Woonsocket,  in 
special  session  assembled,  do  hereby  extend  our 
heartfelt  sympathy,  to  the  wife  and  family  of 
our  late  brother  in  their  great  affliction  and 
offer  this  tribute  to  his  masterly  ability  as  a 
lawyer;  to  his  services  as  a  citizen  and  his  value 
as  a  friend  and  counsellor  of  many  years; 

And  Furthermore,  Be  It  Resolved,  That  a  copy 
of  these  resolutions  be  communicated  to  the  fam- 
ily of  our  late  brother  and  printed  in  the  jour- 
nals of  this  city;  and  that  the  committee  on 
resolutions  be  instructed  to  appear  before  the 
next  session  of  the  district  court  of  the  Twelfth 
Judicial  District,  to  be  held  on  Saturday,  March 
4,  1905,  and  in  open  court  move  that  these  reso- 
lutions be  inscribed  on  its  records. 

John  J.  Heffernan, 
Erwin  J.   France, 
George  W.  Greene, 
Committee  on  Resolutions. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted 
by  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Woon- 
socket Institution  for  Savings : 

Edwin  Aldrich,  Esq.,  a  member  of  this  Board 
of  Trustees,  died  in  Providence,  March  first, 
1905,  aged  sixty-eight  years,  and  it  is  hereby 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Aldrich, 
this  Board  has  lost  a  cherished  friend  and  asso- 
ciate, he  having  been  a  member  of  the  Board 
for  thirty-seven  years,  and  its  legal  adviser.  He 
had  always  a  great  interest  in  the  growth  and 
welfare  of  this  Institution,  and  will  be  greatly 
missed  as  a  pleasant  associate  and  a  faithful  and 
efficient  member  of  this  Board.     It  is  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  while  deprived  of  his  presence 
and  wise  counsels  we  shall  ever  hold  his  name 
in  greatful  remembrance  as  an  upright  and 
faithful  official; 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be 
sent  the  family  of  deceased  and  that  they  be 
spread  upon  the  record  of  this  Board. 


COMSTOCK,  Andrew, 

Man  of  Affairs,  Legislator. 

Arms — Or,  a  sword  point  downwards,  issuing 
from  a  crescent,  in  base  gules,  between  two 
bears  rampant  sable. 

Crest — An  elephant  rampant  proper,  issuing 
out  of  a  baron's  coronet. 

Motto — Nid  cyfoeth  ond  boddlondeh.  (Not 
wealth,   but   contentment). 


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There  is  a  difference  of  opinion  among 
authorities  as  to  the  origin  of  the  name 
Comstock.  It  is  held  by  some  to  be  of 
German  origin,  and  by  others  to  have 
been  derived  from  an  English  source,  and 
to  this  latter  theory  the  majority  incline. 
The  source  of  the  English  surname  was 
the  place-name  Culstock,  or  Colmstocke, 
an  ancient  town  of  England,  which  is 
found  mentioned  in  the  "Domesday  Book" 
in  the  reign  of  William  the  Conqueror. 
The  name  is  found  later  in  the  records  of 
the  town  of  Exeter,  in  the  vicinity  of  Cul- 
stock, in  the  year  1241,  when  Petro  de 
Columstock  is  entered  as  a  witness.  The 
office  of  prior  at  Taunton,  England,  was 
occupied  in  1325  by  Richard  de  Colstoke ; 
and  in  1331  by  Ralph  de  Colmstoke,  who 
resigned  in  1338.  For  several  centuries 
the  name  was  found  prominently  through- 
out all  England,  and  the  family  was  large 
in  numbers,  of  high  rank  and  reputation, 
and  held  much  landed  property.  Its  num- 
bers were  much  depleted  by  colonial  emi- 
gration. The  family  in  America  came  to 
occupy  a  similar  position  to  that  of  the 
English  family. 

The  theory  of  the  German  origin  of  the 
name  is  based  on  the  following  state- 
ments ;  there  has  been  no  proof  found, 
however,  and  research  has  failed  to  dis- 
cover the  records  mentioned  and  said  to 
exist  in  the  Muniment  Office  at  Frank- 
fort-on-Main,  in  Germany :  The  name  in 
Germany  is  spelled  with  a  "K,"  and  there 
is  said  to  exist  in  the  Muniment  Office  a 
pedigree  of  the  family  of  Komstock  ex- 
tending for  nine  generations  previous  to 
the  year  1547,  when  Charles  Von  Kom- 
stohk,  a  baron  of  the  Roman  Empire,  was 
implicated  in  the  Von  Benedict  treason 
and  escaped  into  England  with  several 
nobles  of  Austria  and  Silesia,  founding 
there  a  branch  of  the  family. 

In  the  opening  years  of  the  colonial 
period  there  came  to  the  New  World  one 


William  Comstock,  an  Englishman,  the 
first  of  the  name  to  arrive  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  the  progenitor  of  the  large  Com- 
stock race  in  this  country.  Since  the  time 
of  its  establishment  the  family  has  occu- 
pied in  its  various  branches  a  position  of 
prominence  and  influence  in  the  affairs  of 
New  England,  and  has  made  the  name 
known  in  all  fields  of  endeavor  in  that 
section  of  the  country. 

(I)  William  Comstock,  immigrant  an- 
cestor and  founder  of  the  family,  was  a 
native  of  England.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, and  came  to  America  with  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Elizabeth.  The  date  of  his 
arrival  in  this  country  is  not  known,  but 
he  is  known  to  have  been  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  early.  According  to  the  his- 
torian, Stiles,  in  his  "History  of  Wethers- 
field," William  Comstock  was  doubtless 
one  of  the  fifty-six  men  who  under  the 
leadership  of  Captain  John  Mason  cap- 
tured Pequot  Fort,  at  Mystic,  Connecti- 
cut, May  26,  1637,  and  killed  about  five 
hundred  Indians.  During  the  time  of  his 
residence  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  he 
was  the  owner  of  land  on  the  Connecti- 
cut river ;  this  fact  is  recorded  under  the 
date  April  28,  1641.  The  land  was  not  re- 
ceived by  grant,  but  was  purchased  by 
him  from  Richard  Milles.  Richard  Milles 
was  the  plaintiff  in  an  action  against  Wil- 
liam Comstock  and  John  Sadler,  charging 
slander,  argued  before  the  court  of  elec- 
tion at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  August  1, 
1644;  the  damages  awarded  were  £200. 
William  Comstock  later  removed  to  the 
town  of  Pequot,  which  is  now  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut.  There,  with  several 
others,  he  agreed  to  accept  the  judgeship 
of  the  court  of  magistrates  of  the  town 
in  the  matter  of  gifts  and  grants  of  rights 
of  land  there.  He  received  a  grant  of  land 
from  the  town  on  June  21,  1647,  and  on 
December  2,  165 1,  received  a  grant  at 
Nahantic  (Niantic).    At  a  town  meeting. 


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November  10,  1650,  he  voted  to  cooperate 
with  John  Winthrop  in  erecting  a  corn 
mill,  and  in  July  of  the  following  year  he, 
with  other  townsmen,  worked  on  a  mill 
dam  which  is  still  in  use.  On  February 
25,  1662,  "Old  goodman  Comstock"  was 
chosen  sexton,  to  order  the  youth  in  the 
meeting.  The  children  of  William  Com- 
stock were:  1.  John,  an  influential  and 
prominent  member  of  the  community  at 
Saybrook,  Connecticut.  2.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Daniel,  died  at  New 
London,  in  1683.  4.  Christopher,  died 
December  28,  1702.  5.  Elizabeth,  died  in 
July,   1659. 

(II)  Samuel  Comstock,  son  of  William 
Comstock,  was  probably  born  in  England, 
and  accompanied  his  father  on  the  voyage 
to  America.  The  first  record  of  him  in 
New  England  is  found  in  the  Colonial 
records  of  Connecticut,  on  March  1,  1648, 
on  which  date  he  gave  recognizance  at 
Hartford  for  ten  days  of  good  behaviour 
and  for  satisfying  what  damage  Mr.  Rob- 
bins  should  sustain  for  the  want  of  his 
servant.  This  would  seem  to  indicate 
that  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  said  Mr. 
Robbins.  Samuel  Comstock  left  Connec- 
ticut and  settled  in  Rhode  Island  in  the 
year  1653,  and  was  the  first  of  the  name 
to  reside  in  the  Colony.  In  the  same  year, 
when  relations  with  the  Dutch  were 
strained  and  war  was  looming  on  the 
horizon,  he  went  on  the  "Swallow"  to 
Block  Island,  where  the  ship's  company 
seized  the  goods  and  people  under  the 
Dutch  Captain  Kempo  Sybando,  bringing 
the  entire  outfit  back  to  New  London,  in 
all  probability  to  Governor  John  Win- 
throp. He  purchased  his  house  and  lot  in 
Providence  on  March  1,  1654,  of  John 
Smith. 

Samuel  Comstock  married  Anne , 

who  married  (second)  John  Smith,  a  stone 
mason  of  Providence.  His  death  occurred 
some  time  previous  to  March  9,  1660,  on 


which  date  the  town  council  of  Provi- 
dence took  action  regarding  the  estates  of 
Samuel  Comstock  and  John  Smith,  de- 
ceased. On  May  4,  1661,  Anne  Smith,  of 
Providence,  widow  of  John  Smith,  and 
formerly  widow  of  Samuel  Comstock, 
sold  the  house  and  home  plot  of  Samuel 
Comstock,  to  Roger  Mowry.  This  land 
was  a  tract  of  four  acres  situated  in  the 
northern  part  of  Providence.  Anne  Smith 
died  after  February  10,  1667.  Children: 
1.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  2.  Daniel, 
born  May  12,   1656. 

(Ill)  Captain  Samuel  (2)  Comstock, 
son  of  Samuel  (1)  and  Anne  Comstock, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in 
1654.  He  later  rose  to  prominence  in 
public  affairs,  and  held  many  of  the  im- 
portant offices  in  the  gift  of  the  Colony. 
He  was  taxed  eight  pence  on  July  1,  1679. 
He  served  as  deputy  to  the  General  As- 
sembly of  Rhode  Island  in  the  years  1669- 
1 702-07-08-1 1,  and  on  May  6,  1702,  was 
appointed  a  member  of  a  committee  by 
the  Assembly  to  audit  the  general  treas- 
urer's account  and  the  colony  debts.  In 
April,  1708,  he  served  on  a  committee  to 
fix  the  rates  of  grain  and  other  articles 
brought  to  the  treasury.  He  was  active 
in  the  military  affairs  of  the  colony,  and 
held  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  militia  at 
the  time  of  his  decease.  In  August,  1710, 
he  ordered  Henry  Mowry  to  impress  men 
to  go  to  Port  Royal.  Captain  Samuel 
Comstock  was  the  plaintiff  in  a  long  ac- 
tion against  the  town  of  Mendon,  Massa- 
chusetts, regarding  the  ownership  of  a 
nine  hundred  acre  tract  located  on  the 
present  boundary  of  the  States  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  Rhode  Island.  He  received 
permission  from  the  selectmen  of  Mendon 
to  cut  timber  for  a  saw  mill  and  dam  at 
the  falls  on  the  Great  river,  on  November 
21,  1698.  Among  others  he  received  a 
grant  of  land  on  Woonsocket  Hill,  Rhode 
Island,  on  April  14,  1707,  and  he  and  Rich- 


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ard  Arnold  were  the  first  settlers  of  the 
place.  On  May  6,  1707,  Ensign  Samuel 
Comstock  was  appointed  to  the  office  of 
deputy  to  the  General  Court  from  Provi- 
dence. He  was  a  resident  of  that  part  of 
Providence  known  as  Smithfield.  Accord- 
ing to  a  deposition  taken  on  March  22, 
1717,  he  was  then  sixty-three  years  of 
age.  He  died  on  May  27,  1727,  and  his 
will,  dated  April  10,  1745,  was  proved  De- 
cember 8,  1747. 

He  married,  November  22,  1678,  Eliza- 
beth Arnold,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Phebe  (Parkhurst)  Arnold.  She  was  born 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  in  1645, 
and  died  October  20,  1747.  Children:  1. 
Samuel,  born  April  16,  1679;  died  April 
1,  1727;  married  Anna  Inman.  2.  Haza- 
diah,  born  April  16,  1682;  died  February 
21,  1764;  married  (first)  Catherine  Pray; 
(second)  August  10,  1730,  Martha  Bal- 
com.  3.  Thomas,  born  November  7,  1684; 
died  in  1761 ;  married,  July  9,  1713,  Mercy 
Jenckes.  4.  Daniel,  born  July  9,  1686; 
died  December  22,  1768;   married  (first) 

;    (second)  August  2,  1750, 

Elizabeth  Buffum.  5.  Elizabeth,  born 
December  18,  1690;  married,  December 
1,  1717,  John  Sayles.  6.  John,  mentioned 
below.  7.  Ichabod,  born  June  9,  1696; 
died  January  26,  1775 ;  married  (first) 
September  13,  1722,  Zibiah  Wilkinson; 
(second)  March  26, 1747,  Elizabeth  Boyce. 
8.  Job,  born  April  4,  1699;  married  (first) 
Phebe  Jenckes ;  (second)  November  22, 
1735,  Phebe  Balcom. 

(IV)  John  Comstock,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  and  Elizabeth  (Arnold)  Comstock, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
March  26,  1693.  He  followed  the  occu- 
pation of  blacksmith  in  his  native  town 
all  his  life.  He  inherited  a  large  portion 
of  the  landed  property  of  his  father,  and, 
adding  to  this  through  purchase,  he  in- 
creased his  holdings  greatly,  becoming  one 
of  the  largest  real  estate  owners  in  Provi- 


dence and  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  of 
his  time  in  the  colony.  He  disposed  of 
the  greater  part  of  his  property  in  gifts 
to  his  sons  before  his  death.  His  son 
Samuel  received  thirty  acres,  dwelling 
house  and  barn ;  Joseph,  seventeen  acres 
and  dwelling  house ;  John,  a  quarter  of 
forge  adjoining  to  corn  mill,  etc. ;  Jere- 
miah, one  hundred  and  fifty  acres ;  to 
sons  John,  Jonathan,  James,  Nathan  and 
Ichabod,  "my  homestead  farm  and  dwell- 
ing house  in  which  I  now  dwell,  about 
one  hundred  and  seventy  acres,  and  also 
land  in  the  neck  I  bought  of  Sam,  an  In- 
dian, and  other  lots."  He  died  in  Provi- 
dence, January  12,  1750,  and  was  buried 
in  the  North  Burial  Ground.  Administra- 
tion on  his  estate  was  granted  to  his  sons 
Samuel  and  John,  February  12,  1750.  The 
inventory  of  the  estate  amounted  to  £1,968 

2S. 

John  Comstock  married  (first)  Esther 
Jenckes,  daughter  of  William  and  Pa- 
tience (Sprague)  Jenckes ;  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah  Dexter,  born  June  27,  1698, 
died  in  1773,  daughter  of  John  and  Alice 
(Smith)  Dexter.  Children:  1.  Samuel, 
born  in  1715  ;  died  January  16,  1755  ;  mar- 
ried, January  1,  1738,  Anne  Brown.  2. 
Joseph,  married,  June  7,  1747,  Anne  Com- 
stock. 3.  Jeremiah,  married,  October  25, 
1749,  Phebe  Arnold.  4.  John,  died  in 
181 3.  5.  Jonathan,  married,  April  9,  1750, 
Sarah  Comstock.  6.  James,  mentioned 
below.  7.  Ichabod,  born  in  1734;  died 
December  19,  1800;  married,  April  II, 
1760,  Sarah  Jenckes.  8.  Nathan,  born  De- 
cember 5,  1735;  died  in  1816;  married, 
March  29,  1764,  Mary  Staples. 

(V)  James  Comstock,  son  of  John 
Comstock,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  December  12,  1733.  In  1756  he 
sold  land  in  Providence,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing year  became  a  freeman.  In  1774  he 
was  a  resident  of  North  Providence, 
Rhode   Island.     He   owned   considerable 


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real  estate,  and  was  a  well  known  man  in 
local  affairs. 

He  married,  about  1752-53,  Esther  Corn- 
stock,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Jenckes)  Comstock,  and  granddaughter 
of  Samuel  (2)  Comstock,  above  men- 
tioned. She  died  in  Providence,  March 
12,  1808.  The  children  of  James  and 
Esther  (Comstock)  Comstock  were:  1. 
Richard,  born  April  19,  1754.  2.  Amy, 
born  September  21,  1755.  3.  Mercy,  born 
July  20,  1757.  4.  Woodbury,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Woodbury  Comstock,  son  of 
James  and  Esther  (Comstock)  Comstock, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
December  9,  1759.  He  removed  to  North 
Providence,  and  there  established  himself. 
He  died  in  North  Providence,  November 
7,  1793.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends. 

Woodbury  Comstock  married,  May  1, 
1786,  Hannah  Read,  born  October  30, 
17 — ,  daughter  of  John  Read.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Samuel  Smith,  of  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  February  26, 
1838.  Their  children  were:  1.  Lydia, 
born  November  23,  1786.  2.  Amey,  born 
August  19,  1788.  3.  Mercy,  born  April 
14,  1791.     4.  James,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  James  (2)  Comstock,  son  of 
Woodbury  and  Hannah  (Read)  Comstock, 
was  born  in  North  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  February  27,  1793.  He  removed 
with  his  mother,  after  her  second  mar- 
riage, to  that  part  of  Mendon,  Massachu- 
setts, which  is  now  called  Blackstone. 
Here  he  farmed  on  a  large  scale,  and  also 
conducted  a  retail  butcher  trade.  He  died 
in  Blackstone,  April  26,  1861.  James  Com- 
stock was  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends. 

He  married,  March  9,  1814,  Catherine 
Farnum,  of  Cheshire,  Massachusetts, 
born  November  1,  1793,  died  July  20, 
1867,  daughter  of  Jonathan   Farnum,  of 


Cheshire,  and  a  descendant  of  Ralph  Far- 
num, the  progenitor  of  the  Farnum  lines 
of  Worcester  and  the  vicinity.  Their 
children  were:  1.  Woodbury  L.,  born 
January  26,  1815.  2.  Lydia,  born  Decem- 
ber 15,  1816;  married  Laban  Bates.  3. 
Jonathan  Farnum,  November  24,  1818; 
married  Mary  Hall.  4.  Anna  Smith,  born 
December  9,  1820 ;  married  Albert  Gaskill. 
5.  Andrew,  mentioned  below.  6-7.  James 
Kelley  and  Catherine  Farnum,  twins, 
born  June  29,  1827;  the  former  married 
Charlotte  Kelley  Benson  and  the  latter 
Richard  Beede. 

(VIII)  Andrew  Comstock,  son  of 
James  (2)  and  Catherine  (Farnum) 
Comstock,  was  born  March  6,  1823,  in 
Blackstone,  Massachusetts,  and  died  No- 
vember 30,  1898.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  Friends'  School  in  Provi- 
dence, and  upon  leaving  this  institution 
entered  the  business  world. 

Shortly  afterward  he  entered  into  part- 
nership with  his  brother,  Jonathan  Far- 
num Comstock,  in  the  wholesale  beef  and 
pork  business,  under  the  firm  name  of  J. 
F.  &  A.  Comstock.  The  business,  which 
was  begun  on  a  small  scale,  rapidly  de- 
veloped to  the  point  where  increased 
quarters  were  necessary,  and  in  1857 
the  establishment  was  removed  to  Provi- 
dence. Here  the  firm  met  with  success  and 
grew  to  be  one  of  the  foremost  of  the  kind 
in  the  surrounding  country,  ranking  high 
among  concerns  of  like  nature,  and  enjoy- 
ing a  reputation  for  purity  of  product  and 
fairness  of  dealing,  which  was  excelled  by 
none  other.  Mr.  Comstock  also  was  prom- 
inent in  the  organization  and  management 
of  the  firm  of  Comstock  &  Company  for 
a  period,  but  withdrew  from  this  to  give 
his  attention  to  his  other  large  interests. 
He  was  known  throughout  the  East  and 
Middle  West  in  connection  with  the 
wholesale  beef  and  pork  provision  busi- 
ness, and  was  president  of  the  G.  H. 
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Hammond  Company,  one  of  the  largest 
beef  houses  of  Hammond,  Indiana,  oper- 
ating plants  in  Chicago  and  Omaha.  He 
was  also  a  well  known  figure  in  the  finan- 
cial circles  of  Providence,  and  for  several 
years  filled  the  office  of  president  of  the 
Commercial  National  Bank  of  Providence, 
administering  the  duties  of  his  incum- 
bency greatly  to  the  advantage  of  the  in- 
stitution. He  was  also  a  trustee  of  the 
People's  Savings  Bank  and  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity. 

Mr.  Comstock  was  a  member  of  the 
Cranston  Street  Baptist  Church  of  Provi- 
dence, and  was  deeply  interested  in  the 
work  of  the  parish.  He  contributed  often 
and  generously  to  the  support  of  move- 
ments conducted  under  the  auspices  of 
the  church,  and  was  prominent  in  almost 
every  phase  of  its  labors.  He  was  one  of 
its  deacons  for  twenty-eight  years.  Al- 
though closely  in  touch  with  every  de- 
partment of  the  city  life,  he  never  took 
an  active  part  in  politics.  He  was,  never- 
theless, an  excellent  citizen,  and  a  man 
who  appreciated  the  duties  and  benefits  of 
his  citizenship  to  the  fullest  extent.  He 
at  one  time  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Legislature,  representing 
Providence. 

Andrew  Comstock  married,  on  May  24, 
1856,    Juliette    Paine,    daughter   of   John 


born  February  26,  1864;  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Clara  Elizabeth,  born  November 
6,  1866,  now  residing  at  the  old  family 
home,  No.  550  Broad  street,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  Miss  Comstock  was  gradu- 
ated from  Brown  University  in  the  class 
of  1895  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.,  two 
years  later  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  M. 
She  has  traveled  extensively  in  this  coun- 
try and  Europe.  Miss  Comstock  is  a 
member  of  the  Association  of  Collegiate 
Alumnae,  the  Rhode  Island  Society  for 
the  Collegiate  Education  of  Women,  the 
Rhode  Island  Women's  Club,  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Consumers'  League  of 
Rhode  Island.  She  is  also  a  director  of 
the  Federal  Hill  House  Association. 

(IX)  Frank  Paine  Comstock,  son  of 
Andrew  and  Juliette  (Paine)  Comstock, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
February  26,  1864.  He  received  his  early 
education  at  the  Mowry  &  Goff  English 
and  Classical  School  in  Providence,  and 
was  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
the  class  of  1881. 

Upon  completing  his  education  he  im- 
mediately entered  the  business  of  J.  F. 
Comstock  &  Sons,  with  which  he  has 
since  been  connected.  Mr.  Comstock  is 
now  one  of  the  ablest  men  in  the  large 
concern.  He  was  also  a  director  for  sev- 
eral years  of  the  G.  H.  Hammond  Com- 


Jay  and  Olive  (Hall)  Paine,  of  Smithfield,     pany  and  the  Hammond  Packing  Corn- 


Rhode  Island,  and  a  descendant  in  the 
eighth  generation  of  Stephen  Paine,  the 
progenitor  in  America  of  one  of  the  nu- 
merous and  distinguished  Paine  families 
of  New  England.  Mrs.  Comstock  was 
born  December  25,  1825,  and  died  Febru- 
ary 3,  191 1.  She  was  a  Christian  gentle- 
woman of  the  highest  type,  and  was  deep- 
ly loved  and  reverenced  by  all  with  whom 
she  came  in  contact.  The  children  of  An- 
drew and  Juliette  (Paine)  Comstock  were  : 
1.  Frederick  Dana,  born  May  27,  1858; 
died  October   11,   18^8.     2.   Frank  Paine, 


pany.  He  was  president  of  the  Provi- 
dence Ice  Company  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  is  well  known  in  business  life  and  in 
club  and  fraternal  circles  in  Providence, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Hope  Club,  the 
Squantum  Association,  the  Commercial 
Club,  the  Providence  Board  of  Trade  and 
the  Churchman's  Club.  He  is  a  member 
of  Grace  Episcopal  Church,  where  he  is 
one  of  the  vestry. 

Frank  Paine  Comstock  married,  on  May 
11,  1887,  Laura  W.  Burroughs,  daughter 
of  Samuel  N.  and  Katherine   (Sherman) 


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Burroughs,  of  Providence.  They  are  the 
parents  of  three  children  :  i.  Andrew  Bur- 
roughs, born  August  4,  1888;  married, 
June  18,  1914,  Marion  Hamilton.  2.  Hope 
Marguerite,  born  October  16,  1891.  3. 
Katherine,  born  March  4,  1900. 


DIMAN  FAMILY, 

Notable  in  Public  Life  and  the  Professions. 

The  Diman  family  of  Rhode  Island  has 
played  a  distinguished  part  in  the  affairs 
of  that  region  since  early  in  the  eighteenth 
century,  and  has  been  resident  in  New 
England  since  early  Colonial  times.  It  is 
of  French-Huguenot  origin,  and  like  so 
many  of  the  Huguenot  families  which  set- 
tled amidst  the  English  speaking  commu- 
nities of  the  New  World,  we  find  its  name 
under  a  great  variety  of  spellings,  such  as 
Diamond,  Diament  and  Diamont,  the 
latter  being  the  form  used  most  fre- 
quently by  the  progenitor  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Dimans. 

Diman  Arms — Argent  five  fusils  in  fesse  con- 
joined gules  each  charged  with  a  fleur-de-lis  or. 

Crest — A  demi-lion  or,  holding  in  dexter  paw 
a  fusil  gules  charged  with  a  fleur-de-lis  of  the 
first. 

(I)  Thomas  Diamont  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Farmington,  Connecticut, 
but  removed  from  there  and  went  to  live 
at  Easthampton,  Long  Island,  in  the  year 
1660,  and  there  died  in  1682.  There  are 
many  records  concerning  him  preserved 
at  Easthampton,  from  which  we  find  that 
he  was  a  man  of  considerable  prominence 
in  the  community.  We  find  that  on  March 
1,  1663,  he  purchased  for  the  sum  of  fifty 
pounds  housing  and  fencing  land  and  ac- 
commodations of  one  Richard  Smith,  and 
on  September  28,  1667,  purchased  meadow 
land  of  Stephen  Shamger  and  Benjamine 
Haset.  The  following  year  he  contributed 
land  to  the  community  to  be  used  as  a 


highway,  and  on  March  15,  1679,  sold  a 
lot  of  forty  square  poles.  We  find  also 
that  on  July  28,  1682,  he  made  a  deed  of 
gift  to  his  son  James,  in  which  he  men- 
tions several  previous  deeds  and  which  in- 
cluded a  house  and  barn,  thirty-five  acres 
of  meadow  land,  and  two-thirds  of  his 
commonage  and  other  properties. 

He  married,  in  1645,  Mary  Sheaffe,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  six  children, 
three  sons  and  three  daughters,  as  fol- 
lows: 1.  James,  who  has  already  been 
referred  to,  and  who  is  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Thomas.  3.  John.  4.  Hannah. 
5.  Elizabeth.  6.  Sarah,  married  a  man 
by  the  name  of  Headley,  and  made  her 
home  in  New  Jersey. 

(II)  James  Diman,  eldest  son  of  Thom- 
as and  Mary  (Sheaffe)  Diman  (Diamont), 
was  born  in  the  year  1646,  at  Easthamp- 
ton, Long  Island,  and  continued  to  make 
his  home  there  during  his  entire  life,  his 
death  occurring  December  13,  1721.  Like 
his  father,  he  conducted  many  business 
transactions,  and  seems  to  have  been  ac- 
tive in  the  community. 

He  married,  in  1677,  Hannah  James,  a 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  James,  of 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren:  1.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Nathaniel,  who  married  Lois  Hedges  in 
1721.  3.  John,  born  1690,  died  1764.  4. 
Mary. 

(III)  Thomas  (2)  Diman,  eldest  son  of 
James  and  Hannah  (James)  Diman,  was 
born  at  Easthampton,  Long  Island,  about 
the  year  1679,  and  continued  to  reside  in 
that  town  until  the  year  1712.  He  was 
the  founder  of  the  Diman  family  in  Rhode 
Island,  moving  to  the  town  of  Bristol 
there  in  the  aforesaid  year. 

He  married,  in  1706,  Hannah  Finney, 
whose  death  occurred  in  1744,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: 1.  John.    2.  Rebecca.    3.  Jonathan, 


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deacon  of  the  First  Church  of  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts.  4.  Rev.  James,  born  No- 
vember 29,  1707,  pastor  of  the  Second 
Church  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where 
his  death  occurred  October  8,  1788.  5. 
Jeremiah,  who  is  mentioned  at  length  be- 
low. 6.  Phebe,  born  1717,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 14,  1789.  7.  Lucretia,  born  1719, 
became  wife  of  Richard  Smith,  and  died 
January  31,  1790.  8.  Daniel,  died  Decem- 
ber 16,  1797. 

(IV)  Jeremiah  Diman,  third  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Hannah  (Finney) 
Diman,  was  born  at  Easthampton,  Long 
Island,  about  1710,  and  was  brought  by 
his  parents  to  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  when 
an  infant.  We  have  a  record  of  him,  to- 
gether with  his  wife,  being  admitted  to 
the  Congregational  church  at  Bristol  in 
1741,  and  he  continued  to  reside  in  that 
community  until  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  November  10,  1798. 

He  married,  May  13,  1733,  Sarah  Gid- 
dings,  who  was  born  about  1709-10,  and 
died  October  13,  1790,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below.  2.  James,  born 
October  9,  1735.  3.  Sarah,  born  Febru- 
ary 5,  1738,  and  became  the  wife  of  John 
Lawless.  4.  Jeremiah,  born  July  13,  1740, 
and  died  at  Albany,  New  York,  in  1760, 
while  in  active  service  as  a  soldier  in  the 
French  War.  5.  Jonathan,  born  October 
19,  1742.  6.  Hannah,  twin  of  Jonathan ; 
married,  October  29,  1761,  George  Oxx. 
7.  William,  born  December  10,  1744.  8. 
Joseph,  born  about  1746.  9.  Thomas,  born 
about  1748.  10.  Benjamin,  who  served  in 
the  Revolutionary  War,  and  rose  to  the 
rank  of  major,  and  whose  death  occurred 
December  31,  1777. 

(V)  Nathaniel  Diman,  eldest  child  of 
Jeremiah  and  Sarah  (Giddings)  Diman, 
was  born  January  29,  1734,  at  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  and  lived  there  until  the 
day  of  his  death  on  May  24,  1812.     He 


married,  October  18,  1756,  Anna  Gallup, 
a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Gallup, 
and  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza- 
beth Gallup,  who  were  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Bristol.  A  number  of  children 
were  born  to  them,  the  birth  of  two  of 
them  being  recorded  at  Bristol,  namely, 
William,  who  was  born  there  November 
1,  1759,  and  who  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution ;  and  Jeremiah,  mentioned  be- 
low. They  were  the  parents  of  other  chil- 
dren as  follows:  1.  Mary,  born  Septem- 
ber 18,  1764,  and  became  the  wife  of  Na- 
thaniel Ingraham.  2.  Nancy,  born  in  1775, 
and  was  the  second  wife  of  Nathaniel  In- 
graham. 3.  ,  born  in  1775,  and  be- 
came the  wife  of  John  Richardson.  4. 
John,  who  went  to  sea  from  Bristol,  and 
was  never  thereafter  heard  from. 

(VI)  Deacon  Jeremiah  (2)  Diman,  sec- 
ond son  of  Nathaniel  and  Anna  (Gallup) 
Diman,  was  born  January  4,  1767,  at  Bris- 
tol, Rhode  Island,  and  there  died  August 
10,  1847,  after  spending  his  entire  life  in 
the  community.  He  engaged  in  business 
there  as  a  cooper  and  gauger,  and  he  was 
also  interested  in  a  number  of  commercial 
enterprises  and  the  shipping  business.  He 
was  a  man  of  deeply  religious  instincts, 
and  was  a  deacon  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  there. 

He  was  married  on  November  6,  1794, 
to  Hannah  Luther,  a  daughter  of  Barna- 
by  Luther,  of  Swansea,  Massachusetts, 
where  she  was  born  about  1770.  Her 
death  occurred  June  7,  1840,  at  the  age 
of  seventy  years.  To  Jeremiah  and  Han- 
nah (Luther)  Diman  two  children  were 
born,  as  follows:  1.  Byron,  mentioned 
below.  2.  George  Howe,  born  August 
19,  1797,  and  met  his  death  in  an  accident, 
December  7,  1815. 

(VII)  Hon.  Byron  Diman,  eldest  son  of 
Deacon  Jeremiah  (2)  and  Hannah  (Lu- 
ther) Diman,  and  the  father  of  Professor 
Jeremiah  Lewis  Diman,  with  whose  career 


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this  brief  notice  is  especially  concerned, 
was  himself  one  of  the  most  prominent 
men  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  during 
his  life,  taking  a  vital  part  in  public  affairs 
and  holding  the  office  of  Governor.  He 
was  born  August  5,  1795,  in  his  father's 
home  at  Bristol,  and  received  an  excellent 
education  in  private  schools  there.  His 
studies  were  conducted  to  a  large  extent 
under  the  tuition  of  the  celebrated  educa- 
tor, the  late  Bishop  Griswold.  While  still 
a  mere  youth  he  entered  the  office  of  the 
Hon.  James  DeWolf,  where  he  gained  his 
first  acquaintance  with  business  methods 
generally,  and  in  whose  employ  he  re- 
mained until  his  death  in  1S37,  continuing 
with  the  concern  until  the  settlement  of 
the  estate.  He  was  a  man  of  very  marked 
business  ability,  and  at  an  early  age  began 
to  associate  himself  with  many  important 
industries  in  the  community,  notably 
those  connected  with  the  whale  fisheries 
and  the  West  India  trade.  He  engaged  in 
these  enterprises  himself,  and  conducted 
a  very  large  and  successful  commercial 
business.  It  was  at  a  time  when  the 
cotton  industry  was  enjoying  its  period 
of  most  rapid  growth,  and  the  young  man, 
perceiving  the  enormous  opportunities  in 
this  direction,  interested  himself  therein 
and  became  an  extensive  owner  in  two 
large  cotton  manufacturing  concerns  in 
Bristol,  and  served  on  their  board  of  di- 
rectors. He  was  also  connected  with  the 
Bristol  Steam  Mill,  and  was  first  its  treas- 
urer and  subsequently  its  president  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  was  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  Bristol,  and  a  director 
of  the  Pokanoket  Mill.  Indeed,  his  ac- 
tivities, without  question,  contributed  in 
no  small  degree  to  the  industrial  and 
financial  growth  of  the  community  in  that 
day. 

The  name  of  the  Hon.  Byron  Diman  is 
of  course  associated  with  public  affairs  to 
an  even  larger  degree  than  with  the  busi- 


ness world  of  Bristol,  his  career  in  the 
former  direction  having  been  particularly 
noteworthy  as  illustrative  of  his  truly 
great  qualities  as  a  man.  He  was  politi- 
cally affiliated  with  the  Whig  party,  and 
was  a  strong  advocate  of  Henry  Clay  and 
the  policies  which  that  great  statesman 
stood  for.  WThile  still  a  young  man  he 
was  elected  to  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  State,  and  served  in  that  body  for  a 
large  number  of  years,  during  which  time 
he  made  his  influence  felt  mostly  potently 
in  the  matter  of  legislation  of  a  reformed 
character.  In  1840  he  was  a  delegate  to 
the  Harrisburg  convention  which  nomi- 
nated General  William  H.  Harrison  for 
the  Presidency.  He  was  elected  in  1850 
to  the  State  Senate,  and  served  in  that 
body  in  that  and  the  two  following  years. 
He  had  been  a  member  of  the  Governor's 
Council  in  1842,  during  the  time  when 
the  Dorr  Rebellion  broke  out,  and  he  was 
one  of  those  who  took  an  active  part  in 
suppressing  it  and  restoring  peace  to  the 
community.  In  1843  he  became  Lieuten- 
ant-Governor of  the  State,  and  in  1846 
was  elected  Governor.  His  administra- 
tion of  this  exalted  office  was  so  success- 
ful and  proved  him  so  efficient  and  dis- 
interested a  public  officer,  that  there 
seemed  every  reason  to  believe  that  his 
career  in  politics  would  lead  him  to  even 
higher  posts.  Great  pressure  indeed  was 
brought  upon  him  by  his  colleagues  in 
the  Republican  party,  both  to  continue  as 
Governor,  and  also  to  accept  the  nomi- 
nation for  United  States  Senator.  To  all 
these  representations,  however,  he  turned 
a  deaf  ear,  and  after  the  expiration  of  his 
first  term  as  Governor  he  retired  to  pri- 
vate life,  although  he  always  remained  a 
potent  factor  in  the  politics  of  the  State. 
He  did  hold  one  official  post,  in  the  per- 
formance of  which  he  found  a  scope  for 
his  deeply  philanthropic  instincts,  name- 
ly, that  of  Commissioner  of  the  Indigent 


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Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb.  It  was  Governor 
Diman  who  issued  the  call  for  the  first 
meeting  held  in  Bristol  for  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Republican  party,  and  he  was 
one  of  those  most  active  in  the  support  of 
the  principles  and  policies  of  Abraham 
Lincoln. 

Governor  Diman  was  a  man  of  strong 
religious  feeling,  and  by  belief  a  Congre- 
gationalism He  did  much  to  advance  the 
cause  of  that  church  in  Rhode  Island,  and 
held  for  a  number  of  years  the  presidency 
of  the  Catholic  Congregational  Society. 
At  the  age  of  sixty  years  he  withdrew 
from  active  business  and  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  in  a  well-earned  retire- 
ment, devoting  much  of  his  attention  to 
social  life  and  reading,  of  which  he  was 
very  fond.  Much  of  his  time  was  spent 
in  his  library,  and  he  had  been  a  diligent 
student  all  his  life,  so  that  few  men  pos- 
sessed a  wider  range  of  knowledge  than 
he.  He  was  a  man  of  profound  culture, 
and  in  this  direction  alone  exerted  a  most 
potent  and  beneficial  influence  upon  the 
community.  He  was  a  deep  student  of 
English  literature  and  history  and  was  a 
notable  antiquarian. 

Governor  Diman  married  (first)  June 
i,  1823,  Abigail  Alden  Wight,  a  native 
of  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  born  October  21, 
1802,  and  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Wight, 
D.  D.,  who  for  more  than  forty  years  was 
pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in 
that  city,  and  of  his  wife,  Clarissa  (Leon- 
ard) Wight,  of  Raynham,  Massachusetts. 
To  Governor  and  Mrs.  Diman  the  follow- 
ing children  were  born :  1.  George  Byron, 
May  16,  1824,  died  February  4,  1903.  2. 
Clara  Anna,  born  August  8,  1826,  died  in 
infancy.  3.  Clara  Anna  (2),  born  April  1, 
1828,  married,  June  30,  1847,  A.  Sidney 
DeWolf,  and  died  June  9,  191 3.  4.  Jere- 
miah Lewis,  mentioned  below.  5.  Henry 
Wight,  born  April  2,  1835,  who  became 
paymaster  in  the  United  States  navy,  and 


served  on  the  gunboat  "Kineo"  during  a 
portion  of  the  Civil  War,  and  who  was 
for  some  twenty-four  years  United  States 
Consul  to  Oporto  and  Lisbon,  Portugal, 
and  died  in  the  latter  place  in  September, 
1884.  6.  Abby  Byron,  born  May  7,  1838, 
died  in  infancy. 

Governor  Diman  married  (second) 
May  2,  1855,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ann  (Wood) 
Liscome,  born  October  11,  1816,  at  War- 
ren, Rhode  Island,  a  daughter  of  of  Thom- 
as Baker  and  Sarah  (Hawkins)  Wood. 
One  child  was  born  of  this  union,  Eliza- 
beth Byron,  June  22,  1857,  who  married, 
January  8,  1890,  Henry  Hyde  Cabot,  a 
native  of  St.  Louis,  born  May  11,  1857, 
a  son  of  Joseph  Clarke  and  Catherine 
(Wales)  Cabot. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Jeremiah  Lewis  Diman, 
second  son  of  the  Hon.  Byron  and  Abi- 
gail Alden  (Wight)  Diman,  was  born 
May  1,  1831,  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  and 
died  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1 881.  From  his  earliest  youth  he 
displayed  the  remarkable  talents  and 
scholarship  which  distinguished  his  career 
in  later  life,  and  while  still  a  boy  de- 
veloped a  profound  fondness  for  the  study 
of  history.  His  early  education  was  re- 
ceived from  private  tutors  and  princi- 
pally from  the  Rev.  James  N.  Sikes,  pas- 
tor of  the  Baptist  church  at  Bristol,  who 
was  himself  a  notable  scholar.  Under 
the  preceptorship  of  this  excellent  man, 
the  youth  pursued  his  studies  to  good  pur- 
pose, and  entered  Brown  University  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years.  He  had  already, 
prior  to  this  time,  prepared  a  number  of 
historical  papers,  which  he  entitled  "An- 
nals of  Bristol,"  and  which,  published  in 
"The  Phenix,"  a  local  periodical,  bear  elo- 
quent testimony  to  his  scholarship  at  that 
early  age.  He  left  behind  a  remarkable 
record  at  Brown  University,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  185 1, 
and  during  his  after  life  considered  him- 


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self  deeply  indebted  to  his  alma  mater  for 
the  formation  of  his  literary  taste.  It  was 
here  that  he  took  up  those  historical  and 
philosophical  studies  to  which  so  much  of 
his  life  was  subsequently  devoted.  At 
college  he  made  so  excellent  a  reputation 
in  these  branches  that  he  was  selected  to 
deliver  the  classical  oration  at  the  com- 
mencement exercises  of  his  class,  and  se- 
lected for  his  theme  on  that  occasion 
"The  Living  Principle  of  Literature."  It 
was  in  college  also  that  he  definitely  de- 
termined upon  the  ministry  as  his  career 
in  life,  and  it  was  at  this  time  that  he 
united  with  the  Congregational  church  of 
Bristol.  Upon  completing  his  studies  at 
Brown  University,  he  went  to  reside  in 
the  family  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thatcher 
Thayer,  of  Newport,  under  whom  he 
studied  philosophy,  theology  and  the  clas- 
sics, for  the  purpose  of  preparing  himself 
for  his  life  work.  In  1852  he  entered  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  studied  for  two 
years.  He  had  in  the  meantime,  however, 
decided  to  complete  his  preparatory  work 
abroad,  and  chose  the  German  univer- 
sities for  this  purpose.  Accordingly,  in 
1854  he  went  to  Europe  and  continued  his 
studies  in  theology,  philosophy  and  his- 
tory at  the  Universities  of  Halle,  Heidel- 
berg and  Berlin,  under  eminent  European 
professors.  He  also  devoted  some  time 
to  the  study  of  art  at  Munich,  after  which 
he  returned  to  the  United  States  in  the 
spring  of  1856.  Once  more  he  took  up 
his  studies  at  Andover,  and  was  finally 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  1857. 
His  first  pastorate  was  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Fall  River,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  charge  of  which  he  was  placed 
in  the  same  year,  and  in  1858  he  declined 
an  invitation  to  become  a  colleague  of  the 
celebrated  Dr.  Horace  Bushnell,  in  charge 
of  a  Congregational  church  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut.    He  continued  at  Fall  River 


for  about  four  years,  and  in  the  latter 
part  of  i860  became  pastor  of  the  Har- 
vard Congregational  Church  of  Brookline, 
Massachusetts.  His  great  learning  and 
scholarship  had  already  met  with  wide 
recognition,  and  in  1864  his  alma  mater 
called  him  to  take  the  chair  of  history 
and  political  economy  there.  His  abil- 
ities eminently  qualified  him  for  this  post, 
and  in  1870  he  received  the  distinction  of 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from 
Brown  University.  Dr.  Diman's  profes- 
sorial duties  were  eminently  congenial  to 
him,  and  he  entered  into  them  with  an 
enthusiasm  and  judgment  which  gained 
for  him  a  very  wide  and  enviable  reputa- 
tion as  an  instructor  and  teacher.  He 
greatly  enlarged  the  department  of  his- 
tory and  political  economy  at  Brown,  un- 
til indeed  it  was  recognized  as  the  best 
and  most  effective  of  any  chair  of  history 
in  the  universities  and  colleges  of  the 
land. 

Besides  his  notable  work  as  teacher, 
Professor  Diman  became  widely  known 
as  an  author,  and  contributed  largely  to 
many  important  journals,  both  in  the  city 
of  Providence  and  elsewhere.  Among 
these  should  be  mentioned  the  "Provi- 
dence Journal,"  the  "New  York  Nation," 
the  "North  American  Review"  and  the 
"Monthly  Religious  Magazine."  In  1873 
he  was  elected  a  corresponding  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 
Among  the  important  works  from  Dr. 
Diman's  pen  are  printed  collections  of  his 
sermons,  among  which  should  be  men- 
tioned that  delivered  by  him  on  October 
16,  1867,  in  the  chapel  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity, and  at  the  request  of  the  faculty,  in 
commemoration  of  the  Rev.  Robinson 
Potter  Dunn,  D.  D.,  who  for  many  years 
had  occupied  the  seat  of  rhetoric  at  that 
institution ;  an  address  delivered  July  6, 
1879,  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  of  Am- 
herst College,  entitled  "The  Method  of 
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Academic  Culture ;"  an  address  delivered 
in  Boston  in  1870,  entitled  "Historical 
Basis  of  Belief;"  an  oration  before  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  which  was  afterwards 
published  with  the  title  of  "The  Alien- 
ation of  the  Educated  Class  From  Poli- 
tics ;"  an  address  delivered  at  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island,  July  10,  1877,  at  the  Cen- 
tennial Celebration  of  the  Capture  of  Gen- 
eral Prescott  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bar- 
ton ;  an  address  delivered  October  16, 
1877,  at  the  request  of  the  municipal  au- 
thorities of  Providence,  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  life  and  services  of  Roger  Wil- 
liams, in  Roger  Williams  Park;  an  ad- 
dress delivered  at  the  dedication  of  the 
Rogers  Free  Library  at  Bristol,  January 
12,  1878.  In  the  year  1879  Dr.  Diman 
delivered  a  course  of  lectures  before  Johns 
Hopkins  University  upon  "The  Thirty 
Years'  War,"  and  in  1880  a  course  before 
the  Lowell  Institute  of  Boston  on  "The 
Theistic  Argument  as  Affected  by  Recent 
Theories."  These  lectures  were  edited  by 
Professor  George  P.  Fisher,  of  Yale,  after 
the  death  of  Dr.  Diman,  and  published  in 
the  year  1881  and  in  the  following  year 
there  appeared  Professor  Diman's  "Ora- 
tions and  Essays,  With  Selected  Parish 
Sermons,"  in  which  was  included  the  com- 
memoration address  delivered  by  Profes- 
sor James  O.  Murray,  of  Princeton.  In 
1887  there  was  published  his  "Memoirs, 
Compiled  From  His  Letters,  Journals, 
and  the  Recollections  of  His  Friends,"  by 
Caroline  Hazard,  now  president  of  Wel- 
lesley  College,  and  in  which  was  included 
a  complete  list  of  his  publications. 

Professor  Jeremiah  Lewis  Diman  al- 
ways remained  affiliated  with  the  Con- 
gregational church,  but  he  was  often  call- 
ed upon  to  supply  pulpits  in  the  Unita- 
rian church.  Toward  the  latter  part  of 
his  life,  however,  he  was  an  attendant  at 
the  services  of  the  Episcopal  church  in 


Providence,  and  continued  to  be  so  until 
the  time  of  his  death.  While  it  is  not 
possible  to  compare  directly  the  various 
services  wrought  for  the  community  by 
different  types  of  men  engaged  in  diver- 
gent kinds  of  work;  while  the  benefits 
resulting  from  the  achievements  of  the 
merchant  and  artist,  for  instance,  are  in- 
commensurable terms  and  cannot  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  same  standard  of  measure — 
yet  it  is  possible  by  a  sort  of  spiritual 
calculus  to  judge  of  the  relative  values  of 
such  elements,  and  at  least  say  of  them 
that  they  are  great  or  small  in  a  general 
scale  of  magnitudes.  And  upon  such  a 
scale  it  is  obvious  that  we  must  rank  the 
work  of  the  educator  as  very  high,  as 
possessing  a  very  large  value  for  the  com- 
munity, of  making  a  great  contribution  to 
the  general  sum  of  human  happiness.  In 
this  comparison  the  achievement  of  a  man 
such  as  the  late  Professor  Jeremiah  Lewis 
Diman,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  de- 
serves especial  consideration  and  the  more 
so  that  it  partakes  of  the  characters  of 
more  than  one  type  of  service  and  may  be 
classified  at  one  and  the  same  time  with 
the  more  practical  and  the  more  idealistic 
aspects  of  life. 

On  May  15,  1861,  Professor  Diman  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Emily  Gardner 
Stimson,  a  native  of  Providence,  born 
March  4,  1837,  a  daughter  of  John  Jones 
and  Abby  Morton  (Clarke)  Stimson  (see 
Stimson).  Mrs.  Diman  died  in  Provi- 
dence, March  21,  1901.  To  them  the  fol- 
lowing children  were  born:  1.  Maria 
Stimson,  February  12,  1862,  who  met  her 
death  in  an  accident,  April  29,  1881.  2. 
John  Byron,  mentioned  below.  3.  Louise, 
December  23,    1869.     4-  Emily,  April  8, 

1873- 

(IX)  Rev.  John  Byron  Diman,  only  son 
of  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Lewis  and  Emily 
Gardner  (Stimson)  Diman,  was  born  May 
24,    1863,    at     Brookline,    Massachusetts, 


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during  the  time  that  his  father  was  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  church  there.  He 
was  but  an  infant  when  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and 
it  was  in  this  city  that  his  early  educa- 
tion was  received  at  the  English  and  Clas- 
sical School.  Here  he  was  prepared  for 
college,  and  in  1881  matriculated  at 
Brown  University,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated with  the  class  of  1885,  taking  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  In  1903  he  re- 
ceived from  Brown  University  the  honor- 
ary degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  He  entered 
Cambridge  Episcopal  Theological  School, 
and  received  therefrom  the  degree  of  Bache- 
lor of  Divinity  in  1888,  and  in  1896  the  de- 
gree of  Master  of  Arts  from  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. He  was  ordained  a  deacon  of  the 
Episcopal  church  at  Providence  in  the 
year  1888,  and  his  first  church  was  St. 
Columba's  Chapel  at  Middletown,  Rhode 
Island,  of  which  he  was  placed  in  charge 
in  1888,  and  where  he  remained  until  1892. 
In  that  year  he  resigned  to  accept  a  posi- 
tion as  teacher  in  the  University  Gram- 
mar School  of  Providence,  where  he  re- 
mained for  three  years.  In  1896  he 
founded  St.  George's  School  for  Boys  at 
Newport,  and  later  removed  this  institu- 
tion to  Middletown,  Rhode  Island,  and 
was  master  of  this  celebrated  school  until 
he  resigned  from  the  position,  January  1, 
1917. 

(The    Stimson   Line). 

Although  the  name  Stimson  appears  to 
have  been  of  Welsh  origin,  there  is  a  tra- 
dition also  of  an  admixture  of  Scotch 
blood,  according  to  documents  in  the  As- 
tor  Library,  New  York  City.  The  first 
ancestor  of  the  Massachusetts  branch  of 
the  Stimson  family  of  whom  we  have 
knowledge,  George  Stimson,  came  to  this 
country  from  Wales,  and  settled  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts.  Fie  married  Sarah 
Clarke,  an  "English  lady  of  some  note 
and  a  zealous  Puritan."    Some  account  of 


them  may  be  found  in  the  records  of  the 
church  in  Ipswich.  Their  son,  George  (2) 
Stimson,  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
in  1693,  married  Margaret  Rust.  Their 
son  George  (3)  Stimson,  was  born  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  in  1726,  and  when 
he  was  about  eight  years  old  the  family 
removed  to  Hopkinton,  same  State.  He 
married,  in  1751,  Abigail  Clarke,  and  later 
in  life  moved  to  Windham,  New  York, 
located  in  the  Catskill  Mountains.  Their 
son,  Jeremy  Stimson,  was  born  in  Hop- 
kinton, Massachusetts,  in  1751,  there  lived 
all  his  days,  and  died  in  1821.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  College,  entered  the  Rev- 
olutionary army  as  a  surgeon,  and  had 
a  large  medical  practice  for  many  years. 
He  married  Anna  (Nancy)  Jones,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  John  Jones,  2nd,  of  Hop- 
kinton. Children:  Emily,  born  March  21, 
1781,  died  January  18,  1808;  Jeremy,  Jr., 
born  October  17,  1783,  was  a  physician 
in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  for  many 
years;  Mary  Jones,  born  March  24,  1785, 
died  May  1,  1866,  was  the  second  wife  of 
the  Rev.  Pitt  Clarke,  of  Norton ;  Nancy, 
born  December  18,  1786,  became  the  wife 
of  Stone,  of  Ashland,  Massachu- 
setts; Abigail  Clarke,  born  May  I,  1789, 
died  November  24, 1813  ;  John  Jones,  born 
June  11,  1798,  died  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  January  20,  i860.  He  moved  to 
Providence  about  1824,  where  he  engaged 
in  business  as  a  wine  merchant,  under  the 
name  of  Stimson  &  Hodges.  He  married, 
in  1828,  Abby  Morton  Clarke,  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Pitt  Clarke,  of  Norton,  and 
their  children  were :  Frederick  Clarke, 
born  December  25,  1830,  died  March  19, 
1836;  Maria  Rebecca,  born  July  14,  1832, 
died  August  II,  1856;  John  Jones,  Jr., 
born  January  17,  1835,  died  June  13,  1836; 
Emily  Gardner,  born  March  4,  1837,  died 
in  Providence,  March  21,  1901,  aforemen- 
tioned as  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Lewis    Diman. 


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married    (second)    in   1703,  Mary  . 

Children  by  first  wife :  Mary,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1693 ;  Isaac,  September  24, 
1695;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Com- 
fort, February  19,  1700.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife  :  Mary,  born  December  22,  1704; 
John,  May  6,  1706;  Nathaniel,  April  20, 
1708;  Moses,  May  10,  1710;  Samuel,  1713; 
Joseph,  1715;   Ichabod,  March  17,  1721. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Thayer,  third  child  of 
Isaac  and  Mercy  (Ward)  Thayer,  was 
born  September  6,  1697,  in  Mendon,  Mas- 
sachusetts. On  May  9,  1719,  he  married 
Mary  Wheelock,  and  removed  to  Belling- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  where  five  subse- 
quent generations  of  the  family  lived  and 
where  the  late  Philo  Elisha  Thayer  was 
born.  Their  children  were :  Ebenezer, 
mentioned  below  ;  Huldah,  born  in  March, 
1722;  Elizabeth,  1724;  Micah,  1726;  Isaac, 
March  11,  1729;  Abigail,  November  11, 
1731;   Peter,  1733;   Lydia,  1736. 

(V)  Captain  Ebenezer  (2)  Thayer,  son 
of  Ebenezer  (1)  and  Mary  (Wheelock) 
Thayer,  was  born  in  Mendon,  Massachu- 
setts, in  June,  1720.  On  April  24,  1734,  he 
married  Hannah  Greene,  of  Mendon,  and 
after  his  marriage  settled  in  P>ellingham, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing on  an  extensive  scale.  His  wife  died 
in  1783.  Their  children  were:  Hannah, 
born  December  3,  1735  ;  Ebenezer,  men- 
tioned below;  Lydia,  July  31,  1739;  Elias, 
June  22,  1742;  Silas,  November  30,  1746; 
Huldah,  September  19,  1749. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (3)  Thayer,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Ebenezer  (2)  and  Hannah  (Greene) 
Thayer,  was  born  in  Bellingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  21,  1737.  He  resided  there 
all  his  life,  a  prosperous  farmer  as  his 
father  and  grandfather  had  been  before 
him.  He  married  Hannah  Thayer,  daugh- 
ter of  Uriah  and  Rachel  Thayer.  Their 
children  were:  Thaddeus,  born  August 
to,  1760;  Calvin,  July  7,  1763;  Luther, 
October   6,    1766;    Irene,   September    16, 


1770;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ;  Philo, 
1779. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  (4)  Thayer,  son  of 
Ebenezer  (3)  and  Martha  (Thayer) 
Thayer,  was  born  November  29,  1772,  in 
Bellingham,  Massachusetts.  He  was  also 
a  gentleman  farmer.  He  married,  June 
28,  1798,  Sabra  Darling.  Among  their 
children  was  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Thayer,  son  of  Eben- 
ezer (4)  and  Sabra  (Darling)  Thayer,  was 
born  April  22,  1804,  at  the  family  home- 
stead in  Bellingham,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  large  property  owner,  and  farmer 
and  broke  steers  for  the  Brighton  Market. 
He  devoted  much  time  to  the  raising  of 
stock,  and  was  noted  throughout  the 
vicinity  for  the  excellence  of  his  stock. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  and 
popular  men  of  the  town.  His  death  was 
caused  early  in  life  by  an  accident  re- 
ceived on  his  farm.  In  1826,  he  married 
Miranda  Sherman,  of  Foxboro,  Massachu- 
setts. Their  children  were :  Allen,  en- 
gaged as  a  retail  grocer  in  Woonsocket, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  died.  Three 
other  sons  became  manufacturers  at  Paw- 
tucket,  Rhode  Island,  and  are  now  de- 
ceased. Their  daughters  :  Julia  Ann,  mar- 
ried George  F.  Greene,  a  brush  manu- 
facturer of  North  Attleboro ;  Sarah  Wil- 
ber,  married  Henry  E.  Craig,  of  Walpole, 
Massachusetts.  The  other  son  of  this 
marriage,  Philo  Elisha,  is  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IX)  Philo  Elisha  Thayer,  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Miranda  (Sherman)  Thayer,  was 
born  at  Bellingham,  Massachusetts,  March 
4.  1847,  of  the  ninth  generation  in  direct 
descent  from  the  progenitor,  Thomas 
Thayer.  He  died  in  Pawtucket,  Rhode 
Island,  March  12,  1908,  at  the  age  of  six- 
ty-one years.  Philo  E.  Thayer  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  school 
at  Bellingham,  where  he  was  born,  but 
upon  the  death  of  his  father,  his  mother 


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of  the  special  committee  appointed  by  the 
City  Council  in  charge  of  the  "Cotton 
Centennial"  in  1890,  and  was  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  manufactures.  This 
committee  had  charge  of  the  exhibits  of 
manufactures  during  the  Centennial,  and 
arranged  an  exhibit  which  brought  wide 
and  favorable  comment  at  the  time,  be- 
cause of  its  educational,  manufacturing 
and  agricultural  interest.  This  exhibit 
showed  cotton  in  the  raw  state,  through 
every  phase  of  manufacture  to  the  finished 
cloth. 

Mr.  Thayer  was  a  man  of  genial  nature, 
and  magnetic  personality,  and  in  conse- 
quence of  these  qualities  had  numerous 
friends  throughout  the  city  and  State.  He 
was  prominent  in  club  life  and  in  the  fra- 
ternal bodies  of  the  city.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  holding  all 
the  degrees  of  the  York  and  Scottish  Rites 
in  Free  Masonry  up  to  and  including  the 
thirty-second  degree.  He  belonged  to  the 
Morning  Star  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  ;  Union  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons ;  Pawtucket  Council,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters ;  Woonsocket  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar;  Palestine  Temple. 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine ;  all  Con- 
sistory Bodies  of  the  Ancient  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite.  He  was  also  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ; 
of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  of  which  he  was 
treasurer  for  twelve  years  and  a  past 
Regent,  and  Knight  of  Honor.  He  was  a 
communicant  of  the  High  Street  Univer- 
salist  Church,  serving  on  the  board  of 
trustees.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Pawtucket  Business  Men's  Association, 
the  West  Side  Club  of  Pawtucket,  and 
the  Central  Club  of  Providence 


TEEL,  Benjamin  G., 

Manufacturer,    Enterprising    Citizen. 

The  name  Teel  is  a  survival  in  surname 
form  of  the  ancient  and  often  used  nick- 


name meaning  "the  teal,"  a  small  duck. 
It  acquired  favor  as  a  surname  in  the 
eleventh  and  twelfth  centuries,  and  it  is 
to  be  found  quite  generally  throughout 
the  early  records  of  England  and  the  later 
ones  of  America  since  that  time. 

The  names  of  Matilda  Tele  and  Martin 
Tele,  who  was  probably  her  husband  or 
some  near  relative,  are  found  in  the  Hun- 
dred Rolls  of  the  year  1273,  their  address 
being  given  as  County  Cambridge.  The 
names  of  John  and  Thomas  Telcock,  this 
surname  gaining  its  derivation  from  the 
same  source  as  the  more  simple  forms 
and  intended  to  distinguish  the  mascu- 
line gender,  are  found  among  the  same 
records.  John  Teel  was  prominent  in 
County  Somerset  during  the  reign  of  Ed- 
ward the  Third. 

As  in  many  other  cases,  the  style  of 
spelling  the  above  name  has  changed  ma- 
terially during  the  many  generations  it 
has  been  in  use,  although  not  to  the  ex- 
tent that  might  be  supposed.  In  the 
modern  day  we  find  it  in  four  forms — 
Teal,  Teel,  Teale  and  Teall.  The  two 
first  mentioned  are  the  most  common  and 
the  latter  ones  are  used  in  very  rare  in- 
stances. 

Arms — Argent  a  pithon  reguardant;  in  chief 
three  teals  proper. 

Crest — A  spaniel  sejant  proper,  reposing  the 
dexter  foot  on  an  antique  shield  argent,  thereon 
a  teal  of  the  first. 

(I)  William  Teal,  the  founder  of  this 
family  in  America,  settled  originally  in 
Maiden,  Massachusetts,  and  lived  also  in 
Medford  and  Charlestown.  He  was  a 
nephew  of  William  Clement,  of  Newton, 
and  was  probably  a  son  or  a  relative  of 
Nicholas  Teal,  who  lived  in  Watertown 
in  1638  and  sold  lands  there  September 
23,  1645  5  by  wife  Elizabeth,  Nicholas  had 
son  Joseph,  born  October  24,  1640,  and 
Elizabeth,  born  June  5,  1643. 

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• ,  (second)  Hannah  Kendrick.     He 

had  thirteen  children,  the  first  five  of 
whom  were  born  in  Medford,  and  the 
others  in  Charlestown.  William  was  the 
only  one  of  the  sons  who  remained  at 
Charlestown.  Children:  I.  Abigail,  born 
January  I,  1685.  2.  Benjamin,  November 
2,  1689.  3.  Elizabeth,  June  22,  1696.  4. 
Oliver,  July  19,  1699;  lived  at  Charles- 
town, Chelmsford,  Dracut,  New  Haven, 
and  Killingworth,  and  his  son  Oliver  set- 
tled at  Hillside,  New  York.  5.  Hannah, 
July  25,  1707.  6.  John,  September  25, 
1708.  7.  Rachel,  August  2,  1709.  8. 
Esther,  September  9,  171 1.  9.  Mary, 
March  30,  1713.  10.  William,  baptized 
October  3,  1714.  11.  Caleb,  mentioned 
below.  12.  Abigail,  baptized  June  30, 
1723.     13.  Elizabeth,  October  12,  1725. 

(II)  Caleb  Teal,  eleventh  child  of  Wil- 
liam Teal,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Charlestown,  in  the  year  1717,  and  was 
baptized  there  June  2^,  1717.  He  lived 
in  his  native  town  until  after  his  mar- 
riage to  Grace  Robbins  (who  was  admit- 
ted to  the  church  in  Charlestown,  July 
23,  1740),  on  July  11,  1740,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  died  December  1,  1801,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty-five  years ;  his 
wife  died  on  the  same  day.  There  were 
five  known  children,  and  perhaps  other 
daughters  of  whom  no  record  has  been 
found:  1.  Caleb,  baptized  July  26,  1741, 
and  died  March  8,  1748.  2.  John,  May  27, 
1744.  3.  Elizabeth,  baptized  December 
7,  1746.  4.  Mary,  baptized  December  23, 
1750.     5.  Caleb,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Caleb  (2)  Teal,  son  of  Caleb  (1) 
and  Grace  (Robbins)  Teal,  was  born 
probably  in  the  city  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  about  the  year  1755.  The  Rhode 
Island  State  census  of  the  year  1774  shows 
that  Caleb,  Sr.,  and  his  son,  John  Teal, 
were  the  only  heads  of  families  in  the 
State  bearing  that  surname.     According 


to  the  above  record,  Caleb  had  two  males 
over  sixteen  in  his  family,  and  John  had 
one  son  under  sixteen  and  two  or  three 
daughters.  In  1790,  sixteen  years  later, 
Caleb,  Sr.,  and  Caleb,  Jr.,  both  had  fam- 
ilies in  Providence,  and  John  had  three 
males  over  sixteen  and  three  females. 
The  Providence  vital  records,  however, 
do  not  give  the  names  of  any  of  the  Teal 
children.  Caleb  (2)  Teal  was  a  gallant 
exponent  of  American  liberty,  and  was 
one  of  the  first  soldiers  of  the  Revolution. 

(IV)  Nathan  Roten  Teel,  son  of  Caleb 
(2)  Teel,  or  Teal,  was  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  September  17,  1788,  and 
lived  in  North  Providence,  until  his  death. 
He  married,  in  Providence,  September 
15,  181 1,  Betsey  Arnold,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Anstiss  (Thornton)  Arnold, 
born  October  15,  1792,  a  member  of  one 
of  the  oldest  of  Rhode  Island  and  New 
England  families.  She  died  February  28, 
1815,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years. 
Her  father,  Thomas  Arnold,  was  born  in 
the  year  1749  and  died  in  1799.  There 
were  two  children :  Daughter,  who  died 
in  infancy,  and  Benjamin  Gustavus  Teel, 
mentioned  below. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  change 
of  the  form  of  the  name  occurred  in  this 
generation  through  the  simplification  of 
its  spelling. 

(V)  Benjamin  Gustavus  Teel,  only  son 
of  Nathan  Roten  and  Betsey  (Arnold) 
Teel,  and  of  the  fifth  generation  of  this 
family  in  America,  was  born  in  North 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  February  3, 
1815.  His  father  died  in  the  year  1815.  at 
the  age  of  twenty-seven  years,  while  on  the 
return  voyage  from  Savannah,  Georgia, 
where  he  had  gone  in  the  hope  of  regain- 
ing his  lost  health,  and  his  mother  passed 
away  shortly  after  his  birth,  thus  leaving 
him  at  this  early  age  an  orphan.  He  was 
taken  into  the  family  of  his  Grandmother 
Arnold,   and   there   received   the   best   of 


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care.  The  Arnold  family  was  itself  in 
straightened  circumstances,  however,  so 
that  Mr.  Teel  had  few  opportunities  to 
pursue  his  education,  but  when  still  very 
young  he  hired  himself  out  to  the  farmers 
in  the  vicinity,  and  in  this  manner  sup- 
ported himself  and  managed  to  contribute 
a  small  sum  to  the  support  of  the  family 
which  had  adopted  him.  Growing  older, 
he  began  to  realize  the  value  placed  on 
skilled  labor  and  he  learned  the  trades  of 
stone-mason  and  carpenter,  following 
these  occupations  for  some  years  until  he 
had  amassed  what  seemed  a  fortune  to 
him  in  those  days,  enough  money  to 
enter  into  business  for  himself.  He 
formed  a  company  for  the  purpose  of 
manufacturing  sash,  doors  and  blinds, 
and,  after  many  reverses  and  discourage- 
ments, fighting  his  way  through  all  obsta- 
cles with  sheer  pluck  and  perseverance, 
he  reached  a  high  position  in  the  esteem 
of  his  fellow  business  men  in  Providence, 
and  attained  the  business  success  for 
which  he  had  worked  with  such  zeal.  His 
product  was  often  considered  the  best 
manufactured  in  Providence  and  was 
consistently  demanded  by  the  builders 
and  contractors  with  whom  he  dealt. 

Mr.  Teel  also  invested  greatly  in  real 
estate,  using  the  sound  common  sense  for 
which  he  was  noted  in  other  lines  of  busi- 
ness, with  good  success  in  the  latter.  He 
was  more  greatly  interested,  however,  in 
his  manufacturing  business  than  in  the 
latter,  which  he  considered  somewhat  of 
a  side  line,  and  he  continued  active  in  the 
former  until  his  death. 

He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  keenly 
interested  in  all  affairs  of  a  public  nature, 
but  never  engaging  actively  in  the  man- 
agement of  his  community.  He  cared 
little  for  the  social  life  of  his  community, 
preferring  to  find  his  recreation  and  rest 
from  the  turmoil  of  the  business  world  in 
the  quiet  of  his  home,  and  for  this  reason 


he  never  identified  himself  with  clubs, 
societies  or  organizations  of  a  similar 
nature.  He  expended  all  his  available 
time  between  his  family  and  his  business, 
and  it  was  a  common  saying  that  he  could 
be  found  either  at  his  office  or  his  home 
at  any  hour.  He  was  well  known  for  his 
honesty  and  sterling  character;  his  early 
adversities,  instead  of  souring  his  nature, 
as  is  often  the  case,  only  made  him  the 
more  tolerant  of  the  faults  of  others.  He 
made  many  friends  and  held  them,  and 
he  was  sincerely  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him. 

Mr.  Teel  passed  away  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island  at  his  home  on  Westmins- 
ter street,  February  5,  1872,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-seven  years,  two  days.  He  is  buried 
in  the  old  North  burying  ground  in  the 
latter  city. 

Benjamin  Gustavus  Teel  married,  June 
13,  1841,  Dorcas  Knight  Brown,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Penelope  (Farnum) 
Brown  (see  Brown  VI).  Mrs.  Teel,  died 
at  her  home  on  Courtland  street,  Provi- 
dence, September  13,  1861,  and  her  re- 
mains rest  in  the  North  burying  ground 
beside  those  of  her  husband.  There  were 
three  children  born  to  this  union : 

1.  Martha  Brown,  born  September  4, 
1844,  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island ;  re- 
ceived her  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city  and  under  the  tutorship  of 
Brown  University  professors.  She  took 
up  teaching  as  a  career,  and  in  the  year 
1874  she  was  appointed  principal  of  the 
Branch  Avenue  Grammar  School,  being 
the  first  woman  to  hold  that  position  in 
the  State.  She  retained  that  office  until 
her  death,  November  1,  1900.  She  was 
known  as  a  woman  of  culture  and  learn- 
ing, and  admirably  fitted  by  nature  for 
the  work  which  she  followed  with  such 
good  success. 

2.  Dorcas  Brown,  born  in  Providence, 
April  4,  1849;  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  latter  city,  and  made  due 
preparation  to  follow  in  the  path  of  her 


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elder  sister.  She  formed  a  connection  as 
a  teacher  with  the  Mount  Pleasant  Street 
Grammar  School  in  the  year  1870,  and 
later  acted  in  a  like  capacity  on  the  staff 
of  teachers  at  both  the  Academy  Avenue 
Grammar  School  and  the  Federal  Street 
School.  Her  length  of  service  extended 
over  a  period  of  more  than  forty  years. 
She  was  a  model  teacher,  devoted  to  her 
profession,  highly  esteemed  by  parents 
and  pupils  and  beloved  in  her  home  and 
by  many  friends.  She  died  April  12,  1910. 
3.  Mary  Antiss,  born  at  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  June  7,  1853;  received  an 
excellent  education  at  the  public  schools 
and  at  the  select  school  of  the  Misses 
Fielding  and  Chase,  pursuing  her  studies 
diligently  with  the  intention  of  following 
the  profession  of  her  sisters.  Ill  health, 
however,  interfered,  and  she  always  re- 
mained at  home,  devoting  her  life  to  the 
care  of  her  parents  and  sisters,  all  of 
whom  have  passed  away.  She  occupies 
the  family  home  on  Westminster  street. 

(The  Brown  Line). 

Arms — Sable  three  lions  in  bend,  between  two 
bendlets  argent. 

The  surname  Brown  is  derived  from 
two  separate  and  distinct  sources  which 
will  be  dealt  with  in  the  order  of  their 
greater  popularity. 

First  in  this  order  is  the  baptismal 
class,  the  original  form  of  which,  as  also 
applies  to  the  second  in  order,  was  Brun. 
It  was  first  used  as  a  personal  name,  and 
meant  "the  son  of  Brown,"  or  Brown.  It 
has  always  been  exceedingly  high  in  pub- 
lic favor,  the  ancient  records  of  England 
teem  with  it,  and  it  stands  in  the  pres- 
ent day  sixth  in  point  of  numbers  as  it 
is  used  by  the  descendants  of  the  original 
families.  It  gained  favor  as  a  surname  in 
the  eleventh  or  twelfth  centuries. 

Gamel  fil.  Brun  gained  popularity  and 
prominence  in  England  under  the  reign 
of  Henry  I.  (1068-1135),  and  his  name  is 
found  among  those  in  the  "Rotuli  Lit- 
terarum  Clausarum  in  Turri  Londinensi 


—  Valor  Ecclisiasticus."  He  made  his 
home  in  Cumberland  county.  Brun  Ed- 
rith,  which  gives  an  idea  of  the  personal 
use  of  the  name,  lived  in  the  county  of 
Salop  in  the  thirteenth  century.  The 
name  of  German  Bruno  is  found  in 
Domesday  Book,  and  there  are  several 
representatives  among  the  records  of  the 
Hundred  Rolls  of  the  year  1273;  Matilda 
rclicta  Brun,  of  Oxford  county,  and 
Brune  rclicta  Johannis,  of  Cambridge, 
among  others.  Reginald  fil.  Brun  is  found 
in  the  "Rotuli  Curial  Register,"  and  re- 
cords of  Willelmus  Bronson  or  Brunson 
are  found  as  far  back  as  the  year  1379. 
The  latter  example,  Brunson,  portrays 
unusually  well  the  meaning  of  the  name 
as  it  was  originally  understood. 

Next  we  have  the  class  gaining  their 
derivation  from  the  continuance  as  a  sur- 
name of  what  was  originally  used  as  a 
nickname.  The  parentage  of  this  class 
and  the  one  given  above  have  nothing  in 
common — they  are  applied  to  two  dis- 
tinct families,  and  are  only  related 
through  their  common  forms.  This  lat- 
ter class  was  originally  applied  as  a  sobri- 
quet of  complexion  and  held  the  mean- 
ing "the  brown."  It  was  extremely  com- 
mon in  all  early  registers.  The  two  forms 
have  in  modern  times  lost  the  individual 
marks  which  in  early  days  distinguished 
them,  but  in  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained 
from  the  records  of  the  middle  ages,  the 
first  was  the  more  popular. 

Hugh  le  Brun  lived  in  County  Suffolk 
in  the  early  part  of  the  thirteenth  cen- 
tury. The  name  of  Robert  le  Brun  ap- 
pears among  those  in  the  Hundred  Rolls 
of  1273  as  living  in  County  Bucks,  and 
Johanna  la  Brune,  another  common  form 
of  the  name,  lived  in  County  Oxford. 
Robert  Broun  was  prominent  in  Somer- 
set county  under  the  reign  of  Edward 
III.,  and  Willelmus  Broune  lived  in  the 
same  county  in  the  year  1379. 


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The  name  is  found  in  two  different 
forms  in  the  modern  day — Brown,  far  the 
more  popular ;  and  Browne.  Brownson 
and  Bronson  were  derived  from  the  same 
sources,  but  were  never  as  commonly 
used. 

(I)  Chad  Brown,  the  progenitor  of  the 
branch  of  that  large  family  herein  treat- 
ed, was  born  in  England  in  the  early  part 
of     the     seventeenth     century ;     married 

there    Elizabeth   ,   and   had   a   son 

John,  and  perhaps  other  children.  In  the 
year  1638,  with  his  wife  and  son  John, 
who  was  then  eight  years  of  age,  he  took 
passage  on  the  ship  "Martin,"  bound  for 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  it  arrived 
in  July  of  the  latter  year.  During  the 
long  voyage  a  fellow  passenger  died,  and 
shortly  after  reaching  Massachusetts,  Mr. 
Brown  witnessed  the  will ;  this  is  prob- 
ably the  first  public  record  we  have  of 
him  in  the  new  land.  He  did  not  long 
remain  in  Massachusetts,  probably  be- 
cause of  religious  views,  but  soon  re- 
moved to  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
where  very  shortly  he  began  to  show 
signs  of  that  innate  quality  of  leadership 
which  characterized  his  nature  through- 
out his  long  and  useful  life.  That  same 
year  (1638)  he  and  twelve  other  inhabi- 
tants of  Providence  Plantations  drew  up 
and  signed  a  compact  relative  to  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  town,  and  a  short  time 
after  acting  in  the  capacity  of  surveyor, 
he  received  an  appointment  to  a  commit- 
tee the  duty  of  which  was  to  compile  lists 
of  the  home  lots  of  the  first  settlers  of 
the  "Towne  Street,"  and  the  meadow- 
lands  allotted  them.  His  own  grant 
fronted  on  this  street,  now  South  Main 
and  Market  Square,  with  the  southern 
boundary  to  the  southward  of  College 
and  South  Main  streets.  A  large  part  of 
the  grounds  now  occupied  by  the  campus 
and  buildings  of  Brown  University,  origi- 
nally belonged  to  Mr.  Brown's  tract.    In 


1640  he  served  on  the  committee  that  set- 
tled the  question  of  the  disputed  bound- 
ary lines  of  Providence  and  its  neighbor, 
Pawtuxet,  and  that  same  year  he,  with 
Robert  Cole,  William  Harris  and  John 
Warner,  formed  the  committee  of  Provi- 
dence Colony  to  report  their  first  written 
form  of  government,  which  was  subse- 
quently adopted  and  enforced  until  1644, 
when  Roger  Williams  returned  from  Eng- 
land with  the  first  charter.  Chad  Brown 
was  the  first  of  the  thirty-nine  signers  of 
this  agreement.  In  1642  he  was  ordained 
as  the  first  settled  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  a  year  later  he  was  chosen 
as  a  member  of  the  committee  formed  for 
the  purpose  of  making  peace  between  the 
Warwick  settlers  and  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  colony.  Their  efforts,  however,  were 
unavailing. 

Chad  Brown  died  in  Providence,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1650,  on  which  date  the  name 
of  his  widow  first  appears  on  the  tax  list 
as  a  landholder.  His  children  were  five 
in  number:  1.  John,  mentioned  below. 
2-3.  James  and  Jeremiah,  both  of  whom 
removed  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  4. 
Judah,  or  Chad,  died  May  10,  1663,  un- 
married.    5.  Daniel. 

(II)  John  Brown,  son  of  Chad  and 
Elizabeth  Brown,  was  born  in  England 
in  the  year  1630,  and  died  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  about  1706.  He  followed 
in  his  father's  footsteps,  serving  his  com- 
munity in  various  official  capacities,  and 
doing  a  great  deal  towards  the  future  de- 
velopment of  the  town.  He  acted  several 
times  as  juryman,  was  commissioner  on 
union  of  towns  in  1654,  took  the  oath  and 
became  a  freeman  in  1655.  In  the  year 
1659  he  became  surveyor  of  highways, 
and  was  later  moderator,  member  of  the 
town  council,  deputy  in  the  Legislature 
and  assistant.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegi- 
ance May  31,  1666.  In  the  year  1672  he 
sold  the  home  lot  of  his  father,  which  had 


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fallen  to  him  through  inheritance,  to  his 
brother  James,  of  Newport,  who  resold 
it  the  same  day  to  Daniel  Abbott.  Nearly 
one  hundred  years  later  a  part  of  it  was 
repurchased  by  his  great-grandsons,  John 
and  Moses  Brown,  and  by  them  presented 
to  the  College  of  Rhode  Island  at  the  time 
of  its  removal  from  Warren  to  Provi- 
dence. The  cornerstone  of  University 
Hall,  for  many  years  the  only  building 
owned  by  the  college  was  laid  in  1770  by 
John  Brown. 

John  Brown  married  Mary,  a  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Obadiah  and  Catharine 
Holmes,  of  Newport,  and  to  them  were 
born  seven  children:  I.  Sarah.  2.  John, 
born  March  18,  1662.  3.  James,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Obadiah.  5.  Martha. 
6.  Mary.    7.  Deborah. 

(Ill)  James  Brown,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Holmes)  Brown,  was  born  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  the  year 
1666,  and  died  there  October  28,  1732. 
He  engaged  actively  in  the  civic  affairs 
of  his  native  place,  serving  as  a  member 
of  the  town  council  almost  continuously 
from  1705  to  1725,  and  from  1714  to  1718 
as  treasurer.  He  was  long  pastor  or  elder 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  in  1726 
succeeded  Rev.  Ebenezer  Jenkes  in  the 
ministry,  a  position  greatly  prized,  which 
he  held  until  his  death.  One  historian 
remarks,  "He  was  an  example  of  piety 
and  meekness  worthy  of  admiration." 
He  had  inherited  from  his  father  a  large 
portion  of  the  family  estate,  including 
three  home  lots,  dwelling  houses  and 
other  property,  the  greater  part  of  which 
he  passed  on  to  his  children,  for  whom 
he  provided  well  in  his  will,  dated  March 
3-  1728. 

He  married,  December  17,  1691,  Mary 
Harris,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
(Tew)  Harris,  granddaughter  of  William 
and  Susannah  (Clarke)  Tew,  born  De- 
cember 17,  1671,  died  August  18,  1736. 
Children:    1.  John,  born  October  8,  1695. 


2.  James,  March  22,  1698.  3.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Martha,  October  12, 
1703.  5.  Andrew,  September  20,  1706. 
6.  Mary,  April  29,  1708,  died  February 
20,  1729.  7.  Anna,  1710.  8.  Obadiah, 
October  2,  1712.  9.  Jeremiah,  November 
25,  1715.     10.  Elisha,  May  25,  1717. 

(IV)  Joseph  Brown,  son  of  James  and 
Mary  (Harris)  Brown,  was  born  in  North 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  May  5,  1701. 
He  followed  agricultural  occupations 
from  early  childhood  until  his  death,  his 
farm  covering  many  acres  of  the  excel- 
lent country-side  of  that  region.  He  was 
energetic  and  persevering,  and  prospered 
more  than  the  usual  farmer  of  the  day. 
His  first  wife,  Martha  Field,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  Field,  of  Field's  Point,  and 
by  her  he  had  one  child,  Gideon,  who  was 
born  in  the  year  1726.  She  died  April  19, 
1736,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years,  and 
he  married  (second)  Abigail  Brown,  who 
died  May  23,  1784,  in  her  seventy-third 
year.  Mr.  Brown  died  May  8,  1778.  The 
children  by  his  second  wife  were:  1. 
Elisha.  2.  Andrew,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Joseph. 

(V)  Andrew  Brown,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Abigail  Brown,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
North  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  July  30, 
1750,  and  died  January  8,  1832.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  January  27,  1773,  Dorcas 
Knight,  daughter  of  Richard  Knight,  and 
a  member  of  the  old  Knight  family  of 
Cranston,  Rhode  Island.  His  second 
wife  was  Widow  Susie  Westcott,  and  his 
third,  whom  he  married,  April  14,  1805, 
Sarah  (Humphrey)  Shorey,  the  widow  of 
Miles  Shorey.  The  children  by  his  first 
wife  were  as  follows:  1.  Abigail,  born 
September  30,  1773.  2.  Waite,  September 
10,  1775.  3.  Mary,  May  10,  1778.  4. 
Sarah,  May  20,  1780.  5.  Jeremiah,  June 
14,  1782.  6.  Joseph,  May  10,  1784.  7. 
Ethan,  October  20,  1785.  8.  Richard, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Richard  Brown,  son  of  Andrew 


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and  his  first  wife,  Dorcas  (Knight) 
Brown,  was  born  in  North  Providence, 
June  17,  1789.  He  inherited  a  good  por- 
tion of  his  father's  estate,  which  he  im- 
proved, and  throughout  life  he  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming.  He  was  prom- 
inent and  prosperous,  and  took  a  keenly 
active  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  his 
day,  serving  his  community  in  many  civic 
offices  of  importance,  for  some  years  act- 
ing as  representative  to  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island.  His 
wife,  Penelope  Farnum,  whom  he  mar- 
ried, February  23,  1812,  was  born  April 
12,  1793,  and  died  July  24,  1869.  She  was 
a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends;  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Cong- 
don)  Farnum.  Their  children,  six  in  num- 
ber, were:  1.  Sarah  Ann,  born  February 
11,  1813,  died  March  4,  1815.  2.  Martha 
Ann,  born  February  16,  181 5,  died  July 
15,  1832.  3.  Dorcas  Knight,  born  March 
29,  1818;  married  Benjamin  G.  Teel,  and 
died  September  13,  1861  (see  Teel  V). 
4.  Mary  Jane,  born  April  6,  1821 ;  married 
Andrew  Winsor,  and  died  February  23, 
1904.  5.  Obadiah,  born  November  30, 
1823,  died  February  2,  1907.  6.  Joseph 
Farnum,  born  May  16,  1835,  died  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1886. 

Richard  Brown  passed  away  March  28, 
1840,  at  the  age  of  fifty-one  years,  leav- 
ing his  son  Obadiah,  who  was  then  a 
youth  of  seventeen  years,  in  charge  of  the 
farm,  and  at  the  head  of  the  family  home- 
stead. 


CRANSTON,  Francis  A., 

Financier,   Man    of   Affairs. 

Cranston  is  of  Scottish  origin,  and  sig- 
nifies "belonging  to  Cranston  or  Crans- 
toun,"  meaning  Cran's  estate.  It  is  a  com- 
bination of  the  genitive  case  of  the  word 
cran,  a  nickname  for  the  crane,  and  the 
old  English  tun. 


Arms  (Samuel  C.  Cranston,  Governor  of 
Rhode  Island,  1724) — Gules,  three  cranes  within 
a  bordure  embattled  argent. 

Crest — A  crane  passant  argent. 

Motto — Dum  vigilo  euro. 

The  name  Cranston  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent  in  the  history  of  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island,  and  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished in  the  early  Colonial  history 
of  New  England.  The  family  is  a  branch 
of  the  ancient  Scottish  family  of  the  name, 
and  was  settled  in  America  prior  to  1644, 
when  it  first  appears  in  authentic  record. 
The  Cranstons  furnished  Colonial  Rhode 
Island  with  two  of  her  strongest  and 
most  able  governors,  and  have  since  their 
time,  in  every  generation,  produced  men 
of  mark  and  influence  in  every  phase  of 
life.  The  pedigree  of  the  family  prior  to 
its  transplantation  in  the  New  World  is 
given  herewith : 

(I)  Lord  William  Cranston,  so  created 
November  19,  1609,  by  King  James  VI. 
of  Scotland,  was  a  noble  of  prominence 
during  the  reign  of  the  aforementioned 
monarch,  and  was  related  to  the  ancient 
Earl  of  Crawford,  Bothwell  and  Traquair. 
He  married  Helen,  daughter  of  James 
Lindsley,  predecessor  of  the  Earl  of 
Crawford. 

(II)  James  Cranston,  son  of  Lord  Wil- 
liam and  Helen  (Lindsley)  Cranston, 
married  Elizabeth  Stuart,  daughter  of 
Francis  Stuart,  Earl  of  Bothwell,  who 
was  a  grandson  of  James  V.  and  nephew 
of  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots. 

(III)  John  Cranston,  son  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  (Stuart)  Cranston,  married 
Christian,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Stuart, 
predecessor  of  the  Earl  of  Traquair,  also 
of  the  Royal  Stuarts. 

(IV)  James  (2)  Cranston,  son  of  John 
and  Christian  (Stuart)  Cranston,  was 
chaplain  to  King  Charles  I.  of  England 
and  Scotland. 

The  lineasre  of  that  branch  of  the  Crans- 


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ton  family  of  which  the  late  Francis  Au- 
gustus Cranston,  banker  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  was  a  descendant,  from  the 
immigrant  ancestor  to  the  present  day, 
is  as  follows : 

(V)  Governor  John  (2)  Cranston,  son 
of  James  (2)  Cranston,  was  born  in  1625, 
and  emigrated  to  America,  where  his 
name  first  appears  in  the  Colonial  rec- 
ords of  Rhode  Island  in  1644,  at  which 
time  he  was  an  inhabitant  of  Portsmouth. 
In  the  year  1655  he  removed  from  Ports- 
mouth to  Newport,  becoming  one  of  the 
most  prominent  men  in  the  official  life 
of  the  Colony.  He  was  elected  attorney- 
general  in  1654  and  reelected  the  follow- 
ing year.  He  was  commissioner  from 
Newport  in  1655-56-57-60-64-65-66  and  as- 
sistant in  1669-70-71.  In  1672  he  was 
elected  deputy  governor,  and  also  in  1673, 
and  again  in  1676-77-78.  In  November, 
1678,  he  was  elected  governor  and  filled 
that  office  until  the  March  following, 
when  he  died  (March  12,  1680).  Gov- 
ernor Cranston  was  a  man  of  unusual 
education  for  his  time,  was  a  physician 
and  surgeon,  and  bore  the  title  of  Doctor 
of  Medicine. 

He  married  Mary  Clarke,  who  was  born 
in  1641,  and  died  April  7,  171 1,  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  and  Frances  (Latham) 
Clarke. 

(VI)  Governor  Samuel  Cranston,  son 
of  Governor  John  (2)  and  Mary  (Clarke) 
Cranston,  was  born  in  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  in  1659.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  the  Colony  on  May  6,  1684.  He 
is  recorded  as  an  assistant  in  1696,  and 
is  thought  to  have  held  that  office  for 
several  years  prior  to  that  date.  As  no 
record  exists  between  the  years  1692  and 
1696  this  cannot  be  proved.  He  rose 
rapidly  to  a  position  of  prominence  in  the 
colony,  and  in  1698  was  elected  governor 
of  Rhode  Island,  succeeding  in  office  his 
uncle,  Governor  Walter  Clarke.  He  con- 
n  E-7-20  305 


tinued  to  be  elected  to  the  office  of  chief 
executive  until  1727,  during  which  year 
he  died.  The  period  of  Governor  Samuel 
Cranston's  service  in  office  was  twenty- 
nine  years.  "At  no  period  in  our  colonial 
history  was  there  more  need  of  the  ster- 
ling qualities  that  distinguished  Samuel 
Cranston  than  that  in  which  was  assigned 
him  the  onerous  task  of  administering 
the  Rhode  Island  Government,  and  he 
proved  himself  the  worthy  successor  of 
his  venerable  uncle,  Governor  Walter 
Clarke." 

Samuel  Cranston  married  (first)  Mary 
Hart,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Freeborn 
(Williams)  Hart,  and  a  granddaughter 
of  Roger  Williams.  She  died  in  1710, 
aged  forty-seven  years,  and  he  married 
(second)  Judith  Parrett,  widow  of  his 
brother,  Caleb  Cranston.  She  died  in 
1737,  aged  sixty-seven  years. 

(VII)  Thomas  Cranston,  son  of  Gov- 
ernor Samuel  and  Mary  (Hart)  Cranston, 
settled  in  Swansea  and  died  at  sea. 

(VIII)  Peleg  Cranston,  son  of  Thomas 
Cranston,  was  a  resident  of  the  town  of 
Foster,  Rhode  Island. 

(IX)  Samuel  (2)  Cranston,  son  of  Peleg 
Cranston,  was  born  and  died  in  Foster, 
Rhode  Island ;  married  Zilpha  King. 

(X)  Barzillai  Cranston,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  and  Zilpha  (King)  Cranston,  was 
born  in  Foster,  Rhode  Island,  March  12, 
1793.  He  removed  to  Providence,  and 
there  engaged  in  the  publishing  business, 
in  which  he  was  very  successful.  He  be- 
came one  of  the  leading  business  men  of 
the  city  of  Providence.  In  1859  ne  ^e" 
came  the  first  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  City  Savings  Bank. 

On  January  24,  1822,  he  was  married 
to  Irene  Guild,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Abigail  (Everett)  Guild.  She  was  a  de- 
scendant in  the  sixth  generation  of  John 
Guild,  who  came  to  America  from  Scot- 
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Massachusetts.  Their  children  were:  I. 
James  Edward,  born  November  22,  1822 ; 
was  a  publisher  and  bookseller  in  Provi- 
dence ;  he  was  assistant  treasurer  of  the 
City  Savings  Bank,  and  succeeded  his 
father  as  secretary  and  treasurer  in  1868; 
married  Sarah  A.  Walker ;  died  April  5, 
1901.  2.  Charles  Guild,  born  January  17, 
1826,  died  October  6,  1901  ;  was  a  con- 
tractor and  builder  in  the  West,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  building  some  of  the 
Western  railroads,  the  New  York  Cen- 
tral being  one.  3.  Albert  B.,  born  May 
15,  1828;  was  a  merchant  in  California. 
4.  George  King,  born  September  8,  1830; 
was  assistant  cashier  in  the  Old  National 
Bank,  of  Providence,  and  in  1878  became 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  City  Sav- 
ings Bank,  in  which  position  he  succeeded 
his  brother,  James  E.  Cranston ;  died 
January  14,  1899.  5.  Henry  Clay,  born 
August  27,  1832,  died  May  27,  1896;  be- 
came one  of  the  most  prominent  business 
men  of  the  city  of  Providence.  6.  Irene 
M.,  born  September  1,  1834;  married  W. 
H.  Dubosq,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 7.  Francis  Augustus,  mentioned 
below. 

(XI)  Francis  Augustus  Cranston,  son 
of  Barzillai  and  Irene  (Guild)  Cranston, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
February  4,  1837,  died  at  his  home  in 
Providence,  April  10,  1909.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  private  academy  of 
the  Misses  McNeal,  of  Providence,  and 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  city,  prepar- 
ing for  college  in  the  Providence  High 
School.  He  entered  Brown  University, 
where  he  took  a  course  in  chemistry 
under  Professor  Chase.  In  May,  1854, 
he  entered  the  National  Bank  as  a  clerk, 
and  after  remaining  in  that  office  for  three 
years  was  made  bookkeeper;  in  1864  he 
became  cashier.  In  the  following  year 
the  National  Bank,  then  subject  to  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode   Island,  was 


changed  to  what  is  now  the  Old  National 
Bank,  operating  under  federal  law.  Mr. 
Cranston  was  elected  cashier  of  the  new 
bank,  and  continued  in  that  office  until 
January  14,  1902,  when  he  resigned.  He 
was  a  man  of  considerable  ability,  and 
figured  prominently  in  the  financial  inter- 
ests of  the  city  and  State.  He  prepared 
the  paper  for  the  transforming  of  the 
Bank  from  a  State  to  a  National  Bank. 
His  time  of  service  in  this  institution  was 
forty-seven  years  and  eight  months.  Mr. 
Cranston  was  affiliated  with  the  Repub- 
lican party  and  a  staunch  supporter  of  its 
principles.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
tarian Club,  and  the  Athletic  Club  of 
Providence.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Unitarian  (First  Congregational)  Church 
of  Providence. 

He  married  Sarah  Hill,  daughter  of 
Hiram  Hill,  of  Providence.  Their  chil- 
dren are :  Frank  Hill,  Sarah,  Louise," 
Helen. 


BALLARD,  Harlan  Hoge,  A.  B., 

Librarian,   Litterateur. 

This  surname  is  an  ancient  one  in  Eng- 
land, Wales  and  Ireland,  and  it  took  root 
in  America  with  the  colonization  of  New 
England.  William  Ballard,  the  first 
known  American  ancestor  of  the  line 
herein  followed,  was  born  in  1603,  and 
died  in  Andover,  Massachusetts,  July  10, 
1689.  He  arrived  in  this  country  from 
England  in  the  ship  "James"  in  1635,  and 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  An- 
dover, where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman, 
May  2,  1638.  His  son,  Joseph  Ballard, 
was  a  resident  of  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, where  his  death  occurred  in  1721. 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Phelps, 
(second)  Mrs.  Rebecca  Home.  Josiah 
Ballard,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  An- 
dover, Massachusetts,  in  1699,  and  died 
there  in  1780.     He  married  Mary  Chan- 


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dler.  Their  son,  Josiah  (2)  Ballard,  was 
born  in  Andover,  Massachusetts,  in  1721 ; 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and 
died  in  1799.  He  married  Sarah  Carter. 
Their  son,  William  Ballard,  was  born  in 
Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  March  23, 
1764,  settled  at  Charlemont,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  in  that  town,  May  25,  1842. 
He  was  a  captain  in  the  State  militia.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Whitney.  Their  son, 
John  Ballard,  was  born  in  Charlemont, 
Massachusetts,  October  1,  1790,  settled  in 
Athens,  Ohio,  in  1830,  and  died  August 
23,   1880.     He  married  Pamelia  Bennett. 

Rev.  Addison  Ballard,  D.  D.,  son  of 
John  and  Pamelia  (Bennett)  Ballard,  was 
born  in  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1822.  Williams  College  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  degrees  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts,  Master  of  Arts  and  Doctor  of 
Divinity.  Entering  the  Congregational 
ministry  he  held  pastorates  in  Williams- 
town,  Massachusetts,  and  Detroit,  Michi- 
gan. He  held  the  professorship  of  Latin 
at  the  Ohio  University,  and  that  of 
rhetoric  at  Williams  College ;  occupied 
the  chair  of  astronomy,  mathematics  and 
natural  philosophy  at  Marietta  College ; 
was  a  professor  of  Greek  and  Latin  at 
Lafayette  College,  Easton,  Pennsylvania, 
also  was  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy 
and  Rhetoric  in  the  same  institution,  and 
was  Professor  of  Logic  in  the  New  York 
University.  One  of  the  principal  pro- 
ducts of  his  pen  is  'Arrows ;  or  the  True 
Aim  in  Study  and  Teaching."  He  mar- 
ried Julia  Perkins  Pratt,  who  is  widely 
and  favorably  known  as  the  author  of 
"Building  Stones,"  "Seven  Years  from 
Tonight,"  "Grandmother's  Story,"  "Hole 
in  the  Bag"  and  "Among  the  Moths  and 
Butterflies."  They  were  the  parents  of 
three  children :  Harlan  Hoge,  Winifred 
and  Julia  Spaulding. 

Harlan  Hoge  Ballard  was  born  in 
Athens,   Ohio,   May   26,    1853.     He   was 


graduated  from  Williams  College,  Bache- 
lor of  Arts,  with  the  class  of  1874,  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in 
1877,  and  shortly  after  leaving  college  en- 
gaged in  educational  work.  For  six  years, 
from  1874  to  1880,  he  was  principal  of 
the  high  school  in  Lenox,  Massachusetts, 
and  from  1880  to  1886  was  principal  of 
the  Lenox  Academy,  and  while  residing 
in  that  town  he  founded  the  Agassiz  As- 
sociation for  the  study  of  nature,  which 
has  had  over  one  thousand  branches.  In 
1887  he  was  chosen  librarian  and  curator 
of  the  Berkshire  Athenaeum  and  Museum 
and  the  following  year  became  secretary 
of  the  Berkshire  Historical  and  Scientific 
Society  of  Pittsfield.  He  is  curator  of  the 
Museum  of  Natural  History  and  Art,  pre- 
sented to  the  city  of  Pittsfield  by  Zenas 
Crane,  Esq.,  of  Dalton.  He  was  for  sev- 
eral years  the  editor  of  "The  Swiss 
Cross."  He  is  the  author  of:  "Three 
Kingdoms,"  1882;  "World  of  Matter," 
1892;  "Open  Sesame,"  1896;  "Virgil's 
^Eneid,  translated  into  English  Hexame- 
ters," 1902-11,  and  joint  author  of: 
"American  Plant  Book,"  1879;  "Barnes' 
Readers,"  1883 ;  and  "One  Thousand 
Blunders  in  English,"  1884.  He  is  a  fel- 
low of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  of  the  American 
Library  Association ;  member  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society,  Royal  Arcanum, 
Country  Club  and  Park  Club,  Pittsfield, 
and  the  National  Institute  of  Social 
Sciences,  and  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Supreme  Council  of  the  thirty-third  de- 
gree of  Scottish  Rite  Masonry.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics. 

Mr.  Ballard  married,  August  30,  1879, 
Lucy  Bishop  Pike,  of  Lenox,  Massachu- 
setts, daughter  of  John  and  Lucy 
(Bishop)  Pike,  and  granddaughter  of 
Nicholas  Pike,  who  was  for  many  years 
master  of  the  Newburyport  grammar 
school,  and  was  the  author  of  an  arithme- 


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tic  which  was  in  general  use  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  day.  On  the  maternal  side 
she  was  a  granddaughter  of  Judge  Henry 
Walker  Bishop,  of  Lenox,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  Bishop, 
of  Richmond,  Massachusetts.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ballard:  Harlan  Hoge, 
Jr.,  Elizabeth  Bishop,  Lucy  Bishop  and 
Margaret. 


CARTER,  Franklin, 

Educator,  Author. 

Franklin  Carter,  sixth  president  of 
Williams  College  (1881-1901),  was  born 
in  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  September  30, 
1837,  son  of  Preserved  Wood  and  Ruth 
W.  (Holmes)  Carter. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
completed  the  course  in  1855,  being  vale- 
dictorian of  his  class.  The  fall  of  that 
year  he  entered  Yale  College,  but  on  ac- 
count of  impaired  health  was  compelled 
to  leave  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore 
year.  After  three  years  of  rest  he  re- 
sumed college  work,  entered  the  junior 
class  at  Williams  College,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1862.  Early  in  1863  he  was  ap- 
pointed Professor  of  Latin  and  French  at 
Williams  College,  and  after  eighteen 
months  in  Europe  assumed  the  duties, 
continuing  in  charge  until  1868,  when  he 
ceased  to  teach  French.  He  retained  the 
chair  of  Latin  until  1872,  when  he  ac^ 
cepted  the  professorship  of  German  at 
Yale  University.  He  then  spent  a  year 
in  special  study  abroad,  and  occupied  the 
chair  until  1881,  when  he  was  elected 
president  of  Williams  College.  Two 
years  later  he  also  became  Professor  of 
Theology  in  that  institution.  He  received 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Wil- 
liams and  from  Jefferson  in  1864;  from 
Yale  in  1874;  Doctor  of  Philosophy  from 
Williams   in    1877;  and   Doctor  of   Laws 


from  Union  in  1881 ;  from  Williams  in 
1904;  from  South  Carolina  College  in 
1905;  and  from  Yale  in  1901.  He  has 
served  as  trustee  of  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  and  in  Clarke  Institute  for 
Deaf  Mutes,  of  which  school  he  was  pres- 
ident for  twenty-one  years.  He  was  pres- 
ident of  the  American  Modern  Language 
Association  and  is  a  member  of  various 
literary  and  benevolent  organizations. 

Some  of  his  principal  writings  are :  An 
edition  of  "Iphigenie  auf  Tauris"  in 
Whitney's  "German  Texts,"  1879;  "A 
Biography  of  Mark  Hopkins,"  in  series 
of  "American  Leaders,"  1892;  "The  New 
Translations  of  Laacoon ;"  "Mr.  Lett- 
son's  Version  of  Middle  German  Epic;" 
"Science  and  Poetry ;"  "Bayard  Taylor's 
Posthumous  Books ;"  and  various  other 
articles  contributed  to  the  "New  Eng- 
lander."  "On  Begessmann's  Views  as  to- 
the  Weak  Preterit  of  the  Germanic 
Verbs ;"  "Did  Von  Der  Kurnberg  com- 
pose the  present  form  of  Nibelungen 
Lied?"  and  "On  Wilmann's  Theory  of 
the  Authorship  of  the  Nibelungen  Lied" 
were  papers  in  the  "Transactions"  of  the 
American  Philological  Association.  He 
has  published  articles  in  "Modern  Lan- 
guage Transactions"  and  the  "American 
Journal  of  Philology."  Dr.  Carter  has 
delivered  many  addresses  before  learned 
societies,  and  baccalaureate  sermons  be- 
fore graduating  classes.  While  scholarly 
in  his  tastes,  he  is  eminently  a  man  of 
affairs,  and  his  work  for  Williams  Col- 
lege was  one  of  notable  progress.  During 
his  presidency  he  added  eighty  acres  to 
the  college  domain,  secured  over  a  mil- 
lion dollars  for  endowments,  and  added 
seven  fine  buildings  to  the  equipment ;  nine 
new  professorships  and  departments  were 
established,  and  the  older  professorships 
liberally  furnished,  and  the  number  of 
students  in  attendance  was  largely  in- 
creased.    As  a  teacher,  Dr.   Carter  is  a 


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thorough  master  and  a  born  leader.  As 
the  chief  executive  officer  of  the  college 
he  is  quick  in  decision  and  promptly  se- 
cures desired  results.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, 1896-1900;  presidential  elector, 
1896;  director  of  Berkshire  Industrial 
Farm,  Canaan,  New  Hampshire;  presi- 
dent of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Mission- 
ary Society,  1 896-1 901  ;  fellow  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  ; 
member  of  the  Modern  Language  Asso- 
ciation of  America,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent, 1881-86;  member  of  American  Ori- 
ental Society,  American  Philological  As- 
sociation, corresponding  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Colonial  Society,  and  hon- 
orary member  of  the  Mattatuck  Histori- 
cal Society,  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Williams  (New  York) 
Club. 

Dr.  Carter  married  (first)  February  24, 
1863,  Sarah  Leavenworth  Kingsbury,  of 
Waterbury,  Connecticut.  He  married 
(second)  February  10,  1908,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth (Sabin)  Leake,  daughter  of  Dr.  H. 
L.  Sabin,  of  Williamstown,  Massachu- 
setts. 


CHAMBERLAIN,  Alexander  Francis, 

Anthropologist. 

Alexander  Francis  Chamberlain  was 
born  in  Kenninghall,  Norfolk,  England, 
January  12,  1865,  son  of  George  and 
Maria  (Anderton)  Chamberlain.  He  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  New  York  in 
1870,  whence  they  removed  to  Canada 
in  1873.  He  was  graduated  from  To- 
ronto University  in  1886  with  honors  in 
modern  language  and  etomology,  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 
that  institution  in  1889.  From  1887  to  1890 
he  was  fellow  in  modern  languages  in 
University  College,  Toronto,  and  during 
these  years  made  a  study  of  the  Missis- 


siga  Indians  of  Skugog,  and  visited  Brit- 
ish Columbia  for  field  work  among  the 
Kootenay  Indians.  From  1890  to  1892 
he  was  fellow  in  anthropology  in  Clark 
University,  Worcester,  Massachusetts, 
meantime  continuing  his  studies  under 
Professor  Frank  Boas.  He  received  in 
1892  from  Clark  University  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy,  this  being  the  first 
time  this  degree  was  granted  in  anthro- 
pology in  America ;  his  doctor's  disserta- 
tion was  "The  Language  of  the  Missis- 
siga  Indians  of  Skugog." 

In  1892  he  was  appointed  lecturer  on 
anthropology  in  Clark  University,  and  at 
a  time  when  appointments  in  that  field 
were  rare  in  our  universities  and  un- 
known in  our  colleges,  and  spent  the  sum- 
mer of  1891  among  the  Kootenay  Indians 
of  British  Columbia,  conducting  anthro- 
pological investigations  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  British  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  the  acting  assistant  professor- 
ship in  1900,  to  the  assistant  professor- 
ship in  1904  and  to  the  professorship  in 
191 1.  He  devoted  especial  attention  to 
American  aboriginal  anthropology  and 
linguistics,  and  contributed  to  the  "Amer- 
ican Folk  Lore  Journal,"  "The  Anthro- 
pologist," "Dialect  Notes,"  "Modern 
Language  Notes,"  and  the  "Proceedings 
of  the  Canadian  Institute."  He  compiled 
a  "Dictionary  and  Grammar  of  the  Koo- 
tenay Indian  Language,"  and  a  "Com- 
parative Glossary  of  Algonkian  Dialects." 

Dr.  Chamberlain  was  a  member  of  the 
American  Antiquarian  Society  ;  was  elect- 
ed secretary  of  the  Anthropological  Sec- 
tion of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  in  1894;  secre- 
tary of  the  Anthropological  Section  of  the 
British  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Science,  1897;  was  a  corresponding 
member  of  the  Institut  de  Coimbra, 
Portugal ;  Societe  de  Folk-Lore,  Chileno 


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(Santiago),  and  Societe  des  American- 
istes  (Paris);  honorary  member  Ameri- 
can Folk-Lore  Society  ;  vice-president  of 
the  Anthropologist  Association. 

Dr.  Chamberlain  was  connected  in  an 
editorial  capacity  with  the  "Journal  of 
American  Folk-Lore"  (1900-08);  was  de- 
partment editor  of  the  "American  An- 
thropologist," and  co-editor  of  "Journal 
of  Religious  Psychology."  He  was  the 
author  of:  "Child  and  Childhood  in  Folk 
Thought,"  1896;  "The  Child— A  Study 
in  the  Evolution  of  Man,"  1900;  "Poems," 
1904;  also  many  essays  and  papers  on 
anthropology,  pedagogy,  and  other  sub- 
jects. He  was  a  contributor  to  the  "New 
International  Encyclopedia,"  "Monroe's 
Cyclopedia  of  Education,"  "Encyclopedia 
Americana,"  "Handbook  of  American  In- 
dians North  of  Mexico"  (Bureau  of  Eth- 
nology), "Hastings  Encyclopedia  of  Re- 
ligion and  Ethics,"  "Encyclopedia  Britan- 
nica."  His  bibliography,  covering  the 
years  1886-1910,  contains  no  fewer  than 
seven  hundred  and  eleven  titles. 

In  municipal  affairs  he  took  a  consider- 
able interest,  and  served  his  fellow  citi- 
zens in  the  following  offices :  Alderman- 
at-large,  of  Worcester,  1905  ;  chairman  of 
the  Democratic  City  Committee,  1904-05  ; 
chairman  of  the  Lincoln  Centenary  Com- 
mittee, Worcester,  1909. 

Dr.  Chamberlain  was  married,  in  1898, 
in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  to  Isabel 
Cushman,  of  that  city.  He  died  April  8, 
1914,  after  a  short  illness. 


ARMINGTON,  Hervey, 

Physician,   Man  of   Strong   Character. 

The  Armington  Arms — Per  chevron  or  and 
azure,  in  chief  two  lions  rampant  combatant  of 
the  second,  in  base  a  lion  rampant  of  the  first. 

For  more  than  two  hundred  years  the 
name  of  Armington  has  been  one  of  the 


best  known  in  New  England.  Descend- 
ants of  the  original  settler  have  during 
that  period  played  prominent  parts  in 
public  and  official  life,  in  military  affairs, 
in  the  professions,  and  in  business  and 
commercial  enterprises.  The  family  has 
flourished  in  those  parts  of  Massachusetts 
and  Rhode  Island,  which  immediately  ad- 
join each  other,  and  its  sons  have  left  the 
imprint  of  their  lives  on  the  communities 
wherein  they  have  resided.  The  name  is 
found  frequently  in  Revolutionary  rosters, 
in  connection  with  both  the  army  and 
navy,  is  found  in  the  high  places  during 
that  period  of  upbuilding  which  followed 
the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  and 
has  continued  since  that  early  time  to 
grow  in  prestige  and  honor.  Loyalty,  pa- 
triotism, able  and  signal  service  have 
brought  honor  to  the  house,  and  placed  it 
high  among  the  families  who  have  done 
much  for  our  country. 

It  is  with  the  line  of  descent  from  the 
founder,  of  the  late  Dr.  Hervey  Arming- 
ton and  his  distinguished  brother,  Asa 
Watson  Armington,  a  well-known  figure 
in  the  financial  world  of  Providence  in  the 
middle  of  the  nineteenth  century,  and  the 
late  Hon.  James  Hervey  Armington,  that 
this  article  deals. 

(I)  Joseph  Armington,  immigrant  an- 
cestor and  founder  of  the  line  in  America, 
was  born  on  the  Island  of  Guernsey, 
Great  Britain.  He  came  from  England 
to  the  American  Colonies  in  1714,  set- 
tling in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
remained  for  a  short  time.  He  returned 
to  England  on  business,  and  died  there  in 
1715.  His  wife,  a  woman  of  great  culture 
and  unusual  education  for  the  time,  after 
the  death  of  her  husband,  established  a 
school  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  where 
she  taught  French. 

(II)  Joseph  (2)  Armington,  son  of  Jo- 
seph (1)  Armington,  the  progenitor,  was 
born  about  the  year  1707,011  the  Island  of 


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Guernsey,  Great  Britain,  and  accompanied 
his  parents  to  America.  Upon  reaching 
his  majority  he  removed  to  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  established  him- 
self, and  where  he  died  on  August  15, 
1746.  He  followed  the  trade  of  brick- 
maker. 

Joseph  (2)  Armington  married,  in  Re- 
hoboth, Massachusetts,  May  27,  1729, 
Hannah  Chaffee,  born  October  3,  1707, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Car- 
penter) Chaffee.  "Hannah,  widow  of  Jo- 
seph," died  at  Rehoboth,  February  22, 
1799.  Their  children  were:  1.  Nicholas, 
born  January  12,  1730.  2.  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Josiah,  born  July  28, 
l733-  4-  John,  horn  June  12,  1735.  5. 
Deliverance,  born  October  24,  1737.  6. 
Susannah,  born  January  9,  1739.  7.  Han- 
nah, born  April  20,  1742.  8.  Josiah  (2), 
born  April  4,  1744.  9.  William,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1746. 

(III)  Joseph  (3)  Armington,  son  of 
Joseph  (2)  and  Hannah  (Chaffee)  Arm- 
ington, was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, June  4,  1 73 1.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  the  town,  and  a  farmer,  as  were 
most  men  of  the  period.  He  married, 
April  19,  1760,  Esther  Walker,  of  Reho- 
both, daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hannah 
(Barstow)  Walker.  Their  children  were  : 
1.  Nathan,  born  November  7,  1761.  2. 
Susanna,  born  September  29,  1762.  3. 
Nancy,  born  May  14,  1765.  4.  Asa,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Walker,  born  March  6, 
1769.  6.  Benjamin,  born  August  27,  1771. 
7.  Joseph,  born  March  31,  1774.  8.  Esther, 
born  March  17,  1777.  9.  George,  born 
June  17,  1779.  10.  Sylvester  Ambrose, 
born  August  19,  1782.  11.  Gardner,  born 
July  6,  1785.  12.  Hannah  B.,  born  Au- 
gust 21,  1787.  13.  James  Gardiner,  born 
September  9,  1789.  14.  Daniel,  born  Oc- 
tober 12,  1 791. 

(IV)  Asa  Armington,  son  of  Joseph 
(3)  and  Esther  (Walker)  Armington,  was 


born  April  19,  1767.  He  married  Bethia 
Remington,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  1.  Asa  Watson, 
born  August  18,  1791,  died  November  16, 
1867.  2.  Dr.  Hervey  Armington,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Ira,  born  April  28,  1795. 
4.  Polly  W.,  born  April  1,  1798.  5.  Mary 
A.,  born  December  31,  1800.  6.  Ira  (2), 
born   May   1,   1803.     7.  Horace  W.,  born 

September,  ,  died  and  was  buried  in 

the  Bay  of  Honduras.  8.  Emma  B.,  born 
January  31,  1808. 

(V)  Dr.  Hervey  Armington,  son  of 
Asa  and  Bethia  (Remington)  Armington, 
was  born  July  26,  1793.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  on 
August  3,  1868.  It  would  be  impossible 
to  give  a  better,  more  comprehensive,  ac- 
count of  his  life,  one  which  showed  more 
clearly  the  regard  in  which  he  was  held 
in  Providence,  the  feeling  of  the  public 
toward  the  man,  and  the  physician,  whom 
it  loved  and  revered,  than  the  sketch  of 
his  life,  published  in  the  "Providence 
Daily  Journal,"  under  the  date  of  August 
8,  1868: 

Dr.  Hervey  Armington,  whose  death  we  have 
already  announced,  was  one  of  our  oldest  physi- 
cians, and  his  departure  from  us  deserves  some- 
thing more  than  a  simple  record  of  the  fact.  Dr. 
Armington  was  descended  from  Joseph  Arming- 
ton, who,  with  his  family,  came  to  Boston  from 
England  in  the  year  1714.  He  was  born  in  Bar- 
rington,  Rhode  Island,  and  his  elementary  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  a  common  country  school. 
He  subsequently  completed  his  course  of  instruc- 
tion at  an  academy  at  Leicester,  Massachusetts. 
During  his  minority  he  spent  several  years  in  a 
seafaring  life,  for  which  he  had  a  fondness,  and 
as  second  mate,  and  afterward  as  chief  mate, 
sailed  to  Virginia,  thence  to  Brazil,  touching  at 
some  ports  in  Portugal.  The  War  of  181 2  broke 
up  our  commercial  marine,  dissipated  the  golden 
dreams  of  its  peaceful  vocation,  and  led  to  the 
opening  of  a  business  in  a  country  store.  This 
proving  unsuccessful,  it  was  abandoned,  and  the 
steps  of  enterprise  were  turned  to  the  west.  Pre- 
vious to  1812  young  Armington  proceeded  to  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  taking  passage  to  Philadelphia  in  a 


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schooner  just  started  as  a  pioneer  in  the  regular 
freighting  business,  thence  traveling  on  foot  to 
Pittsburgh,  and  from  that  place  descending  the 
Ohio  in  a  skiff  built  by  himself  and  his  travel- 
ing companion.  In  Cincinnati  he  engaged  in  the 
study  of  medicine  in  the  office  of  Drs.  Hough  and 
Whitman,  and  after  completing  his  preparatory 
course  became  a  student  in  the  Ohio  Medical  Col- 
lege, at  the  head  of  which  was  the  late  Daniel 
Drake,  M.  D.  While  pursuing  his  medical  studies, 
to  support  himself  and  defray  his  college  ex- 
penses, he  set  up  soda  water  fountains  (the  first 
probably  in  the  west)  in  Maysville,  Chillicothe, 
St.  Louis,  Louisville,  and  thus  contributing  to 
the  cause  of  temperance  by  substituting  a  whole- 
some and  delightful  beverage  for  intoxicating 
liquors.  In  1822  he  was  graduated  with  the  honors 
of  the  institution,  and  after  receiving  his  degree 
established  himself  in  a  settlement  (if  we  mistake 
not  called  "Yankeetown"),  about  thirty-seven 
miles  from  Cincinnati.  Here  he  continued  but  a 
single  season.  Dr.  Armington  remained  in  the 
west  nearly  five  years,  when  he  returned  to  Provi- 
dence and  engaged  in  the  drug  business,  practic- 
ing his  profession  occasionally.  He  likewise  en- 
gaged in  trade  in  connection  with  navigation,  but 
failing  of  anticipated  success  he  returned  to  the 
practice  of  medicine,  which  became  extensive,  and 
in  which  he  ever  afterward  continued.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  Medical  Society, 
and  for  nine  years  its  treasurer.  He  was  also  at 
one  time  president  of  the  Providence  Association 
of  Physicians,  and  enjoyed  the  fullest  confidence 
and  respect  of  his  associates.  His  medical  prac- 
tice covered  a  period  of  about  forty  years. 

Dr.  Armington  was  very  domestic  in  his  habits, 
and  found  his  chief  enjoyment  in  the  bosom  of  his 
family,  and  in  the  society  of  friends  who  always 
met  a  cordial  welcome  at  his  Tiome.  Though 
taking  no  active  part  in  political  affairs,  he  cher- 
ished firmly  his  early  and  deliberately  formed 
opinions,  which  his  ballot  at  the  polls  undisguised- 
ly  expressed.  For  many  years  Dr  Armington  was 
a  member  of  the  school  committee,  and  during 
his  entire  official  connection  with  that  body  dis- 
charged with  scrupulous  fidelity  the  duties  as- 
signed to  him.  No  one  felt  deeper  interest  in 
the  education  of  the  young,  or  appreciated  more 
accurately  the  importance  of  our  public  school 
system.  Changes  bearing  an  evidence  of  improve- 
ment, either  in  the  construction  of  school  houses, 
or  in  methods  of  teaching,  received  from  him  a 
hearty  approval.  He  was  especially  interested  in 
the  prosperity  of  the  high  school,  and  viewed  with 
unmingled    satisfaction    the    blessing   it   annually 


conferred  upon  its  pupils  and  through  them  upon 
the  city.  To  his  profession  as  a  physician  Dr. 
Armington  was  faithfully  devoted  and  the  numer- 
ous families  in  which  he  practiced  welcomed  him 
in  the  sick  room  as  a  safe  adviser  and  friend. 
He  was  prompt  to  meet  all  calls  for  professional 
services,  and  the  cases  of  his  poorest  patients, 
from  many  of  whom  no  pecuniary  compensation 
was  expected  or  rendered,  always  received  con- 
scientious attention.  Even  after  declining  health 
warned  him  to  be  sparing  of  his  strength,  his 
ready  sympathy  for  the  suffering  prompted  him 
often  to  transcend  prudence  in  ministering  at  the 
bedside  of  disease  and  pain.  He  died  with  calm 
and  cheerful  submission  to  Divine  Will.  His  life 
was  formed  under  the  abiding  influence  of  funda- 
mental Christian  principles  to  which  he  gave  un- 
qualified acceptance.  To  his  family  and  to  a 
wide  circle  of  friends  his  death  came  as  a  deep 
grief.  From  the  medical  profession  a  respected 
and  valued  member  was  removed,  while  from  a 
still  wider  circle,  those  by  whom  he  was  honored 
as  a  dispenser  of  healing,  had  been  taken  one 
whose  memory  was  ever  fragrant  of  a  kind  and 
willing  service.  He  was  the  last,  but  one,  of  a 
family  of  eight  brothers  and  sisters.  He  passed 
away  August  3,  1868,  leaving  behind  a  record  full 
of  usefulness  and  high  worth. 

Dr.  Hervey  Armington  married  on  De- 
cember 25,  1825,  Ardelia  Allin,  born  April 
21,  1803,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
Pearce  and  Hannah  (Baker)  Allin  (see 
Allin).  Their  children  were:  1.  Samuel 
Allin,  married  Sarah  Sweet,  both  de- 
ceased. 2.  Hannah  Bethiah,  died  unmar- 
ried. 3.  Horace  Ward,  died  unmarried. 
4.  Rebecca  Baker,  died  unmarried.  5. 
Emily  Louise,  died  unmarried.  6.  Juli- 
ana Trowbridge,  deceased.  7.  Jerauld 
Tibbitts,  mentioned  below.  8.  Emma 
Foster,  residing  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  at  the  old  family  residence  at  108 
Williams  street.  9.  Hervey  Blanchard, 
who  married  Esther  Paine ;  both  de- 
ceased. 

(VI)  Jerauld  Tibbitts  Armington,  son 
of  Dr.  Hervey  and  Ardelia  (Allin)  Arm- 
ington, was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  on  September  14,  1842.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  private  acad- 


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-emy  of  Mr.  Austin,  a  prominent  educator 
in  Providence  at  the  time.  He  left  school 
early.  From  earliest  childhood  he  had 
had  a  great  fondness  for  horses,  and  found 
his  first  employment  in  the  thing  he  loved 
so  well — driving  an  express  wagon  for  a 
large  company  of  Providence.  In  1862,  at 
the  age  of  about  twenty  years,  young 
Armington  heard  the  call  of  the  West, 
and  with  a  company  of  friends  set  out  on 
the  long  and  arduous  journey  across  the 
plains.  The  journey  was  made  by  prairie 
schooner,  and  the  ultimate  destination  of 
the  party  was  Denver,  Colorado.  Here 
Mr.  Armington  worked  for  a  period  of 
about  three  months,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  had  saved  enough  money  to  buy 
an  "outfit,"  a  team  of  horses,  and  with 
these  he  started  in  a  small  way  in  the 
business  which  he  later  developed  to  such 
large  proportions.  Starting  as  a  con- 
tractor, he  soon  made  his  way  into  the 
field  of  railroad  building.  After  a  period, 
in  which  he  met  with  much  success  in  his 
business,  Mr.  Armington  admitted  into 
partnership  with  him  Mr.  Peter  Seims,  a 
man  of  considerable  business  talent  and 
practical  experience.  The  name  of  the 
firm  became  Armington  &  Seims,  under 
which  style  the  business  was  conducted 
until  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Armington 
from  business  life.  The  firm  was  given 
the  contracts  for  portions  of  the  largest 
railroads  in  that  section  of  the  West,  and 
became  one  of  the  most  important  of  its 
kind  in  the  immediate  vicinity. 

Mr.  Armington  was  also  keenly  inter- 
ested in  mining,  and  conducted  large  min- 
ing operations  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Denver,  and  Great  Falls,  Montana, 
whither  he  moved  later.  He  owned  ex- 
tensive property  holdings  in  that  latter 
place,  and  conducted  several  large 
ranches.  He  spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  and  his  stay  in  the  west  in  the  State 
of  Montana.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  town  of  Great  Falls,  Montana,  and 


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one  of  its  most  prominent  public  men  and 
business  officials.  A  leader  in  almost 
every  phase  of  the  community's  activities, 
he  was  also  one  of  its  best  beloved  friends. 
The  Indians,  in  that  country  where  the 
strongest  antagonism  and  resentment 
against  the  "whites"  was  almost  univer- 
sal, loved  and  honored  him,  and  were  his 
friends.  They  called  him  "The  Medicine 
Man,"  because  of  his  knowledge  of  the 
medical  profession,  gained  in  his  early 
years  from  his  father.  Through  his 
knowledge  of  medicine  he  was  able  to  re- 
lieve much  suffering  among  the  ignorant 
Indians,  and  they  regarded  him  as  a 
stanch  friend.  He  was  also  a  champion 
of  their  rights  among  the  whites.  His 
gifts  for  charitable  purposes,  though  un- 
ostentatious, were  large,  and  large  por- 
tions of  his  land  in  various  parts  of  the 
country  were  given  to  men  who  had  failed 
in  prospecting  or  in  business  and  were  re- 
duced to  the  point  of  necessity.  His 
political  affiliation  was  with  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  in  appreciation  of  his 
services  to  the  town,  he  was  elected  with 
an  overwhelming  majority,  a  member  of 
the  first  Senate  of  the  State  of  Montana, 
which  incumbency  he  accepted  for  the 
purpose  of  accomplishing  needed  reforms 
on  behalf  of  the  people.  After  the  ex- 
piration of  his  first  term,  however,  he  re- 
fused to  accept  office  again,  though 
strongly  urged  to  do  so. 

Mr.  Armington  was  well  known  in  the 
fraternal  life  of  the  town,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Great  Falls  Lodge  of  the  Be- 
nevolent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of 
Montana.  He  also  belonged  to  the  Mon- 
tana Pioneer  Society.  He  was  a  gentle- 
man of  the  old  school,  kindly,  courteous, 
honorable,  and  well  loved  by  the  people 
to  whom  he  gave  the  greater  part  of  his 
life.  He  was  popularly  known  as  "Sena- 
tor" or  "Doctor"  Armington,  and  occu- 
pied a  very  prominent  and  influential 
place  in  the  hearts  and  lives  of  the  people 

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of  Great  Falls.  Mr.  Armington  was  the 
owner  of  the  township  of  Armington,  near 
Great  Falls. 

The  last  years  of  his  life  were  spent 
with  his  sisters  in  Providence,  where  he 
died  on  December  10,  1916. 

(The  Allin  Line). 

For  a  period  of  more  than  two  and  a 
half  centuries  the  family  of  Allin  has  held 
a  position  of  prominence  in  New  Eng- 
land. 

Arms — Gules  three  swords  barwise  argent 
points  to  the  sinister,  hilts  and  pommels  or,  be- 
tween four  mullets,  two  in  chief,  and  two  in  base 
of  the  third. 

Crest — On  a  Bible  a  hand  couped  close  holding 
a  sword  erect. 

During  this  time  the  name  has  been 
spelled  variously  Allin,  Allen,  Allyn,  fre- 
quently according  to  the  preference  of  the 
man  who  bore  it,  and  oftentimes  as  a  dis- 
tinguishing mark,  when  there  was  more 
than  one  family  of  the  name  in  a  com- 
munity. Faulty  spelling  in  early  records 
is  responsible  for  much  difficulty  in  trac- 
ing ancestry  in  the  family.  In  the  early 
years  of  the  colonial  period  we  find  many 
immigrants  of  the  name  in  New  England, 
the  heads  of  families,  and  to-day  the  fam- 
ily is  represented  in  every  State  in  the 
Union.  The  Rhode  Island  family  of  Allin 
has  been  established  there  since  the  year 
1683,  and  in  successive  generations  has 
played  an  active  part  in  the  building  of 
the  little  colony,  and  the  growth  of  the 
Commonwealth.  The  name  is  found  with 
great  frequency  in  the  rolls  of  soldiers 
serving  in  the  wars  of  our  country,  and 
several  of  them  have  achieved  fame  and 
distinction  on  the  field  of  battle.  The  late 
Mrs.  Armington,  wife  of  Dr.  Hervey 
Armington,  was  a  descendant  of  one  of 
the  ancient  colonial  families  of  Allin,  trac- 
ing in  a  direct  line  to  one  of  the  early  pro- 


genitors. She  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel 
P.  Allin,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  John  Allin,  of 
Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  where  the 
family  was  established  in  the  year  1683. 

John  Allin,  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  was  a  prominent  citizen, 
married  Susan  Goddard  Wall,  widow  of 
William  Wall.  They  were  the  parents  of 
one  child,  James,  mentioned  below. 

James  Allin,  of  Portsmouth,  resided 
there  all  his  life.  He  married  Martha 
Pearce,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Esther 
(Wyley)  Pearce,  a  member  of  a  long 
established  Rhode  Island  family.  Their 
children  were:  I.  Daniel,  who  removed 
to  Pomfret,  Connecticut.  2.  Cyrus,  of 
Brownsville,  New  York.  3.  John  Pearce, 
of  Westmoreland,  New  York.  4.  Sam- 
uel Pearce,  mentioned  below.  5.  Cyn- 
thia, of  Amsterdam.  New  York.  6.  Mat- 
thew, of  Canajoharie,  New  York.  7.  Caleb, 
of  Brownsville,  New  York.  8.  Thomas, 
of  Amsterdam,  New  York.  9.  James, 
of  Amsterdam,  New  York.  10.  Martha, 
of  Johnstown,  New  York.  11.  Susan,  of 
Amsterdam,  New  York.  12.  Henry,  of 
Amsterdam,  New  York.  13.  Juliana,  of 
Amsterdam,  New  York. 

Samuel  Pearce  Allin,  son  of  James  and 
Martha  (Pearce)  Allin,  of  Portsmouth,. 
Rhode  Island,  was  born  in  that  town  and 
grew  to  manhood  there.  He  later  re- 
moved to  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  resided  for  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  married  Hannah  Baker,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: 1.  Martha.  2.  Samuel  Pearce.  3. 
Louisa.  4.  Louisa.  5.  Ardelia,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Jeremiah.  7.  Joseph.  8.  Wil- 
liam. 

Ardelia  Allin,  daughter  of  Captain  Sam- 
uel Pearce  and  Hannah  (Baker)  Allin, 
was  born  April  21,  1803.  She  married, 
December  25,  1825,  Dr.  Hervey  Arming- 
ton.    (See  Armington  V). 


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WINSLOW,  William  Copley, 

Archaeologist  and  Historical  Writer. 

William  Copley  Winslow,  a  recognized 
authority  on  New  England  Colonial  his- 
tory, and  of  world-wide  fame  in  the  field 
of  Egyptological  research  and  explora- 
tion, was  born  January  13,  1840,  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  son  of  the  Rev.  Hub- 
bard Winslow,  D.  D.,  and  Susan  W.  (Cut- 
ler) Winslow,  of  Pilgrim  descent.  The 
father  was  a  widely  known  minister, 
author  and  educator,  and  succeeded  the 
Rev.  Lyman  Beecher  in  the  pastorate  of 
the  Bowdoin  Street  Church,  Boston, 
where  Lowell  Mason,  as  its  director  in 
music,  composed  his  hymns,  and  set  to 
music,  "America,"  there  first  sung  in 
public. 

William  Copley  Winslow  was  prepared 
for  college  in  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
and  was  graduated  from  Hamilton  Col- 
lege, Clinton,  New  York,  in  1862.  While 
in  college  he  edited  "The  Hamiltonian," 
and  he  was  associated  with  Joseph  Cook 
and  W.  G.  Sumner,  of  Yale  College,  in 
founding  the  "University  Quarterly  Re- 
view." In  1862-63  he  served  on  the  edi- 
torial staff  of  the  "New  York  World," 
and  later,  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Tyng,  was 
associate  editor  of  the  "Christian  Times." 
He  was  meantime  engaged  in  theological 
studies,  being  graduated  from  the  Gen- 
eral Theological  Seminary  (New  York) 
in  1865.  For  some  months  thereafter  he 
was  in  Italy,  studying  Roman  archaeology 
and  arts.  From  1867  to  late  in  1870  he 
was  rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  at 
Lee,  Massachusetts,  removing  in  the  lat- 
ter year  to  Boston,  and  for  many  years 
taking  charge  temporarily  or  officiating 
in  various  churches  throughout  the  State 
and  acting  as  executive  secretary  of  the 
Free  Church  Association. 

It  is,  however,  in  the  field  of  explora- 
tion   that    Dr.    Winslow    established    his 


high  and  lasting  reputation.  A  lover  of 
nature  as  well  as  art,  early  in  his  minis- 
try he  had  interested  himself  in  the  pres- 
ervation of  the  Adirondack  forests,  which 
he  explored  for  the  maps,  and  in  that  in- 
terest he  wrote  many  articles  for  the 
press.  In  1880  he  passed  four  months  in 
Egypt  and  Syria,  and  he  was  present 
when  the  Obelisk,  now  in  New  York,  was 
taken  down  at  Alexandria  ;  and  he  was  in- 
strumental in  procuring  for  the  Boston 
Museum  of  Fine  Arts  the  colossal  statue 
of  Rameses  II.,  the  Syenite  granite  shafts 
from  Bubastis  and  Annas,  the  head  of 
Hathor,  etc.,  and  he  also  secured  for  the 
museum  and  for  various  universities  of 
Massachusetts,  New  York  and  elsewhere 
many  fine  specimens  of  ancient  history 
and  art.  Among  the  one  hundred  and 
twenty  papyri  sent  to  this  country  was 
what  has  been  considered  to  be  the  old- 
est known  fragment  of  the  Gospels — a 
large  part  of  the  First  Chapter  of  St. 
Mathew.  This  was  found  in  Oxyrhynchus, 
one  hundred  and  forty  miles  south  of 
Cairo,  near  the  famous  "Logia,"  or  "Say- 
ings of  Jesus,"  some  experts  placing  its 
date  at  150  A.  D.,  and  others  making  it 
fifty  or  sixty  years  later.  Dr.  Winslow 
placed  the  oldest  fragment  of  St.  Paul 
(Romans  I.)  yet  discovered  in  the  Simitic 
Museum  at  Harvard.  At  a  general  meet- 
ing of  the  Egypt  Exploration  Fund  in 
London,  England,  in  the  presence  of 
United  States  Minister  Edward  J.  Phelps 
and  Miss  Amelia  B.  Edwards,  Professor 
R.  S.  Poole  had  said  that,  with  the  single 
exception  of  Sir  Erasmus  Wilson,  "Dr. 
Winslow  had  accomplished  more  than 
any  other,  not  merely  for  the  work  of  the 
society,  but  for  the  cause  of  Biblical  re- 
search and  the  spread  of  Biblical  knowl- 
edge in  connection  with  Egyptology 
throughout  the  civilized  world." 

He  has  been  an  officer  or  on  the  com- 
mittees of  the  Institute  of  Civics,  Web- 


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ster  Historical  Society,  Appalachian  Club, 
American  Oriental  Society,  Bostonian  So- 
ciety, New  England  Historic-Genealogi- 
cal Society,  various  church  societies,  and 
as  an  archaeologist  is  an  honorary  fellow 
of  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute, 
honorary  member  of  the  British  Archaeo- 
logical Association,  honorary  correspond- 
ent of  the  Victoria  Institute,  Royal  Soci- 
ety of  Arts  and  Sciences,  etc. ;  honorary 
member  of  five  New  England  State  and 
nineteen  other  State  historical  societies, 
various  Canadian  and  numerous  local  so- 
cieties. In  1916  the  Society  of  Oriental 
Research  (Chicago)  created  him  an  hon- 
orary fellow.  He  was  president  of  the 
New  England  Alumni  Association,  Ham- 
ilton College,  and  at  the  Centennial  (1912) 
of  Hamilton  College,  Elihu  Root  was 
president  and  Dr.  Winslow  vice-presi- 
dent. Dr.  Winslow  was  for  many  years 
excellent  high  priest  of  St.  Barnard  Com- 
mandery  in  Boston. 

Among  his  editorial  connections  he 
was  associate  editor  of  the  "American 
Antiquarian,"  also  of  "American  Histori- 
cal Register  ;"  he  was  a  regular  writer  for 
"Biblia;"  prepared  from  one  hundred  to 
one  hundred  and  fifty  articles  a  year  for 
the  daily  and  weekly  press.  He  has  con- 
tributed articles  upon  his  favorite  sub- 
jects to  encyclopedias  and  magazines ;  he 
served  on  various  committees  of  the  Chi- 
cago Exposition  congresses,  and  read 
papers  before  their  sessions,  and  he  is 
now  (1917)  aiding  Professor  Petrie  and 
the  Egyptian  Research  Account  Society, 
•of  which  he  is  American  vice-president 
and  honorary  treasurer.  He  has  written 
the  following  monographs :  "A  Greek 
City  in  Egypt,"  "The  Store  City  of  Pit- 
hom,"  "Tombs  at  Beni  Hasan,"  "Egypt 
at  Home,"  "Explorations  at  Zoan,"  "Pil- 
grim Fathers  in  Holland,"  "Governor 
Edward  Winslow,"  "Winslow  Memo- 
rial," "Papyria  in  the  United  States,"  and 


"Egyptian  Antiquities  in  American  Mu- 
seums." Among  his  honorary  degrees  are 
Master  of  Arts,  Hobart  College,  1865; 
Doctor  of  Philosophy,  Hamilton  College, 
1886;  L.  H.  D.,  Columbia  University, 
(Centennial)  1887;  S.  T.  D.,  Griswold, 
1887;  Doctor  of  Divinity,  Amherst  Col- 
lege, 1887;  Doctor  of  Laws,  St.  Andrew's 
University,  Scotland,  1888;  Doctor  of 
Civil  Laws,  King's  College  University, 
Nova  Scotia,  1888;  Doctor  of  Science,  St. 
John's  College  (Centennial),  Annapolis, 
Maryland. 

Dr.  Winslow  married  (first)  June  20, 
1867,  Harriet  S.  Hay  ward,  daughter  of 
the  Hon.  Joseph  H.  Hayward,  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  She  died  September  13, 
1915,  leaving  one  child,  a  daughter.  He 
married  (second)  May  24,  1917,  Elizabeth 
Bruce  Roelofson,  of  Boston. 


DANIELSON,  George  Whitman, 

Journalist,  Man  of  Enterprise. 

The  Danielson  family,  for  a  period  of 
over  two  hundred  years,  has  ranked 
among  the  most  distinguished  and  honor- 
able in  the  States  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Connecticut.  Its  sons  have  in  every  gen- 
eration played  a  prominent  part  in  the 
affairs  of  the  communities  in  which  they 
have  been  residents,  and  have  written  the 
name  of  Danielson  large  upon  the  records 
of  these  two  States. 

The  line  of  descent  to  be  treated  in  this 
article  is  that  of  George  Whitman  Daniel- 
son, editor  and  publisher,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  one  of  the  largest  figures 
in  the  field  of  journalism  in  New  Eng- 
land in  the  middle  and  latter  half  of  the 
last  century.  He  was  a  descendant  in  the 
sixth  generation  of  the  founder,  Sergeant 
James  Danielson. 

(I)  Sergeant  James  Danielson,  pro- 
genitor of  the  Danielsons  in  America, 
was  born  in  Scotland,  and  came  to  Amer- 
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ica  in  the  latter  half  of  the  seventeenth 
century.  He  was  among  the  first  settlers 
of  Block  Island,  Rhode  Island.  He  be- 
came the  owner  of  much  land  on  Block 
Island,  purchasing  several  tracts  between 
1688  and  1705.  James  Danielson  became 
a  freeman  of  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island 
in  1696,  when  the  General  Assembly  ad- 
mitted him.  In  1700  he  was  elected  town 
sergeant  of  New  Shoreham,  Rhode 
Island,  and  in  1704-05  was  a  member  of 
its  town  council.  James  Danielson 
fought  during  the  earlier  years  of  his  life 
against  the  Indians,  and  in  reward  for  his 
distinguished  services  received  a  parcel 
of  land  in  Voluntown,  Connecticut,  at 
the  time  of  the  distribution  of  public 
lands.  Some  time  during  the  following 
period,  Mr.  Danielson  left  Block  Island 
and  took  up  his  residence  in  Connecticut, 
attracted  thither,  it  is  thought,  by  the 
aspect  of  the  land  over  which  he  had 
travelled  during  his  campaigning  in  the 
Indian  wars.  In  1706  he  purchased  a 
tract  of  eight  hundred  acres  of  land  on 
the  Quinebaug  river,  with  a  mansion 
house  and  barn,  in  what  afterward  be- 
came the  village  of  Pomfret.  He  was  a 
merchant  and  trader  with  the  Indians, 
and  in  1707  purchased  from  Major  Fitch, 
who  was  engaged  in  similar  trade,  the 
neck  of  land  between  the  Quinebaug  and 
Assawauga  rivers,  comprising  about  two 
thousand  acres.  He  is  stated  to  have 
been  the  first  white  settler  south  of  Lake 
Mashapaug,  and  is  said  to  have  built  a 
garrison-house  at  the  southern  extremity 
of  his  land.  Sergeant  James  Danielson 
became  a  leader  in  the  affairs  of  the  town 
which  sprang  up  there,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  prominent  men  in  that  section 
of  the  country.  The  new  settlement  was 
afterward  named  Killingly. 

James  Danielson  was  a  man  of  sub- 
stantial wealth,  as  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  that  for  the  eight  hundred  acre  tract 


of  land  he  paid  £155,  and  for  the  second 
tract  of  two  thousand  acres  he  paid  £170. 
He  had  a  residence  in  each  settlement ; 
part  of  his  extensive  land  holdings  are 
still  in  the  hands  of  lineal  descendants. 
His  death  occurred  on  January  22,  1728. 
In  his  declining  years  he  "laid  out  a 
burial  ground  between  the  rivers  for  the 
use  of  the  inhabitants,  and  was  the  first 
to  be  interred  in  it."  James  Danielson 
married  (first)  Abigail  Rose,  March  11, 
1685.  He  married  (second)  January  22, 
1700,  Mary  Ackers,  who  died  February 
23,  1752,  aged  eighty-six  years. 

His  descendants  took  an  active  part  in 
the  stirring  events  of  colonial  and  national 
history,  and  among  the  most  prominent 
may  be  mentioned :  Samuel  Danielson, 
who  was  moderator  of  Killingly  in  1760, 
and  selectman  in  1785;  William  Daniel- 
son, who  was  constable,  collector  of  taxes 
and  lieutenant  in  1760,  first  major  of 
Colonel  Williams'  Eleventh  Regiment. 
The  same  William  Danielson  took  one 
hundred  and  forty-six  men  from  Killingly 
to  Cambridge  in  1775,  became  colonel  in 
1776,  and  after  the  Revolution  became 
general  of  militia.  In  1788  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Convention  called  to 
ratify  the  national  constitution. 

(II)  Samuel  Danielson,  son  of  Ser- 
geant James  and  Mary  (Ackers)  Daniel- 
son, was  born  in  1701.  He  succeeded  to 
his  father's  place  in  the  community,  and 
inherited  a  large  part  of  the  property  of 
the  elder  man.  He  received  the  home- 
stead in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Killing- 
ly, and  became  one  of  the  most  prominent 
citizens  of  the  place.  He  was  also  a 
leader  in  the  industrial  life  of  the  town, 
and  had  a  large  interest  in  the  factories, 
which  sprang  up  along  the  Quinebaug 
river.  The  short  swift  current  of  this 
river  furnished  excellent  water  power  for 
the  operation  of  manufacturing  plants, 
and  several  were  established  on  its  banks. 


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So  great  a  share  of  the  property  was  in 
the  hands  of  the  Danielson  family  that 
the  manufacturing  town  which  was 
founded  along  the  river  was  given  the 
name  of  Danielsonville,  later  becoming 
known  as  Danielson. 

Samuel  Danielson  married  Sarah  Doug- 
las, March  26,  1725.  She  was  born  about 
1704,  and  died  March  29,  1774,  aged  sev- 
enty. He  died  in  1786.  They  were  the 
parents  of  ten  children. 

(III)  Captain  Samuel  (2)  Danielson, 
son  of  Samuel  (1)  and  Sarah  (Douglas) 
Danielson,  was  born  in  Killingly,  Con- 
necticut, in  1741.  He  was  active  in  the 
militia,  and  was  one  of  the  men  who 
marched  to  the  relief  of  Boston  at  the 
Lexington  Alarm  in  April,  1775.  He  died 
on  June  13,  1817.  Captain  Samuel  Dan- 
ielson married,  May  6,  1770,  Hannah 
Whitman,  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  October  10,  1751,  died  October  3, 
1787,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah 
(Hartshorn)  Whitman,  and  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  John  Whitman,  the  progeni- 
tor of  the  Whitman  family  in  America. 
John  Whitman  came  to  New  England 
from  England  before  December,  1638, 
when  he  settled  in  Weymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  line  of  descent  of  the  wife 
of  Captain  Samuel  (2)  Danielson,  was 
through,  John,  the  founder;  Zachariah, 
John  and  Jacob. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3)  Danielson,  son  of 
Samuel  (2)  and  Hannah  (Whitman) 
Danielson,  was  born  December  30,  1772. 
He  married  Sarah  Beg,  born  June  13, 
1773,  daughter  of  Adam  and  Sarah  (Rob- 
inson) Beg,  and  resided  in  Killingly  all 
his  life.  He  died  July  24,  1845,  and  his 
wife  on  September  9,  1852.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  1.  Adam.  2.  Jacob  Whitman, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Jane.  4.  Samuel 
Sanford. 

(V)  Jacob  Whitman  Danielson,  son  of 
Samuel  (3)  and  Sarah  (Beg)  Danielson, 


was  born  in  Killingly,  Connecticut,  May 
9,  1798.  He  was  a  lifelong  resident  of 
Killingly,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent 
citizens  of  the  town.  He  was  also  a  large 
landowner.  He  married,  September  18, 
1827,  Lucy  Maria  Prince,  born  March  13, 
1805,  died  April  19,  1847,  daughter  of. 
Abel  and  Lucy  (Cady)  Prince.  He  died 
November  15,  1856.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  the  following  children:  1.  George 
Whitman,  mentioned  below.  2.  Edward 
Prince,  born  February  21,  1831  ;  married, 
January  24,  1861,  Mary  Etta  Johnson,  of 
Putnam,  Connecticut ;  died  July  8,  1902. 
3.  Eliza  M.,  born  August  26,  1833;  mar- 
ried, February  15,  1871,  Dr.  John  Vedder, 
died  January  7,  1908.  4.  Lucy  Jane,  born 
March  26,  1838;  unmarried,  lived  in  Dan- 
ielsonville, Connecticut,  died  May  28, 
1908.  5.  William  J.,  born  May  1,  1843; 
married,  November  1,  1871,  Anna  Russell 
Saunders,  a  resident  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island  ;  died  January  18,  1916. 

(VI)  George  Whitman  Danielson,  son 
of  Jacob  Whitman  and  Lucy  Maria 
(Prince)  Danielson,  was  born  in  Daniel- 
son, Connecticut,  April  26,  1829.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  in  the 
periods  not  spent  in  school  worked  on 
his  father's  farm.  Finding  farming  work 
distasteful,  and  having  an  inclination 
toward  the  printer's  trade,  he  left  his 
father's  farm  and  entered  the  printing 
establishment  of  E.  C.  Carter  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Danielson,  to  learn  the  trade. 
During  the  first  six  months  of  his  appren- 
ticeship he  received  the  munificent  com- 
pensation of  three  dollars  a  month  and 
board.  This  was  increased  to  ten  dollars 
per  month  during  the  second  six  months. 
He  progressed  rapidly  in  the  trade,  and 
soon  had  a  thorough  grasp  of  the  tech- 
nical as  well  as  business  details  of  the 
printing  trade,  controlling  the  greater 
part  of  the  business  of  the  establishment 
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himself.  In  1845  ne  went  to  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  worked  as  a 
journeyman  printer.  He  also  spent  a 
time  in  New  York  City,  where  he  set  type 
on  one  of  the  great  morning  dailies,  in 
this  position  passing  through  a  test  which 
proved  his  mettle  as  perhaps  none  other 
could.  He  shortly  afterward  returned  to 
Providence,  still  a  mere  youth,  and  ob- 
tained employment. 

It  was  his  ambition  to  publish  a  paper, 
and  in  a  very  short  time  after  his  return 
from  New  York  he  brought  out  the 
"Daily  Sentinel,"  a  promising  sheet, 
though  its  editor  was  at  the  time  under 
twenty  years  of  age.  Mr.  Danielson  dur- 
ing the  following  few  years  edited  the 
'"Daily  Transcript"  of  Providence,  gradu- 
ally gaining  for  himself  a  recognized  and 
envied  place  in  the  field  of  journalism  in 
the  city,  and  arousing  as  is  usual  bitter  en- 
mity, as  well  as  sincere  appreciation.  On 
July  26,  1848,  he  became  editor  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  "New  England  Arena,"  at 
West  Killingly,  Connecticut,  a  paper 
which  he  dedicated  to  the  spirit  of  inde- 
pendence, and  which  during  the  entire 
term  of  its  existence  typified  the  stern 
independence  and  incorruptible  integrity 
of  Mr.  Danielson,  and  his  strict  adher- 
ence to  the  highest  standards  in  his  work. 
At  the  end  of  a  year  Mr.  Danielson  re- 
turned to  Providence,  and  in  May,  1851, 
became  the  reporter  of  marine  news  for 
the  "Providence  Daily  Post."  He  also 
filled  the  post  of  assistant  editor  and  fore- 
man of  the  composing  room.  His  work 
in  this  capacity  attracted  favorable  notice 
among  the  ablest  journalists  of  the  State, 
and  he  was  looked  upon  as  a  coming  man, 
destined  to  make  a  mark. 

George  Whitman  Danielson,  on  March 
14,  1859,  m  company  with  Albert  R. 
Cooke,  of  Providence,  established  the 
"Evening  Press"  in  that  city,  which  im- 
mediately secured  a  large  circulation,  and 


a  popularity  which  promised  an  excellent 
future.  In  September,  1862,  Mr.  Daniel- 
son disposed  of  his  interests  in  the  new 
publication  to  his  partner,  and  accepted 
at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  Senator  An- 
thony and  Joseph  Knowles,  the  office  of 
business  manager  and  managing  editor 
of  the  "Providence  Journal."  He  brought 
to  the  administration  of  the  duties  of  this 
office  a  freshness  of  ideas  and  an  effi- 
ciency which  soon  infused  into  the  paper 
a  new  life,  and  established  its  somewhat 
declining  circulation  on  a  firm  and  sound 
basis.  On  January  26,  1863,  the  "Even- 
ing Bulletin"  was  first  put  into  the  hands 
of  the  public,  furnishing  the  news  and  the 
editorial  opinions  of  "The  Journal"  at  a 
popular  price.  This  paper  through  the 
business  and  editorial  genius  of  Mr.  Dan- 
ielson was  brought  up  to  a  circulation  of 
more  than  twenty-two  thousand  copies 
daily  in  1884,  and  achieved  a  total  circu- 
lation in  combination  with  "The  Jour- 
nal," which  was  exceeded  by  only  a  few 
of  the  newspapers  of  the  world.  Mr. 
Danielson,  who  was  the  guiding  genius 
of  "The  Journal"  and  the  "Evening  Bul- 
letin," was  in  absolute  charge  of  every 
detail  of  their  management,  and  was  re- 
sponsible for  the  great  impetus  in  the 
circulation  and  financial  returns  of  the 
two  papers  which  took  place  in  the  very 
beginning  of  his  administration  and  con- 
tinued until  its  close.  He  was  eminently 
fitted  for  the  work  which  he  did  by  rea- 
son of  his  excellent  literary  ability  and 
his  keen  business  sense,  two  qualities 
which  are  seldom  found  in  combination. 
He  was  a  man  of  broad  sympathies,  and 
possessed  a  deep  human  understanding, 
a  love  of  all  mankind  and  a  catholicity  of 
tastes  which  was  a  feature  of  his  edi- 
torial work. 

George  Whitman  Danielson  was  prom- 
inent in  almost  every  phase  of  life  in 
Providence,  and  was  identified  wif.h  many 


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important  business  interests.  He  was 
vice-president  and  director  of  the  Oak- 
land Beach  Association,  a  director  of  the 
Phoenix  National  Bank,  of  the  Richmond 
Paper  Company,  the  Equitable  Mutual 
Insurance  Company,  and  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Telephone  and  Electric  Company. 
He  was  for  many  years  president  of  the 
New  England  Press  Association.  He 
was  a  charter  member  of  What  Cheer 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a  member  of 
the  Westfield  Congregational  Church  of 
Danielsonville. 

Mr.  Danielson  married,  on  January  25, 
1881,  Rosa  Frances  Peckham,  of  Kill- 
ingly,  daughter  of  Dr.  Fenner  Harris  and 
Catherine  (Torrey)  Peckham.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  1.  Whitman,  born  December 
17,  1881.  2.  Rosamond,  born  November 
6,  1884. 

George  Whitman  Danielson  died  on 
March  25,  1884,  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  a  public  man  whose 
death  to  the  city  of  Providence  was  a  loss 
irreparable.  What  he  meant  to  a  large 
proportion  of  the  population  of  the  city 
may  best  be  judged  by  the  following 
tributes  of  the  press  and  public  organiza- 
tions at  the  time  of  his  death : 


ance  with  his  wishes,  the  ship  which  he  com- 
manded was  not  checked  in  its  course,  but  there 
was  a  pause  in  the  full  activity  of  the  machinery 
for  the  hour  of  the  solemn  ceremonies  of  the 
burial  of  the  dead  captain.  And  when  the  time 
came  to 

Free  the  fettered  engine 

And  speed  the  hurrying  shaft, 

and  for  all  the  stress  of  strenuous  and  unceas- 
ing labor  to  be  renewed,  the  officers  and  crew, 
in  performing  their  duties  through  the  long 
night,  were  compelled  by  irresistible  feeling,  as 
they  will  be  for  many  nights  and  days  to  come, 
to  pause  often  in  their  work,  however  engross- 
ing, to  wipe  away  the  unbidden  tears,  starting 
at  the  countless  familiar  touches  recalling  his 
voice  and  hand,  or  emanations  of  his  vanished 
spirit,  intensifying  the  poignant  grief  and  sense 
of  irreparable  loss. 

The  Providence  Journal,  March  25,  1884:  The 
spontaneous  and  unanimous  tribute  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  to  his  worth  as  a  citizen  only 
voiced  the  sentiment  of  the  people  of  Rhode 
Island,  to  whom  his  name  was  a  household 
word,  and  to  whom  he  has  for  so  many  years 
daily  sent,  not  merely  the  news  of  the  world, 
but  the  utterances  of  reason,  philanthropy  and 
religion,  whatever  was  best  in  current  thought 
or  highest  in  the  realm  of  spiritual  hope,  prom- 
ise or  attainment.  Mr.  Danielson  possessed  cer- 
tain characteristics  which  were  patent  to  every- 
body with  whom  he  came  in  contact;  his  keen 
sagacity,  his  grasp  of  mind,  his  vigor  of  will, 
and  his  almost  ever  unerring  judgment  im- 
pressed the  least  capable  observer. 


The  Providence  Journal:  The  assemblage  of 
the  public  was  large  and  notable,  representing 
the  weightiest  influences  in  the  State  in  public 
service  and  private  life,  and  all  the  interests 
which  contribute  to  its  greatness  and  welfare. 
It  was  touching  alike  to  see  the  citizens,  vener- 
able with  grey  hair,  and  of  honored  names,  taking 
a  last  farewell  of  the  face  and  form  of  their 
associate  in  labor  for  the  public  welfare,  and 
young  men  receiving  a  stimulus  to  it  by  the  im- 
pression of  the  honor  it  brings.  The  feeling  of 
respect  and  honor  was  universal,  including  all 
classes,  friends  and  former  opponents,  associates 
and  rivals  in  business,  all  uniting  in  paying  the 
deserved  tribute.  Of  the  feeling  of  his  employes 
and  those  most  intimately  associated  with  him,  it 
is  unnecessary  to  speak,  and  it  was  deeply  mani- 
fest in  their  countenances  and  mien.     In  accord- 


The  Pawtucket  Gazette  and  Chronicle,  March 
28,  1884:  The  most  eminent  journalist  of  our 
State  has  departed.  Heaven  designated  him  for 
a  journalist.  With  an  acute  intellect  and  saga- 
cious judgment  he  noted  the  improvements  that 
were  making  in  journalism.  It  was  his  ambi- 
tion to  avail  himself  of  every  agency  that  prom- 
ised to  expedite  the  attainment  of  news,  and  of 
every  invention  which  facilitated  its  publication. 

Hon.  Henry  Howard:  Is  it  saying  too  much 
to  assert  that,  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Danielson, 
the  State  has  lost  its  most  influential  citizen? 
I  think  not.  Partly  by  virtue  of  his  command- 
ing position  as  conductor  of  a  journal  long 
recognized  as  a  power  in  the  community,  partly 
because  of  rare  union  of  innate  common-sense 
qualities  with  that  resolute  courage  which  holds 
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all  considerations  of  self-interest  in  perpetual 
subordination,  and  somewhat  doubtless,  because 
joined  to  a  pure  patriotic,  and  lofty  aim,  there 
was  in  him  a  well  defined  sense  of  enjoyment 
in  the  possession  of  power,  and  a  manly  instinct 
of  leadership —  he  had  attained  to  an  influence 
commanding  in  degree  and  surprisingly  diverse 
and  wide  in  its  relations.  I  have  known  him 
more  or  less  intimately  for  upwards  of  thirty 
years. 

Right  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Hendricken,  Bishop  of 
Roman  Catholic  Diocese  of  Rhode  Island,  March 
30,  1884:  I  cannot  leave  the  altar  without  ex- 
pressing regret  for  the  death  of  George  W. 
Danielson.  I  utter  these  words  of  regret,  not 
only  for  myself,  but  I  speak  for  the  50,000  Catho- 
lics in  the  diocese.  Mr.  Danielson  was  among 
the  first  to  introduce  into  his  paper  a  department 
in  which  the  interests  of  Catholics  were  espe- 
cially considered,  a  feature  which  all  the  lead- 
ing journals  have  since  adopted.  He  never  took 
any  advantage  in  matters  regarding  the  church 
or  displayed  any  measures  in  his  dealings  with 
it.  Though  never  personally  acquainted  with 
Mr.  Danielson,  I  have  received  many  favors 
from  him  for  myself  and  for  the  church.  When 
the  cornerstone  of  the  Cathedral  was  laid,  Mr. 
Danielson  sent  the  generous  contribution  of 
$100.  Many  other  churches  have  been  recipi- 
ents of  his  generosity.  He  was  exceptionally 
an  able  man.  He  was  most  gentlemanly  in  the 
use  of  his  pen,  from  which  no  vulgar  expression 
has  ever  been  seen.  He  was  above  everything 
mean,  just,  as  far  as  he  could  see,  as  far  as  he 
could  be.  As  a  man  I  hold  a  deep  respect  and 
regard  for  him,  and  in  his  death  the  Journal, 
the  city,  and  even  the  State  sustains  a  great 
loss. 


GREEN,  Samuel  A.,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  LL.  D., 

Physician,  Litterateur,  Author. 

Samuel  Abbott  Green,  A.  M.,  M.  D., 
LL.  D.,  who  has  gained  national  distinc- 
tion as  physician,  academician,  litterateur, 
historian,  antiquary,  and  whose  service  in 
the  field  as  a  surgeon  during  the  Civil 
War  merited  the  military  honors  be- 
stowed upon  him,  was  born  in  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  March  16,  1830,  son  of 
Dr.  Joshua  and  Eliza  (Lawrence)  Green. 

The  Green  family  genealogy  leads  di- 


rectly back  to  Percival  and  Ellen  Green, 
who  sailed  from  London  for  New  Eng- 
land in  1635,  and  in  1636  were  living  in 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Throughout 
the  generations  between  that  of  Percival 
Green  and  the  present,  the  family  appears 
to  have  been  of  high  standing  and  intel- 
lectual inclinations  ;  many  of  its  members 
have  been  in  the  church  ministry,  and 
Harvard  University  has  been  the  alma 
mater  of  the  main  branch  of  the  Green 
family  for  more  than  three  centuries,  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Green  having  graduated 
there  in  1695;  Joshua  Green  in  1749; 
Joshua,  his  son,  in  1784,  and  Dr.  Joshua 
Green,  father  of  Samuel  Abbott,  in  the 
class  of  1818. 

Samuel  Abbott  Green,  after  he  had 
passed  through  Groton  Academy,  now 
Lawrence  Academy,  entered  Harvard 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  Bach- 
elor of  Arts  in  the  class  of  185 1.  His 
study  of  medicine  was  begun  in  Boston 
immediately  after  graduation,  under  the 
preceptorship  of  Dr.  J.  Mason  Warren, 
and  was  continued  by  a  course  of  lectures 
at  Jefferson  Medical  College  in  Philadel- 
phia, and  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School, 
where  he  graduated  with  the  Doctor  of 
Medicine  degree  in  1854;  also  receiving 
the  Master  of  Arts  degree  from  the  col- 
lege. Further  professional  study  in  Paris, 
Berlin  and  Vienna  was  followed  in  due 
course  of  time  by  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine in  Boston.  During  the  years  1858 
and  1861  he  served  as  one  of  the  district 
physicians  for  the  Boston  Dispensary. 
On  May  19,  1858,  he  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Banks  surgeon  of  the  Second 
Regiment  Massachusetts  Militia.  Imme- 
diately on  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion 
he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  First  Massachusetts  Regiment, 
being  the  first  medical  officer  of  the  State 
to  be  mustered  into  the  three  years'  serv- 
ice.    He  was  promoted  to  the  surgeoncy 


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of  the  Twenty-fourth  Massachusetts 
Regiment  on  September  2,  1861,  to  which 
regiment  he  remained  attached  until  No- 
vember, 1864,  during  this  period,  how- 
ever, serving  on  the  staffs  of  various  gen- 
eral officers.  He  had  charge  of  the  hos- 
pital ship  "Recruit"  in  General  Burnside's 
expedition  to  North  Carolina,  and  later 
of  the  hospital  steamer  "Cosmopolitan" 
on  the  coast  of  South  Carolina ;  was  chief 
medical  officer  at  Morris  Island  during 
the  siege  of  Fort  Wagner,  in  the  summer 
of  1863;  was  post  surgeon  at  St.  Augus- 
tine and  Jacksonville,  Florida;  thence 
was  sent  to  Virginia,  and  was  with  the 
army  at  the  capture  of  Bermuda  Hun- 
dred, in  May,  1864;  was  acting  staff  sur- 
geon in  Richmond  for  three  months  after 
the  surrender  of  the  city ;  and  in  1864  was 
brevetted  lieutenant-colonel  for  "gallant 
and  distinguished  service  in  the  field  dur- 
ing the  campaign  of  1864."  In  February, 
1862,  Dr.  Green  established  a  cemetery 
on  Roanoke  Island,  one  of  the  first  gen- 
eral burial  places  for  Union  soldiers  dur- 
ing the  war. 

After  the  war,  Dr.  Green  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  Boston  Dispensary  from 
1865  to  1872.  In  1870  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Claflin  a  member  of  the 
commission  chosen  to  care  for  disabled 
soldiers.  From  1871  to  1882  Dr.  Green 
was  city  physician  of  Boston;  in  1860-62 
and  1866-72  he  was  a  member  of  the 
school  board;  from  1868  to  1878  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Boston  Public  Library,  and 
during  the  last  year  of  this  period  served 
as  acting  librarian.  In  1882  he  was  mayor 
of  the  city  of  Boston,  a  post  of  honor  his 
election  to  which  demonstrated  his  popu- 
larity with  the  people  as  well  as  with 
those  of  his  own  station.  In  1885-86  he 
was  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health,  Lunacy  and  Charity.  Dr.  Green 
was  an  overseer  of  Harvard  University 
for  twenty-nine  years,  1869-80  and  1882- 


1900;  was  a  trustee  of  the  Peabody  Edu- 
cation Fund  from  1883  to  the  time  of  its 
distribution,  1914,  and  secretary  of  the 
board;  and  from  1885  to  1888  he  was  the 
acting  general  agent,  in  the  place  of  Dr. 
Curry,  who  had  been  appointed  Minister 
to  Spain.  From  1903  to  1907  he  was  gen- 
eral agent.  In  1878  he  was  chosen  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Experts  authorized  by 
Congress  to  investigate  the  causes  and 
prevention  of  yellow  fever. 

In  1896  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  the  Univer- 
sity of  Nashville.  Dr.  Green  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society  nineteen  years,  and  for  forty-nine 
years  since  1868  has  been  librarian  of  the 
society.  He  has  been  president  of  the 
Channing  Home,  a  hospital  for  consump- 
tives ;  is  a  fellow  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society,  and  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Society  for  Medical  Improve- 
ment, of  the  American  Philosophical  So- 
ciety of  Philadelphia,  and  of  the  Ameri- 
can Antiquarian  Society.  For  two  years 
he  was  on  the  examining  board  of  the 
Annapolis  Naval  Academy.  Other  offices 
of  trust  and  honor  have  fallen  to  his 
charge,  including  the  presidency  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  Lawrence  Academy, 
at  Groton,  his  native  town.  His  deep  in- 
terest in  that  historic  place  has  been 
shown  in  many  ways,  particularly  in  the 
numerous  historical  essays  and  books  he 
has  written,  bearing  upon  the  history  of 
the  town.  His  researches  in  all  historical 
matters  have  been  so  thorough  and  accu- 
rate as  to  establish  his  writings  perma- 
nently as  an  authority  for  future  his- 
torians. Among  his  contributions  to  the 
nation's  literature  are :  "My  Campaigns 
in  America,"  translated  from  the  French 
of  Count  William  de  Deux  Ponts  (Bos- 
ton, 1868)  ;  "Account  of  Percival  and 
Ellen  Green,  and  Some  of  Their  Descend- 
ants"   (1876);   "Epitaphs   from    the   Old 


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Burying  Ground  in  Groton"  (1878) ;  "The 
Early  Records  of  Groton,  1662-1707" 
(1880);  "History  of  Medicine  in  Massa- 
chusetts" (Boston,  1881);  "Groton  Dur- 
ing the  Indian  Wars"  (1883);  "Groton 
During  the  Witchcraft  Times"  (1883); 
"The  Boundary  Lines  of  Old  Groton" 
(1885)  ;  "The  Geography  of  Groton,"  pre- 
pared for  the  use  of  the  Appalachian 
Mountain  Club  (1886);  "An  Historical 
sketch  of  the  Town  of  Groton"  (Boston, 
189.1);  "Groton  Historical  Series"  (forty 
numbers,  four  volumes,  1884-1891) ;  "Gro- 
ton During  the  Revolution"  (1900)  ;  "Ten 
Fac-simile  Reproductions  relating  to  Old 
Boston  and  Neighborhood"  (1901); 
"Three  Military  Diaries  kept  by  Groton 
Soldiers  in  Different  Wars"  (1901)  ;  "Ten 
Fac-simile  Reproductions  Relating  to 
New  England"  (1902);  "Ten  Fac-simile 
Reproductions  Relating  to  Various  Sub- 
jects;" "Three  Historical  Addresses  at 
Groton"  (1908);  "John  Foster,  the  Earli- 
est American  Engraver,  and  the  First 
Boston  Printer"  (1909);  "Facts  Relating 
to  the  History  of  Groton,  Massachusetts," 
volume  i  (1912),  volume  ii  (1914).  In 
addition  to  the  above  mentioned,  Dr. 
Green  is  the  author  of  numerous  other 
monographs  and  articles  on  historical  and 
antiquarian  subjects. 

The  Venezuelan  Order  "Bust  of  Boli- 
var" was  bestowed  upon  Dr.  Green  by  the 
President  of  Venezuela  in  recognition  of 
distinguished  service  rendered  to  that 
nation  by  the  eminent  physician. 


ANGELL,  Andrew  A., 

Esteemed  Citizen. 

Authorities  differ  as  to  the  origin  of  the 
name  Angell.  It  is  claimed  by  some  to 
be  derived  from  Angel,  a  town  in  France, 
and  by  others  to  have  come  from  the 
Greek  word  for  messenger.  According  to 
some,  it  is  of  baptismal  origin,  and  signi- 


fies "Son  of  Angel."  It  is  known  that  in 
early  times  the  word  was  used  as  a  de- 
scriptive term  applied  to  character,  and 
was  later  used  to  denote  extraordinary 
beauty.  Example  of  this  second  use  is 
found  in  the  year  1185,  when  Konstan- 
tinos,  a  noble  of  the  Byzantine  Empire, 
received  the  name  of  Angelos  by  reason 
of  his  comeliness.  It  was  once  a  very 
popular  name  in  England,  and  was  thor- 
oughly hated  by  the  Puritans,  who  were 
unable,  however,  to  oust  it. 

Arms — Or,  three  fusils  in  fesse  azure  over  all  a 
baston  gules. 

Crest — Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or,  a  demi  pega- 
sus  argent,  crined  gules. 

The  Angell  family  was  established  in 
America  in  the  early  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  by  Thomas  Angell,  a  de- 
scendant of  an  old  English  family,  and 
has  been  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  New 
England  in  the  successive  generations 
since  the  founder. 

(I)  Thomas  Angell,  progenitor  of  the 
American  branch  of  the  family,  was  born 
in  England,  about  1618.  There  is  a  tradi- 
tion that  he  was  the  son  of  Henry  Angell, 
of  Liverpool,  England,  and  that  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years  he  came  to  London  to 
seek  his  fortune.  In  163 1  he  came  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Lion,"  sailing  from 
London.  He  was  of  the  party  of  Roger 
Williams,  and  was  then  regarded  as  a  ser- 
vant or  apprentice  of  Williams.  He  ar- 
rived in  Boston,  and  went  with  Roger 
Williams  to  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  remained  until  1636.  When  religious 
intolerance  and  persecution  of  those  of  his 
sect  in  Massachusetts  drove  Williams  to 
seek  a  home  elsewhere,  Thomas  Angell 
accompanied  him,  and  in  1636  settled  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  had 
granted  him  the  lot  fronting  on  North 
Main  street,  where  now  the  First  Baptist 
Church,    the    High    School    and    Angell 


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street  are  situated.  In  1652  and  1653  he 
was  elected  a  commissioner,  and  became 
one  of  the  most  influential  citizens  in 
early  Providence.  In  1655  he  was  con- 
stable, which  office  he  held  for  many 
years.  He  was,  as  were  all  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Providence  in  that  day,  a  farmer. 
His  will  was  dated  May  3,  1685,  and 
proved  September  18,  1685.  He  was 
about  seventy-six  years  old  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  His  wife  bore  the  name  of 
Alice.  Her  will  is  dated  October  2,  1694, 
and  was  proved  in  January  of  the  follow- 
ing year. 

(II)  John  Angell.  son  of  Thomas  and 
Alice  Angell,  was  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  and  died  there  July  27, 
1720.  For  a  few  years  he  lived  on  the 
Daniel  Jenckes  farm,  five  miles  from 
Providence,  toward  Lime  Rock,  on  the 
Lewisquisit  road.  He  removed  to  Provi- 
dence, later  in  life,  and  there  followed  the 
occupation  of  farmer.  John  Angell  was 
admitted  a  free  man  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  October  16,  1670.  He  married,  in 
1669,  Ruth  Field,  daughter  of  John  Field, 
of  Providence. 

(III)  Thomas  Angell  (2),  son  of  John 
and  Ruth  (Field)  Angell,  was  born  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  March  25, 
1672.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade, 
which  he  followed  during  his  entire  life- 
time, erecting  many  buildings  in  Provi- 
dence in  his  time,  the  most  famous  of 
which  is  the  old  Angell  Tavern  in  Scitu- 
ate,  Rhode  Island.  This  tavern,  which 
was  built  by  Thomas  Angell  in  1710,  is 
located  on  the  old  Plainfield  turnpike,  and 
was  occupied  by  the  family  for  several 
generations.  This  house  was  used  as  a 
general  meeting  place  for  the  towns- 
people, and  was  the  scene  of  public  meet- 
ings of  the  town  of  Scituate  for  a  long 
period.  Thomas  Angell  was  one  of  the 
most  influential  citizens  and  business  men 
of    Providence,    widely    known    and    re- 


spected. In  the  capacity  of  innkeeper  he 
was  brought  into  contact  with  travelers 
from  all  parts  of  the  colonies,  and  was 
consequently  a  man  well  informed  on  cur- 
rent issues.  He  was  well  educated  and  a 
keen  business  man,  as  well  as  a  genial 
host.  He  died  in  Scituate,  Rhode  Island, 
in  1714,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  meet- 
ing house  lot  in  South  Scituate.  Thomas 
(2)  Angell  married,  April  4,  1700,  Sarah 
Brown,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Alice 
Brown;  she  was  born  in  1677,  and  sur- 
vived her  husband  many  years. 

(IV)  Jeremiah  Angell,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Angell,  was  born 
in  Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  June  29,  1706, 
and  died  there  in  1786.  He  inherited  the 
Angell  tavern  from  his  father,  whom  he 
succeeded  in  the  management  and  pro- 
prietorship of  the  famous  inn.  He  was 
also  a  capable  business  man,  and  man- 
aged his  real  estate  interests  very  suc- 
cessfully. Jeremiah  Angell  also  inherited 
his  father's  farm  in  South  Scituate,  which 
he  cultivated,  and  brought  up  to  a  fine 
standard  during  his  lifetime.  He  cleared 
and  planted  much  of  this  large  farm,  giv- 
ing much  of  his  time  to  the  study  of  his 
work,  which  for  several  generations  con- 
tinued to  produce  results.  One  orchard 
which  he  planted  furnished  fruit  for  four 
generations.  In  addition  to  his  duties  as 
innkeeper  and  his  work  as  a  farmer,  he 
found  time  to  make  a  considerable  study 
of  the  law.  He  was  constantly  sought  by 
the  people  of  the  town  on  legal  questions, 
and  was  probably  the  most  influential 
public  man  in  Scituate  of  his  time.  He 
was  for  several  years  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  was  eminently  a  peacemaker,  doing 
his  best  to  bring  about  a  settlement  be- 
tween the  parties  in  a  law  suit,  by  telling 
them  the  law  in  their  case  and  advising 
that  they  settle  their  differences  without 
recourse  to  law.  Jeremiah  Angell  died  in 
Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  in  1786,  and  was 


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buried  in  the  old  meeting  house  lot.  He 
married  (first)  Mary  Matthewson ;  (sec- 
ond) Abigail  Downs;  (third)  Betsey 
Stone. 

(V)  Andrew  Angell,  son  of  Jeremiah 
and  Mary  (Matthewson)  Angell,  was 
born  in  Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  January 
3,  1742.  He  was  educated  to  become  his 
father's  assistant  and  successor  in  his 
various  interests  in  Scituate,  and  early 
rendered  valuable  services  to  the  elder 
Mr.  Angell  in  the  management  of  the 
Angell  Tavern,  to  which  he  succeeded  at 
the  death  of  the  elder  man.  He  was  also 
a  well  educated  man,  of  intellectual  tastes, 
refined  and  cultured,  and  possessed  of  un- 
usual ability  in  business.  He  was  a  true 
representative  of  "mine  host"  of  the  old 
school,  hospitable,  courteous,  genial  and 
accommodating.  He  was  an  excellent 
conversationalist,  and  drew  much  of  his 
ability  in  this  line  from  the  variety  and 
multitude  of  the  experiences  of  the  trav- 
elers who  stopped  at  his  house,  which  in 
the  day  was  one  of  the  most  famous  in 
that  section  of  the  country.  The  dangers 
of  navigation  or  in  some  cases  its  total 
obstruction  increased  travel  greatly  on 
the  Providence  and  Norwich  road,  and 
brought  to  the  tavern  much  patronage, 
which  otherwise  would  not  have  reached 
it.  Many  men  of  fame  in  the  early  history 
of  the  country  traveled  this  road,  among 
them  General  Washington,  General  Lafa- 
yette, and  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin. 

Andrew  Angell  married  Tabitha  Harris, 
who  was  born  June  21,  1743.  He  died 
June  29,  1792.  After  his  death  his  widow 
rented  the  tavern  and  resided  on  the  farm 
in  Scituate,  where  she  died. 

(VI)  Charles  Angell,  son  of  Andrew 
and  Tabitha  (Harris)  Angell,  was  born 
at  the  Angell  Tavern  in  Scituate,  Rhode 
Island,  in  1775.  According  to  the  custom 
of  the  family,  which  had  been  to  give  its 
sons  the  best  advantages  possible  in  edu- 


cation, he  was  excellently  trained.  He 
subsequently  became  one  of  the  leaders 
of  the  affairs  of  the  community,  as  his 
forebears  had  been  for  generations  before. 
He  was  president  of  the  town  council,  and 
served  for  several  years  in  the  State  Leg- 
islature, a  strong  figure  in  the  affairs  of 
that  body,  and  a  valuable  man  to  the  sec- 
tion which  he  represented,  both  because 
of  his  honesty  and  unimpeachable  integ- 
rity, and  because  of  his  keenness  of  intel- 
lect and  talent  for  legal  affairs  and  pub- 
lice  service.  He  was  elected  to  the  post 
of  a  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 
He  was  an  able  and  convincing  public 
speaker,  and  a  contemporary  report  says : 
"He  talked  pointedly  and  well.  He  spoke 
of  the  question  before  him,  upon  which 
he  had  reflected  sufficiently  to  see  clearly 
the  order  of  his  thoughts  and  to  connect 
them  in  an  unbroken  chain,  each  link  rep- 
resenting an  idea."  Charles  Angell  con- 
ducted the  Angell  Tavern  during  the  War 
of  1812,  and  saw  much  of  the  stirring 
events  of  that  time,  learning  much  of  the 
progress  of  the  war  also  through  the  men 
who  came  to  his  tavern.  Charles  Angell 
died  in  his  forty-sixth  year,  November  13, 
1 821. 

He  married  Olive  Aldrich,  daughter  of 
James  Aldrich,  of  Scituate,  Rhode  Island. 
Their  children  were:  1.  Tabitha  H.,  born 
February  12,  1801  ;  married  Abner  Peck- 
ham.  2.  Andrew  A.,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Alice  Smith,  born  in  Scituate,  Rhode 
Island,  September  21,  1805;  married 
George  Aldrich. 

(VII)  Andrew  A.  Angell,  son  of 
Charles  and  Olive  (Aldrich)  Angell,  was 
born  in  South  Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  De- 
cember 7,  1802.  He  was  the  fifth  genera- 
tion in  the  direct  line  to  inherit  and 
occupy  the  Angell  Tavern,  but  because  of 
the  change  in  the  attitude  of  the  public 
toward  inns  and  the  growing  strength  of 
the  temperance  reform,  together  with  the 


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inroads  which  steam  and  railroads  made 
on  the  trade  which  accrued  to  the  taverns 
from  travel,  he  was  compelled  to  give  up 
the  historic  old  place.  Mr.  Angell  there- 
after directed  his  entire  time  and  atten- 
tion to  the  management  of  his  farm  in 
South  Scituate.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  gave  this  farm  to  his  wife,  who  sold  it 
after  his  death.  Thus  both  the  tavern 
and  farm  passed  out  of  the  control  of  the 
Angell  family,  in  whose  hands  they  had 
been  for  nearly  two  centuries.  Mr.  Angell 
died  October  15,  1864. 

He  married  Amy  Aldrich.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  1.  James  Burrill  Angell,  the 
famous  educator,  president  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan.  2.  Eliza  A.  Angell,  de- 
ceased, married  Jeremiah  Adams,  de- 
ceased. 3.  Charles  Angell,  deceased.  4. 
Hannah  Angell,  who  became  the  wife  of 
James  Haydon  Coggeshall.  5.  Caroline  F. 
Angell,  deceased,  married  Peter  Collier, 
deceased.  6.  William  T.  Angell,  of  Chi- 
cago. 


COVEL,  Thomas  D., 

Active  Man  of  Affairs. 

Edward  Cowell  (so  spelled),  an  inhabi- 
tant of  Boston  in  1645,  a  cordwainer,  was 
a  participant  in  King  Philip's  war,  and 
was  in  command  of  a  squad  or  company 
of  eighteen  men  in  April,  1675*  en  route 
from  Marlboro  to  Boston ;  some  three 
miles  from  Sudbury  they  were  surprised 
by  the  Indians,  and  in  the  engagement 
that  followed  four  of  the  men  were  killed. 
On  this  occasion,  said  one  writer:  "From 
all  the  above-mentioned  authorities,  the 
true  account  in  brief  seems  to  be,  that  the 
English  had  no  suspicions  of  the  great 
numbers  of  the  Indians  that  were  gather- 
ing about  Marlborough  and  Sudbury,  or 
of  the  vicinity  of  any,  until  early  in  the 
morning  of  the  21st  (April),  when  several 
deserted  houses  were  burnt  with  the  evi- 


dent purpose  of  drawing  out  the  garri- 
sons into  an  ambuscade.  Then  Deacon 
Haines's  garrison  home  was  attacked  with 
fury  by  large  numbers,  but  was  success- 
fully defended  from  six  o'clock  in  the 
morning  until  one  o'clock  p.  m.,  when  the 
assault  was  abandoned.  Twelve  volun- 
teers coming  from  Concord  upon  the 
alarm,  to  aid  the  garrison,  were  lured  into 
the  river  meadow,  and  all  slain  save  one. 
Mr.  Edward  Cowell,  with  a  body  of 
eighteen  mounted  men  coming  from 
Brookfield  by  way  of  Marlborough,  and 
by  a  different  way  from  that  taken  by 
Captain  Wadsworth,  became  sharply  en- 
gaged with  the  outlying  part  of  the 
enemy,  and  lost  four  men  killed,  one 
wounded  and  had  five  of  his  horses  dis- 
abled." Edward  Cowell  had  by  his  wife 
Margaret  the  following  children:  John: 
Joseph,  mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth,  born 
August  17,  1653;  William,  June  28,  1655. 
He  married  (second)  in  Hingham,  June 
26,  1668,  Sarah,  born  November  19,  1644, 
daughter  of  Captain  Joshua  and  Ellen 
(Ibrook)  Hobart,  and  their  children  were  : 
Sarah,  born  April  2,  1669;  Edward,  Au- 
gust 12,  1672. 

(II)  Joseph  Cowell,  or  Covel,  second 
son  of  Edward  and  Margaret  Cowell,  was 
a  cooper  of  Boston,  and  married  (first) 
about  1673,  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
Carter,  widow  of  William  Hunter,  (sec- 
ond) Alice  Palmer. 

(III)  Joseph   (2)  Covel,  son  of  Joseph 

(1)  Covel,  was  born  1694,  and  died  1733. 
He  resided  at  Chatham,  Massachusetts, 
and  Killingly,  Connecticut,  and  had  wife 
Hannah. 

(IV)  Ebenezer   Covel,   son   of  Joseph 

(2)  and  Hannah  Covel,  born  November  7, 
1727,  was  a  resident  of  the  eastern  part  of 
Killingly,  Connecticut,  and  died  August 
27,,  1805.  His  wife  Martha  died  June  20, 
1803.  Children  :  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Sampson,  born  April  4,  1754;  Mary. 


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September  15,  1756;  Ebenezer,  January 
11,  1759;  Tamer,  March  8,  1761 ;  Keziah, 
November  8,  1764;  Martha,  January  26, 
1766;  James,  April  10,  1768;  Hannah,  Au- 
gust 27,  1770. 

(V)  Samuel  Covel,  eldest  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Martha  Covel,  was  born 
January  13,  1752,  and  married  Judith 
Bloss. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Covel,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Judith  (Bloss)  Covel,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 15,  1779,  in  Killingly,  Connecticut, 
and  died  at  Berkley,  Massachusetts, 
March  15,  1843,  aged  sixty-four  years. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  ship  carpenter  by 
occupation,  and  settled  at  Berkley  be- 
fore marriage.  He  married  (first)  Polly 
Newell,  by  whom  he  had  Samuel  and 
Benjamin,  and  (second)  Susan  Tinkham. 

(VII)  Benjamin  (2)  Covel,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (1)  and  Polly  (Newell)  Covel,  was 
born  March  2,  1818,  in  Berkley,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  November  16,  1892,  in 
Fall  River.  He  was  reared  to  country 
life,  and  had  such  educational  privileges 
as  the  neighborhood  schools  afforded. 
His  father  being  a  ship  carpenter  as  well 
as  farmer,  it  was  but  natural  that  the  son 
evinced  a  taste  in  mechanical  lines,  and 
at  eighteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Fall 
River  and  began  an  apprenticeship  at  the 
carpenter's  and  joiner's  trade  under  the 
direction  of  Melville  Borden,  a  contractor 
and  builder  in  wood.  He  remained  with 
Mr.  Borden  for  a  year  and  a  half,  then 
finished  his  apprenticeship  with  Pierce, 
Mason  &  Company,  continuing  in  their 
employ  until  the  summer  of  1842.  For  a 
short  time  thereafter — from  September 
until  November — he  was  in  the  employ, 
as  boss  carpenter,  of  Samuel  Sanford,  in 
Boston,  having  general  oversight  of  all 
the  repairing  and  the  erection  of  the  new 
tenement  houses  put  up  by  Mr.  Sanford. 
Returning  to  his  native  town,  Berkley,  in 
November,  1842,  he  there  remained  until 


the  spring  of  1843,  when  he  located  in 
Fall  River,  associated  with  James  Smith 
as  partner,  and  began  business  on  his 
own  account  and  a  career  which  proved 
successful.  Among  some  of  the  early 
structures  built  in  Fall  River  by  Mr. 
Covel  and  his  partner  were  the  Pearl 
street  church  edifice,  and  the  "Richard- 
son House"  and  "Wilbur  House ;"  and 
for  the  following  forty  years  or  more,  dur- 
ing the  active  period  of  Mr.  Covel's  life, 
he  was  constantly  occupied  as  a  con- 
tractor and  builder  of  wood,  not  only  in 
Fall  River,  but  in  all  the  Fall  River  region, 
his  field  of  operation  sometimes  extending 
to  the  cities  of  Boston  and  Newport. 
Among  some  of  the  Fall  River  buildings 
that  have  stood  as  monuments,  as  it  were, 
to  his  workmanship  may  be  mentioned 
the  Troy  buildings,  the  Durfee  block,  the 
residence  of  William  C.  Davol,  Jr.,  and 
the  residence  of  Alphonso  S.  Covel.  At 
the  time  of  the  extension  of  the  Old 
Colony  Railroad  from  Fall  River  to  New- 
port, Mr.  Covel  constructed  all  of  the 
bridges  and  depots  on  the  line,  and  for 
this  company  he  erected  at  Boston  one  of 
the  large  freight  houses.  Commencing 
life  a  poor  boy,  Mr.  Covel  by  his  own 
exertions,  unaided  and  alone,  rose  to  posi- 
tion and  a  comfortable  competence ;  truly 
was  he  a  self-made  man.  He  served  effi- 
ciently as  director  and  president  of  the 
Crescent  Mills  from  their  organization  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  and  also  was  vice- 
president  and  trustee  of  the  Union  Sav- 
ings Bank  at  Fall  River.  A  Republican 
in  his  political  affiliations,  he  was  often 
called  to  positions  of  trust  and  responsi- 
bility and  served  as  delegate  to  both 
county  and  State  conventions.  He  mar- 
ried, December  14,  1841,  Angeline  Baker, 
born  January  3,  1821,  in  Dartmouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, daughter  of  Halsey  and  Mercy 
(Allen)  Baker,  of  Dartmouth  (see  Baker 
VI).     Children:   Alphonso  S.,  a  sketch  of 


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whom  follows ;  Benjamin  F.,  a  sketch  of 
whom  follows ;  Thomas  D.,  mentioned 
below ;  Ina  F.,  i860,  died  aged  two  years. 
(VIII)  Thomas  D.  Covel,  third  son  of 
Benjamin  (2)  and  Angeline  (Baker) 
Covel,  was  born  June  21,  1850.  In  1873 
he  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  with 
Arnold  B.  Sanford,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Sanford  &  Covel,  as  it  was  until  1884, 
when  Mr.  Osborn  bought  out  Mr.  San- 
ford's  interest  and  the  name  became  Covel 
&  Osborn,  so  continuing  until  1898,  when 
the  business  was  incorporated  as  the 
Covel  &  Osborn  Company,  Mr.  Covel  be- 
coming treasurer.  He  was  for  a  number 
of  years  president  and  director  of  the  Na- 
tional Union  Bank,  and  when  it  was  con- 
solidated with  the  Massasoit  National 
Bank  and  Pocasset  National  Bank,  form- 
ing the  Massasoit-Pocasset  National 
Bank,  he  became  a  director  and  vice- 
president.  He  is  vice-president  of  the 
Davis  Mills,  a  director  of  the  Arkwright 
Mills,  a  director  and  member  of  the  secur- 
ity committee  of  the  Troy  Cooperative 
Bank,  a  trustee  of  the  Union  Savings 
Bank,  and  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee.  He  is  a  member  of  King 
Philip  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Fall  River  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons ;  Fall  River  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters ;  Godfrey  de  Bouillon 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar  ;  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Consistory,  thirty-second  de- 
gree, Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  married,  October  31, 
1876,  Betsey  Paine,  daughter  of  Franklin 
and  Irene  (Gardner)  Gray,  of  Fall  River 
(see  Gray  VII).* 

(The  Baker  Line). 

(I)  Francis  Baker  was  born  in  England 
in  161 1.  His  last  residence  in  his  native 
land  was  at  Great  St.  Albans,  Hertford- 
shire, and  in  1635  he  came  over  in  the 
ship    "Planter,"    locating    at    Yarmouth, 


Massachusetts.  He  married  Isabel  Tam- 
ing, of  Yarmouth,  and  died  in  1696,  the 
last  of  the  first  comers.  His  children 
were:  Nathaniel,  John,  Samuel,  Daniel, 
William  and  Thomas. 

(II)  Daniel  Baker,  fourth  son  of  Fran- 
cis and  Isabel  (Taming)  Baker,  married, 
May  27,  1674,  Elizabeth  Chase,  daughter 
of  William  Chase,  the  latter  born  in  Yar- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  in  1622.  Children  : 
Daniel,  born  1675 ;  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elizabeth,  1696;  Hannah;  Thankful, 
1698;  Tabitha,  1700. 

(III)  Samuel  Baker,  second  son  of 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Chase)  Baker,  was 
born  1676,  and  married  Patience,  surname 
unknown.  Children:  Shubal,  mentioned 
below;  Susannah,  born  June  22,  171 1; 
Hezekiah,  August  4,  1715  ;  Tabitha,  March 
8,  1718;  Desire,  February  5,  1720;  Eliza- 
beth, September  9,  1725:  Samuel,  June  4, 
1732. 

(IV)  Shubal  Baker,  eldest  child  of 
Samuel  and  Patience  Baker,  born  March 
24,  1710,  married,  in  1733,  Lydia  Stuart. 
Children:  Sylvanus,  born  March  10,  1734; 
Azubah,  May  17,  1737;  Temperance,  June 
24,  1739;  Shubal,  mentioned  below;  Eliza- 
beth, January  2,  1744;  Lydia,  October  13, 
1746;  Ruth,  June  25,  1749;  Patience,  July 
19.  I752- 

(V)  Shubal  (2)  Baker,  son  of  Shubal 
(1)  and  Lydia  (Stuart)  Baker,  born  No- 
vember 11,  1741,  married,  November  15, 
1764,  Rebecca  Chase,  born  August  24, 
1747,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Thankful 
Chase.  Children :  Hapsabeth  (or  Hepsi- 
bah),  born  October  15,  1765,  married, 
March  23,  1786,  Zenos  Chase;  Archelus, 
November  26,  1767,  married,  in  1789,  Me- 
hitable  Chase ;  Rebecca,  December  19, 
1770,  married,  December  11,  1788,  David 
Howes;  Shubal,  July  10,  1772,  married, 
January  10,  1793,  Mercy  Smalley ;  Ezra, 
September  5,  1775,  married  Susanna 
Gage;  Michael,  November  6,   1776,  died 


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April  7,  1796;  Ensign,  July  3,  1779,  mar- 
ried, December  27,  1800,  Sally  Nickerson ; 
Temperance,  October  15,  1781,  married, 
December  4,  1800,  Henry  Kelly ;  Abigail, 
November  22,  1783,  married,  April  20, 
1807,  Edward  Sears ;  Sylvanus,  August 
24,  1786,  married  Bethiah  Crowell ;  Hal- 
sey,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Halsey  Baker,  youngest  child  of 
Shubal  (2)  and  Rebecca  (Chase)  Baker, 
born  February  27,  1789,  married,  Novem- 
ber 28,  181 1,  Mercy  Allen,  born  May  25, 
1792,  daughter  of  Seth  Allen,  granddaugh- 
ter of  John  Allen  (born  1729,  died  April 
29,  181 1,  married,  July  25,  1750,  Hannah 
Paine,  born  1732,  died  April  25,  1808),  and 
great-granddaughter  of  William  and  Sus- 
annah Allen.  Children  of  Halsey  and 
Mercy  (Allen)  Baker:  Rebecca,  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1812,  married  Alexander  Nick- 
erson ;  Ann,  January  14,  1814 ;  Joseph,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1815;  Bethany,  October  5,  1817, 
died  November  14,  1830;  Susan,  January 
26,  1819;  Angeline,  mentioned  below; 
Lydia  Ann,  June  3,  1823,  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1830;  David  Gage,  June  24, 
1825;  Mary  Jane,  March  2^,  1828;  Edwin 
W.,  December  25,  1829;  Lydia  Maria; 
George  F. 

(VII)  Angeline  Baker,  fifth  daughter 
of  Halsey  and  Mercy  (Allen)  Baker,  was 
born  January  3,  1821,  and  became  the  wife 
of  Benjamin  (2)  Covel,  of  Fall  River  (see 
Covel  VII). 

(The  Gray  Line). 

The  Gray  family  has  been  prominently 
identified  with  the  history  of  Southeast- 
ern Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island  for 
many  centuries.  The  line  herein  traced 
has  been  for  some  time  identified  with 
Bristol  county,  Massachusetts,  in  the 
vicinity  of  Fall  River,  where  worthy  rep- 
resentatives are  still  found. 

(I)  Edward  Gray  was  a  merchant  in 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 


settled  as  early  as  1643.  On  June  3,  1662, 
he  was  granted  a  double  share  of  land, 
and  on  June  10,  the  same  year,  the  house 
bought  of  him  by  the  town  was  to  be 
repaired  by  order  of  the  court.  On  March 
5,  1667,  his  land  at  Rocky  Nook,  Plym- 
outh, was  ordered  to  be  laid  out  and  a 
highway  to  be  made  by  it.  He  was  made 
freeman,  May  29,  1670,  served  on  the 
grand  jury  in  1671,  and  was  deputy  to  the 
General  Court  in  1676-77-78-79.  On 
March  4,  1674,  he  was  granted  one  hun- 
dred acres  at  Titicut.  He  was  on  a  com- 
mittee appointed  July  13,  1677,  respect- 
ing the  debts  due  the  colony  and  to  bal- 
ance accounts  between  towns  concerning 
the  late  war.  He  was  licensed  June  6, 
1678,  to  sell  small  quantities  of  liquor  to 
those  employed  by  him  in  fishing.  With 
seven  others,  March  5,  1680,  he  bought 
Pocasset  (Tiverton)  lands  of  Governor 
Josiah  Winslow.  He  died  in  June,  1681, 
and  on  June  7,  1681,  his  widow  Dorothy 
was  appointed  administratrix  of  his 
estate.  On  July  I,  1684,  she  was  granted 
thirty  pounds  for  her  charge  as  adminis- 
tratrix, and  March  8,  1684  she  was  grant- 
ed sixty  pounds  towards  bringing  up  the 
three  youngest  children.  She  consented, 
October  28,  1684,  that  her  husband's  lands 
be  divided  among  the  children  before  her 
share  was  set  off.  Edward  Gray  married 
(first)  January  16,  1651,  Mary  Winslow, 
born  in  1630,  died  in  1663,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Chilton)  Winslow.  John 
Winslow  was  baptized  April  18,  1597,  and 
came  to  Plymouth  in  the  "Fortune"  in 
1621  ;  in  1655  he  moved  to  Boston,  where 
he  bought  a  mansion,  September  19,  1671 ; 
his  wife  Mary  drew  a  share  in  cattle  in 
1627  in  Plymouth ;  his  will  was  dated 
March  12,  1673,  and  proved  May  21,  1674. 
Mary  Chilton  was  daughter  of  James 
Chilton,  who  came  to  Plymouth  in  the 
"Mayflower,"  and  who  signed  the  com- 
pact ;  James  brought  with  him  his  wife 


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Mary,  who  died  a  few  months  after  their 
arrival ;  he  died  December  6,  1620.  Ed- 
ward Gray  married  (second)  December 
12,  1665,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Ann  Lettice.  She  married  (second) 
Nathaniel  Clarke,  and  died  about  1688. 
Children  of  first  wife :  Desire,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1651 ;  Mary,  September  18, 
1653  ;  Elizabeth,  February  11, 1658 ;  Sarah, 
August  12,  1659;  Jonn»  October  1,  1661. 
Children  by  second  wife :  Edward,  men- 
tioned below;  Susanna,  October  15,  1668; 
Thomas;  Samuel,  1672;  Hannah;  Re- 
becca ;  Lydia ;  Anna. 

(II)  Edward  (2)  Gray,  second  son  of 
Edward  (1)  Gray  and  eldest  child  of  his 
second  wife,  Dorothy  (Lettice)  Gray,  was 
born  January  31,  1667,  and  settled  in 
Tiverton,  Rhode  Island.  There  he  pur- 
chased land,  October  7,  1696,  for  which 
he  paid  230  pounds.  His  will,  made  De- 
cember 10,  1722,  proved  June  7,  1726,  dis- 
posed of  a  large  amount  of  lands  and  cash 
among  his  children.  The  inventory  of  his 
personal  estate  amounted  to  284  pounds, 
9  shillings  and  10  pence.  He  married 
(first)  Mary  Smith,  daughter  of  Philip 
and  Mary  Smith,  and  (second)  Mary 
Manchester,  who  died  in  1729.  Children 
of  first  marriage :  Mary,  born  May  16, 
1691  ;  Edward,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
April  25,  1697;  Phebe,  September  6,  1699; 
Peleg,  February  1,  1702;  Thomas,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1704;  Hannah,  November  3,  1707. 
Children  of  second  marriage:  John,  Au- 
gust 3,  1712;  Lydia,  May  12,  1714;  Wil- 
liam, July  17,  1716;  Samuel,  August  31, 
1718. 

(III)  Edward  (3)  Gray,  eldest  son  of 
Edward  (2)  and  Mary  (Smith)  Gray,  was 
born  January  10,  1693,  in  Tiverton,  and 
lived  in  that  town  with  his  wife  Rebecca. 
Children,  recorded  there:  Daniel,  born 
April  1,  1718;  Mary,  October  8,  1719;  Ed- 
ward, mentioned  below ;  Philip,  January 
24,  I723- 


(IV)  Edward  (4)  Gray,  second  son  of 
Edward  (3)  and  Rebecca  Gray,  was  born 
June  12,  1721,  in  Tiverton,  where  he  made 
his  home,  and  married,  January  6,  1745, 
Sarah  Cook.  She  was  born  November  4, 
1723,  in  Tiverton,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Philadelphia  Cook.  Children :  John, 
born  December  23,  1745,  died  young; 
Philip,  February  26,  1747;  Edward,  De- 
cember 3,  1750;  Daniel,  March  12,  1752; 
David,  September  3,  1753  ;  Elizabeth,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1755;  Thomas,  November  25, 
1756;  Philadelphia,  June  18,  1758;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah,  July  15,  1765; 
Hannah,  November  30,  1766. 

(V)  Joseph  Gray,  seventh  son  of  Ed- 
ward (4)  and  Sarah  (Cook)  Gray,  was 
born  May  26,  1762,  in  Tiverton,  and  set- 
tled in  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  in  that 
part  which  is  now  Somerset.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution,  enlisting  at  the 
age  of  seventeen  years.  His  name  first 
appears  on  a  list  of  men  enlisted  to  rein- 
force the  Continental  army  for  eight 
months,  agreeable  to  the  resolve  of  June 
9,  1779,  delivered  by  Justin  Ely,  commis- 
sioner, to  Lieutenant  Reuben  Lilley,  at 
Springfield.  He  was  a  member  of  Captain 
Thompson's  company,  Colonel  Porter's 
regiment,  aged  seventeen  years,  stature 
five  feet  six  inches,  complexion  dark,  hair 
brown,  engaged  for  the  town  of  Pelham. 
He  also  enlisted,  August  10,  1779,  in 
Major  Oliver's  company,  Third  Massa- 
chusetts Regiment,  for  nine  months,  dis- 
charged May  10,  1780.  He  married  Avis 
Anthony,  and  their  only  child  was  David, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  David  Gray,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Avis  (Anthony)  Gray,  lived  in  what  is 
now  the  town  of  Somerset,  where  he  was 
somewhat  prominent  in  public  affairs,  and 
represented  the  town  of  Somerset  in  the 
State  constitutional  convention  of  1820. 
He  died  in  that  town  1843.  He  married, 
August  23,  1823,  Betsey  Paine  Winslow, 


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tionally  well  informed  as  a  result,  retain- 
ing a  keen  interest  in  public  affairs  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  although  he  had 
retired  from  active  business  cares  in  1895. 
Mrs.  Gray  passed  away  February  21,  1899, 
after  which  time  Mr.  Gray  was  tenderly 
cared  for  by  his  only  daughter,  Mrs. 
Thomas  D.  Covel,  with  whom  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  January  5,  1909.  His  body  was 
deposited  in  Oak  Grove  Cemetery.  He 
married,  November  24,  1845,  Irene  Gard- 
ner, born  in  what  is  now  Warren,  Rhode 
Island,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  and  Almira 
(Mason)  Gardner  (see  Gardner  VI). 
Children:  David  Franklin,  died  young; 
two  children  died  unnamed  in  infancy ; 
and  Betsey  Paine.  The  mother  was 
buried  in  Oak  Grove  Cemetery.  They 
were  members  of  the  Unitarian  church  of 
Fall  River. 

(VIII)  Betsey  Paine  Gray,  daughter  of 
Franklin  and  Irene  (Gardner)  Gray,  was 
married,  October  31,  1876,  to  Thomas  D. 
Covel.  of  Fall  River  (see  Covel  VIII). 
Mrs.  Covel  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  of  Fall  River, 
a  lady  of  culture,  refined  mind,  and  a  well 
known  and  esteemed  member  of  society. 

(The  Winslow  Line). 

(I)  William  Winslow,  or  Wyncelow, 
first  of  the  line  as  traced  in  England,  had 
children :  John,  of  London,  afterward  of 
Wyncelow  Hall,  was  living  in  1388,  mar- 
ried Mary  Crouchman,  died  in  1410,  styled 
of  Crouchman  Hall ;  and  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  William  (2)  Winslow,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (1)  Winslow,  had  a  son  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  Winslow,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Winslow,  was  of  Burton,  County 
Oxford,  having  lands  also  in  Essex.  He 
was  living  in  1452.  He  married  Cecelia 
Tansley,  one  of  two  daughters,  and  the 


heiress  of  an  old  family.     She  was  called 
Lady  Agnes.    Had  a  son,  William  (3). 

(IV)  William  (3)  Winslow,  son  of 
Thomas  Winslow,  was  living  in  1529. 
Children:  Kenelm,  mentioned  below; 
Richard,  had  a  grant  from  Edward  VI.  of 
the  rectory  of  Elksley,  County  Notting- 
ham. 

(V)  Kenelm  Winslow,  son  of  William 
(3)  Winslow,  purchased,  in  1559,  of  Sir 
Richard  Newport,  an  estate  called  New- 
port's Place,  in  Kempsey,  Worcester- 
shire. He  had  an  older  and  very  exten- 
sive estate  in  the  same  parish  called  Clerk- 
enleap,  sold  by  his  grandson,  Richard 
Winslow,  in  1650.  He  died  in  1607  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Andrew.  His  wife's  name 
was  Catherine.  His  will,  dated  April  14, 
1607,  and  proved  November  9  following, 
is  still  preserved  at  Worcester.  Only 
son,  Edward,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Edward  Winslow,  son  of  Kenelm 
Winslow,  was  born  October  17,  1560,  in 
the  parish  of  Saint  Andrew,  County 
Worcester,  England,  and  died  before  1631. 
He  lived  in  Kempsey  and  Droitwich, 
County  Worcester.  He  married  (first) 
Eleanor  Pelham,  of  Droitwich  ;  (second) 
at  St.  Bride's  Church,  London,  November 
4,  1594,  Magdalene  Oliver,  the  records  of 
whose  family  are  found  in  the  parish  reg- 
ister of  St.  Peter's,  Droitwich.  Children: 
1.  Richard,  born  about  1586.  2.  Edward, 
October  18,  1595,  at  Droitwich,  governor 
of  Plymouth  Colony ;  married  (first)  at 
Leyden,  May  16,  1618,  Elizabeth  Barker; 
(second)  May  12,  1621,  Susan  (Fuller) 
White,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower" 
with  Governor  Winslow,  widow  of  Wil- 
liam White,  and  mother  of  Peregrine 
White,  the  first  born  in  the  colony.  3. 
John,  April  16,  1597,  died  1674,  in  Bos- 
ton; married,  October  12,  1624,  Mary, 
daughter  of  James  and  Susanna  Chilton, 
who  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  4.  Elea- 
nor, April  22,  1598,  at  Droitwich,  and  re- 


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mained  in  England.  5.  Kenelm,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Gilbert,  October  26, 
1600,  came  in  the  "Mayflower"  with  Ed- 
ward, signed  the  compact,  returned  to 
England  after  1623,  and  died  there.  7. 
Elizabeth,  March  8,  1602,  buried  January 
20,  1604,  at  St.  Peter's  Church.  8.  Mag- 
dalen, December  26,  1604,  at  Droitwich, 
remained  in  England.  9.  Josiah,  Febru- 
ary n,  1606. 

(I)  Kenelm  (2)  Winslow,  son  of  Ed- 
ward Winslow  and  his  second  wife,  Mag- 
dalene (Oliver)  Winslow,  was  born  at 
Droitwich,  County  Worcester,  England, 
April  29,  1599,  baptized  at  St.  Peter's 
Church,  May  3,  1599,  died  at  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  13,  1672.  He  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor,  coming  to  Plym- 
outh, probably  in  1629,  with  his  brother 
Josiah,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman,  Jan- 
uary 1,  1633.  In  1640  he  was  surveyor 
of  the  town  of  Plymouth,  and  was  fined 
ten  shillings  for  neglecting  the  highways. 
He  removed  to  Marshfield  about  1641, 
having  previously  received  a  grant  of  land 
at  that  place,  then  called  Green's  Harbor, 
March  5,  1638.  This  grant,  originally 
made  to  Josiah  Winslow,  his  brother,  he 
shared  with  Love  Brewster.  His  home 
was  "on  a  gentle  eminence  by  the  sea, 
near  the  extremity  of  land  lying  between 
Green  Harbor  and  South  Rivers.  This 
tract  of  the  township  was  considered  the 
Eden  of  the  region.  It  was  beautified 
with  groves  of  majestic  oaks  and  graceful 
walnuts,  with  the  underground  void  of 
shrubbery.  A  few  of  these  groves  were 
standing  within  the  memory  of  persons 
living  in  1854,  but  all  have  fallen  beneath 
the  hand  of  the  woodman."  The  home- 
stead he  left  to  his  son  Nathaniel.  Other 
lands  were  granted  to  Kenelm  as  the  com- 
mon land  was  divided.  He  was  one  of 
the  twenty-six  original  proprietors  of 
Assonet,  now  Freetown,  Massachusetts, 
purchased  of  the  Indians,  April  2,   1659, 


and  received  the  twenty-fourth  lot,  a  por- 
tion of  which  was  lately  owned  by  a  lineal 
descendant,  having  descended  by  inherit- 
ance. Kenelm  Winslow  was  a  joiner  by 
trade  as  well  as  a  planter.  He  filled  vari- 
ous town  offices,  was  deputy  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court  from  1642  to  1644  and  from 
1649  to  J653,  eight  years  in  all.  He  had 
considerable  litigation,  as  the  early  court 
records  show.  He  died  at  Salem,  whither 
he  had  gone  on  business,  apparently  after 
a  long  illness,  for  his  will  was  dated  five 
weeks  earlier,  August  8,  1672,  and  in  it 
he  describes  himself  as  "being  very  sick 
and  drawing  nigh  unto  death."  He  may 
have  been  visiting  his  niece,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Corwin,  daughter  of  Edward  Wins- 
low. He  married,  in  June,  1634,  Eleanor 
Adams,  widow  of  John  Adams,  of  Plym- 
outh. She  survived  him  and  died  at 
Marshfield,  where  she  was  buried  Decem- 
ber 5,  1681,  aged  eighty-three.  Children: 
Kenelm,  born  about  1636;  Eleanor  or 
Ellen,  about  1637;  Nathaniel,  about  1639; 
Job,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Job  Winslow,  youngest  child  of 
Kenelm  (2)  and  Eleanor  (Adams)  Wins- 
low, was  born  about  1641,  at  Marshfield, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  July  14,  1720,  at 
Freetown,  same  State.  He  settled  at 
Swansea,  Massachusetts,  about  1666.  At 
the  breaking  out  of  King  Philip's  war  in 
1675,  in  which  he  served,  his  house  at 
Swansea,  which  he  had  inhabited  for  eight 
or  nine  years,  was  burned.  He  appears  to 
have  been  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Rochester,  Massachusetts,  as  he  was  there 
about  1680,  but  he  soon  removed  to  Free- 
town, for  in  1686  he  was  one  of  the  select- 
men of  that  town.  He  was  town  clerk 
and  grand  juror  in  1690;  assessor  in  1691, 
1701-06-11;  moderator  of  town  meetings 
in  1708-11;  deputy  to  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts  in  1692  under  the  char- 
ter of  William  and  Mary.  He  was  a  lead- 
ing man  of  the  church  as  well  as  in  town 


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affairs ;  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia 
company,  and  was  a  shipwright  as  well 
as  a  planter.  He  married  Ruth  Cole,  who 
survived  him.  In  his  will,  dated  Novem- 
ber 12,  1717,  he  gave  to  the  town  the  tract 
of  land  now  known  as  the  "Winslow 
Burying  Ground,"  situated  about  two 
miles  from  the  Assonet  Village.  He  also 
mentions  his  wife  Ruth,  and  all  his  chil- 
dren, given  below,  with  the  exception  of 
Mary,  Hope  and  John,  who  died  young. 
The  dates  of  birth  of  the  first  six  children 
are  taken  from  the  record  of  Swansea ;  of 
James,  Mary,  George,  Jonathan  and  John, 
from  the  records  of  Freetown.  Children : 
William,  born  November  16,  1674;  Oliver, 
February  20,  1677;  Ruth,  September  13, 
1678;  Richard,  mentioned  below;  Hope, 
May  29,  1681 ;  Job,  July  10,  1683 ;  Joseph, 
1685 ;  James,  May  9,  1687 ;  Mary,  April  2, 
1689,  died  young;  George,  January  2, 
1691 ;  Jonathan,  November  22, 1692  ;  John, 
February  20,  1695;  Elizabeth,  1697. 

(III)  Dr.  Richard  Winslow,  third  son  of 
Job  and  Ruth  (Cole)  Winslow,  was  born 
March  6,  1680,  in  Swansea,  and  settled 
in  Freetown,  where  he  practiced  medicine, 
and  died  between  August  7,  1727,  and 
April  16,  1728.  His  wife  Harriet  survived 
him,  and  probably  married  (second)  Cap- 
tain Josiah  Winslow.  Children  :  Richard, 
born  August  19,  171 1;  Hezekiah,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  May  8,  1716;  Wil- 
liam, September  24,  1718;  Hannah,  April 
14.  1721  ;  Edward,  October  10,  1723. 

(IV)  Captain  Hezekiah  Winslow,  sec- 
ond son  of  Dr.  Richard  and  Harriet  Wins- 
low, was  born  December  9,  1713,  in  Free- 
town, died  in  Dartmouth.  On  May  7, 
1766,  he  signed  an  indenture,  agreeing 
with  his  neighbor  about  a  division  line 
which  had  been  long  in  dispute.  He  mar- 
ried, May  30,  1737,  Elizabeth  Paine,  born 
June  15,  1714,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Susanna  (Haskell)  Paine,  of  Freetown. 
She  received  three  pounds  and  ten  shil- 


lings by  her  father's  will.  She  was  born 
1715,  and  died  1794.  Children:  John, 
born  October  27,  1737;  Ebenezer,  men- 
tioned below;  Ezra,  May  10,  1751 ;  Job, 
died  before  July  5,  1785. 

(V)  Dr.  Ebenezer  Winslow,  second 
son  of  Captain  Hezekiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Paine)  Winslow,  born  August  28,  1742, 
resided  in  that  part  of  Swansea  which  is 
now  Somerset.  He  married  (first)  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1766,  in  Swansea,  Elizabeth 
Eddy,  born  October  25,  1745,  daughter  of 
Constant  and  Mary  (Winslow)  Eddy.  He 
married  (second)  (published  June  24, 
1798)  Catherine  Gardner,  of  Warren, 
Rhode  Island.  Children  of  first  marriage  : 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Humphrey,  born 
September  19,  1768;  Ebenezer,  September 
1,  1770;  Betty,  May  19,  1773;  Anne,  1776; 
Mary,  December,  1777;  Nancy,  about 
1779;  William,  May  11,  1781  ;  Mary,  June 
6,  1790.  Children  of  second  marriage: 
Edward;  Betsey,  born  October  31,  1802; 
James,  July  14,  1804. 

(VI)  Dr.  John  Winslow,  eldest  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  (Eddy)  Wins- 
low, was  born  November  28,  1766,  resided 
in  Somerset,  where  he  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 30,  1790,  Bethany  Bray  ton,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Brayton.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) February  17,  1803,  Mary  Brayton, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Brayton.  Children 
of  first  marriage:  Daughter,  married  a 
Mr.  Baker ;  Betsey  Paine,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Nathaniel  Read,  born  July  13,  1797. 
Of  second  marriage:  John  William,  De- 
cember 8,  1803;  Elizabeth  Eddy,  March 
24,  1805;  Charles  Brayton,  May  13,  1807; 
Sarah  Ann,  January  19,  1808;  Francis 
Richmond,  December  8,  1809;  Francis, 
December  13,  1813. 

(VII)  Betsey  Paine  Winslow,  eldest 
daughter  of  Dr.  John  and  Bethany  (Bray- 
ton) Winslow,  was  born  March  21,  1795, 
in  Somerset,  and  became  the  wife  of 
David  Gray,  of  that  town  (see  Gray  VI). 


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(The  Gardner  Line). 

The  surname  Gardner  and  Gardiner 
have  the  same  origin,  and  the  spelling 
Gardener  is  also  found.  This  family  in 
the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  members  of 
which  have  been  most  prominent  and  in- 
fluential there  from  the  beginning,  is  as 
ancient  as  are  the  settlements  there. 

(I)  George  Gardner,  believed  to  have 
been  the  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Gardiner, 
knight,  was  born  in  England,  in  1601,  and 
died  in  Kings  Town,  Rhode  Island,  in 
1679.  He  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of 
Aquidneck,  Rhode  Island,  September  1, 
1638,  and  in  1640  was  present  at  a  Gen- 
eral Court  of  Election.  His  name  is  found 
on  the  records  often  from  that  time  until 
his  death,  and  it  was  spelled  Gardner, 
Gardiner  and  Gardener.  He  married 
(first)  about  1640,  Herodias  (Long) 
Wickes,  who  declared  that  when  she  was 
between  thirteen  and  fourteen  years  of 
age  she  was  married  in  London  to  John 
Wickes,  without  the  knowledge  of  her 
friends.  Soon  after  they  reached  Rhode 
Island  he  deserted  her,  going  to  New  Am- 
sterdam, or,  as  she  expressed  it  "to  the 
Dutch,"  taking  with  him  most  of  her 
property,  left  to  her  by  her  mother.  Her 
marriage  to  George  Gardner  was  rather 
irregular  in  form,  consisting  in  their  going 
before  some  Friends  and  declaring  them- 
selves husband  and  wife.  She  refused  to 
take  the  usual  ceremony,  as  she  was  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and 
was  so  bound  to  her  religion  that  she 
cheerfully  walked  from  Newport  to  Bos- 
ton to  receive  a  whipping  at  the  post  be- 
cause of  her  religious  beliefs,  carrying  a 
young  child  in  her  arms  the  whole  dis- 
tance. According  to  her  own  account, 
George  Gardner  neglected  to  provide  for 
her  numerous  family  adequately.  It  may 
have  been  her  pressing  needs,  and  it  may 
have  been  the  superior  attractions  of  John 
Porter,  with  his  great  wealth  of  lands  (he 


being  one  of  the  original  Pettaquamscutt 
purchasers)  and  his  promise  to  provide 
for  her  children,  that  awakened  her  re- 
ligious scruples  about  the  legality  of  her 
marriage  with  George  Gardner.  At  any 
rate,  she  petitioned  the  General  Assembly 
for  a  divorce,  which  was  granted,  thus 
proving  the  legality  of  her  marriage.  She 
then  married  John  Porter,  who  faithfully 
kept  his  promise,  giving  large  farms  to 
each  of  her  sons,  and  possibly  her  daugh- 
ters, for  the  land  of  John  Watson,  who 
married  two  of  her  daughters,  joined  the 
Gardner  lands.  George  Gardner  married 
for  his  second  wife,  Lydia  Bolton,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  and  Susannah  Bolton.  The 
children  by  his  first  wife  were :  Benoni, 
born  about  1645;  Henry,  about  1647; 
George,  about  1649;  William,  1651 ;  Nich- 
olas, 1654;  Dorcas,  1656,  married  John 
Watson ;  Rebecca,  probably  the  infant 
carried  by  her  mother  to  Boston,  in  1658. 
Children  born  to  the  second  marriage  of 
George  Gardner:  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Joseph ;  Lydia,  married  Joseph 
Smith  ;  Mary  ;  Peregrine  ;  Robert ;  Jere- 
miah. 

(II)  Samuel  Gardner,  son  of  George 
Gardner  and  his  second  wife,  Lydia  (Bol- 
ton) Gardner,  lived  in  Newport,  Rhode 
Island.  In  1687  he  removed  to  Freetown, 
Massachusetts,  and  in  1693  he  purchased, 
with  Ralph  Chapman,  a  farm  at  Matta- 
poisett,  now  South  Swansea,  Massachu- 
setts, of  Ebenezer  Brenton.  He  moved  to 
the  latter  place,  lived  there  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  died  December  8,  1696,  and  left 
a  widow.  He  married  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  James  Brown,  and  a  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert Carr,  of  Newport.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, born  1684,  died  September  24,  1754, 
married,  January  16,  1699,  Edward  Thurs- 
ton, of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  who  died 
April  27,  1727;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
Martha,  November  16,  1686,  died  October 
27>  l7^2»  married,  March  23,  1704,  Heze- 


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kiah  Luther,  who  died  November  2,  1763, 
of  smallpox;  Patience,  October  31,  1687, 
married  Thomas  Cranston ;  Sarah,  No- 
vember 1,  1692,  married  Samuel  Lee. 

(Ill)  Samuel  (2)  Gardner,  eldest  son 
of  Samuel  (1)  and  Elizabeth  (Carr- 
Brown)  Gardner,  was  born  October  28, 
1685,  and  died  February  10,  1773.  He 
was  married,  December  6,  1707,  by  Gov- 
ernor Samuel  Cranston,  to  Hannah  Smith, 
born  December  20,  1688,  died  November 
16,  1768,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Mary 
Smith.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born  No- 
vember 11,  1708,  died  January  28,  1788, 
married,  July  4,  1728,  Ambrose  Barnaby, 
born  April  20,  1706,  died  April  18,  1775; 
Mary,  October  26,  1710,  married,  January 
31,  1731,  Barnard  Hill;  Samuel,  October 
30,  1712,  died  young;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Peleg,  February  22,  1719;  Pa- 
tience, February  17,  1721,  married,  March 
30,  1738,  Dr.  John  Turner;  Hannah,  1724, 
died  December  24,  181 1,  married  Caleb 
Turner,  who  died  July  20,  1757;  Sarah, 
1726,  died  February  29,  1808,  married, 
April  19,  1744,  John  Mason,  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1723,  died  November  27,  1805 ;  Ed- 
ward, April  22,  1 73 1,  died  1795,  married, 
January  11,  1756,  Esther  Mason,  born 
September  2,  1735,  died  1806;  Martha, 
married,  May  10,  1753,  Job  Mason. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3)  Gardner,  second  son 
of  Samuel  (2)  and  Hannah  (Smith)  Gard- 
ner, was  born  February  17,  1717,  and  mar- 
ried, October  30,  1740,  Content  Brayton, 
born  April  3,  1724,  daughter  of  Preserved 
and  Content  (Coggeshall)  Brayton.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  born  June  1,  1741,  mar- 
ried, March  18,  1762,  Samuel  Luther; 
Anne,  February  26,  1743,  married,  June 
10,  1762,  Richard  Barton;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below;  Israel,  April  14,  1747,  died 
young;  Israel,  March  29,  1748,  died  Octo- 
ber 22,  1783;  Parthenia,  September  2, 
1750;  William,  September  12,  1753,  mar- 
ried Zerviah  McKoon  ;  Hannah,  March  3, 


1756,  died  July  16,  1835,  married  Captain 
Simeon  Cockran  ;  Patience,  November  15, 
1758,  married,  May  14,  1778,  Dr.  Jona- 
than Anthony ;  Mary,  December  25,  1760, 
died  December  18,  1805,  married,  Septem- 
ber 11,  1785,  Caleb  Mason;  Content,  July 
11,  1764;  Stephen,  August  4,  1766,  died 
November  26,  1819,  married,  July  22,  1788, 
Mary  Lee;  Parthenia,  August  1 1,  1767, 
died  October  15,  1828,  married,  February 
14,  1790,  Elias  D.  Trafton. 

(V)  Samuel  (4)  Gardner,  eldest  son  of 
Samuel  (3)  and  Content  (Brayton)  Gard- 
ner, was  born  March  5,  1745,  and  died 
September  20,  1822.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 17,  1767,  Elizabeth  Anthony,  who  died 
February  14,  1816. 

(VI)  Hezekiah  Gardner,  son  of  Sam- 
uel (4)  and  Elizabeth  (Anthony)  Gard- 
ner, married  Almira  Mason. 

(VII)  Irene  Gardner,  daughter  of 
Hezekiah  and  Almira  (Mason)  Gardner, 
became  the  wife  of  Hon.  Franklin  Gray, 
of  Fall  River  (see  Gray  VII). 


COVEL,  Alphonso  S., 

Man   of   Affairs. 

(VIII)  Alphonso  Smith  Covel,  eldest 
son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and  Angeline 
(Baker)  Covel,  was  born  in  Berkley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  22,  1842,  and  in  the 
public  schools  of  Fall  River  acquired  his 
early  educational  training.  His  father 
being  extensively  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building,  Alphonso  S.  was  brought 
up  in  that  business,  working  as  his 
father's  clerk  when  not  attending  school. 
His  business  career  began  in  1863,  when 
he  established  a  grocery  business  in  Fall 
River,  at  the  corner  of  Ninth  and  Pleasant 
streets,  which  he  conducted  for  several 
years.  In  1871  he  discontinued  the  gro- 
cery, and  became  connected  with  the  cot- 
ton manufacturing  industry,  in  which  he 
achieved    great    success.      Entering    the 


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Troy  Mill  office,  under  his  brother-in-law, 
the  late  Colonel  Thomas  J.  Borden,  he 
acted  as  clerk  and  as  assistant  to  the 
treasurer  for  several  years.  While  con- 
nected with  this  corporation,  he  had 
charge  of  the  erection  of  the  Troy  Build- 
ing, and  also  of  the  building  for  the  Union 
Belt  Company.  Upon  the  organization 
of  the  Union  Belt  Company,  in  1871,  he 
was  elected  treasurer  and  director,  and 
served  as  clerk  of  the  corporation  and  of 
the  board  of  directors  until  1886.  In  1871, 
in  company  with  the  late  G.  M.  Haffards, 
he  founded  the  banking  house  of  Covel  & 
Haffards,  and  was  interested  in  that 
house  until  1877.  He  was  a  director  of 
the  Wampanoag  Mills  from  1871  to  1878; 
of  the  Richard  Borden  Manufacturing 
Company  from  1871  to  1890;  of  the  Bar- 
nard Manufacturing  Company  from  1873 
to  1887;  and  of  the  Crescent  Mills  from 
its  organization,  in  1881,  to  the  time  of  its 
liquidation,  in  1893.  In  each  of  these 
mills,  he  was  an  original  director  and  one 
of  the  incorporators.  He  was  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  Union  Savings  Bank, 
of  Fall  River,  in  1869,  and  served  as  trus- 
tee and  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  in- 
vestment until  his  removal  to  Boston,  in 

1887,  and  still  remained  a  member  of  the 
corporation  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
also  served  as  a  director  of  the  National 
Union  Bank  of  Fall  River  from  1881  to 

1888.  He  was  interested  in  the  Fall  River 
Gas  Works  from  1884  to  1887,  and  in  the 
Fall  River  Machine  Company,  acting  as 
a  director  from  1880  to  1887,  and  clerk  of 
the  corporation  until  1885.  He  was  treas- 
urer and  director  of  the  Merchants'  Manu- 
facturing Company  from  1885  to  1887, 
and  one  of  the  founders,  in  1885,  of  the 
Fall  River  Hospital,  the  successor  of 
which  is  the  present  Union  Hospital.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  American  Printing  Com- 
pany from  1880  to  1895,  a  director  from 
1880  to  1888,  and  treasurer  from  1888  to 


1895.  He  was  also  a  director  of  the  Fall 
River  Iron  Works  Company  from  1889  to 
1895. 

In  1887  Mr.  Covel  removed  from  Fall 
River  to  Boston,  to  assume  the  treasurer- 
ship  of  the  Tremont  and  Suffolk  Mills,  of 
Lowell,  Massachusetts,  which,  under  his 
able  direction,  grew  from  a  plant  of  30,000 
spindles  to  one  of  200,000  spindles,  and  at 
the  same  time  nearly  wiped  out  a  heavy 
outstanding  indebtedness.  He  also  served 
as  a  director  and  temporary  treasurer  of 
the  Boott  Cotton  Mills  Corporation. 

From  modest  beginnings,  Mr.  Covel 
passed  within  a  comparatively  short 
period  to  considerable  wealth,  and  as  he 
progressed  in  business  he  was  given,  ac- 
cording to  his  manifestations  of  interest, 
positions  of  honor  in  the  religious  and  re- 
form world.  In  early  manhood  he  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Central  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Fall  River,  and  so  long 
as  he  remained  a  resident  of  that  city  he 
maintained  an  active  and  zealous  interest 
in  the  affairs  of  the  church  and  the  Sun- 
day school,  and  also  in  its  Pleasant  Street 
Mission.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  church 
society  from  1874  to  1878,  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  mission  school  from  1881 
to  1887.  He  was  also  the  first  president 
of  the  Young  People's  Society  of  Chris- 
tian Endeavor,  formed  in  1883,  serving 
several  years  in  succession  in  that  capac- 
ity. Mr.  Covel  was  full  of  the  courtesies 
which  harmonize  with  the  character  of  an 
interested  church  member  and  worker, 
and  helped  to  win  many  to  church  attend- 
ance. Pastors  found  in  him  one  of  the 
best  of  helpers  in  this  respect,  one  who 
was  also  ready  with  his  efforts  as  well  as 
with  his  means  to  assist  in  all  worthy 
projects  which  had  for  their  object  the 
best  interests  of  the  community.  Upon 
removing  to  Boston,  he  joined  the  Old 
South  Church  (Congregational),  and 
there,  too,  he  was  active  and  helpful  in 


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the  work  of  the  church.  He  also  held 
official  relations  with  this  society,  of 
which  he  remained  a  valued  and  devoted 
member  until  his  death,  being  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  school  for  five 
years,  head  usher  for  a  period  of  twelve 
years,  and  for  seventeen  years  also  served 
as  deacon  of  the  church.  He  was  also 
deeply  interested  in  Christian  work  for 
young  men,  and  was  conspicuous  in  his 
efforts  to  sustain  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  work  in  Boston,  being  for 
three  years,  from  1892  to  1895,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Boston  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association.  In  political  faith  Mr. 
Covel  was  a  stalwart  adherent  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Republican  party,  and  while 
a  resident  of  Fall  River  served  one  term 
as  a  member  of  the  Common  Council,  and 
as  the  chairman  of  the  Republican  city 
committee.  Socially,  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Home  Market  Club,  and  one  of  its 
vice-presidents  in  1906,  a  member  of  the 
Exchange,  Boston  Art,  and  Essex  County 
clubs.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Lowell 
Textile  School  for  several  years,  under 
appointment  by  the  State. 

On  May  19,  1869,  Mr.  Covel  was  united 
in  marriage  at  Fall  River,  Massachusetts, 
to  Sarah  Walker  Borden,  who  was  born 
May  14,  1844,  youngest  child  of  Colonel 
Richard  Borden  and  Abby  Walker  (Dur- 
fee)  Borden,  of  that  city.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Covel  were  born  six  children,  name- 
ly:  1.  Richard  Borden,  who  died  in  Fall 
River,  in  1879.  2.  Abbie  Walker.  3.  Bor- 
den, born  at  Fall  River,  Massachusetts, 
September  19,  1879,  married,  June  8,  1904, 
in  Paris,  France,  Alice  M.  Kuhn,  daugh- 
ter of  Leon  S.  and  Theresa  E.  (Prorok) 
Kuhn,  of  Paris,  France,  and  to  this  union 
have  been  born  four  children,  namely : 
Elizabeth,  born  November  6,  1905,  in 
Boston;  Richard  Borden,  born  February 
27,  1907,  in  Brookline ;  Thomas  Edmon- 
son, born  May  26,  1910,  in  Mexico  City, 


Mexico ;  and  Peter  Covel,  born  Novem- 
ber 23,  1916,  in  Brookline.  4.  Gertrude 
Elliott.    5.  Florence.    6.  Helen. 

Mr.  Covel  passed  away  at  his  residence, 
617  Commonwealth  avenue,  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, April  13,  1907,  in  the  sixty- 
fifth  year  of  his  age,  and  his  remains  were 
laid  to  rest  in  Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  Fall 
River,  Massachusetts. 


COVEL,  Benjamin  Franklin, 

Manufacturer. 

(VIII)  Benjamin  Franklin  Covel,  sec- 
ond son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and  Angeline 
(Baker)  Covel,  was  born  August  7,  1844, 
in  Fall  River,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by 
the  Durfee  Mills  office  building,  where 
his  father  built  his  first  house  on  coming 
to  Fall  River.  After  pursuing  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools,  including  one 
year  in  the  high  school,  Benjamin  F. 
Covel  was  employed  for  some  time  as  a 
carpenter,  after  which  he  was  some  two 
or  three  years  in  the  grocery  store  of  his 
brother,  Alphonso  S.  Covel.  About  the 
time  of  attaining  his  majority,  he  began 
to  learn  the  machinist's  trade  with  the 
firm  of  Gifford  &  Houghton,  with  whom 
he  served  an  apprenticeship  of  three  years, 
and  was  one  year  employed  as  a  journey- 
man. In  1870  he  established  himself  in 
business,  under  the  name  of  the  Covel 
Machine  Company,  which  name  the  estab- 
lishment continued  to  bear  for  nearly  fifty 
years,  during  which  time  Mr.  Covel  was 
sole  owner.  For  more  than  twenty  years 
he  made  a  regular  practice  of  paying  the 
the  wages  of  his  employees  on  the  tenth 
of  the  month,  and  this  was  never  missed 
but  once,  except  when  that  day  fell  on 
Sunday,  on  which  occasion  he  paid  the 
following  day  ;  the  exception  was  occa- 
sioned by  a  disarrangement  of  the  time- 
lock  on  the  vault  of  his  bank,  but  the  next 
day  Mr.  Covel  was  on  hand.     Since  he 


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began  paying  the  wages  of  his  employees 
each  week,  he  never  missed  a  payday.  At 
the  beginning  the  business  required  only 
a  small  number  of  employees,  but  these 
were  steadily  increased  as  time  went  on, 
and  the  business  was  very  successfully 
conducted  without  the  aid  of  any  outside 
capital.  It  is  thus  apparent  that  Mr. 
Covel  was  a  sound  and  conservative  busi- 
ness man,  and  that  he  contributed  in  no 
small  degree  to  the  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  Fall  River  as  a  manufacturing 
city.  Mr.  Covel  was  long  active  in  the 
great  Masonic  fraternity,  affiliating  with 
King  Philip  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  Fall  River  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons ;  Fall  River  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters  ;  and  the  Godfrey  de  Bouil- 
lon Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  Mount  Hope  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
While  independent  of  political  dictation, 
in  all  local  matters  he  adhered  to  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party  on 
national  questions.  He  married  (first) 
June  10,  1873,  Mary,  daughter  of  Charles 
Almy ;  she  died  December  30,  1879,  and 
he  married  (second)  August  25,  1898, 
Susan  Maria,  daughter  of  Wilson  and 
Mary  (Allen)  Osborne,  of  Fall  River  (see 
Osborne  III).  There  is  one  daughter  of 
the  first  marriage,  Ina  F.,  born  June  7, 
1874.     Mr.  Covel  died  June  29,  1917. 

(The  Osborne  Line). 

This  family  has  been  long  established 
in  Rhode  Island,  and  was  originally  plant- 
ed probably  at  New  Haven.  Jeremiah 
Osborne,  of  New  Haven,  represented  that 
town  in  the  legislature  in  1672,  1674,  and 
died  in  1676.  His  widow  and  son  Jere- 
miah, and  other  heirs,  were  proprietors  of 
that  town  in  1685.  He  had  children:  Re- 
becca, baptized  October  23,  1642 ;  In- 
crease, February  5,  1644;  Benjamin,  Janu- 
ary 3,  1647;  Jeremiah,  died  young;  Mary, 


born  March  29,  1653 !  Elizabeth,  died 
young;  Jeremiah,  November  28,  1656;  Jo- 
anna, December  8,  1658;  William,  1660; 
Elizabeth,  December  9,  1665. 

Jeremiah  Osborne,  of  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  died  there  in  1709.  He  married 
Mercy,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah 
Davis;  she  died  February  16,  1733.  He 
bought  and  sold  land  in  Newport,  and 
was  a  man  of  property,  as  is  shown  by  the 
inventory  of  his  estate,  which  amounted 
to  412  pounds  and  3  shillings,  including 
two  houses  and  land,  live  stock,  silver  to 
the  value  of  22  pounds.  His  children 
were:  Robert,  born  August  11,  1684; 
Katherine,  November  12,  1686;  John,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1689;  Jeremiah,  died  young; 
Margaret,  May  27,  1695;  Sarah,  May  ir, 
1701  ;  Jeremiah,  June  21,  1706. 

(I)  It  is  presumable  that  the  family 
continued  to  reside  in  Newport,  as  there 
are  various  references  to  the  name  in  the 
records  of  that  town.  Its  vital  records 
are,  however,  so  defective  as  to  give  no 
continuous  history  of  the  family.  It  is 
probable  that  William  Osborne,  who  be- 
gins the  line  which  can  be  completely 
traced,  was  a  son  of  Jeremiah  Osborne, 
born  1706,  or  of  his  brother,  John,  born 
1689.  The  name  appears  with  various 
spellings,  and  William  Osborne,  founder 
of  the  family  in  Tiverton,  spelled  his  name 
Osband.  It  is  found  that  he  was  born 
August  16,  1729,  in  Newport,  and  went 
from  that  town  to  Tiverton,  living  dur- 
ing his  minority  with  Samuel  Hicks,  of 
that  town.  All  except  one  of  his  children 
used  the  spelling  Osborn.  William  Os- 
borne died  October  29,  1810.  He  married, 
May  28,  1752,  in  Tiverton,  Elizabeth 
Shrieve,  born  August  10,  1731,  in  that 
town,  died  about  1814,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Frances  (Russell)  Shrieve. 
Their  children,  recorded  in  Tiverton,  are : 
Wilson,  born  June  3,  1753,  died  about 
1757;  Weaver,  April  17,  1756;  Elizabeth, 


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June  8,  1758;  Patience,  July  17,  1761,  died 
young;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Wil- 
liam, July  18,  1769. 

(II)  Thomas  Osborne,  third  son  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Shrieve)  Os- 
borne, was  born  March  31,  1766,  in  Tiver- 
ton, and  died  there  October  7,  1833.  He 
was  a  ship  cooper  by  occupation,  and  also 
engaged  in  farming  in  Tiverton,  where 
he  married,  in  1797,  Ann,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Abigail  (Borden)  Durfee,  born 
March  6,  1775  (see  Durfee  V  and  Borden 
IV).  Children:  William,  born  Novem- 
ber 26,  1798,  died  January  28,  1829,  in 
Tiverton,  married  Ruth  Hambly  ;  Thomas, 
December  30,  1800,  died  March  1,  1884,  in 
Tiverton,  married  Elizabeth  S.  Hambly ; 
Joseph,  August  20,  1803 ;  Ann,  December 
4,  1805,  died  1812;  Wilson,  mentioned  be- 
low; Eliza  Ann,  May  25,  1810,  married 
Rev.  Alexander  Milne,  and  died  August 
18,  1887,  in  Fall  River;  Patience,  August 
29,  1812,  died  1817;  Weaver,  May  23, 
1815;  James  Munroe,  August  27,  1822. 

(III)  Wilson  Osborne,  fourth  son  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  (Durfee)  Osborne,  was 
born  April  15,  1808,  in  Tiverton,  where  he 
grew  to  manhood,  and  learned  the  trade 
of  blacksmith.  This  was  his  principal 
occupation  through  life.  He  also  lived 
upon  and  tilled  a  tract  of  seventy  acres  of 
land,  known  as  the  Cook  Farm,  in  Tiver- 
ton. There  he  died  August  29,  1873.  His 
body  was  laid  to  rest  in  Oak  Grove  Ceme- 
tery, Fall  River.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church.  He  became  colonel 
of  the  Twenty-fifth  Regiment  of  the 
Rhode  Island  State  Militia  in  1838,  and 
thus  continued  until  the  disbandment  of 
the  same.  He  married,  August  19,  1832, 
in  Tiverton,  Mary  Allen,  born  May  II, 
1810,  in  that  town,  daughter  of  Sion  and 
Elizabeth  (Dresser)  Allen,  of  Tiverton 
(see  Allen  VIII).  She  died  January  27, 
1886,  in  Fall  River,  and  was  buried  in  Oak 
Grove  Cemetery.     Like  her  husband,  she 


was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  Children :  George  Allen,  men- 
tioned below ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  June 
1,  1837,  died  1856;  Susan  Maria,  May  9, 
1842,  married,  August  25,  1898,  Benjamin 
F.  Covel,  of  Fall  River  (see  Covel  VIII). 
(IV)  George  Allen  Osborne,  only  son 
of  Wilson  and  Mary  (Allen)  Osborne, 
was  born  November  3,  1834,  in  Tiverton, 
and  made  his  home  in  Wheeling,  West 
Virginia,  where  he  died  June  10,  191 1.  He 
married,  October  31, 1867,  Mary  A.  Brock- 
ett,  of  Wheeling,  who  now  resides  in  that 
city.  Children  :  Georgia  V.,  married  Wil- 
liam Bowers ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  married 
Frank  J.  Gaus,  has  one  child,  Helen  Os- 
borne; Carrie  B.,  married  Dr.  Harry  Hub- 
bard ;  Beulah,  married  Edward  Horst- 
man,  has  one  child,  Jane  Frances. 

(The   Durfee   Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Durfee,  born  in  England 
in  1643,  came  to  this  country  in  1660,  and 
settled  in  the  town  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island.  He  married  as  early  as  1664,  but 
the  name  of  his  first  wife  is  not  recorded. 
He  married  (second)  Deliverance,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Mary  Hall,  and  widow 
of  Abial  Tripp.  She  died  in  1721,  surviv- 
ing him  some  seven  years.  He  died  in 
1712,  aged  about  seventy.  There  were 
children  of  Mr.  Durfee  by  the  second  mar- 
riage, the  eldest  of  whom  is  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  William  Durfee,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Deliverance  (Hall-Tripp)  Durfee, 
was  born  1673,  in  Portsmouth,  and  re- 
sided in  Tiverton,  where  he  died  1727. 
He  was  in  Tiverton  as  early  as  1698,  in 
which  year  the  ear  mark  of  his  cattle  was 
recorded  in  the  town  book.  His  first  wife 
Ann  died  in  Tiverton.  He  had  a  second 
wife  Mary,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been 
the  mother  of  his  youngest  child.  His 
children  were:  David,  born  March  I, 
1700;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Joseph, 


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about  1705,  died  unmarried  in  Tiverton; 
Abigail,  about  1710. 

(III)  Samuel  Durfee,  second  son  of 
William  Durfee,  born  1702,  in  Tiverton, 
resided  on  Tiverton  Heights,  where  he 
owned  a  large  tract  of  land,  and  was  a 
noted  deer  hunter.  While  the  Revolu- 
tionary army  was  encamped  on  Tiverton 
Heights,  during  the  Revolutionary  War, 
his  house  was  the  headquarters  of  the 
commander,  General  Sullivan.  Samuel 
Durfee  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  1742, 
and  represented  the  town  in  the  General 
Court  in  1751-53-56-57-58-60-63-68-69-70, 
and  died  November  8,  1788.  By  his  will 
two  negro  slaves  were  set  free,  and  he 
bequeathed  property  and  cash  to  a  large 
number  of  descendants.  He  married  in 
Tiverton,  February  10,  1732,  Mercy  Dur- 
fee, born  January  30,  171  r,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Prudence  (Earle)  Durfee, 
of  Tiverton,  where  she  died.  Children : 
Prudence,  born  May  28,  1733;  William, 
January  10,  1735;  Mary,  March  26,  1736, 
died  young;  Hope,  May  20,  1738;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Susannah,  July  14, 
1741  ;  Ruth,  October  26,  1742;  Mercy, 
March  11,  1745. 

(IV)  Joseph  Durfee,  second  son  of 
Samuel  and  Mercy  (Durfee J  Durfee,  born 
August  31,  1739,  in  Tiverton,  died  in  Fall 
River.  He  married  in  Tiverton,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1770,  Abigail  Borden,  born  January 
2j,  1749,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Peace 
(Mumford)  Borden,  of  Tiverton  (see 
Borden  V).  Children:  Joseph,  born  Jan- 
uary 5,  1771  ;  Mercy,  October  11,  1772; 
Ann,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Ann  Durfee,  second  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Abigail  (Borden)  Durfee,  born 
March  6,  1775,  became  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Osborne,  of  Tiverton  (see  Osborne  II). 

(The  Borden  Line). 

(IV)  Samuel  Borden,  fourth  son  of 
Richard  (2)   (q.  v.)  and  Innocent  (War- 


dell)  Borden,  was  born  October  25,  1705, 
in  Tiverton,  where  he  grew  up,  partici- 
pating in  the  arduous  and  rigid  labors  of 
a  rural  section  in  that  day.  In  winter 
time,  when  there  was  not  proper  snow  for 
logging,  or  when  the  family  was  not  in 
need  of  firewood,  he  was  permitted  to 
attend  the  district  school.  He  was,  how- 
ever, a  bright  and  alert  youth,  and  man- 
aged to  secure  a  fair  common  school  edu- 
cation, and  also  mastered  some  of  the 
higher  branches  of  mathematics.  Like  his 
father  and  grandfather,  he  became  a  sur- 
veyor, and  was  highly  skilled,  with  a 
reputation  extending  far  beyond  his 
native  town  and  colony.  He  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Shirley,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, to  locate  emigrants  on  lands  in 
Nova  Scotia,  and  spent  some  years  in 
that  province.  After  his  return  he  culti- 
vated his  home  farm,  and  died  between 
September  1  and  December  1,  1778.  He 
married,  about  1735,  Peace  Mumford,  of 
Exeter,  Rhode  Island.  Children  :  Joseph, 
born  October  14,  1736;  Perry,  November 
9,  1739;  Benjamin,  1741  ;  Ann,  March  8, 
1743  ;  Abigail,  mentioned  below  ;  Edward. 
(V)  Abigail  Borden,  second  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Peace  (Mumford)  Borden, 
was  married,  February  4,  1770,  to  Joseph 
Durfee,  of  Tiverton  (see  Durfee  IV). 

(The  Allen  Line). 

This  is  one  of  the  names  most  fre- 
quently met  in  the  United  States  and  is 
represented  by  many  distinct  families.  Its 
use  arises  from  the  Christian  name,  which 
is  very  ancient.  In  the  roll  of  Battle 
Abbey,  Fitz-Aleyne  (son  of  Allen)  ap- 
pears, and  the  name  comes  down  to  the 
present.  Alan,  constable,  of  Scotland  and 
Lord  of  Galloway  and  Cunningham,  died 
in  1234.  One  of  the  first  using  Allen  as 
a  surname  was  Thomas  Allen,  sheriff  of 
London,  in  1414.  Sir  John  Allen  was 
mayor   of   London   in    1524,   Sir   William 


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Allen  in  1571,  and  Sir  Thomas  Alleyn  in 
1658.  Edward  Allen  (1566-1626),  a  dis- 
tinguished actor  and  friend  of  Shake- 
speare and  Ben  Jonson,  founded  in  1619 
Dulwich  College,  with  the  stipulation  that 
the  master  and  secretary  must  always 
bear  the  name  of  Allen,  and  this  curious 
condition  has  been  easily  fulfilled  through 
the  plenitude  of  scholars  of  the  name. 
There  are  no  less  than  fifty-five  coats-of- 
arms  of  the  separate  and  distinct  families 
of  Allen  in  the  United  Kingdom,  besides 
twenty  others  of  different  spellings. 
There  were  more  than  a  score  of  emi- 
grants of  this  surname,  from  almost  as 
many  different  families,  who  left  England 
before  1650  to  settle  in  New  England. 
The  name  in  early  times  was  spelled 
Allin,  Alline,  Ailing,  Allyn,  Allein  and 
Allen,  but  the  last  is  the  orthography  al- 
most universally  used  at  the  present  day. 
It  is  found  not  only  in  the  industrial  but 
in  the  professional  life  of  people  who  have 
stood  for  all  that  is  noblest  and  best.  It 
has  been  identified  with  the  formative 
period  of  New  York  history,  and  from 
that  region  has  sent  out  many  worthy 
representatives. 

(I)  George  Allen,  probably  a  son  of 
Ralph  Allen,  of  Thurcaston,  Leicester- 
shire, England,  was  born  about  1568, 
under  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  He 
was  probably  a  farmer  near  Bridgewater 
in  Somersetshire,  and  was  a  member  of  a 
company  which  set  sail  March  20,  1635, 
and  arrived  at  Boston  on  May  6  follow- 
ing. For  a  time  he  resided  in  Lynn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  in  1637  joined  with  Ed- 
mund Freeman  and  others  in  the  purchase 
of  the  town  of  Sandwich.  When  this 
town  was  incorporated  Mr.  Allen  was 
chosen  first  deputy,  the  first  officer  in  the 
town,  was  a  member  of  the  church  organ- 
ized at  Sandwich  in  1638,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  that  town  June  30  of 
the  following  year,  and  elected  constable 


at  the  same  time.  In  1640  he  was  sur- 
veyor of  highways,  and  in  1641  a  member 
of  a  committee  of  five  to  divide  the 
meadow  lands,  himself  receiving  six  and 
one-fourth  acres.  In  1646  he  built  his 
house,  one-fourth  mile  from  the  meeting 
house  on  the  road  to  the  cape,  and  this 
stood  until  1882.  After  the  purchase  of 
Sandwich,  several  of  his  sons  removed  to 
that  town  with  their  families.  He  died 
there  May  2,  1648,  aged  eighty  years.  His 
wife  Catherine  survived  him  and  married 
(second)  John  Collins,  with  whom  she  re- 
moved to  Boston.  In  his  will  he  named 
five  sons:  Matthew,  Henry,  Samuel. 
George,  William,  and  also  made  provision 
for  his  "five  least  children."  He  had  sons  : 
Samuel,  George,  William,  Ralph,  Mat- 
thew, Henry,  Francis,  James,  Gideon, 
Thomas,  Judah  and  Caleb. 

(II)  Ralph  Allen,  fourth  son  of  George 
and  Catherine  Allen,  was  born  about 
1621,  in  England,  and  resided  in  Sand- 
wich, where  he  died  in  1698.  He  was 
called  a  planter  and  gave  considerable 
land  to  his  sons,  between  the  years  1663 
and  1678.  He  was  among  the  eleven  male 
members  of  the  church  at  Sandwich  in 
1644.  This  church  did  not  conform  to 
the  Puritan  standards,  being  a  Baptist 
church,  and  its  members  were  cruelly  per- 
secuted for  half  a  century  by  the  colonial 
authorities  because  of  their  determination 
to  maintain  religious  freedom.  In  the 
year  1658  members  of  the  Allen  family 
paid  fines  aggregating  £250,  imposed  by 
the  church  authorities.  In  1659  Ralph 
Allen,  with  his  brothers,  was  taken  from 
the  jail  at  Boston  and  whipped  through 
several  towns  as  a  punishment  for  their 
religious  opinions.  They  subsequently 
became  allied  with  the  Friends,  or  Quak- 
ers, and  were  further  persecuted  for  this. 
In  1655  Ralph  Allen  contributed  ten  shil- 
lings toward  building  a  new  meeting 
house  in  Sandwich.  The  family  held  lands 


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on  both  sides  of  Buzzard's  Bay,  and  soon 
removed  from  Sandwich  because  of  the 
persecutions  inflicted  upon  them.  Ralph 
Allen  married,  in  1643,  Esther,  daughter 
of  William  and  Jane  Swift,  of  Sandwich, 
and  their  children  recorded  there  are : 
John,  Joseph,  Increase,  Ebenezer,  Zach- 
ariah,  Patience.  He  also  had  children, 
probably  of  a  second  marriage,  unrecord- 
ed, namely:  Jedidah,  Jonah,  Experience, 
Ephraim,  Mary. 

(III)  Increase  Allen,  third  son  of  Ralph 
Allen,  was  born  about  1648,  and  died  in 
1723,  leaving  all  his  property  to  his 
widow.  His  home  was  in  Dartmouth, 
where  he  was  an  extensive  landholder, 
and  he  also  had  land  in  other  towns. 

(IV)  Increase  (2)  Allen,  son  of  In- 
crease (1)  Allen,  was  born  about  1670, 
and  resided  upon  the  paternal  homestead 
in  Dartmouth. 

(V)  Jedediah  Allen,  son  of  Increase 
(2)  Allen,  resided  in  Dartmouth,  and  was 
married  at  the  Dartmouth  monthly  meet- 
ing, June  2,  1 72 1,  to  Penelope,  daughter 
of  Othniel  Tripp,  of  Newport.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Barnabas  Howland. 

(VI)  Othniel  Allen,  son  of  Jedediah 
and  Penelope  (Tripp)  Allen,  settled  be- 
fore 1760  in  the  Quaker  settlement  at 
Nine  Partners,  Dutchess  county,  New 
York.  He  was  married,  February  10, 
1758,  at  the  Dartmouth  monthly  meeting, 
to  Keziah  Stafford.  The  following  chil- 
dren are  recorded  in  the  Quaker  records 
of  Nine  Partners :  Ruth,  born  2nd  month, 
5th  day,  1760;  Jedediah,  3rd  month,  5th 
day,  1762;  Sion,  mentioned  below; 
George,  8th  month,  8th  day,  1767  ;  Othniel, 
3rd  month,  22nd  day,  1770;  Susanna,  9th 
month,  6th  day,  1773. 

(VII)  Sion  Allen,  second  son  of 
Othniel  and  Keziah  (Stafford)  Allen,  was 
born  7th  month,  30th  day,  1765,  at  Nine 
Partners,  and  was  married  in  Tiverton, 
April  10,  1791,  by  Philip  Gray,  justice  of 


the  peace,  to  Elizabeth  Dresser,  daughter 
of  Amos  Dresser,  of  Freetown.  They  re- 
sided in  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  where 
the  following  children  are  recorded : 
Abraham,  born  January  7,  1793;  Susan- 
nah, October  27,  1794;  George,  May  20, 
1797;  William,  December  9,  1799;  Har- 
riet, September  26,  1807;  Mary,  men- 
tioned below;  Keziah,  January  11,  1813; 
Sion  S.,  August  21,  1816. 

(VIII)  Mary  Allen,  second  daughter  of 
Sion  and  Elizabeth  (Dresser)  Allen,  was 
born  May  11,  1810,  in  Tiverton,  and  be- 
came the  wife  of  Wilson  Osborne,  of  that 
town  (see  Osborne  III). 


WINSLOW,  Samuel  Ellsworth, 

Manufacturer,  Public  Official. 

William  Winslow,  or  Wyncelow,  first 
of  the  line,  as  traced  in  England,  had  chil- 
dren :  1.  John,  of  London,  afterward  of 
Wyncelow  Hall,  was  living  in  1387-88; 
married  Mary  Crouchman ;  died  in  1409- 
10,  styled  of  Crouchman  Hall.  2.  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below. 

(II)  William  (2)  Winslow,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (1)  Winslow,  had  a  son  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  Winslow,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Winslow,  was  of  Burton,  County 
Oxford,  having  lands  also  in  County 
Essex.  He  was  living  in  1452.  He  mar- 
ried Cecelia  Tansley,  one  of  two  daugh- 
ters and  heiress  of  an  old  family.  She 
was  called  Lady  Agnes.  He  had  a  son 
William,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  William  (3)  Winslow,  son  of 
Thomas  Winslow,  was  living  in  1529. 
Children :  Kenelm,  mentioned  below ; 
Richard,  had  a  grant  from  Edward  VI.  of 
the  rectory  of  Elksley,  County  Notting- 
ham. 

(V)  Kenelm  Winslow,  son  of  William 
(3)  Winslow,  purchased  in  1559  of  Sir 
Richard  Newport  an  estate  called  New- 


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port  Place  in  Kempsey,  Worcestershire. 
He  had  also  an  older  and  very  extensive 
estate  in  the  same  parish,  called  Clerken- 
leap,  sold  by  his  grandson,  Richard  Wins- 
low,  in  1650.  He  died  in  1607  in  the  par- 
ish of  St.  Andrew.    He  married  Catherine 

.     His  will,  dated  April   14,   1607, 

and  proved  November  9  following,  is  still 
preserved  at  Worcester.  His  only  son, 
Edward,  is  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Edward  Winslow,  son  of  Kenelm 
Winslow,  was  born  October  17,  1560,  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Andrew,  Worcestershire, 
England,  and  he  died  before  163 1.  He 
lived  in  Kempsey  and  Droitwich,  Worces- 
tershire. He  married  (first)  Eleanor  Pel- 
ham,  of  Droitwich  ;  (second)  at  St.  Bride's 
Church,  London,  November  4,  1594,  Mag- 
dalene Oliver,  the  records  of  whose  fam- 
ily are  found  in  the  parish  register  of  St. 
Peter's,  Droitwich.  Children:  1.  Rich- 
ard, born  about  1585.  2.  Edward,  born 
October  18,  1595,  at  Droitwich,  governor 
of  Plymouth  colony;  married  (first)  at 
Leyden,  Holland,  May  16,  1618,  Eliza- 
beth Barker;  (second)  May  12,  1621, 
Susan  (Fuller)  White,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower"  with  Governor  Winslow ; 
she  was  widow  of  William  White  and 
mother  of  Peregrine  White,  the  first  born 
of  the  Plymouth  colony.  3.  John,  born 
April  16,  1597,  died  1674,  in  Boston;  mar- 
ried, October  12,  1624,  Mary  Chilton, 
daughter  of  James  and  Susanna  Chilton, 
who  also  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  4. 
Eleanor,  born  April  22,  1598,  at  Droit- 
wich, remained  in  England.  5.  Kenelm, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Gilbert,  born  Octo- 
ber 26,  1600,  came  in  the  "Mayflower," 
signed  the  compact,  returned  to  England 
after  1623,  and  died  there.  7.  Elizabeth, 
born  March  8,  1602,  buried  January  20, 
1604,  at  St.  Peter's  Church.  8.  Magdalen, 
born  December  26,  1604,  at  Droitwich,  re- 
mained in  England.  9.  Josiah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1606. 


(VII)  Kenelm  (2)  Winslow,  son  of 
Edward  Winslow,  was  born  at  Droitwich, 
April  29,  1599,  baptized  at  St.  Peter's 
Church,  May  3,  1599,  died  at  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  13,  1672.  He  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  came,  first, 
to  Plymouth  in  1629  with  his  brother 
Josiah  and  was  admitted  a  freeman,  Janu- 
ary 1,  1632-33.  He  was  surveyor  of  the 
town  of  Plymouth  in  1640,  and  was  fined 
five  shillings  in  that  year  for  neglecting 
to  do  his  part  on  the  highways.  He  re- 
moved to  Marshfield  about  1641,  having 
previously  received  a  grant  of  land  there, 
at  Green's  Harbor,  March  5,  1637-38.  This 
grant,  originally  made  to  Josiah  Winslow, 
his  brother,  was  shared  with  Love  Brew- 
ster. The  home  of  Kenelm  Winslow  was 
"on  a  gentle  eminence  by  the  sea  between 
Green  Harbor  and  South  River.  This 
tract  of  the  township  was  considered  the 
Eden  of  the  region.  It  was  beautified 
with  groves  of  majestic  oaks  and  graceful 
walnuts  with  the  underground  void  of 
shrubbery.  A  few  of  these  groves  were 
standing  within  the  memory  of  persons 
now  living  (1854),  but  all  have  fallen  be- 
neath the  hand  of  the  woodman."  The 
homestead  was  left  to  his  son  Nathaniel. 
Other  lands  were  granted  to  Kenelm 
WTinslow,  as  from  time  to  time  the  com- 
mon land  was  divided.  He  was  one  of 
the  twenty-six  original  proprietors  of 
Assonet,  now  Freetown,  Massachusetts, 
purchased  of  the  Indians,  April  2,  1659, 
and  received  the  twenty-fourth  lot,  a  por- 
tion of  which  was  lately  owned  by  a 
lineal  descendant,  having  remained  in  the 
family.  Kenelm  Winslow  was  a  joiner 
by  trade  as  well  as  planter.  He  filled 
various  town  offices,  was  deputy  to  the 
General  Court  from  1642  to  1644  and 
from  1649  to  io53.  eight  years  in  all.  The 
court  records  show  that  he  was  some- 
what litigious.  He  died  at  Salem,  whither 
he  had  gone  on  business,  apparently  after 


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a  long  illness,  for  his  will  was  dated  five 
weeks  earlier,  August  8,  1672,  and  in  it 
he  describes  himself  as  "being  very  sick 
and  drawing  nigh  unto  death."  He  may 
have  been  visiting  a  niece,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Corwin,   daughter   of   Edward   Winslow. 

He  married,  in  June,  1634,  Eleanor 
Adams,  widow  of  John  Adams,  of  Plym- 
outh. She  survived  him  and  died  at 
Marshfield,  where  she  was  buried,  De- 
cember 5,  1681,  aged  eighty-three  years. 
Children:  Kenelm,  mentioned  below; 
Eleanor  or  Ellen,  born  about  1637;  Na- 
thaniel, born  about  1639;  Job,  about  1641. 

(VIII)  Colonel  Kenelm  (3)  Winslow, 
son  of  Kenelm  (2)  Winslow,  was  born 
about  1636,  at  Plymouth,  died  November 
11,  1715,  at  Harwich,  in  his  seventy-ninth 
year,  according  to  his  gravestone.  He  re- 
moved to  Cape  Cod  and  settled  at  Yar- 
mouth, afterward  Harwich  and  New 
Brewster,  Massachusetts.  His  homestead 
was  on  the  border  in  the  west  part  of  the 
town  in  the  village  called  later  West 
Brewster,  Satucket  or  Winslow's  Mills. 
He  was  mentioned  in  the  Yarmouth  rec- 
ords in  1668.  Harwich  was  the  "con- 
stablerick"  of  Yarmouth.  In  records  he 
was  called  "Colonel  Winslow,  planter  or 
yeoman."  He  bought  large  tracts  of  wild 
land  in  what  is  now  Rochester,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  several  of  his  children  set- 
tled in  that  town.  The  water  privilege 
there  remains  to  the  present  day  in  pos- 
session of  his  descendants.  In  1699  he 
deeded  it  to  his  son,  Kenelm,  and  in  1873 
it  was  owned  by  William  T.  Winslow,  of 
West  Brewster.  Kenelm  Winslow  bought 
of  George  Denison,  of  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut, a  thousand  acres  of  land  in 
Windham,  later  Mansfield,  March  11, 
1700,  for  thirty  pounds.  He  gave  land, 
October  7,  1700,  to  his  son  Samuel,  who 
sold  it  to  his  brother  Kenelm,  but  neither 
of  them  lived  in  Windham.  He  was  fined 
ten  shillings,  October  3,  1^02,  for  "riding 


a  journey  on  the  Lord's  Day,"  yet  he  rode 
sixty  miles  to  Scituate  on  three  occasions 
to  have  a  child  baptized  in  the  Second 
Church  there,  Kenelm  in  1668,  Josiah  in 
1670,  and  Thomas  in  1672.  He  was  prom- 
inent in  the  church  and,  October  4,  1714, 
served  on  the  important  committee  to 
seat  the  meeting  house. 

He  married  (first)  September  23,  1667, 
Mercy  Worden,  born  1641,  died  Septem- 
ber 22,  1688,  daughter  of  Peter,  Jr.,  and 
Mercy  Worden,  of  Yarmouth.  Her 
gravestone  is  in  the  Winslow  graveyard 
at  Dennis.  It  is  of  slate,  the  oldest  stone 
in  this  old  burying  ground,  which  is  locat- 
ed near  the  road  leading  from  Nebscusset 
to  Satucket,  near  the  Brewster  line.     He 

married    (second)    Damaris   ,   who 

was  living  as  late  as  March  27,  1729.  His 
will  was  dated  January  10,  1712,  proved 
December  28,  171 5.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Kenelm,  baptized  August  9,  1668; 
Josiah,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  bap- 
tized March  3,  1672-73 ;  Samuel,  born 
about  1674;  Mercy,  about  1676;  Nathan- 
iel, born  1679;  Edward,  January  30,  1680- 
81.  By  second  wife:  Damaris,  married, 
July  30,  1713,  Jonathan  Small;  Elizabeth, 
married,  August  9,  171 1,  Andrew  Clark; 
Eleanor,  married,  March  25,  1719,  Shubael 
Hamblen;  John,  born  about  1701. 

(IX)  Captain  Josiah  Winslow,  son  of 
Colonel  Kenelm  (3)  Winslow,  was  born 
in  Marshfield,  November  7,  1669,  died  at 
Freetown,  Massachusetts,  April  3,  1761, 
and  was  buried  in  the  South  Cemetery  at 
Berkley.  He  received  a  quarter  of  his 
father's  lands  by  deed  of  gift,  February 
27,  1693,  and  bought  more  land  of  his 
father  west  of  the  Taunton  river  and  in 
Freetown.  He  lived  a  mile  from  Assonet 
village  on  the  road  to  Taunton.  He  was 
a  clothier  by  trade  and  operated  a  fulling 
mill  near  the  Assonet  bridge,  where  at 
last  accounts  one  of  his  Winslow  descend- 
ants was  still  in  the  same  line  of  business. 


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He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  forge 
at  Freetown  in  1704.  In  public  affairs  he 
was  very  active  and  prominent.  He  was 
constable  in  1696;  highway  surveyor  in 
1699;  moderator  in  1 702-08-1 2-1 6 ;  asses- 
sor in  1 702 -03-05-07- 1 0-13-22;  selectman 
in  1702-03-04-09-10;  treasurer  in  1704; 
grand  juror  in  1721  ;  first  lieutenant  of  the 
Assonet  company,  commissioned  its  cap- 
tain, February  9,  1725.  He  served  on  the 
committee  on  the  new  meeting  house. 

He  married  (first)  (intentions  dated 
June  13,  1695)  at  Freetown,  Margaret  Tis- 
dale,  of  Taunton,  born  1676,  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  (Avery)  Tisdale,  grand- 
daughter of  John  Tisdale,  who  was  slain 
by  the  Indians  in  King  Philip's  War,  June 
7,  1675.  His  wife  died  January  12,  1737, 
aged  sixty-one  years,  and  was  buried  in 
Berkley  South  Cemetery.  He  married 
(second)  November  3,  1737,  Hannah 
Winslow.  He  married  (third)  March  2, 
1748-49,  Hannah  Booth,  of  Middlebor- 
ough,  a  widow.  He  married  (fourth)  No- 
vember 30,  1749,  Martha  Hathaway,  of 
Freetown.  He  married  (fifth)  (intention 
dated  September  6,  1750)  Mary  Jones,  of 
Berkley.  His  will  was  dated  March  5, 
1753,  and  proved  May  5,  1761.  Children, 
born  at  Freetown  :  Josiah,  born  June  9, 
1697;  Mercy,  December  19,  1700;  Eben- 
ezer,  November  22,  1705;  Edward,  Au- 
gust II,  1709;  James,  mentioned  below; 
Margaret,  March  24,  1720;  Rachel,  Febru- 
ary 9,  1722. 

(X)  Colonel  James  Winslow,  son  of 
Captain  Josiah  Winslow ,  was  born  at 
Freetown,  August  10,  1712,  died  March 
1,  1777,  and  was  buried  at  Berkley.  He 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  cloth-dress- 
ing business  and  lived  at  Freetown,  where 
he  erected  the  house  lately  occupied  by 
Barnaby  Winslow.  He  was  sole  executor 
of  his  father's  will.  He  was  also  promi- 
nent in  civil  and  military  life,  and  filled 
the  offices  of  justice  of  the  peace,  town 


treasurer  in  1755,  selectman  in  1762,  lieu- 
tenant of  the  first  foot  company  of  militia 
in  Freetown,  commissioned  June  4,  1762; 
captain  of  the  Second  Regiment  of  Bristol 
county,  commissioned  July  25,  1771.  He 
was  run  over  by  an  ox-sled  on  the  hill  a 
mile  from  Assonet  and  killed.  His  will  was 
dated  June  17,  1776,  and  proved  March 
22,  1777.  He  married,  June  8,  1738,  Char- 
ity Hodges,  of  Norton,  Massachusetts, 
born  March  30,  1716,  daughter  of  Major 
Joseph  and  Bethia  (Williams)  Hodges. 
Children,  born  at  Freetown :  Mehitable, 
born  April  22,  1739;  Ephraim,  July  7, 
1741 ;  Margaret,  November  2T,,  1743;  Jo- 
seph, March  8,  1745-46;  James,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1748;  Shadrach,  mentioned  below; 
Bethia,  August  29,  1753;  Thankful,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1754;  Isaac,  June  23,  1759. 

(XI)  Dr.  Shadrach  Winslow,  son  of 
Colonel  James  Winslow,  was  born  De- 
cember 17,  1750,  at  Freetown,  died  Feb- 
ruary 1,  181 7,  at  Foxborough,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  buried.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  1771,  and  be- 
came an  eminent  physician  and  surgeon. 
During  the  Revolution,  he  helped  to  fit 
out  a  privateer,  on  which  he  sailed  as  sur- 
geon. On  the  first  voyage,  the  vessel  was 
seized  by  the  British,  off  the  coast  of 
Spain  and  he  was  kept  a  prisoner  for  a 
year  in  the  old  Jersey  prison  ship  at  Wall- 
about  Bay,  Brooklyn.  His  health  was  im- 
paired by  the  confinement.  On  his  re- 
turn home  he  practiced  his  profession  at 
Foxborough.  "He  was  much  respected  as 
a  physician  and  man."  He  practiced 
through  a  large  circuit,  extending  fully 
twenty  miles  from  his  home,  and  was 
widely  known  and  popular.  His  college 
diploma,  dated  September  11,  1771,  has 
been  preserved.  He  married,  March  12, 
1783,  Elizabeth  Robbins,  who  was  born 
April  29,  1764,  at  Foxborough,  died  April 
1,  1846,  daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Mary 
(Savell)  Robbins.    Children,  born  at  Fox- 


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borough :  Betsey  Peck,  born  September 
29,  1784;  Eleazer  Robbins,  mentioned  be- 
low; James,  May  14,  1788;  Isaac,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1791 ;  Jesse,  May  25,  1794  ;  Samuel, 
August  15,  1797;  Thomas  Jefferson,  June 
6,  1800,  drowned  June  18,  1803  ;  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 3,  1802;  Fanny,  March  6,  1805;  Jo- 
seph, August  28,  1807. 

(XII)  Eleazer  Robbins  Winslow,  son 
of  Dr.  Shadrach  Winslow,  was  born  at 
Foxborough,  March  21,  1786,  died  Au- 
gust 8,  1863,  at  Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mas- 
sachusetts. "He  was  engaged  in  various 
manufacturing  enterprises  and  in  this 
pursuit  showed  great  and  thorough 
knowledge.  He  was  always  philosophical 
and  the  testimony  of  those  associated 
with  him  was  that  he  had  few  superiors 
in  general  intellectual  powers.  On  ac- 
count of  ill  health,  he  lived  for  a  time  in 
the  Catskill  Mountains,  at  Hunter, 
Greene  County,  and  Ramapo,  Rockland 
County,  New  York,  and  spent  his  time  in 
hunting  bears  and  wolves,  on  which  at 
that  time  the  State  paid  a  bounty.  Dur- 
ing his  absence  his  wife  and  children  in 
their  cabin  feared  the  threatened  attack  of 
wild  beasts  and  life  proved  particularly 
trying  to  a  woman  who  had  spent  her 
early  life  in  the  city.  Mr.  Winslow  was 
at  one  time  selectman  of  Newton." 

He  married,  at  Boston,  April  21,  1813, 
Ann  Corbett,  born  there  October  2,  1793, 
and  educated  there,  a  daughter  of  David 
and  Deborah  (Cowin)  Corbett.  She  died 
September  18,  1871,  at  Newton  Upper 
Falls.  She  was  a  woman  of  fine  charac- 
ter and  great  piety,  a  friend  of  the  clergy 
in  that  section  and  one  of  the  first  seven- 
teen in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  class 
formed  at  Newton  in  1826.  Children : 
Charles,  born  January  30,  1814;  Ann,  July 
13,  181 5,  at  Hunter;  Elizabeth  Robbins, 
October  24,  1816,  died  young;  Clarissa 
WTilliams,  March  13,  1818;  David  Corbett, 
at  Hunter,  June  9,  1819,  father  of  Charles 


Howard  Winslow,  a  prominent  New 
York  lawyer ;  Emeline,  November  4, 
1820;  Seth  Collins,  January  11,  1822; 
George,  August  11,  1823;  John,  October 
21,  1825  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Deb- 
orah Ann,  August  8,  1828;  Mary  Pratt. 
April  14,  1830;  Elizabeth  Robbins,  twin 
of  Mary  Pratt;  Martha  Switner,  April  14, 
1834,  at  Newton ;  Harriet  F.,  July  25, 
1836. 

(XIII)  Hon.  Samuel  Winslow,  son  of 
Eleazer  Robbins  Winslow,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1827,  at  Newton,  died  October 
21,  1894,  at  Worcester.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  in  his  boyhood  was  employed  in  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  machinery,  becom- 
ing a  foreman  over  fifty  men  when  a  boy 
of  twenty.  He  showed  great  natural  abil- 
ity and  inventive  genius.  He  removed  to 
Worcester,  April  1,  1855,  forming  a  part- 
nership with  Seth  C.  Winslow,  his 
brother,  and  established  a  machine  shop 
in  the  old  Merrifield  building,  Cypress 
street.  In  1857  the  firm  began  to  manu- 
facture skates,  establishing  an  industry 
that  has  continued  with  increasing  suc- 
cess to  the  present  time.  After  the  death  of 
his  brother,  Samuel  Winslow  continued  in 
business  alone.  In  1886  the  business  was 
incorporated  as  The  Samuel  Winslow 
Skate  Manufacturing  Company,  of  which 
corporation  Mr.  Winslow  was  president 
and  treasurer  to  the  end  of  his  life.  After 
occupying  the  original  location  for  twen- 
ty-seven years,  the  plant  was  removed  to 
its  present  location  at  the  corner  of  Mul- 
berry and  Asylum  streets.  Mr.  Winslow 
took  rank  among  the  leading  manufac- 
turers of  the  city. 

He  took  a  prominent  part  also  in  public 
affairs.  In  1848  he  served  on  the  pru- 
dential committee  in  charge  of  the  schools 
in  Newton  Upper  Falls,  and  was  active 
in  promoting  the  building  of  the  railroad, 
becoming    clerk    of   the    Boston    Woon- 


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socket  division  of  the  New  York  &  New 
England  Railroad  Company.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Worcester  Common  Coun- 
cil in  1865-66,  and  was  representative  to 
the  General  Court  from  Worcester  in 
1873-74.  In  1885  he  was  in  the  Board  of 
Aldermen.  From  1886  to  1889  he  was 
mayor  of  Worcester.  He  proved  to  be  an 
able  and  popular  executive,  and  he  con- 
tributed materially  to  the  progress  and 
development  of  the  municipality.  Not  the 
least  of  his  service  to  the  community  was 
the  promotion  and  building  of  the  first 
electric  suburban  railroads  that  have  con- 
tributed so  materially  to  the  growth  and 
wealth  of  the  city.  He  was  president  and 
principal  stockholder  of  the  Worcester, 
Leicester  &  Spencer  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany ;  of  the  Worcester  &  Millbury  Com- 
pany and  of  the  State  Central  &  Black- 
stone  Valley  Street  Railway  Company, 
and  was  active  in  building  and  operating 
these  properties  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
The  controversy  that  followed  the  organ- 
ization of  the  latter  company  undermined 
his  health.  The  State  Central  line,  organ- 
ized in  January,  1893,  built  a  road  from 
Worcester  to  Marlborough,  with  branches 
to  Grafton,  Westborough  and  Hudson, 
and  projected  a  line  to  Webster.  The 
road  from  Worcester  to  Spencer  was 
built  and  an  extension  to  Southbridge 
planned.  The  Blackstone  Valley  Com- 
pany was  organized  to  build  to  Braman- 
ville  and  Northbridge.  A  bitter  fight  de- 
veloped between  Mr.  Winslow,  aided  by 
Burton  W.  Potter  and  others  on  the  one 
hand,  and  by  H.  H.  Bigelow  and  his  asso- 
ciates on  the  other.  Mr.  Winslow  spoke 
at  meetings  in  all  the  towns  where  fran- 
chises were  wanted  and  finally  won,  re- 
ceiving the  franchise  in  Grafton,  the  other 
towns  falling  into  line  afterward.  In 
building  and  operating  the  Spencer  and 
Millbury  lines,  Mr.  Winslow  was  a  pio- 
neer in  the  electric  railway  business,  dis- 


playing wonderful  executive  and  business 
ability.  He  was  successively  trustee, 
vice-president  and  president  of  the  Me- 
chanics' Association  ;  director  of  the  Citi- 
zens' National  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
president  from  1889  until  he  died.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican. 

The  following  editorial  from  the 
Worcester  "Spy"  was  published  at  the 
time  of  his  death  : 

In  the  death  of  Hon.  Samuel  Winslow, 
Worcester  loses  one  of  her  most  representative 
men.  Especially  was  Mr.  Winslow  well  known 
in  all  that  concerned  the  material  progress  and 
development  of  this  city.  Prominent  as  a  manu- 
facturer, business  man  and  benefactor  of  worthy 
objects  and  institutions,  he  did  his  part  as  a  local 
legislator  and  filled  the  important  office  of  mayor 
with  credit  to  himself  and  honor  to  the  city. 
But  it  is  perhaps  as  the  successful  promoter  and 
active  manager  of  the  suburban  railway  system, 
now  of  such  incalculable  benefit  to  all  the  inter- 
ests of  this  city,  that  the  late  Mr.  Winslow  will 
be  longest  remembered.  It  was  an  undertaking 
whose  present  complete  success  has  more  than 
justified  its  founder's  sanguine  and  wisely  enter- 
tained expectations.  The  premature  taking  off 
of  Mr.  Winslow  is  a  distinct  loss  to  the  city. 

He  married,  November  1,  1848,  at  New- 
ton Upper  Falls,  Mary  Weeks  Robbins, 
born  November  12,  1825,  at  Union,  Maine, 
daughter  of  David  and  Lydia  A.  (Maxey) 
Robbins.  Children:  1.  Frank  Ellery,  born 
May  16,  1852,  died  June  12,  1905.  2.  Sam- 
uel Ellsworth,  mentioned  below. 

(XIV)  Hon.  Samuel  Ellsworth  Wins- 
low, junior  son  of  Hon.  Samuel  and  Mary 
Weeks  (Robbins)  Winslow,  was  born 
April  n,  1862,  in  Worcester,  in  which 
town  he  has  been  a  very  active  citizen 
ever  since  attaining  manhood.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  including 
the  high  school,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1880,  as  president  of  his  class.  He 
then  attended  Williston  Seminary,  of 
which  he  was  class  president,  and  gradu- 
ated Bachelor  of  Arts  from  Harvard  in 


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the  class  of  1885.  After  several  months 
of  travel  in  Europe,  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Worcester,  in  1886,  with  his  father, 
as  secretary  and  clerk  of  The  Samuel 
Winslow  Skate  Manufacturing  Company. 
After  an  experience  in  various  depart- 
ments of  the  business,  he  went  on  the 
road  as  a  salesman,  was  also  a  buyer, 
traveling  throughout  the  United  States. 
He  is  now  president  of  the  company,  and 
active  in  many  of  the  business  enterprises 
of  his  home  city,  being  a  director  of  the 
United  States  Envelope  Company,  the 
State  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
Worcester,  and  the  Mechanics'  National 
Bank.  For  twenty-two  years  he  has  been 
associated  with  the  Worcester  City  Hos- 
pital, of  which  he  has  been  twenty-one 
years  a  trustee,  and  is  now  president  of 
the  board.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Leicester 
(Massachusetts)  Academy;  trustee  of 
Worcester  Academy ;  is  a  member  of  the 
Worcester  County  Musical  Association  ; 
and  vice-president  of  the  Worcester  Agri- 
cultural Society.  In  religion  a  Unitarian, 
in  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Winslow  has 
been  very  active  in  public  concerns,  espe- 
cially in  connection  with  his  party.  He 
was  an  aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  Gov- 
ernor J.  Q.  A.  Brackett,  with  the  rank  of 
colonel  in  1890;  was  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican City  Committee  of  Worcester 
from  1890  to  1892,  and  of  the  State  Com- 
mittee from  1893  to  1894.  In  1908  he  was 
a  delegate  to  the  National  Republican 
Convention  at  Chicago,  and  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Sixty-third  and  Sixty- 
fourth  Congresses,  representing  the 
Fourth  Massachusetts  District.  He  is 
associated  with  several  clubs,  including 
the  Worcester  Commonwealth,  Automo- 
bile, Tatnack  Country,  Worcester  Coun- 
try, Quinsigamond  Boat  Club,  the  Har- 
vard clubs  of  Boston,  Worcester,  New 
York  and  Washington,  the  Metropolitan, 


Chevy  Chase  and  National  Press  clubs  of 
Washington,  the  Worcester  Grange  and 
many  organizations  for  social  purposes. 
Mr.  Winslow  married,  April  17,  1889, 
Bertha  Lucenia  Russell,  daughter  of  Colo- 
nel Edward  J.  Russell,  and  his  wife,  Lu- 
cenia (Prouty)  Russell,  of  Worcester  (see 
Russell  VIII).  Children:  1.  Dorothy, 
married  William  H.  Sawyer,  Jr.  2.  Rus- 
sell, unmarried.  3.  Samuel,  2nd,  died  at 
the  age  of  ten  months.  4.  Samuel  E.,  Jr., 
now  a  member  of  the  class  of  1918  at  Har- 
vard University.  5.  John,  now  a  student 
at  Worcester  Academy,  class  of  1917.  6. 
Kenelm. 

(The   Russell  Line). 

(I)  John  Russell,  born  about  1597,  in 
England,  came  in  the  ship  "Defiance"  to 
America,  and  settled  at  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, October  3,  1635,  with  his  sons, 
John  and  Philip.  He  was  made  a  free- 
man, March  3,  1636,  surveyor  of  farms, 
1638,  selectman,  1642-43,  clerk  of  writs, 
1645,  an<l  constable,  1648.  With  his  son 
he  removed  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
in  1649,  and  was  a  freeman  of  that  town, 
May  17,  1655.  As  early  as  1660  he  was 
in  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  was  made 
freeman  there,  March  26,  1661,  and  be- 
came in  the  same  year  clerk  of  writs  for 
that  town.  He  received  grants  of  land 
there,  and  died  May  8,  1680.  The  name  of 
his  first  wife  is  unknown,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  in  Wethersfield,  Dorothy, 
widow  of  Rev.  Henry  Smith,  first  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Wethersfield.  His  elder 
son,  John  Russell,  became  second  pastor 
of  the  same  church. 

(II)  Philip  Russell,  son  of  John  Rus- 
sell, born  in  England,  settled  in  what  is 
now  Hatfield,  and,  like  his  father,  was  a 
glazier  by  trade.  He  filled  various  pub- 
lic offices,  and  died  May  19,  1693.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  amounted  to  259 
pounds,  6  shillings  and  1  pence.  He  mar- 
ried   (first)    February    4,    1664,    Johanna 


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Smith,  daughter  of  his  stepmother.  He 
married  (second)  January  10,  1666,  Eliza- 
beth Perry,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut.  She 
was  killed  by  Indians,  December  19,  1677, 
and  he  married  (third)  December  25, 1679, 
Mary  Church,  born  1656,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Mary  Church,  of  Norwalk,  Con- 
necticut, and  Hatfield,  Massachusetts. 
There  was  one  child  of  the  first  marriage, 
which  was  buried  at  the  same  time  as  its 
mother.  Children  of  second  marriage : 
John,  born  January  2,  1667  ;  Samuel,  1669  ; 
Philip,  January  24,  1672,  died  young ;  Ste- 
phen, October  12,  1674.  Children  of  third 
marriage:  Samuel,  December  30,  1680; 
Thomas,  February  12,  1683;  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1685;  Mary,  May  21,  1686; 
Philip,  January  2,  1689;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Daniel  Russell,  youngest  child  of 
Philip  and  Mary  (Church)  Russell,  was 
born  October  8,  1691,  in  Hadley,  and  was 
among  the  first  settlers  in  the  town  of 
Sunderland,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
died  June  28,  1737.  He  married,  January 
r8,  1 713,  Jerusha  Dickinson,  born  March 
20,  1693,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
Dickinson,  of  Hatfield.  She  married  (sec- 
ond) October  25,  1744,  Simon  Cooley. 
Children:  Jonathan,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  born  November  1,  1716;  Daniel, 
April  12,  1 7 19;  Jerusha,  married  Eben- 
ezer  Clark,  of  Northampton ;  Sarah,  July 
7,  1723- 

(IV)  Jonathan  Russell,  eldest  child  of 
Daniel  and  Jerusha  (Dickinson)  Russell, 
born  August  2,  1714,  lived  on  the  paternal 
homestead  in  Sunderland,  and  died  there 
April  8,  1777.  He  married,  November  10, 
1743,  Mary  Smith,  born  February  10,  1724, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Abigail  (Allis) 
Smith,  died  February  28,  1816.  Children: 
Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  born 
April  28,  1746;  Martha,  July  21,  1748; 
Mary,  April  1,  1750;  Philip,  March  18, 
1752;  Israel,  baptized  June  9,  1754;  Sam- 


uel, born  October  17,  1756;  John,  April 
7>  I759>  Spencer,  November  21,  1761 ; 
Persis,  March  3,  1765. 

(V)  Daniel  (2)  Russell,  eldest  child  of 
Jonathan  and  Mary  (Smith)  Russell,  born 
September  10,  1744,  settled  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  Hadley,  where  he  died  Sep- 
tember 30,  1828.  He  married,  February 
6,  1 77 1,  his  cousin,  Lucy  Clark,  born  Oc- 
tober 24,  1750,  daughter  of  Jedediah  and 
Sarah  (Russell)  Clark,  died  October  2, 
1840.  Children  :  Daniel,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Chester,  baptized  October  7,  1773; 
Moses,  October  8,  1775;  Sarah,  July  27, 
1777;  Elisha,  November  28,  1779;  Polly, 
born  1783. 

(VI)  Daniel  (3)  Russell,  eldest  child 
of  Daniel  (2)  and  Lucy  (Clark)  Russell, 
born  in  North  Hadley,  was  baptized  Jan- 
uary 12,  1772,  and  died  August  2,  1847. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  his  native  town,  a 
deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  of 
North  Amherst,  and  a  Whig  in  politics. 
He  married,  May  19,  1798,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  Newton,  born  1769,  died 
October  4,  1844.  They  were  the  parents 
of  eight  children. 

(VII)  Charles  Russell,  son  of  Daniel 
(3)  and  Sarah  (Newton)  Russell,  was 
born  1799,  in  North  Hadley,  and  was  a 
farmer,  carpenter  and  contractor,  a  Con- 
gregationalism a  Whig  in  politics,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  militia  in  the  War  of  1812,  but 
saw  no  active  service.  He  married  Cor- 
delia Smith,  born  1800,  in  Hadley,  and 
had  children :  Charles,  Francis,  Julia  M., 
George,  Eliza,  Harriet,  Edward  Julius, 
Julius  Henry. 

(VIII)  Colonel  Edward  Julius  Russell, 
son  of  Charles  and  Cordelia  (Smith)  Rus- 
sell, was  born  October  23,  1833,  in  North 
Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  there  passed 
his  boyhood,  beginning  his  education  in 
the  "little  old  red  schoolhouse."  After 
attending  Deerfield  Academy  two  terms, 
he  set  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the 


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world,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  hav- 
ing the  permission  of  his  parents  and 
promising  to  care  for  himself.  For  some 
two  years  he  worked  as  a  carpenter  in 
Sunderland,  Massachusetts,  and  for  a 
similar  period  in  Northampton,  same 
State.  After  working  a  few  months  in 
Worcester,  he  went  to  North  Brookfield, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  employed 
two  years.  He  was  then  appointed  man- 
ager of  a  department  of  the  Batchelor 
Shoe  Manufacturing  Company,  in  North 
Brookfield,  and  while  in  this  employ  vol- 
unteered as  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  War.  In 
May,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  what  was  after- 
ward called  Company  F,  Tenth  Massa- 
chusetts Volunteers,  mustered  into  serv- 
ice, July  12,  1861.  At  this  time  Mr.  Rus- 
sell was  made  second  sergeant,  and  on 
March  1,  1862,  was  promoted  first  ser- 
geant. He  was  commissioned  second 
lieutenant,  July  23,  1862,  and  was  made 
first  lieutenant,  September  13,  same  year, 
following  the  battle  of  Antietam.  On  De- 
cember 21,  following,  after  the  battle  of 
Fredericksburg,  he  was  commissioned 
captain.  He  participated  in  all  the  battles 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  except  that 
at  Gettysburg,  during  which  time  he  was 
in  hospital  suffering  from  a  sunstroke. 
He  was  very  fortunate  in  escaping  any  in- 
juries through  his  long  military  career. 
On  May  1 1,  1864,  Captain  Russell  was 
commissioned  by  Governor  Andrews  to 
raise  a  company  as  a  nucleus  of  a  regi- 
ment of  heavy  artillery,  which  was  filled 
two  weeks  later.  Before  the  close  of  the 
month  he  had  been  elected  second  lieu- 
tenant, first  lieutenant  and  senior  first 
lieutenant,  and  was  soon  after  promoted 
and  made  captain  of  Company  K,  Third 
Massachusetts  Heavy  Artillery.  In  May, 
1865,  he  was  commandant  of  Fort  Stev- 
ens, District  of  Columbia,  and  during  the 
summer  of  that  year  was  judge  advocate 
of  court-martial.     He  was  mustered  out 


of  the  service,  October  1,  1865.  Return- 
ing to  the  arts  of  peace  he  was  engaged 
in  business  for  a  short  period  as  a  manu- 
facturer of  wallets.  He  has  been  much 
in  the  civil  service  since  the  war.  From 
1867  to  1886  he  was  justice  of  the  peace ; 
for  two  years,  beginning  1866,  was  State 
constable,  and  was  deputy  sheriff  for 
eleven  years,  beginning  1871.  For  nearly 
two  years  he  was  master  of  the  House  of 
Correction  of  Worcester  county,  and  on 
July  1,  1886,  he  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Robinson  as  warden  of  the  State 
Prison  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts. 
After  five  years  he  resigned  this  position, 
and  six  months  afterward  was  appointed 
probation  officer  at  the  Worcester  Cen- 
tral District  Court.  This  position  he  re- 
signed at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years, 
after  seventeen  years'  continuous  service. 
In  1884  he  was  appointed  colonel  and 
aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  Governor 
George  D.  Robinson,  and  served  in  that 
capacity  three  years.  For  five  years,  be- 
ginning 1896,  Colonel  Russell  was  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Worcester  Public  Library.  For 
nine  years,  by  appointment  of  the  Su- 
perior Court  of  Massachusetts,  he  served 
as  bail  commissioner,  and  for  six  years 
was  agent  of  the  Society  for  the  Preven- 
tion of  Cruelty  to  Children.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  of  North  Brookfield  in 
the  State  Assembly  in  1863,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Common  Council  of  Worcester 
in  1895,  and  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
that  city  in  1898.  For  a  period  of  five 
years  he  was  connected  with  the  Coopera- 
tive Bank  of  Worcester,  as  director  and 
vice-president,  and  resigned  on  account 
of  his  long  absences  during  the  winter 
season  in  Florida.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
affiliating  with  several  of  its  branches, 
and  was  a  member  of  Post  No.  10,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Worcester,  and 
the   Massachusetts   Commandery   of  the 


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Loyal  Legion.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Commonwealth  Club  of  Worcester  three 
years,  and  while  warden  of  the  State 
Prison  was  associated  with  the  Boston 
Art  Club.  While  not  a  member  of  any 
church  organization,  he  was  a  faithful 
supporter  of  all  moral  and  religious  influ- 
ences. He  married  at  North  Brookfield, 
January  8,  1856,  Lucenia  Prouty,  a  native 
of  North  Spencer,  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  a  farmer  of  that  town.  She  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  Salem  Street 
Congregational  Church  of  Worcester,  and 
later  affiliated  with  the  old  South  Church 
of  that  city.  Children :  Charles  Arthur, 
died  at  the  age  of  nine  months;  Bertha 
Lucenia,  mentioned  below.  Colonel  Ed- 
ward J.  Russell  died  December  16,  1915, 
in  Worcester. 

(IX)  Bertha  Lucenia  Russell,  only 
daughter  of  Colonel  Edward  Julius  and 
Lucenia  (Prouty)  Russell,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 26,  1867,  in  North  Brookfield,  and 
became  the  wife  of  Samuel  E.  Winslow, 
of  Worcester  (see  Winslow  XIV). 


UPHAM,  Roger  Freeman, 

Active  Man  of  Affairs. 

John  Upham,  the  pioneer,  was  born  in 
England,  probably  in  Somersetshire,  and 
came  to  America  with  Rev.  Joseph  Hull 
in  1635,  with  wife  Elizabeth,  aged  thirty- 
two  years ;  Sarah  Upham,  aged  twenty- 
six,  and  his  children,  John,  Jr.,  aged 
seven ;  Nathaniel,  five ;  Elizabeth,  three. 
He  located  at  Weymouth  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  of  the  colony,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1635.  I*1  ID36  he  drew  land  there, 
and  from  time  to  time  shared  in  divisions 
of  the  common  land.  He  was  one  of  a 
committee  of  six  who  acquired  the  Indian 
titles  of  Weymouth  land  for  the  settlers. 
He  was  appointed  commissioner  (magis- 
trate) to  end  small  causes ;  was  select- 
man in  1645,  ID46  and  1647,  and  deputy 


to  the  General  Court.  About  1648  he  re- 
moved to  Maiden,  and  was  selectman  of 
that  town,  1651-53,  and  also  commissioner 
there.  He  married,  in  August,  i67i,Kath- 
erine,  widow  of  Angell  Holland.  He  was 
moderator  of  town  meetings  in  Maiden, 
1678-80;  deacon  of  the  church  twenty- 
four  years.  He  and  his  son  were  inter- 
ested in  the  settlement  of  Worcester  just 
before  King  Philip's  War.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1681,  aged  eighty-four  years. 
Children :  Nathaniel,  born  May  23,  1629- 
30,  in  England;  Elizabeth,  1632;  Phineas, 
mentioned  below  ;  Mary  Priscilla. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Phineas  Upham,  son 
of  John  Upham,  was  born  in  1635  in 
Weymouth,  or  during  the  voyage  hither ; 
married,  April  14,  1658,  Ruth  Wood.  In 
1663  he  bought  land  in  Maiden  and  set- 
tled there.  He  drew  a  lot  of  fifty  acres 
in  Worcester,  July  8,  1673,  DUt  King 
Philip's  War  interrupted  the  settlement 
of  that  town.  He  was  a  lieutenant  of  the 
Maiden  company  and  took  part  in  the 
Great  Swamp  Fight  in  King  Philip's  War, 
where  he  was  mortally  wounded.  He  was 
taken  to  Wickford,  Rhode  Island,  and 
later  to  his  home,  where  he  died  in  Octo- 
ber, 1676.  The  General  Court  made  a 
special  appropriation  to  pay  the  cost  of 
his  long  illness  and  to  aid  the  widow  and 
seven  young  children.  His  widow  died 
January  18,  1696-97,  aged  sixty  years. 
Children:  Phineas,  born  May  22,  1659; 
Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Ruth,  1664; 
John,  December  9,  1666;  Elizabeth; 
Thomas,  1668;    Richard,  1675. 

(III)  Nathaniel  Upham,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Phineas  Upham,  was  born  in  Mai- 
den in  1661,  died  November  11,  1717; 
married  Sarah  Floyd,  who  died  October 
14,  1715,  aged  fifty-three  years.  He  had 
the  rank  of  sergeant  in  the  Maiden  com- 
pany. His  gravestone  is  standing.  Chil- 
dren: Nathaniel,  born  1685-86;  Sarah, 
1688-89;    Ruth.    1691  ;    Dorothy;    Noah, 


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ance  Company,  of  Worcester,  as  entry 
clerk,  and  was  soon  promoted  to  the  po- 
sition of  bookkeeper.  A  few  years  later 
he  became  assistant  secretary,  a  position 
he  held  to  the  time  of  the  great  fire  in 
Boston  in  1872,  when  the  company  was 
ruined,  and  directly  after  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  Worcester  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  of  which  he  was 
assistant  secretary  for  ten  years  and  sec- 
retary for  thirty-five  years,  also  treasurer 
for  a  period  of  nearly  as  great  length.  It 
is  the  oldest  mutual  fire  insurance  com- 
pany in  the  State.  It  was  incorporated 
by  act  of  the  Legislature,  February  11, 
1823.  The  incorporators  were:  Aaron 
Tufts,  Nathaniel  Jones,  Salem  Town,  Sr., 
John  Shepley,  Jonas  Sibley,  Rufus  Bul- 
lock, James  Humphreys,  Dexter  Fay, 
Gideon  Delano,  Calvin  Ammidown,  Abra- 
ham Lincoln,  Charles  Parkman,  Jacob 
Fisher,  Bezaleel  Taft,  Jr.,  Levi  Lincoln, 
Benjamin  Adams,  Stephen  P.  Gardner, 
John  Hobart,  leading  men  of  various 
towns  in  the  county.  Levi  Lincoln,  who 
resigned  during  the  first  year  to  become 
Governor  of  the  Commonwealth,  was  its 
first  president.  He  was  succeeded  by  Re- 
joice Newton.  The  subsequent  presi- 
dents have  been :  Frederick  William 
Paine,  Anthony  Chase,  Ebenezer  Torrey, 
John  A.  Fayerweather,  Hon.  Lewis  N. 
Gilbert,  and  Roger  F.  Upham.  At  the 
time  of  his  death,  Mr.  Upham  was  presi- 
dent and  treasurer;  Harry  Harrison,  sec- 
retary. The  directors  in  191 7  were:  Hon. 
Lewis  N.  Gilbert,  of  Ware;  Arthur  F. 
Whitin,  of  Whitinsville ;  Roger  F.  Up- 
ham;  George  I.  Alden,  of  Worcester;  C. 
L.  S.  Hammond,  of  Clinton ;  Edmund 
Mortimer,  of  Grafton ;  Lyman  A.  Ely, 
deceased,  and  Harry  Harrison,  of  Wor- 
cester. The  company  does  a  general  fire 
insurance  business,  having  its  headquar- 
ters in  its  own  building,  No.  377  Main 
street,  Worcester.    It  has  been  well  man- 


aged throughout  its  long  history  and 
has  enjoyed  a  substantial  prosperity  and 
growth.  Mr.  Upham  was  one  of  the  vet- 
erans in  the  fire  insurance  business  of  the 
city  and  State,  and  was  widely  known  and 
highly  respected.  He  was  president  of 
the  Massachusetts  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Union,  an  organization  composed  of  the 
managers  of  the  various  fire  insurance 
companies  of  the  State,  and  president  of 
the  Worcester  Protective  Department. 
He  was  a  trustee  and  vice-president  of 
the  Worcester  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank, 
trustee  of  the  Rural  Cemetery  Corpora- 
tion, and  secretary  of  the  Flome  for  Aged 
Men.  In  religion  he  was  a  Baptist,  a 
deacon  at  the  time  of  his  death,  served 
as  vice-chairman  of  the  board  of  deacons 
for  many  years,  resigning  from  the  chair- 
manship four  years  prior  to  his  death,  and 
also  served  for  forty  years  as  teacher  in 
the  Men's  Bible  Class.  In  politics  he  was 
a  staunch  Republican. 

Mr.  Upham  married,  June  16,  1873, 
Clara  C.  Story,  born  April  2,  1850,  daugh- 
ter of  Simeon  N.  Story  (see  Story  VII). 
They  had  born  to  them  one  daughter, 
Edith  Story,  a  native  of  Worcester,  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Worcester, 
a  graduate  of  Worcester  Classical  High 
School,  1 901,  and  entered  Wellesley  Col- 
lege, class  of  1906. 

The  following  is  a  tribute  to  the  mem- 
ory of  Roger  F.  Upham,  late  president 
and  treasurer  of  the  Worcester  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company: 

The  death  of  our  President  and  Treasurer, 
Roger  F.  Upham,  which  occurred  April  10,  1917, 
calls  for  an  exceptional  testimonial  to  the  faith- 
ful and  efficient  service  which  he  rendered  to 
this  company.  Entering  its  service  in  1872,  as 
Assistant  Secretary,  he  was  elected  Secretary  in 
1880  and  elected  Treasurer  in  1887,  serving  as 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  until  January,  1914, 
when  he  was  elected  President  and  Treasurer, 
which  offices  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
In  1883,  he  was  elected  a  Director.    He  was  con- 


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nected  with  the  Company  as  an  Officer  for  45 
years  and  as  a  Director  for  34  years.  In  1894,  he 
was  elected  President  of  the  Massachusetts  Mu- 
tual Fire  Insurance  Union,  and  served  for  three 
years.  He  was  at  the  time  of  his  death  President 
of  the  Worcester  Protective  Department  which 
maintains  the  Fire  Patrol,  and  was  also  identi- 
fied with  banking  and  charitable  institutions.  His 
one  great  desire  was  to  give  his  very  best  to 
the  Company,  and  he  was  always  loyally  devoted 
to  its  interests,  and  under  his  able  leadership  the 
company  prospered.  Certainly  no  man  has  been 
more  prominently  identified  with  the  interests 
of  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  in  this  State,  or 
wielded  a  more  powerful  influence  for  good 
underwriting  than  he.  He  was  recognized  as  a 
National  figure  in  his  chosen  field.  His  death 
means  a  great  loss  to  the  community  in  which 
he  lived.  His  genial,  kindly  nature  and  his  uni- 
form cordiality  will  not  be  forgotten  by  any 
who  knew  him.  We  sincerely  mourn  his  loss 
and  honor  the  memory  of  his  splendid  character. 
We  extend  to  the  family  our  sincere  sympathy 
and  desire  to  spread  this  testimonial  upon  the 
records  of  the  Company. 
Worcester  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company. 

Worcester,  Mass., 

May  9,  1917. 

The  following  is  an  appreciation  of  the 
character  of  Roger  F.  Upham,  presented 
to  board  of  directors  of  the  Home  for 
Aged  Men.  April  13,  1917: 

The  death  of  Roger  F.  Upham  on  April  10, 
removes  from  this  Board  one  who  has  served  it 
long  and  well.  For  more  than  twenty-four  years 
he  held  the  office  of  secretary.  His  heart  was  in 
his  work,  and  no  one  could  have  been  more 
faithful  in  the  performance  of  his  duties  or  more 
helpful  to  this  institution.  It  is  a  sad  com- 
mentary that  he  should  pass  away  just  at  the 
time  that  the  dream  of  his  life  is  to  be  realized 
by  the  erection  of  a  new  home.  He  met  the 
problems  of  life  with  courtesy  and  kindness, 
combined  with  an  earnestness  and  energy  that 
was  a  constant  inspiration  to  his  associates.  He 
was  a  man  of  the  highest  ideals,  of  modest  and 
unassuming  manner,  always  a  true  and  loyal 
friend  and  citizen,  who  won  the  respect  of  every 
one  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  has  left 
a  void  that  it  will  be  hard  to  fill,  but  he  has  left  a 
record  of  a  stainless  character  and  an  unselfish 
service  which  will  long  continue  as  an  example 


to  his  fellowmen.  We  deeply  mourn  his  loss, 
and  if  words  fail  to  adequately  express  our 
appreciation  of  his  worth,  feelings  of  esteem  and 
affection  for  him  are  imprinted  in  our  hearts  and 
cannot  be  effaced.  Our  sincerest  sympathy  is 
extended  to  the  members  of  his  family  in  their 
even  greater  bereavement. 

The  following  is  an  appreciation  from 
the  church  of  which  he  was  a  member 
and  deacon  for  so  many  years  : 

Gone  to  his  reward,  one  of  God's  select  men, 
Roger  Freeman  Upham.  Throughout  the  years 
of  a  long  life,  he  was  obedient  to  his  Lord,  and 
so  was  he  to  the  very  end,  answering  His  sum- 
mons to  the  mansions  on  high  on  the  10th  of 
April,  1917.  He  leaves  behind  to  mourn  his 
departure  a  devoted  wife  and  daughter,  together 
with  a  great  host  of  friends  within  and  without 
the  church.  In  the  world  of  business  he  had  a 
large  acquaintanceship  which  strangely  enough 
(save  to  those  who  knew  him  well)  constituted 
itself  a  body  of  admiration.  Throughout  New 
England  Mr.  Upham  was  known  as  "The  Dean 
of  Fire  Insurance  Underwriters."  To  the  men 
of  his  line  of  business,  his  word  was  all  but  law 
because  they  loved  and  honored  him. 

But  it  was  within  the  church  that  he  had  made 
his  most  profound  impression  upon  men.  Equally 
with  his  home  and  his  business  he  loved  his 
church,  and  into  the  Kingdom  represented 
thereby  he  poured  much  of  the  richest  of  his 
life.  For  more  than  thirty  years  he  has  been  the 
teacher  of  a  Bible  class  for  men,  and  in  the 
church  proper  had  from  a  youth  been  honored 
with  official  position.  In  his  going,  therefore, 
the  First  Baptist  Church  has  sustained  a  very 
great  loss;  the  Kingdom  on  earth,  a  valiant  soul. 

Soldier,  well  done!     The  cause  of  right 

Will  ever  owe  thee  debt. 
Well  earned  thy  rest!     For  us  alone 

Is  sorrow  and  regret. 

(Signed)         Ray  W.   Greene, 
W.  R.  McNutt, 

Committee. 
(The  Story  Line). 

(I)  William  Story,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England  in  1614,  of 
an  ancient  English  family.  He  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade,  and  when  he  passed  the 


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examination  for  permission  to  go  to  New 
England,  April  8,  1637,  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  Samuel  Dix,  a  carpenter  and 
joiner,  from  Norwich,  England.  William 
Story  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
of  which  he  was  a  proprietor  as  early  as 

1642.  Andrew  Story,  a  relative  probably, 
and  also  of  Ipswich,  served  in  the  Pequot 
War,  and  had  a  grant  of  land  there  in 
1639.  William  Story  was  a  commoner, 
subscribed  to  the  Major  Denison  fund  in 
1648;  was  a  voter  in  Ipswich  in  1679, 
when  he  was  called  "Sr."  In  1664  he 
owned  a  share  and  a  half  in  Plum  Island, 
tie  sold  land   in   Ipswich,   February   12, 

1643,  and  bought  land  of  William  Sy- 
monds,  February  12,  1655,  and  of  John 
West.  He  was  surveyor  of  highways  in 
1662.  He  owned  land  in  the  Chebacco 
district  in  1652.  He  was  given  permission 
to  set  up  a  mill  there  on  the  Chebacco 
river  in  1671.  He  signed  the  loyalist  peti- 
tion in  1668  and  also  the  Proctor  petition. 
His  wife  Sarah  deposed  in  1668  that  she 
was  forty  years  old.  Children  :  William  ; 
Mary  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Han- 
nah,'born  August  19,  1662;  Seth,  born 
1664,  soldier  in  King  Philip's  War. 

(II)  Samuel  Story,  son  of  William 
Story,  was  born  about  1660  in  Ipswich. 
About  1722  he  removed  to  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  died  in  1726,  leaving 
five  sons,  as  shown  by  the  probate  rec- 
ords, and  a  son  Ephraim,  then  deceased. 
Children  by  wife  Elizabeth,  born  at  Ips- 
wich:  Ann,  born  March  31,  1691  ;  Eph- 
raim, October  22,  1692 ;  John,  mentioned 
below;  Solomon,  March  13,  1696;  Ste- 
phen, October  7,  1697 ;  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried   Nidden  ;  Mary,  married 

Andrews  ;   Dorothy,  married Day  ; 

Hannah,  married Knowlton ;  Mar- 
garet, married Choate  ;   Samuel. 

(III)  John  Story,  son  of  Samuel  Story, 
was  born  at  Ipswich,  June  19,  1694,  and 
went  to  Norwich  with  his  father.    In  1737 


he  and  his  brother  Samuel  were  among 
the  largest  taxpayers  of  Norwich.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Norwich,  except  the  two 
eldest,  by  wife  Sarah :  John,  born  at  Ips- 
wich, November  22,  1717;  Sarah,  June  2, 
1722,  at  Ipswich;  Henry,  August  31, 1724; 
Ephraim,  November  9,  1726;  William, 
December  22,  1728;  James,  July  16,  1730; 
Mary,  February  4,  1732-33;  Solomon, 
March  26,  1737. 

(IV)  The  Story  family  was  numerous 
in  the  vicinity  of  Norwich.  In  1790  the 
following  were  heads  of  families  in  Nor- 
wich and  vicinity :  Ephraim  (two  of  the 
name),  Henry  (two),  James,  William. 
Solomon,  Mehitable,  Jonathan  and  Eben- 
ezer  Story,  some  of  whom  are  mentioned 
above  and  others  were  grandsons  of  John 
Story  (III). 

(VI)  Isaac  Story,  great-grandson  of 
John  Story,  was  born  July  16,  1780,  in 
Norwich  or  in  one  of  the  towns  adjacent, 
set  off  from  that  old  town.  His  birth  rec- 
ord has  not  been  found  there.  He  made 
his  home  in  Norwich  and  followed  the 
trade  of  sailmaker.  He  was  an  influential 
and  prominent  citizen,  deacon  of  the  Bap- 
tist church,  and  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
married,  September  15,  1805,  Lucy  Roath, 
born  July  11,  1784.  The  town  record  of 
his  marriage  reads :  "Mr.  Isaac  Story  and 
Miss  Roath  were  married  together  at  Nor- 
wich, September  15,  1805,  by  Rev.  Walter 
King."  Children,  born  at  Norwich:  Fran- 
ces Rhoda,  born  January  1,  1807,  died 
young;  Harriet  Miriam,  January  17,  1809; 
Frances  Rhoda,  January  1,  1810;  Isaac 
Hatch,  January  3,  1812;  Frances,  April 
4,  1813;  Simeon  Norman,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Simeon  Norman  Story,  son  of 
Isaac  Story,  was  born  in  Norwich,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1817.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  left  home  to 
learn  his  trade  in  Worcester  in  the  store 


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of  P.  &  D.  Goddard  &  Company,  watch- 
makers and  jewelers.  After  an  appren- 
ticeship of  seven  years,  he  started  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  in  partnership 
with  Mr.  Dunbar,  one  of  his  employers. 
In  1840  Mr.  Story  bought  out  his  partner 
and  from  that  time  until  1895  continued 
with  uniform  success.  Few  merchants 
have  been  in  business  for  so  long  a  period. 
He  was  highly  respected  in  business  cir- 
cles and  widely  known  in  this  section. 
Thoroughly  upright  in  all  his  dealings, 
his  name  was  a  household  word  in  the 
county  for  three  generations.  When  he 
retired,  he  sold  his  stock,  but  for  a  time 
occupied  himself  at  his  home  by  repairing 
watches  and  doing  other  fine  work.  He 
died  April  12,  1909.  at  his  home  in  Wor- 
cester. 

He  was  prominent  throughout  his  life 
in  religious  circles.  Joining  the  First 
Baptist  Church  at  the  age  of  fourteen, 
soon  after  coming  to  Worcester,  he  was 
baptized  by  Elder  Going  in  183 1  in  the 
baptismal  pool  in  the  Worcester  and 
Providence  canal,  then  located  at  what  is 
now  the  corner  of  Green  and  Temple 
streets.  He  served  the  church  for  a  long 
series  of  years  as  its  treasurer  through 
early  and  difficult  conditions ;  was  deacon 
for  nearly  forty  years ;  then  made  deacon 
emeritus;  teacher  of  the  Sunday  school 
for  nearly  sixty  years,  and  a  staunch  sup- 
porter of  every  interest  vital  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  church.  "An  earnest  Bible  stu- 
dent, active  in  the  mid-week  and  other 
meetings  of  the  church,  ready  and  prompt 
in  bearing  his  share  of  committee  work, 
he  could  always  be  relied  upon  to  further 
the  cause  of  the  Redeemer's  Kingdom. 
Dr.  Lemuel  Call  Barnes  at  the  funeral 
service,  held  in  the  auditorium  of  our  new 
church,  spoke  of  the  life  of  our  senior 
deacon  as  illustrating  the  'life  abundant' 
which  Jesus  promised  to  his  disciples, 
with    its    glorious    'crown    of    victory'." 


From  1846  to  the  time  of  his  death,  Mr. 
Story  was  a  trustee  of  the  Five  Cents 
Savings  Bank  and  during  most  of  that 
time  vice-president.  In  early  life  he  was 
a  Whig  in  politics,  afterward  a  Republi- 
can from  the  time  the  Republican  party 
was   founded. 

He  married  Eunice  Howe,  daughter 
of  Levi  Howe,  of  an  old  Worcester  fam- 
ily. She  was  born  January  20,  1820,  died 
October  8,  1877.  Children:  1.  Emma  M., 
born  June  10,  1839,  died  July  15,  1902. 
2.  Mary,  born  December  10,  1841,  died 
February  12,  1842.  3.  Charles,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Clara  C,  born  April  2,  1850, 
married  Roger  F.  Upham  (see  Upham). 


CHACE,  SLADE, 

And  Allied  Families. 

The  Chace  or  Chase  family  is  strictly 
speaking  a  Massachusetts-Rhode  Island 
one,  springing  from  the  early  Roxbury- 
Yarmouth  family,  later  generations  of 
whom  settled  in  Swansea,  Massachusetts, 
and  in  the  adjoining  towns  of  Rhode 
Island.  Both  branches  of  this  family 
have  shared  largely  in  the  commercial 
and  industrial  life  of  this  section  of  Mas- 
sachusetts and  Rhode  Island. 

(I)  William  Chace,  born  about  1595,  in 
England,  with  his  wife  Mary  and  'son 
WTilliam  came  to  America  in  the  ship 
with  Governor  Winthrop  and  his  colony 
in  1630,  settling  first  in  Roxbury.  He 
soon  became  a  member  of  the  church  of 
which  Rev.  John  Eliot,  the  Apostle  to 
the  Indians,  was  pastor.  On  October  19, 
1630,  he  applied  for  freemanship,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  May  14,  1634.  In 
1637,  or  thereabouts,  he  became  one  of 
the  company  who  made  a  new  settlement 
at  Yarmouth,  of  which  town  he  was  made 
constable  in  1639.  He  resided  at  Yar- 
mouth the  remainder  of  his  life,  dying  in 
May,  1659.     His  widow  died  the  follow- 


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ing  October.  Their  children  were  :  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  born  May, 
1637,  in  Roxbury ;  and  Mary  (2),  born  in 
1639,  in  Yarmouth. 

(II)  William  (2)  Chace,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (1)  and  M^ary  Chace,  born  about 
1622,  in  England,  came  to  America  with 
his  parents ;  married  and  was  a  resident 
of  Yarmouth.  He  died  February  27,  1685. 
His  children  were:  William,  mentioned 
below  ;  Jacob,  John,  Elizabeth,  Abraham, 
Joseph,  Benjamin,  and  Samuel. 

(III)  William  (3)  Chace,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Chace,  was  born  about  1645,  and 
married  (first)  Hannah  Sherman,  daugh- 
ter of  Philip  and  Sarah  (Odding)  Sher- 
man, the  former  of  whom  was  the  first 
secretary  of  the  Rhode  Island  Colony,  and 
one  of  its  most  influential  settlers  (see 
Sherman  1).  William  Chace  married 
(second)  December  6,  1732,  Priscilla 
Perry.  His  children,  all  born  to  the  first 
marriage,  were :  William ;  Eber,  men- 
tioned below;  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Joseph 
and  Hezekiah.  The  father's  will  was 
proven  August  16,  1737. 

(IV)  Eber  Chace,  son  of  William  (3) 
and  Hannah  (Sherman)  Chace,  married 
Mary  Knowles,  and  their  children  were : 
Patience,  who  married  Esek  Luther; 
Hannah,  who  married  Stephen  Brayton ; 
Daniel,  who  married  Mary  Baker;  Wil- 
liam, who  married  Mercy  Cole ;  Alice, 
who  married  James  Anthony  ;  Mary,  who 
married  Abraham  Anthony ;  and  Eber, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Eber  (2)  Chace,  son  of  Eber  (1) 
and  Mary  (Knowles)  Chace,  married 
Sarah  Baker,  and  their  children  were : 
Patience,  who  married  Moses  Buffinton ; 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Robert  Slade ; 
Peleg,  who  married  Deborah  Tripp ; 
Obadiah,  mentioned  below;  Eber;  and 
William,  who  married  Sarah  Buffinton. 

(VI)  Obadiah  Chace,  son  of  Eber  (2) 
and  Sarah    (Baker)   Chace,  was  born  in 


Swansea,  Massachusetts,  the  2d  day  of 
the  5th  month,  1752,  and  died  the  28th 
day  of  the  2d  month,  1801,  and  is  buried 
in  the  Friends'  Yard  in  Somerset,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married  at  the  Friends' 
Meeting,  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  the 
15th  day  of  the  12th  month,  1774,  Eunice 
Anthony,  daughter  of  Job  and  Abigail 
(Chace)  Anthony,  and  their  children 
were:  Sarah,  born  1775;  Eber,  1778;  Abi- 
gail, 1780,  died  in  1847;  Anthony,  men- 
tioned below;  Edmund,  1787;  Nathan, 
1790;  and  Lemuel,  1797.  Obadiah  Chace. 
the  father,  lived  on  Prudence  Island,  en- 
gaged in  the  produce  business,  and  after 
his  death  his  widow  continued  the  same 
business  with  great  success. 

(VII)  Anthony  Chace,  son  of  Obadiah 
and  Eunice  (Anthony)  Chace,  was  born 
in  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  the  30th  day 
of  the  3d  month,  1783,  and  died  the  12th 
day  of  the  3d  month,  1861,  and  is  buried 
in  the  Friends'  Yard  at  Somerset,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married  in  Swansea  Friends' 
Meeting,  the  nth  day  of  the  9th  month, 
1806,  Isabel  Buffinton,  who  was  born  in 
Swansea,  the  22d  day  of  the  9th  month, 
1786,  and  died  the  4th  day  of  the  3d 
month,  1880,  and  is  buried  in  the  Friends' 
Yard  at  Somerset,  beside  her  husband. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Charity  (Robinson)  Buffinton  (see  Buf- 
finton V).  Anthony  Chace  and  his  fam- 
ily lived  for  a  number  of  years  on  the 
Gardner  farm,  near  Touisset,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  was  successfully  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits.  His  chil- 
dren were :  Eunice,  born  at  Dighton. 
Massachusetts,  in  1808 ;  Maria,  born  at 
Dighton,  in  181  r,  and  died  in  1838,  in 
Warren,  Rhode  Island ;  Ruth  Buffinton, 
born  at  Dighton,  in  1814;  Obadiah,  men- 
tioned below ;  Benjamin  Anthony,  born 
in  Warren,  in  1820;  and  Abigail,  born  at 
Warren,  in  1824. 

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in  the  Friends'  Yard  in  Somerset,  Massa- 
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And  ask  the  fullness  of  His  Grace 
For  Nineteen  Hundred  Seven. 

We  prize  the  fitting  words  arranged 
With  wisdom  and  with  care, 
And  brought  so  lovingly  to  view 
In  Bishop  Brooks'  Prayer. 

This  little  poem  was  inspired  by  the 
famous  prayer  of  Phillips  Brooks,  which 
is  as  follows : 

Pray  the  longest  prayers.  You  cannot  think 
of  a  prayer  so  large  that  God  in  answering  it 
will  not  wish  that  you  had  made  it  larger.  Pray 
not  for  crutches,  but  for  wings.  Pray  that,  what- 
ever comes — trial,  doubt,  failure  or  success, 
hope,  joy — it  may  all  work  together  to  make  your 
soul  fit,  first  to  receive,  and  then  to  shine  forth 
with,  the  light  of  God. 

(IX)  Charles  Anthony  Chace,  eldest 
child  of  the  late  Rev.  Obadiah  (2)  and 
Esther  Taber  (Freeborn)  Chace,  was 
born  December  22,  1846,  in  Warren, 
Rhode  Island,  and  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  the 
Friends'  School,  Providence.  Brought  up 
on  a  farm  he  was  taught  the  fundamental 
principles  of  agriculture,  and  for  three 
winters  also  taught  school.  In  1879  he 
moved  to  the  Abner  Slade  farm  which  he 
conducted  successfully  until  1900,  when 
he  built  his  present  beautiful  and  modern 
residence  at  South  Swansea.  For  many 
years  Mr.  Chace  and  his  sons  were  exten- 
sively engaged  in  erecting  windmills, 
tanks  and  silos,  and  in  1902  they  incorpo- 
rated the  New  England  Tank  and  Tower 
Company,  Mr.  Warren  O.  Chace,  the 
youngest  son,  taking  charge  of  their 
factory  at  Everett,  Massachusetts.  Mr. 
Chace  was  a  Republican  previous  to  1884, 
when  he  joined  the  Prohibition  party  be- 
coming one  of  its  most  active  and  lead- 
ing members.  He  was  chosen  a  member 
of  the  State  Central  Committee  shortly 
afterward,  and  has  continued  in  that  posi- 
tion to  the  present  time.   He  was  a  delegate 


from  Massachusetts  to  the  National  Con- 
vention held  in  Pittsburgh  in  1896,  when 
Joshua  Levering,  of  Maryland,  was  nomi- 
nated for  President  of  the  United  States ; 
in  1912,  in  Atlantic  City,  when  Eugene 
Chafin,  of  Arizona,  was  nominated ;  in 
1916,  in  St.  Paul,  when  J.  Frank  Hanley, 
of  Indiana,  was  nominated.  He  was  a 
candidate  for  presidential  elector  from  his 
congressional  district  in  1896  and  1904, 
receiving  2994  and  4275  votes,  respec- 
tively. In  1900,  1901,  1902  and  1906  was 
the  candidate  for  State  Senator  from  his 
district,  the  votes  those  years  being  263, 
409,  459  and  738,  respectively,  showing  a 
marked  increase  each  year.  In  1909,  as 
candidate  for  State  auditor,  he  received 
5,663  votes.  In  191 2,  as  candidate  for 
State  treasurer,  he  received  5,708  votes, 
which  was  the  largest  number  received 
by  any  Prohibition  candidate  that  year. 
For  seven  years  Mr.  Chace  served  his 
town  as  a  member  of  the  school  board, 
and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Sunday  School  Association.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Chace  are  both  active  and  de- 
voted members  of  the  Friends'  Society, 
in  the  work  of  which  they  take  an  earnest 
interest.  They  are  also  both  life  members 
of  the  American  Peace  Society. 

On  September  26,  1872,  in  the  Friends' 
Meeting  House,  Mr.  Chace  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Adeline  Francis  Slade, 
adopted  daughter  of  the  late  Abner  and 
Sarah  (Sherman)  Slade,  of  Swansea, 
and  daughter  of  William  and  Hannah 
(Wheaton)  Cole.  (See  Wheaton,  Slade, 
Sherman  and  Mitchell  families.)  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Chace  have  been  born 
the  following  children :  Benjamin  Slade, 
mentioned  below ;  Harold  Anthony,  born 
August  13,  1876,  died  February  28,  1878; 
Arthur  Freeborn,  mentioned  below  ;  War- 
ren Obadiah,  mentioned  below;  and  Sarah 
Slade,  born  April  22,  1889. 

(X)   Benjamin    Slade    Chace,    son    of 


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Charles  A.  and  Adeline  Francis  (Slade) 
Chace,  was  born  January  n,  1875,  and 
married,  June  19,  1895,  Carrie  Estelle 
Mosher,  and  they  have  had  six  children, 
namely:  Fenton  Mosher,  born  August  n, 
1896;  Harold  Dean,  born  December  22, 
1898;  Clyde  Fuller,  born  August  6,  1908; 
Carol  Elisabeth,  born  February  21,  1910; 
Beryl,  born  March  8,  191 1,  died  March 
28,  191 1,  and  Russell  Slade,  born  August 
9,  1912.  Mr.  Chace  lives  upon  the  Abner 
Slade  farm,  and  is  ably  managing  the  ex- 
tensive work  thereon,  being  extensively 
engaged  in  fruit  growing. 

(X)  Arthur  Freeborn  Chace,  M.  D., 
son  of  Charles  A.  and  Adeline  Francis 
(Slade)  Chace,  was  born  May  13,  1879, 
and  was  educated  at  Oakwood  Seminary, 
Union  Springs,  New  York ;  Earlham  Col- 
lege, Richmond,  Indiana,  from  which  he 
received  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  also 
graduated  from  Harvard  University  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  from  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York 
City  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Dr.  Chace 
has  advanced  rapidly  in  his  chosen  pro- 
fession, and  is  now  secretary  and  assist- 
ant-treasurer of  the  New  York  Post- 
Graduate  Hospital,  and  a  member  of  its 
board  of  trustees.  He  is  also  a  trustee 
of  I'.ryn  Mawr  College.  He  is  an  expert 
on  tropical  diseases,  and  is  consulting 
physician  of  the  War  Department  by  ap- 
pointment of  the  United  States  govern- 
ment. He  married,  November  2.  191 1, 
Kathleen  Stirling  Fletcher,  of  New  York 
City,  where  they  reside,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  two  sons,  Arthur  Freeborn, 
Jr.,  born  December  12,  1913,  and  James 
Fletcher,  born  January  19,  1916. 

(X)  Warren  Obadiah  Chace,  son  of 
Charles  A.  and  Adeline  Francis  (Slade) 
Chace,  was  born  June  12,  1882,  and  mar- 
ried, October  2,  1907,  M.  Flossie  Mosher. 
and  they  have  two  children  :  Esther  Free- 
born, born  January  22,  191 1,  and  Warren 


Fuller,  born  January  15,  1914.  Mr.  Chace 
has  charge  of  the  factory  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Tank  and  Tower  Company,  at  Ever- 
ett, Massachusetts,  where  they  reside. 

(IX)  Walter  Freeborn  Chace,  son  of 
Rev.  Obadiah  (2)  and  Esther  Taber 
(Freeborn)  Chace,  was  born  February  28, 
1858,  and  resides  at  Redlands,  California. 
He  married,  December  24, 1880,  Celia  Per- 
kins Emery,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  Em- 
ery, former  superintendent  of  the  Durfee 
Mills,  at  Fall  River,  Massachusetts.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chace  have  been  born  three 
children,  namely:  1.  Emery  Perkins,  born 
July  31,  1882,  who  married,  April  25,  1905, 
Elsie  M.  Herbst,  born  August  30,  1882, 
and  they  have  .  four  children :  Emery 
Philip,  born  January  29,  1906,  died  No- 
vember 6,  1907  ;  Ruth,  born  July  8,  1907  ; 
Chester  Fredrick,  born  August  29,  1908; 
and  Gail  Perkins,  born  February  2,  1910. 
2.  Anthony  F.,  born  May  1,  1888.  3. 
Walter  Freeborn,  Jr.,  born  June  27,  1897. 

(IX)  George  Mahlon  Chace,  son  of 
Rev.  Obadiah  (2)  and  Esther  Taber 
(Freeborn)  Chace,  was  born  April  3, 
1864,  and  died  September  12,  1907,  in  Fall 
River.  On  September  7,  1887,  he  married 
Emma  F.  Slade,  daughter  of  Frank  Slade. 
He  was  foreman  for  Beattie  &  Cornell, 
contractors,  at  Fall  River,  Massachusetts. 

(The  Sherman  Line). 

The  surname  of  Sherman  in  England 
is  of  German  origin,  and  at  the  present 
time  in  Germany  and  adjacent  countries 
the  name  is  found  spelled  Sehurman, 
Schearman,  Scherman.  It  is  derived  from 
the  occupation  of  some  progenitor,  that 
of  cloth  dresser  or  shearer  of  cloth.  The 
family  bore  the  Suffolk  coat-of-arms,  and 
probably  lived  originally  in  the  County  of 
Suffolk,  whence  they  removed  to  Essex, 
in  the  fifteenth  century.  The  name  is 
found  in  England  as  early  as  1420,  and 
through  wills  and  other  documents  is 
traced  as  follows : 


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(I)  Thomas  Sherman,  Gentleman,  was 
born  about  1420,  resided  at  Diss  and  Yax- 
ley, England,  died  1493.  He  had  a  wife 
Agnes  and  a  son, 

(II)  John  Sherman,  a  gentleman  of 
Yaxley,  born  about  1450,  died  November, 
1504.  He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Fullen.    They  had  a  son, 

(III)  Thomas  (2)  Sherman,  born  about 
1480,  died  in  November,  1551.  He  resided 
at  Diss,  on  the  river  Waveney,  between 
the  counties  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk.  His 
will  mentions  property  including  the 
manors  of  Royden  and  Royden  Tuft,  with 
appurtenances,  at  Royden  and  Bessing- 
ham,  and  other  properties  in  Norfolk  and 
Suffolk.  His  wife,  Jane,  who  was  proba- 
ably  not  his  first,  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Waller,  of  Wortham,  Suffolk.  Children : 
Thomas,  Richard,  John,  Henry,  William, 
Anthony,  Francis,  Bartholomew  and 
James. 

(IV)  Henry  Sherman,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Sherman,  was  born  about  1530,  in 
Yaxley,  and  is  mentioned  in  his  father's 
will.  His  will,  made  January  20,  1589, 
proved  July  25,  1590,  was  made  at  Col- 
chester, where  he  lived.  His  first  wife, 
Agnes  (Butler)  Sherman,  was  buried  Oc- 
tober 14,  1580.  He  married  (second)  Mar- 
gery Wilson,  a  widow.  Children  :  Henry, 
mentioned  below ;  Edmund,  married  Ann 
Clere,  died  1601,  his  son,  Edmund,  was 
father  of  Rev.  John  Sherman,  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  where  Edmund  died 
in  1641  ;  Dr.  Robert,  of  London ;  Judith, 
married  Nicholas  Fynce  ;  and  John,  died 
without  issue. 

(V)  Henry  (2)  Sherman,  son  of  Henry 
(1)  Sherman,  was  born  about  1555,  in 
Colchester,  and  resided  in  Dedham, 
County  Essex,  where  he  made  his  will 
August  21,  proved  September  8,  1610.  He 
married  Susan  Hills,  whose  will  was 
made  ten  days  after  his,  and  proved 
in    the    following    month.      Six    of     the 


sons  mentioned  below  were  living  when 
the  father  died:  Henry,  born  1571 , 
died  1642;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
Susan,  1575;  Edmond  or  Edward,  about 
1577;  Nathaniel,  1580,  died  young;  Na- 
thaniel, 1582;  John,  August  17,  1585;  Eliz- 
abeth, about  1587;  Ezekiel,  July  25,  1589; 
Mary,  July  27,  1592;  Daniel,  died  1634; 
Anne,  married  Thomas  Wilson ;  Phebe, 
married  Simeon  Fenn. 

(VI)  Samuel  Sherman,  son  of  Henry 
(2)  and  Susan  (Hills)  Sherman,  was  born 
1573,  and  died  in  Dedham,  in  1615.  He 
married  Philippa  Ward. 

(I)  Philip  Sherman,  seventh  child  of 
Samuel  and  Philippa  (Ward)  Sherman, 
was  born  February  5,  1610,  in  Dedham, 
and  died  in  March,  1687,  in  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island.  He  came  to  America  when 
twenty-three  years  old,  and  settled  at 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
made  freeman,  May  14,  1634,  standing 
next  on  the  list  after  Governor  Haynes. 
In  1635  he  returned  to  England  for  a  short 
time,  but  was  again  in  Roxbury,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1637,  when  he  and  others  were 
warned  to  give  up  all  arms  because  "the 
opinions  and  revelations  of  Mr.  Wheel- 
wright and  Mrs.  Hutchinson  have  se- 
duced and  led  into  dangerous  errors  many 
of  the  people  here  in  New  England."  The 
church  record  says  he  was  brought  over 
to  "Familism"  by  Porter,  his  wife's  step- 
father. In  1636  he  was  one  of  the  pur- 
chasers of  the  island  of  Aquidneck,  now 
Rhode  Island,  and  on  the  formation  of  a 
government  in  1639  became  secretary 
under  Governor  William  Coddington. 
The  Massachusetts  authorities  evidently 
believed  he  was  still  under  their  jurisdic- 
tion, for,  on  March  12,  1638,  though  he 
had  summons  to  appear  at  the  next  court, 
"if  they  had  not  yet  gone  to  answer  such 
things  as  shall  be  objected."  He  did  not 
answer  this  summons,  but  continued  to 
be  a  prominent  figure   in  Rhode  Island 


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affairs.  He  continued  to  serve  the  public, 
was  made  freeman,  March  16,  1641,  was 
general  recorder,  1648  to  1652,  and  deputy 
from  1665  to  1667.  He  was  among  the 
sixteen  persons  who  were  requested,  on 
April  4,  1676,  to  be  present  at  the  next 
meeting  of  the  deputies  to  give  advice  and 
help  in  regard  to  the  Narragansett  cam- 
paign. He  was  public-spirited  and  enter- 
prising. After  his  removal  to  Rhode 
Island,  he  left  the  Congregational  church 
and  united  with  the  Society  of  Friends. 
Tradition  affirms  that  he  was  "a  devout 
but  determined  man."  The  early  records 
prepared  by  him  still  remain  in  Ports- 
mouth, and  show  him  to  have  been  a  very 
neat  and  expert  penman,  as  well  as  an 
educated  man.  His  will  showed  that  he 
was  wealthy  for  the  times.  In  1634  he 
married  Sarah  Odding,  step-daughter  of 
John  Porter,  of  Roxbury,  and  his  wife, 
Margaret,  who  was  a  Widow  Odding  at 
the  time  of  her  marriage  to  Porter.  Philip 
Sherman's  children :  Eber,  born  1634, 
lived  in  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  died  in 
1706;  Sarah,  1636,  married  Thomas  Mum- 
ford;  Peleg,  1638,  died  1719,  in  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island ;  Mary,  1639,  died 
young;  Edmond,  1641,  lived  in  Ports- 
mouth and  Dartmouth,  died  in  1719;  Sam- 
son, mentioned  below  ;  William,  1643,  died 
young;  John,  1644,  a  farmer  and  black- 
smith in  what  is  now  South  Dartmouth, 
died  April  16,  1734;  Mary,  1645,  married 
Samuel  Wilbur;  Hannah,  1647,  married 
William  Chace  (see  Chace  III);  Samuel, 
1648,  lived  in  Portsmouth,  died  October 
9,  1717;  Benjamin,  1650,  lived  in  Ports- 
mouth; Philippa,  October  1,  1652,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Chase. 

(II)  Samson  Sherman,  son  of  Philip 
and  Sarah  (Odding)  Sherman,  was  born 
1642,  in  Portsmouth,  where  he  passed  his 
life,  and  died  June  27,  1718.  He  married, 
March  4,  1675,  Isabel  Tripp,  born  1651, 
daughter    of    John    and     Mary     (Paine) 


Tripp,  died  1716.  Children:  Philip,  born 
January  16,  1676;  Sarah,  September  24, 
1677;  Alice,  January  12,  1680;  Samson, 
January  28,  1682;  Abiel,  October  15,  1684; 
Isabel,  1686;  Job,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Job  Sherman,  youngest  child  of 
Samson  and  Isabel  (Tripp)  Sherman,  was 
born  November  8,  1687,  in  Portsmouth, 
and  died  November  16,  1747,  in  that  town. 
He  married  (first)  December  23,  1714, 
Bridget  Gardiner,  of  Kingstown,  and 
(second)  in  1732,  Amie  Spencer,  of  East 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island.  Children  of 
first  marriage:  Philip,  born  December  12, 
1715;  Israel,  October  31,  1717;  Mary, 
January  16,  1719 ;  Job,  May  2,  1722; 
Bridget,  May  7,  1724;  Sarah,  October  29, 
1726;  Alice,  April  25,  1728;  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1730.  Children  of  second  mar- 
riage: Amie,  born  May  27,  1734;  Benja- 
min, September  14,  1735;  Samson,  men- 
tioned below ;  Martha,  November  28, 
1738;  Walter,  August  20,  1740;  Dorcas, 
November  2,  1742  ;  Abigail,  September  10, 
1744. 

(IV)  Samson  (2)  Sherman,  fifth  son  of 
Job  Sherman,  and  second  son  of  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Amie  (Spencer)  Sherman,  was 
born  July  23,  1737,  in  Portsmouth,  where 
he  spent  his  life,  engaged  in  agriculture, 
and  died  January  24,  1801.  He  married, 
December  9,  1761,  Ruth,  daughter  of 
David  and  Jemima  (Tallman)  Fish,  of 
Portsmouth.  Children :  Walter,  born 
April  4,  1763,  married  Rebecca  Anthony, 
of  Portsmouth;  Amy,  January  6,  1764, 
married  Daniel  Anthony,  of  Portsmouth  ; 
Job,  January  21,  1766,  married  Alice  An- 
thony; Susanna,  October  19,  1767,  mar- 
ried Peleg  Almy,  of  Portsmouth ;  Han- 
nah, January  27,  1769,  married  Jonathan 
Dennis,  of  Portsmouth ;  Anne,  November 
19,  1770,  married  Nathan  Chase,  of  Ports- 
mouth;  David,  June,  1772,  married  Waite 
Sherman,  of  Portsmouth ;  Ruth,  October 
21,  1773,  died  in  infancy;  Ruth,  February 


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20,  1778,  married  Obadiah  Davis,  of  New 
Bedford,  Massachusetts ;  Asa,  mentioned 
below;  Abigail,  April  2,  1782,  married 
Abram  Davis,  of  Fair  Haven,  Massachu- 
setts;  Mary,  November  18,  1783,  married 
David  Shove,  of  Berkley,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Asa  Sherman,  fourth  son  of  Sam- 
son (2)  and  Ruth  (Fish)  Sherman,  was 
born  December  22,  1779,  in  Portsmouth, 
and  died  at  Fall  River,  December  29, 
1863.  His  remains  were  deposited  in  the 
Friends'  Cemetery  at  Portsmouth.  He 
was  a  birthright  member  of  the  Friends, 
was  a  farmer  and  landowner  in  Ports- 
mouth. He  married  at  the  Friends  Meet- 
ing in  Portsmouth,  November  n,  1805, 
Elizabeth  Mitchell,  born  October  17,  1782, 
in  Middletown,  Rhode  Island,  daughter 
of  Richard  (2)  and  Joanna  (Lawton) 
Mitchell,  of  Middletown  (see  Mitchell 
III).  Children:  Ruth,  born  November 
2i,  1806;  Joanna,  July  30,  1808,  died  at 
Fall  River,  September  9,  1863 ;  Sarah, 
mentioned  below ;  Amy,  September  16, 
181 1,  married,  October  21,  1839,  Mark 
Anthony,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts ; 
Richard  Mitchell,  September  16,  1813 ; 
Mary,  September  16,  181 5,  married  Hon. 
William  L.  Slade ;  Asa,  December  23, 
1S17;  Daniel,  June  25,  1820;  William, 
April  9,  1823;  Annie,  July  17,  1826,  died 
at  Fall  River,  January  15,  1849. 

(VI)  Sarah  Sherman,  daughter  of  Asa 
and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Sherman,  was 
born  February  20,  1810,  and  married  Sep- 
tember 30,  1829,  Abner  Slade,  of  Swan- 
sea (see  Slade  VI). 

(VII)  Adeline  Francis  Slade,  adopted 
daughter  of  Abner  and  Sarah  (Sherman) 
Slade,  was  born  March  29,  1849,  and  mar- 
ried, September  26,  1872,  Charles  A. 
Chace,  of  Swansea  (see  Chace  IX). 

(The  Buffinton  Line). 

The  name  Buffinton  or  Buffington  was 
not  a  common  one  nor  the  family  a  numer- 


ous one  in  early  New  England,  yet  a  rec- 
ord of  it  here  reaches  back  some  two  hun- 
dred and  more  years,  to  the  old  historic 
town  of  Salem,  Massachusetts. 

(I)  Thomas  Buffinton  (or  Buffington), 
the  first  of  the  name  found  in  this  coun- 
try, is  of  record  at  Salem,  where  he  spelled 
his  name  Bavanton.  He  married  there, 
December  30,  1671,  Sarah  Southwick,  and 
they  had  children,  namely  :  Thomas,  born 
March  1,  1673;  Benjamin,  born  July  24, 
1675;  and  Abigail,  born  July  25,  1699. 

(II)  Benjamin  Buffinton,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Sarah   Buffinton,  was  born  July  24, 

1675,   and   married   Hannah   ,   and 

they  had  three  children,  among  whom 
was  Benjamin,  Jr.,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2)  Buffinton,  son  of 
Benjamin  (1)  and  Hannah  Buffinton,  was 
born  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  the  9th  of 
the  2d  month,  1701,  and  died  the  9th  of 
the  4th  month,  1760,  and  was  buried  in 
the  Friends'  Yard  at  Swansea,  Massachu- 
setts, whither  he  had  removed,  and  where 
he  married  Isabel  Chace,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Sarah  Chace.  She  was  born  the 
6th  of  the  5th  month,  1705,  at  Swansea, 
and  died  the  6th  of  the  4th  month,  1791, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Friends'  Yard  at 
Swansea.  His  parents  were  of  the 
Friends'  religious  persuasion,  and  he  re- 
ceived his  religious  instruction  in  that 
society.  His  father,  removing  his  family 
within  the  bounds  of  the  Swansea  month- 
ly meeting,  became  a  member  thereof,  and 
there  continued  to  live  for  the  remainder 
of  his  days.  His  children,  born  in  Swan- 
sea, were :  Benjamin,  born  the  7th  of  the 
9th  month,  1737;  Moses,  mentioned  be- 
low; Stephen,  born  the  25th  of  the  nth 
month,  1743;  Elizabeth,  born  the  21st  of 
the  6th  month,  1746;  and  Hannah,  born 
the  30th  of  the  5th  month,  1749. 

(IV)  Moses  Buffinton,  son  of  Benja- 
min (2)  and  Isabel  (Chace)  Buffinton, 
born  the  8th  of  the  3d  month,   1741,  in 


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Swansea,  Massachusetts,  married  (first) 
Isabel  Baker,  born  the  4th  of  the  5th 
month,  1741,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (Chace)  Baker;  and  (second)  Pa- 
tience Chace.  He  resided  in  Swansea, 
where  were  born  all  his  children,  except- 
ing Daniel  and  Aaron,  and  they  were  born 
in  the  town  of  Dighton,  Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Buffinton  died  the  7th  of  the  4th 
month,  1817,  and  he  and  his  wife,  Isabel 
are  both  buried  in  the  Friends'  Yard,  at 
Swansea.  Their  children  were :  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below ;  Sarah  ;  Rebecca  ; 
Ama  ;  Daniel ;  Moses  ;  Aaron,  who  died 
in  infancy  ;  Bethany,  who  died  in  infancy  ; 
and  Aaron  (2).  The  children  of  Moses 
Buffinton's  second  marriage  were:  Eber, 
Mary,  and  Elizabeth. 

(V)  Benjamin  (3)  Buffinton,  son  of 
Moses  and  Isabel  (Baker)  Buffinton,  was 
born  in  Swansea,  the  1st  day  of  the  nth 
month,  1762,  and  died  in  Troy  (now  Fall 
River),  Massachusetts,  the  20th  of  the  2d 
month,  1843,  and  is  buried  at  Fall  River. 
He  married  in  Swansea,  the  25th  of  the 
10th  month,  1785,  Charity  Robinson,  who 
was  born  the  26th  of  the  2d  month,  1765, 
daughter  of  John  and  Phebe  (Chace) 
Robinson,  and  granddaughter  of  William 
Robinson.  The  children  of  Benjamin  and 
Charity  (Robinson)  Buffinton  were:  Isa- 
bel, mentioned  below;  Ruth,  1788;  Na- 
than, 1790;  Daniel,  1794;  Darius,  1796, 
died  in  1828;  Mary,  1799;  Israel,  1802; 
Elizabeth,  1805 ;  Phebe,  1807.  The  mother 
of  these  children  died  in  Troy  (now  Fall 
River),  the  31st  of  the  3d  month,  1829, 
and  is  buried  at  Somerset,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Isabel  Buffinton,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin (3)  and  Charity  (Robinson)  Buffin- 
ton, was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, the  22d  of  the  9th  month,  1786,  and 
married,  the  nth  of  the  9th  month,  1806, 
Anthony  Chace,  of  Swansea  (see  Chace 
VII). 


(The   Freeborn   Line). 

This  name  appears  in  the  early  Rhode 
Island  records  Freeborne  and  is  of  un- 
doubted English  origin.  The  family  was 
among  the  founders  of  the  Aquidneck 
Colony,  and  very  soon  became  identified 
with  the  Society  of  Friends,  with  which 
it  has  continued  down  to  the  present  time. 

(I)  William  Freeborn,  born  in  1594, 
sailed  in  the  ship  "'Francis"  from  Ipswich, 
England,  April  30,  1634,  arriving  in  due 
time  in  Boston,  where  he  subscribed  to 
the  freeman's  oath,  September  3rd  of  that 
year.  The  shipping  list  gives  his  age  as 
forty,  that  of  his  wife  Mary  as  thirty- 
three,  and  mentions  two  daughters,  Mary, 
aged  seven,  and  Sarah,  two  years.  He 
was  not  a  member  of  the  First  Boston 
(_  hurch,  and  must  have  lived  outside  of 
that  city,  though  he  was  there  in  1637, 
when  he  was  disarmed,  with  many  others, 
on  account  of  their  adherence  to  the  teach- 
ings of  Ann  Hutchinson.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  large  body  which  removed  from 
Boston  and  settled  on  the  Island  of  Aquid- 
neck, where  he  was  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  covenant  at  Newport  in  March,  1637. 
He  was  granted  lot  No.  39,  was  made 
freeman  of  the  Aquidneck  Colony,  March 
16,  1641,  served  as  constable  in  1642,  com- 
missioner in  1657,  and  died  at  Portsmouth, 
April  28,  1670.  His  wife  Mary  was  born 
in  1601,  and  died  May  3,  1670.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  born  1627,  married  Clement 
Weeper;  Sarah,  1632,  married  Nathaniel 
Browning,  and  died  April  23,  1670 ;  Gide- 
on, mentioned  below.  He  also  had  a 
daughter,  who  married  a  Sweet,  as  indi- 
cated by  a  legacy  to  his  grandchildren. 

(II)  Gideon  Freeborn,  son  of  William 
and  Mary  Freeborn,  lived  in  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  died  February  28, 
1720.  He  was  deputy  to  the  General 
Court  from  Portsmouth  in  1675,  1690, 
1703-04  and  1 71 3.  In  1687  he  was  over- 
seer of  the  poor.    He  purchased  five  acres 


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of  land  in  Portsmouth,  March  5,  1690,  for 
twelve  pounds,  and  was  altogether  a  very 
extensive  landowner,  bequeathing  by  will 
lands  in  Misquamicut,  one  hundred  and 
eighty  acres  in  East  Greenwich,  other 
lands  in  Potowomut,  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  in  Tiverton  to  his  grandson, 
Gideon  Wanton ;  five  hundred  acres  in 
Pennsylvania  to  grandchildren ;  one  hun- 
dred acres  in  Freehold,  New  Jersey,  to  his 
daughter,  Comfort ;  two  hundred  acres  in 
Warwick  and  a  negro  boy  to  his  son, 
John  Freeborn ;  to  daughters  nine  acres 
in  Coweset,  and  one  hundred  acres  in  the 
same  place  to  his  grandson.  Gideon  Dur- 
fee ;  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  in  the 
same  section  to  his  three  Cornell  grand- 
sons. His  will  also  made  other  legacies 
in  lands,  varying  in  amount  from  twenty- 
five  to  fifty  acres  in  Tiverton,  and  multi- 
tudes of  cash  legacies  running  from  twen- 
ty shillings  to  twenty-five  pounds.  His 
will  also  provided  that  one  cord  of  wood 
should  be  delivered  each  year  for  ten 
years  at  the  Quaker  meeting  house.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  amounted  to  £676 
12s.  and  2d.,  including  three  negroes,  a 
man,  woman  and  boy,  valued  at  £102. 

He  married  (first)  June  1,  1658,  Sarah 
Brownell,  daughter  of  Thomas  Brownell, 
born  1618-19,  in  Derbyshire,  England,  and 
settled  in  Portsmouth  in  1639.  Thomas 
Brownell  married  in  England,  in  1638, 
and  was  survived  by  his  wife  Ann.  He 
died  in  1665,  and  she  died  before  the  close 
of  the  same  year,  after  having  executed 
an  exchange  in  real  estate,  according  to 
a  contract  made  by  him.  He  was  a  free- 
man of  Portsmouth  in  1655,  in  the  same 
year  was  a  commissioner,  and  again  in 
1661-62-63.  In  1664  he  was  deputy  to  the 
General  Court.  Their  second  daughter, 
Sarah,  became  the  wife  of  Gideon  Free- 
born, as  above  noted.  She  died  Septem- 
ber 6,  1676,  and  Gideon  Freeborn  married 
(second)  June  3,   1678,  Mary,  widow  of 


John  Lawton,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Eleanor  Boomer.  She  died  in  1715.  Chil- 
dren of  first  marriage:  Mary,  born  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1664,  died  young;  Sarah,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1667;  Ann,  March  28,  1669;  Mar- 
tha, August  8,  1671 ;  Susanna,  March  24, 
1674;  Patience,  March  4,  1676.  Children 
of  second  marriage :  Mary,  born  August 
24,  1679;  William,  February  3,  1682; 
Gideon,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1688;  Comfort,  1691  ;  Mercy, 
1692. 

(Ill)  Gideon  (2)  Freeborn,  second  son 
of  Gideon  (1)  and  Mary  (Boomer-Law- 
ton)  Freeborn,  was  born  April  29,  1684. 
in  Portsmouth,  and  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen of  that  town,  which  he  represented  in 
the  General  Court  in  1716,  1719-20-21-23, 
1727-28-29,  1731-32-33,  and  1740-41.  In 
1717  he  was  assistant  to  the  governor, 
and  in  1734-35  one  of  the  four  justices  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  Newport 
county.  He  was  executor  of  his  father's 
will,  and  received  the  homestead  farm, 
besides  lands  from  his  grandfather,  a 
negro  man,  two  cows,  a  pair  of  oxen, 
horse,  fifty  sheep,  two  swine,  farm  imple- 
ments, a  bed,  silver  tankard,  and  other 
personal  property.  At  his  death,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1753,  he  left  a  large  estate,  which 
was  inventoried  at  £3,324  3s.  Included  in 
this  were  six  negroes,  young  and  old, 
varying  in  value  from  fifty  to  four  hun- 
dred pounds.  He  married  (first)  Febru- 
ary 1,  1706,  Eliza  Nichols,  born  June  14, 
1688,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah 
Nichols.  He  married  (second)  August  9, 
1733,  Bethiah  Sherman,  born  1699,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Hannah  (Mowry) 
Sherman.  Benjamin  Sherman,  born  1650, 
was  the  twelfth  child  of  Philip  Sherman, 
who  was  very  prominent  in  Portsmouth. 
Children  of  Gideon  (2)  Freeborn  by  his 
first  wife  were  :  William,  born  November 
19,  1706,  died  young;  Gideon,  October  26, 
1708;  Susanna,  January  7,  1710;  Thomas, 


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October  n,  1711 ;  William,  March  1, 
1713;  Elizabeth,  July  22,  1714;  Joseph, 
February  25,  1717;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Benjamin,  January  29,  1722,  and 
Hannah,  May  10,  1726.  There  was  one 
child  of  the  second  marriage,  Robert  Free- 
born, born  January   II,  1735. 

(IV)  Jonathan  Freeborn,  sixth  son  of 
Gideon  (2)  and  Eliza  (Nichols)  Freeborn, 
was  born  March  4,  1719,  in  Portsmouth, 
and  received  by  his  father's  will  farm 
lands  and  buildings  in  that  town,  also  a 
negro  boy,  and  various  items  of  personal 
property.  He  married,  December  15, 
1742,  Mary  Mott,  who  was  born  June  2, 
1722,  in  Portsmouth,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Mary  (Easton)  Mott.  Children: 
William,  born  September  8,  1743,  died 
young;  Jonathan,  July  22,  1744;  Eliza- 
beth, August  5,  1747;  William,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1749;  Thomas,  July  13,  1751  ; 
Gideon,  June  28,  1753;  Susanna,  April  7, 
1755;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Jo- 
seph, August  6,  1759;  Mary,  February 
23,  1762. 

(V)  Benjamin  Freeborn,  sixth  son  of 
Jonathan  and  Mary  (Mott)  Freeborn,  was 
born  April  13,  1757,  in  Portsmouth,  and 
died  there  April  29,  1838.  He  married 
(first)  January  5,  1785,  Ruth  Hall,  born 
December  10,  1762,  daughter  of  George 
and  Charity  Hall,  of  Portsmouth,  died 
April  28,  1785.  He  married  (second)  Jan- 
uary 2,  1788,  Hannah  Lawton,  born  April 
:5>  I759-  m  Portsmouth,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Mary  Lawton,  died  December 
22,  1802.  He  married  (third)  Susanna 
Sherman,  daughter  of  Sampson  and  Ruth 
Sherman,  born  October  7,  1767,  died  No- 
vember 30,  1820.  She  was  the  mother  of 
his  youngest  child,  Hannah  Freeborn, 
born  January  9,  1806.  Children  of  sec- 
ond marriage:  Samuel,  born  January  29, 
1791  ;  Edmond,  December  28,  1792;  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below  ;  Ruth,  October  3. 
1795;   Elizabeth,  April  14,  1797. 


(VI)  Jonathan  (2)  Freeborn,  third  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Hannah  (Lawton)  Free- 
born, was  born  April  16,  1794,  in  Ports- 
mouth, and  lived  for  a  short  time  in  Port- 
land, Maine.  He  married  (first)  in  No- 
vember, 1820,  Esther  Taber.  She  died 
leaving  one  child,  mentioned  below.  He 
married  (second)  Lydia  Reid,  born  March 
2,  1802,  died  February  18,  1842,  in  Paw- 
tucket,  Rhode  Island.  Like  her  husband 
she  was  a  member  of  an  old  Quaker  fam- 
ily. Her  children  were  :  Emily  Reid,  born 
July  11,  1825;  Charles  Scott,  August  14, 
1827;  Eliza  Alma,  July  23,  1832;  Benja- 
min, January  3.  1835. 

(VII)  Esther  Taber  Freeborn,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  (2)  and  Esther  (Taber) 
Freeborn,  was  born  January  15,  1822,  in 
Portland,  Maine,  and  married,  April  28, 
1845,  Rev-  Obadiah  (2)  Chace,  of  Swan- 
sea, Massachusetts   (see  Chace  VIII). 

(The   Slade  Line). 

The  name  Slade  has  an  interesting  ori- 
gin. Its  meaning  as  a  common  noun  is 
"a  small  strip  of  green  plain  within  a 
woodland."  One  of  the  rhymes  about 
Robin  Hood  runs : 

It  had  been  better  of  William  a  Trent 
To  have  been  abed  with  sorrowe, 

Than  to  be  that  day  in  greenwood  slade 
To  meet  with  Little  John's  arrowe. 

The  name  Slade  was  in  use  as  a  sur- 
name as  early  as  1200,  and  the  name  of 
de  la  Slade  occurs  in  the  Hundred  Rolls 
of  the  thirteenth  century.  The  Slade  fam- 
ily of  Trevennen  in  Gorran,  County  of 
Cornwall,  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth, 
had  a  coat-of-arms,  as  did  the  Slade  fam- 
ily of  Maunsell  House,  County  of  Somer- 
set. England. 

(T)  Edward  Slade,  of  whom  little  seems 
known  more  than  he  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  Rhode  Island  in  1658,  is  said  to 
have  been  a  native  of  Wales,  and  that  he 


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England. 

(II)  William  Slade,  said  to  have  been 
a  son  of  Edward  Slade,  and  to  have  been 
born  in  Wales,  comes  of  a  family  which 
was  long  and  prominently  identified  with 
Somersetshire,  England.  He  appears  at 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  in  1659,  when  he 
was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the  colony, 
and  became  an  early  settler  in  the  Shawo- 
met  purchase,  included  in  that  part  of 
Swansea,  Massachusetts,  which  became 
the  town  of  Somerset,  in  1790.  As  early 
as  1680,  when  the  first  record  book  of  the 
town  begins,  Mr.  Slade  was  a  resident  of 
Swansea,  and  the  meetings  of  the  propri- 
etors were  held  at  his  home  after  their 
discontinuance  at  Plymouth,  in  1677.  He 
was  a  large  landholder,  his  domain  in- 
cluding the  ferry  across  the  Taunton 
river,  which  has  ever  since  been  known 
as  Slade's  Ferry,  and  this  ferry  remained 
in  the  possession  of  this  family  until  the 
river  was  bridged  in  1876,  at  which  time 
it  was  being  operated  by  William  L.  and 
Jonathan  Slade.  Mr.  Slade  married,  about 
1684,  Sarah  Holmes,  who  was  born  in 
1664,  daughter  of  Rev.  Obadiah  Holmes, 
of  Rehoboth.  Mr.  Slade  died  March  30, 
1729,  aged  sixty-seven  years,  and  his 
widow  died  September  10,  1761,  in  the 
ninety-seventh  year  of  her  age.  Their 
children  were :  Jonathan,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years;  Sarah,  born  in 
1687  ;  Mary,  born  in  1689  ;  William,  born 
in  1692  ;  Edward,  mentioned  below  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, born  in  1695  i  Hannah,  born  in 
1697;  Martha,  born  in  1699;  Phebe,  born 
in  1701  ;  Jonathan  (2),  born  in  1703;  and 
Lydia,  born  in  1706. 

"(Ill)  Edward  (2)  Slade,  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Sarah  (Holmes)  Slade,  was  born 
June  14,  1694.  He  married  (first)  in  1717, 
Elizabeth  Anthony,  and  (second)  Decem- 
ber 6,  1720,  Phebe  Chace,  daughter  of 
Samuel    and    Sarah     (Sherman)     Chace, 


granddaughter  of  William  Chace,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  William  Chace, 
the  immigrant.  His  third  wife  was  De- 
borah Buffum.    He  died  April  5,  1755. 

(IV)  Joseph  Slade,  son  of  Edward  (2) 
and  Phebe  (Chace)  Slade,  was  born  No- 
vember 16,  1724.  He  married  (first)  July 
25,  1747,  Hannah  Chace;  (second)  De- 
borah Brayton  ;    (third)  Priscilla  Borden. 

(V)  Benjamin  Slade,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Hannah  (Chace)  Slade,  was  born 
June  16,  1753.  He  married,  June  17,  1779, 
Elizabeth  Robinson,  daughter  of  John  and 
Phebe  (Chace)  Robinson,  and  their  chil- 
dren were  :  Rebecca,  born  August  5,  1780  ; 
Hannah,  born  January  1,  1783,  married 
Oliver  Earle ;  Phebe,  born  October  20, 
1785  ;  Elizabeth,  born  November  25,  1787  ; 
Susanna,  born  July  12,  1790;  Abner,  men- 
tioned below ;  Ruth  Borden,  born  Janu- 
ary 25,  1795,  married  Moses  Buffinton ; 
and  Content,  born  February  8,  1798. 

(VI)  Abner  Slade,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  (Robinson)  Slade,  was 
born  in  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 2,  1792,  on  the  homestead  of  his  par- 
ents, and  his  long,  useful  and  honorable 
life  was  passed  in  this  vicinity.  He  was 
reared  a  farmer  and  tannei,  succeeding 
his  father  in  the  tanning  business,  which 
he  followed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  By 
perseverance  and  the  strictest  integrity 
he  built  up  a  fine  business  which  grew  to 
large  proportions.  He  was  methodical, 
systematic  and  industrious,  and  believed 
in  giving  the  most  minute  detail  the  same 
attention  he  would  give  to  larger  affairs. 
As  a  reward  of  his  close  application  to 
business  and  his  untiring  energy,  Mr. 
Slade  was  enabled  to  retire  from  active 
business  activities,  in  1856,  and  thereafter 
devoted  his  time  to  looking  after  his  vari- 
ous investments,  having  by  that  time  ac- 
quired a  handsome  competency.  Al- 
though recognized  as  an  able  business 
man,  and  one  of  the  town's  substantial 


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citizens,  he  could  not  be  persuaded  to  ac- 
cept public  office,  having  no  desire  nor  in- 
clination to  do  so,  and  no  political  aspira- 
tions. For  many  years  he  was  a  director 
of  the  Fall  River  National  Bank,  and  was 
interested  in  the  Old  Colony  Railroad, 
and  to  some  extent  in  the  Providence  & 
Worcester  Railroad.  He  was  also  a  stock- 
holder in  various  other  corporations  and 
manufactories  in  Fall  River  and  vicinity. 

On  September  30,  1829,  Mr.  Slade  mar- 
ried Sarah  Sherman,  daughter  of  Asa  and 
Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Sherman,  and  a  di- 
rect descendant  of  Hon.  Philip  Sherman, 
who  was  one  of  the  original  purchasers  of 
Rhode  Island,  and  the  first  secretary  of 
the  Colony.  (See  Sherman  and  Mitchell 
families.)  She  was  born  February  20. 
1810,  the  third  child  of  ten  children  born 
to  her  parents.  The  married  life  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Slade  covered  a  period  of  over 
half  a  century,  and  it  was  one  of  unusual 
peace  and  happiness.  They  had  no  chil- 
dren, but  adopted  a  little  girl  of  about 
two  years,  Sarah  Bowers,  upon  whom 
they  bestowed  a  filial  love  until  her 
death,  in  her  twentieth  year.  They  then 
adopted  Adeline  Francis  Cole,  when 
seven  years  of  age,  who  was  born  March 
29,  1849,  daughter  of  William  and  Han- 
nah (Wheaton)  Cole.  (See  Wheaton 
Family.)  To  the  latter  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Slade  gave  the  same  tender  care  and 
affection  that  they  would  have  given  to 
a  child  of  their  own.  She  married  Charles 
A.  Chace,  of  Swansea,  where  they  reside 
(see  Chace  IX).  Mr.  Slade  passed 
through  the  years  of  life  to  a  hale  and 
ripe  old  age,  in  which  the  powers  of 
thought  and  consolations  of  religion  held 
sway  until  his  death,  which  occurred  De- 
cember 2,  1879,  at  trie  a8"e  °*  eighty-seven 
years. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Fall  River  National  Bank, 
December  4,  1879,  the  following  preamble 
and  resolution  were  passed : 


Whereas,  It  has  pleased  our  Heavenly  Father 
to  remove  by  death  our  highly  respected  asso- 
ciate, Abner  Slade,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years,  who  has  been  identified  with  this 
bank  as  director  for  more  than  thirty-three  years, 
giving  to  it  his  counsel  and  judgment,  a  man 
honored  for  his  sterling  integrity  and  Christian 
character,  therefore, 

Resolved,  It  is  not  as  a  mere  formality  that 
this  board  recognize  the  loss  they  have  sus- 
tained, and  in  token  of  respect  to  his  memory, 
and  to  manifest  our  sympathy  with  his  family, 
this  board  will  attend  his  funeral  in  a  body. 

Mr.  Slade  was  an  earnest  member  of 
the  Society  of  Friends,  and  was  held  in 
high  esteem  by  his  brethren.  The 
"Friends'  Review''  gave  this  notice  of 
him : 

Abner  Slade,  an  elder  of  Swansea  Monthly 
Meeting  of  Friends,  deceased,  twelfth  month, 
second,  1879,  aged  eighty-seven.  He  was  truly  a 
father  in  Israel.  While  we  deeply  feel  our  loss, 
and  miss  his  sweet  words  of  counsel,  we  can  but 
rejoice  when  we  think  of  his  triumphal  death, 
and  remember  how  his  countenance  beamed  with 
joy  when  he  told  us  he  was  going  to  his  home  in 
heaven. 

(The  Mitchell  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Mitchell,  the  ancestor  of  a 
New  England  family,  was  a  native  of 
Bricktown,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  Great 
Britain,  where  he  was  born  1686.  There 
he  learned  the  trade  of  tailor,  and  on  at- 
taining his  majority  decided  to  go  into 
business  for  himself  in  his  native  place. 
He  visited  London  to  obtain  the  neces- 
sary materials,  and  while  there  was  seized 
by  a  press  gang  and  taken  on  board  a 
man-of-war.  Tailors  were  not  then  ex- 
empted, as  were  other  mechanics,  from 
impressment.  The  vessel  on  which  he 
sailed  spent  some  time  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  and  here  Mitchell  found 
opportunity  to  escape.  He  made  a  suit 
of  clothes  for  the  governor's  son,  which 
so  pleased  the  latter  that  he  secreted 
Mitchell  and  kept  him  in  concealment  un- 
til after  the  vessel  had  sailed.  Mitchell 
continued  to  reside  in  Newport,  and  he- 
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enlarge  the  Kickamuit  Cemetery  in  War- 
ren, where  he  was  buried.  He  married, 
before  1703,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Thurber,  granddaughter  of  John  Thurber, 
the  immigrant,  who  came  from  England 
with  his  wife  Priscilla  and  settled  at 
Swansea.  She  died  September  27,  1724. 
Children :  Thomas,  Lois.  William,  John, 
Benjamin,  Charles  and  Nathaniel. 

(III)  John  Esterbrook,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  and  Elizabeth  (Thurber)  Esterbrook, 
was  born  about  1720,  in  Swansea,  where 
he  lived.  He  married,  November  5,  1747. 
in  Rehoboth,  Abigail  Abell,  of  that  town, 
born  September  6,  1727,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Rebecca  (Carpenter)  Abell. 
Children:  Abel,  born  August  31.  1748: 
Aaron,  mentioned  below :  Hannah,  mar- 
ried John  Norris,  of  Bristol ;  Sarah,  Au- 
gust 2.  1760;    Abigail,  July  19,  1762. 

(IV)  Aaron  Esterbrook,  second  son  of 
John  and  Abigail  (Abell)  Esterbrook, 
was  born  July  15,  1750,  in  Warren  or 
Swansea,  and  settled  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  was  for  many  years 
clerk  of  the  market,  and  died  December 
26,  1841.  He  married  (first)  May  28, 
1775,  Leah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Leah 
Liscomb,  born  October  27,  1757.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Thankful  Davis,  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1764,  died  July  27,  1845.  Chil- 
dren of  first  marriage :  Abel ;  Crawford, 
born  August  27,  1787;  Samuel,  August 
21,  1789;  of  second  marriage:  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah  D.,  November  5, 
1802:  Aaron,  April  4,  1804;  Eliza  Ann, 
July  15,  1806. 

(V)  John  (2)  Esterbrook,  fourth  son 
of  Aaron  Esterbrook,  and  eldest  child  of 
his  second  wife,  Thankful  (Davis)  Ester- 
brook, was  born  November  25,  t8oo,  in 
Bristol,  and  died  June  24,  1857.  He  mar- 
ried Caroline  E..  daughter  of  John  A. 
Kault,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  born 
T801-02,  died  February  19,  1884.  Chil- 
dren:  John,  born  July  25.  1825;    George 


W.,  mentioned  below ;   Anne  G.,  October 

24,  1829;  Caroline  S.,  married  A.  Judson 
Matthews  ;  Stephen  G.,  August  12,  1835  ; 
Harriet,  October  3,  1837;  William  H., 
October   17,   1839;    Theodore  R.,  August 

25,  1841  ;   Frederick  A.,  August  24,  1844. 

(VI)  George  W.  Esterbrook,  second 
son  of  John  (2)  and  Caroline  E.  (Kault) 
Esterbrook,  was  born  September  21,  1827, 
and  married,  December  12,  1850,  Cather- 
ine, daughter  of  Edward  and  Lydia  Glad- 
ding. Children:  Gertrude  D..  born  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1852;  Harriet  M.,  December  11, 
1853;  Charles  F.,  July  19,  1856;  John  H., 
mentioned  below;  Edward  G.,  September 
6,  1862. 

(VII)  John  Henry  Esterbrook,  second 
son  of  George  W.  and  Catherine  (Glad- 
ding) Esterbrook,  was  born  December  29, 
1859,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  employed  as  salesman  by 
R.  L.  Rowe  &  Company.  He  married, 
November  2,  1881,  Ann  Lincoln  Tilley, 
daughter  of  Stockford  Ellery  and  Phebe 
Ann  (Barker)  Tilley,  of  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island  (see  Tilley  V). 

(VIII)  Clarissa  Bird  Esterbrook,  only 
child  of  John  Henry  and  Ann  Lincoln 
(Tilley)  Esterbrook,  was  born  November 
24,  1884,  and  was  married,  in  1904.  to 
Fred  G.  McAdams,  cashier  of  the  Staples 
Coal  Company  of  Fall  River,  Massachu- 
setts. Their  home  is  on  Madison  street, 
in  that  city,  and  Mrs.  McAdams  is  active 
in  the  social  life  of  the  city,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Fall  River  Woman's  Club,  and 
of  Quequechan  Chapter,  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution. 

(The  Tilley  Line). 

John  Tilley,  a  resident  of  England,  had 
two  sons,  William  and  John.  The  last 
named  was  the  father  of  William  Tilley. 
born  about  1641,  who  settled  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  an  exten- 
sive rope  maker.     Three  of  his  cousins, 


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William  (2),  John  and  James  Tilley,  sons 
of  William  (1)  above  mentioned,  came  to 
Boston  to  work  for  William  Tilley,  the 
rope  maker. 

(I)  One  of  these,  William  (2)  Tilley, 
son  of  William  (1)  Tilley,  and  grandson 
of  John  Tilley,  of  England,  born  about 
1685,  in  Exeter,  England,  came  to  Boston, 
as  before  stated.  There  he  married,  in 
1736,  Dorcas,  whose  family  name  has  not 
been  preserved,  and  moved  soon  after  to 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life. 

(II)  Deacon  William  (3)  Tilley,  son 
of  William  (2)  and  Dorcas  Tilley,  was 
born  October  19,  1738,  in  Newport,  where 
his  life  was  spent,  and  died  April  14,  1825. 
He  was  married  three  times,  (first)  Octo- 
ber 28,  1759,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  and  Patience  Rogers,  born  Au- 
gust 7, 1743,  in  Middletown,  Rhode  Island, 
died  August  28,  1800.  She  was  the  mother 
of  seventeen  children. 

(III)  James  Tilley,  third  and  eldest 
surviving  son  of  Deacon  William  (3)  and 
Elizabeth  (Rogers)  Tilley,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1765,  in  Newport,  and  died  there 
March  2,  1800,  in  his  thirty-fifth  year.  He 
married  (first)  Rualmy,  daughter  of  Paul 
Coffin,  born  1765-66,  died  February  II, 
1787,  within  a  few  months  of  the  mar- 
riage. He  married  (second)  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  Barker,  born  1765-66,  died 
May  20,  1806.  Children :  Rualmy,  Wil- 
liam James,  Mary,  Sarah. 

(IV)  William  James  Tilley,  only  son 
of  James  and  Mary  (Barker)  Tilley,  was 
born  July  9,  1791,  in  Newport,  and  died 
there  July  2,  1844.  He  married  (first) 
Eliza,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (Man- 
chester) Stockford,  of  Warren,  Rhode 
Island,  born  September  8,  1796,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1819.  Their  only  child,  Mary 
Jane,  was  born  July  24,  T817.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  September  t,  1820,  Clarissa 
Bird  Ellery,  born  June  6,  1799,  in  New- 


port, daughter  of  Christopher  (2)  and 
Clarissa  (Bird)  Ellery,  of  that  city  (see 
Ellery  V).  She  died  January  30,  1852. 
Children:  Eliza  Stockford,  born  August 
2,  1821,  and  Stockford  Ellery,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Stockford  Ellery  Tilley,  only  son 
of  William  James  and  Clarissa  Bird  (El- 
lery) Tilley,  was  born  December  15,  1823, 
in  Newport,  and  married  there,  in  1844. 
Phebe  Ann,  daughter  of  Peter  Barker, 
born  February  1,  1823.  Children:  Cla- 
rissa B.,  William  J.,  Maria,  Herbert,  Clar- 
ence and  Ann  Lincoln. 

(VI)  Ann  Lincoln  Tilley,  youngest 
daughter  of  Stockford  Ellery  and  Phebe 
Ann  (Barker)  Tilley,  married  John  Henry 
Esterbrook,  of  Providence  (see  Ester- 
brook  VII). 

(The  Ellery  Line). 

(I)  William  Ellery  appears  in  Glouces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1663,  and 
resided  in  the  section  of  that  town  long 
known  as  Ellery's  Cove.  He  was  made 
freeman  in  1676,  served  several  years  as 
selectman,  was  representative  in  1689, 
and  sergeant  of  the  trainband.  He  was 
one  of  the  few  citizens  who  owned  a 
sloop,  and  was  probably  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business.  He  married  (first) 
in  Gloucester,  October  8,  1663,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  Vinson, 
probably  born  in  Salem.  She  died  De- 
cember 24,  1675,  and  he  married  (second) 
June  13,  1676,  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  (Stevens)  Coit,  born  June  4, 
1655.  Children:  William,  died  young: 
Hannah,  born  1667;  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below  ;  Susanna,  1673  ;  Mary,  1677  :  Abi- 
gail, 1679;  John,  June  25,  1681  ;  Nathan- 
iel, 1683;  Jemima,  1686;  Elinor,  1688,  died 
young;  Elinor,  1691  ;  William,  1694:  De- 
pendence (son),  1696. 

(IT)  Benjamin  Ellery,  second  son  of 
William  and  Hannah  (Vinson)  Ellery, 
was  born  September  6,  1660,  in  Glouces- 


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ter,  and  settled  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  was  a  wealthy  merchant,  judge, 
assistant,  speaker  of  the  House  of  Depu- 
ties. He  was  granted  a  letter  of  marque 
by  King  George  of  Denmark,  consort  of 
Queen  Anne,  and  used  an  armorial  seal 
which  appears  on  deeds  and  bonds.  He 
died  in  Newport,  July  26,  1746.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Wilkins, 
born  about  1677,  died  July  26,  1746,  the 
same  day  as  her  husband,  in  Newport. 
One  of  the  papers  of  that  town  in  speak- 
ing of  her  death  said:  ''She  was  a  Gentle- 
woman who  showed  the  Character  of  a 
Christian  in  every  Branch  of  Female  Life, 
so  that  she  was  cordially  respected  by  all 
sorts  of  People ;  and  the  Poor  do  in  a  par- 
ticular Manner  regret  a  Loss  they  must 
sensibly  feel."  Children:  Anstiss,  Febru- 
ary 19,  1697;  Abigail,  born  February  24, 
1698;  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Benja- 
min,  March   23,    1705;    Mary,   August   5, 

(III)  William  (2)  Ellery,  senior  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Abigail  (Wilkins)  Ellery, 
was  born  October  31,  1701,  in  Newport, 
graduated  from  Harvard  College,  1722, 
and  died  March  15,  1764.  Like  his  father 
he  was  active  in  mercantile  pursuits,  pos- 
sessed of  liberal  means,  was  a  deputy, 
judge,  assistant  and  deputy  governor,  lie 
married,  January  3,  1723.  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Job  and  Ann  (  Law- 
ton)  Almy,  born  August  1.  1703,  died 
July  3,  1783.  Colonel  Job  Almy  was  a 
descendant  of  William  Almy,  born  1601, 
resided  in  Lynn  and  Sandwich,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island. 
His  wife's  name  was  Audry,  and  their 
eldest  child,  Christopher  Almy,  was  born 
1632,  and  died  January  30,  1713.  He  mar- 
ried, July  9,  1 661,  Elizabeth  Cornell, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Cor- 
nell, and  they  were  the  parents  of  Colo- 
nel Job  Almy.  their  eighth  son.  born 
October  10,  1675,  married,  in  March,  1696, 


Ann  Lawton,  born  April  25,  1678,  died 
February  12,  1739,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Elizabeth  (Tallman)  Lawton.  Children 
of  William  (2)  Ellery :  Benjamin,  born 
February  25,  1725;  W'illiam,  December 
22,  1727,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence, chief  justice  of  Rhode  Island, 
and  a  classical  scholar  ;  Ann.  May  6.  1732  ; 
Christopher,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Christopher  Ellery,  third  son  of 
William  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Almy)  El- 
lery, was  born  April  22,  1736,  in  Newport, 
and  was  one  of  the  wealthiest  merchants 
of  that  city,  where  he  died  February  24, 

1759.  He  also  conducted  a  mercantile 
business  in  Bristol,  and  was  a  man  of 
very  high  character,  deputy,  assistant  and 
judge.     He  married  (first)  November  26, 

1760,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  (2)  Ver- 
non, an  eminent  merchant  of  Newport 
(see  Vernon  III).  She  was  born  1743, 
and  died  September  2,  1776.  He  married 
(second)  Rachel  King,  of  Salem.  Chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth  Almy,  born  March  24, 
1764;  Christopher,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  May  15,  1772. 

(V)  Christopher  (2)  Ellery,  only  son 
of  Christopher  (1)  and  Mary  (Vernon) 
Ellery,  was  born  November  1.  1768,  in 
Newport,  graduated  at  Yale,  1787,  and 
was  a  lawyer,  a  man  of  very  fine  presence 
and  manner.  He  was  selectman  of  New- 
port for  several  years,  and  United  States 
Senator  during  the  first  four  years  of 
Thomas  Jefferson's  administration.  He 
died  December  2,  1840,  at  his  home  in 
Newport.  He  married,  October  22,  1792, 
Clarissa,  daughter  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Bird, 
who  was  a  noted  beauty  of  Newport,  born 
November  1,  1768,  died  April  28,  181 1. 
Children:  Franklin,  born  August  19. 
1793;  Frank,  July  27,  1794;  Charles,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1797;  Clarissa  Bird,  mentioned 
below;  Cornelia,  January  2j,  1801,  mar- 
ried Albert  E.  Harding ;  Eugene,  May  24, 
1802;    Christopher.   July   31,    1803:    Em- 


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meline,  January  7,  1805 ;  George  Henry, 
May  15,  1810. 

(VI)  Clarissa  Bird  Ellery,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Christopher  (2)  and  Clarissa  ( Bird) 
Ellery,  born  June  6,  1799,  was  married  at 
Newport  Third  Congregational  Church, 
September  1,  1820,  by  Rev.  Dr.  William 
Potter,  to  Major  William  James  Tilley, 
of  that  city  (see  Tilley  IV). 

Nathaniel  Bird,  of  Newport,  was  un- 
doubtedly a  descendant  of  Thomas  Bird, 
who  was  born  in  England,  161 3,  and  set- 
tled in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  joined  the  church  in  1642.  He  was  a 
tanner  by  trade,  was  made  Dailiff  in  1654, 
and  died  June  8,  1667.  His  widow  Ann 
died  August  21,  1673.  Their  second  son, 
James  Bird,  born  about  1647,  was  a  tan- 
ner, was  ensign,  constable,  selectman  and 
assessor,  and  died  September  1,  1723, 
leaving  an  estate  valued  at  £1,107,  IOS- 
8d.,  including  ninety  acres  of  land.  He 
married,  April  6,  1669,  Mary  George,  who 
died  January  2T,,  1673.  Their  son,  James 
(2)  Bird,  was  born  October  22,  1671,  lived 
in  Dorchester  with  his  wife  Miriam,  who 
died  May  2,  1723.  No  marriages  are  re- 
corded in  Dorchester  from  1692  to  1695. 
He  was  constable  in  1720,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 15,  1728.  Their  youngest  child 
was  Nathaniel  Bird,  born  October  14, 
171 1.  No  trace  of  him  can  be  discovered. 
It  is  assumed  that  he  was  the  father  of 
Dr.  Nathaniel  Bird,  who  first  appears  in 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  of  whose  his- 
tory very  little  can  be  at  this  time  learned. 
He  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Clarissa  (Bird) 
F.llery,  above  mentioned. 

(The  Vernon  Line). 

The  name  of  Vernon  has  been  a  promi- 
nent and  conspicuous  one  in  the  history 
of  Rhode  Island  since  the  early  settlement 
of  that  State,  and  particularly  so  in  New- 
port and  vicinity.  Each  generation  of 
this  honored  family  has  produced  men  of 


distinction  who  have  made  their  presence 
felt  in  the  community. 

(I )  Daniel  Vernon,  son  of  Samuel  Ver- 
non, was  born  September  1,  1643,  ^n  Lon- 
don, England,  and  is  said  to  have  come 
to  this  country  about  the  year  1666.  His 
emigration  is  thought  to  have  been  in 
part  determined  from  the  losses  his  father 
sustained  in  the  great  fire  of  that  year  in 
London,  a  range  of  his  warehouses  along 
the  Thames  and  the  quay  having  been 
burned  in  that  disastrous  fire.  Mr.  Ver- 
non had  received  a  very  superior  educa- 
tion ;  spoke  several  lang-uages,  and  was 
long  a  tutor  in  the  family  of  Lodowick 
Updike, of  North  Kingstown, Rhode  Island. 
In  1683  he  was  clerk  of  Kingstown,  also 
constable;  in  1686  he  was  appointed  mar- 
shal of  Kings  province  and  keeper  of  the 
prison;  in  1687,  with  Henry  Tibbets,  he 
was  appointed  to  lay  out  certain  high- 
ways in  Rochester.  In  1687  he  was  also 
a  selectman  of  Kingstown,  which  was 
then  known  as  Rochester.  On  his  arrival 
from  England  he  appears  to  have  first 
resided  at  Newport,  but  shortly  after  re- 
moved to  Narragensett,  where  at  Tower 
Hill,  September  22,  1679,  he  married  Ann 
Dyre,  a  widow,  daughter  of  Captain  Ed- 
ward Hutchinson,  Jr.,  and  granddaughter 
of  the  celebrated  Anne  Hutchinson,  and 
grandniece  of  John  Dryden.  She  died 
January  10,  1716;  her  gravestone  is  still 
standing  in  the  family  lot  at  Newport,  be- 
side that  of  her  husband.  He  died  Octo- 
ber 28,  171 5.  Their  children  were:  Dan- 
iel, born  April  6,  1682,  died  young;  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below ;  Catherine,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1686,  died  unmarried  in  March, 
1769. 

( II )  Samuel  Vernon,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Ann  (Hutchinson-Dyre)  Vernon,  born 
December  6,  1683,  became  a  distinguished 
citizen  of  Newport ;  was  an  assistant  from 
1729  until  his  death  in  1737;  and  a  judge 
of  the  Superior  Court  of  Judicature.     In 


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1737  he  was  one  of  the  commissioners 
appointed  to  fix  the  disputed  boundary 
between  Massachusetts  and  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  constant  election  to  office 
shows  that  he  was  highly  esteemed  in  the 
community,  and  he  doubtless  would  have 
attained  still  further  distinction  had  not 
his  useful  career  been  arrested  by  his 
death,  December  5,  1737.  while  still  in 
the  prime  of  life.  He  married,  April  10, 
1707,  Elizabeth  Fleet,  of  Long  Island, 
died  March  5,  1721,  aged  thirty-seven 
years.  Their  gravestones,  bearing  the 
family  coat-of-arms,  are  still  in  the  New- 
port Cemetery.  Children  :  Ann,  born  Jan- 
uary 23,  1708;  Elizabeth,  August  4,  1709; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Esther,  Au- 
gust 20,  1713;  Daniel,  August  20,  1716; 
Thomas,  May  31,  1718;  William,  January 
17,  1719;  Mary,  December  23,  1721.  Of 
these  children,  Thomas  was  a  merchant 
of  the  firm  of  Grant  &  Vernon ;  was  royal 
postmaster  at  Newport  from  1745  to  1775  ; 
register  of  the  court  of  vice-admiralty 
twenty  years;  secretary  of  the  Redwood 
Library,  and  senior  warden  of  Trinity 
Church.  He  was  a  Tory,  the  only  one 
in  the  family,  and  suffered  about  four 
months'  imprisonment  on  account  of  his 
Tory  principles.  He  wrote  a  journal  of 
his  captivity,  now  in  the  possession  of  the 
Newport  Historical  Society. 

(Ill)   Samuel  (2)  Vernon,  son  of  Sam- 
uel   (1)    and    Elizabeth    (Fleet)    Vernon, 


was  born  September  6,  171 1,  and  was  a 
prominent  Newport  merchant,  long  a 
member  of  the  house  of  S.  &  W.  Ver- 
non. He  was  one  of  the  original  appli- 
cants for  the  charter  of  the  Redwood 
Library  ;  and  in  1750  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners to  the  king  to  restrain  the  Legis- 
lature from  issuing  bills  of  credit.  He 
died  July  6,  1792.  He  married  Amey, 
daughter  of  Governor  Richard  Ward,  and 
his  children  were :  Elizabeth,  born  April 
24,  173S;  William,  August  3,  1739,  died 
in  infancy;  Samuel,  July  12,  1740,  died  in 
infancy;  Amey,  September  12,  1741,  died 
in  infancy  ;  Mary,  mentioned  below  ;  Sam- 
uel, February  17,  1744,  died  December  1, 
1809;  Amey,  July  19,  1746,  died  in  in- 
fancy; Amey,  November  19,  1747,  mar- 
ried Samuel  King,  the  portrait  painter ; 
William,  July  21,  1749,  died  in  infancy; 
William  Ward,  March  7,  1752,  died  April 
10,  1774,  in  Jamaica,  W'est  Indies ;  Thom- 
as, June  6,  1753,  died  April  6,  1755  ;  Ann, 
September  29,  1754,  married  Dr.  David 
Olyphant.  medical  director  of  the  armies 
of  the  Carolinas,  under  Generals  Gates 
and  Greene  during  the  Revolutionary 
War. 

(IV)  Mary  Vernon,  third  daughter  of 
Samuel  (2)  and  Amey  (Ward)  Vernon, 
was  born  February  17,  1743,  and  married 
Christopher  Ellery,  an  eminent  merchant 
of  Newport  and  a  Revolutionary  patriot 
(see  Ellery  IV). 


377 


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ADDENDA  AND  ERRATA 


Aldrich,  page  279,  name  at  head  should  be  Edwin  Aldrich  in  place  of  Edwin  A.  Aldrich. 
Munroe,  page  224,  name  at  head  should  be  William  R.  Munroe  in  place  of  William  R.  Munro. 

INDEX 


Aldrich,  Amos,  280 

Augusta,  281 
:|: Edwin,  279,  280 

George,  280 

Jacob,  280 

Joseph  C,  280 

Moses,  280 

Robert,  280 
Allen,  Annie  B.,  58,  61 

George,  342 

Increase,  343 

Jedediah,  343 

John,  57,  215 

Joseph,  58 

Noel,  58 

Othniel,  343 

Peleg,  215 

Ralph,  342 

Rhodolphus  H.,  58 

Rhodolphus  W.,  58 

Rodolphus  H.,  59 

Rodolphus  N.,  57,  58 

Samuel,  58 

Sion,  343 

Thomas,  57 

William,  57,  214,  215 
Allin,  James,  314 

John,  314 

Samuel  P.,  314 
Alvord,  Alexander,  134 

Alexander,  Rev.,  134 

Caleb,  136 

Charles  C,  139 

Clarence  W.,  139 

Clinton,  133,  138 


Daniel  W.,  137 

Elijah,  135,  136 

Henry  E.,  137 

James  C,  138 

John,   134,   135 

Mary  S.,  139 

Thomas,  134,  135 
Angell,  Amanda  M.,  196 

Amy,  326 

Andrew,  325 

Andrew  A.,  323,  325 

Charles,  325 

Daniel,  195 

James  B.,  326 

Jeremiah,  324 

Jesse,  196 

John,  195,  324 

Lucy  A.,  196 

Nedabiah,  194,  196 

Thomas,  195,  323,  324 
Anthony,  Abraham,  182 

Caroline  G.,  185 

David  M.,  183 

Edward,  183 

Francis,  181 

Francis,  Dr.,  181 

Harold  H.,  181,  184 

John, 182 

John,  Rev.,  183 

William,  181,  182 
Armington,  Ardelia,  312 

Asa,  311 

Emma  F.,  312 

Hervey,  Dr.,  310,  311 

Jerauld  T.,  312 


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Joseph,  310,  311 
Arnold,  Arthur  H.,  266,  269 
Caleb,  267 
Caroline  F.,  270 
Cora  E.,  270 
David,   110 
Ephraim,  109 
Israel,  267 
Joseph, 109 
Joseph,  Capt.,  267 
Joseph  F.,  268 
Lemuel,  no 
Samuel,  109 
Stephen,  267 
Thomas,  266 
William,  267 

Baker,  Daniel,  328 

Francis,  328 

Halsey,  329 

Samuel,  328 

Shubal.  328 
Ballard.  Addison,  Rev.,  307 

Harlan  H.,  306,  307 

John,  307 

Lucy  B.,  307 

William,  306,  307 
Ballou,  James,  163,  164 

Maturin,  163 

Russell,  164 
Bartlett,  James,  272 
Bassett,  Anselm,  21 

Charles  A.,  23 

Charles  J.  H.,  22 

John,  21 

Mary  L.,  23 

Roselinda,  22 

Rufus  W.,  24 

Thomas,  21 

Thomas  B.,  20,  25 

William.  20,  21 
Bates,  Annie  C,  56 

Benoni  P.,  54 

Charles  R.,  56 

Joseph  M.,  54 

Sarah  L.,  s6 


Bennett,  Aaron,  y^ 

Edward  R.,  74 

Isaac,  JT> 

Moses,  jt> 

William,  J2 
Bird,  Elijah,  9 

James,  376 

John,  9 

Nathaniel,  376 

Samuel,  9 

Thomas,  9 
Disbee,  Elisha,  91 

Hopestill,  91 

John,  91 

Thomas,  90 
Blake,  Edward  A.,  279 

Ebenezer,  279 

Jonathan,  278 

Samuel,  279 
Bliss,  Abel,  162 

Abel  B.,  165 

Ephraim,  161 

Ephraim,  Lieut.,  209 

George  R.,  164,  165,  166 

Harrison,  162 

John,  161 

Jonathan,  160,  161,  208,  209 

Martin,  209 

Nathan,  161 

Thomas,  160,  207,  208 

Walter  S.,  166 
Blossom,  Benjamin,  215 

Joseph,  215,  216 

Peter,  215 

Thomas,  215 
Borden,  Abraham,  82 

Christopher,  81,  82 

John,  81 

Jonathan,  81 

Richard,  81 

Samuel,  341 

Thomas,  81 
Bosworth,  Edward,  264 

Tchabod,  264 

Jonathan,  264 

Pel  eg-,  264 


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Sarah,  265 

Smith,  Col.,  265 
Bowen,  David,  52 

Richard,  51 

Richard,  Dr.,  51 

Thomas,  51,  52 
Bradford,  Elisha,  114 

Israel,  113 

Joseph,  114 

Joshua,  114 

William,  112,   113 
Brett,  Hannah  F.,  19 

Henry  A.,  18 

Nathaniel,  17 

Samuel,  17 

Seth,  17 

William,  17,  18 

Zenas,  18 
Brown,  Andrew,  303 

Chad,  302 

James,  303 

John,  302 

Joseph,  303 

Richard,  303 
Bryant,  Stephen,  198,  199 
Bufhnton,  Benjamin,  185,  365,  36V 

Daniel,  186 

Frank,  185,  187 

Mary  E.,  187 

Moses,  185,  365 

Oliver,  186 

Thomas,  185,  365 

Waldo  A.,  185,  186 
Bullock,  Alexander  H.,  142,  145 

Augustus  G.,  139,  143 

Chandler,  144 

Ebenezer,  140 

Hugh,  140 

Mary,  144 

Richard,  140 

Rockwood  H..   145 

Rufus,  141 

Samuel,  140 
Burton,  Albert  W.,  69,  71 

Elliott  L.,  71 

George,  70 


John,  70 
Mary  E.,  "]2 
William,  70 

Canedy,  Alexander,  86 

William,  87 

William,  Capt.,  87 

Zebulon  L.,  88 
Carpenter,  Benjamin,  106 

Joseph,  105 

Jotham,  107 

William,  104 
Carter,  Elizabeth,  309 

Franklin,  308 

Preserved  W.,  308 

Sarah  L.,  309 
Chace,  Adeline  F.,  361 

Anthony,  358 

Arthur  F.,  Dr.,  362 

Benjamin  S.,  361 

Carrie  E.,  362 

Celia  P.,  362 

Charles  A.,  361 

Eber,  358 

Emma  F.,  362 

Esther  T.,  360 

George  M.,  362 

Kathleen  S.,  362 

M.  Flossie,  362 

Obadiah,  358 

Obadiah,  Rev..  358 

Walter  F.,  362 

Warren  O.,  362 

William,  357,  358 
Chamberlain,  Alexander  F.,  309 

George,  309 

Isabel,  310 
Charnley,  Amelia  A..  272 

Ann,  271 

Annie  L.,  272 

Ellen  S.,  272 

Isabella,  272 

Isabella  J.,  272 

Joseph  G.,  270,  271 

Mary  C,  272 

William,  271 


283 


ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  BIOGRAPHY 


William  H.,  271 
Childs,  Benjamin,  75 

Edward,  75 

John,  76 
Churchill,  Eliezer,  92 

John,  92 

Nathaniel,  92 

Stephen,  92 
Clapp,  Caleb,  32 

Joel,  32 

John,  32 

Nathaniel,  31 

Nicholas,  31 
Clark,  John,  85 

Joseph,  86 

Nathaniel,  86 

William,  85 
Cloyes,   Belinda  A.,   179 

James,  175,  176 

John.  173 

Jonas,  177 

Joseph  C,  173,  178 

Peter,  174 
Cogswell,  Daniel,  34 

Jacob,  34 

John,  33 

William,  33,  34 
Cole,  Benjamin,  122 

Beulah  A.,   123 

Hugh,  121 

Tsaiah,  122 

James,  121,  123 

Nathaniel,  Capt.,  122 
Comstock,  Andrew,  282,  286 

Clara  E.,  287 

Frank  P.,  287 

James,  285,  286 

John, 285 

Juliette.  287 

Samuel,  284 

Samuel,  Capt.,  284 

William.  283 

Woodbury,  286 
Copeland,  Ebenezer,  117 
Elijah,  36 
George,  37 

Horatio,  37 


Horatio  F.,  Dr.,  35,  37 

Jonathan,  36,  117 

Josiah,  36 

Lawrence,  35,  116,  117 

WTilliam,  35,  117 
Covel,  Alphonso  S.,  336 

Benjamin,  2>27 

Benjamin  F.,  338 

Betsey,  328 

Ebenezer,  326 

Edward,  326 

Joseph,  326 

Mary,  339 

Samuel,  327 

Sarah  W.,  338 

Susan  M.,  339 

Thomas  D.,  326,  328 
Crane,  Barzillai.  42 

Benjamin,  41 

Elisha,  42 

Gershom,  41 

John,  41 

Joshua  E.,  40,  43,  44 

Katharine,  44,  46 

Lucy  A.,  43 
Cranston,  Barzillai,  305 

Francis  A.,  304,  306 

John,  Gov.,  305 

Peleg,  305 

Samuel,  305 

Samuel,  Gov.,  305 

Sarah,  306 

Thomas,  305 
Cromwell,  John,  203 

Robert,  203 

Walter,  203 

William,  203 
Crosby,  Anthony,  89 

John,  88 

Joseph,  89 

Miles,  88 

Simon,  89 

Thomas,  88,  89 

Theophilus,  89 
Cushman,  Adelaide  L.,  220 

Alvah,  219 

Everett  M.,  219,  220 


384 


ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  BIOGRAPHY 


Robert,  ^19 
William  II.,  220 
Zebedee,  219 

Dale,  Ebenezer,  76 

John,  76 
Danielson,  George  W.,  316,  31!: 

Hezekiah  L.,  252 

Jacob  W.,  318 

James,  316 

James,  Gen.,  252 

James,  Sergt.,  251,  316 

John  W.,  251,  252 

Rosa  F.,  320 

Samuel,  252,  317,  318 

Samuel,  Capt.,  318 

Sarah  D.,  253 

William,  Col,  252 
Davenport,  Eliphalet,  229 

Jeremiah,  64 

John,   64,   214 

Jonathan,  64,  213,  228 

Thomas,  63,  213,  228,  229 
Dean,  Benjamin,  60 

Joseph,  60 

Walter,  59 
De  Jongh,  Emily  E.,  124 

Lance,  124 

William,  124 
Dewey,  Charles  A.,  153 

Daniel,  152,  155 

Daniel,  Capt.,  152 

Daniel  N.,  154 

Francis  H.,  154,  156,  159 
•     George  T.,  158 

James,  151 

Jedediah,  151 

John  C,  157,  159 

Lizzie  D.,  157 

Marjorie  D.,  160 

Thomas,  150 
Diman,  Byron,  Gov.,  289 

Emily,  293 

Emily  G.,  293 

James,  288 

Jeremiah,  289 

N  E-7-25 


Jeremiah  L.,  Rev.,  291 
John  B.,  Rev.,  293 
Louise,  293 
Nathaniel,  289 
Thomas,  288 
Durfee,  Benjamin,  81,  130 
Joseph,  131,  341 
Richard,  132 
Samuel,  341 
Stephen,  81,  133 
Thomas,  130,  340 
William,  340 

Eaton,  Barnabas,  50 

Francis,  50 

Nathan,  51 

Samuel,  50 
Ellery,  Benjamin,  374 

Christopher,  375 

William,  374,  375 
Ellis,  Charlotte  E.,  124 

Rufus,  124 

Rufus  PL,  124 
Esterbrook,  Aaron,  373 

George  W.,  373 

John,  ^s 

John  IL,  ^77, 

Thomas,  ^72 
Everson,  Levi,  14 

Richard,   14 

Freeborn,  Benjamin.  368 

Gideon,  366,  367 

Jonathan,  368 

William,  366 
French,  Ephraim,  26 

John,  25,  26 

Squire,  26 

Gardner,  George,  335 

Hezekiah,  336 

Samuel,  335,  336 
Gibbs,  John,  19 

Sylvanus,  19 

Thomas,  19 

Thomas  F.,  20 
385 


ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  BIOGRAPHY 


Gilbert,  Caroline,  268 

Joseph,  268 
Glover,  Joseph,  Capt.,  241 
Godfrey,  James,  119 

Richard,  119 

Samuel,  119 
Goff,  Joseph,  199 

Richard,  199 
Gooch,  Carrie  H.,  112 

Charles,  112 

John  B.,  112 
Gray,  David,  330 

Edward,  329,  330 

Franklin,  331 

Joseph,  330 
Green,  Joshua,  Dr.,  321 

Samuel  A.,  Dr.,  321 
Guiteras,  Elizabeth  M.,  231 

Gertrude  E.,  231 

Mateo,  230 

Ramon,  230,  231,  276 

Ramon,  Dr.,  231,  276 

Hartshorn,  Alice,  29 

Benjamin,  27 

George  F.,  28     ' 

George  T.,  26,  28 

Jeremiah,  27 

Jesse,  27 

Thomas,  27 
Head,  Daniel,  228 

Henry,  227 

Jonathan,  227 
Hemenway,  Adam,  193 

Deborah  B.,  193 

Ebenezer,  191,  192 

Joshua,   191 

Josiah,  193 

Ralph,  191 
Hewitt,  Benjamin,  223,  224 

Elkanah, 224 

Henry,  224 

Thomas,  223 
Hicks,  Alice  H.,  80 

Baptist,  yy 

George  H.,  80 


George  H.,  Dr.,  yy,  80 

James,  yy 

John,  yy,  78 

John  R.,  79,  80 

Robert,  yy 

Samuel,  78 

Thomas,  yy,  78 
Hill,  Benjamin,  129 

Christopher,  128,  129 

Hannah  C,  129 

Jonathan,  128 

Lucy  C,  129 

Thomas,  128,  129 
Hodges,  Henry,  119 

Isaac,  120 

Joseph,  Maj.,  120 

William,  119 
Howland,  Humphrey,  237 

Jabez,  238 

John,  237 

Samuel,  239 

Jackson,  Abraham,  114 
Benjamin  F.,  116 
Eleazer,  114 
Ephraim,  114,  115 
Mary  J.,  116 
Oliver,  Capt.,  115 
Willard    E.,    114,    116 

Keene,  Benjamin  P.,  1 1 1 

Hezekiah,  1 1 1 

John,  no 

Josiah,    no,    11 1 

Prince,  in 

Robert  S.,  in 
Kent,  Elijah,  213 

John,  213 

Joseph,  211,  212 

Lincoln,  Ermina  C,  202 
Frederick  W.,  200,  202 
Isaac,  201 
Sanford,  201 
Thomas,  200,  201 
Williams   S.,   201 


ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  BIOGRAPHY 


Little,  Ephraim,  216 

Fobes,  216 

John,  216 

Thomas,  216 
Lockwood,  Abraham,  255 

Amos,  Capt.,  255 

Amos  D.  F.,  254,  256 

Benoni,  255 

Gershom,  Lieut.,  254 

Robert,  254 

Sarah  F.,  258 
Long,  Agnes,  250 

Giles,  247 

James,  246,  247 

John  D.,  246,  248 

Mary  W.,  250 

Miles,  247 

Thomas,  247 

Zadoc,  248 
Lothrop,  Barnabas,  88 

John,  Rev.,  88 

McAdams,  Clarissa  B.,  373 

Fred  G.,  373 
Macomber,  John,  124,  125 

Joseph.   125,   126 
Manchester,  Archer,  237 

Thomas,  236 

Zebedee,  237 
Mason.  Frederick,  Col.,  54 

Harriet  L.,  54 
Miner,  Charles,  221 

Ephraim,  221 

Ezra  D.,  222 

Howard,  222 

James,  221 

Thomas,  221,  222 
Mitchell,  James,  371 

Richard,  370,  371 
Monk,  Elias,  15 

George,  15 

George  R.,  15 

Jacob,  15 

William,  15 
Morrison,  William,  109 
Munroe,  Adina  B.,  225 


Archibald,  224 
Elizabeth,  225 
George,  224 
Helen  J.,  225 
John  II.,  225 
Josiah,  225 
Simeon,  224 
*William  R.,  224,  225 

Nichols,  Caroline  C,  172 

Charles  L.,  Dr.,  169,  172 

Daniel,  169 

Enoch,  170 

Ezra,  170 

Ezra,  Dr.,  170 

John,  169,  179 

Joseph,  179 

Lemuel  B.t  Dr.,  170 

Mary  J.,  172 

Oren.  180 

Thomas,  169 
Nye,  Arthur  E.,  147.  150 

Bartlett,  101 

Benjamin,  39,  100,  ,148,  T50 

Benjamin,  Capt.,  149 

Caleb,  149 

Harriet  E.,  150 

John,  100 

Joseph,  101 

Lemuel,  40 

Lyman,  150 

Nathan,  40,  149 

Peleg,   101 

Ralph,  39,  100,  148 

Randolph,  99 

Samuel,  40 

Samuel  D.,  150 

Thomas,  39,  100,  148 

William,  39,  100,  148 

Osborn,  Delia  S.,  69 
James  E.,  64,  69 
James  M.,  68 
Jeremiah,  64,  65 
Joseph,  66 
Richard,  69 


387 


ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  BIOGRAPHY 


Thomas,  66 
Weaver,  67 
William,  65 
William  J.,  66 
Osborne,  George  A.,  340 
Jeremiah,  339 
Thomas,  340 
William,  339 
Wilson,  340 

Palmer,  Gideon,  227 

John,  226 

Lydia  A.,  173 

Reuben  T.,  173 

William,  226 
Peck,  Albert  H.,  241,  245 

Bela,  244 

Clarence  I.,  245 

David,  244 

Joel,  244 

John,  241 

Joseph,  242 

Mary  E.,  245 

Nathaniel,  243 

Nathaniel,  Lieut.,  243 

Robert,  242 
Perkins,  Abraham,  44,  82 

David,  44 

Ebenezer,  45 

Henry,  46 

Isaac,  83 

Josiah,  83 

Luke,  82 

Solomon,  45 

Thomas,  45 

Thomas  P.  W.,  83 
Perry,  Charles  H.,  94 

Charles  H.,  Dr.,  92,  95 

Charles  M.,  94 

Elijah,  93 

Ezra,  92,  93 

Luther,  94 

Mary  J.,  96 

Phineas,  93 

Roger  N.,  97 
Pratt,  Josiah,  10 


Matthew,  9 
Samuel,  10 
Price,  Anna  E.,  50 
William,  50 

Randall,  Joseph,  yj 

Thomas,  jj 
Rhodes,  Eleazer,  3 

George  II.,  7 

Henry,  3 

Josiah,  3 

Marcus  A.,  3,  8 

Marcus  M.,  5 

Ruth  L.,  8 

Stephen,  3,  4 
Richardson,  Daniel,  49 

Daniel  A.,  49 

<  ieorge,  147 

James,   146 

John,  147 

Josiah,  Capt.,   147 

Nathaniel,  146 

Samuel,  47 

Stephen,  48,  49 

Thomas,  145 

William,  48 

William,  Col.,  146 
Ring,  Almon  B.,  99 

Elb ridge  G.,  99 

Iphidiah,  98 

Robert,  98 

Seth,  98 
Roberts,  George  B.,  34,  35 

Lucy,  34 

Thomas  J.,  35 
Round,  Jabez,  101,  102 

John,   101 

Sylvester,  Rev.,  102 
Rounds,  Ada  A.,  262 

Albert  W..  262 

D.  Everett.  262 

Hezekiah,  54 

Jabez,  53 

Jabez  S.,  53 

John,  53 

Nathaniel.  54 
388 


ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  BIOGRAPHY 


Oliver,  53 
Rounseville,  Abial,  189 

Cyrus  C,  188,  189 

Mary  O.,  190 

Philip,  188 
Russell,  Charles,  350 

Daniel,  350 

Edward  J.,  Col.,  350 

John,  349 

Jonathan,  350 

Lucenia,  352 

Philip,  349 

Sargent,  Caroline  W.,  97 

Charles  L.,  98 

James  S.,  97 

Jeremiah  S.,  97 
Sawin,  Daniel,  Dr.,  17 

Eliphalet,  16,  17 

John,  16 

Joseph,  16 

Munning,   16 

Robert,  16 
Shaw,  Anthony,  62,  210 

Benjamin,  63 

Israel,  62,  210 

Noah,  63 

Seth,  210,  211 

Timothy,  210 

William  P.,  211 
Sherman,  Asa,  365 

Charles,   Capt.,  84 

Henry,  363 

Henry  A.,  84 

Job,  364 

John,  363 

Olive   B.,  84 

Philip,  363 

Samuel,  363 

Samson,  364 

Thomas,  363 
Shurtleff,   Barnabas,  85 

William,  84 
Simmons,  John,  229,  230 

Moses,  229 

William,  229 


Slade,  Abner,  369 

Benjamin,  369 

Edward,  368,  369 

Joseph,  369 

Sarah,  370 

William,  369 
Smith,  Charles  C,  61 

James  M.,  112 

John,  112 

Levi,  61 

Perry,  60 
Snell,  Elijah,  118 

John  E.,  118 

Josiah,  118 

Thomas,  118 
Stimson,  George,  294 

Jeremy,  294 
Story,  Eunice,  357 

Isaac,  356 

John,  356 

Samuel,  356 

Simeon  N.,  356 

William,  355 
Stoughton,  Asa,  169 

Samuel,  168,  169 

Thomas,  167,  168 

Thomas,  Rev.,  167 

Timothy,  168 

William,  167 
Sweeney,  George  A.,  217 

John,  217 

Mary  E.,  217,  218 

Teal,  Teel,  Benjamin  G.,  298,  299 

Caleb,  299 

Dorcas  B.,  300 

Dorcas  K.,  300 

Martha  B.,  300 

Mary   A.,   301 

Nathan  R.,  299 

William,  298 
Tew,  Benjamin,  62 

Henry,  61,  62 

John,  62 

Richard,  61 
Thatcher,  Anthony,  239 


389 


ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  BIOGRAPHY 


Thayer,  Ebenezer,  296 

Ebenezer,  Capt.,  296 

Ferdinando,  295 

Georgianna  F.,  297 

Isaac,  295 

Philo  E.,  295,  296 

Samuel,  296 

Thomas,  295 
Thomas,  Churchill,  127 

jedediah,  127 

Jeremiah,  127 

Nathaniel,  126 

William,  126 
Tifft,  John,  206 

Peter,  206 

Samuel,  206 

Stephen,  206 
Tilley,  James,  374 

John,  240,  373 

Stockford  E.,  374 

William,  374 

William  J.,  374 
Tinkham,  Adeline,  108 

Alice,  109 

Ebenezer,  107,  108 

Ephraim,  107 

Isaac,  108 

Jeremiah,  108 
Tolman,  Benjamin,  11 

Daniel  S.,  12 

Fred  S.,  10,  12 

Isabelle  A.,  14 

John,  11,  12 

Joseph,  11 

Thomas,  10 
Trumbull,  George  A.,  30 

John,  29 

Joseph,  29,  30 

Upham,  Clara  C,  354 
Freeman,  353 
John, 352 
Nathaniel,  352 
Noah,  353 

Phineas,  Lieut.,  352 
Roger,  353 
Roger  F.,  352,  353 


Vernon,  Daniel,  376 
Samuel,  376,  2>77 

Wardwell,  Annie  E.,  278 

Benjamin,  233,  234,  274,  275,  27} 

Elizabeth  M.,  235,  276 

Henry,  235,  276 

Hezekiah  C,  Col.,  277 

Samuel,  2J7 

Samuel  C,  279 

Samuel,  Col.,  277 

Samuel  D.,  272,  278 

William,  232,  233,  273,  274 

William  A.,  279 

Uzal,  233,  273,  274 
Waterman,  Albert,  261 

Caroline  F.,  263 

John,  261,  263 

John,  Capt.,  260 

John  O.,  258,  260,  262 

Resolved,  259 

Resoived,  Col.,  259 

Resolved,  Ens.,  259 

Richard,  258 

Susan  J.,  263 
Weeks,  George  H.,  194 

Harry  W.,  194 

John,  194 

Martha  O.,  194 
Wheaton,  James,  372 

John,  372 

Jonathan,  372 

Mial,  372 

Robert,  371 
White,  Edith  G.,  166 

Julia  I.,  103 

Nicholas,  103 

William  D.,  167 

William  W.,  167 

Willard  H.,  103 
Williams,  Benjamin,  205 

David.  198 

Emanuel,  197 

Gershom.  198 

John,  205 

Richard,  205 

Rufus,  205 


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Winslow,   Bertha   L.,  349 
Ebenezer,  Dr.,  334 
Edward,  332,  344 
Eleazer  R.,  347 
Elizabeth  B.,  316 
Harriet  S.,  316 
Hezekiah,  Capt.,  334 
Hubbard,  Rev.,  315 
James,  Col.,  346 
job,  ^33 
John,  Dr.,  334 
Josiah,  Capt.,  345 
kenelm,  332,  333,  343,  344,  345 
Kenelm,  Col.,  345 


Richard,  Dr.,  334 
Samuel,  347 
Samuel  E.,  343,  348 
Shadrach,  Dr.,  346 
Thomas,  332,  343 
William,  332,  343 
William  C.  315 
Woodward,  Samuel,  102, 
Williard  F.,   103 

York,  James,  222,  223 
John,  223 
Thomas,  223 


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